short series

When Prices Crash, I Go Home for New Year with a 3k Salary

share time: 2026-01-19 00:31:35

Lin Xiaoman, a Beijing drifter earning just 3k a month, pinches pennies for rent and takeout—until Little New Year, when a global price crash turns her modest salary into a fortune! A yuan buys 10 crates of cherries, 50 yuan settles her family’s 6-month rent, and 200 yuan covers her brother’s tuition. But going home for Chinese New Year, she didn’t expect to face her marriage-obsessed mom, show-off relatives, and a reunion with Gu Heng—her childhood cold crush, now the village convenience store owner. Watching her struggle with a 10kg New Year’s haul, he stifles a laugh: "Need help? I have an e-bike." Worse (or better?), a "Life Counterattack System" pops up on her phone—tasks like fixing a neighbor’s pipe or pasting couplets with grandpa, rewards like a hot milk tea from Gu Heng or +10 family affection. When she uses her "fortune" to solve all family troubles, she realizes the real counterattack was never about money—it was rediscovering ignored family love, rekindling hidden romance, and finding courage to love life again.

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