The 1970s Siheyuan: My Stepmother Was Reborn and Called Off the Wedding

[No pocket dimension, no System, courtyard life, family and neighborhood drama]

Xu Xiangyu lies in bed, resting with her eyes half-closed. She’s gotten used to her short little legs, after all, she was born into this world from the womb with memories of a past life.

It’s 1979, and she’s been in this world for seven years. She has no grand ambitions and has never done anything beyond what a child her age should be capable of. All she does is lie around or drag a little stool to the doorway to bask in the sun and listen to the neighbors gossip. There’s so much gossip in this alley, it’s impossible to keep up with it all.

And here comes another juicy bit, this time about someone in her courtyard.

At first, she thinks the name of Gu’s neighbor’s betrothed just sounds familiar. Then she realizes it really is familiar.

That’s when she finally understands: she’s transmigrated into a book.

Once she figures it out, she has just one thought.

The courtyard is about to get even livelier.

In the book, after the female lead, Jiang Manxiang, fails to get into college, her parents make her marry Gu Lifeng. She refuses at first because Gu Lifeng has four children, and marrying him would make her their stepmother. But her parents like that he served in the military and came home to a good job after being discharged, so they pressure her into marrying him. In the end, she does.

She pours her heart into raising the children, only to bring up four ungrateful brats. After a lifetime of toil, when she’s dying in her hospital bed, she finally comes to her senses. As she closes her eyes, she thinks that if she could start over, she wouldn’t marry him.

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[Content notes]

1. This is an ensemble cast story.

2. The female lead is pretty laid-back at first and loves hearing gossip.

3. The female lead has no romance.

4. Everyone in the courtyard is a piece of work, and there’s always someone even worse. (smile)