Making It on My Own in the 1970S

[Book One] A coming-of-age story set in a bygone era | Slow burn | Everyday life Eight-year-old Jiang Miao has no idea who her biological father is. Her stepfather has died, and her mother has remarried. There’s also a man who wants to be her mother’s lover. When that doesn’t work out, he decides he wants to be Jiang Miao’s adoptive father instead! How will she overcome one obstacle after another and survive in Qianjin Brigade? Jiang Miao realizes she’s becoming more and more unusual. She’s strong, has excellent eyesight and hearing, and keeps attracting all sorts of strange animals. What was it they said? That she used to be a demon king, a fierce and brutal tiger who bullied every other animal in the forest until they trembled in fear, all because she had a spirit pearl and could fuse with it! Jiang Miao: Fierce and brutal??? Great! My fists are itching for a fight! Zhao Yichen: No wonder big cats are always curling up in my arms to sleep! P.S. This is a fictional setting! The male lead's name is Zhao Yichen (Chen, second tone). Content notes: The female lead has a golden finger, but it doesn't appear until later. The early chapters focus on her growth and learning to provide for herself. Because of things that happened in his youth, the male lead develops a “split personality.” The early story focuses on their growth, with the leads helping each other; the romance takes center stage later!