The 1970s: Why Be a Jerk? Get Out and Make Some Money!

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[Powerhouse + historical era + striving for a better life + military marriage]

Lin Ran, an ability user from the Apocalypse, wakes up to find she’s transmigrated to a poor mountain village in the 1970s. Her whole family is a pack of hopeless cases:

Her father is a lazy gambler, the family’s precious son. He even gambles his daughter away to a thug.

Her mother is a beautiful pushover who does nothing but whimper whenever trouble strikes.

Her eldest sister has been reborn and plans to take revenge by jumping into the river; her younger sister is a fence-sitting thief; and her younger brother, the family’s precious “heir,” is an arrogant bully who rules the roost.

Their blind, biased grandmother stands by to protect the youngest and most precious grandson!

Her uncle’s family looks on coldly, doing nothing.

And the original Lin Ran is planning to trick a young boy into eloping with her to escape this den of wolves.

Lin Ran: Hah, hopeless cases? Let’s see how many punches it takes to knock each one out!

Soon, everyone in Chaoyang Village sees the second daughter of the Lin family chasing her own father through the village with a cleaver, beating her younger siblings until their heads are covered in lumps, and forcing her mother to curse out her grandmother for three whole streets!

Lin Yu, reborn and ready for revenge: Don’t hit me! I surrender!

The villagers all say the Lin family’s second daughter has gone crazy. But as she keeps going crazy, she somehow leads the Lin family and the entire Chaoyang Brigade in opening a factory and building a good life!

Everyone is laughing their heads off, except for the young man still waiting to elope. He’s emo.

He finds Lin Ran with a pitiful look: If you weren’t coming, why didn’t you say so?

Lin Ran: Puppy love isn’t good for you. How about I buy you a beer instead?

A word of warning: This isn’t an over-the-top power fantasy. The heroine has a bit of a golden finger, but she can’t just crush everyone with a snap of her finger. It’s more about keeping your head down, making money, and building a life.