The 1970s: Gossip and Everyday Poverty Alleviation in the Countryside with My Childhood Friend

Younger Male Lead + No System + Infrastructure and Poverty Relief + Enjoying the Show

Jiang Ruohe, a poverty-relief civil servant doing a three-month internship in a struggling township, transmigrates into the body of a love-struck young intellectual. Not only was she determined to go to the countryside for the senior student she liked, she also dragged the neighbor boy who’d grown up with her along.

She wakes up on a train, too late to regret it, and the boy insists she become his girlfriend.

There’s no way she’s dating him.

Life in the countryside is too hard, so Jiang Ruohe finds ways to make herself more comfortable.

First, she makes sure there’s meat on the table every day.

Then she improves her living conditions.

The road to the commune is too rough, so that needs repairing, too.

The pit latrine is unsanitary, so she builds a biogas digester while she’s at it.

While enjoying the village gossip and spectacles, Jiang Ruohe also helps lift Niushou Village out of poverty.

Looking back at the road she came in on...

It’s blocked by a burly, six-foot-something puppy-dog of a man.

Comrade, would you mind moving aside?

The puppy dog’s gaze is fierce, his expression gloomy. He won’t move aside. How about we stay together forever?

A slow-burn story. The female lead has no System and no pocket dimension. Both leads have their flaws, so perfectionists, please steer clear.