Jade Refined in the Seventies

The Jade Forged to Radiance

In the winter of 1965, Qin Yu transmigrated into the body of a steel mill worker with the same name.

She opened her eyes at a neighborhood meeting, with Qin Huairu pointing at her and calling her a “homewrecker.”

The whole courtyard of vultures had their eyes on the meager compensation money in her pocket, waiting to bleed her dry.

Qin Yu promptly bolted her door.

Luckily, she had a spirit spring to rely on. Even in a famine, there was gold everywhere.

Her fingertips coaxed flowers from Suzhou embroidery, while the fragrance of her private kitchen drifted through the neighborhood.

She quietly made qipaos and secretly sold pastries, building a thriving life one step at a time.

As Qin Yu's life flourished, the neighbors grew green with envy and schemed even more viciously.

But she was no longer the orphan anyone could push around.

You owe me money? See you in court.

Slander me? I've already written the report.

Trying to leech off me? Not a chance.

Then one day, the stern engineer who often came by for a meal stopped her in the kitchen.

He pressed all his wages and ration coupons into her hands, his eyes burning with sincerity.

“Comrade Qin Yu, everything I own is right here.”

“Will you consider letting me belong to you from now on?”

[A stern, devoted engineer × A shrewd, capable craftswoman]

Watch an orphan use her clever hands and sharp mind to forge a life as warm and radiant as fine jade in a turbulent era.

Reader's guide:

Focused on the heroine's career growth, from orphan to head of a business empire;

She takes on the courtyard's shameless schemers and always gets even, without letting them walk all over her;

The romance is a slow burn, with both sides choosing each other and combining their strengths;

Thoroughly researched, with details recreating life from the 1960s to the 1980s.