[Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + strengthening the nation through science and technology + powerful leads + sweet romance]
In her previous life, Lu Zhengzheng died saving someone. Her spirit was trapped in a Beijing courtyard house, where she watched the world’s cold-hearted ways unfold.
When she opened her eyes again, reborn, her second uncle’s family was trying to snatch her job and take over her home.
Oh, so they think they can get away with this!
You want the job? We’ll deliver it with drums and fanfare, making a huge spectacle of it! Let’s see if you dare take it!
You want to steal the fruits of someone else’s labor? We’ll cut off your chances and see how you can still become the Lu family’s benefactor!
A delicate, beautiful technician showed up at the steelworks. Who knew she’d be as strong as an ox and quick-witted, too?
While others chopped firewood, she invented a solar cooker. It needed neither wood nor coal, and the kettle boiled all on its own.
A severe drought struck, so she developed a well-drilling machine. Water gushed from the wells, and the farmers grinned from ear to ear.
The factory’s veteran technicians were frantic. “Section Chief Lu, you have to save this machine! It’s the latest machine tool from the Soviets!”
Lu Zhengzheng: “Why bother repairing it? The technology is way too backward. How about developing our own industrial mother machine? It’s time to make the world tremble before China!”
The special forces team noticed their commander was acting very strangely. He spent every day hovering around a young woman.
“Comrade Xiao Lu, this well-drilling machine has really solved our urgent problem. You’re an indispensable asset to the organization...”
“Zhengzheng, you’re incredible. This little tank is an absolute weapon of war...”
“Wife, what’s so interesting about that cannon? Look at me instead. I refuse to believe you’re completely unmoved...”
Lu Zhengzheng: ...Wasn’t he supposed to be a chaste military officer? And what’s with that narrow waist, pert rear, and long legs?
The plot is compact, funny, and the characters are vivid. I feel that there are very few people who did not go to the countryside in the 1960s, like Xia Li's book