[1970s + both leads pure in body and mind + devoted to each other + military marriage + everyday family life + no golden finger, no pocket dimension]
A heroine who is quiet as a maiden and quick as a hare versus a taciturn hero who gets things done.
After Gu Nianying is pushed from a high-rise by her best friend, she opens her eyes to find herself back in the body of Gu Nianying, who has been drugged with an aphrodisiac.
By chance, she spends a night with He Zhengrong, who is carrying out a secret mission. To avoid being branded a spy, she chooses to marry him.
And so she begins life as a military wife.
But Gu Nianying hasn't mastered the cooking and gardening skills that are supposed to come with transmigrating.
Her first attempt at cooking almost sends her stepson to the hospital, and even kills a pig being raised by the logistics department.
To save his own life, her stepson has no choice but to cook for Gu Nianying himself. From then on, while other mothers cook for their sons, in the He family the son cooks for his stepmother.
“Boss, why are you going back so early?”
“I'm going back to cook for Aunt Gu.”
“Her cooking is inedible. It could kill you.”
Gu Nianying eats the pork ribs braised with potatoes that He Mingxuan made, polishing off two full bowls of rice.
“This is way too delicious.”
From then on, the men of the He family take charge of the household, while Gu Nianying takes charge outside it.
Everyone thinks Gu Nianying is a useless freeloader who does nothing but eat, until the college entrance exams are reinstated and she gets into one of the country's top universities.
Later, people see that familiar face standing beside the country's leaders, welcoming foreign guests alongside them.
Only then do they realize: who says women belong only in the kitchen?
Li Xiumei was so cool in the later episodes, forever a goddess, it's just that the ending was a bit unexpected.