Golden finger: spirit spring + 1970s setting + a subtle female ensemble, with a slow, steady pace. Readers looking for fast-paced, feel-good thrills, take note.
There is a couple. A spirit spring cheat, a beauty who's delicate on the outside but fierce within, and a flirtatious charmer who cares about the country and its people × an iron-blooded, devoted, patriotic army commander who dotes on his wife and is always flustered by her advances.
Transported to the 1970s with a spirit spring, she uses it for scientific research and crop breeding, saves the sick and injured, and nourishes her impoverished classmates. She clears the name of a girl targeted by malicious rumors, encourages women mistreated by their in-laws to pick up their books again, and witnesses the fiery spirit of one hundred thousand demobilized women soldiers.
Women support one another and pass on their warmth. She grows and transforms along the way, leading the women around her to break through the shackles of their time and live with dignity and pride.
This is a sweet-and-sour romance disguised as a story about women's growth, and a story about women's growth under the banner of a sweet romance.
The leads defend their country together and are devoted to each other, though they get lovey-dovey without being joined at the hip.
The heroine first establishes herself, then helps others. The early story focuses on personal growth, comedy, and sweet, flirty romance.
The leads are realistic and imperfect, but emotionally healthy. They don't force themselves to suffer or bottle up their anger. The antagonists aren't idiots, and the protagonists are stronger!
