A Swapped Marriage in the 1970s: The Delicate Darling Is Spoiled by a Rough Coal Miner

[Period setting, pocket dimension, rugged man, sweet romance, food, putting jerks in their place]

Top chef Gu Mingyue accidentally transmigrates into the 1970s as the pampered younger daughter of a village Party secretary in northern Shaanxi.

From the start, her reborn stepsister schemes to swap their marriages. The stepsister rushes off to become the woman behind a “future entrepreneur,” while foisting He Qing, a coal miner and rough “black category” man shunned by the entire village, onto her.

Looking at the dark-skinned wild wolf who washed his hands three times before daring to touch her, Gu Mingyue smiles. “This is a blue-chip investment. I’ll take him!”

To others, the barren northern Shaanxi plateau is nothing but endless coal dust. To Gu Mingyue, it’s a land of gold.

She casually brings out the spiritual spring water from her pocket dimension, and her master-level cooking sends its aroma for miles. Braised pork, bone broth, homemade meat sauce… She turns their utterly destitute cave dwelling into a treasure trove the whole village envies.

The stepsister who once waited to see her make a fool of herself grows old and is abused by her husband. When she looks back, she sees that He Qing, the rugged man she once looked down on, has amassed a fortune for Gu Mingyue and pampers her like the apple of his eye!

He Qing presses his wife against him by the waist, his voice hoarse. “Honey, say it again. Do you think I’m dirty?”

Gu Mingyue is close to tears. “Brother He, I was wrong. Let me down from the bed first…”