Time Beneath the Eaves

Premise: A college student transmigrates into the chaotic decade. Her father has just died, and her mother, Wang Xiuying, grieving her husband and struggling to survive, decides to take her daughter and remarry into the household of Zhao Jianguo, the production-team leader in neighboring Fenghong Village. The transmigrator is torn between her adult consciousness and a child’s body, while her modern memories collide with the reality of hunger. The main beam of the house, first part of the dowry and later a treasured family heirloom, runs throughout the story. It is not only a symbol of material poverty but also a vessel for the legacy passed down through generations. It reappears at key moments, including the wedding, the building of a house, and the demolition, bringing the emotional arc full circle.