Raising Kids in the ’70s: The Dashing Miaojiang Gu Master Seeks Her Commander Husband

[Period drama, military marriage, magic space, adorable kids, searching for a husband, winning back his wife, famine, adorable kids, family reunion]

Female lead: A Man (Han name: Lin Wan)

An heir to the Miaojiang tradition of witchcraft and poison arts. Kind-hearted, but no pushover: she repays kindness and gets even for every wrong, striking hard and decisively. She never lets anyone take advantage of her or makes herself suffer. She carries protective Miaojiang gu, poisonous powders, and witch-doctor acupuncture skills, and never shows mercy to wicked people. If need be, she can skip the talking and go straight to action.

Free-spirited and bold, she answers to no one and protects her children to the extreme. “I can discipline them and scold them, but if anyone else dares lay a finger on my kids, I’ll make them pay dearly.”

She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, on her own, and gave them her Miaojiang surname. She had been living carefree in the mountains, but famine cut off every means of survival. She seeks out the male lead purely to get ration coupons and food for her children. She has no romantic expectations of him and wants neither his status nor his affection, only the ration coupons, food, and a safe place to live that he can provide. She sees him as a free, long-term meal ticket and will never depend on him or lose her head over love.

She possesses a spirit-gu space. Its spiritual spring water can cure illness and ease hunger; the space can store things and raise gu.