The 1980s: Having Twins, Moving the Family's Belongings, and Joining My Mother-in-Law at the Army Base

[Transmigrate Into a Book] [1980s Military Marriage] [Magical Herb Garden] [Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Team Up] [Boy-Girl Twins] [Joining Her Husband at His Posting]

Shen Wantang transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder pregnant woman in the 1980s, on the verge of giving birth. The moment she opens her eyes, she hears her own mother urging her to remarry. Her husband, a soldier with crippled legs, is already useless, her mother says. She should give the baby away after it is born, then marry the town butcher and live in comfort.

The original Shen Wantang had been manipulated by her family for years. After she became pregnant, even her older sister stole the ancestral jade bangle from her. Hidden inside the bangle is a magical herb garden. In the original story, her older sister uses it to keep herself beautiful, cure illnesses, and sell medicinal herbs, then marries Shen Wantang’s former fiancé and rises to success. Shen Wantang, meanwhile, is sold to the butcher’s family and dies from mistreatment before her confinement period is even over.

Shen Wantang’s water breaks right there, but first she slaps her older sister twice, then turns and calls for her mother-in-law.