Back to the Seventies: I Hit the Jackpot with a Hasty Wedding to a Rugged Army Officer

[Period Setting + System + Flash Marriage]

“Shen Tang, I’m calling off our engagement. I’ve given the special recruitment slot to Wanwan, too.”

Her scumbag boyfriend of three years showed up with his scheming new flame, loudly broke off their engagement, and stole her special recruitment slot. The whole village waited to laugh at the once-beloved village beauty’s misfortune.

Instead, Shen Tang turned and slipped into the brigade’s pigpen.

“Ding! Sign-in successful. Reward: five jin of premium pork shoulder and one packet of limited-edition five-spice powder!”

While the scumbag and his new flame were still pinching every penny over a couple of liang of cornmeal, Shen Tang set a huge iron pot over a fire in her courtyard. The irresistible aroma of five-spice braised pork made the nosy, spiteful aunt next door drool as she eavesdropped over the wall.

Hoping to find a powerful backer and settle into a life of carefree idleness, Shen Tang tallied up every penny she’d spent on her ex. Then she went straight to the county’s most fearsome man: Lu Zhengze, her ex’s infamous, ice-cold younger uncle.

“Captain Lu, you provide the money and ration coupons, and I’ll provide the person. We both get what we want, and your nephew can kneel and call me Auntie every day. What do you say?”

She thought this iron-blooded demon of a man would throw her out of the supply cooperative. But the very next day, a military-green jeep pulled up grandly beneath the old locust tree at the village entrance.

The man strode into the Shen family courtyard, carrying two sacks of premium flour over one shoulder and ten jin of fresh cotton in his other hand.

“Here’s the betrothal gift. We’ll register our marriage next week.”

Staring at his stern, handsome face, Shen Tang forgot to unwrap the White Rabbit candy in her hand. The transport captain who made everyone in the county tremble was now gazing at the bit of glistening braised-pork grease at the corner of her mouth, his ears bright red.