A Substitute Bride in the 1970s: The Abandoned Fool, the Miaojiang Villainess, and Her Gu-Breeding Fortune

[Period setting + Substitute marriage + Miaojiang Gu magic + Face-slapping + Building wealth + Sweet romance with a rugged man + No pointless angst]

Li Jinjin, the last Gu master of Miaojiang, wakes up in the 1970s in the body of a girl whose stepmother is forcing her to go to the countryside in her sister’s place and marry a paralyzed, discharged soldier with a rough exterior!

She sneers: “I’ll marry in her place, but you’d better give me a proper dowry!”

That night, she unleashes a sleep-inducing Gu and sweeps up the gold bars hidden in the wall by her stepmother, her sister’s dress, the family’s iron wok, and even the bed boards, storing them all in her natal Gu space. She leaves the horrible family with nothing but four drafty walls!

On the first day of her marriage, a local tough from the compound comes looking for trouble. She flicks a finger, and a pain-inducing Gu sends him to his knees, begging her to spare him. The whole village is terrified.

Her in-laws sigh. “The family is so poor we can’t even afford a bowl of sweet potato porridge.”

Li Jinjin pulls out a treasure-seeking Gu and heads into the mountains. “These mountains are full of top-grade ginseng and wild game!”

Later, her paralyzed, rugged husband not only gets back on his feet, but becomes a business tycoon and spoils her rotten.

Her rugged husband wears a proud grin. “My wife’s the fiercest one in the family. I made her that way!”