[Currently being written: an unassuming story set in a bygone era]
A worker from 2026, overworked to the point of hair loss, wakes up in 1965 in an impoverished northern village, transmigrated into the body of an eight-year-old country girl named Xiao E. Her drunken father is about to promise her to the foolish son of the village Party secretary in exchange for a favor.
The earthen walls let in the wind, and meals consist of a watery mash of dried sweet potatoes. Grain and fabric coupons are worth more than cash, and there is no Wi-Fi or food delivery.
Everyone tells her to accept her fate: no matter how much education a girl gets, she's destined to marry.
A timid father, a softhearted mother, an eldest sister who sacrificed herself at a young age, and a relocated teacher who secretly helps her... There is also the Party secretary's family, pressuring hers at every turn with the betrothal, and an aunt who schemes behind their backs.
While others are trapped in the mire of the times and resign themselves to their fate, Wang Xiao'e refuses.
Armed with a modern perspective and determination, she starts hustling from scratch!
She hustles at her studies, her livelihood, and her future, using the written word as her boat to escape an arranged marriage and leave the land of yellow earth behind.
She has no storage space and no supplies falling from the sky. Her only golden finger is herself, refusing to bow her head to hardship.
So what if it's the 1960s? I'll hustle from scratch and carve out my own smooth road!
This is not an ordinary life, right? It's a lot of trivial matters, and the troubles can't be solved. You're calculating this, you're calculating that, I'm really convinced.