Rural daily life + realistic fiction + light comedy + ensemble cast + women's struggles and growth
Yu means 'extra', as if one's very existence is unnecessary. It's a prejudice passed down by the older generation.
But what's in a name? It's just a label. Yu is determined to make people see that she's not unnecessary!
Who says girls can only farm and get married? Who says you can't get by without a man? Yu is going to prove that girls can hold up half the sky, too.
But society's prejudices and her limited circumstances gradually teach her that success is hard to come by.
Her plan to leave home for work falls through, her business venture fails, and her love life hits a rough patch... Yu is as stubborn and tenacious as a cockroach, always getting back up again.
When success finally comes, people mention Wang Duoyu's name not with mockery or disdain, but with admiration and regret.
"If we'd known how capable that girl was, we should've had our son marry her when her family was looking for a match!"
"Brother Wang, we'll offer double the betrothal gifts. Let Duoyu marry into our family, will you?"
Wang Shusheng, Duoyu's father, rolls a peanut between his fingers and hums as he smiles.
"I can't make that decision for her. Isn't her name obvious enough? Duoyu, 'many fish'... A lucky carp was reincarnated into my family! My daughter is a fairy. None of your sons are good enough for her!"
This isn't a pure wish-fulfillment story. It's grounded in reality, depicting the hardships, struggles, and awakening of rural women at the end of the last century.
The pacing is unhurried, with laughter, tears, warmth, and people looking out for one another. Please go easy on the author.
