Daily Intelligence Updates at the Compound

Also known as: 《I Got a Golden Finger, But It Came Three Years Too Early!》 Lu Yao thinks she’s been haunted lately. No! Superstition is frowned upon these days. Keep your mouth shut. First thing in the morning, a jumble of gossip and information about the residential compound appears right in front of her. At first, she thinks she’s the chosen one. She goes to the state-run supply store to buy the fresh fish that yesterday’s “Daily Intel” said had just arrived. Ha. Turns out she really is haunted, and the ghost is a liar. Waaaaah! But eventually, she figures out what the “ghost” is actually good for. Daily Intel: Wang Erma plans to take possession of a large shipment of goods and sell them on the black market. He’ll have to dig up the gold and silver he hid in the restroom in Zao Shu Alley three years ago. Lu Yao, eyes shining: Isn’t that the public restroom I go to all the time? She digs it up, and sure enough, it’s there! Daily Intel: Children in Zao Shu Alley who don’t have jobs will be sent to the countryside by force. Lu Yao sells her job and secretly follows Zhang Hao to the countryside, driving her parents to the hospital. Lu Yao, bewildered: Me? Working in the fields? Have I lost my mind? And who’s this Zhang Hao? In the Lu family’s brigade, Lu Yue can’t believe her luck. She’s transmigrated into a book as its heroine. Heaven has finally smiled on her! According to the plot, all she has to do is wait in the village for the male lead, Zhang Hao, to be sent down to the countryside. Without the novel’s villainess Lu Yao interfering this time, she can confess her feelings to Zhang Hao right away. Wouldn’t it be better if they got together without all those misunderstandings? Huh? Why hasn’t the villainess shown up? And why is the male lead avoiding her like the plague?! Reader’s guide: 1. No going to the countryside. 2. Entirely fictional setting. The job details are made up. Coming soon: 《The Sixties Factory Girl Awakens Through Comments》 Blurb: Born into a large family, Lin Jinyan isn’t loved, even though she has the distinction of being one of a pair of fraternal twins. The eldest child is a girl, so she has a little standing; the second child is a boy, so he is valued; the third sister does everything she can to please their parents, hoping to matter a little; and then there’s the younger brother, born alongside Lin Jinyan. The family already has few resources, and the neighborhood committee’s zealous campaign promoting the policy of sending young people to the countryside deals another heavy blow to their already shaky sibling relationships. Just as Lin Jinyan is growing anxious about finding a job so she won’t have to go to the countryside, a glowing screen suddenly appears before her when she encounters Su Xinyu, the usually quiet girl in her class. [The heroine remembers! Watch my girl go on a rampage and punish the family that abused her.] [Who’s this woman standing in front of my daughter?] [The one collecting homework should be the class monitor, right?] [Oh, that cannon-fodder character who was assaulted by a hoodlum after being sent to the countryside and jumped into a river!] [If she hadn’t taken a different path because of her younger sister, she could’ve seen the porcelain factory’s job posting and stayed in the city.] Lin Jinyan is startled, but more than shock, she feels a surge of joy. The porcelain factory is hiring!!! Lin Jinyan knows all too well that she can’t afford to miss a single opportunity that comes her way. And so, she starts with the basics, learning to prepare clay and throw pottery, then gradually masters carving, painting, glazing... Theme: Work hard, strive for self-reliance, and never give up.