Zhao Wenying opened her eyes in the late 1940s and found herself the true love of a professor who opposed arranged marriage and pursued free love.
Before even considering how pitiful the woman before her was, the original owner's soul told her that she was the one who deserved more pity.
Three years into the marriage, she had two children. When she was over six months pregnant with her second, her husband found another true love.
She and her daughter became obstacles to his pursuit of true love, and he abandoned them without a penny.
Wasn't he just a scumbag who used the banner of freedom and progress to justify falling for one woman after another?
After finally pulling herself out of that mess, she looked at the devastation all around her and the countless things waiting to be rebuilt. How could she pass up the chance to devote herself to building her country?
How could the original owner, a woman with an engineering degree, have become so love-blind? Her scumbag husband feared she would outshine him, so he manipulated her into going home to have children and trying for a son, wasting all her knowledge.
The original owner had worked in the lab of a renowned researcher abroad, and Zhao Wenying had also studied under a brilliant advisor in the modern era.
With no tools, she could make do by hand. With no blueprints, she could still make do by hand. Even without theory, she could try to build something herself.
Tang Xianghua, originally named Tang Erzhuang, joined the army as a teenager and fought in countless battles, large and small. He later learned a little at the army, but considered himself a rough sort of man.
He was nearly thirty and still unmarried. He couldn't stand men who moved to the city, divorced their original wives back home, and insisted on finding a female student or a capitalist's daughter.
He never expected to find the leader of the female students. At heart, she was a rich young lady too, and an exceptionally capable one at that.
Before marriage: Women have long hair and short wits. Of course the man should be the head of the household.
After marriage: Wenying knows best. Ask your sister-in-law about this. She's the one who makes the decisions in our family.
Theme: Devoting oneself to national defense in an era of poverty and privation
