Being the Town Mayor's Daughter-in-Law in the Seventies Is No Easy Job

A graceful girl rides by on horseback, her subtle makeup and delicate brows enchanting.

Fang Ruxue transmigrated to the 1960s and became Chen Pingling, the second daughter of a rural family.

Hoping for a son, Mrs. Chen kept getting pregnant after giving birth to three daughters, and eventually had a boy.

When Fang Ruxue transmigrated, the family was barely making ends meet with support from both sets of grandparents.

Their mother was pregnant and still had to work in the fields, so the eldest daughter, Chen Zixian, had to sacrifice her education and stay home. She took on all the household chores by herself.

The second daughter, Chen Pingling, also faced the threat of having to quit school so she could look after her newborn baby brother.

Even with the memories of a modern person, Chen Pingling could barely take care of herself in a home with nothing but bare walls, let alone change their circumstances.

With no special advantages to rely on, she had only one option: persevere with her studies, use education to build a better life, and change her fate of being forced into a marriage without love or choice.

As an adult, she fell in love with the boy next door, who had grown up in her village. Then one summer evening, while neighbors in town were sitting outside to cool off, they openly discussed how she wasn't good enough for the town chief's younger son.

"Shen Jiadong's father is our town chief, and his mother is the director of the Women's Federation. Teacher Chen's second daughter used to have a little factory, but it went under, didn't it? If the factory had taken off, she might have had a little money. But now, she and Xiao Shen aren't from the same social or financial background."

Chen Pingling happened to be passing by and heard them. She felt they had a point. Her family certainly wasn't as well-off as the Shens. Her father's salary was their most reliable source of income.

On top of that, her business had failed, and she was unemployed at home.

She had to look after her sick younger sister and worry about her younger brother's college entrance exams.

By contrast, Shen Jiadong had returned from studying abroad and had a steady job in the city. Both his parents were civil servants.

Chen Pingling calmly accepted these facts, but Shen Jiadong, standing beside her, couldn't bear to hear people talk about her that way.

He went straight over to the aunties sitting on little stools and chairs, fanning themselves to keep the mosquitoes away, and said, "Good evening, Aunties. I'd like to clear something up. I was the one who pursued Chen Pingling. If anyone is out of the other's league, it's me who's not good enough for her."

"I've secretly admired her for ages, but never dared to confess. When I found out she was going through a rough patch, I took advantage of her situation and pursued her relentlessly. She couldn't take it anymore, so she had no choice but to accept me."

Bonus Scene:

Ten years later, when Shen Jiadong and Chen Pingling's daughter, Shen Yingying, saw her mother at the kindergarten gate after her long absence on business trips, she completely ignored her father, who was crouched in front of her with his arms outstretched, and ran over to hug Chen Pingling around the waist.

"Mom, you're finally back! If you'd stayed away any longer, I was worried I'd forget what you looked like!"

Chen Pingling picked her daughter up and spun her around once, then crouched down so they were face to face. "I'm sorry, Mom didn't think enough about how our Yingying felt."

"Mom, why do all the other kids get picked up by their mothers, but I always get Dad or Grandma, or Auntie Fenfen? You're always busy traveling for work, but Dad seems to have nothing to do. If Dad is so useless, why did you marry him?"

"Because your mom likes how useless I am. What's the matter, are you jealous? If your mom hadn't married me, you wouldn't exist, according to genetics." Shen Jiadong was supremely confident that Chen Pingling cared about him. His daughter had deliberately ignored him and run to hug her mother, so he might as well give her a little scare.

"Mom, I still want to be me. Dad's scaring me."

"Good girl, don't listen to your dad's nonsense. When we got married, your dad was already an expert in medical virology and biology, while I was just a student returning to school. He devoted more of his time to the family so he could take care of you and help me pursue my dreams."

Theme: Hard work brings prosperity, and effort leads to a brighter tomorrow.