Bringing a Farming Game System to the 1970s

[Completed]

Blurb One:

Yu Xiang'an died unexpectedly while saving someone. When she opened her eyes again, she was a high school student in a small county town in 1970. Before she could even celebrate getting a second chance at life, she faced two huge problems:

Her fiance had been seduced by her stepsister, and the stepsister was pregnant.

She was about to be sent to the countryside as an educated youth to do farm work.

Yu Xiang'an: "...Nope."

She'd get even with anyone who wronged her. She had no intention of being cheated on or sent to the countryside!

She dealt with both problems swiftly, only for a new one to arise: What was she supposed to do when hunger kept her awake every night?

Then she discovered her golden finger.

What was most scarce in this era?

Food and meat, of course!

A farming game where you could sow and harvest with a single click. Look into it.

After the Reform and Opening Up, the heroine started out in the restaurant business and built her way to wealth, reaching the pinnacle of success.

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Many years later, a reporter interviewed her live and asked, "Your restaurants are all over the country, with hot pot places, fast-food joints, and luxury hotels. People call you the queen of the food industry. What would you like to say about that title?"

Before Yu Xiang'an could answer, comments flooded the screen:

"Thanks for asking. That title seems a little limiting. Besides the food court by my house, the office building diagonally across the street is mine too. [hands on hips]"

"Besides the office building, I also own part of the clothing mall. [smug]"

"Besides the clothing mall, I own half the cosmetics industry too. [smirking]"

"Besides cosmetics, I also own a small share of the medicine cabinet at home. [doge]..."

Blurb Two:

Two people died while saving others and, in their misfortune, transmigrated to the 1970s. Yu Xiang'an became an innocent stepsister whose fiance had been stolen by her stepsister, while Lin Chuanbai became a hapless high school student whose place at a workers', peasants', and soldiers' university had been stolen. Each adapted to life with their own golden finger, until one day, they happened to run into each other on the road.

Yu Xiang'an: "...What a coincidence."

Lin Chuanbai: "...Yeah, what a coincidence."

Yu Xiang'an: "You died back then too?"

Lin Chuanbai: "I did."

They smiled at each other, finally on equal footing.

Yu Xiang'an glanced at the shoe on his foot, with his big toe sticking out, and sighed. "Life's tough these days."

Lin Chuanbai glanced at the wild vegetable dumpling she held, barely visible in her hand, and said ruefully, "Yeah, life's tough."

Then, in perfect unspoken agreement, they passed each other and pretended not to know one another.

The next day, they ran into each other at the black market.

Yu Xiang'an looked at the wild ginseng she wanted in his hand. "..."

Lin Chuanbai looked at the fat duck and apples he wanted in her hands. "..."

Life's tough?

Ha! Men and women are all smooth-talking liars!

Reader's guide: [Career-focused, everyday life in a bygone era]

Please add my new novel, "The Salted-Fish Concubine in the Qing Dynasty," to your reading list!

Blurb:

Yun Shuyao was a secondary wife.

Since the principal wife had been unable to conceive for many years, the Old Madam arranged for Yun Shuyao to enter the family and continue the Lin family line.

Yun Shuyao was also a salted fish. Compared to the other secondary wife, she was utterly unambitious.

She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and the Old Madam was delighted.

So Yun Shuyao had children all around her. She stayed in her little courtyard to cultivate and raise her children, tended to the shops that came with her dowry, and watched livestreams for entertainment through her spirit mirror. Life was wonderful.

She enjoyed more than a decade of carefree living. Then, in the blink of an eye, her children grew up. Her son became famous as a young man and passed the provincial examination, with the metropolitan examination within reach. Her daughter was betrothed to Fourth Prince's household. Wait, how had she suddenly become a grandmother to an imperial prince?

Reader's guide:

1. An alternate-universe Qing Dynasty transmigration story with elements from Dream of the Red Chamber. The heroine has no romantic feelings, while the hero sees himself as her superior.

2. The hero is Lin Ruhai.

3. The heroine is a salted fish, but she has her own career and goals.

Theme: Be independent and strong!