Life in a County Town in the 1960S

[New modern-day bonus chapter 91] [A wealthy young lady who’s traveled through time × a roguish local layabout] Jiang Xuan had the bad luck to arrive in 1958. In 1958, you needed a travel permit to go out, as well as ration coupons for grain, cloth, and industrial goods. She had to earn money, carefully figure out how to shed her status as an unregistered resident, and find a job. Luckily, there was Zheng Xizhou, a shameless porter. At first, Jiang Xuan looked down on this hooligan and layabout. Later, she wanted to marry him so she could eat braised pork every day. Sob. Braised pork is so good. Reader’s guide: 1. A romance-focused story set in a fictionalized historical era. 2. The setting is fictional. No historical nitpicking, please. Coming next: Raising a Zombie Boyfriend [Historical Era] In the tenth year of the apocalypse, the zombie-clearing operation began. Jiang Shan fled for her life with her cold, rigid zombie boyfriend. Xie Zhizhou lost his body protecting her, and she, too, died at the hands of humanity. Jiang Shan died. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself and Xie Zhizhou lying among lush green trees, covered in wounds. How lucky they were to have returned together to the early years of the People’s Republic, in 1955, when the mountains and rivers were green and unpolluted. They no longer had to risk their lives for a bite to eat or wander from place to place to escape human pursuers. Jiang Shan was filled with gratitude and determined to make a life for herself in this era. But there was a problem. Xie Zhizhou was seriously injured, with pale skin and stiff limbs, and he could barely speak. And she herself had the face of a beautiful deadweight, with a supernatural ability that was damn near useless: she was a human cauldron with a bewitching charm! She couldn’t lift a thing or do a day’s hard labor. At most, she could run a little faster when fleeing. orz What could she do to drag Xie Zhizhou along while finding them household registration, a home, and food? With his half-zombie body, he needed meat at every meal, too. Good heavens, raising a zombie man is so hard. Sob. [Reader’s guide] 1. Our girl is a beautiful deadweight. In the apocalypse, she relied entirely on her zombie boyfriend’s cheat powers to protect her, and she’s still pretty useless in 1955, um... But she bravely takes on the burden of supporting her boyfriend and feeding him meat. Let’s light a candle for her. Hilarious. 2. The zombie virus in the male lead’s body isn’t contagious, and there’s a reason for that. No spoilers. 3. Childhood sweethearts, surviving together and saving each other. Nobody’s breaking up my ship. → Theme: Cozy everyday life in the 1960s, with nostalgia and appreciation for how far life has come.