Song Ruannuan took one misstep and transmigrated to a rural village in the 1970s.
She had been sickly since childhood and had no idea how to survive in this turbulent era.
Clutching her gauzy long skirt, Song Ruannuan stumbled through the fields, weak, helpless, and pitiful.
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Jiang Hai heard someone had been found at the educated youth settlement. He went over to see what the fuss was about, but the moment he saw Song Ruannuan, he was smitten. Her flowerlike little face was even prettier than the movie stars.
He carried Song Ruannuan home after she fell ill and fainted, then declared domineeringly:
"Be my wife. I'll take care of you!"
Song Ruannuan: A temporary bodyguard doesn't sound too bad, does it?
From then on, the village's notorious wild stallion became a devoted dog, following only Song Ruannuan around.
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At some point, village gossip began to spread: That vixen from the Jiang family is so spoiled. Today she wants fine noodles and white rice, tomorrow she wants polyester and silk.
And Jiang Hai is bewitched, indulging her even when he goes into the mountains or down the mines. He's ruined for life.
The Jiang family's reborn maid was so jealous her eyes turned red. Clenching her fists, she swore to herself:
She had the advantage of knowing the future decades in advance. She was gentle, considerate, and virtuous, a hundred times better than that delicate Song Ruannuan. This time, she would be the one to become the richest man's wife!
A delicate, sickly little fairy of a heroine x a possessive, fierce wolf of a hero who bites down and never lets go
Disclaimer: At the beginning, the hero is an idle layabout who does no work and sometimes gets into fights. But under the heroine's influence, he becomes hardworking, ambitious, and prosperous. The heroine is ill and cannot do heavy labor, so she wants to go to college and move to the city rather than stay in the countryside. She has never intended to belittle other hardworking, ambitious women. The leads are not lazy or idle. In both their past and present lives, they rely on their own diligence and intelligence to lead the whole village to prosperity. The author also grew up in the countryside and knows firsthand how tough life was in that era. There is absolutely no intention of discriminating against farmers or any social class. The leads in the author's stories are always positive and ambitious.
Coming soon: A Highborn Concubine Who's Far Too Ambitious. Please add it to your reading list. A highborn concubine becomes the Imperial Preceptor.
When genius PhD Lin Ling wakes up, she finds herself in the body of Auntie Lin, the wicked villainess in a household drama.
As a textbook villainess, she is of noble birth and breathtakingly beautiful, yet blinded by love. She disregards her status and goes to great lengths to marry the Duke's heir, the male lead, as his concubine. She repeatedly clashes with the female lead, a daughter of a concubine who became the second wife, loses at every turn, and ultimately dies miserably after being banished to a remote estate.
System: Host, please win over the male lead and become his primary wife to make a comeback! Then you'll earn the devoted love of a top-tier male lead, and...
Before it can finish speaking, Lin Ling rips the script to shreds and kicks the System into a corner of her mind.
The country spent twenty-five years carefully training her to be a doctor with expertise in every field. Now they expect her to spend every day competing with a bunch of women in the inner courtyard over a few bolts of brocade and a tiny patch of land for control of the household?
Isn't it more rewarding to invent glass, soap, and beauty pills to make money, or more impressive to build powerful ships and cannons and become a marquis or king?
Male lead: A concubine is lowly for life. Know your place and don't covet what doesn't belong to you.
Lin Ling: Are you mocking the founding emperor, who started out as a horse groom?
The male lead's family: A concubine is private property. No matter how much you invent, it only adds to the Gu family's assets.
Minister: The things invented by the Imperial Preceptor, whom His Majesty reveres like a god, are your family's private property? Are you trying to rebel?
Emperor: I wish to take the Imperial Preceptor as my empress and share my realm with her.
Lin Ling: Thanks for the offer, but I think I'd rather be emperor myself.
In the face of absolute power, moral codes and social conventions are nothing but a scrap of paper that can be written on however one likes.
Completed feel-good power fantasies:
"The Metaphysics Master Is a Mountain God": The whole world comes to worship the mountain god
"I Practice Medicine in the Modern World": The thrilling life of a medical genius
"The Female Side Character Is a Face-Slapping Fiend": I become a god by collecting lies
"The Sect Master Is an Internet Celebrity": Cultivation conquers the world
"After Becoming a White Lotus, I Made Everyone Kneel and Sing in Surrender": I won't marry into a wealthy family. I'm wealthier than they are.
"With a Rich Heir for a Son, All I Need to Do Is Spend Money": I win by cuddling my genius son
Theme: A little fairy leads her husband to prosperity in the 1970s.