A Life of Struggle in the 1970s

Blurb One

Yao Wuhong's parents had seven daughters in a row, but still couldn't accept their fate of having no son.

After they learned that their prettiest daughter, Dahong, could fetch a bride price of as much as 300 yuan,

Yao Wuhong's parents saw a way to make money and planned to use it to adopt a son to support them in their old age.

Yao Wuhong quickly put an end to their plan, crushing any hope they had of adopting a son.

Then she pointed to her boyfriend, Zhang Chuping, and said, "It's fine. A son-in-law is half a son. Half is better than none."

Blurb Two

First, her parents planned to marry off her two older sisters to anyone who would take them, so they could get a large sum of money and adopt a son to support them in their old age. Then her aunt planned to split up the family, using the excuse that Yao Wuhong's education was too expensive.

On top of that, the younger sister she'd raised since childhood suddenly changed her ways and began plotting all sorts of schemes. Yao Wuhong calmly dealt with everything, while also finding herself a handsome, wealthy, brilliant boyfriend. Together, they both got into college.

Content note: A slice-of-life, farming-themed period novel. Romance may take up only a small portion. Her parents really do favor sons, but since they don't have one, they won't be able to favor him. They absolutely will not adopt one.

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Zhao Yongmei had a dream. In it, her family tried to set her up on a blind date. Unwilling to go, she ran off to the provincial capital to look after her sick aunt.

Later, with no qualifications or household registration, she married her cousin's husband, a divorced man with a six-year-old child, so she could settle down in the provincial capital.

In her dream, she thought she'd found the life she'd always wanted. Her husband might have been married before, but they loved each other and got along well. Her son wasn't her own, but he was obedient and filial.

Then the child's biological mother returned from abroad, and her husband and son wavered between the two women. Only then did she realize that the good life she'd thought she had all these years was nothing but a house of cards.

The pain of that dream jolted Zhao Yongmei awake!

Even more alarming, the very next day, her family said she was getting older and they wanted to set her up on a blind date. The man was Wu Gang, the one she'd refused to marry in her dream.

Then a letter arrived from her aunt in the provincial capital. She'd had heart surgery and needed someone to care for her. She could pay five yuan a month, and wanted to know if her niece would come.

Zhao Yongmei chose neither. She just wanted to study hard. Even if she couldn't get into college, she would attend a technical or junior college, get a proper job of her own, and support herself with dignity.

As for being a stepmother, whoever wants the job can have it. She's done with it!

Theme: Study hard and keep striving to improve.