The Adorable Wife of a 1970s Educated Youth

Coming soon: "Seventies: The Village Girl He Married by Force" and "Sixties: The Sweet Young Bride." Descriptions at the bottom.

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Qiao Ziyan transmigrates into the body of a young female intellectual sent to the countryside. After six years away, she's finally given a chance to return to the city, only for her younger sister to take her place.

Her family is afraid she'll lose hope, so they set her up with a man.

He's a soldier, with a straight back, a stern air, and a frightening gaze. He looks like a tough guy.

They say marrying a soldier means marrying loneliness. Qiao Ziyan doesn't want to be widowed in all but name while she's still young. Becoming a military wife... maybe not.

But the second time she meets the man, he takes her to the military camp, where all the soldiers call her sister-in-law.

Something's not right here, is it?

--- Seventies: The Village Girl He Married by Force ---

Lu Yuanshan has liked the youngest daughter of the Han family, Han Xiaomei, for ages. He went to great lengths to marry her, but she cries and makes a scene, demanding a divorce, which leaves him furious.

Han Xiaomei's older sister took her university placement, and her family forced her into marriage. In a fit of anger, she jumped into a river and died, only to transmigrate four years into the future.

By then, her sister has graduated from university and landed a great job, while Han Xiaomei has married the landlord's son she hates most.

He's rough and wild, and mean to boot. He clearly looks like a bad guy, so Han Xiaomei decisively asks for a divorce.

That night, Han Xiaomei cries until her voice is hoarse. The man asks, "Still want a divorce?"

Han Xiaomei says, "No, I don't. I don't dare ask for one anymore."

Han Xiaomei thinks she'll probably never have a good life again. The villagers think so, too. But it turns out that the rough man is a reborn villain with a supermarket at his side. He's got everything she could want, and spoils her like a treasure.

Han Xiaomei: So, are we still getting divorced?

--- Sixties: The Sweet Young Bride ---

Yesterday, He Zhiyao had returned from studying abroad in a suit, sipping coffee and criticizing the wife his parents had chosen for him for sitting and standing improperly. Today, a truck has carried him and his family off to the countryside, all of them covered in dust.

The countryside offers plenty of opportunities, but He Zhiyao knows nothing about farming and won't lift a finger. He becomes the target of criticism and reeducation.

Chen Xiaomai is ambitious and doesn't want him dragging the collective down, so she motivates him: "He Zhiyao, if you get named a model worker, I'll agree to divorce you."

One year later,

Chen Xiaomai says to her model-worker husband, now tanned and sporting a six-pack, "He Zhiyao, let's get divorced."

He Zhiyao pinches her soft cheek with his rough, strong hand and says fiercely, "What divorce? Come back to the city with me!"

Xiaomai: But you promised we'd get divorced!

Theme: Don't fear hardship or difficulty.