The Young Stepmother and Her Adorable Little One [The 1970S]

[Complete. Jinjiang Literature City is the only official source.] The better Su Xiaoxiao was at studying, the more embarrassed she is now. The villagers aren't good enough for her, and the city folk look down on her. Too good for some, not good enough for others, she has worn herself down into an "old maid." A young educated woman says she's willing to give it a try. Su's father asks when the man plans to marry her. The young woman says Su Xiaoxiao was the one who clung to her and persuaded her to give it a try. She plans to return to the city and has no intention of marrying a country girl. Su Xiaoxiao can't take it and throws herself into a well. Now her reputation is even worse, and matchmakers take a detour to avoid the Su family's home. Su's parents are so furious they're practically at death's door. They resolve to marry their daughter off to a city man, no matter how much dowry they have to provide. Han Cheng, a year after losing his wife, takes leave to return to the city and visit his sons. His two chubby boys have been raised by their teacher's wife until they're skin and bones, with gloomy dispositions. Furious, he asks a matchmaker that very night to find him a second wife in the countryside. His only requirement is that she can read and write. When the matchmaker comes calling, Su Xiaoxiao, who is from the twenty-first century, agrees without a second thought. The unreliable matchmaker has actually arranged for several people to have blind dates at once. With the others as a comparison, Han Cheng asks Su Xiaoxiao, who looks meek and easygoing, "Can you read and write? Would you mind taking care of two children?" Su Xiaoxiao nods. "I studied for a few years. I don't mind." Han Cheng: "Do you have any requirements?" Su Xiaoxiao: "Will I get meals? Enough to eat? Can I have meat?" Han Cheng, who even buttons his shirt all the way up to the top button, gives a rare smile. "Yes. You can." Su Xiaoxiao has never raised a child. Whenever she sees adorable human babies in short videos, cute enough to make her want to steal them and take them home, she wishes she could raise one. Now she's about to have two. She could laugh in her sleep. Who would have thought Han Cheng would point to two ugly, scrawny, filthy little monkeys in patched-up clothes and say they were his sons? No, no, no! These aren't the human babies she wanted! Are they little beggars he just picked up from a garbage heap? Is it too late to back out? If you find a grubby, ugly, scrawny human baby, don't rush to turn it in. What if it grows cute while you're raising it? Reader's Guide: The female lead soon has boy-girl twins of her own. This isn't a story about a powerful heroine or hero. The career plot is not a major focus. It's a cozy, everyday story about family life, making ends meet, and raising children. This story is entirely fictional, set in a partly fictionalized world. Please don't compare it to real life or nitpick the details. Please be civil when reading. If you don't like it, don't post abuse. Thank you. Coming next: Transmigrated into the Wedding Night in the 1980s Mu Chuchu transmigrates into a novel set in a past era. In the book, she's a beautiful but foolish woman who does whatever she pleases, never studies, and has beauty without brains. She uses the only bit of intelligence she has to plot against the childhood sweetheart she's been secretly in love with for years, and successfully marries him. But Han Jingnian, her childhood sweetheart, loves someone else... Pressured by public opinion, Han Jingnian reluctantly holds a wedding banquet with Mu Chuchu, whom he doesn't love. On their wedding night, he doesn't return to their room. The next day, he packs his things and heads south to do business. When she sees Han Jingnian again, he's a successful businessman in a suit, standing beside the novel's heroine, who smiles sweetly. By then, his family has worn Mu Chuchu down until she's a faded beauty. On her wedding night, Mu Chuchu, who has the same name as a woman from the twenty-first century, transmigrates into the story. Looking at the handsome Han Jingnian, whose looks are exactly her type, she decides to turn around the ridiculous plot in which they held a wedding banquet but never registered their marriage or consummated it. She'll make their marriage real and live up to her reputation as a spoiled woman. Let's see if he still has someone else in his heart, goes south to do business, or brings the novel's heroine back. Wherever he goes, he'll have to take her with him, and she will be the only one in his heart and eyes! Later: At mealtime: "Brother Jingnian, the egg custard is too hot. Blow on it for me." While bathing: "Brother Jingnian, this bucket of water is so heavy. I can't lift it." At bedtime: "Brother Jingnian, the bed is so cold. I..." Han Jingnian cuts her off. "Enough. Speak properly." Mu Chuchu blinks her big, doll-like eyes and says earnestly, "Brother Jingnian, Chuchu wants to have a baby as handsome as you." Han Jingnian: "..." Theme: Work hard through hardship and rely on yourself