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Zhao Wan is transmigrated into the heroines of various period novels. She rides the waves and makes a brilliant life for herself.
1. An only daughter living off her parents in the 1980s (My parents become members of the hardworking generation, and I tag along, living off them.)
2. The extraordinary sisters of a mountain village in the 1980s (My older sister is determined to defy fate and change her life. I help her do it.)
3. The wild tribe comes to the 1980s to find their ancestor (I'm the ancestor of the wild tribe, and I grew up with the forest ranger.)
4. An eloping side character brings her dowry to the 1980s (The dowry is gold bars, antiques, and jewelry. I'm rich.)
5. The search for the father of an illegitimate daughter of an 1980s tycoon (Dad has made a fortune, and I'm his only daughter.)
6. An indebted aunt and niece on an 1980s island struggle to make a living (They're focused on paying off their debt, but end up with more and more money.)
7. An 1980s heroine whose face was switched becomes a beauty salon employee (Where did my beautiful face go? I guess I'll just have to make myself more and more beautiful.)
8. The eldest daughter-in-law of a biased 1980s mother-in-law (The superstitious mother-in-law favors only one daughter-in-law.)
9. A live-in son-in-law of an 1980s pearl farmer (He makes a fortune raising pearls.)
The Beautiful Educated Youth in the Ice City in the 1970s: Blurb
Zeng Linyu was born into a period novel in the Gobi Desert. She was a beauty praised by everyone, with a bright and lovely face, and grew up cherished by her parents.
Her mother's hometown was the frigid Ice City. She never expected that in 1968, at the age of sixteen, she would have to go there as an educated youth.
She thought life would be hard, but the second son of the family next door, Lu Aiguo, was going with her as an educated youth too.
Lu Aiguo had been bullied by her ever since they were children. The camels belonging to his family were always the first ones she got to ride, and Lu Aiguo always brought her the grapes and melons he grew so she could taste them first.
Of course, Zeng Linyu returned his kindness. Lu Aiguo was bad at school, so she did everything she could to tutor him and give him extra lessons.
Then the two of them went to the production brigade where Zeng Linyu's maternal grandparents lived, and settled there as educated youths.
Zeng Linyu thought she knew the place and had relatives there, so she would definitely be the one looking after Lu Aiguo, that crybaby.
Lu Aiguo left their home in the Gobi Desert and followed Zeng Linyu to Ice City.
He thought that from then on, he and Zeng Linyu would have to get by on wild greens and sweet potatoes every day. At worst, he would eat only wild greens and give all the sweet potatoes to her.
But he never expected the forests and mountains of Ice City to be full of dried blueberries, frozen pears, and all kinds of wild fruit.
And that was not even counting Ice City's local specialties: hazelnut mushrooms, Chinese lantern fruit, round dates, sour cranberry juice, wild walnuts, and mountain greens.
In summer, they picked wild fodder to feed the brigade's livestock, gathered medicinal herbs and tree seeds, and took them to the purchasing station.
In autumn, they gathered acorns to feed the pigs and make wine. Lu Aiguo walked dozens of miles just to bring her frozen grapes from the Ice City growing trenches.
They ate ice cream on snowy days and sat on the heated brick bed to enjoy a basinful of pork stewed with cabbage and glass noodles.
Lu Aiguo: "Life here is so good. I'm never leaving."
Zeng Linyu: "Dream on. The college entrance exams are going to be reinstated soon, and you're going to take them with me."
Lu Aiguo: "Then what about our baby?"
Zeng Linyu: "Stop dreaming. I'm not even pregnant yet."
Theme: Stay positive and stand up for what is right