Top student Gu Ruitian can't stand his deskmate, Lin Jiaojiao. She's too loud, too rowdy, too spoiled, and doesn't like studying.
Poor student Lin Jiaojiao can't stand class representative Gu Ruitian either. He's too quiet and loves snapping at people.
They both can't wait for the class reshuffle, so they won't have to sit together anymore.
But unexpectedly, they were both reborn in the 1970s, an era of scarce food and clothing. Now they have no choice but to help each other and work together to get enough to eat.
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The villagers of Linjiawan discovered something amusing.
Gu Ruitian, the foolish son of the landlord family who married into another household, suddenly wasn't foolish anymore. He was good at climbing trees to raid birds' nests, catching fish in the river, and chasing rabbits in the fields.
Lin Jiaojiao, a model activist from a poor peasant family, used to be like a firecracker, picking fights wherever she went. Whenever she saw the class enemy, Big Fool Gu, she'd spit at him.
But no one knew why she suddenly turned timid overnight. Now she followed right behind Big Fool Gu every day, sweetly calling, "Brother Lin, why don't you come over to my house for dinner today...?"
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Gu Ruitian's intention was to make a fair trade, with neither of them owing the other anything. She'd make him a pair of shoes, and he'd get her some bird eggs. She'd mend his clothes, and he'd roast her a fish. Until one day, Lin Jiaojiao was about to go to the city with her fiance.
Gu Ruitian pressed her into a corner and coaxed, "Be good, don't go. Let's go to university. We'll be deskmates again."
Foodie, naive and sweet heroine * Reluctant master chef, scheming hero
[A slice-of-life story about building a prosperous life. Submission locked on May 19, 2021.]
Theme: Keep your heart turned toward the sun and press onward without hesitation.
