The Pretty Bricklayer of the 1970S

[Coming soon: The Real Heiress Can Read Minds, Island Life Livestream: Daily Wellness] Please add them to your collection~ In 1973, Tao Nanfeng had just graduated from high school when her stepmother tricked her into taking her stepsister's place and going to the countryside as an educated youth. She became a member of the road-building crew at Xiufeng Mountain Farm. Living in a thatched hut full of drafts and leaks, exhausted and freezing, Tao Nanfeng had a dream. In it, she was in the apocalypse and got bitten by a zombie. When she woke up in the morning, a black bite mark had appeared on the back of her hand. She nervously wrapped her hand in a scarf and reported to the road-building crew. The moment she sat sideways on a boulder by the road, boom! The rock split in two. She braced herself against a tree, crack! It snapped in half. The team leader handed her an iron shovel. With that kind of strength, she was made for the road crew. Tao Nanfeng dreamed again, this time of being bitten by a mutant rat. When she woke up, there was a black bite mark on her ankle. The next day, the road crew members stared in disbelief: this pretty, delicate young woman could dig tunnels! Later, Tao Nanfeng dreamed that she was the sacrificial supporting female character in a period novel, a stepping stone for her stepsister Tao You. She decided to stop keeping a low profile. Her friends at the educated-youth compound were amazed to see her become hardworking and ambitious. She led everyone in building earthen-brick houses, roads, phosphate mines, factories, and hospitals... The farm grew more and more prosperous. From a member of the road-building crew to the head of the infrastructure division, and then all the way up to becoming a nationally renowned architect, Tao Nanfeng stood beneath dazzling spotlights. The former "bricklayer" began to give her thanks: --Thank you, for clearing every obstacle in my way. --Thank you, for motivating me to keep going with your contemptuous gaze. --Thank you, all my friends, for growing alongside me. Oh... and I have to thank those dreams, too. [Note] Bricklayer is a general term for construction workers involved in bricklaying, roofing, and the construction of bridges, railways, roads, and other structures. They have made great contributions throughout the history of construction. *===Blurb for The Real Heiress Can Read Minds, coming soon===* Years later, Zhao Xiangwan became the country's first expert to apply microexpression and behavioral analysis to criminal investigations. Dressed in her uniform, poised and confident, she stood before the media, surrounded by flowers and praise, and a thought flashed through her mind: --One can look straight at anything but the sun and the human heart. Back in 1983, Zhao Xiangwan unexpectedly gained the ability to read minds. Younger sister: Sis, I'm so worried about you. (Why can't lightning strike you dead? You're impossible to kill!) Mother: Why bother studying? We're poor. (Even if we had money, I wouldn't spend it on you.) Father: Don't compare yourself to your little sister. You're Dad's favorite. (You're not my real daughter. You'll never be one of us.) Her younger sister took her place as the wealthy family's daughter in the city, while Zhao Xiangwan fought with everything she had to continue her education. Her mind-reading ability only seemed to teach her that you can't judge a person by their appearance, and did little else to help her life. In 1991, Zhao Xiangwan was admitted to Xiang Province Police University. When her three-year-old sister went missing, everyone felt too sorry for the crying, fragile-looking eight-year-old to blame her. But Zhao Xiangwan heard her thoughts: Trying to take Mom and Dad from me? Dream on! She helped a distraught mother find her child, exposed the hidden snake in their midst, and gave the police officer's family a crisp, formal salute. At last, Zhao Xiangwan found the right way to use her mind-reading ability. Human activity consists of countless subtle, habitual movements. Facial expressions can reveal emotions such as anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise. With mind-reading powers, she could first establish the truth and then work backward to interpret people's microexpressions. No criminal could escape detection! One major criminal case after another made Zhao Xiangwan shine. When she finally met her biological parents, saw Zhao Chenyang, who had stolen the life meant for her, and heard what they were thinking, Zhao Xiangwan simply smiled without a word. Good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil. That saying isn't just written in books. *===Blurb for Island Life Livestream: Daily Wellness, coming soon===* As college graduation season arrived, the little tree spirit Sang Zhi awakened her spiritual powers, packed her bags, and returned to the island where she had grown up. The sea breeze was salty, Grandma's mixed-grain porridge was thick and hearty, and Grandpa's herbs smelled wonderful as they dried. The yellow dog Wangcai wagged its tail around her, while the myna in the birdcage beneath the rafters recited poetry to her every day. "The sun sets behind the mountains, the Yellow River flows and flows and flows..." The myna, which could never finish a single poem, perched on Sang Zhi's shoulder watching short videos and squawked along: "Stream, stream, stream..." Sang Zhi began livestreaming. On the first day, a few curious viewers came into her "Island Wellness" livestream. "What kind of wellness? Goji berries steeped in chrysanthemum tea?" "What's the gimmick with the island? Is this streamer a scammer?" In less than a month, the livestream had over ten thousand viewers, all of them squealing at their screens. "Sob, sob... I want grandparents like these, too." "Ahhh... Why can I watch the streamer sitting in a rocking chair and enjoying the sea breeze for half an hour?" "I've been getting up early and going to bed early with the streamer every day. I don't feel dizzy, my eyes aren't blurry, and my back and legs don't hurt anymore." Half a year later, gorgeous faces began appearing in the livestream from time to time. The superstar Shen Xingchen, tormented by an eating disorder for years: Grandma's seafood rice is delicious. The national Go champion Liu Yanjun, who often suffered from insomnia due to excessive stress: This is where the sweetest dreams are. Ouyang Hao, the wealthiest man in the country, who had made a will and planned to travel to Switzerland for assisted suicide: It's good to be alive. The young scientist Gu Yingcheng, suffering from a serious illness: I can devote another eighty years to my country! The whole internet was in an uproar: What island is this? I want to go, too! Theme: A life of hard work is a happy life.