Reborn as a Cannon Fodder Educated Youth in a Period Novel

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Blurb:

When Qiao Qingqing woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book.

In the early 1970s, the country called on young people to go up to the mountains and down to the countryside. A wave of young people heading to the countryside to learn swept across the nation.

The heroine, Qiao Xiaomai, was known at school for her excellent grades and diligent study. In the countryside, she worked hard at her studies, became the Youth Brigade's Communist Youth League secretary, and won the villagers' support. In the end, she even led the whole production brigade to prosperity.

You could say this book tells the story of a young educated woman sent to the countryside who, while staying true to herself and serving her country, continuously learns and forges a path toward independence and self-reliance, closely tying her own fate to that of her nation.

While realizing her own ambitions, Qiao Xiaomai also found a happy love and several friends who understood and cherished her.

The Qiao Qingqing in the book was different. She was little more than a supporting character whose role was to make others shine.

Her father and Qiao Xiaomai's father were half-brothers. After they grew up and divided the family property, they lost contact for many years.

By blood, Qiao Qingqing could be considered Qiao Xiaomai's cousin. Unfortunately, she was spoiled, lazy, and pampered, very different from the grounded heroine, and thoroughly disliked in the village.

Qiao Qingqing had planned to settle down and live well after arriving, but after a few days of farm work, she couldn't take it anymore.

I can't do this. This body is so frail; it can't handle hard work at all. Before transmigrating, I was still in school. I've never experienced how grueling farm work is.

After much thought, Qiao Qingqing finally swallowed her pride and approached the man she had picked out early on.

From what Qiao Qingqing had observed, he wasn't an educated youth. He was tall and handsome, though he often wore a stern expression that made him seem scary. He lived alone and was very poor.

Everyone at the educated youth center knew you absolutely shouldn't marry a local. Once married, you'd never be able to leave. But Qiao Qingqing couldn't worry about that anymore. Her family was fairly well-off, so she wasn't afraid of being poor. If she couldn't leave, so be it. She could always visit her parents.

Qiao Qingqing had thought she'd have to mull over this marriage for a long time, but after she boldly asked him, the man, who was a head taller than her, remained silent for a long while, then actually nodded and agreed.

The Little Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel

Blurb:

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Qiao An'an had a little secret: there was a System called Niangao living in her head, and the System said it had come to change her fate.

But six-year-old Qiao An'an didn't understand what fate was. Could you eat it?

The System was exasperated by her lack of ambition. Every day, it would remind her that she could have lived a life of luxury, but someone else had stolen her identity, making her an early-death little cannon fodder.

Qiao An'an asked, "What's a cannon fodder? Is it something black and dirty? That's filthy. I don't want to be cannon fodder."

The Niangao System was satisfied. It said that if she didn't want to be cannon fodder, she had to do as it said: study hard, make progress every day, work hard, and get her face-slapping revenge...

The Niangao System abruptly fell silent when it realized that the little cannon fodder Qiao An'an had somehow gotten mixed up with the gloomy little villain!

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Qiao Ning'an transmigrated into a book. She knew the Qiao family had a girl around her age who had gone missing, so she took advantage of a visit to the family to win over Qiao Mama and Qiao Papa.

With the love of her adoptive parents, Qiao Ning'an enjoyed a life of luxury.

While Qiao Ning'an danced in a bright classroom, Qiao An'an smeared mud in a mountain ravine;

While Qiao Ning'an came first in her exams, Qiao An'an worried that the old man would be upset and climbed into the bed of the little brother next door;

When Qiao Ning'an recognized Qiao An'an at a glance, Qiao An'an was crouched by the roadside, looking bedraggled with bags piled around her. Qiao Ning'an had already become a celebrated dancer in Yancheng. She thought she had every advantage of time and place, that everyone adored her, and that she would become the original male lead's girlfriend. She had no idea the heroine and Qiao An'an had already led the villagers out of the mountain ravine, and even the factory they had established had caught the attention of city officials!

Theme: Blooming through hardship.