The Fussy One and the Country Tycoon [The 1980S]

★ A pampered, fussy writer from the 1980s x a down-to-earth businessman who doesn't want to farm and wants to go into business instead. ★ Sang Xiaoxiao has been doted on all her life. She closes her eyes, opens them again, and finds herself in the late 1980s. Her father works in a factory, her mother farms, and she nearly blacks out at the sight. In this rustic setting, she even has a fashionable fiancé named Fu Yuanbao. It sounds like the name of a laborer from the old days. She can't accept this. She can't stand being so unsophisticated, watching her family struggle, or having a fiancé who sounds like a laborer. She has to make money and get this old-fashioned bumpkin out of her life. Fu Yuanbao is ruthless. He rose from the dirt and brought his relatives, who used to call him a country bumpkin, completely to heel. He reeks of money and sees nothing but profit and loss. Only the grandmother who raised him truly cares for him. She arranged a childhood betrothal for him, hoping he'd have a companion later in life. He planned to wait until his fiancée came of age, then have someone help her get more education and find a good path for herself. But when he finally met her as an adult, she immediately insulted his relatives with cutting sarcasm. She was good at insults, too. She even insulted his name, saying Yuanbao sounded too tacky. Fu Yuanbao decides to get married. First thing before the wedding: change his name. Yuanbao won't do. It's too tacky. P.S. The concept behind the cover, created by my artist friend, is that black represents the down-to-earth businessman and color represents the fussy young woman. The transition from black to color also symbolizes the process of reform and opening up, from black and white to color. (That convinced me.) P.P.S. Sang Xiaoxiao is what I consider a fussy young woman. From the start, she's sharp-tongued, reckless, tactless, quick to anger, rude, and self-centered. I like her a lot. I'm happy to take corrections about hard errors in the logic or setting, but please don't try to correct me based on differences in personal opinion. P.P.P.S. The main characters aren't tacky, darn it! Going premium on January 5, with three new chapters on launch day. ★ Upcoming period romance: Tofu Beauty Livestreams Her Way to Fortune [The Eighties] by Nai Xi ★ After working overtime every night, Qiao Rou suddenly drops dead and transmigrates into a book her subordinate was reading. In the book, she's a pretty but useless decoration in the 1980s, tasked with helping out at her family's shabby old tofu shop. She appears in only two chapters. In one, a carefree man named Cheng Huaichao relentlessly pursues her, until the righteous heroine comes to her rescue. In the other, she dies suddenly for reasons no one knows. She values her life and decides to enjoy her own little life. By an unlucky coincidence, she runs into Cheng Huaichao, who has come to buy tofu for the first time. Carefree Cheng Huaichao pretends to be lovestruck: “Qiao Rou, have you ever heard of love at first sight?” Life-loving Qiao Rou: “Would someone in love at first sight get up at three in the morning to make tofu for me? Help me pack it? Serve my customers?” Cheng Huaichao: “...” She has barely finished her “friendly” interrogation of Cheng Huaichao when rows of familiar, translucent text appear before her eyes. [Claim your spot early! The period-drama livestream is here!] [It's starting, it's starting! The main story is beginning!] [Great, I love this opening. Go, heroine!] Qiao Rou: “...” Years later, a financial magazine interviews Cheng Huaichao and Qiao Rou: “How did you two find the courage to go into business?” Cheng Huaichao: “Have you ever heard of love at first sight?” Qiao Rou, who just doesn't want to die suddenly: “...” ★ Upcoming modern romance: A Boat Laden with Starlight ★ The first time Zhang Juntao sees Chu Yu is at an interview for new teachers at Langcheng No. 1 High School. The man is dressed in a suit, crying so hard in the restroom that his whole body is shaking. But when he turns around, he calmly gathers all his personal documents and leaves. The second time she sees Chu Yu is in front of the grape display at a supermarket. The man wears an apron and a mask, with his work badge clipped to his chest. He tells her the grapes are guaranteed to be sweet. Later, after rushing around everywhere, she finally manages to build a new school. To her surprise, Chu Yu's résumé lands in her hands. She discovers he knows his way around both teaching and haggling. The grapes really are guaranteed sweet. → Chu Yu clawed his way out of a backwater village and grew up wild. Wherever he goes, the tough guys call him boss. But he's turned over a new leaf. He's determined to become a respectable person and get an education at school. Then he meets a principal who's building a school in a backwater village, and every time she looks at him, there's something off about her expression. Wild and respectable at the same time? That could work. Life is full of hardship, but when you meet the right person, it feels as if all the bitterness has turned sweet. Weibo: Jinjiang Nai Xi Theme: As long as you're happy.