The Pretty Supporting Lady of the 1980s

Shan Cha woke up one day to discover she had become the "spoiled, troublesome female side character" in a period novel about a stepmother, the foil to the heroine.

The more hardworking and capable her stepsister was, the more precious, fussy, and lazy Shan Cha was.

Her stepsister then used the good reputation that originally belonged to Shan Cha to marry the military officer hero she had set her sights on, becoming stepmother to his three children. Meanwhile, Shan Cha was betrothed to Xie Zhiyuan, the penniless young man next door to the hero's family, who had neither father nor mother.

Everyone thought Shan Cha would refuse, but she agreed without a second thought and married him without looking back.

From then on, she and her heroine stepsister led completely different lives:

When her stepsister got up before dawn to see her stepson off to school, Shan Cha was still asleep.

When her stepsister stayed up all night caring for her paralyzed mother-in-law, unable to close her eyes, Shan Cha was already in bed.

She was afraid of the cold in winter and the heat in summer. She worried that even washing dishes would roughen her hands, let alone doing hard labor in the fields.

They said that even when she washed her feet at night, Xie Zhiyuan had to fetch the water and squat in front of her to attend to her.

Her stepsister's eyes instantly reddened. This wasn't taking a wife, it was taking an ancestor! She'd stolen Shan Cha's good reputation and her marriage, and somehow that had let Shan Cha live like a pampered beauty!

Xie Zhiyuan was poor, and Shan Cha was delicate. She never lifted a finger in the fields and went into town every few days. There wasn't a trace of a farmer's wife about her! Just wait and see! Those two would get divorced sooner or later! Even if they didn't, their life together couldn't possibly go well!

Hearing this, Shan Cha smiled sweetly and hooked a finger under Xie Zhiyuan's chin. "Should we get divorced?"

Xie Zhiyuan's eyes were dark. "No. I worked so hard to win my wife back. I'd die before I divorced her."

As for their life together, while her stepsister ate coarse rice, Shan Cha ate fine grains; while her stepsister lived in a shack, Xie Zhiyuan built a new house; while her stepsister fought tooth and nail for a factory job, only to find out after getting hired that Xie Zhiyuan was the factory director and Shan Cha was the boss lady who paid her wages.

Her stepsister, who thought Shan Cha was having a hard time: ...

A loyal, wild-dog-like hero with a waist like a stud × a scheming, tea-scented heroine who's sweet on the outside and dark within

Coming soon: "The Spicy Mom's Everyday Life Raising Kids in the 1970s":

In her past life, everyone in the village said Jiang Qiao was incredibly lucky.

She was a country girl who had married into a fine family like the Gu family.

Her mother-in-law was highly educated and even willing to help raise her child.

Her husband was a respected military man who received a steady salary and allowances, and he treated Jiang Qiao well, too.

But only Jiang Qiao knew the truth: her mother-in-law wouldn't let her raise her own child because she was uneducated and looked down on her.

Her husband did his duty by her, but in truth, he didn't love her either.

In her past life, she did everything she could to win her mother-in-law's approval, constantly lowering herself and swallowing her pride.

When the child she'd carried for ten months was taken away, she didn't even dare to object.

But in the end, her mother-in-law still disliked her.

And the child she'd cherished more than anything was raised into a spoiled brat nobody liked, who wouldn't even call her Mom.

Reborn into a new life, Jiang Qiao was done putting up with it.

So what if she was a country girl?

She had two hands, two feet, and dreams of her own. She could make a good life and raise her child without relying on a man.

She'd stop serving a mother-in-law who didn't like her, and she'd kick out the husband who didn't love her, too.

On the very first day after waking up, she had a huge fight with her mother-in-law and took her child back to raise herself.

Then she sent a message to Gu Lincheng.

"Urgent matter. Come back at once."

When Gu Lincheng returned, she gave him two choices:

Either she and the child would go with him to the military compound, he'd hand over his entire salary and allowances to her, they'd raise the child themselves without his mother interfering, and he'd support whatever she wanted to do without trying to control her.

Or they'd get divorced, and she'd take the child back to her hometown. From then on, their paths would part, and they would have nothing to do with each other.

She knew it would be hard to get into the military compound, and Gu Lincheng didn't love her at all. With all those difficult conditions and his mother standing between them, he would surely choose divorce.

But to her surprise, as soon as Gu Lincheng heard this, he rushed to submit an application to the army, brought her to the military compound, and handed over all the salary and allowances he'd saved up. His eyes were shining as if he'd been waiting for her to say exactly that.

"You can have all the money. I'll support whatever you want to do. But don't even think about divorce."

Jiang Qiao: ???

Coming soon, Book 2: "My Early-Death Mom Gives Up [The 1980s]"

Wang Yuejiao had just seen her husband off on the train when she suddenly realized she was the early-death biological mother in a period novel about a stepmother.

Not long after she died, Xiao Mingjun would find new love and marry a woman named Fang Lanlan.

His mother, who had never liked Wang Yuejiao, would dote on this woman.

And in the future, her son would happily cuddle up to Fang Lanlan and call her "Mom."

Wang Yuejiao was so furious she couldn't take it anymore.

If she was going to die before the New Year, why bother working so hard to build up the family fortune and worry about everything?

Wouldn't it all just benefit someone else? Let things go however they would.

She took out all the money she'd saved over the past few years. Today she bought a chicken, tomorrow a fish, and every few days she'd go to the department store to buy cosmetics and pretty clothes.

She made herself look as beautiful as she possibly could.

Her stingy mother-in-law's heart bled with every penny. "You spendthrift! Are you trying to ruin this family?"

Wang Yuejiao: "That's right. I'm not trying to keep this family going. I'm going to die anyway, so why bother?"

When Xiao Mingjun returned from the capital, he found that his wife had become a completely different person.

She no longer did a scrap of housework and spent every day dressing up like a heavenly beauty.

Most importantly, all the young men at the factory thought she was an unmarried girl and lined up to pursue her!

Xiao Mingjun's face turned black as a pot. He cornered her in their room and handed over every last cent he'd earned.

"Spend all you want, but no flirting with other men. Understand?"

Fang Lanlan had transmigrated with the novel's plot in hand. She knew she was the heroine.

As soon as Xiao Mingjun's wife died, he would follow the plot and marry her, then make piles of money for her to spend.

But she waited and waited, until Wang Yuejiao became the factory's most beautiful woman.

She waited and waited, until Xiao Mingjun made a fortune.

She waited until the flowers had withered, and Wang Yuejiao hadn't died at all. She was even pregnant with twins for her second pregnancy.

Theme: Strive hard and usher in a new era