Raising Kids as a Stepmom on an Island: A Comparison Group in The 1970S

My other ongoing novel is The Factory Director in the Era of the Seventies. Blurb below. #IslandDevelopment #FirstLoveAndFirstMarriage #TheWholeFamilyBuildsTheirCareers #StrongHeroineAndEvenStrongerHeroine Biology PhD Lin Yan had barely transmigrated when she inherited a mess: She was caught in a disheveled state, cuddling with educated youth Sui Chen. Her family had no choice but to make Lin Yan marry Sui Chen and have her cousin Lin Aifen marry her original fiance, a widowed soldier with three children. Lin Yan didn't really understand why her cousin was so eager to become a stepmother. But compared to raising someone else's kids, she figured a handsome young educated youth with beautiful handwriting was a decent enough option, at least on looks alone. So she made a three-point agreement with Sui Chen: Lin Yan: Fine, I'll marry you. From now on, you cook, do the laundry, and help me with my work. Sui Chen: Then what will you do? Lin Yan: I'll help you study. Later, faced with Sui Chen's unusually enthusiastic desire to learn, Lin Yan thought: Somehow, the subject matter and the setting for our studies don't seem quite right. When Lin Aifen returned to the year she turned twenty, she immediately schemed to get her cousin Lin Yan and educated youth Sui Chen into bed together. She successfully stole Lin Yan's marriage and got her wish of marrying Zhao Chengqian, the soldier with three children. In her previous life, she married Sui Chen, hoping to follow him back to the city and live well. But Sui Chen couldn't return to the city and instead moved with his family from place to place until they ended up on an island. She had to endure the island's wind and sun, while her cousin Lin Yan married the twice-married soldier Zhao Chengqian and soon became a regiment commander's wife. Her stepchildren also turned out to be exceptional, and she lived a life of endless glory. This time, she was determined to seize that wonderful marriage for herself. But why hadn't Zhao Chengqian been promoted to regiment commander yet? And why were these children so unruly, with no sign of becoming promising at all? And wasn't that island supposed to be a desolate, barren place, with fussy in-laws and a sister-in-law who was impossible to get along with? Why was the island suddenly rich in resources, and why had Lin Yan become a factory director? Even those difficult in-laws listened to Lin Yan and treated her like their precious darling! This makes no sense! Story notes: 1. Island development story 2. A contrast between two women in an era novel 3. The heroine won't become a stepmother Blurb updated April 19, 2022 Recommended completed novels in the same genre: The Fake Couple of the Sixties: Ye Ying helps build the country in the 1960s and 70s Poverty Alleviation in an Era Novel: Fu Changying's life as an educated youth and her political career The Supporting Female Character Only Wants to Serve Her Country [Quick Transmigration]: Qin Zhen helps build the country in different eras The Factory Director in the Era of the Seventies Blurb: After Nan Yan dies while fighting for workers' rights, she transmigrates to the early 1970s and becomes the honored widow of a martyr. Her parents-in-law urge her to remarry. "Take the compensation money as your dowry. Our Lin family won't let you suffer." Her parents urge her to return to her family. "You can't stay a widow for the rest of your life. We wronged you back then, but luckily Chengming is still waiting for you." Her former boyfriend promises her, "I was wrong before. I shouldn't have given up on you. I don't care that you've been married. Let's build a good life together from now on." The local People's Armed Forces Department tells her, "Comrade Gao Nanyan, tell us what you need. We'll do our best to accommodate you." Gao Nanyan makes the following requests: 1. From now on, I want to be a daughter of the Lin family. 2. Whether I remarry is up to me. No one else gets to decide. 3. I want to work in a factory. Can the organization arrange something? The first two requests are easy enough. As for the third... The People's Armed Forces Department arranges a job for her at a food factory, where she can also get the Lin family some meat and other treats every now and then. But no one expected that after Gao Nanyan arrived at the food factory, the processed foods she made would become bestsellers and even win an international gold medal! The workshop worker Gao Nanyan becomes Chief Engineer Gao. Her birth family gets anxious. Their own daughter is favoring outsiders. How could she not bring some benefits to the Gao family? Her parents find Gao Nanyan and say, "You can't stay single your whole life. Tell us what kind of parents you'd like, and we'll find them for you." Before she can even find a partner, an organizational transfer comes through: Chief Engineer Gao has been promoted and sent elsewhere to run a major factory! Theme: Live a life of your own making