A Darling Bride in the 1970s

[Completed novels: The Sweet Little Family in the Big Courtyard of the 1970s and The Sweet Couple in the Big Courtyard of the 1970s. See the author's profile.]

★ Please bookmark the upcoming novels Pretty Mom Raising a Child on a 1970s Island and A Sweet Young Wife Comes to the Compound [Period]. See the author's profile.

Blurb:

Chen Yeyun lost her parents young. She and her younger siblings lived under someone else's roof, weighing down her uncle's family, and now she faced the trouble of getting married. She could either become a stepmother or marry into a family so poor they'd have to starve together.

After much thought, she remembered her childhood betrothal to a battalion commander at a state-run farm whom she hadn't seen in years. She spent all her savings, one yuan and thirty-three cents, to send Hao Shaodong at State-Run Farm 628 a telegram. It contained just thirteen characters:

"I'm Chen Yeyun. Will you marry me?"

Hao Shaodong, usually reserved and grave, had just been pressured by his mother to get married when he received a telegram. It was the first time anyone had proposed to him by telegram, and he was speechless.

After they married, Hao Shaodong thought Chen Yeyun was pretty good. She didn't restrict him or nag him, and their marriage was better than most at the farm. They could make do and get by.

Later, he watched Chen Yeyun look after her younger siblings, get along with the neighbors, and keep busy with her job at the clinic, and jealousy began to gnaw at him.

Hao Shaodong: Can't you spare some of your attention for me?

Chen Yeyun: Weren't we just making do?

Tips:

1. This is a fictional setting with lots of original worldbuilding. Please don't compare it to real life.

2. A slow-burn, cozy everyday story about family and neighborhood life, with few over-the-top villains or face-slapping scenes.

3. No golden finger, not a wish-fulfillment story.

★★★ Please bookmark the next novel, A Beautiful Island Girl Marries a Powerful Man in the 1970s. Blurb:

[Island officer * sweet, delicate beauty / Foodie island life and local delicacies]

Lin Xiang was fair-skinned and beautiful, lively and charming, and widely regarded as a budding beauty in the steel mill's residential compound. One day, she suddenly realized she was the hapless cannon-fodder female side character in a Period novel.

According to the plot, her parents favored sons over daughters and tricked her into giving her city job to her younger brother. Then her childhood betrothed climbed the social ladder and broke off their engagement, wasting her chance to find someone else. She was forced to go to the countryside. In the end, her stunning looks made her a target for all sorts of people, while her parents in the city turned a blind eye, leaving her defenseless and miserable.

Lin Xiang: ?

That's just too much!

The He family, whose younger son was engaged to Lin Xiang, feared she'd ruin his chance to marry into a better family. So they arranged another match for her: their eldest son, He Nian, a soldier stationed on an island thousands of miles away.

It was a betrothal between the Lin and He families either way. What difference did it make whether she married the eldest or the second son?

Lin Xiang saw the man with sharp brows and bright eyes in the photograph, heard He Nian's name, and immediately remembered that he was a powerful male side character in the book: capable and dependable, uninterested in love, and unmarried for life.

He was also the one who had stood up for her after her tragic death in the story, dealing with the gang of local hooligans.

Lin Xiang was determined to get away from her parasitic family. The island was a thousand miles from home, the perfect place to escape trouble. And the book said the island was rich in produce, with sunshine, beaches, clams, shrimp, crabs, and all kinds of fish.

He Nian had served in the military for years and earned many honors. Promoted to regiment commander at a young age, he had a limitless future. He was the most sought-after son-in-law in the residential compound, a real catch in everyone's eyes.

Unfortunately, Regiment Commander He was hopeless at romance. He was stubborn and cold, and never showed any interest in the women people tried to set him up with.

Then one day, the commander's family sent him a little wife from his hometown. She was pretty and graceful, leaving everyone stunned. Had someone really snapped up their prized catch, He Nian?

But Lin Xiang was so sweet and delicate, while He Nian was tall and imposing, his face as impassive as stone. They wondered if the little beauty would be scared of him.

One day, someone in the compound saw the formidable He Nian following his angry little wife with his head bowed, gently coaxing her. "It was all my fault. Don't be mad. Are you thirsty? Would you like some coconut water?"

Everyone: ?

Is this really the He Nian we know?

He Nian had a poor relationship with his parents and hadn't been in contact with them for years. Then they foisted a wife on him, and she was his younger brother's childhood betrothed. He was uneasy and resisted the match.

But later, when he looked at Lin Xiang, his eyes were full of tenderness.

★★★★★ Completed Period novels by the author:

The Sweet Little Family in the Big Courtyard of the 1970s

The Young Couple in the 1970s Song and Dance Troupe

Take a look if you're interested! ^O^

Theme: Building a happy little family together