The Bloodsucked Younger Sister Is Reborn in the 1970s

Coming soon: This Bowl of Soft Rice Is So Delicious (Female-Dominated Society, Imperial Exams)

Jiang Tao is reborn, back at eighteen, the day before she's about to jump into a pit of fire.

Only when she died in her previous life did she learn that she'd been living inside a period novel. The heroine was her older sister, Jiang Li. Jiang Tao wasn't even important enough to be a foil, just a cannon-fodder younger sister whose whole family drained her dry.

Jiang Li needed a job, so she married a fool.

Jiang Ping needed a future, so she sold her house to bribe people.

When Shao Hongmei got sick, she moved right into the hospital to take care of her.

In the end, she got not a single word of gratitude. When she drowned and died, the family she'd devoted her life to wouldn't even come to pay their respects.

Starting over, Jiang Tao refuses to be anyone's meal ticket. She deliberately chooses a remote place and boards a train for the countryside in the middle of the night to escape trouble. Who knew that troublemaker Jiang Li would follow her there too?

While Jiang Li admires the flowers and moon, Jiang Tao keeps her head down and farms.

While Jiang Li pretends to study, Jiang Tao works hard raising pigs.

Later, when Jiang Li is so hungry she starts looking for someone to provide her with meals, Jiang Tao has already been named an outstanding grower and expert pig raiser. She's made the papers and become famous all over the country.

Even the skinny monkey she went to such great lengths to find has grown plump and healthy under her care. The skinny monkey's little niece has become the village's lucky charm.

The male lead's perspective:

Ever since he was sent down to the countryside, he's lived in a cowshed, eaten grass roots, and suffered from one illness after another. Though he resents his situation, all he can do is drift along with the tides of the times.

Then one day, someone braves every obstacle to come to him. She doesn't mind that he's inarticulate or ill, believes in him, takes care of him, and eventually helps him achieve greatness.

Reporter interview:

Academician Shen, you've achieved so much today. Who has helped you the most throughout your journey?

"My wife."

Coming soon

This Bowl of Soft Rice Is So Delicious (Female-Dominated Society, Imperial Exams)

Song Yingyue, a history PhD, gets home after proctoring an exam and takes a nap. When she wakes, she's transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder character in a female-dominated novel.

The original was simply awful: a compulsive gambler, a bully at home, and a lecher. When she had money, she ran wild in town. When she ran out, she slunk back to the village to scheme against her own family.

Her father is still at home. He cried himself blind for the sake of such a good-for-nothing daughter. No one in the village has a kind word to say about her. Even the village dogs go out of their way to avoid her.

Song Yingyue transmigrates at the worst possible moment. She looks at the husband she's dragging along, his mouth bleeding from a beating and his face set in despair, and suddenly slaps herself across the face.

"Come on, let's go home. I'll study and support you."

She's no good at physical labor, but studying is right up her alley.

Unfortunately, after years of studying, Dr. Song transmigrates to the countryside and can neither lift nor carry much. She can barely tell some of the less familiar grains apart. And so her grand plan to support her husband falls apart halfway, while the bowl of soft rice she's holding is still piping hot.

All she can do is study hard. Eventually, everyone at the academy notices that Song Yingyue has changed. She goes to bed later than a dog and gets up earlier than a chicken, muttering away by herself in the classroom at dawn.

Classmates: She's obviously putting on an act!

She takes the provincial exam.

Classmates: She's either a fool or incredibly bold, thinking she can take the exam after reading a couple of books.

Later, the young woman rides through the streets with her head held high, and sees all the flowers of Chang'an in a single day.

Classmates: Sob, sob, sob! We were blind. We never knew Song the Top Scholar was a star sent from heaven.

A little scene:

The emperor: Aiqing Song, you are so young and learned. I have a princess who would make a fine match for you. What do you think?

Song Yingyue: Absolutely not, absolutely not. Your humble servant already has a husband. I was able to take the imperial exams and have the honor of appearing before you only thanks to my husband's soft rice. (Smug JPG.)

The emperor and his ministers: ...

Theme: A happy life is something you make for yourself.