A Mediocre Survivor Grows Crops in the Eighties

Looking for follows for my similarly themed novel, "Storming into a Contemporary Romance Novel with a Blade"!

Blurb:

After the base explodes, Shen Shi, a second-rate survivor of the apocalypse, wakes up in a dilapidated bed.

She unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a miserable young woman in the 1980s. Though born into one of the best families in the village, the original girl ended up with her father fired, her two older brothers dropping out of school one after another, and herself dying of anger.

Shen Shi looks at her family's sorrowful faces, then at the beautiful green mountains around them.

As a wood-type ability user, she couldn't be happier.

Standing in the yellow-brown dirt, she grows staples like rice, wheat, and corn; vegetables like potatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce; and even strawberries, mangosteens, and pineapples.

From selling at a small stall to supplying restaurants, taking on partners, and even leasing land...

Shen Shi: She's serious about getting rich through farming.

Thanks to her tireless efforts, her honest, straightforward eldest brother becomes clever and capable enough to manage a shop, while her second brother, who was poisoned and left mute, is cured and can even pursue art.

Many years later, a reporter asks, "Is there anything special about your family? How have you managed to raise so many talented people?"

Shen Shi: ...Because we farm.

Even her benefactor, who once saved her life, rises to prominence.

As the first entrepreneur in the country to develop the transport industry, Zong Jingyu is unquestionably successful. He has a remarkably sharp eye, and few businesses he invests in fail.

But reporters have learned that his wife's support played a major part in his success.

When asked by a reporter, Zong Jingyu says, "That's right. My wife farms, so I started all kinds of businesses."

So farming can make you rich, and even get you a man.

The supporting female character's perspective:

Huang Shuqian transmigrates from being a little-known streamer into an insignificant supporting character in a period novel. The original character was merely the female lead's cousin, one of the top-grade relatives in her family.

So Huang Shuqian hides in the shadows and observes. Fortunately, the male and female leads haven't woken up to the truth yet, and don't know that in the future they'll create astonishing wealth with their own hands.

Huang Shuqian is overjoyed. She knows the future and the plot of the book. Doesn't that mean she can replace the protagonists and become the darling of the story?

So she schemes, step by step, to take what originally belonged to the protagonists.

But in the end, she watches the protagonists take a completely different path from the one in the book and still get rich, while she, despite knowing the future, meets a miserable end.

What went wrong?!

Reading guide:

The early chapters focus heavily on career development. It's a satisfying, sweet story.

The setting is loosely based on reality and doesn't adhere strictly to historical facts.

The supporting female character has transmigrated into a book. The male and female leads are the original protagonists, though they don't know it themselves. The supporting character forcibly takes opportunities from the book, but these have nothing to do with the opportunities the current male and female leads receive.

-- A similarly themed upcoming novel: "Storming into a Contemporary Romance Novel with a Blade" --

After an apocalyptic base explodes, Bai Fengqing transmigrates into a fictional modern world.

Due to a plot bug, four originally independent novels break apart and merge into one, creating this world.

To set the plot right, the Regulatory Bureau proposes, "Solve the problem, and we'll make you a new body."

Bai Fengqing: "!" (Soul gives an OK sign.)

The Regulatory Bureau: "Oh, right. All our energy is being used to keep the world running, so you'll have to make do as a parasitic System for now."

First World (The Gloomy Beauty Becomes a Huge Star in Showbiz Through Variety Shows)

Ban Yu (the first Host) has a stunningly beautiful face and should have had a bright career ahead of her. But because of her temperament, people mock her as gloomy and difficult to approach. She's become notorious in the entertainment industry as a diva and a pretty face with no talent.

Her popular boyfriend is only dating her so he can secretly milk her for resources. Once he gets what he wants, he immediately turns on her.

Just as Ban Yu is about to leave the industry, she gets bound to a System.

Bai Fengqing: "Gloomy and difficult? A diva with a sour face?"

She decisively turns down the unappealing scripts her Host has been offered and signs her up for two niche variety shows.

When the haters hear the news, they say, "Oh, so this celebrity has finally given up on herself? Just as expected, actors who act like divas should get out of the industry."

Who knew that after the show aired, an ordinary-looking countryside variety show would become a huge hit?

Hater No. 1: "Who gets it? Ban Yu is amazing. Who said she was gloomy? She's clearly my cool, aloof beauty."

Hater No. 2: "Guys, as someone with social anxiety, I really can't understand Ban Yu."

Casual fan: "A beauty with acting skills and talent, but a fierce-looking face. I'm literally crying."

Meanwhile, the resources stolen from her are repeatedly blocked after being linked to illegal activity.

Ex-boyfriend: "!?"

Second World (The Fake Heiress Spends 36.5 Billion in Business)

Jiang Xi (the second Host) was pampered at home for decades, until her dream life shattered and she was sent back to her biological family.

Even her arranged-marriage partner changes from a gentle, refined young man into an arrogant snob.

Looking at the uneven streets, the peeling walls, and the house at the far end of the alley,

Jiang Xi hits the lowest point in her life.

Bai Fengqing descends from the heavens: "Woman, I've got 36.5 billion. Let's fight our way back to the top."

A rookie director in the entertainment industry has spent three years polishing a script, but can't find anyone willing to invest.

Bai Fengqing: "Buy it!" Jiang Xi: "Putting in an order without thinking!"

A mishap in the jewelry industry leaves a batch of stones that nobody wants.

Bai Fengqing: "A huge opportunity! We can make a fortune off these."

There's a commercial street in A City's food and beverage district that loses money from one end to the other, and no investor wants it.

Bai Fengqing: "That's the one. Let's create a whole new kind of tourist destination!"

By the time the Jiang family sees the daughter they cast aside again, Jiang Xi has already become a rising star in the investment world.

And the person standing beside her is no longer someone who can only strengthen his family's position through marriage.

Third World (One Exam Destroyed My Dream of Being the Best Background Character in My Grade)

Xi Gu (the third Host) is nothing like her unusual name. She's an inconspicuous nobody in her class.

Class 6, Grade 10, is the most dazzling class in all of Central China. It has the top student in the grade and the prettiest girl in school, as well as a gorgeous school bully who fights and breaks the rules as easily as she eats.

With so many shining stars around her, Xi Gu, the class's perennial runner-up, is like a pebble surrounded by pearls, completely unremarkable. This ordinary girl is so quiet that even her secret crush goes unnoticed.

One day, Xi Gu wakes up with a System, something usually reserved for a novel's protagonist.

After one exam, the Grade 10 students are stunned. The top student in the grade has changed, and it's someone they don't recognize.

After Xi Gu spends a while topping the rankings, she transfers to the training camp known as the base where poor students make a comeback.

Second place: "A windfall from nowhere?"

Some student: "Wow, the legend is over."

Training-camp student: "Why would someone this amazing do this to herself?"

Then comes the day the results are announced.

The school's honor roll prominently displays the name of the country's top art university, alongside that familiar name.

Fourth World (The Tragic Romance Heroine Becomes the *Everyone's Favorite) To Be Determined

Fifth World (The System That Finished Its Script Rises to the Top)

The main storyline about the female lead getting a body will be added when the chapters are released, with spoilers.

Romance arc:

Second World

On the top floor of a fifteen-story unfinished building, a kidnapper points a gun at Bai Fengqing and Bai Zhizhi's heads.

He threatens Qi Zhan: "Give up your project and I'll let them go. Otherwise, I'll take one of them down with me when I die."

Qi Zhan opens his mouth, the answer on the tip of his tongue.

A second later, Bai Fengqing, who has been standing silently with her head tilted, grabs the gun barrel with one hand and swings a chair at the kidnapper. "Who do you think you're threatening? Pointing a weapon at me!"

After a fight...

"Hello, 110? Someone's been kidnapped illegally, and there's also a case of extortion involving a huge sum of money. Please send the police right away!"

Bai Fengqing escapes in the confusion and reports the crime like a true upstanding citizen. Outside, she spots a young man in white standing by the window next door.

The wind is strong by the window, forcing the young man to squint. Blood stains his white shirt, running from his neck to his cuffs. The veins in his neck stand out.

Feeling Bai Fengqing's gaze, he grins and casually hands her a baton. "Don't be afraid, bro. You swing the baton, I'll take the knife, and we'll fight our way out!"

Theme: Hard work can bring prosperity.