A Seventies-Era Mom Builds a Fortune on an Island

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Blurb:

After Song Ge transmigrates into a book, her whole family urges her to marry a divorced man, become a stepmother, and keep enduring hardship.

Song Ge, who has a Koi Mom System attached to her, says: Whoever wants to be a stepmother can do it themselves. Given a second chance to choose, of course she'll follow her own wishes. Before transmigrating, she was a top gardener, so naturally she'll choose a plot of land, farm her way to wealth, and reach the pinnacle of life.

On the day the divorced man comes to propose, Song Yan's best friend hooks up with the son of a big-factory family, while also going on a blind date with someone else. Two things at once, no problem.

By a twist of fate, Song Ge and Jiang Du end up sitting together in a teahouse for their blind date.

Song Ge: "..." She only wants to make money and get rich.

Jiang Du: "..." This girl is both sweet and fiery. Could he make her his wife?

Jiang Du has been on countless blind dates. His parents have given him an ultimatum: if he can't find a wife, they won't consider him their son. His superior has also made it clear that he must settle his personal affairs before rejoining his unit.

The Koi Mom System tells Song Ge: Her destined Great Koi has revealed himself. She absolutely must catch him. Getting rich depends on him (not really).

After securing child support and a house, Song Ge takes her grandmother to an island. Her mother, who had gone abroad, returns and arranges for her to work at the fishing company's production-team outpost.

She starts by clearing ten mu of land. There's no time to waste, so she plants all kinds of radishes, then spinach and chives, and as much sugar beet and rapeseed as she can manage. The old wheat varieties taste good, so she'll grow a batch of those too.

The villagers on the production team shake their heads when they see it.

"Young Educated Youth Song, even if you can't afford fertilizer, you should at least collect farmyard manure. Your fields look pretty hopeless. How are you going to break even?"

"You're making all these fancy arrangements, like embroidery. Pretty to look at, but no good for eating."

"With the household responsibility system offering such good opportunities, you just throw the seeds around carelessly. You're not planning to work for a bit and then leave, are you?"

Later, after Song Ge face-slaps them in record time, the villagers all come to her and humbly ask her to teach them how to farm.

Wait, the fishing company's general manager has noticed something new. Why do the results at every struggling outpost Song Ge visits keep shooting up?

The island villagers answer in unison: Because she's our beloved Koi! Whatever she plants, she harvests. She's even more effective than the Earth God.

Jiang Du: "Why haven't I gotten the signal?"

Song Ge says this must be a metaphysical question.

The next day, Jiang Du goes beachcombing, fertilizes and gets rid of pests in the vegetable garden, sets traps for crayfish, and feeds the chickens, ducks, and piglets. After working nonstop for half a year, he finally takes Song Ge's hand.

On their wedding night, Jiang Du hears Song Ge mumble in her sleep, "That guy's a Great Koi too. Half the credit on his military medal should go to him..."

Jiang Du rubs his chin. "Is that so?"

A sweet, feel-good story about an island couple who bring each other good luck. A safe bet for anyone looking for a satisfying read.

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Blurb:

After working herself to death from overtime, Xiang Tiange, a programmer at a major company, is reborn in the summer of 1979, just as she is filling out her college application.

Having lived another life, she still faces the same two choices: go to college or get a job.

In her previous life, she chose to major in English and spent four years learning how to speak English without speaking. After graduating, she taught school and worked in sales before eventually joining an internet company. Years of intense workloads ruined her health, and she died from overwork.

Reborn at eighteen, she sees that her parents look strong, but the burdens of life have already worn them down. Remembering how hard they worked to put her through college in her previous life, and how her father died in an accident at a construction site shortly after she graduated, before she could see him one last time, Xiang Tiange chooses a school close to home and puts animal husbandry down as her major.

In Hong Town, a waterside town where every family raises a few spotted ducks, Xiang Tiange spots a business opportunity. She studies while applying what she learns about raising livestock, earning her first pot of gold.

As the times move forward, Xiang Tiange becomes a renowned duck-egg magnate and large-scale pig farmer. She is the first in the region to enter real estate, owns the province's largest logistics company, and becomes an extraordinary woman admired and envied by countless people.

At the pinnacle of her life, a reporter interviews her and asks: Looking back on your remarkable life, is there anything you regret or wish you had done differently?

Xiang Tiange answers, "If I have any regrets, it would be jumping into the river in 1979 to save that little spotted duck. If I hadn't pushed myself so hard, my back wouldn't still hurt so much."

The next day's newspaper headline reads: Nobody succeeds by accident. Xiang Tiange represents the spirit of an era. Her success was no fluke. Like the warming spring waters of a river, the first to step in is a true visionary.

Only Xiang Tiange knows there's no such thing as being a visionary. There is only hard work, relentless and unceasing!

Blurb screenshot dated May 13, 2022. Please don't steal the tropes.

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