Just Arrived in the 1970s, and I Got Together with My Brother-in-Law

Xie Yanyu transmigrated into a rather twisted novel, where the reborn heroine steals another woman's husband and eventually becomes the wife of a wealthy tycoon, living a life of luxury and splendor.

The good news: She just slept with the male lead's older brother. He's pretty handsome, and his looks and figure are exactly her type.

The bad news: The gorgeous guy is doomed to die young.

The good news: She is the target of the heroine's schemes. The heroine is the male lead's older brother's fiancee and later becomes the male lead's wife. For now, she hasn't started plotting anything worse against Xie Yanyu.

The bad news: Life in the 1970s is so miserable that she can barely stand it.

With the mindset that each day lived is a day gained, that she'd go berserk whenever she couldn't take it anymore and kill herself if anyone caught on that something was wrong, Xie Yanyu runs wild in the countryside.

When Old Lady A calls her daughter-in-law a barren hen, Xie Yanyu rushes over and yells, "I'm reporting this! This old woman is into superstition and calling people demons. Take her away for political reeducation!"

Old Lady A: "..."

When Old Lady B plans to sell her granddaughter to the village idiot, Xie Yanyu rushes over to stop her. "This old woman is promoting feudalism and arranged marriage, and trying to bring back the old ways. She's got the wrong ideas! Take her away!"

Old Lady B: "..."

When Villager C gets drunk and beats his wife, Xie Yanyu rushes over, stages a fall, then unleashes the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, leaving him dazed and confused.

Turning to the wife, she says, "Wait until he's asleep tonight, tie him up with a rope, and give him a good beating with a stick. If anyone asks, say it's a bedroom game. Or shave his head with a kitchen cleaver in the middle of the night. If anyone asks, say you were sleepwalking."

Villager C: "..."

She puts on a fearsome show, yet her attacks barely scratch the surface. The villagers give her a wide berth and curse her under their breath, but the women's director grips her hand and says she's just the right person for the job: the women need her help.

Xie Yanyu: Laughing with her hands on her hips.JPG

Hahaha! Everyone who can't stand me will become part of my battle gear. Tremble, you scumbags who bully women!

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Xie Yanyu finds life in this era unbearable: the filthy, stinking outhouses crawling with fly larvae; the bland coarse grains that stick in her throat and never fill her up; the loose, flimsy underwear with no antibacterial properties; the tasteless watermelon; and all the skewers, barbecue, and milk tea she can't get...

Every time she gets emo, she grabs the handsome guy and gets frisky with him.

It's one of the few sweet things she gets in the 1970s.

Zhou Zhaohua: Ah, she loves me so much.

Xie Yanyu: "..."

She gives him a look that says, "Figure it out for yourself."

Zhou Zhaohua: No, you love me.

She hauls him away.

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Xie Zhaoyun wakes up to find a man lying beside her.

She scrambles away in fright.

After taking in the memories, she scrambles right back and lies down with an elegant air.

A father who wants to trade her for a bride price, a timid mother, a younger brother treated like the family's precious heir, a fiance who is intellectually disabled and physically handicapped, endless farm labor, and future in-laws who won't stop until she gives birth to a son.

Don't say this is immoral. When your life is at stake, morality doesn't matter one bit.

But when the man beside her wakes up, he'd rather take off his military uniform than take responsibility.

Xie Zhaoyun: "..."

She puts her eloquence to use, adopts a negotiating stance, and proposes a marriage of convenience, becoming his capable partner and staying home to care for his parents. He stubbornly refuses every offer.

With no other choice, Xie Zhaoyun has to find another match. After all, her goal is to stay in the city, not to fall madly in love with him.

But just as she finds a suitable man, he grabs her and insists they get married.

Xie Zhaoyun: "..."

Hmph. Men.

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Xie Zhaoyun is a barefoot doctor. After getting married, she decides to return to her old profession.

Patient One comes in for a cold. Xie Zhaoyun diagnoses him with azoospermia.

He turns pale and begs her not to tell anyone.

Xie Zhaoyun readily agrees, then turns to his wife and says, "Your chances of having children are slim. You could solve that by finding another husband."

The man who makes his wife take medicine: "..."

The woman taking medicine to help her conceive: "..."

Patient Two comes in to treat his back pain. Xie Zhaoyun diagnoses him with severe kidney deficiency.

He asks her to keep it confidential. Xie Zhaoyun readily agrees, then tells his wife, "Your husband is making you do it every day, and you still have excessive internal heat. You should find another man to help balance things out."

The man fooling around behind his wife's back: "..."

The woman who went back to her parents' home: "..."

The patients yell at her, "You have no medical ethics! What happened to protecting patient privacy?"

Xie Zhaoyun: "Did I say a single word about your condition?"

The patients: "..."

How is that any different from saying it outright?

Theme: Stay true to your principles and be yourself.