Raising Kids in the Seventies

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Song Qing transmigrated from the apocalypse.

Her parents are dead, she's dirt-poor, her relatives are awful, and she's left with a three-year-old little brother who's as cute as a dumpling.

Luckily, her spatial storage came with her, along with a survival guide to the seventies.

Song Qing rolls up her sleeves, ready to take good care of the little one from now on.

The child is malnourished? She'll catch chickens and fish to nourish him.

The child is lonely and withdrawn? She'll send him to school to study and make friends.

The villagers gradually notice that the timid, insecure Song Qing they knew seems to have disappeared.

The Song Qing of today keeps the house spotless, raises Song Mu to be chubby and rosy-cheeked, and even passes the county's civil service exam. Her life just keeps getting better.

Coming soon: The Employee Couple in the Seventies Compound

Shu Ran dreams that she's the contrast female character in a period novel.

According to the plot, Shu Ran becomes lovesick and gives up her chance to stay in the city to follow a man to the countryside. Before long, he dumps her. Heartbroken and depressed, she eventually dies far from home.

Meanwhile, the female lead becomes Shu Ran's parents' goddaughter by becoming their sworn family. She gets the chance to stay in the city, then uses their help to get a job at a state-owned factory. She meets the talented male lead, and the two fall in love, marry, and have children in the usual way. The story ends happily ever after.

After waking up, Shu Ran looks at the delicate, scholarly man in front of her and frowns. How could she ever fall for a man like him?

When he confesses his feelings in a sickly-sweet way, Shu Ran coldly rejects him: "We're not right for each other."

Unwilling to give up, the man protests, "You haven't even tried. How do you know we're not right for each other?"

Shu Ran points to Xi Ceyuan as he passes by. "Because I like him."

In her dream, Xi Ceyuan is a quiet, hardworking man. The book says that he doesn't respond at all to the female lead's advances, and remains single right through the end of the story.

Shu Ran likes men like him: handsome, fit, ambitious, and steadfast.

Luckily, a matchmaker offers to set them up on a date, and Shu Ran agrees without hesitation.

Their parents are all employees at the same compound, so both families know each other well. Their parents approve, and Shu Ran and Xi Ceyuan are married soon after.

At first, Xi Ceyuan thinks his new wife is a little spoiled and clingy, and he's not quite used to married life.

Later, when Shu Ran stops clinging to him, Xi Ceyuan is the one who starts fretting: how should he coax his wife today?

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