A Young Educated Woman's Struggles in the 1970s

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(I)

After transmigrating from the underfed 1960s to the 21st century, Shen Bailu treasures this wonderful era. She studies seriously and works hard, pushing herself so relentlessly that her peers tremble at the mention of her name. She never expected she could transmigrate back again.

In 1968, sixteen-year-old Shen Bailu is the daughter of Bai Weiwei, a martyr. A year after her older brother went to the countryside, she and her younger sister face the prospect of being forced by their biological father to give up their jobs and go to the countryside. With thirty years of life experience behind her, Shen Bailu has no more illusions about his false paternal love. She's willing to go to the countryside, but she'll take back everything that belonged to her mother and repay every hurt she's suffered, many times over.

(II)

For Chinese medicine, this is both the worst of times and the best of times. Shen Bailu doesn't know why the heavens made her transmigrate, but she knows what she must do: protect the tradition and help Chinese medicine flourish. That's what she wants most right now.

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A Divorced Woman's Awakening in the 1950s

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(I)

Chen Zhifan has endured hardship for most of her life. At five, she was abducted and sold to the Zhang family. She was beaten and cursed at until, at eighteen, she married Liu Dong, the Zhang family's only son. Three days after the wedding, Liu Dong disappeared while attending a temple fair. People said bandits had kidnapped him. Branded a jinx who brought her husband to ruin, Chen Zhifan gave birth to a daughter and continued slaving away for her in-laws. At last, she lived to see Liberation, and Liu Dong returned alive, rich, and riding a tall horse. Everyone in the village said Chen Zhifan had finally made it. But who could have guessed that the scoundrel would demand a divorce the moment he got back? He'd already found himself a mistress, and her son was three years old! To make matters worse, he refused to move out after the divorce and ordered Chen Zhifan to care for his mistress after childbirth.

Raised to obey, Chen Zhifan experiences a brush with death at this crucial moment. A soul from elsewhere tries to seize her body, but she fights with all her might to survive. When she comes around, a set of memories has appeared in her mind.

Having seen the wonderful society of the future, Chen Zhifan decides she's done playing along.

She'll divorce him and leave. Whatever they took from her, they'll have to give back. Chen Zhifan, driven mad by years of oppression, discovers that when you get tough, the mountains grow greener, the water clearer, and the villains' tears become a beautiful sight.

(II)

Ye Mao comes from a distinguished family. He grew up following the rules, studying and learning the arts, marrying and having children. His parents controlled every aspect of his life. Then the country fell into chaos, and his wife, born to a prominent family, tried to make an ill-gotten fortune and flee overseas with the family assets. Unable to accept this, Ye Mao calmly lets his wife go and turns from his writing brush to military service, heading for the battlefield.

Later, while trapped in a desperate predicament, he meets a bold and beautiful woman. Risking her life, she negotiates with the enemy and saves him. Clever, quick-witted, devoted to her country, noble, and stunningly beautiful, she pierces Ye Mao's heart at once. But that woman is already married.

When they meet again, she holds chili powder in her left hand and a cleaver in her right, glaring fiercely at a man with a sharp face and beady eyes. She shouts, "Take one more step and see what happens! I swear I'll bury you in the sky today. I'll make sure the crows in the woods don't leave a single scrap of your meat!"

When Ye Mao learns she's kicked out that worthless ex-husband, nothing can stop him from holding on to her. He wins her over and follows her to help build up an island.

Notes

1. The heroine is hardworking and ambitious.

2. Some of the medical cases in this novel are based on material from Baidu, Collection of Zhang Xijian's Pulse Discussions and Case Records, and Selected Rare and Difficult Cases.

Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations and carry the tradition forward.