Eating and Waiting to Die in a Period Novel

The pampered modern heiress × the good-for-nothing young master from ancient times

Li Yiman, a rich second-generation heiress, never bullied the weak. Every day, she simply spent money like a good girl and happily lived as a parasite.

But she actually transmigrated into a book, and became a little idiot in the 1970s!

The little idiot's father was dead, her fiance had run off, and her aunts and uncles had taken all the money and grain from her family. By the time it was Li Yiman's turn, all that remained was a dilapidated house.

Hungry, so incredibly hungry! The most urgent thing was to find herself a long-term meal ticket!

As the only son of a general's household, Zhou Yaojun never did anything wicked. Every day, he merely drank and watched plays with a bunch of disreputable friends.

When he woke up, he had somehow arrived in an unfamiliar dynasty. He'd been pampered since childhood and had never done farm work. Maybe he should pretend to be sick!

His two sisters-in-law thought he was lazy and useless, and insisted on splitting up the family. They were only willing to give him two hundred yuan and a hundred jin of grain.

But two hundred yuan wasn't even enough to fix up a house! Sigh, what a headache!

As two rich layabouts who were content to eat and wait to die, Li Yiman and Zhou Yaojun hit it off at first sight. They were perfect for each other.

Li Yiman: "I have a house." (Even if it can't keep out the wind or the rain.)

Zhou Yaojun: "I have grain." (Even if there's only enough to feed us for half a year.)

"Then let's be together!" they said in unison.

The villagers were stunned when Li Yiman and Zhou Yaojun got together. One was an idiot, the other was lazy. Wouldn't they starve to death as a couple?

The villagers set out their stools, ready to sit back and watch them become a laughingstock. Instead, they watched in disbelief as the pair made a thriving life for themselves.

Li Yiman, an idiot, somehow became the chairwoman of the Women's Federation in their city! Zhou Yaojun, a lazybones, somehow became the richest man in their city!

They even led everyone in the county to prosperity, turning their county into a national model county.

The villagers were completely shaken. Was this the legendary case of two negatives making a positive?

Many years later, a reporter asked them, "What made you work so hard?"

The reporter expected an answer like: For our dreams, for a better future, or to give back to society.

But Zhou Yaojun and Li Yiman exchanged a glance, shook their heads, and sighed. "We were both blind back then!"

If only they'd known that the other person would be so demanding while making no effort themselves, they never would have gotten together!

Theme: Everything will get better. There's no need to be so hard on yourself as you make your way through life.