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Programmer Mi Wanwan transmigrates into a novel set in the 1970s, becoming a nobody on the verge of starving to death. As a child, she was betrothed to Xie Yanqing, the novel’s antagonist.
According to the plot, she will betray him when he is at his lowest, after being discharged from the army, then stumble off a cliff and die.
Mi Wanwan has her doubts about the original host’s death. She remembers that in the ending, Xie Yanqing, who had been lying low for years, kidnaps the male lead’s entire family, breaks the male lead’s fingers one by one, and sets fire to the house, burning his parents alive in front of him...
Now Mi Wanwan has two choices:
1. Stay in the village and starve to death.
2. Go to the military district and marry the powerful antagonist, then die who knows how.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Mi Wanwan chooses the second option. Any kind of death is better than starving to death.
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At the military guesthouse, Mi Wanwan meets the future antagonist and her eyes light up. He’s this handsome, so why did the original host run away?
“Are you looking for a wife? The delicate, fair-skinned, pure and pretty kind.” Feeling guilty, Mi Wanwan recommends herself. That’s how the female lead is described in the book.
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At the military family compound, everyone notices that Xie Yanqing, who used to keep to himself and avoid all company, has changed.
Not only does he go to the factory every day to pick up his wife after work, but people have also seen him coaxing her with an unusually stern face: “Honey, I was wrong. Don’t ignore me.”
The military wives: If you’ve been kidnapped, blink twice!
A cold and ruthless antagonist who absolutely spoils his wife vs. a sweet, pretty little sunshine who always puts herself first.
Blurb for I’m a Half-Immortal in 1990s Hong Kong:
Lin Xianyu is in a sudden car accident and transmigrates to 1990s Hong Kong, becoming Lin Yaoyao of the Lin family.
“Yaoyao, Yaoyao, eighteen years have passed. Why hasn’t she died yet?”
Hearing her wicked mother scream, Lin Xianyu understands. This family favors sons so much that they hoped their daughter would die young, and named her Yaoyao, meaning “to die young.”
“Sigh, we can’t afford to pay for her treatment. Let’s dump her at Wong Tai Sin Temple,” her wicked father says.
At Wong Tai Sin Temple, a skinny young Taoist studies her for a long while before saying, “I can tell you have extraordinary bones. You’re a natural at fortune-telling. Interested in learning the Bagua?”
Lin Xianyu: ...Forget science for now. I’ll learn fortune-telling and earn enough to get by.
A month later, Lin Xianyu comes down from the mountain, causing a huge sensation.
“Sir, your sweet and innocent girlfriend was sent by your son to kill you.”
“Miss, this man killed his wife by accident after beating her three years ago, then disposed of the body and escaped justice. I suggest you don’t marry him.”
“Hello, everyone. There will be a bombing and murder at West Kowloon Plaza tonight. Please lock your doors and windows and stay inside.”
At last, Shao Yang, a handsome police officer wearing sunglasses and dressed in black, stops her. “Would you be interested in joining the police force as a fortune-telling expert?”
Lin Xianyu’s eyes fill with tears. Mom, I got a government job! Waaaah, I took the civil service exam for eight years in my previous life and never got in~
Blurb for The Pretty Female Supporting Character of the 1970s Is Giving Up:
Handsome rocket scientist vs. pretty little seamstress
Shi Jingjing transmigrates into a period novel as the pretty female supporting character who serves as a foil to the heroine. After marrying the male supporting character, she raises their two sons alone and educates them into successful men, cares for her in-laws until their deaths, and looks after her husband like a maid for forty years.
Finally, when she is sixty, her philandering husband tells her as she lies dying in a hospital bed, “Jingjing, I was young and didn’t know how to treasure you. Only now do I realize this family can’t manage without you.”
Her two sons have achieved success but can’t make it back in time to see her one last time. They buy her the most expensive plot in the best cemetery. Her husband weeps bitterly at her grave, then turns around and marries his first love, the woman he has been involved with for decades, who never married for his sake.
When the glamorous heroine returns from overseas to pay her respects, she sighs. “Women shouldn’t give up their careers and spend their whole lives revolving around their families. It’s so sad to see a beautiful woman turn into a haggard, worn-out housewife.”
Shi Jingjing: ...I choose to give up.
Lou Ziheng is handsome and refined, but his devotion to scientific research means he misses the best age to find a partner. When he turns twenty-eight, his family delivers an ultimatum: If he doesn’t come home to meet someone and get married, they’ll publish a notice disowning him.
Lou Ziheng goes to a teahouse for a blind date because he has no choice, but the moment he sees Shi Jingjing, he can’t take his eyes off her.
Shi Jingjing looks at the tall, refined Lou Ziheng and knows he’ll become a leading rocket scientist. He’s devoted to research, uninterested in romance, doesn’t fool around, and hands over his salary. The perfect man to marry and then take it easy with!
The researchers at the rocket research institute hear that Lou Ziheng, whose love life had seemed as dormant as an iron tree, has finally gotten married. When he returns to the institute, they all gather to watch the couple together.
“She’s pretty, but so delicate she can’t even open a bottle cap.”
“He married a pretty ornament. All she’s good for is looking at.”
Lou Ziheng raises his hand, showing off the delicate embroidered trim on his shirt cuff. “My wife made this for me. It looks great.”
The researchers, ambushed with a public display of affection: That’s enough...
Theme: May you get everything you wish for.
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Sister, although the original author has too many bugs, he still paid a little attention to it. At that time, there were absolutely no hundred-dollar bills, and there were no hundred-dollar bills printed. There were Vietnamese dong.
12 Yuan a pound of pork, are you serious?
It's too exaggerated. Twelve yuan a pound of pork is the price in 2024.
In the 1970s, pork cost 12 yuan a pound, and few people in the country could afford it. When my father was in the 1980s, his salary was only a few dozen yuan a month. At that time, many families only had the salary of one worker to support a family.
"And you can place orders" is a big bug for the author~ lay eggs
It's not finished, I'm done with it, I've spent money on it, it's not finished at all
Ding~Business fluid blessing update is stress-free!
"Zi Zi" is a big thorn in the side of the author~
There must be something wrong with the era setting. Although we were poor in 1978, we were not nearly starving to death, nor could we have enough to eat. People at that time had big appetites, and girls could eat four taels of cornmeal pancakes. If you ate only two taels, you would feel very hungry. That was because there was no oil in the food.
"Don't dare to be interested" is a big bug for the author~ sense