Raising Kids on a Seventies-Era Island

My new novel next door, The Nineties Nanny Remarried Well, is open for pre-orders. Please add it to your favorites! [Blurb] After dying, Song Qingwen is reborn as the doomed young aunt of a devoted male supporting character in a period novel. As luck would have it, she comes back from the dead and scares her mother and stepfather unconscious while they're discussing how to get their hands on her elder brother's compensation. The male supporting character, Song Jiaze, will grow up to become a business tycoon who builds his fortune from nothing. Right now, he's just a three-and-a-half-year-old toddler. That year, his father died in service, and his beloved aunt drowned in an accident. His mother and grandmother fought over his compensation, then kicked him back and forth like a ball once they'd divided up the money. Nobody protected, loved, or cared for him; everyone bullied him. Only the pure and kind heroine showed him goodwill. In the end, he gave her all his wealth in return and died taking a knife for her. The doomed young aunt, Song Qingwen, immediately announced to everyone: From today on, my little nephew has someone to back him up. Nobody gets to bully him! Touch him and I'll chop off your hand! Try it and you'll be dead! Song Jiaze's mother and the others: ... * Lu Jingyue and Song Tao were comrades. When he heard that Song Tao's family had arrived at the military base to handle the funeral, he went to receive them right away. The first time he saw Song Qingwen, he noticed her beautiful eyes, with their clear black-and-white contrast, pure as a spring. The second time they met, his gaze followed that spring without him even realizing it. The third time, she was preparing to leave the island with her nephew. Remembering Song Tao's old joke about making him his brother-in-law, he stopped her and blurted out a marriage proposal. * Lu Jingyue came from a good family, was well educated, handsome, and had a bright future ahead. Plenty of people in the family housing compound had their eyes on this catch. Yet Song Qingwen, a country girl with only an elementary school education and a little tagalong in tow, managed to reel him in. Everyone was left dumbfounded. Everyone waited to see when this mismatched couple would get divorced. But Song Qingwen's family life was flourishing. The couple were sweethearts, they had a son and a daughter, and little Song Jiaze grew up to be an outstanding young man, another catch in his own right... The next novel open for pre-orders, The Whole Family Reborn as the Foil Family in a Period Novel, blurb: When zombies surrounded the city and the base fell, the research institute where Su Qiaoqiao worked was razed to the ground. After dying, she was transported into a period novel. Her father, mother, brother, and she became the four members of the heroine's foil family. Her father was a lazy, good-for-nothing who shirked work, spent his whole life sponging off his parents, and drove the elderly to their deaths. He was an unfilial, unrighteous scoundrel. The heroine's father, by contrast, was honest, hardworking, and capable. With the heroine's help, he moved to the city to become a worker, then built a business from scratch. Her mother was greedy, overbearing, and vindictive, a shrew who constantly stirred up family conflict and brought ruin upon herself. The heroine's mother was gentle, capable, thrifty, and diligent, looking after her husband and children so well that everyone praised her virtue. Her brother was a hooligan who did nothing but bad deeds and eventually got the death penalty. The heroine's brothers were promising young men who doted on her and protected her at every turn. They all became successful and built happy families. She was spoiled, overbearing, and vicious, always making trouble for the heroine, and eventually became cannon fodder. The heroine was adorable and beautiful. Everyone who treated her well received generous rewards, and everyone loved her. * But in reality Her father: A hopeless romantic and former gourmet with a golden tongue, now practicing his cooking and taking charge of the kitchen, determined to keep the whole family well fed. Her mother: A calm, rational, and formidable woman with a wood-based ability. Her current modest goal is to grow enough food to feed the family and make sure her daughter can have all the candy she wants. Her brother: A sweet, simple strongman with animal-like instincts who helps his little sister with everything so she can have fun. Her: She used to be an utterly ordinary person whose brain had been enhanced by her ability, leaving her trapped in a research institute. Now she's just a little fish lying flat and reaping the benefits. Later, Her father became a master chef and was invited to cook state banquets. Her mother became an agricultural scientist and founded a major conglomerate. Her brother joined the military and distinguished himself in battle. As for her, she sometimes takes it easy and sometimes works hard on research. Life is wonderful~ The heroine next door was waiting for Su Qiaoqiao's family to fall on hard times, but instead they just kept thriving, eventually becoming people she could only look up to. Theme: Strive to live a wonderful life.