Surviving the 1970s on Gossip

Xu Xia, a rich young woman, suddenly transmigrated to the 1970s and became the youngest daughter of the poorest family in Pingtou Village.

Going hungry was the norm, and eating bran and wild greens counted as a treat.

Her family was hardly harmonious either: her father was a gambler, her mother timid, her older brother a fighter, and her older sister hopelessly lovesick.

The only upside was that, though Pingtou Village was poor, there was always plenty of gossip. Xu Xia loved watching the drama, and it was what kept her going.

One night, Xu Xia had a dream.

She dreamed that Meng Erniu, the neighbor who brought her gossip every day, was actually the devoted second male lead in a period novel. After his first love died young, he would become rich and fall for the heroine, who looked very much like his first love. He would devote himself completely to the heroine and spend his entire fortune on her. And that first love who died young was her!

She'd been gossiping and ended up becoming the gossip herself!

She had to stay alive! She had to live well!

She wanted to see whether the neighbor, Meng Erniu, would still devote himself completely to the heroine and spend his entire fortune on her while she, his first love, was still alive!

The tough man, nicknamed Meng Erniu but formally named Meng Ran, immediately dropped to one knee and swore his loyalty. "It's all yours, all yours. My fortune is yours, and I'm yours too. I'll devote myself to you and you alone for the rest of my life, or may the heavens strike me down!"

A little scene:

At first, Xu Xia was always eating everyone else's gossip. Later, everyone else was eating gossip about her family.

After hearing it all, everyone shared the same bewildered reaction: How did Xu Xia's gambling father start earning money to support the family? How did her timid mother find the courage to go after people with a kitchen knife? How did her brawling brother become a soldier? How did her lovesick sister get into college?

What amazed everyone most was that they knew Meng Erniu had liked Xu Xia since childhood, but they never imagined he could like her this much. Not only did he put all his property in Xu Xia's name, he also knelt and swore every day that he would love her for the rest of his life. How had Xu Xia managed to tame Meng Erniu, the village's most notorious troublemaker?

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