Gossiping Days of a Courtyard Wife [The Sixties]

[Coming Next: Exposing the Golden Boy After He Gets into Peking University [The 1990s], Please Add It to Your Favorites] One moment, Xiao Baozhen was saving people in the apocalypse. The next, she had transmigrated into a period novel. She remembered how the book described her: the male lead's fiancée and the female lead's cousin, otherwise known as the obstacle to their love, a cannon-fodder character forever. According to the plot, she was about to be dumped by the male lead, become too ashamed to face anyone, and jump into a river to her death! Xiao Baozhen: Jump into a river? Not a chance! I'm going to live my life to the fullest! Through an introduction, Xiao Baozhen married Gao Jing, a factory worker with no parents who was a key member of the workforce. They became a revolutionary couple, and she moved into a crowded courtyard, right next door to the male and female leads. They couldn't avoid seeing each other every day. The courtyard was peaceful and harmonious, with everyone doing their best to win the prestigious title of Civilized Alley. When they learned Xiao Baozhen knew medicine, everyone urged her, "Baozhen, you could take people's pulses and treat their illnesses here in the courtyard. It'd help us win the title of Civilized Alley!" Xiao Baozhen: "That's no trouble at all. Sure!" Who knew the courtyard had so many secrets of its own! One time, Xiao Baozhen told a young wife who stayed home to care for her child, "You're pregnant. You're already four months along." The courtyard residents: "What!!!! Her husband left home three years ago!" Another time, Xiao Baozhen frowned at a woman who'd been bedridden for years and said, "You're not sick at all! You're perfectly healthy. You could run from the east side of town to the west without a problem." The courtyard residents: "Good grief!! She's been faking paralysis just to mistreat her daughter-in-law!" And another time, Xiao Baozhen looked with disdain at the courtyard's most boastful wife-beater. "You're impotent, and you're still bragging?" The courtyard residents: "Holy crap!!! His wife just had a baby!" Later, winning the Civilized Alley title was completely out of the question, but everyone was more excited than ever! They couldn't get enough of the gossip, jumping for joy over every new revelation! "Baozhen, when are you going to organize a full checkup for the whole courtyard? We're definitely not just looking for gossip. We really want to get checked out!" Exposing the Golden Boy After He Gets into Peking University [The 1990s] Lin Zhen saw a story online about a girl driven to her death by her family, who favored boys over girls. The girl was skin and bones, forced to work day and night to support her useless older brother, and eventually worked herself to death. Lin Zhen was so furious she cursed aloud. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Lin Zhen, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in Daliuzhuang, the girl from the story. She had an older brother and an older sister. As the youngest, she hadn't enjoyed her family's affection. Instead, she had become their cash cow, especially for her older brother. That good-for-nothing layabout had somehow gotten into Peking University! Her parents, who had spent their whole lives being spineless, finally held their heads high, but tuition was a problem. Her mother came to her in tears. "You can quit school and go work down south to earn money so your brother can study. Once he makes something of himself, won't he be able to help you?" "I know the man I introduced you to is a bit old and not very handsome, but his bride price is generous! Besides, he's already clarified that his first wife fell to her death by herself. He didn't beat her to death. Why don't you believe him?" "Give your bride price to your brother. Once he graduates from Peking University, he'll be able to stand up for you!" Lin Zhen clenched her fists until they creaked. There was no way she was going to be the family's cash cow in this life. Golden Boy, take this punch! "Mom, Dad, Brother got into Peking University. This is such wonderful news, you should spread it around so the whole village can see that our family has produced a top scholar!" "You can go curse out the people who looked down on us and bullied us. Let them see how we hold our heads high this time!" "Oh, and Brother needs a couple of decent outfits for college. I can't earn enough by working alone, so sell the new grain we just harvested and get him dressed up. He's a top scholar, after all!" "We have to throw a grand send-off banquet and invite the whole village and all our relatives. Let them see our family's glory!" On the day of the banquet, Lin Zhen's smile was like arsenic coated in honey. In front of everyone, she asked again, "Brother, say it one more time. You really got into Peking University?" Theme: You make your own life, so stand on your own two feet and be strong.