Lively Days in the Big Courtyard [The 1970S]

Upcoming story: Becoming a Little Cannon Fodder in an Island Novel [The 1970s] |Family life|Everyday gossip|Wealthy family business wars|Raising kids|Mystery and crime-solving|Fake and real young masters|Ensemble cast| Blurb: Bai Fumei He Yuyan wakes up one day and discovers she's transmigrated into a period novel aimed at male readers. She's become the original wife of the domineering male lead, the one who endured hardship and eventually won. According to the plot, after He Yuyan meets the male lead on a blind date, she immediately marries him and moves into a cramped courtyard house. She would have to please the male lead, who still has his one true love in his heart, be dutiful to her sharp-tongued mother-in-law, help her picky sister-in-law, and look after her mischievous younger brother-in-law. After the male lead makes his fortune, she would have to work hard taking care of his family while giving birth to five daughters and a son. At the same time, she'd have to drive away every woman who tried to get close to him. In the end, when she's seventy, the male lead finally comes around. The couple would spend their twilight years together in harmony. The plot makes transmigrated He Yuyan want to throw up. At a blind date in a state-run restaurant, she looks at the handsome male lead with his melancholy eyes. He Yuyan cuts off the matchmaker's incessant chatter, stands up, and walks over to Gu Lidong, who's eating noodles at the next table. "How about we start dating?" Gu Lidong, still eating his noodles, stares at her in disbelief. The matchmaker gapes. The male lead's melancholy expression changes in an instant. Gu Lidong is tall and sturdy, with a scar on his face from an injury sustained on the job. Anyone who sees him shakes their head and says the poor fellow will have a hard time finding a wife. Even with a good job as a factory driver, he's bound to have no luck with the city girls. Who could have guessed that after taking a long-distance driving job, this dusty young man would eat a bowl of noodles at a state-run restaurant and end up marrying a beautiful woman? He Yuyan knows that Gu Lidong is the neighbor who serves as a useful stepping stone for the male lead's career in this male-oriented novel. Though he has a scar on his face and looks fierce, he's actually a caring and responsible man. Isn't a man like him a hundred times better than a melancholy, handsome guy who's still in love with someone else? After they get married, He Yuyan moves into a courtyard house in the factory compound. Everyone there waits to see the couple make fools of themselves. Especially after the male lead marries the daughter of a workshop director. But the neighbors wait and wait, only to hear one enviable piece of news after another. He Yuyan and Gu Lidong have a loving marriage, raise children, and enjoy success in their careers. In the end, they even buy a spacious courtyard and move out of the cramped compound. Note: This story is entirely fictional and has no connection to real life. Upcoming story: Becoming a Little Cannon Fodder in an Island Novel [The 1970s] Upcoming story blurb: Yun Su, with her fair skin and gorgeous looks, transmigrates into a period novel set on an island. The story starts with her drowning and on the verge of death. According to the plot, the heroine will pull Yun Su out of the sea. Then the heroine's heroic rescue will be witnessed by the male lead, a regiment commander passing by. He admires the heroine's kindness and courage, and saves her from her abusive family. After they marry, she thrives in the military compound. She gives birth to twins, her husband gets promoted, and she revives the island's only state-run seafood processing plant. But Yun Su, the heroine's first stepping stone to success, gets her clothes torn because the heroine is so eager to save her. As soon as she's on shore, a local hooligan grabs her. In the end, she's forced to marry him. After the wedding, he beats her. When she gets pregnant, he beats her until she miscarries. Eventually she dies trying to give him a son. The heroine's only comment is that it's a pity. Yun Su, now transmigrated into the story, can only laugh. Drowning? Not happening. Marrying a hooligan? What a joke. Being a tool for the heroine to make a name for herself? Yun Su's answer is, "Not interested, not interested, not interested." Yun Su decides to take another path: swim to shore by herself. Instead, she ends up rescuing a handsome man. The handsome man, Ji Xiangtian, can't believe how unlucky he's been. He finally gets a break from work at the hospital and takes a boat to visit his parents at their military base, only to get caught up in an accident. He thought he was going to die, but a beautiful young woman rescues him. And this young woman's presence makes his healthy heart pound in a frankly alarming way. Ji Xiangtian decides to repay her with his life and pursue his savior. Yun Su looks at the handsome doctor Ji Xiangtian and remembers that he's another stepping stone in the heroine's rise to fame. She reluctantly agrees. Two happy events have recently taken place in the military compound. The commander of the Second Regiment and the son of the military hospital director, a military doctor, get married on the same day. And both men marry women from the same fishing village. Everyone in the compound waits for the drama to unfold. Instead, the Second Regiment commander's wife turns out to be beautiful, kind, and dutiful. She can fish, cook, and make money, and she even gives birth to twin boys. The military hospital director's daughter-in-law, apart from being pretty, has no redeeming qualities. Seeing the skin problems the heroine has developed from years of fishing by the sea, seeing how exhausted she is from looking after the kids during the day and working late into the night, Yun Su says she couldn't care less about what those gossipy women think. Ji Xianghua, changing his daughter's diaper, sees his wife's happy little face and thinks that life like this really is wonderful. Theme: Be self-reliant, and work hard through every hardship