The Beauty Reaches for a Better Match in the 1970S

Zhang Hui wakes up back at eighteen, right in the middle of a family trying to force her into marriage. Should she defy them and marry the poor young man she loves, or listen to her parents and marry the mama's boy who works for a government agency? Zhang Hui: ...I'm marrying neither of them! In her previous life, she chose Zhou Zhen because he was capable and treated her well. She married him despite his meager salary having to support a family of six, only to suffer miserably in the Zhou household, where she was treated like a princess by her own parents. Her younger brother-in-law wanted to take her job. Her older sister-in-law was jealous of her beauty and went around telling everyone she was promiscuous. Her parents-in-law called her a barren hen. At last, when times improved, she and Zhou Zhen went into business and built up a fortune. Then everyone in the Zhou family fought to adopt their son and claim her wealth. Zhou Zhen went even further. His mistress showed up at their home with a baby bump, and Zhang Hui was so furious that she took her daughter and moved far away. Zhang Hui: You'd have to be crazy to jump into the same pit twice. * Her parents: If you're marrying neither of them, who do you want to marry? Zhang Hui: Jiang Mingyan! Jiang Mingyan comes from an impressive family and is an expert from the capital, temporarily assigned to the machinery plant in Yunding County. In her previous life, Zhang Hui only had eyes for Zhou Zhen and never noticed Jiang Mingyan's feelings for her. When she urgently needed to hire technical experts for her company, he helped connect her with the right people. When she went to night school to study accounting, he used his connections to help her out. When she needed to find buyers for her company's products, he recommended distribution channels. He even saw her off on her final journey when she died far from home. This is a man who does more than he says. She won't let him slip away again in this life. * After Zhang Hui and Jiang Mingyan get together, everyone around her starts looking at her differently. A female coworker gossips: “Zhang Hui's made herself another new dress this month.” Zhang Hui: “I'm beautiful, so of course I should dress well.” Zhou Zhen: “You're just a gold digger.” Zhang Hui: “Yes, yes, absolutely. I'm not only a gold digger, I also like trading up. A handsome man like Jiang Mingyan is the perfect match for a great beauty like me!” Zhang Hui's parents: “Sweetheart, it doesn't feel right to spend his money when you're not even married yet.” Zhang Hui: “We're getting married anyway. What's yours is mine.” Zhang Hui's parents: “Don't be so bossy. Let Xiao Jiang get a word in.” Jiang Mingyan just keeps smiling as he holds his fiancée's hand. “Whatever Huihui says goes!” Jiang Mingyan's friends: “...Beauty has blinded him. Jiang Mingyan, wake up!” Jiang Mingyan: “I can't. I know what's best for me.” Zhang Hui, whom everyone sees as a social climber, shuts the door and gets on with her own happy life. More than ten years pass. She has a happy family and successful children, and she learns the art of tea-making from a master, becoming an inheritor of intangible cultural heritage. Tell me, doesn't that make you mad? Please check out my upcoming story, *The National Teacher Transmigrates to the 60s*! Blurb: Ye Nanyin, head of the Divine Fortune-Telling Sect, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1960s. From the moment she's born, she's burdened with the task of restoring her family to greatness. Ye Nanyin makes a quick calculation. Restore the family's fortunes? Come back in twenty years. For now, the important thing is to grow up safely and stay alive. With Ye Nanyin leading them, the Ye family has just overcome a crisis when people who begrudge their good fortune start plotting against them. Ye Nanyin can't be bothered to play mind games with them. She decides to go all the way and use her abilities to bring them down from their positions of power, then put her own people in their place. Tan Wensen: This girl's kind of reckless! Tan Wensen is tall and handsome, and comes from a family of government officials in the capital. The moment he arrives, he becomes the object of every young woman's admiration in the commune. Once, Ye Nanyin watches as the village beauty, with two thick black braids, deliberately falls against him. Tan Wensen jumps back in alarm, knocking over the bicycle in his hands. Ye Nanyin watches the show and starts to leave, but he blocks her way. Tan Wensen: Someone else tries to take advantage of me, and you won't stand up for me? Ye Nanyin: ...Weren't you supposed to be aloof? Why does this guy sound like a scorned wife now? Theme: Pursue a happy life