The Replacement Bride of the 1960s

When Sheng Qingmei arrived in this world, Grandma said, "Your uncle's family has it hard." Rubbing her bruised purple neck, she paused for a second, then agreed to take her cousin's place and marry a paralyzed man who couldn't care for himself.

Why not?

It was the famine years of the early 1960s. She had the full set of hardships: a rural family that favored boys over girls, grandparents who doted on her uncle's family, and spineless parents. Each one alone would have made life hard!

So when she realized she had become the cannon-fodder cousin of Sheng Qingling, the reborn heroine of a period novel, she agreed to the substitute marriage without even stammering.

In the book, Sheng Qingling happily married after receiving five hundred yuan in betrothal money. Before long, she got her wish and became a widow, but the paralyzed man's family was no pushover. They kept her trapped in their home.

A few years later, because the family was labeled capitalist, she and the paralyzed man's family were sent to a farm in the northwest. Life was bitter and full of tears, and she wasted away her whole life there.

By contrast, Sheng Qingmei married her childhood sweetheart, Yang Qishan, and lived through those ten years in peace. She also got close to an influential educated youth and rose to success. By the time Sheng Qingling breathed her last at the northwest farm, Sheng Qingmei was already an officer's wife, riding around in a car whenever she went out.

After being reborn, Sheng Qingling persuaded her father to marry Sheng Qingmei off to the paralyzed man. She gave Grandma fifty yuan, and the deal was done.

As for herself, she actually hoped to get together with the influential educated youth. But he wouldn't be sent to the countryside for another six years. She wasn't confident she could keep Yang Qishan hooked for that long, so she planned to stay by his side as a confidante after Sheng Qingmei got married and help him get over his heartbreak.

In the book, Sheng Qingling succeeded. But Sheng Qingmei never married the paralyzed man. Her life was miserable, and she was still being forced into marriage. Unable to bear it, she put a belt around her neck and hanged herself.

Sheng Qingmei arrived at this exact point in the story.

She could agree to the substitute marriage, but she would decide the terms. All the betrothal money had to go to her, she wouldn't give up her dowry, and the family had to split up.

They refused? She immediately unbuckled her belt, hooked it over a beam, and threatened to put on a live swing show for them!

She's good at turning the tables when things are stacked against her!

Theme: Dare to move forward. A beautiful life lies ahead.