The Idle Stepmother of 1970

With the call to go down to the countryside looming, sisters Xu Zhiyun and Xu Zhique face the same choice: marry a rough soldier with a child, or head to the countryside to help build it up.

Xu Zhique grabs Xu Zhiyun's hand and cries her eyes out. "Sis, I don't want to be someone's stepmother..."

Xu Zhiyun looks at the virtual university that suddenly appeared a few days ago and sincerely advises her sister. "Life in the countryside is so hard. We might not even have enough to eat or clothes to wear..."

With the virtual university, she might be able to get by a little better. How could her pampered little sister, who'd been spoiled since childhood, endure the hardships of country life?

Thinking of the virtual marketplace she'd just acquired, Xu Zhique raises her hand and swears with conviction. "Sis, I'm still young. I can handle hardship!"

Xu Zhiyun has no choice but to grant her sister's wish. She marries Lei Ming, the rough soldier, and moves into the coast guard compound. Only after the wedding does she learn that the child Lei Ming is raising belongs to a fellow soldier, not to him.

Xu Zhique is a real go-getter. She makes her way in the countryside with the help of the virtual marketplace. Feeling guilty, she often sends money and local specialties to her poor sister, forced to become a stepmother. Little does she know that from the day her sister married into the coast guard compound, she'd turned into a complete couch potato.

You shouldn't make life harder for yourself, whether times are tough or money is tight. Since Lei Ming gives her everything she needs and seems capable enough, she'll just enjoy life.

Theme: Even in adversity, find joy in life.