Daily Struggles of an Orphan in the 1960s

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This story is also known as "Eldest Daughter of a Farming Family (1960s)." It is set in a parallel world.

Su Yi, an overworked office worker, jumped into a river to save someone and never made it back out. The Black and White Impermanence mistakenly seized her soul and sent her to a parallel world in the late 1960s, where she became the eldest daughter of a farming family whose parents had just died. She has two younger brothers and a younger sister, and the family is dirt poor. Fortunately, she has a trading System granted as compensation by the underworld.

Su Yi refuses to be the traditionally selfless eldest sister. She continues her education to earn a diploma, teaches her siblings to cook, and shares the housework with them as they make their way through youth together.

With no parents around, a hooligan harasses her. A bad-luck talisman gets him beaten up by the Black and White Impermanence. When her eldest uncle needs surgery, someone disregards his life and tries to take away the surgeon. A few bad-luck talismans make them regret it...

Su Yi brings home some yarn and says, "I don't know how to knit a sweater."

Her eldest younger brother hesitates, then says, "Sis, I'll learn."

Years later, her eldest younger brother is an outstanding military officer, her younger brother is a bridge expert, and her younger sister is a well-known writer. Her cousins achieve success in their own fields, and they become a legend in the mountain village.

The people in this poor mountain village never have enough to eat or wear. Su Yi once lived in material comfort as an overworked office worker stuck in a 996 schedule. She wants to lie flat and give up, but when she sees the malnourished children, the elderly eating coarse grains, and how she herself can't have meat as often as she'd like, she has no choice but to use her knowledge and trading System to help the region prosper.

When she reaches the age to marry, she inevitably gets introduced to potential partners: domineering, cool types, handsome young men in the military, and men with good jobs.

Yi Qian was frail and sickly from childhood. When he was thirteen, his busy parents sent him to live with his maternal uncle in the countryside. There he saw a different world and different people, people full of vitality. He envied them, and before he knew it, he began paying closer attention...

The story takes place in a fictional setting. Its geography and climate are inspired by the hilly regions of Lu.

Theme: Live toward the sun.