The Eighties: Marrying Someone from a Well-Matched Family

Upcoming stories in my author profile: Military Life in the 1970s [Book Transmigration] and Marrying a Rough-Hewn Man in the 1970s. Please add them to your reading list!

Blurb:

Shen Wandi was among the first university students admitted after the college entrance examination resumed in 1977. Ji Yanli was a proper deputy battalion commander who had graduated from a military academy. With a matchmaker's help, the two began going on dates.

On their date

Ji Yanli (nervously rubbing his hands): "I've never liked anyone before. You're the first!"

Shen Wandi (nodding shyly): "Mm."

After they married

Ji Yanli (pushing over an iron cash box): "From now on, you'll manage all our money!"

Shen Wandi (eyes lighting up): "Mm!"

But who could have guessed? On their wedding night, Shen Wandi dreamed that she was living in a book called Transmigrate and Transform: The Fat Girl's Reversal. She was the female protagonist's foil, and after marriage she would not only keep gaining weight until she lost her job, but also become the other woman!

What the hell is this crap? What kind of garbage plot is this?!

Even a refined person like Shen Wandi couldn't help swearing.

She glanced at Ji Yanli, who was eagerly handing over the money, ration coupons, and house deed. I refuse to believe it. I'm the one living my life! You can't just dictate how it'll go!

Later on...

The original heroine: "I'll help you make money and buy a house!"

The original hero: "Why do you matter more to my wife than I do?!"

And Ji Yanli spoiled Shen Wandi like she was the most precious person in the world!

Warnings:

The people in Transmigrate and the people in this story are not the same. The original hero and heroine won't be vilified.

The leads are both sexually inexperienced, one-on-one, happy ending.

The male lead will leave the military and go into business later. If that bothers you, please don't read.

Dividing line

Next up: Military Life in the 1970s [Book Transmigration]

Blurb:

Zhao Xinghe's father is an island official, her mother is a former chairwoman of the Women's Federation, and she works as a publicity department officer. She has both an impressive family background and a good job.

Most importantly, she's beautiful, with bright eyes and pearly teeth, skin like jade, and a pair of long, straight legs that look dazzling in a military uniform.

Yet this darling of heaven is actually the villainess in a novel about a reborn heroine regretting her past?

In her sleep, Zhao Xinghe quickly flipped through the book in her hands, titled Sweet Military Marriage After Rebirth.

When she saw how she would make a fool of herself over a married man, losing not only her own position but also damaging the careers of her father, brothers, and sisters, Zhao Xinghe was utterly baffled:

Was that really her?!

How could she ever abase herself over a man like that?!

Is childhood sweetheart love not good enough? Or isn't building a career satisfying?!

Ever since Zhao Xinghe bumped into her arranged match's new bride at the wharf, the people in the compound had all kinds of things to say.

Some said Zhao Xinghe still couldn't get over her arranged match. Others said she'd gone to show off. Still others claimed she was trying to break up the couple so she could take her place...

As the rumors grew more and more outrageous, the Zhao family finally couldn't sit still.

Just as they were trying to figure out how to put an end to the gossip, a certain someone, forced to take refuge on the island amid the political turmoil of the era, dropped to his knees in front of the Zhao parents with a thump:

"Uncle, Auntie, I've loved Xinghe for a long time. I want to marry her!"

Warnings: 1. The original hero and heroine won't be vilified or idealized. The leads simply live their own quiet lives.

2. Both leads have careers and are evenly matched. Neither depends on the other.

3. One-on-one, both sexually inexperienced, and faithful in body and heart.

4. Alternate history, so please don't scrutinize the details.

Upcoming story: Marrying a Rough-Hewn Man in the 1970s. Please add it to your reading list!

A delicate university student who can't lift a shoulder or carry a hand wakes up transmigrated into the villainess role in a novel about educated youth sent to the countryside in the 1970s.

Seeing no hope of returning to the city, Jiang Xianhao gave up on the idea of supporting herself after just two days of farm work and decided to find herself a long-term provider of food coupons.

She searched across the endless fields, looking around until she finally picked out a tall, broad-shouldered, older roughneck who looked like he knew how to work.

The roughneck had no parents, looked frightening, and no one had arranged a marriage for him despite his age.

When the female educated youth Jiang Xianhao first arrived in the village, he took a fancy to her. She had fair skin, a lovely figure, and an especially pretty face.

Unfortunately, she was a delicate city girl and surely wouldn't like a big, uneducated laborer like him who scratched a living from the soil.

Unexpectedly, just a few days later, the delicate city girl suddenly ran up to him and asked if he wanted to marry her.

Jiang Xianhao had thought that this man was hardworking and earned plenty of work points, enough to support her. After they married, she wouldn't have to do farm labor anymore.

He really was hardworking, as it turned out, and after they married, she really didn't "work the fields" anymore.

Well... not in the usual sense of the word.

Note: This idea came to me suddenly, so the blurb is a little rushed. I'll revise it later, but the general framework won't change.

If you're interested, feel free to add it to your reading list!

Theme: Love only one person for a lifetime