The Cannon-Fodder Mom in the 1970s Awakens

[Full rewrite. Temporarily on hiatus.]

When Jiang Manyi realized she was a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel, she was standing at the ticket counter in a crowded train station.

"Are you buying a ticket or not?"

At the ticket clerk's words, Jiang Manyi instinctively turned and ran.

If she was one moment too late, her ex-husband would go on a blind date, and her son and daughter would start calling someone else Mom.

Shen Li noticed that his wife seemed like a different person after she came back.

She used to order him around all day, but now she started making all three meals.

She used to ignore their two children, but now she was always fussing over them.

She used to complain that he smelled of mud and insist they sleep apart, but now she was the one inviting him into her bed.

There was just one thing that hadn't changed: she still loved studying and wanted to return to the city by passing the college entrance exam.

Shen Li lowered his eyes. Perhaps it was time for him to make some changes too.

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Yu Yao transmigrated into a period novel modeled on her own life.

The male lead, Shen Li, was handsome, tall, long-legged, and had an eight-pack. He was exactly her type. More importantly, he had a bright future ahead of him.

Sure, he was currently just a country man who worked the fields, newly divorced and saddled with two kids.

But in the future, he'd start from nothing and make a fortune.

One of the kids would become an internationally renowned scientist, the kind who traveled with bodyguards. The other would become an Olympic champion thanks to their exceptional physical ability.

Yu Yao figured that as the author and someone with foreknowledge, she ought to claim this prize.

At last, Shen Li divorced his wife. At last, Yu Yao sat down across from him on a blind date. At last...

Wait, why aren't you getting divorced anymore?

No matter, she's still young. She can wait.

She waited until Jiang Manyi got into university.

She waited until Shen Li opened his first shop.

She waited until the children all went to university.

Seriously, are you two ever going to get divorced or not?!

Theme: Work hard and keep striving