I Worked as a Matchmaker in the 1980s

Yuan Man was originally a strand of red thread in the hands of the Matchmaker. To accumulate merit, she volunteered to descend to the mortal world and bring more couples together. By a twist of fate, she ended up in the 1980s.

There were plenty of unmarried men and women of suitable age in this era, so she could easily bring together happy couples. But she was an unmarried young woman herself, and no one believed what she said.

Yuan Man: "Don't worry, I can prove it!"

Uncle Liu Er, from the west end of the village, had been married for over twenty years. His children had all made something of themselves, and only his youngest daughter was still unmarried.

On the day of his eldest grandson's one-month celebration, everyone came to congratulate the family and eagerly offered to find a match for the youngest Liu daughter. But then they heard Yuan Man in the kitchen, holding Auntie Liu Er's hand and pleading earnestly: "Auntie, what's the point of living like this? Forget your daughter for now. Get divorced. I'll go to the police station with you!"

Everyone: "A matchmaker urging someone to get divorced? What the hell are you trying to prove?"

Everyone said the Yuan family had a wicked girl.

She ruined matches between well-suited families, made trouble in peaceful households, and broke up several couples.

On top of that, she played matchmaker whenever she had nothing better to do.

Introducing a man in his twenties to a widow in her thirties? Sending out a marriage notice for a woman in her sixties? Outrageous!

Yet she kept rising higher and higher. Village chief? Director of a matchmaking bureau? The youngest head of the Women's Federation in the county?!

Everyone wanted her to arrange their matches, and people from far and wide gave Yuan Man a thumbs-up!

Auntie Liu Er: "If Xiao Yuan hadn't helped me get divorced back then, that bastard would have beaten me to death!"

Young man: "Thanks to Director Yuan, I could be with the neighbor girl who looked after me when I was young."

Elderly woman: "He went off to fight in a war and was gone for over forty years. I never thought I'd find him again one day..."

Yuan Man's reputation spread throughout the surrounding villages. Everyone knew her as a matchmaker who could both break couples up and bring them together.

To find a wife for their director, and a sister-in-law for themselves, the men at the police station put their heads together and secretly took the director's birth details and photo to the matchmaker.

"Comrade Yuan Man, hello. I like..."

Yuan Man abruptly closed the letter, her face flushed bright red. "Are you sure this isn't a love letter?"

Reader's Guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only.

2. The story encourages free love. The heroine only introduces people; she doesn't arrange marriages for them.

3. The setting begins in 1985.

Theme: Marriage isn't the only path to happiness