The Sixth Squad's Guide to Getting Rich [The 1970s]

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Hu Tutu died suddenly from working overtime and woke up in the 1970s, as the notorious layabout of the Sixth Brigade of Yutu Village.

The good news: She was reborn.

The bad news: She was back to being a wage slave.

Just as Hu Tutu was wondering whether to bash her head in and start over, the "Best Choice" System fell from the sky.

[Ding! Congratulations on activating the "Best Choice" System!]

Holding the meat ration coupons she'd just received, Hu Tutu was moved to tears and immediately decided to lie flat.

Hu Tutu: Now that I've got a golden finger, why should I bother working hard?

But the life of lying flat she'd imagined didn't quite turn out that way.

The Best Choice task: keeping score in the fields.

The Best Choice feed: running to the feed factory.

The Best Choice seeds: digging them up in the fields.

The Best Choice job: Wait, if I've got a golden finger, why do I still have to work?

Before Hu Tutu knew it, she'd led her whole family to prosperity and a comfortable life, and answered the call of Reform and Opening Up by turning the Sixth Brigade into a famous village of ten-thousand-yuan households.

The notorious layabout Hu Tutu became the brigade's most sought-after treasure. Everyone wanted to bring this golden girl home.

She scoffed: Men will only slow down my retirement!

But then

[Ding! Best Choice triggered!]

[1. Refuse the blind date. Gain the title "Most Eligible Spinster." While wearing it, the chance of passersby pointing and whispering increases by 50%.]

[2. Go on the blind date. Today's work points are reduced by 50%.]

[3. Grab a random passerby and politely turn down the blind date. Physical fitness increases by 20%.]

Hu Tutu decisively chose the third option. Pointing at a familiar passerby who happened to be walking by, she said, "Even if I picked a random pig to go on a blind date with today, he'd be better than the man you're trying to set me up with!"

Ye Wenshen, the man she'd just called a pig: "...?" So I'm the only one you're picking on, huh?

Hu Tutu didn't know that this world had a notorious, universally despised villain: Ye Wenshen. He was vindictive, mercurial, and ruthless...

Ye Wenshen remembered it all very clearly.

When he'd first been framed and sent down to the countryside, he'd been careful about everything and only wanted to stay invisible while quietly making a little money. But one sentence from a young girl ruined it all, making him the target of everyone overnight!

Now Hu Tutu, grown into a young woman, had set her sights on him again.

Ye Wenshen smiled. "Retire, is it? You'll never get to in this lifetime."

P.S.:

1. A heroine who wants to lie flat every day x a workaholic hero who's only interested in money.

2. A slow-burn daily-life story about building wealth.

3. A fictional era; everything is made up.

[Preorder blurb] My Eccentric Relatives in a Period Novel Can Read Minds (1980s)

[A gossip-loving "good girl" x a proud, aloof beauty who says one thing and means another: military compound at first, then she follows him to his post]

Lu Doudou thought she was kind and amiable, and a good girl praised by all the neighbors and relatives.

Until one day, while she was visiting her younger female cousin to gossip, she suddenly heard her cousin's thoughts.

[Why won't this awful relative who keeps mooching off us go to the countryside already? So annoying!]

It turned out she was living in a book, as the heroine's awful relative: sharp-tongued, petty, and shameless!

Lu Doudou was puzzled. Lu Doudou was confused. Then Lu Doudou understood!

Go to the countryside? That sounds great! Answering the nation's call and doing labor is an honor!

She packed her bags and waited to be sent down to the countryside, only for her mother to give her a sound beating and shove her into the factory's publicity department.

On her first day at work, she heard the thoughts of a colleague who was always so dedicated to her job: What should I have for lunch? What should I have for dinner? What about tomorrow? Yay, another day of slacking off!

On her second day, she heard the department head, a talented writer, think: This is so annoying. Whoever wants to write this garbage publicity copy can do it.

On her third day, she heard the head of the neighboring logistics department think: I've saved up another month's worth of industrial coupons. Why does nobody want them?

Lu Doudou perked up. Here comes the gossip!

And so

Lu Doudou's random-draw recipes became a godsend for the indecisive.

Her publicity copy became a huge hit and was submitted to the provincial authorities.

Lu Doudou modified a bicycle, making bicycles all the rage and industrial coupons impossible to find.

Lu Doudou...

Lu Doudou became the most popular sweetheart at the machinery factory!

Lu Doudou: As expected, everyone loves me.

Until she met the son of Auntie Liang from upstairs.

She heard his thoughts:

First thought: "That ugly girl still isn't married?"

Second thought: "Oh, maybe she's too ugly for anyone to want her."

Lu Doudou: ???

Major General Liang of the Fifth Military Region was known as an aloof beauty. He was handsome, capable, and had a bright future ahead of him. Many people had already picked him out as their future husband or son-in-law. But after a trip home to visit his family, he returned with a wife.

Everyone assumed the major general had been forced into marriage and waited to see him make a fool of himself.

But within days, all kinds of rumors started flying:

Major General Liang rushes home from work every day to cook for his wife.

Major General Liang turns down every invitation because his wife keeps him on a tight leash.

Major General Liang gave up a chance to get promoted because he couldn't bear to leave his wife.

Major General Liang...

Everyone: ??? That little vixen!!!!

Lu Doudou, the so-called vixen, rubbed her aching waist and lay in bed in tears: Beauty is my undoing!

Theme: The most important thing in life is to be happy.