The Daily Life of a Second-Generation Military Brat Living a Laid-Back Life [1960s]

Currently updating: Getting the Whole Family into Secure Jobs [1950s]

Everyone said Xia Qinqin was a lucky girl.

As an only child in the 1960s, she wore little leather shoes, drank soda, and ate chocolate.

Her parents and maternal grandparents all had steady jobs. They had plenty to eat and wear, so why bother striving? She could lie flat and let them carry her.

But after she followed her mother to join her father on an island, Xia Qinqin discovered that she could occasionally hear what people were thinking.

"Just as I thought, those two spendthrift mother and daughter from the novel. They dress up every day. How much money do they have to waste?"

"So this is that cannon-fodder female supporting character. What good is being pretty if she can't give birth to a son?"

Xia Qinqin: I'm telling my mom you said bad things about her!

"That cannon-fodder male supporting character is pretty handsome. Too bad he married a spendthrift."

"The male supporting character becomes a big shot in the original story. Should I go cozy up to him now?"

"Hmph. So what if you're powerful? You still can't have a son."

Xia Qinqin: I'm telling my dad!

After learning from their daughter that they were cannon-fodder supporting characters, Xia Junshan and Meng Yufei both flew into a rage...

Who cares about protagonists? Nobody was going to ruin the good life of their family of three.

To escape their cannon-fodder fate, the couple threw themselves into building their careers. As long as they were strong enough, no one could make them cannon fodder.

And so little Xia Qinqin could lie flat and play in peace again. Let Mom and Dad deal with the bad guys. A child's most important job was to eat well!

Blurb 2:

After following her mother from Haishi to the island where her father was stationed, her maternal grandparents and uncle all thought she was going to suffer. Xia Qinqin didn't think so at all.

There was no delicious chocolate here, but there were all kinds of fruit: pineapples, coconuts, mangoes... The little foodie tried every one of them each day.

There was no zoo, but she could see all kinds of little creatures while gathering seafood by the shore: hermit crabs, tiny sea snails, colorful shells... There were too many to collect.

Upcoming novel: Getting the Whole Family into Secure Jobs (1950s)

Question: What should you do if you joined the Nationalist army in 1949? I'm in a real hurry...

When Lin Shuyan woke up, she had traveled back to 1949. She was the daughter of a high-ranking Nationalist officer and was sitting on a ship bound for Taiwan...

Before she could figure out what to do, someone threw her into the sea. After narrowly surviving, Lin Shuyan quickly accepted reality, stripped clothes off a corpse and put them on, then hurried back to the original owner's home to search it. She grabbed the luggage and money and left without looking back, heading for the countryside.

She found the family of the original owner's maternal uncle and sought refuge with them, turning herself into a poor peasant.

To repay the family, and keep them quiet, Lin Shuyan figured out a way to get everyone in the family a secure job.

All right, now they're all in the same boat, sharing both glory and ruin. Let's work together for a better life.

Theme: Live well.