In the 1970S, I Clock In and Win by Doing Nothing

As the middle child, Jian Shuang had always been the one her parents didn't love. When someone else took the job slot she'd been promised, she had no choice but to answer the call to go work in the countryside. The neighbors all said Jian's parents were biased, but they also thought the delicate, pampered Jian Shuang was doomed. Sure enough, less than a year later, they heard she couldn't take it anymore and had married a rural man. Later, when the college entrance exams resumed and people could return to the cities, Jian Shuang went back to her parents' home. Everyone came to watch the spectacle, thinking she'd been worked to the bone and would be a sight to see. But Jian Shuang looked even better than she had before leaving for the countryside. Her picturesque features were radiant, and she was walking arm in arm with a tall, handsome young man. They were a perfect match, making all the young men and women in the neighborhood pale in comparison. Then they heard that Jian Shuang had topped the provincial exams in South China and been accepted to the best university in the capital. The Jian family, eaten up with regret, could only watch as Jian Shuang brought the grandparents who treated her best to the capital to enjoy their golden years. They heard she'd even bought a siheyuan courtyard house. * On the second day of her marriage, Jian Shuang got bound to a free check-in game. Check in at the mountains, and get free berries, wild greens, pheasants, and rabbits. Check in by the river, and get free fish, shrimp, and crabs. Check in at the supply and marketing cooperative, and get free Snowflake cream, fine cloth, soap, and sanitary pads. Check in at the bank, and get free money, ration coupons, gold, silver, and jewelry. Check in at a school, and get a complete set of college entrance exam review materials. And so Jian Shuang's life in the countryside suddenly became a joy. Her days were spent wandering from place to place to check in, then eating snacks and watching the drama unfold. Sometimes she wanted to pick vegetables, and her sister-in-law would say, "Leave it to me." If she wanted to do the laundry, her other sister-in-law would say, "Leave it to me." If she wanted to sweep the floor, her nieces and nephews would chime in, "Auntie, sit down. We'll do it." The young wives thought it was unreasonable, and the mothers-in-law thought it was outrageous. But the Qiao family just smiled without a word. If you were capable, of course everyone would cater to you. Jian Shuang: I just love to lie flat. The female lead studies traditional Chinese medicine and likes healthy living, but she won't be a doctor. She focuses on making medicine, researching all kinds of miraculous prescriptions, eating and drinking, and living well. Her golden finger is ridiculously powerful. The prescriptions mostly have nothing to do with reality and are completely made up, with exaggerated effects. The story has a slow-paced rural-life feel. Pre-release: Transmigrated into the Alchemist Who Just Scammed Qin Shi Huang. Please add it to your collection. Thanks for asking. I'm in the Qin dynasty, just met my idol, and am about to be buried alive by Zheng Ge after he buries the books and scholars. Zhu Dan's first transmigration took her to a world where everyone cultivated their own natal alchemy furnace. After countless hardships, she became an Alchemy Sovereign and shattered the void, thinking she could go home. She did make it home, but the timeline had been pulled back two thousand years. She arrived in the Qin dynasty, in the body of a female alchemist disguised as a man in the Xianyang Palace. After her master, Lu Sheng, failed to find immortals for Qin Shi Huang, he ran away with the massive funds allocated for the expedition. The alchemists he left behind were all punished in his place, and as Lu Sheng's disciple, she was first in line to be buried alive. At the critical moment, she decided to summon her natal alchemy furnace and give Zheng Ge, who longed for eternal life, a real shock. But Zheng Ge had unified the six states, and the human race was flourishing. Their fortune overwhelmed the fortunes of the various immortal and ghostly paths, ushering in an age without spiritual energy. Without spiritual energy, she couldn't make pills. She couldn't even summon the furnace from her Violet Palace. Faced with the chilling gaze of the First Emperor, Zhu Dan: "..." Zheng Ge, I'm actually the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and I can be either a man or a woman. Do you believe me? * After some maneuvering, Zhu Dan convinced Qin Shi Huang of her ridiculous story that she'd been granted a divine method. He gave her seven days and demanded she refine a golden pill before the deadline. Under extreme pressure, Zhu Dan decided to use the fortune of the human race in place of spiritual energy. Skipping over a host of famous historical figures, she pinpointed Hu Hai. Hu Hai: "..." Well, the effects of the pills varied from person to person, and some came with all sorts of strange side effects, but at least they worked. Years later, Zhu Dan, now the Great Qin Imperial Preceptor, smiled wearily. "Zheng Ge, I may have made a Hu Hai Weed-Killing Pill, a Zhao Gao Disguise Pill, a Xiao He Bumper Harvest Pill, and a Zhang Liang Wind-and-Rain Pill...but I really can't make anyone immortal." To live forever, you'd have to cultivate. And to cultivate, you'd need spiritual qi to return. Ah, why has spiritual qi actually returned? Content notes: 1. Spiritual qi revival happens at the end. Zheng Ge doesn't cultivate in the main story. It's about the female lead borrowing the fortune of historical figures, pulling all sorts of stunts, refining pills, and building a beautiful Great Qin. 2. Fortune can only be drawn from someone who gives it willingly. Threats and coercion won't work. Fortune can recover, and improving Great Qin with the pills will make it rise again, though it does bring a few days of bad luck. Theme: You should be happy while you're alive.