Transmigrating to the 1950s to Work with Machinery

Sorry, updates will be irregular over the New Year.

After much prodding from her advisor, Ye Zhenzhen finally earned her doctorate, fulfilling her parents' expectations. She was ready to go home and lie flat.

Unexpectedly, she slept for the rest of her life.

When she woke up again, she had become Ye Zhenzhen, one of the first frail, educated youths to answer the call to go up to the mountains and down to the countryside in the 1950s. The journey to the countryside had been so arduous that she had died of a fever.

The original owner had brought it on herself. Her family had more than enough food and drink, yet she'd volunteered to go to the countryside.

If she hadn't gone yet, Ye Zhenzhen would have said: How can you not enjoy such a good life? Let me do it!

But she'd already been sent to the countryside, and getting back wasn't going to be easy.

To meet her basic needs, Ye Zhenzhen had no choice but to roll up her sleeves and get to work.

The village struggled to grind flour, so she got them a flour mill.

The yield per acre was low...

Wait, I'll find some outside help.

Reader's guide:

1. Entirely fictional setting.

2. The author is not an expert. Technical details serve the plot.

3. Negative comments upset me and stifle my inspiration, so I rarely read the comments.

Upcoming story: "Compound Gossip: Daily Intelligence Updates"

Also known as: "I Have a Golden Finger, But I'm Three Years Early!"

Blurb: Lu Yao felt like she'd been haunted lately.

No! Superstition wasn't allowed these days. Keep your mouth shut.

The moment she got up in the morning, a jumble of gossip and information about the residential compound appeared right in front of her.

At first, she thought she was the chosen one. She went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy the sea fish that the "daily intelligence" had warned her had just arrived the night before.

Ha. It turned out she really had been haunted. The ghost even lied to her.

Boohoohoohoo!

But later, she finally discovered what the "ghost" was really good for.

Daily intelligence: Wang Erma has his eye on a large shipment of goods to sell on the black market. He has no choice but to dig up the gold and silver he hid three years ago in the public toilet in Zao Shu Alley.

Lu Yao, eyes gleaming: Isn't that the public toilet I go to all the time?

She dug around, and there it was!

Daily intelligence: Children without jobs in Zao Shu Alley will be forced to go to the countryside. Lu Yao sells her job, secretly follows Zhang Hao to the countryside, and sends her parents to the hospital with anger.

Lu Yao, bewildered: Me? Working in the fields? Have I lost my mind? And who's this Zhang Hao?

In Hewan Village, Lu Yue couldn't believe she'd been transmigrated into the heroine of a novel. Heaven had finally opened its eyes!

According to the plot, all she had to do was wait in the village for the hero, Zhang Hao, to arrive as one of the first people forcibly sent to the countryside.

This time, without the supporting female character Lu Yao getting in the way, she could tell Zhang Hao how she felt right away. Wouldn't it be better to get together without all those misunderstandings?

Huh? Why hadn't the supporting female character shown up? And why was the male lead avoiding her like the plague?!

Theme: Strive through hardship and rely on yourself