1970s Military Marriage: Proposed to by the Commander After Retrieving the Token

Xue Miaoyun, an ordinary office worker and orphan in modern China, faces an unexplained terminal condition that leaves her with only three days to live. A mysterious cross-dimensional system offers her a contract: transfer her consciousness to a parallel world in the 1960s or 1970s, where she can continue living. Accepting the deal, she receives a random golden finger ability called the Jiao Spirit Essence, which grants her a personal spatial dimension known as the Jiao Pearl Space, immense physical strength, and later, a third-tier ability called Divine Healing Hands. Before transmigration, she maximizes her resources by liquidating her savings and taking on debt to purchase massive quantities of food, clothing, bedding, medical supplies, and daily necessities, storing them all within her space.

Upon awakening in the new world, Xue Miaoyun inhabits the body of a seventeen-year-old girl with the same name. The original owner was the daughter of a martyr and a former capitalist, living in Shuize Village under harsh conditions. She had been engaged to Song Zhuanguo, a man who rose in the army with the help of her late mother’s connections. However, Song Zhuanguo sought to marry a commander’s niece and conspired with his mother, Li Dacui, to ruin Xue Miaoyun’s reputation. They staged a scene to make it appear she was unfaithful, leading to her forced marriage to a violent local thug named Xu Ermao, who ultimately beat her to death. Xue Miaoyun immediately neutralizes the threat by killing Xu Ermao and storing his body in her space, then confronts Li Dacui during a midnight intrusion, using her superhuman strength to intimidate the woman into agreeing to break the engagement.

Xue Miaoyun proceeds to the village secretary, her uncle, to formally dissolve the engagement, securing legal documentation and cutting ties with the Song family. She discovers the original owner’s home has been stripped of its belongings by the Song family but remains focused on her long-term goal: passing the college entrance exams once they are reinstated in a few years. To establish financial independence, she begins trading goods from her space at the local black market, forming a partnership with Liu Yuehua, an accountant at the town’s cotton mill. She sells eggs, military coats, and high-quality bedding, generating significant profit in an era of material scarcity.

A key turning point occurs when she rescues Uncle Xun, a former university professor currently undergoing re-education in the village, after he falls from a hillside. Using her Divine Healing Hands and acupuncture skills inherited from the original owner’s mentor, Elder Ke, she stabilizes his critical condition. She transports him to the county hospital, where she assists in his surgery and later continues his recovery at home using medicinal herbs and Life’s Blue energy harvested from the ocean. Her medical expertise impresses the hospital staff, leading to an offer for her to work as a doctor. Xue Miaoyun also discovers that her Jiao Spirit Essence grants her merfolk-like abilities, allowing her to breathe underwater, see clearly in the dark, and swim at high speeds. She regularly visits the sea to harvest seafood and energy, further supporting her business and her patients’ health. The story follows her navigation of political tensions, rural life, and her strategic buildup of wealth and influence while concealing her supernatural advantages.