In the 1970s, She Married a Sterile Tough Man, but the Delicate Wife Became Pregnant with Multiple Babies

Song Yao, a medical PhD from the twenty-first century, transmigrates into a retro-era novel after a laboratory explosion. She inhabits the body of a malnourished village girl who is destined to marry Zhou Yaming, a man who will eventually become the richest person in Huaguo, but who originally causes her death within three months of marriage. Her cousin, Song Lin, is a reborn heroine who remembers the future and seeks to swap marriages. Song Lin intends to marry Qin Yue, the regimental commander who is gravely injured and expected to die within six months, while forcing Song Yao to take Zhou Yaming’s place. Song Yao, having read the novel, understands that both the original heroine and hero are flawed. She refuses Song Lin’s demands and confronts her abusive uncle, Song Chongshan, who has stolen her father’s pension and exploited her labor for ten years. She exposes his hypocrisy, sells her inherited house to the village committee, and secretly retrieves her father’s hidden savings before fleeing to the army base.

At the military hospital, Song Yao meets Qin Yue, a proud and cold commander who is paralyzed from the waist down due to shattered leg bones and a bullet fragment lodged near his heart. The military doctors have lost hope, keeping him alive only through special medication. Han Mengling, a woman who has admired Qin Yue for years, attempts to seduce him, but he rejects her. Song Yao, treating him with clinical detachment, reveals her medical expertise. She claims she can heal his injuries using a lost technique called the Rejuvenation Nine Needles, which combines acupuncture with spiritual energy from a hidden space she awakened after her transmigration. The space contains ancient medical texts and spiritual herbs that can accelerate healing beyond normal limits. Qin Yue is skeptical but allows her to proceed, assigning his subordinate Jiang Yu to monitor her.

Song Yao moves into the family housing allocated to Qin Yue. She faces hostility from other military wives, particularly Li Cuixiang, who insults her character and questions her virtue. Song Yao retaliates by reporting the incident to the leadership, causing Li Cuixiang to flee. She befriends Sun Lanying, the political commissar’s wife, who helps her navigate military life. Song Yao also recruits Zhu Hong, a skilled tailor, to create fashionable clothing designs that will eventually serve as the foundation for her business ventures. She purchases silver needles and medicinal seeds, beginning her treatment of Qin Yue.

During the acupuncture sessions, Song Yao channels spiritual energy to repair Qin Yue’s severed nerves and shattered bones. The treatment is painful but effective. Qin Yue begins to regain sensation in his legs, and medical scans confirm rapid healing. Song Yao also prepares medicinal millet porridge using ingredients from her space, which cures Jiang Yu’s chronic stomach issues and further impresses the medical staff. Qin Yue’s attitude toward Song Yao shifts from cold suspicion to reluctant gratitude, though he remains guarded about his feelings. Meanwhile, Song Lin and Zhou Yaming’s scheme unravels in the village. Zhou Yaming discovers that Song Lin cannot provide the promised dowry and becomes interested in Song Yao’s family’s hidden wealth. Song Yao’s actions have disrupted the original plot, setting the stage for a new trajectory where she uses her medical skills and future knowledge to build a life of independence and power alongside the recovering commander.