Into the '70s Book: Pregnant After Divorcing My Soldier Husband

Deng Zhilan, a transmigrated woman, finds herself in the body of a cannon fodder wife in a novel set in 1970s China. Her husband, Wei Yanzhen, is a decorated military captain from a prominent military family. The original host had despised Wei Yanzhen for his stern, unromantic nature and his physical dominance in the bedroom, preferring instead a charming gigolo named Shi Hui. Through manipulation by her step-sister Song Yitao, the original Deng Zhilan forced a divorce, believing it would free her to marry Shi Hui. However, the transmigrated Deng Zhilan, aware of the tragic fate awaiting the original host—betrayal by Shi Hui, sale into illegal labor, and death on a smuggler’s boat—decides to rewrite her story.

Deng Zhilan waits outside the Guangdong Military District gate, claiming pregnancy to force a meeting with Wei Yanzhen. Though legally divorced, the family has kept the divorce secret from Wei’s parents. When Wei Yanzhen finally appears, cold and dismissive, Deng Zhilan reveals she is three months pregnant. The news shocks him and his political instructor. Despite his suspicion that she is using the child to blackmail him, the family’s matriarch, Qin Ping, insists on a hospital check-up. At the hospital, Qin Ping discovers the pregnancy is real and, unaware of the divorce, warmly welcomes Deng Zhilan, offering her money and jewelry. Deng Zhilan refuses to leave with the Weis when they face forced reassignment to the countryside, but Qin Ping, believing the family’s property will be confiscated, urges her to flee to Hong Kong. Deng Zhilan insists on staying, choosing to face the hardship together.

Before departure, Deng Zhilan uses a newly discovered spiritual space—a dimension with a healing spring and storage ability—to secretly stockpile food, money, and valuables. She also exposes Song Chengzu, Song Yitao’s son, to the Red Guards by mailing an anonymous letter, ensuring the Song family faces consequences. The Wei family is reassigned to Dongfeng Brigade in Heilongjiang Province. On the train journey, Deng Zhilan’s pregnancy symptoms bring her and Wei Yanzhen closer; he cares for her tenderly, and she begins to genuinely appreciate his strength and devotion.

Upon arrival, the Wei family is housed in a dilapidated abandoned home next to Captain Luo Yisen’s residence. Song Yitao, also reassigned to the same brigade, is lodged in a firewood shed. Deng Zhilan confronts Song Yitao, stepping on her toes on the tractor and later terrifying her with bugs in the shed. Wei Yanzhen, initially resentful of Deng Zhilan’s past infidelity, begins to soften as she shows genuine affection and respect. He protects her from Red Guard raids, punching an officer who tries to search her. Deng Zhilan secures a light warehouse duty for herself, avoiding heavy field labor due to her pregnancy.

Song Yitao, jealous and bitter, mocks Deng Zhilan’s new role but is outsmarted when Deng Zhilan deliberately gives her a manure bucket and ensures she arrives late to work. Meanwhile, Wei Yanzhen excels at reclamation work, drawing admiration from village women. He grows increasingly protective and affectionate toward Deng Zhilan, who reciprocates, nurturing the child and improving their living conditions with food from her spiritual space. The family dynamic shifts as Wei Jinyue, initially hostile, warms to Deng Zhilan after receiving skincare products. The story follows the couple’s gradual reconciliation and adaptation to rural life, with Deng Zhilan determined to build a stable future for her child and family, far from the betrayals that doomed the original host.