Rebirth in the 1970s: Bringing the village tyrant’s family back to the city and winning easily

Su Jinyan, a modern woman with no romantic experience, transmigrates into the body of a villainous supporting female character in a novel set in 1970s rural China. The original owner of this body was a beautiful, privileged girl from Beijing who was sent to the countryside as an educated youth. Despite being married for four years to Zhao Yuanyi, a handsome and devoted local man, she treated him and his impoverished family with disdain, planning to abandon them once she returned to the city for university. Su Jinyan awakens to find herself in this dire situation, holding a marriage certificate she never wanted and two young children she never intended to have. Her husband, Zhao Yuanyi, a retired soldier’s son who is now the pillar of his disabled father and blind mother’s family, believes she is leaving him forever. He gives her fifty yuan, borrowed from villagers, and asks only that she visit their children in the future, unaware that she has already decided to change her fate.

Realizing the tragic ending awaiting the original owner—her father framed, her mother imprisoned, and her family destroyed by a scheming nanny and stepmother—Su Jinyan resolves to alter the course of events. She rejects the path of the selfish original owner and instead chooses to embrace her new life. In a pivotal moment, she tells Zhao Yuanyi that they will not separate; instead, she plans to take him, their children, and his parents to Beijing with her. She reveals that her father is a military officer and her mother a researcher, and that she owns a large courtyard house near Peking University left to her by her grandfather. This declaration shocks Zhao Yuanyi, who had long resigned himself to being left behind, and he agrees to accompany her, eager to finally be with the woman he has loved silently for four years.

Before leaving the village, Su Jinyan confronts Zhao Yuanyi’s hostile extended family, including his grandmother and aunt, who had previously driven Zhao Yuanyi’s parents out of their home and refused to support them. Using her sharp wit and knowledge of the future, she outmaneuvers them, securing their agreement to provide financial support while simultaneously exposing their past cruelty to the village. During this time, she also discovers a mysterious spiritual space inherited from an ancestor named Nara Lina. This space contains magical properties, including self-replenishing food supplies, healing water, and medicinal knowledge, which provides Su Jinyan with a significant advantage as she prepares for her new life in the capital.

The couple officially registers their marriage and takes wedding photos before returning to Beijing. Upon arrival, Su Jinyan reunites with her parents, who are initially shocked by the revelation of her secret marriage and children but eventually accept Zhao Yuanyi due to his genuine character and Su Jinyan’s happiness. The family moves into the grand courtyard house, where Su Jinyan begins to integrate her rural in-laws into urban life, ensuring they are treated with dignity and care. Meanwhile, Zhao Yuanyi, who had been working on the black market to survive, starts to explore new business opportunities inspired by Su Jinyan’s foresight about upcoming economic reforms.

As they settle in, Su Jinyan works to prevent the original owner’s family tragedy from occurring. She anticipates the schemes of the nanny who framed her father and takes preemptive action to protect her family’s reputation and assets. The story follows her journey from a confused transmigrator to a confident matriarch who balances her academic pursuits at university with managing her growing family and business ventures. Through her actions, she transforms the lives of those around her, turning a story of abandonment and despair into one of unity, prosperity, and genuine love.