Transmigrated to the ’70s: The Wild Days of the Village Beauty

Lin Qingmei, a level 10 supernatural ability user from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl with the same name in 1968 Guangdong Province. The original host had fallen into a fever after her grandmother’s death, abandoned by her military father and resentful mother. Upon waking, Lin Qingmei discovers she retains her spatial, wood, and strength abilities, though her combat powers have diminished to level 1. She immediately confronts her greedy grandaunt and granduncle, who attempt to steal her grandmother’s meager belongings. Using her enhanced strength, she breaks the grandaunt’s wrist and reclaims the items, establishing her dominance over the hostile relatives.

Lin Qingmei learns that her late grandfather hid a secret chamber beneath her home, containing fifty-eight boxes of gold, pearls, jade, and thirty thousand yuan in cash. This fortune, intended as her dowry, was concealed to protect it from the turbulent political era. After securing the wealth in her spatial dimension, she faces further harassment from her relatives who covet her family home. She physically repels them, refusing to yield any property. The village chief and women’s director, aware of the relatives’ bullying, offer her the position of village accountant to provide stability. Lin Qingmei accepts, viewing it as a necessary cover for her activities.

While tide-harvesting to earn work points, Lin Qingmei utilizes her spatial ability to drain tidal pools, amassing a significant amount of seafood including rare lobsters and groupers. Her peaceful routine is interrupted by news of her father’s death; Lin Jianshe, a special forces commander, sacrificed himself in a border conflict with Yunnan, detonating a bomb to eliminate enemy agents. Simultaneously, her twin sister Lin Qinglan, living in the Northeast with their mother Yao Yanfang, attempts suicide after Yao Yanfang plans to send them back to the countryside to save money for her own remarriage. Lin Qinglan survives but suffers memory loss, allowing Wu Chunlan, Lin Qingmei’s apocalypse companion, to transmigrate into her body.

Lin Qingmei feels a psychic pain indicating her twin is in danger but remains in Guangdong, focusing on her new role as accountant. She passes the examination with a perfect score, silencing critics who accuse her of cheating. Meanwhile, Wu Chunlan, now inhabiting Lin Qinglan, navigates her new identity in the military hospital. She retains her own lightning and spatial abilities, discovering her space has also traveled with her. The two sisters are separated by geography but connected by their shared trauma and hidden powers. Lin Qingmei begins planning a trip to Hong Kong to acquire resources, knowing the upcoming years will bring scarcity.

The narrative shifts between Lin Qingmei’s life in the rural south and Wu Chunlan’s struggles in the northern military compound. Yao Yanfang, revealed as selfish and neglectful, abandons her children after her husband’s death, intending to remarry a wealthier man. Wu Chunlan, as Lin Qinglan, decides to endure the hardship and eventually return to Guangdong to reunite with her sister. The story establishes a dual-protagonist structure where both women, armed with supernatural abilities from a future apocalypse, navigate the challenges of 1960s China. They must conceal their powers while building wealth and security in a society where political movements and economic scarcity pose constant threats.

Lin Qingmei continues to expand her resource stockpile, using her space to store food and materials. She maintains a low profile in the village, avoiding suspicion while preparing for the difficult years ahead. The death of her father leaves her with a sense of loss but also frees her from familial obligations she never had. She resolves to protect her twin, even from afar, and to ensure they never face starvation or exploitation again. The story sets the stage for their eventual convergence, as both sisters leverage their apocalyptic knowledge and supernatural gifts to survive and thrive in a pre-reform China.