Second Marriage in the 1970s

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Dong Jiahui, the daughter of the Dong family, was kicked out of the house by the Lu family because she had been married for three years and was unable to get pregnant. Dong Jiahui, who felt ashamed, jumped into the river in search of death. Immediately after she was rescued, her soul also changed.

The Dong family’s Jiahui was five miles away from the Shanghe Village. Zhao Donglin’s wife was an educated youth who left her two children to go back to the city. In order to take care of the children, Zhao Donglin, who was about to become a battalion commander, retired to the countryside.

“This damned little bit*h cried and shouted to marry us, to let her marry our Donglin. Now she doesn’t even care about her children and wants to go back to the city!”

For the six-month-old girl, Yingbao, Zhao Donglin wants to give his two children a stepmother. He refused the introduction of 17 or 18 people who were matched with him and finally chose the infertile Dong Jiahui. Zhao Donglin thought that since Dong Jiahui couldn’t have a baby, she would certainly treat Heidan and Yingbao as her own child.

He inquired and found out that Dong Jiahui was a woman with a submissive personality, and such a woman leads a stable life. As long as she treats the children well, he will treat her well for the rest of his life.

On the wedding night, Dong Jiahui finally discovered the secret of the original owner’s infertility. It turned out that she was still a v*rgin!

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trash_generalist
trash_generalist rated it
March 7, 2023
Status: c55
This is my second time reading this novel! The first time around, I persisted for quite awhile (c55 at least). This time, I quit by the 37th chapter XD. Not necessarily because I thought it was a bad read, but well, it's a bit boring. The issue is... this story is more of a study of what a second marriage is like in the 1970s than a story of a girl who is getting married for the second time in the 1970s. Does that make sense?? I guess what I'm... more>> saying is... uh, it's like the characters are not involved in it. They're just actors in a play, bad ones LOL -- they're enough to portray the essence of the play, but not quite enough to make you empathize.

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SUMMARY: The FL is a modern woman that transmigrated into the 1970s. The original owner of the body is named Dong Jiahu. She was married to a weak scum for three years and was divorced for not being able to give birth to any children. After a bit of back and forth (too much, if you ask me), she ends up getting married to the ML (Zhao Donglin), a retired soldier who is now working as a Comune Secretary. The ML had been married once before, and had even had two children. He encountered the FL and took a fancy to her. As such, the two became a pair.

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THOUGHTS: If you're interested in reading more about the era, I recommend giving this novel a try. It's quite detailed about the political environment and cultural expectations in the 1970s (at least, far more explicit than other novels). In this sense, the author did quite a good job. However, that's about it XD. The pacing of the overall plot is a mess from the get-go, and there's lots of filler where nothing really happens. It just drags on and on uninterestingly. The FL, who is overly passive, doesn't make any big moves, playing in the background most of the time. And the ML, who does make some moves here and there, is too dull to push the boat forward. FJSLKAFJLA

Ahh all this sounds a bit overly negative. But I really don't have a good impression of this novel. Part of it is also because of the messy text. Not sure if it's because of the TL (which is edited MTL, so it's not the cleanest) or just the author's inexplicable style, but there are repeating statements everywhere jslfksjlaf. Well... anyway, since I've given it a second shot and still disliked it, I don't think I'll be reading this again. That being the case, I decided to give it a rating! 2 stars! More specifically... 2.3/5!! LMFAO. For the sake of the detailed worldbuilding, I gave it more. Because it really is good for studying cultural practices of the era. The plot is also not bad, just messy and awfully structured. At the very least, you shouldn't be bored if you enjoy historical details and petty drama. <<less
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Renatablack25
Renatablack25 rated it
February 11, 2023
Status: c80
Honestly, I didn't like her passivity, where she's always following the customs, and I didn't like ML's more, who only thinks that MC should stay at home and take care of the kids.
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DemiUchiha
DemiUchiha rated it
January 24, 2023
Status: Completed
I liked this novel. I just wish we got insight into the antagonists lives like the ex wife of the ML and his brother's ex wife too. Also did not care to read about the ML's sisters lives at all. Also I don't understand how the "second ML" fell for the FL. They barely met and he has the gall to say he loves her even knowing from the very beginning that she was married with kids. -_- BFFR. Also I'm not really a huge fan of the college trope.... more>> Like I know it's necessary for certain things, but I just don't care for it. But overall this was a really good read.

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Also, dont @ me, but I hate that the son didn't call her mom until a long time later. Like it just bothered me a little. Like I understood it at first when he was like 4 years old and the ex aunt was in his ear telling him nonsense, but later on even with him being in school and incredibly smart he still didn't say anything. It just annoyed me that he was still calling her aunt even though she raised him up and taught him and his sister and even after she had a child of her own and still treated him just like her own. I feel like the author just wanted to make him a gloomy character for no reason at all. Every chance they got they would write about him being resentful because he wanted to be affectionate with everybody else but he dare not even though no one ever did anything wrong to him or ever made him feel unwanted like his no good mother who he barely even remembered anyway.

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joshb3
joshb3 rated it
December 29, 2022
Status: Completed
I thought about dropping the story about 1/3 the way through because I though it was slow with little development. However, the story picked up shortly after and became quite entertaining. It’s too bad the MC didn’t take more advantage of their future knowledge though, and I kind of wish the story didn’t end quite as quickly.
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Nonameschemer
Nonameschemer rated it
December 21, 2022
Status: --
Honestly, this kinda got boring very quickly and nearly everyone's romance/life were more interesting to read about than our CP. Even the face slapped cannon fodders new lives after misencountering the MC were so fascinating. They learned a lesson, learned regret or just stewed in resentmemt. MC was honestly mary sue, and this book was supposed to be realistic, but it just kept getting plot wronged
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chibiching
chibiching rated it
December 5, 2022
Status: Completed
I would say only 30% of the story focused on the relationship between the FL + ML. The rest was really the FL being a total badass and helping her family make money and I'm not really mad about that. Oh, but I am glad the extra covered a bit about Heidan, that was the real closure I wanted. XD
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Drenlith
Drenlith rated it
October 15, 2022
Status: Completed
A more down-to-earth no-crazy-hacks time-slip slice of life.
The story is more or less streamlined, but I loved the light ups and downs.

Mild, but greatly interesting novel to keep you going if you're in the mood for it. (TL;DR: If you're looking for great stimulus and explosive love relationship, please look elsewhere)

No over-the-top cannonfoddery or limelight scenes, so def. more Josei orientated.
The antagonists are mere passersby in the protagonist's life, some annoying relative you can relate to maybe, or be it that 'one person' from a group of co-workers/friends/etc.

Akin to the darn popcorn kernel sitting on your molar for the entire duration of the movie levels of annoying if you're going to let it be annoying. It gives a good example of how to mentally handle people like that in your life.

Childcare overall was lacking but realistically written. None of the backward 'I care for mommy cause mommy is so silly' BS.
Am especially fond of the eldest son, who under given circumstances couldn't help but mature in some ways quicker than other children his age but maintained a different kind of innocence than his other siblings.

MC is an actual hardworking and caring person, more so than any other female protagonists centered around family stories so far.
Love the TLC she put into her family and how they reciprocate back.
(The MC was so caring to the point that it shows how half-assed other protagonists from other novels are about their families though, hahaha)

If we'd talk about cons, it would be the extreme speed of her adaptabilities to her new life in the 70ties, and the forceful virg*n image the author maintained for MC.
Obviously, it was mentioned in the summary but it still unnecessarily made divorced women not look as good as it probably should have.
The weird double standard of a divorced man is great if he got his life in order, but a divorced woman, regardless, is always a no-no.
When someone wants to pick on MC, they always focus on that, turning mostly a blind eye to the one-time divorced ML.
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Mother-in-law had some extreme objection towards MC when ML first mentioned it.
Later on, he became more enthusiastic about her/more fond of her after finding out she was a virg*n. I'd rather have him and his family accept her as the situation had shown it.

About the ex-wife of ML; it's rather simple and all that's been mentioned has been already mentioned in the story so I don't find it necessary for her to come up and stir up too much trouble for the main couple and their children.
It definitely s**ked in her circumstances, but she just passed on the pain of betrayal to her kids, which leaves me with no sympathy for her. This wasn't meant to be a dramatic novel anyway so antagonists have more or less a sense of propriety. Brain-dead malicious cannon fodders are overused and unwelcome anyway.
You can say that ML's younger brother's ex-wife (first cannon fodder) was like that too, but she was merely too childish. Even if she'd pick a physical fight, she'd only to her birth sisters.

But on that note, hell yes to men in this story getting rid of their toxic wives.

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PS: Translation was... ehhhhh, readable, but they definitely could do with an editor/proofreader.
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rdawv
rdawv rated it
September 15, 2022
Status: Completed
Very basic premise. ML transmigrated to the past. She did not really make any waves, except to handle the gossip well. Easily adjusted to the hardships of the 70s. Rather than a magical fantasy, it reads more like an idealized history of nostalgic modern China. Good people are hardworking and generous, wicked people have bad tongues and covetous. There is nothing overly dramatic about this story, think of it as a vehicle to show a snapshot of an ordinary family in 70s China in ideal conditions.
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chibigamer
chibigamer rated it
September 3, 2022
Status: Completed
Similar to other chinese novels of this sort however it is solid.

The -1 score really comes from the fact that it was a bit hard to read in the beginning (maybe just me), there wasn't anything new (as usual, there are a million similar stories in chinese novels) however I cannot recall bullsh*t that rubbed me the wrong way either except I guess the ending which as usual for these types of novels felt lackluster, but atleast there is an ending.

so yeah a rating of 4 from this random reader.
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Eeria
Eeria rated it
August 28, 2022
Status: Completed
It’s more of 3.5 for me. Like previous reviewers said, it’s fairly similar to other “work hard in the 1970 and get rich” cnovel. The only reason I put it at 3.5 is that I find the romance unbalanced. I feel the male lead is not up to par with the FL... he did doted on her and supported her dreams but he didn’t do anything beside defending her once in awhile... meanwhile the FL used all her wits knowledge of previous life to take care of her in-laws and... more>> step-children. Even the male lead succeeding in university has a lot to do with her. But the ML did treat her well.
there is not a lot of originality but the story is easy to read and interesting. <<less
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wangxian0821
wangxian0821 rated it
August 14, 2022
Status: c1
I apologize for my English, this is not my native language.!

thank you for translator!😍💜💓 and the Author! I love this story not boring!😁.. I really don't get the others why they hate this story!☹️ this story is not bad, but maybe the author is young!😁 in the middle of the story she always add the spoiler 😂😁. if u don't read properly maybe u will Got confused!😁😂... the story is bery simple no angst! you will not get irritated or depressed!😂😁

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the story is simple!😁 its abt two persons! the ML already had a wife but he always not home bc he was army, he only go home when he was an day off only 1 month... according to his ex wife. when he camback from military, he always goes to his frnds, they only have a skinship in Bed😁 thats all, then he's ex wife had a ambition she want to go back to his home, she want to find another man who can satisfy her!🙄 so she divorced the ML and leave her 2 children 1 son and 1 girl, she beg to ML, to agree to their divorced... the ML Goal is to work hard for his family, but since hes ex wife want to find Good life. he sighed the divorced.. then he go back to his home to raised his childrens. hes leader transfer him from their town as Secretary..... but he's mom wants him to remarried again! well every girl want him even as 2nd wife then raised his two children but ML didn't want them. he afraid that if he remarried again then what if the lady is not GOOD to his children, so he said he don't want to find 2nd wife again.. but when he meets the MC! he fall in love at first sight!🙄😁😁 the he inquired abt the MC and found out that she also divorce girl! bc she can't get pregnant! so he thinks it's ok as long she take care of his children... until then ask the Mc's fam..

MC don't want to remarried again! ofc the org host she already gone. the MC from modern, she transmigration and possession the body of this poor girl!.. but bc of this folks who always bad mount her! thn she didn't refused when her mother ask the matchmaker to find mate for her daughter! but. when she meets the ML she also hav a crush on him so she agreed to him😁... when the night to complete their wedding, she found out that she's still virgrn, and the ML got shook he don't knew what to do!😁 he also feel excited, then when he ask hes wife, hes wife can't answer too. she also don't knew what going on!😁 then from then The ML vow that he most cherished this lit wife and protect her and love her!..
her mother in law is good to her! especially when she found out that she still maiden!...
in the zhao FAM, only the 2nd daughter in law is bad! and bit*h and jealous, lady. until her husband divorced her😁 Good to her!😑. I already feel sad to 2nd brother! I wonder why in story (1960 or) always the 2nd son is painful... when he divorced his wife. he didn't remarried again he became rich! he only care to his family and his son!. the MC ex husband, hes impotent! like eunuch, he thought if he married another woman maybe he's d*ck will wake up!😁 so he divorced his wife (MC) he also mamasboy!🙄😑 they treat the MC so bad in 3yrs then trew them and said that she can't ley egg!🙄... after that the MC orh host, jump in river she want to died she can't handle those folks who mount her bad!😑 the girl is so kind and poor girl!☹️ then after that
her soul is already gone and the MC possession her bodys, But the ex husband got his karma! especially that mother in law!😏🙄 his 2nd wife is slut

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i also love the 2nd couple 😁 <<less
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Ai4Linh
Ai4Linh
June 3, 2022
Status: Completed
Honestly I was expecting more from this novel due to the high rating. End up giving it 3*

The start of the novel it really slow when compare to other novel you would get pass the novel summary after 2-4 chapter but with this one it take at least 10s chapter before it get to the interesting part.

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I also don't like how the ML characteristic change 180 degree from being some what cold and distance with the FL to suddenly being infatuated with her.

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It lean more on the side of slice of life than anything else.

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Tras
Tras rated it
May 31, 2022
Status: Completed
Like a worse version of Back to the Sixties: Farm, Get Wealthy & Raise the Cubs, which I really liked. This one feels like it just jumps around a lot, especially the later chapters where new characters are introduced by the dozens (like distant relatives etc) only to never be mentioned again. Most characters except the FML, ML and their closest relatives are barely characters and a lot of things just seem to happen without any payoff or anything. It started out pretty well, but then nothing really happened so... more>> it kinda ruins the start of it.

Also one of those novels that really makes you question Chinese culture, especially the communist parts, which isn't bad per say but it feels weird having it introduced as good. Everyone seems to agree that Maoist China was hell, while at the same time loving Mao. Gang of Four is such an obvious excuse for Chinese people to avoid blaming Mao himself that it almost becomes laughable. Maoist China seems to have produced some of the worst people to ever exist, constantly jealous of anyone doing well, blaming everyone but themselves. Guess that's what happens when you kill off everyone with a brain and letting lazy people abuse the idea of everyone getting the same shares.

That said, some other reviewers views of the characters seems rather weird and I hope they never have children of their own if they think leaving the children behind in order to wear pretty dresses in the big city is an alright action to take just because the husband works a lot. <<less
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daedaedae
daedaedae rated it
May 19, 2022
Status: --
it started out great. liked the vibe it gave off. reminds me of my own rural lifestyle. everyone knows everyone and everyone will talk about everyone.

i like the FL and ml. they worked as a unit.

but...i fell out of love with the story around chapter 80 and up. it kinda just turned into a money-scheme, get rich quick kind of story and I tend to get bored with those stories if that's the main focus instead of it just being the background like in the previous chapters.

i found my self... more>> skimming through it by that time and the end was underwhelming as well.

had chapter 80 and up been more interesting I would have added this to my list of favored books. <<less
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rndmsmmrflng
rndmsmmrflng rated it
March 15, 2022
Status: Completed
I enjoyed the story. The translation has more room for improvements and corrections, nonetheless, it can be overlooked and understood.

The characters have steady personalities. I also agree with the previous reviewers that the author did not exaggerate so much details regarding the kids and their 'cuteness'. In fact, I actually like the progress/development of the stepmother abd kids' relationship. There's nothing else to pick about the ML and MC since they are both compatible ppl and influence each other positively and the people around them. I also like the in-laws... more>> and the side characters especially the cute sis in law.

This is okay as a pass time or something simple and on the warm side. <<less
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Daphne2820
Daphne2820 rated it
October 13, 2021
Status: Completed
Well it was entertaining, what I like the most was that she include all the family to improve their lives.
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