The Substitute Bride in the 50s Courtyard

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Lin Yao has transmigrated into a novel. At the beginning of the story, her parents have passed away, her elder brother is stationed far away in the Xinjiang Military Corps, and she’s been tricked by her uncle’s family into marrying into a crowded courtyard as a replacement bride.

Her reborn cousin looks down on the chaotic courtyard life, focusing solely on marrying up to become a wealthy lady.

Her uncle, with his honeyed words and a venomous heart, deceived the original Lin Yao with promises of a hefty dowry, using her to replace his own daughter in marriage.

In the 1950s, when food and clothing were scarce, Lin Yao, who ended up in the crowded courtyard by a twist of fate, was actually delighted.

Her father-in-law is a Level 5 machinist earning sixty-five yuan a month, her mother-in-law is an advanced worker at a state-owned pig farm, her sister-in-law is the head of a supply and marketing cooperative, and her husband, who’s serving in the army, isn’t home. The entire family genuinely cherishes Lin Yao, treating her like their own daughter.

Moreover, Lin Yao has a space supermarket at her disposal. Every day, she enjoys red-braised pork and bone broth—her life is practically heavenly.

When her husband returns home from the army, Lin Yao finds herself facing a cold, handsome soldier with sharp features…

Face-loving Lin Yao: “Yes, I can definitely work with this!!!”

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Lin Hongna has been reborn. In her previous life, she married into the crowded courtyard and spent her whole life envying her cousin.

Despite her cousin’s timid personality, she managed to marry into a good family thanks to her pretty face. After the reforms, her cousin’s husband went into business and became a wealthy merchant, allowing her cousin, with her average skills, to live a life of luxury.

But Lin Hongna married Gu Shi’an, a soldier from the courtyard, and couldn’t bear the loneliness, eventually finding a lover. This led to her being kicked out and living a miserable life.

Upon rebirth, Lin Hongna seizes the opportunity. After throwing tantrums and threatening su*cide, she finally convinces her family to have her cousin marry into the courtyard in her place.

She then successfully pursues the man who was her cousin’s husband in her past life.

As she eagerly anticipates becoming a wealthy lady and watching her cousin suffer, she instead witnesses her cousin leisurely basking in the sun in the courtyard. Gu Shi’an, now the Deputy Director of the Public Security Bureau, looks tenderly at her cousin while squatting in the courtyard, washing a pile of floral skirts.

And as for herself, all her efforts have been for nothing.

An enraged Lin Hongna: “What?!!”

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五零大杂院替嫁小媳妇[穿书]
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Reyansh23
New Reyansh23
September 10, 2024
Status: --
The story is charming but quite slice-of-life and mundane. The main character is a beautiful, humble woman who excels in sewing and is very devoted to her family. However, her in-laws and husband handle most of the household responsibilities, including child-rearing. She primarily feeds and plays with her son before he is handed off to his father or grandmother. It's worth noting that everyone is happy to take care of her.
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Uninspiredfae
New Uninspiredfae rated it
September 7, 2024
Status: --
The story is cute but very slice of life so it's mundane. MC is a beautiful salted fish character. Although she is skilled in sewing and is filial, everything in the house is handled by her in-laws and husband. Even child rearing, she mostly just feeds and play with her son then he is hoisted on to his dad or grandma. Please note that everyone is happy to take care of MC though.

There is the element of a supermarket space but it is rarely useful due to her unable to... more>> explain additional food when everyone is starving.
Spoiler

There was just a small blurb in the entire story that said when ML found out about the space and his wife's story, he was only fearful that his wife might leave him. He doesn't care about the supernatural.

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Bad guys mostly ruin themselves and with pig teammates, they rarely bother MC lol. <<less
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Yayayayaya
Yayayayaya rated it
September 1, 2024
Status: Completed
Slice-of-life book with a transmigrating FL whose gold finger (a space always filled with supplies) is handwaved away as being familial, then kind of forgotten about until occasionally needed. She goes back to the 1950s and lives her life in a fairly historically accurate manner, which did impress me. Other than missing air conditioning, she really at no point acted like a modern person, which was fine but then, why bother?

3 stars for a very minimal conflict, weird perspective- and time-skipping, kind of boring book that really does manage to... more>> go through 40 years of turbulent Chinese history accurately. <<less
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chande
chande rated it
August 17, 2024
Status: Completed
A very laid-back novel about a life in a county. Nothing too dramatic and thrilling happened. Most conflicts were caused by petty people who couldn't stand other's happy life, typical 50's to 70's novel.

MC and ML were in an arranged marriage (although MC was a substitute) and fell in love with each other quite fast but they didn't do the deed until MC really fell for ML.

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Spoiler

For this thing, it's thanks to ML's mother, one of the best mother-in-law ever. She knew MC didn't marry ML out of willingness and probably wasn't comfortable with sharing the room with ML so she considerately arranged a separate room for MC and ML when ML went back to the county. She told ML to catch MC's heart first before thinking about sharing a room.

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It's just that... it wasn't explained well about why the story was quite different from the original story that MC knew.

Spoiler

In the original story, ML was badly injured before being discharged from army and he could only be a worker in factory to make a living but in the reality, ML was only slightly injured and he still could a policeman after going back to the county.

I mean, what changed? MC didn't even do anything to change his fate but he just miraculously did well by himself.

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