Jiang Zhen transmigrated from the apocalypse to the winter of 1949.
Arriving with nothing but the clothes on her back, she blended into a crowd of refugees fleeing disaster. In order to obtain a legal identity, she took the place of a woman who had just died of illness—someone whose appearance was strikingly similar to her own. As repayment, she took the woman’s two children with her.
On the road, they encountered an anti-bandit suppression unit, and Jiang Zhen helped rescue several wounded soldiers.
Not long after arriving at the Fancheng base, the live-in husband of the woman she had replaced delivered divorce papers.
Jiang Zhen decisively agreed to the divorce. In order to stay in Fancheng and raise the two children she had taken responsibility for, she threw herself into the local matchmaking market.
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Gu Liancheng had died in the first year after liberation during an anti-bandit campaign.
After his death, the two children of his elder brother ended up with tragic fates: one was raised by his fiancée into a murderer, and the other became love-obsessed—one dead, one mad.
Gu Liancheng was reborn on the very day of that anti-bandit mission. This time he survived and returned to his unit.
At the wedding, his fiancée suddenly refused to marry him. Thinking of the fate that had once befallen his brother’s children, Gu Liancheng decisively called off the marriage.
The children still needed someone to raise them, so he was forced to enter the matchmaking market as well.
To his blind date, he stated his conditions:
— “I will cover all family expenses. I’ll give you thirty yuan every month, and you can spend it however you like.”
— “No children for ten years. If you’re still here after ten years, all my allowances will be yours. If you want children then, you can have as many as you like.”
— “I won’t easily ask for a divorce. But if you abuse the children, then I’m sorry.”
Several blind dates immediately scolded him for being shameless.
“You may be handsome, but you can’t be this shameless! With conditions like yours, only a crazy woman would agree!”
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At the same time, Jiang Zhen was also stating her conditions to her blind dates:
— “No children for ten years. After our children are grown, if we both want one, I might agree to have one.”
— “Give me thirty yuan a month as wages. I can cover half of the household expenses, but you must do half of the housework.”
— “Please do not commit domestic violence against me or the children. Otherwise, you might be beaten to death by me.”
Several men also cursed Jiang Zhen harshly.
“You’re pretty, but you’re dragging two burdens with you and still dare to make such outrageous demands? What man would agree? Only someone kicked in the head by a donkey!”
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Gu Liancheng overheard Jiang Zhen’s conditions. The moment there was an opening, he hurried over and gave her a military salute.
“Comrade Jiang Zhen, shall we raise children under a contract?”
Jiang Zhen nodded.
They quickly registered their marriage, and began a life of raising children at the garrison—one that far exceeded both of their expectations.
