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(2nd Reread - 02/09/2023) I originally wanted to read this till the end, because the first time I read this, I at least made it to the 660th chapter. However, I encountered the same issue as before. This novel is too repetitive. It's just one petty drama after another. And if it's not petty drama, then it's an encounter with a random side-character that only shows up a handful of times before being left in the back burner. At all times, the FL will solve the problem in the same way -- providing food from her space (which is only the storage type btw, it's not the type where you can plant on it. She saved all the food up herself in her previous life, and once it runs out, it runs out. There would be nothing left.) I originally read this for the golden finger aspect, but this golden finger is seriously kind of boring. It's just an unlimited food bank. That's all she uses it for. Anyway, this time, I forced myself to go a little further, but the further I went, the more hopeless it became LMFAO. It's seriously just the same thing over and over again.SUMMARY: The Fl, Zhao Xiulan, transmigrates to the 1960s from modern apocalyptic times. She went back in time with a magical space on hand filled with decades' worth of food and supplies. And, in times of scarcity, this becomes her road to survival. The original owner's family consists of her father, her younger sister, and a stepmother and a stepsister. Before the FL had transmigrated, the original owner had not been living a good life. But it's impossible to change things too quickly. Little by little, she makes connections with the people of this era in order to slowly improve her way of life. (As for the ML, he's a handsome and talented railway engineer that's bound to go to places. Their relationship is quickly set, but they're kept apart most of the time. And when I stopped, they hadn't reached the point of living together permanently.THOUGHTS: Well. Sigh. XD This novel is not as bad as I made it out to be in my introduction. To be honest, if you're looking to waste time on a slice of life novel, and you're not all fussed about the quality, then this is not bad. It gets boring the further you go, but the beginning is interesting -- mainly because the author goes into a lot of detail of the times.IDK how accurate it is (one thing's for sure, it's not very consistent), but whether or not its historically accurate, it really gives you a sense of what it's like to live in the times. Unfortunately, the author fails with their characters. The FL and ML are likable enough, but they're not very interesting. They are pretty much set already after the first few hundred chapters, which is why the author had to constantly introduce pointless side-characters (both of the support and cannon fodder variety) in order to pad the wordcount. Honestly, if the author had just honestly time skipped the boring parts, this story would have been a lot more bearable. After the 600th chapter, I started skimming a lot, and my impression of the novel improved. If it weren't for the fact that I completely lost interest in the main characters at that point, I might have continued reading in that manner. Unfortunately, the characters remained boring, and I didn't want to be frustrated over the s*upid cannon fodder characters anymore lolol.Read this for the good translation and the readable MTL (if you plug it into Google Translate, it's 80% readable, unlike those ready-MTL sites, which is only barely readable). Last time, I gave this a 3/5 rating, but didn't give it an official score. This time, I stick to the 3/5 star rating. But the actual rating is 2.65/5. (BTW. Because I was unreconciled I jumped ahead several dozens of chapters at a time, making it all the way to their official marriage. (Which was around the 1400th chapter or so.) All in all, the story follows the same pattern.____________ (OLD REVIEW) C660. Not bad. 3/5? I was okay with it because I enjoyed the poor-to-rich elements and the inclusion of a magical space. But the story suffers from repetition. It's always the same type of cannon fodder getting face slapped --- and they never learn!!! I started to skip around the early 600s, but not long after the plot repeated again... meanwhile the protag always conveniently runs into the right people and I don't really like the FL or ML. They're not dislikeable... just not interesting?? The novel doesn't focus on them much. I don't mind rereading this if the TL gets further along cause it's pretty well translated (MTL is 60% readable). If nothing else, the get-rich elements are definitely worth it.
