Summer 1972.

Xitang Town was extremely hot in July. The cicadas on the branches were buzzing non-stop, and the heat waves rolling outside the window made people feel even more uncomfortable.

A dense crowd gathered beside the propaganda column of the Xitang State-owned Textile Factory.

The clamor of discussion was even more lively than the weather.

"Ye Zhi, have you also signed up to participate in the anniversary celebration performance?"

"Well, yes." Ye Zhi smiled and nodded casually.

When the people surrounding the bulletin board heard the name Ye Zhi, they immediately turned to look at her.

Ye Zhi is really beautiful.

The recognized beauty in the textile factory.

Her skin is as delicate as snow, her eyes are bright and her teeth are white. Her long, shiny black hair is tied into a braid and hangs on her shoulders. Her eyes on her small face, which is as big as a palm, are shining with watery light, and her cherry lips are moist and rosy, which makes people fall in love with her at first sight and cannot extricate themselves.

A person nearby heard this and teased, "Comrade Ye Zhi is the face of our textile factory, she will definitely sign up!"

"You don't know this, do you? Tonight's party is not an ordinary party. I heard from our minister that the infrastructure group next door also sent people to participate."

"I heard that Ye Zhi has taken a fancy to the new deputy director of the Infrastructure Group. Someone saw her running into his yard a few days ago."

"No way? Ye Zhi is so beautiful, there are many men for her to choose from, why would she rush to be someone's stepmother?"

"Come on, forget it. She's an engineer from an infrastructure group. Which man in our town can compare to her? Even if she's my stepmother, it's worth it!"

A group of people immediately became interested in the new engineer.

Everyone was discussing how amazing it was.

…

Ye Zhi ignored the gossip and walked towards the party venue.

The township textile factories in the 1970s were filled with an old smell. Along the road were low red brick and green tile houses with "Serve the People" written in big red words on the walls. Rumbling sounds could be heard constantly from inside.

The gay men walking by were all wearing dark-colored dacron shirts with blue or black pants.

The female comrades all had two braids and wore shirts and trousers, giving off a strong sense of the times.

It was not until this moment that Ye Zhi truly accepted the fact that she had traveled through a book.

However, Ye Zhi could not accept the original owner's miserable life!

She traveled into a cool novel from the 1970s, where she was just a stepping stone for the male protagonist on his road to success, a miserable female supporting role.

Due to an accidental injury, Ye Zhi was rescued by the male protagonist who passed by, and since then she has been devoted to him.

The male protagonist is a widower with a baby, and she rushes to be a stepmother, taking care of the baby and cooking for him;

While the male protagonist was struggling for the college entrance exam, she took care of the housework for him, so that he didn't have to worry about anything.

After waiting for a long time, she finally went back to the city with the hero. She thought she could live a good life. However, the hero's white moonlight came back and kicked her out with just one sentence.

And what the original owner got in return was only a casual remark from the male lead: "I'm sorry, you and I have nothing in common."

What's even more sad is that the original owner followed the male protagonist for so many years, but was so stupid that she didn't even get a marriage certificate.

Even if they wanted to stay, they couldn't find any excuse, so they were kicked out.

Ye Zhi, who was unable to get the love she wanted, turned into a vicious female supporting character, but she died miserably in just a few moves.

——Who can accept this?

When Ye Zhi came here, the plot had already passed the scene of accidental injury. At this time, "she" had already developed feelings for the male protagonist and said that she would not marry anyone else.

Two days ago, she rejected the marriage arranged by her grandfather for her.

This marriage was arranged for her by her grandfather before he died.

But later they moved due to various reasons, and then the original owner's grandparents died one after another, and the younger generation lost contact with the childhood marriage.

It wasn't until last week that her father received a telegram saying that it was from one of her grandfather's former comrades-in-arms, and they were able to reconnect.

This time, the main purpose of contact was to ask about the child marriage and whether it still counted.

However, the original owner, who only had the male protagonist in her heart, rejected the marriage as soon as she heard that she had a childhood marriage with a long history.

Ye Zhi really felt that the original owner was blind!

Although it was a child marriage, the marriage partner was at least an officer and would not have to worry about food and clothing!

The original owner actually abandoned an unmarried soldier and became his stepmother?

Isn't this just because you have nothing better to do?

However, her father had already sent out a telegram yesterday rejecting the child marriage.

It was the day before Ye Zhi came through.

At this moment, Ye Zhi really had no tears left to cry!

I thought I could dress like a fair, wealthy and beautiful woman, but now I am just fair and beautiful.

The key point is that whiteness and beauty were not so popular in the 1970s when labor was glorious.

Ye Zhi was beautiful, and at first many people came to propose marriage to her, but she was too picky and looked down on the big men in the town. She only liked the well-mannered city guys.

So when I saw the male protagonist from the city for the first time, I fell in love with him at first sight.

Ye Zhi didn't want to be a stepmother, so naturally she couldn't continue down this path.

But the original owner had rejected the child marriage, and now she didn’t know what to do.

"Ye Zhi, come here, I'll do your makeup." The person who spoke was Li Xueling, who was from the same department as Ye Zhi.

For this anniversary celebration, their department signed up for a dance performance, with a total of six people.

But Ye Zhi knew that according to the plot of the original book, not only would their department not win the award, but they would also be criticized, and the original owner would lose his job because of it.

Because Ye Zhi knew that the male protagonist of the original book liked girls who could dance, in order to get his attention, she forced herself to perform on stage despite her foot injury.

The foot injury was caused by the hero of the original book who "rescued the beauty" when he met her by chance.

As a result, a mistake caused everyone to lose their pace, and caused Li Xueling to fall to the ground and off the stage.

From then on, Li Xueling hated her to the core and used all kinds of obstacles to get her out of the textile factory.

At the same time, this also made the male protagonist notice the original owner.

Willing to let her be the stepmother of three children.

Oh, no, it's the babysitter.

In the end, the original owner, who lost her job, became the "nanny" of the male protagonist of the original book, which led to her tragic ending.

Thinking of this outrageous plot, Ye Zhi felt tired.

As expected, she is a supporting actress, and her miserable character is unshakable.

Ye Zhi originally didn't want to participate, but if she won a prize in this performance, she would receive a bonus.

So Ye Zhi has already had someone sign her up for a singing performance.

Not only can you avoid the plot from happening, but you can also give it a try, or maybe win a prize or something.

Ye Zhi walked up to Li Xueling and said, "Sister Xueling, I can do it myself."

To be honest, she found it a little difficult to accept the exaggerated makeup of this era, especially in tonight's performance, where she was just singing.

Li Xueling smiled and said, "Look at your face. Even without makeup, it's hard to look away."

"No way." Ye Zhi smiled apologetically and asked, "Sister Xueling, you won't blame me for temporarily withdrawing from our department's performance, right?"

Li Xueling was stunned by Ye Zhi's beautiful smile and comforted her, "What's the big deal? If you knew your foot was injured and still went on stage to perform and messed up everyone's steps, then it would be your fault!"

Since they were in the same department, they saw each other quite often, but for some reason, Li Xueling felt that Ye Zhi looked particularly pretty today.

A faint smile can make people's hearts bloom, and those big eyes are as if soaked in water, so watery that it makes people's hearts soften.

Ye Zhi smiled and replied: "Well, I hope Sister Xueling and you guys will have a successful start."

I have to say that Li Xueling’s prediction was quite accurate.

If Ye Zhi were allowed to go on stage, everyone would definitely be thrown into disarray and it would cause serious consequences.

Li Xueling said with a smile: "You have such a sweet mouth, then you should sing well. You have such a beautiful voice, maybe you can win an award, which will be an honor for our department."

Ye Zhi smiled and said, "Okay."

Ye Zhi is pretty and has a sweet voice. Although she can't dance today, singing is also her strong point.

She had previously sang solo at graduation ceremonies, and her performance had been posted online by major official media outlets, receiving numerous positive reviews.

Now, nothing will go wrong at this anniversary party.

The group of people standing by looked at Ye Zhi and Li Xueling talking and laughing, and immediately sneered with disdain.

"Look at what she can do. She suddenly changed the program just to attract the attention of the deputy director of the infrastructure group."

"That's right! What's the point of having good looks? Don't be out of tune when you go on stage. You have to choose a solo program. You have ulterior motives."

"Why do you care so much? She wants to be a stepmother, how can you stop her?"

"My worst fear is that I would rush to be a stepmother, but the deputy factory director would not even look down on me!"

Then, a burst of sarcastic laughter rang out from the crowd.

Ye Zhi passed by these people, raised her eyelids, and a cold light flashed in her watery eyes, with an aura of majesty without anger.

Then he sneered, "I don't know who the deputy director is interested in, but... he definitely won't be interested in you."

Li Xueling added: "They are not a bunch of gossipers who only know how to gossip behind people's backs. Be careful or you might bite off your tongue when you go on stage!"

Li Xueling glared at them in dissatisfaction, then took Ye Zhi's arm and walked to the back of the stage.

A group of people gnashed their teeth as they watched Li Xueling and Ye Zhi leave, but dared not say a word.

Who made Li Xueling the factory director’s niece?

Li Xueling said to Ye Zhi: "Xiao Ye, don't worry about it. They are just jealous of your good looks!"

Ye Zhi said "hmm" and smiled faintly.

Just as Ye Zhi was walking towards the back of the stage, a tall and a short figure walked in from outside the venue.

Two figures slowly approached. Ye Zhi was slightly stunned and shouted, "Dad, Mom, why are you here?"

Her father handed her a piece of paper and said earnestly, "The telegram I sent yesterday has been called back. Dad will ask you one more time -"

"Will you marry the marriage your grandfather arranged for you?"