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Chapter 1446: Chronicles of the ’70s (21) · Oct 17, 2026

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1401 Chapter 1401: The Regent’s Powerful Wife (11) 2026-10-17
1402 Chapter 1402: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (12) 2026-10-17
1403 Chapter 1403: The General’s Noble Consort (13) 2026-10-17
1404 Chapter 1404: The War General’s Power Play (14) 2026-10-17
1405 Chapter 1405: The Gatekeeper’s Empress (15) 2026-10-17
1406 Chapter 1406: The Powerful Consort of the Military Family (16) 2026-10-17
1407 Chapter 1407: The Powerful Lady of the General’s Household (17) 2026-10-17
1408 Chapter 1408: The General’s Noble Consort (18) 2026-10-17
1409 Chapter 1409: The General’s Powerful Consort (19) 2026-10-17
1410 Chapter 1410: The Powerful Consort from a Military Family (20) 2026-10-17
1411 Chapter 1411: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (21) 2026-10-17
1412 Chapter 1412: The Power Behind the General’s Family (22) 2026-10-17
1413 Chapter 1413: The Regent’s Noble Consort (23) 2026-10-17
1414 Chapter 1414: The Power Behind the Gates (24) 2026-10-17
1415 Chapter 1415: The General’s Power and the Empress’s Authority (25) 2026-10-17
1416 Chapter 1416: The Power Behind the General’s Gates (26) 2026-10-17
1417 Chapter 1417: Power Behind the General’s Gate (27) 2026-10-17
1418 Chapter 1418: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (28) 2026-10-17
1419 Chapter 1419: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (29) 2026-10-17
1420 Chapter 1420: Daughter of the Military Family, Empress of Power (30) 2026-10-17
1421 Chapter 1421: The Powerful Consort from a Military Family (31) 2026-10-17
1422 Chapter 1422: The General’s Noble Consort (32) 2026-10-17
1423 Chapter 1423: The General’s Daughter and the Power Behind the Throne (33) 2026-10-17
1424 Chapter 1424: The General’s Political Consort (Part 34) 2026-10-17
1425 Chapter 1425: The General’s Wife of Power (End) 2026-10-17
1426 Chapter 1426: Chronicle of the Seventies (1) 2026-10-17
1427 Chapter 1427: Memories of the Seventies (Part 2) 2026-10-17
1428 Chapter 1428: Notes from the Seventies (3) 2026-10-17
1429 Chapter 1429: Seventies Chronicle (4) 2026-10-17
1430 Chapter 1430: Chronicles of the ’70s (5) 2026-10-17
1431 Chapter 1431: Chronicles of the Seventies (Part 6) 2026-10-17
1432 Chapter 1432: Memories of the Seventies (7) 2026-10-17
1433 Chapter 1433: Tales from the Seventies (8) 2026-10-17
1434 Chapter 1434: Tales from the ’70s (9) 2026-10-17
1435 Chapter 1435: Seventies Chronicle (10) 2026-10-17
1436 Chapter 1436: Memories of the Seventies (11) 2026-10-17
1437 Chapter 1437: Tales from the Seventies (12) 2026-10-17
1438 Chapter 1438: Notes from the Seventies (13) 2026-10-17
1439 Chapter 1439: Stories of the Seventies (14) 2026-10-17
1440 Chapter 1440: Chronicle of the Seventies (15) 2026-10-17
1441 Chapter 1441: Chronicles of the Seventies (16) 2026-10-17
1442 Chapter 1442: Chronicle of the Seventies (17) 2026-10-17
1443 Chapter 1443: Seventies Memoir (18) 2026-10-17
1444 Chapter 1444: Chronicle of the Seventies (19) 2026-10-17
1445 Chapter 1445: Tales of the ’70s (20) 2026-10-17
1446 Chapter 1446: Chronicles of the ’70s (21) 2026-10-17
1447 Chapter 1447: Memoirs of the Seventies (22) 2026-10-17
1448 Chapter 1448: Tales from the Seventies (23) 2026-10-17
1449 Chapter 1449: Seventies Chronicles (24) 2026-10-17
1450 Chapter 1450: Chronicles of the Seventies (25) 2026-10-17

Chapter 1446: Chapter 1446: Chronicles of the ’70s (21)

Three days later.

Ling Mei returned from the county with her boyfriend, and the villagers all came over to take a look at the spectacle.

”Sis!”

Seeing Chuzheng, Ling Mei immediately waved at her.

The villagers dispersed quickly when they saw her coming over.

The boy Ling Mei brought along was visibly startled and asked Ling Mei, ”Meizi, why did they leave?”

”It’s nothing.” Ling Mei dragged him over and said, ”This is my sister.”

”Sis.” The boy followed up with a greeting.

Chuzheng nodded, ”Congratulations.”

Ling Mei looked a little embarrassed as she thanked her, ”By the way, sis, where have you been?”

Chuzheng wasn’t coming back from outside the village but from behind the mountain... went up the mountain?

”Just wandering around.”

Chuzheng said a few words to Ling Mei, but since the two of them still had to go to Ling Mei’s parents’ house, they didn’t stay long.

When Ling Jiaojiao came back and heard that Ling Mei was getting married into the county, her expression was indeed gloomy.

Ling Jiaojiao appeared to be obedient and sensible on the surface, but in reality, she was very jealous.

If anyone in the village had something better than her, she would be envious for days and then do whatever she could to embarrass them.

The timing of Ling Mei bringing her boyfriend back was similar to that in the plot.

The villagers all praised Ling Mei for finding a good partner and said that once she married, she would be a city person.

Ling Mei’s boyfriend also brought many nice things.

Listening to the villagers’ discussions, Ling Jiaojiao’s face grew darker day by day.

Chuzheng observed Ling Jiaojiao for several days, and one morning, Ling Jiaojiao left early.

Chuzheng had Ling Jun follow Ling Jiaojiao to see what she was doing.

At noon, Ling Jun came back and told Chuzheng that Ling Jiaojiao went to the neighboring village and talked with someone for quite a while.

Because of the distance, Ling Jun didn’t know what Ling Jiaojiao said to the other person.

”Go find out.”

Chuzheng took out a few bills and gave them to him.

”Okay.” With money in hand, Ling Jun happily left.

Ling Jiaojiao came back in the evening, clearly in a good mood, humming an unknown tune as she walked in.

Seeing Chuzheng didn’t affect her mood, she cheerfully went into the house.

The next day, Ling Jun told Chuzheng about what he found, and indeed, it was like in the plot — she was planning to have someone assault Ling Mei.

”I didn’t realize Ling Jiaojiao could be so ruthless.”

Ling Jun clicked his tongue in amazement.

In this era, if a girl who hadn’t yet married was assaulted, even if the man didn’t mind, his family would not allow him to marry her.

It would be a scandal that would have everyone talking behind their backs. How could any family hold their head up high?

This trick of Ling Jiaojiao’s was really ruthless.

In the evening.

Someone knocked on the courtyard door, and Ling Jiaojiao opened it, finding no one outside, which puzzled her.

Just as she was about to turn back, she saw a note thrown in the corner by the door.

Paper was rare in the village, so Ling Jiaojiao picked up the note.

After reading it, a bashful expression appeared on her face.

But then she hesitated, tonight...

However, thinking nothing should go wrong, she squeezed the note in her hand and returned to her room.

About an hour later, Ling Jiaojiao changed into a different set of clothes and even braided a beautiful plait.

”Jiaojiao, where are you going this late?”

Zhang Xiaoping poked her head out and called.

”Going to Third Cousin’s place, I’ll be back later.”

”Be careful,” Zhang Xiaoping didn’t suspect anything and just warned her with a couple of words.

Ling Jiaojiao made her way towards the haystacks behind the village.

When she met people on the way, she stopped to chat for a bit, and continued on only after they left.

Chuzheng was at Ling Jun’s place, perfectly positioned to see Ling Jiaojiao passing.

She closed the window and returned to her room.

Wun Sheng was sitting to the side peeling peanuts. He hadn’t done much work recently, so the calluses on his fingers had faded.

His slender and beautiful fingers pressed a peanut shell open, revealing the red peanuts inside.

Chuzheng rubbed his head, ”Stop peeling, let them do it.”

Wun Sheng shook his head and continued peeling the peanuts.

As if recalling something, Wun Sheng suddenly set down his things, stood up, and opened a cupboard in the room.

He handed a letter to Chuzheng.

Chuzheng was confused, ”What is this?”

Wun Sheng lowered his head, his ears slightly red, and stuffed the letter into her hand before carrying his things to the main hall.

”Bro, why did you come out?”

”Leave it, we can handle it.”

”Bro, want to play cards?”

”Play a game, you don’t know how? We’ll teach you, it’s very simple.”

The main hall resounded with Ling Jun and the others talking.

Chuzheng held the letter and flipped it over twice; the seal was closed with something, so she opened the envelope and poured out the contents.

Inside was just a letter.

There was not much written, just a line from a poem —

”Only wish thy heart be like my heart, never will I forsake this longing.”

”Is Good Person Card confessing to me? Can’t he just say it? Why write it down...”

Chuzheng pondered for a moment, couldn’t find a pen in the room, so had to pull one out of her space.

Wun Sheng was playing cards with Ling Jun and the others. As a novice, Wun Sheng was obviously a bit flustered and often played the wrong cards.

Fortunately, Wun Sheng wasn’t stupid. After understanding the rules, he soon began to win, leaving Ling Jun and the others wailing constantly.

After Wun Sheng won again, Ling Jun banged his head on the table.

”Bro, didn’t you say you didn’t know how to play?”

Wun Sheng nodded.

He had just learned.

Ling Jun couldn’t catch his breath and was frustrated.

Even someone who’s always reading beats them at cards, it’s infuriating.

”Let’s go again! I don’t believe it.”

”Deal the cards.”

The group dealt the cards again, ready to play another round.

”Sis.”

Upon hearing the call, Wun Sheng instinctively looked over but quickly lowered his head before seeing clearly.

He noticed Chuzheng’s shoes, then saw a letter appear.

This was his letter.

Was she returning it to him?

Wun Sheng felt a small chill in his heart, and after a moment, he reached out and took it, holding it in his hand.

Chuzheng prompted him, ”Aren’t you going to open it?”

Wun Sheng blinked and, under Ling Jun and the others’ curious gazes, unfolded the letter.

Underneath the line he had written, a row of new characters appeared.

The handwriting was extremely neat, more so than anything he had seen in books.

—— ”Together on a boat, listening to the autumn rain; under light quilts, separately chilled.”

Wun Sheng quickly folded the letter and after a while, glared at Chuzheng.

She responded right on the same paper, and he thought she was returning it... He wasn’t exchanging notes!!

And that content...

It wasn’t Wun Sheng’s imagination running wild—her message clearly conveyed that meaning.

Ling Jun, illiterate, couldn’t understand what was written.

”Sis, you can write?”

”What’s so strange about that?” Chuzheng sat down.

Ling Jun: ”You didn’t go to school, how can you write?”

Chuzheng: ”Self-taught.”

”...”

Alright then.

You’re the older sister.

What you say goes.

”Play again?” Ling Jun asked. ”I have a good hand, definitely going to win.”

Chuzheng glanced at the cards in Wun Sheng’s hand and then turned to say, ”What are you playing for, not eating dinner?”

”Eat, eat, eat!!” Ling Jun hurriedly put the things away. ”I bought pig’s feet in the county today, stewed half of it for bro at noon, and I made the rest into braised meat. Sis, you have to try it.”

Ling Jun heated up the remaining soup for Wun Sheng and also brought out the braised pig’s feet.

Wun Sheng: ”...”

Having a little feast every day, Wun Sheng had already gotten used to it.

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