Su Wan, a pattern-maker from a modern garment factory, wakes in a freezing 1970s farmhouse — inside the body of the novel's cannon fodder, the girl written to die young so others can shine. She knows every plot point that kills her, and she has a trade, two hands, and no intention of cooperating. A grounded, heartwarming 100-chapter period story about sewing a new fate in an age of ration coupons and kang beds. Chinese edition; English translation in progress.
服装厂打版师苏婉一睁眼,成了年代文里那个早夭的炮灰——原剧情里,她就是给别人垫脚的那条命。她知道每一个要她命的情节,还带着一手好手艺。别人等她死,她偏要把日子缝出花来。100 章完本,年代种田。
Chapters Chapter 1: Hot Soup by the Ice Hole Chapter 2: Twenty Li to Settle the Accounts Chapter 3: Four Ledgers in Oilpaper Chapter 4: Three Days to Fix the Sewing Machine Chapter 5: The Copied Pattern Draft Chapter 6: A Shuttle Worn to Half Chapter 7: Comrade Zheng and His Vinyl Bag Chapter 8: The Denunciation, Held to Her Face Chapter 9: A Whole Batch of Miscut Cotton Coats Chapter 10: The Woman Who Dies in April — in the Book Chapter 11: Nothing in Her Pocket but Crumbs Chapter 12: No One Has Lived Past Chapter Ten Chapter 13: Third Uncle's Face Going White Chapter 14: Piece Rates for Outside Drafting Chapter 15: Light Through the Technical Office Door Chapter 16: Footsteps Beneath the Window Chapter 17: A Penknife Under the Station Lamp Chapter 18: Fetch My Sewing Basket Chapter 19: Volume One Ends; Volume Two Begins Chapter 20: The Character Bleeding Through Chapter 21: Dragged Off the Ice Chapter 22: Words Changing in Her Palm Chapter 23: The Shrill Voice at the Window Crack Chapter 24: An Iron Hook Reaching for the Bundle Chapter 25: The Sentence on the First Page Chapter 26: I Will Outlive Every Chapter Chapter 27: The Man from the Provincial City Returns Chapter 28: The List in Wang Meiju's Aunt's Hands Chapter 29: The Paper Crumpled in Her Fist Chapter 30: Refusing to Live by the Script Chapter 31: The Felt-Hatted Man's Cloth Bag Chapter 32: Counting Whether the Family Has One More Mouth Chapter 33: Not a Man's — a Pig's Chapter 34: Torches by the Pigsty Chapter 35: Accountant Zhao at Midnight Chapter 36: Wet Ink Seeping Under the Brick Chapter 37: A Passage the Original Book Never Had Chapter 38: A Pen, a Contract, a Stranger Chapter 39: Paper Stirring Beneath the Stone Chapter 40: Countdown: Ten Chapters Chapter 41: The Charcoal Stick Snapped in Her Fist Chapter 42: Fresh River Mud Under the Medicine Chest Chapter 43: The Sweet, Fishy Taint in the Medicine Chapter 44: How Many Fans Like This in a Day Chapter 45: The Book Has No Such Person as You Chapter 46: Chapter Eleven Has Already Begun Chapter 47: Four Characters Scratched in Warning Chapter 48: Chapter Twelve: The Orders Arrive Chapter 49: The Cart Rolling Toward the River Chapter 50: Survive Chapter Ten First Chapter 51: The Dark-Green Luggage Rack Chapter 52: Past Chapter Ten — Now I Write Chapter 53: You Know What You Put in the Sauce Chapter 54: The Sauce We Eat Ourselves Chapter 55: The Third Person Who Runs the Sauce Works Chapter 56: My Name Is Shen Hongmei Chapter 57: The Living Have to Keep Walking Chapter 58: Two Hundred Jars Are Only the First Lot Chapter 59: The Girl Slumped by the Well Chapter 60: The Red Seal of the Provincial Trading Company Chapter 61: You Crossed Into This Book Too Chapter 62: The Storm Lantern Goes Out Chapter 63: She Tore Out Chapter Ten Chapter 64: What Is Director Chen to You Chapter 65: The Three Extra Scarves Chapter 66: The Back of the Page Is Blank Chapter 67: The Man He Sold the Letter To Chapter 68: 第68章 填坑 Chapter 69: The Shadow Raises a Hand, Knocks Three Times Chapter 70: Zhaodi, Chapter Eleven — Written by Zhaodi Chapter 71: Will the Author Come Looking for Us Chapter 72: One Author Wrote Those Ten Chapters — or Two Chapter 73: The Letter-Bearer Is in This Room Chapter 74: Wang Youcai Has Another Move Chapter 75: Three Thousand Feet of Braided Straw Chapter 76: The Debt Auntie Zhao Carried for Her Brother Chapter 77: 第77章 真香 Chapter 78: Who Exactly Is Auntie Li Chapter 79: She Did Not Look Back Chapter 80: The Book Is Bleeding Ink Chapter 81: A Pen Nib Beneath the Loudspeaker Chapter 82: Everyone Who Enters This Book Must Survive Ten Chapters Chapter 83: The Day Your Little Brother Drowned Chapter 84: One Hundred Pairs of Insoles Chapter 85: I Have Come for a Book Chapter 86: Every Cannon Fodder in the Book Chapter 87: Chapter Nine Has Begun Chapter 88: Auntie Zhao's Husband, Six Years Dead Chapter 89: This Time, She Lived Chapter 90: Paper Turning Beneath Her Pillow Chapter 91: Book-Crossers Enter Here Chapter 92: 第92章 完结 Chapter 93: 第93章 完结 Chapter 94: Is the Book's Chapter Ten Finished Too Chapter 95: The Sentence She Had Heard Word for Word Chapter 96: Keeping Heartbeat and Breath from Stopping Chapter 97: The Lamp Toward the Commune Chapter 98: Three Pairs of Cloth Shoes and a Willow Basket Chapter 99: Tomorrow, the Commune Handicraft Workshop Chapter 100: Her Story Is Not Finished