Historical-Era Novels About Working as a Laborer 年代当工人的小说

1. 151 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Chef Devotes Himself to Making the Villagers Rich 重生七零，厨子专心带村民致富 Qi Qi Zhang奇奇张Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Reborn | Era | Pocket Dimension | No Heroine | Building a Career | Prosperity and a Stronger Country] A gentle, slow-paced beginning, followed by a thrilling payoff. After years of studying to become a chef, Jiang Xiaoliu unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, determined to build a career! With a supermarket pocket dimension, and mysteriously improved cooking skills, he knows that buying and reselling goods is only a small-time hustle, while combining industry with agriculture is the real pat 1.4kReads8.4Score100Shelves

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   In the apocalypse, the powerful figure Yang Baiyi perished alongside the zombie king while leading a zombie hunt. He awoke to find himself in a mourning hall, surrounded by relatives clamoring for his parents' inheritance. "You're trying to eat our family's spoils!" He thought. "I, the ruthless ruler of the apocalypse, have always been decisive and merciless. How could I possibly tolerate such treatment?" He tore apart these awful relatives, leaving them destitute, while he and his sister went to the countryside as educated youth. With his spatial ability and supernatural powers at his disposal, the world was his oyster, and Yang Baiyi could roam freely.

2. 152 穿 Transmigrating to 1960: Marrying a Beautiful Bride for Good Fortune 穿越1960：迎娶冲喜美娇娘 Green Pines and White Snow青松白雪Urban2.7M WordsCompleted The playboy rich second-generation heir Li Mingqing transmigrated. He transmigrated into the body of a man in a vegetative state. His family traded half a sack of cornmeal for a wife, claiming it was to bring him good luck. He was bound to the Good Man System. Unfortunately, his body was frail, so all he could do was look at his delicate, sweet wife. 8.8kReads8.0Score592Shelves
3. 153 从 Starting Out as a Waiter 从干服务员开始 Everything's Taken都被取完了Urban81k WordsOngoing "Ten years. We've been together for ten years, and I only found out today that she's been with you for ten years, too. Wake up. I won't blame you, okay? I'm just begging you to wake up. Don't leave us..." Yu Jing wept uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face. Zhang Ying held Zhao Heng's other hand against her cheek. Her heart twisted with pain as tears trickled from her chin, one drop at a time, onto the bed. "Get out, all of you! The patient's heartbeat is getting weaker. Prepare the defib —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   After everyone had enjoyed themselves and their rooms were arranged, they all went back to rest. Third Brother pulled Zhao Heng aside and whispered, "That girl Zhang Ying went to your room. I told her it's your room, and she just laughed and said it was fine. What are we going to do?" Seeing Third Brother's troubled expression, Zhao Heng wanted to laugh but held it in: "Don't worry about it, I'll deal with her." "Don't! It's not good if someone sees us at night."

4. 154 6 The 1960s: The Whole Village Clings to a Five-Year-Old's Leg 60年代，全村紧抱五岁娃娃大腿 Fishing抓鱼Urban508k WordsCompleted [Trading, Cute Kids, Countryside, Development, Construction, 1960s, Pocket Space] In the early days, it’s all about childhood fun: shooting birds, fishing, and catching frogs. In the middle, he helps a small mountain village rise to prosperity. By the end, he’s rolling in money, commanding cutting-edge technology, and helping the country defeat its enemies. Weiguo has spent years in the army, leaving behind his frail wife and child. Wei Mo transmigrates into this world and is moved by the love a 13Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   [Time Period + Space + Small Shop + Everyday Life + Leisurely Pleasure + Daily Routine] Li Xuewen suddenly transmigrates to the 1960s, facing shortages of food, clothing, and other necessities. Fortunately, he has a magical small shop in his mind. He discovers that medicinal herbs and antiques, which are worthless in this era, can be sold for high prices at the shop, allowing him to buy various scarce resources. Thus, he initially makes a living as a middleman at the shop, leading a leisurely life with his family and living a wonderful life of their own...

5. 155 元 On New Year's Day, My Company Gave Me a Ten-Million-Yuan IOU as a Bonus 元旦当天，公司给我一张千万欠条当奖金 Zhouzhou on a Diet正在减肥的周周9k WordsCompleted On New Year's Day, My Company Gave Me an IOU for Ten Million as a Bonus 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   2. Witness a memorable face-slapping moment in 60 seconds! Short story complete! I was mocked for receiving an IOU on New Year's Day, but I used it to start a business and acquired my former employer a year later!

6. 156 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A genuine and heartfelt piece of writing from a bygone era; even good books need to be discovered.

7. 157 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 158 从 From a Rural School Dropout to a Dream-Chasing Writer 从农村辍学青年到写作逐梦人 Setting Out at Dawn朝光启程Urban111k WordsCompleted An autobiographical story of humble beginnings, dropping out of school in the countryside, working one’s way up, and the ordinary lives of people at the bottom of society. A story of everyday people and the coming of age of those born in the 1980s and 1990s. This is the true account of a young man born in the 1990s who left school after junior high and fought to make something of himself. From the wounds inflicted by his family in childhood to the rough, thorny road he traveled, his life from th 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Ordinary people's true stories of struggle

9. 159 打 A Working Stiff's Little Journal 打工小记 The Village Is Not Late村不晚Urban270k WordsCompleted Urban daily life + earning a living through hard work + multiple heroines + healing The story of an ordinary wage earner: from drifting to Guangzhou to drifting to Beijing, from Shaoxing to Foshan and then to Majiaqiao in Beijing. Fifteen years in all. See how a worker at the bottom makes his way through life... I went south at fifteen and drifted north at thirty. The fiercest gamble of my life took fifteen years to pay for. Over those fifteen years, I worked in an electronics factory, served 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Is nobody watching? It's not bad, right?

10. 160 谁 Who Says a Country Girl Can't Make It? 谁说村姑不行 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Who Says a Country Girl Can’t Make It? 7Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 161 惊 Shocking Secrets: The Price of Revenge 惊天秘密：复仇的筹码 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Shocking Secret: The Price of Revenge 4Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 云 Yunjin's Revenge 云锦复仇 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Yunjin's Revenge 30Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 163 清 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 清河县令的逆鳞 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 9Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 164 怒 Roaring Across the Land 怒吼山河 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Roar Across the Land 2Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 165 前 Xun of a Bygone Life 前世洵 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Xun in a Past Life —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 166 沉 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? 沉默证据：谁在操控谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery7k WordsCompleted Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 167 笑 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 笑柄千金 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 1Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 毕 The Graduation Ceremony Lie 毕业典礼的谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Lie at Graduation 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 169 逆 The Comeback Wife: No More Doormat, I'm the Queen 逆袭媳妇：不做包子，做女王 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Wife's Comeback: No Longer a Doormat, Now a Queen 3Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 170 深 Bloodshed in the Inner Palace 深宫喋血 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Bloodshed in the Palace —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 171 权 The Red Wedding Veil of Court Intrigue 权谋红盖 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Red Veil of Court Intrigue 4Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 172 瘟 Plague Strikes the City 瘟疫惊城 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Plague Panic in the City —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 173 后 Schemes of the Harem Beauties: A Perilous Step-by-Step Game 后宫美人谋：步步惊心 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Schemes of the Harem Beauties: A Step-by-Step Ordeal 3Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 174 重 Reborn as a Bodhisattva in a Psychiatric Hospital 重生之我在精神病院当菩萨 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗17k WordsCompleted Reborn: I Became a Bodhisattva in a Psychiatric Hospital 4Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 175 摄 The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 摄政王的白月光替嫁新娘 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance19k WordsCompleted The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 1Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 176 凶 The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 凶宅直播间的第108位观众 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery9k WordsCompleted The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 1Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 177 我 I Use Makeup to Throw the Court into Chaos 我靠美妆技术搅乱朝纲 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted I Use My Makeup Skills to Throw the Imperial Court into Chaos 1Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 178 人 In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 人在停尸房，刚把尸体聊活了 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery11k WordsCompleted In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 16Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 179 第 The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 第108次临终关怀 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse8k WordsCompleted The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 5Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 180 五 A Busy Life for a Remarried Couple in the 1950s 五零二婚夫妻日子忙 Xiao Hai, Who Loves Spicy Pheasant爱吃辣子野鸡的啸海Modern Romance230k WordsOngoing In 1951, life in the Taihang Mountains, a liberated area, had been steadily improving for five years. Liu Cuihua, a chef at a state-run restaurant in Changzi County, received a letter from her hometown while at work. It said that her husband, who had gone missing six years earlier, had sent her a letter. He said their marriage had been arranged by their families and that he wanted a divorce so he could pursue a love match. Cuihua figured that if one man didn’t work out, she could always find ano —Reads—Score9.9kShelves
31. 181 南 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Shanjiu's Home杉玖家Urban371k WordsCompleted Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This recommendation is dedicated to all those who have left their hometowns. It's an epic tale of ordinary people spanning half a century. A farmer, a green train, six days and five nights of standing room only. He started from a mountain village in northern Guizhou, spending twenty years tying steel bars on construction sites in the Pearl River Delta, supporting his three sons' education, and burying his father, brother, and youngest son. His name is Yuan Shoushan—a name you may never have heard of, yet it's ubiquitous across China. This book doesn't write about heroes, but about the ordinary person carrying cement bags, struggling to squeeze onto a train on New Year's Eve. It doesn't write grand narratives, but about remittance slips in iron boxes, waiting under banyan trees, and the ever-burning lights on the mountaintops on New Year's Eve. When you're working overtime in an office building at night, when you close your eyes wearily on the subway—they are the ones who pave the way for you, build the city skyline. A lifetime spent heading south, but ultimately finding a way home; countless journeys, all for the sake of having a home to return to.

32. 182 公 Upholding Justice 公义立身 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Urban102k WordsCompleted Xu Zhiqiang was born into a poor rural family in the 1960s. Through sheer hard work, he got into university. After graduating, he was assigned to work at a steel mill, where he brought a near-bankrupt factory back from the brink. Later, an anonymous letter changed the course of his life once again. After enduring setbacks in life as well as pressure and blows at work, Xu Zhiqiang entered the real estate business and rose to the pinnacle of success. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a fictionalized version of a true story adapted from a historical novel, depicting the protagonist's journey from the countryside to working in a factory in the city.

33. 183 重 Reborn in 1975: Starting Out in the Steel Mill Compound 重生1975：从钢厂大院开始 Li Xiangxiangly李想想lyUrban1.2M WordsCompleted A worker for a father, a mother who died young, an indulgent older sister, and him, as foolish as they come. Reborn in 1975, Li Xiao discovered that his former self had threatened suicide to force his parents’ hand, given his job to a gold-digging woman, become an unemployed good-for-nothing who loitered in the streets, and made his sister and brother-in-law cry. Since that was how things stood, he’d set himself a small goal: first, spoil his whole family rotten! 1kReads8.1Score279Shelves

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    Reborn with the golden finger of photographic memory, he relied on his own efforts to pass the exam and become a technician in a steel factory, and then took the college entrance examination.

34. 184 闽 Old Tales of Minnan: The Contract Wife 闽南旧事：契约妻 Happy Cool Tones快乐冷色调Modern Romance62k WordsCompleted The story follows Lin Jingwan’s life, tracing more than seventy years of personal relationships and changing times from the Republican era to the present day. (Realism, women’s lives, Minnan culture, business history during the Republican era, separation across the Taiwan Strait, a marriage meant to bring good fortune) In 1934, in Minnan, Zhou Jingzhao, the son of the Zhou family, owners of the Zhou Kee Foreign Firm, was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Mischievous and unruly since childho —Reads—Score—Shelves

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