Period-Era Fiction, Feel-Good Stories, Striving for a Better Life 年代文，爽文，奋斗

1. 51 八 Eighties Elopement: The Blacklisted Sisters Went on a Rampage 八零逃婚：黑户姐妹花杀疯了 An Ran荌嘫Modern Romance252k WordsOngoing [Period setting, punishing scumbags, women's growth, two heroines] Li Zhaodi was born into a family that favored boys over girls and was sold to a butcher in his fifties. Zhaodi refused to accept her fate and risked her life to escape that hellhole. But just as she escaped the wolf's den, she fell into the tiger's jaws. While being trafficked, she met Zhao Xiaocao, who shared her plight, and the two relied on each other to survive. They refused to be doddering vines at the mercy of others. In th 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'm here, I'm here! Sorry I'm late, this is a must-read for historical fiction.

2. 52 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score220Shelves

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   Don't look at the rating! Don't look at the rating! I recommend a different kind of period drama. It's the story of a group of people born in the 1970s growing up. In that wild and untamed era, everyone was striving and fighting for tomorrow. Friendship, family, love, business intrigue, and scheming. It's very good. Readers who are tired of Tomato's formulaic and overly exciting novels should definitely check this out. You won't regret it.

3. 53 爷 Grandpa, I Was Reborn, I Swear I'm Not Possessed 爷爷，我是重生，真不是鬼上身 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Mystery3.6M WordsOngoing [Traditional Mystery and Supernatural Fiction] [One Female Lead] [Period Novel] [A Funeral Master’s True Accounts] [Northeastern Chinese Funeral Customs] [Rural Life] Adapted into the short drama Eighties Funeral Master (Disclaimer: The folk techniques in this book, including Zhuyou healing rituals, are entirely fictional. Please do not imitate them. The author bears no responsibility for any problems that may arise.) Good grief, I’ve been reborn in 1986, and from the start Grandpa thinks I’m a 59.4kReads9.3Score5kShelves

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   Highly recommended!

4. 54 我 I'm Just a Village Doctor, Is It Really So Strange That I Know the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles? 我一个村医会鬼门十三针很合理吧 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After his grandfather died, Chen Mo returned from the city hospital to his village and became its new barefoot doctor. Who says a barefoot doctor can’t amount to anything? Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, with no nine-to-five grind or mortgage, he can turn his hometown into a paradise. Northeastern customs, everyday stories, and local life: it’s all here. Urban daily life, one heroine, no System, just little stories to enjoy over tea. This book is also known as The Years I Served as 15.7kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
5. 55 重 Back to 1985: Don't Call Me Comrade, Call Me Husband! 重回85叫什么同志叫老公！ I Still Dare我还敢Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In Northeast China in 1985, an era known as the darkest of times: a young man, a hunting rifle, a heart full of passion, and a jianghu shrouded in gun smoke... In an age when might makes right, a man’s fierce devotion and true-to-life nature are what it takes to get ahead in the Northeast. A period novel, the rise of an ordinary man, one heroine, dual transmigration. 11.1kReads9.1Score811Shelves
6. 56 军 Military Industry Tycoon Transmigrates into a Book Set in the 1980s, Developing Science and Building Missiles for the Nation 军工大佬穿书八零，为国家搞科研造导弹 Four Happiness Sweet Bun四喜小甜饼Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Family Drama + Major National Projects + High-Tech Military Industry + Military Marriage + Espionage + Political Intrigue] [Straight-Shooting Woman + Strong Yet Tragic Land Combat King = Powerful Leads and Satisfying Everyday Romance] A mix-up by a young ghost while she was eating crispy pork sent military-industry mogul Lin Miao transmigrating into a book, right into the far northeast! Good news: She has a pocket dimension! Bad news: It’s full of secondhand, recycled industrial junk! Even wors 25.3kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves

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   You deserve a read about scientific research and hard work. It's not melodramatic or idiotic, and it always sings the praises of the main theme. I, Lin Gong, am the most hardworking female protagonist in this historical novel. Go, Lin Gong!

7. 57 穿 After I Transmigrated, Shi Yu's Life Went into Cheat Mode! 穿越后，时雨的开挂人生！ Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance759k WordsCompleted Shi Yu was a 25-year-old genius neurosurgeon from the 22nd century. Because of an antique ring decorated with plum blossoms, she traveled to the 1970s and woke up in the body of a nineteen-year-old girl with the same name. From then on, in that revolutionary era, Shi Yu used her knowledge of the future and her medical skills to build herself an unstoppable life! Her new family even spoiled her like a princess. There are no awful villains causing trouble and no backstabbing, just inspiration, gro 9.1kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
8. 58 戎 Half a Lifetime on the Battlefield 戎马半生 Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance725k WordsCompleted A female assassin in her past life, a female soldier in this one. What kind of brilliant life will someone who has turned from darkness toward the light create? She never married in her past life. In this one, she meets the finest male officer in the entire military region. When two formidable people meet, what kind of love and hate will unfold? 2.3kReads8.5Score240Shelves
9. 59 捡 I Picked Up a Handsome Soldier, and He Spoils Me Like a Princess 捡个帅兵哥把我宠成公主 Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted After winning an antique ring at auction, Tao Ranran, a 21st-century surgical expert, had her soul transported to a special era. To her surprise, the ring turned out to contain an incredible space. She used it to build her fortune in that era and bring the nation's medical development forward by decades. She even found herself a handsome soldier king for a husband! 4.8kReads9.1Score519Shelves
10. 60 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.1kReads8.5Score258Shelves

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    Nice!!!

11. 61 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 1.9kReads8.9Score179Shelves
12. 62 七 The 1970s: Reborn Before the Scumbag Brought Someone to Report Me 七零，重生回渣男带人举报前 Qin Bao'er钦宝儿Modern Romance802k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yan Wenyi was deceived by a scumbag until the very end. Only as she was dying did she learn that he had reported her grandfather, and that he had also killed him for his fortune. That man had been carrying on with her so-called best friend for a long time, too. The two of them abused her without restraint, draining her until she had nothing left. Even then, they wouldn’t let her go, and dumped her in a mental hospital. Thankfully, fate gave her another chance at life. She r 4.5kReads8.8Score406Shelves

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    This book is so good!

13. 63 霞 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 Warm Glowing Clouds霞光暖暖Modern Romance568k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score131Shelves
14. 64 重 Reborn in the 80s: My Husband Loves His First Love, So I Don't Want Him Anymore 重生80：老公爱白月光，我不要了 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉Female-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 80s: My Husband Loves His White Moonlight, So I Don't Want Him Anymore 259Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Looks good 4

15. 65 我 I'm the Fake Heiress, but the Commander Still Marries Me 我是假千金，首长未婚夫依旧娶我 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉Modern Romance6k WordsCompleted I'm the Fake Heiress, but My Commanding Officer Fiancé Still Marries Me 163Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 8 Eighty: After Leaving the Commander, I Dedicated Myself to the Motherland 80：放弃首长后，我献给了祖国 Bring Me a Vat of Luosifen来一缸螺蛳粉6k WordsCompleted 1980: After Giving Up the Commander, I Devoted Myself to My Country 154Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 67 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.4kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves

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    It's a slow burn story. The female lead gets into a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. It's a heartwarming slice-of-life story with modern mechanical knowledge as she works hard to build her career.

18. 68 重 Reborn in 1990: Escaping My Toxic Family from the Start 重生90开局逃离原生家庭 Lan Meng Says蓝梦说Urban591k WordsOngoing [One heroine] After being reborn, I hadn't even had time to enjoy my new life before Qian Lao saw through my identity when I predicted the breakup of the Soviet Union. This is so hard… I start a media company and recruit Liming and Huang Jiaju to take on the Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment industries… Then I do everything I can to find the love of my previous life. In this life, I'll live for her… 124Reads6.8Score116Shelves

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    A decent new book, already 200,000 words. The protagonist almost messed things up, his identity was immediately recognized by Old Qian, and he thought he was going to be captured for experiments. What an interesting premise! [Awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh]

19. 69 寒 A Poor Mountain Boy Is Bullied from the Start, Then Races to Become a Billionaire 寒门山娃开局被欺一路狂飙成首富 Old Stories from the North Slope北坡旧事Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted Born into poverty and raised deep in the mountains, he grew up looked down on, bullied, and trampled into the dirt. Everyone thought he was destined to rot away in the mountains. But no one could have imagined that the moment he was bullied, his life would turn around completely. He endured the harshest hardships and bore the most painful wounds, climbing up from the bottom one step at a time. He bowed to neither heaven nor earth, and relied on no one. Fueled by a fierce refusal to give in, he 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book, a period drama, is captivating! A poor mountain boy, with an indomitable spirit, rises from the abject poverty of Beipo Village to the town's middle school. Ragged clothes and worn shoes cannot dim the light in his eyes, and ridicule cannot bend his upright back. Looked down upon? He'll prove them wrong with his achievements. Bullied? He'll fight back with unwavering determination. Education is his only way out; striving for success is his lifelong obsession. Watch as this rural boy endures hardship, turns adversity into opportunity, and step by step forges his own bright path!

20. 70 重 Reborn: From the Start, I Can Hear the Young Intellectual’s Inner Thoughts 重生，开局就偷听女知青心声 Chief Steward of the Yang Household杨府大管家Urban388k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will keep rising!] [Period rebirth, farming, pure romance, slow-paced and not violent] If you like this kind of story, come take a look! If you don't, head on over to Tomato Book City, where plenty of great books are waiting for you! Su Yun is reborn in 1974 as an educated youth sent to the countryside. From the start, the educated youths' dormitory collapses, so he has no choice but to board with a local family. By chance, he ends up under the same roof as Lin Qing 1.6kReads6.2Score—Shelves

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21. 71 回 Back in the Past as the Mountain King 回到过去当山大王 Brother Yu Who Doesn't Like Petting Cats不喜欢撸猫的渔哥Urban487k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Kaoshan Tun in the 1960s, Yuan Yiyi decides to put down roots there. He expects nothing but bitter cold, barren land, and wild beasts, but instead finds warmth in Li Laojue and the Wang Dashan family, who treat him like one of their own. He drives off wolf packs, hunts wild boars, and outsmarts con artists, becoming the backbone of the village. He writes New Year couplets, enjoys pork-killing feasts, and chats beside the heated brick bed, finding a sense of belonging amid 4Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves

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    A story about striving in the 1990s.

23. 73 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
24. 74 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 361Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 75 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.1kReads7.1Score270Shelves
26. 76 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
27. 77 我 My Years as a Migrant Worker in Shenzhen 我在深圳打工那些年 Azure Clouds, Everlasting Red青云长红Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two AI comic adaptations of this book are already online, and a third is in production. In 1997, I was 17, carrying 300 yuan as I left my hometown in Hunan and headed south to Shenzhen alone. With no skills and no temporary residence permit, I was chased by security patrols, turned away by factories, left hungry, and forced to spend nights hiding in a cemetery. I went from a penniless kid to a sewing-machine operator at a handbag factory, then seized the opportunities of the times, opened a shop 18.6kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    The protagonist went south to work at the age of 17. In 1997, Shenzhen was checking temporary residence permits, and they weren't hiring men. What could you do with 300 yuan?

28. 78 重 Back to the 1990s: I'm Done Being a Good Girl 重回九零，不做乖乖女 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted Comedy + Inspirational Youth + Reborn and Doted on by Everyone + Healing] Completed. He Laifa still hasn’t woken up. No one knows if she ever will, but her passion, her hard work, her determination, and her kindness and intelligence have all affected the people around her. The people of Yangjiatun will never forget her. The people of Hejiabao will never forget her. He, and all the others, keep striving in their own posts, shining brightly. She is strength. She is hope. She is their 214Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    You can take a look.

29. 79 金 The Award-Winning Nanny Reborn with a Professor's Book Collection! 金牌保姆带教授藏书重生啦！ Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn + family bonds + everyone’s favorite + healing + mystery] The main story is complete, with some bonus chapters in the works. Feel free to dive in. Lin Chuyi was a top-tier caregiver who spent more than a decade looking after an elderly professor and his wife. They treated her like their own daughter. Before they died, they left her an inheritance and a jade pendant, which sent her back to the age of eighteen. The pendant is a key, and the library is a space connecting her past and future 486Reads9.2Score100Shelves
30. 80 熬 She Outlived the Other Woman, Then Was Reborn 熬死小三，她又重生啦 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance621k WordsOngoing [Not a palace-intrigue novel, not a farming novel: the heroine's growth and the redemption of a life.] Bai Chunyu had a miserable life in her previous life. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the 1970s, before any of those tragedies had happened! She decisively cut ties with her family, severing them once and for all. She would protect her genius little daughter with her life. Her family's ancestral silver bangle concealed a pocket dimension, stocked to the brim with supplies. S 281Reads7.7Score—Shelves
31. 81 一 A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p 12kReads9.0Score718Shelves

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32. 82 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves
33. 83 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 84 重 Restarting My Life and Winning Over Several One True Loves 重启人生拐几个白月光 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban282k WordsCompleted So what if he was rich in his previous life? He couldn't even find his wife and daughter! In this reborn life, he'll protect his family first... A life of wealth and luxury? He wouldn't mind! But the simple pleasures of everyday life are what feel most real! 465Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 85 这 I Don’t Want This Kind of Rebirth 这样的重生我不想要啊 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban313k WordsCompleted Being reborn isn't about having an easy, satisfying life. It's about walking the human road again through blood and tears! The hardships I've endured and the burdens I've borne aren't anything to be proud of. I'll just leave them in my memories. A simple, honest life, surrounded by a beloved wife and beautiful companions, is what truly matters... 284Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 86 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 127Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 87 总 The CEO Is Reborn: Back in 1984 as a Technician 总裁重生：回到1984当技术员 Operating Without Anesthesia不打麻药就开刀Modern Romance176k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + female CEO + taking on a state-owned industrial giant + changing her fate] Wei Yumei, an iconic designer in China's high-end fashion industry and CEO of Yunqifang, is reborn, returning to 1984 and the place that changed her destiny after she left: Nanfeng Silk Spinning Mill! Armed with memories of her past life and secrets gathered from the Nanfeng Silk Spinning Mill Museum, she enters an era when the planned economy and market forces coexist. For her parents, her boyfriend, and the m 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A female CEO is reborn and manages to keep a state-owned enterprise from collapsing!

38. 88 流 A Shooting Star Streaks By, Leaving Traces on the Years 流星划过，岁月有痕 Amber Aurora琥珀色北极光Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted This is a powerful work that deeply portrays the intertwined paths of growth for the post-80s generation and the changes of the times. The story follows its protagonist, Zhao Fei, from his green and innocent days in middle school, through the passionate years of university, and into the struggles and discoveries of life after graduation. It delicately depicts how Zhao Fei and his generation search for themselves and realize their worth amid the currents of the times, while also reflecting the sw 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A down-to-earth historical novel, this powerful work profoundly depicts the growth trajectory of the post-80s generation intertwined with the changing times. The story follows Zhao Fei from his naive and confused middle school years to his passionate university years, and finally to his struggles and explorations after entering society. It delicately portrays how Zhao Fei and his generation found themselves and realized their value amidst the torrents of the times, while also reflecting the enormous political, economic, and cultural changes China has undergone in the past thirty years. This is a story about dreams, struggle, love, and sacrifice; a heartfelt reflection on the past and a firm vision for the future. In the bittersweet story of Zhao Fei and others, everyone can find their own reflection and feel the resonance and power of walking alongside the times.

39. 89 农 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance739k WordsCompleted This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score255Shelves

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    Matching the title, a story set in a specific era, about struggle.

40. 90 苦 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance487k WordsCompleted Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 118Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 91 新 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance636k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score103Shelves
42. 92 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, Watch Me Take Down the Wicked Female Lead 穿书后，看我如何干翻恶毒女主 Yu Mizhou于米粥Modern Romance706k WordsOngoing The rating just came out; it’ll go up later. [Everyday family life, a laid-back heroine who sometimes has a soft heart and learns from her mistakes. There’s a System, a pocket dimension, and a job. She doesn’t go to the countryside.] Su Jiahui fell asleep and transmigrated. She never expected that, as an only child, she would end up in a large family with many children, and be the least favored one of all. After awakening her System, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. And of 1.5kReads6.0Score101Shelves

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    You can take a look, it's not bad.

43. 93 抱 Sorry, I Have No Time to Fight for Favor. I Still Have to Get to the Academy of Sciences 抱歉，没空争宠，我还要去国科院 Fishing and Slacking on the Weekend周末打渔晒网Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [Alternate History Setting] [Fake and Real Heiresses] [Strengthening the Nation Through Scientific Research] [Academic Prodigy] When Shen Ying's biological parents found her, she was scavenging for recyclables. Her blood relatives looked at the filthy, chaotic junkyard, and their excitement at the reunion instantly turned to worry and embarrassment. After she "returned home," she was met not with warmth, but with her father's distant concern, her mother's pitying care, her relatives' cold stares 3.4kReads8.0Score238Shelves
44. 94 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 639Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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45. 95 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 404Reads7.4Score103Shelves
46. 96 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 15.3kReads8.1Score860Shelves
47. 97 重 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban345k WordsCompleted Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 991Reads6.1Score—Shelves
48. 98 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 615Reads8.0Score—Shelves
49. 99 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 728Reads8.6Score179Shelves
50. 100 何 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban744k WordsCompleted Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score103Shelves

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