Building Up Northeast and Northwest China, with Upright Period-Era Stories 建设大东北，大西北，三观正年代文

1. 101 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Marries Into the Northwest Army in Someone Else's Place and Becomes the Whole Regiment's Darling 资本家小姐替嫁随军西北，全团宠 Diamond Little Sunshine钻石小太阳Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Period drama + military marriage + marriage first, love later + at the foot of the Qinling Mountains + farming + sweet romance + everyday life in the military compound + both protagonists’ first love] Leng Zhizhi transmigrates into a book. The moment she opens her eyes, the reader who transmigrated into the book trembles in fear: I’m doomed! I’ve become the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a period novel, the short-lived ex-wife who cheats on the male lead! As it turns o 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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2. 102 六 Daily Life with the Army in the 1960s 六十年代随军日常 Autumn’s Harvest秋天的果实Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted Ai Xiaochen transmigrates from 2132 into the body of Lin Xiaohui, a young woman who has just lost her mother in 1962. She joins the army as a military dependent and travels to Xinjiang during the ration-ticket era, slowly adjusting to the times. 301Reads8.5Score—Shelves
3. 103 她 She Opens Up the Northwest Military Camp and Builds a Fortune 她在西北军营开荒致富 Settle Yourself, The Future Is Bright安顿自己未来可期Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the 1970s, a gifted little girl helps the military region prosper and plays matchmaker for her military doctor father, helping him win back the beautiful mother from her past life. The story begins in 2018. Her military doctor father undergoes surgery after a mutation in his esophagus, suffers massive blood loss on the operating table, and dies. His daughter, Jingjing, is overcome with grief and faints, only to transmigrate into the womb of a military commander’s wife in the 19 27Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 104 热 Fertile Soil, 1975: A Scientist's Wife Reclaims the Wilderness 热土1975：科研军嫂开荒记 Clouds Over Mount Tai泰山云海Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted In 1975, at a construction corps in the northwest, Lin Wan’s entire dowry consisted of half a broken piece of jade and a notebook on agricultural science. Watermelons in saline-alkali soil? The villagers called her crazy! But when the melon fields yielded a bumper crop, the whole battalion stood guard with guns that night! Her aunt encouraged her cousin to steal her techniques? Lin Wan held a “Planting Contest,” offering drip-irrigation blueprints as the prize. The thieves were caught, and the c 15Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 105 穿 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s: The Sweet Military Wife Farms in the Great Northwest 穿书八零，娇娇军嫂在大西北搞农业 A Little Cauliflower一颗小花菜Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + scientific research in the Northwest + everyone’s favorite + satisfying transmigration-into-a-book story] Botany PhD Jiang Yuan transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder military wife who has followed her husband to the far Northwest. Starting her life over in the 1980s would be a disaster to most people, but Jiang Yuan thinks it sounds great! The Northwest is somewhere she’d always wanted to visit in her modern life but never got the chance. She w 131Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Support My Family 穿越七十年代养家糊口 Sour Soup Dumplings酸汤饺子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) When she woke up back in the days before the apocalypse, Chu Tian spent all her savings gathering supplies, stocking her pocket dimension with everything she could need to eat, wear, and use. But instead of the apocalypse she’d expected, she fell asleep and woke up in another world. That’s right, she had transmigrated to the early 1970s in China’s northwestern frontier. Chu Tian looked at the peeling walls and nearly cried. But when she saw the frail little girl beside her and her pre 1.7kReads9.0Score146Shelves
7. 107 开 Eloping from the Start? No Worries! I’ll Pack It All in My Space! 开局私奔？不慌！空间装装装！ Strawberry Marshmallow草莓味棉花糖Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [Fair-Skinned Beauty, Capitalist Heiress vs. Cold-Faced, Prison-Hardened Officer] [Satisfying Read + Period Setting + Pocket Space + Military Marriage + Life in the Compound + Woman Who Transmigrates into a Book vs. Reborn Woman] When Shen Wei opened her eyes, she had become the male lead's doomed first wife, a cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The male lead was handsome, broad-shouldered and slim-waisted, and looked dashing in uniform. His future was bright. In the original story, Shen 8.4kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
8. 108 六 Fleeing Famine in the 1960s to Marry a General: The Divine Doctor Army Wife Gets Pregnant So Easily 六零逃荒嫁首长，神医军嫂太易孕 Qing Buluo卿不落Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Completed novella [Military marriage + 1960s refugee flight + farming + doted-on by everyone] She, Nan Wei, is a world-famous medical and research PhD whose name will go down in history. Skilled in both academics and combat, she transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a filthy, miserable refugee fleeing famine? By a stroke of fate, she marries a stern senior officer in the far northwest. From then on, the grassland is hers, the horse is hers, and she can do whatever she wants! An ugly duckling? S 591Reads9.0Score105Shelves
9. 109 带 I Took a Green Train to the 1970s 带着绿皮火车穿七零 Cream Commune奶油公社Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted Six months after graduating, overworked office worker Xiang Hailan took the train back to her hometown for the New Year. She and the train ended up back in the Great Northeast of the 1970s, where she was welcomed as the beloved darling of the team leader’s family. In this rich black soil, where “a clod glistens with oil, and even a pair of chopsticks will sprout if you stick them in,” the cucumbers are fresh and crisp, the beans grow in great abundance, and the tofu made with brine is delicious. 3kReads8.5Score297Shelves
10. 110 王 Wang Xiaoli's Sixties 王小荔的六十年代 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Transmigration + golden finger + pocket dimension + period drama + rural Northeast China (Lu Huaijin is an important character, but not the male lead) When she wakes up one morning, modern-day office drone Wang Xiaoli has become the “chubby girl” of Wangjia Village in the Northeast in the 1960s. Her family is dirt poor, and from the start she's burning with a fever and on the brink of death. Luckily, her little pocket dimension has transmigrated with her! Life in Wangjia Village is lively: a tou 18.5kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
11. 111 国 State Farm: The Educated Youth Becomes Everyone's Darling in the 1970s 国营农场：女知青在七零做团宠 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: The Northern Great Wilderness State Farm’s Artsy Young Educated Youth [Transmigrate + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + No Toxic Relatives + No System or Golden Finger] A car accident sends Du Yanshu to the Northern Great Wilderness state farm where her grandparents once went to the countryside. She becomes a young woman assigned to the pig-raising team. She has barely woken up when she must clean up the original owner’s mess. Not only is she facing an arranged marriage, she is a 1.1kReads9.2Score142Shelves
12. 112 七 The 1970s: The Village Bully Brought the City-Educated Beauty Home in His Arms 七零：下乡知青被村霸糙汉抱回家 Ink-Dyed Desolation墨染苍凉Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Devoted Husband + Guaranteed Sweetness + Everyday Life + Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Pocket Space + Everyone's Favorite] Couple: feisty, beautiful, rich young educated woman × cultured, burly village ruffian In 1973, a pretty young educated woman arrived at the Jinyang Production Brigade. She was fair and soft, delicate and gentle, and so petite she looked easy to bully. But the moment she entered the village, the tall, broad-shouldered village ruffian, who looked especially fierce, 24.2kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
13. 113 搬 Clearing Out the Cash: The Lovely Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside and Marries a Soldier 搬空钱财：下乡的娇知青她军婚了 Rice-Eating Plate干饭的盘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Space + period setting + sent down to the countryside + military wife + joining her husband at his post + raising kids] Jiang Wenwan transmigrated into a book, becoming the disposable capitalist heiress in Seven Zero Darling: Sent to the Countryside and Spoiled Every Day by a Rough-Hewn Educated Youth. Her mother used her biological father’s pension money to start a new family. Her own daughter became the family’s workhorse, going to bed last and getting up first. Her mother was so lovestruck s 10kReads8.9Score833Shelves
14. 114 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Doomsday Woman Heads for the Great Northern Wilderness 穿越六零，末世女开往北大荒 Ming Heng明姮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + fiercely protective + dual rebirth + special abilities + portable space] Lin Zhao, who possessed two special abilities, lived freely for seven or eight years in the apocalypse. Unexpectedly, a sudden magnitude-twelve earthquake hurled her into the 1960s, into the body of a tomboy living in a military compound. The tomboy had wreaked havoc throughout the compound and caused trouble. Her stepmother had no choice but to ask her father to send her to her paternal uncle's home in th 7.5kReads7.9Score738Shelves
15. 115 年 Period: Hey, Why Are You Going to the Countryside Too? 年代：喂，你怎么也要下乡 A Snail Carrying Its ShellA蜗牛背了壳Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted [Alternate history, fictional, not a strong female lead, everyday life, the heroine wouldn’t dare kill or set fires] Yao Yao transmigrated. After working hard for decades, she was suddenly back to square one. Yao Yao was devastated: she had a house and money, but not even an heir. Just when she had finally figured out who she was, she was sent to the countryside. Her parents had given her plenty of money, but hey, better her than her sickly older brother, who would surely die out there. Gu Zhuoy 9kReads8.9Score720Shelves
16. 116 特 An Agent Transmigrates to the 1970s and Lays Low Her Way to Legend 特工穿越七零年代苟成传说 Yan Hu颜胡Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted Transmigration + period setting + Northeastern Chinese slang + pocket dimension + no CP + farming + raising children + cultivation + countryside + rebirth [This novel is available to read for free on Tomato Free Novels and Tomato Audiobooks.] Also known as The Northeastern Slang Chronicles The second book in this series, Transmigrating into the Prison of the Cultivation World: Who Can Keep Me Trapped?, tells the story of floods, earthquakes, extreme cold, war, joining the army, and then explorin 444Reads9.0Score100Shelves
17. 117 魂 My Soul Travels Back to 1972, Where I Raise Beauties and Ride the Tide of the Times 魂穿七二，培养美人横扫时代浪潮 Stars Can Set the Prairie Ablaze星星可以燎原Historical1.7M WordsCompleted [Period] [Sign-In] [Divine Doctor] [Space] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] A real estate tycoon transmigrates into 1972 and binds to the Red Dust Karma System from the start! Ling Feng uses supplies and skills to establish absolute authority, winning hearts through “feeding” and “protection.” Ling Feng has a portable space, peerless medical skills, and deadly combat abilities. He knows that in these unusual times, supplies give you face, personal connections are the substance, and your fists are your 13.7kReads7.4Score1.6kShelves

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    A super-exciting period novel, ruthless and decisive, with a smooth and delicate writing style!

18. 118 重 Reborn in 1977: From Hunting to Building an Industry 重生1977，从打猎开始搞实业 Deeply Devoted Lao Liu深情老六Urban221k WordsOngoing [Period setting + Reborn + Everyday life + Hunting + Business + Decisive and ruthless] Liu Youzhi, a small-time oil mill owner who had struggled all his life, woke up to find himself reborn in 1977, in the body of a young man from a forest region in Northeast China. From the start, he has to deal with a father who is gravely wounded and near death, as well as a biased grandmother. She not only refuses to pay for treatment, but insists on splitting up the family at the worst possible time! Watch 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This story was originally about developing Northeast China. The protagonist started as a hunter and, during the reform and opening up period, seized the opportunity to rise to prominence and benefit his hometown.

19. 119 五 One of the Five Categories: My Career in Government Is on the Fast Track 五类人员:我的仕途开了挂 Whose Wondrous Pen凭谁妙笔Urban585k WordsCompleted [Officialdom + Getting Things Done + Realism + No Special Recruitment] A village official’s ten-year journey from the bottom to the top! From a confused young man lured back to his hometown to a pillar of the nation’s central government, Zhao Zhang spends ten years starting out in the most humble of villages. Amid the sweeping changes of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, he follows his commitment to serving the people through practical work and his dedication to continuous learning, 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Real-life cases from 2015 to 2025: from poverty alleviation to rural revitalization, from the fight against organized crime to the rectification of corruption among the masses, from fighting village bullies to combating the epidemic and eradicating corruption, the protagonists take one step at a time and finally achieve a comeback after ten years!

20. 120 弃 Leaving Love Behind in the 1970s: The Doctor Goddess Orphan Is Doted on by the God of War 弃爱七零，医神孤女被战神独宠了 Gave It a Shake, and Got Yao摇了个瑶Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Others transmigrated to the 1970s, and Wen Sui'an did too! While others who transmigrated either latched onto powerful patrons or brought along a pocket dimension, Wen Sui'an was lucky enough to get the Qihuang System! She can only earn points by treating and saving people. No patients, no perks. The original owner was a timid pushover, arranged to share a household with Shen Yubai and look after two little ones. Her future stretched out before her, filled with grievances and thankless chores. S 9.2kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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    Don't scroll away! This soldier's unexpected cuteness is absolutely amazing! 🩷🩵

21. 121 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Supporting Actress Builds Warplanes and Defies Her Fate 七零军婚：女配造战机撕碎炮灰命 Jin Xilan金汐澜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Side Character Awakening] [Power Couple] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Military Marriage] [Both Leads Are Loyal in Body and Heart] Lan Huan accidentally took a fall and passed out. She had a dream and discovered that they were living inside a military romance novel. And she was nothing more than a nameless, doomed side character, brought in to make the male and female leads reunite, while also causing the second male lead to fall in love with the heroine at first sight. To stay alive, 2.2kReads—Score185Shelves

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    The female protagonist initially went to the countryside in Northwest China, and later went to Northeast China to save people and conduct scientific research!

22. 122 顾 Gu Yizhong Is Reborn Before the Events of The Lone Boat 顾易中重生在孤舟剧情之前 Not Iced Tea不是冰红茶Urban1.3M WordsOngoing Gu Yizhong is reborn in 1936. The original A Lone Boat begins in June 1941, but this story starts with his rescue of Lin Shujuan in Hong Kong in early 1939. Since the timeline has changed dramatically, much of the plot will have to be newly created. Your support is greatly appreciated. To make the story’s progression as plausible as possible, feel free to share your theories about what happens next in the discussion area, preferably with sound reasoning. I hope to work together with fellow fans 540Reads8.1Score102Shelves
23. 123 重 Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年 Asking the Sword, Listening to Snow问剑听雪Urban809k WordsOngoing Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A 5.2kReads—Score475Shelves

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    A good historical novel with positive values.

24. 124 重 Living a Second Life as a Young Man in the Compound 重活一世，大院少年 Starry Words星星语话Urban68k WordsOngoing Dare to tell me you'll work with me, and I'll make you a multimillionaire. Save yourself... work hard to make money... change your own fate and that of the people around you, so everyone can put their talents to use and live a normal life through hard work. 247Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is it okay to write it like this?

25. 125 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Breaking Free in the Business World 重生八零年：商途破茧 Liu Shiyan刘诗烟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period + reborn + strong heroine builds wealth + sweet military marriage + tough husband protects his wife] Business empress Liu Shiyan died, only to open her eyes and find herself back in 1980, in a poor mountain village in Northeast China. Was this a hell-mode start from the start? Her husband had enlisted and left home, while her wicked sister-in-law, Zhang Cuihua, worked her like a beast of burden and even forced her to eat spoiled food! The whole village mocked her as a “jinx” who couldn’ 7Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    It celebrates struggle, but it goes beyond struggle; it records history, but it doesn't forget to illuminate the future. This is a visionary work.

26. 126 大 A Great Nation’s Middleman: I Saved Countless Soviet Girls 大国倒爷，我拯救众多苏联少女 Jungle Mage打野的法师Urban882k WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + running goods in Russia + foreign beauties + womanizer + hugely profitable smuggling Two women stood at the door. Two Soviet women with blonde hair and blue eyes, wrapped in tattered headscarves. Wang Teng's first reaction: Holy shit. His second reaction: Am I fucking seeing this right? A line of text automatically appeared in Wang Teng's mind: [Ding! System notification: Your foreign beauties have arrived. Please sign for them.] Don't get excited, that was just hi 341Reads5.7Score316Shelves
27. 127 拾 Gathering Ears of Grain 拾穗儿 Wan Hong万宏Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing In an era without electricity, phones, or the internet, youth was made of books, sweat, and burning ideals. Her name is Shisui'er. Born in the desert and orphaned young, she was given nothing but desolation by fate, yet she was determined to make flowers bloom across the mountains. She studied hard, then turned the college entrance exams around, leaving the depths of the Gobi for a university campus. With an unyielding spirit, she grew toward the sun and blossomed against the wind. After gradu 23Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    I was deeply inspired after reading "The Gleaner"! The Gobi Desert girl, Gleaner, broke free from her fate through diligent study and achieved value by starting a business in her hometown. She guides the lost and cheers for those who strive!

28. 128 1 1982: My Chemical Empire 1982：我的化工帝国 Cheese Mixed with Rice Porridge芝士拌稀饭Urban919k WordsOngoing In 1982, the nitrogen fertilizer plant in Chuanjiang County is on the brink of collapse. Its products fail to meet standards, the gasifier furnace lining is cracked, and the safety valve hisses as it vents every day. The livelihoods of three thousand workers are about to go up in smoke. Twenty-year-old vocational college graduate Zhou Mingchuan steps forward. Armed with the memories of his past life as a chemical engineering PhD, he starts by adjusting the gasifier’s blow time. He studies old r 85Reads5.5Score111Shelves

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    Does the Southwest region count? [Laughing][Cool]

29. 129 穿 The Sixties Transmigration of a Young Educated Woman and Her Sect's Young Master 穿越六零小知青和她的宗门少主 Clear, Shallow Brook清清浅溪Modern Romance214k WordsOngoing Shen Yunxi transmigrates to 1969 because of a family heirloom jade bangle, where she meets Huo Yunze, the young sect leader. Together, they experience life as educated youths in a remote mountain village and search for hidden treasures in secret realms. Along the way, they encounter all kinds of people and hear stories of rural life. A very sweet and loving story, with lots of doting affection. 5.4kReads—Score893Shelves

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    Both the male and female leads are educated youth sent to the countryside in northern China; their relationship is sweet.

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