Novels About Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside 关于下乡知青的书

1. 51 重 Reborn in 1979: Hunting in the Mountains and Marrying an Educated Youth 重生1979，赶山狩猎娶知青 Pray for Rain During Military Training军训求雨Urban474k WordsOngoing Good news: I’ve been reborn! Bad news: My family is so poor that all we have left is a pair of underwear... Zhang Weidong sets his sights on the treasure-filled Changbai Mountains. Hunting in the mountains, becoming a ten-thousand-yuan household, then marrying a beautiful educated youth... And letting life slow down... 147Reads7.0Score—14d adds
2. 52 7 The 1970s: Someone Switched My Rural Posting Location 70年代：我被人调换了下乡地点 Fengjue风觉Urban2.1M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + villain reborn + laid-back life + light System elements + wish fulfillment + everyday family life) After transmigrating into a book, Wu Xuan, who had spent his previous life as a workhorse, wanted nothing more than a cozy life with a wife and children. But with a reborn villain, a suffocating family of origin, and scheming educated youths around him, Wu Xuan was forced to start outmaneuvering them. 14.8kReads7.6Score77214d adds
3. 53 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, My Educated Youth Sister Wants to Marry Me 重生1980：开局知青姐姐要嫁我 My Lord, Don't Laugh君客莫笑Urban430k WordsCompleted When Jiang Fan opened his eyes, he had been reborn in 1980. In that turbulent era of change, he would make up for everything he had lost in his previous life, seize the moment, and build a perfect life for himself and the people he loved! 85Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 54 重 Reborn in 1977: Starting with Marrying a Sent-Down Educated Youth 重生1977：从迎娶女知青开始 Neither Tall Nor Cold不高也不冷Urban448k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1977, I’m going to build the perfect life. The first step is marrying the prettiest educated youth in the village. In an era when people look down on educated youth for being no good at farm work, I’m going to snap up the biggest bargain first. 840Reads5.8Score—14d adds
5. 55 穿 Transmigrate to the ’70s: Head to the Countryside with My Space and Marry the Village Belle 穿越七零：带着空间下乡娶村花 Every Meeting Is Fated相逢便是有缘人Urban784k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Mu Feng accidentally acquired a miraculous space. It could be used to grow crops and raise livestock, and it even contained a magical spirit spring. From the moment he got this miraculous space, Mu Feng's life changed completely. Unfortunately, he was far too careless. Before long, the wrong people discovered that he possessed the space. Then, after a carefully planned deception, Mu Feng was captured by surprise. Those people wanted to learn the secret of the space from him 10.2kReads8.4Score58714d adds
6. 56 四 Siheyuan: I Brought Trillions in Supplies to the Countryside as an Educated Youth 四合院，我带千亿物资下乡当知青 Optimistic Beach乐观的沙滩Male-Channel Fanfiction313k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan]+ [Feel-good story]+ [Urban fantasy]+ [Strong male lead]+ [Transmigration]+ [Stockpiling supplies]+ [Educated youth]+ [Rural life]+ [Infrastructure building]+ [Pocket dimension] This story is entirely fictional. Please don't take offense if anything is inaccurate. Lin Yichen, a cold-faced CEO from the 22nd century, kept having the same recurring dream. He dreamed that he had transmigrated into the body of a young man who shared his name, in the 1970s setting of Love in the Courtyard. T 122Reads5.2Score—14d adds
7. 57 四 Siheyuan: Sent to the Countryside, Starting Out in the Great Northern Wilderness 四合院：上山下乡，开局北大荒 Icebound Pavilion冰封阁Male-Channel Fanfiction503k WordsCompleted [Daily Life + Sent Down to the Countryside + Subverting Expectations + One Heroine + Siheyuan] From the start, he arrives in a siheyuan courtyard in the 1970s, with both parents alive and a happy family. He has no worries holding him back. Full of anticipation, Li Yi prepares to join the wave of young people heading to the countryside. But before he can leave, the courtyard's rotten lot try to force him to donate money and support the Jia family! Faced with the resentful ingrate Banggeng, the vi 3kReads7.5Score10114d adds
8. 58 1 The Passionate Years of a Young Educated Youth in Northeast China, 1979 1979小知青在东北的激情岁月 Auspicious Clouds at Sea海中祥云Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Business tycoon Jiang Minghao dies of overwork after working for 72 hours straight. He opens his eyes to a drafty, ramshackle house, a tearful village beauty, and a toddler who’s afraid of him… He’s returned to 1979, to Jianshanzui Production Team, where he was sent down to work, and to the very day his wife is waiting for him at the brigade office to file for divorce. Divorce? Not a chance! What did he come back reborn for? To make money! To spoil his wife! To dote on his daughter! Make 655Reads7.0Score—14d adds
9. 59 重 Back to 1975: The Stunning Educated Youth 重回七五，绝美女知青 Bamboo Branch Wanderer竹枝客Urban445k WordsCompleted Over sixty years old, Lu Zhen returned by chance to the time he remembered most fondly: that land he had loved so deeply, and that breathtakingly beautiful woman. In his previous life, he had been so focused on making money that he let her slip away. Even after achieving success and renown, he had regretted it for the rest of his life. Now that he had a second chance at life, Lu Zhen was determined to make up for that regret. 2.3kReads8.6Score10314d adds
10. 60 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Starting as an Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生70年代，从北大荒知青开始 Finally Here at Last姗姗来迟啦Urban586k WordsCompleted Xu Jinyan transmigrated to 1977 and became an educated youth sent to the Great Northern Wilderness. He entered a fake marriage with Li Wanyu, who was trying to escape harassment from a powerful second-generation heir. Not long after they got their marriage certificate, the college entrance exams were suddenly reinstated, and Li Wanyu was ready to return to the city and resume her life as a pampered young lady. They agreed to get divorced in six months, but Xu Jinyan ended up getting into Yanda U 2.1kReads7.8Score11114d adds
11. 61 年 Period: Reborn in 1979, I Divorce the Female Educated Youth from the Start 年代：重生79开局和女知青离婚 So Very Difficult很难很难Urban120k WordsOngoing Liu Jianshe is unexpectedly reborn in 1979, on the eve of the college entrance exams. When the young female educated youth who has repeatedly asked for a divorce brings it up again, he readily agrees, determined not to make the same mistakes twice. The woman he has doted on for four years is suddenly ignored and can hardly accept it. As the male lead’s fortunes continue to rise, she regrets her choices more and more. 45Reads5.9Score—14d adds
12. 62 重 Back to the 1970s, the Spoiled Young Educated Woman Clings to Me 重回七零，作精小知青赖上我 Crazy About Cabbage超爱卷心菜Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Reborn in a bygone era+spatial dimension+farming+sweet romance+spoiling his mischievous, pampered young wife] Have you heard? The richest man in Nancheng has died. His vast fortune was divided up by his brothers and his mistress. As Lu Zhiye closed his eyes, he was surrounded by people wailing. There were also a few voices sighing and speculating. Floating in the air, Lu Zhiye looked back on his life. In his youth, Lu Zhiye was the youngest son of a landlord. Everyone despised, shunned, and cur 12.4kReads8.1Score94514d adds
13. 63 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, 24.2kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
14. 64 七 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Cast-Off Educated Youth Comes Out on Top 七零签到：炮灰知青他赢麻了 Green Plum Rum青梅朗姆Urban239k WordsOngoing [1970s Native Protagonist + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Sign-In System + Pocket Dimension + One-on-One Romance] Li Yizhi has always lived a peaceful, happy life. Little by little, he comes to believe that a safe and comfortable life is practically within his grasp. Then, when he turns eighteen, his parents are sent away to the countryside. With his notice to join the educated youth heading to the countryside in hand, Li Yizhi has mentally prepared himself for the future. But he neve 7Reads6.2Score—14d adds
15. 65 七 The Seventies Spatial Farm: The Educated Youth’s Wife Kicks People Again 七零空间，知青媳妇又踹人了 Farming South of the Mountain种田南山下Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted Keeping her distance from troublemakers, Han Qingci has a pocket dimension at her disposal. In the 1970s, she makes a few good friends, chooses someone to spend her life with, and enjoys a quiet, steady life. Those people and events gradually become her life. 11.3kReads9.1Score90514d adds
16. 66 重 Back to the Late 1970s, I Have a Choice System 重回70年代末，我有选择系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban766k WordsCompleted A modern food-delivery rider was hit by a heavy truck while saving someone and sent back to the 1970s, reborn as an educated youth about to take the college entrance exam. Ding! The choice System has been activated. A choice has been triggered. Choice One: Take the college entrance exam? No way. You can return to the city freely in a year, so stay in the village for another year. Reward: Become the village secretary's live-in son-in-law. Choice Two: The college entrance exam is the only way to c 17.6kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
17. 67 重 Reborn in 1974: I Take My Space with Me to the Countryside 重生1974年，我带空间去下乡 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban642k WordsCompleted Li Feng, a wage slave working a 996 schedule, accidentally activated the pocket dimension in the jade pendant his grandfather left him before he died. As a devoted fan of web novels on Tomato, how could he not know what opportunity was coming his way? “Grandpa! Bless your grandson with a chance to transmigrate to an awesome world. I’ll make sure our Li family has plenty of descendants.” The newly unemployed wage slave gathered what little money he had and stockpiled some supplies. Now he waits f 16.4kReads7.8Score67314d adds
18. 68 林 Lin Fusheng: A Student’s Everyday Life in the ’70s 林福生，70年代读书日常 Corn Breakdance玉米扒舞Urban525k WordsCompleted A period novel about building wealth and strengthening the nation. In his previous life, the male lead was a master surgeon who also knew a thing or two about traditional Chinese medicine. He worked himself to death, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in the middle of a mud fight. Getting pelted with mud brought back the memories of his past life. 793Reads7.3Score10114d adds

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    Latest male-oriented, get-rich-quick, historical fiction: ① In the sweltering summer heat, the story begins with a man who was a moderately renowned surgeon in his past life. In the blink of an eye, he is transported back to the 1970s, becoming Lin Fusheng, a four-year-old boy in a rural village. Despite his young age, he goes up the mountain to collect herbs, using licorice, mint, and other herbs to make herbal tea to sell. He uses the money from selling the herbal tea to go to school and change his destiny.

19. 69 十 The Fifteen-Year-Old Educated Youth 十五岁知青 Fifteen-Year-Old Educated Youth十五岁知青Modern Romance749k WordsOngoing This is a novel based on real-life experiences. It chronicles the author's life from going to the countryside at age fifteen to retiring at sixty, offering a glimpse into the history of our times. Spanning more than 800,000 words, it is divided into three volumes: The Years After Going to the Countryside, My Career on the Railways, and Singing the Praises of Our Great Motherland. They respectively recount the author's experiences during more than seven years in the countryside, twenty-two years 6Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 70 重 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban896k WordsOngoing A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.4kReads6.8Score1.1k14d adds
21. 71 新 On Our Wedding Night, My Poor Husband’s Identity Is Exposed 新婚夜，穷老公的身份暴露了 Big Red Apple苹果大红Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Short drama: Thoughts of the Stars Among the Parasol Tree Leaves] After her scheming sister sets her up with a penniless man, Gu Tong has no choice but to shoulder the burden of supporting the family and keeping her man fed. Strangely enough, from then on everything goes her way. She makes money hand over fist, and anyone who dares bully her is punished immediately. She even has time to put snobbish social climbers and fake sweethearts in their place. No matter how much trouble she causes, she 3.4kReads9.2Score71214d adds
22. 72 1 1973: The Joys of Life in the Countryside! 1973：我从下乡的快乐生活！ Quietly Watching You静静的看你Urban187k WordsOngoing Li Ankang, a university graduate, transmigrates after eating wild mushrooms. After transmigrating, I witnessed with my own eyes the dawn of that glorious era... Having been given a second life, all I want is to go with the flow, keep a low profile as I quietly build my future, and take good care of my family in that era. Everything flourished, and every industry boomed in those days. And through the eyes of a lazy nobody, we’ll see the shifting fortunes and turbulent changes of that era... 97Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Educated Youth Going to the Countryside

23. 73 洲 Fireworks on the Islet, Where People Make Their Homes, Starting in the 1970s 洲上烟火有人家，从七十年代开始 He Xinhe何心荷Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Rural Romance] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Teacher] [Neighborly Disputes] [Eerie Shadows in the Village] [Country Living and Laughs] This book has no pocket dimension, no System, and no transmigration or rebirth. It tells only of ordinary people’s rural lives and the hard-won warmth and bustle of everyday life through years of hardship. The story begins in the 1970s and follows several families living in the countryside. Among them are educated youths sent to work in the villages, militia mem 109Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    The stories of Shanghai educated youth sent to the countryside are particularly fascinating.

24. 74 杨 Yang Yiming’s Village Official Diary 杨一鸣村官记 A Bright Future Ahead前方光明Urban302k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of young people full of energy and promise, striving and working hard to make their mark. After graduating from Longhai University, Yang Yiming resolutely chose to work at the grassroots level in the countryside, becoming a village official with lofty ambitions who was ready to roll up his sleeves and get things done. He cherished love, valued friendship, and treasured family, bringing his passion to a remote village far from the bustle of the city. There, he devoted hi 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A book about college students starting businesses and working in rural areas! Worth reading!

25. 75 年 Period: A Carefree Little Life Starting with Going to the Countryside 年代：从下乡开始的自在小日子 Salty Fish in the Countryside咸鱼在乡下Urban338k WordsOngoing After accidentally transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhou Yunhuai becomes an educated youth about to be sent to the countryside for a stint in the production brigades. But there's no need to worry. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, he might actually find country life more comfortable… 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A newly released male-oriented novel about educated youth sent to the countryside: ① 1968, Chongcheng. Modern-day Zhou Yunhuai, due to a traffic accident, travels back to the 1960s and becomes an educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. He later goes to Taojia Village, under the "Red Flag Commune," the original owner's hometown, reunites with his maternal grandmother's family, and lives a more comfortable life in this rural area.

26. 76 四 The Four Sacred Beasts: Bureau 749 四圣兽之749局 Third Young Master Ye葉三公子Urban245k WordsCompleted A high school freshman unexpectedly joins the mysterious Bureau 749. A black dragon lying dormant A mysterious gourd dimension The Tianji Star, one of the Big Dipper’s nine stars Mountain spirits and wild monsters The baleful aura of soldiers … And those mysterious beings What is guiding the boy along his path? What kind of story lies behind it all? 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommended! A brand new, incredibly engaging male-oriented novel set in the era of educated youth sent to the countryside: ① February 18, 1973. Just after the Spring Festival, it was the start of the new school year at Beiping No. 8 Middle School. The playground was bustling with people, exchanging greetings and sharing anecdotes from the holiday. Then one day, an unexpected event led the protagonist, Ye Jijun, to join the mysterious Bureau 749 during his high school years. What twists and turns will his fate take?

27. 77 重 Reborn in the 1970s: An Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生七零：知青在北大荒 Yi Ziyan易子晏Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing He Siwei is reborn in the year she went to the countryside. She refuses to go to the farm where her childhood sweetheart works, as she did in her previous life. Instead, she chooses a firewood farm in the mountains. Armed with the traditional Chinese medicine skills she learned by her father’s side and her knack for identifying herbs, she begins her life as an educated youth sent to the countryside in the Great Northern Wilderness. 27.9kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds

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    🌈①The magnificent chapter of He Siwei's rebirth after being sent to the countryside. She refused comfort and resolutely chose the arduous path of the Beidahuang Panzi Farm, using traditional Chinese medicine to challenge those difficult years. ☘️ 🌈Who can shine in despair? He Siwei, with wisdom and resilience, healed suffering and won respect, but also faced hidden changes in her family. The mystery of the property deed, the vow on the banner—how will she write her own legend as a sent-down youth in the torrent of history? ☘️

28. 78 重 Reborn in 1949 Beijing: Taking the System to the Countryside 重生四九城爷们，带着系统去插队 Evening Clouds of Youth暮云年华Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period drama + sign-in System + educated youth sent to the countryside + cozy daily life + devoted male lead] This is a one-on-one romance. There is a female supporting character, but she only serves the plot, so please don't complain if that's not your thing. The story moves at a relaxed pace and is for readers of any gender. Come on in! In modern times, Shen Jianshe died young while saving someone. After arriving in the Underworld, he was told by the King of Hell that his allotted l 6kReads5.6Score23014d adds
29. 79 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零：带着妹妹下东北当知青 Yuxi Is Not a Creek玉溪不是溪Urban8.0M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham 24.4kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
30. 80 穿 I Became a Team Doctor in the 1960s, and the Whole Village Went Wild Spoiling Me 穿进六零当队医，全队村民宠疯了 Loves Gold爱金子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + golden finger + satisfying read + no charity work] No one has had it worse than Lu Xiangnuan. She has parasitic parents, a good-for-nothing younger brother, and a boyfriend of five years who cheated on her with her best friend. Her life is practically the definition of misery. But that's okay. She'll handle things herself. Her specialty is cutting ties with everyone, and if anyone makes her life miserable, she'll make theirs miserable too. Take her cheating 1.6kReads9.0Score15714d adds
31. 81 下 An Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside Returns to the Seventies with a Warehouse 下乡知青，带着仓库杀回七零 Crispy Egg Roll香酥蛋卷儿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [1970s + military marriage + pocket dimension + medical skills] Lin Yuanyuan was an imperial medicinal cuisine expert. Then she was reborn as a doomed side character in a novel set in the 1970s. Her scheming stepsister wanted to marry her off to a wife-beating butcher. Her hypocritical stepmother and faithless father wanted to rob her of her money. Even her youngest brother was secretly trying to ruin her reputation. Lin Yuanyuan promptly sold her stepsister to the abusive butcher, and before le 973Reads7.5Score10614d adds
32. 82 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 10kReads8.9Score83314d adds
33. 83 刚 I Just Married a Young Educated Woman, and Now I Have to Rise from Infancy? 刚娶女知青，让我从婴儿开始逆袭？ Get Rich暴富Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + hunting and farming + rural life + pocket dimension + wish fulfillment] After transmigrating to 1972, Li Yunfeng has just married an educated young woman when he awakens the Baby Comeback System. The System’s missions are rather ridiculous: walk one meter in a minute, and get a solid-gold longevity lock as a reward. Li Yunfeng: “What? One meter in a minute? Even someone with a blood clot in their brain could walk ten meters!” He then sprints half a kilometer. S 906Reads8.5Score14314d adds
34. 84 重 Back to 1976: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth 重回1976，下乡当知青 Treading Snow Beneath the Setting Moon落月踏雪Urban659k WordsCompleted (Historical setting + farming + smart protagonist + pocket dimension + everyday life + one heroine) After a lifetime of hard work, Yang Jing had finally started to see things get better and was just about to catch his breath when he was unexpectedly reborn, returning to the production team where he had been sent down in 1976. This was an era of a planned economy, when people were feeling their way across the river! When he unexpectedly awakened a pocket dimension, he was overjoyed and filled wit 954Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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    Reborn into the production team of 1976, this time I choose not to return to the city. Instead, I use my spare time in the countryside to raise livestock, hunt, write books, and live a happy life with my wife and family.

35. 85 人 In the 1960s, I Took My Little Sister to the Countryside 人在六零，携妹下乡 Nostalgic Little Bai追忆小白Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Han Mingyu, from the twenty-first century, died... Liu Yuzhu, from the 1960s, died and came back to life... With a stepmother came a cruel father, and Liu Yuzhu’s life was a living hell... A hellish start, but thankfully, he has the transmigration essential: a golden finger, the Happy Farm System. 40.2kReads7.8Score2.1k14d adds
36. 86 重 Reborn in 1978: One Coming-of-Age System 重生78：成人礼系统一枚 Fa Zhou法舟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + reborn + System + scheming + ruthless + power behind the scenes] A modern office worker is reborn in a parallel world in the 1970s. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, for refusing to save someone in mortal danger. You meet the requirements for the System That Rewards Staying Out of Things. Your reward is...] He goes to university, studies abroad, and builds a business empire. Before he knows it, he has become the power behind the world's throne. The Eagle, the Polar Bear, the British 19kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
37. 87 尘 Dustbound Love, Nan Nan 尘缘楠楠 Shan Ye Yiyuan山野艺媛Urban187k WordsCompleted The marriage between Chen Yuan and Nannan, the everyday business of rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea, and all the twists and turns of life, its sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty moments, a jumble of emotions... [Urban Life] [Married Life] [Ordinary Lives] 9Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    The rogue scholar in the mountains is back again, a quintessential period drama, very realistic...

38. 88 老 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 Shan Ye Yiyuan山野艺媛Urban430k WordsOngoing [Period Drama] [Countryside] [Married Life] Set in the early 1980s, this novel tells the story of four families, the Lins, Wangs, Lius, and Chens, in an unremarkable village on the Loess Plateau in the Great Northwest. They scheme and struggle against one another, while brothers and sisters-in-law within each clan bear their own grudges and grievances. But it is better to resolve enmity than let it fester. Lin Junjie is the first young man in the village to get into college, bringing honor to th 56Reads7.4Score—14d adds
39. 89 重 Reborn in a Bygone Era: Never Forgive 重生年代：永不原谅 A Thousand Roads Like a Painting千陌如画Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s: Refusing Rural Reassignment, Turning the Tables, Cutting Off Family, Marrying His One True Love, and the Fake Young Master Mystery. No Space or System. In his previous life, Luoyang was utterly ruined by the so-called family he trusted. They stole his job, signed him up for rural reassignment, took his university spot, and saddled him with his brother's lover. Finally, they had both his kidneys removed, leaving him to die a miserable death! Reborn, he defies fate: passing th 4.6kReads8.0Score29314d adds

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    Latest novel featuring a white moonlight (ideal love interest), no system, and set in a historical period: ① In his past life in Luoyang, he was utterly betrayed by his family. His job was stolen, he was forced to work in the countryside, his university spot was taken away, and he even had two kidneys removed before dying a tragic death. After being reborn, he vows to defy fate, take exams to get a job, sell his job, marry his white moonlight, sever ties with his family, buy a house, and go to university to make up for the regrets of his previous life.

40. 90 民 Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村 Uncle Li of the Island Reef海岛礁的黎叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban 3kReads8.1Score44214d adds

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    This is a multi-female protagonist historical novel that covers various themes including domestic intrigue, bandits, the War of Resistance against Japan, famine relief, the Korean War, and the experiences of educated youth sent to the countryside. The more you read, the more you want to continue…

41. 91 七 The Village Girl of the 1970s: I Turned the Refined, Aloof Male Educated Youth Into My Child's Father 七零小村姑：我把清隽高冷男知青变成了孩子他爹 Big Sister Cat猫大姐Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted The 70s Village Girl: I Turned the Cool, Refined Young Educated Man into My Child’s Father 460Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A historical fiction story. The female protagonist, a village girl, uses her influence in the village to force a marriage between herself and the male protagonist, a young intellectual sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. Later, the male protagonist gets into university and wants a divorce, but the female protagonist chooses to let him go. She then moves to the city where the male protagonist is studying and works as a self-employed individual, where she encounters many kind-hearted people who help her. The story has a happy ending.

42. 92 东 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance868k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 55.2kReads8.7Score3.1k14d adds

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    There should be articles about educated youth going to the countryside here.

43. 93 我 My Life in 1975 我在1975年的那些事 Your Bro Yang Next Door隔壁你阳哥Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two worlds connected + transmigration + period setting + everyday life + pocket dimension + special abilities + decisive violence + multiple female leads + no simping + business. A story spanning two worlds, from 1975 to 2025. It all begins with catching someone in the act. After an accident, Chen Chang'an discovers something strange about his wife. It leaves him disoriented and even frantic, and he dies in a car crash. By a stroke of luck, he arrives in a parallel world in 1975 and gains the ab 4.9kReads8.6Score34614d adds

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44. 94 年 Period: Returning to 1977 to Become a Literary Master 年代：回到1977当文豪 Cool Since Childhood打小就酷Urban694k WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Literary giant] [Lighthearted] [No System] [Not brainless] Lin Xiangwen transmigrates back to a small mountain village in 1977. But from the start, everything goes horribly wrong. His beautiful educated-youth wife, whom he married just days ago, is demanding a divorce so she can return to the city. Fine, let's get divorced. Just wait and regret it later! Lin Xiangwen is full of confidence about the future. The college entrance exams are about to resume, and with his foreknowled 4.9kReads8.0Score20714d adds

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    Latest male-oriented, plagiarism-themed, and period fiction novels: ① In 1977, Lin Xiangwen transmigrated to a poor mountain village. Faced with the challenge of his educated youth wife, Feng Yueling, faking a divorce to return to the city, his eldest sister, wanting him to build a new house, offered a dowry of 200 yuan to the Li family for an engagement. Using his past life's experience of selling corn in the city with the Li family as leverage, he successfully persuaded the Li family to annul the engagement, protecting his sister's happiness. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, Lin Xiangwen worked hard and entered university. At the same time, he began writing, using his memories of his past life to become a plagiarist, recording the changes of this era through words.

45. 95 重 Reborn, I Won't Be a Simp: The White Lotus Chases After Me 重生不当舔狗，白莲花倒追 The Barking Teddy爱叫的泰迪Urban761k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Wang Yunfeng grovelled at the feet of a fake innocent woman. When someone framed him and broke both his legs, she turned on him and left. Crippled and miserable, Wang Yunfeng eventually died beneath an overpass. Wang Yunfeng was reborn on the night he was sent to the countryside as a sent-down youth and a wild boar broke his leg. This time, he defied fate and escaped that tragic night. From then on, he learned to make veterinary medicine, stumbled upon lucky opportunities, 216Reads7.2Score—14d adds

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    Newly released male-oriented, single-female-lead, rural youth novel set in the era of educated youth sent to the countryside: ① In 1975, at the foot of Xiaocang Mountain, a branch of Baishan Mountain, there was a rural youth settlement called Xiaoli Village, with a total of nine youths, five men and four women. The male protagonist, Wang Yunfeng, is reborn back to the night he was sent to the countryside as an educated youth and had his leg broken by a wild boar. He defies fate and escapes a tragic night. From then on, he concocts veterinary medicine, encounters extraordinary events, recovers his health, fights against bullies, and saves a seemingly innocent but actually scheming woman. The woman then has a profound awakening and begins to pursue the male protagonist.

46. 96 重 Reborn: The Prisoner Who Returned to Rule All 重生归来，铁窗汉权势滔天 Fat Elephant虚胖大象Urban401k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Yang Fei was framed and sent to prison. With a severe crackdown underway, he was sentenced to twenty years. While he was serving his sentence, his wife, Zhang Roujing, was violated by someone. Unable to endure the humiliation, she jumped into a deep pool with their five-year-old daughter. Two young lives were lost. His parents and siblings also died in a fire. After serving twenty years, Yang Fei accidentally fell to his death in prison and was reborn. Back in 1975, he look 247Reads6.8Score—14d adds
47. 97 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Singing My Way Through the Era! 重生六零：在年代里把歌唱！ Zhi Ye o芷烨oModern Romance219k WordsCompleted Lin Qingzheng, a 21st-century food blogger, was bound to an ancient trading System and became Lin Qingzheng, the youngest daughter of Lin Yongqing, a worker at a machinery factory in the 1960s. She answered the call for educated youth to go to the countryside and, through her mother's connections, arrived at the Zhou Family Village Brigade, where Granny Zhou lived. What kind of life will she make for herself there? Note: The ancient trading System allows its user to trade, has its own space, and 135Reads—Score—14d adds

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    🍀Lin Qingzheng is bound to an ancient trading system, 🥳and sent to Zhoujia Village. ✨Come explore the wondrous experiences this system brings and see what exciting stories await. 🌹Jiang Yu is forced to go to the countryside, 🙀and meets Shi Ruoning, who has traveled from the modern world, and Shi Wei, who has traveled from the apocalypse, on the train. ✨Led by money, she works for Shi Ruoning, while Shi Wei becomes her bodyguard.

48. 98 六 The 1960s: I Work for the Female Lead! 六十年代：我给女主打工！ It's the Surplus Fish是富余的鱼Modern Romance226k WordsCompleted [Period setting + no romance + local protagonist + sent to the countryside + watching the drama unfold + everyday life] Jiang Yu is forced to move to the countryside. On the train, she meets Shi Ruoning, who has transmigrated from the modern world, and Shi Wei, who has come from a post-apocalyptic world. Lured by Shi Ruoning's money, Jiang Yu is more than happy to work for her. Shi Wei, whose combat skills are formidable, also bows to the lure of money and becomes Shi Ruoning's bodyguard. Jea 100Reads8.1Score—14d adds
49. 99 孤 An Orphan Girl Gets a Jade Pendant Space and Transmigrates to the Countryside in the 1970s 孤女得到玉佩空间穿越七零下乡 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Orphaned Girl + Space + Sent to the Countryside + Stockpiling Supplies + Photographic Memory] Modern-day orphan Song Qianqian unlocks the space inside a jade pendant, stocks up on supplies, transmigrates to the 1970s, and then heads to the countryside. Ji Mufeng, a young man from a well-connected family compound, is signed up by his stepmother to go suffer in the countryside. Through a twist of fate, he marries Song Qianqian. At first, Ji Mufeng says, “Hmph, don't think you have a chance with m 17.2kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
50. 100 年 Period 76: Busy Hunting in the Mountains, Trading a Divine Eagle for a Wife from the Start 年代76赶山忙，开局神雕换老婆 Northwest Iron Triangle西北铁三角Urban358k WordsCompleted [Reborn in a bygone era + transmigration + educated youth + Great Northern Wilderness + countryside + mountain foraging + sea foraging + Ten Thousand Mountains + college entrance exam + move to the city + no courtyard-house setting + treasure appraisal + space, no System] Born before the 1960s and raised in a fiery era, Chen Ping'an had lived a pitiful life in his previous incarnation. He'd spent his whole life being utterly ordinary, with too many regrets left unaddressed before he succumbed to 156Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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    Latest novel about the educated youth era: ① In 1976, in Southwest China, Chen Ping'an transmigrated from the 21st century and became a rural person. In order to marry the female lead, Huang Yimei, an educated youth, he agreed to raise a baby eagle. Fortunately, he awakened a spiritual spring space, accumulated his first pot of gold by selling local specialty crayfish, and prepared to take the college entrance examination, go to university, start a business, and live a good life with his wife.

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