Period Fiction Without Going to the Countryside 年代文，不下乡的

1. 51 我 In the 1970s, I Was the Queen of the Factory 我在七零是厂界一姐 Orange-Flavored Iced Tea橘子味的冰红茶Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [No romance + period setting] Bang, bang, bang! The first thing Shen Nanyi does after transmigrating to the 1970s is grab a brick and beat a homewrecker, avenging the original owner! They want her to go to the countryside? No way she’s going. Let someone else go! She turns around and sends the scumbag couple to the far northwest for forced labor! While taking down scumbags, she doesn’t forget to build her career. First, she sets herself a goal of earning 100 million! From then on, she wants only 372Reads6.8Score—Shelves
2. 52 针 A Needle's Eye in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Secure Government Job 针眼七零！开局就拿了铁饭碗 Row On, Row On争渡呀Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted (Alternate-era setting, System, pocket dimension.) Yan Wenyao, a wealthy third-generation heiress from the twenty-first century, immediately developed a sense of impending danger after acquiring a pocket dimension. She exchanged all the money she had for gold and piled it inside, figuring that gold was hard currency anywhere. She never expected disaster to strike so soon. She went abroad for a vacation and lost her life there. When she woke up again, she had arrived in an unfamiliar era: the 197 2.5kReads8.2Score209Shelves
3. 53 六 The 1960s: Our Sweet Little Lucky Star Is the Real Big Shot 六零：软软福宝是真大佬 Pepsi, Not Coke要百事不要可口Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Fushan Shan, a psychic, died during the apocalypse while protecting the base. She and the zombie king who had invaded it took each other down. Fushan Shan was reborn. When she regained consciousness, she found herself somehow turned into a little girl who hadn’t been born yet. Huh? This place doesn’t look right. And this time period seems wrong too! But it doesn’t matter! This world is safe, she has loving parents, and there are lots and lots of people who adore her. This world is wonderful! As 2.9kReads8.1Score179Shelves
4. 54 七 The 1970s: The Whole Family Are Jinxes, Gossiping and Tearing Up the Script 七零：全家倒霉蛋，吃瓜撕剧本 Red Ginger Pineapple Beer红姜菠萝啤Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (Just received a rating) [Everyone Loves the Gossip + Underdog Turns the Tables + Military Wife and Rugged Soldier + Raising Kids] Gu Miao transmigrates from the apocalypse into a book set in the 1970s, becoming the unlucky female foil to the blessed heroine. Her whole family is doomed to bad luck. Her baby brother nearly dies at birth, her mother runs away with another man, her eldest brother is executed for hooliganism, and her father, an army officer, is supposed to be left to the heroine. As 686Reads7.7Score106Shelves
5. 55 穿 Transmigrated as a Sent-Down Youth, I Became the Factory Director's Secretary 穿成下乡知青，我当上了厂长秘书 Jiedun Girl of the Liangyi Hall两仪殿的杰顿娘Modern Romance707k WordsCompleted Xu Ziqing wakes up as a minor character who appears in only two chapters of a period novel. The story opens with the heroine marrying a factory director’s son, while the original Xu Ziqing marries a good-for-nothing from the countryside. The heroine goes on to live like a rich woman, while Xu Ziqing is left to support her child and her sexist, useless husband, who beats her... After inheriting the original owner’s memories, Xu Ziqing discovers that her stepmother was behind her being sent to the 436Reads8.4Score101Shelves
6. 56 那 Traces of Life from Those Years 那些年的生活痕迹 Snow in the Snowfield雪地里的雪Modern Romance336k WordsOngoing A Slice-of-Life Story Set in the Past + Food + Farming + Mini-Games + No Romance + No Golden Finger People drift apart as they go through life, and there's no going back to the way things were. Su Piaopiao's journey from having a whole group of friends to being on her own is full of both joy and sorrow. She caught snails and fished in the stream, and tended the fire and cooked in the kitchen. Marbles, dodgeball, and skipping stones? She can play them all. Clay-pot chicken, lettuce wraps, taro ri 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It was an ordinary novel in that era and did not go to the countryside, because the heroine was originally in the countryside and was considered aboriginal. It told the story of a short-lived family and a warm and ordinary life, which is close to reality.

7. 57 雅 The Yama Mountains 雅玛山脉 Liu Jin刘瑾Modern Romance109k WordsCompleted The Yama Mountains lie on the plateau, far from the bustle of the cities, amid cold and desolate surroundings. Herdsmen have lived here for generations, and their peaceful, quiet lives are suddenly shattered one day when a group of strangers enters the area… 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Plateau Wolf Story.

8. 58 西 The Road Through Life’s Storms 西北人的新书风雨人生路 Northwesterner西北人Modern Romance119k WordsCompleted Welcome, everyone, to my story. It tells the separate stories of a family living in the countryside. The mother and older brother, in particular, have suffered many hardships, and their long illnesses have had a profound impact on the younger generation's physical and mental well-being. The story examines the kind, selfish, and ugly sides of human nature. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is good

9. 59 民 The Rise and Fall of a Landlord in Republican China 民国地主沉浮 Northwesterner西北人Urban423k WordsCompleted In the turbulent year 1941, war and chaos reign, and the people live in misery. Against the backdrop of the times, the Qi family landlord’s household experiences both joy and sorrow, as each member faces their own fate. This is the story of what the Qi siblings witnessed and experienced from the Republic of China era through the founding of New China. 144Reads—Score—Shelves

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