Famine Stories Set in the 1950s and 1960s 五零，六零年代饥荒文

1. 251 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 185.4kReads9.5Score20.4kShelves
2. 252 年 1960: Taking Life Easy 年代1960：生活过的悠哉悠哉 Tang Paopao唐跑跑Urban657k WordsCompleted A heatstroke while planting rice, then a sudden transmigration. With a space in tow, how can you get by in these difficult times? Find a job and marry a wife. Grow crops, raise fish, go hunting: life is a joy. [Everything in this book is fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] 5.5kReads8.3Score308Shelves
3. 253 书 Book Transmigration to the 1970s, I Kept the Female Lead's Space 书穿七零，女主空间我自留了 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Tian Miao, a clinical doctor, woke up again, she found she had transmigrated to China in the 1970s and become a pitiful girl forced to go to the countryside. In front of her was a ruthless mother who would do anything to protect her own status. Behind her was an arrogant, vicious stepsister. Tian Miao figured that if she had to go to the countryside, so be it. She deserved some compensation, at least! First, she swindled money and ration coupons from her mother, then turned around and sent 12.4kReads8.4Score961Shelves
4. 254 年 The 1960s: After Transmigrating, I First Made Sure We Had Enough to Eat 年代60：穿越后先解决温饱 Loves Smoking White General爱抽白将Urban271k WordsCompleted Liu Huaqiang, a man from the 21st century, caught his wife cheating on him in their bed. As the saying goes, “When an ordinary man gets angry, blood will be spilled.” Liu Huaqiang killed the adulterous couple, but his punishment was a bullet to the head. Just when he thought it was all over, electronic prompts kept sounding in his mind. When Liu Huaqiang woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated to an unfamiliar era: the 1960s! At first, he tried to establish himself in his new surroundin 1.9kReads8.1Score132Shelves
5. 255 四 Siheyuan: Factory Doctor from the Start, Making Yi Zhonghai Call Me Dad 四合院：开局厂医，让易中海叫爹 Looks Are Reason Enough颜即有理Male-Channel Fanfiction227k WordsOngoing [No holier-than-thou heroine + No simping + Lighthearted comedy + Mildly edgy + Never taking abuse] Zhao Ruilong transmigrates into the world of the siheyuan and becomes the grandson of Li Huaide’s father-in-law. He gets Yi Zhonghai to acknowledge a tortoise as his ancestor. He talks Liu Haizhong into dreaming of becoming an official, telling him to report Jia Zhangshi first to earn credit. He pays Yan Fugui to confront Jia Zhangshi and perform a spirit-summoning ritual. Zhao Ruilong’s arrival t 1Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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   Highly recommended, the writing is excellent.

6. 256 六 Making My Fortune in the 1960s 六十年代之我发家致富了 Zhi Ye o芷烨oModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the 1960s, when even food and clothing are hard to come by? Su He says, “I'm not worried. I've been prepared for this.” What? She's transmigrated into a book set in the 1960s? Su He, a minor character, says, “No problem. I'll just stay on the sidelines and quietly make a fortune.” What? The original heroine wants to fleece her? Su He clutches her secret identity close and says, “I really only have this little bit. No one can find out my big secret.” (Author's disclaimer: This no 3.2kReads7.9Score195Shelves

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   These are all period novels from around the 1960s.

7. 257 四 Siheyuan: I'm a Cook Too 四合院：我也是一个厨子 Coal-Baked Sweet Potato蜂窝煤烤地瓜Male-Channel Fanfiction118k WordsCompleted Think about it carefully: if Silly Zhu no longer worked in the cafeteria and had no lunchboxes or salary, would Qin Huairu still be interested in him? Think about it carefully: if Silly Zhu were no longer useful, would Yi Zhonghai still expect him to support him in his old age? 328Reads5.4Score—Shelves
8. 258 四 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi With a One-Hit-Kill System 四合院之带着秒杀系统的贾张氏 Different Kinds of Daydreams不同脑洞Female-Channel Fanfiction643k WordsOngoing {Era setting + slice of life + ensemble cast + everyday family matters} A modern office worker transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard and suddenly finds herself more than ten years older. She never had a moment to rest amid the hectic pace of modern life, but after transmigrating to this extraordinary era with a one-hit-kill space, she becomes Jia Zhangshi. She declares that she has no intention of working hard for the rest of her life. To enjoy a comfortable retirement and change 20.7kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves

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   Dressed as an old lady from the 1950s or 60s

9. 259 穿 Transmigrating to the Sixties: Living a Shamelessly Self-Indulgent Life 穿越六零，享受缺德人生 Hua Erhua花二花Modern Romance789k WordsCompleted Also known as: Transmigrating to the Sixties: Enjoying a Shameless Life [Space + Military Marriage + Food + Lighthearted Comedy] Orphan Shen Mingzhu unexpectedly transmigrated to the 1960s. The good news: She brought an entire street of morning market stalls with her. The bad news: Her life was a disaster from the start: her mother had died young, her father had just passed away, and she was stuck with a bunch of awful relatives who came around to mooch, plus a pair of ungrateful younger sibl 6.6kReads8.9Score811Shelves

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   In the old days, drawings became food.

10. 260 四 Siheyuan: My Wife Was Stolen from Me from the Start 四合院：开局媳妇被抢了 Zhang Shizhongyu张石中玉Male-Channel Fanfiction239k WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaojun from 2022 inexplicably transmigrates into the body of Zhang Xiaojun in the 1960s. To his surprise, he discovers that he has become a resident of a Beijing courtyard house. Most absurd of all, he has a wife he held a wedding banquet with but never consummated the marriage. With no System to help him, he starts living his day-to-day life. The troublemakers in the courtyard keep picking fights with him. Well, since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. He'll steal some 3.3kReads7.7Score146Shelves
11. 261 四 Siheyuan: From Technical College Graduate to Government Cadre 四合院：从中专毕业开始当干部 I Am the Big Yellow Bee我是大黄蜂Male-Channel Fanfiction324k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + daily life + wild imagination + mildly tormenting the beasts + runaway plot] Lin Feng transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that the original story wouldn't begin for several more years. At this point, First Master Yi had a promising disciple, his “nephew” Silly Zhu was obedient, and he was still kind to everyone and fair in handling affairs around the courtyard. He was every bit the good-natured, honest man. At this point, Silly Zhu had become an ei 1.5kReads5.5Score—Shelves
12. 262 重 Reborn in the 1950s: A Military Wife Raises Twins and Stocks Up on Grain 重生五零：军嫂养双胎，囤爆粮仓 A Sprig of Spring Lychee一枝春荔Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted [Elderly woman reborn + follows the army + twins + mother-in-law and daughter-in-law + family life + game + wild imagination + refuses to raise ungrateful adopted children] Xu Cuizhu was a servant to a capitalist’s daughter. When the young woman was preparing to leave the mainland and sneaked away, Xu Cuizhu was lying unconscious with a high fever. The capitalist’s daughter sold her to an old countrywoman. The old woman bought her and spent all her savings on her treatment because the capitalis 494Reads8.0Score—Shelves
13. 263 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves
14. 264 四 Siheyuan: Put Your Personal Decency Aside 四合院：放下个人素质 I Won't Eat a Single Piece of Fatty Meat一口肥肉都不吃Male-Channel Fanfiction671k WordsCompleted [Has a family + original character + System story + one heroine] [If you like stories about scraping by on meager meals, this one's not for you. This is a System story.] Twenty-year-old Li Changsheng died before his time because Black and White Impermanence claimed the wrong soul. But he was given a chance to transmigrate, and by some strange twist of fate, he chose the world of Love in the Courtyard. With his golden finger, what kind of life will he make for himself in the courtyard...? 19kReads8.2Score584Shelves
15. 265 四 Siheyuan: The Fowls' Bizarre Lives 四合院：众禽的诡异人生 Toothless Toad Demon无齿蛤蟆精Male-Channel Fanfiction377k WordsCompleted As Chen Qingye quietly changes the course of these scoundrels’ lives, he discovers that everything ends up in chaos… In this life, Silly Zhu’s origins are shrouded in mystery. In this life, Xu Damao is thriving. The First Master is dealt a fatal backstab by Qin Huairu. The Second Master is sent to the Northwest by his own son in revenge. The Third Master’s dream of getting rich is smashed to pieces by Yu Li. He Daqing returns early in force, arm in arm with the White Widow and bringing He Y 219Reads5.2Score—Shelves
16. 266 穿 Transmigrating Through Thirty Years of the 1960s 穿越六零三十年 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Educated Youth] [A Light Ensemble Cast] [Building Wealth] [The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s] Chen Xi, the heroine, is transported to the 1960s by a silver-white dragon-and-phoenix ring. She becomes a ten-year-old girl with the same name, and her dream comes true: she gains an enormous space for farming and raising livestock. Blinded by a handsome face, she even takes in the gorgeous Chu Xuan. The only thing she regrets is giving him too much spirit spring w 13.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    I've found a lighthearted, comedic novel set in a bygone era! The protagonist isn't resentful; he cleverly deals with eccentric characters, and the plot is lighthearted and hilarious! Hahaha!

17. 267 七 1970s Space: A Transmigrated Daughter and Her Reborn Mother 七零空间：穿越闺女重生妈 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance394k WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1970s] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Mutual devotion] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Educated youth] [Two worlds connected] She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into a book set in the 1970s. Even the paper character's slap across her face hurts like hell. She has become a short-lived cannon-fodder character. Damn it! This woman is going to defy fate and change her destiny! 48.5kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
18. 268 年 A Siheyuan Where Eras Converge 年代融合四合院 Xiao Yao Who Loves Grass Jelly Milk Tea爱吃烧仙草奶茶的小垚Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsOngoing A fantasy novel blending multiple TV dramas, spanning from the founding of the nation to the turn of the millennium: Wen San, Fifth Master Ke, Qin Huairu, Sha Zhu, Young and Dangerous, Han Chunming, the Nine Gates Commandant, 1980s Hong Kong, Hu Bayi, Zhang Qiling. Antiques, tomb raiding, immortality, a family clan, White Tiger bloodline. After ten years of turmoil brought the family crashing down, it rises again. A grand fusion of period dramas from parallel timelines. A novel written just for —Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 269 全 The Whole Village Calls Me a Freeloader? I'll Eat Like a King and Make Them Jealous 全村骂我吃软饭？我猛吃香死他们 I Was Born a Genius朕生来便是大才Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, and it’ll drop more, so read it now. I’ll hide it if it falls below five stars.] Rich second-generation heir Lin Guosheng transmigrates to the rural countryside of the 1960s, where people barely have enough to eat or wear! Last life, he ate, drank, and had fun. This life, he eats bran and works the fields! He works until he passes out! He’s bedridden! He can’t carry anything on his shoulders or lift a thing with his hands! … Lin Guosheng’s mother sticks out her backsi 200Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    Yes, it's set during a famine. They save money to buy food and dig cellars. While others starve to death, he eats until his face is rosy and healthy. The female lead is calm, but it's from the male lead's perspective. It's very good, everyone should check it out!

20. 270 四 Siheyuan: A Man of Few Words Who Keeps the Whole Courtyard in Line 四合院：人狠话少，镇压满院禽兽 Ye Zhiqiu叶知秋Male-Channel Fanfiction358k WordsOngoing By sheer accident, Fang Yan transmigrated into a courtyard compound. Drawing on the experience of his previous life, he snapped Banggeng's claws from the start, then defeated Silly Zhu despite being weaker. With a pot of braised pork, he easily got Qin Huairu under his thumb and swiftly subdued the whole courtyard full of beasts, going on to reach the pinnacle of life. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 271 四 Siheyuan: Starting with a Job After Returning to the City 四合院之从回城工作开始 Mr. Fu, Who Loves Clay Pot Noodles爱吃砂锅粉的傅先生Male-Channel Fanfiction343k WordsCompleted [Revenge]+ [Behind the Scenes]+ [Mastermind]+ [Period]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [No System] This novel has no System. The opening is slow, the scheming and traps take time to set up, and the story is long. If that bothers you, don’t click! “It’s the 1980s. If I don’t set traps for them now, those beasts will be old before I get the chance!” Forced by the beasts of the courtyard to go work in the countryside, Li Jun finally returns to the city to get his revenge! Third Master: loses all his money, ha 1.8kReads7.1Score—Shelves
22. 272 四 A Life of Treasures in the Siheyuan 四合院之御宝人生 Master Craftsman明匠Male-Channel Fanfiction616k WordsCompleted Workaholic doctor Li Guangming woke up to find he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, as the eldest son of the Li family, a front-courtyard carpenter’s family, recently brought in from the countryside. Faced with a desperately poor family with barely anything to their name and too many mouths to feed, a stepmother with her own agenda, a taciturn father, and a whole courtyard full of “familiar faces” about to make their entrance, Li Guangming felt an unprecedented sense of 4.7kReads8.0Score201Shelves

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    A difficult start to the 1960s, but it's worth a try!

23. 273 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Called the Cops and Had the Arrogant Jia Zhangshi Arrested 四合院：开局报警抓了嚣张贾张氏 Wind and Fire风亦火Male-Channel Fanfiction460k WordsOngoing Lin Mu never expected he would really transmigrate to a courtyard compound in 1962. He knows the people in this place very well. The sanctimonious Yi Zhonghai, the stingy Yan Bugui, and Liu Haizhong, who wants to become an official. Not a single person in this courtyard is any good. He hadn’t planned to get involved. He wanted to focus on his own technological work. After all, he’s an excellent engineer and has no interest in dealing with petty matters. But they keep interfering with his and 82Reads8.1Score—Shelves
24. 274 重 Reborn in the Famine of 1960: I Have a Spirit-Filled Pocket World 重生60灾荒年，我有灵田小世界 God and Autumn神与秋Urban680k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1960s + pocket dimension] [Farming + hunting + spirit beasts + building wealth + extraordinary longevity] In his previous life, Li Qiu was all alone. Now he was reborn in the years of famine. Li Qiu was only sixteen. When he woke, he faced not the care of his family, but abandonment by his brother and sister-in-law. Hunger, thirst, illness, drought, and cold... came one after another. A frail young man, living alone in a thatched hut by the mountain, isolated and forgotten by the 7.3kReads7.4Score456Shelves

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    Reborn in the famine years of the 1960s, the protagonist possesses a small world space with a spiritual spring, where he farms, hunts, levels up, cultivates, and strives for immortality.

25. 275 旧 Childhood in the Old Days 旧时光里的童年 The Second Kid in the Old Days旧时光里的小二Urban134k WordsCompleted The author recalls a rural childhood in Wuchang County, Heilongjiang Province, during the 1970s and 1980s. The book describes rural life and the changes brought about by the household responsibility system in the early days of reform and opening up, along with the joys and hardships of the author’s childhood before the age of ten, major family upheavals, and the warmth and coldness of human nature. 41Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Based on the author's personal experiences, this novel recounts the harsh living conditions of that era, the major family upheavals the author experienced, and the coldness and warmth of human relationships. It is poignant, nostalgic, and deeply moving.

26. 276 逃 Fleeing Famine in the Sixties 逃荒在六零 Chestnut and Millet Porridge栗子粟米粥Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted [Born into the womb] [The poor little rice farmer] Lin Jingshu, an ordinary agricultural science nerd in her previous life with a minor in mechanical engineering, gets a second chance at life. Her mother is the landlord’s chief maid, and her younger sister is a poor little thing who has never even met her real father. Inspired by her parents’ enthusiasm, she sets out to grow rice and become the golden finger of her era! The heroine is a frail modern girl, still very young. She mistakes being car 9Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    ✨✨The protagonist was reborn as a child after her father died in the Korean War, and her family was driven out of the country. At seventeen, she suffered a great famine. She possessed a spatial ability but lacked food. To survive, her mother led her and her younger sister to Northeast China. In her previous life, she was an agricultural scientist who, to ensure they had enough to eat, began improving the land and cultivating crops in Northeast China.

27. 277 灾 In a Year of Famine, What’s Wrong with Having a Few Extra Skills? 灾荒年，技能多点怎么了 Easygoing Pig随缘的猪Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xiaojun is a good-for-nothing thug from the 21st century. He gets by with a storefront his parents left him, spending his days either teasing cats or playing with dogs, and flirting with young women out shopping. One day, for some inexplicable reason, he saves a little child playing by the road, only to be hit by a car and sent back to 1959. It’s an absurd and tumultuous era, but fortunately, Heaven grants him a golden finger that lets him run unlimited simulations. Thanks to it, he makes i 15.8kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves
28. 278 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: A Leisurely Life 快穿年代，悠闲生活 Gong Yu Who Likes Huai Beans喜欢槐豆的宫宇Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted [Period fiction] [Quick transmigration/slow transmigration] [Sign-in System, no missions] [Portable personal space] [Romance, pairing not fixed] Once carried along by the demands of everyday life, a diligent girl followed the familiar nine-to-five routine. Then an unexpected accident broke her out of that established rhythm and sent her into an unfamiliar era. The mornings and evenings of her old life fell far behind, as a whole new chapter of her story slowly unfolded. Volume One: A Young Farm 4.8kReads8.4Score349Shelves

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    A simple, everyday family story set in a bygone era! The female lead is a bit of a laid-back type, so please don't read if you mind!

29. 279 四 Siheyuan: A Feast of Delights 四合院之食全九美 I Am the Big Yellow Bee我是大黄蜂Male-Channel Fanfiction124k WordsCompleted Xu Hongming has been in this world for twenty-two years. As he prepares to start work at the steel mill, he suddenly realizes that something seems a little off about this world. Silly Zhu and his sister live right next door. Across the way is the pretty widow Qin Huairu. Every day, as soon as he walks through the door, he sees the calculating Third Master and the “righteous” First Master. Then a chicken crows at Xu Damao's place, kicking off the show. But he can't remember the plot at all! At le 78Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 1 1968: I’m Bound to My Wife’s Pocket Dimension 1968：我绑定了媳妇的空间 Mad Owl狂枭Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Short drama released] [Animated series released] Lu Yuan's father doesn't care for him, and his stepmother doesn't love him. He's given up on himself, too. Lazy and greedy, he never goes out to earn work points and has become the village's most notorious hoodlum. One day, he unexpectedly catches someone harassing a female educated youth. Driven to desperation, she jumps into the river. He rescues her and gets himself a wife for free. But this wife is not only as beautiful as a fairy, she also s 10.6kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves

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    The first two books are finished, and the last one is being serialized; both are very good.

31. 281 苦 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.5kReads8.8Score414Shelves

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    If you haven't seen it yet, hurry up and watch it!

32. 282 6 Starting in 1960: Max-Level Comprehension Helps My Whole Family Thrive 60开局：满级悟性带飞全家 Three-Foot Green Peak三尺青峰Male-Channel Fanfiction450k WordsOngoing [Siheyuan + period setting + pocket dimension + genius student + infinite supplies + technology] He transmigrates to the countryside in the 1960s. It's the worst year of the famine, and his family has only three days' worth of food left. What can he do? No problem, Chen Feng has a plan. After transmigrating, he awakens a golden finger that grants him max-level comprehension. He can learn any skill instantly and master it in no time. The golden finger also comes with a pocket dimension that grows 30Reads8.9Score—Shelves
33. 283 1 1974: The White Moonlight's Simp? No, No, No! 1974：白月光的舔狗？退退退 Mad Owl狂枭Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Short drama released] [Animated series released] In his previous life, Zhou Liwei spent his whole life acting like a lovesick puppy for the woman he adored. A lovesick puppy gets nothing in return. That was the truth of Zhou Liwei’s past life. He gave her all his money, took the blame for her, and ended up behind bars... He spent nearly twenty years in prison, never once visited by the woman he loved. Instead, her man came to mock him by revealing the truth. “The boy isn’t yours. Thanks for bei 13kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
34. 284 六 The 1960s: I Married into a Treasure-Dungeon 六零，嫁进宝藏副本了 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Kids + Slow-Paced, Cozy Daily Life + Working Hard to Build a Fortune + Male Lead] [The rating is low because it was just released and will go up! Sobbing, I never thought I’d be saying this one day~] At first, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. Everyone else who transmigrates gets a golden finger, while I can only piggyback on someone else’s.” Later, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. The little boss’s golden finger is really, really useful!” In short, the heroine 3.1kReads9.3Score186Shelves

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    Famine forced them to eat tree bark, wild vegetables, and grass. The female protagonist possesses a special ability, allowing her and her country to work together to rescue everyone.

35. 285 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    These are all of them, you can take a look.

36. 286 穿 I Transmigrated to 1961 and Nearly Starved to Death 穿越六一差点被饿死 Illiterate but Loves Audiobooks文盲爱听书Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Shu had just helped the young wife next door plant some vegetables. He went home for a midday nap, and when he woke up, he had arrived in 1961. Watch him figure out how to survive in an era when people were starving to death. 5.8kReads8.6Score322Shelves
37. 287 东 The Northeast Era Drama's All-Time Great King of the Waistline 东北年代剧天花板金牌腰王 Saint Seiya Star Bliss圣斗士星爽Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Period] [Jiahao in 1980] [No System, just an ironclad fate] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Satisfying read] [The Strongest Second Sister-in-Law in History] [The most unhinged novel written in Northeastern dialect] Li Qi was reborn, returning to the day before he was forced to donate a kidney. In his previous life, his father put family ties first, while his brother and sister-in-law told him to sacrifice himself for everyone. His younger brother cried and said he wanted to eat meat. In a moment of resol 95.5kReads8.4Score6.5kShelves
38. 288 古 From Ancient Times to the Present: A Legitimate Daughter Is Born into the 1950s 古穿今：嫡女胎穿五零年代 Zhang Sujin张素锦Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted The story begins in 1967. A seemingly delicate heroine with incredible fighting skills versus a crazy, insecure hero Su Yue, the legitimate daughter of the General’s Mansion, was confined to its grounds by her scumbag father and stepmother from a young age. They gave her drugs to turn her into a beauty, intending to offer her to the emperor. The drugs’ side effects meant Su Yue would live only until the age of twenty. After the emperor took an interest in Su Yue, she used his power to reclaim he 6.6kReads8.0Score398Shelves
39. 289 6 Here I Come, the 1960s 60年代，我来了 Easygoing Pig随缘的猪Urban257k WordsCompleted Han Weidong is a nobody in the 21st century, mediocre in both letters and arms. After falling asleep, he suddenly finds himself in the 1960s, an era of social upheaval. Watch as he steadily makes progress with the help of a System, step by step improving life for his entire family! 94Reads5.8Score—Shelves
40. 290 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Billion-Food Warehouse 重生1960，带着亿万食品仓库 Little River Beneath the Moon月下小河Urban2.1M WordsCompleted (Period setting + Rebirth + Spirit Fields + Pocket Dimension + Supplies + Cultivation) A cultivator with a pocket dimension connecting two worlds is just about to stockpile billions of food supplies and enter seclusion, when an accident sends him reborn to the resource-starved 1960s. From cornmeal buns to meat at every meal, he takes advantage of his childhood sweetheart's innocence, sweet-talks her into becoming his wife, and leads the whole family to a better life. 9.3kReads7.9Score793Shelves

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    Five novels set in a time of great famine: ① Li Youfu: He transmigrated to a time of great famine. In this era where people couldn't get enough to eat, he awakened a spiritual spring space. There was more food than he could eat, and he helped others when he had the means.

41. 291 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.2kReads9.2Score1kShelves
42. 292 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2kShelves

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    Take a look at these... ① It's one of the more novel historical fiction novels I've read. ❷ A form of care for children whose young hearts have been hurt ❸ It aligns with the path a time traveler takes, one step at a time.

43. 293 开 From the Start in the Famine Year of 1960: Buy Anything for One Cent 开局1960灾荒年，每天一分钱秒杀 The Grapes Are Ripe葡萄熟了Urban2.0M WordsCompleted While helping his cousin get a discount by chopping the price on Pinduoduo, Li Fuxing clicked the sharing link she sent him and transmigrated to the 1960s. He also found a Pinduoduo flash-sale mall in his mind. In 1960, everything was rationed and required coupons. People had barely enough to eat or wear, and two jin of millet could buy you a wife. The Pinduoduo mall had everything: Northeast rice, selenium-rich eggs, Longkou vermicelli, White Rabbit milk candy, Erguotou, Wuliangye… And everythi 2.2kReads8.0Score253Shelves
44. 294 六 The Great Famine of the 1960s: With Food at Home, There’s Nothing to Fear 六零饥荒，家里有粮心不慌 llx Flying Fishllx飞鱼Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [Female-Oriented] [Period] [Everyone's Favorite] [Famine] [Family Life] [Everyday Life] [No Romance] [Adorable Kids] Born of the World Tree, the thundercloud known as Shiyi Yun was frail from the start and spent most of her time asleep. One day, she woke up and practiced magic by hurling lightning at the World Tree. She accidentally touched the Laws, which swept her into Huaguo in 1959, where she became Shen Yunduo, the daughter of the Shen family. She had lost all her divine power, but luckily 501Reads8.2Score100Shelves
45. 295 穿 Transmigrating to 1960: Marrying a Beautiful Bride for Good Fortune 穿越1960：迎娶冲喜美娇娘 Green Pines and White Snow青松白雪Urban2.7M WordsCompleted The playboy rich second-generation heir Li Mingqing transmigrated. He transmigrated into the body of a man in a vegetative state. His family traded half a sack of cornmeal for a wife, claiming it was to bring him good luck. He was bound to the Good Man System. Unfortunately, his body was frail, so all he could do was look at his delicate, sweet wife. 8.5kReads8.0Score576Shelves
46. 296 书 A Capitalist Military Flower's Border-Guarding Journey in the 1950s 书穿五零资本家军花的戍边路 An Ruoxi of Dazhuang and Erzhuang大壮二壮的安若曦Modern Romance612k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + military marriage + everyday family life (The heroine has no pocket dimension or golden finger. She survives through sheer grit and luck.) Shu Yao transmigrated into a book by accident, becoming Shen Shuyao, the celebrated beauty of a military arts troupe in the 1950s. At the time, Shen Shuyao was under fire because of her capitalist family background and her uncle's disappearance while on a mission. To escape the original owner's early death, Shu Yao 2.2kReads7.8Score155Shelves
47. 297 6 The 1960s: The Whole Village Clings to a Five-Year-Old's Leg 60年代，全村紧抱五岁娃娃大腿 Fishing抓鱼Urban508k WordsCompleted [Trading, Cute Kids, Countryside, Development, Construction, 1960s, Pocket Space] In the early days, it’s all about childhood fun: shooting birds, fishing, and catching frogs. In the middle, he helps a small mountain village rise to prosperity. By the end, he’s rolling in money, commanding cutting-edge technology, and helping the country defeat its enemies. Weiguo has spent years in the army, leaving behind his frail wife and child. Wei Mo transmigrates into this world and is moved by the love a 13Reads8.4Score—Shelves
48. 298 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 15.1kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    🔥🔥🔥🍀Coriander's Recommendations⭐①A couple travels back to the 1940s, swapping genders. The landlord's son versus the bandit's daughter.🌾They experience droughts, locust plagues, wars, liberation, and more. This is directly the Great Famine of the 1940s.⭐②A post-apocalyptic madman travels back to 1955.

49. 299 五 Fifties: I Take My Real Daughter and Adopted Daughter and Marry a Military Officer 五零：带着真千金养女改嫁军官 Azure Sky Wind天青色的风Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + military marriage + real and fake heiresses + raising a child + face-slapping] Zhao Jing, an overworked office drone, faints and wakes up in the 1950s. Her in-laws are preparing to secretly tie her up and marry her off for a bride price, while a lecherous man tries to take advantage of her. With the living conditions unbearable, Zhao Jing quickly flees with her adopted daughter, only to discover that her supposedly fallen husband has not only become an official 16.7kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
50. 300 从 Starting in 1963 从1963开始 Can't Fly, Meep不会飞咩Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted A slow-burn, reborn period drama, not a mindless power fantasy. A mash-up of TV dramas. Not too dark, so feel free to give it a try. The protagonist is kind, just, brave, and full of positive energy... All right, I made that up. He's just a crafty schemer! 24Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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