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

304 五 The Whole Family’s Lucky Darling Has a Space in the 1950s 五零团宠福宝有空间 Su Nuonuo苏糯糯Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted Ye Wanwan brings a space full of food with her when she transmigrates to the late 1950s, a time of shortages and hardship. She thinks she'll simply build a comfortable life, steadily improving her fortunes over time. Then one day, she discovers something unexpected: Her mother is the female lead, and the male lead's father is completely devoted to his wife. Her brothers are all sister-obsessed, and she is the apple of the whole family's eye. And the person who follows her everywhere and protects 191Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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The first book is set during a famine. The original owner of this body was starved to death by her grandmother, so the female protagonist transmigrated into this world. She was about five years old at the time. The second book takes place some time after a famine. The female protagonist's mother dies after giving her food rations to an old woman, who then dotes on the protagonist. She has a stepmother and stepsister. The protagonist possesses a dimensional trading system.

311 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 70.9kReads9.3Score6.9kShelves

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🍀1⃣️A must-read period drama. The female protagonist's old envelope, discarded before her death, is found by the male protagonist, who travels back to 1972. Her predecessor committed suicide because of her scheming girlfriend. Using the old envelope, the male protagonist contacts his brothers to seek revenge and then embarks on a train journey through the Great Northern Wilderness, gradually taking over from the female protagonist and engaging in mutual exploitation. The story unfolds a passionate, thrilling, and deeply moving tale of that era. 2⃣️A highly recommended reincarnation period drama, especially after the protagonist starts working on the train. It will make you laugh until your stomach hurts. Reborn in the 1970s, the protagonist returns to the city and works for the railway bureau. Traveling across the country by train, he becomes a successful trader and amasses wealth. The social conditions and living environment of the time are depicted very realistically.

315 我 My Whole Family Transmigrated 我全家都穿啦 Evening Glow in a Clear Sky晴空晚照Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted Lin Xiaoling’s whole family transmigrated! They went from a courier station overflowing with packages in 2023 to 1960, when the whole country was suffering from famine!! Before they could even come to terms with what had happened, Lin Xiaoling, her parents, and one poor little soul, her baby brother who was barely a month old, found themselves standing there in bewilderment, watching a huge family weakly squabble over splitting up the household at their great-grandpa’s funeral. Luckily, their fo 302Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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Lan's parents were both orphans. After they passed away, the factory paid them a sum of money and left them two work positions. After graduating from high school, Lan followed his mother to learn medicine and worked as an apprentice in the factory. So, he naturally took over his mother's job.

316 五 The Fifties: Taking My Landlord Father to Make It in Hong Kong 五零，带着地主老爹闯香江 With the Mountain Foothills与山麓Modern Romance138k WordsOngoing Ming Zhaozhao wakes up as a pampered young landowner's daughter in the 1950s. Her family owns a thousand mu of fertile land, and she is her landlord father's only child. In stories of the era, she's the perfect scapegoat: a wealthy only child whose assets are ripe for the taking, and the daughter of a big landowner. With death flags piling up, she decides to take all the family wealth and flee with her father to Hong Kong. 1.9kReads7.3Score131Shelves

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Ming Zhaozhao wakes up to find herself in the 1950s as a pampered young lady of a landlord family. Her family owns thousands of acres of fertile land, and her landlord father only has her as his daughter. She is a cannon fodder background character in historical novels, a wealthy landlord who has no descendants, and her death buff is stacked up. In the end, she still manages to take all the family's wealth and flees to Hong Kong with her father.

319 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Brought the Whole Family to Find You 首长，你媳妇带着全家来找你了 Young Master Ninth公子九爷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, extra sweet, powerful hero and heroine, doting military romance, adorable System baby] Xu Jiajia opened her eyes to find herself as a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. The original owner had a fiancé who was a factory worker, but he was in love with the heroine. Unable to accept this, the original owner hired someone to assault the heroine. To win the heroine’s favor, her fiancé married the original owner, tormented her every day, and eventually drove her 9.4kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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This is SO SO SO SO SO SO good!!! A book I'll stay up all night to read!! Over 300,000 people are reading it online, and it's so addictive! The plot is rich and varied, with interconnected storylines, and every chapter is fascinating! Bookworms, get ready to stay up all night!!!

323 年 1959: From the Start, My Cousin Knocks Me Out with a Bludgeon 年代1959，开局被堂哥敲闷棍 The Uncle Who Wet the Bed尿床的大叔Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Family Unity]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Getting in with the Powerful] P.S. A woman named Qiao Ya appears in the story. She is an important supporting character later on and greatly helps the male lead's family grow, so she is not a troublesome character. In 2024, an orphan transmigrates into the body of a 1959 technical-school graduate who shares his name. The original owner was walking home after dark when his cousin knocked him out, hoping to inherit his job. In return, he sends both their 8.1kReads8.4Score607Shelves

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A particularly good book. The family members are also very united. I've read hundreds of historical fiction books, and this is the first one about how some family members were sent to various government agencies.

324 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.4kReads8.6Score793Shelves

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Still looking for something to read? Look no further, this is it! The premise is incredibly fresh; the protagonist isn't a delicate young girl, but a multi-talented country grandmother. She uses the most "rustic" methods to achieve the most "modern" results, transforming an isolated family into the envy of the entire compound. This underdog story is amazing!

325 六 The Sweet Life of the Sixties' Beloved Darling 六零团宠的蜜糖生活 The Poplar Blossoms Fall Away杨花落尽Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After an accident, Yang Anyi, a wilderness ranger, transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a six-year-old girl with the same name, dismissed as a little fool. As the only daughter of the Yang family, she’s cherished by her parents and three uncles and aunts, doted on by her three older brothers and thirteen male cousins, and respected by more than twenty nephews. She gets to experience the warmth and affection of a big family firsthand. But a happy life always has its hardships... Maternal uncle: 2.5kReads9.0Score230Shelves

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Lin Qi traveled from the apocalypse to the 1960s, entering the body of a starving, mentally challenged man. Even after six months, she couldn't fully control this body that wasn't originally hers; her movements were slow, her speech incoherent, and her eyes often vacant and lifeless… Thus, rumors spread that the third son of the Lin family wasn't mentally challenged anymore, but had become intellectually disabled. In short, he was still a fool.

326 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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The era of disaster relief

327 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4kReads9.0Score322Shelves

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Era, location, Northeast China, city, having work

329 穿 Transmigrating to 1960: Sent Down to the Countryside 穿越60：下乡插队 Zhou Xingxing, Who Loves Chocolate爱吃巧克力的周星星Modern Romance490k WordsOngoing Zhou Xiaoyang, a young man from a modern city, accidentally transmigrates to the black soil of Northeast China in 1960. As a sent-down youth, he throws himself into the great wave of development in Beidahuang. From holding a fountain pen to gripping a plow, from an inexperienced young man to putting down roots on the frontier, this is an epic of youth spanning time and space, a portrait of struggle etched into the black earth. 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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Traveling back to the 1960s to become an educated youth sent to the countryside

330 重 Reborn in 1958: From Fool to Mountain Hunter 重生1958：从傻子到山林猎人 Empty Your Emptiness放空你的空Rural Life922k WordsOngoing A King of Soldiers is reborn in 1958 as a village fool who was nearly beaten to death. One blow from a club jolts him awake. His blood feud remains unsettled, and now another attempt on his life is underway. He flees into the mountains and takes over a place said to be cursed. An educated youth reports him? His enemies try to kill him? He sneers. In these lawless mountains, he makes the rules. 11.5kReads7.2Score894Shelves

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I recommend this new book; it's very realistic.

331 6 The 1960s: Reborn with a Pocket Dimension During the Famine 60年代：带着空间重生饥荒时期 In This Life, I Think Only of You此生念卿一人Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [1960s] + [Farming] + [Pocket Dimension System] + [Heartwarming] + [Getting Rich] + [Slow-Paced] Su Bai woke up drunk and discovered that he had transmigrated to the resource-poor 1960s. Fortunately, he was bound to a mysterious pocket dimension System with a richly stocked inventory panel, offering everything from food to everyday necessities. Faced with his family's poverty, Su Bai used the System's supplies to improve their lives, making sure his family had enough to eat and warm clothes to w 10.8kReads7.0Score733Shelves

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These are a few books I've read recently, and I think they're pretty good.

332 魂 Reborn in 1959: Startling by Each Step 魂穿59，步步惊心 Little Bug Back from 6060回来的小虫Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The novel is being revised... (One heroine, spatial abilities, mild violence, family life, a gradual build, steady growth.) The story mainly has three stages. In the early part, he helps his family escape poverty. In the middle, he gets a job at a steel mill, working on equipment and supplies, with some familiar courtyard-life elements mixed in, though they are not the main focus. In the later part, he helps the country develop its national defense. His spatial abilities are controllable, and he 134Reads—Score—Shelves

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This book has a clear structure. The author is intelligent. I'm currently reading it and it's very good. Updates are also very frequent.

333 六 The Sixties: My Dead Husband Wants Me to Remarry 六零：死去的丈夫让我改嫁 A Lonely Boat Hard to Find孤舟难寻Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Period setting + everyday life + little happenings in a city compound + supporting characters all have golden fingers] The heroine relies entirely on her own intelligence and is sweet on the outside, ruthless underneath. After her husband dies, Jin Miaomiao is left pregnant. She has a mother-in-law and a young brother-in-law to support, as well as a useless father of her own: the former wants to take her job, while the latter wants to sell her off for a quick profit. Jin Miaomiao quickly marr 198Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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This is perfectly smooth and hilariously ironic.

335 一 A Family of Three Goofballs Transmigrates to 1959 and Turns the Whole Clan Upside Down 一家三颠穿越59年代，掀翻全族 Rapid1急速1Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: The whole family transmigrates + 1950s + space + difficult relatives + years of famine + family life + island + fishing + System + no brainless decisions Lin Haishen and his wife, Huang Shuyao, went skydiving to celebrate their son Lin Yanxi's twentieth birthday. They plunged from the sky and seamlessly crossed into another era, arriving in an island fishing village in 1959. From the start, they got straight to work, wielding a butcher's knife with impressive skill. Clan leader: “This 3.3kReads9.2Score346Shelves

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He transmigrates to the famine era of 1959 and gains a system that promises grandiose dreams and unlimited resources. This system, seemingly generous, is actually full of traps, and the protagonist must skillfully navigate between exchanging points and surviving in the real world.

337 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 316Reads—Score—Shelves

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Although there was no famine, it was still a time of hardship.

338 穿 After Transmigrating as the Doomed Third Sister-in-Law, I Just Enjoy the Gossip and Watch the Show 穿成炮灰三嫂后，我只管吃瓜看戏 Nanji Yaoyao南极夭夭Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted 1950s setting, slice of life, marriage first and love later, watching the drama unfold The heroine transmigrates into a book, and the hero is reborn. Both are self-interested pragmatists who don't interfere with the original plot. After living another life, everything else seems empty. The most important thing is to live freely and happily. After 1957, Song Jinhé had no lofty ambitions. She just wanted to eat well, have fun, sleep well, and enjoy a quiet, ordinary life of her own. She never 4.8kReads7.7Score252Shelves

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The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1950s, while the male protagonist is reborn as a university professor. They were betrothed as children, and the female protagonist marries the male protagonist immediately after transmigrating. The male protagonist, reborn after learning about the famine and the turbulent times, is injured during a scheme and returns to the countryside to marry the female protagonist. They gradually develop deep feelings for each other and enjoy a carefree and comfortable life in the countryside during that special era.

339 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 928Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing. It has the feel of a period drama and tells the story of a lumberjack's rise to power in a Northeast forest. It is very immersive!

340 真 The Real Heiress Remarries with Her Mother, and Her Beast-Talking Shocks the Entire Army 真千金随母改嫁，通兽语震撼全军 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space, stockpiling, period setting, building wealth, medicine, beloved by the whole family, heroine can speak with animals] Lu Yunsu was mistakenly summoned by an underworld intern and sent into a period novel, where she became a capitalist's daughter who had followed her mother into a new marriage and risen from rags to riches. The moment she opened her eyes, her spineless younger brother-in-law had brought a task force to raid their home. Stay calm, don't panic! This is nothing. Lu Yunsu open 29.1kReads8.1Score3.8kShelves

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🌹This novel is going to provide me with a year's worth of laughs! Day 1 of transmigrating: My home is raided. Day 2: My whole family is penniless. Day 3: The counterattack begins! With her spatial ability, Lu Yunsu collects all the supplies, leaving the ingrates empty-handed. She heals the village chief's son, becoming the village's savior. She can even understand animal speech, so even sparrows help her keep an eye on things. She catches a spy on a train, earning a great merit. She joins the army as a medic, and the whole team is vying to be her friend. Officer Chu: Who dares to compete with me for Dr. Lu? Hahaha, this officer is hilarious!

341 穿 Transmigrating to the 1950s: Quietly Observing the Years 穿越五零之静识岁月 Ran Yin苒音Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Raising Kids + Food + Daily Life in the 1950s + Payback Is a Must + Quietly Wealthy] After waking up, Ye Jingshi, a modern, laid-back rich second-generation heiress, finds herself transmigrated into the body of Li Shuyan, a wealthy young woman in 1955 who is about to be abandoned by her family and burned to death. After receiving the original owner's memories, Ye Jingshi gives a cold laugh. “You want to burn me alive? First, I'll clean you out!” With a poc 1.3kReads6.6Score100Shelves

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A Buddhist-style rich second-generation transmigrates to the 1950s, becoming a capitalist's daughter abandoned by her family and perishing in a fire. She uses her spatial ability to collect her family's assets and uses the household registration obtained by her original mother to settle down in the ancient tea town.

342 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife in the ’60s: Anyone Who Objects Can Fight Me 穿成六零炮灰原配，不服就干 Feisty Girl姑凉泼辣Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration, period-setting wish fulfillment, a slight golden finger, no space, as realistic as possible, not an implausible power fantasy] Modern computer programmer Lin Zhixia transmigrates into a period novel as the tragic first wife her entire family sacrifices! The Zhao family conspires to frame her. Her lame younger brother-in-law forces his way into her room, and her in-laws not only take part, but afterward cover it up, poison her until she's mute, and imprison her! Her husband 1.5kReads—Score109Shelves

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It's from the perspective of the original wife, like Zhang Cuilan in "Our Parents' Love"! There's no secret passage, no need to switch to the black market; the female lead's logic runs through the entire story, and she uses her intelligence to overcome obstacles! The villains all have motives and logic; they're not mindless madmen.

343 军 Five Years of Marriage Without Sharing a Bed: My Ex-Husband Regrets Our Divorce Bitterly 军婚五年未同房，离婚前夫悔断肠 Butterfly Flying in the Sky空中飞行的蝴蝶Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Invincible Heroine + Second Male Lead Takes the Lead (Appears a Little Later) + Two Powerful Leads in a Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple + Powerful Cast Transmigrates Together + Special Abilities and Cunning + Special Forces + Love of Country + System Inventory Space for Stockpiling Supplies + Never Forgive + Punish the Scumbags] In her previous life, Jiang Su waited over forty years for the scumbag. When they met again, he had come to have her old family home demolishe 3.4kReads9.0Score343Shelves

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Time travel to 1958, superpowers, space, resources, sweet romance between two strong protagonists.

344 1 1959: The Supply and Marketing Cooperative Tree Hollow 1959树洞供销社 Wanderer Without a Fixed Course无定行者Modern Romance307k WordsCompleted New author here. Please add this to your bookshelf, and if you like it, leave a good review 🥹. Two malicious one-star reviews have dragged down the rating for now, but it will go up! Era + time passage + parallel lives + mutual healing + reincarnation and karma A Ming, an international student working at a supermarket, tosses out food that is almost past its sell-by date. In another time and place, that food is the only thing standing between dozens of people and death. An old willow tree plante 704Reads6.0Score105Shelves

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I've unearthed a gem of a serialized novel, *The Tree Hole Supply and Marketing Cooperative*, and I absolutely have to share it! It's a contemporary romance with a wildly imaginative plot and a stable update schedule. The story connects the Iron Ox Village of 1960 to London in 2026, perfectly blending the weight of a historical setting with the exhilaration of modern life. It's incredibly addictive! Those who haven't read it yet, hurry up and check it out!

345 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 Young Master Lin Jiaquan林家權少Urban5.5M WordsOngoing After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 175.9kReads8.8Score15.6kShelves

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A super good period drama.