Stories Set in the 1950s, 60s, or 70s. Good Writing, Please. No Transmigration-and-Raising-Kids Plots 年代文，50.60.70，要文笔好的，不要穿越后养娃的

1. 451 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.9kReads8.8Score23914d adds
2. 452 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel and Refused to Be a Tool from the Start 穿越年代文，开局拒绝当工具人 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban665k WordsCompleted An accident brought Li Dongyang inexplicably to an unfamiliar place. At first, he thought he had landed in the hard-laboring 1970s, but then he realized he was inside a period novel he had read in his previous life. Knowing how the story would unfold, Li Dongyang refused to be anyone’s pawn. 7kReads8.7Score25114d adds
3. 453 穿 I Became the Male Lead's Stepmom, and the Compound's Commander Won Me Over 穿成男主后妈，大院首长撩翻天 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance122k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + both pure + transmigration + sweet romance] (Spoiled, flirty diplomat vs. scheming, flirtatious military officer) After dying in an accident, 29-year-old translator Ning Wanwan transmigrated to the 1980s and became the male lead's doomed young stepmother (aunt by marriage). The original owner was a sophomore at a foreign affairs college. As a top student in her previous life, Ning Wanwan thinks, “A diplomat? This job is practically made for me. I'm going to 7.6kReads8.8Score72614d adds

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   These three books are all by the same author. I've finished reading the two completed ones and they were quite good. The first one is still being updated. You can check them out if you're interested.

4. 454 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 659Reads6.4Score—14d adds
5. 455 重 Reborn into a Sweet Military Marriage: The Fire Chief Wraps an Arm Around My Waist 重生军婚甜蜜蜜，消防队长揽腰宠 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance248k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Rebirth + Mutual Devotion + Sweet Romance] Entrepreneur Tang Xiaoxiao lived to the age of eighty. After she died, she was told that the firefighter who rescued her during an earthquake had spent the rest of his life disabled by a leg injury he suffered while saving her. Was she going to help her lifesaver heal his leg, or be reincarnated? What a question. Of course she'd help him heal! After being reborn, Tang Xiaoxiao goes to the countryside in her lifesave 13.6kReads9.4Score1.6k14d adds
6. 456 刚 I Had Multiples Right After Joining the Army: The Easygoing Military Wife’s Good Fortune 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 27.1kReads9.0Score3k14d adds

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   🌟Superbly good read!😍 A refreshing story set in the 1960s [Admiration] Jiang Qian transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes her cousin's comparison group. Although spoiled and arrogant, she doesn't care about others' opinions because she has a spatial ability and is stockpiled with supplies. When her blind date falls for her cousin and cancels the date, she slaps him without a second thought. Later, she marries Han Shiguo, the military officer her cousin rejected. She originally wanted to live a carefree life, but Han Shiguo is very strong and "fryes" her until she's golden brown on both sides. Shocked, she even considers divorce.

7. 457 穿 Transmigrate to the 1950s: Starting by Leaving a Mountain Village 穿越五十年代：从走出小山村开始 Salty Fish Liver咸鱼肝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly 13.4kReads8.9Score70014d adds
8. 458 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 14.7kReads8.1Score80914d adds
9. 459 军 A Military Marriage: My Blind Date Is My Special Forces Childhood Friend 军婚，相亲对象居然是特种兵竹马 Drunken Big Raccoon酒酿大狸子Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + space + dual transmigration + two couples + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts] Lin Momo, a shopping mall manager in the 21st century, never imagined she’d get caught in a fire while taking a nap at the office. Seeing the flames outside the office door, she knew she wouldn’t make it out. But why had her childhood friend, the special forces soldier, come here? “What are you doing here? Trying to get yourself killed?” “Momo, I...” Before Cheng Jinghao could 8.4kReads9.3Score94614d adds
10. 460 重 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban345k WordsCompleted Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 990Reads6.1Score—14d adds

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    He fished, hunted, and farmed during six years of famine, leading his fellow villagers to fish in the river. They kneaded dough to grow rice, cultivated vegetables along the riverbank, and raised rabbits in the valley.

11. 461 我 I’m the Boss in Italy 我在意大利当老板 Pizza Without Tomato Sauce没有蕃茄酱的披萨Urban1.4M WordsOngoing In late-1990s Italy, Hu Liu’an, a stranger in a strange land, takes you on a journey through an overseas world unlike any other, filled with its own bittersweet experiences and tangled loves and hatreds... 4.6kReads8.2Score25514d adds

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    I was a boss in Italy in the 1990s

12. 462 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Big Brother, Are You Looking for a Wife? 重生七零年代：大哥，你要媳妇不 The Reddest Tomato最红西红柿Urban655k WordsCompleted [Urban + System + Miracle Doctor + Ex-Wife + Period Setting + Space + Underdog Comeback] Reborn in the 1970s, he became Yin Jianghe, a steel mill worker nicknamed Yin Ergou. After his divorce, he spent his days drinking himself into a stupor and letting his life fall apart. His relationships with his parents and siblings grew tense, and even his friends drifted away. The arrival of a reborn soul changed everything. Using his knowledge of the future to seize the opportunities of the times, along 196Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    The perfect fit for the requirements is a story set in the 1970s. The protagonist transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a steel factory worker. The original owner of this body had a bad reputation and had never had a wife. After the protagonist transmigrates, he begins to change, and girls start coming to his door asking if he wants a wife.

13. 463 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    "The Song of the Wind Pavilion," a heart-wrenching romance novel spanning over half a century, is a poignant tale of love and heartbreak, where sorrow and laughter intertwine, and every moment is both regrettable and worthwhile.

14. 464 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 615Reads8.0Score—14d adds
15. 465 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 711Reads8.6Score17114d adds
16. 466 重 Reborn in the 1970s: There's Still Time for Everything 重生七零一切都来得及 Autumn Comes with Falling Leaves zmy13落叶知秋zmy13Urban253k WordsCompleted Only at the end of his life did a man in his fifties realize how much of a failure he'd been. The woman who loved him most spent her life alone and miserable, while he had been blind enough to fall for another woman who loved him. In the end, he had nothing. Only that first woman was still there for him, seeing him through to his final moments. If he had another life, he would never let her down. But it was already too late. Heaven gave him another chance at a different life. Only as he lay dyin 639Reads8.8Score10014d adds
17. 467 七 A Great Drought Hits the Countryside in the 1970s, and My Family Digs Up an Underground River 七零农村大旱，我家挖出地下暗河 The Stone Will Grow石头会长大Urban3.8M WordsCompleted After Zhang Jianguo’s father was beaten to death, he grew timid, submissive, and honest. Though kindhearted, he led an incredibly rough life. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to fifty years earlier. This time, he would change his ways. A man who fails to avenge a grudge is no gentleman! Meanwhile, his family dug a cellar and uncovered an underground cavern filled with abundant water and fish! With these supplies, he not only helped his family build a good life, but also avenged his 13.5kReads8.9Score1.8k14d adds
18. 468 何 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban744k WordsCompleted Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score10314d adds
19. 469 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables and Raising Fish with a Spirit Spring Made Our Whole Village Rich 重生八零靠灵泉种菜养鱼暴富全村 Ling Dian凌巅Modern Romance206k WordsOngoing Modern romance | reborn | pocket dimension | farming | period setting | countryside | sweet romance | feel-good power fantasy | building wealth | face-slapping | taking down scumbags | devoted husband | strong female lead | doted on by everyone | spirit spring | happy ending | mutual devotion | rugged man Shen He died once. In her previous life, her in-laws kept her trapped at home, making her wash clothes and cook. They took the vegetables she grew, and dumped the rice seeds she developed int 9Reads—Score—14d adds

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    These are all books I've been following closely 📖, and I highly recommend everyone check them out 👀. No kidding, no bad books.

20. 470 守 The Night Watcher's Seventh Night 守夜人头七夜 Milk Candy Fan奶糖梵Mystery163k WordsOngoing Chinese-Style Horror | Folk Mystery | Rules-Based Horror | The Seventh-Night Return of the Dead | Night Watcher | Funeral Home Makeup Artist | Three Major Twists | Chilling on Reflection | Inheritance Dispute | Funeral Customs | Dreaming of a Son | Female-Led Mystery | Family Fate | A Battle of Human Nature | Tearjerker | Folk Taboos | Family Ethics | Adapted as a Short-Form Drama Zhou Du is a night-shift makeup artist for the dead at a funeral home. On her first day on the job, someone warned h 3Reads—Score10514d adds
21. 471 饥 In the Famine Years, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark. Why Is Your Fridge Full of Fish and Meat? 饥荒年代，全村啃树皮，你家冰箱大鱼大肉？ Demons Have Tears妖邪有泪Urban770k WordsCompleted In 1982, the whole nation was struck by famine! His parents were literally starved to death because there wasn’t enough to eat. Reborn with a refrigerator from the 21st century, Chu Ao returned to the past and fed his whole family lavish feasts of fish and meat. Even the village dogs were drooling! 27Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 472 钓 A Fisherman Across Time and Space: A Blood-Soaked Fight Against Japan 钓者跨时空：浴血抗日行 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban130k WordsCompleted In a parallel world, in Heishui Town, Hanjing City, a false nation on the Dark Star, Zhou Jianhua accidentally discovers a time machine created by the previous civilization in its final days in an attempt to save the world. The time machine can take him to worlds from the past, but it cannot reach the future. Inside the machine, Zhou Jianhua obtains the Repentance Fishing Boat, which can be upgraded. The Confession Time Machine itself can also be upgraded, and he can travel through time three ti 55Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 473 莸 I Gain the Water God's Inheritance, and Fishing Is No Longer Hard 莸得水神传承，钓鱼不再难 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban300k WordsCompleted Nan Canghai had his achievements stolen and was fired from his job, so he went out for a walk to clear his head. Caught in a sudden downpour, he happened upon an old, dilapidated Water God Temple by the river. Curious, Nan Canghai ducked inside to take shelter and look around. By a stroke of fate, he merged with the remnant soul of an ancient Water God. Not only did he inherit the Water God's legacy, he also obtained a treasure that controlled water: the Black Tortoise Banner, one of the Four Di 746Reads8.6Score—14d adds
24. 474 穿 A Transmigrator’s Guide to Getting Rich in the 1970s 穿越七零致富经 Brother Peng Who Loves Crispy Fried Shrimp Heads爱吃酥炸虾头的鹏哥Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Gu Zhiyi used to get by doing nothing but eating and waiting to die, serving as a family mascot in the era of the Star Network. After transmigrating to China in the 1970s, he discovers that a world without supernatural abilities is simply too much fun. So he uses his own powers to set out on the path to wealth. 84Reads7.8Score—14d adds
25. 475 红 Dream of the Red Chamber: Daiyu and Crimson Pearl Defy Fate and Tear Up the Ledger 红楼梦黛玉绛珠撕簿逆天命 Ling Dian凌巅Female-Channel Fanfiction101k WordsOngoing Red Chamber Derivative | Public-Domain Derivative | No Romance | Strong Female Lead | Awakening and Reversal | Struggle Against Heaven’s Will | Everyone Finds Redemption | Historical Fantasy | Satisfying Comeback | Defying Fate | Play the pig to eat the tiger Lin Daiyu lies coughing blood over her desk, her poems soaked through with crimson. As she nears death, sealed memories explode into her mind, and she finally realizes that all the love and heartbreak of her life were part of a script writt 6Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 476 锦 Splendid Farmstead: The Lucky Girl of the ’70s 锦绣田庄：七零小福妻 Stars Falling on Old Letters星落旧笺Modern Romance244k WordsOngoing The moment graduate student Lin Wanqiu from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s, with neither father nor mother. Her grandmother is already scheming to sell her to an old bachelor in exchange for a bride price. Want to sell her? That depends on whether she agrees. With a miraculous spring in her space and agricultural expertise in her head, she puts the worst troublemakers in their place, cures her younger uncle, clears land, grows vegetables, an —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I thought this book was alright. It didn't have the typical "transmigrate and immediately raise a child or get married" type of story. The female lead had her own things to do; she didn't transmigrate just to highlight the male lead. Although she had a spatial ability, she used it very well, without overusing it or revealing it excessively.

27. 477 6 The 1960s: From the Start, I Led the Village Through Famine to Feast on Meat 60年代：开局荒年，我带着全村吃肉 Niuniu Rides a Cow妞妞骑牛Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Transmigration + Hoarding Supplies + Lighthearted + No Harem] Li Youfu transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name in 1960, a year of famine, and sees the man's entire life. In his previous life, he was the apple of his family's eye, but he was blind to the truth and married a woman who drained him to support her younger brother. His entire family was bled dry and met a tragic end. As he lay dying, all he wanted was to make up for his regrets and 1.8kReads8.7Score33014d adds
28. 478 重 Reborn as a Cow: Ruling the Dark Planet 重生成牛：称霸黑暗星球 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban113k WordsCompleted Ye Daniu transmigrated and was reborn in the body of an African buffalo that had just been killed by a lion. Using human intelligence, he killed the lion and became the King of the Buffaloes. From then on, the African buffaloes began practicing martial arts and forming battle formations, wiping out prides of lions and packs of wolves. They exterminated the hyenas, unified the grasslands, and became its overlords. When the apocalypse arrived, the King of the Buffaloes led herds of buffaloes, zebr 144Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 479 重 Reborn: The Crown Prince’s Wicked Girlfriend Won’t Redeem Herself 重生后，太子爷的恶毒女友她不洗白了 Milk Candy Fan奶糖梵36k WordsCompleted Reborn, the Crown Prince’s Wicked Girlfriend Refuses to Redeem Herself —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 480 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. 175.9kReads8.8Score15.6k14d adds
31. 481 重 Back to the Sixties: I’m Invincible with Taobao 重回六零：我带着淘宝无敌了 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhao Yusheng wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated to 1961, luckily bringing along an interstellar space-time Taobao trading System. She had hoped to reach the pinnacle of life, but discovers that the 1960s have already been transmigrated into so many times that they're full of holes. So Zhao Yusheng decides to keep her head down and stay cautious all the way, never expecting that by playing it safe, she would become a winner in life. 9kReads9.0Score71214d adds

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    These three books don't feature protagonists who immediately get married and have children upon transmigrating, nor do they raise kids; the female leads are practically children themselves [laughing]. In the first book, Zhao Mosheng uses a Taobao system to exchange 1960s resources for modern goods and money. Zhao Mosheng's system is essentially like her opening a shop on Taobao, selling 1960s resources or even wild animals. The female lead, Zhao Mosheng, focuses on preparing for university entrance exams. During her university years, she meets her boyfriend, a highly accomplished educated youth who excels in research. Watch how she and her boyfriend navigate the turbulent times and safely navigate that period! [Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!][Requesting more updates!]

32. 482 四 Siheyuan: Getting Rich Quietly 四合院：闷声发大财 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted Courtyard Life #Period Fiction #Comedy #Feel-Good Fiction #Old Fox #Harem #Farming Fiction He transmigrated to 1952 and became Chen Yuanshan, an apprentice at Fengzeyuan. His father was a martyr and left him 13 million in old currency and two main rooms. He thought he could lie flat, but the courtyard was full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground every day, wailing, “Old Jia! Someone’s bullying me!” Silly Zhu called every woman “Sister Qin” and beat up Xu Damao whenever he saw him. Xu Damao 15.5kReads5.3Score48414d adds

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    1952.

33. 483 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: Even a Slacker Has to Hustle 穿书七零，咸鱼也得卷起来 Hawthorn Syrup山楂糖水Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted Yun Shu transmigrated into a book, becoming a supporting character in a period novel. She didn't need to be sent to the countryside because she was already there. She didn't need to deal with horrible people because she was one of them. She didn't want to go back to school, but had to hide there to stay alive. She didn't want marriage to change her fate, yet rumors about her never stopped. She didn't want to attract attention, but kept getting thrust into the spotlight... She thought she had alw 2.6kReads8.9Score18714d adds

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    This is a novel that veteran readers will enjoy; it's not a wish-fulfillment story.

34. 484 殓 The Bizarre Case of the Funeral Makeup Artist 殓妆诡案 Milk Candy Fan奶糖梵41k WordsCompleted The Mysterious Case of the Burial Makeup —Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 485 回 Back to 1961 as a Public Security Officer 回到1961当公安 A Hongtashan Cigarette Makes You Feel Like an Immortal来支红塔山快活似神仙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Both parents alive] [Has a System] [One female lead] I woke up to find myself in Courtyard 93 on Nanluoguxiang in 1961. What? Wasn’t it supposed to be Courtyard 95? And seriously, what is this? I’m just a lowly security guard! How did I become a police officer? And why am I supposed to protect the peace for everyone? 43.8kReads8.0Score2.5k14d adds
36. 486 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Building a Happy Life with My Lame Wife 赶山：带跛脚媳妇过上幸福生活 Garfield Isn't a Cat加菲不是猫Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [A Grounded Period Novel + No Pocket Dimension, No System + Wife and Sister-in-Law + Animal Companions + Hunting + Food + Business + Farming + Gathering Herbs] Xu Yi, a modern-day wage slave, accidentally takes the wrong medication while being treated for depression and dies. He transmigrates into the body of Xu Yi, a man with a severe intellectual disability in a mountain village in the early 1980s. To his surprise, he has a beautiful, fair-skinned wife who limps, as well as an adorable six-yea 16.5kReads7.8Score1.2k14d adds

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37. 487 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s, a Background Character Takes a Front-Row Seat to the Gossip 穿越六零，路人甲站在吃瓜一线 Mei Qianxun梅千寻Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted Meng Tian knows she's transmigrated. She has barely opened her eyes when she hears the medical staff beside her calling her "comrade" over and over, and realizes she's probably had the worst luck imaginable. Sure enough, her guess was almost exactly right. All she wanted was some barbecue, but she wound up catching someone else's last train in life and taking a trip through time. Wasn't it nice enough to graduate, live off the inheritance her parents left her, and lie flat while collecting ren 2.9kReads8.8Score25214d adds
38. 488 六 The 1960s: One Yuan for a Thousandfold Return on Supplies 六零年代：一元秒杀万倍物资 Flavorful Coffee Beans风味咖啡豆Urban676k WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into the short drama Brave Adventures in the 1960s] Li Changge transmigrates to the 1960s and gets a One-Yuan Instant Purchase System. Ten thousand jin of pork belly for one yuan? Bought! A hundred jin of duck down for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand briquettes for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand barrels of Yibao mineral water for one yuan? Bought! While everyone else struggles to get by, Li Changge lives the good life, and young women and married ladies keep showi 12.6kReads8.1Score87914d adds
39. 489 我 My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐 Zeng Yi曾呓Urban2.4M WordsOngoing Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.] 198.5kReads8.9Score9.7k14d adds

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40. 490 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, 345Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I'm too embarrassed to post this because my writing isn't good enough.

41. 491 6 The 1960s: A Daily Blind Box and a Carefree Life 60年代：每日盲盒，悠闲生活 Being Backsolved被倒推Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Period + System + Countryside + Lighthearted + Family Bonds + Hunting + Inventions + Getting Rich] After awakening memories from a parallel timeline, he discovers that it's the 1960s, and there's no food or clothing! He originally plans to use his newly awakened memories to give his family a better life, but who could have guessed that the Daily Mystery Box System would bind itself to him! Day One: “Mystery box opened. Reward: 30 Shaxian-style braised duck legs!” Day Two: “Mystery box opened. R 1.1kReads8.3Score17114d adds

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    With hundreds of thousands of students, that's great! 👌

42. 492 得 With a Pocket Dimension, I Eat My Fill and Dress Warmly Through the Famine 得到空间的我在饥荒年代吃饱穿暖 Bending in the Wind风中折腰Urban4.3M WordsOngoing [Handcrafted in the classic style, a four-million-character epic, packed to the brim] Xiao Weiguo is reborn in the past after living as a corporate wage slave in the 21st century. In an era when you need ration coupons for everything, when nobody has enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, watch as Xiao Weiguo makes a living with the space and his own one mu of land. While everyone else eats steamed corn buns, he has braised pork. While everyone else drinks watery porridge, he has Buddha Jumps Ov 73.4kReads8.3Score5.3k14d adds

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    They were all very funny.

43. 493 手 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 Jiang Liangjiang江凉姜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.5kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds

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    All three books meet the requirements.

44. 494 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, and the Lottery System Gained a Mind of Its Own 穿到七零，抽奖系统成精了 Wangshu Never Loses望舒不会输Modern Romance144k WordsOngoing [Beautiful, graceful female technician lead × gentle, caring cadre male lead] Lin Xitang is an ordinary person who finds herself unemployed right after graduating. One day, she gets bound to a “lottery System.” Lin Xitang’s take: Since I’m here, I might as well make the best of it. With the System on my side, the world is mine. From a bare earthen house to a sunny home filled with flowers, from having too little to eat or wear to having plenty of rice, flour, cooking oil, and grain... Every day, 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This book is already very good. The male lead is a father figure, and the female lead also has her own career; she's not just a tool for the male lead.

45. 495 七 The 1970s: My Brother Is Cannon Fodder 七零年代：我的哥哥是炮灰 The Days of Working for the Boss给老板打工的日子Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing Lin Nanning just can't understand it. They all transmigrated to the 1970s, so why are their circumstances so different? Other people have pocket dimensions packed with supplies, so they never go hungry or thirsty. Hers is packed with nothing but land, so she has to work with her own two hands for food and drink. Other people have Systems that hand out food and let them fill their pocket dimensions just by doing a daily sign-in. Her System is lazy and stingy, and she has to slowly unlock its feat 50Reads7.7Score—14d adds
46. 496 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.3kReads9.6Score9.1k14d adds
47. 497 他 He Is in the South of the Clouds 他在云之南 Jing Xing景行Modern Romance209k WordsCompleted When they first met, he was shrouded in shadow, reeking of blood and violence. He asked her, “Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing here?” It was a long time before she thought of the true answer: “I'm Shen Xun. I came from the far north to the south of the clouds, to meet the love of my life.” He was her Morpheus, giving her a poppy-like dream of love, bewitching and intoxicating. He captured her soul, clouded her mind, and made her addicted. Like a pawn crossing a river, she went 25.2kReads9.7Score4.8k14d adds
48. 498 三 The Three Treasures Pagoda and Purple Gold Mountain 三宝塔与紫金山 Muzi Surong木子苏蓉Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted The story unfolds slowly between Sanbao Town in southeastern Yunnan and Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties. Yun Kun, a young man from southern Yunnan, dreams of escaping the mountains. Through sheer perseverance, he rises from a poor boy to a faculty researcher at a military academy. Ning Xiang, who lives east of Nanjing, once enjoyed a peaceful, ordinary life, but the tides of the times bring a drastic turn: her household registration is falsified, and she is forced to move to the co 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The remarkable aspect of this work lies in its avoidance of wallowing in accusations of suffering. Instead, it carefully excavates glimmers of humanity from the most barren soil. These glimmers are not dazzling torches, but rather as faint yet real as fireflies. The resilience of motherhood: Mother Cuiying is a silent pillar. She swallows all her bitterness, her hands, "cracked with indelible mud," supporting the family's crumbling sky. The loyalty regained: The intelligent little yellow dog is the most important solace in Yun Kun's emotional world. Its timid reluctance to cross the river, its stubbornness in taking a detour to find home, and its "more silent, more clingy" dependence upon its return constitute one of the novel's most moving chapters. Its existence proves that beyond the human world, there exists a kind of unreserved loyalty and love. The call from afar: Uncle Degui is "a bright window opened in a dark world." The news and old newspapers he brings from outside the mountains are the first ray of light illuminating Yun Kun's spiritual world. His debate with his father, Yunhan, about whether "asphalt roads can be eaten" was essentially a clash between two life philosophies: "sticking to the past" and "leaving." These glimmers of light converged to form the "deep-seated determination" that Yunkun developed amidst the humiliation of "one cent" and the guilt of "one buckwheat cake." Life tried to bend his back, but it couldn't break his gaze towards the distant mountains. III. The Path to Redemption: Between "Memory" and "Flesh" The novel's profundity is further reflected in its exploration of the path to "redemption." Yunkun seems to have two paths: one, the spiritual path to the outside world through "reading," as pointed out by his uncle; the other, the physical compensation provided by his grandfather through "food" (fatty meat dipped in sugar, wild ginseng). However, both paths are filled with complex emotions. The path of reading was blocked by his father's shortsightedness and was full of hardship; while his grandfather's string of "oil beads" brought him physical aversion and complex feelings towards "meat," and that bowl of tonic soup left him with "nosebleeds" that would accompany him throughout his life. This seems to suggest that neither pure spiritual transcendence nor brutal physical compensation can simply redeem a soul trapped in suffering. True redemption may lie hidden in the process of chewing, swallowing, ruminating, and ultimately understanding all this suffering and warmth, betrayal and loyalty. The conclusion, with its steady and restrained narrative, exquisite imagery, and profound and rich emotion, presents us with a long-lost, solid and believable "Chinese story" in the literary world. It shows us how fate can push people into the most humble corners, and how humanity can find light in the cracks. We look forward to the encounter between Yun Kun and Ning Xiang in Nanjing, which will be another collision and fusion of "mountains" and "water." This work undoubtedly possesses a quiet yet powerful force; it deserves our careful reading because it tells the eternal questions of survival, dignity, and love that countless people on this land have experienced or are experiencing. How fate can push people into the most humble corners, and how humanity can find light in the cracks. The meeting of Yun Kun and Ning Xiang in Jinling is a collision and fusion of "mountains" and "water." It tells the story of the eternal themes of survival, dignity, and love that countless people on this land have experienced or are experiencing.

49. 499 被 Stranded in the Mountains, I Found a 1970s Army Chief to Share My Meals 被困深山，七零首长成了我饭搭子 Zai Zhi再吱Modern Romance375k WordsOngoing Jiang Suining opened her eyes to a once-in-a-century disaster from the start: her adoptive father was dead, a man had injured legs, and she had fallen into the mountains. After making it out, she discovered that the keepsake entrusted to her had been stolen, her adoptive older sister had married into a powerful family, and she had been sold. No matter. When the village bully tried to drag her back to have his babies, she slapped him straight into the police station. Her adoptive sister denied th 642Reads—Score10614d adds

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    The female lead showers the male lead with affection, redeeming a rough-around-the-edges military officer raised in the countryside who is actually the biological son of a high-ranking official in Beijing. Betrayed and humiliated by his parents and those around him, the female lead falls head over heels for this taciturn man, showering him with affection and forcefully clearing his name of all the accusations leveled against him. The male lead's empty soul grows flesh and blood, his soul traversing deep mountains; love can fill mountains and seas, and the two embark on a journey together.

50. 500 七 The Sweet Young Lady of the 1970s 七十年代小娇娇 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The moment the young educated youth Wen Wan arrives in Lu Jiazui, she becomes famous: famous for her beauty, famous for taking her time, and famous for her sharp tongue and soft, sweet manner. When the educated youths first arrive, Lu Dongping sees Wen Wan and thinks, How is this little thing supposed to work in the fields and earn work points? Whichever team gets her will be unlucky. Take her home and she'll be treated like an ancestor. Later, Wen Wan becomes his very own little ancestor. 1.3kReads8.9Score25014d adds

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    [Period Fiction] The female protagonist has no cheat codes, no rebirth, and no time travel. She lives a clear-headed and insightful life, a truly sensible person. This story fits the era perfectly, feels incredibly realistic, and is very relatable.

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