Wealth-Building Novels Set in the 1980s and 1990s 八、九十年代发家致富文

1. 501 重 Reborn in 1990: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity 重生1990，带着全村人发家致 Chronic Procrastinator拖延症晚期患者Urban383k WordsCompleted Thirty years ago, his wife was raped by Guo Lei in their home. Dead drunk, he lay nearby, sleeping like a log. That very night, his heartbroken wife took their daughter and jumped into the river. Reborn at the moment before the tragedy, he saves his wife and daughter. He earns his first fortune picking matsutake mushrooms, gives his wife and daughter a good life, and leads the entire village to prosperity. 261Reads6.4Score—Shelves
2. 502 重 Reborn in the 1980s: From the Start, I Married a College Student 重生80年代：开局迎娶女大学生 Post-90s90后Urban3.0M WordsCompleted Marriage Before Love + Reborn to Make Amends + Revenge at Last + Trillions in Assets + Retiring in Comfort Original title: Reborn in 1982, the World's Richest Man The male lead, Ye Nan, spent years burying himself in work. After being diagnosed with cancer, he donated all his possessions and eventually passed away with regrets. But when he wakes up, he remembers how, after getting drunk and acting recklessly, he caused Ji Yuqi to become pregnant before marriage, which ultimately led her to jump 4.2kReads8.2Score273Shelves

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   A story that perfectly meets the requirements 🌺🌺The male protagonist is the chairman of the group. He was reborn in the 1980s. When he was young, he left many regrets in his previous life. This time he will make up for it and start a business to make a fortune.

3. 503 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Work as a Purchasing Agent at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 重生七零，我在供销社做采购 Quan Dazhuang权大壮Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Feel-Good Story + Reborn + Career + No Rural Relocation + No College Entrance Exam] Reborn in 1973, just before the rural relocation campaign, Gan Lan takes one look at her shabby home and empty pockets and nearly blacks out. In her previous life, she'd achieved financial freedom at a young age and was finally ready to enjoy life. The last thing she wanted was to come back and suffer. Luckily, she gets bound to a random rebate System with a critical bonus effect, and a 376Reads6.8Score—Shelves
4. 504 穿 I Transmigrated to the ’80s and Made My Fortune Picking Up Scrap 穿越八零之我靠捡破烂发家 Wild Long Snow野长雪Modern Romance154k WordsOngoing Told in first person, no romance, all about pursuing success and going off the rails. A fluffy, fictionalized period story. If that’s not your thing, read something else. [Golden Eyes + System Space + Period Setting + Raising a Child + Building a Fortune by Collecting Scrap + Female Lead Goes Wild] Li Ruoxue used her X-ray vision to amass a fortune of tens of billions with ease. Just as she was preparing to retire, she woke up in a fictionalized 1980s, and her fortune instantly vanished. In the —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 505 四 Siheyuan: I Made My Fortune in the 1980s 四合院：我从八十年代发家 Don't Eat Jelly不要吃果冻Male-Channel Fanfiction288k WordsCompleted A man from the 21st century has his soul transmigrate into Shen An, a man with the same name in Love in the Courtyard. What kind of life will he make for himself in this parallel world? It all begins in 1978. Watch as Shen An builds his fortune, changes his family’s fate, and makes all the courtyard’s beasts green with envy. P.S. You can think of this as a period novel about transmigrating into a courtyard-house story. There are conflicts with the courtyard’s residents, but the tone isn’t quite 1.4kReads6.7Score—Shelves
6. 506 懒 My Lazy Wife Has a Temper, but She Knows How to Tame Her Rogue Husband 懒妻脾气大，调教混混老公有一套 It's Guo Pangpang是郭胖胖啊Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Ji Nianchu choked on an apple and woke up in the 1960s, having become Hongqi Village's most notorious lazy powerhouse of a wife. She'd also acquired a handsome punk husband and a few-month-old set of triplets. From the start, she was faced with the mess left behind by the original owner, while her second sister-in-law insisted that the family split up and live separately. Given the original owner's lazy, food-loving nature, changing her ways too abruptly would surely arouse suspicion from Xu Hua 1.2kReads7.2Score110Shelves
7. 507 重 Reborn in the 1990s to Become a Tycoon 重生90年代做首富 Mu Ye Liang Chen牧野良辰Urban593k WordsOngoing After an accident, Asian tycoon Ling Feng is reborn in 1990, a year full of regrets. Starting over, he won’t just become the richest man. This time, he’ll make up for all the regrets and humiliation of the past! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 508 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Was Switched into a Marriage and Became the Compound's Beloved Daughter-in-Law 重生八零被换亲，我成家属院团宠 Lin Guo'er林果儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xia Xiaohe and her cousin Xia Lanxiang are both reborn. In their previous life, Xia Xiaohe married a poor farmer, while her cousin married a college-educated youth sent to the countryside in the city. Her cousin followed him to the city and enjoyed a comfortable life, earning everyone’s envy. But in the end, Xia Xiaohe and her husband worked hard and made a name and fortune for themselves amid the tide of the times, living in splendor. Her cousin’s life in the city, meanwhile, was a complete mes 7.2kReads8.9Score619Shelves
9. 509 重 Reborn in 1981: Dump My Trashy Wife and Get Rich Fast 重生1981：踹飞渣妻狂飙暴富 Ninth Heaven's Sun九天之日Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Not a wish-fulfillment story. Proceed with caution and sample it first!] Countless lips have tasted these vermilion lips. Who would have guessed I'm a man reborn? The unrestrained Zhao Shanhe woke up with a desperate need to pee, his ex-wife You Ling lying alluringly in his arms. He remembered how in his previous life he'd been a lovesick doormat who wound up raising another man's child, losing his home and family, and ending up with nothing, all because of that wicked woman. How can one ease o 1.5kReads8.7Score106Shelves
10. 510 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: With My Over-the-Top Crazy Vibe, I'll Drag Out This Marriage Until You Die 穿书七零：超强癫感婚不离拖死你 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted Tong Fan was eager to keep up with the times, so she transmigrated into a novel set in the past. In the resource-scarce 1970s, she became the first wife of the male lead, Wei Tianming, in an arranged marriage. According to the plot, she received divorce papers and, unwilling to accept it, went to the city with a big belly to find her husband, who worked far from home and rarely came back. But he was determined to divorce her. Unable to bear it, she hanged herself, taking both her life and her 12.9kReads8.3Score745Shelves
11. 511 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Road to Wealth 重生80年代：致富之路 Qiu Haoyun邱昊云Urban108k WordsCompleted An accident sends Hao Yun back to 1982, an era of material scarcity but unlimited opportunity. In his previous life, he fought his way through the modern business world and achieved success, but neglected his family, ultimately suffering the regret of being separated from his wife and daughter. This time, he is determined to rewrite his fate: not only will he change his impoverished circumstances, he will also devote himself to protecting his family. In the 1980s, as the economy was just beginni 4Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 512 长 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母，亦如父！ Zi Bingfeng紫冰枫Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 35.7kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves

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    In this era, struggle hard and live better

13. 513 九 The Orphan Girl of the 1990s: Helping Grandma Build a Better Life 九零年代小孤女，带着奶奶奔小康 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted After the grandmother who raised her fell and was left bedridden, everyone wondered whether eleven-year-old Li Lulu could keep up with school while taking care of the household. No one expected that little Lulu could not only manage on her own, but also nurse her ailing grandmother back to health until she was plump and rosy-cheeked. After Lulu's father went missing, everyone said he would never come back. What were the grandmother and granddaughter of the Li family supposed to do now? It looked 386Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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    Article about getting rich in a down-to-earth manner, no golden fingers

14. 514 捡 Bargain Hunting in the Old Days: One Egg from the Start 捡漏年代：开局一个鸡蛋 Lan Lanzi婪篮子Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted A clear-headed heroine who knows her own mind Lin Wan, an orphan who died suddenly in the modern era, opens her eyes as the most overlooked second daughter of the Lin family in 1968. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and she’s treated by the whole family like a rag and a shadow by the stove. A second life? Great. The original owner worked herself to death, and that was her own fault. Lin Wan only cares about saving herself. Facing her cold and ungrateful “family,” she 2.5kReads6.3Score155Shelves

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    Beautiful and beautiful 🤩

15. 515 富 What Should I Do About My Rich Best Friend Being a Vicious Female Lead? 富婆闺蜜是恶毒女配怎么办？ Lin Ye林也Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted Name: Li Mu Occupation: Full-time best friend to a rich woman Taking the view that it’s better to make your best friend work hard than to work hard yourself, Li Mu enjoyed an easy life at a young age. But her good fortune didn’t last. She transmigrated into a book. In the story, the fake heiress Jiang Xingyue rides the heroine’s halo, tramples the villainous real heiress, and coasts to success, becoming a top-tier star with a thriving career and a happy romance. Meanwhile, her best friend Jian 723Reads8.7Score117Shelves

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    In this period novel, the heroine relies on her best friend to make a fortune. Li Mu originally wanted to rely on her best friend to make a fortune, but instead she slipped into the book and became cannon fodder. Best friend Jiang Xingran was a real daughter, but was suppressed by the fake heroine and forced to marry a disabled villain and died tragically. In order to save his best friend, Li Mu bound to the word-changing system and changed his fate against the will of heaven.

16. 516 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 40kReads8.5Score2.2kShelves
17. 517 全 My Whole Family Treated Me Like Trash, So I Got Rich Raising Pigs and Crushed Them All 全家渣我，我养猪致富狂虐渣 It's a Million是百万啊Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Jin Qiaoli went from being a famous accountant to a pitiful young woman in a rural village in the 1990s, drugged by her awful parents and forced into a marriage. Being pushed around has never been Jin Qiaoli's motto. Watch her beat up the scumbag on the spot, then bang a gong and drum up a spectacle for the whole village. “Come and see! These heartless parents are forcing their daughter to marry her own brother-in-law!” Villagers: “Old Jin, your eldest daughter hasn't even —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine travels back to the 1990s and escapes from a weird family. The first business war sent the villain to jail. Super pretty

18. 518 重 Reborn in 1985: It All Began with a Street Stall 重生1985，一切从摆地摊开始 Little Ink-Pen Dumpling 1毛笔小团子1Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Ding! A fashion System has been activated! Current year: 1985. The fashion scene is 100% untapped.] She casually pulled a shabby “made for export, sold domestically” windbreaker from a woven sack. [System: Silhouette +80, presence +999! Hidden style unlocked: a look straight off the Paris runway five years from now.] Night-market vendor: How about ten yuan? Su Wanqing: No. I’m going to trade it for a storefront. [Quest: Make 100 passersby’s hearts race within 24 hours.] Reward: Cash ×3,000, sta 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A couture designer who failed to start a business was reborn. Back in 1985, she was a poor girl who failed the college entrance examination. Her family lived in a small bungalow of 20 square meters. In order to buy medicine for her father and raise tuition fees for her younger siblings, she shopped for processed goods in the market, altered clothes and sold them to make money. Her craftsmanship was very down-to-earth online.

19. 519 七 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance6.3M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 20.4kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    The male protagonist is a story about a grumpy and complex character who work against each other, and the female protagonist gradually conquers him with wisdom and love. There is sweet pampering here, as well as a battle of wits and courage that makes your heart beat faster, making you unable to stop reading it.

20. 520 在 After Becoming Stunningly Beautiful in the ’90s, I Married Up 在九零拥有顶级美貌后，我攀高枝 My Heart Is My Heart我心即我心Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Not a strong female lead, just a heroine with an ordinary person’s outlook. She gradually becomes better and stronger. Hua Jia, who has always pursued beauty to the extreme, is reborn in the 1990s as a saleable beauty in a family famous for raising women to be dependent on men. To her, it’s like a blessing from heaven. The only problem is that she’s reborn at a dangerous moment: she’s about to be put on display and sold to the highest bidder. She’s suffered her whole life. At last, she hopes to 18.4kReads7.4Score1.9kShelves
21. 521 八 The 1980s: The Spicy Little Wife and Her Tycoon Husband 八零小辣媳：我家大佬有金矿 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name, "The Spicy Little Wife of the Eighties: My Man Has a Gold Mine", is now streaming. [Reborn + Sweet Romance + Gold Prospecting] Liu Yueya of Jinnianzi Village is rumored to be a shrew who brings bad luck to her husbands, so no one dares marry her. Wu Guangxu, the village bully, has just gotten out of prison, and no woman in the village dares marry him either. One day, the villagers discover Liu Yueya and Wu Guangxu having an “intimate rendezvous” in the mountains 5.7kReads9.4Score822Shelves

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    Rebirth of a sweet pet, misfortune plus misfortune is the ultimate love

22. 522 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: Selfish and Self-Serving, Beautiful and Wicked 年代快穿自私且利己，漂亮且恶毒 Want a Milk Cap想喝奶盖儿Modern Romance128k WordsOngoing [Period setting + quick transmigration + punishing scumbags + revenge + female supporting characters + unhinged] A female supporting character awakens and refuses to be reduced to a stepping stone. Lu Qiqi, an outstanding employee of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, takes on the mission. [Complete] World One: A top-tier cannon-fodder daughter of a capitalist family, whose fiancé takes her job and lets others bully her. Lu Qiqi catches them completely off guard, clears out the family assets, and 41Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 523 一 Somehow, I Became a Rich Tycoon in a Period Novel 一不小心卷成了年代文有钱大佬 Berry Soda Water莓果气泡水Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted One day, Su Susu wakes up and suddenly transmigrates to 1988. The good news is that she has a farm System. The bad news is that she’s landed in a period novel. She isn’t the protagonist. She’s a cannon-fodder female supporting character who gets in the heroine’s way. Su Susu wants to die and go back, because this character’s ending is absolutely tragic. But heaven has given her a farm System, so she figures she can hang on a little longer. She farms in the early chapters and makes a comeback lat 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One day 💋💋 Su Susu woke up and suddenly traveled to 1988. The good news is that she brought the farm system with her, the bad news is that she traveled through a period novel. Even if she is not the protagonist, she is still a cannon fodder female supporting character who hinders the growth of the heroine. Su Susu really wanted to die, because the ending of this female supporting character was so miserable. But God provided a farm system, and Su Susu felt that she could survive a little longer. There is a plot of farming in the early stage and counterattack in the later stage, with a cute baby plot, and the male protagonist appears late.

24. 524 重 Back to the 1980s: Making a Fortune 重回八零致富忙 Xi Xi Lai La昔昔来啦Modern Romance508k WordsOngoing Huang Qin wakes up to find herself in a factory compound in the 1980s! 53Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 525 认 Reuniting with My Family: The Gorgeous Heiress Is Doted on to Bits by Hong Kong's Powerful Elite 认亲港圈大佬，绝色千金被宠麻了 A Wax Apple on Ice一颗莲雾冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + easy pregnancies, multiples, and babies + Hong Kong elite circle + building a fortune + beloved by all + stunning heiress] Shen Wancheng opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a tragic supporting character in a period novel. Put up with injustice and die halfway through? No way! She splits up the family and collects debts, reports them for burning down her house, and sends the Shen family, who had been trying to inherit everything b 9.3kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    Making a fortune in Hong Kong in the 1980s

26. 526 穿 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s 穿书八零年代 Lettuce-Wrapped Pork Belly生菜卷五花肉Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Jiang Mingming found herself in the body of a supporting character in an indulgent romance set in the 1980s. The original Jiang Mingming had failed the college entrance exam and, unhappy with her boyfriend's prospects, followed her mother's advice and chose the son of a factory leader instead. After marriage, she was buried in endless housework and conflict with her mother-in-law, while her husband beat her. The boyfriend she had once abandoned later became the 56Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 527 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 51.5kReads8.5Score5.6kShelves

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    [Love][Love][Love][Love][Love][Love]

28. 528 重 Reborn in the 1990s 重生回到九十年代 Sun Ningyi孙柠一Modern Romance110k WordsCompleted [Everyday life in a reborn 1990s setting + romance] Thirty-five-year-old Xia Tian was still single. No money, no house, no husband, and a million yuan in debt. She was a walking liability! Every day, she dreamed of being reborn, getting a System, or at least gaining access to a pocket dimension. She wasn’t picky at all! Then she woke up reborn in the 1990s, at the age of five! Good heavens! Buddha really had blessed her! With a second chance at life, Xia Tian planned to start earning money early 20Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 529 八 The Happy Life of a Female College Student in the 1980s 八十年代女大学生幸福生活 The Seventh Day of the Fifth Month午月初七Modern Romance215k WordsOngoing [Family and Everyday Life] Ever since Song Siyu became the factory's first bona fide college graduate, her name has never been out of people's mouths around the factory compound. She became the hottest topic of conversation over tea. As soon as she got into college, the snide comments started: “Well, she did get into college, but just look at the school she applied to. Tsk, it's nowhere near the top tier! Still, she made it through graduation and got assigned a job at a good workplace. And then 38Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 530 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Rejoined the Army Before I Lost My Innocence 重生八零：回到失去清白前去随军 Beautiful and Unrestrained美丽的没遮拦Modern Romance216k WordsCompleted Alternate-universe military marriage + following the troops + building wealth + doting husband + both leads are virgins In her previous life, Shen Yunchu was blind in both heart and eyes. She treated her stepmother like her real mother and eagerly handed over the inheritance her birth mother had left her! Her stepmother certainly repaid her kindness: after arranging for her to be raped, she married her off to a much older widower far away! After enduring years of torment, she finally got to see 186Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Military Marriage + Joining the Army + Getting Rich + Doting on His Wife in Daily Life + Double Cleanliness. Shen Yunchu was blind in his last life and regarded his stepmother as his biological mother. However, he gave up the inheritance left to her by his biological mother to his stepmother! The stepmother was of course worthy of her, so she designed her to be raped and then married her off to an old widower! After suffering all the torture, she finally expected the old man to die, but she also contracted an incurable disease. You have to take a look at your stepmother before you die. Just in time to see her eightieth birthday and already surrounded by children and grandchildren, living in her property, he called her a stupid roe deer! Here's the good news: God saw her as a coward and rewarded her with a chance to be reborn! There is also bad news: there is no space, no golden finger, she has to get out of the shadow of her previous life completely on her own! But the man she had glimpsed in her previous life appeared and took her to join the army. "It's hard to marry me. What do you want?" "I just want seeds..." "Oh? Seeds, I have plenty..."

31. 531 穿 Transmigrating Into an Era Novel: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿越年代文：工具人拒绝剧情 Ninth Little Sister九小妹Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + no romance + family and village life + stays in the countryside + no school] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Mingyue discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel. She wasn’t the female lead’s rival or a sacrificial character, but merely a tool character who provided a house when the female lead went to the countryside, then appeared briefly in the background introduction. Did Gu Mingyue mind? Of course not!!! Her pocket dimension was stoc 5.5kReads8.9Score302Shelves
32. 532 重 Reborn in 1980: Demolition, Riches, and Taking on the Worst of the Family 重生回80，拆迁！暴富！斗极品 Rising and Setting with the Sun朝升朝落Modern Romance714k WordsCompleted [Working-class life + Demolition and relocation + Plenty of awful people + Family squabbles + Getting rich + A touch of ensemble cast] Hu Yan spent her whole life as a devoted wife and loving mother, only to die suddenly on a factory assembly line. In one moment, she returns to thirty years earlier, just two months after marrying Chen Guangze. At this point, the village houses haven't been demolished, and she and her husband haven't split from the family. They haven't given up their village home 15.6kReads7.5Score1.2kShelves

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    In the 1980s and 1990s, demolition, getting rich and rebirth article!

33. 533 重 Reborn in 1980: My Daily Life as a City Worker 重生八零进城打工日常 Lychee That Gives You Heartburn会上火的荔枝Modern Romance225k WordsOngoing Liang Shuifeng somehow finds herself back at the age of thirty-three. This time, she decides to live her life differently. In her previous life, she spent her days as a country girl. This time, she bravely sets off for the city with her family to find work. Note: This story has no golden finger and focuses on the ordinary lives of little people. 359Reads8.0Score—Shelves
34. 534 重 Reborn: What Can You Do to Me? 重生之你奈我何 Hong Si红肆Modern Romance564k WordsOngoing Thanks for all the five-star reviews, but I update so slowly that my rating just won't go up, haha. [1980s + reborn + ensemble cast + feel-good revenge + male rivalry] You think being reborn means slapping your enemies and crushing scumbags? No, that would be a waste of a second life. In her last life, she was trapped in the mud. This time, she’ll stand at the summit and enjoy the view. Relatives scheming against her? A scumbag ex won’t leave her alone? Sorry, she’s not interested. She works he 9.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    In her previous life, she dropped out of school due to family changes. Kong Enying was reborn as a 6-year-old in 1985, facing the core crisis: her father was speculating and her uncle wanted to report it. He reminds grandma in a childish tone, and helps the family choose a school district house and turn into a legitimate business. The setting is intensive and the logic is online. In the early stage, it uses the power to avoid disasters and is super hot. The subsequent plot of the family's counterattack will catch up with the top!

35. 535 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 22.8kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    [Adoration] The young girl Qi Hongdou is dressed as a top-notch old lady in her 60s, with a lot of children and grandchildren, and a lot of shit. She opens her eyes and asks, "Why am I not dead yet?" Qi Hongdou, who turned into the best Mrs. Zhao, could not die, so she had no choice but to accept her fate and start actively seeking survival. Fortunately, God was kind to her and gave her a golden finger. The best of the best raises the best of the little. Look, no one in this family has any worries. The eldest son can only say patience when faced with his mother's abuse of his wife; the fifth child is irritable and full of force; the sixth child has two faces in front of him and the back; the wooden seventh child who can never be counted on; and the second-rate youngest who does not do his job properly! [Adoration] Su Ai in the previous life was a female gangster who smoked, played cards, drank and fought, was not stingy, and even stole a beautiful village doctor to be her husband, and gave birth to a good boy. Qiao baby, the thing she regrets most is that she caused trouble and caused her husband to die tragically at home. Even if she later achieved tens of billions of dollars in wealth, she still would not feel happy. Unexpectedly, when she opened her eyes again, she was reborn and returned to 1990. At this time, there was still one month before the tragic death of my husband, and my husband's lameness could still be saved. After rebirth, she had only two things to do in this life. First, she had to atone for her sins. She had to be good to Ji Yang and her children, and pamper them both to heaven.

36. 536 重 Back to the 80s: I Became a Star 重回80年代，姐成了明星 Cats Dancing in the Woods猫舞林间Modern Romance631k WordsCompleted [Reborn] [1980s] [Strong Female Lead] [Entertainment Industry] [Abusive Ex Gets His Comeuppance] [Building Wealth] With both her parents dead, overweight, divorced, and unemployed, Sang Tian learns on New Year's Eve that her husband's mistress has taken her place, and that her son refuses to acknowledge her. Grief-stricken, she jumps off a bridge and dies, only to be reborn in the 1980s, when she is just ten years old. Determined to defy fate and change her life, young Sang Tian draws on her m 524Reads8.0Score—Shelves
37. 537 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: A Worker’s Guide to Slacking Off 穿越八零，打工人在线摆烂 Shang Liuer商六二Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Family Life] No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no supernatural powers. Qiao Xinyue was a corporate drone who suddenly transmigrated to the 1980s, only to find herself facing a disfigured face, a marriage to a scumbag, and a cruel mother-in-law who made her life miserable. She knew she couldn’t bear the hardships of married life, so she hurriedly came up with a plan. But before long, word had spread through the apartment block that she was an unfil 1Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 538 穿 Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Wife in the 1990s 穿成九零年代炮灰原配 Warm Spring Sunrise暖阳春晓Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A mishap during a trip sends Zhao Yanqin transmigrating to the 1990s. The moment she arrives, she’s heavily pregnant and about to become a mother, and the father is a notorious hooligan known throughout the surrounding villages. She also has a dream in which she dies right after giving birth. Absolutely not. She decides that staying alive comes first, so it’s time to make money, make money, make money! She needs to make sure she feels completely secure!! 601Reads6.6Score—Shelves
39. 539 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1990s: The Queen of Street Vendors 穿书九零之练摊大姐大 Rice Cake White米糕白Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted Her house has burned down, so Zhang Qingpu says she's going back to the countryside to live off her parents. Her mother stands nearby, watching her like a hawk with a stick in hand. Fine, then. She'll start with a street stall. See how the big sister leads her crew of younger followers, makes the most of the 1990s, and builds a fortune. A tribute to friendship, family, love, and that colorful era. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 540 八 Cooking Up a Storm in the 1980s, My Kids Are Drooling 八零年代做美食，家里小孩馋哭了 Colorful Longan缤纷桂圆Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted [Everyday family life, told at an unhurried pace] Yao Jiang's consciousness inhabits the body of a chef in another world. After learning a wealth of skills, she returns to the 1980s, with a culinary pocket dimension thrown in as a bonus. She opens a steamed bun shop and raises a well-behaved child. All in all, life gives her plenty to look forward to. 372Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 541 重 Reborn as a Little Rich Girl in the 1980s 重生八零年代小富婆 Wan Wanhong万万红Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + period drama + golden finger] In 2021, overworked wage slave Li Qiuqiu dies suddenly and returns to 1980, becoming steel factory worker Li Qiufen. The moment she wakes up, she's facing a broken engagement and false rumors that she has an ex-boyfriend. They want to call off the engagement? Show them the list of things they owe her. She has a boyfriend? Let's see a photo! The softhearted Li Qiufen becomes a career woman who knows how to handle both people and work. Then her gold 1Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 542 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Life Made Easy by a Construction Boss 穿八零：被包工头带飞日常 Plainspoken Confucian平淡儒Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted An alternate-history period novel, transmigration, 1v1, with a pocket dimension. Please don't compare the prices to those in the real world. A CEO of a multinational conglomerate in the age of technology, childless and unmarried, died of old age, then transmigrated to the late 1980s, becoming a spoiled, sweet, airheaded college student who wreaked havoc wherever she went. And as soon as she arrived in a parallel world, she had a man and children... The original owner was at the top of the family 104Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 543 嫁 Marry into the City and Get Rationed Grain 嫁到城里，吃上供应粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 24.8kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves

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    The fifth book: The heroine makes money!

44. 544 六 In the 1960s, the Young Educated Youth Takes Back Her Body and Goes on a Rampage 六零，小知青夺回身体后缺大德了 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance809k WordsCompleted [Strong male and female leads + space + scheming + never takes abuse + both leads are wonderfully outrageous] When Jiang Sheng is eighteen, trouble strikes her family and she is forced to move to the countryside. Her family has prepared everything for her, so she isn’t worried. But despite all their precautions, she never expects an accident to rob her of control over her body and send her to a strange place. They call it the twenty-first century? She goes from confusion and panic to adapting, t 37kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
45. 545 重 Reborn in the 1990s: The Cast-Off Wife's Cheat-Code Life 重生九零：弃妇的开挂人生 Jiang Monan江陌南Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Kang Ying, a career-driven businesswoman of the 21st century, transmigrates into the body of Kang Ying, a peasant woman in the 1990s. The original Kang Ying is honest and kind, yet her husband and mother-in-law treat her terribly, and they haven't consummated their marriage in three years. With a new “soul” in her body, the abandoned wife Kang Ying first breaks free of her awful in-laws, then launches a business, makes a fortune, and marries a warmhearted man. This is her story of turning her li 141Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    Reborn! Divorced! Touching the soul...

46. 546 重 Reborn in 1978: From the Start, a Tough Farmhand Calls Off the Wedding and Splits the Family 重生1978：开局糙汉退婚分家 Chasing Clouds Among the Stars星辰逐云Urban136k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Reborn + Family drama + Forest farm + Everyday life + Building wealth] Reborn in 1978, Qi Feng had spent his previous life as a tireless workhorse, only to be drained to death by his awful relatives. This time, he refuses to swallow even a single grievance! His fiancée, whom he hasn’t married yet, looks down on his poverty and wants to elope with someone else? Fine, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Pay back every last cent of my hard-earned money, with interest! His v 25.4kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Returning to the wedding scene in 1978, he was confronted with the elopement of his fiancée as soon as he opened his eyes. The male protagonist no longer felt wronged stupidly, but stood up to his cowardly father and mean stepmother. He decisively separated the family and established his own business, protected his poor brothers and sisters, made money by seizing the opportunity of reform, and went both ways with kind-hearted educated youths. He was not aggrieved throughout the process.

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