Any Books Set in Rural Northeast China with a Heated Kang Bed? 有没有大东北农村，有火炕的书

1. 51 东 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance870k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 55.2kReads8.7Score3.1k14d adds

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   This book perfectly fits the bill; you won't regret reading it.

2. 52 五 Back to Field in the 1950s 五零年代向往的生活 Lan Xuewei蓝雪微Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [The 1950s] [Beast Taming System] [Independent, Self-Reliant Female Lead] [Clearing the Names of Martyrs] [First Women's Representative] After dying, Zhao Meili, a teacher at a forest farm in Northeast China, transmigrates to 1954, becoming Zhao Meili at the age of seventeen... With her Beast Taming System, she can form contracts with animal companions. She takes good care of her parents in a mountain village in the 1950s and lives the Back to Field life she has always longed for... Note: This i 381Reads7.6Score—14d adds
3. 53 回 Back to 1957, an Orphan from the Start 回到五七，开局成孤儿 Lan Xuewei蓝雪微Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted Also known as: Living with a Robot Butler in the 1950s [Rebirth and a Fortuitous Encounter] Jin Yu never imagined that a casual comment she left on Douyin, saying, “I’d be fine with my husband never coming home if I made ten thousand a month,” would lead to her being bound to Interstellar System 0781. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn in 1957 in the far Northeast, back as her former self: frail and sickly, and destined to die young before turning eighteen. [From the Start, It’s Hel 182Reads—Score—14d adds
4. 54 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 16.3kReads7.8Score1.2k14d adds

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5. 55 八 The 1980s: I Married the Right Divorced Man, with Meat and Grain Filling Our Home 八零：嫁对二婚郎，肉满缸粮满仓 Beautiful and Unrestrained美丽的没遮拦Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted Not reborn + not transmigrated + everyday family life + a fiercely protective stepmother (male lead is not a virgin; female lead is). In the 1980s, in the Su family’s humble home, Su Tang is branded the village’s most sharp-tongued “old maid” at twenty-eight, after putting off marriage years earlier to support her younger brother’s education. Su Tang is tough yet resilient. She keeps chickens and rabbits in the same courtyard and lives with quiet dignity, while secretly longing for warmth. Yu Mi 1.8kReads7.3Score14914d adds
6. 56 岳 The Old Grandmother of Yue Family Village 岳家庄的老祖母 Mountainside Man in the Rain雨落山人Historical107k WordsCompleted [A grandmother builds a business + Yue Fei's family teachings + brotherhood] A mother's love makes her strong, and she becomes the soul of her clan. One mother's thirty-year flight lays the foundation for her family's six-hundred-year legacy. During the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty, Yue Guangyong, the thirteenth-generation descendant of Yue Fei, dies young in Tangyin County, Henan Province, where his family has lived for generations. He leaves behind his widowed wife, Yue Yushi, and their tw 610Reads9.3Score10414d adds

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   Various types of rural literature

7. 57 闯 Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol 21.8kReads9.4Score2.1k14d adds

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   The story of Northeast China

8. 58 沧 Remembering the Years as the Seas Changed 沧海桑田忆年年 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance393k WordsOngoing My father and Uncle Wang Si, whom he had begged for help from among the neighbors, rode along an unknown little road dusted with snow, just as dawn began to break. Their whips cracked through the silent morning with a crisp, swirling sound. One cart carried the last of our corn kernels in burlap sacks, a few battered water jars, and four large geese. The other held pots and pans, the furniture that was still usable, and some clothes that had been worn by who knew how many children. All the quilt 1.8kReads8.9Score14614d adds
9. 59 幺 The Youngest Branch’s Elder, the Sixty-Year-Old Junior Ancestor 幺房长辈，60小太爷 Bai Mu Sishui白木泗水Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Chen Yu woke up in a hospital bed and found that everything had changed. He had returned to his youth, to an era of scarce supplies when the people in the village would rather go hungry themselves than forget to support him. After all, he was the village's young granduncle. Given another chance, he couldn't let his younger relatives suffer the hardships of his previous life. After all, he was the most senior member of the village by generation. Chen Family Village was an ordinary little mountain 27kReads7.3Score2.2k14d adds

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   It's not only in Northeast China that you can find heated brick beds (kang).

10. 60 鹌 Quail Alley 鹌鹑胡同 1Blue Snow1蓝雪儿Modern Romance422k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Family Life + Slice of Life + 1980s + Ensemble Cast + Getting Back at Scumbags + No Golden Finger] [Story Synopsis] Shen Yulan was married to her gambling-addict ex-husband for seven years. They fought for seven years, and it ended in divorce. Shen Yulan remarried Zhang Guangtao, who also had a daughter, and brought her own daughter into the new family. She then gave birth to two more daughters. Zhang Guangtao desperately wanted a son to carry on the family line and grew increa 8.3kReads8.2Score59914d adds

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    It features a heated kang (a traditional brick bed), and is set in the rural era. Those interested can check it out.

11. 61 蔷 Secrets in the Rose Villa 蔷薇别墅里的秘密 1Blue Snow1蓝雪儿Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted Chen Xiaorong was born in the countryside. Her parents didn’t love her, and her prospective in-laws were all awful people. She was clever and decisive, beautiful and poised, and brimming with ambition. She earned top marks to get into university, but nobody supported her. She was willing to run away from her wedding and travel far from home to study on her own. The road ahead was difficult. When she faced endless darkness, the warmth he gave her became a ray of light that illuminated her heart. 12.9kReads8.8Score76014d adds
12. 62 小 Early Spring Frost 小春霜早 1Blue Snow1蓝雪儿Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted Xiaochun Shuangzao tells the story of the lives, changes, joys, and sorrows of the three Gu siblings at the end of the twentieth century. Through their story, the novel explores the profound impact of Reform and Opening Up on people's thoughts and lives, and the sweeping changes brought by the new era. [Print edition published] 1.1kReads8.5Score10014d adds
13. 63 狩 Hunting in 1970: Hunting for Wealth, Women, and Life 狩猎70：猎财猎色猎人生 Half White, Half Black半白半黑Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [Period setting + mountain hunting + multiple female leads + feel-good power fantasy] In his previous life, he was slandered and fled deep into the mountains for fifteen years. When he finally returned, his family had been wiped out, and he took up a blade to exact revenge. Reborn, he sets out for revenge once more. Drawing on his past-life hunting experience, he heads into the mountains to make money and build connections, sends every brother in the family into government service, and leads the 118.2kReads8.5Score10.8k14d adds

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    This one seems pretty reliable; you can even learn some social skills and tact. Does anyone know the name of the book with the male lead Zhao Jianguo and the female lead Zhou Qingyan, the county party secretary? I've read it, but I've forgotten. [Laughing emoji]

14. 64 从 Hunting in the Changbai Mountains Since 1969 从69年开始的长白山狩猎生活 Little Bai, At Leisure小白闲来Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Li Weidong transmigrated into the body of a young intellectual sent to work in a production team at the foot of the Changbai Mountains. He met young people who had come from all over the country to help develop the region, and got to know a group of hunters on the mountains who, like him, made their living hunting. During those years of hunting in the mountains, he experienced all kinds of things: laughter, worries, and sorrow. Li Weidong gained not only prey, but also family, friendship, and 23.8kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds

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    Educated Youth Going to the Countryside to Hunt in the Mountains - A Novel

15. 65 八 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance906k WordsOngoing I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 5.3kReads8.0Score30914d adds
16. 66 七 A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970s 七十年代女配的吃瓜日常 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After learning she has transmigrated into a historical-era novel as a pawn meant to whitewash the protagonist's group, Jiang Yanqiu first steals half of the original heroine's golden finger, then gives away half of the transmigrated heroine's golden finger. Then she keeps her head down, stays away from the protagonist's group, and enjoys the show. With nobody at the educated youth station willing to talk to her, bored Jiang Yanqiu has nothing to do but gossip to pass the time. She has to admit, 1.9kReads6.2Score10214d adds
17. 67 我 Writing and Lying Flat on the Northern Frontier 我在北境边境笔耕躺平 Half a Brick半块板砖Urban688k WordsCompleted Orphan Lu Ze had had enough of workplace hypocrisy and the clamor of the city. He took his entire fortune of 560,000 yuan and headed for the northeastern border, where he found an empty village that had been erased from the map: Wangbeitun. As the youngest border resident in Wangbeitun’s history, his life went like this: · Annual income: a few hundred yuan from writing flop novels, plus a 3,500-yuan border-resident subsidy. The main goal was simply to stay alive. · Daily KPIs: write 4,000 words 264Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    This book, a collection of everyday writings from the northeast of Beitun.

18. 68 从 A Story Beginning After 2000 从2000年后说起 Beneath the Misty Sky岚天之下Urban147k WordsCompleted Childhood antics, country life, traditional culture, and all the “love and hate” of school life! Family, friendship, brotherhood, and all things pure: let's reminisce about the youth we've left behind and savor it together. [Manually linked hands][Manually linked hands] No System, no cultivation, no transmigration. A grand feast of authentic country cooking: let's put together your very own collection of delicious recipes! 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    In North China, there are coal-fired kang beds, haha.

19. 69 我 I'm Li Long, and I've Got a Long Spear. Even Wolves Won't Stop Me 我李龙有一杆长枪，有狼也照打 Chen Songzi Loves Boiled Rice Noodles爱吃煮米粉的陈松子Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Li Long, the strongest soldier of the new century, dies a heroic death on a peacekeeping mission. By a twist of fate, he is reborn in the 1980s. In an age of famine when people can barely afford to eat, he puts his skills to use in the vast mountains, hunting bears, catching rabbits, and fishing. From then on, his family enjoys meat with every meal and fish every day. He also makes the acquaintance of a military leader, answers the call to enlist, and becomes a new-generation soldier king in thi 241Reads8.8Score10314d adds

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    Time travel, rebirth, hunting, historical fiction

20. 70 重 Reborn with the Ultimate System for Chinese Street Food 重生之，中华小吃最强系统 Chen Songzi Loves Boiled Rice Noodles爱吃煮米粉的陈松子Urban392k WordsCompleted A disastrous start: a programmer fresh out of school, reborn amid the cutthroat competition of the industry. By a stroke of luck, he gets bound to a System and sets out to revive China’s famous street snacks. Bowl after bowl of simple, unassuming food leaves countless customers overwhelmed, some even breaking down in tears. The Strongest System Missions By completing a series of System missions, the protagonist obtains recipes and preparation methods for every ingredient. After Li Long recreates 13Reads6.7Score—14d adds
21. 71 叩 The Knocking Blade, the Love-Seeking Sword 叩扉刀，问情剑 Growing Tender Bean Sprouts发嫩豆芽Historical467k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted comedy + ancient martial arts + alternate history + fun historical fiction + a touch of power fantasy] Ever since Xiao Yun obtained a magical space treasure, he has roamed the land righting wrongs, rescuing a few beauties along the way, and doing good deeds. All in all, life has been pretty good. But in times of chaos, a good emperor is still a necessity! Just a story, no tedious fight scenes! 1Reads7.7Score—14d adds
22. 72 被 A Life Spurned by Another World 被异世界唾弃的一生 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + ensemble cast + no cheats + sword and magic + fictional world + some angst] My soul transmigrated to another world. No System, no dazzling start, and this isn’t a power fantasy. Give me a little patience, and I’ll give you a fantasy world unlike any other. This is the story of an ordinary modern office worker who must first survive in a world torn by chaos, then step over heaps of corpses on his way to becoming the Doomsday Demon feared by all. Reader advisory: The first two 4.9kReads9.0Score42214d adds
23. 73 1 1980: Hunting Bears in the Greater Khingan Mountains 1980我在大兴安岭猎熊 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes土豆跟地瓜Urban192k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I highly recommend it to everyone.

24. 74 重 Reborn in 1970: Hunting in Northeast China 重生70我在东北打猎 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes土豆跟地瓜Urban282k WordsCompleted Xu Guoqiang is reborn on the day tragedy struck in 1970. After successfully saving his wife and children, he faces the harsh reality of his family’s extreme poverty and resolutely takes up his hunting rifle again, heading deep into the forests of Changbai Mountain. Drawing on hazy memories from his previous life and his hunting skills, he starts by securing the necessities of life, then gradually improves his family’s circumstances. Navigating the precarious line between policy and risk, from th 9Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 75 穿 Transmigrated to Northeast China in 1979: A Life of Hunting 穿越79在东北打猎人生 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes土豆跟地瓜Urban351k WordsCompleted Li Weiguo, a retired bureau chief and former senior officer in the People’s Armed Police, slips in the rain while walking in a park and unexpectedly transmigrates to 1979, becoming a rural good-for-nothing with the same name. This Li Weiguo is despised by everyone in the village. Lazy and selfish, he takes his whole family’s sacrifices for granted. Faced with unfamiliar parents, disappointed older siblings, and a frightened younger sister, Li Weiguo resolves to turn over a new leaf. Drawing on t 78Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 76 穿 Transmigrated to 1980s Northeast China to Hunt 穿越80东北打猎 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes土豆跟地瓜Urban244k WordsCompleted Lin Feng, code-named “Lone Wolf,” was a special forces soldier who sacrificed himself to shield his teammates during a top-secret hostage rescue mission. When he opened his eyes again, he had transmigrated into the body of an eighteen-year-old named Lin Feng in Linjiagou, a northern mountain village in 1980. His family had nothing, food was scarce, and his loved ones were gaunt with hunger. The former elite soldier decided to shoulder the burden of supporting them. Unwilling to waste his life wo —Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 77 穿 I Transmigrated to 1980 and Hunt to Support My Family in Northeast China 穿越1980我在东北打猎养家 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes土豆跟地瓜Urban198k WordsCompleted A king of soldiers in his previous life, he was killed by a single shot while carrying out a peacekeeping mission overseas, trying to save a little girl. He returned to life in another body. Lin Dong, an orphan, was reborn in a parallel world, only to unexpectedly gain a father, an older sister, and a younger sister! Seeing the dilapidated house and his younger sister, thin as a rail, Lin Dong decides to take good care of her! From then on, he hunts in the mountains, fishes in the river, and occ 7Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 78 重 Reborn in 1960: Hunting in the Greater Khingan Range 重生60狩猎大兴安岭 Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes土豆跟地瓜Urban330k WordsOngoing Chen Shanhe lived to the ripe old age of eighty-five and died peacefully in his sleep. When he opened his eyes, he was eighteen again. Before him, his father was worrying himself sick over the exorbitant bride price for his marriage. In his previous life, that debt had sent his father to his death in a bear’s jaws, his mother tumbling into a trap, and his brother dying a violent death while seeking revenge… Of their family of four, only Chen Shanhe was left alone. He spent half his life training 200Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 79 重 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban898k WordsOngoing A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.4kReads6.8Score1.1k14d adds
30. 80 重 Back to the Late 1970s, I Have a Choice System 重回70年代末，我有选择系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban766k WordsCompleted A modern food-delivery rider was hit by a heavy truck while saving someone and sent back to the 1970s, reborn as an educated youth about to take the college entrance exam. Ding! The choice System has been activated. A choice has been triggered. Choice One: Take the college entrance exam? No way. You can return to the city freely in a year, so stay in the village for another year. Reward: Become the village secretary's live-in son-in-law. Choice Two: The college entrance exam is the only way to c 17.6kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
31. 81 重 Reborn in 1974: I Take My Space with Me to the Countryside 重生1974年，我带空间去下乡 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban642k WordsCompleted Li Feng, a wage slave working a 996 schedule, accidentally activated the pocket dimension in the jade pendant his grandfather left him before he died. As a devoted fan of web novels on Tomato, how could he not know what opportunity was coming his way? “Grandpa! Bless your grandson with a chance to transmigrate to an awesome world. I’ll make sure our Li family has plenty of descendants.” The newly unemployed wage slave gathered what little money he had and stockpiled some supplies. Now he waits f 16.4kReads7.8Score67314d adds
32. 82 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Prosperous Family's Young Daughter-in-Law 重生七零：旺家小儿媳 Brown Sugar Tomato and Sweet Potato Jam冰糖番茄红薯酱Modern Romance327k WordsCompleted A brick house? A warm, cozy bed? A kerosene lamp? I’ve gone back to when my parents were alive! The heavens still have a conscience and have given me a chance to be reborn and get revenge! In my previous life, my scumbag husband and a widow bullied me until I died. They schemed to make me miscarry my five-month-old baby, and I foolishly thought it was my own carelessness. I humbled myself and coaxed Chen Zhiqiang, earning work points to support the whole family. I never had a child of my own, an 39Reads—Score214d adds

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    Northeast rural period literature

33. 83 执 Obsession Reborn in 1982: The Changbai Mountain Hunting King Provides for His Whole Family 执念重生82：长白山猎王养全家 Gaga Crispy Sweet嘎嘎脆甜Rural Life457k WordsOngoing Zhang Jianjun, a lifelong bachelor, is reborn in 1982. His family had once been happy, but in his previous life, disaster struck, leaving the family broken and its members dead. In his previous life, he worked as a forest ranger all his days. He hunted in the mountains, fished in the rivers, and dug for ginseng and gathered herbs in the wilderness. He knew the ins and outs of the forest like the back of his hand. Returning to the time before tragedy strikes, he is determined to protect his famil 120.8kReads8.3Score9.7k14d adds

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    This book is great! It's authentic, genuine, and unpretentious!

34. 84 东 Northeastern Ghost Doctor: I Cure Every Kind of Defiance! 东北鬼医：专治各种不服！ Buddhist-Style Grind King佛系卷王Mystery1.9M WordsOngoing [Mystery and wild ideas] [Hilarious power fantasy] [Folk horror] [Invincible protagonist] [No female lead] (The short drama adaptation, Northeast Ghost Doctor: Five Ghosts Carry Me on My Journey from the Start, is now available on Tomato Short Drama.) Chen Shian, a ghost doctor from Northeast China born under the "Tenfold Peace" destiny, descends the mountain at his master's command to heal the world. With silver needles in his left hand, he cures ailments caused by ghosts; with his right fist, 27.1kReads9.2Score2.8k14d adds

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    [Got it][Got it] Close your eyes and read this super good Northeastern supernatural comedy masterpiece! The story progresses reasonably, with constant plot twists, and the characters are well-developed. I really like the main character. You won't be able to stop reading once you start.

35. 85 1 Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春 Young Master Xiaoxiao孝孝公子Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [A story-driven take on history. Note: There is no single fixed protagonist. Multiple leads reflect the changes of the era and offer a full picture of the 1977 restoration of the college entrance exam.] [The story focuses on several main characters: Hu Wei and Wang Ting, Pan Xia, and Lu Xiaoyun. Their stories weave in and out according to the timeline. If you prefer to follow one character at a time, you can read their chapters in sequence for a complete biography. The other characters may only 5.8kReads8.0Score41014d adds

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    The pinnacle of historical fiction! [Cool][Attention][Original work enthusiast] Time-travels to become the top scorer in the college entrance exam, seizes opportunities to get rich! Beautiful wife, warm family life! A story of everyday life, tightly plotted, and heartwarming! Highly recommend this book! 👍 You might think it's a novel, but it's actually a very interesting historical record. Its strength lies in its focus on ordinary people. Hundreds of characters are based on real people and stories. Those born in the 50s, 60s, and 70s should read it; perhaps you can find stories that reflect your own era or a piece of your own. The story is touching, the plot is well-arranged, and it should be considered a good novel within a historical record, and a good historical story within a novel.

36. 86 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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    [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Thumbs up][Flying kiss]

37. 87 出 The First Half of a Female Spirit Medium’s Life! 出马女弟子的前半生！ Brother Zhang弟马张Mystery325k WordsCompleted I’m an ordinary country girl from Northeast China. When I was 18, I learned that I was born with a connection to the immortals. I was often unwell in all sorts of ways, and I sought out many spirit mediums, hoping they could help me escape my predicament. I was cheated, but I also met kind people. This is the story of how I eventually found my way out. I decided to write this book to keep more people from being scammed. I can’t guarantee that everything I say is right, but I can guarantee that I 8.7kReads9.4Score67814d adds

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    Sharing a completed supernatural novel with a very immersive atmosphere. It uses the protagonist's early life as the main thread, recalling strange events from his childhood and adolescence. These include dreams following the death of loved ones, children encountering supernatural entities, and the good karma accumulated by his ancestors. The relationship between humans and spirits is not simply one of master and servant; it emphasizes merit and cause and effect. Many parts of the story will leave you with a sense of melancholy.

38. 88 糙 The Rugged Man Returns, and the Widowed Village Goes Up in Flames 糙汉归来，克夫村炸了 Mountain Fresh山地鲜Urban149k WordsCompleted Chunshui Village was notorious far and wide as a “village of husband-killers”! Women with broken palms, women with the Peach Blossom curse, women like yakshas and ghosts... Every kind of husband-killing woman from the legends could be found in this village! All the men had been cursed to die, leaving only a group of beautiful women whom everyone regarded as harbingers of misfortune. Eight years later, Wang Dakui returned with a pure yang body. This tough man, whose life was so hard that even the 2.4kReads—Score22714d adds

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    Rough and tough Northeastern men, a refreshing read

39. 89 东 Northeast Tales: A Love That Never Wavers 东北往事之情深不悔 Author Jiang Bula作者姜不辣Ancient Romance618k WordsCompleted No transmigration, no System. A realistic romance set in the countryside of Northeast China. If you cry easily, don’t read this. I’m afraid you won’t be able to stop! Zheng Sichun had a life full of hardship. When she was born, her own grandmother had her thrown into Wolf Ravine, where she was rescued by the drunkard Zheng Bao. At a young age, she narrowly escaped a villain’s clutches. After her brother accidentally killed someone, the siblings fled the home they’d lived in for eight years! At t 11.7kReads9.5Score1.5k14d adds

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    A terrifying night in the snow, she carries the shackles of half a lifetime. As the shadow of evil tears away the mask of hypocrisy, an epic tale of blood and tears unfolds amidst neighborhood feuds in a time of upheaval. A humiliated mother, a torn truth, pain and redemption intertwine beneath the earthen walls.

40. 90 操 After Twenty Years of Toil, I’m Done Being Your Family’s Workhorse 操劳二十年！不再当你家的牛马了 Endless Qile麒乐无穷Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s + Feel-Good Revenge + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Ordinary People + Family Affairs] In her previous life, Ye Yating was naive and clueless. Her adoptive mother married her off to a remote backwater, and Ye Yating spent years believing her husband's honeyed words and thinking he truly loved her. No matter how badly her mother-in-law tormented her or how often her husband beat her, a few sweet words from him were enough to make her forgive him without complaint. Even af 11Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's really good. I can only say the author is amazing; many of the plot points are things most people wouldn't expect.

41. 91 东 The Northeast Immortal Emperor Returns 东北仙帝回归 Wind Speed 2022风速2022Urban832k WordsOngoing Li Muchuan, an ordinary young man from Shencheng, Liaoning Province, accidentally fell into a river and ended up in the mortal realm of the cultivation world. After countless trials and hardships, he ascended to the Immortal Realm. After a hundred thousand years of star-sea warfare, devouring stars and withstanding supernovas, he repelled the joint assault of the Immortal Realm's Great Emperors six times, slew nine mortal enemies, and rose to become the one and only Demon Emperor. Everyone acro 46Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a Northeastern Chinese fantasy novel about a young man from Northeast China who travels to another world, cultivates immortality, and returns home. It's quite well-written and includes elements of ancient martial arts, cultivation, and the resurgence of demonic energy. Some of the settings are quite interesting, such as using nuclear bombs to destroy vengeful ghosts.

42. 92 有 A Ghost Farted and Died 有只鬼放个屁死了 Dog Thirteen狗十三Mystery170k WordsCompleted This book is made up of ten short stories: “The Big Yellow Dog,” “The Nine-Headed Demon,” “Block,” “Xisha Pit,” “Cuckoo” “Ghostly Wailing,” “Madman,” “Swing,” “Blue Carp,” “The Hundred-Year-Old Tree” Title: A Ghost Died After Farting = Horror + Comedy + Tragedy The stories vary in length, and their plots range from salty to bland. The whole book is easy to understand, with plain and straightforward language. This story is entirely fictional. Please read responsibly. Do not be superstitious, and 2kReads9.5Score22214d adds

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    These are all stories about everyday life in Northeast China.

43. 93 忘 Wang Benye's Dreamspace 忘本爷的造梦空间 Dog Thirteen狗十三Mystery1.5M WordsOngoing [Spatial fantasy + modern-day imaginative fiction + suspense + everyday family life + brotherhood + a nobody awakens + no brainless wish fulfillment + no invincibility + terrible father] Penniless and down on his luck, ignored by all; two souls dream of vengeance beneath the snow. Back from the dream realm, he becomes a hero. Who doesn’t know this ungrateful man? It all comes down to one dream, turning the tables when things seem most hopeless Friends, let me ask you something: “Do you believe 914Reads9.6Score10714d adds
44. 94 亏 How to Become the Richest Man by Losing Money, Starting with Short Dramas 亏成首富从短剧开始 Write One写壹Urban493k WordsOngoing [No female lead] [System] [Business and farming] Jia Luo was laid off by his company and returned to his rural hometown with 120,000 yuan in savings. By chance, he bound himself to the “Lose Money to Get Rich System”: At a loss, his rewards doubled. If he made a profit, he only got a base salary of 3,000 yuan. Once Jia Luo figured out how it worked, he was ecstatic: The more money he lost, the more he earned! Wasn't this just easy money? He carefully chose the short-drama market, recruiting only 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's fantastic! It's funny, touching, and every character is memorable and well-developed.

45. 95 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Going to the Countryside to Save My Exiled Family 穿越70年代，下乡拯救下放家人 Xiqingya溪晴呀Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted After her mother’s death, Mu Qinghe was so devastated that she fell ill. Unwilling to leave her property to her unfilial children, she was discovered after making a will. Her children abandoned her while she was sick and rushed off to transfer her assets. To her surprise, she died just like that. Then she transmigrated into the body of the little girl she had seen in her dreams. Fortunately, she had a pocket dimension and supplies. It was all meant to be. Since she was living the little girl’s l 987Reads7.2Score10014d adds

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    There is space and matter, but no messy relationships.

46. 96 重 Reborn: From the Start, I Can Hear the Young Intellectual’s Inner Thoughts 重生，开局就偷听女知青心声 Chief Steward of the Yang Household杨府大管家Urban388k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will keep rising!] [Period rebirth, farming, pure romance, slow-paced and not violent] If you like this kind of story, come take a look! If you don't, head on over to Tomato Book City, where plenty of great books are waiting for you! Su Yun is reborn in 1974 as an educated youth sent to the countryside. From the start, the educated youths' dormitory collapses, so he has no choice but to board with a local family. By chance, he ends up under the same roof as Lin Qing 1.6kReads6.2Score—14d adds

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    I recommend a book: male-oriented, historical fiction, rebirth, educated youth sent to the countryside, multiple female protagonists, farming and hunting.

47. 97 搬 She Clears Out Her Family's Fortune, Then Takes Her Darling Beauty and the Weasel Immortal to the Countryside for Some Gossip 搬空家产，娇美人带黄仙下乡吃瓜 Sweet Rice Wine Dumplings酒酿甜心圆子Modern Romance105k WordsOngoing [Fictional period setting + pet weasel spirit + curvy capitalist heiress + clearing out the family fortune + sent to the countryside in Northeast China + everyday family life] A curvy, seemingly delicate, yet all-capable drought demoness × a scheming, merit-rich, love-struck, rugged country man Not much feng shui, mostly everyday family life. When Jiang Yutang woke up, her whole world had collapsed. She had gone from a feared drought demoness to a capitalist heiress in a vegetative state, and 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Drought demons travel to Northeast China and build up rural areas.

48. 98 我 After I Married My Northeastern Husband Through an Online Romance 我网恋远嫁东北老公后 Yi DaX伊大XMarriage & Romance21k WordsCompleted After Marrying My Online Boyfriend and Moving to the Northeast 28Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Nice!!!!

49. 99 死 Death Penalty Rose 死刑玫瑰 Sword Mountain剑山Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted A revenge story, rural romance, life as a migrant worker, the tricks of the city, and the good and evil in human nature. Rose was a country girl. At eighteen, she went away with a relative to find work, only to be sold. From then on, her life was full of twists and turns. She missed out on true love, fell into a den of wolves, and wished she were dead. When Rose disappeared, Chen Shuang searched frantically for her, but never found the woman he loved. Following one small lead nearly got him beat 11Reads—Score214d adds

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    It's truly fantastic, and the writing is excellent.

50. 100 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds

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    The wife of the poorest county magistrate in history reclaimed wasteland for farming; recommended, sparks flew.

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