Looking for Good Stories Set in a Specific Historical Era, with Excellent Writing 求好看的年代文，文笔要好

1. 201 俺 My Mother, Wang Juzhen 俺娘王菊珍 An Xin Dui Yang安心对阳Modern Romance768k WordsOngoing [Based on real life + hardship + historical era + the struggles and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This is not a feel-good power fantasy. The protagonist of this book is my beloved and respected great-grandmother, a poor old woman who struggled through the surging tide of an era. Wang Juzhen never had an easy life. Her parents starved to death while fleeing famine, her own sister sold her for a mouthful of grain, and a landlord lusted after her. Only Wang Long gave her 82Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There is no golden finger, it all depends on one breath! Wang Juzhen marched forward with a heavy burden in the difficult years and suffered repeated blows, but she still refused to admit defeat to her fate.

2. 202 八 The Wild Beauty of the ’80s Makes the Cold Military Officer Break His Rules to Spoil Her 八零美人野，高冷军官破戒宠 Strawberry Girl草莓菇凉Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [The old train brakes suddenly, and she tumbles into an officer’s arms, exposing the debt of love branded with the word “scum” on his chest!] Jian Yiran transmigrates into a book, landing from the start on an old train, right in the arms of Lu Zhanbei, the military district’s living King of Hell! His uniform tears, revealing powerful pectoral muscles with a scar of the word “scum” carved into them half a year ago, when she lost her mind! “Thought I was an old man with a burden to boot?” He grips 67Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 203 1 Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春 Young Master Xiaoxiao孝孝公子Modern Romance3.4M 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 5kReads8.0Score362Shelves

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   The pinnacle of period literature! Achieve the top spot in the college entrance examination and seize the opportunities of the times to accumulate wealth! A beautiful and virtuous wife, a warm life with children around her knees! The description of daily trivial matters is delicate, the plot development is compact and orderly, and it is a masterpiece full of warmth and warmth! Highly recommend this book 👍 You may think this is just a work of fiction, but in fact it is a fascinating historical record. Its preciousness lies in its focus on ordinary people. Hundreds of vivid characters are derived from real people and events. Readers born in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s may wish to read it. They may be able to find the mark of themselves or that era. The storyline is touching and the layout is just right. It can be called an excellent novel among historical records, and it is also a wonderful historical chapter among excellent novels.

4. 204 我 Getting By in a Period-Era Novel 我在年代文里混日子 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + period setting + everyday family life + a touch of fantasy Hu Yan realized she seemed to have been reborn and transmigrated. She’d become a character in an old period novel she had read long ago. Oh, the story had already ended. She was a peripheral character, even less important than a walk-on. Her family’s four lovely daughters were living miserable lives. She didn’t have the heroine’s portable dimension or special aura. But she did have her own little stroke of luck 284Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   Live your own life

5. 205 读 After His Adorable Wife Reads His Mind, the Officer Blushes Furiously 读心小娇妻后，军官老公面红耳赤 Young Master of the Zhang Family张家少年郎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Everyday Family Life + Slow-Burn Romance + Sweet Romance + Inner Thoughts + Alternate History] [Reader Advisory: The heroine always gets revenge, but she isn’t recklessly impulsive. She doesn’t have an overpowered golden finger, so she takes her time getting even, and every villain gets what they deserve in the end. This isn’t an instant gratification story where someone gets killed the moment they suffer a little injustice. If that bothers you, feel free to hit back now. Th 288Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   You can take a look at this, it's pretty good

6. 206 穿 Transmigrated Into a ’70s Novel: Mom Taught Me How to Handle Men 穿书七零：我妈教我拿捏男人 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 8.4kReads7.3Score551Shelves
7. 207 大 Boss, Your Lucky Sweetheart Is Reborn in the 1970s 大佬，锦鲤甜妻在七十年代重生了 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + enterprising heroine who only starts buying courtyard homes later on + male lead is a research powerhouse devoted to serving his country] Qin Wanwan was crouching by a grave, watching the commotion, when she accidentally became the center of it. She possessed someone and was reborn. She dealt with the scumbag and the other woman in kind, sending them both to a farm for reform. Then she sold her ancestral home, bought a job, stuffed her pockets with cash, and plunged straight in 1.4kReads9.3Score582Shelves

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   A book you won't regret after reading it [Like][Like][Like]

8. 208 开 The Open Era 开放时代 Old General of Guanzhong关西老将Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Li Yuanfang was reborn in 1990. Riding the tide of the reform era, he started out as a township civil servant, used his knowledge of the future to develop an export-oriented economy, and built a business empire. With his ingenuity and iron will, he rose from adversity, took charge of a region, and battled all kinds of powerful forces. He built water conservancy projects, roads, and schools, bringing benefits to the people and helping ordinary families achieve their dream of a stable, comfortable 848Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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   The writing of this book is great and the story is exciting. I recommend everyone to read it!

9. 209 五 A Widow’s Child-Rearing Diary in a 1950s Courtyard House 五十年代四合院寡妇的养娃日常 Your Thoughts你的想Modern Romance189k WordsCompleted Content warning: There is a male lead. The heroine is half laid-back, half ambitious, with a space, cute pets, and a slow-paced slice-of-life story. After transmigrating into the body of a young widow, Wen Xile looks at the four filthy children living under a bridge. In her previous life, Wen Xile had always wanted a child. After waking up, she keeps asking herself: 1. Did we make progress today? 2. Were we happy today? 3. Did we get any good gossip today? With her little 50-square-meter storefr 271Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   Although it ended in a hurry, it didn't stop it from being beautiful.

10. 210 当 Become a Doctor, Get Into College, and Conquer the 1970s With a Pocket Dimension 当医生！考大学！带着空间闯七零 Dongpo Pork东坡肉肉Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s setting + space + special abilities + educated youth + devoted couple + strong heroine] At death’s door, Yang Zhenzhen dragged the Zombie King down with her. When she regained consciousness, Yang Zhenzhen had transmigrated into a book called Beautiful Educated Youth Becomes a Big Shot in the 1970s, as a cannon-fodder supporting character. Since she was there, she might as well make the best of it. With a wood-based special ability and a space, she planned to kee 1.9kReads8.6Score153Shelves

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    It's finished, the heroine is not a stepmother and doesn't raise a child

11. 211 重 Can the Road to Rebirth Go Well? 重生路能走好吗 Xuan Zhi宣之Urban300k WordsCompleted Also known as Transmigrating to 1936: My Remarkable Life Who would choose to transmigrate here? Since you’re forcing me to do this, and I can’t beat you, I’ll run. I’ll hide from you. Surely that’s allowed, right? Ever since I’ve kept my distance from you, my life has been more exciting than you can imagine. 78Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking

12. 212 穿 Transmigrated Into a 1970s Novel: A Bystander's Guide to Staying Out of Trouble 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 148.4kReads9.6Score15.4kShelves

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    Good looking [laughing and crying]

13. 213 二 Marrying a Soldier in My Second Marriage, I Head to the Islands to Build the Nation 二嫁成军嫂，去海岛建设祖国 Come What May来可期Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted [1980s + space + military marriage + period piece + raising children] When Ruan Yushu woke up, she had landed in the 1980s. Her parents didn’t care for her, and she was forced into marriage. Her first husband died, and the second man proposed to her was a cripple. The third was an officer stationed on an island, with two children. He was tall and handsome, though, and had a good salary. When she heard there was a chance to join the military family, Ruan Yushu said, “I’ll marry him. I have to. I’ 119Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The writing is not awkward at all.

14. 214 6 A Powerful Figure’s Memoirs from the 1960s 60年代大佬记事 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance453k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Qin Shijin was sweet-talking, lively, cheerful, and generous. She was on the verge of reaching the peak of her career when she transmigrated to the 1960s. She became an idiot who saved her own food during a famine to give it to the man she had a crush on. Though food and clothing were scarce, Qin Shijin said it was no big deal. A skyscraper starts from the ground. In ten years, she’d get into a top university. Sitting at her desk in the exam hall, Qin Shijin held the test paper in 818Reads6.9Score—Shelves
15. 215 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 Romance1.2M 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 68kReads8.5Score8.1kShelves

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    Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returned with the system and amazed the audience with her purchasing ability! From the county supply and marketing cooperative to the translator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she talked about tractors and exports, and helped decentralized professors to facilitate international academic exchanges. He is the favorite of the family, has a great career, and is silently protected by the aloof Mayor Gu. She has received this overwhelming wealth and peach blossoms steadily! 🚀✨

16. 216 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 767Reads7.4Score106Shelves

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    How many chronicles do you recommend to everyone?

17. 217 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 541Reads6.4Score—Shelves
18. 218 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 821Reads6.1Score—Shelves
19. 219 钓 Fishing and Foraging at Sea: I'm the World's Biggest Badass 钓鱼赶海：我是天下第一拽 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 703Reads8.5Score207Shelves
20. 220 钓 Fishing My Way to Riches: A Record-Breaking Catch 钓鱼暴富钓鱼爆护 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 1.4kReads8.7Score102Shelves
21. 221 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 30Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 222 空 Fishing with an Empty Hook: I Only Catch the Most Expensive, Biggest Fish 空钩钓鱼，我只钓贵的鱼，大的鱼 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 623Reads8.6Score—Shelves
23. 223 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 195Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 224 科 The Brilliant Scientist Who Ran Away from Both Her Wedding and Her Marriage 科研一枝花逃婚又逃嫁 Qing E Xi青莪兮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A period novel with no golden finger for scientific research, a top-tier intellect and a clear, rational mind; strengthening the nation and its military through mathematics, founding a research institute; the heroine is a soldier's wife, beloved for her own achievements, with a happy, harmonious relationship) Period setting + humorous everyday life + academic star + strengthening the nation through mathematical research + counterespionage + no space, no System, no golden finger + highly intelli 6.1kReads9.2Score728Shelves

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    There is no space and no system. It is quite in line with the background of the era. The writing style is a bit like Zhu Ziqing's. All the mathematics research staff have high IQs. After reading it, I always doubt that I don't understand mathematics [laugh][laugh][laugh][laugh]

25. 225 亲 The Match Fell Through? The Man I Was Forced to Marry Is a Commander 亲事黄了？强嫁的路人甲是首长 Shang Keji尚可及Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A full-cast audio drama is now available [marriage first, love later, revenge on scumbags, strong heroine, making money, 1v1, ensemble cast, island space (appears in Chapter 55), healing and redemption] A Red Army mercenary codenamed “Chef” transmigrates into the body of Su Yuan, a pitiful young woman in the 1960s, and goes to seek out her childhood betrothed, Chi Ye. He's a widower who has remarried and has three children. Penniless and desperate for food, Su Yuan dives into the river to catch 8.6kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    Era, island military marriage, marriage first, love later, abuse of scum, good people have room

26. 226 搬 I Emptied the Enemy’s Warehouse and Swept Across the Black Soil with My Pocket Dimension 搬空敌人仓库我带空间横扫黑土地 I'm Big 33我是大33Modern Romance391k WordsCompleted Space + rebirth + one-on-one romance + brainless power fantasy + food + entrepreneurship + foresight + making money. Inspired by real-life circumstances, but set in an alternate era. Xu Kaixin is reborn on the very day her home is confiscated. The resentment and bitterness from her previous life still weigh on her heart. Her anxious parents hurry to pack her things. Xu Kaixin glances at the clock: the authorities will be here to confiscate their home any minute. Her parents are about to be sent 2.2kReads7.3Score237Shelves

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    I don't allow anyone who hasn't read this book, it's so good!

27. 227 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 1.5kReads6.2Score—Shelves

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28. 228 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s as the Village Tigress, I Call the Shots 穿越80母老虎，全村上下我做主 Your Dentures Just Flew Out你假牙飞出来了Modern Romance112k WordsOngoing Devoted husband, lighthearted comedy, doted-on heroine, and building a fortune. Su Xiaomo transmigrates to a rural village in northern Shaanxi in 1985. The name of this poor little village tells you everything: it must be desperately poor! The original owner was the village's notorious shrew, feared by everyone. Luckily, her family all dotes on her. She also has a handsome husband. But since she's transmigrated, this reputation could work to her advantage. Should she play along, or turn over a n 1.3kReads—Score115Shelves

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    I really love these two female chronicle novels, especially the first one. It's funny and sweet at the same time. It's a critical hit at the beginning, and it gets better and better in the follow-up. It's wonderful, I love it. . Wonderful

29. 229 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 462Reads—Score109Shelves
30. 230 邻 Between Neighbors 邻里之间 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban163k WordsCompleted Distant relatives are not as dependable as close neighbors, and close neighbors are no match for the folks across the street. But life is full of contradictions: without conflict, there is no struggle, and without struggle, there is no progress. Neighbors don’t always get along, either. As the saying goes, a neighbor is like a set of scales: they hope the other neighbor stays poor. 249Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Period novels are coming

31. 231 六 The Good Life in the Sixties: Farming with Adorable Pets 六零好生活，跟着萌宠忙种田 Snow Melts, Moonlight Shimmers雪融月溶溶Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + a child’s growth + strengthening the nation through technology] Lying flat in the 1960s with an interstellar System? Just as Daya and her star-beast companion Hongge had settled into a comfortable life, the System…crashed! Her star-beast companion was forced to transmigrate into a sickly boy from the capital, and even became her nominal “little uncle”? Her golden finger worked only sometimes, her body was frail, and the circumstances were pressing. They had no choice but to re 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    630,000 Words, a certain style, plot promotion, not trivial, not bloody, not intellectual, non-conventional and brain-dead, cute children grow up, science and technology rejuvenates the country, foreign persimmons are recommended to become a fan, the author wants to run away, support me, at least let her finish writing this article.

32. 232 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Love and Career, I Want It All 重生八零：爱情事业全都要 Dog-Chasing Boy追狗少年Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted [Reborn + 1980s + farming + building wealth + family life + strong heroine + devoted couple] Fang Qiushui is reborn and forced to marry an alcoholic gambler many years her senior, in exchange for a wife for her cousin. Why should I have to trade away my whole life so my cousin can get a wife? Why does his family get to eat eggs while I have to live on dried radish? Dream on! I won’t agree to this! She takes her mother and younger sister and decisively splits from the family. She tears into her c 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the previous life, she was beaten to death, married to an old man in exchange for her cousin, and was still complacent, thinking that she had contributed to her family? You will be squeezed dry until you die! After eighty years again, I will wake up in this life, punch my scumbag father, and kick my scumbag grandma. Take mom and dad to a well-off life! No space, no golden fingers, build a business empire!!! The author is very attentive and has pictures at the end of almost every chapter. The prices are also very accurate! Very logical! Recommended! Go! Rebirth!

33. 233 六 The Pride of the Family: The Oddballs on the Margins of 1960s Society 六零社会边角料极品爸妈的小骄傲 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 35.4kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves

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    Work hard + live!

34. 234 七 The 1970s: She Catches Spies at the Factory and Ends Up with an Officer Husband 七零：她工厂抓特务抓到军官老公 Do So Many People Like Mint?这么多人爱吃薄荷吗Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Twenty years into the apocalypse, Jiang Meng, a powerhouse with a strength-type ability, died. She died at dawn on the eighth day of a zombie siege. She wasn’t bitten to death by zombies. She was worked to death. When she came to again, Jiang Meng had been reborn into a family surnamed Jiang. Her dad was a Level 8 carpenter, her mom could make anything taste delicious, her brother and sister-in-law were honest and good-natured, her sister was fiery and gorgeous, her younger brother was clever bu 5.9kReads8.3Score489Shelves
35. 235 六 Joining the Army in the 1960s: Fleeing Famine and Marrying a Cavalryman in a Flash 六零随军：逃荒，闪婚骑兵哥哥 Miaobai喵白Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military Romance + Cavalry Commander + Tianshan Grasslands + Farming and Hunting + Sweet Everyday Life] My grasslands, my horse. I do whatever I want out here. A spirited military wife transmigrates to the 1960s, flees famine across five provinces, and finally reaches a cavalry regiment in the far northwest, where she begins life with the troops. She clears land, digs for caterpillar fungus, and hunts wild beasts. With fields to farm and meat to eat, life is good. Riding a Tibetan wild ass, lea 15.7kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
36. 236 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 13kReads8.7Score750Shelves
37. 237 情 Love Debts 情债【李幼斌主演的电视剧】 Flowers Flourish on Brocade锦上添繁花Female-Channel Fanfiction450k WordsCompleted Also known as The Peach Blossom Luck of Sister-in-Law Jiang Qi. A lost paradise in Northeast China, a little mountain village in the Changbai Mountains: the Abandoned Village. Journey beyond a life of hardship and let this story sweep you away. The tangled affairs between men and women in the countryside, and the everyday love and hatred that bind them. So many debts of passion, so many heartbreaks. 6.2kReads8.2Score510Shelves

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    Good writing for the era. The writing is sophisticated. Pure literary work. Starring Li Youbin. Rare. Recommend.

38. 238 重 Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱，霸总偏爱超癫狂 Er Lingzi二玲子Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is super good-looking, down-to-earth, not ridiculous, not romantic, and very immersive. It is definitely a favorite among book lovers!! The heroine Jin Tutan died tragically due to love in her previous life, and was reborn to the day after the college entrance examination in 2007. She tore up the love letter and swore that she would only make money and not fall in love! In the book, women help each other, do not compete with each other, and do not feel weak. The heroine is smart and strategic, and the plot is compact and not procrastinating! Purely hand-coded, purely original creation! Reject the old Shuangwen routine! Novel and trendy! The whole process is high-energy and full of excitement, relaxed, funny and healing! If you are a book lover, you will definitely not lose [OK][Rose][Firecrackers][Fireworks]

39. 239 惨 Reborn After a Horrific Death, I Dump the Scumbag and His Mistress and Marry the Commander 惨死重生后，踢飞渣男绿茶嫁首长 Luo Yin in Blue Robes青衫洛隐Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [1970s + Reborn and Revenge + Pocket Dimension + Building Wealth + Military Marriage + Alternate History] In her previous life, Yun Qiuyue spent her whole life as a beast of burden, giving up her own bright future to care for the bedridden mother of a scoundrel. Only on her deathbed did she discover that the man she had loved and waited for all her life had already married and had children. And the woman he married was the very “little sister” he had always talked about! Alone in the countryside 1.7kReads8.5Score191Shelves

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    Very good, very good

40. 240 重 Reborn in 1960: From Bachi Alley to Hongjiagou 重生1960：八尺巷爆到洪家沟 The Chosen One王者之选Urban407k WordsCompleted After leaving Eight-Foot Alley, Hong Tiejun found an empty corner and tossed the cornmeal into his pocket dimension. Before he had even made it to the mouth of the alley, he had already wolfed down the cornmeal cake. Feeling the money and ration coupons in his pocket, Hong Tiejun couldn’t help reflecting... Hongjiagou lay at the foot of Dahei Mountain, and it was still a desolate place. Nestled against the mountains and water, Hongjiagou had fields stretching out in every direction... Hong Tie 783Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    The writing screams!

41. 241 商 The Ups and Downs of Business: A Life Well Lived 商业浮沉：不负韶华 Guan Zhong Zimo关中子墨Urban100k WordsOngoing "No Cliches, No Idiocy, No Melodrama, No System, No Power Fantasy, No Golden Finger. Read at Your Own Risk" "Jiang Xiaobei’s Comeback" Only later did Jiang Xiaobei understand: Not every effort gets the chance to bloom, not every affection gets an answer, and not everyone who says “next time” really gets a next time. No one could have predicted what came later. That poor kid who couldn’t afford a single shirt, the failed exam candidate whose father pointed at him and said, “This is all you’ll 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Classic chronicle

42. 242 重 Reborn in 1985: I'm Focused on Making Money, but Young Master Lu Is Chasing Me 重生八五：一心搞钱，陆少追疯了 Easygoing Fish悠忧鱼Modern Romance414k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Period Setting + No Golden Finger + Comeback + Business Battles + Mystery of Her Origins + Power Couple] In her previous life, Su Hanxue gave everything for her family, only to be forced into a marriage that served their interests. She suffered abuse after the wedding, until her husband pushed her into the freezing river and drowned her. He then used the payout from her accident insurance to live it up with his mistress. In this life, she fights with all her strength to refuse the mar 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Very nice, I'm in the process of updating it

43. 243 1 1973: He Changed the Nation 1973，国家因他而改变 Wind from Hexi河西的风Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Yonghang is descended from the Red Fifth Army. At the age of five, he traveled alone by train out of the Hexi Corridor. His masters included a Daoist, a Buddhist monk, and the chief instructor of a special forces unit. This is an era of reform, an era of expanding trade, technology, and science... His fourth master handed over Cao Cao's Imperial Guards to him. Yonghang took the First Emperor's Dragon Guards and Palace Guards for his own... This is an unbelievable era where dreams and reality, vi 1.8kReads8.2Score103Shelves

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    This is the best book about chronology. I highly recommend it!

44. 244 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 262Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [As time goes by, time changes, and what changes is the passing years. What remains unchanged is the fireworks in this world. This life of a person is actually the same as steamed buns. When the heat is up, they will be cooked naturally. When the heat is not enough, they will be raw even if the lid is removed.]

45. 245 穿 Transmigrated to 1970, Suddenly a Mom of Nine 穿越1970，喜当9个孩子的妈 A Cha in the Misty Rain阿茶烟雨Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Main characters: Zhao Wenting and Li Sixi [Period Setting + Information System + Transmigrate + Everyday Family Life] Zhao Wenting has transmigrated. There’s one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: she has a golden finger, an Information System. The bad news: she has nine kids from the start, more than the Calabash Brothers. Looking at the three children who are about to be sent to the countryside, Zhao Wenting rolls up her sleeves and starts toughening them up. As a res 23.8kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves

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    [Learned][Learned][Learned]

46. 246 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Don't Fall in Love with the Judge 重生八零年代：禁止跟法官谈恋爱 Outlaw Nun法外女徒Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Cute Pets + Judge + Lawyer + Marry First, Fall in Love Later + Building Wealth) Lawyer Xu Anxin is beaten to death by a mistress and transmigrates to the 1980s with her cat. Help! Her husband turns out to be Judge Zhuo Suli! What she didn't expect was that the original owner's reputation was rock bottom, while the judge had been keeping his feelings to himself and had long wanted a divorce... Fine, let's get divorced! But on one condition: have your general father get me a job 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are both strong. Lawyer➕Judge combination cp. Good writing style, logic, IQ, and correct outlook.

47. 247 乡 Rural Chronicle 乡村纪实 Mountain Dewdrop山野露珠Urban260k WordsCompleted The little details of life, all those everyday moments, come together to paint a picture of a changing countryside. Generation after generation pursues its dreams, working hard in the mountain valleys. They make it through the winter, then the hills turn green in spring. Summer crops blanket the mountains, and autumn is always a season of joy. 200Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The period novels are mainly male protagonists and are documentary novels with rural themes. Suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to read!

48. 248 老 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 Shan Ye Yiyuan山野艺媛Urban430k WordsOngoing [Period Drama] [Countryside] [Married Life] Set in the early 1980s, this novel tells the story of four families, the Lins, Wangs, Lius, and Chens, in an unremarkable village on the Loess Plateau in the Great Northwest. They scheme and struggle against one another, while brothers and sisters-in-law within each clan bear their own grudges and grievances. But it is better to resolve enmity than let it fester. Lin Junjie is the first young man in the village to get into college, bringing honor to th 31Reads7.4Score—Shelves
49. 249 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 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    60S 70s 80s

50. 250 风 Wild Chrysanthemums in the Storm 风雨中的野菊花 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 1.5kReads8.4Score128Shelves

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