Looking for Stories Set in the Past: Sent Down to the Countryside, Educated Youth, Spatial Powers, and Northeast China 求年代，下乡，知青空间，东北文

1. 301 九 The ’90s Bride Is Fierce and Wild, and Her Soldier Can’t Handle Her 九零媳妇又辣又野，兵哥H不住 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1v1 military marriage set in the 1970s) They say the Jiang family's twin sons are both exceptionally handsome and talented. The brothers made a name for themselves when they both achieved the highest scores in their respective arts and sciences exams across the province and got into prestigious universities. Sadly, although they look identical, their personalities couldn't be more different. The elder, Jiang Yize, is aloof and cold, with a na 4kReads8.8Score457Shelves
2. 302 穿 Transmigrated to the ’70s: The Sect Leader and Her Adorable Husband 穿到七零，门主和她的小娇夫 Dragon Palace Gate龙宫殿门Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted 1970s + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Medical Skills + Two Strong Leads + Contrast Male Lead + Military Marriage Su Qiqi, the sect leader of the Ghost Doctor Sect, transmigrates to the 1970s with the sect's inherited medical knowledge and pocket dimension. My stepmother wants to sell me? Here, have some bullets! Japanese invaders? I'll stab you to death with silver needles! I went to the countryside and picked up a general to be my god-grandfather. With nothing better to do, I opened a fa 3.5kReads8.2Score423Shelves

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   I recommend this one, it's good.

3. 303 五 The Comfortable Life of a 1950s Orphan with a Pocket Dimension 五零空间孤女的小资生活 Sister A Sun阿孙姐Modern Romance644k WordsOngoing The heroine, Wang Yaxin, transmigrates to the 1950s as an orphan whose parents have both died. In this era of scarcity, with disaster looming, Wang Yaxin has a supermarket space at her disposal. She never has to worry about food or drink, works hard to get ahead, and earns a place at university. But that soldier... I just want to live my own life. Could you stop trying to be my stepping stone? “Tao Zhen, stop following me.” “I have to. I need to protect you.” “I don’t need your protection.” “I’m 2.4kReads6.4Score108Shelves

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   Time travel + supermarket space + orphan girl + hunting + treasure hunting + finding treasure at the junkyard + black market double-crossing + easily surviving a famine year + taking the college entrance exam + marrying a military officer + hoarding supplies + hoarding antiques + hoarding courtyard houses. A lighthearted, enjoyable story.

4. 304 小 The Little Maid Wanders into the Capital's Elite Compound! The Cold-Faced Doctor Gets Treated Like a Dog 小保姆误闯京圈大院！冷面医生被当狗训 An Apple Every Lap一圈一个苹果Modern Romance420k WordsCompleted [Sweet but secretly calculating heroine + mixed-race, celibate male doctor + taming her husband + old flame reignited + both virgins] After famine struck her hometown, Bai Tao had no choice but to leave home and go to the city to work as a nanny. Unexpectedly, on her very first day, a stranger took her innocence. A month later, she discovered she was pregnant. Luckily, she ran into the man again. He was a lofty, top-tier academician. She rushed up and demanded he take responsibility. His eyes fi 1.2kReads6.9Score136Shelves
5. 305 年 The Wife Who Dies Young in a Period Novel? The Ascetic Professor Falls in Love 年代文早死妻？禁欲教授沦陷求爱 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance977k WordsCompleted [An alternate 1980s setting, awakening as the foil to the heroine; slow-paced, everyday traditional story; marriage first, love later, and family life; raising kids with sweet affection; no golden finger; local-born characters who aren’t perfect] After Song Zhiyao impulsively picks a fight over divorce, she takes her child to her parents’ home and has a dream that makes her awaken to the truth. Well, would you look at that: she’s living inside a period novel! And she’s not even the main heroine, 34.4kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
6. 306 清 A Hunter’s Daughter in the Qing Dynasty Just Wants a Simple Life 清穿之猎户女就想踏实过日子 Ghost from Mars火星的鬼Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Qing Dynasty transmigration + born into the past + farming + raising a child + palace intrigue (though there’s no palace intrigue, and she isn’t favored exclusively at first) Important: The plot moves slowly. If you prefer a fast pace and an exclusively doting relationship, feel free to choose another book! After failing the civil service exams four times in a row, Jiang Yao finishes her fifth exam and decides to pray for good luck at Yonghe Temple, a place said to grant wishes. Instead, she’s r 29.8kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
7. 307 资 The Capitalist Heiress Is Reborn, Takes Down Villains, and Charms the Village Tyrant 资本家千金重生，虐渣下乡撩村霸 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s, Sent to the Countryside, Rebirth, Revenge Against Scum] Qin Shuiyan had been beautiful since childhood, with a delicate, soft figure. She had a pretty face but no way to protect herself. After her family fell into ruin, her stepmother sold her to an old man to keep as a canary. Just as she could no longer endure the humiliation, Xu Mo, the man she had always looked down on, burst in with a hunting rifle, fighting his way through a hail of bullets to save her. “Xu Mo, I’m sorry. If there’ 9.8kReads8.1Score1kShelves
8. 308 重 Back to 1983: Hunting in the Anling Mountains 重回83，我在安岭赶山狩猎 Sakura Nineteen樱十九Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period] [No System] [Not adapted] [Hunting] [Mountain foraging] [One female lead] [No cultivation or fantasy] Xu Guo unexpectedly returns to 1983 and his youth. It’s an era when you can knock down roe deer with a stick, scoop up fish with a dipper, and find pheasants flying right into your cooking pot. Faced with the resource-rich Northeast, Xu Guo takes up falconry, raises hunting dogs, marries his childhood sweetheart, shoulders his shotgun, hunts game, and digs for ginseng. The game in the A 5.4kReads8.5Score267Shelves

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   Nestled deep in the vast forests of Northeast China lies a small, 84-year-old village, its history fading into the past. Here, the hustle and bustle of the city is absent, replaced by tranquility and the unknown. Watch as the protagonist, aided by a mysterious beast, traverses the white mountains and black waters, embarking on a thrilling and adventurous life of fishing and hunting, experiencing the purest Northeastern charm. An adventure brimming with passion and wildness awaits you! [Laughs]

9. 309 东 Zhang Erlü, Hunter of the Northeast 东北猎户张二驴 Hereditary Caretaker祖传饲养员Urban593k WordsCompleted Reborn + hunting + sign-in + folk tales. Return to the Changbai Mountains in Northeast China in the 1970s, and experience the hunting and mountain-running legends of the educated youth years, folk tales of spirit mediums founding their halls, and wilderness survival with hunting dogs. Everything you're looking for is here. 1.4kReads6.7Score102Shelves

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   A male-oriented story set in the 1970s, featuring hunting in a rural village. It's entertaining, realistic, and funny, with a focus on male adventures, hunting in the mountains and rivers of Northeast China, and reminiscent of old stories. It also touches on the fleeting years of educated youth.

10. 310 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 Romance865k 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 53.7kReads8.7Score3.1kShelves

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    Look at this, it's very good.

11. 311 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.6kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    [A Heroic Soldier Transforms into a Doting Husband in the 1970s!] A spirited female doctor unexpectedly travels back to the 1970s and is forced to marry a cold-faced soldier. He shoulders heavy responsibilities for his country, yet he is utterly devoted to her. Their sweet, everyday life, a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, is overflowing with romance! Witness this tough guy succumb to love, writing a passionate and tender love story amidst the simplicity of those bygone days—click to unlock the soldier's "clingy" secrets and embark on an everlasting feast of youth!

12. 312 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 CPOModern Romance41k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Like a river finding its winding banks, where sharp edges find peace, this is a must-read for those who enjoy slow-burn, high-quality stories. No melodramatic twists or internal conflicts throughout. A story of a clear-headed, strong female lead and a gentle, kind male lead, a mutually beneficial relationship. The entire story is now complete! [Heart][heart]

13. 313 四 Siheyuan: Starting My Cultivation as a Procurement Chief 四合院之从采购科长开始修炼 Shadowbreaker Shakes the Heavens绝影撼天Male-Channel Fanfiction593k WordsCompleted Xiao Ping, an ordinary young man from the lower rungs of 21st-century society, was struck on the head by a flowerpot falling from a high-rise while saving someone. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a TV drama set in the 1960s. “Wait, what? I've ended up in the story of Love in the Courtyard, where everyone in the compound is a beast...? “What? I have a secret realm, and time moves faster inside it. I even have cultivation techniques! I'm already this powerful, so why waste my ti 158Reads8.2Score178Shelves

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    I recommend a new book. It's a fantasy novel set in a traditional Chinese courtyard house. The protagonist starts with a spatial ability and resources, and engages in hunting and exploration. Writing a new book is not easy, so please don't criticize if you don't like it. If you do like it, please give it a five-star review.

14. 314 我 Decked Out in Gold and Silver in the Late Seventies 我在七十年代末穿金戴银 I'm Big 33我是大33Modern Romance267k WordsOngoing An alternate setting, a pocket dimension, a coming-of-age story, one male and one female lead, a cherished first love, and a suitor. There aren’t too many weird characters, and no one is constantly picking fights. The plot avoids clichés, with food and entrepreneurship, and a wonderfully satisfying happy ending. Su Nuannuan transmigrates to 1976. She wakes up to a wicked stepmother, a clueless country-bumpkin father, a dim-witted older brother, and a scheming older sister. There’s still dried bl —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is something I like more and more the more I look at it.

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