Recommend New Stories Set in a Bygone Era. You Suggest, I'll Read. If They're Too Short, I'll Save Them for Later 新书,年代文推一推,你推,我看,太短我就收藏
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When She Comes of Age 当她长熟时
[Multiple Male Leads + A Beautiful, Irresistible Young Widow] Who would have thought they’d still be arranging a marriage to bring good luck in this day and age? Hu Juan is married off to bring good fortune, but, unsurprisingly, she soon becomes a young widow. With her mother-in-law scheming against her and her own mother looking down on her, Hu Juan has nowhere to turn until she meets a kind group of people. See just how fulfilling Hu Juan’s life becomes...
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The Curvy Stone Gambler Tries to Escape, but the Big Shot Kneels and Begs for Mercy 丰腴赌石师欲逃,大佬屈膝求饶
Original title: Temporary Spouses on the Road to Factory Work. A sweet, feel-good story set in a bygone era, with feel-good wish fulfillment, migrant work, a System, and a CEO. At sixteen, Lin Wanhe heads south to find work. The moment she squeezes onto a green-skinned train, she gets a glimpse of every kind of life. At the factory, she sees plenty of colleagues forming temporary partnerships, along with all the warmth and entanglements that come with them. She also meets the person who captures
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Transmigrating into a Book: The 1970s, Young Educated Youth Lu and His Little Fox 穿书七零陆知青与他的小狐狸
Love at first sight, free to fall in love, both leads are each other’s first, devoted to one another, military man Zhen Nuan transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s, and she’s really got it rough: genuinely frail, an orphan in name only, destined to die young, and sent to the countryside. And... she has neither a storage space nor a spiritual spring. Zhen Nuan panics. How is she supposed to manage? Later, when she’s thriving, Zhen Nuan regrets it so much she could kick herself. If she’d known
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Bound Myself to a System and Got Rich by Gawking at Gossip 穿书后绑定系统吃瓜暴富
[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on acquiring the “Sit Back and Win by Watching the Drama (Physical Edition)” System!] Lin Wan transmigrates into a story set in the 1960s and opens her eyes to a battlefield: Her mother, Wang Xiumei: “Food? A worthless girl like you can chew on moldy steamed buns!” Her father, Lin Jianguo: “What? Reborn? That’s feudal superstition. We need to denounce it!” (He distances himself in an instant.) Her younger brother, Lin Xiangdang: “Get lost! You don’t deserve our food
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The Seventies: The Adored Educated Youth Chases His Wife 七零娇宠:知青大佬追妻忙
In the 1970s, at the Qingshan Production Brigade. Gu Wanqing is one of a kind in the village. As the only daughter, she is adored by her parents, doted on by her grandparents, and indulged by her brothers. Her life is simple and beautiful. Pei Xingye, who comes from the capital, has a prominent family background and an unruly nature. He's the kind of man who can make the entire capital tremble with a stamp of his foot. Being sent to the countryside is just a formality, a way to pass the time.
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Time Lingers, Years Leave Their Fragrance 时光缱绻,岁月生香
The Godfather said: “Those who can see through the nature of things in a second, and those who spend a lifetime unable to see clearly, are destined for entirely different fates.” There are many crossroads in life. Left or right? Either way, we stray from the path without realizing it. A tiny misstep can lead a thousand miles astray! In old age, Tao Kexin often sighed with regret: If there were a regret-erasing pill, she'd take it a hundred times. How wonderful it would be if life could start ove
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The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了
[Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so
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The Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by a Rugged, Fierce Man 娇滴滴小美人被凶猛糙汉宠野了
[Complete❗] Xie Hezhang, a local troublemaker from Helian Village with a bad class background, found himself pursued by a city girl sent to the countryside. The young woman couldn't carry a shoulder pole or lift a hand, and complained that her hands hurt whenever she did farm work. Her only hobby was trailing after him wherever he went. One afternoon, fed up with her, Xie Hezhang cornered her in the cotton field and threatened, “Keep following me and I'll beat you up.” The sweet little Shu Qingy
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The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养
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
145.1kReads9.6Score16.3kShelves
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Smiling as I Ask the Pagoda Tree About the Past 笑向槐花问前事
(Sweet romance in the 1970s, cherished by everyone, educated youth sent to the countryside, traditional family medicine, special missions, upright values, deep love for the country and its people, childhood sweethearts, brothers who watch each other's backs, a golden finger used only for survival and convenience, viewed from the sidelines, not a strong female lead) A pair of watches became her space train car. After waking from a dream with seven days' worth of hazy memory fragments, she headed
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Transmigrated to the 1950s as a Landlord's Darling Daughter 穿越五零成了地主娇小姐
This book takes a wholesome approach. Only a sweet, silly heroine can find simple happiness. A light, leisurely pace, focused on everyday life! She wakes up to find herself collapsed in a funeral hall. Song Jinxiu is so terrified she nearly scares herself to death. Once her memories return, she learns that she has transmigrated into the body of another Song Jinxiu. Her status isn't bad. She's even a landlord's daughter. But... It's the 1950s! Can someone tell me what to do? What should I do? I'
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A Pretty 1970s Youth Sent-Down Girl Falls for Her Icy Soldier Brother 七零俏知青情定冰山军哥哥
Under the crushing pressures of life in the twenty-first century, Wu Youyou had imagined every possible way she might die, but never thought she'd drown in the bath. After death, her soul goes straight into the body of a young educated youth, with a bleak future ahead. Who knew surviving disaster would bring good fortune? She starts a new chapter of her life in the 1970s.
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Transmigrated as a Sent-Down Youth, I Became the Factory Director's Secretary 穿成下乡知青,我当上了厂长秘书
Xu Ziqing wakes up as a minor character who appears in only two chapters of a period novel. The story opens with the heroine marrying a factory director’s son, while the original Xu Ziqing marries a good-for-nothing from the countryside. The heroine goes on to live like a rich woman, while Xu Ziqing is left to support her child and her sexist, useless husband, who beats her... After inheriting the original owner’s memories, Xu Ziqing discovers that her stepmother was behind her being sent to the
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My Abs-Showing Soldier Won't Leave Me Alone, and the Seventies Are Filled with Passion 腹肌兵哥缠人,在七零日日笙歌
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
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The Apocalypse Big Shot Refuses to Be Cannon Fodder in a 1970s Novel 末世大佬拒绝在七零年代文当炮灰
[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
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In the 1970s, I Transmigrated into a Book and Got Bound to a Writer’s Assistant 七零之穿书后我绑定了作家助手
Zhu Qi transmigrates into the body of a girl with the same name who works in the machine shop of a factory in the 1970s. As luck would have it, she’s the lovesick supporting female character in a novel. The best thing that ever happens to her is barely passing the exam to get into the factory. According to the plot, her fiancé, the male lead, will fall in love with the heroine while he’s in the countryside. Then Zhu Qi will go crazy and meet a miserable end. After examining the mysterious Writer
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Reborn in the 1960s: The Supporting Character with the Wrong Script Makes Her Fortune 重生六零:拿错剧本的女配要发家
Zhao Wanqing was reborn in the final year of the 1960s. Somehow, she ended up marrying the most handsome and cultured man in the village. And she was already pregnant, too. Her family was dirt poor, but at least she didn’t have any awful relatives. Zhao Wanqing glanced at her System, then felt around her pocket dimension. Time to get rich!
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Book Transmigration: I Become the Favorite in the 1960s 穿书:我在六零当团宠
A top student and financial genius has actually transmigrated into a book! Could anything be more terrifying? At least her family dotes on her, and there are no horrible relatives. Then the author gives her an overpowered System to help her reach the pinnacle of life. With the System, she can eat well and dress warmly in this era of scarcity. As for the hidden big shot in the book, whom the original owner despised, she’d better make the first move. A cold-blooded, ruthless big bad wolf? Or a hid
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Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: I Refuse to Be the Heroine of This Tragic Romance 穿书七零之这苦情剧女主我不当了
[Period setting + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + changing the plot + everyday life] After burning the midnight oil following her college entrance exams, Jiang Wanwan worked herself to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic period drama she'd watched with her grandma. When she discovered she was the heroine, destined to suffer her whole life, she was horrified! Determined to escape her absurd and tragic fate, she boldly struck a deal with the notorious gang leader rumored to ha
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Sweet Military Marriage: After Meeting the Strongest Officer, She Has Several Babies 甜蜜军婚,遇最强军官后她多胎了
(Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ
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The Whole Family’s Darling in the 1980s: The Drama Queen Is Doted On by All 团宠八零:戏精娇妻被宠上天啦
[Period setting + doted-on by the whole family + pilot + cannon fodder + supporting actress] Li Can, an anesthesiologist so busy she could work like a dog, unexpectedly becomes the cannon-fodder supporting actress who wreaks havoc in an old period film. To make the heroine and hero's grand romance come true, she sacrifices herself and even brings her whole family to ruin, leaving no one with a happy ending. Fortunately, she still has family who love her unconditionally, so maybe there's a chance
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I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s and Became the Female Lead Who Sold Her Child for Food 穿书八零:我成了卖儿换粮的女配
[Reading Guide: Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Adorable Kids + System + Business] Jiang Zhi is fabulously wealthy and an excellent cook, the very picture of a winner in life. Jiang Zhizi has fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs, but a terrible reputation and barely a penny to her name. Her one redeeming quality: she can have children. Jiang Zhi transmigrates into a book and becomes Jiang Zhizi. Jiang Zhi: Eyes wide in shock! What? Jiang Zhizi forced herself on a man? What? Jiang
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Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Wife Is a Delicate Beauty 穿越七零:媳妇是娇花
Si Hua was the most celebrated socialite in Huaguo in the twenty-first century. Then, overnight, she transmigrated back to the 1970s and nearly became an unregistered resident. Si Hua was devastated. Luckily, she still had a pocket dimension cheat. Now, let’s see how she shines in this unfamiliar era! P.S. This is an alternate-history story. Content warning: This story mainly focuses on romance. If you don’t like reading about the male and female leads falling in love, please move along.
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After She Transmigrates Into a Book Set in the 1980s, She Marries a Tycoon and Gets Deliberately Flirted With 穿书八零,她嫁大佬后被蓄意撩拨
[Book Transmigration] [Period] [Sweet romance] [Chaste hero] [Theatrical heroine] [Aloof hero] When Xia Ruanruan opens her eyes, she has become a country bumpkin who’s ruining the aloof heartthrob. Everyone looks down on her, and Xia Ruanruan feels miserable. But now that she’s transmigrated, she has to keep moving forward. She didn’t choose to end up here, but it seems she has no say in going back, either. So Xia Ruanruan does her best to play the good girl (and suck up). One sweet “Baby” is al
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So Charming! The Delicate Beauty of the Seventies in His Arms Has the Rugged Man Smitten 超会!七零娇娇在怀,糙汉沦陷了
(Complete) [Adoring wife + rugged man + reborn to dote on her husband + building a fortune + both devoted to each other + sweet HE] After being reborn, Jiang Xin wanted to do only two things. Make money with Lu Gan, then have a child with him. But she never expected Lu Gan to be so vigorous. Not only did they make a fortune, they also had a whole lot of children! Jiang Xin: My husband is amazing! Lu Gan both loved and feared the sweet young wife he'd just married. He loved how sweetly she spoke
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Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零:带着妹妹下东北当知青
[Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham
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Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985:东北往事
These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap
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Transmigrated as the Doomed Girl in a Novel Set in the Old Days 穿成年代文中的早夭女
A rich second-generation foodie transmigrates to the early days of the People's Republic of China after a romantic murder. In a premeditated baby swap, Yun Xi ends up as the child of a military family. After returning to the countryside, she lives a simple life in a world full of transmigrators, all while aiming to live to a ripe old age! First heroine: The officer is mine. You can be a farmer. Second heroine: I'll go to the city. You can stay here and farm. Third heroine: I'll take your husband
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Reborn in an Era of Hardship: The Tough Wife Is Terrifying! 重生年代之悍妻超凶哒!
Xia Ranan never imagined she would end up transmigrating into a wretched woman who caused trouble at every turn, loved eating and hated working, and was carrying on with another man. Her husband was away serving in the army, leaving behind his six- or seven-year-old younger brother, but the original owner had beaten the boy so badly he was bedridden! Faced with a thousand pointing fingers and ten thousand scolding voices, Xia Ranan declared, “I’m not taking the blame for this!” She wasn’t a wret
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A Warm Marriage in the Sixties 六十年代暖婚日常
Zhong Manman missed a step at the top of the stairs and somehow fell right into a period novel, where she became a young, beautiful, wealthy, and airheaded stepmother. She looked at her handsome, taciturn bargain husband, who sent money on time and was always away on business, and at her adorable, clever bargain stepson, who was also very wary of her. Then she looked at the heroine next door, famed for her virtue, and that neighbor's little terror... Zhong Manman decided to give up and do as lit
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The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女
[No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try
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Transmigrated into a Book: The Richest Couple of the 1990s 穿书团宠:九零年代首富夫妻
[Transmigrate into a book+everyone’s favorite+spatial dimension+rough-around-the-edges husband dotes on wife+the spatial dimension appears in Chapter 60] In one moment, Yang Panqing transmigrates into the heroine of a period novel. The reborn supporting female character not only steals her fiancé, but spends every day hoping she’ll marry a man who’s destined to die in an accident at a young age, leaving her a widow! Yang Panqing says she never wanted that loser of a fiancé in the first place. Wh
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Amazing! The Strong Farm Girl Digs Up Ginseng and Strikes It Rich! 牛啦!大力女知青挖人参暴富啦!
A trinket that modern-day girl Yao Dongxue bought on a whim while shopping suddenly gave her access to a pocket dimension. But she discovered that she might not be the only one who had it. One night, she began watching the daily life of a girl from the 1970s who shared her name, all through her dreams. The girl had a happy family and was incredibly strong. Even in an era that Yao Dongxue considered harsh, she lived a happy life. For three years, Yao Dongxue watched her in her dreams every night.
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He Daqing's Happy Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之何大清的幸福生活
Transmigrate into He Daqing, Silly Zhu's father! Sure, I'm a seasoned widow-chaser and a classic scumbag, but a man still loves his own son! My boy was bullied to death by the beasts in the courtyard. As his real father, how could I just stand by? My boy! Your dad is back!
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Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Cannon-Fodder Girl Is Gorgeous and Charming 穿书七零:炮灰女配又美又娇
Nan Mo transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era, bringing a giant supermarket with her. She becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who gets horribly betrayed by her relatives. First, her own grandmother pressures her to marry so she can trade her future for her male cousins' success. Then there's her cousin, who wants to stay in the city and hopes to trade Nan Mo for a job. And to top it all off, a possessive, obsessive suitor is watching her like a hawk. After landing in the
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The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下
Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f
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Starting with Tree Planting at Saihanba 从塞罕坝种树开始
Lin Sen woke up one morning and found himself in 1955. It was a vibrant, passionate era. Like other transmigrators, he had his own golden finger. The Tree-Planting System. He'd get a reward for every tree he planted. But the System stipulated where he had to plant them: Saihanba, where the wind blew just once a year, from the first day of the first lunar month to the thirtieth day of the twelfth. So Lin Sen packed his bags and left the Jiangnan water towns for the highland plateau.
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