Stories Set in Rural Northern Shaanxi in a Bygone Era 陕北农村的年代文

1. 1 你 Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！ vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.5M WordsCompleted The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin 37.3kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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   It looks amazing, it's the best of the best among tomatoes.

2. 2 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.6kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   It's great, really great, a very interesting historical novel.

3. 3 黄 Building Terraced Fields on the Loess Plateau 黄土高原开梯田 Huangpu Drifting Pig黄浦漂猪Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [Period Novel] [Upright Values] He carved out a place for himself with his own hands. He made the yellow earth bloom with his sweat. This is a farming novel about changing the whole world through hard work! 4.1kReads8.2Score217Shelves

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   Perfectly meets your requirements

4. 4 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. 349Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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   Love novels set in rural northern Shaanxi

5. 5 我 My First Love 我的初恋情人 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Modern Romance164k WordsCompleted I met Yu on an early spring day. It was overcast and windy. He was passing by my house just as I came out of the yard. Our eyes met, and his lit up at once. He stopped in his tracks. My face flushed, and I lowered my head to look at my old cloth shoes, with my toes poking out. My family was so poor that my clothes were covered in patches. Yu didn’t seem to care about my shabby clothes. He kept walking, glancing back at my face. I didn’t know who he was or what he was doing in our village. But a 118Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 6 五 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance394k WordsCompleted Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.8kReads7.9Score238Shelves

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   These are all rural-era texts

7. 7 农 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance739k WordsCompleted This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score255Shelves
8. 8 苦 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.3kReads8.8Score404Shelves
9. 9 新 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance636k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score103Shelves
10. 10 姜 Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance484k WordsCompleted In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr 880Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 三 San Biaozi 三彪子 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance729k WordsCompleted In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 708Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 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 5.6kReads8.0Score409Shelves

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    Transcending time to become the top scorer in the college entrance exam, seizing opportunities to get rich! A beautiful wife, children, and a warm bed! A heartwarming story of everyday life, with a tight plot! Highly recommend this book! 👍 [Already hooked][Already hooked][Drooling] 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.

13. 13 六 A Beautiful Doctor in the 1960s: Reborn to Marry the Wildest Officer 六零漂亮医生，重生改嫁最野军官 A Tiny Qiao一只小小乔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Military Marriage] [Fake and Real Heiresses] [Pocket Dimension] [Educated Youth Life in the Beidahuang Corps] [Love Grows Over Time] The cannon-fodder female supporting character, Yun Qiao, was switched at birth twice. The thief pretended to be pregnant and stole her the first time, but then disliked her because she had a disability in her foot. So the second time, she swapped Yun Qiao with another baby girl. In her previous life, Yun Qiao was overjoyed, thinking she had finall 8.7kReads8.6Score848Shelves

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    [Shy] The female protagonist is reborn and signs up to go to the countryside for military service. It's a military marriage, and the male protagonist spoils his wife endlessly. A very satisfying and enjoyable read.

14. 14 小 Chronicles of Survival in a Mountain Village 小山村生存纪事 Yao Shun, Who Loves Edelweiss喜欢雪绒花的尧舜Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + No Golden Finger + Village Ensemble Cast + Studious and Ambitious] The wind blows dust everywhere, the rain lasts only a moment. Cross one mountain after another, only to find ridge after ridge. Face to the loess, back to the sky, busy all year round, yet never eating one's fill in all 365 days. Other people's 1960s come with grand compounds. Mao Dan's 1960s mean digging in the dirt and raising children. She forages for medicinal herbs up hills and down gullies, and gets hersel 208Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This book captures the unique regional characteristics of northern Shaanxi and the female protagonist's desire for knowledge to change her circumstances.

15. 15 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 610Reads9.3Score104Shelves

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    Not just northern Shaanxi!

16. 16 荒 Desert Island Wilderness 荒岛荒野 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban275k WordsOngoing System warning: Excessive intimacy with NPCs is prohibited. Ren Yingying catches Hao Shuang and Wang Qian acting flirtatiously. Ren Yingying sneers. “So this is how System users behave?” She turns and disappears into the depths of the jungle, while Su Yan secretly watches everything. That night, a red warning suddenly pops up from the System: Emotional bond instability detected. Survival points will continue to drain. Hao Shuang stands by the bonfire, his face deathly pale, when Wang Qian sudden 1.9kReads—Score135Shelves

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    Come on, come on, come on!

17. 17 对 Talk Trash and Win Prizes 对骂就有奖 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban2.8M WordsOngoing Hao Tie was treated like a pack mule and was about to hit rock bottom because he refused to keep living like one. Then he suddenly got a System that rewarded him for trading insults! From then on, he used verbal sparring to reach the pinnacle of success! 24.5kReads7.1Score1.1kShelves
18. 18 荒 The Tough Guy on a Deserted Island 荒岛的猛男 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban1.2M WordsOngoing A shipwreck left the cruise ship He Dun was aboard in trouble, and he washed up on a deserted island. Nine other people were stranded on the island with him. 87Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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19. 19 皇 The Palace’s Number One Tough Guy 皇宫第一猛男 Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Historical2.0M WordsOngoing Ying Zheng, a modern overworked young man, dies suddenly from working overtime and has his soul transported into the body of Xiao Caizi, a young eunuch who was just killed after offending the powerful. He also obtains the Fake Eunuch System and begins cultivating the Divine Art of the Fake Eunuch. In a palace rife with schemes and human malice, he steadily climbs to the pinnacle of life! 12.1kReads6.5Score547Shelves
20. 20 乡 One Hundred Beauties in the Countryside 乡村一百个美女 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban165k WordsOngoing The System Wants Me to Be a Bully? Hao Lu had just woken up from unconsciousness when a cold, mechanical voice rang in his ears. “Rural System activated. Beginner mission issued: compete with Wang Gou for the title of village bully. Time limit: three days.” He was about to curse when the System added, “Mission rewards: Li Rong's favor increases by 50 points, and one secret clue about Zhao Mei.” Watching Wang Gou approach in the distance with a hoe over his shoulder, Hao Lu clenched his fists. He 8Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 都 One Hundred Beauties in the City 都市一百个美女 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban137k WordsOngoing Wu Bifu wiped his hands with a wet tissue from Su Rong’s office. Suddenly, his phone screen lit up: “High-quality flirtation target detected. Wealth-Building System successfully activated.” “Current target: Su Rong.” “Starting affection level: 30 (a young, beautiful boss who’s somewhat interested in you).” “Friendly reminder: Every 10-point increase in affection grants you one chance at a massive windfall.” He looked up at Su Rong, who was touching up her lipstick. Suddenly, the eyes and brows o 14Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 我 I Have a System for Picking Up Beautiful Women in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 我有系统在天龙八部里泡靓女 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Male-Channel Fanfiction924k WordsOngoing I woke up to find I’d become an insignificant servant in Murong Fu’s household, and I’d even been bound to a “Confidante System.” System prompt: Meet Wang Yuyan to receive “Lingbo Weibu”; win Mu Wanqing’s heart to obtain “Beiming Shengong.” I was quietly delighted, but then Murong Fu glanced at me coldly. “A servant like you dares to covet my cousin?” I only smiled and silently opened the System shop, exchanging points for the “Innate Daoist Body.” That very night, I mastered the essence of the 52Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 23 重 Reborn in 1980: I Somehow Have Four Ex-Wives Now 重生80：我竟然多了四个前妻 Poetry Faraway Little Craftsman诗远小匠人Urban728k WordsCompleted [Borderland customs of Cainan Province, rural life, dialects, regional culture, ethnic minority culture, small county towns, the era, hunting, fishing, frontier regions, northern Myanmar, Wuliang Mountain, Ailao Mountain] Xia Delang was reborn, returning to 1982. But something seemed wrong. Had time and space gotten mixed up when he was reborn? In his previous life, he had been a successful man with a happy family and two children. But after returning to the past, he had become what people in la 922Reads6.3Score172Shelves

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    Southwest China has a variety of charms

24. 24 官 Officialdom: My Female Boss and the Ultimate Deputy 官场：女上司和最强副手 Poetry Faraway Little Craftsman诗远小匠人Urban679k WordsCompleted [Grassroots government + rural life + ethnic customs + special forces + spirited young woman of the era + martial arts secrets + minor political parties] To put an end to his long-distance relationship, Nan Ximen Xiao quit his job in the magic city and returned to his girlfriend’s hometown to take the civil service exam. But because of her unusual circumstances, he was assigned to Manglu Township, the toughest place in the entire county. He had assumed it would be hard to make a difference there 135Reads7.3Score113Shelves
25. 25 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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    A story set in rural Northeast China, it's incredibly captivating.

26. 26 都 I'm Reborn, So Who Would Still Marry Into His Wife's Family? 都重生了，谁还倒插门？ Dreaming Myself Drunk梦自醉倒Urban611k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Countryside, Space, Building Wealth, No Simping] Hao Weiguo was starved to death by his three stepsons at the old family home in a mountain village. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and found himself back in a cornfield in the 1980s. There he met the most important woman in his life. That day marked the turning point in his tragic fate... For the woman he couldn't stop thinking about, in an era when communal meals made life especially hard, Hao Weiguo knew she was a widow with three 396Reads5.4Score—Shelves
27. 27 车 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 Hermit of the Ink-Growing Mountain砚耕山人Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 25Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 32.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves
29. 29 千 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上 Sweet Blossoms on Brocade锦上甜花Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 6.4kReads9.3Score468Shelves

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    These are historical fiction stories I've read and am currently reading. They're pretty good.

30. 30 军 The Military Wife Is Rich and Beautiful, and Her Officer Husband Spoils Her Without Restraint 军嫂有钱有颜，军官老公放肆宠 Potato Bread土豆面包Modern Romance598k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Sent Down to the Countryside + Educated Youth + Punish the Scoundrels + Join the Army] Task-taker Qiao Wanwan takes a vacation and ends up in the body of a young educated youth sent to the countryside in a period novel. The original owner’s parents were both martyrs. She had their compensation, her savings, and plenty of gold and silver hidden in the walls. But she couldn’t think straight and signed herself up to go to the countryside. There’s no reversing her assignment, so 2.7kReads9.0Score255Shelves
31. 31 穿 I Became the Compound's Little Princess, and My Childhood Friend Is a War Hero 穿成大院小公主，竹马哥哥是兵王 Ten Cups of Wine in Springtime酣春十酒Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + transmigration into a book + System + traditional Chinese medicine + everyone’s favorite + military marriage + twins + family life + sweet everyday romance] Accidentally bound to the “Great Physician” System and transmigrated into a book, she became the most doted-on little princess in the compound of the 1970s. She made her entrance holding all the winning cards, only to discover she was the book’s ultimate cannon fodder. Was she supposed to put up with that? 851Reads7.6Score120Shelves
32. 32 随 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19.4kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
33. 33 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death 35kReads9.4Score5.1kShelves
34. 34 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 32.7kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves
35. 35 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
36. 36 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 7.9kReads8.7Score497Shelves
37. 37 谁 Whose Youth Is Without Scars? 谁的青春不带伤 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban127k WordsCompleted In the eighties and nineties, I was a child too. I went from being confused and bewildered to a rebellious teenager, from a student whose ideals shone bright to a laborer struggling through hardship. Friendships faded and were forgotten; my first love left a deep mark before ending in heartbreak. Being young means constantly growing up. 84Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Mountain Village Love Story

38. 38 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.2kReads8.7Score855Shelves

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    It's great, definitely worth watching, highly recommended! [Heart emoji]

39. 39 穿 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去！真没想搞大事！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical376k WordsCompleted Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 778Reads7.3Score108Shelves
40. 40 穿 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Li Tianming was done for. He lay motionless in a drafty thatched hut. He was a graduate student researching traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, but after a loose-lipped remark, he tasted an herb and somehow transmigrated into the body of a pauper. Being poor wasn't the problem, and he could even accept being in his thirties. But the body was in terrible shape: its former owner had drunk himself to death, leaving Li Tianming with three children outside, wailing their hearts out! A d 21.6kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves
41. 41 被 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家！鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life363k WordsCompleted Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8kReads7.6Score712Shelves
42. 42 开 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世！关我穷鬼府兵啥事？ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life348k WordsOngoing Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.1kReads—Score190Shelves
43. 43 野 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花，不流泪 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 2.3kReads8.4Score157Shelves

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    Recommend two period dramas about rural southern Shaanxi.

44. 44 泣 The Blood-Tear Tung Blossoms 泣血油桐花 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the 1970s, Zhao Zhicheng was an older bachelor. Because he had one disabled leg and came from a dirt-poor family, the women from the surrounding villages all refused to marry him. In the end, he married Yan Wenyin, a woman of similar age who also had one disabled leg. From then on, the fates of these two determined people, each with a physical disability, were bound tightly together! That year, he said, “My left leg is lame, and Xiaoyin’s right leg is lame. Put us together, and don’t we make 2.6kReads6.6Score298Shelves
45. 45 我 My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills 我的九四，从漫山野菜开始 Bookworm from a Stone Box石合子出来的书呆子Urban754k WordsOngoing Xu Shouyi was an outstanding modern farmer of the 21st century. After serving as village chief for 20 years, he went to a neighboring village to advise them on a new planting method. Then, caught in a sudden downpour, his car plunged off a cliff… When he woke up again, he had returned to 1994. There was still time to set things right. In his previous life, he’d drifted through life and only come to his senses in middle age. This time, he would use his knowledge to lead his kind-hearted neighbors 485Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Would southern Shaanxi work? [Laughs]

46. 46 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 316Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Rural Books in Northern Shaanxi

47. 47 荒 Wilderness and Deserted Island 荒野荒岛 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban620k WordsOngoing Distinctive and original, exciting and vivid, with sharply drawn, lifelike characters and lively, clear, concise prose. A story of survival and life on a deserted island, with an exciting plot and vivid characters. 13.5kReads6.1Score504Shelves
48. 48 抗 War of Resistance: A God-Tier Sharpshooting Manual from the Start! 抗日：开局赠送神级枪法！ Blockbuster-Level Mastery爆款高境界Urban594k WordsOngoing As Marshal Ye lay gravely wounded on the battlefield, at death's door, he unexpectedly bound himself to the “Strongest War of Resistance System.” The System grants him divine-level marksmanship from the start, but assigns bizarre missions. [Ding! The Host's powerful indomitable will and potential to resist the Japanese have been detected. Binding requirements met. The “Strongest War of Resistance System” is beginning the binding process... 1%... 50%... 100%! Binding successful!] 9.9kReads—Score493Shelves
49. 49 第 The Number One Hunk 第1猛男 Lone Star at Night 99夜孤星99Urban563k WordsOngoing Style: urban survival, easy to understand, humorous and witty, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. System: Get rewarded whenever an exciting conflict breaks out. Language: concise and clear. 137Reads6.8Score129Shelves
50. 50 职 The Workplace Tough Guy 职场猛男 Earn a Billion a Day 99日赚一亿99Urban293k WordsOngoing The male lead, He Jumeng, has a superpower: a very special energy inside his body lets him sense what other people are thinking to a certain extent. It also gives him immense strength, fast strikes, and lightning-quick reflexes. Style: Workplace drama, clear and accessible writing, witty and humorous, lighthearted and fun, with plenty of romantic tension. Emotional push and pull with antagonists, compelling conflicts, a twisting plot, setbacks followed by comebacks, and lively, engaging storytel 9.8kReads—Score362Shelves

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