Looking for Novels Set in the 1950s, 1960s, or the Early Years of the New China 求五零，六零年代，建国初期的小说
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- 51 Taking a Little House Back to the Seventies 带着小屋穿七零 After graduating, Jiang Yan joined the army of people preparing for the civil service exams. She stayed up late doing practice questions to secure a government job, but suddenly died from overwork and was reborn in the 1970s. To her surprise, what seemed like a disaster turned out to be a blessing: she landed a secure job. 5.7kReads7.3Score27214d adds
- 52 A Career-Building System and a Guaranteed Job in 1965 带着搞事业系统在六五端上铁饭碗 After waking up, she inexplicably transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl who shared her name, had failed the 1965 college entrance exam, and was about to have her engagement called off. Bound to a career-building System, she was pushed and tempted by it into steadily becoming a beautiful, wealthy woman. She even managed to marry a handsome, rich man and have two adorable, clever kids. A truly peak life! 5.8kReads8.3Score30914d adds
- 53 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 32kReads9.3Score4.1k14d adds
- 54 The Book's Alluring Cannon Fodder Leaves Her Celibate Ex-Husband Unable to Resist 穿书炮灰太勾魂，禁欲前夫顶不住 [Period Setting + Faithful to Each Other + Raising Kids + Marriage First, Love Later + Daily Life] Lu Shuang, a genius anime key-frame artist from the 21st century, transmigrates into a book and becomes the cannon-fodder ex-wife in a doting-wife novel. According to the plot, the heroine gets the loving marriage and all the admirers. Lu Shuang is just the cannon-fodder ex-wife, a foil to the heroine's happy life. The male lead's older brother died in the line of duty, leaving behind a pair of twi 2.2kReads8.3Score15114d adds
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Shufen, You Four-Times-Married Woman 淑芬，你这个四嫁女人
[Based on real events + Rural revitalization + Hardship + Countryside + The struggle and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This isn’t a feel-good story. It’s a true story. Shufen’s surname was Zhao. Zhao Shufen. She was my great-great-grandmother. My great-grandmother lived boldly and did as she pleased, sometimes even making a real mess of things. She married four times and traveled far and wide. She ran a business, fled famine, ate Guanyin clay, and took up arms! Life k
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- 56 My Mother, Wang Juzhen 俺娘王菊珍 [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 109Reads—Score—14d adds
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The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服
[Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer
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- 58 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 4.8kReads8.4Score51714d adds
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Siheyuan: Snatching Huai Ru Away, Life Just Keeps Getting Sweeter 四合院：截胡淮茹，越过越润
After transmigrating to the 1950s courtyard-house world of Full Courtyard of Birds, Cao Yang activates the God-Tier Interception System! Every successful interception unlocks an overpowered god-tier reward, putting his life on the fast track to success! He refuses to put up with anyone in the courtyard: the greedy, scheming Jia family, the selfish Third Master, the slippery Xu Damao, and Silly Zhu, who never knows what’s going on! From the start, he steals the goddess Qin Huairu from under every
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Born Into the Fifties! Life With a High-Tech Spirit Spring Space 胎穿五零！带科技灵泉空间生活
[Top-Tier Beauty + Period Setting + Spirit Spring Space + Technical College + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] The heroine’s name is Cheng Xijun! Cheng Xijun is born into the 1950s with a god-tier pocket dimension. She skips grades to get into technical college, studies mechanics, gathers followers, and works as a technician, overcoming every obstacle on her way to becoming a top scientist. The male lead, Lin Senda, is a high-ranking official’s son who works in politic
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- 61 Silly Girl Doesn't Deserve a Ghost Marriage, but the Cold-Faced Village Chief Wants Her 傻姑不配阴婚，冷面村长求娶 Tomato Original + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + family life + good-for-nothing’s comeback + cold-faced discharged soldier + older man + secret identity revealed + lovey-dovey romance + ghost marriage Foolish He Shuqing is pushed into a river by her aunt, who wants to drown her and use her corpse in a ghost marriage. But instead, she is saved by the cold-faced village chief! Foolish He Shuqing is dead, and her body now houses a 21st-century doctoral graduate in Chinese medicine, a 64Reads—Score—14d adds
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When the Rice Flowers Bloom 稻香花开
The novel follows the hardships endured by farmers in two villages in Xiangnan County, Dongyuantun and Da’ai Village, from the Republican era through the founding of the People’s Republic of China and on through the people’s commune system, the Cultural Revolution, the household responsibility system, and the Reform and Opening-Up period. The villagers endure one hardship after another and witness the changing times. The protagonists, Zhang Yiping and Zhou Xueyun, are forced to leave school beca
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The 1960s: I Married into a Treasure-Dungeon 六零，嫁进宝藏副本了
[Period Setting + Adorable Kids + Slow-Paced, Cozy Daily Life + Working Hard to Build a Fortune + Male Lead] [The rating is low because it was just released and will go up! Sobbing, I never thought I’d be saying this one day~] At first, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. Everyone else who transmigrates gets a golden finger, while I can only piggyback on someone else’s.” Later, she thinks, “Guys, you have no idea. The little boss’s golden finger is really, really useful!” In short, the heroine
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- 64 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 316Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 65 Sixies: Flowers in the Sun 六零之向阳花开 The genres are: Zhou Xiangyang never expected that one act of bravery during her senior-year internship would restart her life in 1960. She became a baby with the same name in the family compound of a machinery factory. Her family was simple but loving: an engineer father, a mother who worked at the supply and marketing cooperative, and two siblings, each with a personality of their own. Her English degree from her previous life was still with her, along with a temperamental “mystery box” sign- 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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A Scheming Couple's Daily Bickering in the Sixties 六零腹黑夫妻互怼日常
[1960s Era + Light Ensemble Cast + Crime Solving + Whirlwind Marriage + Guiding Romance] In the 1960s, unsolved cases shrouded the land in mystery. He Xinghua, a policewoman from the countryside, and Lu Yanping, a criminal investigation chief, were not only husband and wife, but also partners in the line of duty. From a rural courtyard to city housing for government cadres, and from sorting through case files to confronting the most baffling criminal minds, they embarked together on a new caree
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Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈
When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv
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The Seventh Book by Ziai Xiangyan 字爱香烟的第7本书
Reborn into a Shattered Family, I Killed My Way Through Widow Village [Period Setting] [No Dragging Things Out] [Brutal and Violent] [Killing Spree] [Farming] No compromise. If they won’t submit, kill them. This is all about the satisfaction, with absolutely no holding back. After spending eighteen years in prison, Zhang Feng died at the hands of a killer bribed by his enemy. As he closed his eyes, he saw his parents bullied to death, felt the fury of his family’s orchard being seized, and hear
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In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库
An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan
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- 70 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 611Reads7.0Score—14d adds
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I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神
Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and
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- 72 I Brought My Twins and Divorced My Husband at His Wedding 我带着双胞胎，在丈夫婚礼上离婚 [Transmigrate into a book + historical setting + pocket dimension + love grows over time] Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don’t nitpick the historical details. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. It’s about everyday family life, told at a gentle pace. Shen Ruyi wakes from a nap to find herself transmigrated into a period novel, as the former wife in an arranged marriage to the male lead, a character who gets only a few lines before dying young in the countryside. 21kReads8.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 73 The Old Woman Is Reborn Before the Demolition, and Beats Her Evil Son and Vicious Grandson with a Stick 老太重生拆迁前，棒打恶子毒孙 Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 51.8kReads8.6Score2.9k14d adds
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Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零：我成了外婆的妹妹
[When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand
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The Days I Went to the Countryside to Catch Ghosts 下乡抓鬼的日子
Reborn in the 1970s? No problem! She’s the eighteenth-generation heir to a Taoist lineage, skilled in all five arts of metaphysics! She just didn’t expect to get hit and killed after helping a rich man find the perfect burial site, all because she hadn’t checked the almanac. When she opened her eyes again, she was a high school girl, and her family was arguing over who would be sent to the countryside. The System bound itself to her and demanded that she spread Taoist teachings in an era opposed
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The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命
They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R
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The Sixties Transmigration of a Young Educated Woman and Her Sect's Young Master 穿越六零小知青和她的宗门少主
Shen Yunxi transmigrates to 1969 because of a family heirloom jade bangle, where she meets Huo Yunze, the young sect leader. Together, they experience life as educated youths in a remote mountain village and search for hidden treasures in secret realms. Along the way, they encounter all kinds of people and hear stories of rural life. A very sweet and loving story, with lots of doting affection.
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