Looking for Stories Set in the 1970s 求七零年代文

1. 51 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.8kReads9.3Score11kShelves

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   This is definitely an excellent book about the 1970s and 80s, allowing you to vividly feel the historical transformation of the country during that era. Some people were growing wildly, some were working diligently and steadily, and some were fleeing.

2. 52 虫 Insectoid: Why Is the Male Lord Like That? 虫族：雄主他为何那样 Water-Scented Smoke水沉烟Two Male Leads320k WordsCompleted [Insectoid race + top who dotes on the bottom + love that grows over time + no gender equality + 1v1] Scheming, extremely controlling, sadistic male lead vs. cold, sickly, self-effacing female lead Jian Chi transmigrated into an insectoid novel, becoming the male protagonist’s foil. The System told him that if he followed the original character’s storyline as a criminal and completed a hundred scenarios, he could return to his original world and come back to life. System: Tell your female monarc 19.7kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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   The two male protagonists are yandere.

3. 53 穿 Book Transmigration: Falsely Accused of Promiscuity, the Big Shot Asks If I Want a Military Marriage 穿书：被冤搞破鞋，大佬问军婚吗 Yi Ye壹耶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage, period setting, two strong leads] Ding Zhilan woke up after working herself to death, only to find herself in the body of Ding Zhilan and inside a period military-marriage novel with a twisted moral compass, where the heroine is reborn. To bring the hero and heroine together, she, the hero’s former fiancée, is accused of having illicit relations with men during the turbulent 1970s and forced to jump into a river and kill herself. That lets her former fiancé and her best frien 573Reads7.0Score109Shelves
4. 54 闪 A Flash Marriage in the 1970s, and She Becomes the Compound's Sensation 闪婚七零，她风靡家属院 Bai Yuyuyuyu白鱼鱼鱼鱼Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted Wang Mingyue wakes up in the 1970s in a family that treats its daughter like a pack animal, then nearly drowns after a scumbag man causes her downfall. To escape her shrewish mother, hypocritical father, and ungrateful brothers, Wang Mingyue quickly marries a soldier and follows him to the far reaches of the northwest. The northwest is bitterly cold, and fresh green vegetables are nearly impossible to find in winter. Using what she knows from modern times, Mingyue starts growing vegetables indoo 1.1kReads8.2Score102Shelves

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   So beautiful! Highly recommend!

5. 55 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 52.8kReads9.2Score5.4kShelves
6. 56 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.7kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
7. 57 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
8. 58 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s, and My Whole Family Went to the Countryside 穿越七零，我全家下乡了 Gold Gold Gold金金金子Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s + Pocket Dimension + Family Life + Companionship + Devoted Couple] In her previous life, Zhou Ran lost her parents at a young age and was raised by her grandmother. On the day she won an Olympic gold medal, her grandmother passed away. Heartbroken, Zhou Ran was caught in a car accident and transmigrated to the 1970s, into the body of a young female educated youth about to head to the countryside. She was supposedly going there to help with development, but in tr 2.3kReads8.9Score156Shelves
9. 59 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies: The Easygoing Wife Is Forced to Get Ahead 穿越七零，咸鱼娇妻她被迫上进 Passerby Sheep路人羊Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted [Sweet, charming, highly intelligent heroine & gentle, refined, scheming educated youth] A 21st-century doctoral student pulls an all-nighter, collapses, and transmigrates into the body of a young woman working at a forest farm in the 1970s. Ye Wei swears: she is going to be a contented couch potato who enjoys life! She lives carefree, spending every day eating and drinking with her golden finger at her disposal. Apples? Pheasants? She's got it all. Huo Xiang? Coptis? She can do anything. Ye Wei 4.1kReads9.0Score384Shelves
10. 60 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: That Couple's Both a Little Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 47kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves

    Reader note

    These are all good. I've recently become obsessed with historical fiction, and they all seem quite logical. They're not overly fantastical or the kind that makes the male and female leads invincible; they're all fairly normal.

11. 61 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 16.7kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
12. 62 七 The Sweet Young Lady of the 1970s 七十年代小娇娇 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The moment the young educated youth Wen Wan arrives in Lu Jiazui, she becomes famous: famous for her beauty, famous for taking her time, and famous for her sharp tongue and soft, sweet manner. When the educated youths first arrive, Lu Dongping sees Wen Wan and thinks, How is this little thing supposed to work in the fields and earn work points? Whichever team gets her will be unlucky. Take her home and she'll be treated like an ancestor. Later, Wen Wan becomes his very own little ancestor. 1.3kReads8.9Score250Shelves
13. 63 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 88.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves
14. 64 重 Reborn in the 1970s: An Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生七零：知青在北大荒 Yi Ziyan易子晏Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing He Siwei is reborn in the year she went to the countryside. She refuses to go to the farm where her childhood sweetheart works, as she did in her previous life. Instead, she chooses a firewood farm in the mountains. Armed with the traditional Chinese medicine skills she learned by her father’s side and her knack for identifying herbs, she begins her life as an educated youth sent to the countryside in the Great Northern Wilderness. 28.6kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
15. 65 七 The Beloved Wife of the 1970s Gets Teased! The Black-Bellied Officer Sees Red and Loses Control 七零小妻被撩！腹黑军官红眼失控 Lost and Found失而Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: [The Dashing Courtyard Beauty and Her Aloof Husband Who Holds Her Close and Coaxes Her] After transmigrating, Yu Xiangnian becomes the shrew of a military compound in the 1970s. Her husband doesn’t love her, the children don’t care for her, and the neighbors can’t stand her... So what? She doesn’t care what any of them think! She’s educated, cultured, well-connected, and beautiful. Building a fortune and pursuing her career are what matter! But... Why is this ma 23.1kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
16. 66 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    Absolutely, it will lean towards reality.

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