Stories Set in the Past About Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside 年代，知青下乡的书
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- 51 One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty 明朝一百个美女 I woke up to find that I’d transmigrated into the male lead of One Hundred Beauties of the Ming Dynasty, and gotten bound to a rather improper “Humorous Get-Rich System.” As long as I make the villains laugh, silver automatically lands in my account. So I let loose, pushing my luck at the edge of death every day. Then one day, I cornered the peerlessly beautiful villainess Su Meier against a wall. “Miss, have you heard that a smile takes ten years off your age? If you smile a few more times, may 2kReads—Score12414d adds
- 52 The Song Dynasty’s Number One Tough Guy 宋朝第一猛男 Wu Jushuai opens his eyes to find himself in the Song Dynasty, transformed into an ugly man with the same name. The System, however, requires him to collect “admiration points from peerless beauties” to become handsome. The top courtesans of Bianjing, noble ladies from wealthy families, and chivalrous women of the martial world are all left blushing by his poetry and modern-day flirting techniques. The villains grit their teeth and grumble, “That guy's ugly and lecherous. What makes him so speci 1.2kReads—Score10214d adds
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In 1975, I Went to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 1975年我下乡避祸
This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b
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Transmigrate into a Book: In the 1970s, a Sent-Down Youth Is Doted on by a Rugged Man 穿书七零：炮灰知青被糙汉宠爆了
(Complete) (No awful relatives + Devoted husband + Raising kids + Making money + Everyday life) Jiang Niandong, a miserable little accountant, transmigrated into a book and became a doomed educated youth in a period novel. She has a rugged man who loves her to the bone, takes care of all the housework, and spoils her rotten. So why did he disappear after she'd only enjoyed his company for a few days? … A sickly beauty who can't lift or carry a thing, a three-year-old toddler who keeps asking fo
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- 55 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 57.7kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds
- 56 I Transmigrated to the 1970s, and My Whole Family Went to the Countryside 穿越七零，我全家下乡了 [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 2.4kReads8.9Score15714d adds
- 57 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 (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 32.1kReads9.4Score3.2k14d adds
- 58 The 1970s: The Village Bully Brought the City-Educated Beauty Home in His Arms 七零：下乡知青被村霸糙汉抱回家 [Devoted Husband + Guaranteed Sweetness + Everyday Life + Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Pocket Space + Everyone's Favorite] Couple: feisty, beautiful, rich young educated woman × cultured, burly village ruffian In 1973, a pretty young educated woman arrived at the Jinyang Production Brigade. She was fair and soft, delicate and gentle, and so petite she looked easy to bully. But the moment she entered the village, the tall, broad-shouldered village ruffian, who looked especially fierce, 24.2kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
- 59 After Being Reborn in the 1970s, I Was Carried Off by the Village Bully 重生七零年代后，我被村霸叼走了 Su Qinran opened her eyes again and found herself back on the train bound for Daqing Mountain. Lin Yaotang had never seen such a beautiful woman. At first glance, she seemed like a celestial maiden, while he was nothing but mud at the bottom of a pond. Su Qinran glanced at Lin Yaotang. In her previous life, he had pursued her relentlessly, only to die saving her in the end. She owed him her life. Lin Yaotang: “Aah!!! The goddess looked at me! I’m going to adult education classes! I’m going to le 8.7kReads9.3Score91514d adds
- 60 The Capitalist-Era Educated Youth Is Highly Enlightened, Winning Big by Serving the Nation 资本知青觉悟高，为国效力赢麻了 [1970s + transmigrate into a book + military marriage + special abilities + love after marriage + devoted husband + family life + joining the army + building wealth] Su Mo, a dual-ability user, discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. She'd become the cannon-fodder character who gave the heroine her start-up funds, and she was supposed to die right from the start. Even after dying, she'd be dragged out of the heroine's memories again and again to serve as a foil, with the destruction o 52.5kReads9.3Score5.5k14d adds
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Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子
In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married.
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- 62 EN 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 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
- 63 Reborn in the 1970s: The Scorned Educated Youth Just Wants to Take It Easy 重生七零：炮灰知青只想当咸鱼 After Gu Maiya was killed by her own family, she was reborn in the 1970s as a pitiful girl whose parents barely cared about her, and sent to the countryside as an educated youth. Only later did she discover that she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the awful sister-in-law and foil to the heroine of a rebirth story about a military wife! Gu Maiya was furious. They wanted her to be a foil and a stepping-stone to the heroine’s success? Then she’d break up the heroine’s destined match first a 3kReads8.9Score23014d adds
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Sparse Ink Shines Through the Winter Chill 疏墨照岁寒
In an era of taboos, he boarded a train with no way back. Winter, 1973. Sui Muhan, a young intellectual sent to the Great Northern Wilderness, finally got leave to visit home and boarded the train back. He was the child of a “Black Category” family: his father was a professor locked away in a cowshed, and his mother, once a pianist, could only make pasteboard boxes. He silently endured the blizzards and denunciations of the Great Northern Wilderness, believing he had long ago lost the ability to
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1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代
[Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn-
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- 66 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 163.2kReads9.5Score18.2k14d adds
- 67 The Fake Young Master Was Sent Back to the Countryside, Where He Turned His Life Around with His Wife and Children 假少爷被赶回农村带妻儿逆袭人生 When Xie Zhao opened his eyes, he was back in 1983. That year, the richest family in Huxian County, the Chen family, found their real son and sent the impostor, Xie Zhao, back to Shishui Village. He couldn’t believe that the parents who had once treasured him like their own flesh and blood no longer wanted him. Had all the love they’d shown him over eighteen years been a lie? He went to ask them, but they wept and cursed him as a curse upon the family. They said he had made their biological son 19.9kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 68 After My Wife and Daughter Died, I Was Reborn in the 1980s 老婆女儿去世后，我重生八零 [Urban life in a bygone era + one heroine + teacher]“In our next life, let’s not be husband and wife again!” His wife called him, her voice hollow and lifeless, utterly devoid of emotion. It felt as if his soul were being torn apart. He shouted into the phone, “Don’t do anything foolish! I’m on my way to the hospital!” The next moment! His daughter lay in a hospital bed, a white sheet covering her face. His wife sat beside her, calm and despairing. “We did everything we could. Your daughter pass 16.5kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
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Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春
[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
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- 70 Reborn in the 1980s: The Beloved Wife Wants to Bring Prosperity to Her Family 重生八零：团宠娇妻要旺夫 Rugged country boy + sweet, delicate wife (1v1, both partners’ first time) (reborn + personal dimension + sweet romance) “Lin Xia, in our next life, could you love me a little more...?” She turned away from the husband who loved her with all his heart and was killed by a scumbag. Only then did Lin Xia realize she had been blind and foolish! Reborn in the 1980s, she gets her smarts back and uses her personal dimension to build a fortune! She gives the trash a taste of face-slapping, then clings t 1.3kReads9.1Score10014d adds
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I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the ’70s: The Educated Youth Marries a Rough-Hewn Farmer and Strikes It Rich 穿书七零：知青下乡嫁糙汉暴富了
[Era Setting + Both Leads are Each Other's First and Only + Sweet Romance + Transmigration into a Book + Raising a Child + Pocket Dimension] A leader among the women of the apocalypse, she transmigrates into a period novel as a spoiled, troublemaking cannon-fodder supporting character. Though rich and beautiful, she is nearly assaulted after being betrayed by her fake best friend. Her husband from a flash marriage dumps a little bun on her and disappears. To escape her fate as a spoiled trouble
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- 72 After Marrying a Rugged Man in the 1970s, the Mountain Shrew Became a Beautiful Wife 嫁七零糙汉后，山野泼妇变美娇妻 [Period setting + rugged man + pocket dimension + gourmet food + devoted puppy-like husband + doting husband] Su Yunhe, a top modern imperial chef, is burned alive in her villa and reborn in the 1970s with a pocket dimension. She takes over the body of a notorious village shrew: fat, lazy, ugly, wicked, and always doing despicable things! Su Yunhe cleans up the mess she left behind, gradually becoming kinder, prettier, and slimmer. She starts a business and makes a fortune, until everyone in the 3.1kReads9.1Score26314d adds
- 73 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 34.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds
- 74 I Had Multiples Right After Joining the Army: The Easygoing Military Wife’s Good Fortune 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 27.1kReads9.0Score3k14d adds
- 75 Food Blogger Transmigrates to the Seventies: Becoming a Mom Without the Labor Pains 美食博主穿七零：无痛当妈来养崽 Period setting + Food + Adorable kids + Pocket dimension + Marriage before love From the start, she's saddled with a disabled soldier for a husband and two future villains for sons. A food blogger transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s, bringing her spacious apartment with her, and becomes the contrast-group sister-in-law to the female lead of a period novel. The female lead raises plump, healthy kids while hers are scrawny as monkeys. The female lead keeps her kids spotless while hers are a 2.9kReads8.5Score39514d adds
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A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美
At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs.
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Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了
(Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa
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- 78 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4k14d adds
- 79 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 [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 34.8kReads9.4Score5k14d adds
- 80 The Farm Girl Is Lazy and Loves Good Food, So She Can Only Marry a Layabout 农女她好吃懒做，只能嫁给街溜子 [Lazy, food-loving woman vs. notorious man] [Historical + farming + lie flat + taking down villains + self-interest + devoted couple] [Tips: The heroine is sweet-tongued but wicked at heart, ruthless, and coldhearted. Anyone who crosses her will have a miserable time. The male lead is hopelessly lovestruck and changes for her. If that's not your thing, please skip this one...] Out of gratitude for her older sister's hard work, the lazy Fang Yutong gives her the Chen family's excellent marriage 9.4kReads8.4Score95214d adds
- 81 Transmigrated as the Villainous Aunt in a Koi-Themed Period Novel 穿成锦鲤年代文中的极品小姑子 [Era Novel + Everyone’s Favorite + Madwoman, Career-Driven Heroine + Patriotism + Rags-to-Riches Wish Fulfillment + No Handouts] Su Miaomiao, who has a trading System, transmigrates into an era novel about a lucky heroine. Unfortunately, she isn’t the novel’s lucky heroine, but an obnoxious supporting character who gets deceived by a scumbag from the start and then cruelly abandoned. She’s thrown into a nightmare from the start: the scumbag’s family emotionally manipulates her and leeches off he 4.7kReads9.1Score50914d adds
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The 1970s: I Keep Dying in Stories Set in Different Eras 七零：我在各个年代文里死了又死
[No Romance] She opens her eyes to find her parents, who favor boys over girls, pressuring her to get a job so her cousin can afford a wife. Her cousin, a good-for-nothing who claims he’ll “bring honor to the family,” is also the male lead of a period novel! And Xu Youyou has transmigrated into a cannon-fodder supporting female character who gets a job for the scheming heroine! Looking at the job the original owner risked her life to get, and her “family,” who want the job but also want to marry
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The Purest Love 最纯洁的爱
Qin Feng returns to China after completing his studies in Russia, just as the country reforms its education system and universities abolish guaranteed job assignments for graduates. He then moves with his family to a coastal city, where he meets Xie Lan, a local girl from the countryside. Xie Lan is six years younger than Qin Feng and left school after junior high. They come from vastly different backgrounds in age, education, and family circumstances. Both sets of parents oppose their relations
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