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1. 51 重 Back to 1949: The Whole Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 重回1949长白山都是我的猎场 I'm Eighteen This Year老夫年十八Urban3.4M WordsOngoing (No System, no pocket dimension, hunting + major events of the era) Xie Yicheng is reborn in early 1949, in a village in the Changbai Mountains of Andong Province, Northeast China, just after liberation. In an era of scarce supplies and a country waiting to be rebuilt, where the mountains are rich in treasures yet fraught with danger, the entire Changbai range becomes his family’s hunting ground. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, roe deer, and martens; deer, sheep, musk deer, badgers, fo 22.4kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
2. 52 重 Reborn in 1984: I Hunt and Tame Beasts in the Mountains to Feed My Family 重生84，我赶山御兽带全家吃肉 Eat, Eat, Fool吃吃痴Urban2.7M WordsCompleted (Now complete and ready to binge) [Everyday life in the 1980s + hunting + lighthearted + pets] A lonely old forest ranger is reborn in 1984. From the start, he stirs up a hornet’s nest and unexpectedly activates the Beast Servant System. He contracts hornets as beast servants. No beehive on the mountain can escape their tracking! As their master, Shi Lin reluctantly follows behind them to collect the honey. He contracts a sable as a beast servant. Wild rabbits, pheasants, cuckoo birds... There’s 160.9kReads9.0Score8.5kShelves
3. 53 她 Snacking My Way Through the 1980s: The Little Cook Is a Star 她在八零忙吃瓜，小小厨娘顶呱呱 Red Sand Is Sugar赤砂是糖Modern Romance230k WordsOngoing ‘Female lead is weak’ + strong male lead + gourmet food + gossip + military marriage + countryside + both inexperienced (1v1) Su Mu never imagined she would transmigrate into a world where her family was so poor they could barely afford food, and the villagers had already eaten everything edible in the mountains. A hellish start, but no matter. With her cooking skills, getting rich would be a piece of cake. She thought it would be a simple, conventional transmigration story set in a bygone era. 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Traveling through the 1980s and building a career [Adoration]

4. 54 卿 Dearest Beloved: An 1980s Record of a Senior Official's Devotion to His Wife 卿卿如晤：八零高官宠妻录 The Loquat Tree Has Light枇杷树有光Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted “Mom, these are the peach cakes Yanyan likes best. Keep an eye on her, though. Don’t let her eat too many, or she won’t have room for dinner.” “Dad, if Yanyan can’t get up in the morning, let her sleep a little longer. Don’t shout at her. It could make her nervous.” At their wits’ end, Shao’s parents asked, “Is she my daughter or yours?” On his first business trip after marrying her, Bai Shuyu was so worried about his wife, Shao Yin, that he sent her back to her parents’ home and asked his mothe 6.6kReads7.0Score514Shelves
5. 55 魂 Reborn in the 1980s: I’m Determined to Be a Scheming Heroine 魂穿八零，心机女主我当定了 A Jun Is Stubborn阿君特别犟Modern Romance108k WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration in the 1980s] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Strong Female Lead] [Husband's Redemption Arc] [The male lead falls in love over time in the early part; later, he becomes a doting dad and chases his wife!] When she wakes up, Ruan Xiaoyun discovers that her soul has returned to her previous life. In her previous life, she was insecure and timid, manipulated by others and married in a daze into the Yan family, who were about to be cleared of their past political accusations and re 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 56 八 After Their Eighties Marriage Pact, the Research Genius Refuses to Divorce 八零协议结婚后科研大佬不肯离了 Come on, Rabbit!兔子加油Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later] [Slow Burn] [Daily Life] [Gourmet] [Pocket Dimension with Spirit Spring] [Devoted Couple] A cold, brooding research genius X an upbeat ray of sunshine The heroine will grow more and more beautiful, and the hero’s injured leg will heal. Song Yuelan transmigrates to 1984 and becomes the least favored of the family’s two younger children. She is so frail and thin that a gust of wind could blow her away, and she barely stands out in a crowd. She takes her elder sister’s 3.6kReads7.8Score285Shelves
7. 57 八 The 1985s: The Young Madam of Beijing, Who Wants the Job Can Have It! 八五：京圈少奶奶，谁爱当谁当！ User23666666用户23666666Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted [Wealthy families + revenge + no rebirth + slow face-slapping + the second male lead takes center stage] Everyone envies Lin Xiangqing for having such a good fiancé: a scion of the wealthy and powerful Su family of the capital, Jing City. He has it all: looks, height, family background, and education. His only flaw is that he’ll hand off a talent invitation from a research institute, which Lin earned through her own abilities, to someone else, then tell her, “Lianlian needs it more than you. Don 19Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 八 The 1980s: You Marry Your White Moonlight, I'll Marry the Fourth Young Master of a Tycoon Family 八零：你娶白月光，我嫁豪门四少 North Moon Xiaomu北月小木Modern Romance197k WordsCompleted Shen Yuanxi choked on her milk tea and died. Her soul transmigrated to Pingjiang City in 1987. Her parents ran off, her brother ran off, and her fiance ran off too. Luckily, before the original owner suddenly died, she had secured a job as a university instructor and gotten a marriage certificate with the fourth young master of the wealthy Xie family from Hong Kong. The scumbag He Yuncheng had kissed his white moonlight, Lin Zining, right in front of Shen Yuanxi, and still had the nerve to say, 5.2kReads8.3Score495Shelves
9. 59 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: I Strike It Rich Through My Son 穿越八零，我靠儿子发大财 A Passing Soul in a Fleeting Life浮生过客Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted When she woke up, Lin Biyu, an unmarried thirty-year-old woman, had transmigrated into the body of a rural woman in her forties with the same name in the 1980s. Apparently, the woman had once been an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was lazy and greedy, never did a day’s work, and relied entirely on her husband to support her. Now that he was dead, she had no one to rely on but her son. Everyone was waiting to see her get rejected by her son and daughter-in-law. But as they watched, t 1kReads6.7Score101Shelves
10. 60 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: A 1980s Mom with a Cold-Faced Officer Doting on Her 穿书八零喜当妈，冷面军官掌中宠 Fish Delight in Spring Night春夜喜鱼Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Military Marriage + Alternate Historical Era + Raising Kids + Food + Pocket Dimension] Ye Qiu woke up one morning to find she'd transmigrated into a book and become a minor cannon-fodder character who eloped with a male educated youth. She was also the notorious lazy wife in the village, with a reputation so bad it had spread for miles. Fortunately, her pocket dimension had come with her. Ye Qiu grabbed a chicken in one hand and a piece of meat in the other, while th 244Reads6.9Score—Shelves
11. 61 重 Reborn in 1980: Starting Out Hunting in the Forests and Snowfields! 重生80，从狩猎林海雪原开始！ Yang Sanjin杨三斤啊Urban2.9M WordsOngoing [(Add to your library and get rich) Devoted husband + Rebirth in the 1980s + Frequent updates + Hunting in Northeast China + One heroine + Pets] Haunted by guilt and regret, Chen Le is reborn in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s! In an age when guns and hunting are legal, women left behind at home can get a taste of good food by cozying up to men outside their marriages! Supplies are scarce, but natural resources are plentiful. The saying “club a roe deer, scoop up fish with a gour 129.7kReads8.2Score14kShelves
12. 62 傻 Silly Zhu's Siheyuan 傻柱子的四合院 Halfway Across This Life余生半渡Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted The protagonist is a little confused. I only went out for a budget trip, so how did I inexplicably become Silly Zhu? Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. At least I won't have to worry every day about scraping together a bite to eat. Sure, material goods are scarce in this era, but the people are honest and kind! Life is good! Well... except for this cannibalistic courtyard and the birds who live in it. 16.6kReads8.8Score746Shelves
13. 63 四 Siheyuan: Infinite Evolution Space 四合院：无限进化空间 Shuhai Linlin树海林林Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted [System, multiple female leads. If that's not your thing, don't read.] He transmigrates to the moment Qin Huairu is meeting a prospective match and awakens the Cultivation System, using Yi Zhonghai to steal Jia Dongxu's bride. He goes hunting with beautiful women and lives a carefree, contented life. 11.5kReads7.5Score496Shelves
14. 64 四 Siheyuan: Li An’s Remarkable Life 四合院之李安的精彩人生 Shining Taillights闪亮的尾灯Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Two unlucky souls from different eras, their spirits and bodies joined together. In a special period, they spark something extraordinary, making up for the regrets neither could resolve alone. Watch as ideas from a new age emerge in the old one. Two ordinary people from different eras complement each other, combining to form a perfect whole. See how they shine in their time and compose a song unlike any other. 23.2kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
15. 65 穿 Transmigrating to the Siheyuan: From the Start, I Settle In 穿越四合院之开局落户四合院 Infantry步兵Male-Channel Fanfiction5.4M WordsOngoing Chen Jin, a university student and soldier from the 21st century, transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. As he grows through wits and struggles against the courtyard's various schemers, he meets all kinds of characters from Romance in the Rain, Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel, Under the Zhengyang Gate, Stepfather, and more. In the 1960s, he writes a magnificent chapter filled with passion, youth, love, and friendship, forging his own path through concrete action for himself, his friends, his belov 23.5kReads6.7Score926Shelves
16. 66 四 Easygoing Days in the Siheyuan 四合院里的悠哉日子 Fengjue风觉Male-Channel Fanfiction5.4M WordsOngoing Back in 1955, he begins a carefree life amid all the chaos of that legendary courtyard. See how a modern man gets by and lives his own modest life in that era! (A low on hostility, high on everyday life, and all about watching the drama kind of story.) 34.9kReads7.7Score1.6kShelves
17. 67 四 Siheyuan: My Years in the Security Office 四合院之我在保卫处那几年 All Beings Beneath the Pen笔下皆众生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted By some bizarre twist of fate, he transmigrated into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. Feng Bin, a small-time landlord from the future, became the head of the security office. After moving into the courtyard, he didn't find himself caught up in the usual scramble over housing. Feng Bin: Is this really the same courtyard I know? Yi Zhonghai: It is. Look at me now: all alone, with no one to rely on, destined to die lonely. Qin Huairu: Exactly. I worked so hard trading for steamed buns, and in th 33.1kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
18. 68 四 Siheyuan: Wang Dapeng the Jester's Happy Life 四合院，乐子人王大鹏的快乐人生 Number One Water Fish水鱼一号Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted A hilarious, low-conflict period piece set in a Beijing courtyard, with a scheming protagonist, a professional troublemaker, and a real scoundrel's way of doing things. Wang Dapeng transmigrates into a courtyard full of villains, where he goes head-to-head with the residents and discovers that his reputation is taking a hit. His motto is: if you can't adapt to your surroundings, make them adapt to you. If you get soaked, don't let your opponents have umbrellas. So Wang Dapeng decides to make sur 48.7kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
19. 69 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.4M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 121.3kReads9.4Score8.8kShelves

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20. 70 跪 After Begging Me to Switch Marriages, My Cousin Cried Herself to Death in the Slums 跪求我换亲后，堂妹哭死在贫民窟 Chai Bao柴宝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.6kReads9.2Score298Shelves
21. 71 八 A Happy Occasion in the Eighties: The Household’s Plump Wife Turns Her Life Around 八零喜事：当家肥妻大翻身 Feng Mang凤芒Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Zhu Fuling transmigrates into the 1980s, becoming a married woman who’s fat, poor, and cheating on her husband! She promptly loses weight, starts a business and makes a fortune, while putting scumbags in their place and taking on all kinds of troublemakers. Her life becomes prosperous and exciting! Her husband, who used to ignore her, can’t stand it anymore. When he sees the divorce papers she holds out, he angrily drags her back into the room and pins her down. “You married me. You’re mine for 914Reads7.8Score281Shelves

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    Like the sense of age

22. 72 八 An ’80s Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Builds a Fortune and Raises Her Kids 八零军婚，俏军嫂发家致富养崽崽 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After a car accident, Su Ran unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel as the troublesome, doomed ex-wife. A disastrous start: she arrived on the eve of the original character’s divorce from her military commander husband. Divorce was one thing, but the original character had even drugged him, planning to sleep with this cold man before dumping him? What a reckless move! Su Ran: “I’m not taking the blame for this.” She slipped away to build a career. After she disappeared, her soon-to-be ex 6.1kReads9.2Score633Shelves
23. 73 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: Baby, You're the Only One I Love 八零军婚：宝宝，我只喜欢你 Red Winter红色冬天Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + reborn + doting husband + medical skills] In her previous life, Shen Liwu believed her stepsister and grew to detest Zhou Yanjing, hiding from him wherever she went. He died protecting her. Amid the smoke and flames, he used his last strength to say: “Wu Wu, how could you treat me this way? I haven’t done anything wrong. Please, just try to love me once. Stop running away from me... please!” Blood filled his mouth, yet he was still begging her. Reborn, she decides to trust what 2.5kReads7.8Score246Shelves
24. 74 夺 After Taking Back My Body, I Raised a Child to Wealth in the 1980s 夺回身体后，我在八零养崽致富 Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted New short drama: Back to the Eighties: From Fat Wife to Queen of Wealth [Military romance] [Raising children] Yu Wanwan’s body was taken over by a woman who transmigrated into it for six years. During that time, the transmigrator wreaked havoc on everyone around her. Her older brother cut ties with her, and her second older sister’s family ran from her like cats from a mouse. Everyone around her came to despise her. She even drugged a man and had triplets. He was forced to marry her, and she mad 5.7kReads8.7Score779Shelves
25. 75 八 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚，死对头成了妻管严 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 16.9kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
26. 76 八 The Darling of the 1980s 八十年代掌中娇 Shu Ning舒甯Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she owned five apartments in the capital and drove a big G whenever she went out. But after opening her eyes, she found herself a country girl in the 1980s. Her father, seeking to get ahead, latched onto a “rich heiress” and wanted to divorce her mother. Fine, let them get divorced! Her younger brother, who worshipped the rich and looked down on the poor, could go live with the mistress. She would start over with her two younger sisters! They collected bat guano, sold quail 5.7kReads8.8Score572Shelves
27. 77 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 52.3kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves
28. 78 八 After Being Reborn in the 1980s, I Made My Stoic Husband Lose Control 八零重生后：我撩爆了禁欲系老公 Zi Moyue Hen紫莫玥痕Modern Romance183k WordsCompleted Period setting + one-on-one romance + rugged man + sweet romance + raising children + building wealth + reborn + 1980s Su He, a hugely popular young star, transmigrates into the body of a teacher sent to the countryside in the 1980s. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself lying in the bed of the poorest, roughest man in the village! The villagers all call her a shameless seductress and say she deserves to be thrown into a pig cage. But the rugged man shields her and swears he will mar 1Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 79 重 Reborn as a Young Wife in the 1980s 重生八零小媳妇 Zhou Qi周七Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted Tang Xiaoxin returned to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, she was a married woman, dirt-poor, unloved by her parents, and saddled with a fake-sweet sister. Her mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and sisters-in-law all had it in for her, so she built her fortune while taking down one awful person after another. Before she knew it, she'd reached the peak of her life, with a husband who doted on her endlessly. “You're my wife, so whatever you say is right!” 130Reads7.2Score—Shelves
30. 80 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 143.2kReads9.3Score17.3kShelves

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    Just look at it, only treat it as first and not second

31. 81 呜 Wah! I Woke Up to a Rough 1970s Hunk Grabbing Me by the Waist! 呜！一睁眼被七零糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, The 1970s’ Lucky Little Bride, is now streaming on Hongguo. [Complete] [Rugged Hero + Sweet Wife + Gourmet Food + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Secret Identity + Feel-Good Story] Top banquet chef Jiang Congyu was suddenly killed when a crystal chandelier fell on her while she was cooking. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book she had read before. And not just that: it was her wedding night, and a handsome man was pinned beneath he 22.9kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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    If you could go back in time, would you choose your life again?

32. 82 七 The ’70s Cannon Fodder Uses a Sign-In System to Coast to Victory 七零炮灰带签到系统一路开挂躺赢 Shallow Summer Meow浅夏喵Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + System + pocket dimension + farming + a slightly goofy heroine who never lets a grudge go and always sees things clearly, a lovable little drama queen fresh out of acting school + a devoted, scheming male lead She was just stepping out to grab a meal when she disappeared. When she opened her eyes again, Ning Xiyue had transmigrated to the 1970s, into a period novel about a lucky, doted-on heroine. She was now a lovesick, cannon-fodder side character destined to hand th 13.3kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
33. 83 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1980s and Have a Bunch of Ginseng Babies 穿越八零我有一堆人参娃娃 Lazy Meow懒喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + doted on by everyone + lucky star] After an accident, Liu Juan transmigrates forty years into the past and becomes her own aunt, Liu Suhong. After transmigrating, Liu Suhong discovers that she can understand animals. A red-crowned crane gets injured, so she saves it. Then it pecks her, and she becomes incredibly strong? She goes to the fields with her parents to harvest wheat and unexpectedly finds a rough jade stone. There’s the start-up money she needs! There’s a child in the 185Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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