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Please Recommend Famine Novels Set in the 1950s and 1960s, Especially Highly Rated Gems 求推荐59_60年代饥荒文,求高分佳作

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  1. 1 Doing Backbreaking Labor with My Butt Sticking Out in the Sixties 我在六零撅着屁股干苦力 Modern Romance640k WordsCompleted Qiao Mai, a young woman of the new era, accidentally travels back to the bitterly cold, impoverished Northeast in the 1960s. As soon as she arrives, she's in danger of starving or freezing to death, and can only struggle forward, doing her best to survive one step at a time... The heroine is hardworking and determined, with a modest golden finger. She and the male lead live an ordinary but hopeful life, full of everyday family matters and cozy, heartwarming moments. 7.2kReads8.7Score488Shelves
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  2. 2 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太:你你还有你跪下! Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 22.4kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
  3. 3 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零,我婆婆是重生的 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 82.5kReads8.8Score8.5kShelves
  4. 4 The 1960s: The Alley Couple's Daily Gossip 六零年代胡同小夫妻吃瓜日常 Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted A married couple from the 1990s transmigrate to the 1960s. No TV, no internet, no phones. No problem. They don't need any of that. There's so much gossip here they can't keep up with it all. Seriously, there's just too much to gossip about. Their daily life: gossiping, making money, and raising kids. They have to manage all three without dropping the ball. 9.2kReads7.2Score507Shelves
  5. 5 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人?不如成全自己 Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 133kReads9.5Score10.4kShelves
  6. 6 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 2.2kReads7.7Score128Shelves
  7. 7 The 1960s: Army Life Raising Kids, Teasing Cats, and Walking Dogs 六零,养娃逗猫遛狗的随军生活 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Family life + food and farming + raising children + following the troops to the border) A quick heads-up: there are few truly awful characters in this story. It mainly focuses on warm, everyday family life. Lan Mei, a modern crafting blogger, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1960s. The original owner of her body has lost both parents, and to protect herself, she marries a rough-around-the-edges soldier, bringing along her intellectually disabled older brother. Later, for the sake of her chil 10.5kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
  8. 8 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零:考上中专后,我稳坐干部岗 Modern Romance995k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 18.9kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
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  9. 9 Transmigrate to the Famine Years: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越饥荒之路人甲的生活日常 Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Caution: This is not wish-fulfillment. The characters are all flawed. The tone is dark and realistic, and the setting is an alternate fictional world. Much of the content is invented, so read with care if that bothers you.] [Historical era + Transmigrating into a book + Politics] She transmigrates into a scrawny child during a famine. By the time Xu Lele struggles through childhood and her life starts getting better, you tell her this is a sweet romance about a transmigrator sent to the country 10.1kReads7.4Score434Shelves
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  10. 10 The 1960s: The Villagers Insist on Worshipping Me 六零:村民们非要拜我 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented + Parallel alternate world + Period setting + Transmigration + No romance + Beloved by all + Cute pets + Everyday family life] Modern-day overworked office drone Lin Anzhi had all the prerequisites for transmigration: an orphan’s background, late-night overtime, and a thunderstorm. Sure enough, she transmigrated. She ended up in the body of a three-year-old village girl in the 1960s. The good news: Her frail, sickly predecessor seemed to have a golden finger, and Lin Anzhi could 9.8kReads8.4Score701Shelves
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  11. 11 The Northeast Era Drama's All-Time Great King of the Waistline 东北年代剧天花板金牌腰王 Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [Jiahao in 1980] [No System, Just Unbelievably Tough Luck] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Satisfying Read] [The Strongest Second Sister-in-Law in History] [The Most Unhinged Novel in Northeastern Dialect] Li Qi is reborn, returning to the day before his kidney was cut out. In his previous life, his father put family ties first, his brother and sister-in-law asked him to sacrifice himself for everyone, and his younger brother cried that he wanted meat. So he steeled himself and donated his kidney 89.8kReads8.3Score5.7kShelves
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  12. 12 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零:地主儿子与土匪闺女 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 24kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
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  13. 13 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 12.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
  14. 14 Transmigrate to the 1960s: Poison Him, Poison Her, Poison Them All! 穿越六零:毒它毒她毒他! Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted A princess of the Feng Kingdom transmigrates to the 1960s. She had hoped to live quietly and peacefully, but her family is dirt poor, and there's always some troublemaker trying to harm her. If that's how it is, she'll just have to fall back on her old trade: poison fish, shrimp, and wild beasts; poison evil neighbors, enemy spies, and everyone else who deserves it! Watch as this Poison Princess poisons her way to a bright future! 579Reads—Score—Shelves
  15. 15 Reborn in 1958: From Fool to Mountain Hunter 重生1958:从傻子到山林猎人 Rural Life840k WordsOngoing A King of Soldiers is reborn in 1958 as a village fool who was nearly beaten to death. One blow from a club jolts him awake. His blood feud remains unsettled, and now another attempt on his life is underway. He flees into the mountains and takes over a place said to be cursed. An educated youth reports him? His enemies try to kill him? He sneers. In these lawless mountains, he makes the rules. 12.6kReads7.2Score991Shelves
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  16. 16 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零,重生后我被最强军官花样宠 Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 59.6kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves
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  17. 17 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零,首长不追了,带崽离婚真香 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 35.4kReads8.7Score3.4kShelves
  18. 18 Ancestor, You Told Me to Win Over the Villain, Not Turn Evil Myself 祖宗,让你攻略反派,没让你黑化 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted What do you do when you marry a man who’s turned dark and wants to die with you? Xu Manman dreams that she’s a poor little thing whose mother died young, whose stepfather and stepmother abused her, and whose heart was toyed with by a scumbag. To get revenge on him, she marries a disabled soldier from the neighboring village. After the wedding, she treats him terribly until he’s driven to try to die with her. She thinks it was all just a dream, but when she opens her eyes, it’s come true. Now she 4.7kReads8.9Score684Shelves
  19. 19 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后,被全家团宠 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 141.7kReads9.1Score17.4kShelves
  20. 20 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4.5kReads9.0Score399Shelves
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  21. 21 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Modern Romance715k WordsCompleted Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.2kReads7.3Score107Shelves
  22. 22 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 11.2kReads8.9Score964Shelves
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  23. 23 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 Urban2.8M WordsOngoing 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. 15.1kReads8.5Score1kShelves
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  24. 24 Best Friends Transmigrate to the 1970s! One Marries the Uncle, the Other the Nephew, and They Live Across the Hall 闺蜜一起穿七零!嫁舅甥,住对门 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Both Male Leads Are Devoted + Sweet Romance + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Family Life + Funny Early on] Wen Tang and her best friend Chi Yue found a novel about a real and fake heiress on a fiction website. Unlike other stories of its kind, the two heiresses weren't rivals but helped each other. They went to the countryside together, got married together, and even married an uncle and his nephew. Then they built their fortunes togethe 8.5kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
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  25. 25 After Marrying a Veteran, I Joined Him in the Army 嫁给退伍军人后,我去随军了 Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted The male lead has a mission. He only pretends to have been discharged from the military, pretends to have been discharged, pretends to have been discharged!!! Chen Shu is famous in her village for being capable and good at making money. The village aunties all have their eyes on her for their own children! When Chen Shu comes of age, her mother starts arranging blind dates for her. But Chen Shu has high standards, and after finding fault with every eligible young man in the village, she finally 18.6kReads8.1Score3.1kShelves
  26. 26 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 Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted 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 42.6kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
  27. 27 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains in the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. At first, hunting is the main focus, interspersed with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and hunting down spies. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and take part in other thrilling adventures. His unusual pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, a reindeer, and a pr 34kReads7.5Score4.3kShelves
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  28. 28 The Sixties: The Capitalist's Daughter Steals Two Boatloads of Treasure from Her Trashy Brother 六零:资本家小姐抢渣哥两船财宝 Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Female lead with top-tier combat skills + space + ability to grow crops + spiritual spring water + feel-good story with a strong female lead + rural Northeast setting] The heroine will have a love interest as an adult, and later the story moves to Hong Kong. In 2024, the agent codenamed “Red Snow” dies in New York Harbor. After her death, she transmigrates to 1966 and becomes the eldest daughter of the capitalist Fu family in Shanghai! The vast New York Harbor has become her personal space! 196 33.5kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
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  29. 29 The 1960s: A Three-Year-Old’s Slip of the Hand Sends China Soaring 六零:三岁奶包手一抖,华国起飞 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, patriotism, positive energy, adorable baby adored by everyone, space, building wealth, interplane trading mall, romance, sweet pampering.] She was a famously lazy old ancestor in the Tribulation stage of the cultivation world. Her greatest dream was to pass her tribulation and go right back to lazing around. She never expected to get unlucky and die from the final bolt of heavenly lightning. When she opened her eyes again, she had left the cultivation world, rich in spiritual en 4.6kReads9.3Score445Shelves
  30. 30 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零,对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 12.5kReads9.1Score1.3kShelves
  31. 31 After Selling Thirty Apartment Buildings, I Returned to 1960 卖了三十栋楼后,我回到了六零年 Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted Three months ago, Lin Zi's grandfather died, leaving behind thirty apartment buildings and a dream urging her to stockpile supplies at all costs. Lin Zi sold the buildings and gathered a huge stockpile, only to transmigrate sixty years into the past along with all the supplies. She had no family, no household registration, and was stuck in a strange era. Lin Zi thought of asking her grandfather for help. But at this point, her grandfather was just a little kid, barely ten years old, with a famil 2.9kReads8.7Score372Shelves
  32. 32 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社,我在60年代搞代购 Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 8.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
  33. 33 The 1950s: The Family's Beloved Child Takes a Grain Shop Through the Famine 五零团宠,带着粮铺混饥荒 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [For female readers] [Period] [Spatial storage] [Famine] [Family darling] [Everyday family life] [Slice of life] [Dual transmigration] [Coming of age] [Reincarnated in the womb] [Alternate historical setting] [A black pot falls from the sky: transmigrate to the 1950s and become the family’s darling] When Zhao Suisui returned home for the New Year, she passed her aunt’s grain shop. Her aunt had something urgent to do and asked her to mind the store. Just as she was lying on a rocking chair, watch 30.1kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves
  34. 34 Reborn Before the Famine, I Ditch the Scumbag's Family and Live Easy 重生饥荒前,踢开渣男一家轻松过 Modern Romance617k WordsCompleted In her previous life, her husband looked down on her, yet she helped raise the four children of his late older brother. In the end, those children showed her little gratitude. When her husband divorced her to marry his first love, they even gloated and kicked her while she was down... Reborn three months before famine strikes, she decides to live for herself this time: divorce, stockpile food... She intends to make life as easy as possible... During a famine, while many people in the story’s se 3.8kReads8.9Score397Shelves
  35. 35 In the 1960s, After My Marriage Was Stolen, I Married a Soldier-Farmer with My Own Farm 六零被夺婚后,我自带农场嫁军农 Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted A young nurse transmigrates to the 1960s and discovers that her original self was poisoned to death by her stepmother and younger sister. Her younger sister took her place in marrying a city-based military officer and went on to live a good life. The original owner, meanwhile, married a poor farmer in a small mountain village. Fortunately, she activates a farming System. She also gets an all-purpose hoe. She grows crops, raises chickens, and digs for medicinal herbs in the hills behind the vill 2.5kReads7.5Score313Shelves
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  36. 36 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, I Become the Whole Village's Beloved Great-Aunt 穿越年代,成为全村团宠姑奶奶 Modern Romance813k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, soul transmigration, pocket dimension, period setting, sweet romance, everyday life] “Great-aunt…” “Great-aunt?” “Great-aunt!!!” Su Jianjian furrowed her brow. So noisy. Could they stop shouting and let her get some decent sleep? Her lips moved faintly, and she mumbled, “Mm, mm, mm. Stop making noise.” As soon as she replied, the voices in her dream vanished, and everything went quiet. Who could have guessed that one impatient reply in a dream would make her transmigrate int 7.5kReads8.9Score654Shelves
  37. 37 In the 1970s: Picking Up a Madman as My Husband 七零年代疯批夫妇 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 157.7kReads9.3Score20.5kShelves
  38. 38 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the Eighties: I Won Over the Village's Hardest-Working Hunk 穿书八零,我撩了村里最能干的糙汉 Two Male Leads210k WordsCompleted [Mutual firsts + dual male leads + love at first sight + star-studded] A sweet, soft, fake fool of an actor king x a rugged man with a motherly streak The actor king Gu Xiu'an was stabbed to death by a hater and transmigrated into a fool who was destined to die early in a period drama. He was framed by the heroine for having an affair from the start, and it looked like he was done for. Thanks to his superb acting, he escaped the trap and even saved the male lead in the process. But can someone t 1.7kReads8.6Score335Shelves
  39. 39 After the Whole Family Read My Mind, We Turned Our Fates Around in the 1980s 重生八零全家读我心后都逆天改命 Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, gossip and watching the drama, the whole family can read minds, System] Lu Ying may be the only person ever to get bound to a System after dying from being so obsessed with gossip. When she opened her eyes again, she had gone back to the moment of her birth. Her cruel parents tried to drown her, but she pretended to be dead and scared them half to death. Luckily, her aunt and uncle found her while passing by and took her in. She now had five nephews, all older than her. Unlike her biol 4kReads9.0Score639Shelves
  40. 40 The 1970s: I Have a Pinduoduo Mall 七十年代:我有拼夕夕商城 Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Period Novel + A Touch of Everyone’s Favorite + Eccentric Relatives] Lin Zhouzhou transmigrates into a period novel and becomes the cousin who, according to the heroine, died young. To her surprise, she discovers that the period novel she’s landed in is slightly different from the one she read. In the heroine’s memories, for example, she was a pitiful little thing whose parents neglected her and who died young. But her own parents dote on her and do whatever she says. 2.7kReads7.2Score297Shelves
  41. 41 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 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (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 53.1kReads9.4Score6.1kShelves
  42. 42 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后,配角夫妻下乡当知青 Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 31.1kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
  43. 43 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Rustic Young Man Spoils the Educated Youth 穿越七零,小知青被糙汉宠上天! Two Male Leads884k WordsCompleted [Love at first sight + sweet romance + golden finger + two male leads + both pure] A young educated youth has arrived in the village. They say he’s even more handsome than a girl! The team leader: “Don’t ever marry an educated youth. They can’t be trusted!” Xue Fengnian: “You’re right, Uncle. I absolutely won’t marry a female educated youth!” Behind everyone’s backs, though, he brings the young educated youth food and drink. “Come to me if you need anything. I’ll protect you around here!” Lin Y 14.2kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
  44. 44 The 1970s: My Sweet Wife Is a Timid Little Thing 七零娇妻是个小怂包 Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted “The Shen family is getting another daughter-in-law!” “The Shen family? The one where all the sons are soldiers?” “Mm-hmm...” “Who are they marrying?” “Shi Ran'er from Mahua Village.” “What?” “Shh!” Shi Ran was a timid little thing. By chance, she acquired a pocket dimension and transmigrated. That wasn't so bad, but she had just arrived in the middle of her wedding night, and her identity was exposed the very next day. The poor little scaredy-cat got even more timid. When she finally worked up 1.3kReads8.9Score102Shelves
  45. 45 The Whole Village Weeps Through the Famine, but My Online Friends Send Me Packages 荒年全村哭唧唧,我有网友寄快递 Ancient Romance788k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine + strong hero + one-on-one romance + devoted couple + golden finger] While working as a delivery rider, Shen Wanning is caught in a power outage at the delivery station. She transmigrates to an ancient era of famine, bringing the entire station with her. The delivery station can receive packages from other time and space, and Shen Wanning can also livestream life in ancient times on her phone. Netizens turn into enthusiastic senders, helping the heroine thrive in the past while 560Reads8.7Score100Shelves
  46. 46 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦,我顶缸穿五零 Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 2.2kReads9.2Score242Shelves
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  47. 47 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 Modern 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 1.6kReads6.5Score106Shelves
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  48. 48 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Modern 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 2.7kReads8.8Score416Shelves
  49. 49 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Modern 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 2kReads7.9Score240Shelves
  50. 50 She's Worth Less Than Rice 她比米贱 Modern Romance384k WordsCompleted That year, in exchange for a sack of millet, Yu Xiaofeng's parents promised her to the simple-minded son of the Liu family in the neighboring village. It was a rural village in northern China during the famine years of the last century. The stove was taller than she was. In the bitter winter, she smashed ice to wash clothes, her hands covered in chilblains that festered with pus. She didn't dare cry aloud. At seventeen, she was made to share a bed with Dazhu. He knew nothing, and tied her to a c 155Reads—Score—Shelves
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