Novels Set in the Republican Era for My Reading Slump 书荒年代文

1. 251 娇 The Gorgeous Educated Youth Was So Irresistible, the Rugged Man Carried Her Home to Spoil Her 娇美知青太招人，被糙汉扛回家宠 Long-Necked Little Deer长颈小鹿Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger] After finishing middle or high school, educated youths struggle to find jobs. To address unemployment in the cities, the leaders make the important decision to send young people to the countryside. Under this policy, Xu Jinan is sent to Lujiagou to join the rural workforce. There, she meets Lu Zhouye, a taciturn man destined to be alone forever. But who is this person acting like a doting housewife now? In a nutshell: an old house catching fire, nothing can be done about it. W 1.3kReads8.7Score119Shelves
2. 252 七 The 1970s: The Big Guy Holds His Beloved Little Stepmom Close Day and Night 七零小后妈：大叔日夜抱在怀里宠 Sea Cucumber Surfing海参冲浪Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Real Stepmother + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + One-and-Only Devotion + 1v1 + Cozy, No Toxic Characters] In short, this is a story about a woman who has everything she could want in the 1970s and gets addicted to living! Her transmigration comes out of nowhere, her pocket dimension is only there sometimes, she finds a husband she’s completely satisfied with, takes to being a stepmother l 9kReads8.9Score562Shelves
3. 253 七 The 1970s Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside with a Pocket Dimension and a Spirit Spring 七零知青下乡，我有空间和灵泉 Stir-Fried Stuffed Chili Peppers爆炒填馅辣椒Modern Romance777k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + military marriage + capitalist heiress + pocket dimension + spirit spring + face-slapping + pure wish fulfillment] Zhong Qing was swept away by the waves and thought she was as good as dead. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in the 1970s, transmigrated into the body of a capitalist heiress who was destined to die young. The original owner was a poor girl living under someone else’s roof. Her parents and maternal grandparents had all been sent away to 16.3kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
4. 254 年 The Baby Born in the Seventies with a Pocket Dimension and the Gift of Prophecy 年代之宝宝出生自带空间和预知 Novels and Me小说与我Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted This book is complete. Feel free to read if you’re interested! Rong Jiaojiao was mistakenly summoned by a soul reaper. After negotiating and receiving a series of compensations, she was all set to finish her bowl of Meng Po’s Soup and be reincarnated. But before she could finish it, the soul reaper, afraid of being held responsible, kicked her into a parallel world in the late 1950s. Join the little darling as she uses a string of golden fingers to slay demons and vanquish monsters in an era of 5kReads8.8Score418Shelves
5. 255 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. 1.5kReads8.9Score252Shelves
6. 256 七 Spoiled by My Rugged Husband on Our Wedding Night in the Seventies 七零新婚夜，被糙汉老公宠到腿软 A Song Across the World天下长歌Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Jiaojiao divorced her husband for a deceitful scumbag and returned to the provincial capital. Little did she know, she had ruined her own life. When she finally came to her senses and wanted to live properly, she was hit by a car and killed. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on her wedding night in 1975. Fortunately, the misunderstanding between her and her husband hadn't grown too serious. Fortunately, everything was only just beginning. She swore that this t 8.9kReads9.0Score750Shelves
7. 257 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (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 29.5kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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   They are all high-scoring articles from the era, very beautiful!

8. 258 媚 Born to Bewitch: Reborn in the 1980s as Hong Kong’s Queen of Entertainment 媚骨天成：重生八零当港娱女王 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 11.1kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
9. 259 穿 Transmigrating to 1970: My Archrival Became My Daughter 穿越70：死对头成了我闺女 Mu Xingchen沐星尘Urban613k WordsCompleted Era setting + dual transmigration + medicine + special abilities + everyday life + slow burn + military life “Mom, I saw Dad talking to another woman!” Su Yuanshan kneels on a washboard. “Honey, let me explain...” “Mom, this is Dad's secret stash of money!” Su Yuanshan raises a basin of water in both hands. “Honey, hear me out...” “Mom, this is Dad...” “Su Yuanxiang, if I don't spank you until your butt is red today, I'll take your surname!” “Dad, we already have the same surname. If you don't t 241Reads6.9Score—Shelves
10. 260 七 Don’t Run, Enemy! We Both Win: You Go to Prison, I Get the Money 七零敌特别跑！坐牢得钱咱们双赢 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + satisfying wish fulfillment + no romance + child protagonist] Li Jinjin, an interstellar tyrant, transmigrates to the 1960s for some unknown reason. Just as she’s about to make a name for herself, she loses her memory. By the time her memories awaken, she’s seven years old. She beats up the traffickers who abducted her little brother and kicks the pervert hiding deep in the mountains. She even gets herself some handy little gadgets: a fan, a car... She catches enemy spies a 13.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
11. 261 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Heroine Strikes Back 快穿：炮灰女配反杀剧情 Quieted Down 1102安静了1102Fantastical Romance450k WordsOngoing Quick Transmigration | Everyone’s Favorite | Love Triangle Showdown | Portable Space | 1vN Nan Zhi lost both her parents as a child and had to live under someone else’s roof. She grew up insecure and starved for affection. More than anything, she wanted someone to choose her, again and again, without hesitation. Then the obsessive, unhinged men began arriving one after another, each desperate to win her over, each willing to lose his mind and bend the knee for her... ▷ Modern-day living-under 40.7kReads8.1Score4.7kShelves

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    With space in hand, you can quickly travel across the world. As cannon fodder, he rewrites the predetermined ending of a tragic death; he hoards supplies, builds strength, and deals with various male protagonists. I don't seek independent love, I just seek freedom and freedom for the rest of my life. The book shortage is accessible.

12. 262 快 Quick Transmigration: A Cannon Fodder's Happy Life 快穿：炮灰的幸福生活 Freshwater Flowing Clouds 2025淡水流云2025Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Alternate universe] [Quick Transmigration] [No fixed CP] [Period] [Ancient] [Modern] [Book Transmigration] [Sweet romance] Special note: No fixed CP means there are romantic pairings, but the partner is different in each small world. All the love interests are background characters from the original stories who never appeared in the main plot. Though she transmigrates into books, she doesn't follow the original plots. In fact, her life has little to do with the original stories. The heroine wil 43.6kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves

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    Personally, I think this is a fine piece of period literature. From the perspective of the protagonist, it's not a book that's too poisonous.

13. 263 快 Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Refuses to Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她偏不按套路来 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 70.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves
14. 264 农 A Country Girl Marries a City Man Just to Get Ration Coupons 农村女嫁城里人，只为吃商品粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 43.1kReads7.9Score3.5kShelves
15. 265 穿 Transmigrate to the 1950s: Starting by Leaving a Mountain Village 穿越五十年代：从走出小山村开始 Salty Fish Liver咸鱼肝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly 12.8kReads8.9Score643Shelves
16. 266 资 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 Yan Qi Yun Qian言蹊云浅Modern Romance994k WordsCompleted [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 87kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves
17. 267 我 After My Mom Was Reborn, We Ate Until We Were Stuffed Every Day 我妈重生后，家里每天吃到撑 Earn Money to Raise a Dog赚钱养狗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 9.6kReads9.2Score926Shelves
18. 268 七 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 Though I Admire the Distance虽慕远Modern Romance842k WordsCompleted [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 2.2kReads8.2Score196Shelves

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    📖"Seventy: I died and died again in various eras", although it is far away, it is an original work by Tomato. Era, modern romance, time-travel themes, no CP, the heroine goes through twists and turns in a family that values ​​boys over girls, 842,000 words completed, rating 7.6, 4,396 People are reading, please read if you are interested.

19. 269 命 Was I Destined for a Military Marriage? She Married Him Anyway 命中注定要军婚？这个男人她嫁了 Chu Ningqi楚凝七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 60.2kReads9.2Score8kShelves
20. 270 假 A Fake Wedding, a Real Consummation: My Scheming Husband Is Impossible to Handle 假成亲，真圆房，夫君腹黑又难缠 Idle Branch Yaoyao闲枝妖妖Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn + revenge on scumbags + sweet romance + satisfying read] In her past life, Shen Wan was drugged and deceived by her cousin. She believed she had lost her virtue to Prince Xiao Yun, married him in a lavish wedding, and devoted herself to helping him ascend the throne. Instead, her father and brothers died horrible deaths, her maternal family was slaughtered, and the twins she had risked her life to give birth to were branded illegitimate children with an unknown father. In the end, she bu 31.3kReads8.5Score3.2kShelves
21. 271 上 I’d Suffered Enough in My Past Life, So I Divorced Fast After Being Reborn in the 1980s 上辈子苦够了，重生八零火速离了 Li Susu黎苏苏Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Building Wealth + Raising Kids + Everyday Life + Taking Down Scumbags + Face-Slapping + Mutual Devotion + The Long Road to Winning Back His Wife] Fu Yunyao was born in the countryside and married Shen Zhiyuan, who had been sent from the city to work in a rural village. After following her husband back to the city, everyone said she was lucky: Shen Zhiyuan was the youngest professor at the local university, and his family was influential in the area. Only Fu Yunyao knew that her 13.3kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
22. 272 换 After the Marriage Swap, I Had Twins with My Playboy Brother-in-Law 换亲后，与纨绔小叔子一胎双宝 Le Zhizhi乐吱吱Ancient Romance441k WordsCompleted Unbelievably handsome + wicked to the core + the original playboy VS reborn + wickedly sharp-tongued + stunningly beautiful princess!! Sweet and steamy!! In the cold palace, Shen Shurong saw her husband’s younger brother, her brother-in-law Xie Yunzhao. He held no official position, so why had he come into the palace so late at night? Wait, why were his clothes and the sword in his hand stained with blood? “You… staged a rebellion?” “Sister-in-law, I… I’m taking you home!” Shen Shurong shook her 12.9kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
23. 273 清 In the Still Night, Spring Wine Stirs 清夜沉沉动春酌 Little Conch Shell小小螺号Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love]➕ [Everyday Household Intrigue]➕ [The Hero Falls for Her Looks First, Then Falls in Love]➕ [The Concubine Has a Hidden Story] In her previous life, Shen Sui'an devoted her entire clan's resources to helping Lu Heng rise to power and securing a century of prosperity for the Lu family. In return, the Shen family fell into decline and met a tragic end. Lu Heng watched coldly from the sidelines, keeping a beautiful mistress and her illegitimate child in luxury. Her husband achi 30.9kReads9.0Score3.7kShelves
24. 274 十 Ten Days to the End 十日终焉 Pest Control Team Member杀虫队队员Mystery3.2M WordsCompleted 2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat 1.8MReads9.9Score232.7kShelves
25. 275 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance290k WordsOngoing [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 708Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful

26. 276 拾 Gathering Ears of Grain 拾穗儿 Wan Hong万宏Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing In an era without electricity, phones, or the internet, youth was made of books, sweat, and burning ideals. Her name is Shisui'er. Born in the desert and orphaned young, she was given nothing but desolation by fate, yet she was determined to make flowers bloom across the mountains. She studied hard, then turned the college entrance exams around, leaving the depths of the Gobi for a university campus. With an unyielding spirit, she grew toward the sun and blossomed against the wind. After gradu 24Reads9.5Score—Shelves

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    I feel empowered after reading this! "The Gleaner" lets us see: one cannot control one's origins, and one can choose the path. Counterattack in the college entrance examination is not the end, but giving back to one's hometown is the most beautiful answer!

27. 277 开 From the Start with a Broken Hut, I Farmed My Way to the Throne 开局一间破茅屋，我靠种田争天下 Don't Hide勿隐Historical170k WordsOngoing Chen Zhao never imagined that after staying up late to binge-read a novel, he would open his eyes and find himself in an age of chaos. In the final years of the Great Ji Dynasty, the court was rotten to the core. The powerful clans and eunuchs fought for control, while crushing taxes and levies left the people struggling to breathe. He had transmigrated into a poor orphan in Qingyun Village. All he owned was a drafty thatched hut and ten copper coins. The moment he stepped outside, a village thu —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Once a poor household in ancient times traveled back to ancient times, they relied on the system to step by step from farming to being a king.

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