Can I Get Some Normal Stories Set in a Particular Era? 能不能来点正常的年代文？

1. 1 重 Back to 1959: The Breakdown System Rewrites My Life 重回1959：破防系统逆改人生 Snowfall in the Bamboo House竹楼听雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Several short dramas and animated comics with the same title are now available. Search for them on Fanqie, Hongguo Short Dramas, or Douyin!] In his previous life, after being struck by lightning, Liu Wenyu's family brought Li Xiaoqing home as a bride to bring him good luck. She ruined his life: after twenty years of a sham marriage, she ran off with her lover, taking two children who 19.8kReads7.9Score1.9kShelves

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   What kind of books are they recommending? I can't get into any of them, so I'll just look at mine instead.

2. 2 幺 The Youngest Branch’s Elder, the Sixty-Year-Old Junior Ancestor 幺房长辈，60小太爷 Bai Mu Sishui白木泗水Urban2.7M WordsOngoing Chen Yu woke up in a hospital bed and found that everything had changed. He had returned to his youth, to an era of scarce supplies when the people in the village would rather go hungry themselves than forget to support him. After all, he was the village's young granduncle. Given another chance, he couldn't let his younger relatives suffer the hardships of his previous life. After all, he was the most senior member of the village by generation. Chen Family Village was an ordinary little mountain 27.3kReads7.4Score2.2kShelves
3. 3 年 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 Wen Youcai文有财Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis. 59kReads7.7Score8.6kShelves

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   A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s, carrying his past life's hidden space and equipment. He and his companions embark on hunting and adventures. The early plot focuses on hunting, interspersed with exciting events such as cross-province searches for relatives, treasure hunts, fighting spies, exploring fortresses, and tomb raiding. The pets are novel: wolverines, black horses, yellow-throated martens, reindeer, and mantises. The story gradually transitions into adventure, treasure hunting, and cultivation. The plot is engaging and fast-paced, and the book is already completed. Read with confidence!

4. 4 整 Setting the Family Straight: Starting by Finding the Kids a Stepmother 整顿家风：从先给孩子娶后妈开始 Jin Sijie金四界Urban268k WordsOngoing Reborn + Transmigration Between Two Worlds + Face-Slapping Satisfaction + Healing Lu Dashan was reborn and gained the ability to transmigrate between two worlds. He could travel to the year 2026, but ended up accidentally bringing a rich kid from 2026 back to the 1960s... After arriving in that era, the young man seemed to have a hard time adjusting! In my previous life, my eldest son managed the household, so I handed over all my savings and wages for him to keep. He held onto them for more th 5kReads—Score249Shelves

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   Tired of the usual melodramatic plots? Try this! Enjoy the thrill from start to finish. Become the father and take down your unfilial son and daughter-in-law! A story of a government worker versus a farmer, where you rise to wealth, build infrastructure, and have an incredibly satisfying time.

5. 5 四 Learning Foreign Languages in the Siheyuan 四合院从学外语开始 Fang Qianshan放千山Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Fang Qingyun arrives in a Beijing courtyard in 1953. His enhanced physical strength from transmigrating and his gift for remembering everything he sees give him a head start in this era. Watch as Fang Qingyun improves his family’s living conditions and steadily rises through the ranks... 2.7kReads7.6Score188Shelves
6. 6 五 In the Mountain Valleys of 1955, I Scrape by with a General Store 五五山沟，我靠杂货铺苟活 Not Febuxostat非布司她Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Chen Jing'an is a struggling writer with a degree from a third-rate university. He’s a social nobody who never has enough to eat but never quite starves, either. He isn’t rich, but he’s content with his lot. One day, just after finishing a book, he discovers that his apartment building is on fire. Faced with the choice of burning to death or jumping to his death, he chooses to fly for once. The good news: he lands on an air cushion. The bad news: he jumped from the thirty-second floor, and the a 90.7kReads7.1Score7.7kShelves

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   This is acceptable.

7. 7 重 Reborn in 1945: I Rise to Power by Hiding in My Pocket Dimension 重生1945：我靠空间苟成大佬 Shi Du Cang Ye拾渡沧野Urban242k WordsOngoing The rating just came out and will rise later. In 1945, Chen Mo starved to death on the road while fleeing famine. When he opened his eyes again, he found a pocket dimension in his mind. Other reborn people set out to conquer the world. He only wanted to survive: forge papers, sell pork, haul heavy loads, and carve the words "honest man" into his bones. But the old accounts buried beneath Beiping wouldn't let him. Gold bars from the Japanese and their collaborators, hidden walls belonging to corr 47.8kReads6.5Score4.2kShelves

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   This book is good.

8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, So Isn’t It Only Natural for a Purchasing Agent to Have a Space? 穿越六零，采购员有空间很合理吧 Cats Don't Climb Trees猫猫不上树Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to another era]✘ [Pocket dimension is nearly useless at first]✘ [No angst, not a power fantasy]✘ [Warmhearted, not cold-blooded] [The protagonist is playful but a bit of a coward] College student Li Hao drowns while saving someone at the seaside. He transmigrates into the body of Li Baogen, a procurement officer at a steel mill in Northeast China in 1960, in a parallel world. The Great Famine has just begun. People everywhere are digging up wild greens, stripping bark from tre 29.9kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves
9. 9 大 The Benevolent Ancestor of the Tang Dynasty 【大唐仁祖】 Tang Renzu of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors三皇五帝唐仁祖Historical973k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger] [Transmigration] [Li Ke] [Political Intrigue] [History] From the start, he transmigrates into Li Ke. Facing certain death, he uses Li Shimin as a chess piece and goes head-to-head with the Changsun clan and the Guanlong aristocratic families, deftly resolving the struggle over the crown prince's succession. From the start, he is trapped in a dead end: Changsun Wuji has already begun plotting to frame him, and the deadly purge of Zhenguan Year 17 is less than six years away. He 5.8kReads—Score496Shelves

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   High quality! A historical romance, a serious drama! "Emperor Renzu of Tang" guarantees it gets more and more addictive as it goes on! Intelligent and logically sound! Quality absolutely guaranteed! A nearly one-million-word novel completed in September, all foreshadowing resolved, all plot holes filled, and no disappointing ending. The author's writing style, word choice, plot structure, imperial strategies, political maneuvering, emotional nuances, military battles, and court intrigue are all top-notch. Grand in scope, lofty in its themes, profound in its thought, and rich in cultural depth. If you don't like it after reading it, you can slap me in the face!

10. 10 半 Making Do for Half a Lifetime 半生凑合 A Foolish Girl一个傻女子Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing People say, "For poor people, marriage isn't about love. At its heart, it's just two people making a life together." A candid account of rural women's married lives in the 1980s. Families worlds apart and clashing values bring people together for half a lifetime, all for the sake of appearances, family, and children. These thirty years transform the countryside beyond recognition. Their marriages, too, are swept up and down by the tide of the times. Taste life's many flavors and witness the joys 157.7kReads9.2Score8.7kShelves
11. 11 闯 Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol 22.3kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    This is a perfectly normal historical fiction story.

12. 12 开 Sent to the Countryside from the Start, I Lead the Whole Village to Become Millionaires 开局下乡，带领整个屯子成万元户 Jing Xiaochen景晓宸Urban394k WordsOngoing [Transmigration, no System, no pocket dimension, no harem] Wu Jianjun, a 2025 college graduate, wakes up one morning in the body of a sent-down youth with the same name. He has no System or pocket dimension, only a heart that can't bear to see his fellow villagers go hungry and live in poverty. From then on, Wu Jianjun sets out on a path to help ordinary people build prosperous lives. He builds vegetable greenhouses and opens food-processing factories, growing them step by step into a food congl 6Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 重 Back to 1968: From the Start, I'm in the Bridal Chamber 重来1968，开局入洞房 Warm Sunshine in Spring春天里的暖阳Urban1.0M WordsOngoing One heroine + no golden finger + eating your fill + countryside + getting rich. Li Feng, a septuagenarian, was out power-walking one morning when a dump truck sent him straight into the body of another Li Feng in the 1960s. That Li Feng had graduated from junior high and then stayed home, living off his parents. Through sheer dumb luck, he had married a beautiful young woman from the city, but because he was starving, he got too excited on his wedding night, hit his head against the wall, and di 181Reads6.7Score153Shelves
14. 14 沧 Remembering the Years as the Seas Changed 沧海桑田忆年年 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing My father and Uncle Wang Si, whom he had begged for help from among the neighbors, rode along an unknown little road dusted with snow, just as dawn began to break. Their whips cracked through the silent morning with a crisp, swirling sound. One cart carried the last of our corn kernels in burlap sacks, a few battered water jars, and four large geese. The other held pots and pans, the furniture that was still usable, and some clothes that had been worn by who knew how many children. All the quilt 1.9kReads8.9Score174Shelves
15. 15 从 Making a Living in the Siheyuan 从四合院开始混日子 Shah Rukh of Shoucheng Palace寿成宫的沙鲁克Male-Channel Fanfiction771k WordsOngoing Chen Ping'an, who has no desire to strive for anything, arrives in the world of the courtyard. Watching the things going on in the courtyard, he sees it all as a game and has no wish to get involved. But a person leaves a name behind, just as a wild goose leaves tracks. Even unintentional actions can change many things. 31.4kReads7.0Score1.4kShelves
16. 16 重 Back to 1979: I Used My Foresight to Become the Richest Man 重回1979：我先知先觉成首富 JTXZ Nine-Heaven WalkerJTXZ九天行者Urban222k WordsOngoing In 1979, in Chenjiazhai, a mountain village in western Guangdong. The moment Chen Jiale opens his eyes, he’s back on the morning when he and Su Zijing were set up in his previous life. After getting drunk, the two of them ended up in bed together, while the culprit, Shen Haonan, waits outside with a crowd, gloating... This time, he won’t run away. He’ll take responsibility to the end, leave no regrets, and make sure Su Zijing gets married, has children, and enjoys every day of a happy life! He’ 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the story of a farmer's son who is transported back to 1979, the year of the mass return of educated youth to the cities. Witness how a reborn soul leads a family to rise again in the 1970s and 80s, a story filled with patriotism, love, and hate!

17. 17 穿 Childhood Sweethearts in a Period Novel 穿到年代文里的青梅竹马 Autumn Has Always Been Here丛来是秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Note: She doesn’t hand over her golden finger right from the start.) When Diwu Yue wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated into a period novel she once read, becoming a minor supporting female character barely mentioned in the story. She and her childhood sweetheart refuse to follow the plot. Bringing along her sweetheart’s family heirloom, they head to a seaside island for rural reeducation. The two layabouts begin a happy life with all the seafood they could ever want. Is farming in a p 746Reads8.6Score102Shelves

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    This book is quite well-written, with excellent writing skills, and it's already completed!

18. 18 重 Reborn in the 1970s: A Hunting Life in Northeast China 重生70年代东北打猎的生活 Old Forest Headman老林子把头Urban816k WordsOngoing In 1972, deep in the forests of Northeast China, Li Dong, a young hunter reborn with memories of his past life, uses his experience and hunting skills to improve his family's livelihood. He leads his family out of poverty and into the natural and cultural life of their village, holding on to simple dreams for the future as he gradually writes his own legend in the Northeast. This is a rebirth story set in a bygone era, full of human warmth, and a tale of a hardworking man steadily building a bet 27Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 开 1944: From the Start, My Whole Family Lived Like Kings 开局1944：带着全家吃香喝辣 Ning Qing Si甯青兕Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsOngoing [Period drama] [Slow-paced] [Multiple film and television worlds] [Everyday life] He bought a camper and returned to his hometown in central Hebei, ready to travel around China. Instead, he found himself eighty years in the past. Well, that saves a step. Liu Dexin decides to leave “Lion Camel Ridge” and head straight for “Spirit Mountain.” This time, he’s going to live like a Beijing man. He has a dimensional space, and a carefree life is calling! Short on supplies? Lacking food and clothes? No 29.1kReads7.3Score1.7kShelves
20. 20 娘 Mother's Getting Married, and Sister-in-Law Wei Is on the Rise 娘要嫁人嫂子小魏崛起 A Mere Mortal in This World1984世间一俗人1984Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted A fanfiction of the TV drama My Mother Wants to Marry. No transmigration, no rebirth, and no golden finger. Everything happens because sister-in-law Wei Shuqing has an absurd dream. As events unfold, she chooses to leave the Qi family early and pursue her own happiness… 10.8kReads9.1Score705Shelves
21. 21 七 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 297Reads6.4Score—Shelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s as a Charming Beauty: The Taciturn Roughneck Comes Around 穿越八零娇美人，木讷糙汉开窍了 Xu Zhixu徐之徐Modern Romance204k WordsOngoing Period Novel | Transmigration | 1v1 Romance | Beautiful Widow | Rugged Male Lead | Heroine Pursues Hero | Make Money and Get Rich | Face-Slapping the Scum | System Overworked office worker Su Yuan died suddenly in the middle of the night and transmigrated into the body of a widow in the 1980s. The original owner was a gorgeous beauty with a voluptuous figure. Her husband died on their wedding day. Everyone called her a husband-killer. The whole village shunned her. Unable to bear the pressure, t 49Reads—Score101Shelves

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    This book is to my liking.

23. 23 后 The Post-Marriage Era 后婚姻时代 Giant Phoenix巨凤Modern Romance576k WordsCompleted The novel follows Zhuang Jing through thirty years of work and life, telling the story of marriage, family, and career from the perspective of a professional woman. The book recounts the protagonist's experiences in three stages of life. The first stage, from age 22 to 30, is marked by the passion and stumbles of starting a career, and the happiness and struggles of falling in love, getting married, and having a child. The second stage, from 40 to 45, sees the pressures of her career gradually e 327Reads8.9Score104Shelves
24. 24 四 Siheyuan: I Carry a Supermarket System 四合院之随身带着超市系统 Red Beans Cooked in Autumn Waters秋水煮红豆Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Wang San, a corporate drone from the 21st century, transmigrates into another world for the third time. He opens his eyes to find a home with nothing but four bare walls. He overhears his parents talking: the Japanese haven't left yet? But he looks at his little body and realizes there's nothing he can do. He studies hard for years, finally graduating from high school at sixteen and preparing to start work, when the supermarket System arrives. Wang San breaks down in tears. “System, why did you 18.9kReads6.9Score860Shelves
25. 25 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score175Shelves
26. 26 偏 A Biased Father and a Stepmother Who Came Later: I Decisively Split the Family 偏心的爹，后来的妈，我果断分家 Codename Daylight代号白昼Urban33k WordsOngoing [Single Heroine] [Beautiful Educated Youth] [Hunting] [Pocket Dimension] [Making Money] [A Post-00s Protagonist Who Refuses to Put Up with Anything] [Death Doesn't Scare Me, So Bring It On] Lin Chuan woke up to find his whole world falling apart! He was a post-00s young man who had transmigrated to 1977 and taken over the body of a timid fellow who shared his name. He thought it was a dream, but it was real! Even worse, he was stuck with a broken family… No, he was the one who was broken! His bi 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's perfectly normal, very good-looking, without any of those ridiculous plot points.

27. 27 冬 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 Three Lives of Joy三生欢Modern Romance779k WordsOngoing [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3.1kReads8.0Score127Shelves

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    A period drama focusing on female growth at the end of the century! It blends workplace and romance, with the tides of the times as its backdrop. The female protagonist experiences both confusion and perseverance. The writing style is gentle and avoids exaggerated or melodramatic plots.

28. 28 清 A Junior Banner Soldier in the Late Qing 清末小旗兵 Hai Ling海凌Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating to the late Qing was bad enough. To make matters worse, I became a soldier in the Eight Banners! Fu Ning thought he'd reached the end of the road, but since he was here, he might as well leave something behind. This is the story of a university student in an obscure field struggling to survive in a time of chaos, and of an ordinary person striving to change things in that era. 12.6kReads8.7Score926Shelves
29. 29 穿 I Transmigrated to 1960, and My Dad Is Yi Zhonghai's Disciple 穿越1960，老爸是易中海徒弟 Wine in Hand, Saber Across把酒横刀Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted Chen Chaoyang transmigrates back to Beijing in the 1960s, only to discover that his father is the senior disciple of Yi Zhonghai, the respected neighborhood elder. See how the ordinary citizen Chen Chaoyang struggles to survive in those difficult times and put food on the table for his whole family. 17.4kReads8.1Score1kShelves
30. 30 1 1978: From the Start, I'm Making the Educated Youth School Beauty a Mom? 1978：开局让知青校花当妈？ Codename Daylight代号白昼Urban374k WordsOngoing (Already adapted into a motion comic, so enjoy without worry!) [One female lead] [Hunting] [Mountain foraging] [Gathering herbs] [Devoted husband] [No System] [No storage space] [Everyday life] Oh no! Lin Mo wakes up, and his world has fallen apart! A post-2000s young man, he dies and transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing nobody from 1978. From the start, he's got two big disadvantages: no father and no mother. And that's not even the worst part! Being an orphan is bad enough, bu 28.6kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
31. 31 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 4.3kReads8.4Score445Shelves
32. 32 重 Back to 1983: I Started by Fishing from a Little Wooden Boat 重回1983，从小木船打鱼开始 Shrimp Head Sauce虾头酱Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Period Piece + Reborn + One Female Lead + No Taking Abuse + Everyday Life + Mountains and Seas + Family Matters + Hard Work and Prosperity + Business + Farming] The moment Hu Weidong opens his eyes, he is reborn at the instant he fell into the water forty years ago! “Holy crap!” All this wealth has just landed right in his lap! In his previous life, he was a miserable wage slave, working like a beast of burden for his entire life, only to find that even buying a house was beyond his means. His 1.1kReads6.7Score101Shelves
33. 33 小 The Seasons of a Small Courtyard 小院春秋 A Foolish Girl一个傻女子Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted A family from the bottom of society faces hardship after hardship, while four siblings struggle along a bumpy road through life. The tide of the times sweeps ordinary people forward, carrying their fates with it. Through joy and sorrow, laughter and tears, love and loss, how should people like you and me choose, and where should we go? 12.1kReads8.8Score1kShelves
34. 34 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heartfelt story set in a bygone era, a deep love story unfolds in the Listening Wind Pavilion. Amidst the most ordinary of everyday moments, who can truly soothe the extraordinary heart of a man?

35. 35 火 The Roaring Red Era: Starting as a Technical Section Chief 火红年代从技术科长开始 Leisurely Bookworm闲散书客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted After an unexpected car accident, Chen Xuan’s soul transmigrates to a parallel world and inhabits the body of a badly wounded soldier who shares his name. Can Chen Xuan build a new life in this unfamiliar world and carve out a new legend? Let’s wait and see. 18.3kReads7.4Score821Shelves
36. 36 穿 Transmigrated to 1960: Hunting to Feed My Nine Older Sisters 穿越60从打猎开始养活九个姐姐 The Blade Sees Smiling刀见笑Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Transmigration]+ [1960s]+ [Family Life]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Building a Fortune]+ [Magic Space]+ [Spirit Pool Water]+ [Animal Companions]+ [Hunting]+ [Helping the Whole Village Get Rich]+ [No Dark or Violent Themes] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Xiaolong, once an orphan, now has grandparents, two healthy parents, and nine older sisters. Having gone from being utterly alone to the darling of his whole family, Zhang Xiaolong feels deeply loved, but also keenly aware of his great responsib 116kReads8.6Score7.4kShelves
37. 37 年 Period: From the Start, I Knelt to Borrow Tuition Money 年代：开局下跪借学费 Just for a Laugh只增笑耳Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + underdog comeback and fortune + marriage + family life] No golden finger What a tragedy! His father died before the high school entrance exam. What good luck! He got into the district’s top high school. To help him enroll, the mother and son went to ask his paternal uncle for tuition money. But even after they knelt before him, they didn’t get a single cent. With no other choice, the fourteen-year-old boy dropped out of school and went to the big city with the twenty-five yuan 88Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    "The Era: Starting by Kneeling to Borrow Tuition Fees" is a typical period novel without any special abilities or cheat codes. It's already completed. Feel free to search for it!

38. 38 转 Reborn in the 1980s: Fishing and Hunting in Northeast China 转生八零年代渔猎东北 Chili Pepper Fried Mushrooms辣椒炒蘑菇Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Shen Guoping, a man born in the 1990s, is reborn in the 1980s in a parallel world. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, his first goal is to make a hundred million yuan. Northeast China in the 1980s is rich in produce. That is Shen Guoping’s greatest treasure on the road to wealth. 500Reads7.1Score—Shelves
39. 39 她 All the Years She Worked as a Nanny 她做保姆这些年 Roaming the Jianghu in Simple Clothes and Plain Food简衣素食行江湖Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The physical edition has already been published under the title Stories of Life Beneath the Apron. The original title was Her Years as a Housekeeper. This is not a reborn story, nor is it a wish-fulfillment novel. Based on real events in Shenzhen, it tells of the feuds and tangled relationships of a wealthy family, of love and hatred, of a loyal bond between employer and housekeeper, and of spouses standing by each other through thick and thin. It faces both the light and darkness of human natur 13.2kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
40. 40 乌 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7kReads—Score445Shelves

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    The logic is sound, the writing is delicate, the plot is incredibly exciting and gripping, and the depiction of human desires is vivid and thorough. Once you start reading the first chapter, you can't put it down.

41. 41 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s as the Village Tigress, I Call the Shots 穿越80母老虎，全村上下我做主 Your Dentures Just Flew Out你假牙飞出来了Modern Romance112k WordsOngoing Devoted husband, lighthearted comedy, doted-on heroine, and building a fortune. Su Xiaomo transmigrates to a rural village in northern Shaanxi in 1985. The name of this poor little village tells you everything: it must be desperately poor! The original owner was the village's notorious shrew, feared by everyone. Luckily, her family all dotes on her. She also has a handsome husband. But since she's transmigrated, this reputation could work to her advantage. Should she play along, or turn over a n 771Reads—Score115Shelves

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    I highly recommend these two books, especially the first one. It's hilarious, sweet, and incredibly well-written, making it very immersive. I love it!

42. 42 圆 The Plump Little Wife Is Bewildered by Her Iron-Hard, Rough-Hewn Husband's Affection 圆润小媳妇，被钢铁糙汉宠懵了 Seven Dreams七梦Modern Romance438k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Marriage First, Love Later + Secret Crush + Slow-Burn Romance + Sweet Indulgence + Devoted Couple + Building a Fortune + Five-Year Age Gap] A plump beauty versus a sharp-tongued, rugged hard man. Su Qingwan’s father and a widow plotted to sell her to a fool in the neighboring village as his wife. She ran away in the middle of the night, then accidentally fainted and fell asleep outside the home of the tough-as-nails Lu Chiye. Everyone said Lu Chiye was cold, fierce, and ruthles 6.9kReads7.2Score323Shelves

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    This book is good; it doesn't follow any clichés, and both the male and female leads are very appealing.

43. 43 八 The 1980s: We're All Reborn, So Who Needs Romance? 八零：都重生了谁还谈恋爱啊！ Zi Ningyu子凝语Modern Romance200k WordsOngoing [Alternate World] [Reborn in the 1980s] [No System] [Academic Comeback] [Advancing the Nation Through Science] Su Wan is reborn in 1980, back on the day her stepsister framed her for cheating on an exam and her own mother slapped her in front of everyone. In her previous life, she had yielded and endured at every turn. In the end, she was expelled from school, framed, and left with a ruined reputation, destined to die alone. Given another chance at life, her mind is sharper than ever, and she ne 235Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let me recommend my new book, a novel about a reborn academic genius.

44. 44 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 57.5kReads8.5Score6.9kShelves

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    [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked] A thrilling time-travel novel set in the 1970s! Wen Jingshu, an English major graduate student, faints during her civil service exam and is reborn into the resource-scarce 1970s. She possesses a limited-time flash sale system and enjoys a top-tier family: a police chief father, a doctor brother, and a military leader. Unlocking business opportunities, mastering negotiation skills, stockpiling goods, expanding supply sources, and leveraging translation opportunities to connect with foreign businesses, she manages to stabilize her supply and marketing cooperative while protecting her family through difficult times. Heartwarming family moments, a meteoric rise in her career—a solid and addictive plot!

45. 45 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 333Reads—Score109Shelves
46. 46 公 Upholding Justice 公义立身 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Urban102k WordsCompleted Xu Zhiqiang was born into a poor rural family in the 1960s. Through sheer hard work, he got into university. After graduating, he was assigned to work at a steel mill, where he brought a near-bankrupt factory back from the brink. Later, an anonymous letter changed the course of his life once again. After enduring setbacks in life as well as pressure and blows at work, Xu Zhiqiang entered the real estate business and rose to the pinnacle of success. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who, in the mid-1990s, graduated from a teachers' college but gave up her assigned job to work in the south, while the male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown to work in the south. The two of them create a future together.

47. 47 重 Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年 Asking the Sword, Listening to Snow问剑听雪Urban790k WordsOngoing Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A 5kReads—Score452Shelves

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    Farming, hunting, and disaster relief – the best period drama.

48. 48 小 The Underworld of a Small Town 小镇江湖 The Midnight Sky子夜的天空Urban169k WordsCompleted Summer, 1997. Chengxiang Town, Sichuan. Chen Dong, a young hoodlum, guarantees a loan for someone and ends up owing thirty thousand yuan, unaware that it is all a trap set by Bai Laosan. What Bai Laosan wants is the storefront his family owns in the heart of the old-town redevelopment zone. Lawyers, police officers, and thugs armed with paint take turns showing up at his door... With nowhere left to turn, Chen Dong clings to one stubborn belief: the shop is the last spark he can give Ye Qiong, a 47Reads—Score106Shelves

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    A small town in 1997, a world of its own in 1997—there were no swords and shadows, but there were all kinds of lives and the warmth of everyday life!

49. 49 谁 Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 谁说工厂普工，不能实现梦想 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 86Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The suffering of two generations is a cruel reality.

50. 50 一 Yizhi Xiaoqi's 17th Book 一纸小旗第17本书 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban648k WordsCompleted A country boy with superb medical skills lands a job at an electronics factory in the kingdom of women. From then on, there's no stopping him. With charm and skill to back him up, he thrives and rises to the pinnacle of life! 1.3kReads8.1Score142Shelves

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