Any Historical Stories With Two Male Leads, Set Around the Reform and Opening-Up Period? 有没有双男主年代文，大概在改革开放时期

1. 1 七 A Laid-Back Life in the 1970s 七零年代的摆烂日常 Douqiqi豆齐齐Two Male Leads437k WordsCompleted I was reborn. No big deal, this is already my third time, so I’m used to it. Wait, what? I didn’t get reborn, I transmigrated into a book? No big deal. The male lead isn’t me anyway. As long as I still have my space and supernatural abilities, nothing can stop me from coasting through life, eating and drinking for free. The author’s imagination and writing skills are limited, and pretty much everything else is limited too. If you don’t like it, feel free to leave. The author is just a simple, w 11kReads8.5Score98114d adds

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   The second one might not be quite like that, but it's still pretty good. The first one got a low rating because it was a new book, but it was still good (♥∀♥).

2. 2 误 I’ve Fallen Into a Toxic Romance Novel Set in the Past, But I’m Really Rich 误入年代渣贱文，但我真的很有钱 Flowers Made of Ginkgo Leaves银杏叶做的花Two Male Leads318k WordsCompleted [Funny Everyday Life + Two Male Leads + Tycoon System + 1990s] [Cool beauty top who keeps up a tough front x Straight-laced, sunny bottom] They dote on each other! Ai Liuyi got bound to a cashback System. Just as he was getting ready to splurge, he unexpectedly transmigrated into an old-school novel about two male leads, the kind where the bottom gets abused for eight hundred years and the scum top gets punished for a single day, with fake and real young masters, dramatic redemption arcs, an 7kReads9.0Score83814d adds
3. 3 年 Period: I Plucked This Aloof Beauty 年代：这支高岭之花我摘了 Zhen Xuan枕暄Two Male Leads328k WordsCompleted [A fierce top with a bad back × a tough, foul-mouthed bottom] [A powerful couple]+ [A roguish village bully bottom + an aloof, elegant educated youth top]+ [Bonus chapters written however the author pleases] Shu Xiu had hardly ever fallen for anyone in his life, but the newly arrived educated youth was the one who tripped him up. It wasn't that he lacked self-control. The truth was, this educated youth was just too handsome. Brother Xiu, ruthless in his ways and hard of heart, had only one weakn 1kReads9.4Score9614d adds
4. 4 丧 A Zombie Transmigrates into a Sent-Down Youth and Gets Lured Away by a Village Hunk 丧尸穿知青，被村里的汉子勾着走 The Cat That Can't Breathe不能呼吸的猫Two Male Leads428k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Period Setting] [Both Strong] [Devoted to Each Other] [This story is entirely fictional and set in an imaginary world. The characters do not correspond to real historical figures, so please do not overanalyze the history.] When Qi Jinzhou opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to a parallel world and become an educated youth sent to the countryside. He was also a young master with an unbelievably powerful family background, who had gone to the countryside for love. Huh? The team 12.4kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds

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   A zombie-era novel with extreme contrasts; a masterpiece.

5. 5 服 Good Grief, I’ve Been Making Baby Food for a Lifetime 服了这宝宝饭一做就是一辈子 Mid-Lane Mage King中单法王Two Male Leads413k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Food + Period Setting + Golden Finger + Sweet Romance + Size Difference + Age Gap] Tang Zhou was sent to the First Alajin Machinery Factory with a letter of introduction from his grandfather... He got in through connections, only to be targeted and sent straight to the factory daycare center. The director was a kind, beautiful woman. Her picky child would only eat food that looked pretty. If the colors were even slightly unattractive or the ingredients were hard to identify, th 3kReads8.2Score33214d adds

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   The second book felt completely right, and I finished it – it was so good! I didn't finish the first one; it was cute, but it didn't really appeal to me.

6. 6 我 Making My Fortune in Hong Kong with My Boyfriend 我在香江靠男朋友发家致富 Life Killed Me生活杀了我Two Male Leads410k WordsCompleted [Dual male leads + size difference + historical era] [Cantonese dialogue included, skip if that bothers you] [Entirely fictional setting!] [Good people are rewarded, and bad people are brought to justice!] [See the author’s note in Chapter One for the original blurb] [Please give it a chance and read the first ten chapters. If it’s not for you, then feel free to leave.] Three years after transmigrating, Lin Jinyan had ended up with a 5.2kReads9.3Score62314d adds
7. 7 归 The Way Home 归途 Xia Dayu夏大雨Two Male Leads191k WordsCompleted [Tao Dongling vs. Chen Zhaolai] [Top-Tier Novel + Two Male Leads + Urban Life + Everyday People + Hard Work + Happy Ending + Sweet Romance + Realistic] There’s a little shop along the route Tao Dongling has been driving lately, where you can park, eat, and stay the night. It’s pretty cheap and clean, and the owner is quiet, handling all the work inside and out by himself. Then one day, Tao Dongling said to the owner, “Brother Lai, every time I come here, I don’t want to leave.” Chen Zhaolai took 27.7kReads9.6Score3k14d adds

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   Good-looking historical romance novels with two male leads

8. 8 家 Family Joy 家喜 Ink Person in the Gully沟底墨人Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Period drama + hardship + opera performer + tragic ending] In Mazhuang Village on the barren, desolate Loess Plateau, on a freezing night in the 1970s, Ma Youfu and Wang Xiu’e, who had suffered for years from having no children, conceived a child with their simplest, most heartfelt hopes. When the baby was born, they named him Jiaxi, meaning “double joy”: a happy addition to the family and the fulfillment of his parents’ wish. But their joy was fleeting. At five years old, Jiaxi seemed as if 74Reads6.6Score—14d adds
9. 9 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Villainous Roughneck Isn't Acting Right 穿书七零：反派糙汉他不对劲 Ember Feather Kindling Branch烬羽燃柯Two Male Leads607k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigrate into a book + 1970s setting + slightly scheming bottom x rugged top + happy ending + period romance + sweet indulgence + one-on-one + both pure] Su Yanqing never expected that after reading a period novel, he would transmigrate into the body of a cannon-fodder male side character who shared his name and lived in the 1970s. The original owner, because of his sexual orientation, admired the male lead and constantly tried to please him, while sabotaging the female lea 3.6kReads8.0Score61114d adds

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   Purely sweet with no angst, some humor, no misunderstandings or awkwardness.

10. 10 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Lie Flat, Gossiping and Watching the Show 穿进七零我躺平吃瓜看戏 I Won't Eat Cilantro不吃不吃香菜Two Male Leads488k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + bottom-centric + period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + gossip + personal space + everyday life] Lin Songqing was accidentally killed by a zombie and brought into a book by a gossip System. In this unfamiliar world, what was he supposed to do? One melodramatic mess after another, and a plotline that had gone completely off the rails. Luckily, someone was always by his side. Lin Songqing gradually let loose with the System, indulging in the juiciest gossip a 1.3kReads7.3Score12214d adds
11. 11 穿 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！ Bloodstained Battle Robe飘血征袍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 14.1kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
12. 12 七 A Vicious Seventies-Era Man with a Mall System Goes to the Countryside and Meets a Rugged Hunk 七零恶毒男带商城下乡遇糙汉 Mid-Lane Mage King中单法王Two Male Leads751k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + period setting + contrasting builds + golden finger + slow-burn gourmet story + sweet romance] When her scumbag dad wants to stay with his mistress forever, Ning Xiangxing sells the house, submits a report exposing him, takes all the family’s savings, and heads to the countryside! He discovers that his fate seems designed to make him someone else’s foil. He fought back, but that only brought more suppression and torment. After countless attempts to defy the plot, he figures out 7kReads9.1Score95014d adds
13. 13 肉 A Little Chubby Kid Brings a Shopping Mall into a Period Novel 肉团子带着商场穿进年代文 Soft Words软語Two Male Leads682k WordsCompleted This is a danmei novel set in a bygone era, so make sure you’re reading the right one, cuties! When he wakes up, Lu Tang has become the adopted son who dies young in a period novel! From beginning to end, he only appears in a few chapters before being written out. But his death causes his adoptive parents’ family to turn evil. All four of his brothers become villains too, just to avenge him. The eldest brother breaks his leg, the second is kicked out of the army, and the third is abducted by hum 18.5kReads9.3Score2.4k14d adds
14. 14 火EN In the Red-Hot Era, Love Burns Even Brighter 火红年代，爱情更为炙热 Dried Fish with Cat Biscuits小鱼干配猫饼Two Male Leads603k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sent-down youth in the 1970s + an absurdly powerful golden finger + bottom’s perspective + rich, handsome, and ruthless] Cold and ruthless top ✘ bottom who never lets a grudge go Bai Yao transmigrates to 1973, where from the start he finds himself a pitiful kid with an uncaring father and an abusive stepmother. He can’t live as meekly as the original did, so with the System at his side, he brings this family to ruin. He thinks life in the countryside will be a little more p 6.1kReads7.9Score70014d adds
15. 15 啊 Huh? The Roughneck Doesn’t Want the Cannon-Fodder Educated Youth as His Lackey? 啊？糙汉不想让炮灰知青当小弟？ Insomniac c失眠者cTwo Male Leads208k WordsCompleted [Period setting + two male leads + System + food + pocket dimension + sweet romance] From the moment he was reborn, Wen Ran was kept in check by the plot System in his mind for eighteen years. He lived in a daze, obeying his family in everything. On his eighteenth birthday, the plot began. He woke up, the System died, and the supposed main storyline of the world went galloping off like a runaway horse. Wen Ran was furious. Absolutely furious. He promptly took all the money in the house, then tur 4.2kReads8.9Score65514d adds
16. 16 我 I Survive on Gratitude Points in a Novel Set in the Past 我在年代文里靠感谢值续命 Orange Loves Mango橙子爱吃芒Two Male Leads371k WordsCompleted Important: This story has no female lead! Chen Mo spent twenty years as a fool, cherished by his parents and doted on by his two older brothers. His good friend Hou Zhiqing also had his back. He lived a carefree, comfortable life. Then some jerk with itchy hands pushed him off a mountain. To survive, he had no choice but to regain his senses. Why was he coughing up blood all the time? Was he really going to die in just a few days? He could only say goodbye to a life where food and clothes were b 263Reads9.0Score—14d adds
17. 17 重 Reborn in the 1990s as a Penniless Nobody, From the Start I Rely on a Magical Field 重生九零穷光蛋，开局全靠神仙田 Old Wang from the Zhang Family老张家老王Two Male Leads436k WordsCompleted Life is unpredictable, and trouble comes in all shapes and sizes... Zhou Mo sighed. He wanted to complain! But since he'd been given the standard golden finger for someone reborn, he'd try to complain a little less. And so Zhou Mo returned to the past, bringing with him the portable space he'd received as compensation. He returned to an era when anyone could strike it rich if they seized the moment, even a pig could fly. Zhou Mo nearly burst into tears, because he had less money in his pocket 1.6kReads8.4Score14714d adds
18. 18 满 Traveling Through the Sixties with a Storage Space: This Guy Is Really Rough 满载空间穿六零这汉子是真糙啊 Cheng Yanzhi程颜之Two Male Leads245k WordsCompleted Dual male leads, period piece, golden finger with a pocket dimension, size difference, both chaste Wild, rugged, domineering top vs. refined, proud pretty-boy bottom Luo Yang, a bartender who got rich overnight, ran into a strange current and somehow transmigrated to 1966. He gazed tearfully at his full-to-the-brim pocket dimension, which didn't contain a single grain of food. This really was like getting beaten with a whip dipped in iodine: disinfected as you go... You want to ask if he got a w 8.1kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
19. 19 六 In the Sixties, How Sweet the Little Green Tea Is Depends on How Tough Her Country Hunk Is 六零小绿茶浓不浓全看糙汉猛不猛 Cheng Yanzhi程颜之Two Male Leads503k WordsCompleted Two Male Leads + Period Fiction + Phone Photo Album Space + Both Pure + Age Gap + Size Difference Lin Mumu was curled up in bed late at night, eagerly reading a novel. As he read, he complained: Who wears a low-cut sweater in weather that's thirty degrees below zero? That's ridiculous! Just a moment ago, the indignant Lin Mumu had been in a fan group, passionately debunking the story. The next moment, he was reviewing what had happened in a shabby earthen house, cold wind blowing through it. The 5.3kReads7.3Score64014d adds
20. 20 重 Back to 1985: I Lure a Business Tycoon Into Becoming My Protector 重回1985诱捕商界大佬当靠山 Hey, Baby呀宝贝Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + building wealth + devoted younger man + younger love interest + personal growth + possessive, devoted love + mutual salvation + obsessive, scheming top + childhood friends + sweet romance] Shen Xubai was curled up on a park bench. Just before closing his eyes, he saw an interview appear on the giant screen at the mall outside the park. The man being interviewed wore a crisp suit. With sharp features and an unmistakable air of authority, he was introduced by the host as the reno 3.8kReads8.8Score54114d adds

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    Highly recommend this! It's such a wonderful story; the way the young couple supports each other really brought tears to my eyes. 😢😢😢

21. 21 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: Childhood Sweethearts 穿越七零之竹马竹马 Tomato Watermelon番茄西瓜Two Male Leads347k WordsCompleted A powerful survivor from the apocalypse opens his eyes and finds himself in the 1970s. He barely gets to enjoy the good life before becoming a single parent. Even more absurdly, his pocket dimension is attached to the village’s poor little waif! Lin Chengjun just wants candy and meat, but is forced to start raising his childhood friend. He feeds him biscuits and gives him candy, fights for him, and joins him in taking on human traffickers and going to school… Before he knows it, the poor li 506Reads8.0Score10814d adds

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    A historical romance novel, featuring childhood sweethearts who have been together since they were little. 😏😏😏😏😏

22. 22 穿 I Time-Traveled to the Late 1960s and Got a Membership Superstore 穿到60年代末我有会员大超市 Cheng Yanzhi程颜之Two Male Leads189k WordsCompleted A dual-male-lead period novel with a pocket dimension. Cheng Yan is a frail, frequently ill code monkey from the 21st century. After saving a child from beneath the wheels of a Cullinan, he transmigrates, bringing along the commercial street where the crash happened and a membership-only mega-supermarket? Cheng Yan thinks he’s got this: spend his modern-day paycheck in the past, and he’s got a car full of cash to boot! Then he runs into a top-tier, broad-shouldered period-drama hunk, and life ju 2.7kReads6.0Score20414d adds

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    Two male leads, historical fiction, with a space element 🥰

23. 23 重 The Blunt Inner Thoughts of a Chongqing Lad Were Heard by a Beijing Gentleman 重庆崽的火爆心声，被京爷听到了 Jing Tang Zhi景堂之Two Male Leads379k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads + Period-Era Transmigration into a Book + Sweet Mind-Reading Romance + Powerful Leads Flirting] In a rainy alley in eastern Sichuan in 1977, an overworked architecture student transmigrates into a book as a disposable orphan. He acts meek and obedient on the outside, while raging in his head! But to his surprise, Zhou Li, the iron-willed son of the man his father once helped, can hear every one of his thoughts! Once his thoughts are laid bare, Zhou Li immediately goes into ful 2.5kReads8.2Score39514d adds

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    This is amazing! 😘😘😘 I highly recommend it!

24. 24 七 The 1970s: The Hated Educated Youth Gets Flustered by a Rugged Man's Flirting 七零：万人嫌知青被糙汉撩成红温 Aunt Zheng郑小姑婆Two Male Leads345k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + mutual firsts + sweet romance + happy ending] [Complete] Xie Qingyun is sent to the countryside. He thinks it's just a matter of being hated in a new place instead of where he was before. But after getting off the miserable train and walking up to the house halfway up the mountain, his life turns upside down. Xie Qingyun: Honestly, this village is so strange, and there's an even stranger person here... Like some immortal sent by Heaven to save him. As a transmigrator with a go 607Reads7.8Score10114d adds
25. 25 年 The Little Aunt of the Seventies Has Money to Burn 年代，小姑姑多财多亿 My Feelings for You卿我意Modern Romance738k WordsCompleted Tang Shuhe never imagined she'd one day face the question, “Your parents are getting divorced. Which one will you live with?” She had even less expected that less than a month after the divorce, both of them would remarry. With her godmother and godfather becoming her stepmother and stepfather, and the tangled, unbreakable ties between them and her birth parents, Tang Shuhe chose to retreat to her grandparents' home in the countryside for a while. She never expected that leaving would mean a per 14kReads8.7Score1.5k14d adds
26. 26 七 The Seventies: My Laid-Back Days of Gossip and Spectating 七零，吃瓜看戏的混子日常 Extra Sugar, Less Ice, Add Pearls多糖少冰加珍珠Two Male Leads316k WordsCompleted Two male leads. Don’t read if that’s not your thing. Lin Chaoyang plans to spend a few peaceful years in the countryside, then return to the city for the college entrance exams, go into business, and become a business magnate. But he never expected to find himself with a transmigrate-into-a-book plot. There’s the musclebound reborn woman who fights anyone who crosses her, the transmigrate-into-a-book woman with a storage space, and the reborn man out for revenge after being crushed to death by h 795Reads5.7Score10114d adds
27. 27 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Treat My Wife to the Good Life 穿越70，带媳妇吃香喝辣 The Boundless Sea大海无边无际Two Male Leads239k WordsCompleted Zheng Xiangyang was just taking a vacation. Before he even reached his destination, he somehow ended up experiencing life in the 1970s? When He Qingyuan first met Zheng Xiangyang, he thought the guy was pretty handsome. But why did he keep staring at him? After learning what Zheng Xiangyang was after, he thought: A partner like this sounds great! 1.4kReads8.7Score15614d adds
28. 28 七 The One in the Cattle Shed Is My Wife 七零，牛棚那位是我老婆 Dreaming of Ease梦安闲Two Male Leads371k WordsCompleted [Period story + male/male romance + younger top + one-on-one + top's perspective + happy ending + heartwarming + pocket dimension + building wealth] [A young master sent down to a cowshed as the bottom × a truck driver on a transport team as the top] Song Yingzhao was born a young master from a capitalist family. He finally managed to change his identity and become a schoolteacher, but was still falsely accused and sent to live in a cowshed. Zhuang Chaoyang was an ordinary truck driver. After a 5.3kReads9.0Score72814d adds
29. 29 穿 After Transmigrating into a Period Novel, I Took a Young Educated Youth as My Wife 穿进年代文后，养个知青当老婆 Shi Yuhuan时渝欢Two Male Leads269k WordsCompleted [Two male leads] [Top] [Both pure] [Period] [Personal space] [Book Transmigration] [Educated youth] [Farming] [Daily life] Apocalypse survivor transmigrated into a book as the top: Qi Mo Reborn beauty sent to the countryside as the bottom: Shi Yi After transmigrating, Qi Mo was sent to Xiangyang Brigade, where he stayed for five years, built a house, and put down roots. Yet he was still single. From the brigade leader to every meddling auntie in the area, everyone thought he'd never find a wife. 2.5kReads8.4Score27214d adds
30. 30 七 The Cannon Fodder of the Seventies Lies Flat with Billions in Assets 七零炮灰带着亿万物资躺平 Found a Little Fish捡到一条小鱼Two Male Leads2.4M WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Bottom Protagonist + Male-Male Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Face-Slapping + Golden Finger + Spirit Spring Space + Billions in Supplies + Sent to the Countryside + Both Leads Devoted to Each Other + Cannon Fodder + Rise from the Bottom + Powerful Couple] Main Couple: Shen Yue and Jiang Ning Side Couple: He Yuan and Sun Lezhou Jiang Ning, a second- or third-tier actor, accidentally transmigrates into a period novel. He is the cannon-fodder character who gives his stepsist 15.3kReads8.1Score1.8k14d adds
31. 31 穿 After Becoming a Background Character, I Got Together with the Protagonist's Love Interest 穿成路人后和主角受在一起了 The Rich Orange Sea富贵的橘子海Two Male Leads299k WordsOngoing [Two male leads + period setting + pursuing the love interest + System + slow burn + food + sweet romance] [Content warning: This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story. The plot is low-key, and the golden finger isn’t very powerful. The protagonist relies on himself, so the hard times last a long while.] After Yang Yuheng died, the System captured his soul and randomly sent him into the world of a period novel. He became Zhang Cheng, a background character. This background character was as ordinary a 5.5kReads8.4Score58214d adds
32. 32 双 Dual Crossing to the 1970s: Did My Nemesis Become My Wife? 双穿七零：死对头成了我媳妇？ Still Listening to Words依然听语Two Male Leads443k WordsCompleted Dual transmigration to the past, two male leads, danmei, bickering couple, equally matched pairing, wish fulfillment, domineering CEOs, love that grows over time. A blunt, rough-edged, secretly soft-hearted top and a proud, fastidious, sharp-tongued bottom. Business rivals Ji Xingran and Huo Beijue were trading threats one moment, then both transmigrated to the 1970s the next, where they became “newlywed husbands,” forcibly paired up by their village! Ji Xingran, looking disgusted: “Mr. Huo, 982Reads8.2Score13414d adds

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    This is a super good read; the author is incredibly talented. I hope the author's writing continues to flourish.

33. 33 痞 Roguish Fun 痞趣 Y YuyY彧垚Two Male Leads214k WordsCompleted Zhou Xun is the young master of a landlord family that runs a liquor business in Baiyang Town. His handsome features and carefree, roguish manner have lowered his standing as a dream guy in the eyes of the girls. Thanks to his family’s landlord status, he rules over every village in Baiyang Town; Chu Ning is a poor and highly sensitive boy. He has dreamed of becoming a teacher since childhood, and his sharp tongue is his trademark defense; After Chu Ning’s parents die in a car accident, he is ta 3Reads8.2Score114d adds

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    Young master brewer X crybaby and sharp-tongued genius, their daily bickering as a pair of bickering lovers.

34. 34 莫 The Wind From Moscow Can’t Reach Guizhou 莫斯科的风吹不到贵州 Corn Liquor包谷烧Two Male Leads367k WordsCompleted A beautiful country boy from rural Guizhou x a Russian crime boss, cross-cultural romance + forced love + groveling chase + height and build difference (Also known as: Lima syndrome, a psychological phenomenon opposite to Stockholm syndrome, in which the perpetrator develops sympathy and compassion for the victim and actively helps them.) Period story, set in 1990 Hong Lin is an orphan from the remote mountains of Guizhou. Before he turned seventeen, he had never imagined he would leave this lan 21.2kReads9.3Score3.7k14d adds

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    Super novel 🥰

35. 35 1 Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春 Young Master Xiaoxiao孝孝公子Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [A story-driven take on history. Note: There is no single fixed protagonist. Multiple leads reflect the changes of the era and offer a full picture of the 1977 restoration of the college entrance exam.] [The story focuses on several main characters: Hu Wei and Wang Ting, Pan Xia, and Lu Xiaoyun. Their stories weave in and out according to the timeline. If you prefer to follow one character at a time, you can read their chapters in sequence for a complete biography. The other characters may only 5.8kReads8.0Score41014d adds

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    The pinnacle of historical fiction! [Original novel enthusiast] Time-travels to become the top scorer in the college entrance exam, seizes opportunities to get rich! Beautiful wife, warm family life! Everyday life, tight plot, heartwarming story! Highly recommend this book 👍 [Already added to my bookshelf] You might think it's a novel, but it's actually a very interesting historical record. Its strength lies in its focus on ordinary people. Hundreds of typical characters are based on real people and real stories. People born in the 50s, 60s, and 70s should take a look; perhaps you can find stories that reflect your own era or the era itself. The story is touching, the plot is well-arranged, and it should be called a good novel within a historical record, and a good historical story within a novel.

36. 36 嘴 The Sharp-Tongued Young Educated Youth: How Did the Rough Man’s Spoiling Make Her Go Soft? 嘴硬小知青，怎么被糙汉一宠就软 Rabbit Who Loves Candied Hawthorn爱吃冰葫芦的兔子Two Male Leads260k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + sweet romance + intense push and pull + contrasting skin tones + devoted to each other + happy ending] A sharp-tongued, tsundere, fair-skinned and beautiful educated youth who is the bottom × a taciturn, wild and rugged, dark-skinned country boy who is the top Everyone in the village knows that a handsome educated youth from the city has arrived. He can't carry or lift a thing, and has to rely on Xiao Ye from the Xiao family at the eastern end of the village to help him out. Bu 3.8kReads8.9Score49914d adds

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    Two male protagonists, male educated youth sent to the countryside.

37. 37 社 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 9kReads8.9Score91714d adds
38. 38 资 The Capitalist Heiress Earns Military Merit, and Her Husband Dotes on Her 资本家大小姐挣军功，老公宠翻天 Yuan Xiaotian元小天Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [Alternate universe + military marriage + art-based powers + pocket dimension + wise, powerful, pure-hearted military officer VS aloof, levelheaded heiress] Ding Yiyi, a chip research engineer, transmigrates into the body of a wealthy heiress in the 1960s, bringing her art-based powers and pocket dimension with her. Hoping to enjoy a carefree life as soon as possible, she decides to cling to her military husband's coattails. Life as a military spouse is a little tough? She puts her art-based po 22.5kReads8.4Score1.5k14d adds
39. 39 疏 Sparse Ink Shines Through the Winter Chill 疏墨照岁寒 Meimei and Hehe美美与和和Urban189k WordsCompleted In an era of taboos, he boarded a train with no way back. Winter, 1973. Sui Muhan, a young intellectual sent to the Great Northern Wilderness, finally got leave to visit home and boarded the train back. He was the child of a “Black Category” family: his father was a professor locked away in a cowshed, and his mother, once a pianist, could only make pasteboard boxes. He silently endured the blizzards and denunciations of the Great Northern Wilderness, believing he had long ago lost the ability to 435Reads6.5Score10014d adds

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    The historical texts and cultural relics reveal secrets in an unconventional way, featuring Shuangnan, Shuangqiang, and Shuangjie.

40. 40 和 Raising a Child in a Period Novel After Transmigrating with My Secret Crush 和暗恋男神一起穿到年代文里养娃 Uncultured Instant Noodles没文化的泡面Two Male Leads722k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Period Novel + Raising a Child + Farming + Slow Pace] What’s it like to transmigrate into a book together with the man you have a crush on? Jing Qiao: Thanks for asking. I’m already in the book. Jing Qiao accidentally transmigrates into a book with the man he has a crush on. When he opens his eyes, he’s in an era of communal meals, work points, and ration coupons for shopping. The bad news: they have nothing, and there’s a newborn baby to raise. The good news: his crush transmi 3.3kReads9.2Score38814d adds

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    It's incredibly good. I especially love the writing style; it's not overly bland or rambling, and the pacing is just right – not too slow, but not too fast either. The transitions are natural and never abrupt.

41. 41 七 The Little Young Master from the Capital Is Sugar-Sweet in the 1970s 七零，京市来的小少爷甜度超标了 Hibiscus Flower City木槿花城Two Male Leads231k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Two Male Leads + Intense Romantic Tension + Devoted Couple] A pretty young sent-down youth arrives in Qingniu Village, and the village chief arranges for him to stay at the home of a fierce, burly man. That night, Shen Junyi growls, “I don't like sharing a kang with anyone. Go sleep on the floor!” Su Bai: “...” As he makes up his bedding on the floor, he grumbles to himself, Shen, if you're this picky about sharing a bed, what are you going to do when you get married? Later on. 8.1kReads9.2Score94014d adds
42. 42 重 Reborn in a Bygone Era: This Wife Brings Prosperity to Her Family 重生年代，这个媳妇儿很旺家 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [New book: Dressed in Eighties Style, the Rugged Man Won’t Leave His Sweet Wife Alone] [Sweet romance, everyday family life, devoted couple (No space, no space, stop asking. I’m not writing one. The heroine herself is her golden finger, thank you.)] Xia Youtao was sitting peacefully at home when the ceiling light suddenly fell on her. When she woke up, she had arrived in an unfamiliar era. Back before she transmigrated, her parents only knew how to hold out their hands for money, all 1.1kReads8.8Score10014d adds
43. 43 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Military Man Dotes on His Husband 重生六零：军少宠夫 Chen Lili尘离黎Two Male Leads344k WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the Sixties: The Young Officer Dotes on His Husband [Two male leads + devoted to each other + a one-of-a-kind love + pocket dimension + period setting] Gu Ranzhou was a Daoist lord of the Mystic Sect, but all he ever wanted was to be a carefree slacker. What he never expected was that, after taking a job and heading out, he wouldn't make it back. He'd thought he could retire early as soon as the job was done. A great calamity unexpectedly sent him transmigrating to a par 3.1kReads8.9Score30214d adds
44. 44 饥 Dried Jujubes in the Famine Years 饥荒年的干枣 Little Chubby Lump小肥坨Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted Female-oriented + famine years + period drama + family memoir This novel chronicles the ups and downs of the 80-year life of Wang Xiaoyuan, a farmer from southern Sichuan. Following the family and married lives of his four children, it reveals the many sides of Wang Xiaoyuan. In 1958, Wang Xiaoyuan secretly took his son Wang Kesheng to the market to buy a bull, and adopted a little beggar named Qin’er. As an adult, Keqin apprenticed himself to Feng the Carpenter and mastered the trade. He later 155Reads6.9Score1214d adds

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    The new book is currently being serialized; it's a purely historical fiction.

45. 45 我 My Years as the Big Brother: I Might as Well Marry into Her Family 我当大哥的那些年干脆去上门算了 Demon Princess魔姬Urban595k WordsCompleted Our Ma family is a great clan. After a fire destroyed our granary, the entire clan was exiled to the southwestern frontier, where we settled in the mountains. Over time, we grew into a large village called Majia Village. The male lead, Ma Yongzhen, is the eldest legitimate grandson of the main branch of the Ma family. The heavy burden on his shoulders nearly breaks him, and after his fiancée betrays him, he simply goes to town to become a live-in son-in-law. 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No dual male leads

46. 46 南 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Shanjiu's Home杉玖家Urban371k WordsCompleted Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 27Reads—Score214d adds

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    As members of the post-2000 generation, we grew up in a world of stability, the internet, and prosperity, yet we rarely truly understand the lives of our parents' generation. We've become accustomed to the conveniences of city life, taking for granted the freedom to study, settle down, and make choices, unaware that this ease was bought with half a lifetime of wandering by the previous generation. "Going South" isn't a legend, but the most authentic account of our parents' and uncles' lives. From the 1990s to the early 2000s, countless people from the mountains carried their belongings south to work. They lived in makeshift shelters, squeezed onto slow trains, endured countless sleepless nights, and spent their lives as quiet, hardworking, and resilient individuals, never complaining, only silently sending money home and swallowing their bitterness. This book, spanning fifty-five years, vividly portrays the themes of being left behind, separation, sacrifice, and inheritance. Those silent fathers, steadfast mothers, and nameless heroes are the most ordinary elders around us. Only after reading "Going South" did I truly understand: our childhood lack of family reunions, the long-term absence of our parents, and the rapid changes in our hometowns are all the price paid by a generation leaving their homes. So-called prosperity and stability never come from nowhere. It was they who paved the way through the mud, so that we no longer had to carry heavy burdens on our long journeys.

47. 47 那 Hey, You Middle-Aged Country Bumpkin, Want a Husband? 那个大龄汉子，你要夫郎不要？ Can't Hold on to Iron拿不住铁Two Male Leads2.6M WordsOngoing [Historical farming, two male leads, age gap, sweet romance, family life, all sweetness and no angst, a healing pastoral ensemble, raising a cute child, and a story about a married man] The gong: Zheng Ze, handsome and composed, cold on the outside but warm within, and a little proud. The shou: Zhou Zhou, beautiful and kindhearted, sweet-tongued and optimistic, and a little spirited. [Content warnings are listed at the end of Chapter One] (The events in this blurb will appear in the story.) The 15.9kReads9.4Score1.5k14d adds
48. 48 我 In the Years of Famine, I Successfully Kidnapped a Prince 我在饥荒年代，成功诱拐了王爷 Autumn Clouds Unfound秋云不觅Two Male Leads279k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Reborn + Sweet Romance and Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Gentle and Sweet Bottom + Prince Top Who Seems Cold but Is Actually Warm and Considerate] Yun Ruo'an was reborn into an age of famine. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a completely bare house. He had just resigned himself to what he thought was the worst possible start and was about to figure out how to build a fortune and feed a family of five when another piece of shocking news hit him: What? He had to go off 746Reads9.0Score11514d adds
49. 49 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as a Scumbag Male Supporting Character in the 1970s, and My Will to Survive Is Off the Charts 穿书七零人渣男配，我求生欲超高 Liang Xi良熙Two Male Leads182k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] [Rugged Hero] [Heartwarming Everyday Life] [Sweet Romance] HE. Shen Yu transmigrates into a book, becoming a young educated youth in a period novel and the scumbag supporting character who comes between the male and female leads. He knows all too well how tragic the original character's ending was! So, to stay alive and avoid repeatedly tempting fate, Shen Yu decides to keep his distance from the leads! But somehow, his relationship with the male lead seems to be getting more a 7kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
50. 50 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds

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    This drama is pretty good, you can give it a try.

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