Novels like The 1960s: Escaping from the Start to Build a Hidden Utopia
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The 1960s: Escaping from the Start to Build a Hidden Utopia, best match first.
- 1 The 1970s: What's So Great About Being Reborn? 七零年代：重生有什么了不起 Song Lan was born into the 1970s and became an educated youth sent to the countryside. From then on, she began her life as a lazy freeloader in the village, determined to lie flat. She only wanted to lie flat, so how did she accidentally become a model citizen? Fang Bin was reborn and thought he would finally marry the woman he loved. Who knew that after making it through ninety-nine steps, he would still fail at the very last one? Fang Bin: What was the point of being reborn? Was it just to bri 30Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 2 Stealing the Heart of a Superstar 拐走大牌偶像的心 Stealing the Heart of a Famous Idol 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Our Whole Family Transmigrated to the Wilderness: Good Thing We Have Supplies 全家穿越荒野：还好我们有物资 This is a low-key, slice-of-life story about farming in the jungle. Tang Jiao wakes up one day to find that her entire family has transmigrated to a wilderness untouched by human civilization! Although Tang Jiao is a huge fan of wilderness survival novels, her survival skills consist of little more than a handful of theory. She has never put any of it into practice! As a frail, “soft-around-the-edges” woman who can neither carry heavy loads nor do manual labor, she is absolutely freaking out! An 87Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn in the 1980s, I Married My Ex 八零重生嫁前男友 Reborn + 1980s setting + sweet romance + pocket dimension In the 1980s, during the early days of reform and opening up, goods were extremely scarce and the fledgling market couldn’t meet demand. Anyone with courage, ideas, drive, and enough diligence, who knew how to follow the trends, could seize opportunities and achieve a measure of success. Gold was everywhere in those days, and making money was easy. The female lead is reborn right at this incredibly lucrative moment. As soon as she’s rebor —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Famine Year 1958: One Turn of the Compass Fills My Granary with Grain and Meat 荒年1958，罗盘一转粮肉满仓 When he wakes up, corporate office worker Wang Jianguo has become a notorious good-for-nothing at a Northeast China logging camp in 1958. The original owner sold all the family’s emergency food to play lapdog for a woman, then drank himself to death in the snow, leaving behind a family on the brink of collapse: an elderly father with a broken leg, a worried older brother and sister-in-law, and a nephew so malnourished he’s all skin and bones... In these desperate years, with famine looming, surv 1.4kReads6.2Score164Shelves
- 6 After Marrying a Rugged Soldier by Proxy, the Beloved Military Doctor Is Spoiled Rotten 替嫁糙汉军官后，娇娇军医被宠透 [Stunning, all-around genius doctor x violent, disabled officer at first, devoted loyalist later] [Military marriage in a bygone era + marriage by substitution + medical pocket dimension + marriage before love + mutual salvation] Chu Qingci, a genius military doctor from the 21st century, transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era as a sacrificial character. She is forced to take her stepsister’s place in the countryside and marry a severely injured, disabled military officer with a violent —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Surviving in the Wilderness with Two Wolves 荒野求生，我有两头狼 Alone, she struggles to survive in another world. She gathers supplies for winter and happens to raise a wolf... She thought she was facing a difficult fight for survival... But it turns out she’s gotten a head start... It’s a survival struggle shared by a whole group of people. 74Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 8 Transmigrated to a Peach-Blossom Haven in the Deep Mountains 穿越之深山桃源 Mu Bai, who has just lived through the “mask” pandemic in the twenty-first century, plans to leave the city and start a business back in her hometown with her best friend. But they get into a car accident along the way and unexpectedly transmigrate to a secluded mountain paradise, where they become the bandit chieftain’s cherished daughters. Thanks to the efforts of Old Man Chu and the others, everyone in the mountain stronghold lays down their arms and settles into a peaceful life. But the good 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 From Wilderness to Empire, All Built by Hand 从荒野到帝国都用手搓出来的 Stranded in the wilderness from the start, everything must be built from scratch. Five women and three men arrive in a parallel version of ancient times. With no System and no golden finger, they rely entirely on their own skills and modern knowledge to open up land and farm, smelt iron and forge steel, make distant allies and attack nearby enemies, unite the continent, and establish an unprecedented empire. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Female Soldier Reborn in the 1960s: Hunting in the Mountains to Feed the Family 女兵王重生六零，赶山狩猎养全家 The comic adaptation of Reborn in the Sixties: Taking My Sisters into the Mountains to Escape the Famine is now available. [Hunting] [Foraging in the Mountains] [Spatial Spring] [Taking Down Scumbags] [Family Life] [Famine Years] [Strong Heroine] [Won't Take Any Abuse] In her previous life, Lin Zhu's mother was thrown out by her husband's family after giving birth to five daughters in a row and failing to produce a son. Lin Zhu, meanwhile, was sold by her cruel grandmother to two old bachelors i 71.6kReads8.1Score6.5kShelves
- 11 Daily Life After Transmigrating into a Book in the 1950s 五零穿书日常 (The story moves slowly, with lots of family matters and little everyday details. It’s all about taking things one step at a time, so please bear with me! Note: The male lead appears late and doesn’t get much screen time!) After Li Jiahuan unexpectedly died, she somehow transmigrated! Unfortunately, her luck was a little off, and she landed in the 1950s. At least she came with the golden finger every transmigrated woman needs. Then the System told her she had transmigrated into a book, and the p 760Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 12 Transmigrate to the Fifties: The Former Army Wife Is the Real Boss 穿越五零：前军嫂才是真大佬 Tian Jiuxiang would never have believed in past lives. But now, she really did. Otherwise, how could she have opened her eyes and become Tian Jiuxiang, living in the 1950s or 60s? Her name was unusual in any era. There had to be a reason for so many coincidences. Her past and present lives were completely different... In her previous life, she ate alone, slept alone, and did everything alone. In this life, not only did she have four devoted children, but she also seemed to attract inexplicable s 2.6kReads9.0Score247Shelves
- 13 Sixty Years of Famine: From the Start, the Lottery System Takes Me to the Top 开局60灾荒年：抽奖系统带我飞 (The rating just opened and will rise as more people read) [Period setting + System + devoted couple + transmigration + university + self-interest + becoming beautiful] Transmigrating into the child bride of 1960, Li Handi starves to death on her way to work in the fields. Bought for ten jin of coarse grain, she is the Qi family's quietest laborer, a country girl her college-student fiancé is ashamed to mention. When she opens her eyes again, a lottery System has appeared in her mind. Lottery Sy 161Reads8.2Score114Shelves
- 14 Transmigrated to the Mountains to Raise the Little Ones 穿越深山养崽崽 Li Luoyi was just heading out to enjoy her vacation when she accidentally fell off a cliff. The moment she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to ancient times. That would be bad enough, but why was she in a forest? How was she supposed to survive in this endless primeval wilderness? What? She's pregnant, too? Luckily, there's someone familiar by her side. But this man, who's three years older than her, is her brother's best friend. Why has he become her man? What? Her brother came too? Li Lu 128Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 15 The 1950s: The Sisters Rely on Their Golden Finger to Survive Hard Times 五零，姊妹靠金手指熬过艰苦年代 [A logistics warehouse in hand as she transmigrates to the 1950s: putting scoundrels in their place is such a joy!] Ning Meng, an intern in traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrates by accident to the poor, backward 1950s. She is born into a family with no sons, where nine daughters have been born and five already given away. And she is the sixth. Fortunately, fate treats her kindly: her adoptive family has four older brothers and runs a century-old tavern. The Tao family dotes on her, and wit 462Reads7.7Score100Shelves
- 16 Period: Taking Off After Awakening in the Loess Lands 年代：从魂穿黄土地起飞 Period setting + soul transmigration + countryside + city life + underdog comeback + industrial development + System + feel-good power fantasy + career in government A post-90s wage slave who works himself to the bone wakes up after another bout of overtime to find he has transmigrated into the body of a seventeen-year-old boy in the far northwest, arriving in the region in the 1960s. In the spring of 1961, in the mountainous area of Gongchang County, central Long Province in China's far northwe 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Xiang Xiu's Tavern 香秀的酒馆 Her ex-husband climbed the social ladder, spreading lies and slandering her. Nineteen-year-old Chen Xiangxiu, a farmer raising a child, was thrown out by her in-laws. Grinding her teeth, she rented a run-down courtyard beside the highway and opened a distillery, only to unexpectedly attract three outstanding men from very different walks of life. In the cramped confines of the countryside, a rough village doctor shields her from gossip with his burning embrace; an upright village official paves 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Reborn in the 1970s: The Sweet Young Educated Youth Raises a Child 重生七零：娇软知青养娃记 [Retired Tough Guy VS Sweet, Delicate Educated Youth] When Pei Xue opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s, transformed from a single young woman into the mother of three children. How is she supposed to survive in the 1970s with no special powers and no pocket dimension? No need to panic. At least she comes from modern times. Her father-in-law is cruel, her mother-in-law is unkind, and her sister- and brother-in-law are such shameless scoundrels that they treat her husband like a free AT 644Reads7.8Score102Shelves
- 19 The 1970s Village Beauty Is Sweet and Plump, and My Dad Is the Brigade Leader 七零村花娇又肥，我爸是大队队长 [Era setting + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + System + frog companion] What should you do if you transmigrate into the body of a woman who’s dark-skinned, fat, spoiled, and willful? Liu Yu thinks the woman must have been blind to turn down her handsome, capable husband. Now that she’s transmigrated into the book, she naturally won’t play the sacrificial side character. With her handsome husband and the family who dote on her by her side, she’ll build a fortune and live a good life. S 68Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 20 Back to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension: The Sweet Little Wife Becomes a Millionaire 带空间回六零：小娇娇成了大富婆 Zhou Tongyue never imagined that one misstep would turn her into Zhou Tongyue from the 1950s or ’60s. They have the same name, but completely different lives. In an instant, she goes from being a pitiful girl whose parents don’t love her to a pampered little princess. At first, she feels guilty about taking over someone else’s body… But after looking into things more closely, she realizes that her whole family’s professions are extremely dangerous in this era! There are highly educated intellect 113Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 21 Reborn in the 1940s with a Pocket Dimension in the Years of Famine 重生四零在饥荒年代有空间 Shen Jiaohua lived a happy life until she was eight. As the only girl in the family, she was adored by everyone. Then famine struck, leaving her with nothing and no one. Later, she was fortunate enough to gain access to a pocket dimension. After decades of hard work, she became an entrepreneur, but eventually died of illness. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself fleeing famine. Thankfully, her family was still with her. Reborn into a new life, Shen Jiaohua swore to protect them all. 218Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 22 After Running Away from My Wedding, I Found Happiness Living the Lie Flat Life in the Mountains 逃婚后，我在深山的躺平幸福生活 Liu Yiyi ran away~ On her wedding day. When she found out that her stepmother planned to marry her off to the foolish son of Master Zhu, Liu Yiyi gave up on her father completely. She had always thought that although he ignored her and let her stepmother mistreat her, he still felt some affection for her. But then she overheard her stepmother offering her to Master Zhu’s foolish son for five taels of silver, and her father agreeing without the slightest hesitation. That was the last straw. So, d 2.7kReads8.8Score378Shelves
- 23 A Fugitive Slave’s Life of Farming in the Mountains 逃奴的山林种田日常 Alternate world + no romance + a native of ancient times + no transmigration or rebirth + life in the wilderness + everyday farming Early on, she escapes while being exiled. Later, she gathers herbs, hunts, and farms deep in the mountains. When Qiu Shuang was seven, her own father and stepmother sold her into slavery, intending to send her far away. But luck was on her side. Just after the slave broker brought her to the agency, a wet nurse from the marquis’s household arrived to select young m 439Reads7.6Score114Shelves
- 24 My Stepmother Brings Up a Cute Kid and Builds a Hidden Paradise 后娘带萌娃，建世外桃源 Lu Yao was a well-known military doctor in a field army. During a mission on the battlefield, an enemy spy stabbed her in the back, and she died. When she wakes up again, she's become the stepmother of three children, lying on the back hill with blood pouring from her head and a pack of wolves surrounding her. Just wait, you wolves who came right to my doorstep. I'll make a meal of you and have you with my drinks! The kids hate and resent their stepmother? Then she'll give them good food and mak 3.2kReads9.2Score514Shelves
- 25 In the Great Famine, I Lie Flat in the Mountains with the Exchange System 大荒年，我靠置换系统在深山躺平 After falling ill, modern office drone He Yunsheng transmigrates into a book and becomes a little girl with yellow hair. She can’t get enough to eat or sleep, and on top of that, a great famine has struck. Her family is so poor they can barely scrape by, and her parents can’t afford to keep her, so they marry her off to a hunter in the mountains. Even with meat to eat, life is still hard. Luckily, she has the More for Less Exchange System. Mushrooms from the mountains? Exchanged. Rabbits from th 802Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 26 Transmigrating with a Pocket Dimension, the Doomed Extra Gives Up 带空间穿越，早死炮灰摆烂了 Spatial dimension, born into another body, supernatural abilities, lighthearted daily life, a touch of fantasy After Shen Wen Yin unexpectedly bonded with a spatial dimension, she stockpiled supplies worth tens of billions. When the apocalypse struck, her childhood friend shoved her into a tide of zombies. She was then born into the 1950s, and thankfully, her spatial dimension and supernatural abilities came with her, so she could keep taking it easy. Three years of famine? I have an endless pla 4.6kReads8.6Score381Shelves
- 27 A Cozy Farming Life with a Mountain Man 与山里汉的温馨种田日常 Xia Xing and the child transmigrated together into a remote mountain wilderness. They dug up wild vegetables, lived in caves, hunted, caught fish, and picked mushrooms. Just when Xia Xing thought they would spend their whole lives in this desolate place, they met him. In this fictional dynasty, wars had raged year after year, and now the realm had fallen into chaos. The male lead fled with his people into the vast valley where Xia Xing lived. From then on, they enjoyed a peaceful country life, r 203Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 28 Reborn in the Seventies: The Long-Suffering Sister-in-Law Leaves After the Family Split 老太重生七零，受气大嫂分家走人 This book has no cheats, no System, no pocket dimension, and no golden finger. It focuses on family life in the 1970s, everyday necessities, and the small details of daily living. * Reborn in the 1970s, Zhang Yurui wants to do just one thing: Deal with her awful brother-in-law and sister-in-law, and make her fortune! In her previous life, she was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Tian family, and believed she'd done everything she could for her sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and the rest of the 154Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 29 Space Courier: Master Xiu, Please Step Aside 空间邮递员：修爷请闪开 [Worldly old hand vs. tough young hothead, 1v1, super sweet] Li Jiuchan somehow ends up in another world. She'd planned to live out her days doing nothing, relying on the compensation she'd received. But now there's suddenly a tagalong trailing behind her, hoping to build a revolutionary friendship. Give me a break. Friendship, my foot! They obviously just want to freeload off her food and drink. She has to put a stop to it. Isn't being on your own the best? If there's meat, I'll eat it myself. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 A Young Woman Transmigrates to the 1960s with Her Spatial Realm and Becomes a Widow 少女带着空间穿越六零变寡妇 Content: [Historical Era + Space + System + Stockpiling Supplies + Farming + Feel-Good Story + Famine and Disaster + Play the pig to eat the tiger + Scheming + Sweet Romance + Domestic Life + Cultivation] The heroine is a beautiful 18-year-old woman from the modern era, and her late parents left her a fortune worth billions! Her grandmother, uncles, and other relatives try to seize her inheritance, only to be set up by the heroine and sent to prison! The heroine stocks up on a mountain of suppli 1.2kReads9.0Score118Shelves
- 31 Back to 1957, an Orphan from the Start 回到五七，开局成孤儿 Also known as: Living with a Robot Butler in the 1950s [Rebirth and a Fortuitous Encounter] Jin Yu never imagined that a casual comment she left on Douyin, saying, “I’d be fine with my husband never coming home if I made ten thousand a month,” would lead to her being bound to Interstellar System 0781. When she opened her eyes, she had been reborn in 1957 in the far Northeast, back as her former self: frail and sickly, and destined to die young before turning eighteen. [From the Start, It’s Hel 176Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 The Sixties: A Top Student Woos a Man and Raises Her Kids 六零：学霸撩汉养崽崽 [Period novel] + [sweet romance] + [a realistic portrayal of everyday life] + [based on the author’s personal experience] She was only six and a half. She’d merely turned around and happened to see his… well, she’d seen it, so what? But then its little owner started hounding her! From then on, he intercepted her on the way to school, protected her on the way home, and lectured her whenever she so much as resisted. Even more surprising, the little owner turned out to be the son of a famous profes 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Transmigrate to Restore the Kingdom: The Prince Just Wants to Farm 穿越复国：王子只想种田 A modern HR guy gets laid off again a year after graduating. Losing three things in one day, he reconsiders his dreams, only to transmigrate by accident into the Xia Dynasty, just after the late Neolithic Age. He is both the herdsman of the Ren State, descendants of Fuxi, and the head cook of the Yu State, descendants of Emperor Shun. More than that, he is the only surviving prince of the Xia Dynasty. All he wants is to survive, farm in peace, build a home, cherish his wife, and protect his fami —Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 34 Back to 1958 with a Pocket Dimension, Turning Every Villain into a Little Turtle 我带空间回五八，反派全变小王八 [Period setting + pocket dimension + pampered by everyone + face-slapping feel-good story + raising children + multiple births + rugged man dotes on his wife] He Zhiyi, a modern female doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated into a book set in 1958, a time of severe shortages, bringing along the pocket dimension in her jade pendant. When she opened her eyes, she discovered that the wild son of some bandit's family had already had his way with her! He Zhiyi was close to tears, but l 144Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 35 A Woman in a Man's Body: Transmigrating to Ancient Times to Open a Technical School 女穿男，穿越古代开技校 [Woman Transmigrates into a Man + Slow-Burn Development + Infrastructure Building + Establishing an Academy + Dominating a Chaotic Era] Cui Zhenghao’s father is a concubine-born son, and so is he. In the twenty-first century, Cui was a woman abandoned by her scumbag husband. After gaining a pocket dimension, she kept stocking up on supplies. Her dream after transmigrating to ancient times was to open technical schools across the country. But things didn’t go as she wished. Her eldest cousin back 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Sister-in-Law Yufen Is Reborn and on a Rampage! Her Wicked Kids Beg for Mercy! 玉芬嫂重生杀疯了！逆子逆女跪！ [A Lifelong Journey + Romance of Our Parents + The Ordinary World + Silver-Haired Literature + No Pocket Dimension, No System] Alternate title: Yufen, your big brother loves you and isn’t afraid you’ve been married before! In her previous life, Niu Yufen’s life became a colossal joke. Her eldest son forced her to sell her iron rice bowl to buy him a house, then took the money and disowned her; her eldest daughter was beaten to death by her husband; her youngest son lost his life because of a 7Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 37 Newlyweds in the 1960s: I Was Told I Couldn't Have Children, Then Got the Cutest Baby 六零新婚，不孕不育的我喜得萌宝 Complete [Farming + raising children + feel-good story + both transmigrate] After ten years in the apocalypse, Li Xiuying had endured despair and numbness. Only after she died did she finally awaken and realize she was the foil in an apocalyptic novel about a strong heroine. Even with a golden finger, she couldn’t compete with the heroine’s halo. Reborn, she decided to tear up the script, cast off her old persona, and live a different kind of life. She transmigrated to the 1960s, expecting a lon 136Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 38 Fifty Zero: The Thousand-Acre Farm Owner Raises Her Nieces and Nephews 五零之千顷农场主当姑养崽崽 (Early revenge on scoundrels + adorable kids + raising children + leisurely farming + leading the whole village to prosperity + occasional chuunibyou) San Ziqing unexpectedly inherits a thousand-acre farm from a great-aunt she's never met, but dies before she can enjoy a single day of good fortune. After death, she somehow transmigrates into the body of a deserted wife who's about to be thrown out of her home. Her parents are dead, her older brother is close to death, and her sister-in-law can't 61Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 39 The ’70s: A Blessing from Heaven and a Busy Life of Farming 七零年代：天降福宝种田忙 Striving Through the Hardship of the 1970s To keep food on the table, the third branch of the Nie family sticks together. Family infighting? Not a chance! Better to rest against the wall and save your strength when you’re hungry than waste it fighting the worst of the bunch. The second branch adopts five-year-old Yaya. A little lucky charm has fallen from the sky, bringing a fortune-attracting aura and the ability to talk to animals. The first and third branches have had enough. At last, they su 429Reads7.5Score104Shelves
- 40 A Transmigrator’s Guide to Getting Rich in the 1970s 穿越七零致富经 Gu Zhiyi used to get by doing nothing but eating and waiting to die, serving as a family mascot in the era of the Star Network. After transmigrating to China in the 1970s, he discovers that a world without supernatural abilities is simply too much fun. So he uses his own powers to set out on the path to wealth. 81Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 41 I Transmigrated Here to Join the Army 穿越而来去随军 (Alternate setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + period setting + joining the military spouse) Li Sinian transmigrates into the cannon-fodder ex-wife in The Military Officer Spoils Her Rotten. In her previous life, after she died, her son and daughter were raised into trouble by their grandmother and eldest aunt. Now the original owner has just been reborn after trying to join her husband at his military post, being turned down, and jumping into a river. She overhears a neighbo 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Reborn: Queen of the Campus 重生：校园一姐 In her previous life, Jiang Liying was trapped between light and shadow on the campus of Guicheng Normal College. She had seen the bright side of youth, but in private, she endured humiliation beyond measure. The trauma became her shackle. Her marriage ended in a hasty divorce, and even after she left teaching to go into business, turning a small shop funded by her parents into a chain-supermarket empire and amassing a fortune, her regrets never faded. In her fifties, she set off on a road trip, 62Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 43 A Girl Alone Survives on a Deserted Island 独居少女的荒岛求生 [No male lead + Pocket dimension + Desert island survival] After an accident, Jiang Yao finds herself on a deserted island. Fortunately, the shopping mall where the explosion happened comes along with her. With the mall as her cheat, life on the island becomes much easier. With food and clothes taken care of, Jiang Yao treats it like early retirement. Just as she begins to settle into life on the island, an even bigger surprise awaits… 557Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Taking a Shopping Mall to the 1970s to Raise Kids and Build Wealth 带着商场去七十年代养娃致富 After transmigrating to the 1970s, Ye Qin puts up with the lack of food and clothing. The original owner, Zhao Cuicui, was timid and useless, pale and scrawny, and bullied all the time. She puts up with that, too. But can someone tell her who this handsome guy in front of her is? And who is this adorable little one? She’s a young office worker who’s never even been in a relationship. How did she end up married and suddenly a mother? Worst of all, the original owner abused the child? As an orphan 346Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 45 After Fleeing the Famine, I Built a City in the Mountains with My Grandparents 逃荒后带着爷奶在山里建了一座城 [Spirit-Spring Space + Fleeing Famine and Farming + Frantic Nation-Building + Lovingly Spoiling Her Husband] When the apocalypse arrives, Tao Panpan gathers a mountain of supplies, only to transmigrate to an alternate dynasty from the start. She wakes up in shock to discover that her grandparents have come along too, and the whole family is fleeing famine... Oh no, refugees are here again! Don't worry, let me handle it. I've got a car, so we can make a quick getaway... Oh no, we're out of fo 826Reads8.6Score103Shelves
- 46 Country Life in the 1950s 五零年代田园种田生活 Blended family + space + transmigration + farming + fleeing famine + raising children + dual transmigration + embroidery + sweet romance + one-on-one romance Ma Xiaoxiao was born with a congenital heart condition, so from a young age she lived cautiously, taking good care of herself and keeping a laid-back attitude. But she also had a frustrating, infuriating blended family. See how Ma Xiaoxiao, who had watched her modern family fall apart, finds happiness again in the 1950s. Follow her as she l 85Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 47 The 1970s: At Four Years Old, She Began to Become a Pillar of the Nation 七零：她从四岁开始成为国家栋梁 January 18, 1970, a bitter winter night. Er Ya, a four-year-old mute girl with an intellectual disability, was abandoned by her parents at the Grand Canal ferry crossing and froze to death. A poor village boy, also intellectually disabled, took her home. A reborn empress awakened in Er Ya's body. Fish leapt onto her hook. Wild rabbits ran straight into her sights. One pee made an acre yield ten thousand jin. Badgers and foxes helped her find an underground vault containing countless treasures, g 351Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 48 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Took the Whole Village to Work on Someone Else's Livestream 穿六零，带全村去别人直播间上工 Lu Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book, landing in the famine years of the 1960s. Her cousin Lu Jiaojiao was the family’s darling, while she was a sacrificial cannon-fodder character. On the journey fleeing the famine, she was supposed to starve to death, never lasting more than a single line in the whole book. There was just one sentence: The Lu family had originally had two granddaughters. One starved to death eating Guanyin clay while fleeing the famine, leaving only the cherished family darli 128Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 49 Wilderness: Farming with a House in Tow 荒野：带着房子去种田 Yu Qing, an ordinary, socially anxious office worker, is sent to another world by a faulty refrigerator while drinking cola. The good news: she brought along the house she was renting, so she now owns a home without having to spend twenty years working for one. Yu Qing's inner monologue: I just wonder what the landlady's going to do now that she's lost a whole house. The bad news: apart from the leaky fridge, there's no electricity in the house that came with her, and there's no running water 95Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 50 Reborn in the 1960s: I Shake Off My Cannon Fodder Fate from the Start 重生六零年代，开局就踢走炮灰运 In her previous life, Xu Yinyin’s father died saving someone, and when her mother heard the tragic news, she died along with her unborn child. The Wei family appeared to honor their debt by raising their savior’s daughter and even betrothing their only son to Xu Yinyin. In truth, they let their own son and daughter bully the benefactor’s child. When she came of age, her fiancé wanted to marry another woman, so he and his family plotted against her and sent her to the bed of a local thug. To prov 85Reads8.8Score—Shelves
