Novels like Smiling as I Ask the Pagoda Tree About the Past
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- 51 The Supporting Villainess's Road to a Comeback 炮灰女配逆袭之路 Xu Moli grew up in an orphanage. After starting college, she proved a poor judge of character and dated two awful men in a row. Fortunately, she had never been the type to lose herself in romance. Once she realized that dating wasn’t for her, she became self-reliant and determined, shut her heart to love, and focused on her career. Then, just as she landed a major deal, her supervisor stole it from her. What could she do? She was an orphan with no connections to back her up. But she wasn’t one t 2.8kReads8.6Score23514d adds
- 52 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Reborn in the 1970s: I Left My Vile Family Behind to Live for Myself 重生70之抛开吸血鬼家人活自己 In her previous life, Xiang Wan was the least favored of her siblings. Her parents forced her to give up her job to her older sister, then married her off against her will for the bride price. After the wedding, she had to support her family, and her husband divorced her and took their child. Her whole life, Xiang Wan’s family had drained her dry. Even when she was on the verge of dying from illness, they were still scheming to get their hands on her property. Reborn into a new life, Xiang Wan s 1.9kReads9.0Score17614d adds
- 54 Transmigrating into a Book: The Stepfather in a Period Novel 穿书之年代文里的继父 (The new book’s rating just opened, everyone. It’ll go up!) 1970s setting + sign-in System + raising kids + mutual devotion. The moment I open my eyes, I’ve transmigrated into a period novel and become the cannon-fodder stepfather who abused his stepchildren and eventually died miserably in a cowshed. I look at the three thin, malnourished children staring at me in fear, and their gentle, resilient but distant teacher wife. I silently activate the Daily Sign-In System. Today, a pound of meat. 98Reads6.0Score11814d adds
- 55 The 1970s: I Heard the Villain's Thoughts and Gave Up Trying 七零：听见反派心声后，我摆烂了 [Proud young lady ✖️ aloof heartthrob] The vicious supporting villainess, Song Xuezhen, has awakened! After seeing her fate of “four children in five years, then dying in childbirth,” she quickly packed her bags and volunteered to move to the countryside. With a spirit spring and a pocket dimension, she had no worries about money or ration coupons. She just wanted to laze around and wait for the college entrance exams. But the plot went completely off the rails! The female educated youth who ea 756Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 56 1970s Pocket Dimension: The Rough-Hewn Man's Reborn, Delicate Educated Youth 七零空间：糙汉的重生娇气小知青 In her past life, Yu Taohua was forced to move to the countryside, but she still couldn't escape the schemes of a scumbag and her own elder sister. She spent her whole life surrounded by lies, only seeing the truth when she was on her deathbed. If Heaven gave her another chance, she would live well, love herself, and never let down the person who truly cared for her. When she opens her eyes again, she realizes she has been reborn, back on that very night... 786Reads9.1Score10314d adds
- 57 Transmigrate Into a Book: A Male Educated Youth Comes to the Village 穿书之村里来了个男知青 Zhang Xiaohan has found herself inside a book she just read, as an unnamed passerby. The male lead is a cold and aloof man who, to help his elder sister get revenge, schemes to marry a foolish village girl. Zhang Xiaohan is that foolish girl's sister-in-law, and she dies of illness right at the beginning of the story. Because of the male lead, the foolish girl is killed by one of his classmates. When he learns the truth, he does everything in his power to avenge her, then lives out a turbulent l 128Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 58 He Quit Being a Boss, and Mu Sheng Made Beitang Rich and Beautiful 老板不当，木生把北塘变富美 [Literary fiction + realistic themes + suitable for middle-aged and older readers] From humble beginnings as a carpenter, Zhao Musheng worked his way up to construction worker, business owner, village director, and then a town official, turning his life around. Thanks to him, backward Beitang Village was transformed into a prosperous new village with thriving industries. Our fate is in our own hands, not Heaven's. The fortunes of the Zhao family and Beitang Village are closely intertwined. These 76Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 59 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Tough Wife Has a Space of Her Own 穿书七零：这个悍妻有空间 (Transmigrate into a book + going wild + magical space + period setting) Meng Xiaomai watches so many videos of handsome guys showing off their abs before bed that she has a steamy dream, and from the start nearly forces herself on a young man. When Meng Xiaomai opens her eyes, she finds herself on top of a handsome young guy, kissing him passionately. What should she do? Well, she might as well finish the kiss first. There are no moral limits in dreams. Except the handsome guy isn’t being very 2.4kReads8.5Score23114d adds
- 60 The Sweet Young Educated Youth of the 1970s 七零年代知青小甜妻 Qiao Anyi woke up one day to find herself married to the most vicious man in the whole village, the kind who looked like he could slap ten of her to death. The villagers shook their heads. Young Qiao was in for a rough time. When Qiao Anyi got hurt, her husband was beside himself with worry, cherishing her like the apple of his eye. When a sanctimonious hypocrite pestered Qiao Anyi, her husband put a sack over his head in the dead of night and beat him until his face was black and blue. When a s 270Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 61 A Shooting Star Streaks By, Leaving Traces on the Years 流星划过，岁月有痕 This is a powerful work that deeply portrays the intertwined paths of growth for the post-80s generation and the changes of the times. The story follows its protagonist, Zhao Fei, from his green and innocent days in middle school, through the passionate years of university, and into the struggles and discoveries of life after graduation. It delicately depicts how Zhao Fei and his generation search for themselves and realize their worth amid the currents of the times, while also reflecting the sw 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Seventies Compound: A Family with Children 七零大院，家有儿女 [No rebirth or transmigration, off-the-charts chemistry | Talented daughter of a condemned family × Upright, loyal military officer | Marriage Before Love + sweet romance + healing in a bygone era] 💥 A ruthless devil by day, a starving wolf by night! Yang Yi, the army's top combat champion, makes even the new recruits' legs shake at the sound of his footsteps. But when he gets home, “I haven't seen you in half a month. I've missed you like crazy.” He pins her against the door, his rough fingerti 1.5kReads—Score10314d adds
- 63 Reborn in a Bygone Era: A Captivating Beauty Who Knows How to Flirt 重生年代：千娇百媚小撩妻 Xiao Yu, a university student from the 21st century, was reborn in the 1950s in another time and space. With a space at her disposal, Xiao Yu resolutely pursued her dreams. She crossed paths with a dark-skinned guy, but he wasn't part of the plan. See you later! Zhao Yiheng thought about Xiao Yu becoming someone else's wife. Damn it! He couldn't even bear to think about it! Zhao Yiheng was furious. He didn't care who the other girls married, but Xiao Yu could only marry him. She could only be hi 919Reads9.3Score10114d adds
- 64 Sweet Military Marriage: Starting Over in the Seventies 甜蜜军婚，我在七零年代重开啦 Jiang Zitong, a highly accomplished young woman who has just graduated in the modern era, unexpectedly finds herself reborn in the body of Lin Fang in the 1970s. In an age built on stacks of ration coupons, her parents force her to marry a soldier to pay off their debt. Faced with a reality where she needs a permit just to go out and coupons just to eat, she has no power to resist. She thinks she is in for a miserable life, but instead she unexpectedly finds a treasure of a family and husband, a 831Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 65 Transmigrate into a Book: In the 1970s, a Sent-Down Youth Is Doted on by a Rugged Man 穿书七零：炮灰知青被糙汉宠爆了 (Complete) (No awful relatives + Devoted husband + Raising kids + Making money + Everyday life) Jiang Niandong, a miserable little accountant, transmigrated into a book and became a doomed educated youth in a period novel. She has a rugged man who loves her to the bone, takes care of all the housework, and spoils her rotten. So why did he disappear after she'd only enjoyed his company for a few days? … A sickly beauty who can't lift or carry a thing, a three-year-old toddler who keeps asking fo 2.3kReads9.0Score11414d adds
- 66 Xue Mei's Story 雪梅的故事 Bare, barren loess hills. Ravines and ridges wind their way into the distance. This is where the story’s heroine, Xuemei, spent her childhood, grew into a shy young woman, and endured until she became a mature wife. She works hard, cultivating this poor yellow earth, and sings the praises of the diligence and simplicity of rural women in the new era. 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零：南粤渔家小日子 [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 569Reads—Score10314d adds
- 68 Reborn in a New Era: I Only Want an Ordinary, Peaceful Life 重生年代，只想过平凡的悠闲人生 All alone, Li Xiao transmigrates to an era when you need a letter of introduction to go out and nobody has a phone. She is actually happy, because this time she finally has a healthy body and the chance to coast through life. She wants to live a quiet, leisurely life and make her transmigration worthwhile. After dealing with her obvious enemies, she packs her bags and heads to the countryside. As for the ones lurking in the shadows, she'll wait and see. Every day, she slacks off a little at work 13kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 69 Reborn in the Eighties: No More Being a Doormat! This Is So Satisfying 重生八零，不再当受气包！爽翻天 [1980s setting + plot-driven + slow burn + reborn + making money + entrepreneurship + daily life + heartwarming + steady and gradual + family matters + building wealth + one-on-one romance + happy ending] In her previous life, Chen Baorong worked herself to the bone to support her family. Eventually, she fell ill from overwork. She had no children, and only before she died did she discover her scumbag husband’s affair with her younger sister. When she opened her eyes again, Chen Baorong had retu 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了 [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 18.3kReads8.3Score2.4k14d adds
- 71 Taking a World-Famous Members-Only Supermarket Back to the 1970s 带着全球知名会员制超市穿七零 [Period setting + soul transmigration + golden finger + modern romance + strong leads] A slow-burn story set in a bygone era. The author doesn't write saintly heroines. If the satisfying payback you're expecting hasn't happened yet, the author may have placed it at the point that best fits the story. Han Xiaolin, from the 21st century, transmigrates while shopping at a famous members-only supermarket. She finds herself in the 1970s, an era of scarce food and clothing. With a virtual supermarket 330Reads6.2Score11014d adds
- 72 Back to the 1990s: I'm Done Being a Good Girl 重回九零，不做乖乖女 [Lighthearted Comedy + Inspirational Youth + Reborn and Doted on by Everyone + Healing] Completed. He Laifa still hasn’t woken up. No one knows if she ever will, but her passion, her hard work, her determination, and her kindness and intelligence have all affected the people around her. The people of Yangjiatun will never forget her. The people of Hejiabao will never forget her. He, and all the others, keep striving in their own posts, shining brightly. She is strength. She is hope. She is their 231Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 [This is a long novel about fated cycles of reincarnation across several lifetimes. No transmigration with memories, no System. Each volume is a complete story of its own: Volume One: Years Like a Song, a 1978 college entrance exam rebirth story. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republican era.] In her previous life, she studied day and night beneath a kerosene lamp, tirelessly preparing for the college entrance exam. In the end, the acceptance letter went to someone else. In 1978, 192Reads—Score10214d adds
- 74 After Moving to the Countryside, I Can’t Hide My Social Butterfly System 下乡后，我的社牛系统藏不住了 [Period setting + Social Butterfly System + Building a Career + Feel-Good Story + Strong Male and Female Leads] A secretly passionate, old-school official type of male lead VS a socially anxious heroine itching to come out of her shell Su Yao transmigrates into one of her own books, becoming a minor character who was about to be sent to the countryside, only to die soon after. A severe social phobe, she unexpectedly activates the Social Butterfly System. Wherever something is happening, there sh 439Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 75 1982: I'm Really Not a Good-for-Nothing 年代1982，我真不是二流子 [Rebirth + period setting + entrepreneurship + social savvy + everyday life + largely an ensemble cast] The rating has just appeared and is climbing. The audiobook and animated series are now available. Give them a try! Back in 1982, Lu Zhigang decided to make up for his regrets and give his family a better life. But why did none of them believe him...? He took over a brickworks, opened a food factory, and led Lujia Village racing down the road to prosperity. 11.6kReads8.3Score48514d adds
- 76 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 268.2kReads8.6Score12.4k14d adds
- 77 In the Sixties, the Demon Lord Transmigrates Into a Book and Breaks Character Every Day 六零，魔尊穿书后每天都在崩人设 [Space + Beloved by Everyone + Book Transmigration + Light Fantasy + Quirky and Playful + Everyday Life + The 1960s] Night Qi, the Demon Sovereign of the Demon Realm, transmigrated into a book. She landed in Reborn: A Life Swapped, a period novel she had been reading. She wasn’t the heroine or even a supporting female character. She was just the foolish daughter of a supporting character. Now that she was here, she absolutely wouldn’t let anyone trade away her mother’s life. What good was being 1.8kReads9.2Score27814d adds
- 78 Tales of the Lesser Khingan Mountains: The Fearless Wife of the Sixties 小兴安岭往事：六零悍妻 [Period] [Family Life] [Growing Up] [An Extraordinary Ordinary Life] In the winter of 1959, a tough woman from the apocalypse barged into the Lesser Khingan Mountains. With her brute strength, Mi Duo slaughtered pigs and wolves, and even teased black bears. Mi Duo’s wish: get married, have children, live an uneventful life, and die of old age. Mi Duo’s daily life: hunt bears, fight wolves, tear into scumbags, and pull an extra night shift whenever someone rubs her the wrong way. Mi Duo’s fut 15.5kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 79 A Transmigrated Orphan's Life as a Bystander Who Loves the Gossip 穿越孤女吃瓜路人甲 [Unlimited supplies + no awful characters + lighthearted + heroine is incredibly rich] This is my first time writing a story, so just have fun with it. Title: The Lonely Transmigrator's Life as a Bystander. Alternate title: A Bystander Transmigrates into a Book: Bringing Supplies to Marry into Beijing's Elite Circle. I think I got the second title wrong, since Shu You wants to marry a man. She was just an orphan from the twenty-first century who happened to acquire a personal space. After a part 658Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 80 Transmigrated to the 1970s: I Took the Man the Reborn Woman Had Her Eye On 穿到七零：抢了重生女看上的男人 [A heroine who refuses to be taken advantage of vs. a hero who’s cold to everyone else but warm to her] [No pocket dimension, no System, no huge golden finger. She mainly relies on her own hard work.] Lin Baozhi died in another world, then came back to life and discovered she had become a village girl in the 1970s, unloved by both her father and mother. The girl had a younger aunt born on the very same day. As the youngest daughter born to older parents, her aunt was doted on by her parents and 2.7kReads8.8Score21514d adds
- 81 Reborn in the 1970s: After Divorcing, I Cleared Out My In-Laws’ Home and Went to the Countryside 重生七零：离婚搬空婆家去下乡 [1970s Setting, Rebirth Power Fantasy, Spirit Spring Space, Making a Fortune, Miracle Doctor, Revenge] Synopsis: On the sixteenth day of her marriage, Xiao Mandong grabbed a thermos full of boiling water and smashed it over her cheating husband and widowed sister-in-law on the bed! In her previous life, she had given everything to support the Lu family, only to have her child switched, her loved ones die tragically, and herself left to die alone with terminal lung cancer. Reborn, she refused to 5.4kReads6.5Score60214d adds
- 82 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Fireworks on the Islet, Where People Make Their Homes, Starting in the 1970s 洲上烟火有人家，从七十年代开始 [Rural Romance] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Teacher] [Neighborly Disputes] [Eerie Shadows in the Village] [Country Living and Laughs] This book has no pocket dimension, no System, and no transmigration or rebirth. It tells only of ordinary people’s rural lives and the hard-won warmth and bustle of everyday life through years of hardship. The story begins in the 1970s and follows several families living in the countryside. Among them are educated youths sent to work in the villages, militia mem 109Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 84 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Made a Fortune Supplying the Female Lead 穿书七零，我靠给女主供货发大财 Jian Yan transmigrates into the resource-poor 1970s. After being sent to the countryside, Jian Yan discovers that she hasn’t just transmigrated, she’s also transmigrated into a book. To make matters worse, she’s become a nameless passerby in the story. Fortunately, she’s bound to a farm that can grow crops as well as produce and sell processed goods. Just as she’s happily gossiping away in the countryside, she suddenly realizes that the female lead’s golden finger seems to be connected to her fa 2.8kReads8.5Score38114d adds
- 85 Memories of a Small Town 小镇记忆 A story of ordinary life in a small town in Northeast China, charting the town's changing fortunes over the thirty years of reform and opening up. No detail is too small to matter. Joys and sorrows come together in a song. A vivid portrait of the town's many residents and a lifelike panorama of life in a changing era slowly unfold. 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Transmigration: I’m Crushing My Scumbag Ex in a Parallel World 穿越：我在平行世界爆虐渣男前夫 (Soul transmigration and a creative premise + healing from childhood family trauma) One morning, Tang Wanwan wakes up and discovers she has transmigrated... The wounds inflicted by your birth family must be healed within that family. Love is a kind of redemption, a light that gathers lost time. Somehow, it was all destined to be. She is financially independent, beautiful, and sophisticated. He is handsome and wickedly charming, but hopelessly addicted to gambling. It was love at first sight. She 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me 七零：首长家千金跟我是娃娃亲 Period setting + transmigration + grounded, everyday life Shi Yue never imagined that she would find love and family in another timeline, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. After testing positive for COVID, Shi Yue transmigrates to the parallel timeline of the 1970s, bringing along a hereditary pocket dimension. She plans to make a little money by taking advantage of the college entrance exams and the wave of reform, then settle down to a peaceful life. But it turns out she is the long-lost dau 259Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 88 Blind Date in the Seventies: I Met the Strongest War God Officer 七零相亲：相亲到了最强战神军官 Female lead: Yu Qiao Male lead: Zheng Xiangguo The female lead transmigrates to the 1970s in an alternate parallel world. The male lead is a top soldier, and their military marriage is sweet and loving. Yu Qiao inexplicably transmigrates to the 1970s in a parallel world. At home, she’s a well-behaved, sensible girl with a little talent. Outside, she’s the clever and polite, delicate youngest daughter of the Yu family. As the well-behaved girl of the family, she thinks she’s doing a pretty good j 4.7kReads9.1Score54414d adds
- 89 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Little Army Wife Builds a Business and Makes a Fortune 八零军婚：小军嫂搞事业赚麻了 [Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Professional Comeback Queen + Everyday Struggles of Ordinary People] In 1983, in a parallel world, Ye Yuer came from a fashionable stylist to an “old maid” who had just returned to the city with no household registration and no job. To solve her registration problem, her family urged her to find a man through matchmaking and get married. So she decided to become a barber and earn a living on her own. Zhou Xu came home on leave a 862Reads8.5Score10314d adds
- 90 The Suffering Heroine of a Period Tragedy Gets Possessed 年代虐文的苦情女主被穿了 [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + both leads have only ever been with each other + traditional Chinese medicine + childbirth + transmigrate into a book + everyday life] Medical student Xia Songlan dies in an earthquake relief effort and transmigrates into an early melodramatic novel as its tragic heroine, who happens to share her name. Determined to change the heroine’s fate, she flatly rejects the unreasonable demand that she go to the countryside in her cousin’s place and s 128Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 A 1970s Wedding, Then Love 穿到七零，先婚后爱真香了 A period-life experience package somehow sent An Hao to the legendary 1970s, where she became a pitiful girl relying on a favor to seek shelter with her future in-laws. To save herself, An Hao signed an agreement with a man: they would divorce in two years, and then she could spread her wings and fly. Lin Feng was the military district’s most popular young officer. After one trip home, he became a married man. Supposedly, it was an arranged childhood betrothal. But was the little potato in front 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Seventies: I Fell into a Rough Man's Tender Embrace and Had Triplets 七零，掉进糙汉温柔乡我一胎三崽 [Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Rugged Hero + Raising Kids + Transmigrate into a Book] What should you do if you transmigrate into a novel as a short-lived cannon-fodder villainess who dies horribly? Her cousin stole her fiancé, yet everyone treats Su Ningning like the enemy! The moment she transmigrates, she slaps her cousin across the face! There’s no way she’ll play second fiddle to the male and female leads! She goes into business, takes the college entrance exams, and uses her knowledge o 208Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 93 A Dual-Income Family in the 1970s 七十年代双职工家庭 (The heroine is off to college lately... A female designer and a male scientist) The heroine is beautiful and unassuming, and can take on two people at once. The hero is an elegant genius with off-the-charts people skills. Yang Feng thought she'd already been the protagonist of her life in her previous one: A top-tier woman who graduated from the University of the Arts London and landed a million-yuan salary straight out of college, yet her father still threatened to force her into an arranged m 670Reads8.8Score10114d adds
- 94 The 1970s System: I Married the Sickly Young Man From My Village 七零系统：我嫁了村里那个病秧子 (Alternate-history period novel + one-on-one romance) A gamer girl transmigrates into the body of a weak, foolish girl bullied by her stepfather's family. Zhong Xiaoxiao rolls up her sleeves and gets to work: she punches her stepsister, kicks her stepfather, packs her bags, and heads to the countryside without looking back. A new young educated woman arrives at Shanghe Brigade. She's pretty, with a soft, sweet voice, but she's a little too strong. Other educated women faint as soon as they start 288Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 95 The Butcher's Fierce Wife Is My Third Sister-in-Law 卖肉悍妇是我三嫂 When Wang Xiuying was eighteen, she chased two men through the streets with a shoulder pole. Everyone in the village said she was too fierce. Who would dare marry her? And yet my useless third brother insisted on marrying her. On their wedding night, she laid down three rules: from now on, I make the decisions at home; don't let anyone bully you again; wherever I point, you hit. We all thought our third brother had married a tigress and that their life together would be impossible. But who could 986Reads—Score10514d adds
- 96 Liu Xiaocui, the Village Girl of the 1980s 八零村妹刘小翠 She has barely gotten over a scumbag who deceived her in love when her own father sells her to an old widower. What should she do? Beat the scumbag senseless. And I'm done being your daughter. She heads to the city, but gets harassed by hooligans along the way and almost loses her life. As long as I'm still alive, Liu Xiaocui, you'd all better watch out. Once she reaches the city, local bullies try to crush her business as soon as she starts out. You've got powerful connections, do you? I 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Young Educated Youth Is Dumbfounded 穿越七零，小知青她懵圈了 (Everyday life of sent-down youth, not a strong female lead, a touch of an ensemble cast, unhurried pacing, with a couple) Gu Xiaoman, from the twenty-first century, dies suddenly after getting drunk while celebrating landing a job. She wakes up aboard a green-painted train carrying sent-down youth in the 1970s. No space, no System, no golden finger, and not even the original owner’s memories. She’s definitely the most wretched transmigrant in history, with none of the usual perks. Good heavens! 11.9kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 98 A Capable Village Belle and Her Good-for-Nothing Live-In Son-in-Law 能干村花和她的窝囊倒插门 Zhao Hua is the capable, no-nonsense village beauty of Taiping Village. She supports her family with a small shop, while her adoptive parents hope she'll marry a man who can support them in their old age. A scandalous affair involving a potential match ruins the marriage prospects outright. Unable to find a man willing to marry into her family, she chooses the impoverished Li boy who lives behind her house. His family is buried in debt, he's timid by nature and always lowers his head when troubl 3.8kReads—Score12414d adds
- 99 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 [Period Drama] [Countryside] [Married Life] Set in the early 1980s, this novel tells the story of four families, the Lins, Wangs, Lius, and Chens, in an unremarkable village on the Loess Plateau in the Great Northwest. They scheme and struggle against one another, while brothers and sisters-in-law within each clan bear their own grudges and grievances. But it is better to resolve enmity than let it fester. Lin Junjie is the first young man in the village to get into college, bringing honor to th 56Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 100 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 1.3kReads7.7Score10314d adds
