Novels like Smiling as I Ask the Pagoda Tree About the Past
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- 151 The Great Pagoda Tree at the Village Entrance 村口那棵大槐树 The 1960s: too few clothes and too little food! In remote Tianshui Village, everyone was struggling to stay alive! Every character is a vivid reflection of that era. They have no golden fingers and they don't transmigrate... so they can only fight tooth and nail against life and fate just to survive! Girls especially had a harder time of it in those days. Listen to the names: Dai Xiao, Huan Xiao, Zhaodi... You can tell at a glance they were named by parents hoping for a son. Back then, many girl 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Xia Hua, the Village Girl 村女夏花 [Realistic rural life + slow burn + heroine’s growth + family and everyday life + face-slapping the scoundrels] Lin Xiahua’s husband is dead. With two children and a dimwitted older brother to support, she has become the most tempting target in Hama Gou Village. Burdened with her family, without a single plot of land, and with her mother-in-law threatening to sell her by the pound to an old widower and his son! To survive, Xiahua learns to navigate all kinds of men and women. She smiles and char 81Reads7.0Score10514d adds
- 153 Reborn as the Terrible Fifth Aunt in a Beloved Group Novel, I Take Back My Golden Finger 穿成团宠文极品五婶，抢回金手指 Right after getting married, Ji Xiaoxiao discovers that she's transmigrated into a beloved-daughter novel as the unlucky, wicked female supporting character who gives the heroine her golden finger!!! Ji Xiaoxiao glances at the beaming man beside her. Is it too late to get divorced? Gu Yan can't believe that his wife wants to dump him right after they get married. What should he do? After reclaiming her golden finger, Ji Xiaoxiao sits back and waits for the show, while a sly, puppy-like young man 8.5kReads8.3Score61614d adds
- 154 Reborn in the 1970s: I Took My Three Kids and Left My Cruel Mother-in-Law 重生七零：带走三崽和恶婆婆分家 [Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Reborn + Raising Children + Getting Rich] When Zhou Jiaojiao wakes up, she has returned to the age of twenty-four. In her previous life, her husband died in service and her in-laws bullied her. Influenced by a transmigrator, the hot-tempered Zhou Jiaojiao was gradually turned into a doormat, ultimately causing her three innocent children to die tragically. Reborn, Zhou Jiaojiao promptly takes her children and splits from the family to live on their own. As for t 1.7kReads8.9Score19414d adds
- 155 The Sweet Little Bride of the Sixties 六零小甜媳 Song Enli, a rich young woman born with incredible good fortune, is caught in an explosion and accidentally travels with an entire warehouse base to the resource-scarce northern countryside of the 1960s. She marries a battle-hardened man and becomes his young bride, puts nasty neighbors and petty crooks in their place, and uses her space to build a fortune. From then on, she fetches water and tends the garden, weaves cloth and works the fields... (Since I've got a golden finger, I might as well 672Reads6.3Score11014d adds
- 156 With a Little Trouble-Maker at Home, Life Only Gets Sweeter 家有小作精，日子越过越有爱 [Short drama now streaming] [1970s era + transmigration into a book + military marriage + going berserk + getting rich] After putting up with a mountain of grievances in her previous life, Wen Ning transmigrates to the 1970s, where there’s nothing to be had, and gets even more fed up. She just wants to go berserk and take on the whole world. When the villagers gossip behind her back, Wen Ning’s response is simple: “I’ll just curse them out.” When she argues with her mother-in-law, Wen Ning’s res 2.5kReads8.4Score18514d adds
- 157 A Delicate Educated Youth? General Zhenyuan: I Love Beautiful Women 知青娇弱？镇远将军：我爱美 At the General’s residence, the imperial edict had been delivered. Xue Mulan sat at the side table in the main hall. After a long while, she said only, “Enough!” After the general left, the maid in green collected half a cup of leftover tea, but did not wipe the table or straighten the chairs. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Splitting into Clones 快穿之：分身有术 The most important thing in life is not where you stand, but the direction you face. In the real world, some people laugh, some cry, some shout, and some remain silent. Life is, in essence, an exercise in endurance. Beauty and ugliness, good and bad: everyone has their own feelings about them. Faced with this tumultuous world and the countless selfish thoughts crowding our minds, we often find ourselves wanting to do more than we can, because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. But what 60Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 159 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score26214d adds
- 160 The Young Widow Wants to Remarry, but Her Dead Husband Is So Mad He Comes Back to Life 小寡妇要改嫁，死去的老公气活了 [Strong female lead, triplets, farming, beautiful wife and retired soldier, doting husband] After transmigrating into a world where she was on her way to elope with someone, Xia Jingyan took one look at the pretty boy standing before her with a look of disdain and decided he seemed better suited to prison the longer she looked at him! The pretty boy stared in shock at the handcuffs around his wrists, unable to believe Xia Jingyan had actually reported him. After dealing with the pretty boy, the 789Reads9.2Score16014d adds
- 161 The 1970s: A Background Character's Gossiping Life After Transmigrating into a Book 七十年代：穿书路人甲的吃瓜日常 [Educated Youth + Daily Life + Beachcombing + Gossip + A Little Golden Finger + Falling in Love After Marriage] A low-level office drone transmigrated into the 1970s as a girl whose parents played favorites to an extreme, always favoring sons. The original host had secretly passed the exam to become a train attendant, but her parents found out. They wanted to give the job to their eldest son, so they signed her up to go to the countryside instead. The furious original host died, while Ren Min ha 2.1kReads8.4Score11214d adds
- 162 Stealing the Heroine’s Fortunes in the 1970s, I Snag a Soldier and Marry Him 在七零抢女主机缘，拐个军官结婚 [Six-year age gap + love at first sight + slow and steady + everyday life] Cheng Zhiyu woke up from a nap to discover she had transmigrated into a book, and not just any character: she had become a cannon-fodder character who was supposed to give the heroine golden fingers. All the original heroine’s golden fingers actually belonged to the cannon-fodder character. The original character was meant to hand them over, but Cheng Zhiyu wasn’t about to. She took the heroine’s golden fingers for hers 4.6kReads5.6Score50514d adds
- 163 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 [Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform 591Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 165 1970s Pocket Dimension: I Won't Be the Wronged Little Sister-in-Law 七零空间：不做冤种小姑子 Zhu Yu was reborn in a period novel as the Zhu family's unmarried aunt, who had remained single her entire life. Being unmarried wasn't the problem. The real issue was that Zhu Xiaoqin, the woman she'd become, had worked like a beast of burden for the Zhu family all her life, and in the end, there wasn't even anyone to see her off. The neighborhood committee had to arrange her funeral. How was that not completely ridiculous...? 4.2kReads8.5Score25514d adds
- 166 The Sixties: I’m Just a Bystander in a Military Wife Comparison Novel 六零：我在随军对照文里当路人甲 [Alternate-history period setting + transmigration into a book + military marriage + everyday life + raising kids] Xu Cuhe originally thought she had transmigrated into this world halfway through her life, without receiving any memories. She was completely at sea in the resource-scarce 1960s. Her aloof military-officer husband, a love letter from her first love... Problems kept coming one after another, and she scrambled to adapt. It wasn’t until she met the heroine of the book and triggered a d 3.4kReads8.9Score22914d adds
- 167 Sweet Romance in the 1970s: The Mountain Man Treats Me Like Royalty 七零甜婚：山里汉把我当祖宗宠 After the Xu family girl tries to hang herself, she's carried to the Cheng family's home. The Xu family says, “In life, you belong to the Cheng family; in death, you'll be their ghost!” The Cheng family's young carpenter is kindhearted: “Once you enter my family, I'll treat you like royalty!” The Xu girl, who transmigrated here, is happy to take him up on it. A few flirtatious glances, a few tender sighs, and the young carpenter is lovestruck. You farm, I'll work as a carpenter. You manage the h 3.1kReads9.0Score34014d adds
- 168 A-Dou’s Comeback 阿豆的逆袭 He was born with a disability: no neck, his head almost resting on his shoulders... On top of that, he lost both his parents as a child. Yet this very man eventually made a comeback like Forrest Gump. He not only married the village beauty, but also found success in his career. How did he turn his life around and rise to the light? Was it luck? Character? Talent? Maybe it was a bit of everything. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 The Sixies’ Only Children Huddle Together for Warmth 六零独苗苗抱团取暖 Pocket-space hoarding, childhood sweethearts, devoted couple, no nasty relatives, inspiring story An attractive, strong female lead who is secretly a rich second-generation heiress × a handsome male lead, the heroic son of a man determined to become a pilot Yu Zhuo'er, a carefree rich second-generation heiress, is born into the past. When she is five, her pocket dimension from her previous life reactivates, just as she receives the devastating news that her father has died in service. Yu Zhuo'er 5.2kReads9.0Score64714d adds
- 170 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.7kReads8.9Score78814d adds
- 171 The 1970s: I Work as a Waitress at a State-Run Restaurant 七零：我在国营饭店当服务员 Buling, a wastrel who had muddled through the apocalypse, transmigrated from the end times to an alternate dynasty in the 1970s. From the start, the difficulty was hellish. After acting like a meek little grandson for a month, she finally sent the original owner’s entire family to their graves. Just as she was about to set off toward a happy new life, she had a dream on the train. In it, she was a cannon-fodder character in a novel about a stepmother. After arguing with the heroine a few times, 4.4kReads8.9Score35714d adds
- 172 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: Even a Slacker Has to Hustle 穿书七零，咸鱼也得卷起来 Yun Shu transmigrated into a book, becoming a supporting character in a period novel. She didn't need to be sent to the countryside because she was already there. She didn't need to deal with horrible people because she was one of them. She didn't want to go back to school, but had to hide there to stay alive. She didn't want marriage to change her fate, yet rumors about her never stopped. She didn't want to attract attention, but kept getting thrust into the spotlight... She thought she had alw 2.6kReads8.9Score18714d adds
- 173 1970s Pocket Space: The Unbearable Couple Goes Wild 七零空间：极品夫妻杀疯了 [Troublesome Couple + Supermarket Space + Matriarchal Society, Strong Woman and Weak Man + Truck Driver + Adorable Husband, also known as The Couple Drive a Big Truck in the 1970s] What makes someone a real piece of work? If they’re lazy, unreasonable, and love to guilt-trip people, no one could possibly be worse. Chu Haitang is a domineering CEO in a matriarchal society. She transmigrates with her billion-yuan supermarket in tow. After working herself to death in her previous life, all she wan 1kReads8.4Score10114d adds
- 174 A Worry-Free Life in the Seventies 七零生活乐无忧 Taoyao was an overworked wage slave in the 21st century. After unexpectedly getting her hands on a ring, her life changed dramatically. She transmigrated to 1972 and became Li Taoyao, an orphaned daughter of a revolutionary martyr. After being betrayed by a friend, she had no choice but to head to the countryside. On the way, she met two men and two women, and only then discovered that she had transmigrated into a book! Look forward to seeing how Li Taoyao survives in the 1970s! (I'm no good at 883Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 175 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 21.1kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 176 I Cleared Out the Family Assets Before Divorcing, and the Cold-Faced Officer Lost His Cool 搬空家产去离婚，冷面军少红了眼 [Period Setting] [Rebirth] [Military Marriage] [Mystic Spring Space] [Marriage Before Love] [Revenge on Scum] [Mutual Firsts] [Face-Slapping] Xie Chaoyun had a miserable life in her previous life. After her foster parents went to the countryside, her so-called biological parents took her in. Not only did they seize all her property, they also sold her to human traffickers. In the end, she died a horrible death in Little Black Mountain Village. Consumed by boundless hatred, she was reborn. This 15.8kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 177 Daring to Act 大胆作为 She was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Raised in a remote mountain village, she became famous far and wide for her beauty, but she was neither delicate nor dependent on men. With an excellent memory, high emotional and intellectual intelligence, and a stubborn refusal to give up, she carved out a place for herself in the world. She studied opera, ran a stall, worked odd jobs, and did business, eventually making her mark in the commercial world. Because of her unusual birth, her life was far 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 A Family of Three Goofballs Transmigrates to 1959 and Turns the Whole Clan Upside Down 一家三颠穿越59年代，掀翻全族 Synopsis: The whole family transmigrates + 1950s + space + difficult relatives + years of famine + family life + island + fishing + System + no brainless decisions Lin Haishen and his wife, Huang Shuyao, went skydiving to celebrate their son Lin Yanxi's twentieth birthday. They plunged from the sky and seamlessly crossed into another era, arriving in an island fishing village in 1959. From the start, they got straight to work, wielding a butcher's knife with impressive skill. Clan leader: “This 3.3kReads9.2Score34614d adds
- 179 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 5.3kReads8.0Score30914d adds
- 180 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Space Helped Me Build a Better Life 穿书后空间带我过上好日子 The Xu family's daughter had been in poor health since childhood, but her family cherished her like a precious jewel. Outsiders waited for the Xu family to become a laughingstock. But once she recovered, the Xu family's fortunes took off overnight. Xu Qingya, who had transmigrated into a book, now had a loving family and friends. To protect this happiness, she used her intelligence and knowledge to help her family grow rich, and along the way, she found a wonderful love. 598Reads6.9Score10114d adds
- 181 The Three Treasures Pagoda and Purple Gold Mountain 三宝塔与紫金山 The story unfolds slowly between Sanbao Town in southeastern Yunnan and Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties. Yun Kun, a young man from southern Yunnan, dreams of escaping the mountains. Through sheer perseverance, he rises from a poor boy to a faculty researcher at a military academy. Ning Xiang, who lives east of Nanjing, once enjoyed a peaceful, ordinary life, but the tides of the times bring a drastic turn: her household registration is falsified, and she is forced to move to the co 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 The Sizzling Days of 1970 七零滚烫日子 Yang Tao was born in a small mountain village to a family so poor they had nothing. She had two older brothers waiting to trade her for bride price, and her parents were already preparing to find her a match: a lame widower in the village behind the mountain, a good-for-nothing from the neighboring village... She didn't want to spend the rest of her life trapped in poverty. Then, suddenly, a young man came into view. The county of Lijiang was building a bridge across the river, and Song Yan, a p 4.6kReads8.8Score56714d adds
- 183 So Sweet! After Marrying a Butcher in the 1970s, I Lie Flat 甜爆！七零嫁杀猪匠后我躺平了 [A lie-flat beauty vs. a doting husband / No golden finger, no black market / Everyday life] Chu Jiaojiao wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated to the 1970s. Looking at the poverty-stricken home, bare of everything, she feels like banging her head against a wall just to knock herself out... To avoid the backbreaking labor, she sets her sights on the village butcher, who lives better than anyone else. At first, the butcher coolly rejects her advances. Chu Jiaojiao tries all thirty-s 664Reads7.2Score10714d adds
- 184 The Rugged 1970s Husband and His Sweet Wife 七零糙汉娇妻甜蜜蜜 Military marriage + sweet romance + devoted couple + fraternal twins Lin Xiaoran transmigrates to the 1970s by accident. From the start, her family wants to sell her to an illiterate hooligan from the neighboring village in exchange for a bride price. To escape her predicament, Lin Xiaoran immediately heads into the city to find a match for herself, where she unexpectedly meets Shen Li, a gruff man who appears to have left the military. Everyone in the residential compound knows Shen Li is im 7.1kReads9.0Score83714d adds
- 185 The Country Girl from the 1970s Travels to the Modern Era 七零土妞通现代 [1970s + traveling back and forth to the modern era + marriage before love + both leads are virgins + feel-good power fantasy] As a village girl born and raised in the 1970s, Lü Caiwei took shelter from the rain in a mountain temple and transmigrated to a prosperous era. From then on, she began traveling back and forth every day between 1976 and 2023. The villagers said she had narrow hips and couldn’t bear sons, so no one would marry her. She promptly married a handsome young man who was blind, 6Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 186 Reborn in the 1970s: Getting Rich With a Pocket Dimension 重生七零：带着空间去暴富 [Reborn + Space + Sweet Romance + Getting Rich] Su Rongrong, who believes “talking about true love is bad for your wallet,” transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a young educated woman sent down to the countryside after being framed. Luckily, she has a pocket dimension, a spirit spring, and supplies. With her golden finger, Su Rongrong quietly amasses a fortune in the 1970s, then leads her family toward a prosperous life. But… wasn’t she supposed to swear off true love? So why is a handsome you 745Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 187 I Transmigrate to the Seventies, and My Cousin Wants to Steal My College Spot 穿越七零，堂姐要顶替我上大学 Space + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + top student Su Cheng is an office worker whose dream is to own a home before she turns thirty. She never expected to wake up and find that she had swapped souls with a woman named Su Cheng from the 1970s, becoming one of the first university students admitted after the college entrance exams were reinstated. What a bargain! But the original owner’s uncle locks her in a woodshed, hoping to send his own daughter to university in her place. That 1.5kReads8.6Score10714d adds
- 188 Reborn in 1980: I Dumped the Scumbag and Married a Butcher 重生八零甩掉渣男嫁屠户 [Period] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Space] + [Farming] + [Family Life] + [Entrepreneurship] Li Wenhui is reborn before her blind date with a scumbag, and this time she exposes the affair between him and her best friend with her own hands. Thinking of the butcher who supplied her restaurant throughout her previous life and even came to her aid at a crucial moment, Li Wenhui decides they can team up and start a business this time around. But how does it end up with the two of them getting married and bu 3.9kReads8.2Score40414d adds
- 189 The Little Nobody Who Followed Her Mother to a New Marriage in the Fifties 五零年代随娘改嫁的小炮灰 Qu Weiwei woke up one day as a five-year-old girl instead of the 23-year-old woman she had been. The girl’s father was the richest man in Pingcheng, with five concubines and more than a dozen children born to them. Qu Weiwei was one of those children. On the eve of Liberation, her father planned to pack up and flee overseas. Unfortunately, his legal wife only wanted to take the money and her own children with her. She had no intention of bringing along any of the concubines or their children, so 5.7kReads8.7Score37514d adds
- 190 A Reborn Interstellar Powerhouse in the 1960s: Making a Fortune 星际大佬重生六零：发家致富忙 "The melancholy evening breeze plucks at my heartstrings, the holy moonlight seduces my intelligence, and your dear mother has stolen my heart! Son, make sure you stay far away from your mom from now on, okay? Oh, that stinks! Ahh, Xu Xiaobao, did you just throw your diaper at me?" "Li Yunxiu, you have five seconds to get out of the room." "Yes, dear! I'm going to slaughter a pig." "Slaughter a pig? What are you up to now?" "My brother said we've been living off our wives every day. I'll slaught 110Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 191 Reborn in a Pocket Dimension: The Little Landlord of the 1990s 重生空间之九零年代小地主 Su Yin was the child who, in that old, familiar mix-up-at-birth story, was raised by a wealthy family. When the truth about her origins came out, she was fortunate enough to be adopted by them. She looked like a guaranteed winner in life, but the reality was the exact opposite: her adoptive mother hated her, and her sister resented her. She kept her head down and gave way again and again, only to lose everything and die miserably. Now reborn, Su Yin rises like a phoenix from the ashes, leaving b 46Reads8.8Score10814d adds
- 192 A Seventies Educated Youth Goes Wild, and Her Rugged Husband Instantly Backs Down 七零知青野翻了糙汉夫君秒认怂 Cen Xi, heir to the title of Lan Nation's Medical Immortal, possesses a medicinal field and a jade space. She can cure the living and cripple the wicked. Cen Xi, a pitiful girl in 1970s China, was sent by her parents to live with her grandmother in the countryside as a child. When her grandmother died, she was sent down to the countryside as a sent-down youth. Cen Xi transmigrates into Cen Xi and becomes a crafty sent-down youth and a thorn in the side of the brigade, turning the entire Langang 2.5kReads9.3Score32314d adds
- 193 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score13114d adds
- 194 After Kicking Out My Scumbag Husband, I Became the War King’s Most Cherished One 踹开渣夫后，我成兵王心尖宠 [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Military Marriage + Light Ensemble Cast + Reborn + No Golden Finger] [Bold, Spirited Go-Getter + Devoted, Straightforward Man] Everyone in Xingping Village had heard the news: Chai Yubing, the youngest daughter of the Chai family, who had been cherished beyond measure, was dating a self-employed businessman who had served time in jail. Those who were jealous of the Chais, resented them, or were on bad terms with them were secretly waiting for the family to 1.3kReads8.4Score13414d adds
- 195 After Getting into the Wrong Bed, I Married an Army Hero and Was Spoiled Senseless 爬错床后闪婚兵王被宠得无法无天 [Period setting + military marriage + devoted couple + sweet romance] [Bossy, commanding mature woman who’s actually a sweet, seductive little minx x cold, reserved war hero who’s actually a secretly passionate, innocent big bad wolf] Leng Qianyue transmigrates into a period military-marriage novel and becomes a timid cannon-fodder woman who’s constantly bullied by her scumbag father and stepmother, then disappears after running away from home. She’s schemed against as soon as she arrives. He 652Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 196 Back to 1983: Our Short-Lived Family Takes Off 重回八三，一家短命鬼腾飞了 My mom was a sent-down youth, and my dad was a complete sucker. What about me? I guess I was the product of their love. One day, my biological mother decided she wanted to return to the city and enjoy the good life. Suddenly, I, her little “product,” became an obstacle. The first time she shoved me down, I hit my head and bled. Somehow, I didn't die. Then, twenty years later, my biological mother sent me to meet King Yama a second time. But the old man told me I'd saved plenty of people in life 6.2kReads9.1Score77414d adds
- 197 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.4kReads8.9Score25714d adds
- 198 Transmigrating to the 1990s: My Husband Is a Cash Machine Sent from Heaven 穿越九零，天降取款机老公 A big, needy puppy of a man who craves security x a young woman focused on making money Zhuang Xiaoxiao transmigrated. When she woke up, she discovered she’d taken the bride’s place and spent the wedding night with the groom... Well, you know... no, really... the groom was pretty well-built!! Gu Cheng couldn’t say he was satisfied with his wedding night, either! Mainly because the bride was even more experienced than he was!! The two stared at each other in silence! Zhuang Xiaoxiao look 1.7kReads8.5Score11814d adds
- 199 Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village 山村野百合 An eighteen-year-old village beauty married a thirty-three-year-old simpleton. A month after their wedding, her husband drowned, and she was branded a woman who brought death to her husband… This story offers a true-to-life account of the loves and hatreds, joys and sorrows of ordinary rural people. It faces the ugliness and greed of human nature head-on, while reflecting on the sincerity and warmth found in this world. 272Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The Road to Promotion in the 1980s: She Made Her Mark Through Her Own Ability 年代升迁路：她凭实力出圈 [Period] [Career] Dai Xinghua wakes up in 1972 in the body of an orphan who shares her name. Her parents died in the line of duty, and their home is about to be repossessed. Looking at the hand she’s been dealt, former “career star” Dai Xinghua takes a deep breath. Stay calm. I can win! She sticks firmly to her principles: What does it matter how much you work? We’re all just cogs in the machine. Don’t compete, don’t fight. But when it comes to my job, I’ll do it to the best of my ability 13.3kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
