Novels like I Just Want to Retire in the Seventies, but the World Is Leveling Up
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- 151 Get the Handsome Educated Youth, and Run Again and I’ll Break Your Legs! 拿下貌美知青，再敢跑打断腿！ [Stunning Heroine + Love at First Sight + Sweet Romance + Rugged Hero + A Pocket Dimension That’s Not Much Use + Everyday Life + Both Leads Are Chaste] Ye Shu is just like her name: beautiful and delicate. By some inexplicable twist, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. Ye Shu: Does going to the countryside mean farm work? I can’t stand hardship at all. Luckily, I have money and a way to cheat. At worst, I’ll do less work and eat less from the com 20.3kReads8.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 152 I'm Going Crazy! The Legitimate Daughter of an Ancient Family Transmigrates to the 1970s 疯了！古代嫡女穿越到了七零年代 Su Jinmi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household, is murdered by her half-sister and accidentally lands in a world of scarcity in the 1970s. She can't cook or farm. What can a frail, pampered young lady do when she can't carry a load on her shoulder or lift a thing with her hands? Don't worry. She has a pocket dimension, medical skills, and a good-for-nothing who knows how to make money. The good-for-nothing, a devoted husband, lives by one motto: His wife is responsible for l 16.4kReads9.1Score2.2k14d adds
- 153 After a Quick Marriage to a Rough-Hewn Man, Her Pocket Dimension Is Exposed 和糙汉闪婚后，她的空间暴露了 [Devoted Husband + Superpowers + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Pets] Lin Yueliang transmigrates along with a farming game she created… Her parents dote on her, and her brothers stand up for her. But the original owner was framed and left with a ruined reputation, making her marriage a headache for the whole family. With no other choice, she marries a scar-faced man from the neighboring village. He has a large family of siblings, a gravely ill father, and an unreliable stepmother. Lin Yueliang says 6.5kReads9.3Score79314d adds
- 154 A Little Hamster's Everyday Life in the 1970s 小仓鼠的七零日常 Su Tang is a little hamster who loves good food. After accidentally eating a poisonous mushroom, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a girl with the same name. The girl had a miserable past. At sixteen, her own father and stepmother sent her off to the countryside. Facing hard mode, Su Tang declares that she’s a brave little hamster who isn’t afraid of hardship. After meeting a kind and handsome young man, the little hamster decides to cling to him and win him over with delicious food! Ho 791Reads9.2Score10214d adds
- 155 After Marrying the Sickly Man Next Door, I, Who Was Infertile, Got Pregnant 嫁给隔壁病秧子后，不孕不育的我怀上了 Zhou Junyi dreams that she's gone back several decades, leaving her adoptive parents to return to her birth parents. Her grandmother torments her, she loses the ability to have children, her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she dies of exhaustion at a young age. She frantically stocks up on supplies in her pocket dimension. Then she really arrives in the world from her dream, ready to spend her life alone, only for the handsome neighbor who got into university to come next door and propos 1.3kReads9.0Score19514d adds
- 156 The 1980s: A Rich Beauty Dumps Her Jerk Boyfriend and Marries a Rugged Tycoon 八零白富美：踹渣男改嫁糙汉大佬 This novel has been adapted into the short drama Factory Beauty Returns to 1988. Ji Wanmei was born beautiful and slender, the daughter of the factory director. At eighteen, she got into the provincial university. With her hair in braids and a floral dress on, her hips swaying as she walked, she was every single male worker at the factory’s dream girl. In her previous life, her father arranged for her to marry the deputy factory director’s son. Later, the state-owned factory was privatized. The 2.7kReads8.9Score29014d adds
- 157 The Sixties: Herding Sheep, Studying, and Getting Into College 六十年代：放羊读书考大学 (Native orphan girl + nanny System + later a landlady + scientific research) Song Jiu became an orphan at six and thought she was going to starve to death. Then a System suddenly appeared and told her that if she worked hard at one thing, it would reward her with delicious food. Why bother dying, then? Time to work hard! Eating every delicacy under the sun was no longer just a dream! Dating? No, no, no! Men would slow down how fast I get my homework done! With no man on my mind, my pen naturally 1.6kReads9.3Score14614d adds
- 158 Back to 1978 重返1978 Jiang Xiaobai, a university graduate with a degree in economics, was reborn and witnessed the arrival of a new era with his own eyes. It surged forward with unstoppable force, as all things grew unchecked, dust and dawn rose together, rivers converged into mighty streams, and nameless hills rose into towering peaks. For a time, the world stretched boundlessly wide... 2kReads8.8Score21514d adds
- 159 The Eighties Cannon Fodder Charms the Male Lead and Climbs to the Top 八零小炮灰，撩爆男主要上位 Historical setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + everyday military life + rugged husband who dotes on his wife + older man + falling in love day after day Xu Zhouzhou transmigrates into the body of a stunningly beautiful minor character in an 1980s novel. The minor character is a background extra who gets killed off from the start. But she happens to have a breathtaking face, and as the village’s last educated youth unable to return to the city, she lives alone 10.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 160 Interstellar: With Two Systems, She Became a Big Shot 星际：带着两个系统她成了大佬 Xia Tian transmigrates into Blue Star as its sole survivor. Right after getting out of the hospital, he encounters two Systems. Spending System: Host, you need to spend 10,000 coins within one hour today. Please complete the task as soon as possible. Gacha System: Host, today's task is to make one ten-pull. The reward is random~ Neither System knows the other exists. So Xia Tian takes the 10,000 coins he just received and buys two ten-pulls. It takes three seconds. Spending/Gacha System: My Host 2kReads9.0Score33514d adds
- 161 The Village's Rugged Hunter Brought the Sweet Young Educated Youth Home 村头糙汉把小娇包知青拐回了家 [Complete] [Complete] [Transmigration + portable space + doting husband + raising children] After breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, she went on a drinking binge. When she woke up, she was somewhere else. Li Wan could only sigh at her bad luck. To top it off, she’d become a delicate little educated youth who couldn’t do a single thing. Yan Muxi, a total scaredy-cat, trembled in fear. All she could do was accept her fate and keep her head down. Hey, you... Stop staring. Yes, you, the rugged guy. 12.7kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 162 The Beloved Little Research Prodigy Leads the Nation to Soar 团宠科研小炮灰，带领国家飞飞飞 [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + beloved by the whole family + science and technology to strengthen the country + no romance] The heroine is adored by her whole family and is an all-around scientific genius! Lu Weichen, an interstellar scientist, accidentally transmigrates while researching the theory of spacetime, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel! And it's not just one book she's transmigrated into? Her mother is the real daughter in a period novel about a 4.9kReads9.1Score48014d adds
- 163 The ’70s Cannon Fodder Uses a Sign-In System to Coast to Victory 七零炮灰带签到系统一路开挂躺赢 Transmigrate into a book + System + pocket dimension + farming + a slightly goofy heroine who never lets a grudge go and always sees things clearly, a lovable little drama queen fresh out of acting school + a devoted, scheming male lead She was just stepping out to grab a meal when she disappeared. When she opened her eyes again, Ning Xiyue had transmigrated to the 1970s, into a period novel about a lucky, doted-on heroine. She was now a lovesick, cannon-fodder side character destined to hand th 12.1kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 164 Reborn as a Lovesick Villainess, I Set My Sights on the Village Chief's Youngest Son 穿成痴汉女配，我看上村长小儿子 When Murong Xi transmigrates into a tearjerker period novel as the saintly, beloved white moonlight, what does it feel like? Thanks for asking. I’m currently researching seventy-six different ways to live or die~ According to the plot, she’s supposed to toil selflessly like a saint, giving everything she has. She’ll endure misunderstanding and torment, then burn through the last of her light and warmth. In the end, she’ll become the white moonlight propping up the male lead’s table, and the mosq 8.6kReads9.2Score71114d adds
- 165 Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春 [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
- 166 Ding Ergou’s Life as a Gentleman Thief 丁二狗的侠盗人生 Poor Ding Ergou never knew his parents. He was raised by his grandfather until the age of nine, enduring all kinds of hardship and sorrow. Then, by chance, he came across a treasure and embarked on an unusual life as a chivalrous thief... 2.2kReads7.2Score16514d adds
- 167 Taking My Pocket Dimension Back to the Countryside 携带空间回农村 Alternate setting + space + modern urban fantasy farming Yu Nan is unwell, her work is going badly, and she is burdened with debt. She spends the whole night unable to sleep. Who would have thought she'd stumble upon a space bracelet, with a well, fields, a lotus pond, and a mountain inside? She can already picture the beautiful life she'll have after turning things around. So she packs up and heads back to her hometown to enjoy a quiet retirement. Watching Yu Nan grow prettier and richer by the 12.2kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 168 Reborn in 1992 重生之1992我来了 By chance, Liu Yibing was reborn at the age of nineteen. Using memories from her previous life, she continuously upgraded her pocket dimension, bought stocks, acquired land... and began a new life unlike any other... 807Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 169 I Transmigrated to 1960 and Had No Food, So I Caught a Spy to Make Some Money 穿越六零没饭吃，抓个敌特换钱花 [Super-Strong Female Lead in a Period Setting: Strong, Strong, Strong] Xiang Nuan spent three years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Now thirteen, she unexpectedly kicks the bucket and transmigrates to the late 1960s, into a poor working-class family. Her father couldn’t get a word out of him even if you beat him with three sticks, and he fretted over every little thing. Her mother was timid and submissive. She also loved having children, believing that the more children a family had, th 12kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 170 The One Who Stopped Time 时间停摆者 The Time-Stopped 16Reads—Score514d adds
- 171 Reborn in the 1960s: Living the Lazy Life with a Heavenly Realm 重生六零：带着天庭空间咸鱼翻身 The heroine is reborn in the 1960s. When she grows up, she leads everyone in making money. Her biggest backing is the country itself. The story starts off at a leisurely pace. She’s doted on by her elders, has a golden finger, and keeps adorable pets. The heroine has a strong sense of self-preservation and never tells anyone about her space. Her greatest interests are making money, eating, and gossiping. She’s also a dutiful daughter. Liu Sitian was simply honest and paid the exact amount when u 8.6kReads9.3Score71514d adds
- 172 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 1.9kReads8.9Score17614d adds
- 173 Those Days on the Production Team 年代，生产队里那些事 Set in the 1970s, this book tells the story of the family life of Wu Changgui and Jiang Xueqin, an ordinary couple from a small village, and their children. In an era of material scarcity, life was simple and unpretentious, yet full of complicated love, hatred, and heartbreak... 41Reads6.3Score1614d adds
- 174 Crushed by the Bride Price, I Transmigrated to the Kingdom of Women 被彩礼压垮的我，穿越到了女儿国 Crushed by the Bride Price, I Transmigrated to the Kingdom of Women 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 The Warmth of the Mortal World, All Tenderness 人间烟火，皆温柔 All the Warmth of Everyday Life 13Reads—Score514d adds
- 176 The Transmigrated Cannon Fodder's Life as an Educated Youth 穿书炮灰的知青日常 [Transmigrate into a book + no black-market trips + devoted couple + pocket dimension + special abilities] Ling Yunyue wakes up as a minor character, a young educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. She snaps to her senses and quickly starts stockpiling supplies, determined to keep her distance from the male and female leads. But she accidentally runs into another minor character. Huh? Why is this one so different from the book's description? Zou Sikang never imagined that after blowi 14.6kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 177 Reborn in the 1990s: The Big Shot’s Wife Is Sweet and Alluring 重生九零：大佬娇妻又甜又撩 [Reborn] [Period Setting] [Face-Slapping Feel-Good Story] Ning Weiwei had fair skin and a slender waist. Reborn overnight, she became unstoppable, opening a restaurant and selling clothes with great success. Unfortunately, her family was a handful. With no other choice, she had to become the unfilial one, ruthlessly cutting ties with them one by one! One day, an arrogant young man moved in next door. With his high nose, phoenix eyes, straight brows, and bright gaze, he kept wandering around in f 8.2kReads9.3Score76814d adds
- 178 The Sword Falls Beneath Azure Skies: I Transmigrated into the Villain's Junior Apprentice Brother 剑落青云：我穿成了反派小师弟 The Sword Falls upon the Azure Clouds: I Transmigrated into the Villain's Junior Fellow Disciple 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 I Can See When Everyone Will Die 我能看见每个人的死亡时间 I Can See When Everyone Will Die 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 What Is Meant to Be Will Be 命里有时终须有 What Is Meant to Be Will Be 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Tales of the Norgay Grasslands 诺尔盖草原上的故事 Stories from the Norgay Grasslands 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Three Babies on the Way in the Military Compound: The Commander Has to Soothe Them Every Night 随军大院孕三宝：首长夜夜要哄娃 [Military marriage + sweet romance + adorable baby + island storage space + domestic life] Qi Baicha, a wealthy heiress from the capital with a fortune worth billions, slipped aboard a luxury cruise ship and transmigrated into a hit novel set in a bygone era. In the book, he chased her, she fled, and she had nowhere to run. Qi Baicha was still determined to play the cannon fodder, and ended up meeting a tragic fate. Staring at the plot she’d been handed, Qi Baicha was dumbfounded. But with an is 9.5kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 183 Reborn: A Scientific Genius Takes Her Space to the 1970s 重生：科研天才带着空间闯七零 [Transmigration between worlds, tens of billions in spatial storage, medical genius, scientific prodigy, adorable children, serving the nation, mutual devotion, sweet and satisfying romance] In the 1970s, Shen Zhixia trusts the wrong man, steals all her family’s savings, and elopes with him, only to be abandoned and die alone far from home. Shen Zhixia, a genius scholar from the twenty-first century, returns reborn with a spatial stash worth tens of billions, taking the original owner’s place 10.9kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 184 Swordflying Through the City: I Conquer the Mortal World on My Flying Sword 都市御剑：我靠飞剑纵横凡尘 Swordplay in the City: I Rule the Mortal World with My Flying Sword 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 185 I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Destined for the Slaughter 穿越成了待宰的炉鼎 I Transmigrated into a Cauldron Awaiting Its Slaughter 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 186 Best Friends Transmigrate Together to the 1990s and Become Army Wives 闺蜜齐穿九零，一起当军嫂 (Military romance in the 1990s, marriage before love, a charming and alluring clinic owner with a flirtatious streak VS an officer who looks refined but is a jailbird at heart, two heroines and two heroes, both couples devoted only to each other) Bo Munian and Chen Sibin are two of the finest men in the Marine Corps. Neither expected that their first mediation assignment would end with them getting swept up in the mess themselves: both wound up marrying women they’d just met, and on the very sam 750Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 187 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.4kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 188 My Mother-in-Law Wants Me to Live as a Widow? My Army Officer Husband Is Back 婆婆让我守活寡？军官老公回来了 [Era Setting] [Military Marriage] [Pocket Dimension] [Raising Children] With a single twist of fate, wealthy heiress Zhou Zhitong transmigrated into a book and became a cannon-fodder military wife left behind in the countryside. She was destined to work herself to death before turning thirty. Worst of all, her two children would be sold to human traffickers by their cruel grandmother, who would cripple them and force them to beg in the streets. But to her delight, her family's department store h 1.7kReads8.5Score26114d adds
- 189 I Transmigrated into a Funeral Hall from the Start, Then Took Down the Vile Ones Sent to the Countryside 开局穿越灵堂，手撕极品下乡 Yang Baiyi, a powerful survivor of the Apocalypse, dies alongside the Zombie King while leading his team on a mission to clear out zombies. When he wakes up again, he finds himself at a funeral hall, surrounded by relatives clamoring to divide up the estate his parents left behind. So you're trying to take everything from an orphan? I am the ruler of the Apocalypse, and I have always been ruthless. Why would I let you get away with this? He takes on his awful relatives, leaving them penniless, t 12.5kReads8.8Score90014d adds
- 190 Transmigrated Straight into the Army: I Married a War Hero and Found My Happy Ending 穿越即随军，嫁给兵王我圆满了 [1970s, Military Marriage, Pocket Dimension, System, Double Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] Mu Youyou, a graduate student in the twenty-first century, is transported to the 1970s by a rookie System on its first mission. It has found the wrong Host and forgotten the mission, too. Since she is already here, Mu Youyou decides to make the best of it. With a pocket dimension and a System at her back, she has nothing to fear. But what is going on with this decorated soldier she is contractually married t 22.6kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds
- 191 Radiant and Dazzling 锋芒万丈 Blazing with Talent 7Reads—Score414d adds
- 192 A Stepmom from the Seventies Raises Adorable Kids, and a Crazy Big Shot Spoils Her 七零后妈养萌娃，疯批大佬宠上天 [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + devoted couple + adorable kids + pocket dimension + food + everyday family life] Gu Qinghuan transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who dies young. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself married to a madman, with two little brats thrown in for good measure. How is she supposed to survive this from the start? Gu Qinghuan says she has a golden finger: keep her husband, who is only mad in name, around to guard the ho 11kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 193 Transmigrated to the 1970s, She Was Sold Off as a Fool and Then Struck It Rich 穿七零，被当傻妞贱卖后她暴富了 [Period setting + military marriage + crazy, satisfying power fantasy + raising kids + strong heroine] [Fu Qingshan: Half my life is devoted to the country, and the other half to you.] A genius girl from the 21st century takes on a mission to change a villain's fate and becomes a strong but dim-witted country girl in the 1970s. Though she was born to a dual-income urban family, she was maliciously switched at birth and raised as a lowborn country girl. She opens her eyes in a coffin. Her adoptiv 19.7kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 194 Sent to the Countryside on a Sea Island, Raising Little Ones with My Frog 下乡到海岛，带着蛙崽养团子 [Alternate-History Period Setting + Joining Her Husband on an Island Posting + Frog Companion's Pocket Dimension + Family's Cherished Darling + Raising Kids + Food + Foraging by the Sea] When Qi Mengyu woke up, she was blowing bubbles in the sea when Yan Qing, a cool, long-legged man, hauled her out. She discovered that she'd transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. To cherish life, stay away from the male and female leads. Marry a thoughtful, go 3.1kReads8.9Score26114d adds
- 195 The Stunning Young Lady Transmigrates to the Seventies 绝美尤物大小姐身穿七零 Transmigration into another era + transmigrate into a book + undocumented + love at first sight + ruthless pursuit + a slight groveling arc + happy ending Stunning heiress VS soldier who falls for her looks at first sight Modern tycoon’s heir VS the pampered young master of a military compound in the 1970s The heroine transmigrates into another era, while her cousin transmigrates into a book and is reborn. Jing Zhi, heir to the Jing family, the wealthiest family in City A in the 21st century, ha 6.6kReads8.4Score54414d adds
- 196 A Sweet and Tender Bride on Her Wedding Night in the Seventies 七零新婚夜，知青娇妻身软体甜 [Military-marriage romance + both leads reborn + educated-youth era + mutual devotion + feel-good face-slapping + cloyingly sweet + fake white moonlight] At eighteen, Gu Qijiao was smitten with educated youths, so she threw herself at the drunk Zheng Yunsheng and married him. They eventually got married and had a child, but Zheng Yunsheng's white moonlight provoked Gu Qijiao into miscarrying. After losing the baby, Gu Qijiao decided to give up on the man she'd seduced into marrying her. Gu Qijia 8.2kReads9.1Score64514d adds
- 197 I Was Reborn with the Top Student System 我带着学霸系统重生了 An Yiyao is reborn! Her previous life was full of regrets. Her father suffered from a chronic illness, and her mother worked day and night before eventually getting lung cancer. As for An Yiyao, she first failed the college entrance exam, then landed a job only to have it snatched away by someone else at the last minute. And when she took the bus, she accidentally pulled someone’s pants down: the ultimate public humiliation. Then everything went dark, and when she woke up, she was back at the ag 2.8kReads9.2Score30614d adds
- 198 The Two Girls Swap Identities 二女的身份互换 The Two Girls Swapped Identities 11Reads—Score214d adds
- 199 A Proposal at the Funeral: The Soldier Is a Commander 葬礼上求婚：兵哥哥是首长 The moment she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at her birth parents' funeral. She was an orphan burdened with debt, and someone was even pressuring her to marry on the spot. Luckily, her father's former comrade arrived in time, paid off the debt, and drove away the people trying to force her into marriage. But who could have guessed that this uncle, ten years older than her, would ask if she wanted to get married? What was going on?!! After asking him a barrage of questions, she learned tha 2.4kReads7.9Score29414d adds
- 200 An ’80s Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Builds a Fortune and Raises Her Kids 八零军婚，俏军嫂发家致富养崽崽 After a car accident, Su Ran unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel as the troublesome, doomed ex-wife. A disastrous start: she arrived on the eve of the original character’s divorce from her military commander husband. Divorce was one thing, but the original character had even drugged him, planning to sleep with this cold man before dumping him? What a reckless move! Su Ran: “I’m not taking the blame for this.” She slipped away to build a career. After she disappeared, her soon-to-be ex 6.3kReads9.2Score67614d adds
