Novels like Transmigrating Through the Famine Years: My Ties to Sidaogou
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- 101 Reborn: I’m a Carpenter in the Siheyuan 重生：我在四合院当木匠 After transmigrating to a courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang in 1955, he was fortunate enough to apprentice himself to Master Niu, a master carpenter. He learned traditional woodworking and made it the foundation of his livelihood, leaving his own mark in those tumultuous, revolutionary years. 729Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 102 Transmigrating to the 1960s: I Was Kidnapped by Human Traffickers from the Start 穿越60年代：开局被人贩子绑了 [Period setting, no System, countryside, lighthearted, family bonds, hunting, getting rich]: Li Xiaohu transmigrates back to the 1960s and wakes up to find himself in the body of a five-year-old child. The original owner should have been on a train heading back to his family’s home in Northeast China, but now he’s tied up in a small warehouse. “What’s going on? Anyone online? This is urgent!” After being rescued, Li Xiaohu makes the most of the good luck he was born with in this life and the rud 627Reads7.5Score10714d adds
- 103 Reborn: After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Head to the Frontier Countryside 重生：断亲后，我去边疆下乡 [The rating has just come in. It'll go up later!] A farming story set in a bygone era + transmigration + family life + System + hunting + gathering medicinal herbs + Xinjiang Ye Zhou is reborn in 1970. From the start, his stepmother pressures him to move to the countryside. In his previous life, Ye Zhou kept giving in, and this family drained him for the rest of his life. By middle age, he was sick with every ailment under the sun, and eventually died alone in a rented room. This time, faced wit 12.2kReads6.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 104 Tales of Old Kyoto: My Family Helps Me Bring Honor to Our Name 京都往事：家里让光大门楣 After entering the capital with their troops, two brothers from the Jinchaji Border Region each bought a small Siheyuan, hoping to settle down at the foot of the imperial city and raise a family. Unfortunately, the elder brother died in Korea, while the younger brother had only one son. Their third brother back home also had just one son. What could they do? The only son in the capital would have to inherit the family lines of both branches, carrying on the elder and younger branches alike... 7.1kReads7.4Score45914d adds
- 105 A Village Girl's Modern Working Life in the 1960s 六零村姑现代打工记 Slow burn + ensemble cast + few obnoxious characters + cozy No CP! No CP!! No CP!!! The everyday story of a village girl in the 1960s working hard in the modern era so everyone can survive the famine. In the 1960s, after a natural disaster, the world is so hungry that people are reduced to eating Guanyin clay. Xu Duoduo, the second person in the Xu family still strong enough to move, searches desperately for tree roots. Then, on the mountain, she digs up a red-and-yellow button buried by someone 225Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 106 Back to the 1970s, a Textile Mill Worker from the Start 穿回七零年代，开局纺织女工 [Period setting + transmigrate and reborn + raising kids + career + family life + no pocket dimension, System, or golden finger] Former title: Reborn in the Seventies, I Raised My Burden of a Kid into a Pillar of the Nation Gu Chun graduates from a prestigious university and becomes a designer at a top fashion company. Then she encounters a robber on a bus and dies in an accident, only to transmigrate into the body of eighteen-year-old Gu Chun in the 1970s. Just like that, her million-yuan salar 902Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 107 The Laughingstock Factory Compound 笑料厂大院 [Blended Family + Childhood Sweethearts + Building a Fortune + Healing + Everyday Life] In 1985, my dad brought my mom home as his bride with a copy of Household Budgeting in hand. She was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted; he was a timid bean-counter. Together, they held a family together. For a home of their own, for the sake of making ends meet, and to raise a daughter who wasn’t his by birth. My biological father got out of prison and asked my mom if they could go back to the way things were 1.6kReads6.6Score10714d adds
- 108 I Became the Eldest Sister-in-Law of a Farm Family and Led Them to Prosperity 穿成农家长嫂，我带领全家致富了 Transmigration + Farming + No Golden Finger + No Harem Intrigue + No Princes, Emperors, or Concubines There are no golden fingers in this story. The male and female leads are ordinary people with no special identities, and their journey to prosperity unfolds at a steady pace. Li Zhenzhen, who was unloved by her parents in her previous life, transmigrates to an ancient farming household and unexpectedly gains a wonderfully loving mother-in-law, a rough-looking but thoughtful husband, and several 568Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 109 The Famine Years of the 1960s: A Madwoman Is the Luckiest of All 六零荒年：发疯女人最好命 [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Card-drawing System + Going crazy, the whole point is having no reason and using madness to solve every absurd situation] Fu Hanyu transmigrated into a book. No, she had actually transmigrated a long time ago. She just didn't know if she'd arrived by the wrong route, because one day she suddenly became a local. By the time her memories returned, she was not only married, but had already given birth. That wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was 5.4kReads8.3Score39214d adds
- 110 The Top Scholar Came from a Dump 状元来自垃圾场 Zhou Yingchun had a dream. In it, her husband Li Haoyu was injured on the job and lost the ability to work. Their family struggled to get by on a small island in Taihu Lake, and their children had no chance to get a proper education. Life was hard. She told her husband about the dream, and they managed to avert the misfortune. She started working at a garbage wharf and gradually put down roots in the city. Their child got into a good school and ranked first in the city on the college entrance ex 408Reads8.7Score10514d adds
- 111 Life in the 1960s After Being Reborn 重生60年代的生活 The protagonist’s grandfather has passed away, leaving him a family home with three courtyards. His parents ran away, taking his twin brother and leaving him behind, along with a little sister he has to raise. Most people get a huge advantage when they’re reborn. Chen Zhi’an has it rougher: he’s been reborn twice, and his golden finger is nothing but ten mu of land, with no automatic farming equipment, waiting for him to work it. The first time, he went from a rich, reckless car-racing playboy i 10.4kReads7.6Score54614d adds
- 112 Happy Gossiping Days in the Old Courtyard 大杂院快乐吃瓜日常 [Courtyard Compound + Gossip System + Psychic Powers + Ensemble Cast] Unwilling to give her job to her favored younger sister, Tao Xinran rents a room in the large courtyard compound at No. 22 Dingxiang Alley. One night, a System falls from the sky and saves her life. What, the System bound itself to the wrong Host? Then she’ll apply for a different System. The Gossip System is now online. From then on, with the Gossip System constantly spilling secrets, she becomes a fully fledged gossip-lov 7kReads8.3Score73614d adds
- 113 My Mother, Wang Juzhen 俺娘王菊珍 [Based on real life + hardship + historical era + the struggles and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This is not a feel-good power fantasy. The protagonist of this book is my beloved and respected great-grandmother, a poor old woman who struggled through the surging tide of an era. Wang Juzhen never had an easy life. Her parents starved to death while fleeing famine, her own sister sold her for a mouthful of grain, and a landlord lusted after her. Only Wang Long gave her 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Back to the 1950s: Simple Meals, Farming, and Raising Kids 重回五零：粗茶淡饭种田养崽 [Period novel + both leads are reborn + one-on-one romance + sweet doting + adorable kids + everyone’s darling + fantasy + farming + space + modern romance] “If we’re to meet again, it will have to be in another life.” How many steps does it take to get from the underworld to the world of the living? Su He says: Just one man. Reborn in a new life; Dump the scumbag; Take the family fortune; Get her revenge; Then return to the countryside with her man and daughter, watching flowers bloom in the co 1.5kReads9.0Score10114d adds
- 115 Military Marriage by Proxy: I Win Big by Reforming My Horrible In-Laws 军婚替嫁，靠改造极品婆家赢麻了 [Whole-Family Retribution + Great Famine of the 1960s + Substitute Marriage + Reforming a Toxic In-Law Family + Military Marriage + Family Life + Making Money + Ensemble Cast] In her past life, Xu Manyue threatened to kill herself rather than marry in her cousin's place. During the flight from famine, her entire family and her childhood sweetheart, who was also her fiancé, abandoned her, leaving her to die a miserable death. Reborn, she wants nothing more to do with any of them: her cold, biased 3.9kReads8.1Score41714d adds
- 116 Yang Ming's True Story: Starting with Transmigration to the 1980s 杨明实录：从穿越八十年代开始 Yang Ming woke up to find himself in a dilapidated house in Beijing in 1980! He had become a fourteen-year-old boy from a fallen family who could barely afford to eat, with nothing but a job collecting scrap and a pile of problems left behind by the original owner. Who could have guessed that this “poor kid,” armed with memories of the future, would defy fate by riding the wave of reform and opening up? Seizing opportunities and overcoming hardship, he made his start among piles of scrap in the 24kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 117 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Became the Aunt Who Died Young 穿越六零，我成了早夭的三姨妈 [Transmigration, 1960s setting, golden finger, a touch of ensemble cast, cozy everyday life] A university counselor transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the third aunt who died young in her previous life. In an era full of both opportunities and challenges, she firmly believes education can change one's fate and insists that her whole family study hard! When hardships arise, the family faces them together. When opportunities come, they pull together, ultimately finding lives completely differe 139Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 118 Making a Fortune in the 1950s 五十年代发家致富 [Transmigration + rebirth + spatial dimension + period setting + slice of life] Yuan Nianchu arrives by accident in the late 1950s. Wrapped in a little quilt, she hears her stepmother outside badmouthing her again! Looking at the date circled on the calendar, she knows she can't stay in the city any longer. She quickly packs her things and follows her grandfather back to the countryside! Leading a group of growing children, she clears land in the mountains and works hard to stockpile food. Even 689Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 119 The Hard Life in the Siheyuan 四合院艰难生活 A family struggles to get by in four courtyards. In those difficult times, they face scheming from all sides and disaster after disaster, yet somehow manage to live through it all with a measure of happiness. 1kReads5.2Score—14d adds
- 120 I Turned Things Around One Day Before My Wife's Death 回到老婆死亡前一天，我翻盘了 Urban rebirth + farming + miracle doctor + devoted husband + making a fortune Lin Ye grew up in a mountain village and endured countless hardships to attend college. But when he graduated, someone else took his assigned job. Sent back to the countryside as an educated youth, he could only drift through life in despair. His wife died in childbirth, taking their baby with her, and he ended up driving his father to his death. Back at that year, on that very day, Lin Ye is determined to change his f 2kReads8.9Score15714d adds
- 121 1958: My Days as an Electrician 1958年，我当电工的那些日子 After transmigrating to 1958, the year the country's power industry was developing at its fastest, he becomes an orphan in Nanluoguxiang. The whole courtyard is pressuring him to give up his house, so Xu Fu pulls out a huge cleaver. “Anyone who tries to force me out, I'll chop them to death!” What can he do when there's no food? He turns around and takes the electrician exam, joining the power bureau and being assigned to work at the steel mill. He travels far and wide to install wires and repai 4kReads8.1Score12514d adds
- 122 1987, Before Spring Arrives 一九八七，春未至 This is a novel you won’t forget, especially its heroine, Li Shan! [No System, no pocket space, no transmigration, no rebirth] Period-setting comeback story + single mother builds a career Li Shan joyfully brings her college acceptance letter home, only for her parents to tell her the family has no money and she can’t go. Through her brother-in-law’s connections, she gets a job as a textile factory worker and works her way into the office as a translator. Then the factory goes bankrupt. Her pare 346Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 86: I'm the Only Man My Family Can Rely On 86：我是家里唯一能依靠的男人 I transmigrated into my own body in 1986. An accident took the lives of my five older brothers, leaving behind five young, beautiful sisters-in-law and eight small children. The burden of looking after the whole family fell on my shoulders at the age of twenty-two. The local bully picked on our family of outsiders, lied about the facts of my brothers’ accident to shirk responsibility, and tried to force us to give in. I wasn’t about to surrender in the face of such despicable behavior. The bully 2kReads8.3Score23514d adds
- 124 The 1960s: I Control the System and Lead My Whole Family to Prosperity! 六零：手掐系统带着全家致富！ Wang Xuan had worked hard for so long in her previous life, only for disaster to strike first. Suddenly arriving in the 1960s, all the money she'd earned before went to waste. In this life, she decides that as long as she's made enough money, that's good enough. If she can lie flat, she will. But when she discovers that the System has accidentally dropped her into the 1960s, with a food crisis on the way, what should she do? No romance. 1.8kReads7.1Score10314d adds
- 125 Living as a Model Citizen in Republican-Era China 活在民国当顺民 From the start, it's 1945. The war against Japan is over, and the times are in turmoil. After Yang Fuping's grandfather closes his eyes for the last time, he leaves behind a letter of prophecy and a coffin no one can touch. His family tends to daily life in their little courtyard, ignoring the shifting tides of history and simply keeping their corner of the world warm and peaceful. Ensemble cast + Republican-era setting + not a wish-fulfillment story + miniature storage space 38.6kReads8.9Score2.3k14d adds
- 126 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Live Off the Mountains 穿越六零：靠山吃山 [Transmigration + period setting + pocket dimension + gentle, cozy life] The golden finger isn’t especially powerful. This is a period story with few outrageous characters, focused on everyday family life and a modest attempt to ride the tide of change. An alternate timeline, with a 6+3+3+4 education system. Born in 1987, this young woman acquired a farming pocket dimension as a child. She thought she’d be the heroine, transmigrate, and become an immortal… Instead, she lived an ordinary life int 1.9kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 127 Transmigrated to the 1960s: With My Space, What Have I to Fear? 穿越六十年代之我有空间我怕啥 (Not a story about a powerful heroine, not a face-slapping wish-fulfillment story, and not a tale of fighting awful relatives. Both the man and woman transmigrate, and both are faithful to each other. They have all the flaws of ordinary people. Perfectionists who nitpick every little thing, beware... In short, a slow-paced story told in a gentle, meandering way.) Wu Yi, a master’s student, returns home for her grandfather’s funeral. He’s gone! Her grandmother gives her a family heirloom... When 645Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 128 The River Snail Spirit Transmigrates to the 1970s 田螺精穿到七十年代 [Space + Everyone’s Favorite + Romance + Farming + Everyday Family Life + Transmigrate into a Book] Tian Tian, a river-snail spirit, survived the apocalypse by hiding inside her shell. But when she went out one day, a bomb fell from the sky and blasted her into the 1970s. Tian Tian’s eyes sparkled. “This world is great! Beautiful mountains, clear water, fresh air, and more fruits and vegetables than I could ever eat.” She had planned to lie flat, but then discovered she had transmigrated into a 260Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 129 Period: The Pig Butcher’s Leisurely Life 年代：杀猪匠的悠闲生活 [Siheyuan Courtyard + One Female Lead + Everyday Life + Pocket Dimension + No Violence] Chen He was doing outdoor parkour when he fell into a space-time tunnel and transmigrated to 1943. He became a child of about six or seven and gained a mysterious pocket dimension. Naturally, he had to learn from the advanced methods of those who came before him. The local bullies' money? Seize it 10.1kReads6.8Score41814d adds
- 130 Reborn in 1960: Surrounded by Beautiful Women 重生60，美女如云 (Short drama title: Reborn in 1960, My Mute Wife Brings Me Endless Fortune) [Period setting + reborn + System + building wealth + capitalist + strengthening the nation through technology + photos of real people] In his previous life, Wei Ming followed his parents’ wishes and married a mute woman. But he had always been in love with the village belle. To marry her, he drove his mute wife to jump off a cliff. Only after spending his entire family fortune to marry the village belle did Wei Ming 3.1kReads8.4Score24114d adds
- 131 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi With a One-Hit-Kill System 四合院之带着秒杀系统的贾张氏 {Era setting + slice of life + ensemble cast + everyday family matters} A modern office worker transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard and suddenly finds herself more than ten years older. She never had a moment to rest amid the hectic pace of modern life, but after transmigrating to this extraordinary era with a one-hit-kill space, she becomes Jia Zhangshi. She declares that she has no intention of working hard for the rest of her life. To enjoy a comfortable retirement and change 20.7kReads8.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 132 I Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder with a Supermarket Space! 带着超市空间穿成了炮灰！ Supermarket space + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + no vilifying the original male or female leads Wen Xin was visiting a wholesale supermarket with her best friend when a collapsing ceiling landed right on her. When she woke up, she was in a strange place. After getting revenge on her cheating, scumbag father, she promptly headed to the countryside. On the train, she met someone who seemed more and more familiar the longer she thought about it. That name... Oh my god, weren’t these t 331Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 133 Home on a Unicycle 独轮车上的家 The novel follows Liu Shouren and his family from the late 1970s to the present day. As society changes and the countryside is transformed, they weather a tumultuous journey. Through stories from in and around the village, it portrays the lives, resilience, struggles, and growth of countless ordinary rural families across China... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The 1980s: The Machinery Plant’s Top Technician Is a Rebel 80年代：机械厂技术大拿是刺头 [No transmigration, no rebirth, no pocket dimension, no golden finger] [Courtyard houses and factories, an ordinary person's story, with a slice-of-life focus] A proper period novel set in the 1980s, with a serious tone and humorous Beijing flavor Period setting + the many sides of ordinary life + loyalty and responsibility + tangled relationships + state-owned enterprise reform + career choices Zhang Yongli is a senior technician at Hongxing Machinery Factory in the 1980s, and a notorious "t 72Reads6.8Score314d adds
- 135 Transmigrating as a Background Character's Early-Rising Third Aunt 穿越路人甲的早挂三姨 Qin Ran figured she was probably the most bewildered person ever to transmigrate! Ancient times? Sure, but it’s an alternate history, so she can’t rely on knowing the future! Transmigrated into a book? Sure, but she died early, so she doesn’t know the plot! A male lead? Well, there is one, and she gets to choose him herself! She opens her eyes to a home stripped bare. Since there’s no way back, she accepts reality, rolls up her sleeves, and gets to work earning a living! What? She transmigrated 1.2kReads9.0Score11314d adds
- 136 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨，我和小三换夫改命 A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 16.9kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 137 Transmigrating to the 1950s: A Lifetime of Striving 穿越50后奋斗一生 After transmigrating to the 1950s, she faces natural disasters and more than a decade of turbulent times. Luckily, she has a small pocket dimension. Knowing how history unfolds, she carefully makes her way through it all and heads toward a new life. A story about finding an ordinary person and spending a lifetime together. 2.7kReads6.5Score10814d adds
- 138 In the 1970s, I Was Reborn and Became My Enemy’s Most Cherished One 七零之重生后我成了仇人的心头肉 (One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Reborn + Family Life + Building Wealth + Both Leads Are Each Other's Only Partner) Ni Xiaoxiao never dreamed she'd get another chance at life. Xu Lian was her family's enemy in her previous life, and his position remains firmly established in this one. He's still an immovable force. But since she's already here, and she can't fight someone stronger than her, Ni Xiaoxiao has no choice but to use her charms. She's determined to make that jerk 917Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 139 A Dream Come True, Only It’s 1958 梦想成真却是1958 Xiang Wang, from 2024, arrives in the capital he has always envied after a freak car accident. He becomes a true Beijinger, but it’s 1958. He doesn’t want to be a Beijinger in this era, but what’s done is done. All he can do is struggle through this hunger-filled life, step by step, toward becoming the kind of Beijinger he has always dreamed of being. 18.6kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds
- 140 Siheyuan: My System Is Amazing 四合院：我的系统超给力 [Siheyuan + a life of comfort + no angst] [Jia Zhangshi dies later on] Liu Ping'an wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan and become a purchasing agent at a steel mill. But he has no grand ambitions. All he wants is to give his family a good life in these hard times. P.S. This follows the characters as portrayed in the TV series, not in fanfiction. Don't criticize this novel based on fanfiction you've read and treat it as the original. 77Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 141 Transmigrated to the 1950s as a Landlord's Darling Daughter 穿越五零成了地主娇小姐 This book takes a wholesome approach. Only a sweet, silly heroine can find simple happiness. A light, leisurely pace, focused on everyday life! She wakes up to find herself collapsed in a funeral hall. Song Jinxiu is so terrified she nearly scares herself to death. Once her memories return, she learns that she has transmigrated into the body of another Song Jinxiu. Her status isn't bad. She's even a landlord's daughter. But... It's the 1950s! Can someone tell me what to do? What should I do? I' 604Reads7.9Score10114d adds
- 142 Siheyuan: My Years as a Purchasing Agent 四合院：我做采购员那些年 Wang Shanhe lives at No. 96 in an apartment compound on Nanluoguxiang in the capital. Suddenly, memories of another life appear in his mind. But why does something feel off? Is the compound next door really that famous? No over-the-top angst. A slice-of-life story. Everyone is a normal person. Ordinary folks. Please note: He won't make enemies for no reason. He won't pick fights with the heavens, the earth, or the air. It's all about human relationships and social graces, all about human relatio 2kReads6.6Score10614d adds
- 143 I Married the Village Bully in the 1980s 我在八零嫁村霸 [Both leads are reborn + sweet romance + love grows over time + clever money-making ideas + raising a child] If you had the chance to be reborn, what would you do? Win back a lost love, or rekindle a relationship with family you’d grown distant from? If you asked Gu Man, she’d say she only wanted to save the one child she lost in her previous life. Gu Man really was reborn, back to shortly after her wedding, when she was so terrified and disappointed in her village tyrant of a husband that she j 444Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 144 A Powerful Figure’s Memoirs from the 1960s 60年代大佬记事 Synopsis: Qin Shijin was sweet-talking, lively, cheerful, and generous. She was on the verge of reaching the peak of her career when she transmigrated to the 1960s. She became an idiot who saved her own food during a famine to give it to the man she had a crush on. Though food and clothing were scarce, Qin Shijin said it was no big deal. A skyscraper starts from the ground. In ten years, she’d get into a top university. Sitting at her desk in the exam hall, Qin Shijin held the test paper in 328Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 145 The Sky Fell. I Blinked and Woke Up in Nanluoguxiang 天塌了，一闭一睁我穿到了南锣鼓 (Lighthearted and cheerful) (Golden finger: Secret Realm Space) After working overtime all night, Li Kaixin dies suddenly on the job and unexpectedly transmigrates to Courtyard 93, across from Courtyard 95 in the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. Here, he has loving parents, younger siblings who adore one another, grandparents who love him more than life itself, simple-hearted villagers, and helpful neighbors, as well as... Follow Li Kaixin as he makes it through the lean years and builds a goo 19.8kReads6.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 146 Film and TV: From Uncle to The Name of the People, My Rise to the Top 影视：从老舅到名义开启格式人生 "Uncle" + "Blossoms Shanghai" + "The Wind Blows From Longxi" + "The Tale of Rose" + "The Tree of Life"... + "In the Name of the People" = 1990s + TV adaptations and spin-offs + building a fortune + multiple heroines His soul enters the body of Huo Xiaoguang, the previously nonexistent twin brother of Huo Xiaoyang from "Uncle", in 1990. So first he helps his younger brother lose weight, then helps Uncle get up to all kinds of nonsense, and lends Grandpa a hand in reviving Dingqing Restaurant. Whe 1.7kReads7.3Score10514d adds
- 147 The Old Li Family in the 1980s 八十年代的老李家 No transmigration or rebirth, no golden finger, an ensemble cast, and the ordinary life of an ordinary family. Li Xiaoyun and her family live in a small town in Northeast China. There are eight of them, and life in the 1980s is a constant whirlwind. Her parents are both unreliable, and each of her siblings has their own little schemes and ideas. Li Xiaoyun is in her final year of high school. Her grades are average, and her dream is to get into college and see the world beyond her hometown. Her 4.9kReads8.6Score38614d adds
- 148 The Sixties: Daily Gossip in a Compound Full of Eccentrics 六零：大杂院极品吃瓜日常 [Courtyard compound + gossip + outrageous characters + everyday life + family squabbles + comedy + a touch of ensemble cast] Yu Junsheng is reborn and discovers he was a doormat who'd been used and betrayed at every turn. As a neighbor in the courtyard compound, he not only gave someone a house, a job, and a huge sum of money, but also raised that person's wife and child. Then, at just the right moment, he conveniently died to make way for them. In the end, all he got was a line from the treache 16.3kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 149 A Love Story in Chaoshan 潮汕情事 In the old homes of Chaoshan lie the wildest lives and the warmest hearts. In the 1970s and 80s, a group of Chaoshan people who refused to give up fought their way through poverty, loved through storms, and lived by the bonds between people. Some dared to fight and forge ahead, dragging their lives up out of the mud. Others were loyal and true, unwilling to betray anyone even when it cost them. Love brought tangled relationships, family brought its share of strain, and neighbors argued, but when 367Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 150 Reborn in 1960s Beijing: I Became Qin Huairu 重生六零四九城：我穿成了秦淮茹 After dying suddenly, middle-aged woman Tan Ru transmigrates into Qin Huairu from The Courtyard of Birds. They say this woman is the ultimate combination of a white lotus, a green tea vixen, and a bloodsucker, born with an alluring charm that can leave you weak in the knees. Her ultimate dream is to enjoy both a long life and good fortune, so she takes it all in stride. Also known as: I Marry a Second-Generation Soldier in a Period Novel with Four Kids in Tow A Young Hunk Falls for Me, a Woman w 958Reads7.1Score10214d adds
