Novels like The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me
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- 1 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
- 2 Period: After an Arranged Marriage to an Officer, I Had Multiple Babies 年代：跟军官强制军婚后我多胎了 [One-on-one romance + 1990s + military marriage + marriage before love + triplets] Song Zhixia was a small-time boss of Xingrong, an entertainment company surrounded by celebrities. In two years, she would have inherited the company and become worth over a hundred million. But while she was in a meeting, an earthquake shook her back to the late 1980s. When she opened her eyes, she was already a married woman! Song Zhixia protested in disbelief, but Heaven’s Will mercilessly put her in her place. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Xiang Xiu's Tavern 香秀的酒馆 Her ex-husband climbed the social ladder, spreading lies and slandering her. Nineteen-year-old Chen Xiangxiu, a farmer raising a child, was thrown out by her in-laws. Grinding her teeth, she rented a run-down courtyard beside the highway and opened a distillery, only to unexpectedly attract three outstanding men from very different walks of life. In the cramped confines of the countryside, a rough village doctor shields her from gossip with his burning embrace; an upright village official paves 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Capitalist Heiress Awakens, Empties Her Family's Wealth, and Heads to the Army to Find Her Husband 资本家小姐觉醒搬空家产部队寻夫 [Military romance + both leads awaken to their true selves + spatial storage + revenge on scumbags] “An emotionally restrained, level-headed officer VS a gentle but dangerously unhinged heiress” Lin Xiaoman was always saying things she didn't mean and doing things she didn't want to do. After an accident, her consciousness awakened, and she finally realized the truth. She was the hapless tool character in a melodramatic period novel! Her scumbag son-in-law of a father had stolen the Lin family's 794Reads7.4Score10214d adds
- 5 Three Flowers Beneath the Pagoda Tree 槐树下的三朵花 Bygone era + countryside + family This is a novel set in the countryside in a bygone era. It tells the heartwarming story of three girls who rely on their mother and each other through difficult times. It portrays the resilience and warmth of an ordinary family in the 1990s! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I’d Just Settled Into My New Home, Then Opened My Eyes in 1969 刚安顿好新家一睁眼身处1969 Lin Zhiwan wakes up in 1969 as a doomed extra who was starved to death after her awful family cut off her food and water! In her previous life, she fought tooth and nail to escape her miserable circumstances, scrimping and saving until she paid in full for a spacious new apartment. Before she could move in, she was suddenly transported into the past. Her original self had worked desperately to secure a job at a state-owned factory, only for her family to exploit her and give the position to the 2.1kReads8.2Score14614d adds
- 7 Reborn in the 1980s: I Crush the Two-Faced Homewreckers 重生八零脚踩绿茶白莲花 After waking up, Jiang Chunyan transmigrated into the body of a chubby girl in 1982 who shared her name. Her reputation was ruined by her green-tea stepmother, and her marriage was stolen by her white-lotus stepsister, but Jiang Chunyan, thick-skinned and hard-hearted, couldn't care less! So what if her birth father didn't love her? So what if those green-tea and white-lotus types stirred up trouble? Watch her make a name for herself in the 1980s alongside her poor, honest uncle, and trample eve 129Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 8 So What If She's a Bit of a Jerk? She Doesn't Want to Be a General's Wife 缺点德咋了？她又不想当军少夫人 [1960s] [Beloved by Everyone] [Devoted Couple] [Pocket Dimension Supplies] [The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint and doesn't beat herself up] [Knows when to lose it, with a few flaws] [The hero's wife-chasing road to ruin] [Shopping service at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative] Si Ning transmigrated into a book! She landed in the resource-scarce 1960s, as a lazy, gluttonous cannon-fodder supporting character. To get enough to eat, the original owner cozied up to a powerful man and stage 76Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in 1985: My Passionate Years 重生1985：我的炙热年代 [A reborn, period-set farming story, relying entirely on memories of a past life and hard work in the present. No golden finger, System, pocket dimension, or harem. Things start looking up from Chapter 15! A positive story all the way!] When Lu Zheng wakes up, he has returned to the fateful summer of 1985. In his past life, he was a coward all his days. He watched helplessly as his uncle seized the family property, the woman he loved married far away so she wouldn't hold him back, and his parent 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 The Real Heiress Transmigrates to the 1970s 真千金穿越70年代 A sweet romance! Both leads are inexperienced! One-on-one pairing! In the modern world, Bai Dongmei was the daughter of a wealthy family who had been lost as a child. She thought being reunited with her birth family would be the start of an even happier life, but who knew their adopted daughter was so scheming? There was no happy life, only one disaster after another. After being framed by the fake heiress yet again, she transmigrates into the body of an educated youth sent down to the countrysi 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn in the 1970s: My Soldier Boyfriend Spoils Me Into a Fortune 重生七零年代：兵哥宠我开挂暴富 Transmigration + the 1970s + a sign-in System + supplies + a spatial realm + a soldier + sweet romance! Boosted by cooking and foreign language skills + coasting into academic excellence + everyday life + great food! -- Su Miaomiao wakes up one day transmigrated to the 1970s, where she is about to be sold to an old widower for his third marriage! Ding! The Host has changed a pivotal moment in her fate. The Era of Prosperity Sign-In System is now active! Ding! The Host has successfully completed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Age of Their Happiness 她们的幸福时代 A coming-of-age memory for those born in the 1960s. In 1986, the youngest daughter of the celebrated Guo family graduates from university and returns home in triumph, only to face a string of family upheavals: her eldest sister's divorce, her second sister's pregnancy before marriage and her boyfriend's imprisonment, and the revelation that her own love rival is actually her “missing sister”... Watch as the sisters lean on and comfort one another, wade through life's muddy waters, find happiness 131Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 14 The Neon Lights of the 1980s 80年代的烟火 The Firelight of the 1980s On summer nights in the 1980s, fireflies swarmed through the grass in the factory workers’ housing compound. Children chased crickets with glass jars, loaches caught in the ditch thrashed in enamel basins, and wind-up tin frogs went clack-clack in circles. These rustic pleasures were so vivid that children of later generations could never quite grasp them, even when they heard the stories. Deep in Qiuju’s drawer lay the silver tweezers he had sent her through someone 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Three Madwomen in the Village 村里的三个疯女人 [Completed] Three women in Fang Family Village have been branded “crazy.” Three women, three different kinds of “madness,” and three very different lives and fates. The futures of their children quietly take shape amid their mothers’ lives, whether muddled, broken, or clear-eyed, and turn out entirely different. 76Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 16 Reborn in the Seventies: I’ll Love the Short-Lived Supporting Character 重生七零，短命路人甲我来爱 Reborn out of nowhere, Li Jingsu is stunned. Luckily, she gets a pocket dimension and plenty of supplies, so even if she decides to lie flat, she’ll be fine. Wait, she’s transmigrated into a book?! Don’t be scared, short-lived passerby A. I’ll save your life! What? You’re confessing after meeting me just once? Th-this is moving way too fast… Lu Huaimin, the passerby A: “You saved my life. I should repay you by giving you mine.” After that, the two work hard together and lead the villagers to pro 108Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 17 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Sickly Beauty Goes on a Rampage! 七零军婚：病娇美人杀疯了！ [Seventies setting + 1v1 sweet romance + spatial powers + obsessive love + military marriage + feel-good power fantasy] A research prodigy with a possessive streak, created by humans and codenamed Seventeen, is the most gifted young woman at the Blue Star Research Institute. One explosion, one transmigration, and when she opens her eyes again, she has become Song Xingmiao, a foolish country girl. Seventeen: ...Then what was the point of the suicide bombing I made myself?! And who is the man besi 2.6kReads—Score30014d adds
- 18 A Lifetime Owed to My Parents 欠父母的一生 {Period setting, alternate history, reborn, feel-good, no golden finger, everyday family life} Zhang Mianying spent her whole life striving and suffering, raising her son to be a success, only to end up alone in her old age. Regret, remorse, helplessness, and grievance: her emotions were a tangled mess. When she opened her eyes again, Zhang Mianying discovered that she had returned to the time before she went to college. Now that she had another chance, she would never foolishly spend this life 211Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn After Death, I'm Going to Save My Whole Family 死后重生我要救全家 After Mo You dies young, her spirit lingers around her family. She watches her parents get trampled to death by a wild boar, her older brother drown, and her older sister and younger brother get beaten to death by human traffickers. She hovers nearby, frantic, but unable to do anything. When she opens her eyes again, she sees her beloved family once more. Mo You wants her whole family to live, safe and together. She warns them to stay away from the aunt her grandparents call a lucky charm, becau 1.1kReads7.6Score10114d adds
- 20 Ten Thousand Thoughts in a Single Moment 一念千千万 After her childhood friend and playmate mysteriously disappeared, he reemerged as a powerful, enigmatic figure. Whenever disaster strikes, he steps forward to save the day, yet he refuses to admit who he really is. Until the heroine uncovers his secret… 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 Reborn in the ’80s: In My Next Life, I Won’t Be Born a Woman 重生八零之来世不为女儿身 When she was young, Hua Yueyin defied her parents and resolutely married an only son who was tall and handsome. She never imagined that he was a beast in human skin, or that in her old age, she would be killed by her own three sons and her husband! As Old Madam Hua lay dying, she remembered the earnest advice her parents had given her, and was filled with regret. “If I could live my life over, I would absolutely listen to my parents. I’d marry a beggar or a cripple if I had to, but I’d never mar 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Little White Rabbit of the 1970s: Sweet, Tough, and a Little Cool 70年代小白兔，不娇不弱有点酷 [Period] [Marriage Before Love] [Family] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] “Why did you marry me?” “Because your name is Gaoxing. Just hearing it makes me happy.” With a wicked sister-in-law at home, Cheng Yu married herself off for such a flimsy reason. Want to bleed her dry? Not a chance! Gaoxing is actually quite clever, but he always acts like a clueless fool. “I’m afraid you don’t love me.” Cheng Yu saw right through him long ago. “You’re just playing the pig to eat the tiger.” 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 From the Start, I Help Mom Divorce, Then Become a Mama's Boy in the 1980s 开局帮妈离婚，我在八零年做妈宝 1980s • Sweet Romance • Winning Back His Wife • Redemption for a Troubled Soul • Cute Pets Bai Suiran was murdered by her scumbag boyfriend and her so-called best friend working together. Now she was reborn in the depths of winter, the year she turned eleven. Her scumbag father is cheating? She’ll take her bold, spirited mother and divorce him! Her relatives are a nightmare? She’ll become the family’s adored little firecracker and take them on headfirst! Bai Suiran: Heaven gave me another chance 62Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 25 The Reborn Military Wife Is a Powerhouse 重生军嫂是大佬 In her previous life, Su Wanqing married the so-called “first love,” keeping house for him, serving his parents, and looking after his younger siblings. In the end, her in-laws sent her to the afterlife with a bowl of rat poison. Reborn into a new life, she swears: no marrying scumbags, no indulging the unbearable, hard work always pays off, and she will never accept her fate! She turns around and impulsively marries the coldest, most difficult, iron-blooded officer in the military district. Eve —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Hot-Tempered Husband: I Want to Leave, but I Can't 暴躁丈夫，我想弃难弃 My Short-Tempered Husband, I Want to Leave, But I Can’t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Reborn in the 1980s: Spring Flowers Taste a Little Sweet 重生八零之春花有点甜 In a simple, warm-hearted era, a quiet love story blossomed, ordinary yet full of tenderness. Their meeting seemed to be a clever arrangement of fate. The heroine was reborn before the nightmare began and was saved by the hero. They were drawn to each other, going from strangers to kindred spirits, every step filled with unspoken understanding and warmth. With mutual support and encouragement, they grew together and moved forward hand in hand. The hero excelled in the military and earned the res 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I Transmigrated into the Ex-Wife Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child, and Now I’m Terrified 穿成抛夫弃子的前妻，我瑟瑟发抖 Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a pregnant woman! The kind who later abandons her husband and child and runs off with the money. Her daughter dies tragically, while her ex-husband is wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. She trembles with fear! Thankfully, when she transmigrates, none of it has happened yet. There's still time to change everything... 246Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Transmigrated as the Original Heroine of a 1970s Novel, I Run Away With the Cannon Fodder 穿成七零原女主，带着炮灰跑路 This isn't a face-slapping story. It's more of an ensemble tale. Aside from the two women who transmigrated, everyone else is trying to change their own circumstances. Some are striving to improve themselves, while others are hoping to help someone else rise to the top. If you like it, please leave a good review. If you don't, just move on instead of leaving a bad one. It's not easy to hide away and write four thousand words every day. Lu Yunwan transmigrates into the original heroine, who was l 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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
- 31 I Transmigrate to Join the Army, and My Officer Husband Is Overjoyed 穿越去随军，军官丈夫乐开了花 A devoted couple, one-on-one romance, sweet and affectionate, no pocket dimension, a slow and steady pace, and a warm, cozy story! Ji Mingzhu transmigrated from a prosperous golden age to the poor and backward 1960s. The gulf between the two eras was so great that she could barely accept it. She pinched herself. It didn’t hurt at all, so this had to be a dream. Her father, Ji, who got pinched, said, “...!” A layabout father, a frail mother, and a broken family. Ji Mingzhu was at a loss and wante 456Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 What a Deal! My Rough-and-Ready Husband Knows How to Spoil Me After Our Marriage Swap 这波不亏！换嫁后糙汉老公很会宠 Sisters reborn + swapped marriages + rugged country man + contrasting fates + pure romance + 1v1 No System! No golden finger! After being reborn, the younger sister cried and pleaded to marry Chen Ping, Tian Wanhua's husband in her previous life, convinced she'd enjoy the good life in the city. Her older sister, Tian Wanhua, smiled and let her have him. "Fine. I'll go to the countryside." Everyone in the village said Lu Chengshan was a poor bachelor who herded cattle. His three big-tiled houses 50Reads—Score11614d adds
- 33 Reborn as a Chubby Girl in 1985 八五胖妹重生记 At sixty, Qiao Guo is reborn at sixteen. Since there's no going back, she'll find a way to change her family's fate in this life. Riding the tide of the 1980s, she'll press bravely forward! 21Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 34 Fireflies in Daylight 荧火虫的白昼 A great period drama. Ignore the awful title: this realistic work comes from a seasoned writer, about a woman from out of town living in Shanghai, in the vein of Blossoms Shanghai. Neighborhood gossip and jokes that hit you right in the heart. No mystery, no wish-fulfillment, no fantasy, nothing added. Just the daily grind: food, rent, petty squabbles, and family affairs. 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Reborn as a Little Blade of Grass 重生之俺是一颗小小草 Reborn, Tian Jincao refuses to be a dependent vine in the big city ever again. She kicks her trash ex to the curb and resolutely returns to the mountains, determined to help the girls there soar, leave the mountains behind, and see a wider world. To her surprise, the man she had loved in her past life has also been reborn. When they meet again years later, the first thing he asks is, “Will you marry me?” Tian Jincao answers, “Yes. I absolutely will!” In their previous life, the leads missed thei 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母，亦如父！ [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 42.8kReads8.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 37 The CEO Is Reborn: Back in 1984 as a Technician 总裁重生：回到1984当技术员 [Rebirth + female CEO + taking on a state-owned industrial giant + changing her fate] Wei Yumei, an iconic designer in China's high-end fashion industry and CEO of Yunqifang, is reborn, returning to 1984 and the place that changed her destiny after she left: Nanfeng Silk Spinning Mill! Armed with memories of her past life and secrets gathered from the Nanfeng Silk Spinning Mill Museum, she enters an era when the planned economy and market forces coexist. For her parents, her boyfriend, and the m 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Sixties: A Top Student Woos a Man and Raises Her Kids 六零：学霸撩汉养崽崽 [Period novel] + [sweet romance] + [a realistic portrayal of everyday life] + [based on the author’s personal experience] She was only six and a half. She’d merely turned around and happened to see his… well, she’d seen it, so what? But then its little owner started hounding her! From then on, he intercepted her on the way to school, protected her on the way home, and lectured her whenever she so much as resisted. Even more surprising, the little owner turned out to be the son of a famous profes 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn: Queen of the Campus 重生：校园一姐 In her previous life, Jiang Liying was trapped between light and shadow on the campus of Guicheng Normal College. She had seen the bright side of youth, but in private, she endured humiliation beyond measure. The trauma became her shackle. Her marriage ended in a hasty divorce, and even after she left teaching to go into business, turning a small shop funded by her parents into a chain-supermarket empire and amassing a fortune, her regrets never faded. In her fifties, she set off on a road trip, 62Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 40 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
- 41 Married Off in 1985: Shen Lan's Bittersweet Life in the Countryside 换亲1985农家沈兰的悲喜人生 [Period Setting + Rural Life + Farming + Family Matters + No Golden Finger + No System] The years flowed gently, until old dreams faded; time stretched on, leaving one to sigh at the loneliness. Shen Lan, a kind and resilient country girl, once dreamed of a modest but peaceful life. But fate played a cruel joke on her. For her brother's future, Shen Lan honored her father's dying wish and arranged a marriage swap for him. She married into a poor, backward mountain village, beginning a life full 231Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 42 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
- 43 Click a Link and Transmigrate to 1960 点个链接，穿越到1960 An old classmate he hadn’t seen in over a decade sent him a Pinduoduo link and asked him to help get a discount with a single cut. Little did he know that making that cut would send him transmigrating to 1960. He never imagined that in 1960, Pinduoduo would become a lifesaving treasure: not only could he snap up all kinds of supplies for a penny, he could also upload goods to the site and sell them. Even more astonishing, while he was in 1960, his products could be sold to people in 2025... 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Awakening in the 1970s: The Scheming Ones Fight Me for the Protagonist Role 觉醒七零：老六们跟我争夺当主角 [Guess who the original protagonist of this world really is + everyday family life + no awful characters + no face-slapping + watching the drama] Gu Dong was hit by a door, which awakened the memories of three lifetimes and happened to give her a not entirely useless golden finger. After learning that her husband, with whom she had shared a respectful marriage for years, would soon be sent away to the countryside, Gu Dong began making plans for the future. The two, who had been growing further a 321Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 45 I Was Reborn as the Most Hated Girl in the 1970s, So I Married an Officer with My Pocket Dimension 穿成七零万人嫌，带着空间嫁军官 [Period setting + transmigration + military marriage + pocket dimension + putting scumbags in their place + bratty beauty + marriage first, love later] Chu Yueyue from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of a lazy glutton from the 1970s who even schemed to seduce a man into her bed. The moment she opens her eyes, she can tell everyone here wishes she were dead. But she’s already died once because of her unscrupulous boss, and she absolutely cannot die this time! Everyone in the village 3.4kReads8.0Score28814d adds
- 46 Tales of Xizhou in the 1980s 80年代西州往事 This is a story about youth, and a story about growing up. It is filled with passionate brotherhood, the innocent love of childhood sweethearts, clashes of steel in the streets and alleys, and the struggles and choices people face in the tides of a changing era. Most importantly, it captures the warmth unique to that time: the unreserved sincerity between people, a purity that seems almost like a luxury today. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零：我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他 [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Half-Mad 半痴 Meeting you was the best fate of all, so why spend the rest of my years pining for you? I awoke halfway through my life as if born anew. Reborn, I returned, and my boat had already sailed past a thousand mountains. This is my first full-length novel, so it has plenty of shortcomings. I hope you’ll feel free to offer advice, and I thank you in advance. With your support and encouragement, I’ll work even harder. Let’s go! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 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
