Novels like A Young Couple’s Struggle in the 1970s
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- 151 Back in the Year of Drought, She Reclaims Wasteland and Feasts on Meat 重回旱年，她靠开荒大口吃肉 [Reborn + period setting + marrying into the wife's family + capable, charming wife + handsome, roguish husband + mutual devotion] He Xia starved to death, then… starved back to life. But the place she came back to was enough to make her want to cry, yet somehow not enough to laugh. It was true that in 1987, the fields in Hejia Village, Yixian County, were practically paved with gold. It was also true that the family contract system had come with the reforms and opening up. But she woke up in th 3Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 152 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Moved to the Countryside and Used My Heavy Industry System to Win Over the Northwest Wolf 退婚下乡，带重工系统撩疯西北狼 [Two reborn rivals + marriage before love + a husband’s long road to winning her back + face-slapping the scum + strong female lead in a bygone era + educated youth sent to the countryside + heavy-industry System] Lin Qingyan is a top business consultant of the 21st century. After dying from overwork, she wakes up in 1975 in China’s northwest, as a scapegoat educated youth who could die of illness at any moment. Her reborn green-tea sister steals her fiancé from the city and sends her to the Go 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 153 Wading Across the River of Life 趟过人生河 Ren Tianxing was born into humble circumstances, yet he defied the odds. Hoping to change his lot in life, he endured hardship after hardship... only to be left with regrets... This novel pays tribute to all those who spend years away from home, working to support their families. You work so hard. Like all of you, the protagonist Ren Tianxing lives far from home, drifting and wandering through a life at the very bottom, yet he keeps striving... —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 154 Transmigrated to the 1970s, Starting Out in Beidahuang 穿越七零，开局北大荒 [Educated youth sent to the countryside + clear-headed, independent heroine + military marriage + uplifting + space] After transmigrating, Lin Wanqiu became the “sacrificial lamb” her family pushed out to take her older sister's place in the countryside. Her father was silent and domineering, her mother biased and harsh, her older brother selfish, and her second older sister hypocritical. She cut ties with them on the spot, took all her subsidies, and left without looking back. In her darkest ho 486Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 155 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: A Leisurely Life 快穿年代，悠闲生活 [Period fiction] [Quick transmigration/slow transmigration] [Sign-in System, no missions] [Portable personal space] [Romance, pairing not fixed] Once carried along by the demands of everyday life, a diligent girl followed the familiar nine-to-five routine. Then an unexpected accident broke her out of that established rhythm and sent her into an unfamiliar era. The mornings and evenings of her old life fell far behind, as a whole new chapter of her story slowly unfolded. Volume One: A Young Farm 4.8kReads8.4Score34914d adds
- 156 Bullet Comments Fill the Sky in the 1970s, and the Pretty Village Girl Moves to the City 七零弹幕满天飞，漂亮村姑进城啦 [Everyday Family Life + Everyone’s Darling + Devoted Couple + Livestreaming + Ensemble Cast] [Native-Born Heroine + Transmigrated Hero] Jiang Menglian may be a country girl, but she has been cherished and doted on since childhood. When her sister-in-law gets pregnant, her family tricks her into going to look after her during her postpartum confinement. The moment Jiang Menglian steps into the residential compound, the comments flying across the sky make her feel as though she’s stumbled into a l 234Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Darkened Educated Youth Returns to the City, Cuts Ties, and Becomes Beautiful and Rich 黑化女知青回城，断亲变美暴富了 [A devoted and equally powerful couple x all characters are natives of the setting x no transmigration, rebirth, pocket dimension, System, or golden finger x no contrived drama x no helpless suffering x building wealth] [An upbeat, beautiful, resilient heroine VS a scheming, obsessive, slightly unhinged hero] The heroine takes her compensation and cuts ties with her birth family, decisively and swiftly. She does not cling to them or forgive them. The story focuses mainly on making money and roma 25.7kReads8.7Score2.7k14d adds
- 158 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
- 159 The Good Life in the 1970s 七零年代好生活 Reborn in the 1970s, Tang Qiao has been dealt a terrible hand and saddled with a crown of infamy! No matter. She has a cheat! With a good-luck System, as long as she earns enough favor, becoming a cadre, getting into college, and making a fortune are all within reach! Step one: improve her reputation by helping others. Step two: play the villain and change the prevailing attitudes. System: Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve earned favor points… 1.5kReads8.3Score10314d adds
- 160 The Beautiful Educated Youth and Her Stylish Mom 漂亮知青，时髦妈 [Period Setting + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Everyday Family Life] In 1979, Jiang Jingshu returns to the city with the last group of educated youths, going back to Tongxiang County, a place both familiar and strange. After years away from home, she expects an emotional reunion. Instead, she is met by awkward, distant parents, an indifferent older brother, and a younger sister who treats her with hostility... There is no place for her in the family anymore. Even her room has been taken over 4.2kReads8.4Score23314d adds
- 161 A Traveler in Years of Famine 荒年客 A survival epic about ordinary Chinese people. From rural China to the torrents of modern life, three generations of the Hou family are swept along by the tide of history. The grandparents put down roots in the land. Their values, admonitions, and “family scandals” form the family's original identity and its shackles. The parents struggle through a time of transition, inheriting heavy burdens while kindling a desire to change their fate. As someone born in the 1980s, I linger at the divide betwe 133Reads6.6Score10514d adds
- 162 You're Reborn, I Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon-Fodder Couple Turns the Tables 你重生我穿书，炮灰夫妻逆风翻盘 [Period Novel] [Woman Transmigrates into a Book] [Man Reborn] [Underdog's Revenge] [Fated Romance] [Pocket Dimension Golden Finger] Qiao Yi, a master thief from the twenty-third century, couldn't support herself on a doctor's salary, so she took a job during her vacation. It should have been an easy task, but an accident cost her life. She thought dying would mean being reborn, but when she opened her eyes again, her soul had transmigrated into someone else's body. If she had to transmigrate, fi 21kReads8.7Score2.1k14d adds
- 163 People from a Small City 小城市的人 [Two Male Leads + Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + A Cross-Section of Society + Angsty Romance + Workplace + Realism] One is a sunny young man who grew up in a government compound; the other is a poor boy from the countryside. They spend several years as classmates, parting and reuniting as their lives intertwine and they grow along different paths. After weathering one trial after another, and experiencing the clamor, loneliness, and pain in their respective lives, they search for meaning in th 4.6kReads8.7Score37314d adds
- 164 My Almost-Cousin Became My Bride, and the Tattooed Tough Guy Dotes on Her 准堂妹成了小媳妇，纹身糙汉独宠 The rating just came out, and not many people have read this yet. If you like it, please give it five stars ❤️ [Native to the period + married first, love later + everyday family life] Su Yanle isn’t very bright. When she learns that her cousin stole money from home and ran off with someone, she crouches in the corner for a long time before happily clapping her hands. [Great! Now Sister can’t steal my eggs anymore.] But the next day, her aunt comes looking for her, saying she’ll take her out for 318Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 165 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 128Reads8.1Score1114d adds
- 166 Military Wife in the 1970s: Island Life Is the Sweetest 七零随军：海岛日常美滋滋 The new novel, The Scholar and the Joyful Life in the Mountains, is now underway. It's a historical farming story, so head to the author's page to read it~ . [Cozy daily life, family and neighborhood affairs, simple and peaceful ☞ beachcombing + food, mainly Cantonese cuisine + farming + adorable kids. Includes educational tidbits and lots of pictures. Complete.] [Content warnings: This is not a power fantasy, and the heroine isn't strong ☞ no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, no fac 630Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 167 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Little Army Wife Builds a Business and Makes a Fortune 八零军婚：小军嫂搞事业赚麻了 [Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Professional Comeback Queen + Everyday Struggles of Ordinary People] In 1983, in a parallel world, Ye Yuer came from a fashionable stylist to an “old maid” who had just returned to the city with no household registration and no job. To solve her registration problem, her family urged her to find a man through matchmaking and get married. So she decided to become a barber and earn a living on her own. Zhou Xu came home on leave a 862Reads8.5Score10314d adds
- 168 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
- 169 The 1970s: How Did Saving Someone End in Marriage? 七零，救个人怎么就要结婚了 Summer, 1970. Su Maiya, home from school for summer vacation, leisurely rides her bicycle back to the village from the county seat. As she passes the village pond, she hears a sound and glances over. Huh? Does it look like someone’s flailing around in the pond? Did someone fall in? Should she save them or not? She hesitates for a long while. The person seems to be sinking... She quickly parks her bicycle, jumps into the pond with a splash, and swims over as fast as she can. When she gets close, 8.6kReads8.2Score91614d adds
- 170 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
- 171 Transmigrate Into a Book in the 1960s: Dump the Scumbag, Take the Kids Back to the City, and Remarry 穿书六零：踹掉渣男带崽回城改嫁 Li Miaomiao transmigrates into a book, and since the original owner’s husband is a scumbag, she decisively divorces him and takes their son with her. After returning to the city, she marries Lin Sheng, the textile factory’s deputy director, who has recently left the military. When he was young, Lin Sheng had a woman he cherished in his heart. Unfortunately, he served in the army for ten years, and by the time he returned, she had already married and had a child. Everyone in their circle is waiti 4.8kReads8.6Score41614d adds
- 172 Period: The Vicious Supporting Lady Marries a Deranged Hunk 年代：恶毒女配与极品疯批领证了 When Su Qianhe transmigrated into the book, it was already nearing its ending. As the fake heiress, she was at the final stage of courting death. The real heiress and her adoptive parents had already seen through her schemes, and she was about to be sold off to the poorest backwater village, never to be heard from again. She glanced at the man beside her, whose legs were immobile and whose eyes were blank. Su Qianhe thought she could still turn things around. Jiang Linzhou had already accepted t 902Reads6.2Score10714d adds
- 173 The 1970s: I'm a Delicate Flower Who Loves Gossip 七零，我是娇花，我爱吃瓜 Wang Jiaojiao is just as her name suggests: her grandma raised her to be terribly pampered. She shirks farm work, but wherever there's gossip, she's first on the scene. Everyone in the brigade watches and wonders who will take this delicate flower home. No one expects a young intellectual from the capital to make the first move... (There is a System, but it appears only rarely.) 9.1kReads7.4Score72314d adds
- 174 Joining the Army on a Secluded Island: My Stern Husband Breaks His Rules and Courts Me Every Day 随军海岛！冷面老公破戒日日撩哄 [Transmigration + Period Setting + Military Spouse + Golden Finger + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance + Married First, Love Later + Devoted Couple + Everyday Life] Zhou Linlin, an unmarried woman considered past her prime in the 21st century, transmigrated after an accident into the body of an ugly, overweight military wife in the 1980s. She was lazy, gluttonous, and uneducated. Worse, a romantic rival framed her for having an affair with a hooligan, and she nearly drowned. Luckily, her husband, 103Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 175 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
- 176 After Marrying a Veteran, I Joined Him in the Army 嫁给退伍军人后，我去随军了 The male lead has a mission. He only pretends to have been discharged from the military, pretends to have been discharged, pretends to have been discharged!!! Chen Shu is famous in her village for being capable and good at making money. The village aunties all have their eyes on her for their own children! When Chen Shu comes of age, her mother starts arranging blind dates for her. But Chen Shu has high standards, and after finding fault with every eligible young man in the village, she finally 21.6kReads8.1Score4k14d adds
- 177 My Blind Date Was Stolen? The Gruff Army Officer Calls Me His Darling Every Night 相亲被截胡？糙汉军官夜夜喊她宝 [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + marriage before love + family life; rugged older military officer and sweet young wife, eight-year age gap, he’s been plotting this for ages, one-on-one and both leads are each other’s only ones] Complete. Read with confidence! _ Su Ruan went on a blind date. The bad news: Her nemesis swooped in and stole her date. The good news: A stranger suddenly appeared and pretended to be her boyfriend, saving her face. The bad news: The man who saved h 17.6kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 178 Raising Kids, Joining the Army, and Living Life Beyond the Plot 养崽，随军，避开剧情过日子 While pregnant with her third child, Jian Yuhua awakens memories of her past life and learns that she has entered a novel set in a bygone era. Her eldest son is the novel's villain: obsessive and vengeful, he gets executed by firing squad during a political crackdown. Her second daughter is a disposable supporting female character. After failing to win the male lead's heart despite pursuing him relentlessly, she accidentally marries a village hooligan, living without enough food or warm clothes 6.8kReads8.8Score56214d adds
- 179 In the 1970s, I Took Over My Mother-in-Law's Iron Rice Bowl 我在七十年代接了婆婆的铁饭碗 Huang Xiaohua, a 30-year-old woman in the 21st century who was constantly pressured by her family to get married, suddenly transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes Zhang Xiaoqian. Her arrival immediately solves the problem that had been giving her parents so much grief. She marries into a residential compound, takes over her mother-in-law’s job, and begins a completely different life. There are no troublemakers here, just the simple happiness of everyday life. 12.6kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 180 A Family with a Scholastically Challenged Kid in the 1980s 八十年代家有学渣 [Family life and relationships + ensemble cast] Her great-grandfather is a university professor, and every member of her family graduated from university. Lu Xijia is very proud of that, if only she weren’t a terrible student who can barely score sixty when her primary-school Chinese and math grades are added together... Still, she believes she must be good at something. Everyone says, “Every person is born with a purpose,” after all~ But as she gazes at the exam papers on her desk, covered in s 2.6kReads8.9Score25514d adds
- 181 Back to the 1970s: My Rugged Husband Is Young and Strong 重回七零：糙汉老公年轻又力壮 [One-on-one romance + reborn + Period + rugged man + sweet romance + farming and business + everyday family life] Shen Zhiyi, forced to move to the countryside, thought she could live the life she wanted once she got into college. Who could have known that in a car accident, her country-bumpkin husband would die saving her, and she would lose a leg? The rest of her life was spent drifting from place to place, plagued by illness and pain. Reborn in a single moment, she found herself back on the d 1.4kReads8.8Score14314d adds
- 182 Forced Out of Work: The Heiress Takes Her Child to Join the Army 被迫下岗：资本小姐带崽随军去 (Set in an indigenous era, with no transmigration or golden finger; realistic in style. The heroine joins the military in the middle of the story.) The fallen capitalist heiress Ding Yaoxiang was forced into an arranged marriage with Lu Jian, the son of her family’s former hired hand. Lu Jian was a celebrated rising star in the military district hospital’s surgery department, a man with a heart colder than his scalpel. Forced to marry Ding Yaoxiang at seventeen, he left to study elsewhere for fi 951Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 183 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
- 184 The Educated Youths Are Returning to the City, So I Sold My College Spot! 知青返城，我把大学名额卖了！ [Period setting + educated youth return to the city + pocket dimension + reborn + satisfying read + fiercely self-interested] Not long after Jiang Chunrong returned to the city, she had a dream. In it, she sacrificed her whole life for her family, giving up a university admission, her pocket dimension, and even her job. In the end, no one thanked her. They all acted as if it was only what she was supposed to do. She was nothing but a stepping-stone. Even after her death, the heroine kept draggin 71.8kReads7.4Score3.6k14d adds
- 185 It Began in the Republic of China 始于民国 What a shock! Chen Caiyou somehow reincarnated in 1920. She struggled for ten years in an era full of natural and man-made disasters. She only lived for ten years, so she had no idea how people started saying she was twelve or thirteen. Just as she was about to be married off, or sold, a natural disaster struck the whole village, and they began fleeing famine. Chen Caiyou boarded a train and escaped to the distance. She tagged along with her aunt, who was also her master, for food and lodging, a 804Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 186 Life as a Sent-Down Youth Returning to the City 穿成回城知青的日子 (The rating has only just come out, so it's a little low. It'll gradually rise later.) (Ensemble Cast + Family Life + Gourmet + Making a Fortune + Cozy Everyday Life) Zhou Wei wakes up to find that she has transmigrated to the 1980s and become an educated youth returning to the city. As soon as she arrives, she's pressured to marry an ugly man. Get married? Whoever wants to can marry him. She's not doing it! To change her fate, Zhou Wei puts her advantages to use and earns her first pot of gold 8.9kReads7.8Score65614d adds
- 187 The 1970s: Cursed to Bring Bad Luck to My Husband? I Marry Into the City and Eat State-Supplied Grain 七零：克夫女？我嫁进城吃供应粮 (Period setting + military marriage + both pure + family life + superhuman strength + no angst + love at first sight + devoted husband + no pocket dimension or System + no transmigration or rebirth) Shuangshuang is a poor girl. She’s twenty, in the prime of her youth, yet she still can’t find a husband. She’s been engaged seven times, and all seven engagements were called off. Late at night, she hides under the covers, both delighted and exasperated as she counts her savings on her fingers. Seve 3.8kReads8.0Score36314d adds
- 188 Reborn in the Sixties: The Cannon-Fodder Younger Sister-in-Law Refuses to Cooperate! 重生六零：炮灰小姑子拒不配合！ [1960s setting + reborn for revenge + storage space + advancing the nation through scientific research + love that blossoms over time] In her previous life, Tian Wenjing was cruelly pressured by her family into marrying a rough military officer she didn't love. From that point on, her life began counting down! Only after she died did Tian Wenjing finally realize that everything she'd suffered had been a tragedy carefully orchestrated by someone! And the people responsible... This time, she struc 1.6kReads—Score10414d adds
- 189 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Cold-Faced Officer Follows Her Around, Spoiling Her 七零军婚好甜冷面军官追着哄 After she transmigrates, forensic pathologist Su Xiaofang wakes up as an army wife living in a military compound in the 1970s. Thinking of her previous life, when she was a miserable pushover, scapegoated at work and exploited by her parents, only to die in an accident, she knows she has to live for herself this time. But the original owner is in terrible shape: sickly, skinny, and dim-witted. She’s been married to her officer husband for three years without consummating the marriage, and he loo 292Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 190 A Sweet Little Wife in the Eighties 小甜媳的八零年代 Su Jiuya was raised like a city girl. Apart from being pretty and good at school, she couldn’t do a thing. Then her father died... and she had no choice but to marry the poorest man in the village. Everyone was waiting for Su Jiuya to become a laughingstock. They expected her fair, tender face to turn as sallow as theirs, and her slender, soft hands to grow just as rough... But instead, all that changed was the man spoiling Su Jiuya. She kept studying, and she stayed beautiful... After marrying 428Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 191 Everyday Life in the Siheyuan Courtyard 四合院的小日常 An alternate-history setting. All content is fictional. No going to the countryside, no doing business, just an ordinary working man. Old Song is forty-eight this year. His wife, known as Madam Song, is forty-five. His parents are both in their late sixties and still alive. His younger sister, Song Huasheng, is thirty-eight. Her husband died in an accident, and she and her two children are currently staying with Old Song’s family. Old Song and Madam Song have three sons and one daughter. The eld 1.3kReads8.6Score11114d adds
- 192 I'll Wait for You in Gusu City 我在姑苏城里等你 After failing the college entrance exams, I left home alone and came to Suzhou, where I met two girls who would shape my whole life... One was as passionate as fire, the other as gentle as jade... At eighteen, I didn't understand what love was... A cigarette, a glass of wine, and so much sorrow in the city of Gusu... Note: This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and it takes its time getting going. If you enjoy plot-driven stories, you can start at Chapter 39. Thank you! 2kReads—Score19514d adds
- 193 I Opened My Eyes in a 1960s Military District and Was Kissed to Tears After Mistaking Someone for My Partner 睁眼六零军区，弄错对象被亲哭了 She opened her eyes in the 1960s and woke up in a man's bed. After a night of rough lovemaking, she kissed him until she fainted, and got pregnant with twins in a single night. Only then did she realize she had transmigrated into a book. She had become a beautiful, wicked childhood sweetheart with fair skin, a slender figure, and a pretty face. She had gone to the military district to marry the male lead, but accidentally picked the wrong man and climbed into the wrong bed, leaving her forced to 76.7kReads8.4Score6.8k14d adds
- 194 The 1970s: My Father, the Literary Giant 七零之我的文豪父亲 [Historical era + actors + literary master + not a mainstream Tomato style + not an over-the-top wish-fulfillment story + everyday career-building] Read with caution if this isn't your thing. This book is also known as: "After My Father, a Yenching University Professor, Returned to the City, I Became a World-Class Best Actress"; "A Lie-Fat Life, Carried by Two Entertainment Industry Titans"; "The Seventies: A Reborn Father and His Transmigrated Daughter's Career Diary"; "The Seventies: A Pioneer 150Reads—Score10714d adds
- 195 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
- 196 The 1950s: Starting Out as an Apprentice 五零：从学徒工开始 [Period setting + native protagonist + daily life + career + no golden finger] [An ordinary story about ordinary people] Her parents wanted Baolan to take her eldest brother's place in an arranged marriage. Baolan refused. Baolan passed the worker recruitment exam. Starting as an apprentice, Baolan attended night school, got promoted, bought a watch, bought a bicycle... Little by little, she built herself a good life. 35kReads9.0Score3.8k14d adds
- 197 The Tagalong Found Herself a Long-Term Meal Ticket 拖油瓶给自己找了一张长期饭票 When her older sister got married, their stepmother made one condition: she had to take her younger sister, Mo Li, with her. So Mo Li went with her sister to her brother-in-law’s home. But after only a few days, her brother-in-law’s mother decided she ate too much and threw her out while her sister was away. With nowhere else to go, Mo Li turned to Ji Hefeng. Ji Hefeng had no desire to get married, but people told him, “She has nowhere to go.” “She comes from a respectable family. Marrying her w 8.5kReads8.4Score85614d adds
- 198 Family Life in the Years: I Absolutely Refuse to Go to the Countryside 年代之家长里短绝不下乡 Zhou Xiaoya was an ordinary girl from the twenty-first century who unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel she’d stayed up all night reading, becoming the original heroine’s “delivery girl”!!! Thinking of how hard the original heroine had it when she was sent to the countryside, and remembering that she couldn’t tell chives from scallions, Zhou Xiaoya secretly vowed that she would never, ever go to the countryside in this life!!!! (PS: The novel is set in a fictional world. The original h 708Reads6.4Score10014d adds
- 199 Reborn in the 80s: The Cold-Faced, Rugged Man's Dearest 重生八零，冷脸糙汉心尖宠 After suffering domestic abuse, she was in a car accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down. Reduced to a helpless wreck, she was mercilessly dumped on the street and left to fend for herself. Given another chance at life, Lu Xiangwan had learned her lesson. As for scumbag men, she could leave them to the white lotus types. She threw herself straight into the arms of a rough, boorish man. “Honey, I believe in you!” Later, Lu Xiangwan had a son and a daughter, became one of the first to 17.2kReads9.3Score88314d adds
- 200 Spirit Spring Space: The Fake Heiress Becomes Everyone’s Darling 灵泉空间，假资本家大小姐成团宠 [System Space] [Everyone's Favorite] [Building a Career] [Marriage First, Love Later] [A Slow-Burning Romance] Shen Xuwei, an obscure actress, transmigrates into a book set in 1975 and becomes a cannon-fodder character who shares her name. From the start, she reclaims her space and binds herself to the [Road to Stardom Comeback System], gradually transforming from a pretty young woman into a stunning beauty. Her space keeps leveling up, and its rewards grow ever more generous, improving her from 9.9kReads6.9Score1.8k14d adds
