Novels like A Family with a Scholastically Challenged Kid in the 1980s
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- 151 After Transmigrating into a Book, Watch Me Take Down the Wicked Female Lead 穿书后，看我如何干翻恶毒女主 The rating just came out; it’ll go up later. [Everyday family life, a laid-back heroine who sometimes has a soft heart and learns from her mistakes. There’s a System, a pocket dimension, and a job. She doesn’t go to the countryside.] Su Jiahui fell asleep and transmigrated. She never expected that, as an only child, she would end up in a large family with many children, and be the least favored one of all. After awakening her System, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. And of 1.5kReads6.0Score10114d adds
- 152 A Sweet Flash Marriage in the 1970s 七零闪婚甜蜜蜜 [A cozy married life in a bygone era, sweet and slice-of-life, few nasty characters, with a golden finger] Storyline One: When Jiang Wan was at her wits’ end, she proposed marriage (asked for help) to the man she had just met, the man who had saved her. Cheng Yao was drawn to her eyes and casually rescued her. He never expected her to turn around and propose to him (set him up). Jiang Wan: “Are you married?” Cheng Yao looked completely baffled. “??” Jiang Wan tried to work up her courage. “Or do 2.5kReads9.0Score20314d adds
- 153 The Poor Little One Had Her Life Stolen, Now the Entire Court Lines Up to Spoil Her 小可怜被抢人生，满朝文武排队宠 [Cute Baby; Real Baby + Everyone's Darling + Secret Identity + Communicating with Plants and Animals + Warm and Healing + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Song Dynasty Cuisine] Little Youyou was mistreated by her adoptive family. She was supposed to be taken back by the Duke's household at the age of three and begin a happy life as everyone's darling. But her adoptive sister was reborn, stole the token of identity, and impersonated her, throwing herself into her uncles' arms with a tearful wail. Youyo 15.2kReads8.7Score2.7k14d adds
- 154 Cursed with a Lonely Fate, the Hard-Headed Officer Insists on Marrying Me 天命孤煞，命硬军官非要娶我 [Military Marriage in the 1970s + Cathartic Revenge + Everyone's Favorite + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Multiple Children] When Lin Yinyin opens her eyes, she finds herself in the body of a pitiful girl whose entire family is dead. Her father died young, her mother passed away from illness, and her stepfather and stepmother are still abusing her! Put up with it? Not a chance! She makes her stepmother take her place in a marriage to fill a vacancy, and sends her stepbrother to keep a widow warm i 12.6kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 155 The Baby Born in the Seventies with a Pocket Dimension and the Gift of Prophecy 年代之宝宝出生自带空间和预知 This book is complete. Feel free to read if you’re interested! Rong Jiaojiao was mistakenly summoned by a soul reaper. After negotiating and receiving a series of compensations, she was all set to finish her bowl of Meng Po’s Soup and be reincarnated. But before she could finish it, the soul reaper, afraid of being held responsible, kicked her into a parallel world in the late 1950s. Join the little darling as she uses a string of golden fingers to slay demons and vanquish monsters in an era of 4kReads8.8Score34814d adds
- 156 Everyday Life for the Children of a Military Compound 军属大院子女成长日常 Until she was five, Jiang Youcheng lived in the countryside with her mother, grandmother, and younger brother, carefree and happy. Then, in the early summer of 1987, Jiang Youcheng's father came home... 3.3kReads8.8Score24614d adds
- 157 One Wild Night, and Now I'm Having a Baby with My Childhood Friend's Younger Brother 一夜荒唐，和竹马弟弟有崽了 One summer night in 1980, an unexpected encounter leaves Ji Rou pregnant. The father is He Chen, who used to follow her around as a child, calling her “big sister.” He's unruly and wild, and he was never the “good man” Ji Rou imagined. He had only been hiding and restraining himself around her. At first, she doesn't want to marry him, but he goes to great lengths to make it happen, and they marry because of the baby. Three years into their marriage, Ji Rou finally learns the truth and wants a di 4.9kReads8.6Score39114d adds
- 158 Reborn in 1985: I'm Focused on Making Money, but Young Master Lu Is Chasing Me 重生八五：一心搞钱，陆少追疯了 [Rebirth + Period Setting + No Golden Finger + Comeback + Business Battles + Mystery of Her Origins + Power Couple] In her previous life, Su Hanxue gave everything for her family, only to be forced into a marriage that served their interests. She suffered abuse after the wedding, until her husband pushed her into the freezing river and drowned her. He then used the payout from her accident insurance to live it up with his mistress. In this life, she fights with all her strength to refuse the mar 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Feisty Pepper and Her Cool, Powerful Commander 小辣椒闹腾，高冷首长宠宠宠 [Period setting + satisfying revenge + trash takes a beating + pocket dimension + both inexperienced] In her previous life, Li Yuchu, whose soul was incomplete, was tricked into going to the border by a scumbag and a scheming woman working together. She ended up dead, her body fed to dogs! Reborn, she is clear-headed and decisive. The scumbag wants a promotion? She sends him off to face a firing squad without hesitation! The schemer wants to have it both ways? Dream on! You deserve nothing b 26kReads8.4Score2.1k14d adds
- 160 I Went Back to the 1970s to Teach, and Became Famous Through Comics 穿回七零教书，我靠漫画爆红 The rating is low because very few people have read it, so it’s rising slowly. [Transmigration + Period Setting + Homeroom Teacher + Light Ensemble Cast + Romance + Anime + Entrepreneur] After transmigrating back to the 1970s, Chen Yixiao finds herself a newly graduated temporary worker at a garment factory, rubbing clothes until the skin peels off her hands. No matter. She can draw. She turns her grandmother’s stories into comic strips and submits them to a newspaper, making her grandma famous 384Reads8.1Score11214d adds
- 161 The Carefree Years of the Beloved Family Darling in the 1960s 六零年代团宠的悠悠岁月 The rating just came in, and it will rise later [Period + adored by everyone + heartwarming + food + golden finger + getting rich + intangible cultural heritage + traditional culture + everyday life] Qu Xiayu was incredibly lucky in her previous life. She never expected to transmigrate into a family that had spent six generations hoping for a daughter. In the 1960s, when no family had enough to eat, what was she supposed to do? Wait, why is her golden finger so powerful this time? Could she be H 445Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 162 The Mighty Little One in the 1970s 大力崽崽在七零 Until she was five, Qin Yiyao always thought her mom was the most amazing person in the family. Later, she realized that all the grown-ups in her family were pretty amazing. With her hands on her hips, she made a quiet vow as she turned a circle in the living room: she was going to grow up to be amazing too! But before that, she decided she should finish the food in her bowl first. After all, her dad's cooking was so delicious! Only child! Only child! The little one has no romance! The little on 4.4kReads8.2Score34614d adds
- 163 Born in the 1960s, Cherished All Her Life 胎穿六零，团宠一生 The cotton mill director’s beloved, lively daughter × a retired high-ranking military family’s aloof son Female lead’s perspective: Xu Tang was born in the new millennium, then transmigrated into the 1960s with a high-end shopping mall and became the adored daughter of the cotton mill director’s family. After graduating high school, she planned to go to a farm in the countryside, earn work points for a year, and then take the college entrance exam to return to the city. Instead, she passed the e 730Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 164 From Ancient Times to the Modern Age: The Willful Young Lady of the 1960s 古穿今：六十年代任性大小姐 [Childhood sweethearts / gentle male lead and lively female lead / no golden finger, black market / ancient-to-modern transmigration / past and present lives / coming-of-age romance] In her past life, she was a sheltered young lady, and he was a stern, aloof scholar who, unable to pass the imperial exams, became her family’s tutor. The court was in turmoil. When Yun’an City, where the young lady lived, fell, enemy troops stormed in to burn, kill, and plunder. Her family abandoned her because she 5.1kReads8.7Score47914d adds
- 165 Reborn: Thriving in the 1970s 重生后，我在70年代混得风生水 In her previous life, Shen Yan was deceived by a scumbag. Blinded by love, she defied her family and insisted on marrying him. After the wedding, she cut ties with her relatives and worked tirelessly, serving her husband's family like a beast of burden. Her mother-in-law tormented her, her sister-in-law bullied her, and her husband turned a blind eye. In the end, she died a miserable death... Reborn, she decides to stay away from scumbags and cherish her life. She will build a fortune alongside 498Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 166 Life in a Little Courtyard 小院儿生活 When Taohua married into the family, her mother told her that the Xiao family would most likely split up. But Taohua never expected it to happen so soon. (No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger: just working hard to live and striving to make a life.) 20.1kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 167 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零：南粤渔家小日子 [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 569Reads—Score10314d adds
- 168 Transmigrating to a Bygone Era, I Live Off My Parents and Lie Flat Like a Carefree Fish 穿越年代，我靠啃老躺平当咸鱼 Song Yuan transmigrated. In her previous life, she was a landlady who coasted through life, collecting rent on schedule and taking it easy. She never expected to open her eyes and find herself reborn as a little girl. Her father was a lazy, shameless rascal who mooched off his parents every day, but in truth, he doted on his wife and daughter. Her mother seemed too frail to take care of herself, unable to carry heavy loads or lift a finger, but was actually as strong as an ox. Song Yuan thought 6.8kReads8.3Score48314d adds
- 169 Born into the 1950s, I Packed My Bags and Went to the Countryside as a Youth 胎穿五零打包行李下乡当知青 After a pandemic, she is born into the world 50 years earlier. What can she do when her mother favors sons over daughters? Luckily, she has a portable space. She finally grows up with her grandmother, only to have her mother secretly register her to go to the countryside, taking the job slot she had just earned away from her. What can she do? Accept reality, pack up, and go. Living in the educated youth compound, everyone has their own agenda. She just wants a peaceful life until she can return 3.3kReads7.9Score15614d adds
- 170 The Adorable Baby Is Fierce, and the Whole Family Spoils Her Rotten 小奶娃超凶哒，全家宠完国灵宠 Lu Yanzhi, twenty-four years old, was slapped awake in his sleep. Then he suddenly had a daughter, who wet his bed and smeared poop all over his leg... From then on, Lu Yanzhi began life as a dad... 1.7kReads8.0Score10814d adds
- 171 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
- 172 A Fiery Military Wife in the 1970s: Her Officer Husband Risks His Life to Spoil Her 七零火辣军嫂：军官老公拿命宠 (Complete) Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + devoted couple + comedy + wish fulfillment Qin Qianqian dies suddenly and transmigrates to the 1970s. She heads into town for some braised pork, only to get knocked over and land a hospital stay and a boyfriend in one go. Qin Qianqian: I didn't know you were my childhood betrothed. Yan Baichuan: Yeah, I didn't know either. Qin Qianqian: So, how about we get married? Yan Baichuan: Sure. On the night they get their marriage certificat 3.5kReads8.3Score27314d adds
- 173 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
- 174 Reborn in the 1950s: I Nearly Drowned Right After Birth 胎穿五零：刚出生的我差点被溺毙 [Reincarnated in the womb + 1950s setting + pocket dimension + cozy everyday life + a slow and steady life] Also known as: Reborn in the 1950s: I Nearly Drowned Right After I Was Born She was reincarnated in the womb, and her story began with a near-fatal drowning... Luckily, her useless father had a rare moment of conscience and barely managed to save her life. She’d just had her first decent meal, and then she was abandoned!!! Õ_Õ: Hey, little one, do you have a lot of questions??? Scene One: 3kReads7.9Score21614d adds
- 175 Who Says the Village Tyrant Is Infertile? I Give Him Seven Kids in Three Pregnancies 谁说村霸不孕？我三胎送他七个崽 The score has just been posted, so it doesn't mean much yet. (Historical setting + Building wealth + Farming + Raising kids + Pampered by everyone + Devoted couple + Ensemble cast + Quadruplets) The whole village knew Lin Susu was born unlucky. She brought misfortune not only on herself but on those around her. Though beautiful as a flower, she was left at home, unable to find a husband... Through a matchmaker's efforts, she married An Qingshan, the childless village bully of Zhaizi Village. The 60.7kReads8.3Score5.2k14d adds
- 176 Sweet as Honey in the 1970s: A Local Green Tea Girl’s Pampered Life 七零甜蜜蜜：绿茶土著的娇宠日常 [Green tea heroine vs. roguishly handsome hero / polished self-interest / slice of life] Wan Xia could be called an “unusual” sort of person. While everyone else fought tooth and nail for a piece of Dacron fabric, she preferred wearing pure cotton and dressing like an elegant little white lotus. Many people in the village thought she’d been calculating and scheming since childhood. She thought so too. In an era when sons were favored over daughters, she managed to win all the special affection 5.7kReads8.5Score39114d adds
- 177 Little One from the 1950s: Mom, I Really Am a Good Dog! 五零崽崽：娘，我真是条好狗！ [Period drama + adorable child + no romance + farming dimension + everyday life + family squabbles + light ensemble cast + slow-paced] In her previous life, Yadan was a dog. In this life, she's human. On her first day as a human, she throws her head back and howls, then crawls around the yard in the shadows, marking her territory. She steals the precious giant bone from Big Black at the village entrance. And she gets a farming dimension? Huh? Do dogs have to farm too? Yadan looks at her tiny arm 8.1kReads9.0Score63214d adds
- 178 The Entire Imperial Court Is Smitten with the Adorable Little Dumpling 团宠小豆包萌炸全皇朝 [Everyone’s favorite + adorable child + precognition + powerhouse + secret identities + food + Heaven’s own darling daughter + lucky star + born into the womb + romance + making money] The Wei family of Dahe Village became famous overnight. For miles around, everyone knew the Wei household was full of men, with not a single woman in sight. Then, last night, the Wei family finally had a baby girl. Who could have guessed that after the child was born, the Wei family’s life would get better with ev 389Reads8.9Score10314d adds
- 179 Winning Over My Wife Is Hard: The Cold-Hearted General Turns Jealous 媳妇难追，高冷军少成醋王 (Military marriage, arts troupe, strong female and male leads, doting husband, chasing his wife to the crematorium, playing dumb while hiding a sharp edge, extremely jealous hero!) Reborn into a period novel as a beautiful but spoiled, selfish, domineering good-for-nothing, Xia Anran throws in the towel! Someone else can have the job of making the heroine look kind and virtuous. And that fiancé of hers, what’s-his-name, Huo Ruiyang, right? Do you really think you’re such a catch? There are 3.9kReads8.6Score37314d adds
- 180 The 1970s: I Became the Military Romance Heroine's Biological Younger Sister 七零：我成了军婚女主的亲妹妹 Jiang Caixuan transmigrated into a military-marriage novel set in the Seventies. After being reborn, the heroine vowed never to repeat the mistakes of her past. So she acted first and arranged with her gentle mother to take over the family job. She also became involved with a military officer who had lost his wife and was raising a child. After weathering a series of trials and tribulations, the two lived happily together. But Jiang Caixuan looked at her original self, whose health had been poor 9kReads7.2Score68214d adds
- 181 Alone in an Empty Room, While the Factory Director Next Door Holds Me Close at Night 守空房，隔壁厂长夜揽小蛮腰 [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Both Pure in Love + Sweet Romance + Traditional Story, No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Pretty Widow + Untamed Steel Mill Director, With a Striking Difference in Build and Skin Tone, and Chemistry Through the Roof] After her husband dies in an underground accident, He Xiaohe becomes the “jinx widow” everyone at the steel mill thinks they can bully. Her vicious mother-in-law wants to seize her house, then sell her off to the countryside for a bride price. Her shamele 2.4kReads—Score10814d adds
- 182 What's So Bad About a Quiet Life in the 1960s? 六零之平淡点有什么不好？ [Everyday life + period setting + System + no rivalry between women + no sent-down youth] The Shen family is one of the few households in the steel mill’s residential compound with no sent-down youths. The family gets along harmoniously, but in this extraordinary era, they face one upheaval after another. Let’s see what choices they make... 1.1kReads6.7Score10514d adds
- 183 Transmigrated to the Nineties: A Three-Year-Old Wants Her Dad to Become a Dragon 穿越九零，三岁萌娃望父成龙 [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Baby + Daily Life + Childhood Sweethearts] Lin Shi worked diligently as an office drone, determined to buy a small home of her own in the big city. Just as her dream was about to come true, she suddenly dropped dead from overwork during an overtime shift. When she opened her eyes, Lin Shi had returned to the 1990s, transmigrated into a newborn baby. After observing for a long while, Lin Shi realized she had been born into a comfortable, middle-class family in the 1 3kReads9.2Score30114d adds
- 184 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 27Reads—Score214d adds
- 185 After My Husband Died in Service, I Started Living Off My Kids 丈夫牺牲后，我开始啃小 Zhuo Yue is a famous lazybones in Fuqi Brigade. She doesn’t work in the fields or wait on her in-laws. Her husband earns the money, and her son does the chores. The women in the brigade dislike her, the young wives envy her, and the men, young and old, pity Wei Tianxia for having such an unfortunate family and Wei Xiaojia for having suffered in childhood. Wei Tianxia: “My wife is delicate, beautiful, kindhearted, gentle, and virtuous... Stop being jealous.” Wei Xiaojia: “My mom is kind, consider 3.8kReads8.3Score47514d adds
- 186 Reborn in Ancient Times, Living High on Her Foolish Brother’s Support 重生古代，靠着傻子哥哥吃香喝辣 Transmigrate to ancient times, with a dad who “loves” to nag, a mom who loves to “cry,” and a big brother who grins like an idiot With a pocket dimension and superhuman strength, Li Yunxi thought this life would be smooth sailing. Who could have guessed her own big brother would be an idiot who transmigrated with her, hitching a ride on her good fortune? It wasn’t such a big deal, really. It just meant one more mouth to feed! But then she discovered her brother had a pocket dimension too, and th 1.2kReads8.4Score11414d adds
- 187 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
- 188 The 1970s: I Married a Truck Driver and Gave Up Trying 七零：嫁给大车司机摆烂了 No rebirth or transmigration + prophetic dreams + an upgradeable pocket dimension (appears later) Hu Huizhi is a typical self-interested person. All she wants is to marry a city man and get access to state-supplied grain, while making sure her descendants have as few obstacles as possible. The first time Wang Xuyang met Hu Huizhi, he knew exactly what kind of person she was. So what? Ambition is an admirable trait. Two people who think alike and share the same values join hands to make their way 5kReads6.7Score34714d adds
- 189 The 1960s: A Quiet Life Like Hers 六零年代：平淡如她 [Everyday Family Life] [Slow-Paced, No Power Fantasy] [Raising Kids] [No Fixed Plot] That year, something unexpected happened in Cheng Xi's family. Before she could even get to her feet and object, she somehow ended up married. After the wedding, she followed her soon-to-be husband, Lu Qian, south into the mountains. For the first few years, Lu Qian would be away for a year or half a year at a time, hardly ever coming home. When she first arrived, she was busy tidying up and decorating her littl 1.2kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 190 The Dragon Baby Becomes Everyone’s Darling in the Seventies 龙宝在七零做团宠 [1970s + Period Setting + Everyone’s Favorite + Adorable Child + Feel-Good Read + Building Wealth + Family and Village Life] The only little princess of the Golden Dragon clan accidentally transmigrates to an era of scarcity and hardship. Fortunately, she is born into the Leng family, who already have seven grandsons and are desperate for a granddaughter. From the moment she arrives, she becomes the darling of three generations of the Leng family. The little golden dragon is overjoyed: her grand 263Reads—Score10714d adds
- 191 Transmigrated into an 80s Novel as a Rich, Adored Young Lady 穿进八零年代文当富家娇娇女 Xiang Qing, who loves reborn web novels, never imagined that one day she would transmigrate to the 1980s and find herself from the start as a little farm girl! In an era when even eating meat was a luxury, she relies on her parents and gradually rises to become a pampered rich girl. As for that golden finger that's somewhat useful but not very useful, she'll just use it to tackle a few side quests for now... 3.7kReads8.2Score20514d adds
- 192 Reborn in 1980: I Dumped the Scumbag and Married a Butcher 重生八零甩掉渣男嫁屠户 [Period] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Space] + [Farming] + [Family Life] + [Entrepreneurship] Li Wenhui is reborn before her blind date with a scumbag, and this time she exposes the affair between him and her best friend with her own hands. Thinking of the butcher who supplied her restaurant throughout her previous life and even came to her aid at a crucial moment, Li Wenhui decides they can team up and start a business this time around. But how does it end up with the two of them getting married and bu 3.9kReads8.2Score40414d adds
- 193 Reborn in the 1990s: I Bind a Scavenging System and Become a Top Student 重生九零：我绑定拾荒系统当学霸 People say good people don't live long, while troublemakers live for a thousand years. Turns out this saying really is true. I was just being kind and helping an old lady cross the road, but then a reckless driver brought my thirty years of life to an end. Luckily, Heaven had mercy on me, letting me be reborn and giving me a huge compensation package. Scavenging, huh? Heh. My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven's. Even if I'm picking up trash, I'll be the king of it. There's a golden house in boo 4.1kReads8.9Score47414d adds
- 194 My Eldest Sister Was Reborn and My Second Sister Transmigrated, So I Chose to Watch the Drama 大姐重生二姐穿越，我选择吃瓜 Ding Le transmigrates into a book, landing in the comparison family of a story set in a bygone era. The heroine, Xiao Tiantian, is a lucky star, adored by her parents, cherished by her grandparents, and spoiled by her older siblings. As the contrast, Ding Le’s family has grandparents who favor boys over girls. The eldest granddaughter marries a notorious scoundrel from their village and is beaten to death a few years later; the second granddaughter marries a widower in town and dies in childbirt 9.8kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 195 Life in a Little Courtyard in the 1960s 六零：小院里的日常 ★ [Not a wish-fulfillment story, with only a small golden finger] ★ [Ordinary day-to-day life, no outrageous villains] Chen Xing was an ordinary nine-to-five office worker. She never imagined that transmigration could happen to her. She woke up, opened her eyes, and found the world and the era had changed. She'd ended up in the harsh 1960s, where food and clothing were scarce. And the three years of famine hadn't even fully ended yet. No one had it easy during the famine. Chen Xing was an orphan 907Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 196 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 509Reads—Score10714d adds
- 197 Upholding Justice 公义立身 Xu Zhiqiang was born into a poor rural family in the 1960s. Through sheer hard work, he got into university. After graduating, he was assigned to work at a steel mill, where he brought a near-bankrupt factory back from the brink. Later, an anonymous letter changed the course of his life once again. After enduring setbacks in life as well as pressure and blows at work, Xu Zhiqiang entered the real estate business and rose to the pinnacle of success. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始 In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 The Doomed Young Lady Lands in the Countryside Just Before the Move, Hiding Out in the City 末世娇女穿在下乡前夕，苟在城里 Lin Jiao was born lucky. Even in the harsh conditions of the apocalypse, she lived a life everyone envied. Who could have known that while she was browsing the shops and joining the crowds at the base, a System fragment would hit her temple, killing her and sending her to another world? Her original self was unloved by both parents. She decided to sell her job and follow the man she loved to the countryside. Then a reborn heroine stole her man, and she died suddenly from a heart attack. After tr 3.2kReads7.2Score20714d adds
- 200 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 [Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform 591Reads8.1Score10214d adds
