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- 51 The 1970s: The Black Lotus Cheats the System and Wins Big 七零：黑莲花靠骗系统赢麻了 (The rating is low because it just came out. It should go up eventually, right…) After a wonderfully satisfying all-nighter came a sudden, unexpected death. When Lin Jin opened her eyes again, she had a System in her mind that claimed it could help her reach the pinnacle of life. Task One: Give up a job opportunity. Lin Jin immediately sold the job, and the task was completed. The System crashed. Wait… was something wrong here? Lin Jin gazed at it innocently with wide eyes. “So what? Just t 351Reads7.0Score10014d adds
- 52 Reborn in the 1980s: Love and Career, I Want It All 重生八零：爱情事业全都要 [Reborn + 1980s + farming + building wealth + family life + strong heroine + devoted couple] Fang Qiushui is reborn and forced to marry an alcoholic gambler many years her senior, in exchange for a wife for her cousin. Why should I have to trade away my whole life so my cousin can get a wife? Why does his family get to eat eggs while I have to live on dried radish? Dream on! I won’t agree to this! She takes her mother and younger sister and decisively splits from the family. She tears into her c 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 I Transmigrated to the 1980s and Opened a Supermarket on the Jing-Hang Canal 穿越八零，我在京杭运河开超市 [Shipping on the Jiangnan Canal] [Families aboard] [School for the children of boat-dwelling families] [There is a cheat, but upgrading it requires spending money. Progress isn’t instant, so this may not be for you if you want a cheat that can reshape the world overnight] [Slow-paced, with careful research and a nostalgic focus on people and culture] [Ensemble cast and everyday life in a bygone era] This book is also titled Ordinary Memories. Written entirely by hand, so please show your support 482Reads8.2Score11114d adds
- 54 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Took the System to the Countryside 穿越七零，带着系统去下乡 Jiang Yuan thought she was terribly unlucky. Just after her job paying over ten thousand yuan a month became permanent, she was hit by a car and died. Then she thought she was incredibly lucky. After her death, she was bound to a System that treated her wonderfully. It took her to the 1970s and gave her a pocket dimension. On top of that, as long as she worked, it paid her an annual salary of over 200,000 yuan. The job was her dream: great pay, little work. An annual salary of over 200,000 yuan 24Reads—Score14814d adds
- 55 Eighties: The Brocade-Blooming Supporting Lady Was Knocked in the Back by a Shooting Star 八零锦花开女配被流星撞了一下腰 (Eighties setting, slice of life, raising a child, family and neighborhood affairs) (Steady emotions, no getting worked up, absolutely no stewing over things) (No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger) (Ordinary male and female leads, heroine doesn't start a business but isn't short of money, ensemble cast, everything built from scratch) A shooting star streaked across the sky. Fang Heng knew she was a supporting character in someone else's story. With one light flap of the protagonist's 2.3kReads7.4Score27814d adds
- 56 A Madwoman Transmigrates to the Seventies, and Nobody Does Evil Better Than Me 癫婆穿七零，以恶制恶我最行 [Period Piece + 1970s + Unlikable Heroine + Nothing to Lose, So Let’s Fight + Ensemble Cast] After the great menace Shi Wei blew herself up and died in the cultivation world, she woke up in the 1970s in the body of a spineless woman who shared her name, with memories of a book in her mind. The original Shi Wei’s parents ignored her, her whole family bullied her, and her vicious cousin schemed to marry her off to an abusive, elderly, crippled man. In the end, that cousin stole her identity and to 4.6kReads8.3Score32814d adds
- 57 Reborn Through the Flames: Saving Myself 浴火重生之拯救自己 Born in the 1950s, Zhou Yu was the eldest daughter in her family. From the time she could remember, her mother was constantly either pregnant or giving birth. Her younger siblings all grew up on her back. Besides the two who died young, there were three younger sisters and two younger brothers. With so many mouths to feed, Zhou Yu earned more work points outside the home than her father, despite being a girl. At home, she cared for her younger siblings and squeezed in odd jobs to earn a little e 683Reads8.0Score10414d adds
- 58 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越七零之路人甲日常 The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later. This is a gentle, everyday-life story. If it’s not your thing, please click away. Thanks! Transmigration + no military marriage + no relocation to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no vilifying the original heroine After transmigrating, Lu Jinxia finds herself in the world of a historical novel she read. Unfortunately, she isn’t the heroine, just a background character. The heroine of the book is an educated youth sent to the countryside. 24.3kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 59 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
- 60 The 1970s: A Village Girl Who Transmigrated into a Book and Her Doting Educated Youth Husband 七零：穿书村姑和她的知青娇夫 A single office drone past the age of marriage gets herself killed while saving someone. Eighteen years later, she discovers she's transmigrated into a book about a transmigrated female educated youth and a male educated youth from the capital, and all their tangled love and hate. Lin Yunyun is a nameless extra who doesn't even get a line. Figuring that the main characters bring nothing but trouble, Lin Yunyun decides to stay as far away from them as possible and live her own quiet life. This ha 2.6kReads8.7Score19714d adds
- 61 A Young Couple in the 1980s: Their Life as Migrant Workers Down South 八十年代小夫妻，南下打工日常 Totally fictional, totally fictional, totally fictional! Important things must be said three times. Don't argue over the details. When reading a novel, there's no need to take it as seriously as the college entrance exam. Just have fun. [No golden finger + no pocket dimension + no college entrance exam] It all takes place in a small village in the north. As one of the first young couples to head south for work, what will their future hold? Let's wait and see... 729Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 62 The 1980s: I Transmigrate into a Book and Become a Model of Morality 穿书八零，贪财女配成了道德模范 The score is finally in and still rising! Thanks to everyone for your reviews. [1980s Setting + Transmigrate Into a Book + Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Marriage First, Love Later] She transmigrates into a novel set in the 1980s as the wicked female supporting character: in debt, lazy, and hated by her whole family. The original owner has such a terrible reputation that she’s always trying to take advantage of others. The neighbors despise her, and even her new husband treats her coldly. Xia 25Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 63 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
- 64 In the 1960s, My Whole Family Becomes the Main Character, While I Watch from the Sidelines 六零全家都成主角，我就冷眼旁观 Period setting + ensemble cast + family and everyday life + sweet romance + scheming beauty + family members who are always at odds The whole family gets to be the main characters, so what's wrong with me just watching from the sidelines?? After waking up one day, Ruan Shu discovered that her whole family were the protagonists of books, and she had a part in every single one. In the books, she only managed to dodge her family's schemes because she was quick on her feet. Fine, fine. So that's how 115.7kReads8.4Score14.5k14d adds
- 65 Back to the 1990s: The Road to Fortune 重回九零致富路 Back in the early 1990s, Su Jinhua turns down a blind date and joins the wave of workers heading south. Getting another chance in the midst of a great era, Su Jinhua's greatest wish is to seize the moment. She plans to buy another home while houses are still dirt cheap, but ends up becoming a landlady before she knows it! Su Jinhua never meant to make a big fuss about things. After all, nothing beats coasting to success. But who can keep a low profile when their abilities won't allow it? She onl 740Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 66 In the '90s, Only a Henpecked Man Can Become the Village’s Richest 九零：耙耳朵才能当村首富 [Both leads reborn + period setting + everyday family life + raising children + making money] Question: If you could go back thirty years, what would you do? Miao Yuting: ...Do you even have to ask? Of course I’d... Raise the kids! Buy a house! Become the richest person in the village! Don’t underestimate the village’s richest person, and don’t underestimate bean buns as a source of food! Li Jianye is reborn and returns to his youth. What does he regret most? That is... Listening to his wife! Li 331Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 67 After the Transmigrator Ruined My Life, I Was Reborn in the 1970s 被穿书女破坏人生后，我重生七零 [Period Setting + Rebirth + Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Career] Only after Xu Mingqi died did she learn that she was a throwaway side character in a period-piece novel about a pampered darling, while the darling was her sister-in-law, Gu Jiaojiao, who had transmigrated into the book. Xu Mingqi should have lived a happy life, but because of the woman who transmigrated into the book, she spent half her life working herself to the bone and died at twenty-four. Given anoth 1.1kReads8.1Score10814d adds
- 68 In the 1990s, I Only Wanted to Be a Landlady 九十年代一心想当包租婆 Given another chance, Su Wan has seen the light: you can't be too honest! Faced with all the tricks her former classmates used to pull, Su Wan makes her position clear: No! Absolutely not! I have to go to school! Nobody can stop me! Think she doesn't want revenge? Oh, no. A year later, she turns around and sends them straight to prison. From dead last to top of the class in just two months? Don't like her? Too bad. As long as she likes herself, that's all that matters! Jealous that she's getting 771Reads6.8Score10614d adds
- 69 The 1970s: As a Background Character, I Choose a Bright Future Over the Plot 七零，路人甲不走剧情走前途 [Period Novel + Reincarnated as a Baby + Deliberate Pacing + Everyday Life + No Relocation to the Countryside + Just Got Its First Rating] Shen Zhiyi was reborn in the 1950s. By the late 1960s, she had become an electrician, and she worked diligently, with the worker-peasant-soldier college recommendation she wanted almost within reach. Her life was going smoothly. Then Su Wanning, a relative who had just moved in with her family, suddenly pushed her down the stairs. This chain of events made 33.6kReads8.2Score3.6k14d adds
- 70 A Minor Character in a Period Novel 年代文里的路人丁 Chen Yuwan is an invisible, nameless passerby in a period novel, fated to be forced by her birth family to marry an abusive old man and live out a miserable life. But just before the wedding, she suddenly awakens. She reports the old man’s family, wrests some money from her biased parents, and secretly signs up to go work in the countryside in Heilongjiang Province. All she wants is to earn a steady living on her own. Unexpectedly, on the train, a cold System voice suddenly rings in her mind: “ 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Female Lead Is Calculating and Self-Serving in a Period Novel 女主在年代文里精致利己 Golden finger, slow-paced quick transmigration, period stories, awful characters. The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint; she's a refined egoist who does whatever she feels like and lives for her own happiness. Whatever she does, it's to make her life better, without working herself too hard. In the first story, she marries off all her older brothers. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 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
- 73 1970s Military Marriage: My System Can Buy Goods Across Dimensions 七零军婚，我的系统能跨位面进货 [Historical Setting] [Clear-Headed, Independent Female Lead] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Joins the Army] Lin Wanxing dies unexpectedly. When she opens her eyes, she has become an orphan in the 1970s whose parents are both dead. Her uncle and aunt have not only seized her house and her parents' compensation, but also secretly signed her up to go to the countryside, hoping to scheme their way into taking her job? The Plane Trading System activates, and she gets a spatial ring and three times the 880Reads—Score10514d adds
- 74 Marriage Before Love: A ’70s Rough-Hewn Husband’s Everyday Devotion 先婚后爱：七零糙汉宠妻日常 [Marriage First, Love Later] [Northeastern China in the 1970s] [Family Life] [College Entrance Exam Comeback] [Sweet Daily Romance] 1976, a small county town in Northeast China. Lin Wanxing opened her eyes and found herself in the body of a second daughter whom her father didn't love and her mother didn't care for. Her older brother was the apple of her father's eye, while her younger twin siblings were the apple of her mother's. Caught in the middle, she slept in the storage room, ate leftove 25.7kReads—Score1.9k14d adds
- 75 Transmigrated into an Eighties Novel: This Sister-in-Law Can Talk Anyone into Anything 穿书八零：这个小姑子太能忽悠了 [1980s + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Space + Slice of Life + City Worker + Shameless + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] Good news: I’ve transmigrated to the 1980s! Bad news: I’ve transmigrated into a period novel as a wicked female cannon-fodder character, and from the start I’m being dragged off to meet the original male lead for a blind date. Chen Zhaozhao says: Stay away from me! After working herself to death in a 996 job, Chen Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book and discovered that her l 140Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 76 The Rich Widow Wang Guixiang’s Satisfying Life 富婆王桂香的爽文人生 [Female-led power fantasy + face-slapping the scum + making a fortune + golden finger] When you see injustice, shout out loud; when it's time to act, act! She takes on people and makes money at the same time. She cooks dried foods, makes pickles, opens a spicy snack factory... The characters are vivid, the plot makes sense, and the farther you read, the more hooked you get. Oh my gosh, I've never read such a good book. It unfolds at an unhurried pace, like reading an essay. The emotional tone is 1.3kReads8.2Score10714d adds
- 77 In a Period Novel, the Cannon Fodder Who Brings Gear Changes the Plot 年代文，送装备的炮灰擅改剧情 [Period Setting] [Golden Finger] [Gossip and Treasure Hunting] [Family Life] [Some Ensemble Cast] [Money Is No Object] [Heaven Has a Will] [Characters Aren't Dumb] [No College Entrance Exam] [No Job] The heroine is an ordinary person with flaws! The pacing is a little slow! She won't miss out on a single bargain worth finding! She won't forget a single grudge worth settling! A box thrown by her neighbor knocks Jian Xingmian into the year 1968! Only after waking up does she realize she's been in 2.9kReads6.9Score17214d adds
- 78 Reborn in the 1980s: The Plump Country Bride Fights Back 重生80：下乡肥妻要逆袭 Lose weight, start a business, and turn over a new leaf. Who can blame her for having terrible luck when she was reborn and transmigrated, only to end up as the slovenly, shrewish, ill-mannered Yang Lina, a lazy glutton and a real piece of work? Yang Lina is at her wit's end, with no help to be found anywhere. To survive, she calmly rolls up her sleeves and sets off on the road to prosperity through hard work, all the way to a comfortable life... 290Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 79 The Flirtatious Girl of 1992 Gets Caught Up in Romance as She Makes Her Way to the County Seat 1992俏妞情乱闯县城 In 1992, Chen Xiu'e had failed the college entrance exam several times. Her boyfriend, who had passed the exam and gotten into university, coaxed her into coming to the county town, promising they would build a life together. But soon after arriving in the city, he changed his mind and dumped her. Then another letter came from home: they wanted to sell her to a crippled man from another village for bride money to help her brother get married. Xiu'e had a younger sister, and the thought that her 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Reborn in the 1990s: Becoming a Wealthy Slacker 重生九零：做富贵咸鱼 Lin Jing spent her whole life estranged from her family. Her marriage fell apart, and her stepson turned against her, hating her so much he wished he could kill her. So what if she had billions in assets? So what if she was the head of a corporation? All that hard work left her with no one to rely on and no one to love. She thanks the heavens for letting her be reborn. This time, she’ll prevent tragedy, protect her loved ones, and safeguard her home. She can earn money and handle anything tha 2.3kReads8.7Score15714d adds
- 81 Reborn in 1980: Demolition, Riches, and Taking on the Worst of the Family 重生回80，拆迁！暴富！斗极品 [Working-class life + Demolition and relocation + Plenty of awful people + Family squabbles + Getting rich + A touch of ensemble cast] Hu Yan spent her whole life as a devoted wife and loving mother, only to die suddenly on a factory assembly line. In one moment, she returns to thirty years earlier, just two months after marrying Chen Guangze. At this point, the village houses haven't been demolished, and she and her husband haven't split from the family. They haven't given up their village home 14.7kReads7.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 82 The 1980s: A Young Widow's Matchmaking Days in the Compound 八零：大院儿小寡妇相亲记 [Charming Widow × Gentle Widower] [Everyday Family Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Not a Power Fantasy + Slow-Burning Romance + No Golden Finger] Pretty widow Ye Xiaowan thinks, so what if I’m a widow? Does being a widow mean I have to spend every day looking unkempt and crying my eyes out? No way! She’s going to dress beautifully and live with her head held high. But to keep her daughter from being called a “fatherless little brat,” she sets off on a series of ridiculous blind dates. Later, she no 119Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 83 The Eighties’ Poor Little Girl: Starting a Business at the Street Stalls 八零小可怜：发家从摆摊开始 (A female-led story focused on her career. The male lead appears relatively late.) Liu Ye, a modern office worker, transmigrated one day to the 1980s. She became a poor girl sold to human traffickers by her unscrupulous father, penniless and all alone. Fortunately, she still had an uncle living in Shencheng whom she could rely on. After arriving in Shencheng to seek refuge with her uncle, Liu Ye saw fashionable trendsetters all over the streets: sporting perms and oversized sunglasses, dressed i 1.2kReads8.2Score10214d adds
- 84 Frozen to Death Under a Bridge, I Was Reborn and Cut Off My Entire Family 冻毙桥洞重生后，我六亲不认 (The rating just came out, so it’s relatively low.) [Fierce, stylish reborn old woman × a cast of villains × face-slapping × historical era × revenge × no romance × pocket dimension] “Smack!” She’d just been reborn when her husband’s slap, along with a spray of spit, struck her face. In her previous life, she froze to death under a bridge, with no one to claim her body. This time, armed with a pocket dimension, she won’t spare even her closest relatives! Her husband faked his death and ran off w 4.8kReads7.5Score38214d adds
- 85 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
- 86 The Courtyard House of the 1980s 八零烟霞宿舍院子家 [Period Setting + Ordinary Life + Ensemble Cast + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Slice of Life + Teachers + Small Joys] Colleagues getting along, marriage and family, the path of an ordinary life, the warmth of everyday life, little joys and great happiness. In the 1980s, several young people who had never known one another before meet in the staff dormitory of a teacher-training school... Xiao Ning is laid-back and straightforward, carefree and openhearted. She moved here with her family —Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 87 Transmigrated Into an 1980s Book: The Female Side Character Is the Sweet, Silly One 穿书八零：女配才是傻白甜 As a die-hard fan of the heroine, Lu Miaomiao was so enraged by the novel's vicious villainess that she wanted to mail the author a knife. The author snapped, “If the villainess isn't over-the-top, how am I supposed to write her? If you think you can do better, you try!” Lu Miaomiao replied, “Fine, I will!” But after transmigrating into the book as the villainess, she nearly spat up blood: The sweet, innocent white lotus is actually a rotten-hearted ingrate? And the villainess is the kind, naive 578Reads8.3Score10114d adds
- 88 The 1970s: I Planned to Coast Through Life, but I Was Forced to Make a Comeback! 七零：本想咸鱼趟，却被迫翻身！ (Ahem, some of you lovely readers want more no-romance period stories. I’ll do my best to update! Fist bump!) The moment Su Rong opens her eyes, she has transmigrated into a period novel as a supporting female character who seems to have something wrong with her head. Looking at the one, two, three, four, five male leads before her, Su Rong falls unusually silent. Not out of shyness, but embarrassment. Without exception, no matter how many male leads there are, they’re all fish in the female lea 273Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 89 Reborn in the Nineties: I Sold Spicy Hot Pot and Bought a Whole Street 重生九零，我卖麻辣烫买了一条街 In her previous life, He Wanqiu spent her whole life working in a factory, married the wrong man, and died alone and miserable. Reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams, she swore never to repeat the mistakes of her past life. Her own mother favored boys and forced her to quit school to work? Her classmates mocked and sneered at her, calling her a hopeless student? Her relatives looked down on her poor family? Once He Wanqiu began her comeback, there was no stopping her! Her mother w 3.8kReads8.8Score35814d adds
- 90 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
- 91 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
- 92 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
- 93 A Capable Village Belle and Her Good-for-Nothing Live-In Son-in-Law 能干村花和她的窝囊倒插门 Zhao Hua is the capable, no-nonsense village beauty of Taiping Village. She supports her family with a small shop, while her adoptive parents hope she'll marry a man who can support them in their old age. A scandalous affair involving a potential match ruins the marriage prospects outright. Unable to find a man willing to marry into her family, she chooses the impoverished Li boy who lives behind her house. His family is buried in debt, he's timid by nature and always lowers his head when troubl 3.8kReads—Score12414d adds
- 94 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
- 95 The 1970s Scheming Girl Has a Little Conscience, But Not Much 七零心机女有点良心但不多 [Alternate-history period setting + works in the city instead of being sent to the countryside + family life + watching the drama unfold + no golden finger + male lead appears much later] After an accident, Song Qi was lucky enough to recover her memories of a past life. As it turned out, she had transmigrated from a world decades in the future. Thinking back to the period novels she had read in her previous life, then looking at the time she was now living in, she realized it was already 1970. 198Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Reborn in the 1980s: I Swapped Marriages and Married an Officer, Then Got Rich 重生八零，换亲嫁军官后我暴富了 [Period setting + rebirth + spatial dimension + building wealth + daily life] (The low rating is due to the small number of reviews, not the quality of the story!) In her previous life, Lin Qiaowan was slowly schemed against and killed by the man she loved. When she opened her eyes again, she couldn't believe she'd gone back to before the two of them got engaged. Before she could even call off the engagement, the man who had planned to marry her in her previous life chose to marry her cousin, wh 435Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 97 I Became a Working Girl in the 1990s 我在九零当打工妹 Liu Tang is a recent college graduate, and every day she's so busy trying to find a job that she's completely frazzled. Then one night, she has a strange dream. To her surprise, the dream takes her to a rural village in the 1990s, where she's a high school student who failed the college entrance exam. What? There was more to her exam failure than meets the eye? Help! Finding a job is hard, but she doesn't want to take the college entrance exam again. It seems she can't go back, so she has no cho 9.3kReads8.4Score24214d adds
- 98 Tales from 1976 76旧事 Amid the beliefs Yao Yuanqing formed in his youth and the ups and downs of his circumstances, the long years slowly forged him into a guiding light. Sun Qianyun’s candid, passionate approach to life filled him with admiration, envy, and affection, but all he could do was secretly wonder: Why couldn’t you have been born thirty years earlier? If anyone posts abusive comments about Qianyun, I’ll hide this book again. You may discuss her personality and character rationally in light of the era and h 773Reads8.8Score10314d adds
- 99 A Sixty-Year-Old Woman Dies of Overwork, Then Is Reborn in the 1980s to Raise Kids in Style 六旬老太过劳死，重生八零养崽香 [Period setting + 1980s + reborn + ensemble cast + family drama + no golden finger + feel-good growth story] After raising four children through self-sacrifice, Su Fengxia, now in her sixties, has a pension that should let her live comfortably. Instead, her children sponge off her, and she is forced to take hourly jobs to help support her son’s family. In the end, she works herself to death. Reborn in the 1980s, she decides to rewrite her fate. With her husband backing her up, she launches a cam 110Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Back to the 1990s: A Life of Sudden Wealth 重回九零之暴富人生 Zhou Muzhen died. She died on the operating table. In the final moments before her death, as she thought back over her life, one thing had always baffled her: Why had she worked so hard her whole life, staying busy from dawn till dusk, wanting only to be a good wife, mother, and daughter, yet never managed it before she died? Her husband resented her for devoting all her attention to the children and neglecting him. Her two children blamed her for being a terrible mother. Her family back home sc 1.4kReads8.1Score10614d adds
