Novels like My Happiness Began in 1958
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- 1 It's 1955, and I Get a Daily Instant Kill 我在1955，每天秒杀 Wang Chao wakes up to find himself a young black-market trader in the 1950s, beaten to death by his own father right from the start. His home is bare, and the rice jar is almost empty. He rubs his stinging neck, and the Instant Purchase System suddenly activates: one cent buys a Shanghai wristwatch, one cent gets national grain coupons, one cent buys ten jin of pork, one cent buys a radio, and one cent buys a Dongfeng heavy truck. When Wang Chao brings steaming white rice and sizzling red-braise 1.4kReads6.7Score10214d adds
- 2 I Transmigrated to 1960, and at Nine I Earned Money to Support My Family 穿越1960年，我9岁挣钱养家 [Transmigration] + [1960s] + [Family Bonds] + [Golden Finger] + [System Online Store] + [Providing for the Family] + [Everyday Family Life] Ding Jianguo transmigrates to 1960 and depends on his siblings as they struggle to get by. His fourth older sister volunteers to return to the countryside to save the family some food rations. His younger brother goes to scavenge coal cinders from an ash heap so he can bring home something to eat. To help them survive in the city, their grandparents scrap 5.3kReads7.4Score34914d adds
- 3 Transmigrating to the 1960s, Leaving No Regrets 穿越60年代，不留遗憾 [Period setting + transmigration + System + male lead + pocket dimension] No needless hostility, and hardly any awful characters (almost none). Also known as: The 1960s: Is the County Government Procurement Officer Really Number Two? Adapted into a motion comic, with no interruption to updates. Sun Xuan, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly obtains a golden finger and transmigrates to the 1960s. Bound to a sign-in System, he has a pocket dimension stocked with abundant supplies, includi 32.1kReads8.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 4 1959: Bringing My Whole Family to City Life 年代1959带全家做城里人 Also known as: A Wonderful Life for Liu Genlai in 1959, A Free and Easy Life for an Orphan in 1959. The story moves at an unhurried pace and isn't full of anger or conflict. It's all about everyday family matters, so if you enjoy a slower pace, feel free to give it a try. Liu Genlai gets knocked into the countryside of 1959 by a dump truck. Is he going to lead the whole village to prosperity? Don't be ridiculous. Liu Genlai's little shoulders can't bear such a heavy burden. All he wants is for h 79.5kReads8.3Score5.6k14d adds
- 5 The 1960s Mystery Box System: My Scumbag Dad Spares No Expense Spoiling His Six Kids 六零盲盒系统：渣爹氪金宠飞六崽 [A low-conflict period drama + an outstanding male lead + rebuilding family values + still the one in charge + three ex-wives + six kids] Liu Xueyi married three times and had six children. He trampled on his three ex-wives to live the happy life of a city man, only to pull a classic Nanluoguxiang fool’s move and marry a widow, raising another man’s kids! But Liu Xueyi wasn’t the self-sacrificing type. No matter whose home he was in, he called all the shots. The widow’s family treated him like a 15.4kReads8.4Score81114d adds
- 6 Transmigrated to 1960: Hunting to Feed My Nine Older Sisters 穿越60从打猎开始养活九个姐姐 [Transmigration]+ [1960s]+ [Family Life]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Building a Fortune]+ [Magic Space]+ [Spirit Pool Water]+ [Animal Companions]+ [Hunting]+ [Helping the Whole Village Get Rich]+ [No Dark or Violent Themes] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Xiaolong, once an orphan, now has grandparents, two healthy parents, and nine older sisters. Having gone from being utterly alone to the darling of his whole family, Zhang Xiaolong feels deeply loved, but also keenly aware of his great responsib 107.6kReads8.6Score7.1k14d adds
- 7 With a Pocket Dimension, I Eat My Fill and Dress Warmly Through the Famine 得到空间的我在饥荒年代吃饱穿暖 [Handcrafted in the classic style, a four-million-character epic, packed to the brim] Xiao Weiguo is reborn in the past after living as a corporate wage slave in the 21st century. In an era when you need ration coupons for everything, when nobody has enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, watch as Xiao Weiguo makes a living with the space and his own one mu of land. While everyone else eats steamed corn buns, he has braised pork. While everyone else drinks watery porridge, he has Buddha Jumps Ov 73.4kReads8.3Score5.3k14d adds
- 8 The 1960s: A Daily Blind Box and a Carefree Life 60年代：每日盲盒，悠闲生活 [Period + System + Countryside + Lighthearted + Family Bonds + Hunting + Inventions + Getting Rich] After awakening memories from a parallel timeline, he discovers that it's the 1960s, and there's no food or clothing! He originally plans to use his newly awakened memories to give his family a better life, but who could have guessed that the Daily Mystery Box System would bind itself to him! Day One: “Mystery box opened. Reward: 30 Shaxian-style braised duck legs!” Day Two: “Mystery box opened. R 1.1kReads8.3Score17114d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 14.7kReads8.1Score80914d adds
