Novels like A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s, best match first.
- 1 The Little Star of the 1980s: I’m Just Like the Story’s Main Character 八零小戏精，书里主角啥样我啥样 Six-year-old He Tianyin found a glass marble and accidentally swallowed it. The next morning, when she woke up, a strange thing had appeared before her. People inside it told stories. Because she couldn’t read, she was desperate to hear them, so she spent an entire month learning how to read. Once she could read, she finished the first novel of her life. The heroes’ adventures filled her with longing. When she finished the story, she resolved to become a righteous hero herself, and even managed 639Reads6.5Score10314d adds
- 2 What! The System Has Given Up? Then I'll Team Up with One 什么！系统摆烂了？那我跟一个 [Adorable child + System + Ensemble cast + Comedy + Lighthearted + No romance] The 2222 Intelligent System suffered a disastrous failure on its very first mission. Somehow, it ended up bound to a newborn baby girl. It waited until she was three before daring to reveal who it was. But after binding with Ruan Xiuxiu, not only did it get a name, it also had to answer her questions all day long. Otherwise, she would tell someone it existed the very next second. So it gave up and stopped trying. Miss 4.6kReads6.8Score71114d adds
- 3 A Gluttonous, Lazy Little Scoundrel from the 1970s 七零馋懒小极品 One top-grade mess gives birth to another, and this whole family is a bunch of top-grade troublemakers. The older troublemaker loves to curse people out, while the little troublemaker is a selfish little glutton. The whole family is a pain to be around, and they still do whatever they please. At five years old, the little troublemaker dreamed that the world she lived in was a book and that she was a troublesome supporting female character. She jolted awake, but after thinking it over, lay back d 189Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 4 After My Favoritist Grandma Was Reborn 偏心奶奶重生后 [1980s] [Toddler-Raising System (A Human Toddler Observation Diary)] [Super-Strong Woman] [Reborn] [Light Ensemble Cast] [No Romance for the Main Character] [Family Life] (The rating is low because not many people have read it yet. It'll go up.) Qiao Xia Li thinks the world became much more interesting after something called the “System” appeared in her head. It's like the immortal grandpa from a story, able to conjure all kinds of delicious food and fun things she's never seen before. Most impo 4.2kReads8.9Score49414d adds
- 5 The Wind on Stone Bridge Woke Me from a Lifetime of Regret 石桥上的风吹醒半生错 1998, on the stone bridge, beneath the setting sun I tilted my head back, faced the wind, and stood alone with my back straight. Lin Feng held my hand tightly and said, “From now on, you’ll never be alone again. I’ll always be here.” For the first time, I cried. The pain and alarm in his eyes shattered my defenses completely. Later, I leaned against him and let my tears of hurt fall. He said, “It annoys me when you cry.” I fussed. I cried. He ran. He avoided me. I stopped crying. I raised my hea —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Only Daughter of the 1960s, Eating Meat Every Day with Her Lazy Dad 六零独生女，跟着懒蛋爸天天吃肉 [1960s + Period Setting + Family Bonds + Raising Kids + Building Wealth + Everyday Family Life + No Romance] After her mother dies, three-year-old Lin Shihua is sent to live with a father she's never met. From the city to the countryside. From eating meat every day to gnawing on corn buns. From fine clothes to patched-up ones. And her dad, Cheng Chuan Brigade's laziest man. Oh no... My good days are over! Who knew her lazy father would get his act together for her? He starts trading on the side, 2.2kReads7.0Score18014d adds
- 7 Bound to a System in the 1970s, I Became a Tycoon 被系统绑到七十年代后我成了首富 [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + System + Building Wealth + Face-Slapping + No Sent-Down Youth] After Ye He dies, the System forcibly binds itself to her, and she transmigrates into a period novel as the villainous supporting female character of the Ye family. The Ye family is a blended family with seven children. The original Ye He is the youngest daughter, with both parents alive but neither of them caring for her. Before she has even graduated from junior high, they force her to g 913Reads—Score15914d adds
- 8 A Baby from Heaven: A Fierce Beauty Arrives in the 1970s 天降萌娃：七零来了一朵霸王花 An alternate era + adorable kid + System + family life + building wealth + everyday minutiae + no romance + father-daughter love and growing up A monster daughter who only knows how to eat? A stingy, single, lazy deadbeat dad? After getting struck by lightning for hundreds of years, the showy flower finally received the guiding heavenly lightning she had been waiting for. But does receiving the guiding heavenly lightning mean you’ll definitely become an immortal? The showy flower didn’t become 20kReads7.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 9 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 492Reads8.0Score10314d adds
- 10 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
- 11 Liu Xiaocui, the Village Girl of the 1980s 八零村妹刘小翠 She has barely gotten over a scumbag who deceived her in love when her own father sells her to an old widower. What should she do? Beat the scumbag senseless. And I'm done being your daughter. She heads to the city, but gets harassed by hooligans along the way and almost loses her life. As long as I'm still alive, Liu Xiaocui, you'd all better watch out. Once she reaches the city, local bullies try to crush her business as soon as she starts out. You've got powerful connections, do you? I 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 A Little Girl and Her Beast Companions Survive a Famine, Turning Scarcity into Plenty with a Wave of Her Hand 奶团携兽穿荒年，小手一挥变丰年 (Farming + adorable child + healing found family + no romance) While chasing a divine beast, the Nine-Tailed Fox, Chu Yaoyao accidentally fell into the Heaven-Burning Well. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in Dayong. The land was in the grip of famine. Crops had failed, and corpses littered the countryside. As Chu Yaoyao lay among the bodies, pondering her life, someone found her and took her home. Only after arriving at the Chen family’s home did she learn how they had been livin 49Reads—Score514d adds
- 13 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 8.3kReads9.0Score64214d adds
- 14 Jilted Eight Times, She Became a Tycoon on Her Own 被退亲八次的她，靠自己成为首富 [Period setting + personal growth + two strong leads + devoted couple + farming + raising children + lost and found again + reuniting at the top] She is the village's shame, a woman who “can't find a husband.” Eight engagements have been called off, all because she has a younger brother. She wants to escape this village that devours people, even if the road ahead is uncertain. He is a bright moon fallen into the mud. Once a refined young master from a scholarly family, now all he has left is his 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After a Mix-Up at a Blind Date, I Got Pregnant by a Tycoon from a Period Novel 相错亲后我怀了年代文大佬的崽儿 Military Marriage + Raising a Child Jiang Man wakes up in the body of a busty, brainless, lazy, gluttonous cannon-fodder supporting character. The character's mother died young and her father is gravely ill. Her grandparents are mean and show blatant favoritism, while her uncles are all waiting to take advantage of her father's lack of heirs. Even her fiancé gets stolen away by her cousin. Jiang Man touches her round face and decides it's no big deal. Her grandmother comes snooping through the h 60.7kReads8.6Score9k14d adds
- 16 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 3.9kReads8.0Score37114d adds
- 17 Trapped in a Book in the 1970s: Too Soft to Resist 书穿七零：娇软推不倒 After accidentally drinking poison, Lin Jiao transmigrates into a period novel she'd read, one featuring a saintly heroine. She can only feel her vision going black again and again. There's no way she's going to be a cannon-fodder character. Absolutely not. 4.5kReads7.9Score22914d adds
- 18 A Little One Has Arrived! The Beloved Baby Everyone Adores 幼崽天降！团宠奶包万人迷 [Alternate world + little-kid focus + everyone’s darling + everyday child-rearing + System + no romance] Before his birthday wish, Xie Jinshen casually said something that the System took seriously. In a muddle, he wished a little tyrant into his life. Not only did he dutifully take care of the child himself, there were plenty of people outside waiting in line to compete for the chance to raise the little one! The story mainly follows Yuanyuan’s everyday life. The golden finger isn’t powe 3.9kReads8.2Score21414d adds
- 19 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 56.5kReads7.9Score8.3k14d adds
- 20 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... 1.6kReads8.0Score10914d adds
- 21 She Outlived the Other Woman, Then Was Reborn 熬死小三，她又重生啦 [Not a palace-intrigue novel, not a farming novel: the heroine's growth and the redemption of a life.] Bai Chunyu had a miserable life in her previous life. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the 1970s, before any of those tragedies had happened! She decisively cut ties with her family, severing them once and for all. She would protect her genius little daughter with her life. Her family's ancestral silver bangle concealed a pocket dimension, stocked to the brim with supplies. S 281Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 22 My Adoptive Sister Moves In with a Baby, So After Being Reborn, I Break My Ex-Husband's Legs 养姐带球占我家，重生打断前夫腿 [Reborn + 1970s + sent to the countryside + pocket dimension + light hoarding + farming + a steady, prosperous life] With snow swirling outside, Song Zhiyi lay paralyzed in a freezing bed. Her adoptive sister, Luo Wanying, and her husband, Zhao Ziqiang, came through the door. Luo Wanying deliberately rested a hand on her lower back and said in a soft, delicate voice: “Zhiyi, I’m pregnant. The father is Ziqiang.” To make room for the baby, Luo Wanying told her everything, and Song Zhiyi died with 30Reads—Score21914d adds
- 23 Everything’s Gone Haywire! The Bandit Brat Wants to Restore the Villain Family’s Legacy 颠了！土匪崽崽要重振反派家风 [The whole family dotes on her] [Pure wish fulfillment] [Adorable little girl] [Comedy] [Unhinged] [Jinx] Lu Rong is three and a half years old, and her profession is fearsome bandit chief. Even when she's got a candied hawthorn skewer in her mouth all day, nothing can stop her from collecting protection money wherever she goes. Recently, she was reunited with her birth parents, only to discover that they're from the most notorious villainous family in the capital. The little dumpling claps her 9.5kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
- 24 Lazy Little Cutie of the 1970s: Dad, Me Smart Baby! 七十年代懒萌宝：爹，窝四聪明宝 In this period drama, a two-year-old cutie eats like a champ and guards her food fiercely. Kicked out by her maternal grandparents right after birth, she lives with her mother. Her silence at age two worries her mother. Her soldier father returns to his unit three years after the wedding and tricks his wife, who wants a divorce, into coming to the family compound. When they take their daughter for a checkup, they discover that she isn't unable to speak: she just can't be bothered! 1.5kReads5.4Score10714d adds
- 25 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 4.1kReads8.2Score33014d adds
- 26 Tales of the Lesser Khingan Mountains: The Fearless Wife of the Sixties 小兴安岭往事：六零悍妻 [Period] [Family Life] [Growing Up] [An Extraordinary Ordinary Life] In the winter of 1959, a tough woman from the apocalypse barged into the Lesser Khingan Mountains. With her brute strength, Mi Duo slaughtered pigs and wolves, and even teased black bears. Mi Duo’s wish: get married, have children, live an uneventful life, and die of old age. Mi Duo’s daily life: hunt bears, fight wolves, tear into scumbags, and pull an extra night shift whenever someone rubs her the wrong way. Mi Duo’s fut 15.5kReads9.0Score2.1k14d adds
- 27 Mr. Xie, Open the Door! Your Adorable Baby Delivery Is Here! 谢总开门，萌宝快递到啦！ Three-year-old Xingxing was secretly left by her birth mother at the gates of the Xie family home. The little girl, who could barely speak clearly, was looking for her father. When they asked who he was, it turned out to be the head of the top aristocratic family in City A, the Xie family. Xie Chengyuan hurried home with a dark expression, wanting to see which audacious person dared to pass off a child as his. He lifted the chubby little girl who was looking up at him, only to discover that she 16.7kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds
- 28 I Moved to the City to Marry, Breaking the Nine-Generation Curse of the Heirless Capital Tycoon 进城结婚，破了绝嗣京爷九代单传 The ratings will be low right after launch, so don't worry about them [Period Drama Paper-Doll Awakening + Marriage Before Love + Master Miao Healer + Clear-Headed Career-Driven Beauty vs. Sharp-Tongued, Love-Struck Factory Young Master] 1980. Something amusing happened in the South City courtyard compound. Ye Mingzhu, the only daughter in nine generations of the Ye family, was going to marry the spoiled son of the factory director's family, their only son in nine generations. Both were the 9.3kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 29 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Just before the end of her shift, Su Nianchu received the last corpse scheduled for cremation. To her surprise, the deceased had the same name as her. Su Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling! Sure enough, an accident happened during the cremation. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a village girl in the 1980s. She was lying on a kang, giving birth! Nearby, her malicious husband watched her, planning to trick her into taking sleeping pills so he and 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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 15.4kReads8.7Score2.7k14d adds
- 31 The Wicked Supporting Actress Is Two and a Half, and Her Dad and Brothers Spoil Her Rotten 恶毒女配两岁半，爸爸哥哥宠翻天 Main story complete [Two-and-a-half-year-old toddler + family darling + understands furry creatures + villain’s daughter] With the main quest in disarray and a parallel world on the verge of collapse, System 003 was given an urgent mission: take the cunning, vicious villainess and turn the tide! As the most vicious and sinister member of the villainous family, the original character was supposed to be thoroughly wicked: bully the male lead, frame the female lead, be ruthless and merciless, and l 6.4kReads8.6Score57514d adds
- 32 An Ordinary Life for a Girl Born in the Eighties 八零后女孩的平凡人生 [No transmigration] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] [Rural life in the 1980s] [A small ensemble cast] [Family squabbles] [Gentle and heartwarming] Xu Congcong and Xu Mingming are sisters born in the 1980s. They are lucky to have a grandma and father who love them unconditionally, as well as a mother whose personality is a little complicated but who loves them just as much. Sheltered by their whole family, the sisters grow up carefree. Through the sisters’ coming-of-age story, this novel traces t 3.2kReads9.2Score24014d adds
- 33 With a Wave of My Hand, the Little Ones Head Back to the Village to Become Little Rascals! 小手一挥，崽崽回村当村溜子咯！ [Alternate world + adorable child + everyday life + no romance] One day, Chizao of the Chi family ran away from home and returned to her family's old home in Xisha Village. On the way, she happened to overhear some gossip. After returning to the village, she was astonished to discover: Good grief, her eldest brother was secretly obsessed with digging through manure pits in search of treasure? Chi You: “Little sister! That's not me, I didn't do it. Don't listen to those people talking nonsense!” 2.1kReads7.1Score19714d adds
- 34 Happy Days After I Transmigrate to the 1970s 穿越七十年代幸福日常 [Period Setting + Family Matters + Slice of Life + No Storage Space + Transmigration into a Book + No Relocation to the Countryside] Zhao Yunshu transmigrates into the body of a young woman who accidentally died in the 1970s. With the love and care of her parents and family, Zhao Yunshu gradually adjusts to her new identity. Only then does she realize that she hasn’t simply transmigrated: she has transmigrated into a book. But Zhao Yunshu has no interest in getting involved in the heroine’s s 7.1kReads8.3Score67914d adds
- 35 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 2.5kReads8.9Score24614d adds
- 36 The Award-Winning Nanny Reborn with a Professor's Book Collection! 金牌保姆带教授藏书重生啦！ [Reborn + family bonds + everyone’s favorite + healing + mystery] The main story is complete, with some bonus chapters in the works. Feel free to dive in. Lin Chuyi was a top-tier caregiver who spent more than a decade looking after an elderly professor and his wife. They treated her like their own daughter. Before they died, they left her an inheritance and a jade pendant, which sent her back to the age of eighteen. The pendant is a key, and the library is a space connecting her past and future 540Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 37 Reborn in the 1970s: After Divorcing, I Cleared Out My In-Laws’ Home and Went to the Countryside 重生七零：离婚搬空婆家去下乡 [1970s Setting, Rebirth Power Fantasy, Spirit Spring Space, Making a Fortune, Miracle Doctor, Revenge] Synopsis: On the sixteenth day of her marriage, Xiao Mandong grabbed a thermos full of boiling water and smashed it over her cheating husband and widowed sister-in-law on the bed! In her previous life, she had given everything to support the Lu family, only to have her child switched, her loved ones die tragically, and herself left to die alone with terminal lung cancer. Reborn, she refused to 5.4kReads6.5Score60214d adds
- 38 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
- 39 Reborn in the 1980s: This Jinx Was Born Under a Lucky Star! 重生八零：这灾星真是天生好命！ [Reborn in the 1980s] + [Independent, Strong Heroine] + [Success Through Her Own Abilities] + [Family Life] + [Building a Fortune] Main character: Liang Yihe In her previous life, she was timid and was manipulated by her uncle’s family. They stole her university admission letter, rewriting her records and her life overnight. They even tried to force her to marry the village idiot! Her cousin Liang Wanjun, born on the very same day, month, and year, stole her life: going to university, marryi 409Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 The Great Famine of the 1960s? I'll Feed My Whole Family Meat! 六零大饥荒？我带全家酷酷吃肉！ [Military marriage + period setting + no saintly heroine + unapologetically self-serving + space + violent, unhinged female lead + feel-good story + a thousand schemes + ruthless heart and ruthless hands] A menace? A slacker who cuts corners? Useless at everything? Eats everything in sight? Who could that be? Why, the heroine, Ji Anran, of course~ Her violent mother planted her hands on her hips and roared like a shrew: “You lazybones! You little brat! You, you, you…” The laziest of them all, Ji 9.5kReads6.6Score89014d adds
- 41 The Lucky Star of the 1960s: The Lu Family's Grain Storehouse Is Overflowing 六零小福星，陆家屯粮爆仓了 [Farming in a bygone era, getting rich, everyday family life, super strength, reading fortunes and earning merit, adorable lucky baby, everyone's favorite, pocket dimension, stockpiling supplies, gossip] After her parents die in service and her grandparents pass away, the four-year-old little dumpling is left an orphan. The good news: everyone in the Lin family wants to adopt her. The bad news: they're all after the money set aside for her care. As the orphaned child of fallen heroes, the lit 26.1kReads8.6Score3.2k14d adds
- 42 Raised on Neighbors' Meals in the Sixties, I Became a Top Scientist 六零吃百家饭长大我成了科研大佬 [Couple] [Period Setting] [Village Life] [Academic Prodigy] Chen Songguo was an orphan from birth, raised on a meal from one family and then the next in the village. Later, when everyone accidentally discovered just how brilliant Chen Songguo was, they slapped the table and decided to send five-year-old Songguo to school. When it was time to collect the report cards, every villager scrambled to go. Frugal Grandma Zhou said, "Tuition is so expensive. You'd better learn everything you can to make 90.6kReads9.2Score15.1k14d adds
- 43 Our Niu Niu Has a Little Luck on Her Side 咱家牛妞，有点小运气在身上 For questions about the story, see the latest post. Putting missing plot details in the comments is too much trouble, so you can listen to the audiobook for additions. Thank you. [Born in the Era + Growing Through Education + Family Life + Everyday Mischief + A Little Luck] Niu Niu's family was notorious in the brigade for being lazy and greedy. Her father was lazy, her mother was greedy, and she inherited both traits perfectly: if she could lie down, she would never stand up. Her grandparents 16.2kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 44 Better to Beat Someone Up Than to Make Yourself Miserable! 与其委屈自己，不如暴揍别人！ [1970s + native heroine + self-interest + satisfying read + no swallowing grievances + family squabbles + no military marriage + no golden finger + possibly a little unhinged?] A strong heroine who just wants a good life VS a truly gorgeous, sickly male lead Also known as: Moving to the City in the 1970s to Marry Up, I Just Want a Good Life Content warning: The male lead is a bit of a needy husband, and the heroine is very money-minded. There was a notorious figure in Kaoshan Village. At five, s 18.9kReads8.9Score2.5k14d adds
- 45 Liu Cheapskate’s Daily Life 刘抠门的日常生活 [Period drama, not reborn, no transmigration, no golden finger] Liu Xiaoyun has been stingy since she was little. Her family is poor, but not so poor that they can't afford food. She's the stingiest one in the family, and her mother dreams of marrying her off. Better to have her make life difficult for someone else's family than their own. Read on to see how Liu Xiaoyun makes married life a roaring success. 11.6kReads8.6Score96514d adds
- 46 The 1970s: My Reborn Dad and Transmigrated Mom, While Baby Me Lies Back Like a Happy Slacker 七零：重生爹穿越娘，宝宝咸鱼躺 Jin Sihai is back in the city after spending several years sent down to the countryside as an educated youth! He’s even brought back a pretty wife and an adorable daughter! But the old couple in the Jin family are no easy company. Old Jin is lazy and loves to brag, while Old Mrs. Jin is fiery and hard to deal with. And that’s not to mention the family of Jin’s eldest brother, who all live under the same roof. Parents and children, brothers and sisters-in-law: give it enough time, and they’re bou 3.9kReads8.6Score41614d adds
- 47 Sweet Little Wife of the 1960s: The Educated Youth Dotes on Me Without Hesitation 六零小甜妻：知青宠我没商量 [Steady Educated Youth vs. Beautiful Village Girl / Entire Cast Are Locals, No Golden Fingers or Black Markets / Everyday Life / Marriage First, Love Later / Flawed Characters / Leads Grow Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Yuan goes to the countryside at eighteen. As the youngest child in his family, he gets first pick of all the food and drink, giving him a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged frame that stands six feet tall. It doesn’t take long for someone to set their sights on him as s 65.6kReads8.9Score10k14d adds
- 48 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 558Reads—Score10714d adds
- 49 Stealing the Heroine’s Fortunes in the 1970s, I Snag a Soldier and Marry Him 在七零抢女主机缘，拐个军官结婚 [Six-year age gap + love at first sight + slow and steady + everyday life] Cheng Zhiyu woke up from a nap to discover she had transmigrated into a book, and not just any character: she had become a cannon-fodder character who was supposed to give the heroine golden fingers. All the original heroine’s golden fingers actually belonged to the cannon-fodder character. The original character was meant to hand them over, but Cheng Zhiyu wasn’t about to. She took the heroine’s golden fingers for hers 5kReads5.6Score57214d adds
- 50 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... 3.3kReads8.8Score24414d adds
