Novels like The Little Chef of the 1980s
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Little Chef of the 1980s, best match first.
- 1 I Transmigrated to the Sixties With a Shopping Mall 穿越，带着商场闯六零 (At first, she makes money on the black market through business deals with the department store. Later, there may be plotlines involving something like secret agents.) Signed with a publisher. A clever heroine who matches wits with the villainess, versus a villainess who just won’t stay down. Is the male lead just there to provide support? ╮( •́ω•̀ )╭ Su Yan goes from a modern age of abundant goods to waking up in 1960 as a pitiful orphan. She has no parents, barely enough to eat or wear, and th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Capitalist's Daughter Has Seven Babies at Once, and the Commander Spoils Her Like Crazy 资本家小姐一胎七宝，首长宠疯了 [More Children, More Blessings + Marriage First, Love Later + The Nation Helps Raise the Kids + Sweet Military Marriage + Effortless Win] Just after returning to the country, heiress Bai Luoluo was packed off by her family into an arranged marriage. Her match was Lei Li, a decisive, ruthless military commander who was cold and celibate. Everyone said she was spoiled and extravagant, unworthy of a tough military officer. Little did they know she had bound herself to a More Children, More Blessing 14.7kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 3 Ballad of the Wei River: A Young Bride in ’70s Guanzhong 渭水谣：七零关中小媳妇 After falling into the water, Lin Wan opened her eyes and realized she had transmigrated into the body of a farm girl in Guanzhong, Shaanxi. And now she had an honest, poor fiancé??? Since she was here, she would make the best of it. Facing an impossibly difficult start and everyone’s stares, Lin Wan said with calm confidence, “I’m no delicate little girl. I’ve got plenty of strength and plenty of tricks.” See how Lin Wan builds a family business with her honest, hardworking man and creates a li 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Lucky Wife in the Seventies: I Cleared Out the Supermarket to Support My Rugged Man 七零旺夫：搬空超市养糙汉大佬 [Reborn + Space + Historical Era + Satisfying Revenge + Sweet Romance + Putting the Villains in Their Place] Lin Nianhe, queen of the modern supermarket world, was murdered by her scumbag boyfriend and his vile mistress. When she opened her eyes, she had become a pitiful girl in the 1970s, sold by her adoptive parents to a local good-for-nothing! Luckily, her trillion-yuan supermarket chain had come with her, transformed into a portable space! Trying to mooch off her? One kick sends them packing 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Granny, Another Monster Is Terrorizing Our Village! 太婆，又有怪物祸害咱们村了！ [1v3 + Spatial Powers + All-Affirming System + Female Lead in the Dominant Position + Period Setting + Feel-Good Read + Metaphysics + Golden Finger Collector + Light Ensemble Cast] Qin Taiyi is very young, yet holds the highest seniority. She's a yin-yang master and the only barefoot doctor around. The Qianjin Brigade used to be a peaceful village, until a female educated youth named Dong Xuan arrived. She made a big show of going to the black market, constantly throwing money around, and secret 1.6kReads6.6Score18714d adds
- 6 The 1970s: I Have a Rookie Courier Station 七十年代之我有菜鸟驿站 Period setting + sent-down youth + hunting + farming + pocket dimension, [Delivery Pocket Dimension + overwhelming supplies + hunting comeback + period farming] This is not a fast-paced wish-fulfillment story. It’s a slow burn. And it’s even more fun to read in the Shaanxi dialect. Lin Yi transmigrates, bringing a neighborhood parcel station with him. Three packages arrive every day, and whatever he opens is exactly what he needs: iodized salt, toilet paper, Xifeng liquor, thermal underwear, ins 2.3kReads6.2Score24314d adds
- 7 Transmigrate into a Book: The Villainess in the Eighties Is Obsessed with Gardening 穿书八零：对照组恶女沉迷种菜 [Eighties] [Reclaiming the Great Northwest] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Seed Storage Space] [Military Marriage] [Building a Career in Agriculture] Lin Wu transmigrates into a book as the foil to the reborn heroine: lazy and greedy, always scamming people, and someone everyone in the military compound avoids. The reborn heroine, meanwhile, becomes a woman everyone praises. They expect her to be a stepping stone for the reborn heroine? To obediently play the villain? Not a chance! Lin Wu promptly 19.8kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 8 Back to 1990: Becoming My Own Sunshine 重回90，做自己的太阳 Zhang Jieqiong is reborn at the most difficult time for her family. After her parents are laid off in the wave of job cuts, their attempts to start a business also fail. Her greatest regret in her previous life was not understanding the importance of studying. Now that she has a chance to start over, she will become her own salvation. The economic base determines the superstructure. It took her a long time to understand that in her previous life, but this time she will keep it firmly in mind. 114Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 9 I Woke Up Pregnant with Triplets! The Seventies Village Girl Is Spoiled by Her Military Husband 睁眼揣三胎！七零村姑随军被宠哭 [Fictional era setting + military marriage + cannon fodder's comeback + devoted husband + no golden finger] After staying up all night complaining about an angsty historical novel, Xu An'an fell asleep and transmigrated into a book, becoming the ill-fated cannon-fodder wife who shared the original character's name! Eighteen-year-old Xu An'an has just married a young battalion commander decorated for his military achievements, and is already carrying rare triplets. In the original story, the hero 3.5kReads—Score28314d adds
- 10 Reborn, She'll Make Her Family Whole Again 重生后，她要一家圆满 [Family + strong female lead + ensemble cast + career-driven + period setting + love of country and family + reborn + healing] An Shirong's first half of life was full of hardships. At long last, she had the means to search for her family. No one knew whether tomorrow or an accident would come first. The deaths of her family, their hopes while they were alive, and the regrets in her heart left her to die alone. Reborn, she would protect her family, uncover the truth, and bring everything to a ha 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 After Moving to the Countryside, the Sweet, Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled by a Rugged Man 下乡后，娇软美人被糙汉宠上天 [Rugged Hero] [1970s] [No System or Pocket Dimension] [Building a Fortune] [Sweet Romance] When obstetrician Yan Man opened her eyes, she had become the love-struck supporting character in a 1970s novel, a woman who had followed a pretty-boy crush all the way to the countryside. The original Yan Man had fallen into the water and been rescued, then was forced to marry Zhou Yuchuan, the militia company commander. Even after the wedding, she couldn't forget her pretty-boy crush and eventually met a 3Reads—Score10914d adds
- 12 What?! Reborn in the 1970s, I Discover I'm the Tycoon's One True Love 惊！重生七零发现我是大佬白月光 [Reborn + 1970s + feel-good revenge + family drama + a heroine who never lets a grudge go] In her previous life, her child was burning up and barely breathing, but her scumbag husband, Gu Jiancheng, could think only of his little mistress. The moment the mistress let out a whimper and said she felt unwell, he rushed off. He could not even wait a minute for his own son. In the end, the child died right there outside the hospital, his little body gone completely cold. Xia Qingning's heart died. Sh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Reborn in the Siheyuan, I Dump the Jerk and Raise Three Kids 四合院里重生后我踹掉渣男养仨娃 Period story | reborn | family life | putting scumbags in their place | raising children and turning the tables | satisfying read In the winter of 1977, Gu Ling breathed her last in the hospital. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on the kang in her courtyard home. Her husband, Wang Jianjun, handed his thirty-two yuan and fifty cents in wages to his mother in front of her, giving her twenty yuan and leaving twelve yuan and fifty cents to support five people: forty-one cents a day. In 109Reads—Score10414d adds
- 14 Am I Not the Villainess? Why Is My Whole Family Protecting Me? 不是恶毒女配吗？全家咋都护着我 The moment He Zhenzhen opened her eyes, she realized she had transmigrated into a book as the villainous supporting female lead, a six-foot-tall woman who weighed 180 pounds. The original owner had made life miserable for everyone, turning the male lead’s family upside down. She constantly tormented his younger brothers and even mistreated her own daughter, beating and scolding her at every turn. Four years later, the male lead returned from the army after being injured. The original owner made 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Back to the Eighties: Defending My Daughter from a Lecher 重回八零之捍女战流氓 She thought the enemies from her previous life were to blame. Only after waking up did she realize that some things you believe are true are just assumptions, not the truth! How often have people said, “If only I could do it all over again”? Now that Mo Ziyan has been reborn, how will she face reality and respond? She gives the scumbag a crushing defeat and finds true love, only to fall into a new predicament. Growing against the odds, she relies on the System to carve a path through every obsta 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 When Unhinged Fiction Enters a Period Novel 当发癫文学进入年代文 [Period drama + everyone’s favorite + golden finger System + livestream + transmigration + family-focused + comedy + no romance] Miao Jia transmigrates. The good news: she’s landed in the 1950s, in a harmonious family that doesn’t favor sons over daughters. The bad news: it’s only a few months until 1958. Thanks for asking. She’s standing on Chinese soil in 1957. Other women who transmigrate have money, looks, and pocket dimensions. She has only the body of an eight-year-old and a livestream aud 9Reads—Score16714d adds
- 17 The Tough Truck Driver's Sweetheart 卡车糙汉的小娇人 A single room in a workers' dormitory, split in two by an old folding screen. On one side is Wen Hui, a young tailor who ran away from an arranged marriage. On the other is Yan Bin, a rough-edged truck driver. They had only pretended to be husband and wife to get her household registration, and agreed on three rules to keep their distance. When Wen Hui suggested they sleep together, the man gritted his teeth and held back. "Wen Hui, I don't want you to do this just because you feel grateful to m 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 As Green as the Pines 青松如许 Qingsong Ruxu —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Strongest Commando Is Wrapped Around Her Finger 穿越七零：最强单兵王被拿捏了 [Period setting + fictional world + both leads romantically inexperienced + one-on-one romance + pocket-dimension cheat] Soft and sweet female intellectual youth vs. tough, taciturn country man Jiang Rao spent six months secretly studying hard in her spare time and finally passed the civil service exam. Then, just as she was celebrating, disaster struck: she transmigrated. She became a pitiful young intellectual sent to the countryside in the 1970s to escape being sold into marriage to an old ma 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 In the Period Novel, Everyone Awakens Their Past-Life Memories Except Me 年代文之都觉醒前世记忆不带我 In this period-piece story, everyone awakens memories of their past lives, but I’m left out. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 An Ordinary Woman Transmigrates to the 1980s: Life Without a Cheat 普女穿越八零年代没有挂的生活 After transmigrating into the role of a martyr’s orphan in the 1980s, Shen Weixi opened her eyes to a horde of awful relatives who wanted to marry her off for a bride price. Take everything she owns? Dream on. She sold the house, and her father’s comrade helped her find a place to stay. No System, no pocket dimension? No problem. Her mind held memories of the next forty years. She topped the college entrance exams and earned her first fortune alongside her friends. Then her uncle from Hong Kong 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Eighties' Cannon-Fodder Wife's Good Life 八零炮灰媳妇的红火日子 [1980s] [Transmigrate into a Book] [Comeback Through Food and Fortune] [Love After Marriage] [Cozy Child-Rearing] Lin Qiaomai transmigrates into a book, arriving just on the night the original owner steals her mother-in-law's medicine money and her sister-in-law's tuition, then plans to run away with another man. The man outside the window urges her to hurry. She looks down at the 120 yuan in her arms and remembers the miserable fate awaiting her in the book, then puts the train ticket back. 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Dump My Scumbag Dad and Remarry with Mom, Then My Cold Stepbrother Spoils Me Rotten 踹渣爹随母改嫁，冷面继兄宠入骨 (A buttoned-up research genius vs. a sweet, soft black-hearted marshmallow; a guiding lover + sweet romance) The moment Shen Chuxia opens her eyes, she’s back in 1972, just as her scumbag father has climbed the social ladder and divorced her mother. In her previous life, she followed her father into his new family, only for him to send her to the bed of an old man. She died horribly. In this life, her adoptive sister eagerly volunteers to become the sacrificial pawn instead. Leaning close to her 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Reborn in the 1960s, I Just Want to Lie Flat 重生60年代，只想躺平 [Era setting + educated youth + sweet romance + pocket dimension + everyday life + revenge] No poverty relief, no black-market dealings, and there is a male lead. Su Mingyue transmigrates into an era novel as a pitiful, timid girl whose parents show her no affection. She keeps her head down until high school graduation, then sells her job and heads to the countryside, all in one smooth move. What is going on with the biological parents who suddenly show up? Is this some melodramatic story about 24.6kReads7.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 25 I Became the Foil Female Lead and Drove the Hero and Heroine Crazy 穿成对照组女配我把男女主玩疯了 Gu Zhaozhao wakes up as the sister-in-law character in a novel about two women whose lives are constantly compared. Worst of all, she gets a System that boosts the female lead's fortunes. As if being the comparison target weren't enough, now she has to serve the female lead too? If that's how they want to play it, they can't blame her for what happens next. A blessed pregnancy with lots of children? How about ten babies in one go. You're welcome. Kindhearted and always rescuing important people 14.8kReads5.7Score83414d adds
- 26 Reborn, My Days Keep Getting Better 重生后，我的小日子节节高 Reborn at the moment her husband disappeared, Xia Ning takes the fate of four children into her hands and grits her teeth as she shoulders the whole family’s burden. In the late 1970s, when food and clothing are scarce, she relies on her family’s secret chili sauce recipe to make a living as a street vendor. She feeds the children, builds up the family’s savings, and makes the Sun family chili sauce a household name. Fighting her way through every obstacle, she turns a hard life into a sweet one 51Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 27 The Capitalist Heiress’s Family Goes on a Rampage After They Hear Her Thoughts 资本家小姐被读心后，全家杀疯了 [Book Transmigration] [Military Marriage] [Mind Reading] [Beloved by the Whole Family in the 1970s] [The Whole Family Is Doomed, Then Makes a Comeback] [Capitalist Heiress] [Face-Slapping] After waking up, Bai Youning finds herself transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s, as a doomed character abandoned by her officer husband, Pei Jingzhou. Even worse, she discovers that her entire in-law family are doomed characters too, destined to lose everything and die because of their fates! She plans 10.6kReads7.9Score1.3k14d adds
- 28 Becoming a Stepmom in the 1970s: Ready-Made Meals Raise a Future Billionaire 穿成七零后妈：预制菜养出首富崽 The rating just came out today, so it’ll go up later. [Stunning young stepmom X dependable, fatherly cop] [Transmigration + time travel + sweet romance + raising a child + wish fulfillment + fight back against anyone who crosses you + storage space] Both leads are each other’s one and only! The child is the adopted son of her husband’s fallen comrade! The heroine is rich and bold both before and after she transmigrates! Qiao Yan, executive chef at a five-star hotel restaurant, opens her eyes and 4.1kReads8.2Score65414d adds
- 29 Following the Army in the 1970s: The All-Around Ace Goes Wild in the Ranks 年代随军：全能大佬在部队杀疯了 [All-Around Female Lead + Cold-Faced Regiment Commander + System Golden Finger + Feel-Good Period Novel + Everyone Comes Around] Su Niannian opens her eyes to find herself transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel, a woman who was jilted and jumped into a river! The original owner was weak and useless. After her scumbag fiancé broke off their engagement, the whole military district despised her, and she eventually died a miserable death. She sneered. “ 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Transmigrated to the 1970s: I Became the Apple of a Big Shot's Eye 穿越七零：成了大佬心尖宠 Tang Tang took a day off to visit a museum. That night, amid flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, she transmigrated in spectacular fashion, bringing her two-bedroom apartment with her as she became a country girl in the 1970s. Fu Huaishan came to Hongqi Commune on a secret mission. He never expected someone with an ulterior motive to set him up, leading him to cross paths with unlucky Tang Tang. They marry first and fall in love later. 638Reads7.6Score10014d adds
- 31 Becoming a Literary Giant in a Period Novel 在年代文做文豪 Zhu Qingyu, a multimedia journalist who aspired to become the modern-day Zou Taofen, dies from overwork and transmigrates into a book. The book is set in a bygone era, with an uplifting story about striving for success and the belief that hard work can bring you a good life. Zhu Qingyu, who worked herself to death striving, transmigrates into Zhu Qingyu, who worked herself to death striving. Her reaction: she couldn't agree less. Though she has somehow been given two lives, you only get one shot 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 I Play the Villainess in a Period Novel 我在年代文里当恶毒女配 Qin Jiaojiao, a brilliant scientific researcher, dies suddenly after pulling an all-nighter in the lab. When she opens her eyes, she has fallen into a period novel recommended by one of her students, becoming the villainess who shares her name. The original Qin Jiaojiao was spoiled and domineering. She relentlessly pursued the male lead and made life difficult for the original heroine, only to be sent to a labor camp and die of illness in prison. Qin Jiaojiao: ? What’s better than a man? Buildin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Reborn in the 1980s: I Opened My Eyes on the Day She Became a Widow 重生八零，睁眼回到她当寡妇那天 Li Jinyu met her late husband, Zhao Dazhuang, through a matchmaker. Zhao Dazhuang had returned home on leave from the army when he fell in love with her at first sight. The day after their blind date, he rushed to submit a marriage application to his unit, begging his superior to expedite the approval. It finally came through before he had to return to his post. Grinning as he held their brand-new marriage certificate, he took their photo back to the army with him. He wanted all his fellow soldi 263Reads—Score1214d adds
- 34 Reborn in the 1970s: Returning to the City After the College Entrance Exam 重生七零：高考回城 [Complete] [Romance · Period Setting · Semi-Alternate History + Farming + Studying + Business + Revenge Story] [Always repays a grudge · Cool-beauty heroine vs. Tiger-in-disguise · Handsome hero with striking features] After her scumbag husband gets her killed, Tang Wanqiu is reborn and wants to do just two things: First: settle the score with the Wang family. Second: take the college entrance exam, return to the city, and leave the godforsaken village of Xiahe. (Heroine: Tang Wanqiu; Shen Qings 22.3kReads8.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 35 In the Nineties, I Exposed My Relatives' Scandals and Became a Top-Tier Star at the Newspaper 九零靠曝光亲戚黑料我成报社顶流 [1990s setting + ensemble cast elements + workplace wish-fulfillment + vicious relatives tearing into each other + obsessive male lead + romantic rivalry] “Welcome to the 1990s. There’s no family love here, only traffic!” And a bunch of men who’ll go crazy over you. Chen Yu is an elite graduate who returned from the UK, but in 1998 she’s just a struggling reporter at a newspaper in Guangcheng. Until she realizes that her outrageous relatives are the stepping stones to her career taking off! Her —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Commander, Your Wife Was Recruited by the Nation for Her Ability to Understand Animals 首长，你媳妇靠兽语被国家收编了 [Military romance + animal speech + devoted couple + pocket dimension + adored by the whole family] Meng Nanzhao’s soul is mistakenly taken by the underworld. To make it up to her, Black Impermanence gives her the golden finger of “animal affinity.” Then she transmigrates into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder capitalist heiress with the same name as herself. In the early days of the Movement, her good-for-nothing scumbag father plans to flee with his mistress and stepsister, leaving her behind t 1kReads7.1Score11214d adds
- 37 After Becoming the Follower of an Era's Chosen One, I Came Out on Top 穿成年代龙傲天的跟班后我赢麻了 Lin Cui takes a wrong step and accidentally transmigrates into a male power fantasy novel set in a bygone era, becoming an unnamed cannon-fodder character. In this age of extreme scarcity, she naturally has to cling to the male lead to avoid a hard life... She wants to live comfortably, sure, but she’ll sell her talent, not her body! Hey, hey... Mr. Male Lead, you’re acting weird. Even rabbits don’t eat the grass by their burrows... [Neither the male nor female lead is perfect. They’re both self 3Reads—Score13414d adds
- 38 Brothers and Sisters in the 1970s and 1980s 七零八零兄弟姐妹 In the late 1980s, the father of the Lian family, a teacher, drowns while rescuing a child who had fallen into the water. At the same time, the Lian family’s second daughter, Lian Yunjie, switches identities with Yan Jie, a university graduate from another timeline. Their mother is devastated and soon passes away. The four siblings are forced to grow up overnight. Two middle schoolers and two elementary schoolers live in the residential compound of No. 6 Middle School. They receive help from kin 203Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 39 Period: An Only Child for Five Years, Then Suddenly I Had a Sister 年代：独生五年，忽然多出个姐姐 (Period setting + family life + everyday life + healing + slow-paced + childhood sweethearts) Until Chen Jinyue turned five, she had always been the apple of her family’s eye. But after her mother returned from her hometown one day, she brought back a girl and told Jinyue that she was her aunt’s daughter, and would be staying with them for a while. Before long, though, Chen Jinyue overheard that the girl wasn’t her cousin at all, but her biological older sister, sharing the same mother but a dif 5.2kReads8.2Score44014d adds
- 40 The Whole Family Is Blessed: Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s 六零之全家福星下乡了 Lin Manyue transmigrated into the 1960s as the pampered darling of her whole family. Sent to the countryside? She was in! Suffering and hardship? Not a chance. On her first day in the countryside, she bound herself to the [Good Fortune Mall System]. While everyone else gnawed on coarse corn buns, she ate braised pork. While everyone else shivered from the cold, she wore a military overcoat. While everyone else cried because they missed home, parcels kept arriving from her family, one after anoth 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 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
- 42 I Never Had a Day of Comfort, Yet I Bore Every Hardship 一生没享过福，却扛下所有苦 This story is adapted from the life of my mother. Everything here is a work of fiction. The characters and events have been fictionalized, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not read this as a reference to anyone in particular. I was born in an era when people barely had enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. From a young age, I followed my family from place to place, never knowing a stable life. My mother died young, and while I was still a child, I h 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 I Used to Have a Crush on You. Did You Know? 我曾经喜欢过你，你知道吗？ I used to like you. Did you know? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The 1980s Supply and Marketing Co-op: I Won Over a Soldier by Selling Goods 八零供销社：我靠卖货撩到兵哥哥 Shen Mian transmigrates to the 1980s. Third Aunt splashes her awake: "Third Aunt, those chive pockets have quite a kick." The whole village bursts out laughing. The System gives her two cents, and she flips goods four times, making a clean yuan without putting up a cent. Someone blocks her when she sells tomatoes at the village entrance. The newcomer wears a blue work uniform and limps slightly on his left leg. "You're operating without a permit. Come with me." Shen Mian looks at him for three s 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Old Woman Is Reborn: Not One of Her Ungrateful Sons or Daughters Will Be Allowed to Go Astray 老太重生逆子孽女一个都别想长歪 [Period setting] [Reborn] [No golden finger] [The 1980s] [Light ensemble cast] [Family life] [Slow and steady] [Getting rich] Widow Wu spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her children, only to die miserably on New Year’s Eve. Heaven finally took pity on her, and she was reborn on the day her children pressured her to remarry. Hmph! Now that I’m reborn, do you think I’m going to keep indulging you ungrateful wretches? From this moment on, I’ll live for myself. As for you ungratef 7.7kReads9.3Score66814d adds
- 46 Reborn in the 1980s: Our Family Struck It Rich 重生八零年，我们家赚翻了 Reborn in 1980, with her family destitute and their home bare, she relies on her meticulous ledgers to keep a firm grip on purchasing receipts and seize the opportunities created by new policies. She sets up street stalls and braves the night markets, sells fabric remnants and bolts of cloth, takes on troublesome relatives, gets a business license and opens a shop, then heads south to buy stock and build a factory. She relies on no System or pocket dimension, and clings to no powerful patron. He 19Reads—Score13414d adds
- 47 One Person’s Glory, Two People’s Ending 一个人的精彩两个人的结局 [Rated 9.5 + 1.68 million words + ongoing + based on real experiences + Vietnam + Cambodia + Thailand + slow-paced + everyday life] In 2000, I was a 17-year-old girl who went south to find work. Later, a job took me to Vietnam. I once dated a rich second-generation boyfriend there, but in the end, he was only passing through my life. Later, I went to Cambodia and Thailand, one after another. Life and the surroundings abroad more than twenty years ago were completely different from what they 2.6kReads9.4Score23214d adds
- 48 -30°C: Brewing Tea by the Fire in the Great Northern Wilderness 零下三十度：我在北大荒围炉煮茶 [Period Setting + Everyday Life + Food + Cozy and Relaxed + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] With a fully stocked pocket dimension, Lin Wan transmigrated into the 1970s as a young urban-educated woman assigned to a forestry camp in the Great Northern Wilderness. From the start, it was forty degrees below zero, and heavy snow had sealed off the mountains. The forestry camp as others saw it: bone-biting winds, hard, cold corn buns, huddling like quails, and crying every day to go back to the city. 18kReads8.5Score3k14d adds
- 49 The 1960s: I'm the Meat-Eating Backer of a Capitalist Dad 六零：我是资本家爹的吃肉靠山 [Transmigration + fleeing famine + the 1960s + meat galore + family life + everyday living + descendant of a capitalist] In 1960, Hua Manyi transmigrated into the body of a little girl whose family had been branded capitalists. The only one by her side was her father, who was nearly starving to death. Luckily, by a twist of fate, System 025 turned into a sea eagle and followed her everywhere. Every day, she could open supply crates and mark targets in red, so she had no need to worry about stayi 3kReads8.3Score37514d adds
- 50 Living Together in Marriage 婚姻里的共居 For women, marriage is like a high-stakes gamble with no certain outcome. They stake their youth and surrender their fate, hoping luck will be on their side. No one can say what they’ll end up with: a “war without gunfire” full of hidden hurts, a metamorphosis like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon, or the gentle, unremarkable flow of days worn smooth by time. From two people to a family of four, through the endless cycle of meals and changing seasons, life beneath one roof is wrapped in swee 518Reads—Score10314d adds
