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- 101 Shufen, You Four-Times-Married Woman 淑芬，你这个四嫁女人 [Based on real events + Rural revitalization + Hardship + Countryside + The struggle and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This isn’t a feel-good story. It’s a true story. Shufen’s surname was Zhao. Zhao Shufen. She was my great-great-grandmother. My great-grandmother lived boldly and did as she pleased, sometimes even making a real mess of things. She married four times and traveled far and wide. She ran a business, fled famine, ate Guanyin clay, and took up arms! Life k 1.2kReads—Score10414d adds
- 102 Half-Mad 半痴 Meeting you was the best fate of all, so why spend the rest of my years pining for you? I awoke halfway through my life as if born anew. Reborn, I returned, and my boat had already sailed past a thousand mountains. This is my first full-length novel, so it has plenty of shortcomings. I hope you’ll feel free to offer advice, and I thank you in advance. With your support and encouragement, I’ll work even harder. Let’s go! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 The Seventies Compound: A Family with Children 七零大院，家有儿女 [No rebirth or transmigration, off-the-charts chemistry | Talented daughter of a condemned family × Upright, loyal military officer | Marriage Before Love + sweet romance + healing in a bygone era] 💥 A ruthless devil by day, a starving wolf by night! Yang Yi, the army's top combat champion, makes even the new recruits' legs shake at the sound of his footsteps. But when he gets home, “I haven't seen you in half a month. I've missed you like crazy.” He pins her against the door, his rough fingerti 1.5kReads—Score10314d adds
- 104 The Tail Fire Tiger and Kui Wood Wolf 尾火虎奎木狼 As the old saying goes: Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles; traveling ten thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people; meeting countless people is not as good as spending every day with masters; and having an expert show you the way is not as good as reaching enlightenment on your own. Over the years, I’ve read plenty of books, traveled many roads, met many people, and experienced many things. I’ve also spent time with masters, and gained a fe 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 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
- 106 Back to 1979: I Used My Foresight to Become the Richest Man 重回1979：我先知先觉成首富 In 1979, in Chenjiazhai, a mountain village in western Guangdong. The moment Chen Jiale opens his eyes, he’s back on the morning when he and Su Zijing were set up in his previous life. After getting drunk, the two of them ended up in bed together, while the culprit, Shen Haonan, waits outside with a crowd, gloating... This time, he won’t run away. He’ll take responsibility to the end, leave no regrets, and make sure Su Zijing gets married, has children, and enjoys every day of a happy life! He’ 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 From Village to City: Their Lives Swept Along by the Tide of the Times 从村到城，她们在时代洪流里沉浮 Their fates seem to repeat across generations. Three generations of women all grew up under the shadow of fathers who left or divorced their mothers. Raised in households with only their mothers, the women share similar traits: resilient and adaptable, dignified and self-assured, hardworking, and devoted to living life well. From the countryside to the city, women of the new era have finally welcomed a spring of their own. Their lives have become richer and more colorful, full of endless possibi 12Reads—Score114d adds
- 108 1987, Before Spring Arrives 一九八七，春未至 This is a novel you won’t forget, especially its heroine, Li Shan! [No System, no pocket space, no transmigration, no rebirth] Period-setting comeback story + single mother builds a career Li Shan joyfully brings her college acceptance letter home, only for her parents to tell her the family has no money and she can’t go. Through her brother-in-law’s connections, she gets a job as a textile factory worker and works her way into the office as a translator. Then the factory goes bankrupt. Her pare 324Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me 七零：首长家千金跟我是娃娃亲 Period setting + transmigration + grounded, everyday life Shi Yue never imagined that she would find love and family in another timeline, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. After testing positive for COVID, Shi Yue transmigrates to the parallel timeline of the 1970s, bringing along a hereditary pocket dimension. She plans to make a little money by taking advantage of the college entrance exams and the wave of reform, then settle down to a peaceful life. But it turns out she is the long-lost dau 251Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 110 In 1975, I Went to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 1975年我下乡避祸 This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b 87.8kReads8.5Score10.6k14d adds
- 111 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.2kReads7.1Score25914d adds
- 112 Fireworks on the Islet, Where People Make Their Homes, Starting in the 1970s 洲上烟火有人家，从七十年代开始 [Rural Romance] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Teacher] [Neighborly Disputes] [Eerie Shadows in the Village] [Country Living and Laughs] This book has no pocket dimension, no System, and no transmigration or rebirth. It tells only of ordinary people’s rural lives and the hard-won warmth and bustle of everyday life through years of hardship. The story begins in the 1970s and follows several families living in the countryside. Among them are educated youths sent to work in the villages, militia mem 108Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 113 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 263.2kReads8.6Score11.8k14d adds
- 114 A Poor Mountain Boy Is Bullied from the Start, Then Races to Become a Billionaire 寒门山娃开局被欺一路狂飙成首富 Born into poverty and raised deep in the mountains, he grew up looked down on, bullied, and trampled into the dirt. Everyone thought he was destined to rot away in the mountains. But no one could have imagined that the moment he was bullied, his life would turn around completely. He endured the harshest hardships and bore the most painful wounds, climbing up from the bottom one step at a time. He bowed to neither heaven nor earth, and relied on no one. Fueled by a fierce refusal to give in, he 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 I Married into the City to Get By, Lie Flat, and Watch the Drama Unfold 嫁进城里混日子，吃瓜躺平看热闹 [Newly rated] [Era setting + marriage before love + family life + no System + no golden finger + selfish, self-serving, not-too-bright local heroine] A growth story! Not a powerhouse heroine! Jiang Zhiyu has known since childhood that her looks are an advantage. She doesn't want to spend her life scratching a living from the soil. She wants to marry a man with a job in the city. Starting in high school, she picks the most generous of the boys who bring her gifts and begins seeing him. After gett 2.1kReads5.8Score14814d adds
- 116 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score11114d adds
- 117 The Darling of the Seventies and Her Wild, Rugged Husband 七零娇娇，野性糙汉强宠妻 [Period setting + rugged hero + sweet romance + no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger] [Height difference + off-the-charts tension] Just two days after Chen Xiang married into the Zhao family, her husband died, and the people of Zhao Village branded her a “jinx.” Her in-laws turned against her without a second thought and even tried to force her into marriage with an old widower from the neighboring village in exchange for money. In the depths of despair one night, a scorching, rough hand 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 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
- 119 The Reborn Simp Dumps the Scumbag and Starts a Happy Life 舔狗重生，撕渣男，开启美满人生 [Reborn in a bygone era, sweet romance, mutually devoted, one-to-one romance, a pocket dimension golden finger] In her previous life, the System forced her to be a lovesick fool. All it took was one sweet word from the scumbag, and she was controlled into doing all kinds of stupid things. She spent money on him until she had none left, then stole from her family. When they refused to give her more, she borrowed from loan sharks. In the end, her eldest brother was beaten and crippled while trying 62Reads—Score214d adds
- 120 Daring to Act 大胆作为 She was as beautiful as a celestial maiden. Raised in a remote mountain village, she became famous far and wide for her beauty, but she was neither delicate nor dependent on men. With an excellent memory, high emotional and intellectual intelligence, and a stubborn refusal to give up, she carved out a place for herself in the world. She studied opera, ran a stall, worked odd jobs, and did business, eventually making her mark in the commercial world. Because of her unusual birth, her life was far 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village 山村野百合 An eighteen-year-old village beauty married a thirty-three-year-old simpleton. A month after their wedding, her husband drowned, and she was branded a woman who brought death to her husband… This story offers a true-to-life account of the loves and hatreds, joys and sorrows of ordinary rural people. It faces the ugliness and greed of human nature head-on, while reflecting on the sincerity and warmth found in this world. 270Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Life in a Little Courtyard 小院儿生活 When Taohua married into the family, her mother told her that the Xiao family would most likely split up. But Taohua never expected it to happen so soon. (No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger: just working hard to live and striving to make a life.) 20.4kReads8.8Score1.9k14d adds
- 123 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
- 124 Reborn in the 1970s: I Want the Capitalist Heir, Not the Chief 重生七零：不要首长要资本家少爷 [Marriage first, love later + faithful to each other + pocket dimension + family life + building wealth + getting even with nasty people] In her previous life, Gu Ajiu spent a night trapped in a pit with Song Wenjin, the son of a capitalist sent to the countryside, and her reputation was ruined. Sun Jianfeng, the finest young man in their production team, didn’t hold it against her and married her. Gu Ajiu was deeply moved. On their wedding day, Sun Jianfeng left to join the army, where he rose 2.6kReads8.2Score29714d adds
- 125 Reborn: Li Li Keeps Moving Up 重生之黎黎向上 Lili longed for love and recognition from childhood, but her biased family left her utterly broken. One promise, “I’ll treat you well from now on,” tricked her into giving away her whole life. A marriage in which she was practically widowed, parenting in which she was practically a single mother: by her thirties, she had become a worn-out woman. Then she was reborn, back at eighteen. This time, she no longer expects anyone to love her. She’ll work, study, turn her life around, and make money! In 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The 1980s: The Delicate Stepmom and Her Rough-and-Ready Man 八零：娇气后妈，糙汉宠疯了 Su Ruan was reborn, back in the impoverished 1980s. She went from being a food blogger worth tens of millions to a notorious “evil stepmother” who was about to run off with the family’s money. Her life started on hard mode: a bare-bones home, a husband who was a cold-faced factory director nicknamed the “Living King of Hell,” Lu Feng, and three troublesome kids destined to become major villains. Everyone in the compound was waiting to laugh at her. “A pampered girl like Su Ruan, who can’t lift a 214Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 127 Twin Sisters Take on the 1970s 双胎姐妹花勇闯七零年代 [Period Drama] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside] [No Female Rivalry] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] In 1970, twin sisters Lin Xiaoyang and Lin Xiaoyue were forced to go down to the countryside to make room for their younger brother. They arrived at Baishan Village in Northeast China, where they earned respect through hard work and sincerity and fell in love with Zhou Jianjun and Zhou Jianguo, the village chief's sons. The four formed a study group, pori 4.5kReads8.4Score40914d adds
- 128 The 1970s' Mad Village Girl: From the Start, She Beats Up an Entire Gang of Human Traffickers 七零疯批村姑，开局锤爆人贩一窝 [Farming + Period Piece + Feel-Good Story + Love Grows Over Time + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Building Wealth] Jiang Sui is reborn, armed with a cleaver and ready to put every troublemaker in their place. Want to sell the three siblings? She’ll have them all thrown in jail. Want to take advantage of her? First, see if the cleaver in her hand agrees. Ruin her reputation? What reputation? Oh my, she actually has a reputation? With a pocket dimension at her disposal, Jiang Sui 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生 [Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h 541Reads8.5Score10614d adds
- 130 Reborn in the 1950s: Granny Guan’s Comeback Against the Odds 重生五零：关老太的逆风翻盘 (Slow-paced + reborn in a bygone era + strong heroine + winning back his wife + getting rich) Nearly eighty-year-old Grandma Guan was reborn, returning to 1951, when she was seventeen. In her previous life, she had always played the role of a good daughter, a good wife, and a good mother. For her family, she gave up more and more of herself, spending her whole life caught up in the daily grind, until she finally died in agony from cancer. Now that she had been given another chance at life, sh 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The 1950s: The Young Army Wife from the Apocalypse 五零：末世来的小军嫂 Chen Yuesheng was the most sought-after son-in-law among the families in the new camp. Who could have guessed that after going home on leave, he would return with a fiancée, and that the young woman would have a six-year-old younger brother in tow? Poor girl: her grandfather had just died, and after a long, exhausting journey, she fell ill as soon as she arrived. Song Xiaoman was once a genius girl, but the apocalypse struck. After fighting to survive for five years, she finally closed her eyes. 3.7kReads8.8Score47614d adds
- 132 I Told You to Divorce, Not Become the Whole Era's Darling 让你离婚，没让你在年代文当团宠 [Complete] [Beautiful, ambitious, pampered heroine VS aloof, secretly affectionate, devoted hero] [1970s + Period Drama + Both Pure + System + Everyday Life] Gu Shuning suddenly awakened to the fact that she was living out the wrong plot and was bound to a "Sacrificial Extra System." The System patiently coaxed her, promising that if she divorced the hero, Jiang Chengyuan, and made room for the original heroine, she would be rewarded with a peaceful life and avoid repeating the tragic fate of th 3kReads—Score39414d adds
- 133 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
- 134 My 1989 我的1989 Twenty years ago, a homewrecker tore my family apart and took my father away; Twenty years later, her greed returned, and now she wants to take the only home left to my mother and me. My father was cold and heartless, abandoning his family. With a powerful enemy at the door, every move was a calculated trap. I stopped holding back and bet everything I had on fighting back head-on. From a helpless daughter trapped by the wounds of her upbringing to someone who turns the tide and claims her own ha 2Reads—Score88514d adds
- 135 Back to the 1990s: I'm Done Being a Good Girl 重回九零，不做乖乖女 [Lighthearted Comedy + Inspirational Youth + Reborn and Doted on by Everyone + Healing] Completed. He Laifa still hasn’t woken up. No one knows if she ever will, but her passion, her hard work, her determination, and her kindness and intelligence have all affected the people around her. The people of Yangjiatun will never forget her. The people of Hejiabao will never forget her. He, and all the others, keep striving in their own posts, shining brightly. She is strength. She is hope. She is their 251Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 136 Reborn in the Eighties: No More Being a Doormat! This Is So Satisfying 重生八零，不再当受气包！爽翻天 [1980s setting + plot-driven + slow burn + reborn + making money + entrepreneurship + daily life + heartwarming + steady and gradual + family matters + building wealth + one-on-one romance + happy ending] In her previous life, Chen Baorong worked herself to the bone to support her family. Eventually, she fell ill from overwork. She had no children, and only before she died did she discover her scumbag husband’s affair with her younger sister. When she opened her eyes again, Chen Baorong had retu 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Cuihua's World 翠花的人世间 In the early 1980s, Old Zhang of Zhangjia Village had eight children: six sons and two daughters. Dayong, Eryong, and Cuilan all got married on the same day. The Zhang family married off two children and welcomed one bride into the family. Eryong became a live-in son-in-law. Being a live-in son-in-law is great. He earned that for himself. With five more children still waiting to marry, Old Zhang was gored to death by an ox. His wife was beside herself with worry. Sanyong went off to work, Siyong 4.2kReads8.2Score32314d adds
- 138 Back to Field in the 1950s 五零年代向往的生活 [The 1950s] [Beast Taming System] [Independent, Self-Reliant Female Lead] [Clearing the Names of Martyrs] [First Women's Representative] After dying, Zhao Meili, a teacher at a forest farm in Northeast China, transmigrates to 1954, becoming Zhao Meili at the age of seventeen... With her Beast Taming System, she can form contracts with animal companions. She takes good care of her parents in a mountain village in the 1950s and lives the Back to Field life she has always longed for... Note: This i 381Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 139 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
- 140 San Biaozi 三彪子 In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 769Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 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. 24.6kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 142 Reborn in 1994: I Started Changing My Fate 重生1994，逆天改命从此开始 Reborn in the summer of 1994. My parents are still young, and I can still make up for my regrets. Back then, Jack Ma was still teaching, and QQ wouldn’t appear for another five years. This time, I’ll never be a pushover again. I’ll put bullies in their place, win back my first love, help my brothers make money, and usher in an era of my own. No golden finger, no System, just memories from thirty years ahead of my time. Starting with the Subor learning computer, then a computer study room, then a 43Reads—Score114d adds
- 143 A Peaceful Family Affair in 1979 平安家事1979 [Period Setting] [Countryside] [Hard Work] [Ordinary Life] [No Golden Finger] [Neither Rebirth nor Transmigration] [Told in warm, down-to-earth prose, a story about an ordinary life filled with warmth] Ji Ping'an always wanted to escape the countryside, turning his "unwillingness to settle" into "having no regrets." But even after the parachute tower stood weathered and abandoned, he was still trapped on his hometown's soil. Ji Manling always said she would repay her family's devotion, yet she r 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇 [Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl 18kReads6.5Score63614d adds
- 145 1982: I'm Really Not a Good-for-Nothing 年代1982，我真不是二流子 [Rebirth + period setting + entrepreneurship + social savvy + everyday life + largely an ensemble cast] The rating has just appeared and is climbing. The audiobook and animated series are now available. Give them a try! Back in 1982, Lu Zhigang decided to make up for his regrets and give his family a better life. But why did none of them believe him...? He took over a brickworks, opened a food factory, and led Lujia Village racing down the road to prosperity. 12.9kReads8.3Score49914d adds
- 146 Transmigrating into a Book in the 1980s: The Good-for-Nothing Big Brother’s Comeback 穿书八零：对照组废柴大哥的逆袭 One punch landed, and Shi Huajun, a young man from the modern world, transmigrated into a book. He became the most pathetic side character in a period novel: an unemployed, good-for-nothing older brother who had returned to the city in the 1980s, a laughingstock whom everyone in the crowded courtyard looked down on. In the original story, he was beyond help, slumped in a tiny ten-square-meter room and doing nothing for more than a decade. His wife was used as someone else’s pawn, forced to tak 621Reads8.3Score10314d adds
- 147 The 1970s: Framed by My Family, I Take the Spirit Spring and Claim It All 七零：被全家陷害我携灵泉夺一切 [Period Setting] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Face-Slapping] [Abusing Scum] [Pocket Dimension] [Military Officer] [Feel-Good Story] [Military Marriage] [Contrasting Characters] After transmigrating into a novel set in the 1970s, Zhou Meibao becomes the ill-fated original wife destined for a tragic end. To steal her engagement to Major General He Siyan, her stepmother and biological father team up to drug her with sleeping pills, planning to have thugs ruin her reputation! When she opens her eyes, 7.2kReads8.1Score88414d adds
- 148 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 25.6kReads8.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 149 The Laughingstock Factory Compound 笑料厂大院 [Blended Family + Childhood Sweethearts + Building a Fortune + Healing + Everyday Life] In 1985, my dad brought my mom home as his bride with a copy of Household Budgeting in hand. She was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted; he was a timid bean-counter. Together, they held a family together. For a home of their own, for the sake of making ends meet, and to raise a daughter who wasn’t his by birth. My biological father got out of prison and asked my mom if they could go back to the way things were 1.6kReads6.6Score10714d adds
- 150 Xia Hua, the Village Girl 村女夏花 [Realistic rural life + slow burn + heroine’s growth + family and everyday life + face-slapping the scoundrels] Lin Xiahua’s husband is dead. With two children and a dimwitted older brother to support, she has become the most tempting target in Hama Gou Village. Burdened with her family, without a single plot of land, and with her mother-in-law threatening to sell her by the pound to an old widower and his son! To survive, Xiahua learns to navigate all kinds of men and women. She smiles and char 81Reads7.0Score10514d adds
