Novels like Reborn: The ’70s Rules
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- 51 Reborn as a Winner in Life 重生之人生赢家 Also known as: The Couple Are Both Reborn. After being reborn, Luo Yiren has three wishes: 1. Make up for the regrets of her previous life, free her mother from the misery of marriage, and ensure that her scumbag father and his mistress receive the punishment they deserve; 2. Find a job she is good at and loves, one that can support both herself and her mother; 3. Scumbag, get lost. Let a good man come into my bowl. Halfway along her path of rebirth, she looks back to find that her first wish 0Votes42.3kRecs117.3kFans
- 52 Reborn: The Sweet Wife Chases Her Husband 重生娇妻追夫记 A woman on a blind date smiled sweetly at the man across from her. Then another man suddenly appeared. The newcomer snapped, “Get lost! I’m here for my wife!” The man sitting across from her fled in a panic. That... That’s way too domineering! You didn’t even book this room! What came next was even more unbearable. The man asked, “What’s so wrong with you that you’re in such a hurry to get married?” The woman said, “I...” He continued, “If you really can’t find anyone, I’ll be your trash can and 0Votes40.2kRecs17.7kFans
- 53 Reborn in the 1980s: Sweet as Honey 八零重生甜蜜蜜 Zhou Cheng’s best friend ruined her life. In the blink of an eye, she was reborn at twenty-one, before she’d taken the wrong path. Her parents were safe and sound, and so was her child. It was just that a certain someone, who in her previous life had been a brawler and two-faced, seemed somehow different now. 0Votes31.4kRecs30.1kFans
- 54 Reborn in 1980: A Sweet Life 重回八零甜蜜人生 Reborn in the 1980s Before Yu Jiaoqian could deal with all the scumbags and fake sweethearts from her previous life, a handsome young man appeared by her side. Well, there was no problem with him appearing early. He was going to end up in her bowl anyway. P.S.: My completed contracted works are Fields of Fertile Farmland and The Record of Raising a Beloved Consort. Everyone can jump into this pit with confidence. 0Votes2.4kRecs12.6kFans
- 55 A Noblewoman of the Common Folk 市井贵女 Reborn with an invisible storage cabinet, she will never again let anyone take away what belongs to the three siblings. In this life, she only wants to live quietly among ordinary people, become a small-time wealthy landowner, and protect the elder brother and younger brother whom she failed in her previous life. 0Votes105kRecs214.8kFans
- 56 A Splendid Life in the 1980s 锦绣八零 After a life full of hardship, Jinxiu is reborn in the 1980s. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she takes down the worst sorts of people and vows to send every enemy from her past life to prison. On her path to revenge, she unexpectedly wins Gu Nianhua’s heart. But his family, including her future mother-in-law, looks down on her humble background. Jinxiu waves a hand. With her pocket dimension, the wo 0Votes53.3kRecs50.2kFans
- 57 Reborn: My Beloved Wife 重生媳妇娇养记 After enduring betrayal and deception, Shen Yan came back to life and rolled up her trousers and sleeves, ready to take down everyone who had wronged her. But her handsome, strapping guy gave her a gentle pat. “Honey, leave the dirty work to me. Just enjoy your sunflower seeds and watch the show.” Shen Yan, looking puzzled: “Wait, isn’t this supposed to be a farmi 0Votes18.7kRecs32.6kFans
- 58 Reborn in 1986 重生1986 In her previous life, An Qing defied her family’s objections and resolutely married the man she loved. But after her in-laws’ relatives stirred up trouble and caused a misunderstanding between them, the couple ended up as strangers. She died alone and miserable in a natural disaster. Reborn, An Qing returned to the day she married that man in 1986. Faced with the formidable man who seemed cold on the outside but warm underneath, and who still loved her, should she leave him outright? Or should s 0Votes49.7kRecs50kFans
- 59 The Cannon Fodder Bride Takes Charge 炮灰媳妇当家 Liu Xiaping spent her whole life giving in and enduring. In the end, she still couldn’t satisfy her maiden family’s ever-growing appetite. Her husband died, and then she, too, passed away, leaving behind a son with no one to rely on... When she opened her eyes again, had she returned to the crossroads where she once had to choose her path in life? Looking at her still-biased parents and selfish younger sister, she thought, No matter what, I won’t give in again in this life! 0Votes63.5kRecs72.5kFans
- 60 Transmigrating to 1973 as a Young Bride 穿越七三之小小媳妇 She transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a little girl. There’s never enough food or warm clothes, but never mind! With an overprotective big brother on her left and a sweet childhood sweetheart on her right, she’s got everything she needs. And with a whole gang of little followers behind her, she’s ready to enjoy a wonderful, happy life! The male lead’s version: Hmm, looks like my little bride has arrived. 0Votes76.1kRecs26.5kFans
- 61 Reborn in the Eighties: A Guide to Taming My Husband 重生八零驭夫计 In her previous life, Bai Weiwei married the son of her father's friend, entering a marriage arranged before she was even born. Faced with a cold, insensitive husband and a demanding, eccentric mother-in-law, the spoiled “young lady” in Bai Weiwei finally came out in full force. Unfortunately, after fighting to the bitter end, she discovered she had been set up. By then it was too late, and she could only watch her marriage fall apart, her reputation be ruined, and her life end in suicide. Rebor 0Votes30.8kRecs45.9kFans
- 62 Lin Qing's Rebirth 林清重生记 Lin Qing was born in 1960. She often wondered: if she hadn’t returned to the Zhang family after Old Madam Lin died, and let them take over the old woman’s house and belongings, would the Zhangs have spared her six years of beatings? Would they have refrained from selling her to a widower in his thirties when she was fourteen? Though she escaped, endured countless hardships, and eventually found fortune and an opportunity to claim a little world of her own, she still often wondered if she could s 0Votes27.7kRecs27.9kFans
- 63 The Reborn Life of Old Madam Zhou 周老太太的重生纪事 On this day, she was already in her seventies or eighties. Although she had taken good care of herself, she still could not withstand the ravages of time. Facing the empty room, she stared at the ceiling and remembered that helpless little girl from the end of the last century... 0Votes61.9kRecs31.7kFans
- 64 Reborn as the Perfect Farmer's Wife 重生之极品农家媳 Xu Ying had lived freely, enjoyed herself, suffered hard times, and known a thousand years of prosperity. Yet what she longed for was the period she once couldn’t stand. Given the chance to start over in this life, she chose to become a tough farm wife. Her husband loved her, her mother-in-law praised her, and her younger siblings-in-law clung to her arm and showered her with compliments. Everyone called her the beauty of Heibei. This is a fictional setting. Please don’t take it personally. 0Votes45.8kRecs59.4kFans
- 65 Reborn: A Treasure in the Family 重生之家有宝贝 She was once a genius daughter of an illustrious family, breathtakingly beautiful and talented in every art. She was reborn with a personal dimension. She endured trial after trial, living a strong and happy life. She met people who loved her, and she met the person she loved. Amid a colorful life, she gradually came to experience family affection, friendship, and love, step by step advancing into the new era and toward her own happiness. 0Votes152.8kRecs55.6kFans
- 66 Reborn in Space: The Tough Little Woman of the Eighties 空间重生：八零小悍妻 She’s a mighty female general, but the moment she opens her eyes, she’s a fat village girl in a booming new era! Terrible reputation, ugly as sin, no one to rely on, a shameless troublemaker? Nonsense! With a pocket dimension in hand and skills galore, she makes money, buys houses, and grows into a super big shot. Her life is blessed and prosperous, and along the way she even brings 0Votes6.3kRecs16.4kFans
- 67 Reborn: Mastering My Husband in the ’80s 重生八零驭夫有道 The new novel, The Beauty of the Seventies Is Stolen as a Bride, Then Marries the Great Villain, has begun. In her previous life, she trusted a scumbag and ended up being sold. After being reborn, her eyes were wide open, and she swore to change the fates of herself and her family. Unexpectedly, her stone-hearted husband from her previous life had become a warm and caring man. He was healthy, skilled in bed, and even his legs had recovered. But as one little dumpling after another was born, He P 0Votes11.8kRecs33.7kFans
- 68 Reborn at Lotus Pond 重生之莲花池 New novel: “My Master Is Far Too Aloof.” A village carpenter and his son found a mentally disabled little girl, but no one knew where she came from. In a world overrun by demonic beasts and black fiends, everyone thought the pair had lost their minds. They couldn't even raise the son properly, and now they'd picked up another useless burden. Then one day, the little girl regained her senses. 0Votes35.8kRecs37.1kFans
- 69 Back to the Eighties: The Lovably Clumsy Wife 重回八零之呆萌娇妻 After transmigrating into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting female character, Gu Fujiao finds herself the hero’s ex-wife, though they haven’t divorced yet. She wants to say no! 0Votes5.7kRecs17.9kFans
- 70 The Cannon Fodder Sister Strikes Back 炮灰姐姐逆袭记 In her previous life, Ye Ling was vain and lacked self-respect after leaving the countryside. She died alone and miserable, weighed down by guilt toward her husband. She was a perfect supporting character. Reborn, Ye Ling is content to play the supporting role and make up for what she owes from her previous life. Only then does she discover that her “husband from her past life,” stern on the outside but tender within, has someone else in his heart, too. In the end, she sums it all up with one th 0Votes110.3kRecs97.3kFans
- 71 The Springtime of the ’70s 七零春光正好 Reborn in the late 1970s, Luo Manjing was determined to forge a bright future this time around. She’d be a top student and master both medicine and saving lives. She’d set her sights high and find new ways to make even contract farming flourish. And before housing prices went up, she’d get ready to start buying property. 0Votes18.5kRecs33kFans
- 72 Reborn and Back in the City 重生回城记 With a space at her fingertips, Cheng Ying is suddenly filled with ambition. This time around, she is determined to become one of the wealthiest people in the land. See how Cheng Ying returns to the city with a fortune. Check out the new book, Good Days After Being Reborn in the 1980s. 0Votes35.4kRecs44.7kFans
- 73 Transmigrating into a Perfect Marriage 穿越婚然天成 A soft, sweet girl who transmigrated into the wrong place decides to make a fortune and become a top student! 0Votes286.1kRecs108.5kFans
- 74 Reborn in a Bygone Era: The Adorable Wife Is No Pushover 重生年代：萌妻不好惹 A big earthen kang, soot-black walls, and an empty room. One set of clothes, too short, washed until faded and worn. She wakes up ten years younger, with an exceptionally beautiful husband thrown in for good measure. But she beat him with a stick just this morning, what’s she supposed to do now, for goodness’ sake??? The impossibly handsome man looks at her coldly. “Go on, what t 0Votes89.5kRecs92.2kFans
- 75 Reborn in Space: Riding the Wind to Success 重生空间之风生水起 In her past life, she had plenty of intelligence but no sense, and could never see the true colors of those around her. In the end, her best friend and boyfriend joined forces to kill her. Now reborn, with a gourd in hand and supernatural powers at her side, she’ll sweep away the monsters and villains around her and send every scumbag man and woman flying. From now on, she’ll thrive! P.S. My new book, Reborn: The Female Boss’s Modern Life, is now out. Please give it your support! (づ￣3￣)づ 0Votes71.6kRecs53.3kFans
- 76 The Abandoned Girl’s Path to Immortality 弃女修仙记 P.S. The plot comes first, with romance on the side. The story takes its time, and the male lead appears quite late, though he’s present throughout. Proceed with caution if that’s not your thing. Ji Yan, the greatest cultivation prodigy in the immortal world, fails her tribulation and somehow returns to her youth on Earth. Her boyfriend has just broken up with her because of their different social backgrounds. She also has 0Votes21.8kRecs31.4kFans
- 77 The Seventies Are a Little Sweet 七零年有点甜 He Tiantian had always treated the people around her with a grateful heart. But in middle age, she discovered that her entire life had been a web of lies. Returning to the past with the help of a little silver snake, He Tiantian began a new life. Look at it from another angle, and the truth turns out to be completely different! In this life, she would never again be blind to the truth. In this life, she would never again miss out on or betray her childhood sweetheart, who had always treated her 0Votes244.6kRecs170.2kFans
- 78 Conspiring with the Phoenix 与凰为谋 Six years ago, the entire Jun household was executed; six years ago, a great fire burned the rear courtyard of the Li residence to the ground. From then on, her maternal grandfather took her to live in Jiangnan, far from the schemes of the rear courtyard. Every grievance has its source, and every debt has its debtor. Six years later, she made a magnificent return. Everything you owed her mother back then, repay it all, one by one! Madam Shen is vicious and ruthless? Sorry, her methods are no w 0Votes124.2kRecs84.1kFans
- 79 Reborn: My Wife Fights Back 重生之媳妇逆袭 Jian Mingyue was weak by nature, and her husband was cowardly. All her life, she was controlled by her formidable mother-in-law, not only working like an ox and a horse for the family, supporting her younger brother-in-law through school and university, and building a house and finding a wife for her elder brother-in-law, but even allowing her youngest son to be given to the elder brother-in-law as his own. Separated from her flesh and blood, she then lost her eldest son to human traffickers. Ji 0Votes6.4kRecs27.3kFans
- 80 Reborn as a Fierce and Adorable Talisman Doctor 重生凶萌小符医 Reborn, huh? You need ration coupons just to buy clothes and food? Su Ru swore she would never go hungry again in this era! With a secret art of talismans and medicine at her fingertips, she would protect her parents and all her siblings this time around! Someone raised a hand: “I’ll protect you!” [New novel out now: Reborn as a Pretty Wife in Another World] Please show it lots of support, mwah٩(ŏ﹏ŏ.)۶ 0Votes99.9kRecs59.9kFans
- 81 Back in Time as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor 回到过去当中医 “Drink it before it gets cold. It’ll taste even more bitter then.” Someone’s wife thrust the medicine she was holding toward him. Him: “...” He said nothing, accepted nothing, refused nothing, and did not open his mouth. They first met on a steep cliff, got to know each other when they were first introduced as marriage prospects, and the easygoing girl married a plain-minded soldier. And so they spent their whole lives together. A story about a woman who studied traditional Chinese medicine in 0Votes19.9kRecs32kFans
- 82 Soul-Transmigrated into the Apocalypse with a Pocket Dimension 魂穿之末世女有空间 She transmigrates straight into a near-drowning, only to find herself facing an arranged marriage swap with a filthy, hunchbacked old man! Someone: My wife is so mighty and imposing! P.S. This story has a spatial dimension and a touch of fantasy. The heroine is the only one who transmigrates and is reborn. 0Votes84.4kRecs72.2kFans
- 83 Reborn as a Farm Girl, I’m Ready to Turn My Life Around 重生农家妞要翻身 Li Xiuxiu was an ordinary village girl whose previous life was filled with hardship. She had to deal with a truly awful family. Let's see how she turns her life around after getting a second chance, and repays the benefactor who helped her in her previous life. But... Benefactor, why are you standing so close? Come check out my new book, “Reborn as a Proud Military Wife”! 0Votes15.3kRecs26.2kFans
- 84 Reborn: The Everyday Joys of Life 重生之幸福日常 There are people in this world who clearly have both ability and good luck, yet always seem to fall just short of happiness. Lin Xiaoguai was, for better or worse, one of them. As the beloved youngest daughter in her family, Lin Xiaoguai was pretty and clever, but she had four mediocre, spineless brothers and four formidable sisters-in-law. Her family background was poor, and her future looked bleak, yet at just the right age she managed to get into college. Her loving father was in high spirits 0Votes74.5kRecs68.4kFans
- 85 Transmigrating to Raise Children Is No Easy Task 穿越之养儿不易 With a clear spring at her side, making a fortune is easy, but raising a child is another story. See how Jiang Youmei becomes both father and mother, leading her son out of poverty and toward a brighter future. 0Votes71.5kRecs68kFans
- 86 Reborn as the Noblewoman’s Equal Wife 重生之贵女平妻 Lin Youning spent her whole life fighting to get ahead. She struggled on until her son became the top scorer in the imperial exams, and just when she was ready to enjoy her retirement, Gu Yixuan came to her door and angered her so badly that a bit of phlegm caught in her throat and killed her. Reborn, Lin Youning has only one goal: to die of old age in bed. 0Votes63.3kRecs64kFans
- 87 Reborn into a Beautiful Life in the 1970s 重生七零美好生活 [My new novel, Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Chooses to Farm, is currently serializing. Your support is much appreciated!] When husband and wife work as one, their combined strength can break gold. Together, they’ll build a wonderful new life, one steady step at a time! 1Votes257.6kRecs76.8kFans
- 88 Reborn as a Young Wife in a Bygone Era 重生年代小娇妻 Important announcement: This is a sweet romance with one couple and a single pairing. The heroine is not a strong female lead, but she’s spirited rather than meek. The hero is a real man! I’ve already completed four books, so you can trust me to finish this one. Feel free to jump in. 0Votes224.9kRecs110.3kFans
- 89 Gazing into the Distance 遥望行止 My new period novel, Taking a Villa to the 1980s, is out now. (An extra-sweet romance) “There’s a rumor going around that we’re involved!” He looked up from his papers and slowly stood. “What do you want me to do?” “Make it clear that it’s just a rumor...” He pinned her against the wall. “Mrs. Lu, we need to make that rumor true.” Before being reborn, all she wanted was to stay away from him, stay away from him! After being reborn, all she wanted was to be toget 0Votes33.9kRecs30.3kFans
- 90 Reborn: A Sweetheart’s Fight for a Better Life 重生奋斗俏甜妻 (The End) Ji Anning was reborn. Returning to 1988, she became an ugly wife who was both fat and lazy. But Heaven gave her a handsome husband with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a height of over 1.8 meters. Ji Anning gritted her teeth. What else could she do! Someone raised his paw: “Wife, let me handle it!” 0Votes120.8kRecs100.8kFans
- 91 The Supporting Actress Is Reborn 女配是重生的 Only after living another life did Zhang Xiulan finally see things clearly. She had met a tragic end, dying with hatred in her heart. She doesn’t want to repeat her mistakes in this life. She is determined to put an end to her vanity, and after being reborn, she will live a brilliant life of her own, even if she has to be a supporting female lead. New book: Reborn as the Noble Lady’s Equal Wife 0Votes114.5kRecs55.9kFans
- 92 A Fair, Wealthy Beauty in the 1960s 六十年代白富美 Xia Xiao is accidentally reborn in the 1960s, becoming a young educated youth on a production team. By a stroke of fate, she gains a pocket dimension with a spiritual spring and jade-like water, where she can raise chickens and grow vegetables, but she dares not use it. With everyone around her gaunt and starving, if she makes herself rich, fair, and beautiful, she'll only be asking for trouble. Xia Xiao sighs up at the sky. What a bittersweet surprise! 0Votes102.1kRecs75kFans
- 93 Transmigrate to a Happy Life 穿越之幸福日常 Niu Niu Mi’s new novel, Hey, the Ancestor Is Here, has been uploaded. Come on in! Chun Tao, a female writer who transmigrates to a parallel world 90% similar to Earth, gets bound to an Ocean System, and then a sweet, caring guy comes clingingly into her life... In a nutshell: High-energy story ahead! This is a passionate, doting romance that isn’t fluffy or naive~ Our destination is the stars and the sea! The setting is entirely fictional, fictional, fictional. We’re saying it three times becaus 0Votes98.5kRecs70.8kFans
- 94 Reborn: Raising a Sweet and Pretty Wife 重生俏甜妻养成记 The 360th-generation sect leader of the Heavenly Secrets Sect in the immortal cultivation world finds himself in a parallel world that is poor and backward, where people barely have enough to eat or clothes to wear: Pinghan, 1958. 0Votes51.2kRecs42.7kFans
- 95 The Wine Maiden 酒娘子 Du Jiumei is the forty-fifth-generation inheritor of a thousand-year-old wine cellar and a renowned master brewer, known as the “Wine Lady.” A flash of golden light brought her, along with the ancient cellar, to the Great Jin dynasty. With a thousand-year-old cellar at her side, Du Jiumei doesn’t care where she ends up, nor that she’s gained a whole host of obnoxious relatives. What follows is Du Jiumei brewing wine to build her fortune, while dealing with her awful relatives along the way... 0Votes173.6kRecs61.9kFans
- 96 A Doctor Comes, and Her Husband’s Fortune Follows 医来夫贵 She can handle a scheming bitch, play an innocent sweetheart, and outwit a reborn woman. The little miracle doctor Mu Jin torments villains and battles scumbag fathers in the Great Zhou Dynasty, living a smooth and carefree life until she meets a certain domineering young man... Young man: There is only one possible consequence for offending me! Mu Jin curled her lip. Come on, let's hurt 0Votes34.7kRecs23.6kFans
- 97 A Splendid Marriage 华嫁 Mother said the greatest glory for a woman was a wedding procession stretching ten miles, a grand wedding in a golden age, and a radiant bridal departure... That was why Song Jinyu married into the Sheng family, becoming the second wife of its eldest son, a man nearing thirty. In the end... when she was forced to swallow that fatal bowl of broth, she thought: If Heaven gave her another chance, even if her mother and her entire clan forced her, she would still shake her head. Thr 0Votes20.9kRecs37kFans
- 98 The Joys of Country Living 田园农家乐 The shut-in Wen Zhu was reborn as the village girl Wen Lüzhu, with a bun in the oven before she was even married. She was stuck in a remote, dirt-poor village full of bachelors, where poverty, harsh conditions, and vicious rumors made life unbearable. She learned the local dialect and new skills, then opened a farm stay, working hard to escape poverty. Just as she’d saved up a little money and wanted to find a young, handsome man to marry into her family, the child’s father showed up. 0Votes46.1kRecs39.4kFans
- 99 The Transmigrated Top Student Is Blessed with Good Fortune 穿越学霸福气满满 The author's three-part period-drama series: Transmigrating and Turning My Life Around in the Eighties, Reborn: Stories from the Nineties, and The Nineties Continued: Their Story, as well as the historical farming novel My Whole Family Transmigrated. This is an era when there is nothing to be had, and even drinking milk counts as stealing from the socialist state. No worries! She has a grandpa who hides eggs in his sleeves for her, a grandma who secretly slips her fabric coupons, and parents who 0Votes154.9kRecs110.8kFans
- 100 The Charming Wife of the Nineties 九零小娇妻 Back in her middle school days, her father was still alive and her mother had not yet passed away. Luo Ye resolves to make her family proud, be a shoulder for her lover to lean on, and a dependable friend. 0Votes885.7kRecs142.5kFans
