Novels like Struggling Through the Famine Years
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- 1 A Happy Life in the 1960s 六十年代幸福生活 After a plane crash, Liu Xiaoying was finally free. The worst decision she ever made in this life was sharing her secret with the person she loved. When she woke up again, she had become Liu Xiaoying in the 1960s. Now an orphan, she even came with a fiancé? Someone: “You look so excited. Are you sure you're nervous?” [One more time: if you can't stand it, just think of it as a parallel world.] 0Votes10.2kRecs16.4kFans
- 2 A Fox Reborn in the 1950s 狐妖重生在五零 Many thanks! A fox who had cultivated for a thousand years finally attained immortality, only to be struck by a bolt of heavenly lightning and turned into a little girl. Looking at the group of lovely women around her, along with her mother, who performs for a living but never sells herself, Lin Ruanuan furrows her brow. What is she supposed to do now? 0Votes22.3kRecs18.7kFans
- 3 Reborn in the 1950s with a Pocket Space 重生五十年代有空间 Zhang Guoqing, an orphan from the 21st century, and his pregnant wife, Zhou Jiao, were working hard to build a future together when a massive inheritance suddenly fell into their laps. On the way to the hospital to give birth, they were caught in a deliberate car crash and transmigrated into the bodies of a young couple in the rural Northeast. This is their heartwarming story. Zhou Jiao asked Zhang Guoqing, “How are we going to get through the hard times ahead with your son in tow?” Zhang Guoqin 0Votes282kRecs74.3kFans
- 4 Back to 1968 in Search of Treasure 回到六八去寻宝 The new novel, Interstellar Treasure Hunt, is now underway. Come check it out! Just a moment ago, Miao Ran was panicking as the zombies crowded closer outside the door. When she woke up, she was sitting on an ox cart carrying educated youth to the countryside... 0Votes51.1kRecs39.6kFans
- 5 Farming on the Frontier 我在边关种田忙 “Go! Bring me all the gold, silver, jewelry, fruit, vegetables, and grain hidden throughout this entire estate!” Freshly transmigrated from an interstellar garbage planet, Xiao Yuqi had barely had time to settle in before the Imperial Guards surrounded her. Facing the prospect of having her home confiscated and her entire household wiped out, she had no time to bemoan her rotten luck. She could only hurry to give her newly acquired servant her first order. Shiniang tried to make her enormous bod 0Votes72.9kRecs34.5kFans
- 6 Reborn: The 1970s Comeback Plan 重生七零逆袭计划 Chen Yan was reborn after being betrayed by both her best friend and her husband. She returned to the late 1970s, a time she knew nothing about, and even the two snakes in her life had been reborn with her. What infuriated her most was that her treacherous best friend was now her biological younger sister, while her scummy husband was still her fiancé. In this life, she would keep her eyes open, kick the scumbags to the curb, and build a fortune. 0Votes9.9kRecs8.8kFans
- 7 Reborn: A Rural Family's Comeback Plan 重生农家逆袭计划 She transmigrates into a poor farming family. Life is hard enough with too little food and clothing, so why is her only relative scheming against her, too? So what if I'm not their biological child? If you look down on me, you'd better not regret it! The cure for worry is getting rich. 0Votes99.3kRecs37.9kFans
- 8 A Second Chance at a Warm Marriage 重来之暖婚 After living for more than twenty years in her previous life, Ye Xiaoxiao discovered at the time of her marriage that the man wasn’t hers, and neither were her parents. Her entire life had been a joke, a gigantic joke. Given another chance, she’ll ditch that rotten romance with a man who’s already taken, find her biological parents, and then find herself a wonderful match! A wa 0Votes12.4kRecs27.3kFans
- 9 Reborn: The Perfect Wife and Her Ace Marriage 重生佳妻之王牌婚宠 [System + Space + One-on-One Romance + Pampered Romance] Gu Weixuan was blown up at a pesticide store. The tragic part was that the explosives had been brought as a gift by her children. Bound to a space System and reborn, she opened her eyes in the year 1970. This time, she had to make a change. She broke off her engagement and left her ex-husband behind, went to school and took the college entrance exam to fulfill her dream of attending university, then farmed and raised livestock to make mone 0Votes49.3kRecs22.3kFans
- 10 Xiao Ni’s Splendid Life 肖妮的锦绣人生 Overnight, she goes from a good-for-nothing to a genius. Xiao Ni is thrilled with her good fortune, and follows her parents’ arrangements to enroll in school... 0Votes33kRecs24.8kFans
- 11 Sweet Days in the Sixties 六零时光微微甜 Zhou Lanxiang is the prettiest and most capable daughter-in-law around. No one would believe that her parents and her in-laws had long ago reached an unspoken agreement: she was marrying into the Wang family to toil like an ox and a horse in repayment for their kindness. But then she suddenly had a dream, and in it she saw the rest of her life. If she didn't obey, her parents would break her legs! The in-laws she had served all her life called her a barren sow! The adopted son and daughter she h 0Votes61.2kRecs24.2kFans
- 12 Making a Living with a Mansion in Tow 带着府邸混日子 The breathtakingly beautiful game dungeons have become real pocket dimensions, taking Yao Yaoling on journeys through different worlds. She absolutely loves all these wondrous worlds! This story has no CP and no male lead! The heroine's cheat is unbeatable. She's laid-back and loves nothing more than watching the drama unfold. …Reading is a leisure activity. Getting angry is bad for your health, so if you don't like it, pleas 0Votes9.5kRecs23.4kFans
- 13 Reborn as a Pampered Wife: Little Miracle Doctor, You're Quite Something 重生娇妻：小神医，有点甜 (A sweet, doting romance with one couple) Reborn and returned to the past, Zhao Nuanyue refuses to be morally blackmailed by her so-called family and turned into a puppet for them to manipulate. She’ll use her own abilities to protect her younger brother and take revenge for her past life with her own hands. Her benefactor from her past life lies unconscious in bed, and she volunteers to become his lucky bride, making her his wife. What started as a solo fight becomes a doubles match, as she cru 0Votes64.8kRecs34.5kFans
- 14 After Transmigrating, the Big Shot Teaches Me How to Behave Online 穿越后大佬在线教做人 Yuansi was a level-nine psychic esper in the apocalypse. But she was a little too high-profile, making the people at the top wary of her. Ah, to put it simply, her achievements overshadowed her leader. So when she went hunting a high-level mutated beast, her comrades set her up, and she died young. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the body of a little girl. Oh, even the apocalypse queen has learned what it feels like to be brought low in this era. When you have nothing 0Votes227.8kRecs57.8kFans
- 15 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
- 16 Mr. Fu, I'm Glad I Met You 傅先生幸好遇到你 The spring breeze drifts gently for miles, and these are the best years of my life. I love you~ When she finally gets her sense back, she discovers that everything is different. When she throws away her softheartedness, she finds that she no longer gets hurt. When she rolls up her sleeves, ready to take on the world, she discovers that the aloof heartthrob has appeared. He gazes at her tenderly. “Just be good, and I’ll take care of everything.” 0Votes91.3kRecs42.5kFans
- 17 Reborn: The Rich and Glorious Life of a Supporting Character 重生之女配的富贵人生 In a circle of highly educated intellectuals, she was the adopted daughter. The “younger sister” who was found later wanted to take everything from her. Now that she was reborn, could she let them scheme against her again? She smiled faintly. How could she possibly feel at ease while letting others manipulate her? The lighthearted version: Years later, when Li Yuehua was repeatedly asked how she had developed such deep bonds with those people, she smiled faintly: “We sent each other chickens and 0Votes92.2kRecs49.4kFans
- 18 Back to the 1980s to Become a Lucky Star 回到八零当锦鲤 The author is reliable, so feel free to jump in. Shen Anjun: “What? You think I sing well and want me to join the arts troupe? Thanks, but I’m only here to fill in.” “What? You say my grades are so good that you want to invite me to your school with a special admission offer from the country’s top university? Sorry, I don’t need it.” Xiao Mingxuan: “Little miss, you hel 0Votes54kRecs39.8kFans
- 19 The 1980s Bride Is a Little Too Cool 八零娇妻有点苏 Drive a sedan, live in a foreign-style house. Deal with mistresses, kick hooligans. I will make my own fortune, while flirting with my little sweetheart on the side. Oh my, my little sweetheart is actually a high-ranking official! Foodie Su Yan accidentally entered a matchmaking website and got tricked by the System, which se 0Votes96.4kRecs29.2kFans
- 20 Reborn: A Handbook for Keeping My Husband in Line 重生调夫手册 My new book, Quick Transmigration: Roll Away, Scumbags, has been uploaded. It’s exciting and satisfying, so give it a read. ----- Every seemingly perfect and happy marriage is more complicated than it looks. It takes the shared effort and commitment of both spouses to make it work. This is a heartwarming story about a sunny young woman from the new century who is reborn in the 1970s and leads a wooden, taciturn man toward a happy life. 0Votes3.3kRecs11.8kFans
- 21 Reborn: The Perfect Wife of the ’80s 重生八零极品妻 Foodie Lin Sinian is reborn in the 1980s. Faced with her husband’s coldness, she’s more determined than ever to win the male lead over. His coldness and misunderstandings finally make her think of leaving, and she starts working toward a divorce. But when did this cold man start following her every step of the way, shamelessly asking her to have a son with him? Pah! Who wants to have a son with you? You already have one! If I’m having a child, it’ll be a pretty, adorable daughter just like me! P 0Votes48kRecs26.9kFans
- 22 The Seventies' Adorable Wife Is a Divine Physician 七零娇妻是神医 What kind of sparks will fly when a sweet-looking, delicate goddess of a doctor with a foxlike heart meets a handsome, striking man who is cold and calculating? This is a story so sweet it’ll make your teeth ache. The author has already written two novels, Reborn: A Guide to Taming Her Husband and Reborn in the Eighties: The 0Votes37.4kRecs40.7kFans
- 23 Starting at the Medical School in 1981 从1981年卫校开始 A young doctor transmigrated to 1981 and, from the start, became a student at a medical school. After graduation, someone sabotaged his job placement, leaving his prospects bleak. But with his outstanding medical skills, steadfast character, and golden finger, watch how Chen Qi rises from a doctor at a small-town hospital to become a leading figure in Chinese medicine and a world-renowned surgical expert. In the end, he and his wife become an “academician couple,” with two academicians in one fa 0Votes68.4kRecs141.9kFans
- 24 The Charming ’60s Wife 六零俏媳妇 In her previous life, she was framed by her lover, wrongfully imprisoned for twenty years, and left with her family destroyed. Reborn at the very moment her life took a turn for the worse, she vows to repay every grudge and settle every score. The first time they meet by chance, she is sprawled at his feet in a sorry state. The second time, she faces someone down in an interrogation room. … After the Nth encounter, he says, “Marry me. I’ll cherish you for the rest of your life.” Uh… whether to m 0Votes96.1kRecs51.4kFans
- 25 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
- 26 Reborn into a Happy Life 重生之欢喜人生 With one blink, Yang Huanxi, a rich heiress from the twenty-first century, became Song Huanxi, a girl from Songjia Village who had been pushed into a river and drowned by her own younger brother. She barely had time to celebrate her healthy, vigorous body before harsh reality struck her head-on. In an era when there was nothing to eat and even money couldn't buy a thing, Huanxi, who refused to live with hardship, resolved to carve out a prosperous future for herself. 0Votes50.9kRecs33.9kFans
- 27 The All-Around Chubby Goddess 全能胖女神 She swept across this unfamiliar world with the food, poetry, lyrics, music, and pop songs from her own world... The bonus chapters are in the new book, The Spicy Little Chef. The new book is already nice and long, so come on in and read it! 0Votes29kRecs37.9kFans
- 28 Reborn: A Comeback in the 1960s 重生六零逆袭记 The so-called “burden” has been reborn. She wants a harmonious marriage and children gathered around her knees, and she especially wants to trounce the scumbags and homewreckers! Weak and unlucky, she had turned her life into one long sigh, and made the man and their children into tragic figures, too. Reborn, she will engrave strength into her very bones! Disasters keep striking, and finding enough to eat is a challenge? No problem. With my plant-based powers, I can turn seeds into rice stalks i 0Votes31.3kRecs30.4kFans
- 29 Reborn as the Family Treasure 重生家中宝 Tian Ye is reborn into Shanggang Brigade as an orphan with superhuman strength. Because she has a small fortune, the villagers scheme against her. To protect her property, Tian Ye takes in a local man with a petty streak as her live-in husband. She uses clever schemes to put a stop to the villagers' prying. From being disliked as someone who supposedly brought about her parents' deaths, she becomes so blessed that her beloved treasures her like the apple of his eye. Check out my new book, I Rely 0Votes459.9kRecs62.6kFans
- 30 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
- 31 A Cute Girl with a Pocket Dimension in Republican-Era China 民国萌娘有空间 Her father once taught her: If people don’t wrong you, don’t wrong them. Never kill without cause or harm the innocent. Don’t bully the weak or use your power to do evil. Always hold on to your principles. 0Votes66.3kRecs34.3kFans
- 32 The Empress's Dream-Making Space 皇后有个造梦空间 A modern orphan transmigrates to an alternate ancient marquis's household and uses her modern knowledge and insight to help the Third Prince seize the throne. He promises her the empire as her bride price. In her first life, the heroine is framed and fails to become empress, eventually dying in the Cold Palace. In her second life, she marries in grand style and becomes empress. After decades of ups and downs in the harem, she outlives the emperor and becomes empress dowager, yet still feels diss 0Votes121.4kRecs33.7kFans
- 33 Back to Twenty Years Ago 重返二十年前 [New book: "Sweet Military Romance in the 1990s"] In her previous life, she had been violated before her wedding. On their wedding night, before they could even enter the bridal chamber, her husband ran off with someone else. Four years later, she was not only divorced, but her in-laws had also sold her son and daughter. Cast out with nothing, she had nowhere to turn… For twenty years, she never gave up searching for her children, enduring every hardship life could throw at her. At last, she saw 0Votes14.7kRecs15.8kFans
- 34 The Qing Dynasty: Life After Becoming a Concubine 清穿之茗后 (Superpowers, group transmigration, adorable baby) Empress Xiaoyi Chunjian of the Qing dynasty, née Gūwalgiya, of the Plain White Banner of Manchuria. Her younger brother was Grand Secretary Gūwalgiya Jiaheng. While Prince Yinzhen, later Emperor Yongzheng, was still a prince, she bore him children and was promoted to Secondary Consort. In the first year of Yongzheng’s reign, she was made Noble Consort; in the ninth year, Imperial Noble Consort, and put in charge of the Six Palaces; in the tenth 0Votes30.9kRecs30.4kFans
- 35 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
- 36 Reborn: The Fierce and Stunning Wife Strikes Back 重生彪悍娇妻来袭 New book, “Reborn with Space: A Noblewoman in the Countryside,” is now online. “You have to get back up where you fell. Wife, wouldn't you like to hold your head high and show off in front of them for once in this life?” The man leaned close to the woman's ear, his voice full of temptation. “Since when are you so kind?” The woman warily took a step back, not about to fall for it. “Those people aren't just anyone. Aren't they your beloved parents and siblings?” “Wife, I know who matters most. 0Votes46.9kRecs50.1kFans
- 37 Reborn in the ’80s: A Happy Life 重生八零幸福时光 [Warm and sweet romance] Xia Xiaoyu returns to 1988, with no one left in her family but herself. A sacrificial pawn in the household struggles of her past life, she keeps away from such struggles this time, works hard to achieve financial independence, becomes a top student, and fulfills her dreams. As for love, what kind of romance will a poor girl who loves mathematics encounter? A romantic journey of mathematics and physics… 0Votes28.9kRecs34.9kFans
- 38 Reborn: A Growth Plan for 1975 重生七五成长计划 After waking from a dream, Yang Wenjuan, a woman born in the 1980s, finds herself transformed into someone born in the 1950s. She has returned to an era when people still struggle to get enough to eat, where everyone travels on foot and communication means shouting. All her hard-won success from her previous life has vanished… Yet none of the things she has to get used to can compare with the joy of starting over! Yang Wenjuan makes up her mind to learn a skill and earn herself a bright future. 0Votes27.2kRecs35.7kFans
- 39 Interstellar: Digging for Husbands and Farming 星际之挖夫种田 Jin Gu discovers that farming among the stars is like making a pilgrimage to the West: natural and man-made disasters keep cropping up, while all kinds of demons and monsters cause trouble. The worst of them is Li Guang, the plague god who loves researching black technology. He’s the hardest to deal with. Li Guang: “Who are you?” Jin Gu: “I’m the woman you love most.” “Then kill me!” “Sure. Transfer the planets, warships, energy, and starcoins under your name to me first.” “Then I’ll just kill y 0Votes27.1kRecs17.9kFans
- 40 The Celestial Master's Face-Slapping Guide 天师打脸攻略 From the moment she was born, Jiang Zhao’s life was destined to be tragic. Reborn in this life, she faces the pack of wolves circling around her once more, only to realize they are nothing special after all. Opening her spiritual eyes, discerning yin from yang, and establishing order between Heaven and Earth, Jiang Zhao begins her path as a Celestial Master with some face-slapping! P.S. My new book, Transmigrate as a Violent Female Celestial Master, is now out. Please give it your support! (づ￣3￣ 0Votes67.9kRecs52.2kFans
- 41 Reborn: Radiant Treasures 重生珠光宝色 She trusted the wrong people and met a miserable end. In her previous life, Chu Ning played an excellent hand into complete ruin. Having been given a second chance at life, Chu Ning no longer wants to live for anyone else. She will live only for herself. Rare antiques and priceless treasures all pass through her fingertips. With a supernatural ability at her command and a discerning eye, let us see how Chu Ning breaks through obstacle after obstacle, defeats one outrageous misfit after another, 0Votes48.2kRecs30.4kFans
- 42 The 1980s’ Sweet Wife Is a Miracle Doctor 八零娇妻是神医 New story: Her Master Is Too Cold and Distant. A village carpenter and his son found and brought home a mentally disabled little girl. No one knew where she came from. In an age when demonic beasts and Black Fiends ran rampant, everyone thought they were crazy. They could barely afford to raise the son, and now they'd taken in another child who'd only be a burden. Then, one day, the girl came to her senses. … A descendant of an ancient healer tr 0Votes211.2kRecs84.2kFans
- 43 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
- 44 The Second-Generation Cultivator's Comeback 修二代的逆袭 Although she was branded a good-for-nothing with five spiritual roots from birth, Xiao Chang felt that, with two Nascent Soul powerhouse cultivators for parents, she could run wild throughout Minghua Sect as long as she never left the sect. Then disaster struck. Her parents were killed, she was expelled from the sect, and everything had to start over from scratch. If you asked Xiao Chang what mattered most, what would she say? Her life! As long as she lives, there is hope. Divine beasts, handsom 0Votes55.8kRecs32.5kFans
- 45 Reborn as a Farmer's Wife 重生农家媳 In her previous life, Jiang Min chose to marry into a wealthy family. She spent her whole life scheming against her in-laws, her husband, and his mistress, always scrambling to get ahead. This time, she chooses a different life: a country wife’s simple days of farming and raising children. Come see how a young rural wife enjoys life in the 1980s. P.S. A Qing-dynasty transmigration story is always about joining 0Votes68.6kRecs81.7kFans
- 46 A Miko's Journey Through Time and Space 巫女的时空旅行 The Wu and Yao clans stage a joint deception, sacrificing several top figures to create a space outside the primordial world as a new home for both clans. The true spirits of the eleven Ancestor Witches, all but Houtu, scatter across various small worlds. At Houtu's request, Su Qingni, who transmigrated here, sets off to find them, embarking on a colorful journey through time and space... 0Votes269.8kRecs30.2kFans
- 47 A Writer's Field Notes from Ancient Times 写手的古代体验手札 A minor popular author in a certain ancient-romance fiction group is actually an extraterrestrial. She takes a time machine to the ancient era to gather material for her novel. It's just that the people on ancient planets are so frightening! Mommy, I want to go back to outer space. 0Votes153.1kRecs17.4kFans
- 48 I Became the Farmer's Daughter Who Dies Young in a Period Novel 穿成年代文早亡农家女 When she opened her eyes, she was a thousand years in the future. Her master had become her real father, her master's wife her real mother, and she even came with a biological older brother. An era when you needed ration coupons for everything? Guan Ping'an laughed with her hands on her hips. "What's there to be afraid of?" But who was this guy? Qi Jingnian: "Put up with it?!" This is the story of a married couple from a previous life who cross a thousand years and find love again. My new novel, 0Votes285.5kRecs59.9kFans
- 49 Transmigrate Into the Good Times of the Seventies 穿越七零好时光 Qin Ran, a strong woman born in the New Era of the apocalypse, is reborn in the body of Qin Ranran, a girl from the 1970s! An era of scarce supplies! ...Wait a minute! Qin Ranran slaps the table and argues, "Who says supplies are scarce? Let them come spend some time in the New Era!" T 0Votes139.5kRecs72kFans
- 50 The Glamorous Days of 1970 七零俏时光 Li Tong, a woman from the 1990s, was betrayed by a friend and fell into a valley filled with man-eating flowers. To her surprise, she transmigrated a hundred years into the past, to 1974, and found herself in the body of Jian Dan, a pretty, somewhat timid fifteen-year-old girl. 0Votes35.6kRecs32.4kFans
