Republic-Era Novels 年代文

1. 101 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 41.1kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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   A story set in a bygone era, set in Northeast China, involving hunting, fishing, farming, and adventures. It includes everyday family matters, thrilling life-or-death encounters with brothers, and a series of hilarious and exciting events.

2. 102 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend "The Sun and Moon in the Steamer," a simple and sincere historical novel with no melodramatic plot twists, time travel, or reincarnation. [As time flows and years pass, what changes is the fleeting years, but what remains constant is the warmth of human life. A person's life is actually like steaming buns; if the heat is right, they'll be cooked; if not, they'll be raw even when the lid is lifted.]

3. 103 不 If You Won't Back Down, Fight! After We Empty the Family Assets, We All Lie Down and Die 不服就干，搬空资产后全家躺板板 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + military marriage + educated youth sent to the countryside + spatial ability + taking down scumbags + growth-oriented heroine] When Su Tao opens her eyes, she has become the cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book. In the original story, after her mother dies, her father wastes no time marrying his dream girl. As the saying goes, once there's a stepmother, there soon will be a stepfather. Scumbag dad: If you still consider me your father, then do as I say and give yo 5.2kReads8.1Score566Shelves

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   I recommend [sending a heart].

4. 104 妹 The Little Sister Went to Find Her Family but Mistook Her Brother, and the Chaste Officer Fell for Her 妹宝投亲认错哥，禁欲军官沦陷了 Admiring Flying Fish from the Abyss临渊羡飛鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed. Also known as My Little Sister Went to Find Her Family but Mistook the Wrong Man for Her Brother, and the Ascetic Officer Fell for Her [Alternate History + Pocket Dimension + Six-Year Age Gap + Guiding Lover + Gourmet Food and Foraging by the Sea + Ancient-to-Modern Transmigration + Pure Love + Everyone’s Darling] Sweet and Delicate Little Sister vs. Wise, Ascetic Young Officer After observing three years of mourning for her mother, Shen Man followed her late mother’s final wish an 44.1kReads8.2Score3.6kShelves
5. 105 七 The 1970s: I’ve Had Enough! The Unhinged Villainess Flips the Dinner Table 七零：不忍了，疯批女配掀饭桌 Admiring Flying Fish from the Abyss临渊羡飛鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting + military marriage + devoted husband + love at first sight + both devoted to each other + punishing scumbags] The moment Su Liluo opened her eyes, she found herself in the middle of a dramatic scene: the fake daughter’s identity had just been exposed, and she was so furious that she’d shoved the real daughter down. Foster father: “You’re not one of the Jiang family. If you don’t want to stay, get out!” Foster mother: “I never thought you could be so cruel. Leave!” Youn 13.7kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
6. 106 八 Crazy in the 1980s: The Island Beauty Is Fiercely Savage 八零疯疯疯，海岛美人她过分凶残 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance479k WordsCompleted The story has only just received a rating. Once there are more chapters and the ladies leave likes and comments, the score will climb in no time! [Alternate Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Island Life + Military Marriage + Delicious Food] Chu Yao had just woken up when she realized she'd transmigrated again. This time, she'd landed in the role of a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The female lead, Chu Ruyan, stole the original owner's personal jade pendant and used it to live a life o 5.8kReads9.0Score636Shelves
7. 107 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: The Villainess Is a Little Unhinged 穿进年代文：反派女配有点颠 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Modern Romance786k WordsCompleted Just because she made one snarky remark about people who were lovesick, Su Yitong transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a young woman sent to work in the countryside in a remote, impoverished village. Still dazed, she takes a hostage and gets mistaken for an enemy spy, then locked in a woodshed. Only then does she realize she's transmigrated into a book as a melodramatic, ruthless villainess who meets a gruesome end! Follow the System's plot? Not a chance! This villainess loves doing the opposite 8.5kReads8.4Score556Shelves

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   This book is good and interesting. The male lead knocks the female lead unconscious and locks her in the woodshed at the beginning, but it's not a sad story. It's a comedy. [Laughing and crying emoji] My stomach hurts from laughing so much.

8. 108 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Was Taken Home by an Officer to Be His Wife 资本家小姐，被军官捡回去当媳妇 Purple Reeds紫色芦苇Modern Romance398k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Transmigration + Pocket Space + Capitalist Heiress + Military Marriage] Wen Zhiyao was the youngest genius doctor, a miracle of the medical world. She devoted herself entirely to medical research and worked herself to death. Then she was reborn in the womb as a capitalist heiress, cherished by her parents and adored by her husband after marriage. She was a true winner in life. Lu Xiao's parents were servants in the Wen household. When Lu Xiao first met Wen Zhiyao, he thought th 5kReads6.4Score476Shelves

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   In this era, the male protagonist is reborn, and the female protagonist is reincarnated with memories of her past life.

9. 109 绑 Bound to a Homeland System, I Build a Powerful Nation from Saline-alkali Land 绑定家国系统，我从盐碱地造强国 I Want to Slack Off Every Day en每天都想摆烂enUrban379k WordsOngoing [No overpowered golden finger. The protagonist relies on practical science and engineering knowledge to build things. The System is just a supporting feature.] A burned-out office worker dies suddenly and wakes up as an oppressed educated youth in the 1970s. From the start, he has a high fever and is on the verge of death, while the worst kind of neighbors show up to steal his grain. Life seems utterly hopeless. Fortunately, he binds to the National Rejuvenation System. Farming, scientific resea 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a new book by a new author, so there are no ratings yet, but it looks pretty good. You can add it to your bookshelf and save it. The story revolves around a protagonist who transmigrates to the 70th century, binds to a system, and serves his country. He mainly relies on his own strength, along with the system's help, starting from farming.

10. 110 重 Reborn in 1968: You Deceive Me, You Deceive Everyone 重生1968：你骗我骗大家骗 Chuanyu Koi川雨锦鲤Urban282k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1968, an anti-fraud engineer has no computers or big data, yet still catches con artists so thoroughly they start questioning their lives. “I've died once, so in this life, I just want to make sure the scammers die before I do.” 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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11. 111 易 Born Fertile! The Celibate Tycoon’s Wife Is Pregnant Again 易孕体质！禁欲大佬你媳妇又怀了 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted [Devoted to each other + family squabbles + sweet romance + raising a child + military life on a seaside island + troublemakers + good-pregnancy System + stunning, delicate beauty vs. abstinent pilot] Only after Ji Yanshu dies does she learn that she had been living in a novel set in a bygone era. She was the male lead’s first wife, who died young. The heroine is a capitalist’s daughter sent down to the countryside. Not wanting to suffer, she chooses to become someone’s stepmother. The capitalis 26.1kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves

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    A historical fiction story. The female lead is the apple of everyone's eye; she has four older brothers: the eldest is a division commander in the military region, the second is a doctor at the county hospital, the third is a teacher in the commune, and the fourth drives a tractor. Each of them dotes on her. The male lead is a celibate pilot.

12. 112 七 The 1970s: Transmigrated as the Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife of a Disabled Big Shot 七零，穿成残疾大佬的炮灰前妻 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted [Sign-In System + Transmigrate into a Book + Food + Disabled Male Lead + Raising Children + Doctor + Wife-Doting Husband + Male Lead Is a Hopeless Romantic] [The original title was: The 1970s: Transmigrating as the Disabled Tycoon’s Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife] Note: Dear readers, the male lead’s legs will recover, but it will take time. He can’t just stand up all at once! Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary, and neither is becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character. What’s scary is that she has 8.2kReads9.0Score719Shelves
13. 113 星 The Star Chef Stir-Fries Jiangshi, Driving Uncle Nine's World Wild with Cravings 星厨爆炒僵尸，馋疯九叔的世界 Little Lucky Immortal Crab小福仙蟹蟹Mystery324k WordsCompleted Chu Liuwei transmigrated into Uncle Jiu's world and became his junior granduncle. Others ran at the sight of zombies. He got hungry. “This zombie meat... The texture's firm. It should be delicious after three hours of braising.” Others cultivated through painstaking practice. He cultivated by eating. Years later, his very own restaurant opened to the world. The line stretched from the King of Hell's palace to the Southern Heavenly Gate. Even Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha sent him a dream to reserve a 13Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 114 六 The Lucky Star of the 1960s: The Lu Family's Grain Storehouse Is Overflowing 六零小福星，陆家屯粮爆仓了 Listening to Bamboo by the Ferry听筠渡Modern Romance607k WordsOngoing [Farming in a bygone era, getting rich, everyday family life, super strength, reading fortunes and earning merit, adorable lucky baby, everyone's favorite, pocket dimension, stockpiling supplies, gossip] After her parents die in service and her grandparents pass away, the four-year-old little dumpling is left an orphan. The good news: everyone in the Lin family wants to adopt her. The bad news: they're all after the money set aside for her care. As the orphaned child of fallen heroes, the lit 27.4kReads8.6Score3.3kShelves
15. 115 论 On the Self-Cultivation of a Black Lotus 论一朵黑莲花的自我修养 Cang Yu仓语Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed. No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, no golden finger. A touch of the times, a touch of romance, and a realistic bent. No formulaic plot, no satisfying face-slapping, just steady progress through real life. Liu Xia is a talented country girl who makes a family with her unrelated grandmother, her mother, and her younger sister. There is family affection, first love, and clashes of interest, but above all, this is a story about how women break through the chains that bind them. A 15kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    I highly recommend a super good period drama novel, my darlings! The female lead is a resilient, down-to-earth type who has several romantic relationships. She'll date someone suitable, and break up with someone if things don't work out. She's always focused on herself, and her free spirit is never trapped by thorns (the female lead suffers a bit in the beginning, so please bear with her!).

16. 116 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 23.8kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves

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    It's incredibly good! None of the female lead's enemies even appear within 10 chapters, and all the major enemies are dead by chapter 80. The male lead has a very low profile at the beginning. The early chapters are all about the female lead's revenge and her own development—it's incredibly satisfying! It's the most enjoyable historical novel I've ever read, bar none. The system also spoils the female lead rotten.

17. 117 重 Reborn in 1982: From the Start, I Reported My Brother for Speculation 重生82，开局举报兄弟投机倒把 A Tramp on Paper纸上流浪汉Urban175k WordsOngoing [Slice of Life Farming] [Period Drama] [Reborn] [Revenge] [Comeback] [Business Battles] [Face-Slapping] [Satisfying Read] [Building Wealth] [Ruthless Protagonist] [No Heartache] It gets better and better as it goes, so please be patient, dear readers! In his previous life, Gu Beichuan took the fall for his sworn brother and spent eight years in prison. In return, his father died by suicide after being falsely accused, his younger sister was driven to a tragic death, and he himself died a lonely, 2.9kReads—Score134Shelves

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    This one 📝!!!!

18. 118 末 A Post-Apocalyptic Big Shot Transmigrates to the 1970s, Farming in Her Space and Crushing Her Foes 末世大佬穿七零，空间种田虐渣忙 Childhood Tangerine幼时橘子Modern Romance133k WordsOngoing Jiang Wu, a powerhouse of the apocalypse, fought high-level zombies for eleven grueling years before dying in a self-detonation. She closed her eyes and opened them again, waking up transmigrated to a mountain village in the 1970s, where her whole family adored her! Her parents doted on her, her brothers protected her, the best food was saved for her, and someone always stood up for her when people gossiped. But there were always fools who thought the original owner was an easy target and tried 186Reads—Score—Shelves

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19. 119 资 The Capitalist Heiress Has Morning Sickness, and the Commander Comforts Her Every Night 资本家小姐孕吐后，首长夜夜哄 Xi Xiaoxi西小西Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Capitalist Heiress + Cold-Faced Commander + Sweet Romance + Taking Down Scumbags + Family Life + Ensemble Cast + Twins in One Pregnancy] [Gentle, Delicate Wife vs. Beastly Commander] Back in the 1970s, Ji Rumeng wakes up as the daughter of a capitalist family. Orphaned and loaded with money, she faces a visit from her appalling uncle and his family, who want to seize the property left by her grandfather and parents and drive her out for good. They’re selfish to the core. The older ones have alr 7.9kReads8.3Score874Shelves

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    The female protagonist, Ji Rumeng, transmigrates back to the 1970s, becoming a delicate capitalist's daughter and marrying a cold-blooded military commander rumored to be childless. The aloof and ruthless commander, originally a beastly figure with an unapproachable nature, completely transforms into a doting husband after Ji Rumeng experiences morning sickness and discovers she's pregnant with twins, his heart and soul devoted solely to his wife and children. The story includes revenge against villains, heartwarming everyday moments, and a micro-ensemble narrative style. Without melodramatic twists and turns, the romance between the male and female leads develops gradually and naturally, making it a delicate and easy read. A sweet and tender transmigrated wife × a cold-blooded military commander, a sweet and heartwarming 1970s military romance novel, offering healing during pregnancy and childbirth!

20. 120 七 The Clear-Eyed Beauty of the 1970s Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Book Transmigration 七零清醒美人不认命【穿书】 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Polished Egoist + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + Transmigrates into a Short Drama] [Military Officer] [Joining Her Husband on an Island] Xu Suimei is beautiful and clever. She clawed her way from an orphanage to a top university, only to discover that she still hadn't even reached the starting line others were born at. She resolved to use marriage as a stepping stone, but just as she was about to take the final step, she transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a little girl in a short 13.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    A slice-of-life historical fiction.

21. 121 糙 The Rugged Military Officer Raised a Delicate Darling in the Great Northwest 糙汉军官在大西北养了个娇气包 Wang Xiaotiao旺小跳Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted A new book’s rating will go up as more people read it~ [Period setting + sweet romance + following him to the military base + older, rough-and-tumble fatherly type x pampered, adorable girl + seven-year age gap] The Wen family falls from grace, and overnight their young heiress becomes a hated capitalist. Her parents pull strings to arrange a fake marriage with a soldier so she can follow him to his military base and lie low. At the reception desk, the man leans back in his chair and speaks in a 81.9kReads9.0Score12.6kShelves

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    Sweet, sweet, sweet era novels

22. 122 七 A Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s, with a Stoic Officer Who Craves Her Every Day 七零军婚甜如蜜，冷面军官日日馋 Picking the Moon and Making It Poetry摘月成诗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + high-maintenance heroine + raising kids + military marriage + marriage before love + devoted couple] When Lin Jiaojiao opens her eyes, she's become the doomed mother of the future villain in a novel set in a bygone era! She only gets to live through the first three chapters of the book?! The original owner was lazy and troublesome, and all she wanted was to return to the city. According to the original plot, tonight she'd sneak off to the woods with a pretty-boy educ 2.1kReads8.0Score173Shelves

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    The female lead is absolutely pampered; the male lead spoils her rotten. She's completely helpless, so the two boys are trained to do housework so they can take care of her. If you're looking for a sweet and doting romance novel, this is for you.

23. 123 魂 My Soul Travels Back to the 1970s, Where a Soldier Falls in Love with Me 魂穿七零下乡被兵哥哥以身相许了 A Qin Ya阿秦丫Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Alternate-Era Setting + Two Powerful Leads + Pocket Dimension + Soul Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Shopping + Military Marriage + Scientific Research] Important! There is a couple! A couple! Both leads are devoted to each other! He's eight years older!!! Fang Ci'an is a 996 office worker. After hitting the jackpot and winning ten million, she quits her job without a second thought. Then she dreams five nights in a row about a version of herself from another timeline who looks exactly like he 5.8kReads9.1Score651Shelves
24. 124 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: With a System at My Side, I Bring My Sister to the Countryside 穿越七零：左系统右带妹下乡顶呱 A Qin Ya阿秦丫Modern Romance136k WordsOngoing [Alternate-Era Setting + Two Powerful Leads + Pocket Dimension + Soul Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Business + Military Marriage + Sent Down to an Island] Here’s the important part! (There’s a couple, both are each other’s one and only!) Jiang Yi died for no apparent reason. She’d just collected her severance pay from the company and was walking down the road when she suddenly dropped dead. An investigation in the underworld revealed that the wrong soul had been taken, but her body had alread —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 125 我 I Brought Ten Billion Supplies Back to the 1960s 我带着十亿物资穿回六零年代 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Complete The completed story of the youngest daughter of the Mo and Yao couple: Transmigrating to Another World: The Beloved Family’s Lucky Carp Divine Doctor. The completed story of the Mo and Yao couple’s youngest son: The Men in the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Adorable Wife Has Triplets. The author’s new book: The Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family’s Ten-Generation Streak of Sons. Shen Yao has nightmares for several days. In them, supplies are desp 5.4kReads9.0Score566Shelves
26. 126 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves

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    Going back to the old days and living a life of success: seizing opportunities to cultivate land and make money, riding the wave of trends with foresight to become wealthy, manipulating a tough guy in a military marriage, and turning impoverished years into a sweet and fulfilling life.

27. 127 军 A Military Marriage: A Beautiful Army Doctor Arrives at the Family Compound 军婚娇宠：家属院来了个貌美军医 Zai Zai iya崽崽iyaModern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Complete❗][1970s military marriage + no rivalry between women + strengthening the nation through medicine + no handouts] Ye Wanning opened her eyes and found herself in a period novel as the foil to the heroine. In order to avoid being sent to the countryside, the original owner hurriedly married and stayed in the city, only to suffer years of domestic abuse before eventually starving to death. Ye Wanning, who transmigrated with a pocket dimension, refused to be a tragic supporting character. S 413Reads8.8Score—Shelves
28. 128 队 The Men of the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Sweet Young Wife Has Triplets 队里汉子宠上天，娇媳妇一胎三宝 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Both leads are virgins + sweet romance + military marriage + pocket dimension + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + triplets + absolutely doting husband! A super-strong heroine vs. a devoted commander who scares off every potential suitor) The author’s new book: A Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family Curse of Ten Generations of Single Sons Special note: This is a fictional period story set in an alternate timeline. It is entirely made up and should not be taken 14kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
29. 129 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves
30. 130 七 The Wolf Cub at the Village Entrance Wags His Tail at Me Every Day 七零村口狼崽子他每天对我摇尾巴 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Handsome, cold-blooded, reborn male lead, obsessive to the point of madness x soft and adorable-looking female lead who ruthlessly crushes scum, fiercely settles scores, and never puts revenge off) [Sweet Romance + Space + Transmigrate Into a Book + Reborn] When she woke up, Ye Qingyan, a wealthy heiress from the twenty-third century, found herself inside a popular period novel. Unfortunately, she had transmigrated into the unlucky female antagonist. The heroine was the stepmother’s 4.6kReads9.3Score538Shelves
31. 131 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.8kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
32. 132 年 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， Just Got Nothing Better to Do就是闲的Urban4.1M WordsCompleted New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 203.7kReads9.4Score13.9kShelves
33. 133 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Lie Flat! 穿越七零我躺平了！ Big Head Has a Fish大头有条鱼Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A 48-year-old man who’d chosen to lie flat transmigrates into the body of 18-year-old Li Changshun! He becomes one of the sent-down youths heading to the countryside in 1973. In Kaoshan Tun Brigade, Dongfang Commune, Dong’an County, Danjiang City, he lies in bed, keeping a low profile as he waits for the new era to arrive. (This is simply a story about the ordinary life of a sent-down youth. The writing is unassuming, and the plot moves at a fairly slow pace. It’s steeped in everyday life, not a 64.9kReads7.0Score5.2kShelves

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    A peaceful narrative set in the 1970s, told from the perspective of ordinary people! No violence, multiple female leads, easygoing style, space setting, rural Northeast China, time travel to the 1970s!

34. 134 重 Reborn in 1998: I Rushed Home with a Knife Before My Wife and Daughter Could Take Their Lives 重生98：妻女自杀前我提刀赶回 Perseus of Huludao葫芦岛的珀尔修斯Urban595k WordsOngoing [Reborn + period setting + making money + devoted husband + no saintly do-gooder + national team] In his previous life, Lu Jiang was a degenerate gambler despised by everyone. On New Year's Eve in 1998, creditors came to collect their debts. His wife, Su Man, was humiliated, then tearfully fed pesticide to their four-year-old daughter before hanging herself... Lu Jiang's hair turned white with regret that night. Even after he later became a trillionaire, he lived and died alone. When he opened 172Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book.

35. 135 资 The Capitalist Heiress Claims Her Inheritance, and the Ascetic Officer Spoils Her Rotten 资本家小姐夺家产，禁欲军官爆宠 Silly Chen憨憨陈Modern Romance345k WordsOngoing Lu Mingzhu wakes from a nightmare in which her scumbag father takes off with the Lu family fortune and her dowry, then flees to Hong Kong with her stepmother’s family. He also reports her uncle, their powerful protector, driving his family to ruin. Lu Mingzhu, the daughter of a capitalist, is tortured until she is barely recognizable. When she confirms the dream is real, Lu Mingzhu explodes! She unlocks her ancestral pocket dimension, secretly takes everything that was about to be shipped to Hon 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These historical fiction novels are quite good!

36. 136 我 My Whole Family Traveled Back to the 1960s 我全家穿到了六零年代 Sweet Potato Vine红薯藤Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Historical era + farming + raising children + inspirational + satisfying read] Hold on, hold on... Wow, this car’s going so fast! That’s it, one press of the accelerator and they’ve driven their Mercedes straight into a small village in the 1960s. Luckily, the names of all three family members have stayed the same. But what about their personalities? Changing them takes a good reason. How could such a little thing stump this trio of transmigrators? Dad is in charge of winning people over, Mom h 10.2kReads9.3Score977Shelves
37. 137 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Princess Follows Her Prince Consort to His Army Posting 重生七零，公主跟着驸马去随军了 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-modern transmigration + the 1970s + self-interest above all + a pampered, fussy little princess vs. a male lead who works hard to correct the heroine’s thinking and make her love her country and party] (Eight-year age gap) Wen Yuanzhi was the emperor’s most beloved little daughter, raised in the palm of his hand. When she came of age, the emperor granted her a princess’s residence, twice the size of the estates given to his other sons. Her consort was a young general who had just won 43.3kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves
38. 138 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 130.9kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves
39. 139 卿 Dearest Beloved: An 1980s Record of a Senior Official's Devotion to His Wife 卿卿如晤：八零高官宠妻录 The Loquat Tree Has Light枇杷树有光Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted “Mom, these are the peach cakes Yanyan likes best. Keep an eye on her, though. Don’t let her eat too many, or she won’t have room for dinner.” “Dad, if Yanyan can’t get up in the morning, let her sleep a little longer. Don’t shout at her. It could make her nervous.” At their wits’ end, Shao’s parents asked, “Is she my daughter or yours?” On his first business trip after marrying her, Bai Shuyu was so worried about his wife, Shao Yin, that he sent her back to her parents’ home and asked his mothe 6.3kReads7.0Score519Shelves
40. 140 嫁 Marrying a Disabled Soldier: The Gorgeous Beauty Charms and Coaxes Him 嫁军婚残夫，娇艳美人撩他诱哄他 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + marriage first, love later + doted on by everyone + no golden finger, your mindset determines your fate] [A cast story starring a great beauty who gets a villainess role without realizing it] In 1974, Yu Wan transmigrates into the body of an undocumented drifter, then uses her beauty to become the Qiao family’s stepdaughter. With a new identity, Yu Wan is overjoyed. The Qiao family members each have their own agendas, but they know the truth and keep quiet. Not long after Yu 25.7kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
41. 141 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Cang Yue Aotian沧月傲天Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 11.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
42. 142 军 Military Marriage: I Married an Officer With a Billion in Supplies and Had Triplets 军婚，十亿物资嫁军官一胎三宝 Sunny on March Third三月三日晴Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Supplies + Adorable Kids + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Multiple Births + Devoted Husband] What if you dreamed of transmigrating into the food- and clothing-scarce 1970s? With a pocket dimension containing a magical spring and supplies worth ten billion in hand, what was there to fear? Right after transmigrating, a scumbag ruined her reputation, and her awful family married her off to a rugged soldier who had been injured and supposedly couldn’t father child 37.7kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    Book 1: The female protagonist accidentally buys a small trinket and gains a spatial ability, only to discover that she's not the only one using it! She also dreams of a girl with the same name and, fearing she might transmigrate someday, begins a frenzy of hoarding. Book 2: She was originally a genius student who accidentally signed up for a spatial system, only to be told she would transmigrate in a week. To ensure a comfortable life after transmigrating, she embarks on a shopping spree.

43. 143 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 97.4kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves

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    🍅🍅🍅 Lin Yuzhu transmigrated into a book, thankfully with a cheat-like advantage, and she's just a minor character! With such great starting conditions, of course she'll just enjoy the gossip and live her life seriously~ The key point → she won't compete with the original female lead for her man!!! As for the male and female leads? Oh well, that's irrelevant, enjoying the gossip and watching the drama unfold is much better~

44. 144 军 Five Years of Marriage, and He Never Comes Home: If You Don't Love Me, Let's Divorce 军婚五年家都不回：不爱，那就离 Tea Fragrance茶叶香Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted The author has lived in a military compound as a military wife for eleven years. Come see what real military life is like. The short drama Raising Kids in the Seventies, starring Wang Kaimu and Wang Yunyun, is now streaming on the Tomato platform. Watch it for free on Hongguo. Feel-good story + period setting + military marriage + raising children + mutually faithful romance + winning back his wife + authentic life in a military compound The new book is almost complete too. If you’ve finished th 29.3kReads9.2Score4.1kShelves
45. 145 五 The 1950s: Starting Out as an Apprentice 五零：从学徒工开始 Gold Always Shines, and I'll Be There是金子总会有我的Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [Period setting + native protagonist + daily life + career + no golden finger] [An ordinary story about ordinary people] Her parents wanted Baolan to take her eldest brother's place in an arranged marriage. Baolan refused. Baolan passed the worker recruitment exam. Starting as an apprentice, Baolan attended night school, got promoted, bought a watch, bought a bicycle... Little by little, she built herself a good life. 34.6kReads9.0Score3.8kShelves

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    The female protagonist does not time travel or reincarnation; she changes her destiny through her own hard work and struggle.

46. 146 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Wife Takes Her Child to Join the Army 穿书年代，炮灰原配携崽随军去啦 Spirit Rain in the Empty Mountains空山灵雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Hua transmigrated to the 1960s and became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male lead from a novel set in that era. The original wife was a rich, beautiful heiress who looked down on her illiterate, working-class husband. She caused one scene after another, determined to divorce him and run into the arms of her first love. An Hua, who had transmigrated into her role, thought: Illiterate? That's a man with the right roots and a good background! Working-class? He's a golden ticket! She promptly to 31.9kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
47. 147 七 The 1970s: Smooth Sailing and Happy Days 七零年代：顺风顺水好日子 The Lovely Flower on the Mountain山顶的娇花Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Manyi suddenly realizes she was born into a different era. Wait, isn’t that woman across the way the heroine from the TV drama The Virtuous Daughter-in-Law that I watched with the old folks in my family as a kid? And that lovely young neighbor, praised by all the aunties as capable and virtuous, able to handle everything inside and out, turns out to be the exact opposite of me, the hapless foil who can’t lift a finger or shoulder a load!!! The reborn army-wife heroine, the hardw 11.5kReads8.6Score809Shelves

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    I didn't realize I'd transmigrated until I was twenty. It's late, but not too late either. Plus, I have a cheat code to compensate for it. My family is very united and friendly, and I live a smooth and peaceful life. [Smirk]

48. 148 这 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 Slacking Off Is a State of Mind摆烂是一种心态Modern Romance356k WordsOngoing 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—Score116Shelves

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    I'm here to recommend a reborn-in-the-era novel without any special abilities, systems, or cheat codes. It's about sisters swapping marriages; the female lead has to go to the countryside to live right after her rebirth. It's not the kind of fast-paced, action-packed story where you jump right in and start slapping and tearing each other apart. The pacing is slower, and the relationship between the male and female leads is very stable. The only downside is that the male lead is constantly busy—herding cattle, working in the fields to earn work points, or doing technical work. He's always exhausted and has very little time to spend with the female lead. [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

49. 149 重 Restart: My Reversed Flow of Time 重启：我的逆流时光 Year's End年末Urban2.9M WordsCompleted (Multiple heroines + 1970s setting + everyday life) Betrayed by his wife in his previous life, Gu Cheng died full of hatred. When he opened his eyes, he was back in 1977, watching his wicked wife die horribly before him and leaving behind four little sisters-in-law who were crying to be fed. In this magnificent, vibrant era, Gu Cheng decided to start his life over and share a happy life with his sisters-in-law. 29.6kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
50. 150 重 Reborn in the 1980s: After Taking Over, I Head to the Mountains 重生八零年代，接盘后的我去赶山 The Dashing Guy Who Loves SpongeBob喜欢海绵宝宝的潇洒哥Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Mountain hunting + period setting + taking over a marriage + rural life + ongoing manhua adaptation] In his previous life, Zhao Yong’s mother begged him to take Qin Yourong as his wife to ease the family’s hardship, but Zhao Yong refused out of pride. As a result, his mother worked herself to death, his little sister drowned, and his younger brother took his own life! Who would have thought he would be reborn in 1980, just as his mother was asking him to marry Qin Yourong? This time, to prevent 4.8kReads8.2Score319Shelves

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