Looking for Down-to-Earth Stories Set in a Past Era, Nothing Too Over-the-Top 求推荐正常点的年代文，不要那种太浮夸的

1. 1201 加 What the Hammer? My Overtime System Is Hacked 加个锤子：我的加班系统开挂了 Nurturing Heart Cottage育心小筑Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted Twenty-six-year-old office drone Lu Xiangwan has only one motto in life: more. More overtime, more proposals, more endless revisions. Then, one late night at work, she came across a six-yuan WeChat app called Beat the Crap Out of It. It can keep time, play a wooden fish, and even let you upload a photo of the person you want to smack, then hammer away to “Good Luck Is Here”! She happened to pick a photo of a guy she might have rescued by chance ten years ago, set him as her target, and started w 85Reads7.9Score110Shelves
2. 1202 退 The Veteran King Returns Home, and My Wife Becomes Everyone's Darling? 退伍兵王回家，我媳妇成团宠了？ Little Hammer Forty-One小锤四十一Modern Romance116k WordsOngoing [Entirely fictional setting] Island farming + everyone's darling + reserved, rugged man + one-on-one, both leads have no prior romantic partners Li Shunyi had always dreamed of giving back to her hometown after graduation. At last, she got her wish: a flowerpot hit her on the head, and she was reborn! Little Stone Village is dirt poor, full of bachelors, and its people can barely afford to eat. Then leave it to me, Li Shunyi! Just as she rolls up her sleeves and gets to work, her childhood-frien —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book, recently discovered, is about a female protagonist who is reborn and leads her villagers to prosperity. It's a slice-of-life story, not many people have read it, but it's worth checking out. The second book is a slice-of-life historical romance, focusing on the couple's life after marriage. There aren't many major flaws, so it's worth checking out. The third book has a very appealing premise: the daily life of a spoiled factory owner's son and a beautiful female protagonist. It's humorous and slice-of-life, so it's worth checking out. The fourth book features intelligent characters and is also a slice-of-life romance about managing life. The female protagonist is very normal and her thinking is reasonable, so it's worth checking out.

3. 1203 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: I Refuse to Be the Heroine of This Tragic Romance 穿书七零之这苦情剧女主我不当了 Eat Less Salt少吃盐Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + changing the plot + everyday life] After burning the midnight oil following her college entrance exams, Jiang Wanwan worked herself to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic period drama she'd watched with her grandma. When she discovered she was the heroine, destined to suffer her whole life, she was horrified! Determined to escape her absurd and tragic fate, she boldly struck a deal with the notorious gang leader rumored to ha 12.1kReads8.5Score886Shelves
4. 1204 妹 The Troubles My Younger Sister Brings: Striving in the '80s 妹妹带来的烦恼，奋斗在八零年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My eldest sister is a vicious villainess, my second sister is the reborn true heiress, and my youngest sister is the cherished muse of a harem novel. Zhang Qingming figured he was doomed... Luckily, he had a whole city with him. Time stood still inside it, and its supplies refreshed every day. 11.3kReads8.7Score981Shelves
5. 1205 穿 Reborn as a Burden in a Period Novel 穿成年代文中的拖油瓶 Ji Xintong季欣桐Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Qin Wangshu transmigrated into a book. She wasn't the protagonist or even a supporting female character, but a mere background figure mentioned only by the heroine, whose sole purpose was to give her a golden finger and connections. Having transmigrated into the book, Qin Wangshu decides to stay away from the leads and use her knowledge of the plot to become a self-made tycoon… 192Reads6.2Score105Shelves
6. 1206 白 Madam White Snake Livestreams Her Transmigration Through Leifeng Pagoda 白娘子直播穿越雷峰塔 Nurturing Heart Cottage育心小筑Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted [System + quick transmigration + livestream] During a livestream, psychologist Bai Su is sucked into the thousand-year-old digital prison inside Leifeng Pagoda. She's forced to become Bai Suzhen, dispel Bai Suzhen's obsession, and complete the trials of Leifeng Pagoda? And the worst part is, the whole thing is being livestreamed across the stars! “What? There's a System? And I can earn points to exchange for spells...” See how Bai Su rakes in comments, likes, and tips in her livestream to compl 19Reads9.3Score—Shelves
7. 1207 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Character in Period Dramas Rises to the Top 快穿之年代文中的女配要崛起 Lingxi菱溪Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Farming] [Reborn] [Pocket Dimension] [One-on-One, Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Period] [Sweet Romance] [Fall-Guy] [Comeback] [Top Student] When it came to having a miserable life, Ye Qing felt she could rank near the top. Though she had parents, her life was worse than that of an orphan. The only person who loved her, her grandmother, passed away early. After finally graduating from college, she found a high-paying job, and a bright future beckoned. Who could h 9.2kReads9.1Score715Shelves
8. 1208 七 The 1970s: A Rugged Veteran Returns and Coddles His Sweet, Gentle Young Educated Youth 七零：退伍糙汉抱哄软娇小知青 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted Completed [A sweet, charming young educated youth who has no idea how irresistible she is VS a stern-faced, warm-hearted, brooding and crafty veteran] Period setting + doted-on heroine + farming + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + personal storage space + transmigrate with her body + age gap Overnight, Qin Li transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she’s bitten by a snake and caught in a mudslide. To make matters worse, her scheming stepsister is constantly 2.6kReads9.2Score258Shelves

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   It's really good. The female lead has a special space, but she rarely uses it. It's sweet; the male lead pampers the female lead like a child, haha.

9. 1209 重 Reborn: Starting by Saving a Beautiful College Student from Human Traffickers 重生，从救下被拐美女大学生开始 Climbing the Peak登岳Urban2.6M WordsCompleted (Innocent Era + One Female Lead + Family Life + Mountain Produce Business + Crushing the Competition + Lighthearted Comedy) Everyone has regrets. Before 1981, Huang Dongsheng, a furniture company owner in southern China, was a fool in the Dasiu Commune brigade in a remote mountain village. His stepmother abused him, and he suffered endless humiliation. Two old bachelors in the village bought a beautiful college student from human traffickers. She, too, was tortured in chains. The two people with 4.4kReads8.4Score427Shelves
10. 1210 灾 In a Year of Famine, What’s Wrong with Having a Few Extra Skills? 灾荒年，技能多点怎么了 Easygoing Pig随缘的猪Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xiaojun is a good-for-nothing thug from the 21st century. He gets by with a storefront his parents left him, spending his days either teasing cats or playing with dogs, and flirting with young women out shopping. One day, for some inexplicable reason, he saves a little child playing by the road, only to be hit by a car and sent back to 1959. It’s an absurd and tumultuous era, but fortunately, Heaven grants him a golden finger that lets him run unlimited simulations. Thanks to it, he makes i 15.9kReads7.8Score1kShelves
11. 1211 恶 The Wicked, Brash Drama Queen Is Doted on by the Wildest Roughneck 恶毒拽作精被最野糙汉狠狠娇宠 Shui Shui Shui Xiang水水水香Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Completed] [1970s + Flirting + Sweet Romance + Rugged Man + Devoted Love + Both Chaste] [Arrogant, spoiled, wicked yet adorable rich girl ✖ Ruthless, cautious, insecure, sensitive landowner’s wolf cub] She was once a wandering ghost in the mortal world, chosen by the Heavenly Dao to set chaotic fate back on track. She transmigrates into Chen Jiaojiao, a busty, beautiful but empty-headed supporting character, sent to the countryside as an educated youth in the 1970s. After dealing with the scumb 1.1kReads8.9Score108Shelves

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    🔥🌺🌺The female lead was originally a ghost who transmigrated into the body of a villainous supporting character. The male lead's family is wealthy, and the female lead is a pampered young lady. The male lead dotes on her. It's really good. Highly recommended!!!

12. 1212 六 The 1960s: A Fair-skinned Beauty, Self-Interest Is Her Nature 六零凝脂美人，心机利己是本色 Kuo Luo De He Bing阔洛得喝冰Modern Romance473k WordsOngoing Lin Ranqiu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a nine-year-old little girl. There are four children in the family: her ten-year-old elder sister and brother, twins, and eight-year-old Yaozong, who cries and throws tantrums. The original owner is stuck awkwardly in the middle, unloved and ignored. Fortunately, the transmigration deity from Tomato gives her a golden finger: dew gathers at her fingertips, restoring her beauty. And with her arsenal of green-tea lines, she shines just as brightly 10.4kReads8.6Score607Shelves

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    These are normal stories from that era. I especially recommend the second book; it's different from previous military marriage stories, quite novel.

13. 1213 七 Sweet Love in the Seventies 七十年代甜蜜蜜 Frost Across Fourteen Provinces十四州霜寒Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Ye Zhi transmigrates to an alternate version of the 1970s, with her portable space coming along for the ride. Having transmigrated from the apocalypse to the 1970s, Ye Zhi is already more than content. After all, there’s no need to stay on guard or fight here. All Ye Zhi wants is to live a good life in this era. The first time Chu Zhou saw Ye Zhi, he knew she was the girl from his dreams. Ye Zhi died heroically in the apocalypse while protecting her comrades. Her death was a pain Chu Zhou had al 140Reads6.6Score—Shelves
14. 1214 八 The 1980s: Raising the Villain's Son into a Well-Behaved Little Boy 八零之把反派儿子养成乖宝宝 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted When Ban Xia woke from a dream, a flood of information suddenly filled her mind. She discovered that she was living in a book, and that she was the mother of the story’s great villain, a man who had secretly loved the heroine but could never have her. In the book, she was merely a passing character, mentioned in a single line when her grown son learned the truth. Yet that brief mention summed up her entire life of suffering. Her son was taken away, she miscarried and became infertile, her husban 3.2kReads9.1Score263Shelves
15. 1215 出 You Need Connections to Get Ahead? My Connection Is the Nation! 出来混讲背景？我的背景是国家！ Chattering Away多多嚷嚷Modern Romance2.9M WordsCompleted Fake Heiress and Real Heiress + Reborn + Strong Heroine and Strong Hero + System + Top Student + Patriotism + Academician In her past life, her younger brother was kidnapped, her parents and aunt died in a car accident, and her grandparents passed away from grief. Her cousin went missing, her female cousin jumped off a building, and she herself eventually died in a car accident. When she opens her eyes, Gu Yin is reborn! She has returned to the very moment her younger brother was kidnapped! 11.4kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    These books are all very good.

16. 1216 穿 The Transmigrated-Into-a-Book Supporting Female Character Holds On in a Period Novel 穿书女配，在年代文里苟住了 Little White Melon小小白瓜Modern Romance578k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Lin Zhi goes from the apocalypse to the 1960s, becoming the stepping stone for the story's blessed heroine. Lin Zhi adapts just fine. With a pocket dimension at her disposal, she rewrites the original ending. The money is hers. The food is hers, too. The supplies filling her pocket dimension give her confidence. As for being a stepping stone, whoever wants the job can have it. She's done playing along. The only problem is the timing. She needs to keep her head d 2kReads7.8Score153Shelves
17. 1217 重 Reborn, Starting with Buying a House 重生从买房开始 Vice President Liu刘副总Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + the millennium + family life + school + top student + love that grows over time] Chen Yifan, a modern office worker, is reborn in 2004. That year, Chen Yifan is still an elementary school student in a uniform and red scarf. That year, her father, Chen Jianguo, is still hale and hearty, and alive. That year, homes in Haicheng cost just 2,000, and came with household registration. How much? Say that house price again! Mom, Dad, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and buy a house! See how 27.1kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
18. 1218 七 The 1970s Young Intellectual Awakens and Rejects Her Cannon-Fodder Fate 七零小知青觉醒，拒绝炮灰人生 Fresh Little Bok Choy清新的小白菜Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Everyone knows that Ye Shu is the workhorse of the Ye family. She does the most work, eats the least, and is still not appreciated by her family. Finally, when she is sixteen, her family threatens and bribes her into going to the countryside in place of her older brother, who is three years her senior. At first, Ye Shu is prepared to spend the rest of her life in the countryside. But an accident leads her to kill someone. In despair, she chooses to jump into a river and end her life. As she is o 11.5kReads8.2Score871Shelves

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    The female lead remains clear-headed throughout, not driven by romantic feelings, not swayed by family ties, and keeps a low profile while focusing on making her life better.

19. 1219 七 In 1970, I Married a Handsome Divorced Officer 七零年，我嫁给了离婚帅军官 A Commoner from the Southern Mountain南山庸人Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + stern military officer + pocket dimension + family life + farming Tang Yaoyao is an utterly ordinary office worker. By a twist of fate, her soul is mistakenly taken, and the underworld sends her to the 1970s to make amends. She plans to quietly farm at home and wait for the college entrance exams to resume. But when she goes to help a fellow military wife through her postpartum confinement, she meets an incredibly handsome senior officer next door. Too bad he's 7.5kReads8.5Score796Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates to another world and goes to take care of her soldier brother's child. There she meets the male protagonist, who has a wife who is often away from home and is having an affair. After the divorce, he gets together with the female protagonist. She has a space-time ability and uses it to make money.

20. 1220 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Easy Life of a Couch Potato 穿越七十年代之米虫生活 Pear Blossoms Swaying in the Wind风中摇曳的梨花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An orphan girl suddenly becomes the master of a space and manages to live quite well through the apocalypse thanks to it. Feared by those in power and framed, she dies with her loved ones in a final act of mutual destruction. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the 1970s and has a reborn older sister. Thus begins her carefree life of doing nothing but eating and sleeping. 3.7kReads8.9Score249Shelves
21. 1221 穿 Transmigrate into a Book, Find a Secret Space, and Turn My Life Around: I Become the Army Commander’s Daughter-in-Law 穿书有空间翻身后我是军长的儿媳 Unheard Waterdrop无闻水滴Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted Song Yan never expected that she would transmigrate into a book. Well, so be it! The 1970s weren’t anything to be afraid of. But she never imagined she’d land in the body of a minor character who was the male lead’s supporting character. The original owner had generously given the male lead an entire secret green pasture, tricked him into marriage and swindled his money, and even caused her mother-in-law to break her leg... The male lead demanded a divorce! But Song Yan couldn’t afford to leave 9.7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
22. 1222 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    🍧🍧🍧Su Taotao, transmigrated into a book and arriving in the 1970s, faces two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city to rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing, wait for her cheap husband to appear in six months, and take her back to the base to live a life of luxury. Su Taotao chooses the adorable human cub, and as she raises it, she's surprised to find that the seemingly clueless cub's intelligence is surprisingly high? 🐰🐰Later, the fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged Su Taotao appears in the base's family compound carrying the exquisitely pretty cub. Shocked, she often sees Engineer Fu carrying the cub in one arm and holding his wife's hand in the other, either going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy groceries or teaching the cub at home—the whole family has become top scorers in the college entrance examination…

23. 1223 饥 A Space in the Famine Years 饥荒年代有空间 Five-Spice Braised Meat五香卤肉Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted A modern office worker unexpectedly arrives in a parallel era. Starting out as a baby, she grows up and finds a new family. In a difficult time, they help one another and work hard to study, live, and grow! 420Reads8.8Score—Shelves
24. 1224 如 If Her Parents Had Never Met 如果她的父母不曾相遇 Keep Moving Forward向前走不会停Modern Romance115k WordsCompleted On countless nights when her parents argued, Wang Xiaolin wondered: If her parents had never met, would her mother’s life be better than it was now? Would her father still sit silently by the front door while they argued? And would she still exist? 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story is about a female protagonist who travels back in time to prevent her parents from meeting and falling in love. Although it's a new book, the author updates it daily, so it's worth reading.

25. 1225 霉 The Unlucky Second Female Lead: Reborn in the 1970s, I Must Stay Alive! 霉运女二，胎穿70年代苟住命！ Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance941k WordsCompleted This book is set in a parallel world. Don't take it too seriously. [Feel-Good Fiction + Pocket Dimension + Top-Grade Men] Female lead: Shen Nian. Male lead: Zhou Huai'an. Shen Nian had terrible luck at every turn in her previous life, constantly plagued by misfortune. Even her death was stinky… In every lifetime, she became the villainous second female lead who was obsessed with the male lead and schemed against the heroine. To earn a chance at reincarnation, she completed the System's mission: 16.9kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    1. The female lead is plagued by bad luck. In order to be reincarnated, she completes a mission to gain a chance at reincarnation. She finally completes the mission and is reincarnated into the family of a major villain in a historical novel. She is the youngest daughter who died young in the villain's den, and the original female lead wants to climb over her corpse to rise to power! In this life, the original male and female leads find themselves constantly unlucky, while the female lead not only survives but also becomes the nation's darling. [Attention][Attention][Attention] 2. The female lead is very strong. After dying and being reborn, she knows the era she is in, sells her house, and joins the army. She is brave and resourceful. The female lead's character is very novel. [Learned] 3. The female lead transmigrates into the script as the male lead's ex-wife, a minor character. No, is this punk rocker in front of her really the decisive, elegant, and easy-going male lead she'll become? The female lead suspects she's transmigrated into the wrong person. The two have already reached an agreement: one will take the child, and the other will stay temporarily, and they will part ways when the time is right. However, the way he looks at her is getting increasingly strange. [Cool][Cool][Cool] 4. The female peacekeeping medic is reborn with a goal: to find the boy she once brushed past. Who would have thought that the prettiest yet most timid girl in the compound would fall for that arrogant and domineering devil? [Attention][Attention][Attention] 5. Upon opening her eyes, the woman finds herself facing a man she cherishes dearly. Thinking it was arranged by her mother, she repeatedly promises to take responsibility… Upon waking, she discovers she has transmigrated into a 1970s novel she once read, becoming a love-struck supporting character with the same name. She follows the male lead to the most impoverished and difficult places in the countryside. In the book, the male lead treats her like an ATM, then gets engaged to the female lead. To get the male lead's attention, the love-struck supporting character then provokes Jiang Ran, the poorest and fiercest man in the village…

26. 1226 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Drama Queen Ex-Wife of a 1990s Street Tough 穿书九零，街溜子的戏精前妻 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted A not-so-kind, melodramatic heroine × a not-so-gentle street punk hero The sky falls: Chi Li transmigrates into a script, and not as the heroine, but as the male lead’s insignificant ex-wife. Wait, is this punk-haired guy really the decisive yet refined and easygoing big shot Li Shu will become? Chi Li suspects she got the wrong story. The two reach an agreement early on: one wants a child, the other a place to stay, and once the time is right, they’ll go their separate ways. But why is he look 1.1kReads9.0Score102Shelves
27. 1227 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

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    This is the first time I've read such a wonderful novel! It's so addictive, you just have to keep reading! I absolutely love it, and it's definitely worth reading! [What][What][Laughing] The genius doctor protagonist transmigrates into the body of a military wife in the 1970s, but she's also a woman whose husband has ignored her for five years. Her officer husband left the day after their wedding because she forced him into marriage. The protagonist knows her husband doesn't love her, and even that the child was conceived through drugs she gave him. Since he doesn't love her, she decides to divorce him! [Eating popcorn][Eating popcorn][Smirking]

28. 1228 这 This Woman Sure Can Talk! Best Not to Mess with Her! 这女同志也太能叭叭了！惹不起！ A Heart as Before心如故Modern Romance766k WordsCompleted [Complete] Chen Shuning was the undisputed “tough girl” of Chenjia Village. She was bold, fiery, and sharp-tongued enough to make anyone question their whole life when she got angry. Guo Junshan was a famously icy, handsome man in the Jing City public security system. He was highly capable, but after receiving a disciplinary notice, he was “banished” to Dahe Town. When they first met, he said coldly, “Chen Shuning, stay away from me.” She rolled her eyes. “Officer Guo, worry about yourself first 3kReads8.7Score337Shelves

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    This is a period drama set in a local area, without time travel or reincarnation elements. The male lead is a police officer, and the female lead is the first college student from a rural area. It's a positive story with strong moral values.

29. 1229 大 My Eldest Sister Was Reborn and My Second Sister Transmigrated, So I Chose to Watch the Drama 大姐重生二姐穿越，我选择吃瓜 Zheng Baiye郑白叶Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Ding Le transmigrates into a book, landing in the comparison family of a story set in a bygone era. The heroine, Xiao Tiantian, is a lucky star, adored by her parents, cherished by her grandparents, and spoiled by her older siblings. As the contrast, Ding Le’s family has grandparents who favor boys over girls. The eldest granddaughter marries a notorious scoundrel from their village and is beaten to death a few years later; the second granddaughter marries a widower in town and dies in childbirt 7.8kReads8.8Score820Shelves

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    Forget it, forget it. This family is weird anyway. An irresponsible grandfather, a grandmother in detention, a spying fourth uncle, and a freeloader second uncle. She'd better hurry up and figure out a way to persuade her mother to separate the family! Separate the family! Separate the family!

30. 1230 建 Early Years of the People’s Republic: Returning Home to Develop Supertechnology 建国初期，回国发展超科技 Blazing Cosmic Sky炽宇天穹Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Synopsis: In the early years of the People's Republic, overseas student Qin Liang receives the Dragon Soul Technology System! He resolutely returns home to build a complete industrial system! If the Americans have it, we need it too. If America doesn't have it, we need that as well! Back then, you had planes and cannons, while we had a will of steel! Now we have planes and cannons too, so you'd better have a will of steel as well! 33.2kReads7.8Score1.9kShelves
31. 1231 穿 The Book Transmigrator Gets a Waist-Hugging Flirt from the Army's Toughest Man 穿书女配被全军第一硬汉搂腰撩 Deep in the Hedgerow篱落深深Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jian Yuelan had transmigrated into a book years ago, but the plot only kicked in after she followed the army to an island! Good news: sweet romance and a happy ending. Bad news: she and the second male lead were killed off early. A sweet, doting marriage in the 1970s? That’s all complete bullshit! Every character was just there to pave the way for the male and female leads to ascend! With no plot to follow, Jian Yuelan created her own, racking her brains to change her fate. Fortunately, her man 12.9kReads9.3Score896Shelves

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    The female lead is a strongwoman, but her career path involves being a master embroiderer [laughing emoji]. Whenever someone causes trouble, she performs a coconut-splitting demonstration to intimidate them [facepalm emoji]. Since her family is also very powerful, it makes one wonder if they've missed reading a certain novel.

32. 1232 重 The Reborn Prosperity-Bringing Bride: A Sweet Second Life for a Returned Educated Youth 重生旺家媳：重生知青有点甜 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance141k WordsCompleted Period setting, reborn, doting romance, sweet romance, building a fortune, rough-edged man and educated city girl After hearing the truth, she finally understood how terribly wrong she had been! Her husband died by suicide, her child drowned, and her family was destroyed. She opened her eyes and was reborn in 1980! The System activated, and she gained a pocket dimension. She rushed back to the countryside that very night! Weeping, she cried, "I'll never leave you again!" In this life, she'll che 1.9kReads—Score107Shelves

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    Sweet and romantic period novel, featuring a reborn woman who dotes on her husband and raises her children.

33. 1233 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 29kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

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    A novel set in a different era, featuring a military officer and a researcher—truly intriguing! [Full][Full][Exploring] It's so good!! The male lead is a notorious grim reaper in the army, carrying out [Heavy-handed][Heavy-handed][Bookmark] missions. No matter how dangerous, he's cold-hearted and ruthless, but even he couldn't resist the persistent pleas of his once-respected superior. Forced into marriage, his future was affected. Song Yanzhou's only solace was his wife's easygoing nature; she's rumored to have autism, remaining silent like a wooden doll, never leaving the house, and never causing him trouble. However… after accidentally discovering various blueprints she kept in her drawer, Song Yanzhou fell silent.

34. 1234 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 23.4kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves

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    ✨A research whiz traveled back to the 1970s. She first worked as a translator, then as a negotiator. Seeing how expensive buying machines was, she decided to build them herself. By the time her baby was born, her high-quality replica of a gantry planer was complete! 🍒Later, she became even busier, building machines, and even wooden logs and tung oil machines…

35. 1235 读 The Mind-Reading, Sweet and Sultry Wife Makes the Abstinent Officer Blush 读心纯欲娇妻，禁欲军官面红耳赤 Ninefold River Snow九重江雪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Originally titled Mind-Reading, Pure and Passionate Wife: The Chaste Officer Blushes] [Multiple People Can Read Minds] [Military Marriage] [Bratty Heroine] [Disabled Powerhouse] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Dotting Romance] [Feel-Good Story] [Sweet Romance] [Medical Skills] [Beloved by the Nation] Su Lingyu had been spoiled rotten and lived in luxury since childhood. When the System brought her to the food- and clothing-scarce 1980s, she became the villainous ex-wife of Huo Yan, the male lea 8.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    🌳🌳🌳①This book is so good I couldn't stop reading! The male and female leads are both very likable. They redeem each other; the male lead is companionship to the female lead, and the female lead is salvation to the male lead. The female lead isn't a saint or selfish, and the male lead is so pitiful—a former king reduced to this state, thankfully he has the female lead. ②The male lead can hear the female lead's inner thoughts, and many others can too. The dialogue between the female lead and the system is hilarious, and the male lead guesses from the beginning that the female lead has had a different soul. I really love this kind of intelligent male lead. ③After the female lead goes to the countryside, she marries the village chief's disabled youngest son to avoid labor. The male lead has a twisted possessiveness that's really suffocating to read. After thirty years, the female lead still hasn't fallen in love with the male lead—it made me cry so much!

36. 1236 六 The 1960s: Transmigrating into a Book as the Beloved One in a Family of Losers 六零穿书：极品窝里的小团宠 Ming Baby明宝宝Modern Romance872k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + a family of shameless oddballs + self-interest above all + ensemble cast] Shen Qian was born into the 1960s and didn't realize she had transmigrated into a book until she was four. On one side, she had a cousin who was a lucky darling; on the other, a reborn older cousin. Both sides harbored resentment toward her family. Her mother was famous for being lazy and spoiled, always begging for food. No matter how much people scolded her, it went in one ear and out the ot 1.1kReads5.5Score100Shelves

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    Based on my years of experience as a freeloader, it's actually quite pretty.

37. 1237 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s: The Military Bigwig Spoils Me and My Quadruplets 穿越八零，一胎四宝被军区大佬娇宠 Su Muhe苏沐禾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted couple + adorable babies) Ye Shuang, a preschool teacher, was hit by a car and killed while saving a student. When she opened her eyes, she had become the male lead’s ill-fated former wife in a stepmother-era novel, a cannon-fodder character who died in childbirth. Her surname was Ye, and her fate was to die giving birth to quadruplets. Just as she was about to give up and accept her circumstances, a c 27.7kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves
38. 1238 斯 My Polite, Disabled Husband Is Actually a Sick, Obsessive Tyrant 斯文残夫其实是个病娇偏执狂 Sweetie Xi小甜甜喜Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted An eye for an eye. The wicked always meet their match. If only I'd known he was this kind of psycho, I never would have provoked him in the first place. -- A scheming woman who loves the easy life, and a refined yet depraved disabled man The 1970s, possessive love, and a devoted romance with both leads' hearts set on each other 13.7kReads7.2Score490Shelves
39. 1239 水 Fickle as Water 水性杨花 Feng Yuqi冯玉奇Historical74k WordsCompleted In the chaotic years of the Republic of China, Xu Fangqing of Peach Blossom Village and Li Xiaoming, a fisherman, had known and loved each other since childhood. Their feelings were mutual, and with her uncle’s help, they became engaged, believing they would spend their lives together in peace. But fate had other plans: Fangqing’s uncle suddenly died, and her greedy mother-in-law secretly seized the family’s savings. For money, the mother-in-law joined forces with relatives and cruelly sold Fang 497Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    The calm and quiet description evokes a myriad of emotions.

40. 1240 六 The Violent Woman of the Sixties Takes on Everyone 六零暴力女干翻全场 Ying Jinchuan, Who Loves He Tang Red Cranes喜欢鹤塘红的应金川Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Keywords: Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Revenge, Rise to Success in the 1960s After a starship explosion sent her from a monster-infested interstellar world, Jiang Sidong opened her eyes in the body of a young girl in 1959. Her original self had been literally tormented to death by her paternal aunt’s family, and the three years of famine had only just begun. She looked at the cracked earth, and at people driven to sell their sons and daughters for a piece of tree bark... As she cultivated her p 8.4kReads8.4Score833Shelves
41. 1241 渣 Stay Away, You Scumbags! I Switched Marriages and Hit the Jackpot with His Uncle 渣男贱女莫挨我，换亲他叔赢麻了 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + transmigration + switched marriages + sweet romance + devoted couple + love after marriage + island life Yu Yao transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife who worked herself to death serving a scumbag. After her death, the heroine spent her money, lived in her luxurious mansion, and badmouthed her as a failure wherever she went. She didn’t care if the heroine slept with the scumbag, but spending her money was out of the question. She promptly called off 4.2kReads8.7Score420Shelves

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    A really good book, I don't know why the rating is a bit low (military marriage + time travel + arranged marriage + both protagonists are virgins + island romance). The female lead breaks off her engagement with a scumbag boyfriend, then marries his scumbag uncle, only to be pampered like a treasure by the abstinent tycoon [making a face]. It's great!

42. 1242 重 Reborn in 1980: I Dumped the Scumbag and Married a Butcher 重生八零甩掉渣男嫁屠户 Lots of Durian Daifuku榴莲大福多多Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Space] + [Farming] + [Family Life] + [Entrepreneurship] Li Wenhui is reborn before her blind date with a scumbag, and this time she exposes the affair between him and her best friend with her own hands. Thinking of the butcher who supplied her restaurant throughout her previous life and even came to her aid at a crucial moment, Li Wenhui decides they can team up and start a business this time around. But how does it end up with the two of them getting married and bu 3.7kReads8.2Score384Shelves

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    It's a completed historical fiction novel. The inclusion of a "golden finger" (a special ability or cheat-like character) doesn't affect the content. It has a good plot and is enjoyable.

43. 1243 四 Divorced at Forty, I Marry a Commander, and My Scumbag Ex's Family Regrets It to the Bone 四十离婚嫁首长，渣男全家悔断肠 Hibiscus Flower City木槿花城Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed silver-haired period drama * military marriage * second marriage * revenge on scumbags * alternate setting] 1. Si Rong received a mysterious call from the future, telling her that the husband she'd loved for eighteen years had betrayed her. Si Rong refused to believe it, but reality gave her a brutal slap in the face. Her husband, Shen Lan, had not only been seeing someone else, but the adopted son and daughter she'd worked so hard to raise were actually his children with another wo 7.6kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    ① Si Rong receives a mysterious phone call from the future, informing her that her husband of eighteen years has betrayed her. Si Rong doesn't believe it, but reality slaps her hard in the face. Not only is her husband, Shen Lan, having an affair, but even the adopted children he painstakingly raised are his children with another man. So what if she's forty? Si Rong decisively files for divorce. ② In her past life, her husband cheated on her with her son, leaving her in dire straits… Reborn, she decisively abandons the scumbag and starts a new life.

44. 1244 带 Taking a World-Famous Members-Only Supermarket Back to the 1970s 带着全球知名会员制超市穿七零 Lots of Durian Daifuku榴莲大福多多Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted [Period setting + soul transmigration + golden finger + modern romance + strong leads] A slow-burn story set in a bygone era. The author doesn't write saintly heroines. If the satisfying payback you're expecting hasn't happened yet, the author may have placed it at the point that best fits the story. Han Xiaolin, from the 21st century, transmigrates while shopping at a famous members-only supermarket. She finds herself in the 1970s, an era of scarce food and clothing. With a virtual supermarket 318Reads6.2Score110Shelves
45. 1245 七 Sweet Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Soldier's Whole Family Spoils Her 七零军婚甜宠，被兵哥全家宠上天 Seeking Joy讨囍Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Transmigration + Multiple Babies in One Pregnancy + Marriage Before Love + Doting to the Extreme + Everyday Life + Not a Strong Female Lead] Jiang Miaomiao never had her father’s love or her mother’s affection. She’d finally saved enough money to go out and have some fun, only to transmigrate to the 1970s! Of all the people she could have become, she ended up in the body of a spoiled young wife with the same name. The original owner had a crush on someone and made a scene every 127Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    It's a period piece that I can't put down, it's useless to say more and look at the ratings! Very very very beautiful!

46. 1246 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: I Make My Fortune in the 1970s 甜蜜军婚，我在七零发家致富 Rain Falling on the Wutong Trees at Night夜落梧桐雨Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted [Military romance + sweet love + strong female lead + cozy everyday life + doted on by her in-laws] Ye Qingyan, a senior executive at a multinational corporation, died unexpectedly. When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn in the 1970s. She had transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting character who shared her name. The original Ye Qingyan had done nothing wrong, yet still met an utterly tragic end. But now, the exceptionally clever Ye Qingyan was here! She’d put those a 8.3kReads9.1Score963Shelves
47. 1247 重 Back to the '90s: A Rich Girl on Campus 重回90校园当富婆 Jade Beauty of the Jade Terrace瑶台玉人Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted At forty, Xiao Yao feels like she's accomplished nothing. She doesn't have much education, and work has always been a struggle. Even at forty, she still has to watch what she says around others. She loves children and wants a family. But a scumbag wasted the best years of her life, and now she's alone. Her parents used to work at a state-owned factory. By now, their glory days are long gone. They didn't go into business when others did, and they didn't buy a home when others were buying. They li 6.2kReads8.9Score567Shelves

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    A period drama that I absolutely love; enough said, just look at the ratings! It's incredibly, incredibly, incredibly good!

48. 1248 七 The Seventies: He Qing’s Wonderful Life 七零年代，和晴的美好人生 Luo Hanxi洛晗溪Modern Romance957k WordsOngoing [Period setting | Local girl in the 1970s | Refuses to go to the countryside | Sole heroine, no romance | Light ensemble cast] No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger. A slow-paced, slice-of-life story. Everyone says that as the eldest daughter, He Qing ought to be sensible, give everything up, make sacrifices, go to the countryside and suffer, all for the sake of her younger brother. But nobody ever asked if she wanted to. When she stumbled upon her parents’ scheme, more than a decade o 1.4kReads—Score112Shelves

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    I think the setting is quite in line with the times, and what I like most is the pure indigenous characters. After reading so many time-travel and reincarnation stories, the indigenous ones have a unique charm.

49. 1249 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 16.2kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
50. 1250 重 Back to 1980: Fishing and Hunting in a Seaside Village 重回1980，渔猎小海村 I Have a Big Head我有一个大头Urban162k WordsOngoing The moment Lin Haisheng opened his eyes, he was back in the twelfth lunar month of 1980. In his previous life, he had been the village’s most despised wastrel. He drained his elder brother and sister-in-law’s hard-earned savings, forced his second elder sister into a marriage that was little better than a sale, drove his fourth younger sister to quit school and enter the sex trade, and ultimately left his family scattered, with some dead and others gone. In this life, he had just been driven o 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The new book has no system; the protagonist gradually becomes wealthy after being reborn.

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