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. 301 荒 Wilderness Pit: The Missing Boy Is the Key to the Nation 荒野深坑：失联少年有他才有国 Evil Bullet邪恶子弹Urban1.3M WordsCompleted In a desolate pit, a student with a broken leg laments his cruel fate. He accidentally stumbles into an alien warship and acquires astonishingly advanced technology. When he returns to school, he’s expelled for having gone missing. An unknown nobody enters society and uses his incredible technology to make his way in the business world, rising step by step to become a tycoon and build a commercial empire. As a doctor, he cures humanity’s stubborn diseases and saves lives. He helps his people res 2.1kReads7.3Score127Shelves
2. 302 重 Back to the 1980s, I Marry a Cold-Faced Officer in a Flash with My Kids 重回八零，带崽崽闪婚冷面军官 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Food + Mutual Secret Crushes + Married First, Love Later] Ji Shutong was the most beautiful woman in the surrounding villages, and well educated too. Yet after graduating, she returned to her village pregnant. The villagers whispered that she was shameless and immoral. Ji Shutong was too afraid to go out or face her son, who didn’t even know who his father was. After years of torment, she jumped into a river. After her death, the child she had rejected ran to h 1.2kReads8.4Score102Shelves

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   Super sweet, the baby is incredibly cute, anyone who loves adorable babies should definitely watch this!

3. 303 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 1.7kReads9.2Score127Shelves

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   [Sending a heart][Laughing][Almost crying][Thinking]

4. 304 重 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生10k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 336Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A super favorite novel set in the 1970s, full of hilarious scenes. The part where Qiao Wanrong deals with the Lu family has an unexpected twist; Old Man Lu can't explain himself anymore, and it cracked me up!

5. 305 文 The Art Troupe's Gorgeous Supporting Actress Charms an Officer and Raises His Kids 文工团漂亮女配，撩个军官养崽崽 Timid Girl懦女Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted The rating is low because the book just launched, but it's bound to rise! Ye Yijia was a rich and beautiful woman from the twenty-first century. She got so distracted admiring the abs of a handsome man on the beach that she tripped and fell into the 1970s, where she became the only female worker in the steel-rolling workshop. As for her family, her father brought two sons and her mother brought two daughters. Together, they formed the Ye family, and then had one daughter of their own, the origin 1.5kReads8.4Score176Shelves

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   The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1970s and gloriously becomes the only female worker in the steel mixing workshop. Her family consists of her father with two sons and her mother with two daughters, forming the Xiao Ye family. They then have their only daughter, the original owner of the body. Unfortunately, her parents both favor their own child, believing their youngest daughter will be the most fortunate in the family. As a result, the original owner starves to the point of being skin and bones.

6. 306 初 The First Meeting with My Beloved 初遇心上人 Shen Shiyue沈拾月Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted [Youth + Campus + Secret Crush + Coming of Age] That midsummer, the warm sunshine of youth was just like you. Country girl Xia Xiaowan fell for him at first sight, embarking on a secret crush. She gave him her whole heart, hoping only to treat him well without being rejected. It wasn’t until Gu Xiaoye unexpectedly confessed that she realized love means two people choosing each other. As time passed, Xia Xiaowan achieved a perfect ugly-duckling transformation. After everything they went throug 2Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 307 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 1.8kReads9.2Score109Shelves
8. 308 七 The 1970s: The Demobilized Soldier’s Sweetheart Is Fierce 七零：退伍糙汉的小甜妻超凶哒 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Modern Romance101k WordsCompleted Wang Jiao transmigrates into a book, becoming the heroine’s best friend in a story about an educated youth sent to the countryside. Disdainful of the disabled man her parents set her up with, she ignores the heroine’s objections and resolutely chooses to go to the countryside with her to stay alive. She is the heroine’s best friend. To protect her, she loses her virginity and marries the village bully, enduring countless hardships. Later, thanks to the heroine’s support, she goes on to enjoy a h 575Reads8.6Score—Shelves
9. 309 离 After the Divorce, the Fierce Mom Takes Her Kids to Make a Fortune in the 1980s 离婚后，八零辣妈带着萌娃去发家 Yu Shuyun余舒云Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted A slice-of-life story of family matters and a quiet, steady life. Lin Xiaozhu is reborn on the day her family sells her daughter. According to the fate she had in her previous life, she and her two daughters are all destined to die miserably. Lin Xiaozhu immediately divorces her deadbeat husband and takes her daughters to the county seat to set up a clothes stall! With her sharp mind and superb skills, her little stall gradually grows into a fashion shop. Her life gets better and better, and she 13Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   I think it's quite good. It's slice-of-life, focusing on everyday life, with a gentle, gradual development. There aren't too many awful characters, making it quite heartwarming. The female lead is reborn without any special abilities like a superpower; she gradually builds her wealth with the help of her neighbors and friends.

10. 310 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 152.5kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves

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    I've personally tried them all and they're all beautiful 👀💕

11. 311 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, I Married a Rugged Man 穿到七零嫁糙汉 Fat Bug胖虫Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted Her soul transmigrates into a body in the 1970s, and the food-streamer becomes a pampered young lady who has never lifted a finger. In an era of sent-down youth and glorified hard labor, she's useless at everything except eating. When she runs into the fearsome captain, everyone thinks she's done for. No one expects the pampered young lady to become the captain's darling, still living in comfort and luxury! 364Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    This book is quite good. It's close to history; no matter how powerful the female lead is, it respects historical facts. It's not just mindless wish-fulfillment; you have to read it bit by bit. The female lead is timid when she needs to be, and adorable when she needs to be gentle!

12. 312 那 The Old Woman Killed by Her Eldest Daughter Is Reborn 那个被长女干掉的老妇重生了 Like a Flower如花花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Chunhua was muddleheaded and unlucky. She spoiled her younger brother, favored boys over girls, and grew estranged from her husband. After her eldest son went missing, she spent the rest of her life in a daze. It wasn’t until she lay alone in a hospital bed, ignored by everyone, and saw her badly injured eldest daughter scream at her in despair that she finally understood how terribly wrong she had been. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the day her eldest 244Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    I personally really like it. The female lead comes from a bad family. She favors her brother over her daughter and constantly drains her eldest daughter's resources. After being killed by her eldest daughter, she is reborn and gradually breaks free from her family of origin, leading her own family to a better life.

13. 313 嫁 After Marrying My Childhood Sweetheart, I Gossip Around the Compound 嫁给竹马后，我在大院吃瓜 Shi Lai莳来Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted [1960s + Siheyuan Courtyard + Gossip-Watching + Everyday Life + Light Ensemble Cast + Cozy, Sweet Romance] On December 2, 1965, Yan Huan and Shen Mingcheng got married, turning their childhood friendship into a lifelong partnership. On December 3, 1965, Tian Huifen introduced Yan Huan to the ten households in the compound. From then on, Yan Huan became a little melon-loving badger in the gossip patch. Shen Mingcheng’s perspective: I’m going to love my childhood sweetheart for the rest of our li 12.8kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
14. 314 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.9kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    ① Lin Xia was initially attracted by the title, but later she was purely curious to see how much the male and female leads truly loved each other, and how they could stay together even after all the heart-wrenching suffering. What she found shocked her. Were they mute? Even the female supporting character's clumsy schemes could cause the male and female leads to misunderstandings to the point of near death. The day after transmigrating, after having a nightmare, Lin Xia resolved to stay far away from the male and female leads. Thinking this, she heard soft voices outside. It was six in the morning, and everything was still asleep; the voices were clearly audible. It was the original owner's sister-in-law and mother. They got up early every day to prepare breakfast, and the kitchen wasn't far from the original owner's room, separated only by a wall.

15. 315 双 I Close My Eyes and Wake Up in the 1980s, Ready to Open a Cafeteria 双眼一闭到八零，食堂开店全都行 Mango Asano芒果浅野Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted [Short and binge-worthy × foodie vibes × nostalgic era setting × plot-packed × the official couple makes occasional appearances] Zhang Jinliu worked tirelessly for half her life to become the Imperial Kitchen’s top chef, despite being a woman. Then, just as she was getting somewhere, she slipped and died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become an eighteen-year-old orphan with nowhere else to go, living under someone else’s roof and enduring insults from her cheating aunt alongside her un 20Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist, a former imperial chef, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a woman with the same name in the 1980s. After quickly fulfilling the original owner's requests, she gains control of the body. Who would have thought her greatest wish isn't to open a restaurant or dominate the culinary world, but to become a cafeteria auntie! Shocking! Step by step, she achieves her goal, and after constantly broadening her horizons, she carves out a place for herself in the university town. Opening a shop is a must... But the cafeteria remains her domain.

16. 316 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Become a Laid-Back Couch Potato 穿越七十年代做躺赢咸鱼 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + space + sent to the countryside] When Lin Shu'an realized she had transmigrated and had a golden finger, she thought she must have become a cannon-fodder supporting character in some book she'd transmigrated into. There was no other explanation: her golden finger was nothing like the setup she'd expect for a heroine. Weren't the novels she'd been reading lately always giving the supporting female character some kind of cheat? But it seemed neither the heroine n 1.2kReads8.5Score107Shelves

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    I've finished the first book; it's readable without any major flaws. I'm currently reading the other two. The system in the second book is quite interesting—it's a villain's system. In the third book, the female lead is a time traveler who didn't go to the countryside, doesn't have a system, and doesn't have a spatial ability.

17. 317 快 Quick Transmigration: The Female Supporting Character Through the Decades 快穿年代女配 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Strong Female Lead + Stockpiling Supplies + Rural Relocation] An educated youth goes to the countryside, transmigrates to a period setting, and makes a good life for herself. No moralizing or coercion, just living however she pleases. 13.3kReads8.4Score881Shelves
18. 318 夫 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零，我婆婆是重生的 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 26.3kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
19. 319 八 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    The female lead is from a wealthy family; her parents seized an opportunity to become rich. The male lead comes from a military and political family. They are childhood sweethearts, and the story is incredibly captivating! The male lead isn't aloof; he's always peeled shrimp for the female lead since they were little. The female lead's parents are very loving and didn't try to have another child for her after becoming rich; instead, they focused on how to ensure her future happiness!

20. 320 九 Jiuzhi Bay 九子湾 The Bearer荷重者Urban255k WordsCompleted Jiuz Bay is a settlement where all sorts of people live side by side. Over the years, it has nurtured countless kind souls, while also giving rise to innumerable evildoers. The younger generation strives to find a way forward. Hoping to redeem Jiuz Bay, they each set out on a different path in life... —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    His legs felt like they were filled with lead; he angrily pounded the ground with his hands, mud splashing all over his face, and finally collapsed in agony under the huge paulownia tree whose core had been hollowed out by insects.

21. 321 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 56.7kReads8.8Score3.4kShelves
22. 322 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 313.9kReads9.1Score47.6kShelves

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    Two very good novels about life in different eras: ① The female lead is a saleswoman in a supply and marketing cooperative, the male lead occasionally goes to the black market, and there are no difficult relatives. ② The female lead's cheat ability is to jinx her (she rarely uses it). The novel doesn't focus too much on the original female lead; the main storyline is about the family working together to get rich, and the romance between the male and female leads develops much later.

23. 323 重 Reborn in the ’90s: Sweetheart with a Fiery Temper 重生90：甜妻小辣椒 A Leaf Flying Through Snow一叶飞雪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Devoted husband + two powerful leads + putting scumbags in their place] After an explosion, Ye Chu opened her eyes to find she had returned to 1990. The first thing she did after waking up was look for her fiancé, Xia Yu, who had been in a vegetative state for two years. Everyone thought she was going to break off their engagement, but instead, she ignored the strange looks and moved straight into the Xia family home… The Xia family was poor, so she helped them get out of poverty. The second so 36Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Farming and revenge, female protagonist reborn, super strong and doting husband

24. 324 下 The Capitalist Heiress Fled with the Family Fortune Before Being Sent Down 下放前资本家大小姐卷家产跑路了 Xiao Xiaosa小小飒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + face-slapping scumbags + pocket dimension + building wealth + refusing to stress over things] A short drama and an audiobook version are now available! In 1966, the turmoil had begun. The Bai family, a red capitalist family that had once funded the war effort, was also facing confiscation of their property and exile to the countryside. The family was on the verge of falling apart. When disaster strikes, everyone looks out for themselves. Each branch of the family planned to fle 4.9kReads8.6Score409Shelves
25. 325 七 The 1970s: Am I Going Crazy Again? 七零年代，又发癫了吗？ Tang Lin from Xiangzhou香州的唐林Modern Romance137k WordsOngoing [Transmigration] [Sent to the Countryside] [Smart Protagonist] [No Military Marriage] [No Rough He-Man] [No Love-Brain] Bad news: Li Yunshu has transmigrated. Good news: her pocket dimension came with her. Looking at the green-tea stepsister, the sweet-and-innocent stepmother, the invisible older brother, the sister-in-law who only cares about her own family, and the original owner's trashy father, Li Yunshu took a deep breath. Well, that makes a full set of top-tier relatives, just as every tra 39Reads—Score102Shelves

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    [Sparrow Eats Masterpiece][Thinking]

26. 326 快 Quick Transmigration: The Heiress Is Selfish and Self-Serving 快穿：大小姐她自私自利 Bustling S熙熙攘攘SModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through period dramas + self-interest + sweet romance + golden finger + no rescuing the poor + no saintly heroine + no becoming a stepmother + no adopting children + no fixed love interest] Some worlds may have no romantic pairing. The heroine retains no memories of her quick-transmigration worlds, but she does remember her first life as a wealthy heiress. Her golden finger is assigned at random. 1. The little childhood sweetheart manipulated in the 1960s 2. The village gir 11.9kReads8.8Score777Shelves
27. 327 回 Back in Republican-Era China to Fill in the Blanks 回到民国做填空 Leaping Carp鲤鱼跃跃Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Republican era + System + warlords + two transmigrators] Lu Senluo, a rich second-generation heir and domineering CEO, transmigrated in one fell swoop in the strangest way, becoming the unlucky young master of a warlord family in the Republican era. Fortunately, he had a System that could take him home. Unfortunately, he needed a password to use it. While searching for answers, he met Shi Youyou, who had transmigrated too. Across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, through national humi 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    A domineering CEO transmigrates into the body of a warlord's son during the Republic of China era, where he encounters a female protagonist who has also transmigrated. This is a farming-themed novel set in a rural setting, written in a lighthearted style yet imbued with historical weight, a bittersweet tale that spans modern times, and a powerful expression of patriotism across generations.

28. 328 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Married My Ex-Husband’s Younger Brother 穿书七零，我嫁给了前夫亲弟弟 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + Period drama + 1970s + Transmigrate into a book + System + Punish scumbags + Raise kids + Make money + Mutual devotion to one another] (The male lead is not her biological child! Not her biological child! Not her biological child!) Su Mang was a seasoned novel fan. After complaining about the plot of a book, she transmigrated into it. She became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of the male lead, who shared her name... The original Su Mang learned she was getting divorced, slammed her head 2.7kReads8.9Score238Shelves

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    ① The female lead is not easily hurt; she achieves her goals through continuous effort. The male lead later recognizes his family. The male and female leads understand and support each other, making for a wonderful story. I read it without any jumps in the plot. ② The early part of the story is very peaceful and comfortable, but the later part is full of ups and downs due to the male lead's family background. There are some scenes that make you want to cry. I stayed up all night to finish it. 😊

29. 329 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Village Girl Bride Has a Bit of Sass 重生七零：村姑媳妇有点茶！ Gu Jinmo古堇末Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + twins + devoted couple + no golden finger] Su Dongnuan wakes up in a dilapidated cave dwelling on the Loess Plateau, lying beside a handsome, cold intellectual sent down to the countryside, who is now her husband. She looks at the pitch-black cave, the earthen kang bed, and the clay stove, and her vision goes black. What should she do? Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. But she has no golden finger, no pocket dimension, and her husband 20.7kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves

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    🍒🍒🍒 Shen Zhanxun, with his shrewdness and resourcefulness, is very good at handling family relationships! It's the first time I've seen someone send their allowance home in separate portions! One portion is sent to his wife, one to his mother-in-law, one to his own mother, one to his aunt during holidays, and another is regularly sent home to his grandparents (from a public school).

30. 330 七 The 1970s' Little Tyrant: This Comrade Is So Impressive, She's a National Treasure 七零小霸王：同志太强成国家宝贝 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + satisfying wish fulfillment + no romance + child protagonist] Li Jinjin, an interstellar tyrant, transmigrates to the 1960s for some unknown reason. Just as she’s about to make a name for herself, she loses her memory. By the time her memories awaken, she’s seven years old. She beats up the traffickers who abducted her little brother and kicks the pervert hiding deep in the mountains. She even gets herself some handy little gadgets: a fan, a car... She catches enemy spies a 11.6kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
31. 331 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 115.8kReads9.1Score6.7kShelves

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    The characters in Book 1 are all quite compelling. The female lead and her sister are both very intelligent, patiently waiting for the right opportunity to strike. The other characters are also quite clever; the female characters are particularly outstanding. In Book 2, the female lead's younger sister, after regaining her senses later on, is also very compelling and quite a character.

32. 332 穿 The Pregnant Wife of an 80s Male Supporting Character 穿成八零年代男配的怀孕妻 Kind as Water, Dreamlike善若水如梦Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Xu Mo was an overworked office drone from the twenty-first century, and she happened to get swept up in the transmigration wave. She transmigrated into the body of the villainess in an eighties novel. Not only is she the heroine's younger sister, she's also the tragic male lead's ex-wife. She stole the heroine's first love, the male lead, and even took the heroine's child. In the end, she even tried to steal the male lead. She's truly a shameless villainess! Xu Mo throws down the book!!! And she 3.3kReads8.0Score181Shelves
33. 333 穿 I Came to the 1960s for a Life, Not Mere Survival 穿六零，我要的是生活，不是活着 A Novel Fan Writing Novels小说迷写小说Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Jiang Shushu was an ordinary girl with a short life. Because of a drop of the King of Hell’s son’s virgin urine, she died six hours early. To make it up to her, the King of Hell gives her three choices. 1: Be reborn along her original path, into the animal realm. (The King of Hell can guarantee she’ll have someone to feed and care for her all her life.) 2: Have her wish granted and become a billionaire. (She’ll be an 80-year-old rich woman with only six days left to live.) 3: Become an 18-year-o 2.3kReads8.8Score148Shelves
34. 334 七 The Real Heiress of the 1970s Goes Off the Rails, and Her Whole Family Kneels to Beg Forgiveness 七零真千金，发癫后全家跪求原谅 Immortal Herb Ice Jelly仙草冰粉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the 1970s + unhinged leads + two golden fingers + heroine speaks to animals and has a spiritual spring space + scheming hero with a sharp tongue now and then] Medical expert Su Qinghe transmigrated to the 1970s. Before transmigrating, she lived cautiously, bottling everything up until she developed all sorts of problems, fell into depression, and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. After transmigrating, she could not only understand animals, but also had a spiritual spr 15.8kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves

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    I laughed like a pig when I read this in the middle of the night. Without further ado, here's the original text: "Captain, listen to me. Zhao Xiaohong conspired with some hooligans to harm me; their methods are extremely dirty. I strongly suspect she's a maggot spirit. Let's test her by pushing her into the cesspool when she's not looking. If something happens, she'll turn into a maggot; if nothing happens, she's a maggot."

35. 335 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.9kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves

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    These are all period dramas. I love the second and fifth books the most. The writing and plot are both a bit weak. I've read the sixth book repeatedly. It's about a family of ruthless people. It's funny and entertaining.

36. 336 寒 A Woman from a Poor Family 寒门女人 Green Plum青梅Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted (Family melodrama + romance + revenge) Bai Xue's birth brought her mother untold hardship. Crushed by feudal beliefs, she and her mother struggled just to breathe, hoping to escape that man's clutches as soon as they could. Overwhelmed with grief, she could no longer face the love her boyfriend gave her. Every day was agony, and the hatred in her heart drove her to swear she would find the man who had violated her and make him pay. Will she find him? What will become of her and her boyfriend? R 2.2kReads9.0Score264Shelves

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    How about trying this one?

37. 337 被 After My Love Was Stolen, I Overturned My Fate by Eavesdropping on the Transmigrator's Thoughts 被抢对象后，偷听穿越女心声逆袭 Yinyin of Peach Blossom Cove桃花坞的花音音Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [Alternate 1970s setting + one-on-one romance, both leads pure + subverting expectations + face-slapping the transmigrator + fighting the System + female growth + building wealth through hard work] (PS: The female lead is a native of the story world with a golden finger, while the supporting female character is a transmigrator with a System.) Luo Xiaoyu realized that her older sister was acting very strangely! She had a perfectly good life in the city, yet she insisted on coming to the country 17Reads—Score110Shelves

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    Not over-the-top, not mindless, and not idiotic. The female lead is a native, without a special ability or reincarnation, but she has a negligible cheat ability: she can hear the conversation between the female supporting character and the system. The female supporting character is a transmigrated woman with a system. There's no forced idiocy; the plot progresses quite quickly. The female lead soon gets into university and starts writing novels that are serialized in newspapers. I rarely see this career path in period dramas. The male and female leads have a good relationship, no misunderstandings, they both have mouths, and their intelligence is on point. Seeing the male and female leads work together to take down the female supporting character and perfectly clear their relationship was brilliant; they're both incredibly smart. Now that the female supporting character has a different body, I feel like her system also has some issues. I wonder what she'll do next. I'm looking forward to the female lead's career development and how she'll discover and eliminate the female supporting character again.

38. 338 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
39. 339 重 Reborn in 1979: Starting Out as a Village Doctor 重生1979：从小村医开始 Potato Sprouts土豆芽丝Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1979. A small mountain village. “I’m a doctor. I was only giving you artificial respiration to save your life.” “I don’t care. You have to take responsibility for me.” After being reborn, Zhang Yi’s first act was to rescue a beautiful woman who had nearly drowned. As a result, he had to take full responsibility. The mountains are covered in wild mushrooms, yet they’re left to rot. Wild boars are such a problem here, yet no one knows how to catch them. Marinated beef offal is delicious, 930Reads7.3Score101Shelves

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    Reborn in 1979. A small mountain village. "I'm a doctor, I'm just giving you CPR." "I don't care, you have to take responsibility for me." Legendary military doctor Zhang Yi, reborn, immediately rescued a drowning beauty. As a result, he was held fully responsible. These wild mushrooms, covering the mountains, were rotting in the wilderness. In this place infested with wild boars, no one knew how to catch them. Braised beef offal was so delicious, yet nobody wanted the beef entrails here. This was an era of miracles. His advanced medical skills brought him fame and the favor of many powerful figures. Following the trajectory of history, his foresight made his wealth grow exponentially. Don't underestimate scrap recycling; one day a scrap king will emerge, becoming a tycoon. Don't underestimate the retail industry; one day several retail tycoons will appear. Don't underestimate this dilapidated courtyard house; in a few years, it will make you a millionaire. Don't underestimate this broken painting; years later, it will fetch an astronomical price. All the miracles began in that small mountain village afternoon.

40. 340 七 The 1970s: The Sweet Young Military Wife Clears Out Her Enemy's Wealth to Raise Her Child 七零：娇娇军嫂搬空仇人钱财养崽 Talking Rabbits Is No Ordinary Thing谈兔不凡Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + space + stockpiling supplies + heiress from a capitalist family + doted on by her family + face-slapping the scumbags + clearing out the house + joining her husband at his post + medical skills + raising kids + marriage first, love later] Tang Wan, who comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and loves business so much she opened a shopping mall, never imagined she could choke to death while drinking water. Fortunately, she had the foresight to stock 23.8kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves

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    Highly recommended! 🔥🔥🔥 These are some of the best rebirth/era novels on Tomato's list. The content is excellent, the plot is logical, the era is authentic, and they have high ratings. Each has between 240,000 and 730,000 reads. Absolutely fantastic!

41. 341 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 7kReads9.4Score587Shelves
42. 342 别 Others Transmigrate into a Siheyuan, So Why Am I Going to War? 别人穿四合院，我为啥上战场 Zhong Bing中兵Historical607k WordsOngoing Chen Hao, an investment banking employee at a foreign company, transmigrated into the body of Chen Sangou, an ordinary soldier in the 138th Army in 1951 after a plane crash. While everyone else who came over found themselves living in a traditional courtyard, he was faced with the most brutal battlefield of the Korean War. After obtaining the Defend the Nation and Bring Glory to the Country System, he set foot on the battlefield in a daze. This is the story of an ordinary modern man who becomes 147.8kReads8.5Score12.6kShelves

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    I won't say more, go see for yourself.

43. 343 身 Transmigrated to the Eighties, This Radiant Beauty Is Determined to Live Well 身穿八零，明媚美人要过好日子 Kong Cha of Jinding Temple金顶寺的孔茶Modern Romance196k WordsOngoing [1980s + Transmigration + Instinctive Attraction: A guileless but slightly clever 21st-century college student meets a steady, secretly passionate “domineering CEO” from 1988] Chu Zhitang transmigrates, body and all. She lands in the year 1988 in a parallel world, where she has no household registration. After finally managing to get a letter of introduction, she discovers that a letter alone is nowhere near enough. Then she meets a man who helps sort out her household registration and name. The 57Reads—Score112Shelves

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    No magic tricks, just hard work

44. 344 2 Reborn in 2007 2007重生 Su Peng Er Mali苏朋儿马里Modern Romance253k WordsCompleted [Urban + campus + big ideas + rebirth + business + special agents. The protagonist, Mu Zhihua, was a naive sweetheart in her previous life. Reborn with a secret identity, she is coolheaded and clear-eyed, overcoming every obstacle on her way to the top and becoming a powerful woman.] Reborn in 2007, Mu Zhihua gains extraordinary learning and memory abilities. She saves her childhood friend from suicide, seizes every opportunity, and leads her whole family to wealth and prosperity. All she wanted 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Urban setting, campus life, imaginative plot, rebirth, and business world. The protagonist, Mu Zhihua, was a naive and innocent girl in her past life. Reborn with a hidden identity, she becomes calm and clear-headed, overcoming obstacles to reach the pinnacle of life and become a powerful businesswoman. Reborn in 2007, Mu Zhihua possesses extraordinary learning and memory abilities. She saves her childhood friend from suicide, seizes opportunities, and leads her family to wealth and prosperity. She encounters her husband from her previous life, rekindling their romance. Her effeminate mother-in-law becomes obedient and sensible. Her wealthy and domineering in-laws? Not a chance! In this new life, Mu Zhihua will command the respect of the entire City A.

45. 345 作 Finicky Rich Girl Brings Her Farm to the 1970s and Takes It Easy 作精白富美携农场在七零摆烂 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Pocket Dimension + Goofy Comedy + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Feel-Good Story + Putting Scumbags in Their Place) The heroine doesn’t dabble in the black market or do farm work, and she has only the tiniest bit of conscience. The hero and heroine both speak their minds. There are no misunderstandings or love rivals. This is a fictional world, so please don’t compare it to real history! Su Qingci, a rich beauty who runs a farm in the modern era, gets sent to the 18.2kReads9.2Score2kShelves
46. 346 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: Starting Over in the Seventies 甜蜜军婚，我在七零年代重开啦 Nuo Yan糯颜Modern Romance826k WordsCompleted Jiang Zitong, a highly accomplished young woman who has just graduated in the modern era, unexpectedly finds herself reborn in the body of Lin Fang in the 1970s. In an age built on stacks of ration coupons, her parents force her to marry a soldier to pay off their debt. Faced with a reality where she needs a permit just to go out and coupons just to eat, she has no power to resist. She thinks she is in for a miserable life, but instead she unexpectedly finds a treasure of a family and husband, a 826Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    Two period drama novels. The first one is very realistic and simple, ranging from small romances to grand themes of family and country. There are no extreme or illogical characters, so you can read it without worry; it's already finished. The second one is a healing and stress-relieving period drama, the opposite of the first, but it's also very good!

47. 347 当 When the Villainess Gets Bound to a Good Deeds System 当恶女绑定了行善积德系统 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhong Chuchu is a notorious bad girl. No one in the surrounding villages can beat her. If someone gets on her nerves, she fights them. If she can settle things with her fists, she won't waste words. After an accident, Zhong Chuchu from another world merges souls with her and receives Good Deeds and Virtue System 101… The System has all kinds of wonderful items, but they must be exchanged for points. Dong Yichen is a notorious hooligan in the compound. He never does anything worthwhile and is al 18.3kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
48. 348 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book and Was Read for My Thoughts, So I Saved My Dad, Who Was Supposed to Die Young 穿书被读心我拯救了我那早死的爹 Nuo Yan糯颜Modern Romance531k WordsCompleted Mu Xiyao was told by an old Daoist that she wouldn’t live past eighteen. Sure enough, she died on her eighteenth birthday. But the old Daoist had also said that a great opportunity awaited her! So she fantasized about becoming some powerful ghost cultivator or something. But! Could someone tell her?!!! Why had she turned into a tiny four- or five-year-old child? And not just any child, but the pitiful cannon-fodder character from a novel she’d read! Still, something seemed a little off... Her fa 34Reads7.3Score—Shelves
49. 349 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Our Family Struck It Rich 重生八零年，我们家赚翻了 A Pen That Blossoms妙笔生花卷Modern Romance206k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1980, with her family destitute and their home bare, she relies on her meticulous ledgers to keep a firm grip on purchasing receipts and seize the opportunities created by new policies. She sets up street stalls and braves the night markets, sells fabric remnants and bolts of cloth, takes on troublesome relatives, gets a business license and opens a shop, then heads south to buy stock and build a factory. She relies on no System or pocket dimension, and clings to no powerful patron. He 25Reads—Score134Shelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn in the 1980s, where her family is destitute. She seizes the opportunities of the times, sets up a stall, and steadily makes money with her family. There are no fancy cheat codes or special abilities, making it a very comfortable read.

50. 350 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: In the 1970s, a Sent-Down Youth Is Doted on by a Rugged Man 穿书七零：炮灰知青被糙汉宠爆了 Sour Tomato西红柿酸Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted (Complete) (No awful relatives + Devoted husband + Raising kids + Making money + Everyday life) Jiang Niandong, a miserable little accountant, transmigrated into a book and became a doomed educated youth in a period novel. She has a rugged man who loves her to the bone, takes care of all the housework, and spoils her rotten. So why did he disappear after she'd only enjoyed his company for a few days? … A sickly beauty who can't lift or carry a thing, a three-year-old toddler who keeps asking fo 2.5kReads8.9Score121Shelves

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