Looking for Normal Period Pieces! 年代文求正常年代文！

1. 451 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: Childhood Sweethearts and Her Officer Brother 八零军婚青梅竹马军官哥哥 Jiu Yue A Sheng玖月阿笙Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted No transmigration, but the young man is handsome and strong-willed. No System, but the young woman is tenderhearted and compassionate, with a healer's heart. Not a wish-fulfillment story: quiet everyday life, a strong male lead and a strong female lead, neither of them a saint. The lad came riding on a bamboo horse, Circling the bed to play with green plums. We lived together in Changgan Lane, Two children, free of suspicion or reserve. They've been through battlefields and shed blood. She can 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A very normal period drama, no time travel or space elements, just a story about a military family in the 1980s.

2. 452 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.8kReads8.6Score826Shelves

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   It's a beautifully written period novel, capturing the essence of that era, and it's incredibly realistic and moving! I highly recommend everyone check it out!

3. 453 七 The Pretty Little Bride of the 1970s: The Village Tough Guy Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 七零小俏媳：我家村霸超凶的 Freshly Squeezed Little Lamb鲜榨小羊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + sweet young woman and rugged man + doting romance + business and farming] Bai Jiaojiao, the fake heiress who had been sent to the countryside, was reborn. When she saw Shen Heng again, she boldly threw her arms around him, determined not to repeat the tragedy of loving him without ever winning his heart. Shen Heng, the local bully of Shili Village, was the very picture of a menacing brute. On their first day of marriage: “I’m the head of this household. My wife has to 89.3kReads9.2Score6kShelves
4. 454 娇 The Delicate Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside Is Spoiled by a Rugged Mountain Man 娇气知青下乡，被山里糙汉宠坏了 Guagua Loves Instant Noodles爱吃泡面的瓜瓜Modern Romance758k WordsCompleted [Delicate Young Educated Woman VS Rugged Country Man]+ [A Striking Difference in Build] “If you eat my food, you become my wife. Try to run, and I'll break your legs!” On a night of raging snow, for half a sack of white flour, Su Man tremblingly crept into the forest ranger's cabin at the end of the village, a man who terrified the whole town. The man stood bare-chested, a hideous scar slashing across his chest, his eyes as fierce as a wolf's. Su Man trembled with fear, the corners of her eyes r 2.9kReads6.4Score239Shelves
5. 455 重 Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱，霸总偏爱超癫狂 Er Lingzi二玲子Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is incredibly good! It's down-to-earth, not melodramatic, and not obsessed with romance. It's highly immersive and definitely a book that readers will love!! The female protagonist, Jin Chanchan, died tragically in her previous life because of her obsession with love, and is reborn in 2007 on the day after her college entrance exam. She tears up love letters and vows to only focus on making money, not on romance! The book features female characters helping each other, without competition or humiliation. The female protagonist is intelligent and resourceful, and the plot is fast-paced and engaging! It's all handwritten and completely original! It rejects the clichés of typical wish-fulfillment novels! It's fresh, trendy, and unique! High-energy and exhilarating from beginning to end, lighthearted, funny, and heartwarming! Readers who jump in will definitely not regret it! [OK][Rose][Firecracker][Fireworks]

6. 456 你 Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！ vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.5M WordsCompleted The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin 38.3kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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   I personally recommend the second, third, and fourth books.

7. 457 七 A Widow Remarries in the 1970s 七十年代之寡妇再嫁 Hengheng Zai蘅蘅崽Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted At twenty-four, Qiao Dani became a widow with two children, known throughout the brigade as one of its poorest households. At thirty, Lin Hengjue fell from the heights overnight. The distinguished Professor Lin, once admired for his elegance and brilliance, became one of the notorious “Black Categories” whom everyone in the cowshed avoided like snakes and scorpions. People kept urging her to remarry. Qiao Dani finally hardened her heart, stamped her foot, and marched into the cowshed to ask Li 6.8kReads9.3Score603Shelves

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   This book is quite normal. There's no gold ring; the female lead is a widow with two children, and the male lead is a professor who was sent to a labor camp (he's divorced). It's a very ordinary story.

8. 458 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Back Before My Scumbag Husband Faked His Death 重生八零，回到渣夫假死前 Fruit Lover, Especially Mangoes爱吃水果爱吃芒果Modern Romance609k WordsCompleted Period setting + reborn + sweet romance + raising a child After thirty-one years as a widow, Lu Yuwei learns while scrolling through short videos before surgery that her husband, who died young, became a tycoon in Hong Kong. As she closes her eyes, she thinks of how he has children and grandchildren all around him while she lies alone on the operating table, her heart full of conflicting emotions. Who would have thought that when Lu Yuwei opens her eyes again, she’ll be back at the age of twenty 699Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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   Before dying in the hospital, the female lead unexpectedly saw her husband, who had faked his death, on TV. He had a new family, a wife, children, and had become a wealthy man in Hong Kong. She was filled with mixed emotions...💥💥 When she woke up again, she found herself reborn... (The second male lead takes over)

9. 459 是 Soldier and Police Officer 是兵也是警 Mu Yige木易哥Urban769k WordsCompleted The story follows a special forces unit in a particular era. It recounts their hard years of training, climbing over ice and lying in snow, and their courage in the face of danger. It also follows the everyday life of a young police officer at a border outpost, the twists and turns of a long-distance romance, and, in the end, the pain of taking off the uniform for the last time. 261Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 460 和 Eating and Raising Kids with the Young Heir in the 1970s 和世子爷在七零吃瓜养崽 Ten O'ClockL十点LModern Romance450k WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + raising a child + watching the drama unfold + devoted couple + System + lie flat + period setting She was a noble heir’s wife, living every day in fine clothes and good food, surrounded by maids. Even after transmigrating into the modern era, she was a rich second-generation kid, spending her days traveling and living off her family. Now, all she has is steamed corn bread every day, cornmeal gruel, and even an egg is a luxury. Just as Lin Qing finally accepts her curre 2.5kReads8.7Score240Shelves

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    The previous book was about a couple from ancient times who traveled to a different era to continue their romance. The female lead had a system, and the male lead was a sent-down youth. The second book was about a modern couple who traveled to the 1960s. They were childhood sweethearts, had no special abilities, and their stories were filled with everyday life, ordinary yet heartwarming.

11. 461 七 The Clear-Headed Beauty of the 1970s: The Military Big Shot Spoils His Wife 七零清醒美人，军婚大佬宠妻成瘾 Zhao Ximeng昭溪萌Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Bygone Era + Family Life + Sweet Daily Romance + Following the Troops + Raising Kids + No College Entrance Exams, Black Markets, or Rural Relocation + Starting a Factory Later On + A Touch of an Ensemble Cast] Song Qian’an undergoes a “return to one” and seems to awaken memories of a past life. From the start, a man so handsome he could make the heavens weep proposes to her. He’s good-looking and wealthy, so she puts on a show of wavering before agreeing. Her life after marriage turns out to 32.3kReads8.6Score2.6kShelves

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    Check this out! It's a light and sweet romance! The male and female leads are wonderfully portrayed. The male lead is capable and has a strong background, while the female lead is incredibly beautiful and has a clear and insightful personality. The author writes the plot in great detail and with a strong sense of realism. There's also an adorable little boy. Overall, it's a very enjoyable read!

12. 462 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
13. 463 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 103.8kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves

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    🌸The female protagonist, with a fortune of hundreds of millions, transmigrates to the era of educated youth sent to the countryside. 🌸Initially intending to go to the countryside to avoid arousing her family's suspicion, 🌸after experiencing farming, she resolutely chooses to leave her family in the city. 🌸The female protagonist possesses a spatial ability and her assets from the modern era. 🌸Every character in this novel is vividly portrayed, with rich and complex personalities. 🌸Each character is imperfect, yet each has their own shining qualities. 🌸The everyday family life in this novel is also quite humorous.

14. 464 岭 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 Dongting Fish Song洞庭鱼歌Urban1.0M WordsCompleted This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.1kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    This is a true historical drama! The story realistically portrays the social and human changes in China during the thirty years of reform and opening up (1988-2018)! Originally published on Tomato, it has been reposted by multiple platforms, and the resulting short drama is currently streaming online!

15. 465 寒 A Humble Family’s Path to Officialdom, Part One 寒门仕途【一】 Yan Yunfei闫云飞Urban1.4M WordsCompleted New Book: The Humble Official’s Path [Realistic Period Drama] [Rise from Poverty] [Political Intrigue] [Ambitious Struggle] [Rural Cadres] [Urban Life] In the 1970s, in Xiaochenzhuang, southern Henan, a family of three siblings lives in poverty. They are supported by the state, their father died young, and their mute mother is forced to remarry, leaving them to fend for themselves. The sisters choose Chen Shouzheng to continue his studies, and he devotes himself to his books, eventually becoming 6.8kReads8.8Score652Shelves

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    Recommended novels set in a realistic historical period!

16. 466 七 1970s: After Being Kicked Out of the House, I Turned Around and Married a Military Officer 七零：被赶出家门后我转头嫁军官 Little Shuangyu小双瑜Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Feel-good read + period setting + pocket dimension + devoted couple + golden finger + strong female lead] Song Yun, a modern inheritor of ancient medicine, accidentally travels back to 1973 and becomes an unfortunate girl unloved by both her father and mother. She hasn't enjoyed even one day of life as a capitalist's daughter before suddenly acquiring the identity. Her once-devoted fiancé sends an urgent telegram demanding to break off their engagement. Break it off, break it off, break it off! 38kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
17. 467 快 Quick Transmigration: The Pitiful Girl in a Period Novel Turns Her Life Around 快穿：年代文里的小可怜逆袭了 Hua Xiugu Xiang花休古香Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Former title: The Pitiful Little Girl in a Period Novel Makes a Comeback; Quick Transmigration: Forced to Be Frail in Period Novels] [Former title: Quick Transmigration: I Married the Hero of a Period Novel; Quick Transmigration: Too Frail to Look After Myself in Period Novels; Quick Transmigration: The Beautiful Cannon Fodder of Period Novels] [Quick transmigration + period pieces + comeback] Shi Yan, a plant-based superpowered being, died at the hands of her own older sister. Unwilling to acc 2.1kReads8.3Score118Shelves

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    Hello fellow readers! 🍓🍓 This first story in my quick transmigration novel is wonderful and a pleasure to read. 🍓🍓 The female protagonist lives a very earnest life, cherishing everyone around her without being overly ingratiating or overly distant. 🍓🍓 Her encounter with the male protagonist was beautiful; he insisted on teaching her to speak, unaware that it was precisely these seemingly ordinary actions that led him to lose his heart.

18. 468 渡 Chronicles of Crossing the Sea of Suffering 渡苦纪 Yinning音凝Modern Romance763k WordsOngoing An autobiographical account of a life born deep in the mountains, raised by a single parent, and marked by loneliness from childhood. A widowed mother and her six children, dropping out of school, sleeping in a pigsty. I left home at fourteen, and at fifteen someone set me up to nearly marry a deaf-mute man of appalling character. After the wedding, I raised two children alone while living in a rabbit hutch. In forty years, I have tasted every kind of sorrow. After enduring endless hardships and 163Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Come and read this book, it's so good, it's a real eye-opener.

19. 469 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife in the ’60s: Anyone Who Objects Can Fight Me 穿成六零炮灰原配，不服就干 Feisty Girl姑凉泼辣Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration, period-setting wish fulfillment, a slight golden finger, no space, as realistic as possible, not an implausible power fantasy] Modern computer programmer Lin Zhixia transmigrates into a period novel as the tragic first wife her entire family sacrifices! The Zhao family conspires to frame her. Her lame younger brother-in-law forces his way into her room, and her in-laws not only take part, but afterward cover it up, poison her until she's mute, and imprison her! Her husband 1.6kReads—Score109Shelves

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    This is a story from a normal era, so there's not much space! We've tried to match the prices and procedures of that time as closely as possible!

20. 470 八 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1980s: My Ex Regrets It Too Late 八零军婚甜蜜蜜，前夫后悔火葬场 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + satisfying revenge, no putting up with mistreatment + male lead appears late + everyday life + farming + no golden finger + taking down scoundrels + sweet romance + ensemble cast + family matters + military officers + commanding officer] In her previous life, Qiao Jiangxin married into the Chen family. She shouldered every burden to give them a peaceful life, working like an ox and a horse to support her husband's literary ambitions, care for her ailing in-laws, and look aft 43.9kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
21. 471 被 Abandoned by Her Children and Left to Die, Granny Zhang Is Reborn in 1980 被子女抛弃惨死，张老太重生八零 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 75.9kReads9.1Score8.6kShelves
22. 472 七 Cozy Days at the Seventies Island Family Compound 七零海岛家属院的温馨日常 Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + sweet romance with no angst + following the troops to an island + cozy farming and child-rearing + triplets] After returning from her rural assignment, the older educated youth Song Xiangjun was set up on a match by her parents and married Zhou Haifeng, a young man from a military compound, in a whirlwind wedding. They first met on a train. He wore a neat green uniform and had handsome, upright features that made her look twice. Later, her mother showed her a photo 983Reads8.7Score107Shelves

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    ✨️A story set in a normal historical period, no reincarnation, no time travel✨️ 🌸①Wen Wan, a young educated youth, became famous as soon as she arrived in Lujiazui—famous for her beauty, her slow pace, and her sharp tongue yet gentle nature. She lived a simple, ordinary life. 🌷②Humorous and entertaining; the male lead dotes on the female lead with tender care. 🍂③An ordinary story of ordinary people, focusing on everyday life. 🍁④Arranged marriage to love + sweet and pampering with no angst + heartwarming farming and child-rearing story; the male lead is aloof and abstinent, a rare gem!

23. 473 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Breaking free from the shackles of traditional ethics, pursuing a happy life. The love in one's heart unfolds slowly, emotions fill the air as one listens to the wind and cooks the rain, a first-rate work among contemporary literature.

24. 474 掏 The Capitalist's Daughter Liquidated Her Family Fortune and Joined the Army to Find Her Husband 掏空家产，资本家小姐去部队寻夫 Splendid Money Orange锦绣钱橙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: “Emptying the Family Fortune: The Capitalist's Daughter Goes to the Army to Find Her Husband” [Military marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket dimension + Putting scumbags in their place + Love grows over time + Exceptionally fit military officer, her childhood betrothed VS dazzling capitalist's daughter] Jiang Si was fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant. Who would have thought that after waking up, she would find herself in a period novel, as a well-known capitalist's daug 46.1kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves
25. 475 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.2kReads8.5Score581Shelves

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    Three meals a day, four seasons a year, a delicate wife versus a rough man

26. 476 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.4kReads9.0Score6.3kShelves
27. 477 年 Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 14.7kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves
28. 478 穿 Reborn as the Abusive Novel’s Male Lead’s Mother 穿成虐文男主他妈 The Little Cat Fell Asleep小猫睡了Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted [Short story contest] [Foodie fiction] [A sweet little treat] Overnight, she transmigrates into a book with a baby in her belly whose father is unknown. On closer inspection, the baby turns out to be the male lead from the tragic novel she read before. He's a poor little thing whose father doesn't care for him and whose mother doesn't love him. Penniless, Ding Sha relies on her excellent cooking skills to become the food goddess of a construction site. Spicy diced chicken, cured pork with garlic 29.8kReads9.6Score3.4kShelves
29. 479 七 Marrying a Rugged Disabled Man in the 1970s, I Bring a Warehouse and Make My Husband and Son Thrive 七零嫁残疾糙汉，带仓库旺夫旺仔 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, The 1970s’ Lucky Little Bride, is now streaming on Hongguo. [Complete] [Rugged Hero + Sweet Wife + Gourmet Food + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Secret Identity + Feel-Good Story] Top banquet chef Jiang Congyu was suddenly killed when a crystal chandelier fell on her while she was cooking. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book she had read before. And not just that: it was her wedding night, and a handsome man was pinned beneath he 15.5kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    Don't let the strange names fool you, it's really good, the characters are intelligent, and it's all set in a very normal historical period.

30. 480 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Screen Queen Knows How to Flirt, Charm, and Play Cute 年代快穿：影后她会撩会哄会撒娇 Mushroom Pan-Fried Bun蘑菇生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Women's fiction: [Period] [Quick Transmigration] [Devoted husband] [Rugged man] [Military officer] After a car accident, movie queen Song Lili transmigrates through three thousand worlds, completing missions to fulfill people's wishes in various Period settings and earning points so she can return to the time before the accident. Along the way, she meets the strongest military officer, a rugged veteran, the village chief's son, a cold and formidable soldier, a wealthy young master from the capit 6kReads8.9Score461Shelves

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    This is a period drama with many short stories set in different eras: 1. An abandoned village girl from the 1970s. 2. The cannon fodder heiress of a commander's family. 3. The factory director's wicked son. 4. A beautiful widow burdened by resentment after her husband's "death." 5. The elder sister-in-law's reverse forced love. 6. A real and fake heiress in the 1990s. 7. A celibate and childless military officer. 8. A capitalist's young master's desperate pursuit of his wife. 9. A rigid and cold-faced military officer from the 1970s...

31. 481 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 78.8kReads9.4Score7.4kShelves
32. 482 六 The Sixties: The Capitalist's Daughter Steals Two Boatloads of Treasure from Her Trashy Brother 六零：资本家小姐抢渣哥两船财宝 Hong Kong-Style Iced Lemon Tea港式冻柠Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Female lead with top-tier combat skills + space + ability to grow crops + spiritual spring water + feel-good story with a strong female lead + rural Northeast setting] The heroine will have a love interest as an adult, and later the story moves to Hong Kong. In 2024, the agent codenamed “Red Snow” dies in New York Harbor. After her death, she transmigrates to 1966 and becomes the eldest daughter of the capitalist Fu family in Shanghai! The vast New York Harbor has become her personal space! 196 36.5kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves
33. 483 七 Sweet Love in the ’70s: My Darling Brings Her Space and Wins Over a Rugged Man 七零甜宠：娇宝带空间撩糙汉生崽 Pear Star Bunny梨星兔纸Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Military Marriage + Joining Him at His Post + Sweet Romance + Pocket-Dimension Supplies + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Feel-Good Power Fantasy) Jiang You, a nationally renowned physicist and medical expert, unexpectedly gains a mysterious pocket dimension. In her dreams, she transmigrates to the 1970s, and to stay alive, she first stockpiles trillions' worth of supplies. After she transmigrates into a book, she finds herself the beloved darling of the Jiang family! But the origin 7kReads9.2Score774Shelves

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    ① The first book is super sweet. The male and female leads meet through a blind date. The male lead looks very fierce, the kind that would scare his blind date partners to tears. After marrying the female lead, his tough exterior melts into a soft and gentle heart. ② The sweet and gentle female lead goes to the countryside and meets the male lead, starting a sweet romance. Although the female lead is spoiled, she also has a strong side. She has a "dad-like" boyfriend. ③ The male and female leads are engaged. Jiang You, a national treasure physicist and medical genius, transmigrates into the book. The female lead, Jiang You, dedicates herself to scientific research for the country, while the male lead, Lu Huainian, dedicates himself to the country. The writing is excellent, full of patriotism.

34. 484 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 218Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is a pure historical fiction, a normal historical fiction!

35. 485 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 123.7kReads9.4Score10.2kShelves
36. 486 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The 1980s Army Wife Gets Rich and Wins Her Husband's Heart 军婚甜：八零军嫂致富撩夫两不误 Turn Ink and Brush into Gold笔墨成金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The new novel, The Abstinent Young Officer of the Seventies Begs Me to Marry Him in Private, is currently being serialized. Come check it out!) (Military marriage, punishing scumbags, no System, no pocket dimension, mutual devotion, strong female lead, sweet and satisfying, adorable babies, boy-girl twins, devoted couple.) Ye Jinyu had worked hard for more than ten years. While driving to the opening ceremony of a new hotel, she was caught in a pileup and transported to the 1980s, where she bec 4.4kReads9.3Score651Shelves

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    I highly recommend the third book!!! It's so good! It's hilarious and entertaining, and it explains where the original owner went, haha! If you don't like it, leave a comment and scold me!

37. 487 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist has no romantic partner, and the author's writing is incredibly realistic.

38. 488 摆 Slacking Off, Fishing for Leisure, and Going Crazy: Ruling the 1970s 摆烂摸鱼，发癫抽疯，制霸七零 Mickey and Minnie米奇与米妮Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted Luo Jia transmigrated into the body of an idiot. What a ridiculous turn of events! From the start, her awful aunt pushed her off a cliff. The reason? This idiot had used her pretty looks to seduce her aunt’s beloved educated youth, ruining her dream of becoming a general’s wife. Good grief, what a huge mess to pin on me! The Luo family’s old matriarch had four sons and one daughter, and she was extremely biased toward her youngest daughter. To her daughters-in-law: “Hurry up and heat bathwater f 2.6kReads7.4Score210Shelves

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    ✨✨The female lead is a dragon who transmigrates to the 1970s. She's incredibly sharp-tongued and has off-the-charts fighting skills. She's beaten up almost half the villagers, and later even managed to collapse a house with a tree trunk. The male lead is a delicate and weak husband.✨✨The female lead transmigrates into the body of the real heiress who is preparing to go to Beijing to find her relatives. Before transmigrating, she already had a spatial ability; after transmigrating, she also has a busy fish system. The fake heiress is reborn with a lucky system and plans to use manipulative tactics against the female lead, but the female lead is even more manipulative than her, and the fake heiress is no match for her.

39. 489 穿 Transported to the 1970s, I Married the Richest Man in the Village 穿到七零，我嫁全村最有钱的男人 Build a House起房子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Both leads are each other’s only one) Luo Wanyi transmigrates into the body of a female educated youth from the 1970s who shares her name. The girl had a hard life: frail and delicate, she could barely get enough to eat, and couldn’t withstand both the bitter winter and the hard labor. She died. When Luo Wanyi arrives, people are trying to persuade her to marry a very unusual man. He has been engaged three times and had all three engagements called off. Whenever he goes on a mission, he’s the o 1.9kReads9.0Score226Shelves

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    All are period dramas [smirking] and all are completed. ✨The first one features a female protagonist who is a fighting genius and transmigrates to the 1980s, becoming a delicate, sickly beauty [already hooked]. She's the darling of her family and has a bit of humor. ✨The second one features a female protagonist who transmigrates to the 1970s. The male protagonist is paralyzed in the early stages but recovers later. The children are the sons of martyrs and are very sensible [almost crying]. Everyone in the story is kind and the atmosphere is warm. ✨The fourth one features a female protagonist with a cheat code: a space containing only gold [thinking], with no other functions. ✨The fifth one features a female protagonist who was originally sloppy and unladylike, but after transmigrating, she becomes gentle and refined. The male protagonist falls in love with her, you know what I mean [smiling].

40. 490 穿 Reborn as the Real Heiress of a Military Compound in the 1960s 穿成六十年代里的大院真千金 Hot Pot-Loving Sesame Sauce爱吃火锅的麻酱Modern Romance330k WordsOngoing Transmigration + System + Money-loving heroine + Pocket dimension Ming Li, a tomb guardian, transmigrated into the body of Xia Mingli, who had set out for the capital in the sixties to find her family. Using the pocket dimension she’d brought with her, she found the original owner’s birth parents. In an instant, she went from a pitiful girl who’d been abused to the real daughter of a textile mill director. The fake heiress had bound herself to a Luck System and used underhanded tactics to target 25Reads8.2Score—Shelves
41. 491 军 Military Marriage: A 1970s Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in the Great Northern Wilderness, Cuddling Giant Cats 军婚：七零国医在北大荒撸大猫 Beyond the Twilight Clouds暮云边Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Mountain Adventures + All Kinds of Fluffy Animals + Golden Finger and Space + Sweet Romance + Two Strong Leads] [Early on: Sent to the Countryside. Midway: Builds a Factory and Joins the Military Region. Later: Enlists.] With her powerful psychic abilities, Qin Miaomiao survived for ten whole years in the apocalypse! She had no regrets about leaving that world behind. But as she lay dying, she couldn’t help thinking of the big cat that had kept her company for so many years. 5.1kReads8.9Score769Shelves
42. 492 八 The 1980s: My Comatose Husband Woke Up on Our Wedding Night 八零之冲喜当晚，植物人丈夫醒了 Clouds, Come My Way云往我这来Modern Romance299k WordsCompleted The moment she opens her eyes, Ji Qinghe finds herself transmigrated as the younger sister of a runaway bride. With a home bare of everything and no way to afford the exorbitant eight-hundred-yuan bride price, Ji Qinghe grits her teeth. So what if he’s in a vegetative state? So what if he has three children? She’ll marry him! He’ll become the richest man in the future. The female lead can’t get close to him, but she can! In her previous life, Ji Miaomiao let greed get the better of her and ag 720Reads8.3Score100Shelves
43. 493 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
44. 494 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Sweet Military Romance, Spoiled by Her In-Laws 重生八零甜军婚，大院公婆亿万宠 Fan Jing繁璟Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [Handsome Soldier + Adoring In-Laws + No Misunderstandings Because They Actually Talk] On the first day modern office worker Yu Ruyan was reborn in 1980, she happened to arrive just as the original owner was being forced into marriage. She thought a forced marriage couldn’t be sweet, but after one taste, it was so sweet it made her throat ache. Her handsome soldier husband had money and stamina to spare, and her in-laws doted on their daughter-in-law without limits. A reborn military marriage co 476Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    This is really good. Although it's a rebirth novel, it's really well-written. The author's period drama style is excellent, the male lead is very doting on the female lead, and the female lead is very lucky to have a mother-in-law who loves her dearly. I'm so envious! [Admiration]

45. 495 真 The Real Heiress Transmigrates to the 1970s 真千金穿越70年代 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance246k WordsCompleted A sweet romance! Both leads are inexperienced! One-on-one pairing! In the modern world, Bai Dongmei was the daughter of a wealthy family who had been lost as a child. She thought being reunited with her birth family would be the start of an even happier life, but who knew their adopted daughter was so scheming? There was no happy life, only one disaster after another. After being framed by the fake heiress yet again, she transmigrates into the body of an educated youth sent down to the countrysi 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Sweet Romance Novels

46. 496 八 An Eighties Military Marriage: I Outshine the Soldiers and Make a Fortune with My Sisters 八零军婚力压军汉我和姐妹赚大钱 Tang Qing糖倾Modern Romance141k WordsOngoing [Period setting + following the army + building a career + not depending on men + everyday family life + a touch of ensemble cast + no suffering in silence + devoted couples] Strong, independent reborn heroine VS an expressive military officer hero In her previous life, Qiao Ling was a country girl who died young. Then she is reborn just as her good friend is being forced into marriage. In her previous life, she fought until she was battered and bruised, yet could only remain trapped in a little 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    All of them meet the requirements.

47. 497 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s 军婚甜蜜蜜：俏军嫂在八零赚麻了 Xing Yuyan邢毓晏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now available Original title: Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Military Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s Zuo Jingyan had achieved financial independence and was ready to enjoy life as a wealthy, beautiful woman. Then a car accident sent her back to 1980, and things got off to a rocky start! She became a notorious nuisance, causing so much trouble that everyone in the compound avoided her. Her military husband was determined to d 21.5kReads9.5Score3.7kShelves
48. 498 年 The Road to Promotion in the 1980s: She Made Her Mark Through Her Own Ability 年代升迁路：她凭实力出圈 Tang Qing糖倾Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted [Period] [Career] Dai Xinghua wakes up in 1972 in the body of an orphan who shares her name. Her parents died in the line of duty, and their home is about to be repossessed. Looking at the hand she’s been dealt, former “career star” Dai Xinghua takes a deep breath. Stay calm. I can win! She sticks firmly to her principles: What does it matter how much you work? We’re all just cogs in the machine. Don’t compete, don’t fight. But when it comes to my job, I’ll do it to the best of my ability 13.5kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
49. 499 穿 I Transmigrated into the Ex-Wife Who Abandoned Her Husband and Child, and Now I’m Terrified 穿成抛夫弃子的前妻，我瑟瑟发抖 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a pregnant woman! The kind who later abandons her husband and child and runs off with the money. Her daughter dies tragically, while her ex-husband is wrongfully imprisoned for ten years. She trembles with fear! Thankfully, when she transmigrates, none of it has happened yet. There's still time to change everything... 257Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 500 八 The 1980s: My Street-Rat Husband Kneels and Begs Me to Come Home 八零：街溜子老公跪求我回家 Lu Xiaoli陆小黎Modern Romance144k WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in, so it's low. Feel free to give this one a try! [Alternate setting + period piece + no pocket dimension + ordinary people striving + making money + raising kids + family life] Ye Man opens her eyes to find herself back on her wedding night, married to Shen Ji, the infamous good-for-nothing loafer from the surrounding villages, who is lazy and loves to eat. Shen Ji has only 196 days left to live. Looking at her young and handsome husband, Ye Man refuses to let him —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story set in a normal era is here! [Admiration] ① The female lead is initially harmed and becomes mentally impaired, but she recovers in the second chapter. Her child is incredibly cute, and although her husband is verbally aggressive (jokingly called "Beat-Up Bro"), he's very good to her and their child. [Sending Heart] ② To ensure her future happiness and avoid suffering, the female lead begins to "manipulate" the lazy male lead, but actually, it's to prevent him from dying. She provides him with immense emotional value; he's just lazy (spoiled since childhood). [Flying Kiss]

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