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1. 1 我 The Days I Happily Enjoyed Gossip in the Crowded Compound 我在大杂院快乐吃瓜的那些日子 Hehe's Grain何荷的禾Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] [The Sixties] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Book Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Feel-Good Story] [Everyday Family Life] [No Going to the Countryside] Cheng Ying discovers that she has transmigrated into a Period novel. She has four older siblings, some sharing only her father and others only her mother. The whole family is set up as a foil to the female lead, who lives with them in the same crowded compound, and they all meet tragic ends. Known throughout the compound as the tigress who c 294.7kReads9.0Score44k14d adds

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   I've almost finished the whole book. I read a bit of the beginning, then skipped straight to the part where the female lead's parents divorced. I didn't really connect with the female lead's mother and family; I didn't really think about them much. The early paragraph summaries, which tried to balance the female lead's siblings with the male lead's siblings, were a bit annoying. I wouldn't recommend constantly reading those summaries. The relationships between the three couples—the male and female leads' best friends and their boyfriends—felt a bit awkward to me. The male lead is six years older than the female lead, and her best friend is dating someone five or six years older. The cases are solved quickly and aren't particularly complicated. The space-time element isn't used very often. It's basically a slice-of-life story about a female lead who's incredibly capable, invincible, gossipy, and serving her country. (I didn't particularly like the parts where the male lead's feelings for the 14-year-old female lead were vaguely described.)

2. 2 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book as Cannon Fodder? My National Medicine Doctor Identity Can’t Stay Hidden! 穿书当炮灰？国医身份藏不住了！ Ten Miles of Green Hills青山十里Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [No romance + daily life + a touch of ensemble cast + transmigrate into a book + spirit spring space] Gu Shisong was a little “lucky egg” (not an unlucky one), having transmigrated three times. After returning from the cultivation world to the 1970s, she became a barefoot doctor in Shuangou Mountain Brigade. She thought she was on a noble path of treating the sick and saving lives. She never expected to transmigrate into several melodramatic romance novels set in the era. The roles she played in 14.9kReads6.3Score1.1k14d adds
3. 3 快 Quick Transmigration: Starting from the 1960s 快穿从魂穿六零开始 The Li Family of Muzi木子李家家Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Li Ran, a modern orphan with a photographic memory and a love of books, gains a small world in a soul-contract space. She gathers modern supplies, learns more skills, and prepares for quick transmigration, starting out as the orphaned child of a fallen soldier in the 1960s… 4kReads8.0Score10614d adds
4. 4 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. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2k14d adds

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   This book is fast-paced and quite realistic; the female protagonist's counterattack is very satisfying, and it has a sense of space.

5. 5 夫 Both Spouses Laid Off! I'll Lead the Whole Family to Prosperity 夫妻双双下岗！我带全家奔小康 Yi Niuniu伊妞妞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1997, a layoff notice shattered Zhuang Xiufen’s secure job. Twenty years of service and her status as a Grade Two technician vanished overnight. Her whole family crowded into a drafty attic, and the future felt colder than the winter rain in the south. Everyone said our generation had been abandoned by the times. But Zhuang Xiufen refused to believe fate had the final say. From setting up her first dumpling stall outside the factory to founding the Xiufen Foods brand; from facing harassment b 43Reads—Score—14d adds

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   A very realistic period drama, depicting the lives of state-owned factory workers after they were laid off...

6. 6 七 A Warm Marriage in the 1970s: She Marries a Rough Rascal and Is Spoiled Like a Treasure 七零暖婚：嫁给痞气糙汉被宠成宝 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone says the bad-tempered rascal from the Xie family is a shameless layabout. How on earth did he get so lucky as to marry Jiang He, the woman everyone in the surrounding villages wants for a wife? The young men who have a crush on Jiang He are all so jealous they could grind their teeth over Xie Shenqing. And yet, despite having such a kind and lovely wife, Xie Shenqing is always shouting at and scolding her. Even the neighborhood aunties whisper that it's a shame and that Jiang He has had 5.8kReads8.9Score35914d adds

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   The female lead, whom I would call a dream girl, has a rather gentle and refined personality.

7. 7 八 The Fierce Eighties Wife Is No One to Mess With, and Her Rough-Hewn Husband Spoils Her Rotten 八零辣媳不好惹，糙汉宠妻炸厂矿 Twelve Saves the Day for Readers in a Slump十二拯救剧荒Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted I transmigrated into the family compound of a northeastern mining town in the 1980s, and the moment I opened my eyes, I had three kids. My husband, Gu Zheng, was the toughest, most intimidating mine manager in the whole mine. Cold-faced and hard-hearted, he had everyone scared of him. But only I knew that in the middle of the night, he would tuck my freezing feet against his chest to warm them. Trouble-making relatives? I put them in their place. Relatives plotting against me? I tear into them. 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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8. 8 东 The Northeast Era Drama's All-Time Great King of the Waistline 东北年代剧天花板金牌腰王 Saint Seiya Star Bliss圣斗士星爽Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Period] [Jiahao in 1980] [No System, just an ironclad fate] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Satisfying read] [The Strongest Second Sister-in-Law in History] [The most unhinged novel written in Northeastern dialect] Li Qi was reborn, returning to the day before he was forced to donate a kidney. In his previous life, his father put family ties first, while his brother and sister-in-law told him to sacrifice himself for everyone. His younger brother cried and said he wanted to eat meat. In a moment of resol 95.5kReads8.4Score6.5k14d adds
9. 9 1 1983: I’m the All-Around Grandpa on a Remote Island 1983：我在海岛当全能爷爷 Wanli Guyun萬里孤云Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Period novel + veteran returns + farming and business + face-slapping wish fulfillment + all-capable dad + island survival] In 1983, Chen Dapao wakes from a nap to find his son-in-law trying to sell his military hunting rifle, engraved with seventeen hash marks. Seventeen hash marks, seventeen enemy agents killed. And he's asking fifty yuan? One jujube-wood club breaks the ingrate's hand. One letter severing family ties sends two stray dogs packing. He once worked as a cook at state banquets an 3.3kReads8.1Score27614d adds
10. 10 玉 Yu Guinian Returns to 1968 as a Ten-Year-Old to Protect the Whole Family 玉归年重回68年十岁顽童护全家 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Reborn, Super-Civilization Space, Coming of Age, Strong Female Lead, Sweet Romance] Nian Baoyu and her husband shot each other dead. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1968, before her tenth birthday, on the night her father fled home to escape the armed factional fighting. Her father was hiding in the attic when someone informed on him. The commune's armed militia took him away, and more than ten days later, they sent back his corpse. Her mother was devastated and 23.8kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds

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    It's incredibly beautiful; every detail is touching.

11. 11 花 The Secret of Huaxi, Part Two 花溪的秘密【二】 Pile of Money钱堆堆Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [1970s] [No golden finger] [Everyday life] [Sweet romance] [Nurturing] In his previous life, the ascetic Gao Minghai broke his vows at the age of 38 and fell in love with someone he should not and could not love. He became hopelessly devoted, obsessive and wild, doing everything he could to win her, then doing everything he could to keep her. Reborn, he goes searching for her across mountains and rivers when he is just twenty, gently coaxing her to his side. Only when he hears her sweetly call h 11.3kReads8.8Score79314d adds
12. 12 躲 So What If You Hid for Five Years? The Commander Still Has You Wrapped Around His Finger 躲了五年又如何，首长又被拿捏了 Flowing Clouds, Purple Journey流云行紫Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted [Period setting + fake siblings + the hero is a stubborn coward at first + Marriage Before Love + groveling chase + a straight man's change of heart] Fu Chenzhou is the feared devil of the military camp in the Northwest, impervious to bullets and blades, cold-hearted and emotionless. Except when it comes to Qin Moyu, for whom he falls completely and utterly. She is the “younger sister” he has raised and doted on, but when she turns fifteen, he develops feelings for her that he shouldn't have. He 3.3kReads—Score27714d adds

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    The plot of this book is fast-paced and enjoyable.

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