Looking for Gentle, Heartwarming Stories Set in a Bygone Era 求平淡幸福的年代文

1. 1 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance535k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 8.9kReads7.1Score18314d adds
2. 2 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 18.2kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
3. 3 土 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.7kReads8.9Score78814d adds
4. 4 俏 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 21.1kReads8.0Score1.2k14d adds
5. 5 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.2kReads6.8Score20714d adds
6. 6 五 The 1950s: The Young Army Wife from the Apocalypse 五零：末世来的小军嫂 gaospingModern Romance940k WordsCompleted Chen Yuesheng was the most sought-after son-in-law among the families in the new camp. Who could have guessed that after going home on leave, he would return with a fiancée, and that the young woman would have a six-year-old younger brother in tow? Poor girl: her grandfather had just died, and after a long, exhausting journey, she fell ill as soon as she arrived. Song Xiaoman was once a genius girl, but the apocalypse struck. After fighting to survive for five years, she finally closed her eyes. 3.6kReads8.8Score44314d adds

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   [Heart][Heart][Heart] This is a very good historical romance novel. There aren't any special abilities or cheat codes; both the male and female leads are excellent people who are earnestly living their lives, which is something I really love. The female lead, as someone who transmigrated from a post-apocalyptic world, possesses the characteristics of people from that era: she loves food, cares for young children, has many skills, and dislikes getting involved in the gossip surrounding the family compound. The male lead has been following his organization around since childhood, and went to the battlefield in his teens, becoming an outstanding soldier.

7. 7 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 90kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds

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   🔥🌶A period drama set in a bygone era, focusing on everyday family life. It's a simple, uneventful story with few awful characters. Both the male and female leads have stable jobs, and the overall tone is warm and slice-of-life. If you like this genre, give it a try! [Kissing emoji]

8. 8 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2.4kReads—Score13714d adds

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   This book, "Slow and Steady Flow," is very good.

9. 9 六 In the Sixties, My Sister Fled Her Wedding, and I Married a Rugged Officer 六零姐姐逃婚后糙汉军官我嫁了 Cai Cai采采Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted Su Zhizhi has barely begun to figure out what's going on after transmigrating when she's pushed into a blind date! She knows it won't work out, but Su Zhizhi never imagined she'd be stood up in the 1960s! Fine, she was stood up. She hadn't been all that interested anyway. Later, when she runs into trouble, a sweet and charming man comes to her rescue. Both times she finds herself in an embarrassing predicament, he appears like a god from heaven. That's when Su Zhizhi thinks, he's the one. Only l 241Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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   It's pretty good. It's a rather peaceful and heartwarming period drama. There aren't any awful characters, and the family, friendship, and love relationships are all very soothing!

10. 10 我 In the 1970s, I Took Over My Mother-in-Law's Iron Rice Bowl 我在七十年代接了婆婆的铁饭碗 Cable Car Carrying an Iron Pot载着铁锅的缆车Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted Huang Xiaohua, a 30-year-old woman in the 21st century who was constantly pressured by her family to get married, suddenly transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes Zhang Xiaoqian. Her arrival immediately solves the problem that had been giving her parents so much grief. She marries into a residential compound, takes over her mother-in-law’s job, and begins a completely different life. There are no troublemakers here, just the simple happiness of everyday life. 12.6kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds

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    This perfectly meets the requirements.

11. 11 夫 A Couple with Steady Jobs in the 1950s 夫妻俩在五十年代端金饭碗 Nuan Xiao Bai暖晓白Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted Dear readers, since this is a period story, the author has looked up much of the historical data online. I don’t make up figures unless I can’t find the answers online. Sometimes there are several answers, so I choose the one that seems most reasonable. Lin Wanyu and Bai Ye grew up relying on each other in an orphanage in their previous lives. Because a soul collector took the wrong person, they both died in a car accident. They spent ten years together as mortgage debtors, from the day they mar 5.4kReads8.3Score26914d adds

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    This is about living a simple, ordinary life. Both are a couple who have traveled through time, and both are young masters and ladies from capitalist families. However, their identities are kept secret, and they are very cautious. No one suspects anything. The story begins in 1945, just before the founding of the People's Republic of China. They start their lives in the capital. It's incredibly good; it doesn't treat us like fools, nor does it treat the characters in the book like fools.

12. 12 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 14.4kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds

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    Twin births, no cheat codes

13. 13 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.7kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds

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    This book received a lower rating because fewer people rated it. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family. Its strength is its strong sense of the era. This is the book I've read on Tomato that pays the most attention to the historical background. The prices are reasonable, the details are meticulous, and there aren't too many awful things. It feels like you're really living in that era. The only downside is that the pace is a bit slow. There isn't much romance yet. You can read it as a historical novel combined with a farming novel.

14. 14 炮 Transmigrated into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder in the 1970s, the Cold-Faced Regiment Commander Can't Get Enough of Her 炮灰穿书七零，冷面团长日日馋 Mo Ba Zi墨八子Modern Romance416k WordsOngoing [Period] [Marriage Before Love] [No Space System] [Never Go Hungry] [Alluring, flirtatious heroine VS wolf-like, rugged hero] Lin Zhi never imagined that after spending her previous life single and treating men as beneath her notice, she’d transmigrate into a book and find herself in a scene straight out of “That’s one huge bed!” Now she has to scheme to steal a man, and not just any man, but the man of the “beautiful, rich, and powerful” heroine? This is insane! “Comrade, do you want a wife 265Reads—Score1414d adds

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    It's a slice-of-life story, without any special abilities or cheat codes like a spatial system. The male lead is very doting, and it's a mutually flirting and pampering type of story. The male lead can handle a gun and also braid hair [smirk].

15. 15 七 The 1970s: Smooth Sailing and Happy Days 七零年代：顺风顺水好日子 The Lovely Flower on the Mountain山顶的娇花Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Manyi suddenly realizes she was born into a different era. Wait, isn’t that woman across the way the heroine from the TV drama The Virtuous Daughter-in-Law that I watched with the old folks in my family as a kid? And that lovely young neighbor, praised by all the aunties as capable and virtuous, able to handle everything inside and out, turns out to be the exact opposite of me, the hapless foil who can’t lift a finger or shoulder a load!!! The reborn army-wife heroine, the hardw 11.7kReads8.6Score83714d adds

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    The female protagonist was reincarnated as a child, but forgot about it as a child. She only remembered she was a transmigrator when she grew up, and she even has a little cheat ability. She has an older brother, younger brothers, and younger sisters. Her family treats her very well; her younger siblings are typical "mother-born servants." She also has a job and, after marrying the male protagonist, didn't go to his military post but continued working from home. She eats at her in-laws' house one day and at her parents' house the next. After giving birth, she hired help to take care of her child—truly an enviable life. There are no truly awful characters in the entire story.

16. 16 八 An Ordinary Life for a Girl Born in the Eighties 八零后女孩的平凡人生 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [No transmigration] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] [Rural life in the 1980s] [A small ensemble cast] [Family squabbles] [Gentle and heartwarming] Xu Congcong and Xu Mingming are sisters born in the 1980s. They are lucky to have a grandma and father who love them unconditionally, as well as a mother whose personality is a little complicated but who loves them just as much. Sheltered by their whole family, the sisters grow up carefree. Through the sisters’ coming-of-age story, this novel traces t 3.3kReads9.2Score23814d adds

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    It depicts the happy life of Xu Congcong's family of five.

17. 17 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 70.9kReads9.3Score6.9k14d adds

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    🎋🎋The male protagonist travels back to the 1970s because of an old envelope. He decisively ruins his girlfriend's family who had ulterior motives, sends his betraying friend to a labor camp, helps the original owner let go of a ten-year-old grudge and reconcile with his stepmother, gives his sister the opportunity to stay in the city for work, and then takes the magical old envelope to the Great Northern Wilderness. [Thinking][Thinking]

18. 18 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel, and I'm Not Following the Plot 穿进年代文我不走剧情 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuyu may be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever. She’d just won the lottery and hadn’t even had a chance to collect her winnings when she kicked the bucket from excitement. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she’d transmigrated into a book. There was no suspense: the body she’d transmigrated into was, of course, that of the vicious female antagonist. The heroine, Shen Xue, was her cousin. Beautiful and kindhearted, hardworking and capable, she was the village’s most admired young 124.2kReads8.4Score12.8k14d adds

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    Xiaoze stared wide-eyed at his dad, who was nestled in his mother's arms like a big bundle of joy. "Mom, Dad's a grown man, why do you still spoil him like a child?" "Mom wants to." [Bookshelf added][Bookshelf added]

19. 19 幸 Happiness, or the Lack of It 幸福不幸福 Dian Lan滇岚Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing If memories were a game, Happiness would have died many times over. If reality were a game, Happiness would often be left battered and bruised. She wanders the streets of memory, where every shop is shuttered. It seems this world has no room for Happiness. Even as she scrapes by, enduring harsh words and cold looks, she still isn’t ready to give up... 146Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The writing is plain, but it reveals a sense of despondency and helplessness.

20. 20 六 What's So Bad About a Quiet Life in the 1960s? 六零之平淡点有什么不好？ Sang Juan桑涓Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + period setting + System + no rivalry between women + no sent-down youth] The Shen family is one of the few households in the steel mill’s residential compound with no sent-down youths. The family gets along harmoniously, but in this extraordinary era, they face one upheaval after another. Let’s see what choices they make... 1.1kReads6.7Score10514d adds
21. 21 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds

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    Lighthearted and humorous

22. 22 重 Back to 1989 重回1989年 Yi Luo倚落Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted Ye Xiaomei worked like a beast of burden for the Guo family for over a decade before discovering that they had sold her older sister into the mountains, where she was abused to death, and that her husband had sent people to break her father's leg. After learning the truth, she took revenge on the entire Guo family, then poisoned herself and died. She thought she would go to hell, but instead she returned to the turning point that had changed her life. Given another chance, Ye Xiaomei uses her me 104Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 23 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: I’m Trying My Best to Be a Happy-Go-Lucky Slacker 穿越七零之我努力当咸鱼 Yi Luo倚落Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted Lin Siyao unexpectedly acquires a pocket dimension. Following the usual novel plot, she starts frantically stockpiling supplies. After transmigrating, she uses her memories to stockpile houses and land, hoping to become a wealthy woman with plenty of free time. In the end, she fulfills her dream from her previous life: never having to work, and simply enjoying life. 137Reads8.0Score—14d adds
24. 24 小 Life in a Little Courtyard 小院儿生活 Diva Girl作精少女Modern Romance656k WordsOngoing When Taohua married into the family, her mother told her that the Xiao family would most likely split up. But Taohua never expected it to happen so soon. (No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger: just working hard to live and striving to make a life.) 20.1kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds

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    The male and female leads are both native to the area; there's no time travel or reincarnation, and no cheat codes. The male lead has a skill and works in a furniture factory. He's not particularly smooth-talking, but he's considerate in his dealings with others. The female lead is sweet-talking and good at handling things. She runs a traditional stove shop with her in-laws. Everyone in the family is capable, especially her in-laws. Together, they make a prosperous and heartwarming family life. (This is a period drama.)

25. 25 小 Life in the Alley: The Lin Family's Little Darling 小巷人家：林家小棉袄 Ancient Tree W古树wFemale-Channel Fanfiction321k WordsCompleted The heroine is radiant, confident, and gentle. She acts sweet and quiet around her parents, but in truth, she refuses to follow the rules. After pulling an all-nighter at work, Lin Zijin drops dead at her desk. When she wakes up, she discovers she’s become a little girl, and not just any girl: she’s the daughter of the Lin family from a hit period drama, and Lin Dongzhe’s little sister! Lin Zijin is delighted. She moves with the Lin family into a narrow lane, gets along with their neighbors, the 1.6kReads7.6Score10014d adds

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    The first few books were quite popular a while ago, including two about time travel to the Lin family where Lin Dongzhe has a younger sister. The plots were quite good. The fourth book is a bit of a letdown because it hasn't been updated recently. The second book involves becoming Zhou Qing, and the plot is also good. The remaining two aren't in the same genre, but they are still period dramas. These are time travel + period drama + system check-in stories. The last one is a post-apocalyptic zombie story with superpowers. If you like comedy, this one is quite good.

26. 26 人 In the Alley, I Stood Out from a Young Age 人在小巷，打小就出众 Little Princess Potato x土豆小公主xFemale-Channel Fanfiction463k WordsCompleted I closed my eyes and opened them to find that I had transmigrated to 1977. And not just anywhere: I was in the setting of the hit drama A Lifelong Journey! What should I do? When in Rome, do as the Romans do… I can only take things one step at a time. But who could have guessed that I only wanted to register my household somewhere, then ended up registered in Shanghai. I only wanted to go to school, but not only got into university, I also became the top scorer. I only wanted to date quietly, 1.8kReads7.3Score10314d adds
27. 27 我 Making a Fortune in the 1970s Through Sign-In Rewards 我在七零靠签到致富 The Soy Sauce Got Moody酱油有了小情绪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New Romance Contest] Su Nuannuan transmigrated to the 1970s, an era when people earned work points. Luckily, she got a sign-in System. She signed in at home. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve received three jin of pork belly.” She signed in in the rice fields. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve received four jin of rice.” She signed in at the brigade office. “Congratulations, Host, you’ve received one yuan and fifty cents.” In an era when even dining out required ration coupons, Su 6.9kReads7.9Score49114d adds
28. 28 小 The Lin Family Has a Daughter 小巷人家之林家有女 September Toward the Sun九月向阳Female-Channel Fanfiction151k WordsOngoing In this story, the heroine Lin Kexin is Lin Dongzhe’s twin sister. When the cotton mill assigned housing, the Lin, Zhuang, and Wu families were all placed in the same little alley. The Lin couple are loving and have a son and a daughter. Their son is mischievous and hates studying, while their lively, adorable daughter has inherited her father’s love of learning. Given the contrast, you can imagine how differently the siblings are treated at home. Still, even with all the bickering, life in the 92Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 29 小 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后，随军了 Nine Meows Have Something to Say九喵有言Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 13.6kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
30. 30 金 A Golden Marriage 金婚 IMCModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 14.4kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    One is seen as a fool by everyone, the other as a petty rascal by the villagers. The female lead initially has the mental capacity of an eight or nine-year-old, but she matures gradually. The male lead is initially irresponsible, but after witnessing her struggles during her first pregnancy, he slowly becomes a responsible person. The setting perfectly fits the historical context of a period novel; the three-year famine is described very realistically, prices are not exaggerated, and the protagonists don't suffer from severe famine. It's a story of "ordinary people" striving for a better life within the context of a period novel. The relationship between the male and female leads also grows throughout, from mutual dislike to dependence on each other; the ending is somewhat tear-jerking.

31. 31 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! 1.8kReads9.2Score12614d adds

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    Plain and simple [thumbs up]

32. 32 南 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意，从此不孤行 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1.1kReads9.3Score10314d adds

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    [OK][Laugh][Thinking][I also highly recommend it]

33. 33 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? 2.1kReads9.2Score12214d adds
34. 34 穿 A Carefree Life of Farming and Raising Kids After I Transmigrated 穿越后种田养崽的悠哉生活 Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut, Chestnut栗子栗子栗栗子Ancient Romance415k WordsCompleted Song Zhizhi woke up one morning and discovered she had transmigrated into a book. The male lead took her home. Wearing a cold expression, the young man said, “Don’t think I’m going to marry you just because you saved me.” Song Zhizhi: The male lead belongs to the female lead. See you never! She turned around and married the male lead’s older brother, then began a life of farming and raising kids. P.S. No hidden identity, no general, no prince, and no palace or household intrigue. The main story 1.3kReads8.9Score10814d adds

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    It's not the kind of story where you become an official just by farming; it's super good, I've watched it two or three times. [Admiration][Admiration]

35. 35 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.5kReads8.9Score98614d adds

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    The reason for transmigrating into a book is that the protagonist likes the male lead and is tricked into marrying a scoundrel in the countryside. To avoid being married off to a mentally challenged man by her family, she has a whirlwind marriage. The story follows her daily life in a courtyard house and her gossip-loving moments.

36. 36 嫁 Marry into the City and Get Rationed Grain 嫁到城里，吃上供应粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 10.2kReads7.9Score61414d adds

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    These are all period dramas I've read; they're great, I love them, highly recommended! 🥰🥰

37. 37 霞 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 Warm Glowing Clouds霞光暖暖Modern Romance568k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score13114d adds
38. 38 村 Xia Hua, the Village Girl 村女夏花 The Cat Who Loves Gold爱黄金的猫Modern Romance268k WordsOngoing [Realistic rural life + slow burn + heroine’s growth + family and everyday life + face-slapping the scoundrels] Lin Xiahua’s husband is dead. With two children and a dimwitted older brother to support, she has become the most tempting target in Hama Gou Village. Burdened with her family, without a single plot of land, and with her mother-in-law threatening to sell her by the pound to an old widower and his son! To survive, Xiahua learns to navigate all kinds of men and women. She smiles and char 81Reads7.0Score10514d adds
39. 39 六 The 1960s: The Alley Couple's Daily Gossip 六零年代胡同小夫妻吃瓜日常 Qiqi the Cat Who Drinks Coffee喝咖啡的琪琪猫Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted A married couple from the 1990s transmigrate to the 1960s. No TV, no internet, no phones. No problem. They don't need any of that. There's so much gossip here they can't keep up with it all. Seriously, there's just too much to gossip about. Their daily life: gossiping, making money, and raising kids. They have to manage all three without dropping the ball. 8.4kReads7.2Score49414d adds

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    The male and female protagonists try their best to live a good life after traveling through time together.

40. 40 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Listening to the wind and cooking the rain, emotions fill the tower; a first-rate work among contemporary literature. Breaking free from the shackles of traditional ethics, pursuing a happy life.

41. 41 七 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance6.3M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 19.4kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds

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    The first novel features a female protagonist who transmigrates slightly. The male protagonist is a bit of a yandere in the beginning, but later he's tamed and pampered by her. The second novel is all about gossip and is incredibly entertaining. The third novel has a fresh theme and vividly portrayed characters.

42. 42 大 Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a 13.9kReads8.1Score1k14d adds
43. 43 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
44. 44 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 57.7kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds
45. 45 报 Reporting, Chief! Your Secret Crush, the Army’s Little Doctor, Has Been Reborn 报告首长！你暗恋的小军医重生了 Yan Mo颜墨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in a bygone era + alternate setting + both leads have been faithful in both lives + medical skills and a personal space ❤️ The space recognizes only its female owner, who is bound to it and cannot hand it over to anyone + one-on-one romance + an exceptionally doting male lead] “Report! Military doctor Shen Li just arrived at the camp and already bullied the new recruits to tears!” Commander Zhan: “My wife is delicate, shy, and young. Don’t you dare speak so loudly around her.” 5.7kReads9.3Score86614d adds
46. 46 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds
47. 47 重 Reborn in 1970: My Rough-and-Ready Family Dotes on Me 重生70年：糙汉一家都宠我 Liu Xiaoying流小莹Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted After enduring the most horrific abuse, she finally understood how absurd her life had been. As she lay dying, she watched the rough-hewn man she'd wronged rush in. She had been wrong about everything. Given another chance, she would never again pin her hopes on her birth family. She didn't have to treat the people who had ruined her life as her closest kin. Heaven had given her a chance to make things right, and she couldn't let it slip by. She would be a good daughter-in-law, a good mother, an 753Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    There's no system, no special abilities, and no cheat codes. The female lead didn't cherish the male lead in her previous life. She became pregnant with twins at a young age, even though they were already married. However, the male lead's grandparents, parents, and other family members doted on her and treated her very well, and the male lead treated her even better. The male lead's ancestors were bandits, so they were quite wealthy (due to the crackdown during that era, much was confiscated, but some was preserved).

48. 48 重 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance715k WordsCompleted Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.2kReads7.3Score10214d adds

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    Both books are by the same author, and neither features a rural setting; the protagonists work in the city. The first, set in the 1950s, has a female protagonist who is reborn and seeks revenge before moving her entire family to Northeast China. It includes a classic farm setting and a spatial dimension. The second, set in the 1960s, features a kitchen, a daily sign-in system, and a spatial dimension. Some initially said the second book was a "gold digger" story, but those who persevere will find it's a story of two people supporting each other. Neither book involves fighting against extreme characters; both are later turned into stories about the government.

49. 49 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4.1kReads9.0Score30714d adds
50. 50 六 The Sixties: I’m Just a Bystander in a Military Wife Comparison Novel 六零：我在随军对照文里当路人甲 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history period setting + transmigration into a book + military marriage + everyday life + raising kids] Xu Cuhe originally thought she had transmigrated into this world halfway through her life, without receiving any memories. She was completely at sea in the resource-scarce 1960s. Her aloof military-officer husband, a love letter from her first love... Problems kept coming one after another, and she scrambled to adapt. It wasn’t until she met the heroine of the book and triggered a d 3.4kReads8.9Score22914d adds

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    If you're looking for simple, happy stories, these two books are a must. They have few truly awful reads, so they're not stressful or frustrating. [Heart emoji] [heart emoji] [heart emoji] They're by the same author! [Shy emoji] [shy emoji] [shy emoji]

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