A Down-to-Earth Period Novel with Hardworking Characters and No Exaggeration 年代文努力踏实的不夸张

1. 1 改 Remarried to the Rough-Hewn Neighbor, the Young Bride Is Spoiled Rotten 改嫁隔壁糙汉，小媳妇被宠上天 The Eldest Miss of the Muzi Family木子家大小姐Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: "Left Alone at Home, the Neighboring Roughneck Has His Eye on Her" [1980s | Countryside | Realistic | Devoted Couple | Possessive Favoritism | Age Gap | Love Rival Showdown] In 1980, Li Chuntao is married off in exchange for her older brother’s marriage. But on their wedding night, her groom elopes with his old flame. Overnight, she becomes the village’s target of scorn, branded a woman who brings bad luck. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx, while a pack of old bachelors eye 38.1kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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   I fell in love with it the moment I saw it 🥰 [Heavy punch emoji]

2. 2 我 Doing Backbreaking Labor with My Butt Sticking Out in the Sixties 我在六零撅着屁股干苦力 Ying Jinchuan, Who Loves He Tang Red Cranes喜欢鹤塘红的应金川Modern Romance640k WordsCompleted Qiao Mai, a young woman of the new era, accidentally travels back to the bitterly cold, impoverished Northeast in the 1960s. As soon as she arrives, she's in danger of starving or freezing to death, and can only struggle forward, doing her best to survive one step at a time... The heroine is hardworking and determined, with a modest golden finger. She and the male lead live an ordinary but hopeful life, full of everyday family matters and cozy, heartwarming moments. 8.3kReads8.7Score589Shelves

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   • ᴗ • ᐝ This book is definitely not exaggerated! The female protagonist travels back to the 1960s and lives alone in the countryside, farming and feeding pigs! Occasionally, she hunts and exchanges the hunted animals for money and tickets in the county town! The "golden finger" (cheat code) is reasonable, because the female protagonist is a time traveler and has the right to purchase things, so she uses money to buy a spatial dimension! Moreover, the interpersonal interactions and characters in the story are quite normal! [Shy]

3. 3 乡 Rural Love: The Marriage Swap 乡村爱情之换亲 The Eldest Miss of the Muzi Family木子家大小姐Modern Romance962k WordsCompleted The village looks peaceful, but undercurrents churn beneath the surface. Love, family affection, and illicit affairs intertwine to create a sweeping portrait of life. The beautiful village flower is forced to marry the poorest man in the village, and their story begins... 5.7kReads8.8Score475Shelves

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   Based on true events, without exaggeration.

4. 4 嫌 You Mock Me for Being Infertile? I'll Marry an Officer and Have Triplets 嫌我不孕不育？嫁军官一胎生仨 Yuan He沅荷Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted Period setting + everyday life + multiple births + a weak, slowly growing female lead in the early chapters After being reborn, Lin Xi's older sister, Lin Yu, decides that her military officer husband from her previous life died too young. The first thing she does in this life is hand her younger sister the short-lived groom she was betrothed to as a child, making her sister marry him in her place. After all, her younger sister was rejected by her in-laws in her previous life for failing to have 2.5kReads8.1Score234Shelves

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   Lin Dani was reborn. In her previous life, she married a soldier according to an arranged marriage. Unexpectedly, they were often separated, her husband died young, and she became a widow at a young age. In this second life, she arranged for her younger sister to marry into that family, while she herself married someone else. But her sister's life seemed to be getting better and better; her ex-husband was still alive and even took her sister with him to his military post.

5. 5 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 14.1kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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   The male lead is an engineer at a factory, and the female lead is an accountant at the same factory. They mostly just observe the gossip, without getting involved in it themselves; they simply enjoy the spectacle.

6. 6 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: After My Divorce, I Make My Family Rich 穿越八零：离婚后，我带娘家暴富 Yuan He沅荷Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Period novel + reborn + family life + adorable child + male lead in the background Xiao Jin, a college graduate born in the 2000s, had barely graduated when she somehow transmigrated to the resource-scarce 1980s, where there were no cell phones, telephones and computers weren’t yet widespread, and even eating a piece of meat was a luxury. The body she transmigrated into was also called Xiao Jin. They were both 22, but one had just graduated from college in 2023, while the other had just given bi 2.6kReads8.9Score203Shelves

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   🌟In the first book, the female protagonist's in-laws wanted to give her away to another man because she had a daughter, but she refused and divorced him. After the divorce, she took her daughter back to her parents' home, where her brother and sister-in-law were very kind to her. She wrote and translated articles while raising her child, earning her first pot of gold through writing. She started a supermarket in town with her brother and a clothing store for her sisters, and things got better and better. 🌟In the second book, the female protagonist divorced again and returned to her parents' home with her child, renting a place to live. She then found ways to earn money, first selling braised meat, then fried rice, and then planning for the college entrance exam. She opened a shop in the county, which did very well, and her life improved steadily!

7. 7 山 Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village 山村野百合 The Eldest Miss of the Muzi Family木子家大小姐Modern Romance176k WordsCompleted An eighteen-year-old village beauty married a thirty-three-year-old simpleton. A month after their wedding, her husband drowned, and she was branded a woman who brought death to her husband… This story offers a true-to-life account of the loves and hatreds, joys and sorrows of ordinary rural people. It faces the ugliness and greed of human nature head-on, while reflecting on the sincerity and warmth found in this world. 276Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 8 穿 I Went Back to the Eighties, and After My Divorce, I Built a Career with My Kids 穿八零，离婚后她带娃搞事业 moneyMillionmoney百万Modern Romance539k WordsCompleted Zhang Youdi transmigrates into a book, becoming Chen Xiaohui, a supporting character from a period novel she used to complain about. The first thing she does after accepting reality is grab a kitchen knife and divorce her bargain-bin husband. She doesn’t want to end up like the original character, having sons just to prove a point and giving birth to a whole string of children, only to spend most of her life complaining. In the opportunity-filled 1980s, Zhang Youdi rolls up her sleeves and sets 192Reads7.1Score—Shelves
9. 9 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 Romance995k 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 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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   This book, where the protagonist saves every penny to build up their family fortune, has a slightly lower rating due to fewer reviewers. It primarily depicts the warm and cozy daily life of the protagonist's family. Its strength lies in its excellent sense of the era; this is the most focused on historical setting I've read on Tomato Book. Prices are reasonable, details are meticulously researched, and there aren't many awful elements, making it feel like you're truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. It can be enjoyed as a historical fiction combined with a farming/developmental story.

10. 10 小 Little Stepmom Lihua: Defy Me and Fight 小妈黎花，不服就战 Du Wanxing杜菀星Modern Romance120k WordsOngoing [Traditional period setting + remarriage + marriage first, love later] [Older male lead] [Ensemble cast] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [No golden finger] [Realistic life] Real life doesn’t follow the fast-paced rhythm of a wish-fulfillment novel. Every ordinary woman has a unique, fully realized personality of her own. At eighteen, Li Hua unexpectedly became a “temporary mother” to two children. Through the hardest years, she upheld her promise and raised Chen Wenbo’s two children on her own 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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11. 11 老 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨，我和小三换夫改命 Du Wanxing杜菀星Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 17.2kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
12. 12 大 The Courtyard Compound: The Warmth of Everyday Life 大杂院：人间烟火气 Du Xiaore杜小惹Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family drama + everyday life] If you're young and inexperienced, take this as a warning and steer clear. This book probably isn't for you. It has none of the usual wish-fulfillment tropes and no imaginary cheat powers. It's simply an ordinary story about people in northern China. [No transmigration, no System, no pocket dimension, no being reborn, and none of the modern-novel elements you know.] It records the ordinary life of a northern town in the 1980s, capturing the memorie 8.8kReads9.1Score775Shelves
13. 13 明 Moonlight Fort 明月堡 Zhan Quan湛泉Urban448k WordsCompleted Set after the Central Plains War, this work follows the rise and fall of the Hu family, a prominent business clan in Mianshang County in central Shanxi, and the joys and sorrows shared by two generations. It portrays the region’s distinctive local customs and bears the clear imprint of its era. 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He thought he could finally get some rest, but no sooner had he lain down than, half-asleep, a frantic knocking sounded at the door. Alarmed, Mingyi jumped out of bed and quietly went to the stairwell, listening intently. Hearing it was the Justice Corps checking rooms, Mingyi felt a surge of tension, his mind racing…

14. 14 4 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The Fish's Secret鱼的秘密Modern Romance972k WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 283.8kReads8.6Score13.5kShelves

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    No special features, no cheat codes, just pure enjoyment and excitement.

15. 15 姐 The Sisters Join the Army and Mistake the Wrong Man for Their Husband: The Fierce-Looking Officer Falls for Them 姐妹随军认错夫：面凶军官沦陷了 Half-Moon Lemon月半柠Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Mistaken husband + following the army + sweet romance + snow-mochi heroine / “dirty bun” hero] Gu Zhaoning and the Gu family's adopted daughter, Su Jingwei, are both introduced to potential marriage partners. They meet two brothers from the Pei family. The elder Pei brother is destined to become a high-ranking officer, while the younger brother is destined to die heroically. So in this life, Su Jingwei secretly switches the men they were set up with and snatches the elder Pei brother before Gu 56.8kReads8.5Score3.9kShelves
16. 16 嫁 After Marrying a Veteran, I Joined Him in the Army 嫁给退伍军人后，我去随军了 Ten O'ClockL十点LModern Romance814k WordsCompleted The male lead has a mission. He only pretends to have been discharged from the military, pretends to have been discharged, pretends to have been discharged!!! Chen Shu is famous in her village for being capable and good at making money. The village aunties all have their eyes on her for their own children! When Chen Shu comes of age, her mother starts arranging blind dates for her. But Chen Shu has high standards, and after finding fault with every eligible young man in the village, she finally 22.9kReads8.1Score4.2kShelves

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    The female lead was known for her virtuousness and ability to make money in that era, while the male lead was a retired soldier. The village aunties and grandmas all had their eyes on the female lead for their sons and nephews, but the female lead didn't like any of them except the male lead (not really, it was just lust at first sight, the male lead also fell in love with the female lead at first sight and began to pursue her intensely).

17. 17 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1980s: I Start Dating a Bad-Boy Hunk 穿书八零，开头和痞坏糙汉处对象 Frost Contends with Snow's Shadow霜争雪影Modern Romance560k WordsOngoing [1980s book transmigration + rugged man + sweet, delicate beauty + healing romance + devoted, fatherly boyfriend] A two-way healing romance between a tough man with a soft heart and a sincere, stubborn girl Zhong Ling transmigrated into a book and landed in a deadly predicament from the start! The rugged man next door, freshly released from prison, tall and long-legged with a body full of muscle, was being framed by a widow in the courtyard. Knowing the plot, Zhong Ling was terrified. She knew t 461.7kReads8.9Score58.5kShelves

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    An unexaggerated period drama about two bittersweet individuals finding redemption in each other.

18. 18 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.3kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    The first book is a must-read. The most insightful character in this book is definitely the female lead's father [laughs][laughs][laughs]. I love the female lead's personality; she's especially strong-willed. The second book, although about rebirth, doesn't have any special advantages. It's about different choices at life's crossroads, leading to different paths. Overall, it's a heartwarming and uplifting story about hard work and positive energy. The third book is about how much I love the grandmother in this family. It truly shows that having an elder in the family is a treasure. The whole family is very ambitious, and I especially love them.

19. 19 八 The 1980s: I Had a Flash Marriage with a Hooligan Husband, and He Spoils Me Rotten 八零之闪婚混混老公，被宠麻了 Light Drizzle Feifei微微雨霏Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted (Faithful to each other + devoted husband + everyday life + comedy + marriage before love) (No transmigration or rebirth. The heroine is not a strong-willed type. Read at your own discretion.) The hero is a street punk, while the heroine is the village beauty. To raise enough money for her father’s surgery, Su Nianxue took the initiative and asked Gu Yanbai to marry her. Gu Yanbai was a notorious loafer in all the surrounding villages. Nobody was willing to marry their daughter to him. Then one 8.4kReads8.7Score563Shelves

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    🍰🍰🍰A very good and heartwarming period novel. The male lead is a small-time hoodlum, and the female lead is a village beauty. In order to raise money for her father's medical expenses, the female lead takes the initiative to find the notorious male lead and asks to marry him. Then the two begin a warm and interesting life together.

20. 20 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: The Villainess Is a Little Unhinged 穿进年代文：反派女配有点颠 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Modern Romance786k WordsCompleted Just because she made one snarky remark about people who were lovesick, Su Yitong transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a young woman sent to work in the countryside in a remote, impoverished village. Still dazed, she takes a hostage and gets mistaken for an enemy spy, then locked in a woodshed. Only then does she realize she's transmigrated into a book as a melodramatic, ruthless villainess who meets a gruesome end! Follow the System's plot? Not a chance! This villainess loves doing the opposite 8.7kReads8.4Score585Shelves

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    This is definitely a great book, it's new. The female lead isn't exactly hardworking, but she honestly goes to teach [smirk]. The male lead initially suspects she's a spy, knocks her unconscious, and locks her in the woodshed, but later shamelessly pursues her. [Awkward laugh]

21. 21 穿 After Transmigrating to the 1980s and Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Became the Army Officer's Most Beloved 穿越八零替嫁后我成了军官心尖宠 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 111.3kReads9.2Score14.6kShelves

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    There are no cheat codes or forced plot armor for the protagonist! It feels very realistic, the characters are really well-developed, the plot is well-paced, and the logic is clear!! The characters' personalities and values ​​are really great! [Laugh][heart][kiss]

22. 22 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score759Shelves
23. 23 婆 Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京：开局厨艺征服大院 Qiuqian Yao秋千幺Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo 51.3kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves

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    All three are very good and worth reading.

24. 24 小 The Little One’s Happy Life 小不点的幸福生活 Mu Huo Qing木火青Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s setting + transmigration into a book + the whole family dotes on her + everyday family life + building wealth + a touch of ensemble cast] Lin Xiaoman was born into the world of the lucky heroine novel, A Happy Life in the 1970s with Yi Ke. Unfortunately, she wasn't Yi Ke. She was just the contrast character in Yi Ke's happy life. The dutiful daughter who hoped her father would make something of himself looked at him, lazing about and wasting his time on cockfighting and dog-walking. His t 57.4kReads8.9Score3.8kShelves
25. 25 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 14.4kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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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.

26. 26 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 143kReads9.0Score17kShelves
27. 27 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    🍀🍀The female protagonist wakes up to find a three-year-old son beside her. Four years ago, she suffered a head injury and was sold by her mother to a thug. During those four years, she not only had a husband but also a mischievous yet protective son. The man appears exceptionally fierce and unreasonable, yet he and the child dote on her. An accident causes the female protagonist to regain her senses… [Learned][Learned]

28. 28 小 The Little Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Bun Makes His Dad's Head Split in Two with Anger 小小包子五岁半，气得老爹头两瓣 Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing The manhua adaptation is now online. Enjoy! [Period setting + coming-of-age + a touch of ensemble cast. This little girl is just an ordinary child, with no superhuman strength or instant cheats. Her personality and background mean she will never let anyone push her around.] Li Tian, an overworked office drone, catches the latest trend and transmigrates into a book! The good news: she becomes a third-generation military family kid, with an impressive background! The bad news: she transmigrates in 321.3kReads8.6Score3.2kShelves

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    He has a powerful background and initially wanted to give up, but he gradually rallied and worked incredibly hard, which is truly admirable.

29. 29 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a cannon fodder female supporting character, and diligently follows her mother's teachings to cling to the male protagonist's coattails to make a living.

30. 30 娇 The Sweet, Gentle Army Wife Is Pregnant Again, and Her Fierce Officer Husband Coaxes Her Every Night 娇软军嫂又怀了，凶戾军官夜夜哄 Lan Ranran蓝染染Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Fierce military man x sweet, delicate heiress to a capitalist family] [Devoted couple, one-on-one romance + military marriage and family doting + showering each other with affection + everyday family life] The night Shen Chuning found Chen Ziyun, a sent-down youth, planning to make sure they got married by sleeping with him first, she had a dream. In the dream, Chen Ziyun married her only to get his hands on her family’s ancestral koi jade pendant. Not only did she hand the heirloom over to Che 6.3kReads8.8Score907Shelves

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    Both the male and female protagonists succeed through their own efforts. The female protagonists in the first three books do not have any cheat codes. Although the female protagonist in the last book does have a cheat code, it seems that she doesn't use it much in the early stages. Later on, a system comes along, but the male and female protagonists don't use it often throughout the entire process and rely on themselves.

31. 31 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    The female lead is the original owner of this body, both in her past and present lives. She makes a living through technology and shines brightly on the path of scientific research. The male lead is reborn and serves as a background character, focusing on the female lead's career.

32. 32 八 A Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Spoiled Female Side Character Is Sweet and Charming 八零年代军婚，作精女配甜又媚 Little Cherry Fish樱桃小鱼Modern Romance391k WordsCompleted [Period Military Romance + Sweet, Satisfying Romance + Flirty, Mischievous Heroine + Marriage Before Love] Xia Keqing transmigrates into a book, becoming the troublesome supporting female character in a period novel. The male lead pays for her college education, but once there, she flirts with other guys, calling it free love and a meeting of the minds. Later, with the heroine by his side, the male lead earns distinction and becomes a big shot in the military district. As for Xia Keqing, she get 1.1kReads8.2Score101Shelves
33. 33 强 She Forced a Kiss on the Commander, Then Got Pregnant by the Cold-Hearted Big Shot 强吻首长后，她怀了冷面大佬的崽 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Modern Romance673k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good + Marriage Before Love + Childbirth + Devoted Couple] Wen Tao has a dream. In it, she's the vicious female antagonist in a novel, the male lead's doomed first wife. In the story, beauty is her only asset. She was originally engaged to the second son of the Fu family, Fu Mingcheng. But she falls for Fu Huaian, an army officer home on leave for a funeral. She schemes to get intimate with Fu Huaian. After marrying him, she complains th 1.3kReads7.3Score101Shelves
34. 34 穿 Transmigrating to the 1950s: I Land a Secure Job Thanks to My Uncle, the Director 穿越五零：靠主任舅舅端铁饭碗 Today's Wind Is Calm Too今天的风也很平静Urban183k WordsOngoing Parallel world, Period piece, Northeast factory workers, everyday family life, enjoying life, a happy life. Food delivery rider Zhou Guoqiang takes a tumble into a parallel world in 1950, where he finds a home with bare walls and a drafty, rundown house. His most valuable possession is half a ration biscuit, which he had in his pocket when he transmigrated. Zhou Guoqiang thinks about the policies of the time. Surely he can't spend his whole life bent over the fields? Just as he's worrying about 23.2kReads—Score2.1kShelves

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    This is a historical fiction, male-oriented, with a down-to-earth and hardworking protagonist. Every character acts in their own self-interest, and there are no mindless villains. It's a slice-of-life story about family life. If you're looking for something to read, you can add it to your bookshelf. The author will continue to update it.

35. 35 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies on My Wedding Night! 穿到七零洞房当晚！ To Whom Can I Whisper My Feelings?脉脉同谁语Modern Romance613k WordsCompleted [Period setting · Sweet romance, feel-good story · Married first, fall in love later · No golden finger · No pocket dimension · Transmigration · Educated youth · Delicate beauty × rugged country man] Lan Qing transmigrates into another world and gets a new name: Lan Pingwu. From the start, she's thrown into her wedding night. Thinking it's a dream, she figures that if there's such a handsome man in it, with such a great body, she might as well go along with it... When she wakes up again, she r 4.8kReads8.4Score347Shelves

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    This place has no space, no tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, and certainly no multiple courtyard houses; it's just poor, very much in line with the spirit of that era.

36. 36 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 23.1kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    I recommend three excellent period novels. They're incredibly captivating, depicting the ordinary yet extraordinary lives of the protagonists. While the stories lack dramatic ups and downs, they are nonetheless deeply moving.

37. 37 重 Back to the 1980s, I Lead My Whole Family to Wake Up and Strike It Rich 重回八零，带着全家一起觉醒暴富 Jing Mo京墨Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In 1989, Shuangxi's uncle, younger uncle, and aunt all headed south for work with their spouses, leaving behind nine children without anyone to look after them, as well as their elderly grandparents. It was Shuangxi's parents who stayed home to care for the children and look after the two old folks. Like oxen, they worked themselves to the bone farming the land, sending one nephew or niece after another to university and out into the world. When her father was injured in an accident and lost the 42.7kReads8.1Score4.4kShelves

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    👇👇👇The reborn female protagonist leads her whole family to work hard to get rich.

38. 38 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 89.5kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
39. 39 黄 Building Terraced Fields on the Loess Plateau 黄土高原开梯田 Huangpu Drifting Pig黄浦漂猪Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [Period Novel] [Upright Values] He carved out a place for himself with his own hands. He made the yellow earth bloom with his sweat. This is a farming novel about changing the whole world through hard work! 4.1kReads8.2Score217Shelves

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    Back then, the nation was willing to sacrifice soldiers to help relocate breeding pigs; everything that needed to be done then was done. The political movements purged those who acted recklessly, and we've done what needs to be done now. We shouldn't forget these things and let this land down. Now, what we should do is raise pigs suited to this land, so that the people of this land have meat to eat!

40. 40 不 I’m Done Hiding: I Married a Tough Guy in the 1970s, and It’s Sweeter Than Ever 不装了，我穿七零嫁糙汉，甜翻 Sixteen Yue十六枂Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Completed Rugged Hero + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Everyday Life Tan Yueyue transmigrates to the 1970s. But why does she have no space, no System, and no golden finger? She’s a woman with none of the usual perks! Well, none of the special ones, anyway. Still, fate has been kind to her. She has loving parents, brothers who dote on her, and a big brother from her village who’s always there to help. Eventually, the big brother from her village helps her right into his own home. The heroine tr 1.8kReads8.7Score103Shelves
41. 41 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 Little White Down小白毫Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 479Reads—Score107Shelves

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    This is a gem of a novel I stumbled upon today. The female protagonist is reborn and immediately cuts ties with her ungrateful children, unlike other rebirth novels where she just gets beaten up a few times and then starts clinging to them again. I really enjoyed reading it. Also, unlike other rebirth novels where the whole story is just about family matters, this book focuses more on the old lady building her career after her rebirth, leading many unfortunate women to explore the unknown world and develop the county together.

42. 42 年 A Craftsperson in the Era 年代里的手艺人 The Conscienceless Little White Rabbit丧尽天良的小白兔Rural Life104k WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a memoir, I become a minor character in the world, with a System that won't awaken for another hundred years. My family background is poor, and my body is weak. I've spent my life struggling to survive. This identity makes me deeply unpopular: I can't get ahead, but I can't lie flat either. The good jobs pass me by, while all the bad luck comes my way. 4.6kReads—Score397Shelves

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    The Life of an Ordinary Person

43. 43 七 Pretty Young Educated Youth of the Seventies: My Military Husband Is as Sweet as Honey 七零俏知青：军婚老公甜如蜜 Qing Wanwan卿宛宛Modern Romance769k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Devoted Couple + Not an All-Powerful Female Lead Fantasy + Childbirth + Multiple Births + Fertility Luck + Raising Children + Sweet Romance + Alternate Setting + Good Fortune] Qin Shizhen, a hard-working public servant, died suddenly and transmigrated into the body of a minor female educated youth in a period novel. Her parents were university professors, sent down to a cowshed for reeducation because of the times. Her three 3kReads9.2Score335Shelves

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    🍒🍒🍒The female protagonist, Qin Shizhen, transmigrates into the body of a sent-down youth, facing family upheavals and the threat of being harmed by other sent-down youths. Fortunately, she is rescued and married by soldier He Lanting. There are no cheat codes or special abilities, just plenty of everyday family drama. The female protagonist is incredibly lucky, and the two share sweet and heartwarming interactions. Fans of period dramas shouldn't miss this! 😉

44. 44 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 889Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing. It has the feel of a period drama and tells the story of a lumberjack's rise to power in a Northeast forest. It is very immersive!

45. 45 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. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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    I've watched it twice already. All I can say is that this whole family is ruthless.

46. 46 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 32.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves
47. 47 七 The 1970s: I Became the Female Supporting Character's Foil in a Period Novel 七零：穿成年代文女配对照组 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted A period drama about an independent female lead, with no golden finger! She passed the high school entrance exams, but her family wouldn’t let her attend. Instead, they sent her uncle’s daughter, who had never gotten along with her, to school. Short-tempered Lin Erxia erupted into a fight. After a furious scuffle, she passed out from anger. When she woke up, she realized she seemed to have transmigrated into a book... 12.8kReads9.0Score872Shelves

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    🌳🌳🌳A period drama, no cheat codes, focusing on everyday family life. The female lead is self-serving, and the plot is logical and not exaggerated.📖① The female lead, Xu Jing'an, works in the city and refuses to go to the countryside. She prioritizes her own interests, and her family members also act in their own self-interest, without crossing any lines.📖② Jiang Xinbai, born in the countryside, lives a simple life and longs to marry into the city and have a government-supplied job. So when she first meets Yang Jingsheng, she knows her chance has come and decisively seduces him to marry him.📖③ A female lead's growth story without cheat codes. The female lead from the countryside passes the exam and gets a job in the city.📖④ The female lead is self-serving and transmigrates to the 1960s as an ordinary high school student, searching for a suitable long-term meal ticket.📖⑤ The background is a story of a real and a fake rich girl, but the plot is exciting and unconventional. The female lead has no cheat codes; she relies on her own efforts, studies hard, gets into university, majors in mathematics, and eventually becomes a cryptography expert.📖September 9: The female lead is self-serving.

48. 48 分 After Three Years Apart, She Asks for a Divorce, and the Chaste Commander Loses His Cool 分居三年提离婚，禁欲首长红了眼 Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children + no golden finger + native-born characters + life in a military compound + everyday family drama] This is not an effortless wish-fulfillment story. It’s a warm tale of personal growth, so read with care if that’s not your thing. Cen Jing Yi gives birth to her daughter prematurely and is thrown out by her in-laws. She struggles alone to raise her daughter until she’s two. Then her husband, who returned to his unit the day aft 14.4kReads8.8Score951Shelves

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    This book is really good. I feel the rating is a bit low. The beginning, with its slightly controversial aspects of interpersonal relationships, is a bit controversial, but once you see the female lead go to the military base with the male lead, it becomes incredibly good. There are only one or two oddballs in the military, and they quickly disappear. The wives in the unit are all very nice and love the female lead's daughter. It perfectly matches my image of a military compound—very heartwarming and a little funny. The female lead's daughter poops really badly and asks, "Mommy, will the aunties praise me?" The female lead thinks, "They'll praise how smelly your poop is." Aside from having a big appetite, the mother and daughter aren't overly mature for their age; they're just ordinary, mischievous kids. The female lead isn't an entrepreneur; she just found a stable job. [Please follow][Please follow][Please follow][Please follow][Heart][Heart][Heart][Heart]

49. 49 宿 Sunlight at the End of a Fated Bond 宿缘烬处有阳光 Realm of the Void太虚之境Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted Yu Fang, in her early forties, thought the hardships of her first half of life had written the whole story of her fate: a poor but brilliant student forced to drop out, a disastrous marriage that trapped her in domestic abuse, and, after her divorce, years spent raising her son alone. All that awaited her now was a lonely old age. Lü Hengyang, nearing forty, was also struggling through life. His family had fallen into decline and retreated to the mountains. After several heartbreaks, he married 27Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    A contemporary novel, depicting the midlife crisis.

50. 50 在 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 Big Head, Big Head头大头大Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.7kReads8.1Score145Shelves

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