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

1. 551 重 The Reborn Tycoon's Rise 重生之首富行 Young Master of the Yu Family于家少主Urban540k WordsCompleted Back to the turbulent 1980s! Opportunities abound, and so do wolves. In his previous life, he was honest and diligent, crushed by big business and cheated by unscrupulous merchants. He spent his life struggling to get by, only to end up with nothing and meet a miserable end. Now reborn, he brings forty years of business foresight and knows every trend before it takes off. He tears up his mediocre old life and starts over! He starts out selling goods at a vegetable market, taking advantage of his 143Reads—Score—Shelves

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   "Rebirth of the Richest Man" is a fast-paced and exciting entrepreneurial novel set in the 1980s! The protagonist seizes the opportunities of the times, starts from scratch in a vegetable market, and rises to become the richest man. It's a fast-paced and addictive story.

2. 552 从 The Daily Gossip From 1960 Onward 从1960年开始的吃瓜日常 Nanji Yaoyao南极夭夭Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Easygoing, clever heroine + refined, gentle, scheming hero; the golden finger is tiny, practically nonexistent] A modern couple has just paid off their mortgage when, after what feels like a long dream, they find themselves back in the 1960s. They have become a young couple in rural Northeast China. With no financial pressures and no lofty ambition to work hard and change the world, they stand by each other and live an ordinary life. Life's surprises arrive without warning: they learn that they 5kReads8.7Score273Shelves

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   A modern couple, dressed as a backdrop of a group of books, are set in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1960s. They live a quiet, unassuming life, observing the drama unfold from the sidelines.

3. 553 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 31.6kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
4. 554 炊 A Woman Joins the Mess Hall 炊事班来了个女同志 I'm Sang Sang我系桑桑呀Modern Romance979k WordsCompleted Meng Jinzhang never imagined that a moment of kindness spent saving someone would leave him with a wife. Changpu never imagined that one day she would leave her village in such an unbelievable way, then travel farther and farther and climb higher and higher. 10.4kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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   A historical fiction story featuring hard work, logical plot, and all characters from rural backgrounds. The female lead is like Li Ziqi, constantly learning new things and possessing excellent medical skills due to her upbringing learning medicine from her grandfather. Her personality is as resilient as her name suggests. She becomes a military doctor through her own efforts.

5. 555 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零：我成了外婆的妹妹 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing [When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A historical fiction story, about hard work and perseverance, without any special advantages or plot devices, rather uneventful.

6. 556 重 Reborn in 1976: The Village Belle Clings to Me from the Start 重生1976，开局村花赖上我 Dressed at Dawn晓妆初成Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Educated-youth story + not a wish-fulfillment tale + everyday life + reborn + master of laying low + witty and irreverent] Read with caution. In his previous life, after returning to the city, he went to college, pursued scientific research, and won award after award. But an accident left him reborn as an educated youth in a small village. This time around, he only wants to put down roots in the village and live a quiet life. But you can’t hide a pearl in the mud. He ends up making an even bigg 3.5kReads8.7Score177Shelves

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   This is a story about educated youth sent to the countryside; it's written realistically and without exaggeration... Please don't criticize if you don't like it.

7. 557 年 Period: The Wicked Stepmother Is Reborn, and Her Stepson Sons Panic 年代：恶毒后妈重生，继子们慌了 A Zi's Dream阿紫的梦Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Has a Pocket Dimension] [Taking Down the Scum] [Satisfying Read] In her previous life, under unusual circumstances, Liu Caifeng married Song Xiang, a man with a prior marriage, and brought her son with her. She devoted herself to caring for her in-laws and raising her stepson. In the end, she met a miserable fate, dying after being hit by a car. Only as she lay dying did she learn that Song Xiang had caused her son’s death. Her daughter had been sold to human traffickers by he 3.6kReads8.2Score308Shelves
8. 558 重 Back to the 1970s: A Village Girl's Path Beyond the World 重回七零年代，村女的破界之路 Green Grain Shining on the Fields青禾照野Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Elderly woman + reborn + 1970s + dumping a scumbag + no romance + family life + spatial storage] After being angered to death at the age of seventy, Zhou Qiuying is reborn in 1975. In 1975 in her previous life, Zhou Qiuying was an eighteen-year-old country girl. She gave up her secure job as an elementary school teacher to marry an educated youth sent down to the countryside. In return, her husband cruelly abandoned her after passing the college entrance exam, and her loved ones died tragical 168Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a very good book. It's a story set in rural Northeast China, filled with simple and honest tales, mostly about everyday family life. It's perfect for people who enjoy a slower pace of life.

9. 559 六 The Good Life in the Sixties: Farming with Adorable Pets 六零好生活，跟着萌宠忙种田 Snow Melts, Moonlight Shimmers雪融月溶溶Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + a child’s growth + strengthening the nation through technology] Lying flat in the 1960s with an interstellar System? Just as Daya and her star-beast companion Hongge had settled into a comfortable life, the System…crashed! Her star-beast companion was forced to transmigrate into a sickly boy from the capital, and even became her nominal “little uncle”? Her golden finger worked only sometimes, her body was frail, and the circumstances were pressing. They had no choice but to re 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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   710,000 words, written in a style reminiscent of a certain online novel, the story is driven by plot, not a formulaic or mindless story, featuring a cute child growing up and the advancement of science and technology in the nation.

10. 560 重 Reborn: I’m Done Being a Good Daughter 重生，从不做好女儿开始 A Niu Who Loves Grass爱吃草的阿牛Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted The story of a peasant woman who, after being reborn, slowly comes to terms with reality and grows into the best version of herself. Li Xiaorong spent her whole life trying to be a good person. First, she tried to be a good daughter, then, unwillingly and against her will, let her mother force her into a marriage exchange for her brother. After her husband died in an accident, she listened to her mother and remarried, becoming the wife of a man with three children. She supported her husband’s ca 163Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    An ordinary rural woman, who had been manipulated by her parents her whole life, found her meaning in life after being reborn.

11. 561 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score639Shelves

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    🌻🌻If the male lead dies, the female lead will also die within seven days. In order to survive, she earns money while others earn fame, she breaks up fights when the male lead gets into them, she throws herself into his arms, the male lead dodges, and she falls to the ground, her eyes red and tears streaming down her face. She looks up at Tan Yunqian and asks, "Why did you dodge?"

12. 562 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: An Easygoing Life of Getting Rich in the Eighties 穿书八零，咸鱼致富日常 Si Er Er四贰二Modern Romance478k WordsOngoing Transmigrate into a book + spatial storage + period setting + parallel world + everyday life After ten years of hard work, real estate agent Xu Loubai has recently been having strange dreams. The scenes in her dreams make her think the apocalypse is about to begin, so she spends all her savings preparing to stock up on supplies. But when she wakes up, she has transmigrated into a period novel as its tragic female supporting character. Watch her rewrite her fate, turn her life around, and become 16Reads5.6Score—Shelves

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    The story is about a rare find: the female protagonist goes to university in another city alone and gradually enriches herself.

13. 563 那 Those Years, Those People, Those Things 那些年，那些人，那些事 Shang Xiao尚笑Urban221k WordsOngoing Not reborn, no System, no transmigration. That year, Yun Sheng was sixteen. He wanted to go to school, but his family was too poor. He wanted to drop out, but his father wouldn’t let him. He took to fighting, targeting only those delinquent students who bullied the weak. After enduring hardship, thirty-five years later, Yun Sheng is happy, yet still wishes he could return to that year, to the same village, the same people, and the same events. Looking back on that year, as time’s light stretched 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Striving for realism, searching for that memory.

14. 564 年 The Villainous Tycoon's Wife, Who Died Young in a Period Novel, Is Reborn 年代文反派大佬的早逝前妻重生了 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Sweet-looking black-hearted flower x cold on the outside, warm-hearted, pure-hearted little stray dog” After dying, Zhou Yu unexpectedly learns that she is merely a cannon-fodder side character in a book, while Gu Ye is the story's biggest villain. In the book, she dies in childbirth, and Gu Ye raises their child alone at the bottom of society. Later, Gu Ye makes his fortune and becomes one of the richest men in Shenzhen. Zhou Yu feels reassured when she reads this. Though she and Gu Ye married 6.4kReads8.7Score558Shelves
15. 565 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score220Shelves

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    Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! Don't look at the score! I recommend a different kind of period drama. It's the story of a group of people born in the 1970s growing up. In that wild and untamed era, everyone was striving and fighting for tomorrow. Friendship, family, love, business warfare, and scheming. It's very good. Readers who are tired of Tomato's formulaic and overly exciting novels should definitely check this out. You won't regret it.

16. 566 莲 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 My Left Eyelid Keeps Twitching左眼皮跳啊跳Modern Romance318k WordsOngoing Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 567 一 I Woke Up! An Orphaness Strikes It Rich with Billions in Supplies 一睁眼！孤女携亿万物资暴富了 Mu Cheng幕橙Modern Romance669k WordsCompleted [Completed + period setting + educated youth sent to the countryside + stockpiling + clear-eyed heroine who firmly rejects emotional manipulation and is allergic to romance VS a dark, devoted male lead who plays the pig to eat the tiger and is every bit as calculating as she is] Pei Wanning had the same dream for a whole month. In it, she was an unwanted punching bag, abused by her parents with insults at best and beatings at worst. Fortunately, her aunt and uncle couldn't stand to watch, and to 12kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
18. 568 老 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.5kReads8.9Score270Shelves

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    No space, no system, no cheat codes

19. 569 错 Wrongly Married in 1975: The Rugged Man and the Sophisticated Beauty 错嫁1975：糙汉与御姐 Wan Qian, Who Loves Cantonese Soup爱吃广府汤的万千帝主Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + marriage first, love later + farming + cuisine] [Realistic and down-to-earth + slice of life + light comedy + heartwarming] Qiao Yujie, a 34-year-old elite doctor. During the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, she bowed nine times to her ancestors, and five thousand strings of firecrackers burned to ash Then she was gone. When she opened her eyes again, it was 1975, and she was being "packed off" to marry a man in a military district. Her fiancé had gone fro 181.2kReads8.3Score25.7kShelves

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    It's not flashy, but rather realistic, focusing on life wisdom and a slow, steady approach, without any melodramatic elements.

20. 570 抛 Leaving the Plot Behind, I Climb the Career Ladder in the 1970s 抛开剧情我在七零升职加薪 Yu Isn't a Fish愉不是鱼Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [Period drama + transmigration into a drama + adored by everyone + changing the plot + career advancement and a pay raise + devoted to one another] Yun Xi had only just become a college student when she stayed up all night watching a period drama recommended by a friend. She woke up to discover she was the female lead, who had the most screen time and shared her name! The heroine had suffered her whole life, only to forgive this person and that person in the end, radiating saintly kindness from 5.5kReads7.9Score323Shelves

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    The female protagonist has sound values ​​and is intelligent. She doesn't have any special advantages, doesn't go to the black market, doesn't go to the countryside, works hard and steadily, and lives a simple life. In the end, she gets a promotion and a raise.

21. 571 生 Crying Through Childbirth, I’m Spoiled by a Powerful Man in the 1990s 生崽痛哭，我在九零被大佬宠上天 The Dark Circles Aren't Dark黑眼圈不黑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + sweet romance + family life + building wealth + devoted one-on-one couple] Everyone at Big Willow Courtyard knew Gu Lin was a reckless hooligan who brought misfortune to his relatives. They warned their children to stay away from him, or they'd end up unlucky too. Mu Ning transmigrated into a period novel as the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a major supporting character. Her original body's fate was to die in childbirth. She touched her four-month baby bump and trembled with fe 7.9kReads8.7Score497Shelves

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    Highly recommended (๑>◡<๑)👍🏻, the female lead becomes rich by making delicious food🥰, extremely rare💯

22. 572 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend "The Sun and Moon in the Steamer," a simple and sincere historical novel with no melodramatic plot twists, time travel, or reincarnation. [As time flows and years pass, what changes is the fleeting years, but what remains constant is the warmth of human life. A person's life is actually like steaming buns; if the heat is right, they'll be cooked; if not, they'll be raw even when the lid is lifted.]

23. 573 重 Reborn in 1982: This Rogue Refuses to Become a Street Loafer 重生八二：浪子绝不做街溜子 What Is There to Eat吃的是什么Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Chen Weiguo is reborn on October 24, 1982, the day before his family falls apart. In his previous life, he was a no-good drifter: idle and irresponsible. He caused his wife and daughter to die tragically, and after his family was shattered, he had no choice but to leave home. He worked hard all his life, only to die alone. This time, he has the chance to start over. Life may be tough, but he's determined to shake off his reputation as a drifter and give his family a good life. Once despised by e 42.6kReads7.7Score4kShelves

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    👍👍👍[Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf][Add one to bookshelf]

24. 574 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Taking My Whole Family to Grow Rich Through Farming 穿到六零年代，带上全家种田致富 Wan Qiuqiu婉秋秋Modern Romance409k WordsOngoing One-on-one romance + period setting + no angst + farming + food + raising kids + everyday family life + reborn + transmigrate Lin Rui’s business failed, leaving her buried in debt. She chose to end it all by suicide, only to wake up in the impoverished 1960s, where food and clothing were scarce. Then she unexpectedly acquired a pocket dimension. This rotten world is amazing. The heroine’s family all have sound values. The heroine does too, but she’s also shameless. She doesn’t like causing troub 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is truly about diligently farming. The female protagonist doesn't have a special ability, but she loves picking mushrooms, digging for wild vegetables and medicinal herbs in the mountains. She even learned to hunt. Because her business failed, even knowing the course of history, she wouldn't dare to do business recklessly. She's not poor, but she lives a fulfilling and content life, always finding ways to cook delicious food for her family and treat herself and her loved ones. The female protagonist enjoys her current life, feeling peaceful and grounded. Her family has incredibly positive values, and the stories are all about everyday family matters. The female protagonist even argues with the village aunties.

25. 575 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 32.7kReads9.1Score4.4kShelves

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    She worked hard and passed the exam to get a job at the town's supply and marketing cooperative, but her mother sold her to a scoundrel next door for 200 yuan. She never told her parents she had a job, and on the second day of her marriage, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative with her new household registration. Not only did she receive government-subsidized food rations, but she also had a caring and devoted husband. She was not only diligent and responsible at work, but she also earned extra money on the black market. In everyone's eyes, Yang Rui seemed like a kept man, but in reality, she was quietly making a fortune and had a partner who took good care of her.

26. 576 穿 Book Transmigration: The Beloved Little Nobody of the 1980s 穿书：八零团宠小废物 Udumbara Bright Moon优昙明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qi Yunyi opens her eyes and discovers that she has transmigrated into a book as the vicious female supporting character. In the early part of the story, she relentlessly bullies the male supporting character; in the middle, she relentlessly emotionally manipulates him; and later, she relentlessly curses his entire family. The male supporting character she bullies has the male lead for an older brother and the female lead for a sister-in-law. He’ll grow up to be a heartthrob himself, and most imp 2.8kReads8.5Score242Shelves

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    The protagonist is dressed as a child, but with the mindset of that age. They have a group of friends and help their parents strengthen their bond. Books like Tomato's are relatively rare (in my opinion), and this one is quite interesting.

27. 577 长 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母，亦如父！ Zi Bingfeng紫冰枫Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 41.8kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves

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    A very realistic and unpretentious period drama.

28. 578 七 The 1970s: A Man Who Transmigrated Into a Book Falls in Love with a Young Educated Woman! 七零：穿书男和女知青恋爱了！ Long Huahua龙花花Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted From the heroine's perspective: Lin Jiajia was framed by a friend and put on a special train carrying educated youths to the Northeast. The moment she got on, she ran into a pervert who wouldn't stop staring at her. Lin Jiajia glared fiercely at him once, and from then on, she spent her life in the countryside glaring at people nonstop. From the hero's perspective: Ye Yunzhou was a man who had transmigrated into a book. The first time he met the heroine, he just kept staring at her. After gettin 3.9kReads9.0Score344Shelves

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    Very hardworking, very down-to-earth, and very good-looking! [Licking screen][licking screen][licking screen] ① A transmigrated male protagonist falls in love at first sight with a female protagonist who is an educated youth, kicks out the hypocritical male protagonist, and takes his place. [Flying kiss][flying kiss][flying kiss] ② A soldier meets the female protagonist through a traditional blind date, and the soldier falls in love at first sight with her, pursuing her with a clueless attitude. [Licking screen][licking screen][licking screen] ③ An ancient lady's soul transmigrates, and a hoodlum male protagonist is online, making his career a success. [Admiration][admiration][admiration]

29. 579 八 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚，死对头成了妻管严 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 13.5kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
30. 580 我 My Daily Gossip in a Siheyuan [The 1970s] 我在四合院的吃瓜日常【七零】 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting + courtyard compound + gossip-watching + light ensemble cast] When Shen Miaomiao wakes up, she finds herself as a cannon-fodder character in a period novel. According to the plot, she will be forced to go to the countryside, where the village chief's son sets his sights on her and forcibly marries her, eventually beating her to death. Knowing the plot, Shen Miaomiao is determined: “I’m not going to the countryside. Absolutely not. No matter what, I’m not going!” Then she starts l 7.4kReads8.2Score357Shelves
31. 581 风 The Playboy and the Five Golden Flowers 风流之子与五朵金花 Thirteen of Me十三个我Urban420k WordsCompleted [Completed] If you happened to click on this, please read a few more pages, or even a few dozen, and help boost my stats. Thanks for your support! This is the story of a group of people who came from elsewhere to work and put down roots in Zhuhai. They fall in love, get married, buy homes, and have children. The first half covers their lives up to marriage. The second half explores marriage, human nature, changes in society, and growing up in middle age. This novel has a calm and gentle tone, pe 83Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can check out mine; it's not too flashy.

32. 582 六 The 1960s: A Fair-skinned Beauty, Self-Interest Is Her Nature 六零凝脂美人，心机利己是本色 Kuo Luo De He Bing阔洛得喝冰Modern Romance473k WordsOngoing Lin Ranqiu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a nine-year-old little girl. There are four children in the family: her ten-year-old elder sister and brother, twins, and eight-year-old Yaozong, who cries and throws tantrums. The original owner is stuck awkwardly in the middle, unloved and ignored. Fortunately, the transmigration deity from Tomato gives her a golden finger: dew gathers at her fingertips, restoring her beauty. And with her arsenal of green-tea lines, she shines just as brightly 10kReads8.6Score599Shelves
33. 583 我 I’m an Accountant in the 1970s 我在七零做会计 Sweeping Streets in Leather Shoes穿皮鞋扫大街Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Building a Career + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + System] Zhang Nianchu was a modern-day office drone doomed to a life of overtime. After dozing off at work, she opened her eyes and found herself in a period novel, in the body of someone with the same name and job as her. Even worse, the original owner's fate was tragic… Determined to change her destiny, Zhang Nianchu pulled out all the stops. She not only rose to the top of her career, but also 207Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    Work hard and steadily to build your career

34. 584 七 In the 1970s, I Was Reborn and Became My Enemy’s Most Cherished One 七零之重生后我成了仇人的心头肉 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted (One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Reborn + Family Life + Building Wealth + Both Leads Are Each Other's Only Partner) Ni Xiaoxiao never dreamed she'd get another chance at life. Xu Lian was her family's enemy in her previous life, and his position remains firmly established in this one. He's still an immovable force. But since she's already here, and she can't fight someone stronger than her, Ni Xiaoxiao has no choice but to use her charms. She's determined to make that jerk 915Reads8.3Score103Shelves
35. 585 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 224Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is based on true experiences; it's not exaggerated, it's very realistic.

36. 586 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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    🍒The female lead in this book is truly hardworking; earning money honestly and steadily is no exaggeration. In her past life, her husband was extravagant, lending money to anyone—his brothers, even when they were starving. Reborn back to the time when her husband would lend out large sums of money, she preemptively used the money to buy a house!

37. 587 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Educated Youth Turned Army Wife Is Doted On 军婚甜蜜蜜：知青军嫂被宠上天 Wen Yanyan文宴宴Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Both Leads Devoted to Each Other + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Love After Marriage + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Revenge] Little farm owner Shen An Nian accidentally transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a powerful figure in the military and political world. After three years of marriage, she dies a miserable death far from home. Shen An Nian: ... What did she ever do to deserve being sent here to suffer? Looking at her husband's perfectly chis 2kReads8.9Score202Shelves

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    Completed. The female lead is a military wife. At home, she relied on her own abilities to become a commune cadre and lead her fellow villagers out of poverty. After joining the military, she ran a factory in the army, creating jobs for military wives and providing employment for disabled veterans. It's very inspiring.

38. 588 重 Reborn in 1980: The Heroine Turns Over a New Leaf 重生1980：女主她浪子回头了 Er Lanlan贰蓝蓝Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Xing was manipulated by her family into leaving for the city. She abandoned her husband and children! After working herself to the bone for more than a decade, all the money she earned was spent by those ungrateful wolves! In the end, she died miserable and alone. Reborn into a new life, she discovered that her son was smart and capable, her daughter lively and adorable, and even her husband was devastatingly handsome. She cursed her past self for being a fool. Why had s 617Reads8.8Score101Shelves

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    No system, no special abilities, no cheat codes—the female protagonist is reborn. In her previous life, she abandoned her husband and two children to return to the city. Reborn, she will never do that again. Seizing the opportunities of the 1980s, she starts a business by setting up a stall; the career storyline is also well-developed. Her daughter is also very protective of her mother; when they encounter bad guys, she throws stones to protect her.

39. 589 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 27.9kReads7.0Score2.5kShelves

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    The baby arrived the second month after they got back together. The day Ye Qingzhi found out she was pregnant, He Shaoyan was training. She called him, and he answered, breathless: "What's up?" She said, "You're going to be a father." There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the line, then she heard him shout to the entire company, "Stop training, everyone! My wife's pregnant!" He rushed home that night, his eyes red.

40. 590 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: The Little Army Wife Builds a Business and Makes a Fortune 八零军婚：小军嫂搞事业赚麻了 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Professional Comeback Queen + Everyday Struggles of Ordinary People] In 1983, in a parallel world, Ye Yuer came from a fashionable stylist to an “old maid” who had just returned to the city with no household registration and no job. To solve her registration problem, her family urged her to find a man through matchmaking and get married. So she decided to become a barber and earn a living on her own. Zhou Xu came home on leave a 881Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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    🍓The female protagonist in the first book really got rich in a down-to-earth way. After returning to the city from being a sent-down youth, she started by selling vegetables to earn money, and then did part-time hairdressing. Her daily income from selling vegetables went from one or two yuan to more than ten or twenty yuan. She was very down-to-earth.

41. 591 六 The Little Public Security Officer from the 1960s Loves Watching the Drama Unfold 六零小公安爱看热闹 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance967k WordsCompleted [Period setting + everyday family life + watching the drama unfold] Jiang Nansheng had just left the military and was all alone. Longing for a lively atmosphere, she deliberately chose an especially lively job: a young policewoman at the local police station. As soon as she arrived, she knew instinctively that she'd come to the right place. It really was incredibly lively, with gossip cropping up every day. Getting paid to enjoy the drama was an absolute delight... When she got older, she went o 6.3kReads8.4Score578Shelves
42. 592 八 The Courtyard House of the 1980s 八零烟霞宿舍院子家 Waiting for You Here原地等你Modern Romance452k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Ordinary Life + Ensemble Cast + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Slice of Life + Teachers + Small Joys] Colleagues getting along, marriage and family, the path of an ordinary life, the warmth of everyday life, little joys and great happiness. In the 1980s, several young people who had never known one another before meet in the staff dormitory of a teacher-training school... Xiao Ning is laid-back and straightforward, carefree and openhearted. She moved here with her family —Reads9.3Score—Shelves

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    A piece written in the original era, full of the warmth and life of everyday people.

43. 593 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生七零：媳妇有点辣 Verdant Willow Hues青青柳色Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted In her past life, Jiang Xiaonuan earned a place at university, only for her own sister to steal it. Then her sister and her scumbag boyfriend teamed up to frame her. Her sister went on to become the elegant, respectable wife of a high-ranking official, while Jiang Xiaonuan spent her life in poverty and misery. Reborn at the end of the 1970s, Jiang Xiaonuan punches her scumbag ex, kicks her heartless sister to the curb, and gets thrown out by her cruel mother. She takes down every rotten jerk who 5.3kReads9.0Score624Shelves

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    None of these books are particularly exaggerated. In the first one, the female protagonist becomes wealthy through her own efforts. I really like the female protagonist's character in the second book; she's a sent-down youth, and her parents are also very kind, especially her father and the male protagonist, who become like brothers after getting drunk. The third book is more realistic.

44. 594 都 I'm Reborn, So Who Would Still Marry Into His Wife's Family? 都重生了，谁还倒插门？ Dreaming Myself Drunk梦自醉倒Urban611k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Countryside, Space, Building Wealth, No Simping] Hao Weiguo was starved to death by his three stepsons at the old family home in a mountain village. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and found himself back in a cornfield in the 1980s. There he met the most important woman in his life. That day marked the turning point in his tragic fate... For the woman he couldn't stop thinking about, in an era when communal meals made life especially hard, Hao Weiguo knew she was a widow with three 396Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    Rebirth Era is a really good show!!

45. 595 笑 Smiling as I Ask the Pagoda Tree About the Past 笑向槐花问前事 Waiting for You Here原地等你Modern Romance742k WordsCompleted (Sweet romance in the 1970s, cherished by everyone, educated youth sent to the countryside, traditional family medicine, special missions, upright values, deep love for the country and its people, childhood sweethearts, brothers who watch each other's backs, a golden finger used only for survival and convenience, viewed from the sidelines, not a strong female lead) A pair of watches became her space train car. After waking from a dream with seven days' worth of hazy memory fragments, she headed 787Reads9.1Score104Shelves
46. 596 六 Six Sisters: Liu Meixin’s Very Different Life 六姊妹之刘美心的别样人生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Female-Channel Fanfiction536k WordsCompleted The period drama Six Sisters is currently airing. As I watched, I couldn't help feeling that the fate of the six sisters' mother, Liu Meixin, was unfair. Never mind how hard life was in that era: simply giving birth to six children as a woman already made her exceptional. It was no easy feat. And yet her life was full of misfortune. So I dared to imagine that, even if we couldn't change the era she was born in, we could give her a powerful mindset: one that was confident, independent, and ahead 200Reads6.6Score—Shelves
47. 597 我 I Have a Gossip System. Only a Fool Would Go to the Countryside 我有吃瓜系统，脑袋秀逗了才下乡 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Min transmigrated into the body of a seventeen-year-old girl with the same name. She had an older brother expected to support the family, younger twin siblings, and parents who doted on neither her nor each other. She looked at her aggressive younger sister, then at her biased mother, who insisted that since Zhou Min had grown up in the countryside, being sent down to the countryside would be no trouble for her. Zhou Min lowered her head and said timidly, “I understand. I’ll go to the count 3.8kReads7.3Score229Shelves
48. 598 娇 The Gorgeous Educated Youth Was So Irresistible, the Rugged Man Carried Her Home to Spoil Her 娇美知青太招人，被糙汉扛回家宠 Long-Necked Little Deer长颈小鹿Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [No Golden Finger] After finishing middle or high school, educated youths struggle to find jobs. To address unemployment in the cities, the leaders make the important decision to send young people to the countryside. Under this policy, Xu Jinan is sent to Lujiagou to join the rural workforce. There, she meets Lu Zhouye, a taciturn man destined to be alone forever. But who is this person acting like a doting housewife now? In a nutshell: an old house catching fire, nothing can be done about it. W 1.2kReads8.7Score108Shelves
49. 599 恶 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生：从街道办到省委大院 Like a Flower, Not Like Jade如花不似玉Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.8kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
50. 600 快 Quick Transmigration: The Heiress Is Selfish and Self-Serving 快穿：大小姐她自私自利 Bustling S熙熙攘攘SModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through period dramas + self-interest + sweet romance + golden finger + no rescuing the poor + no saintly heroine + no becoming a stepmother + no adopting children + no fixed love interest] Some worlds may have no romantic pairing. The heroine retains no memories of her quick-transmigration worlds, but she does remember her first life as a wealthy heiress. Her golden finger is assigned at random. 1. The little childhood sweetheart manipulated in the 1960s 2. The village gir 11.9kReads8.8Score776Shelves

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