Looking for a Period Novel Where the Protagonist Is a Clear-Headed Bystander Who Doesn't Clash with the Original Female Lead 求年代文，以路人甲的身份和原女主没有冲突，清醒

1. 1 七 A 1970s Book's Cannon-Fodder Background Character's Everyday Life 七零穿书炮灰路人甲的日常 Bu Kaka布卡卡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + transmigrate + pocket dimension + everyday family life + making a fortune + watching the drama unfold As a modern-day corporate drone who’d given up on life, Xu Jianian woke from her lunch break and found herself completely dumbfounded. Looking at the old-fashioned green train before her, she wondered, Where on earth have I ended up? After figuring things out, she learned she’d transmigrated into a period novel, and she was a cannon-fodder character wh 21.4kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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   I've been reading this book recently. The female lead is very cautious and guarded, unlike those seemingly ordinary people who are actually quite conspicuous.

2. 2 在 Surviving in the 1960s 在六零年代求生存 Gentle Emperor温和也天子Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [Period drama + one-on-one romance + devoted couple] Ming Jia has just finished her college entrance exams in the modern era when her parents divorce, leaving her an apartment building to rent out. She becomes a landlady with no worries about food or clothing. During university, she gets a storage dimension. One day, she suddenly dreams of life in the 1960s and hurriedly stocks up on supplies. Later, she transmigrates to the 1960s. Her family includes her parents, older brother and sister-in-law 2.4kReads8.5Score168Shelves

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   ✨✨The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1960s. Before transmigrating, she discovered she had a spatial dimension filled with a lot of things. After transmigrating, her family is harmonious and there are no difficult characters, but because she can't find work, she and her sister go to the countryside. On the train, she discovers she's transmigrated into a book, but the female protagonist doesn't get involved in the original male and female leads' affairs; she's purely an observer.

3. 3 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 190.3kReads9.2Score13.6kShelves

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   Personally, I think these books are quite good. I read them all in one go and put them on my bookshelf. Those interested can check them out. Especially the last one; even the supporting characters who are aware of the truth live quite comfortably. [Heart emojis]

4. 4 重 Reborn in the 1970s! I Won't Marry an Officer, I'll Marry a Disabled Tycoon 重生七零！不嫁军官，嫁残疾大佬 Jiu Xi玖熹Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Mutually Faithful Couple] [Adorable Baby] [Devoted Husband] [Satisfying Face-Slapping] Qiao Zhiyi, the fake heiress, and the real heiress were both reborn. In her previous life, Qiao Zhiyi married an outstanding military officer. Her husband rose steadily through the ranks and had a bright career. They became the model couple everyone envied. Meanwhile, the real heiress, who had grown up in the countryside, married a veteran. After he was injured, he was left with a disabled ar 5.8kReads9.1Score624Shelves
5. 5 娇 The Sweetheart Calls Off the Engagement, and the Rough Commander Couldn't Be Happier 娇娇一退婚，糙汉首长笑麻了 Smiling Warmth笑暖意Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1970s + military marriage + spiritual spring space] [The heroine is stunningly beautiful, the most beautiful in the book, and she only gets prettier!] After finally defeating eighty-eight other heirs, Tang Nianhuan became the sole designated successor to a family of traditional medicine practitioners. She was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success when she opened her eyes and found herself in a novel set in the 1970s, as a cannon-fodder supporting female cha 824Reads8.5Score109Shelves
6. 6 军 A Whirlwind Military Marriage: Reborn on Our Wedding Night 军婚超甜，重生回到新婚夜 Gathering Fullness in the Mist雾里折满Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + period setting + mutual devotion + sweet romance] Shen Qiaoyue was reborn. In her previous life, her best friend deceived her, and a scumbag sweet-talked her into divorcing him. After using her to climb to the top, he reported her family, bringing about their deaths. The scumbag still wasn't satisfied. He sold her to human traffickers, where she was abused and contracted a shameful disease before being thrown into the water to drown. Her spirit wandered aimlessly until her ex-husband 625Reads7.5Score105Shelves
7. 7 七 Military Life in the 1970s: Gathering Seafood on the Island, Then a Stunning Beauty Arrives 七零随军赶海，岛上来了个大美人 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted The story has just started. Once there are more chapters and we get some likes and comments from you lovely readers, the rating will climb quickly! [Period Setting + Love at First Sight + Four-Year Age Gap + Military Marriage + Food and Coastal Foraging + Storage Space] On the island, He Nanfeng receives a telegram from City B. The first reads: “Son, the girl your grandmother arranged for you to marry when you were young has come of age. Just letting you know. The Su family has already sent her 1.7kReads7.4Score128Shelves
8. 8 炮 The Cannon-Fodder Educated Youth Survives to the Pinnacle of Life 炮灰知青苟到人生巅峰 I'm One Pinch of Cumin Away from Barbecue我与烤肉就差一撮孜然Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Hu Jiao Jiao transmigrated into Hu Jiao Jiao, a cannon-fodder character who barely appeared a few times before getting written out. She decided to do her best to survive, but how did she end up with everything under the sun? 9.7kReads8.9Score607Shelves
9. 9 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后，配角夫妻下乡当知青 White Star Heavenly Bamboo白星天竺Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 25.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
10. 10 夫 A Couple Transmigrates Together: Raising Kids and Getting Rich in the 1960s 夫妻双穿：六零养娃致富忙 Yunyun's Guest Beneath the Banana Tree云云蕉下客Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting + System + pocket dimension + transmigrate + couple transmigrates together + lots of children] An unexpected car accident sent Lin Wanqing transmigrating into a book, specifically a story about someone being reborn in the 1960s and turning their life around. Fortunately, she had a golden finger. But who could tell her what use a palace-intrigue System could possibly be in this particular era? What? The System could be upgraded too? That feature... she could just about a 12.5kReads8.3Score880Shelves

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    The female lead and her husband are in the capital. The original female lead was the daughter of the male lead's distant cousin. [Gossip] The female lead and her husband only appear in the conversations of the original female lead and the supporting female character. They are marginal figures, without even a proper name.

11. 11 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... 12.5kReads9.0Score855Shelves

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    Lin Erxia's defiant and self-assured personality is very engaging. In fact, people should be like that: speak up when you should speak up, fight for what you should fight for, and leave no regrets. The female lead's father's personality is also very interesting!

12. 12 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s, a Background Character Takes a Front-Row Seat to the Gossip 穿越六零，路人甲站在吃瓜一线 Mei Qianxun梅千寻Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted Meng Tian knows she's transmigrated. She has barely opened her eyes when she hears the medical staff beside her calling her "comrade" over and over, and realizes she's probably had the worst luck imaginable. Sure enough, her guess was almost exactly right. All she wanted was some barbecue, but she wound up catching someone else's last train in life and taking a trip through time. Wasn't it nice enough to graduate, live off the inheritance her parents left her, and lie flat while collecting ren 2.9kReads8.8Score244Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a random passerby, not participating in the main plot, but living her own happy and prosperous life. [Heart emojis]

13. 13 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Sixties: A Carefree Life as a Military Wife 穿书六零，躺赢的随军生活 Prince Xi Who Loves Sesame Cakes爱吃麻糕的曦郡王Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + pocket dimension + military marriage] She thought it would be a simple transmigration, and that all she had to do was be herself. Later, she discovered that there were other transmigrators here, too. Everyone thought they were the protagonist, and one bizarre stunt after another kept unfolding. Afraid of getting caught up in it all, Qian Yufei hurried to honor her engagement and join the army as a military wife. Only then did she realize this was a 3.5kReads6.9Score219Shelves

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    ✨✨The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1960s and inherits a small space from her grandmother, which is only for storing things. Later, she discovers she's not just a random passerby in a book. The male and female protagonists have a verbal engagement and meet through photographs. The male protagonist is a soldier. The story is fairly ordinary, without many extraordinary characters.

14. 14 双 Twin Sisters Take on the 1970s 双胎姐妹花勇闯七零年代 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance543k WordsCompleted [Period Drama] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside] [No Female Rivalry] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] In 1970, twin sisters Lin Xiaoyang and Lin Xiaoyue were forced to go down to the countryside to make room for their younger brother. They arrived at Baishan Village in Northeast China, where they earned respect through hard work and sincerity and fell in love with Zhou Jianjun and Zhou Jianguo, the village chief's sons. The four formed a study group, pori 3.7kReads8.4Score311Shelves
15. 15 穿 I Became Invisible, Married a Rugged Man, and Got Pampered to the Heavens 穿成透明人，我嫁糙汉被宠上天 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted When Lin Wan opened her eyes, she had become the second daughter of the Lin family in 1969, unloved by both her parents and facing the prospect of being sent to the countryside. Would a modern soul just sit back and accept her fate? After failing to find a suitable match, she decisively packed up the belongings she'd “borrowed,” signed up to go to the countryside, and headed straight for the familiar Northeast. Once there, she had a clear goal: avoid grueling labor and settle down as quickly as 5.8kReads8.2Score461Shelves
16. 16 小 Spring and Autumn in the Courtyard: My Wife Isn’t the Sharpest Tool in the Shed 小院春秋：我的媳妇不太聪明 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance543k WordsCompleted [Historical Fiction] [Everyday Family Life] [Marriage Before Love] In the autumn of 1965, Lin Xiuxiu, who had been simple-minded for eighteen years, fell into a river while chasing after her fiancé, who had gone to the city to work at a factory. When she woke up, memories of another lifetime had appeared in her mind. She was still not very clever, but she was no longer a fool. Once clearheaded, Xiuxiu saw through her childhood sweetheart’s callousness and resolved to make the most of her life. S 6.5kReads7.2Score500Shelves
17. 17 炮 The Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character’s Manual for Going to the Countryside in the 1960s 炮灰女配六零下乡手册 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted [Two reborn heroines + sent to the countryside to farm + food + slow burn + mutual healing + each shines in her own way] Lin Zhiqiu never dreamed that, as a modern food blogger, she would not only transmigrate, but end up inside a novel set in a bygone era as the cannon-fodder supporting female character who clung to the male lead and was ultimately abandoned. In the original story, Shen Qingqing, the family compound’s darling, lost both her parents and was schemed against by her relatives. Forc 2.4kReads—Score186Shelves
18. 18 七 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder, I Sold the Family Home to Go to the Countryside 七零：穿成炮灰把家卖了去下乡 Tang Xia棠夏Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Seventies setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + sent down to the Northeast countryside + no goody-two-shoes heroine + incredible martial prowess + doted on by everyone + everyday family life + building wealth + making money + crushing scumbags She woke up to find herself transmigrated into a book as a minor character with no parents. What! This character is also a hopeless romantic? How annoying! When has Lu Wensheng ever needed anyone else to tell her how to live? With a pocke 58.1kReads8.9Score6.5kShelves

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    He transmigrated into a book as cannon fodder, became good friends with the female lead, and his companions each had their own strengths.

19. 19 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 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book features a protagonist with high intelligence, but its rating is a bit low due to fewer ratings. It primarily depicts the warm 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 too many awful characters. It feels like 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.

20. 20 路 Even a Background Character Is Better Than a Cannon Fodder 路人甲也好过炮灰 Mom of Junjun and Tongtong珺珺彤彤的妈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted There are countless beauties across the country, and plenty of people dream of transmigrating and making their mark. So why did it have to be me? At least I’m only a nobody. And I even got a little golden finger! This really is a silver lining! The first book is complete. While you’re here, check out the next one, now updating: "Republican-Era Assassin, Shaking Like a Leaf". 10.5kReads8.9Score581Shelves

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    The female protagonist and her sister worked hard to make a good living during their time in the countryside.

21. 21 七 The 1970s: Raising Kids After Marrying a Rugged Veteran in My Pocket Dimension 七零空间：嫁给退伍糙汉后养崽崽 Jade on South Mountain南山有玉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Driving a domestic car packed with supplies, Lin Yue accidentally barges into the 1970s and becomes a spoiled, troublemaking cannon-fodder character in a book. She’s about to abandon her husband and child and head back to the city for a comfortable life? Having read the book, Lin Yue knows that returning to the city would be walking straight into a trap, so she decisively stays and keeps up her spoiled ways. But why does her reputation get better the more trouble she makes? And why have the book 1.5kReads8.6Score101Shelves

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    Both are period dramas, and both feature characters with special abilities (like cheat codes). There aren't any major flaws, and the author's writing is quite good. The plots aren't too drawn out either. If you like period dramas, you should check them out. I absolutely loved the second book; I finished it in a few days straight. Highly recommended, everyone!!!

22. 22 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: So Sweet! My Lovely Stepmom Is Expecting 七零军婚：爆甜！娇软后妈太好孕 December-十二月-Modern Romance649k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + substitute bride + personal space + marriage before love + doting husband + powerful leads + everyday child-rearing] Wen Wan was a top mechanical infantry soldier across the stars, ruthless and talkative. The mechs she built packed incredible firepower. After an accident, she transmigrated to the resource-poor 1970s and became a military wife whose husband was never home. When she opened her eyes, a man radiating masculinity was lying beside her. Wen Wan felt his young, vigo 2.5kReads8.7Score260Shelves
23. 23 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Clear-Eyed Supporting Female's Happy Life 重生八零，清醒女配的幸福生活 Yu Yu Qing鱼鱼卿Modern Romance962k WordsCompleted Shi Qiushui transmigrated. The good news: she has an incomparable beauty, a handsome and wealthy husband, and in-laws who treat her especially well. The bad news: she’s a hopeless romantic. For a man who has nothing but sweet talk, she’s willing to give up this wonderful life, become the second wife of another man, work as an unpaid nanny, and forage for wild vegetables... After transmigrating into the story, she unexpectedly discovers that she’s the foil to her second older sister. She’s squand 738Reads5.5Score101Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥Don't be fooled by the low rating; it's only temporary. The female lead, after transmigrating, discovers she's the comparison point to her second sister! 😱 The second sister's journey starts slow but ends fast. She first works as a sent-down youth in the countryside, then through her own efforts, she passes the college entrance exam, returns to the city for university, and achieves success in both love and career. The original protagonist, on the other hand, has a tumultuous start but a drastic decline. A hopeless romantic, she abandons her handsome and wealthy husband for a man who's all talk and no action, ending up digging for wild vegetables and working as someone else's free nanny. 😤

24. 24 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: A Useless Woman’s Lie-Flat Life in the 1970s 穿书七零：小废物的躺平人生 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Little Cannon Fodder X Delinquent Second Male Lead] A prediction came true: after graduating from college and returning home to lie flat, Wen Suili got into a car accident and transmigrated into a period novel she’d been following. But she hadn’t become the heroine. She was a minor cannon-fodder supporting character named Wen Sui-sui. Wen Suili: How is a useless good-for-nothing supposed to survive in such a hard era? In the villagers’ eyes, Wen Sui-sui and Lu Mingcheng were tied 3.6kReads9.1Score298Shelves

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    Passerby A (a type of fictional character)

25. 25 带 I Bring a Ghost Along When I Become a Fake Heiress in a Period Novel 带着阿飘穿成年代文假千金 A Lily of the Valley一株铃兰Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted Xu Qingqing is a corporate drone who works from six in the morning until nine at night. She never imagined that one day she’d drop her tablet while binge-watching a show, get hit in the face by it, and wake up in an era of scarce food and clothing, where you have to work to earn a meal and need ration coupons to buy anything. And to top it off, she’s a fake heiress who stole another girl’s place. That might be bad enough, but everyone else seems to transmigrate with a pocket dimension. Why did s 971Reads9.1Score101Shelves
26. 26 吃 I Was Just Eating Some Gossip, So Why Is Everyone in This Compound a Heroine? 吃个瓜，怎么家属院里全是女主？ Soft Soft Green Robe糯糯青衫Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Joining Her Husband at His Posting + System + Transmigrate into a Book + Gossip + Rebirth] Lan Huaying has transmigrated to 1960 and become a young military wife making the long journey to her husband's base... As soon as she moves into the residential compound, she realizes something is off about this world. Why does the young wife next door have the exact same name as the heroine of that regret-and-redemption novel she read in her previous life? Why does the kind sister-in 4.2kReads8.9Score356Shelves
27. 27 我 I Land a Government Job by Gossiping in a Period Novel 我靠吃瓜在年代文里拿编制 Chen Xiaofan Who Loves Yellow Heart Greens喜欢黄心菜的陈小凡Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted This novel has undergone a major revision [transmigration; gossip; System; getting rich; male lead; transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s] Jiang Panyu's greatest passion in life was gossip. She was like a melon-eating mouse in a field, always showing up wherever there was juicy gossip, right at the heart of the action. One day, she got so caught up in watching two old ladies brawl that she completely lost herself in the excitement. A brick in one of the old ladies' hands sent her straight to 3.6kReads9.0Score337Shelves

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    He usually just watches the drama unfold, and incidentally helps the female lead awaken.

28. 28 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.6kReads9.0Score585Shelves

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    🍊🍊 Era, no romantic pairing. Sober-minded, doesn't vilify the original female lead, focuses on ensemble cast, strives to study hard and become a pillar of the nation! Next door's Qiao Qiao is transported to another world after falling into water. Eight-year-old Mo Er Ya knows she'll become cannon fodder in a lucky charm novel, fighting the female lead for a man, causing trouble everywhere, and ultimately dying a miserable death! Mo Er Ya boldly wipes the dust off her face, sneering disdainfully: Impossible, absolutely impossible! Anyone who believes that is a fool! However, when a fair-skinned, beautiful, and adorable lucky doll actually arrives at their house, Mo Er Ya believes it. Because… ever since the lucky doll came to their house, she's had trouble even drinking water! So Mo Er Ya stops playing in the mud, chasing chickens, digging bird nests, and even fishing… deciding to emulate Qiao Qiao next door, focusing solely on studying and striving to get into university! To hell with being cannon fodder, to hell with male and female leads, she'll have a heart turned towards the sun, forever following the Party.

29. 29 穿 Transmigrate to the ’70s and Make the Most of My Own Little Life 穿越七十，过好自己的小日子 Qingyu Fangfang青屿方方Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Wang Baozhu transmigrates to the 1970s. Her cousin wants to push her own fiancé onto Baozhu. Baozhu refuses without a second thought. Then her cousin sets her sights on Baozhu's husband from her previous life, and keeps Baozhu from getting anywhere near him. Baozhu can't be bothered with her, because she's preparing to get married. After transmigrating, Baozhu has no golden finger. She thinks she'll have to rely on herself for everything, but then she marries a man who has a treasure box. She g 1.6kReads8.9Score100Shelves

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    Some were sent to the countryside in the 1960s and 70s, while others were not, and some were from the 1980s and 90s.

30. 30 当 When the Villainess Gets Bound to a Good Deeds System 当恶女绑定了行善积德系统 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhong Chuchu is a notorious bad girl. No one in the surrounding villages can beat her. If someone gets on her nerves, she fights them. If she can settle things with her fists, she won't waste words. After an accident, Zhong Chuchu from another world merges souls with her and receives Good Deeds and Virtue System 101… The System has all kinds of wonderful items, but they must be exchanged for points. Dong Yichen is a notorious hooligan in the compound. He never does anything worthwhile and is al 17.8kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves
31. 31 穿 The Beloved Cousin of the Real Heiress 穿成真千金的团宠堂姐 What a Chocolate巧了个巧克力Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted [Campus Life, Strong Male and Female Leads, Everyone’s Darling, Mutual Devotion, Healing Each Other, Satisfying and Sweet] Cheng Zhuo somehow winds up inside a novel about a real and fake heiress, as the cousin of the true heiress, who is reborn and destined to be reduced to a cannon-fodder character. The cousin comes from a good family, has a great figure and a beautiful face, and is the family’s beloved little princess. Holding such a winning hand as everyone’s darling, Cheng Zhuo can’t unders 11.4kReads9.0Score909Shelves
32. 32 穿 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, I Use the System to Beat Up a Gold-Digging Man 穿书七零，带着系统暴打软饭男 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + powerful heroine + clearheaded, independent heroine who isn’t a self-sacrificing saint + no vilification of the original heroine + sweet romance + hero with hidden depths] When Su Nianqing learned she had become the love-struck heroine in a book, she cried, “What rotten luck!” Love-struck, my foot. Just watch me beat that freeloader’s brains out! Her cousin wanted her job, and her aunt signed her up to go down to the countryside. Fine! Cousins should stick toge 5.5kReads8.7Score785Shelves
33. 33 八 The 1980s: Pregnant and Demanding a Divorce, She Sends the Tycoon Into a Panic 八零：挺孕肚闹离婚，大佬急哭了 Lu Xiaoli陆小黎Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Period setting + orphan girl + sweet romance + rugged man + adorable kids + business + inspirational] Modern-day orphan Bai Lu managed to finish school thanks to her benefactor’s support, then became an executive at a foreign company after graduation. When she learned her benefactor would attend a school reunion, she wanted to thank him in person. But an accident left her transmigrated into the body of his terrible ex-wife, who had died young. Her benefactor was fired from the factory and coul 133Reads8.9Score—Shelves
34. 34 别 Don't Be Fooled, She Only Looks Like a Sweet Little Darling 别被骗了，她只是外表像个小娇娇 Xiao Xianyao小仙妖娆Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + superpowers + farming + transmigrate into a book] Interstellar powerhouse Jiang Yue dies and wakes up as a pitiful girl in the 1970s, unloved by both her father and mother. Faced with the prospect of being forced to go to the countryside in her older sister’s place, Jiang Yue decides that everyone should handle their own affairs. She even manages to find a job for herself, hoping to escape the fate of being sent down. Unexpectedly, her own sister secretly regis 5.7kReads8.7Score860Shelves
35. 35 穿 Transmigrating into a Book: Tian Mimi’s Educated Youth Life in the 1970s 穿书70年代田蜜蜜的知青生活 Mumuzi Who Can Ride a Pig会骑猪的沐沐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Main story complete [1970s + transmigrate into a book + reborn + pocket dimension + supplies + no self-sacrificing heroine + satisfying read] Tian Mimi was a modern college graduate. After her parents died in an accident, she happened to discover a pocket dimension inside their wedding rings. When an abnormal typhoon made her think the apocalypse was coming, she went on a wild shopping spree for supplies, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into a book. In the 1970s, Tian Mimi was a sixteen-year-o 6.3kReads9.1Score653Shelves
36. 36 六 A Warm Marriage in the 1960s: She Sells Her Job and Moves to the Countryside to Marry a Veteran 六零暖婚：卖工作下乡嫁退伍军哥 Falling Moon and Platycodon月落桔梗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Veteran Soldier + Rugged Hero + Beautiful Educated Youth + Pocket Dimension] Yun Yaotiao had a precognitive dream. In it, she relived her short, hardship-filled life over and over again. She lost the job her mother had left her. Her biological father sold it to support her stepsister, whom she'd never even met, then had the gall to say, “If you weren't so stingy about holding on to that job, Caicai wouldn't have had to go to the countryside. You owe her this.” Her stepmothe 2.3kReads8.9Score207Shelves
37. 37 重 Reborn in the 1960s: My Spatial Realm Is Packed with Treasures 重生六零：我空间有亿万物资 Mo Li Chuhan陌离初寒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, space, patriotism, stockpiling supplies, reborn, transmigration, feel-good story, supplies, sweet romance, mutual devotion, strong heroine, scheming] A laid-back powerhouse from the apocalypse gets dumped in the 1960s, transmigrating into a village girl hated by everyone, with a terrible reputation. After seeing her new appearance, Shen Chaoyan is dumbfounded. Her features are a complete mess. Fortunately, she has superpowers, so becoming beautiful is no problem. She faces a nat 5.8kReads9.3Score682Shelves
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 七 The 1970s: I Became the Pitiful Foil to the Heroine 七零：我成了女主对照组的小可怜 Mint Island Feather薄荷岛羽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Space + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Farming + 1970s + Devoted Couple + Patriotism] Yuan Zhi was a core member of the Quick Transmigration Division. She’d finally saved enough points to retire~ When she woke up, she’d become a pitiful cannon-fodder girl in the 1970s, covered in injuries and destined to be the tragic foil to the female lead. Living under someone else’s roof? Scrawny and ugly? No mother’s love, and an unknown father? No! She’d watch the drama, enjoy the gossip, 645Reads8.7Score100Shelves
40. 40 十 An Obscure Supporting Actress Is Reborn Before the Educated Youth Heroine Moves to the Countryside 十八线女配重生在知青女主下乡前 Row On, Row On争渡呀Modern Romance646k WordsCompleted Yu Wanwan was an upstanding young woman from the 21st century. She was taken for a fool and made to work for a System, traveling through countless worlds to complete missions. After finally finishing her work, the System told her that her body in the real world had already been smashed to pieces, so she couldn’t go back. Due to a mistake, it had dumped her in China in the 1970s. In an era when people struggled to get enough to eat or stay warm, she had figured that with a System like this cheat 5.4kReads8.9Score437Shelves
41. 41 带 Back to the Sixties with a Pocket Dimension: The Delicate Educated Youth Wins the Handsome Heartthrob 带空间回六零，娇气知青拿下男神 Peering into Spring窥春Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted [Completed + transmigrates into a book + sweet romance + devoted husband + top-tier male lead + satisfying wish fulfillment] When Zhou Yi'an transmigrated and learned she was being sent to the countryside, she was thrilled. Knowing her biological father's social connections were a problem, Zhou Yi'an went along with being sent down to the countryside, taking the opportunity to fleece her father and stepmother for a hefty haul. She was sure she would thrive in the countryside. But she never expec 2.8kReads8.9Score164Shelves
42. 42 穿 Reborn as the Terrible Fifth Aunt in a Beloved Group Novel, I Take Back My Golden Finger 穿成团宠文极品五婶，抢回金手指 Butterfly Thorn蝴蝶刺Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Right after getting married, Ji Xiaoxiao discovers that she's transmigrated into a beloved-daughter novel as the unlucky, wicked female supporting character who gives the heroine her golden finger!!! Ji Xiaoxiao glances at the beaming man beside her. Is it too late to get divorced? Gu Yan can't believe that his wife wants to dump him right after they get married. What should he do? After reclaiming her golden finger, Ji Xiaoxiao sits back and waits for the show, while a sly, puppy-like young man 8.6kReads8.3Score629Shelves
43. 43 刚 I Just Opened My Eyes, and the 1970s Villainess Was Marrying a Delicate Husband 刚睁眼，七零霸王花女配嫁小娇夫 About to Get a Cat就要有猫了Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Pocket Dimension + Cozy Daily Life + One-on-One Romance] He Chunxing, a strength-type esper who had lived through the apocalypse, opened her eyes and found herself in a sweet historical romance novel as the foil to the heroine. Her uncle’s wife had her eyes on their house. Her reborn cousin wanted to keep all the good food and drink for herself, and was determined to push He Chunxing into becoming a stepmother. A young educated youth sent to the countryside was after her youth 5.8kReads8.9Score346Shelves
44. 44 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, 92.2kReads8.8Score6.5kShelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a book, and her sister-in-law is the original female protagonist, who is an extremely difficult family member. As soon as the male protagonist is discharged from the military, the female protagonist demands a separation from the family, and the two buy a small courtyard and move out. The female protagonist is generally cheerful and a little gossipy, but she won't lose her temper unless provoked. However, she won't tolerate anyone who causes trouble; she'll punish or scold them as needed.

45. 45 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No More Dying as a Side Character 穿书七零：不做早死配角 The Cat Who Loves Seafood爱喝海鲜的猫Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted Zhou Niannian, an orphan who has just graduated from university, wakes up one day and transmigrates. She has parents and siblings who dote on her, but with no job, she is still facing the choice of going to the countryside or getting married. What? Her parents aren't her real parents, but her second aunt and uncle? It isn't until she hears the name of the young man next door who is about to be sent to the countryside that Zhou Niannian realizes she has transmigrated into a book, as a side charac 13.7kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Disguised as an ordinary passerby, facing the choice of being sent to the countryside or getting married? Decisively choosing to go to the countryside to find her biological father. [Heart][heart]

46. 46 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Sacrifice Came Early 穿书七零，替死炮灰她来早了 Blue Palace蓝宫Modern Romance223k WordsCompleted [Period drama + golden finger + pocket dimension + transmigration] Xia Ning transmigrates in the most mortifying way into a novel she had just abandoned, becoming a disposable cannon-fodder character mentioned only in passing. After witnessing the original heroine’s incredible luck firsthand, Xia Ning draws a conclusion: stay away from the plot and keep a low profile. But who could have guessed she’d not only get involved with a sweet young man who plays the pig to eat the tiger, but also become 6.5kReads8.2Score490Shelves

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    This book is pretty good. The female lead was cannon fodder in her previous life, and at the beginning, he was just a casual acquaintance with her.

47. 47 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: I'm a Diplomat 穿越六零，我是外交官 Wanwan Has Plenty婉婉有余Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted "I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and I’m Just an Extra" Hang in there! The humble extra eventually becomes a diplomat. ▷ [Hardcore survival] Transmigrated to the great famine of 1959, she survives by digging into rat holes for grain and selling mountain goods. ▷ [A quiet comeback] She pretends to be invisible, but gets noticed by an officer after studying foreign languages: “There’s more to this girl than meets the eye.” ▷ [Career highlight] From orphan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a bowl 5.7kReads8.1Score306Shelves

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    The real extra, with almost no conflict with the original female lead. An orphan, tight-fisted.

48. 48 大 A Sucker’s Life in the 1960s 大冤种的六零生活 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted Liu Yun transmigrated into a series of novels by a certain author, and she even ended up as the book's biggest punching bag. No way. Whoever wants to be that unlucky sap can take the job. When she came of age, she found a man and married him, only to discover she had been dragged into the “palace intrigue.” What could she do? Just roll with it. Her mother-in-law was reborn, and her neighbor had transmigrated. Right, all that was missing was a quick transmigration story. Is this world full of hol 6.6kReads8.2Score244Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a historical fiction novel by an author, becoming cannon fodder. Through resistance, she eventually becomes a spectator in the story, enjoying the drama and, incidentally, riding on the protagonist's good fortune to become rich.

49. 49 七 The Clear-Eyed Beauty of the 1970s Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Book Transmigration 七零清醒美人不认命【穿书】 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Polished Egoist + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + Transmigrates into a Short Drama] [Military Officer] [Joining Her Husband on an Island] Xu Suimei is beautiful and clever. She clawed her way from an orphanage to a top university, only to discover that she still hadn't even reached the starting line others were born at. She resolved to use marriage as a stepping stone, but just as she was about to take the final step, she transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a little girl in a short 14.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    🌟A historical romance novel where the female protagonist transmigrates into a book and clashes with the original female lead. Xu Sui is a sophisticated and self-serving individual, 🌸very clever and capable of easily resolving various crises brought about by the original female lead. While visiting her sister on an island, she not only successfully becomes a teacher but also finds a military officer as her husband.

50. 50 刚 I Had Multiples Right After Joining the Army: The Easygoing Military Wife’s Good Fortune 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 26.8kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves

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    🍅🍅The female lead, Jiang Qian, marries and follows her husband to the military, working in the propaganda department. She translates documents while slacking off, taking on translation assignments from the library. She rises from a junior translator to an intermediate one, earning several hundred yuan a month. She has a laid-back personality but is incredibly sweet-talking. 💐There are no conflicts with her mother-in-law, and she's doted on by her four older brothers. She and her fourth brother are twins, and she has triplets with the male lead.

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