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1. 1 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance528k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 10.3kReads7.1Score228Shelves
2. 2 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 26.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
3. 3 土 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.1kReads8.9Score768Shelves
4. 4 俏 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 20.9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
5. 5 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.2kReads6.8Score207Shelves
6. 6 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 14.4kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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   Double rebirth, no cheat codes, no special abilities, no system, no clichés, no saintly traits, no frustrating moments.

7. 7 重 Reborn in 1970: I Win at Life by Signing In 重生七零躺赢从签到开始 Frozen Dream冰封的梦Modern Romance926k WordsCompleted [System + space + transmigration + revenge on scoundrels + medicine + devoted husband + military marriage] Lu Zhaozhao, a famous surgeon from the twenty-second century who speaks four languages fluently, transmigrates by accident and becomes Lu Zhaozhao, a woman with the same name in the 1970s. After checking the original owner’s memories, she learns that the girl was mentally impaired from childhood, bullied by her cousin, and ultimately died as a result. She was also supposed to go to the coun 3.6kReads8.8Score376Shelves

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   Lu Zhaozhao, a surgeon from the 22nd century, unexpectedly travels back to an alternate 1970s. She manages to both punish villains and make money, and even finds herself the darling of a powerful figure, inadvertently embarking on a path of cultivation.

8. 8 穿 She Made a Killing After Transmigrating to the 1970s 穿越七十年代后她赚麻了 Fourth Master Ah肆爷啊Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Complete. Brain storage: come back here to reclaim your brain after you finish reading. Love you all!) Zhou An'an, a little princess from the 23rd century who had just lost her grandfather, got a recommendation for a novel from her best friend after acquiring a pocket dimension. Her friend then dragged her into frantically stockpiling supplies. Just as she finished explaining everything, Zhou An'an transmigrated to the early 1970s in a parallel world and became the mother of triplets without ev 6kReads8.7Score601Shelves
9. 9 七 The Cherished Darling of the 1970s: The Government Official Husband Turns on the Charm 七零娇宠：政界老公撩上瘾 Fourth Master Ah肆爷啊Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing (Leave your brain here and pick it up after you've finished!) After completing her final mission in the quick transmigration world, Guan Fuyao was determined to spend her retirement in a comfortable, well-off family. The System granted her wish, but didn't tell her which era it would be. It sent her into a period novel, where she entered the body of an eighteen-year-old girl with the same name. She'd just graduated from high school and was facing assignment to the countryside. Just as she was pl 20.9kReads8.3Score2kShelves
10. 10 重 Reborn in the 1960s: A Baby Bottle in One Hand, a Pocket Dimension in the Other 重生六十年代她左手奶瓶右手空间 Fourth Master Ah肆爷啊Modern Romance885k WordsCompleted Tang Hua, an all-around female warrior from the apocalypse, arrived in the underworld after dying alongside the Mutant King. The King of Hell wanted to send her to the 1960s and have her put a chaotic era, thrown into disarray by the male and female leads, back on the right track. She refused. She absolutely refused. The King of Hell had no choice but to send her soul directly back to that era, reborn as a baby. A baby who couldn’t feed, wash, or relieve herself? She was so angry she wanted to c 4.8kReads9.0Score344Shelves
11. 11 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: With a Childbearing System, I Marry an Infertile Officer 穿七零：带生子系统，嫁不育军官 Wish Granted, Stroke by Stroke如愿笔笔Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Childbearing System (not primarily about having children) + military marriage + abundant supplies + satisfying read + no outrageous characters + sweet romance] [A stunning psychologist with a childbearing System + a stern-faced, fierce military officer who can’t have children] Xu Qingluo is a rising star in the field of psychology in the 21st century. Her parents and grandparents are all world-renowned psychology experts. After transmigrating to the 1970s, she becomes the youngest granddaughter 23.2kReads9.0Score2kShelves
12. 12 军 Two Years of Marriage Without Coming Home? I'll Read Our Daughter's Mind and Find Her Dad 军婚两年不回？读女儿心声去找爹 Chenxi Mumu晨希沐沐Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + period setting + military marriage + raising a child + mind-reading + winning back his wife] In her previous life, Li Wanqing was betrayed by her boyfriend of five years on their wedding day. After a huge scene, she is transported into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a woman despised by her in-laws and forced into marriage with an officer. Her military husband has been gone for two years without returning. Their daughter is seriously ill, and her in-laws won’t give 638Reads8.9Score106Shelves
13. 13 带 I Take a Commercial Housing Complex Back to the 1960s 带着商业小区回六零 Tribulation-Scattered Immortal九劫散仙Urban1.6M WordsOngoing When Li Jie wakes up, he finds himself back in 1960, having transmigrated along with the entire residential complex where he lives! The complex is stocked with supplies, and the pocket dimension contains dozens of mu of black soil where time passes ten times faster, along with a pool of miraculous spirit spring water. Ranches, farms, fishponds, orchards: he's got them all! With the pocket dimension at his fingertips, Brother Jie can eat his fill, and his whole family will never go hungry. Li Jie 1.1kReads7.7Score108Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn in the 1960s, facing hunger and poverty, but fortunately blessed with a spatial ability and a spiritual spring. He doesn't rashly venture into the black market, instead quietly cultivating his business at home. After years of dormancy, with the arrival of reform and opening up, his business acumen flourishes.

14. 14 7 The 1970s: You Have Space, So Why Not Hunt and Trade? 70年代：有空间你不打猎倒卖？ Cowherd from the Ten Thousand Mountains十万大山放牛娃Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Travel between two worlds ➕ resell supplies ➕ raise hunting dogs ➕ hunt ➕ raise wild animals ➕ fish for rare giant fish ➕ build a wellness resort ➕ bring technical documents for missiles, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets, along with high-yield hybrid seeds, to the 1970s and 1980s] He transmigrates to 1977, an era when guns and hunting are unrestricted and wild animals are unprotected. Yang Guangshu, fifteen Chinese hunting dogs, Tibetan Mastiffs, Xiasi dogs, and East Sichuan hunting dogs, pl 24.7kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
15. 15 重 Back to the 1960s, Without a Single Regret 重回60年代不遗憾 Three-Earth Sword三土剑Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [pocket dimension] + [Transmigration] + [farming] + [genius] Li Jianyao is struck by lightning and sent back to the 1960s. The only relative he doesn't see is his great-grandmother; he reunites with everyone else. The meteoric iron he found as a child turns out to contain a pocket dimension. He can grow crops and raise animals inside it, and it even contains an entire sea. Using the pocket dimension, Li Jianyao helps his family and village survive years of famine. With his ext 5.3kReads8.4Score373Shelves
16. 16 1 1975: I Don't Want to Work, and I'm Going All Out 1975年：不想干活的我杀疯了 High Priest of Demons and Ghosts妖鬼大祭司Urban223k WordsOngoing Back to 1975, to the very moment he goes to the countryside. This time, Luo Jie is going to make up for every regret he ever had. You want me to work? Not a chance. Absolutely not. You want me to plant rice seedlings? I’ll build a rice transplanter. You want me to dig the fields? Ever heard of a front-end loader? Nobody touch the autumn harvest. It’s time for me to put on a show. A harvester converted from a tank leaves everyone in the village, young and old, gaping in disbelief. The villagers s 449Reads8.8Score—Shelves
17. 17 重 Reborn in 1960 重生1960 Pipi's Little Pig皮皮的小猪Urban575k WordsCompleted Xie Mian got incredibly lucky and acquired a space. As a fan of apocalypse movies, he woke from a long dream in a panic and swiftly sold all his assets, buying enough supplies to stock ten large supermarkets in preparation for the apocalypse. Unexpectedly, the apocalypse never came. Instead, he found himself in the 1960s. As if going hungry and lacking warm clothes weren't bad enough, he had ended up inside a period novel. In the book, he was a doomed cannon-fodder character who went out of his 2.1kReads8.4Score119Shelves
18. 18 重 Reborn in the 1950s: A Man Has to Fight for His Future! 重生五十年代之爷们儿要奋斗！ Sharpening the Knife磨磨刀儿Urban379k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1950s in a parallel world, with only a tiny pocket space in this life. Stock up on antiques and grain. Make ends meet, and lend a hand when you can. Your strength still has to come from within. Roam far and wide for freedom and to secure a comfortable life for the future. A man has to strive! 2.9kReads8.7Score111Shelves
19. 19 穿 Transmigrate to the 1950s: Starting by Leaving a Mountain Village 穿越五十年代：从走出小山村开始 Salty Fish Liver咸鱼肝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly 13.4kReads8.9Score700Shelves
20. 20 下 What's So Bad About Going to the Countryside? 下乡有什么不好的 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Urban205k WordsCompleted Lin Jian, an orphan, is reborn in the late 1960s. After his father remarries, his stepmother acts one way to his face and another behind his back, and Lin Jian can't stand her. His biological father is also part of the scheme, working with his new wife to get their hands on the vast family fortune belonging to Lin Jian's maternal grandparents. One plays the villain and the other the good guy, all to claim the inheritance. Clever Lin Jian never lets them succeed, but when he comes down with a per 2.5kReads8.8Score100Shelves
21. 21 重 Reborn in 1978: One Coming-of-Age System 重生78：成人礼系统一枚 Fa Zhou法舟Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + reborn + System + scheming + ruthless + power behind the scenes] A modern office worker is reborn in a parallel world in the 1970s. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, for refusing to save someone in mortal danger. You meet the requirements for the System That Rewards Staying Out of Things. Your reward is...] He goes to university, studies abroad, and builds a business empire. Before he knows it, he has become the power behind the world's throne. The Eagle, the Polar Bear, the British 19kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
22. 22 重 Reborn in 1961: I Built My Fortune Starting with Hunting 重生1961：我从打猎开始发家致富 Maple Speaks枫说Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Fan, a top soldier of the 21st century, was reborn in 1961 as an ordinary villager in the forests along the northeastern frontier. Poverty and famine made an already hard life even worse. The original owner’s father had been injured while hunting in the mountains a year earlier and died in agony. He left behind his mother, Chen Fan, and a ten-year-old younger sister to fend for themselves. His uncles and other relatives not only refused to help, but took advantage of their misfortune. His w 5kReads8.1Score334Shelves
23. 23 年 Period: My Life in the Siheyuan 年代：我在四合院的生活 Fallen Leaves in the South南方的落叶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Bad news: It's 1960, and this is Nanluoguxiang, a little too much like that notorious courtyard full of birds! Good news: Li Feng has a pocket dimension and wants nothing to do with those people! Amid the upheavals of the times, he makes his way from the capital to Hong Kong, becoming a major tycoon one step at a time. Life is so dull. Why not make some foreign currency and get the bombs ready to fly sooner? 23.4kReads7.7Score1.2kShelves
24. 24 重 Reborn in 1960: My Happy Life in the Mountain Village 重生1960，我在山村的快乐生活 Happy Life开心生活Urban496k WordsCompleted Back to 1960, Liu Erzhu once devoted himself to studying, hoping to escape the countryside, only to become a stepping stone for the big city. This time, he decides to spend more time with his family. He never expected to thrive, helping his family live a better life while becoming a miracle-working doctor respected by countless people… 929Reads8.2Score102Shelves
25. 25 七 In the 1970s, I Won't Be Anyone's Fool: I Head to the Countryside, Hunt the Hills, and Marry the Village Beauty 七零不做冤大头，下乡赶山娶村花 Pecking Clouds, Cradling the Moon啄云扶月Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Creatures + Hunting in the Mountains + Playing the Fool] His own mother and older brother schemed to get Xiao Zhendong fired. He raised a bastard child and spent his whole life giving everything to his family, only for that same son to pull out his oxygen tube when he was on his deathbed. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1972. Xiao Zhendong sold his job and set his whole family up. He kicked his scumbag father and slapped his vile mothe 27.9kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
26. 26 七 I Sold My Iron Rice Bowl, Stocked Up My Pocket Dimension, and Headed to the Countryside in the Seventies 七零卖掉铁饭碗，囤满空间下乡去 Beef Potstickers牛肉锅贴Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Family squabbles + cozy everyday life + pocket dimension + hunting in the mountains + a wife who grows on you] The short drama “Sold My Iron Rice Bowl in the Seventies, Stocked Up My Pocket Dimension, and Went to the Countryside” is now streaming. Lu Qingyang transmigrates into the role of a doomed lovesick fool in a period novel. His cousin steals his job, and he is sent to the poorest region to cut timber. He marries a woman with a shady past, lives a miserable life, and even the children are 14.3kReads7.8Score894Shelves
27. 27 刚 I Just Married a Young Educated Woman, and Now I Have to Rise from Infancy? 刚娶女知青，让我从婴儿开始逆袭？ Get Rich暴富Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + hunting and farming + rural life + pocket dimension + wish fulfillment] After transmigrating to 1972, Li Yunfeng has just married an educated young woman when he awakens the Baby Comeback System. The System’s missions are rather ridiculous: walk one meter in a minute, and get a solid-gold longevity lock as a reward. Li Yunfeng: “What? One meter in a minute? Even someone with a blood clot in their brain could walk ten meters!” He then sprints half a kilometer. S 906Reads8.5Score143Shelves
28. 28 七 The 1970s: A Freewheeling Life with Cheat-Level Insight 七十年代：悟性开挂的潇洒人生 Mud Loach土泥鳅Urban374k WordsCompleted Zhou Yichen transmigrates to the 1970s. With an astonishing gift for understanding, he manages to live life on his own terms in this harsh era. When you’re poor, look after yourself; when you’re prosperous, help the whole world. Alongside making a good life for himself, he also wants to do his part for his country. 1.1kReads6.6Score—Shelves
29. 29 重 Reborn in 1985: The Nation Sets Its Sights on Me as I Become the World's Richest Man 重生85：世界首富从被国家盯上开始 Bedroom Ghost卧室幽灵Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Xu Bin, chairman of a publicly listed company, transmigrates into the body of a country lad in 1985. He plans to use his memories of his previous life to become a tycoon and live out the rest of his days in comfort! But things don't go as planned. Guided by fate, Xu Bin ultimately embarks on an extraordinary life! He enters the fashion business, takes on the mob, makes waves in the island nation's stock market, gets involved in the Middle East's black-market arms trade, and sweeps through M Coun 1.4kReads8.6Score195Shelves
30. 30 七 The 1970s: I Emptied My Family's Savings Before Heading to the Countryside, Then Met an Ice-Cold Officer 七零：掏空家底下乡后遇冷面军官 Cherry Blossom Little Yuezi樱桃小月子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No Taking Abuse] [Basement Space] [Daily Life] [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] [Ensemble Cast] Gu Xiaoqi, who had died of illness in a cold, damp basement, was reborn! Forced to go to the countryside? Made to marry an old man? She turned around and reported them. Off to prison with you, adoptive parents! Then she signed up her second sister to go to the countryside! The old man who had haunted her with a lifetime of trauma in her previous life? She smashed his manhood and sent him to prison! 2.7kReads8.7Score342Shelves

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    The female protagonist, Gu Xiaoqi, is reborn in the 1970s. Intelligent and ruthless, she takes revenge on those she deems wicked and uses her special abilities to empty her adoptive parents' house. After being sent to the countryside, she accidentally gets involved with a cold-faced military officer who insists on taking responsibility!

31. 31 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
32. 32 年 Those Days on the Production Team 年代，生产队里那些事 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban201k WordsCompleted Set in the 1970s, this book tells the story of the family life of Wu Changgui and Jiang Xueqin, an ordinary couple from a small village, and their children. In an era of material scarcity, life was simple and unpretentious, yet full of complicated love, hatred, and heartbreak... 41Reads6.3Score—Shelves
33. 33 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8kShelves

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    Super good! Super good! Super good! (I'm saying it three times because it's important!) The female lead's parents were reported to the authorities and sent to the countryside. To help her avoid trouble, they arranged for her to marry the male lead. The male lead fell in love with her at first sight. The female lead is a painter. After marriage, she not only published comic books but also helped the military draw sketches to catch criminals. There are exciting moments, but they are exciting in a way that requires thinking.

34. 34 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A genuine and heartfelt piece written during a specific period; even good books need advertising, and we eagerly await the discerning eye of discerning readers.

35. 35 重 Reborn: A Scientific Genius Takes Her Space to the 1970s 重生：科研天才带着空间闯七零 Guade Guaxi瓜的瓜西Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration between worlds, tens of billions in spatial storage, medical genius, scientific prodigy, adorable children, serving the nation, mutual devotion, sweet and satisfying romance] In the 1970s, Shen Zhixia trusts the wrong man, steals all her family’s savings, and elopes with him, only to be abandoned and die alone far from home. Shen Zhixia, a genius scholar from the twenty-first century, returns reborn with a spatial stash worth tens of billions, taking the original owner’s place 10.8kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    A historical romance novel, incredibly sweet with a powerful, overpowered protagonist – a medical genius. A rough-around-the-edges man dotes on her, and they have triplets.

36. 36 苦 Hard Times: Becoming Everyone’s Darling in the 1960s 苦哈哈，穿成六十年代的团宠 There Is Light at Night Too夜晚也会有光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s Setting + Beloved by Everyone + Pocket Space (Not the Main Plot) + Clear-Eyed Protagonist] If you're here for the pocket space, it's a major help in avoiding pitfalls. There aren't that many terrible people. Jiang Jiang was an office worker in 2024. She was always busy, but never managed to save any of her salary. She bought herself a home of just over 50 square meters and paid part of the down payment, but still had to repay the bank loan every month. She felt like she c 114Reads6.9Score111Shelves
37. 37 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Had the Four Most Ambitious Babies in One Go 穿越七零，我一胎四个最卷宝宝 Strong Bro from Qilin Peak麒麟峰的强哥Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Strong Heroine + Big Shot + Food] Fu Ying was once the beloved daughter of the head of a secret national military unit, the little princess of the base. While buying pastries for her mother, she accidentally ran into two groups in the middle of a shootout. A bomb went off, and she found herself in another world resembling the 1970s. As soon as she arrived, she had to face the disappearance of both her parents and a baby brother who was only a few months old a 1.8kReads8.4Score163Shelves
38. 38 重 Back to 1983: The Indebted Tycoon's Road to Reversal 重回1983：负债大佬的逆袭路 Mint Fragrance薄荷清香Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted Su Jin is a master of hard-core skills. Her soul transmigrates into the body of the disgraced wife of a machinery factory director in 1983. Faced with the mess her predecessor left behind, she casts aside romance and focuses on building a career. She earns her first fortune with hemostatic and anti-inflammatory medicine, then makes a name for herself through pharmaceutical research and machinery upgrades, using her forward-thinking ideas to conquer the business world. From a heavily indebted tyc 8Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 美 Beauty on a Quick Transmigration: The Host Is a Mad Rebel 美人快穿：宿主是个疯批反骨仔 Mint Fragrance薄荷清香Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted As a member of the Quick Transmigration Bureau, Chu Xingmian must enter different planes and fulfill the final wishes of the people who made them. After failing five times and dragging five Systems down with her, she finally has a chance to draw a normal assignment! This time, she’s determined to fulfill the wish of the person who made it! One: The 1970s: Poverty alleviation? Dream on! She comes from a distinguished family, so she should help herself rise straight to the top! Two: 1931, the Repu 983Reads8.3Score120Shelves
40. 40 5 The 1950s: I Help Build the World 50年代之我为世界添砖加瓦 Mint Fragrance薄荷清香Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted Zhang Nuannuan considers herself a warmhearted person. Wherever she goes, she helps the people there, never asking for anything in return. She just doesn't understand why none of the countries she's visited welcome her back! Is she not gentle enough? Does she have a bad temper? Is she not kind enough? They could just tell her! It's not like she can't change! She, Zhang Nuannuan, was born to shine her light on the world and make it a better place! Please call her Little Fairy, thank you! 1.3kReads8.8Score145Shelves
41. 41 穿 Transmigrated as the Villainous Aunt in a Koi-Themed Period Novel 穿成锦鲤年代文中的极品小姑子 Tao Dayao桃大夭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Era Novel + Everyone’s Favorite + Madwoman, Career-Driven Heroine + Patriotism + Rags-to-Riches Wish Fulfillment + No Handouts] Su Miaomiao, who has a trading System, transmigrates into an era novel about a lucky heroine. Unfortunately, she isn’t the novel’s lucky heroine, but an obnoxious supporting character who gets deceived by a scumbag from the start and then cruelly abandoned. She’s thrown into a nightmare from the start: the scumbag’s family emotionally manipulates her and leeches off he 4.7kReads9.1Score517Shelves

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    After the system opened her super shop, the first stop for the novel was a towering snow-capped mountain. The first group of special guests, dressed in thin clothes, trembled and slowly walked on the ice. She built a thatched hut and cooked porridge. The guests were penniless, and she didn't charge them a penny. She almost went bankrupt. The second stop was Nanjing City. Before she could even stand still, a shell fell from the sky, shattering her sanity. From then on, she embarked on a business of making money without any initial investment. The Japanese are coming? What's there to be afraid of?

42. 42 赶 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Three-Minute Passionlove三分热度loveUrban2.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 47.8kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves

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43. 43 不 I'm Done Competing. I'm Going Home to Explore the Mountains and Seas 不卷了，回去看山海 Kai Wuwu开呜呜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted All that hard work gets you nowhere, and then you get laid off? By the time you regret it, I’ll be lying flat by the sea, feeling the breeze, watching the sunset, and feasting on seafood. I’ll watch the wind brush my face and the willows droop along the riverbank, and listen to raindrops patter from the eaves. 10.2kReads8.4Score563Shelves
44. 44 八 The Wild Beauty of the ’80s Makes the Cold Military Officer Break His Rules to Spoil Her 八零美人野，高冷军官破戒宠 Strawberry Girl草莓菇凉Modern Romance354k WordsCompleted [The old train brakes suddenly, and she tumbles into an officer’s arms, exposing the debt of love branded with the word “scum” on his chest!] Jian Yiran transmigrates into a book, landing from the start on an old train, right in the arms of Lu Zhanbei, the military district’s living King of Hell! His uniform tears, revealing powerful pectoral muscles with a scar of the word “scum” carved into them half a year ago, when she lost her mind! “Thought I was an old man with a burden to boot?” He grips 102Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are the two best books, highly recommended.

45. 45 白 The White Moonlight Is Reborn with Her Beauty 白月光她持美重生 Cat Holding an Orange抱着橙子的猫Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted [Clear-headed, decisive beauty x possessive, aloof military officer | Devoted to each other | Extra-sweet romance | Utterly cherished] Reborn and kicking her trash ex to the curb, Ruan Wei sets her sights on the most dangerous iceberg of all: Mr. Gu. Everyone says he’s cold and ruthless, and that no one should go near him? She’s determined to provoke him. But... every attempt to make things difficult for her turns into him backing her up, and every provocation becomes a declaration of war! He ha 6Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 七 The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me 七零：首长家千金跟我是娃娃亲 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigration + grounded, everyday life Shi Yue never imagined that she would find love and family in another timeline, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. After testing positive for COVID, Shi Yue transmigrates to the parallel timeline of the 1970s, bringing along a hereditary pocket dimension. She plans to make a little money by taking advantage of the college entrance exams and the wave of reform, then settle down to a peaceful life. But it turns out she is the long-lost dau 266Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Both are great; both have sound values, the female lead has her own career, and the male lead is very doting.

47. 47 穿 A 1970s Wedding, Then Love 穿到七零，先婚后爱真香了 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted A period-life experience package somehow sent An Hao to the legendary 1970s, where she became a pitiful girl relying on a favor to seek shelter with her future in-laws. To save herself, An Hao signed an agreement with a man: they would divorce in two years, and then she could spread her wings and fly. Lin Feng was the military district’s most popular young officer. After one trip home, he became a married man. Supposedly, it was an arranged childhood betrothal. But was the little potato in front 71Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 54.2kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves

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    A historical fiction novel with a score of 9 or higher; highly recommended.

49. 49 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.8kReads8.9Score599Shelves
50. 50 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 27.2kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    No system, no space, logically sound, well-written.

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