Period Dramas Without a Golden Finger 没有金手指的年代文

1. 351 八 Reborn in the Eighties: My Rugged Husband Keeps Flirting with Me 八零重生夜：糙汉老公撩妻忙 Grape-Flavored Fizz葡萄味气泡Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Main story: sweet romance and everyday life. Side story: career and making money] [More family and village life in the early chapters] “Are you going to run away again?” Her rugged husband grabbed her by the waist and threatened her. Wen Yuan could only plead for mercy. “I won't run, I won't run…” Song Jingnian was the only university student in the surrounding villages, and he doted on his newlywed wife. Even though Wen Yuan was indifferent to him, he was more than happy to keep loving her 2kReads8.4Score134Shelves

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   No golden fingers, just rely on yourself, the male protagonist is super doting on you

2. 352 我 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to Become a Big Villain in a Period Novel 我带着空间在年代文里当大魔王 Sen Dafu森大富Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrives, Xu Chang'an awakens strength and wood-element abilities, and is lucky enough to unlock a pocket dimension. She thrives in the apocalypse! But in the fourth year of the apocalypse, after she seizes the weapons from an arsenal, she’s struck by lightning and reborn as an unborn child still in her mother’s womb... 3.6kReads8.9Score281Shelves
3. 353 年 In This Period Novel, My Whole Family Became Useful Tools 年代文里，我全家都成了工具人 Sun, Moon, and Starlight日月星辉Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted (1960s + military marriage + doting husband + triplets in one pregnancy + fleeing famine) The heroine is sweet and charming, and the hero knows how to woo her! Jiang Youyu transmigrates into the 1960s and becomes a wicked village girl who bullied the original heroine. She thinks she’s doomed and prepares to wait for death... Wait! She said wait for death, not wait to be doted on! Her three older brothers treat her like the apple of their eyes, her grandparents call her their good girl, and her o 287Reads8.9Score—Shelves
4. 354 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: After Meeting the Strongest Officer, She Has Several Babies 甜蜜军婚，遇最强军官后她多胎了 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 40.8kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
5. 355 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Character in Period Dramas Rises to the Top 快穿之年代文中的女配要崛起 Lingxi菱溪Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Farming] [Reborn] [Pocket Dimension] [One-on-One, Both Leads Have No Past Relationships] [Period] [Sweet Romance] [Fall-Guy] [Comeback] [Top Student] When it came to having a miserable life, Ye Qing felt she could rank near the top. Though she had parents, her life was worse than that of an orphan. The only person who loved her, her grandmother, passed away early. After finally graduating from college, she found a high-paying job, and a bright future beckoned. Who could h 8.1kReads9.1Score571Shelves
6. 356 七 The Fox Spirit of the Seventies 七十年代狐狸精 I'm Sang Sang我系桑桑呀Modern Romance859k WordsCompleted Her father died and her mother remarried. Just like her name, Xia Ku'er had a hard life from childhood on. She could work but couldn't talk, and everyone on the production team called her stupid. Then, when the little fool turned eight, she suddenly came into her own. She fought the worst of the lot, stood up to her cousins, and took on her aunt by marriage, turning the entire Xia family upside down and making herself the laughingstock of the whole production team. From then on, she set out on t 10.7kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
7. 357 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... 18.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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8. 358 带 Lounging Around in a Period Novel With a Fortune in Supplies 带着百亿物资在年代文里摆烂 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yan worked tirelessly on missions across different planes, and finally saved enough points to apply for a peaceful retirement. She had planned to enjoy her retirement as a happy slacker, armed with a hundred billion worth of supplies. But who could have guessed the System would malfunction, and she would be reborn in the 1970s, an era of severely underdeveloped productivity? Here, there was always some troublemaker trying to harm her. Her retirement was ruined. Not only did she have to toil 5.7kReads9.1Score546Shelves
9. 359 没 Surprise! I'm the Villainess! 没想到吧？我是恶毒女配！ Yu Yijun玉依君Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigration + Transmigration into a Book + Pocket Space + Mutual Exclusivity + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good] She was lying in her dorm, playing on her phone, when one careless move got her killed! When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated, and into a book, no less! She had actually become the vicious female side character?! From the start, her parents are dead, her house has been seized, her job stolen, and she’s been sent to the countryside as an educated youth! W 1.4kReads8.8Score177Shelves
10. 360 古 A Landlord's Daughter Travels from Ancient Times to the 1970s 古穿今，地主家小姐七零年代 A Drop of Wine Down the Throat滴酒穿喉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Feng Xueying opens her eyes and finds herself in a strange new world, vastly different from the one she knew. From the original owner’s memories, she learns that she has been reborn inside a book, where she is a cannon-fodder character destined to give the male lead her personal dimension. How can someone who was the eldest daughter of a landlord family in her previous life possibly accept that? Since I’m supposed to give away my personal dimension, I’ll just make it recognize me as its master. 3.9kReads8.7Score353Shelves
11. 361 五 Following the Army in the 1950s: I Became an Officer's Arranged Bride 五零随军：我成了军官的包办原配 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Scientific research + mind-reading + pioneering the frontier + sweet military romance + easy conception and childbirth] [Delicate, chubby girl transforms into a great beauty X proud, sharp-tongued officer whose actions belie his words] Jingoutun had a pair of “best friends.” One was as stupid and fat as a pig, the other brisk and capable. One weighed two hundred pounds, the other was slim and beautiful. One came from a wealthy family, the other from one so poor it had nothing. As it happened, t 12.2kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
12. 362 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: Honey, Want to Order Takeout? 穿进年代文：媳妇点外卖吗 So-and-So Li李某人Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Shen Xian is angrily tossed by the Heavenly Dao into a period novel. Luckily, the food delivery System she brings with her helps her survive in these harsh conditions. There are all kinds of restaurants on the delivery app, but one is her absolute favorite. The owner is gentle and kind, and a wonderful cook. He is the flawless white moonlight in her heart. But the stunning man beside her has far too many tricks, and in the end, she can’t hold out against him. It’s not that Shen Xian cares about 880Reads8.6Score132Shelves
13. 363 穿 Transmigrate into a Novel Set in the Old Days: The Crybaby’s Comeback 穿越年代文之小哭包的逆袭 Shun Shun Li Li顺顺荔荔Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted I, Liu Nange, actually transmigrated into a novel I’d read and became a nobody. But if I had to transmigrate, why did I have to be a little kid? With awful grandparents and relatives, and a mother who only cries and holds us back, this is a disastrous start from the get-go! What? My dad is actually the real young master from the family compound? Then I’m going to stir up this whole hornet’s nest! I only meant to lead my family to a comfortable life, but we ended up getting rich! You poor little 3.6kReads8.3Score304Shelves
14. 364 穿 Transmigrated as the Young Aunt in a Period Novel 穿成年代文里的小婶婶 Candy Ball Mama糖球麻麻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Transmigrate into a book + fictional era setting + golden finger + everyday family life] Gu Lanzhi wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated. After listening to her mother-in-law, who has been helping her through her postpartum recovery, she realizes that she hasn't just transmigrated: she's landed inside an era novel. She's become the male lead's wealthy but wicked little aunt by marriage. What the heck? Wealthy and wicked? His little aunt? But it's still early, and the s 6kReads8.7Score309Shelves
15. 365 稻 When the Rice Flowers Bloom 稻香花开 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted The novel follows the hardships endured by farmers in two villages in Xiangnan County, Dongyuantun and Da’ai Village, from the Republican era through the founding of the People’s Republic of China and on through the people’s commune system, the Cultural Revolution, the household responsibility system, and the Reform and Opening-Up period. The villagers endure one hardship after another and witness the changing times. The protagonists, Zhang Yiping and Zhou Xueyun, are forced to leave school beca 198Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    A realistic life story about a mountain village heroine who makes a fortune.

16. 366 七 The 1970s: I Work as a Waitress at a State-Run Restaurant 七零：我在国营饭店当服务员 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Buling, a wastrel who had muddled through the apocalypse, transmigrated from the end times to an alternate dynasty in the 1970s. From the start, the difficulty was hellish. After acting like a meek little grandson for a month, she finally sent the original owner’s entire family to their graves. Just as she was about to set off toward a happy new life, she had a dream on the train. In it, she was a cannon-fodder character in a novel about a stepmother. After arguing with the heroine a few times, 4.9kReads8.9Score360Shelves

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    No golden fingers, no going to the countryside, period literature

17. 367 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1970s: What a Joke! The Sweet Girl Is Hiding in a Rugged Man's Body 穿书七零：笑死！娇娇披着糙汉壳 December-十二月-Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + food + System + educated youth + sweet romance] A pleasure-loving young woman transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s. The poverty and hunger, the backbreaking labor, and the enormous secret her new body is hiding are enough to push An Ran to the brink. She is neither the lucky heroine nor the villainess. Instead, she is a deranged male character so far down the roster that she barely even counts as a number in the leads’ story. To keep anyone from 7.6kReads9.0Score943Shelves
18. 368 七 Leading the Whole Family to Wealth in the 1970s 七零年代带领全家发家致富 Big Chubby Girl大胖妞Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Childhood Sweethearts + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Business Rivalry] You can’t get away from me, Jiang-ge, my childhood sweetheart! Lin Ziqing carefully leads her whole family to prosperity, taking the Lin family to new heights. There’s a sly old fox of a grandfather, a grandmother shrouded in mystery, and a shocking secret hidden at her maternal grandparents’ home. One careless move could cost her her life. 215Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 369 七 A Blissful Life in the Seventies 七零之惬意人生 Stars Twinkle Softly星辰微微Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted Where is this? The moment Liu Xiaoxiao wakes up, she is confronted by an unfamiliar mother. Before she can even react, she is packed off to the countryside. After being struck by lightning, she activates a System. With the System's guidance, how will she ride the waves in the 1970s? 61Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 370 回 I Return to the 1970s as a Hong Kong Tycoon and Lead My Whole Family to Wealth 回七零当香江大少，带全家暴富 Wo Wo Milk Candy窝窝奶糖Modern Romance703k WordsCompleted [No romance] Ye Lin arrived in Xianggang in 1978. Fortunately, he had transmigrated into the body of a Xianggang tycoon’s only son, who shared his name. Unfortunately, Ye Lin couldn’t spend the money. He could only unlock the fortune by fulfilling the tycoon’s dying wish. There’s big news in Xiahe Village lately. The second son of the Ye family, who’d been dead for decades, has been found. And he’s a tycoon from Xianggang! Oh, it’s the second son Ye’s grandson who’s come back. The second son him 4.9kReads7.9Score221Shelves

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21. 371 重 Reborn in 1982: Meat at Every Meal, Making My Ex-Wife Green with Envy 重生82：顿顿吃肉，前妻馋疯了 Lonely Under the Moon月下孤独Urban2.0M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Lin Shengli was swindled out of his family fortune by his wife and son, and died of rage. As he lay dying, his wife Liu Lili revealed a shocking secret: their son wasn't his. He died full of resentment, never expecting to be reborn in 1982, on the day he and Liu Lili went to her family home to ask for her hand in marriage. Looking back, it was because he'd lost his head and agreed to Liu's father's exorbitant bride price and the demand that he marry into their family that t 4kReads8.5Score357Shelves

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    In his previous life, his wife and children worked together to punish him to death, and he was so angry in the end that he didn't even know he was taking over his life. Reborn in 1982, when he was about to be blackmailed, he decisively ran away to save his relatives. With the spicy little screws, I live a prosperous life and eat meat every day.

22. 372 幕 Laying Plans Behind the Scenes: My Subordinates Take Turns Being Billionaires 幕后布局，我的手下轮流当首富 I Will Never Coexist with Gambling or Drugs我和赌毒不共戴天Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Period Drama + Family Life + Conquering Global Markets + Hidden Tycoon + Multiple Heroines] Also known as Reborn in the Early Eighties: Building a Fortune and Living a Colorful Life In plain terms: Some call him Big Brother, some call him an academician, and some call him a university trustee. Others hail him as a business leader, while some believe he’s the most powerful person in the world. None of these labels is quite accurate, because each is only one of his many identities. Rebor 5.2kReads8.6Score338Shelves
23. 373 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 Young Master Lin Jiaquan林家權少Urban5.4M WordsOngoing After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 105.5kReads8.8Score8.1kShelves
24. 374 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Uncle Silly San Is No Longer Silly 重生七零：傻三叔不傻了 Little Horse, Charge Ahead小马向前冲Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + spatial storage + male protagonist’s perspective + Northeast China’s heated kang lifestyle + cozy farming story] Liu Tiezhu spent his whole life doing hard labor for his older brother’s family, only to end up drugged to death and dumped in a mass grave. Given another life, he’ll use the supernatural arts heaven granted him to stand on his own two feet, find the woman who has been longing for him, and live the rest of his life well. 3.9kReads8.9Score201Shelves
25. 375 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 15.2kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
26. 376 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 5.3kReads8.4Score316Shelves
27. 377 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 568Reads8.8Score—Shelves
28. 378 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 3.2kReads8.4Score188Shelves
29. 379 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! 3kReads8.7Score115Shelves
30. 380 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 15.1kReads8.9Score768Shelves
31. 381 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 29.3kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
32. 382 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 36.1kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
33. 383 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 934Reads8.5Score157Shelves
34. 384 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 1.3kReads8.6Score194Shelves
35. 385 那 That Red Land 那片红色的土地 Xiong Dayu熊大雨Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr 6.1kReads8.8Score702Shelves

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    Qingliu Chronicles, the most powerful male protagonist in the whole tomato🍅, there is no one

36. 386 林 I, Lin Daiyu, Have Transmigrated to the 1990s 林黛玉本玉穿到九十年代了 Mu Yunshu木蕴枢Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Little cutie + adorable child + everyone’s favorite + top student + ancient-to-modern transmigration + school life + Northeast China + raising a child] Lin Daiyu, who died after crying herself dry, transmigrates into a five-year-old girl in rural Northeast China. She lives in a brick house, eats coarse grains, and has to herd geese, dig for wild vegetables, and help with chores. But she even has to wear a sleeveless undershirt and shorts? Waaah, no, no, no… “What are you bawling about? Want noo 6.4kReads9.2Score676Shelves
37. 387 半 Half-Mad 半痴 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted Meeting you was the best fate of all, so why spend the rest of my years pining for you? I awoke halfway through my life as if born anew. Reborn, I returned, and my boat had already sailed past a thousand mountains. This is my first full-length novel, so it has plenty of shortcomings. I hope you’ll feel free to offer advice, and I thank you in advance. With your support and encouragement, I’ll work even harder. Let’s go! 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [I also strongly recommend] [I'm about to cry] [Sending my heart] [Thinking]

38. 388 风 Wild Chrysanthemums in the Storm 风雨中的野菊花 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 1.7kReads8.4Score150Shelves
39. 389 画 A Circle Nine-Tenths Complete 画了十分之九的圆 Three Lives, Three Blessings, Yang Yifan三生三幸杨一凡Modern Romance258k WordsCompleted [Period drama + realism + family of origin + tragic romance + struggles of the working class] ⚠️ This is not a feel-good power fantasy. It is a cup of “bitter coffee without sugar, mixed with strong liquor and tears, in the dead of night.” It is bitter and heartbreaking, yet so real you may see your own reflection between the lines. Yang Yifan. A “surplus person” born amid the spring breeze of reform. From a “burden” despised by his parents to the untouchable “prince” of his school; from a small —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Savior of the book shortage] If you are tired of Shuangwen routines, please try this bowl of "sauerkraut and white meat pot" from Northeastern families in the 1990s. There is no rebirth and no golden fingers.

40. 390 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 296Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No cheating, no blood, no time travel, no rebirth, simple and sincere, pure period writing! [As time goes by, time changes, and what changes is the passing years. What remains unchanged is the fireworks in this world. This life of a person is actually the same as steamed buns. When the heat is up, they will be cooked naturally. When the heat is not enough, they will be raw even if the lid is removed.]

41. 391 8 The Neon Lights of the 1980s 80年代的烟火 Someone Who Dreams with Their Heart走心入梦的人Modern Romance269k WordsOngoing The Firelight of the 1980s On summer nights in the 1980s, fireflies swarmed through the grass in the factory workers’ housing compound. Children chased crickets with glass jars, loaches caught in the ditch thrashed in enamel basins, and wind-up tin frogs went clack-clack in circles. These rustic pleasures were so vivid that children of later generations could never quite grasp them, even when they heard the stories. Deep in Qiuju’s drawer lay the silver tweezers he had sent her through someone 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    With the rise and fall of the military factory as the background, the protagonist's eyes reveal the shortcomings of parents, implicit love, and the ups and downs of life in the 1980s.

42. 392 重 Reborn in the ’80s: In My Next Life, I Won’t Be Born a Woman 重生八零之来世不为女儿身 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted When she was young, Hua Yueyin defied her parents and resolutely married an only son who was tall and handsome. She never imagined that he was a beast in human skin, or that in her old age, she would be killed by her own three sons and her husband! As Old Madam Hua lay dying, she remembered the earnest advice her parents had given her, and was filled with regret. “If I could live my life over, I would absolutely listen to my parents. I’d marry a beggar or a cripple if I had to, but I’d never mar 12Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 393 穿 I Crossed Time and Space to See You 穿过时空来看你 Yuqing Sky宇晴天空Modern Romance594k WordsOngoing A girl who hates studying transmigrates into the family of an ordinary farming household in a small town in the 1990s. Her family is kind, and they all get along well. Unwilling to spend her life in the countryside, she insists on going to the city to find work. She cherishes her job, meets all kinds of interesting people, and finds love. She and Liu Qi dream of a bright future and are determined to put down roots and build a life in the city. Her father's sudden death casts a shadow over the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traveling through the personal struggles of girls from the 1990s

44. 394 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. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What was she, Shi Cailian, afraid of?

45. 395 回 Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子 Broken Little Toe骨折得小脚趾Urban2.8M WordsOngoing In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married. 15.1kReads8.5Score1kShelves

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    The years of the Northeast Orion War of Resistance

46. 396 土 Flowers Born of the Earth 土生花 Ci Er La Chu次尔拉初Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The land is silent, yet it can hold all the hardships endured by three generations. On the barren yellow earth, three generations of women are pressed into the mud by fate, bound hand and foot by patriarchy, and slowly tortured by life. They have no choices and nowhere to turn. They don’t even dare to cry aloud. All they can do is endure the darkness, bear the despair, and keep going through days that have been ground to dust, sustained by sheer will. Yang Jinlian is deaf and stutters. All her 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so pitiful, isn't that what ordinary life is like?

47. 397 千 A Young Couple's Road to Riches in the Millennium 千禧年小夫妻致富之路 Shannan Tu山南图10k WordsCompleted A Young Couple’s Path to Prosperity at the Turn of the Millennium 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Without golden fingers, ordinary couples start their own business

48. 398 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.6kReads8.1Score737Shelves
49. 399 没 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 Ai Shihua爱施华Urban320k WordsCompleted [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 1.3kReads6.2Score112Shelves
50. 400 谁 Whose Youth Is Without Scars? 谁的青春不带伤 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban127k WordsCompleted In the eighties and nineties, I was a child too. I went from being confused and bewildered to a rebellious teenager, from a student whose ideals shone bright to a laborer struggling through hardship. Friendships faded and were forgotten; my first love left a deep mark before ending in heartbreak. Being young means constantly growing up. 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Period romance novels

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