Looking for a Period Novel with a Golden Finger Set on an Island or by the Sea 求年代文+金手指+海岛，海边的

1. 1 鱼 Too Many Fish to Clean, My Mother Beats Me Until Tears Run Down My Face 鱼获太多宰杀忙，母亲暴打泪两行 Bland Green Tea清茶乏味Urban1.4M WordsCompleted A laid-back story about fishing and gathering seafood. Su Ye, an unemployed young man, planned to go home and rest for a while. The ocean, blue skies, and white clouds were the best cure for a weary heart. Su Ye realized that fishing, gathering seafood, catching fish, and keeping a cat or dog seemed like a pretty nice way to live. His parents, though, seemed to be looking at him more and more strangely! On his first day fishing, he caught a large grouper, and his mother beamed with joy. On the s 16.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
2. 2 年 Life on an Island: A Military Wife Raising Kids in the Old Days 年代，军嫂养娃海岛生活 Little Sugar Who Has to Get Thin必要瘦的小糖Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [1970s + Military Marriage + Special Abilities + Raising Kids + Food + Medicine] Han Shuang transmigrates from the 1970s to the apocalypse. She thinks she’ll never make it back, but unexpectedly transmigrates back again, now with a pocket dimension and a wood-based ability. Using the supplies she gathered during the apocalypse and her wood-based ability, Han Shuang makes it through the hard times. With a big one in one arm and a little one in the other, she raises the brothers to be chubby and r 11.2kReads8.7Score775Shelves

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   The female protagonist has superpowers and initially lives on an island.

3. 3 下 Sent to the Countryside: I Bring My Sister to Save the Five Tibetan Beauties 下乡知青，带妹救赎藏族五朵金花 Jiuyexi九叶溪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Two comic adaptations are in production] [Ensemble cast + multiple heroines + treasure hunting and inheritance + instant revenge + rural comeback + fiercely protective and scheming + everyday family life] Lu Chuan is reborn in the capital in the 1960s as a capitalist's son, despised by everyone. With his family in shambles, he quickly takes his younger sister to the grasslands to join the rural resettlement program and start his life over. He only meant to get by and look for the treasure his a 17.3kReads7.3Score1.7kShelves

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   These are good books, but they're not set by the sea. They're about border regions and rural areas, including Inner Mongolia, Tibet, and Xinjiang. The protagonists are decisive and ruthless, herding sheep, hunting, riding horses, shooting arrows, and marrying beautiful grassland wives.

4. 4 下 After Moving to the Countryside, the Capitalist Young Master Becomes the Village Favorite 下乡后，资本少爷成村里的香饽饽 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No AI, Entirely Handwritten] Don't pay attention to the newly posted rating (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + treasure hunting + space + multiple female leads) Li Wu's soul travels to the 1960s, where he arrives in the capital. Because his grandfather was a capitalist, his uncle and cousin reported him and had him denounced, leaving Li Wu no choice but to go to the countryside. Before leaving, he strips the treasures his grandfather left him bare, and t 18.4kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
5. 5 下 Moving to the Great Grasslands: From the Start, I Keep the Mongolian Sisters Fed 下乡大草原，开局养活蒙族姐妹花 Jiuyexi九叶溪Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Moving to Inner Mongolia] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Educated Youth] [Cultivation] Wang Tiejun transmigrates to the capital in 1968, only to discover from the start that he has become the biggest sucker in a dysfunctional family. He dated his ex-girlfriend for three years without even holding her hand. He cuts ties with his family and heads to the countryside with his friends, leaving the courtyard house behind. He takes on spoiled villains, battles bandits, and meets a pair of Mongolian sister 14.9kReads7.6Score1.9kShelves
6. 6 资 A Capitalist Scion Lands in the 1960s: Taking His Pocket Dimension to the Countryside in Search of Treasures 资本少爷穿六零，带空间下乡寻宝 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No AI, entirely handmade] Just got a rating, don't pay attention to it (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + treasure appraisal) Wei Wu transmigrates to the capital in 1968 with a pocket dimension. When he learns that his older brother reported their father, leading to his tragic death in a labor camp, he retaliates by exposing his brother's embezzlement at the machinery factory and gets him locked up for good. Then he clears out the fami 24.7kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
7. 7 下 Sent to the Northwest Countryside, I Hunt to Feed Uyghur Triplets 下乡大西北，狩猎养活维族三胞胎 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban331k WordsCompleted [No AI, entirely handwritten] (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + antique appraisal) Modern office worker Yi Xin is furious when a friend borrows money and refuses to pay it back, so he decides they should die together. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in 1968 in the body of a man in the capital with the same name. From the start, he is reported for associating with an old Taoist and is thrown into a cowshed. At his lowest point, he awakens a 6.4kReads7.3Score399Shelves
8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Stockpiled Supplies by Foraging at Sea 穿越六零，我靠赶海囤物资 Lots of Durian Daifuku榴莲大福多多Modern Romance166k WordsOngoing [Period] [Tidepooling] [Stockpiling Supplies] [Pocket Dimension] [Love Grows Over Time] [Family Life] [Building Wealth] Tian Qiaoqiao loves tidepooling, but one careless moment sends her transmigrating to the impoverished 1960s, and she ends up in a small fishing village. From the start, a wild boar chases her. Then her original body's family, who favors sons over daughters, tries to force her into marriage. They want her to marry a cripple nearly twenty years her senior, just to get a bride pri 2.3kReads—Score308Shelves

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   It features a cheat-like advantage, is set in a bygone era, is about beachcombing, has a plot, and is enjoyable.

9. 9 六 Space in the 1960s: I Head to the Countryside with a Goose to Gather Seafood 六零空间：带着大鹅下乡去赶海 Six Colors六个颜色Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted Shen Yuexi transmigrates to the impoverished 1960s with her spirit goose. Luckily, she has plenty of supplies stored in her space, enough to last her for ages, and her goose is a skilled fisher, so she doesn’t have to worry about food at all. The original owner was unloved by her father and mother. Her family wanted her twin sister to take over her job, so they signed her up to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Her sister even pushed her down, killing her. Her trip to the countryside i 1.8kReads8.6Score224Shelves

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   A transmigration novel where the female protagonist and a goose enjoy their beachcombing life.

10. 10 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
11. 11 身 With Billions in Supplies, I Reincarnated as an Educated Youth and Hunt for Seafood Every Day 身怀亿万物资魂穿知青每日赶海 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted [Period setting + spatial supplies + devoted husband + tidal-foraging expert + getting rich + strong heroine] The heroine loves and hates fiercely, and always gets even! The hero is a loyal, calculating man who keeps his wealth well hidden! Qian Duoduo comes from the future, carrying an inexhaustible supply of billions of goods. She transmigrates to the 1970s as a young educated woman. With a stepmother, she’s treated like a little cabbage. Her own father beats the original owner to death. Befor 1.3kReads8.9Score137Shelves
12. 12 离 A Fortune-Making Adventure on the Shore After Quitting My Job 离职后赶海的暴富之旅 Warm Words, Wind on Paper暖语笺风Modern Romance705k WordsCompleted [Quietly Unhinged + System + Beachcombing + Fishing + Everyday Family Life + No Romance] After quitting her job, Wang Yueyao unexpectedly received a System and began beachcombing. The beach was full of cat’s-eye snails, bull’s-eye snails, octopuses, starfish, crabs, and more... Out at sea, she fished for grouper, red-spotted grouper, sea bass, and all kinds of other fish... After leaving her job, she started earning even more. Wang Yueyao threw herself into beachcombing as the System refreshe 1kReads8.5Score109Shelves
13. 13 穿 Childhood Sweethearts in a Period Novel 穿到年代文里的青梅竹马 Autumn Has Always Been Here丛来是秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Note: She doesn’t hand over her golden finger right from the start.) When Diwu Yue wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated into a period novel she once read, becoming a minor supporting female character barely mentioned in the story. She and her childhood sweetheart refuse to follow the plot. Bringing along her sweetheart’s family heirloom, they head to a seaside island for rural reeducation. The two layabouts begin a happy life with all the seafood they could ever want. Is farming in a p 765Reads8.6Score102Shelves

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    This one fits the bill quite well. It's about a group of educated youth who went to the countryside and lived on an island. The content is very interesting, the writing is good, and it's already finished!

14. 14 穿 The Book Transmigrator Gets a Waist-Hugging Flirt from the Army's Toughest Man 穿书女配被全军第一硬汉搂腰撩 Deep in the Hedgerow篱落深深Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jian Yuelan had transmigrated into a book years ago, but the plot only kicked in after she followed the army to an island! Good news: sweet romance and a happy ending. Bad news: she and the second male lead were killed off early. A sweet, doting marriage in the 1970s? That’s all complete bullshit! Every character was just there to pave the way for the male and female leads to ascend! With no plot to follow, Jian Yuelan created her own, racking her brains to change her fate. Fortunately, her man 12.5kReads9.3Score873Shelves

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    The female lead possesses superhuman strength and is the sole object of affection for three generations! The male lead can't defeat her.

15. 15 年 Period: Raising Three Ex-Wives and Seven Daughters, I Strike It Rich Gathering Seafood 年代：带三前妻和七女儿赶海暴富 Garfield Isn't a Cat加菲不是猫Rural Life165k WordsCompleted In 1980, the coastal fishing village has only just opened up, and every family is still scraping by on tiny plots of land and shallow fishing grounds. Xu Hailang is the laughingstock of the village. He has three ex-wives and seven daughters, and the whole family is crammed into a ramshackle fisherman's hut. But who could have imagined that this family, divorced but still living together, is actually a hidden team of wealth-makers! Xu Hailang has a golden finger and knows all the secret signs of 687Reads—Score160Shelves

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16. 16 开 Divorced from the Start: Returning to the Village to Fish for Treasure 开局离婚：回村赶海捕鱼捞宝藏 Siren Is a Fish塞壬是条鱼Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted (Beachcombing + fishing + taking down scumbags + family life) Fu Wan, a fisherwoman, has been reborn! In her previous life, after she was thrown out, her daughter was sold into the mountains. Her father went out to sea and was caught in a storm, his fate unknown. Her brother, whose leg had been pierced by a stingray and left him bedridden, killed himself. Her mother couldn’t bear the shock and took rat poison. But Heaven treated her kindly: not only was she reborn just before her divorce, but th 108.2kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn in the 1980s. She swallows a fish pearl and gains the ability to breathe freely underwater. Her luck in beachcombing also gets better and better. After her divorce, she takes her daughter to her parents' home to go beachcombing and fishing, which is very close to the life of a fishing village.

17. 17 穿 After Becoming the Mother of the Villainess in a Comparison Story 穿成对照组女配的亲妈后 Li Jiujie李九戒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period military romance + transmigrate into a book + slow-burn + contrast character + raising a child + sweet romance + food + space spring) After waking up from a car accident, Lin Zhilan found herself in the novel The Fortunate Wife of the 1980s, as the mother of the contrast character, a supporting female lead. The original owner was stunningly beautiful and alluring, but unfortunately, she was a widow. Her outstanding looks and timid personality made men covet her and women curse her. “ 109.7kReads8.7Score14.7kShelves

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    🔥🔥This one! A period drama set on an island, a military marriage story. The female protagonist transmigrates into a book and possesses superb medical skills, her own career, and a special advantage. She's incredibly beautiful, with a stunning appearance. She has an adorable three-year-old daughter and a hilarious nephew. It's a heartwarming and fun story, and she's also a great cook.

18. 18 军 A Sweet Military Marriage and Life on an Island for a Lovely Beauty 军婚甜如蜜，俏美人的海岛生活 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [1980s setting + no golden finger + transmigrate + island life + military marriage + food + sweet romance] Lu Ting has barely woken up when she realizes she has transmigrated into a book. There’s even a reborn woman in the story who has her in her sights. Determined to turn her fate around, Lu Ting refuses to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Instead, she immediately attends a matchmaking event organized by the authorities. She finds herself a suitable husband and gets married in a fla 8.1kReads8.8Score522Shelves

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    This book tells the story of a female protagonist who goes to an island with the army. She's a great cook, and life there is very warm and cozy. Initially, the protagonist transmigrates into the book and, not wanting to be sent to the countryside as an educated youth, immediately attends a matchmaking event organized by the organization. She finds her ideal husband and has a whirlwind marriage. In the end, she discovers that the man is very shrewd. Not only is he a high-ranking military officer with a powerful family background, but he also had feelings for the protagonist long before.

19. 19 下 Sent to the Countryside on a Sea Island, Raising Little Ones with My Frog 下乡到海岛，带着蛙崽养团子 Sweet Rice Wine Dumplings酒酿甜心圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Alternate-History Period Setting + Joining Her Husband on an Island Posting + Frog Companion's Pocket Dimension + Family's Cherished Darling + Raising Kids + Food + Foraging by the Sea] When Qi Mengyu woke up, she was blowing bubbles in the sea when Yan Qing, a cool, long-legged man, hauled her out. She discovered that she'd transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. To cherish life, stay away from the male and female leads. Marry a thoughtful, go 3.2kReads8.9Score263Shelves
20. 20 大 The Great Beauty Runs Away, and the Commander Goes to the Island to Win Her Back and Marry Her 大美人偷跑，首长下海岛追妻领证 A Thousand Years of Drunken Dreams醉梦千年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + everyday family life + island + invisibility ability + pocket dimension + sweet romance + devoted couple] An Yue transmigrated! An Yue opened her eyes. She kicked away the hooligan who had tried to assault her. Her ability suppressed the drug's effects, and she took every last thing the hooligan had. An Yue jumped into the water. Just as her mind began to grow hazy, An “antidote” fell from the sky. Qiao Haoyu and An Yue were in the same predicament. An Yue was dazzled by his lo 3.7kReads8.8Score410Shelves

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    Each character has their own unique traits and is very capable, not just the male and female leads. The pacing is fast. [Heart emoji]

21. 21 赶 Coastal Foraging Days: A Hold Full of Fish, Doting on Five Sisters 赶海年代：鱼货满仓，宠飞五姐妹 Billionaire富甲亿方Urban1.4M WordsCompleted (Reborn in a bygone era + fishing village + lighthearted + daily life + beachcombing + fishing + farming + pocket dimension) Xu Mo died on the operating table. When he opened his eyes, he was back forty-five years earlier, at the moment Li Qingyue asked him to marry her. In his previous life, his cowardice and refusal to take responsibility led to all five sisters dying, while his parents wasted away in grief. In the end, he too passed away with a heart full of regret. This time, the chance to m 19.3kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
22. 22 八 Eighties Island Life: My Rugged Husband Is Kissing Me Silly 八零海岛：糙汉老公被亲懵了 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance385k WordsOngoing Transmigrate into a book, sweet romance, 1970s setting, age gap, veteran, rugged man and sweet young woman, gathering seafood, delicious food, mutual flirting After transmigrating into a book, she looks at the tough guy who has come to break off their engagement. Xiao Wanqing says: Since I've transmigrated into a book, how could I let a catch like him get away? And besides, I'm coming for that seafood feast! 2.2kReads—Score232Shelves

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    Island setting, sweet romance, historical setting, making a living by the sea, and getting rich.

23. 23 八 Crazy in the 1980s: The Island Beauty Is Fiercely Savage 八零疯疯疯，海岛美人她过分凶残 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance479k WordsCompleted The story has only just received a rating. Once there are more chapters and the ladies leave likes and comments, the score will climb in no time! [Alternate Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Island Life + Military Marriage + Delicious Food] Chu Yao had just woken up when she realized she'd transmigrated again. This time, she'd landed in the role of a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The female lead, Chu Ruyan, stole the original owner's personal jade pendant and used it to live a life o 6kReads9.0Score646Shelves

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24. 24 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.9kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
25. 25 俏 A Pretty Military Wife Follows Her Husband to an Island, and the Stoic Officer Can't Take It 俏军嫂随军海岛，闷骚军官顶不住 There Are Deer in the Wild野有鹿Modern Romance664k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented + one-on-one romance + devoted to each other + historical era + military marriage + love after marriage + sweet romance + island setting + multiple babies at once + raising children] Xia Qingqing transmigrates into a novel set in the 1970s, becoming a doomed supporting female character with a tragic ending. She tears up the script written for her and latches onto someone reliable. The two become a “contract couple” and follow the army to a southern island. Gu Yuheng brings a fai 537Reads8.5Score104Shelves
26. 26 七 Everyday Life as a Military Wife on a Sea Island in the 1970s 七零海岛随军日常 Torrential Rain on a Cloudy Day阴天暴雨Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, period setting, pocket dimension, raising children, gossip, sweet romance, satisfying revenge, parallel world, no awful relatives] Zhou Yufei, a 21st-century oil painter, dreamed for a whole month about another version of herself in a different world. Sensing that something was wrong, she immediately brought out her family’s heirloom pocket dimension and began buying everything in sight... After transmigrating to the 1970s, Zhou Yufei found loving family members and a partner wh 1.8kReads8.9Score133Shelves
27. 27 掏 After Draining My Scumbag Father and Stepmother, the Heiress Joins the Army and Heads to an Island 掏空渣爹后妈，资本小姐随军海岛 Thinking of You思君吖Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Short-Form Drama Adaptation Out + Military Marriage + Feel-Good Revenge + Island-Group Pocket Dimension + Exceptional Female Lead, Possessive Male Lead] Jiang Yan, daughter of the richest man in the country, owns assets worth hundreds of billions. Her daily routine is living off her parents, lazing around, and shopping. One day, she went out to pick up a food delivery and got brained by a brick. Then she transmigrated into a brainless period novel written by her jealous cousin! In the book, Jia 16.4kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
28. 28 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s, I Join My Husband on a Sea Island 穿越六零年代，去海岛随军 Uh Uh Uh 666额额额666Modern Romance513k WordsCompleted [Space + hoarding supplies + System + period setting + following the army + island life + twins in one birth + food] Lin Youyou receives a warning that she is about to transmigrate, along with a jade bangle space. She sells off the family assets, stocks up on supplies worth tens of billions, and transmigrates. From the start, she is all alone, and people keep urging her to go on blind dates. But her intended match seems like a hopeless romantic. He says, “A man should treat his wife well. My wif 7.6kReads8.6Score720Shelves
29. 29 赶 Tide-Chasing System: I Get Rich Fishing by the Sea 赶海系统：我靠赶海钓鱼暴富 Rain Falls Over Jiangnan江南雨纷纷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (System + Coastal Foraging + Island Life + Fishing + Relaxed Daily Life) A cheerful everyday life of coastal foraging and fishing, with a slow-paced, immersive feel. Digging for razor clams and picking up octopuses on the beach, catching big green crabs on the rocky shore, finding trapped groupers, catching sea eels, and heading to uninhabited islands to forage and hunt for treasure, or going out to sea to fish for big ones… After quitting her job, Chen Zhiyao unexpectedly obtains a coast 7.9kReads9.1Score730Shelves
30. 30 捡 I Found a Child and Got a Handsome Officer as a Bonus: Married Life Is a Blast 捡娃赠帅军官，婚后生活乐哈哈 Cai Cai采采Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book: period novel + golden finger + cozy everyday life raising children] [Not a strong female lead] Overnight, Tang Yuanyuan goes from being a bright-eyed university graduate in the modern era who can’t find a job to an orphan in the 1970s, whose father has died and whose mother has remarried. Her arrival looks like the scene of a crime. On the first day after recovering from her injuries, Tang Yuanyuan goes up the mountain to gather wild vegetables for the first time in he 3.5kReads8.6Score316Shelves

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    Transmigrating to a novel set in the past, featuring a golden finger (advantageous ability), an island setting, raising a child while serving in the military, and delicious food. See if you like it! [Eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji][thinking emoji][thinking emoji]

31. 31 渣 Stay Away, You Scumbags! I Switched Marriages and Hit the Jackpot with His Uncle 渣男贱女莫挨我，换亲他叔赢麻了 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military marriage + transmigration + switched marriages + sweet romance + devoted couple + love after marriage + island life Yu Yao transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife who worked herself to death serving a scumbag. After her death, the heroine spent her money, lived in her luxurious mansion, and badmouthed her as a failure wherever she went. She didn’t care if the heroine slept with the scumbag, but spending her money was out of the question. She promptly called off 4.2kReads8.7Score434Shelves

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    Military marriage, sweet romance, time travel, island era. After Yu Yao transmigrates into a book as the cannon fodder original wife, she decisively chooses to break off the engagement and marry the male lead's uncle instead. Their married life is sweet, and they have twins.

32. 32 小 A Little Zombie Went Looking for Brains, Ended Up in the 1970s, and Joined the Army 小丧尸找脑子找到七零后，随军了 Nine Meows Have Something to Say九喵有言Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Island military romance + transmigration + super-brain genius + special abilities + real and fake heiresses] Zhou Shi is a zombie with brains. She pushes a shopping cart around looking for supplies. Because humans say that if you have food, you have nothing to fear. She uses her brain as a mouth to talk, because she’s heard that if you don’t use your brain, it’ll rust. Her goal in zombie life is to become the most high-class Zombie Queen. High-class means pretty and smart. So this little zombie 13.9kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    The female protagonists in both books have lived on islands. In the first book, the female protagonist is reborn as a (fake) simple-minded country girl. She calls the male protagonist "stinky egg" and everyone else "egg," maintaining a childlike intellect. Even when she lives on the island, she retains this childlike quality. However, she possesses exceptionally strong vision and sense of smell, and occasionally displays technological ideas. (The novel is lighthearted and humorous.) In the second book, the female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a sent-down youth and has an adorable frog companion. This frog travels frequently, bringing the female protagonist various benefits and even acting as her animal translator, making her life much more colorful. There are too many books to list individually; they are all good, especially books 1, 3, and 6.

33. 33 八 The Stunning Beauty of the 1980s: She Fakes an Accident to Snare the Factory Director and Raise Her Little One 八零绝色佳人：碰瓷厂长养崽崽 A Deer in the Mountains山中有鹿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Mutual Firsts [Age Gap + Truly Unhinged + Fussy Little Firecracker + Sweet Romance and Child-Rearing] No moral compass, read at your own risk! Shen Yunqing, the real heiress her own mother can’t stand, transmigrates into the 1980s. Her father in this life wants to marry her off in exchange for a bride price. Absolutely not! Under cover of darkness, Shen Yunqing grabs her things and runs away. On her first day in the city, she deliberately gets in the way of an island factory director. Having 4.9kReads8.7Score375Shelves
34. 34 真 The Real Heiress Settles on an Island and Opens Up the Land, Then Marries an Abstinent Officer and Wins Big 真千金驻岛开荒，嫁禁欲军官赢麻 Man Qin满沁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Good news: I transmigrated into the body of a rich, beautiful heiress! My father is an army officer, my mother is a singer, my eldest brother is a teacher, my second brother is a doctor, my third brother is a researcher, and my fourth brother is set to take over the family business. Bad news: I'm the real daughter who was switched at birth and spent over a decade stranded in the countryside. The family already has a fake heiress, cherished and doted on by everyone. I'm crude, ignorant, greedy, a 644Reads8.5Score109Shelves
35. 35 七 The Down-and-Out Lucky Star of the 1970s: Marrying an Officer and Raising Babies to Wealth 七零落魄锦鲤：嫁军官养崽暴富 Drunk on Cloud-Boughs醉上云枝Modern Romance495k WordsOngoing [Lucky charm + raising kids + making money + farming + golden finger + joining the military on an island + sweet romance] (PS: The male lead in the book is not the same person as the male lead in real life, so there's no stealing anyone's destined match. About 20% top-tier jerks.) The little lucky koi transmigrates into a book as the pitiful daughter of the Lin family. After painstakingly finding her birth parents, she is told to go to the countryside in place of their adopted daughter. She is a 794Reads6.8Score115Shelves
36. 36 重 Reborn in 1992: A Divine Fishing Dog Helps Me Become the Richest Man 重生92：渔村神犬助我成首富 Octopus Who Loves Octopus爱吃八爪鱼的章鱼Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Funny daily life + farming + golden finger + seaside foraging + raising a child + feel-good story with one heroine] After being reborn, a down-and-out protagonist sets out from a small fishing village on a comeback journey, aided by a miraculous dog that can find treasure! 2.9kReads8.1Score208Shelves

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    A time of fishing in the sea! (≧∇≦)/ 1. [Note] The male protagonist is reborn in 1992. He saves a dog at the beginning and goes fishing with it, reaping many rewards! While others have awakened cheat codes, the male protagonist gets rich by relying on the dog [smirk]! 3. [Note] The male protagonist is reborn in 1982. He solves the problem that made his family miserable at the beginning, calmly goes fishing to make money, and gains a lot with his rich experience! Later, he takes the whole village with him [you'll see]!

37. 37 重 Reborn in a Fishing Village: 1982 重生渔村：1982 A Woodlouse, Not an Ant蝼不是蚁Urban630k WordsOngoing Reborn in a fishing village in 1982, the protagonist gets a chance to make up for the regrets of her past life and begin an extraordinary new one. Starting out by gathering seafood along the shore, she builds a fortune from nothing and works toward her dreams one step at a time. In this life, she wants it all: wealth, beauty, and status. 684Reads7.1Score—Shelves
38. 38 重 Back to the 80s: From Coastal Foraging in a Fishing Village to Ruling the Oceans 重回80：从渔村赶海到纵横大洋 Sexy Little Commoner性感小刁民Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Lin Yu, a seasoned sea-fishing enthusiast, is reborn in 1983 as an ordinary boy in a fishing village on the coast of northeastern China. His family is poor, their house is dilapidated, and going without enough clothes and food is part of everyday life. His mother struggles through the hardships of life, and his younger sister once nearly lost her life to illness. Lin Yu is determined to shoulder the burden and become the family’s mainstay, setting out on a new journey toward a better life. As th 154Reads6.2Score102Shelves
39. 39 重 Back to 1982: It All Begins in a Little Fishing Village 重回1982，从小渔村开始 Explosive Garfield暴炸加菲Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Relaxed Daily Life + One Heroine + Mountains and Seas + Farming] Lin Dongyang shook his head. He had only been watching as a leatherback turtle was hauled ashore and helping release it back into the sea, but it got tangled up with him. The moment he opened his eyes, he was back in 1982, on the very day he had made a terrible mistake. The sight of the shabby old house brought distant memories flooding back. Looking at his wife beneath him, belly swollen and tears on her face, he felt 22.5kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
40. 40 八 I Woke Up in the 1980s with Seven Kids, and My Wicked Mother-in-Law Fainted in Terror 八零睁眼七个娃，恶婆婆吓撅过去 Red Robe赤衣Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, System, lucky charm, wealth and prosperity, food, raising children, everyday family life, lighthearted comedy, daily life] After a car accident, Cheng Wenyin wakes up as a nasty mother-in-law in a small fishing village in the 1980s. She opens her eyes to three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren, and a youngest son who is bedridden and paralyzed. The shock knocks her out cold. Only after binding to a System does she realize she’s transmigrated into a period novel. The System’s 1.4kReads8.4Score160Shelves
41. 41 兵 The Soldier Spoils Her: The Tender Beauty's Island Life 兵痞溺宠：椒软美人的海岛日常 Frozen Lychee荔枝冻Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted [Seventies Military Marriage + Spicy, Beautiful Educated Youth + Pocket Dimension + Daily Coastal Foraging] After dying suddenly, heiress Jian Xiuyan becomes a disposable background character in a brainless novel, about to be sold off as a fool’s bride and doomed to a bleak, miserable life. The bad news: things are disastrous from the start. She can’t do a lick of work and knows nothing about farming. Even if she flees to the countryside, all she can do is wait to starve to death. The good news: 841Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    While others live a miserable life on a remote island, the female lead is drooling over a shrimp in one hand and a prawn in the other, making the neighbor's kid drool. And she's also incredibly beautiful—the island's number one beauty.

42. 42 随 Following the Army to an Island: A Lovely Educated Youth Raises Kids in the 1970s 随军海岛，娇知青在七零养崽崽 Sweet Rice Wine Dumplings酒酿甜心圆子Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history setting + military romance + Frog Pal’s pocket dimension + sent-down youth + adored by all + food + triplets] She transmigrates into a period novel as a chubby young intellectual who’s cannon fodder. From the start, Long Qiqi is pushed into the sea by her stepsister to feed the fish. At death’s door, she’s pulled ashore by Gu Yuan, the coldest and most refined officer on the entire island. Knowing the plot, she decisively dumps the scumbag and marries Gu Yuan in a flash... 6.6kReads7.6Score792Shelves

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    [Alternate Universe + Military Marriage + Frog-like Space + Rural Life + Pampered Darling + Delicious Food + Triplets] Long Qiqi, pushed into the sea by her half-sister, was bubbling away one second, only to be rescued by the cold-faced Gu Yuan the next! Transmigrated into a cannon fodder female supporting character? The male lead who neither accepts nor rejects, the pretentious female lead—get lost! A cold-faced soldier with a level-ten love-struck brain is much better… Rural life on an island is great! As the ancestor of Wolong Fishing Village, Long Qiqi leads the villagers to explore the mountains and the sea… Soft and adorable flying rays, incredibly fresh grouper, king crabs the size of washbasins, lobsters as thick as arms, sturgeon with soft bones… More to eat than she can possibly eat! In her leisurely life, a traveling frog brings her back delicacies from all over the world, a killer whale from the deep sea takes her to search for underwater treasures, and golden monkeys from the deep mountains brew monkey wine for her… Giant turtles, eagles, tigers, and silver wolves all vie to pamper her! Triples in one pregnancy! Not enough breast milk? A leopard chick will do the trick! The family in the compound was waiting to see the chubby Long Qiqi wreak havoc on Gu Yuan's life, but to their surprise! Their family's life is getting better and better!

43. 43 七 The 1970s: Who Says a Female Soldier Can't Be a Slacker? 七零，谁说女兵不能当该溜子 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Female soldier + strong heroine + comedy + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place] After Zheng Hao awakened her memories, she found herself with a biased grandfather, a grandmother who favored boys over girls, and a mother who’d been tormented half to death. Could this setup get any worse? Just as her grandmother was about to stamp the name “Bringer of Brothers” onto her little sister, Zheng Hao struck back, turning their grandparents’ main room upside down and smashing everything to 40.6kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    The protagonist's cheat ability in this historical fiction is that she has highly sensitive five senses, and the reborn female lead is incredibly strong. [Learned][Learned][Learned] The female lead is a local from an island, skilled at fishing, and ruthless. She even hangs her biased and vicious grandmother from a tree. [Laughing] Her abilities are so outstanding that she's specially recruited into the army, transforming from a street urchin into a military urchin, making her both loved and hated by the army leaders. [Laughing][Laughing][Laughing] The only downside is that it's still being serialized. [Crying]

44. 44 赶 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Mountain Peak山峰Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 128.4kReads9.4Score12.1kShelves

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    This is a must-read novel about beachcombing, a must-read for anyone interested in period fiction. I've already read it four times.

45. 45 重 Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: I Married an Officer in a Flash and Hit the Jackpot 重回六零抢个婚，闪嫁军官赢麻了 Five Views of Five Blossoms五见五华Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] [Space + dual powers + farming + beachcombing] [Face-slapping + awful relatives + no forgiveness] Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: A Whirlwind Marriage to an Army Officer Her younger cousin Lin Shuang was orphaned, then adopted by Lin Man’s parents and became the darling of the Lin family. Lin Man, meanwhile, became the family’s punching bag, unloved by her parents and pushed around by her brothers. Lin Shuang ate candy while Lin Man watched. Lin Shuang ate meals while Lin 22kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves

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    Joining the military on the island 😍😍😍

46. 46 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s and Raise Kids on a Military Island 穿越六零，随军海岛养崽崽 Wan Xiyi万喜宜Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period Setting + Pocket Space] [Joining the Army on an Island + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Love After Marriage + No Toxic Characters + Everyday Life] Jiang Zhizhi is a modern-day food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s. Luckily, the little house she had just bought outright comes along with her, and the refrigerator inside even has a duplication function. But before she can process what’s happening, her older brother and sister-in-law bundle her up with he 2.9kReads8.5Score194Shelves

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    Beautiful! Beautiful!!

47. 47 甜 Sweet! The Beautiful Army Wife Searches for Her Husband on the Island and Gets Doted on Like a Queen 甜！漂亮军嫂海岛寻夫后被宠上天 Dou Shishi斗十石Modern Romance830k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s + devoted couple + sweet romance + multiple babies at once + slice of life + obnoxious characters + alternate universe] Warning: Weird and obnoxious people everywhere!!! She has worked herself to the bone for her husband's family for five years and gets nothing in return. Now they're about to kick her out. After her mother's funeral, she faints at the grave, and when she wakes up, she finally sees the light. She's no longer Lin Zaozao, who lets people beat and scold her. 3.5kReads8.9Score267Shelves
48. 48 六 A 1960s Supporting Actress Joins Her Husband’s Army on a Coastal Island 六零年代女配海岛随军日常 Ming Xihan明溪寒Modern Romance80k WordsCompleted Island life with the military + Sweet romance + No toxic characters + Everyday life Ye Xi accidentally transmigrated to the 1960s. Before she could even process what had happened, the man who had saved her life proposed to her. Lu Zhou brought home a sweet, delicate wife, and the young woman was an incredible cook. Crab roe noodles, fish roe wontons, soybean cakes… Lu Zhou could only think how lucky he was to have found a treasure. 275Reads6.0Score—Shelves
49. 49 重 Back to the 1970s: I Became a Military Wife on a Sea Island 重回七零：我在海岛当军嫂 Steamed Fish粉蒸鱼鱼Modern Romance568k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Sweet Romance] [Gourmet] [Raising Kids] [Everyday Life] When Li Feifei dies and wakes up again, she discovers she’s transmigrated to the 1970s and become Li Weiwei, a resident of Li Family Village in Yunnan Province in 1973. The first thing she faces after waking up is a blind date. Who could have guessed that everyone involved in the matchmaking would reveal their true colors? She’s already prepared to marry just about anyone, but then, by chance, she goes to the city and meet 464Reads7.1Score—Shelves
50. 50 七 Military Wife in the 1970s: Island Life Is the Sweetest 七零随军：海岛日常美滋滋 Mingyue Yan明月滟Modern Romance793k WordsCompleted The new novel, The Scholar and the Joyful Life in the Mountains, is now underway. It's a historical farming story, so head to the author's page to read it~ . [Cozy daily life, family and neighborhood affairs, simple and peaceful ☞ beachcombing + food, mainly Cantonese cuisine + farming + adorable kids. Includes educational tidbits and lots of pictures. Complete.] [Content warnings: This is not a power fantasy, and the heroine isn't strong ☞ no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, no fac 626Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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