Looking for Period Novels You Can Read with Your Brain On, Nothing Too Exaggerated or Over-the-Top 想要可以带脑子看的年代文，不要太夸张太浮夸的

1. 1 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 33.9kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves

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   🔥①The male and female protagonists in this book have high IQs, and the female protagonist knows that she is in the book. As a marginalized person in the book, she did not do anything outrageous and inconsistent with that era. In order to have a better life, she also used some human connections to achieve her goals. After reading this book, I feel like my brain is about to grow [laughing and crying] [laughing and crying] [laughing and crying]

2. 2 穿 The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 158.2kReads9.6Score18.2kShelves
3. 3 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 46.5kReads9.4Score4.7kShelves
4. 4 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel, I Refuse to Move to the Countryside 穿到年代文抵死不下乡 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted More than ten years after Xiangqiao was born into her new family, memories suddenly awaken within her. Her older female cousin is the heroine of a rebirth novel… All kinds of plotlines also pop into her head at random. No matter where they are, her family is always a cannon-fodder stepping stone. Why does everyone want me to go to the countryside? Xiangqiao clenches her little fists. “Want me to go rural? No way!” It’s much better to work in the city and slack off now and then. She can also catc 11kReads8.3Score477Shelves
5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: The Villainess's Self-Cultivation 快穿万人迷：恶女的自我修养 Young Master Lan公子澜Modern Romance591k WordsCompleted [Clear-Headed Villainess + Sophisticated Self-Interested Charmer + No Fixed Couple + Alternate Universe] Everyone is a pawn, and she is the one pulling the strings. Chi Yan: "I'll be the one laughing last." World One: Alternate-History Era On the fishing platform, the willing take the bait. World Two: Alternate-History Era There is no such thing as absolute sincerity, only absolute self-interest. World Three: Alternate-Universe Port Mafia The flower blooming amid absolute evil will become the sh 18.7kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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   These books are all very good to read, and the first three are famous for their brains, so they won't lose money if they invest in them [Send my heart][Send my heart][Send my heart]

6. 6 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 125.2kReads9.5Score10.2kShelves
7. 7 穿 Transmigrating Into an Era Novel: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿越年代文：工具人拒绝剧情 Ninth Little Sister九小妹Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + no romance + family and village life + stays in the countryside + no school] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Mingyue discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel. She wasn’t the female lead’s rival or a sacrificial character, but merely a tool character who provided a house when the female lead went to the countryside, then appeared briefly in the background introduction. Did Gu Mingyue mind? Of course not!!! Her pocket dimension was stoc 5.1kReads8.9Score287Shelves
8. 8 无 A No-CP Period Piece 无CP的年代文 May Field Notes五月采风Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted No CP + Period Setting + Transmigrate + Reborn + System + Cultivation + Revenge Multiple worlds, different protagonists, different lives, different personalities, and stories set in different eras. These are all short stories. The stories are unrelated to one another, and this is not quick transmigration. 2.3kReads8.9Score128Shelves
9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration: The Supporting Female Character's Comeback in Period Novels 快穿之女配在年代文里逆袭 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [Reborn + quick transmigration + System + period setting + sweet romance] Liu Yan, a rich and beautiful young woman, dies unexpectedly on her birthday. In order to be reborn, she has no choice but to accept missions assigned by the System. She travels into stories set in different eras, wins over the targets, and changes the original host’s fate. She only meant to become an emotionless quick-transmigration machine. But the men she meets are all handsome, charming, and perfectly suited to her tas 941Reads8.9Score108Shelves
10. 10 冻 Frozen to Death Under a Bridge, I Was Reborn and Cut Off My Entire Family 冻毙桥洞重生后，我六亲不认 Sword Sect Mango剑宗mangoModern Romance755k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’s relatively low.) [Fierce, stylish reborn old woman × a cast of villains × face-slapping × historical era × revenge × no romance × pocket dimension] “Smack!” She’d just been reborn when her husband’s slap, along with a spray of spit, struck her face. In her previous life, she froze to death under a bridge, with no one to claim her body. This time, armed with a pocket dimension, she won’t spare even her closest relatives! Her husband faked his death and ran off w 2.8kReads7.5Score277Shelves

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    In these period novels, the heroine is sober, the plot is not draggy, the pace is fast, and all the characters are villains. [What] [What] [What] [Laughing] [Laughing] [Laughing] No Holy Mother [Adoration] [Admiration], if you don't accept it, then do it.

11. 11 星 A Starfaring Big Shot Cultivates Immortality in a Period Novel 星际大佬在年代文里修仙 Dwarf Lettuce矮脚生菜Modern Romance609k WordsCompleted Song Song, a notorious troublemaker among the stars, was poisoned by her subordinates while injured and unconscious. The poison had no cure and would destroy her mental powers. Desperate to ease the pain, she accidentally overdosed. Her soul transmigrated into the body of a dying young woman named Song Song in Blue Star's 1960s. She was dead, but her revenge was unfinished. Song Song swore she would return to the stars one day and kill her enemies with her own hands. Now that she'd taken over th 903Reads8.7Score102Shelves
12. 12 七 Trading Lives in the Seventies: The Occult Master Tears the Fake Heiress Apart 七零换命：玄学大佬手撕假千金 Sword Sect Mango剑宗mangoModern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it was just released.) Period setting X revenge X pocket dimension X feel-good story X fake and real heiresses X putting villains in their place X mystery X fantasy. “Shen Qingshuang, your worthless life is meant to take the fall for me!” Shen Bailu sneered as Auntie Zhou placed a snake parasite against her heart. Reborn just half a month before the turning point in her fate, Shen Qingshuang had her pocket dimension at her fingertips and the plot in her head. When the 5.2kReads8.4Score698Shelves
13. 13 七 Tales from an Old Hutong in Northeast China in the 1970s 七十年代东北老胡同里的故事 Hanjiang's Fair Complexion汉江的白晰Modern Romance439k WordsOngoing After struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Hua Qianyue died unexpectedly, only to encounter a blunder caused by a careless underworld official in the afterlife. After a tense negotiation, she failed to return to her body in the apocalypse. Instead, she arrived in a bustling old alley in Northeast China in 1968, carrying her personal space, healing abilities, and the medical legacy of Hua Tuo and the Qing Nang Jing, which the underworld had given her as compensation. She had become an insigni 47kReads6.3Score5.6kShelves

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    This article is simply misleading because of the title.

14. 14 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 15.8kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    Double life, no golden fingers

15. 15 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 44.4kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    Keep your IQ online and never fall behind! Not too much to recommend!!! Highly recommended!!! [Like][Like][Like]

16. 16 七 The 1970s: After Marrying a Widow, the Professor Became a Dad 七零：娶了寡妇后，教授喜当爹 Hengheng Zai蘅蘅崽Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted At twenty-four, Qiao Dani became a widow with two children, known throughout the brigade as one of its poorest households. At thirty, Lin Hengjue fell from the heights overnight. The distinguished Professor Lin, once admired for his elegance and brilliance, became one of the notorious “Black Categories” whom everyone in the cowshed avoided like snakes and scorpions. People kept urging her to remarry. Qiao Dani finally hardened her heart, stamped her foot, and marched into the cowshed to ask Li 6.5kReads9.3Score653Shelves
17. 17 七 The Sizzling Days of 1970 七零滚烫日子 Hengheng Zai蘅蘅崽Modern Romance709k WordsCompleted Yang Tao was born in a small mountain village to a family so poor they had nothing. She had two older brothers waiting to trade her for bride price, and her parents were already preparing to find her a match: a lame widower in the village behind the mountain, a good-for-nothing from the neighboring village... She didn't want to spend the rest of her life trapped in poverty. Then, suddenly, a young man came into view. The county of Lijiang was building a bridge across the river, and Song Yan, a p 4kReads8.8Score472Shelves
18. 18 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Come Looking for You with the Kids 首长，你媳妇带着孩子找来了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 39.1kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
19. 19 捐 I Donated Billions in Assets, Then Transmigrated to the Famine Era! 捐了亿万资产后，穿饥荒年代！ Smiling Beauty笑美人Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1960s + blended family + both leads’ first relationship + raising kids + copy space + outspoken heroine + everyday life] [The short drama is now streaming. Search for “A Heart Like Fine Brocade.”] In her previous life, Qiao Yu had cancer and never married. She made a fortune using her special space to buy cosmetics overseas for clients. After dying young, she finds herself in the difficult 1960s. The bad news: her late husband left behind two children, and her current husband has adopted th 10.3kReads9.0Score845Shelves
20. 20 家 With a Little Trouble-Maker at Home, Life Only Gets Sweeter 家有小作精，日子越过越有爱 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Short drama now streaming] [1970s era + transmigration into a book + military marriage + going berserk + getting rich] After putting up with a mountain of grievances in her previous life, Wen Ning transmigrates to the 1970s, where there’s nothing to be had, and gets even more fed up. She just wants to go berserk and take on the whole world. When the villagers gossip behind her back, Wen Ning’s response is simple: “I’ll just curse them out.” When she argues with her mother-in-law, Wen Ning’s res 3.9kReads8.4Score268Shelves
21. 21 天 A Disastrous Start: I Became the Female Lead’s Terrible Third Brother-in-Law 天崩开局，我成了女主的极品三嫂 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Transmigration, Space, Sweet Romance, Military Marriage] When Jiang Yuzhu woke up, she had somehow become the heroine’s awful third sister-in-law, a lazy, vain, shrewish, shameless woman. Ever since she married into the Xu family, there hadn’t been a single peaceful day. The household was in constant chaos, and she was a universally disliked supporting character. She must have woken up wrong. Back to sleep! She was a food-streaming influencer with a million followers, yet she ha 27.8kReads8.3Score1.6kShelves
22. 22 穿 Transmigrated into the Wicked Biological Mother in a Historical Stepmother Novel 穿成年代后妈文里的恶毒亲妈 Xu and Xu Qi絮与絮七Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted [1970s + space + military marriage + rugged man + adorable kids] Lin Zhi stayed up late one night, and when she woke up, she found herself transmigrated into the role of a wicked mother in a novel set in a bygone era. The heroine shines in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, while Lin Zhi rots away on the road of life. Forced to take over this mess, Lin Zhi grits her teeth. She can't stand another day of this awful life. But when she looks at the two children, all skin and bones, their e 8kReads8.6Score495Shelves
23. 23 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 60.1kReads9.3Score6.7kShelves
24. 24 穿 Transmigrating to a Bygone Era, I Live Off My Parents and Lie Flat Like a Carefree Fish 穿越年代，我靠啃老躺平当咸鱼 Wangzai Little Head旺仔小头头Modern Romance815k WordsCompleted Song Yuan transmigrated. In her previous life, she was a landlady who coasted through life, collecting rent on schedule and taking it easy. She never expected to open her eyes and find herself reborn as a little girl. Her father was a lazy, shameless rascal who mooched off his parents every day, but in truth, he doted on his wife and daughter. Her mother seemed too frail to take care of herself, unable to carry heavy loads or lift a finger, but was actually as strong as an ox. Song Yuan thought 6.7kReads8.4Score468Shelves

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    In a period novel that is still being serialized, the heroine was a housewife who lived to eat and die in her previous life, and became a milk doll through time travel. His father is a lazy bastard, but he is actually a good husband who loves his wife and children. The mother appears to be weak and unable to take care of herself, but is as strong as an ox. After the reform and opening up, my parents went into business. Song Yuan took a look and realized that now that it was like this, he was destined to be a rich second generation who would live a salty life [Blow a kiss][Flow a kiss][Flow a kiss][Flow a kiss]

25. 25 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 27.5kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    A novel about the era that you will never tire of, it is top of my reading list! The heroine (Tao Huanyan, Xiao Yanyan) was the eldest princess of the town in her previous life. She traveled through adulthood as a little cub in the countryside. Later, she entered the military region and broke up with the father of the deputy commander who was going astray. She also found herself a cousin-in-law of the deputy commander (Wei Tiechui, with a daughter named Jinzhida). She was the intellectual leader of the whole family and the entire military region. This article focuses on the heroine's growth timeline, from childhood to growing up and going to school to getting married and raising children. With the changes in policies, the family has been positive... During this period, she, her sister Qiongyan, and her twin brother Rushan made many like-minded friends, such as military comrade Haoran, Mongolian university roommate Nuomin, Taoist priest Qingfeng and senior brother Qingyuan... You can read it with your head in mind, not the kind of mindless novel.

26. 26 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 53kReads9.2Score6.5kShelves

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    You can watch it with your head in mind, the plot is reasonable and not exaggerated. The male protagonist is an officer, while the female protagonist wears a book and becomes cannon fodder's original wife. She slaps a scumbag in the face and changes her life. The content is exciting and the emotions are delicate.

27. 27 老 Wild Lilies of Old Well Village 老井村的野百合 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance875k WordsOngoing 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 14.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    There is no time travel, no rebirth, it is just a documentary of the rural era. It has high resonance, high sense of substitution, and full sense of details. It is highly recommended. [Praise]

28. 28 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 Romance931k WordsOngoing 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 19.9kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves
29. 29 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance419k 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 36.4kReads7.0Score1.1kShelves
30. 30 离 The Woman Who Can't Live Without a Man 离不开男人的女人 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 45.3kReads7.9Score3kShelves
31. 31 军 Military Marriage: The Stern-Faced Officer Is Won Over by a Stunning Painter 军婚：面凶军官被绝美画家拿捏了 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 72.7kReads9.5Score8kShelves

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    The plot is not surprising and can be watched╮(¯▽¯)╭

32. 32 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: With a System at My Side, I Bring My Sister to the Countryside 穿越七零：左系统右带妹下乡顶呱 A Qin Ya阿秦丫Modern Romance136k WordsOngoing [Alternate-Era Setting + Two Powerful Leads + Pocket Dimension + Soul Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Business + Military Marriage + Sent Down to an Island] Here’s the important part! (There’s a couple, both are each other’s one and only!) Jiang Yi died for no apparent reason. She’d just collected her severance pay from the company and was walking down the road when she suddenly dropped dead. An investigation in the underworld revealed that the wrong soul had been taken, but her body had alread —Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 33 队 The Men of the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Sweet Young Wife Has Triplets 队里汉子宠上天，娇媳妇一胎三宝 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Both leads are virgins + sweet romance + military marriage + pocket dimension + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + triplets + absolutely doting husband! A super-strong heroine vs. a devoted commander who scares off every potential suitor) The author’s new book: A Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family Curse of Ten Generations of Single Sons Special note: This is a fictional period story set in an alternate timeline. It is entirely made up and should not be taken 12.1kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    None of these are exaggerated, and they are all distinctive

34. 34 惊 What! The Orphan Girl Everyone in the Village Despises Has a Hundred Billion in Her Space 惊！全村嫌弃的小孤女有百亿空间 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Complete The completed story of the youngest daughter of the Mo and Yao couple: Transmigrating to Another World: The Beloved Family’s Lucky Carp Divine Doctor. The completed story of the Mo and Yao couple’s youngest son: The Men in the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Adorable Wife Has Triplets. The author’s new book: The Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family’s Ten-Generation Streak of Sons. Shen Yao has nightmares for several days. In them, supplies are desp 6.6kReads9.0Score637Shelves
35. 35 军 A Military Marriage: A Beautiful Army Doctor Arrives at the Family Compound 军婚娇宠：家属院来了个貌美军医 Zai Zai iya崽崽iyaModern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Complete❗][1970s military marriage + no rivalry between women + strengthening the nation through medicine + no handouts] Ye Wanning opened her eyes and found herself in a period novel as the foil to the heroine. In order to avoid being sent to the countryside, the original owner hurriedly married and stayed in the city, only to suffer years of domestic abuse before eventually starving to death. Ye Wanning, who transmigrated with a pocket dimension, refused to be a tragic supporting character. S 363Reads8.8Score—Shelves
36. 36 七 The Wolf Cub at the Village Entrance Wags His Tail at Me Every Day 七零村口狼崽子他每天对我摇尾巴 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Handsome, cold-blooded, reborn male lead, obsessive to the point of madness x soft and adorable-looking female lead who ruthlessly crushes scum, fiercely settles scores, and never puts revenge off) [Sweet Romance + Space + Transmigrate Into a Book + Reborn] When she woke up, Ye Qingyan, a wealthy heiress from the twenty-third century, found herself inside a popular period novel. Unfortunately, she had transmigrated into the unlucky female antagonist. The heroine was the stepmother’s 4.6kReads9.3Score523Shelves
37. 37 七 The Beloved Darling of the 1970s: My Little Cutie Wreaks Havoc with Her Space 七零团宠：萌宝带着空间嘎嘎乱杀 Know Li知李Modern Romance542k WordsCompleted [Adorable little one + beloved by everyone + one-on-one romance + powerhouse] An ordinary young woman unexpectedly gets a pocket dimension. It can store supplies without letting them spoil, and it contains a spiritual field where time flows twice as fast as outside. A job? Never again in this lifetime! Quit! Quit right now! You ask why? I'm going home to farm! After selling her house and spending all her money stocking up on every kind of supply she might need, Li Sitian is all set to head home 3.3kReads9.1Score366Shelves
38. 38 魂 My Soul Travels Back to the 1970s, Where a Soldier Falls in Love with Me 魂穿七零下乡被兵哥哥以身相许了 A Qin Ya阿秦丫Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Alternate-Era Setting + Two Powerful Leads + Pocket Dimension + Soul Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Shopping + Military Marriage + Scientific Research] Important! There is a couple! A couple! Both leads are devoted to each other! He's eight years older!!! Fang Ci'an is a 996 office worker. After hitting the jackpot and winning ten million, she quits her job without a second thought. Then she dreams five nights in a row about a version of herself from another timeline who looks exactly like he 6.8kReads9.1Score896Shelves
39. 39 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 16kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    It's not an exaggeration, but it can be read with your brain. The writing and logic are all good. Except for the second book, the others have little cheats. It's not an exaggeration. There is no black market for business and there is no poverty alleviation.

40. 40 资 The Capitalist's Daughter and the Educated Youth's Girl: Winning at Life by Doing Nothing 资本家千金和知青闺女的躺赢日常 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted The 1980s: family squabbles and everyday life. Young intellectual Lu Guoan had gone to the countryside. To treat his daughter, who was trapped in a strange, unending sleep, he had no choice but to return to the city with his wife and child. The Lu family was crowded into a small home, and the family's sudden return sparked some unavoidable domestic conflicts. Yet Lu Qiaoqiao, the patient, recovered the moment she stepped through the Lu family door, without needing any treatment at all. She al 24.2kReads8.4Score2.5kShelves
41. 41 夫 A Couple Transmigrates to the Sixties, Only to Find Their Mother-in-Law Reborn Too 夫妻携手穿六零，婆婆竟然也重生 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 82kReads8.8Score9.4kShelves
42. 42 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 6.3kReads8.6Score546Shelves
43. 43 七 The 1970s: Smooth Sailing and Happy Days 七零年代：顺风顺水好日子 The Lovely Flower on the Mountain山顶的娇花Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Manyi suddenly realizes she was born into a different era. Wait, isn’t that woman across the way the heroine from the TV drama The Virtuous Daughter-in-Law that I watched with the old folks in my family as a kid? And that lovely young neighbor, praised by all the aunties as capable and virtuous, able to handle everything inside and out, turns out to be the exact opposite of me, the hapless foil who can’t lift a finger or shoulder a load!!! The reborn army-wife heroine, the hardw 17.8kReads8.6Score1.6kShelves
44. 44 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 141.3kReads9.3Score11.5kShelves

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    [Thinking] ① On the first day Lin Xiangnan traveled across time, his family had a huge quarrel about going to the countryside. At the beginning: Isn't it just to go to the countryside? She has hundreds of millions of supplies in her space, but she is still worried that she will not be able to do well in the countryside? After helping her second grandpa to hoe the land for two days: It is impossible to go to the countryside. She is just indolent, lazy and greedy, and can't bear any hardship! ② Yang Yuan: What? Going to the countryside? Impossible, absolutely impossible. What's wrong with me, I'm lazy, greedy, indolent, taking advantage, what's wrong with being too narrow-minded, isn't it just for being fooled? ③ She is an older child who has not yet entered school and is a vicious female partner, no, she wants to study and go to college! So when the heroine captured the hearts of the men in Lianhua Village, Lin Ermai became the first girl in the village to attend junior high school. When the heroine moved to the county and captured the hearts of the men in the county, Lin Ermai became the first female high school student in the commune. The heroine... Lin Ermai became the first college student in the city!!

45. 45 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 17.4kReads8.1Score993Shelves
46. 46 七 The 1970s: Wouldn't Splitting the Family and Taking the College Entrance Exam Beat Fighting the Heroine for Love? 七零：分家高考不比跟女主斗香？ Jiang Liangjiang江凉姜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 12kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a short daily novel about family life. Lin Ermai accidentally went through the book and got the script of a vicious female supporting character. In the original book, she did all kinds of bad things because she was jealous of the heroine Lin Jiaojiao, and ended tragically. But Lin Ermai, who wears books, only wants to study and take the college entrance examination

47. 47 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 26.2kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
48. 48 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 43.2kReads9.3Score4kShelves
49. 49 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 35.5kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
50. 50 七 The 1970s: I Kissed the Craziest Villain to Save My Life 七零：为活命我强吻了最疯反派 Spirit Dove灵鸽Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted (Complete) [Transmigrates into a book + period setting + sweet romance + heroine pursues hero + beautiful, fair-skinned, timid drama queen x villainous, short-tempered country boy] When Shen Yingying wakes up, she has become the villain's wicked little wife in a period novel. She wakes to find herself caught in the act of running away with another man by her villainous husband. She is so terrified she nearly dies on the spot. After all, the villain in the original novel is a violent, rough-he 25.8kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

    Reader note

    🌸The first one is about wearing a book, dressing up as the male protagonist's villain wife, her legs were about to be broken, but the female protagonist came through and started acting coquettishly, making green tea, and the male protagonist couldn't resist. 🌸The second book's female protagonist is exquisitely egoistic, and has no gold fingers at all. She manipulates the male protagonist every day and makes him work. 🌸The third book is about the real daughter and the wife chasing crematorium. The female protagonist is very decisive, and she quickly divorced and cut off contact with her eccentric parents without any delay.

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