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. 51 七 The 1970s: The Tough Truck Driver’s Shy Little Wife Steals His Heart 七零，货车硬汉的骗心小怂妻 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak 7.2kReads8.9Score568Shelves
2. 52 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: The True Heiress Is Spoiled by the Coldhearted Soldier King 军婚超甜：真千金被高冷兵王宠哭 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Pocket-Space Farm + Marriage Before Love + Wife-Chasing Funeral + Triplets + Transmigrate Into a Book] [The leads divorce and then remarry. They really do get divorced.] Yu Beibei transmigrated into the real heiress and troublesome supporting female character in a period novel about a real and fake heiress. Yu Beibei existed solely to make the “heroine,” the fake heiress, look kind and virtuous. Yu Beibei: “...” Whoever wants this j 7.8kReads9.3Score888Shelves
3. 53 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 4.8kReads6.8Score249Shelves
4. 54 惨 Reborn in the 1970s After a Gruesome Death: From the Start, I Take Down My Adoptive Sister 惨死后重生在七零，开局先刀养妹 Fermented Rice Balls酒酿原子Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Seventies + era + reborn + space + spiritual spring + face-slapping (There is a male lead!!!! The romance won't come up until much later!!) (This is all made up by the author and has absolutely no connection to history.) Hu Jins heng beat Su Mei to death. Su Mei was reborn, back before she went to the countryside. This time, she would protect what was hers. First, she'd beat up her ungrateful, idiotic younger brother. Then she'd send her adopted sister, who'd framed her and was always pretending 17.4kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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   "Hu Jinsheng is such a beast. His wife is still pregnant. How could he do this?" "Su Mei is so pitiful. She was ruined by Hu Jinsheng and had to get married, and now she is beaten to death by him. Alas..." "After all, he was an educated youth from the city. How did he end up like this..." [Seeking attention] [Seeking attention] [Seeking attention] The villagers were talking a lot. Some people scolded Hu Jinsheng for not being a human being, while others pitied Su Mei for her tragic fate. When Su Mei first came to this village, her appearance and temperament were the first in all the villages. I don't know how many young people secretly liked her. I didn't expect that it would end up like this. …[Ask for attention][Ask for attention][Ask for attention]

5. 55 穿 Transmigrated into My Wedding Night in the 1980s: The Puppyish Guy Beats the Rugged One 穿成八零新婚夜，奶狗他比糙汉香 Young Master, Don't Run公子别跑Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted A levelheaded heroine vs. a warm, healing puppy-like guy An imaginative period story + sweet romance + tangled relationships + past and present lives + raising kids and building wealth + a puppy who turns out to be a wolf In her previous life, Shen Yusu met a scoundrel who deceived her feelings, and she died a tragic death. In a twist of fate, she transmigrates into the body of another Shen Yusu, with the same surname and given name. When she wakes, a strange man is lying beside her, holding 323Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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   [Screen licking] The male protagonist is titty and stupid, and the female protagonist is pregnant [Adoration] Give 1️⃣Era Easy Article [Like] The female protagonist and the male protagonist have two-way redemption. The heroine was framed and the hero was stupid and stupid. The heroine was raped and slapped with a shackle. On New Year's Eve, people around were listening, but the sand was not open. Just dying of laughter. "My eldest brother also told me that if you marry a wife, you will have a baby." Shen Yuyan was upset and threw the person's pillow away, "Hold it and give birth!" "But pillows can't give birth to babies." Zhou Jun said seriously, "Brother said that only a wife can." "Your eldest brother lied to you."

6. 56 七 The 1970s: The Little Fool Only Clings to the Strongest Man 七零：小傻子只抱最粗的大腿 Seleucus塞琉古Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted [Period setting + doting romance + genuinely silly heroine + devoted to each other] A lot of this is made up by the author, so don’t overthink it!!! The characters’ values do not represent the author’s. Song Jinxi’s family home was too small, so they kicked her out and sent her to live with her older sister, who was stationed with the army, to make room for her brother. She couldn’t do the chores properly, never got enough to eat, and had to put up with her sister’s scorn. The little fool manage 4.6kReads6.4Score239Shelves
7. 57 八 My 1980s Husband Was Disabled and Easily Flustered, but Even His Madness Was Cured 八零残夫被哄晕，疯病都被治好了 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance + period setting + exclusive devotion + doting husband + everyday life) Shi Man caught the latest trend and opened her eyes to find herself transmigrated into a novel. But she wasn't the heroine or even a supporting female character. She was the doomed cannon fodder who made trouble at every turn and met a miserable end. The heroine was no ordinary person: she used a System to bind Shi Man to the obsessive, hot-tempered villain. Every day, Shi Man had to face Shang Qingjue's 6.7kReads7.8Score496Shelves
8. 58 七 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance6.3M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 23.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
9. 59 七 The 1970s Villain Dotes on His Little Wife 七零反派娇宠小媳妇 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance851k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Period Drama + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + Rugged Man + She Pursues Him] Wen Zhizhi transmigrates into a book and becomes the runaway wife of the story's twisted villain. Afraid that the tragic ending from the book will befall her again, she has no choice but to sweet-talk the villain every day and keep him happy. But somewhere along the way, things start to feel a little off… Cao Erman: “Wifey, you're so good to me.” Wen Zhizhi: “…” Cao Erman: “Wifey, you're so beaut 4.5kReads8.8Score258Shelves
10. 60 七 In the 1970s, My Female Lead and I Share a Golden Finger, Then I Marry the Villain 七零我和女主共用金手指后嫁反派 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period drama + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + daily life + devoted one-on-one couple] Yu Liang is a bad lot, but he dotes on his wife like no other. Meimei is hopelessly silly, but only ever plays little tricks in front of Yu Liang. In her previous life, Miao Meimei was unloved by both her father and mother, and abused by her nanny. After barely making it to the end of her life, she somehow transmigrated into a book. The female lead in the book is a fox spirit, and the villain was 2.6kReads8.7Score165Shelves
11. 61 七 In the 1970s, I Was Reborn and Became My Enemy’s Most Cherished One 七零之重生后我成了仇人的心头肉 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted (One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Reborn + Family Life + Building Wealth + Both Leads Are Each Other's Only Partner) Ni Xiaoxiao never dreamed she'd get another chance at life. Xu Lian was her family's enemy in her previous life, and his position remains firmly established in this one. He's still an immovable force. But since she's already here, and she can't fight someone stronger than her, Ni Xiaoxiao has no choice but to use her charms. She's determined to make that jerk 1kReads8.3Score101Shelves
12. 62 科 The Brilliant Scientist Who Ran Away from Both Her Wedding and Her Marriage 科研一枝花逃婚又逃嫁 Qing E Xi青莪兮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A period novel with no golden finger for scientific research, a top-tier intellect and a clear, rational mind; strengthening the nation and its military through mathematics, founding a research institute; the heroine is a soldier's wife, beloved for her own achievements, with a happy, harmonious relationship) Period setting + humorous everyday life + academic star + strengthening the nation through mathematical research + counterespionage + no space, no System, no golden finger + highly intelli 5.9kReads9.2Score650Shelves

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    It's not an exaggeration, you can read it with your brain, it's down to earth and very logical.

13. 63 六 The Famine of the 1960s, the Countryside of the 1970s 六零饥荒七零下乡 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Educated Youth] [A Light Ensemble Cast] [Building Wealth] [The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s] Chen Xi, the heroine, is transported to the 1960s by a silver-white dragon-and-phoenix ring. She becomes a ten-year-old girl with the same name, and her dream comes true: she gains an enormous space for farming and raising livestock. Blinded by a handsome face, she even takes in the gorgeous Chu Xuan. The only thing she regrets is giving him too much spirit spring w 12.7kReads8.9Score1kShelves
14. 64 笑 Smiling as I Ask the Pagoda Tree About the Past 笑向槐花问前事 Waiting for You Here原地等你Modern Romance742k WordsCompleted (Sweet romance in the 1970s, cherished by everyone, educated youth sent to the countryside, traditional family medicine, special missions, upright values, deep love for the country and its people, childhood sweethearts, brothers who watch each other's backs, a golden finger used only for survival and convenience, viewed from the sidelines, not a strong female lead) A pair of watches became her space train car. After waking from a dream with seven days' worth of hazy memory fragments, she headed 1.2kReads9.1Score109Shelves
15. 65 重 Reborn: Queen of the Campus 重生：校园一姐 Yun Qingge云清歌Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Jiang Liying was trapped between light and shadow on the campus of Guicheng Normal College. She had seen the bright side of youth, but in private, she endured humiliation beyond measure. The trauma became her shackle. Her marriage ended in a hasty divorce, and even after she left teaching to go into business, turning a small shop funded by her parents into a chain-supermarket empire and amassing a fortune, her regrets never faded. In her fifties, she set off on a road trip, 69Reads9.5Score—Shelves
16. 66 小 The Little One Pouts, and Her Officer Dad and Scientist Mom Show Up 小宝嘴一瘪，军官爹科研妈都来了 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (She joins her husband’s army while heavily pregnant and amazes the entire military compound) Song Jinyue, a brilliant scientific researcher, transmigrates to the 1970s after a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s suddenly married after a whirlwind wedding, with a baby on the way. Outside, her older brother and sister-in-law are fighting over the letter that just arrived, ordering her to join her husband at his army post. To avoid getting her brother into trouble, Song Jinyue decides 18.6kReads8.0Score2.1kShelves

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    This book is very realistic and not exaggerated. I have read the latest chapter and I feel that the writing is quite good and the story setting is quite good. However, the male protagonist comes on too slowly. Those who are attracted by the introduction and want to see the famous scenes in the introduction may have to wait a little longer. Because it is a new article and there are not many chapters, I don't know the specific content direction. Now I only know that the female protagonist has gone to join the army, but the male protagonist has not returned to the army before going on a mission. In order not to cause any trouble, the female protagonist found a house to rent in a county outside, and then found a job as a translator in a bookstore in the city. She also worked part-time as a temporary translator and negotiator. The female protagonist had a rare national confidence in that era, was good at martial arts, and was proficient in several Mandarin languages. Yan is a highly knowledgeable talent, and he was a genius scientific researcher in his previous life. This novel is the kind of inspirational period novel, which I like very much. Not to mention that the author's writing is okay. There are bright spots and bad points, such as the heroine's pregnant baby, which is very resistant to the heroine's creation, fighting and not eating well, but it does not affect it. It is easy to forget that the heroine is actually pregnant, and some parts are not very realistic. But there are very few of them. They are basically realistic and are highlights. For example, the purchasing power of money and labor prices in the 1970s are very practical. The author did not convert them to current wages. Maybe the author wants everyone to feel the purchasing power of money in that era. The writing is also very good. There is also the part about fighting against the best. The fighting against the best is the conflict of the article and adds fun to the article. I think this is a small book. It is said that fighting against the best is okay, there are not many, and each fight against the best will involve a small story. It is not a simple fight against the best, so don't think the best is troublesome. In fact, these best are just to contribute to the growth of the heroine. They are all motivation for growth. In the early stage, the heroine has not grown up, so she will encounter a lot of best, but the heroine wants to make a career, and she will definitely not keep fighting against the best. Okay, I won't say it anymore. I originally wanted to make a small recommendation, but I ended up going back and talking a lot. After that, people may think that I am the author's trump card. But who would have thought that it would be so difficult to find a good book. The result is that the new series of articles is so broken, and the new book's rating is low, so I want to recommend the book. , Let the author's book become popular, the ratings go up, and more people come to urge and supervise the author. I think the rating of this novel should be very high. If the author writes well, it is not impossible to make it into a TV series. Of course, the premise is that the writing is good. It depends on how the author plays the plot behind it.

17. 67 疯 The Crazy Girl’s Rugged Husband Isn’t Human 疯批丫头的糙汉老公非人类 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance903k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + spatial powers + poison doctor + both leads are sexually inexperienced + unhinged romance] Beauty-loving enchantress VS a lovesick, nonhuman roughneck. She was a celebrated genius in the world of finance. An heir to the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Doctor. A big shot who ruled the dark web hacking scene. Who could have guessed that on the carefully chosen day she planned to lose her virginity, she’d accidentally transmigrate to 1975? She became a dark, fat, pitifully ugly girl 1.5kReads8.5Score156Shelves

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18. 68 末 The Doomsday Survivor Transmigrates into a Pitiful Bride in the 1960s 末世苟王穿成六零替嫁小可怜 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + period setting + both virgins + pocket dimension + military marriage) She was the most vengeful survivor in the apocalypse, but after someone close to her grievously wounded her, they threw her into a horde of zombies. She was the sidekick to the eldest daughter of the Qian family in the capital. Just because she was pretty, they poisoned her and deliberately fed her hormones, turning her into a fat, ugly scapegoat. Now the apocalypse’s most vengeful survivor has transmigrated 6.6kReads8.5Score813Shelves
19. 69 重 Reborn With a Pocket Dimension: The Superpowered Medicine Master and the Strongest Soldier King 重生空间，异能药师VS最强兵王 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 2.3kReads8.3Score262Shelves
20. 70 重 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance321k WordsOngoing (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 7.3kReads—Score823Shelves
21. 71 霞 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 Warm Glowing Clouds霞光暖暖Modern Romance567k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 7kReads7.9Score367Shelves
22. 72 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s Female Farm Manager Sets the Whole Regiment Ablaze 穿书七零：女场长她火爆全兵团 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Military farm] [Building an era] [Humorous farming] After making an offhand complaint, overworked Tan Xiaoxu transmigrates into a melodramatic romance novel as the male lead’s doomed original wife. The good news: the plot has gone off the rails, and her cousin has taken over the doomed wife’s fate! Tan Xiaoxu, deeply grateful: “What a wonderful person!” If you want to be the doomed wife, go ahead and take my place! Romance-addled fools have no future. Better to reclaim wasteland and build a car 5.5kReads9.2Score701Shelves

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    [Sending Hearts] Good book recommendations, I am Xiaoguai [Sending Hearts] 1. "The female field leader is popular among the whole army". The heroine travels through time, her father is a martyr, and her mother is cowardly but tries her best to protect her. In the whole process of opening up wasteland and farming and raising his own team from scratch, the battle of wits and courage with the chief farm director and his son was exciting. Second, "1972, the age of youth with red flags waving", the female protagonist is reborn, the male protagonist travels through time, and the male and female protagonists go from strangers to falling in love with each other. Every step in the process is interlocked, logically smooth, and extremely natural. The male protagonist loves to make money. Every time he makes money, the beginning is laid out layer by layer, and the mystery is revealed bit by bit. Third, "Traveling into a period novel, I feel refreshed every day", the heroine is a chef at a state banquet, accidentally traveling through the period novel, she became pregnant out of wedlock, her mother died young, and her father is unknown. With a big belly, she faces all the malice and danger around her alone, until she arrives at the military home.

23. 73 替 Taking Her Sister’s Place in the Great Northern Wilderness: A Scheming Man’s Rise 替妹插队北大荒，腹黑男的进步史 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 93.5kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves
24. 74 八 1980s Military Marriage: The Madcap Days of Jiang, the Cannon-Fodder Chef 八零军婚：炮灰江大厨的发疯日常 Poor Sanqi!贫穷的三七呀！Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + pocket dimension + witty heroine + straight-man hero + scene-stealing kid Xie Yuanqing: Whatever you need, leave it all to me. Jiang Chang: Brother, you're such a great guy. How about we become sworn brothers? Xie Yuanqing: Why are you covering your nose? Jiang Chang: Bro, there's such a strong smell of the red-light district on you, it's choking me. Xie Yuanqing: You mean the smell of someone who's been traveling all day? Xie Yuanqing: Is my back smooth? Jiang Chang: That's 4.1kReads9.0Score460Shelves
25. 75 七 The Sweet Young Lady of the 1970s 七十年代小娇娇 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The moment the young educated youth Wen Wan arrives in Lu Jiazui, she becomes famous: famous for her beauty, famous for taking her time, and famous for her sharp tongue and soft, sweet manner. When the educated youths first arrive, Lu Dongping sees Wen Wan and thinks, How is this little thing supposed to work in the fields and earn work points? Whichever team gets her will be unlucky. Take her home and she'll be treated like an ancestor. Later, Wen Wan becomes his very own little ancestor. 1.5kReads8.9Score252Shelves

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    🌸🍀The best period novel I have ever read, I have already read it for the second time. [Love] Wenwan, a young educated youth, became famous as soon as she arrived in Lujiazui. She was famous for her beauty, her slowness, and her sharp-tongued yet soft-spoken voice. 🔥When the educated youth first arrived, the first time Lu Dongping saw Wen Wan, he was thinking, how can such a little thing work in the fields to earn work points? Which team is unlucky? If he brings it back, he will become an ancestor. 🔥Later, Wen Wan became his little ancestor.

26. 76 六 Marrying into a Powerful Family in the 1960s: The Lucky, Lovely Soldier 六零嫁高门：天生好命俏女兵 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 33kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
27. 77 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 9.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
28. 78 凝 The Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by a Powerful Man in the 1970s 凝脂美人在七零年代被大佬宠疯啦 Kuo Luo De He Bing阔洛得喝冰Modern Romance473k WordsOngoing Lin Ranqiu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a nine-year-old little girl. There are four children in the family: her ten-year-old elder sister and brother, twins, and eight-year-old Yaozong, who cries and throws tantrums. The original owner is stuck awkwardly in the middle, unloved and ignored. Fortunately, the transmigration deity from Tomato gives her a golden finger: dew gathers at her fingertips, restoring her beauty. And with her arsenal of green-tea lines, she shines just as brightly 9.7kReads8.6Score637Shelves
29. 79 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, I Got My Concubine Sister's Pocket Dimension and Decided to Take It Easy 穿越七零，得庶妹空间我摆烂了 Flowing Water Goes Ding-Dang流水个叮当Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Jinmi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household, is murdered by her half-sister and accidentally lands in a world of scarcity in the 1970s. She can't cook or farm. What can a frail, pampered young lady do when she can't carry a load on her shoulder or lift a thing with her hands? Don't worry. She has a pocket dimension, medical skills, and a good-for-nothing who knows how to make money. The good-for-nothing, a devoted husband, lives by one motto: His wife is responsible for l 21.9kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
30. 80 农 A Country Girl Marries a City Man Just to Get Ration Coupons 农村女嫁城里人，只为吃商品粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 43.1kReads7.9Score3.5kShelves

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    Two sisters married in the city at the same time and lived in the upper and lower classes. The sisters do not fight among themselves. They are both smart people. They live ordinary lives separately and are very down-to-earth~

31. 81 大 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban66k WordsOngoing This is not a hero's story. It's the story of someone who is alive, living on behalf of those who died. Military life, the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, reconnaissance soldiers, brotherhood, father-son bonds, a bygone era, growing up, passion, heartbreak, and tears. 841Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 82 七 The Lovely 1970s Army Wife Cherished by the Nation 七零俏军嫂，被国家当成宝 Liu Liuliu刘柳柳Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage] + [Book Transmigration] + [Storage Space] + [Marriage Before Love] + [Everyone’s Favorite] + [Period] The moment Shen Qingling opens her eyes, she realizes she has transmigrated into a book. She thought that after spending her last life busily studying all sorts of skills and competing in contests, she could finally marry a military officer in a whirlwind wedding and settle into an easy life as a military wife. The wives in the compound look down on her, but the aroma of her 2.9kReads8.8Score327Shelves

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    These three books are all must-haves. The first one is about a scientific research master who strengthens and rejuvenates the country. The more you read it, the more fun you get. The second one is about acting and the heroine goes through the book and changes her destiny. The golden finger is novel. It has vehicles and cards for road survival. The heroine is in the 1970s. The third one is about a smart family fighting wits and courage with all kinds of scum ❤️

33. 83 七 The 1970s: Sent to the Countryside and the Army, I Become a 749 Bureau Veteran 七零：下乡随军成749局元勋 Zero Point Two Seven零点二七Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A stone-faced military officer with bulging muscles and a complicated mind VS a delicate, radiant heiress from a wealthy family] [Military Marriage] [Light Sci-Fi] [Sweet Romance] [Easy, Satisfying Read] [Light Fantasy] [Goofy Robot] [Combat Pet] [Cards] [Lightning Powers] A word of warning: The heroine talks about keeping a low profile, but doesn’t act like it. If she has a golden finger, she’ll use it. Leng Yunhuan had just won the Grand Slam for Best Actress when she stayed up late playing a 8.5kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves
34. 84 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 211.7kReads9.3Score9.8kShelves
35. 85 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 72.2kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves

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    Both of these books can be thought-provoking, especially the second one. The first book is about family life and ordinary life, but it will not make you moved or boring. The second book only talks about the title content in the first half, and the second half is about life in Hong Kong. The male protagonist is very clever.

36. 86 五 The 1950s: The Family's Beloved Child Takes a Grain Shop Through the Famine 五零团宠，带着粮铺混饥荒 llx Flying Fishllx飞鱼Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [For female readers] [Period] [Spatial storage] [Famine] [Family darling] [Everyday family life] [Slice of life] [Dual transmigration] [Coming of age] [Reincarnated in the womb] [Alternate historical setting] [A black pot falls from the sky: transmigrate to the 1950s and become the family’s darling] When Zhao Suisui returned home for the New Year, she passed her aunt’s grain shop. Her aunt had something urgent to do and asked her to mind the store. Just as she was lying on a rocking chair, watch 27.7kReads9.2Score2.9kShelves

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    It is definitely a period story that is not exaggerated and does not overwhelm wisdom. The heroine and her brother are both pregnant. The heroine's Golden Finger is a food store but it is not big (it does not have tens of billions of supplies). The heroine's brother's is a RV. After going through the famine years, the two secretly conspired to build a cornucopia and put food in the basin every midnight. They also have to work hard to stock up on meat and food. They go up to the mountains to hunt and dig wild vegetables. The meat is cooked in advance and they dare not let the smell of meat go out.

37. 87 惊 Wait, My Best Friend and I Both Married Men We'd Met Only Once? 惊，闺蜜俩各嫁了只见一面的男人 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Military romance in the 1990s, marriage before love, a charming and alluring clinic owner with a flirtatious streak VS an officer who looks refined but is a jailbird at heart, two heroines and two heroes, both couples devoted only to each other) Bo Munian and Chen Sibin are two of the finest men in the Marine Corps. Neither expected that their first mediation assignment would end with them getting swept up in the mess themselves: both wound up marrying women they’d just met, and on the very sam 633Reads7.1Score100Shelves
38. 88 九 The ’90s Bride Is Fierce and Wild, and Her Soldier Can’t Handle Her 九零媳妇又辣又野，兵哥H不住 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The adapted full-cast audio drama is now available. (1v1 military marriage set in the 1970s) They say the Jiang family's twin sons are both exceptionally handsome and talented. The brothers made a name for themselves when they both achieved the highest scores in their respective arts and sciences exams across the province and got into prestigious universities. Sadly, although they look identical, their personalities couldn't be more different. The elder, Jiang Yize, is aloof and cold, with a na 4.3kReads8.8Score471Shelves
39. 89 我 In the 1980s, I Became a Military Wife Through My Own Merit 我在八零靠实力成为了军嫂 Zhou Yichui周一吹Modern Romance788k WordsCompleted (Sweet period romance + military marriage + intense romantic tension + pure romance + gourmet cooking + 1v1) People often say, “A stranger is as lovely as jade, a gentleman peerless in the world.” Lu Sinian, a prominent figure in the military compound, has always seemed like an immortal being to the unmarried young women there: lofty and untouchable. Then Zhang Yaoyao moved into the compound. One look at Lu Sinian was enough to leave her awestruck, and she announced in front of everyone that she 362Reads7.5Score—Shelves
40. 90 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 63.6kReads8.5Score7.3kShelves

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    [Bookshelf plus one][Bookshelf plus one][Bookshelf plus one] The heroine travels back to 1970 with a flash sale system. She is promoted from a buyer in a supply and marketing cooperative to export. She has a great career, is loved by her family, and has a sense of age. It is worth watching!

41. 91 觉 After Awakening Her Memories, the Little Cannon Fodder Gossips, Gets Rich, and Takes Down Scumbags 觉醒记忆后，小炮灰吃瓜发财虐渣 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 42.3kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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    [Inquiry][Inquiry][Inquiry] This is a very good-looking novel. The heroine has a character that must be punished, and she has high martial arts value, thick skin, and her grandparents are also very happy and wise.

42. 92 我 I Forced a Kiss on My Target, and Got Arrested? 我强吻对象，居然被捕了？ Precious Moon Pearl宝月珠Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Top student + tough guy + pocket dimension + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + sweet, satisfying romance + self-interest above all] After overworking herself to death, top student Qin Yu transmigrates into the body of Qin Duoyu in the 1970s. Given a second chance at life, she refuses to wear herself out for anyone. Her whole family abuses her, so she gives as good as she gets. They expect hardship in the countryside? She has skills to fall back on. Better to wear other people down than l 16.9kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves

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    "The person I forcibly kissed was actually arrested?"" Modern academic tycoon Qin Yu died suddenly, and traveled back to Qin Duoyu in the 1970s. Live your life again and never be tired. The whole family abused her, and she abused the entire family. Do you have to endure hardship when going to the countryside? She has the skills. Rather than being internalized by others, it is better to internalize others. The main thing is that I have no conscience, and my conscience won't hurt!

43. 93 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 17.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
44. 94 八 The ’80s Smuggler’s Apple of His Eye 八十年代倒爷的心尖宠 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting]+ [no golden finger]+ [both leads are chaste] This is the story of my parents. These days, it would be called a classic hero-rescues-beauty, straight-out-of-a-romance-drama kind of romance. Back then, it was the kind of pairing that left everyone speechless, and made them sigh that a beautiful flower had been stuck in a pile of cow dung! My mom: beautiful, kindhearted, and long-legged. My dad: tall, and otherwise just fierce. My mom: one of the first college students after the na 4.1kReads9.0Score349Shelves
45. 95 金 A Golden Marriage 金婚 IMCModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 18.3kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
46. 96 七 In the Seventies, the Roughneck Was Swept Off His Feet by His Sweet Young Educated Wife 七零糙汉被知青娇妻撩得心花怒放 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, sweet romance, adorable baby, pocket dimension] In her previous life, she was misled by a scumbag man and a vicious woman. She turned her back on her upright, handsome, and capable husband, and ended up abandoned by everyone. Reborn on her wedding night, Xia Siyue uses every trick she knows to set the rugged man’s heart ablaze. Xia Siyue grabs the front of his shirt and boldly provokes him: “You’re taking forever just to climb into bed. Are you even a man?” The once-obsessive man’s eye 6.4kReads9.2Score718Shelves
47. 97 七 The 1970s: After Breaking Off My Engagement Following a Near-Drowning, the Handsomest Educated Youth Dotes on Me 七零：落水退婚后被最俊知青娇宠 Qing Lizi清梨子Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted Shen Shu never expected to transmigrate to the 1970s, much less have a scummy fiancé from a ridiculous childhood betrothal. After getting rid of him, Shen Shu quickly marries a handsome educated youth. She never expected this educated youth to be such a treasure: he can do everything, though he does have a bit of a sweet-on-the-outside, dark-on-the-inside streak. Lu Yandong thought he was marrying a little tyrant, but it turns out she’s a fox pretending to be a rabbit. 1.3kReads8.7Score101Shelves
48. 98 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 63.8kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
49. 99 七 The 1970s: The Female Side Character Is Beautiful, but Truly Ruthless 七零：女配虽然美丽但实在狠辣 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 24.1kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves

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    The heroine is not a nymphomaniac, she is self-interested and not truthful, kind or beautiful. The heroine loves herself the most. When the heroine is wronged, she will secretly seek revenge by [blowing kisses] [blowing kisses]. The author's writing logic is great. [PS: Ever since the stepmother came in, she has never had a comfortable life. I can only use my little hands and feet to vent my resentment every day, either spitting in my rice or using their toothbrush to clean the toilet.]

50. 100 闯 Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol 29kReads9.5Score3kShelves

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    Let me take you to see Erni's adventure in Guandong, a quality story of the times.

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