Please Recommend a Period-Era Story with an Educated, Refined, and Gentle Male Lead Who Was Sent to the Countryside 求 年代文 男主知青，儒雅，温文尔雅，文化人

1. 101 混 The Gang Boss and His Green Tea Wife 混混头子绿茶妻 No Emo Today今天不emoModern Romance500k WordsCompleted 2.5kReads8.8Score174Shelves

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   [Smiling face] Song Jiaojiao had the chance to marry into a wealthy family, but a poor young man ruined her plans. In that feudal and conservative era, she was forced to marry the man who had abused her, living in poverty and suffering repeated domestic violence. After being reborn, Song Jiaojiao decisively fought back, rendering the scumbag incapable of wrongdoing, and quickly began discussing marriage with the man she had regrets about in her previous life. However, just when everything was going smoothly, her first love—the gang leader—stopped her, questioning, "You messed with me, aren't you going to take responsibility?"

2. 102 从 The Daily Gossip From 1960 Onward 从1960年开始的吃瓜日常 Nanji Yaoyao南极夭夭Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Easygoing, clever heroine + refined, gentle, scheming hero; the golden finger is tiny, practically nonexistent] A modern couple has just paid off their mortgage when, after what feels like a long dream, they find themselves back in the 1960s. They have become a young couple in rural Northeast China. With no financial pressures and no lofty ambition to work hard and change the world, they stand by each other and live an ordinary life. Life's surprises arrive without warning: they learn that they 5kReads8.7Score277Shelves

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   🌹First Book: A Gifted Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner X A Gentle and Refined Diplomat. On the train back to Beijing from the countryside, Chu Yimei awakens her memories and discovers she was originally the head of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department. Back home, she's assigned to work as a doctor at a pharmacy. Because of her excellent medical skills, she receives widespread praise and later meets the gentle and refined diplomat male lead.🌹Second Book: A Laid-back, Smart, and Refined Female Lead + A Gentle and Refined Male Lead. A modern couple transmigrates back to the 1960s. They initially want a simple, supportive life, but find themselves relegated to background characters in a period novel. Thus, the couple distances themselves from the main characters and begins their gossipy daily life of watching the drama unfold.🌹🌹Recommended by Rui Xiaoxue, good reads for you to enjoy🌹🌹

3. 103 七 The Quietly Passionate Factory Director's Darling in the 1970s 七零闷骚厂长的小娇娇 A Chestnut一颗板栗Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + pocket dimension + spoiled young master + satisfying read + no being sent to the countryside + seven-year age gap] Jiang Shu suddenly discovered she had a pocket dimension, and knew she was about to transmigrate or end up in the apocalypse. She immediately took stock of her assets and began stockpiling supplies, only to arrive in the 1970s. Now she had to face the threat of being sent to the countryside. Go rural? No way! In the blink of an eye, Lu Shiyu, the director of the ma 9.7kReads8.4Score994Shelves
4. 104 七 A Beautiful, Sweet 70s Girl Makes the Diplomat Blush 七零娇女纯又美，外交官他红了脸 Seven Talents七才Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Aloof, abstinent diplomat vs. charming, independent country girl in college, transmigrate into a book, both pure] Diplomat Chen Yichen is forced to bring a country girl who drugged him with an aphrodisiac back to the city. She catches thieves, knows her limits, and behaves with impeccable decorum. But to him, it is all just an act. Then Su Tang, exhausted, falls into Chen Yichen’s arms, and her fingertips accidentally brush against one of his sensitive spots… Her rosy lips part slightly, captiv 377Reads6.8Score104Shelves
5. 105 七 The 1970s: Snagging the Handsomest Educated Youth as My Husband 七零：霸个最俊知青做老公 Lucky Purple Sandalwood Flower紫檀幸运花Modern Romance219k WordsCompleted “Zhizhi, your mother’s fighting someone under the old locust tree at the village entrance.” “What? Is my mother all right? Did she get hurt?” Yang Mengzhi grabbed a shovel and ran outside... “Oh dear, Zhizhi! Hurry to the vegetable plot behind the hill. Your mother’s arguing with someone, and they’re about to start fighting...” Yang Mengzhi rolled up her sleeves and headed out. “...” Later, after becoming one of the first university students, she met a classmate from the city. “Yang Mengzhi, I 128Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   Look at him! ✨At our first meeting, one was a smiling little girl munching on corn, and the other's eyes were glued to that face [smile]. So handsome! [Full] A tall, slender young man, wearing a white undershirt, with a fair complexion that clearly indicated he was a city youth sent to the countryside, with almond-shaped eyes and a high nose that shone brightly in the sunlight.

6. 106 八 Married with a Baby in the ’80s: My Mortal Enemy Becomes a Henpecked Husband 八零奉子成婚，死对头成了妻管严 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance796k WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangyi woke up, she learned that she had transmigrated into a book, a period novel written by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine, and she was the vicious supporting character. Her father didn’t love her and her mother was gone. As if having to survive under the thumb of her wicked stepmother since childhood wasn’t enough, her scheming stepsister stole her fiancé and set up her nemesis, the street thug Xie Qingxiao, to ruin her virtue. She became pregnant by accident, and af 13.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves

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   💥In her past life, her stepsister schemed against her, causing a gang leader to ruin her reputation. She became pregnant out of wedlock and met a tragic end. Reborn, the day after her reputation was ruined, she decisively went to the gang leader and announced, "I'm pregnant!" The gang leader was stunned. "You're pregnant on the second day?!"

7. 107 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 28.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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   These are all very good books; the male leads are all college graduates. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

8. 108 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, She Marries the Sickly Handsome Educated Youth at First Sight 穿越七零，她被病美知青闪婚了 Flower and Leaf, Gentle Green花叶青柔Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Xu Ran transmigrates to the 1970s. Barely settled in, she finds herself the subject of gossip among the villagers, who decide she’s dating someone. Then the handsome educated youth latches onto her. Xu Ran can only sigh. “Sure, I wanted to save him, but I didn’t want to give up my whole life for him. But that puppy-dog look… Sigh, I don’t think I can resist this guy.” Xiao Jinnan: “I just want to build a good life with my wife.” Xu Ran: “I have ambitions. I can’t just devote myself to my own lit 1.2kReads8.7Score103Shelves

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   🔥🔥①[Sweet, charming, and highly intelligent female lead & gentle, refined, and cunning educated youth male lead] The male lead is gentle, considerate, and has high emotional intelligence. He is clear-headed yet somewhat naive in matters of the heart, and he handles relationships with perfect tact. The female lead is intelligent and has stable career and love life. ②The male lead appears cold on the surface but is actually incredibly charming and charismatic. He is an intellectual, handsome, cold to outsiders but gentle to his family. The female lead is intelligent, discerning, capable, not a saint, and incredibly strong.

9. 109 七 The 1970s: The Beautiful Village Girl Is Spoiled by a Powerful Educated Youth 七零：漂亮村姑被知青大佬宠爆了 Warm Sunshine at Midnight午夜暖阳Modern Romance276k WordsCompleted (A cold and aloof educated youth sent to the countryside as the male lead VS a sunny, ambitious village girl as the female lead) (Sweet romance~ Both are each other's first~) Jiang Meng was reborn, and her original persona was that of a clingy girl. She had fallen head over heels for an educated youth sent to the countryside just because he was handsome! Pfft~~~ So what if he's a little good-looking? I, Jiang Meng, won't be swayed by looks. Since I've been given another chance at life, I might a 2.6kReads8.1Score220Shelves
10. 110 六 The 1960s: I Thrived After Marrying a Scrap Collector 六零：改嫁废品收购员后我赢麻了 Qi Baochen柒宝宸Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + seemingly useless wood-type supernatural ability + pocket dimension + everyday family drama + fake and real heiresses + contrasting counterparts] Yuan Hui and Yuan Yin were reborn. They returned to the day they left the mountain to resume lay life and were assigned blind dates by their organization. In their previous lives, senior sister Yuan Hui married a driver for the transport team, while junior sister Yuan Yin married a good-for-nothing street loafer. Unexpectedly 8.8kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
11. 111 七 The 1970s: The Domineering Village Belle Takes Down Every Mary Sue! 七零：霸道村花干翻所有玛丽苏！ Hou Wenyuan侯雯媛Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted A village beauty and village tyrant who can plow three mu a day, paired with a sickly, shameless male God of Wealth. The whole point of this story is to have a great time. [Mutually devoted couple + strong heroine + unhinged humor + satisfying romance] Jiang Zao was the last dragon in the cultivation world. As she ascended and underwent her tribulation, a bolt of lightning struck her into one of countless little worlds. A grandmother and grandfather who favor boys over girls, an uncle's family 4.3kReads8.5Score475Shelves
12. 112 千 I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上 Sweet Blossoms on Brocade锦上甜花Modern Romance800k WordsOngoing [Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to 6.4kReads9.3Score468Shelves
13. 113 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 106.5kReads9.3Score10.8kShelves

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    A story packed with elements of historical setting, transmigration, delicious food, and heartwarming moments! A young orphan girl, Ming Dai, transmigrates into a book and goes to the countryside, where she encounters the seemingly eccentric but actually ruthless Zhou Sinian. Their unfortunate souls find redemption in each other. Zhou Sinian, originally cannon fodder in the book, is tragically driven insane by a conspiracy. Struggling to survive in the countryside, he finds happiness again with Ming Dai's arrival, experiencing the simple joys of being well-fed, warmly clothed, and surrounded by delicious food. Under Zhou Sinian's unwavering protection, Ming Dai is no longer alone and finds true love. The writing style is humorous, filled with everyday family moments and mutual affection. The food descriptions are incredibly tempting—a must-read for food lovers!

14. 114 穿 Transmigrated Into a 1970s Novel: My Crazy Boss and I Are Head Over Heels 穿书七零：我与疯批上司甜爆了 Not a Bird in a Thousand Mountains千山鸟非绝Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [1v1, devoted to each other, both transmigrate, alternate world, sweet romance, quirky heroine, tsundere and unhinged hero. The heroine has a strength-based golden finger, while the hero has a farm dimension they can share after marriage. The golden fingers feature heavily early on.] Yan Qian was accompanying her boss to inspect a construction site when an unidentified object suddenly fell from the sky and hit her. When she woke up, she had been sent fifty years into the past, becoming Yan Qian, 1.2kReads8.5Score107Shelves

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    In their past lives, the male and female protagonists were in a superior-subordinate relationship. The male protagonist mistakenly believed that the female protagonist liked him, and subsequently fell in love with her as well. Due to an accident, they both transmigrated into the bodies of educated youth sent to the countryside in the 1970s. Their fates, intertwined across lifetimes, led them to confess their feelings and work together to achieve a happy life in the 1970s. The entire story is humorous and witty, with few truly exceptional characters, and both protagonists maintain high intelligence throughout.

15. 115 七 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 64.1kReads9.2Score8.7kShelves

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    [Already recommended][Already recommended] The female lead, pregnant, resolutely accompanies the male lead during his rural exile. Fate plays a cruel trick; the male lead falls ill and dies, leaving his unborn child as a posthumous child. After his death, his soul inhabits the body of a young educated youth sent to the countryside, and the youth's location is the very place he was sent to. He then approaches his wife again with a new identity.

16. 116 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s as a Cannon-Fodder Young Intellectual 穿越七零炮灰小知青 Famous Far and Wide红透半边天Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted Tags: Pocket Dimension Farm + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids Synopsis: Lin Miaomiao transmigrated into a book, becoming a cannon-fodder educated youth sent to the countryside in a reborn, face-slapping period novel. Lin Xi, another educated youth, is the heroine of the book, titled The Reborn 1970s: A Wonderful Wife. In her previous life, the heroine abandoned her army officer husband, who had always doted on her, and ran off with a scumbag who was also an educated youth. The 99Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    In that challenging era, the female protagonist, with her intelligence, courage, and resilience, made a prosperous life for herself. Then, the refined and handsome educated youth appeared! He was gentle and courteous, like a warm ray of sunshine, illuminating the female protagonist's world.

17. 117 赘 The Reborn Son-in-Law's Road to a New Life 赘婿的重生之路 Gray Eagle苍鹰Urban3.5M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Period Drama + Urban + Feel-Good] Yin Tianshui was an orphan. At eighteen, he was chosen by the Feng family in a neighboring village to become their live-in son-in-law. The Feng family’s daughter had a married lover, and she was already pregnant when she got married. On their wedding night, her whole family conspired to get Yin Tianshui drunk, making him believe he had consummated the marriage and injured his new wife in the process. Yin Tianshui endured twenty years of abuse and humi 30.5kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
18. 118 你 Hello, 1974 你好1974 Shark Fin Who Doesn't Eat Cats不吃猫的鱼翅Urban915k WordsCompleted Everyday Life in the 1970s + Educated Youth + One Female Lead + Supplies + Buying a House A 21st-century landlord takes his golden finger with him as he charges into the 1970s. His little sister was young and a bit of a schemer. Fine! Tang Yucheng decided to give her his job and head to the countryside as an educated youth. He thought he could sleep under the open sky and live off the land, hunting roe deer with a stick and catching fish by hand. He never expected that, despite wanting nothing m 797Reads6.8Score111Shelves
19. 119 1 1976: The Educated Youth Era 1976，知青年代 Baili Xiguan百里西关Urban476k WordsCompleted The experiences of one generation, the emotions of one generation, the struggles of one generation. Overnight, Lu Haitian, a young man born in the 1980s, is sent to work in a remote village. He knows little about the era his parents lived through. With no golden finger, no pocket dimension, and no System, he rises and falls several times amid the sweeping changes of the years that follow, gradually finding his way toward the future... 1.1kReads6.4Score—Shelves
20. 120 年 1973: Starting with Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside 年代1973：从知青下乡开始 Wen Xin闻信Urban682k WordsOngoing [Sent to the Countryside in the 1970s + Lighthearted Humor + Everyday Family Life + Cunning Old Fox] On the day Lu Yuan is sent down to the countryside, he saves the village’s five-year-old little matriarch. From then on, even the village dogs salute him... ... ... (From the start, there’s no stealing houses or jobs, an abusive stepmother, or cheating followed by revenge. Read with caution if that’s what you’re looking for!) 3.6kReads7.6Score145Shelves
21. 121 大 The Young Lady Courts Death, and Her Betrothed Comes to Save Her 大小姐作死，联姻对象来赎人 Gu Le骨乐Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted [Both From Powerful Families | Marriage First, Love Later | Flirtatious Push and Pull | Sweet Romance] [Noble, Aloof CEO x Delicate Rose of a Heiress] (The rating is only because the novel just came out. Read without worries!) Jiang Ruoli had been pampered since birth. The only bitterness she had ever tasted was in iced Americanos, and even her name carried her family’s hopes that she would be refined and well-mannered. . Who would have thought that she’d impulsively spend a night with her husba 11.8kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    Except for not being a sent-down youth, I meet all the requirements.

22. 122 是 Professor Zhou Was the First to Fall for Me 是周教授先动心 Cheng Jingjing橙京京Modern Romance346k WordsCompleted “The short drama is now available.” After three years of a marriage in name only, Jiang Songchu always thought Zhou Qi'an didn't love her. But only when he risked his life to save her at the brink of death did she understand that beneath his calm exterior was a heart ablaze with sincere devotion. He loved her more than life itself. * Reborn, Jiang Songchu finally sees the light. She decides to stay away from the freeloader and build a good life with Professor Zhou. But this aloof older man is ev 2.4kReads9.0Score197Shelves
23. 123 北 The Great Northern Wilderness: I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Return to the City? 北大荒：都重生了谁还回城？ Professor Big大教授Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Period] [Rags to Riches] [One Female Lead] [Greater Khingan Range] [Hunting] When he was young, surgical academician Su Huaian pursued Qin Ling, a sent-down youth, with all his might. He even became a live-in son-in-law and followed her to the city, only to end up as the man who raised another man's child. He worked himself to the bone, and when Qin Ling returned to the city, she took all the household supplies with her. Then a heavy snowfall sealed off the mountains. His father, who had a bad 7kReads8.3Score615Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A brand new time-travel, system-free, rural youth novel: ① The Great Northern Wilderness, pitch black outside. I was reborn on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month in 1979, the second year after the resumption of the college entrance examination! In this life, relying on his precognitive memories, he will lead his younger siblings to a better life, from hunting and buying medicinal herbs in the mountains to opening factories and doing business. From a barefoot doctor in the brigade clinic to the city hospital, Su Huai'an goes further and further away. Wait! Why are you crying if I don't go back to the city!

24. 124 重 Reborn in the 1970s: An Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生七零：知青在北大荒 Yi Ziyan易子晏Modern Romance5.0M WordsOngoing He Siwei is reborn in the year she went to the countryside. She refuses to go to the farm where her childhood sweetheart works, as she did in her previous life. Instead, she chooses a firewood farm in the mountains. Armed with the traditional Chinese medicine skills she learned by her father’s side and her knack for identifying herbs, she begins her life as an educated youth sent to the countryside in the Great Northern Wilderness. 27.9kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    ☁️The male lead in this period drama is a refined and gentle educated youth.💫 ☁️The first book features a female lead whose parents were soldiers who died in the military. She lives in the countryside with her grandfather and younger brother. The female lead is beautiful and incredibly strong; she can carry a wild boar weighing over 300 pounds with ease. She unexpectedly saves a handsome and kind-hearted educated youth, and that's how she finds her husband. Her family is united and very satisfied with him. All malice is rendered meaningless by her absolute intelligence and strength. A must-read!💫 ☁️Recommended by Yun Duo [Please follow]💫

25. 125 七 The 1970s: A Man Who Transmigrated Into a Book Falls in Love with a Young Educated Woman! 七零：穿书男和女知青恋爱了！ Long Huahua龙花花Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted From the heroine's perspective: Lin Jiajia was framed by a friend and put on a special train carrying educated youths to the Northeast. The moment she got on, she ran into a pervert who wouldn't stop staring at her. Lin Jiajia glared fiercely at him once, and from then on, she spent her life in the countryside glaring at people nonstop. From the hero's perspective: Ye Yunzhou was a man who had transmigrated into a book. The first time he met the heroine, he just kept staring at her. After gettin 3.9kReads9.0Score327Shelves

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    1️⃣ Xiao Niannian transmigrates into the fiancée of the male lead in a 1970s rebirth novel. The original female lead, reborn, is eyeing her fiancé covetously. She goes with the flow, breaks off the engagement, and gets together with the aloof Yan Qian, taming the eccentric family members. 2️⃣ A renowned chef transmigrates into the body of a plump village girl in the 1970s. Upon opening her eyes, she finds herself forcing a male educated youth to marry her! The villagers are even pressuring him to marry her? No problem, watch how she uses her culinary skills to forge a successful path! 3️⃣ Educated youth and educated youth, a down-on-her-luck princess versus a husky-like male lead. The female lead is a native of the book, while the male lead is a transmigrator. The premise is novel. The male and female leads meet on a train, and the male lead falls in love at first sight, beginning his long journey to win her heart. A sweet romance.

26. 126 七 The 1970s: A Freewheeling Life with Cheat-Level Insight 七十年代：悟性开挂的潇洒人生 Mud Loach土泥鳅Urban374k WordsCompleted Zhou Yichen transmigrates to the 1970s. With an astonishing gift for understanding, he manages to live life on his own terms in this harsh era. When you’re poor, look after yourself; when you’re prosperous, help the whole world. Alongside making a good life for himself, he also wants to do his part for his country. 1.1kReads6.6Score—Shelves

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    🍒🍒At the age of 2, Youyou transmigrates into a transmigration novel set in the 1970s. She is a marginal character who decides to live her own life, but is noticed by the aloof male protagonist in the book.

27. 127 在 The Cool, Reserved Educated Youth Falls for Me in a Period Novel 在年代文里被清冷知青看上 Don't Write of Longing不写相思Modern Romance151k WordsCompleted [Era story + transmigrates into a book + educated youth + both leads are each other’s first and only love] [Energetic, adorable heroine vs. cool and gentle hero] Sui Youyou wakes up one day to discover she has transmigrated to the 1970s, going from a university student to a down-to-earth pig farmer. Most importantly, she has transmigrated into a book, and it turns out to be a story about a reborn villainess. Unfortunately, she is only a peripheral character with a few scattered lines of descript 326Reads6.7Score—Shelves
28. 128 救 Help! I Became a Hot Mom with a Professor Husband and a Kid Who's Bad at School 救命！穿成辣妈，教授老公学渣娃 Hibiscus慕蓉花Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Faithful couples + transmigration + adorable kids + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + healing] At 21, Lan Jia got drunk and slept with Professor Su, a top student and a devastatingly handsome man. One night of passion led to a shotgun wedding. But at 28, she was literally angered to death while helping her son with his homework! Her 21-year-old self transmigrated into her 28-year-old body: Huh? Why is her husband so bad in bed?! And why does he keep wanting a second child? Two brilli 2.9kReads8.9Score177Shelves

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29. 129 穿 On My 1980s Wedding Night, I Transmigrate and Marry a Poor, Rough Man with a Pocket Dimension 穿到八零新婚夜，带空间嫁穷糙汉 Little Golden Monkey小金猴Modern Romance890k WordsCompleted Jiang Mi is a catering magnate. She brings a warehouse space stocked with billions’ worth of supplies back to the 1980s, where she marries an impoverished man with two younger siblings in tow. They can barely manage one meal to the next, and their ramshackle house could collapse at any moment. Everyone thinks Jiang Mi has drawn a terrible lot in life, saddled with a man like this and doomed to misery forever. Jiang Mi rolls up her sleeves and sets about helping them grow into their potential. Sh 2.1kReads9.2Score285Shelves
30. 130 开 From the Start, I Used My Spatial Realm to Take All the Supplies When the Family Was Raided 开局抄家，我用空间把物资全收了 Moon over the Twenty-Four Bridges二十四桥的月Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Guo Yunxi had only just transmigrated into the legitimate daughter of a first-rank general when her entire clan was confiscated and exiled. She let out a cold laugh and immediately used her spatial ability to empty the entire General's Manor. The enemies who arrived excitedly to confiscate it were left dumbfounded... Confiscation of property? Exile to the wilderness? She possessed a space stocked with food and kept her entire extended family alive. Drought? Water shortage? Her spiritual spring 14.8kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves
31. 131 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s, Make Money, Win His Heart, and Raise the Kids 穿越八零年代，挣钱撩汉养崽崽 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [No golden finger in this book. Readers who prefer pocket-dimension or System stories should steer clear. The heroine isn’t a self-sacrificing saint, the hero is warm and devoted, there are adorable kids, and few awful characters.] After a nap, Qin Man woke up to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman whose identity was unknown. Apparently, the woman she had become was a simpleton, married to the village heartthrob, who was attending university, and had a lovely pair of twins 7kReads9.1Score398Shelves

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    [Realistic Time Travel][No Fantasy Elements][Imperfect Female Lead][Deeply Affectionate Male Lead][Adorable Children and a Top-Tier Young Master] Qin Man wakes up to find herself unexpectedly transported to the 1980s, becoming a woman of unknown identity. It's said she's mentally challenged, has a handsome village husband in college, and adorable twin children. It's like skipping ten months of pregnancy and becoming a mother straight away! The optimistic Qin Man quickly accepts this reality. However, one day, this "mentally challenged" woman suddenly becomes intelligent, and becomes adept at business and making money. The villagers all feel Qin Man is unworthy of Jiang Zong, but Qin Man and Jiang Zong's feelings for each other deepen. This time-travel story is full of challenges and opportunities. Let's witness together how Qin Man creates her own happiness in this new era.

32. 132 低 Whisper It! Darling, I Only Want You 低声哄！宝贝，我只要你 Clear and Pure澈净Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication / Short drama of the same name now streaming] [Gentle, insecure top student x arrogant, carefree rich playboy] [College romance + Both leads are inexperienced + Fake playboy + Mutual pining becomes real + He’s never loved anyone else + Sweet and flirty] Fu Ciyu had always been a star at Jingcheng University. Born into one of the capital’s top wealthy families, he was unruly and hard to tame. Girls were always around him, but he had never given anyone his heart. Everyone 48.6kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves

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    The female lead knew in her heart that she was just a pastime for the male lead and would be dumped sooner or later. But she couldn't control herself and fell for him. Upon hearing the male lead say he wanted to get engaged, she wiped away her tears and quietly slipped away. That very night, the male lead hugged her like a madman, his eyes red and brimming with tears, crying out, "You can't leave me!"

33. 133 相 Blind Date System: From Village Girl to Woman of the Era 相亲系统：从村姑到时代女强人 Softly, Gently徐徐絮絮Modern Romance348k WordsOngoing Blind Date System + Period Setting + Comeback + Winner in Life + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Pure Wish Fulfillment In 1975, Chen Hehua's classmate stole the job she was supposed to get after graduation. When she returned to her village, her family pressured her to marry a crude butcher. Just when she had nowhere else to turn [Ding! Blind Date System successfully bound!] [Get a reward for every blind date! Choose any one requirement your match has to exchange for a reward!] Butcher's 329Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend some really good period dramas! [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked][A masterpiece by Que Shi][Added to my bookshelf]

34. 134 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 107.9kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves

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    1V1, both protagonists are pure and strong. The female lead, Lin Xiangnan (a scientific researcher), and the male lead, Gu Zhenhua (a soldier), are from the female lead's perspective, with the romance as a secondary element. The story is humorous yet subtly engaging, unfolding gradually and logically. It depicts the development history of the People's Republic of China in the second half of the 20th century through the female lead's life trajectory, including the Down to the Countryside Movement, the resumption of the college entrance examination, the Crackdown on Corruption, the Vietnam War, and the Reform and Opening Up. The debate between radical and conservative scientists in the middle truly reflects the new ideas embraced by the youth of the new era and the nation's confidence. [Laughs]

35. 135 重 Reborn in 1982: Setting Sail on a Sea of Words 重生1982：文海扬帆 Bing Yufei Yu冰雨霏雨Urban372k WordsOngoing [Literary giant] [University professor] [Academia] [One female lead] [Serious literature] [Traditional literature] [University lecturer] The writer, the people, and the books: a story full of brilliant moments. A tale of the birth of a literary giant! In 1982, Xu Qingyan returns to his hometown to teach at a university. Despite his family's poverty, he dedicates himself to teaching and never stops writing. He establishes himself in academia. Writing under the pen name Jiang Sheng, he publishes T 1.7kReads—Score111Shelves

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    I feel like this is pretty good.

36. 136 年 Period: I Turned Down My First Love from the Start and Got Rich in the Countryside 年代：开局拒白月光，下乡致富 Chi Yu炽虞Urban1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama “Reborn: I Become a Big Shot in the 1980s” has been released. [Period Setting + Great Northern Wilderness + Educated Youth + Satisfying Comeback + Daily Life + Building Wealth + Single Heroine] In his previous life, Lin Feng was reported by his ex-girlfriend for secretly keeping the Bagua Disc left by his grandfather, which she denounced as feudal dross! After reporting Lin Feng, his ex-girlfriend and her lover seized his job and courtyard house, and lived a comfortable life. Lin 32.4kReads7.0Score3.2kShelves

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    A super captivating period drama set in the countryside, combining the era of the educated youth movement with the Great Northern Wilderness. Highly recommended!!!

37. 137 我 A Hundred Rounds with the Handsome Educated Youth 我与帅气男知青的一百个回合 The Astonished King惊讶的大王Modern Romance245k WordsCompleted A cold-hearted, perverted wolf of a woman vs. a handsome, gentle puppy of a man After transmigrating to the 1970s, she just shrugged and decided she didn't care. You had to live somewhere, after all. Besides, her father was the village brigade leader, her mother doted on her, and her older siblings looked after her attentively. As the family's darling, she had nothing to worry about when it came to food or clothing. Then a handsome, gentle, wealthy young man sent down to the countryside arrived 1.6kReads8.7Score199Shelves

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    [Admiration] A lecherous woman forces herself on a man vs. A handsome and gentle educated youth [shy] A gentle, handsome, and wealthy educated youth comes to her house, immediately igniting Qiao Yuan's lust. Every time she sees him, she feels unbearably thirsty. Gradually, everyone in the village knows that the village head's youngest daughter shamelessly chases after the new educated youth. She continues to shrug, indicating that she doesn't care. She just wants to devour the man. Who knew that even after touching and kissing him, the man still gently smiles and says no. No, then no. She won't hang herself on one tree. Her naive childhood friend seems pretty good too. Just when she's preparing to get married, the man directly abducts her, tearing away his gentle exterior, forceful yet pitiful: "Please continue to love me, okay?"

38. 138 穿 Transmigrating to 1976 to Study Again 穿越七六再读书 Dao Ru'an盗如岸Urban462k WordsCompleted Fast-paced, focused on the little things in life, uplifting, and driven. A temporal rift sets the story in motion, and the daily details of life gradually unfold. The first stage is studying, followed by copying books and then teaching. The second stage is building businesses, both his own and his family's, growing them step by step. The third stage returns to everyday life, continuing until the story ends. 4.7kReads8.6Score213Shelves

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    The latest and most captivating male-oriented, period drama, and educated youth sent to the countryside novel: ① In the winter of 1976, in a rural area of ​​Liaodong, the protagonist, Lü Lin, is transported to the 1970s and "sent down to the ninth production team of Niujiatun." He becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside, born "the youngest child in an ordinary family in Beijing; his father and brother are both drivers." Once, while hunting four wolves and two wild boars in the mountains, he frightened the leaders when he delivered them to the commune. "I asked to return to school, and they agreed." The first stage involves relearning from his second year of high school, graduating directly to university through the college entrance examination, copying books, and teaching. The second stage involves building his own business and his family's business step by step. The third stage is returning to normal life, until the autumn leaves fall...

39. 139 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 22.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    The male lead is handsome and tall, with fair skin and a great figure. The female lead is a beautiful, charming, and feisty pig butcher! The male lead is being pressured by the village chief for debt, who demands he marry him. The female lead initially goes to mediate, but then she's drawn to him because he's well-educated and single… She steals him away! The male lead is a refined, gentle college student; reserved and easily fooled! She takes this clean-cut male lead home as her husband… Dr. Gu: Your wife's gone to butcher pigs again?

40. 140 俊 The Handsome Educated Youth Sweeps the Village Chief's Daughter Off Her Feet 俊俏知青拐走大队长闺女啦 Yun Shuhua云书华Modern Romance100k WordsOngoing When Shu Jiajia woke up, she discovered that she had transmigrated to the 1970s. She now had three older brothers, and her father was the brigade leader. Life didn't seem too hard after all. But why hadn't she gotten a golden finger after transmigrating? And why did she have to work in the fields? The original owner's stamina was excellent, and she was great at farm work, so Shu Jiajia soon adapted to life here. But why did the new educated youth look so much like Shu Jiajia's idol from the 21st 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✌First book🍀[Sweet, charming, and highly intelligent female protagonist VS gentle, refined, and scheming male educated youth]🔥🔥🔥Ye Wei, a 21st-century female PhD, transmigrates into a forest farm girl in the 1970s. She originally wanted to be a lazy bum, but thanks to her golden finger, she has no worries about food and drink. Later, she meets Chen Wenjun, a male educated youth, and the story unfolds from there.

41. 141 七 The Village Belle Marries an Educated Youth in the Seventies 七零村花嫁知青 The Moon Is Like Your Heart月如君心Modern Romance156k WordsCompleted Su Tang had only just come to terms with the fact that she had transmigrated into the body of the team leader’s silly daughter. But being watched while she used the toilet by thousands of insects, and having to toil from sunrise to sunset under the blazing sun, nearly drove her to a breakdown. Where there is oppression, there is resistance! Clutching a quilt stuffed with lumpy cotton, eating the same coarse grains day after day, and feeling her skin grow rougher by the day, she tearfully declare 95Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 142 穿 The Day Before My Parents Divorced, I Found Happiness Again 穿到爸妈离婚前一天，我又幸福啦 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance442k WordsCompleted He Xiangkui transmigrates to the day before her parents’ divorce, just in time to see them arguing over her paternal grandmother. Her father is so blindly obedient to his mother that he has driven a wedge between himself and his wife. He Xiangkui says that won’t do. Since she’s already here, she might as well set the family straight. If her father keeps putting his mother first, she’ll make sure they get divorced! She doesn’t want that useless father or that troublemaking grandmother! Her father 1.9kReads8.4Score150Shelves

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    This one is about transmigrating back to before your parents' divorce, being pampered by them, and not being a saint to those awful people—it's super good!! The other one is about a beastman adopting a female protagonist.

43. 143 被 Adopted by Beastmen, I Become a Planetary Billionaire's Heir 被兽人领养后，我成了星球富二代 Shangguan Yi上官亿Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted Jiang Xingyue accidentally winds up on a planet of beastfolk, where she becomes the size of a preschooler. She is adopted by a male beastfolk researcher. He is a confirmed bachelor who has never raised a human child, so the two of them just stare at each other, wide-eyed. The male beastfolk teaches her to use the toilet, pointing at it and saying, “You can poop here!” Jiang Xingyue: I can’t go with you watching me... Male beastfolk: “A kid who can’t poop isn’t a good kid...” Jiang Xingyue: Dude, 3.1kReads8.4Score279Shelves
44. 144 七 The Fake Heiress Reborn in the 1970s Marries a Rugged Army Officer 七零，炮灰假千金重生嫁糙汉军官 I Just Won't Eat the Egg Yolk就不吃不吃蛋黄Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn]+ [Fake and Real Heiresses]+ [Military Marriage]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Book Transmigration]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [One-on-One Romance]+ [Everyday Family Life] After Shen Zhiyue accidentally transmigrates to another world, she discovers that the world she lives in is actually the setting of a novel about a real and a fake heiress. And she is the cannon-fodder fake heiress, destined to be sent to the countryside and die tragically because of the real heiress's schemes. Reborn in 1970, she retu 5.9kReads8.7Score542Shelves

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    Both are time-travel novels set in different eras, featuring a strong protagonist who is both a former educated youth and a cannon fodder who rises to power through a reverse takeover!

45. 145 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: The King of Soldiers Finally Confesses His Love 七零军婚，兵王的心尖宠摊牌了 Wine, Beauty, Wealth, and Rank酒色财齐Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Era] [Military Marriage] [Devoted Husband] [Both Pure] [Power Couple] [Pocket Dimension System] [Powerful Leads] [Fake and Real Daughters] Jiang Yan, a powerful figure in the apocalypse, dies in a zombie horde. Taking her pocket dimension and System with her, she transmigrates to a parallel version of the 1970s and becomes a pitiful girl who has been psychologically manipulated by her birth mother and stepfather for years. They steal her job, ruin her reputation, send her to the coun 12.9kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
46. 146 重 Reborn in a New Era: I Only Want an Ordinary, Peaceful Life 重生年代，只想过平凡的悠闲人生 Dreaming Salted Fish Auntie做梦的咸鱼阿姨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted All alone, Li Xiao transmigrates to an era when you need a letter of introduction to go out and nobody has a phone. She is actually happy, because this time she finally has a healthy body and the chance to coast through life. She wants to live a quiet, leisurely life and make her transmigration worthwhile. After dealing with her obvious enemies, she packs her bags and heads to the countryside. As for the ones lurking in the shadows, she'll wait and see. Every day, she slacks off a little at work 13kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves
47. 147 七 The 1970s: Kicked Out by My Family, I Turned Around and Married an Officer 七零：被赶出家门后我转头嫁军官 Little Shuangyu小双瑜Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Feel-good read + period setting + pocket dimension + devoted couple + golden finger + strong female lead] Song Yun, a modern inheritor of ancient medicine, accidentally travels back to 1973 and becomes an unfortunate girl unloved by both her father and mother. She hasn't enjoyed even one day of life as a capitalist's daughter before suddenly acquiring the identity. Her once-devoted fiancé sends an urgent telegram demanding to break off their engagement. Break it off, break it off, break it off! 36.2kReads9.1Score5kShelves
48. 148 重 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban896k WordsOngoing A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.4kReads6.8Score1.1kShelves
49. 149 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: A Male Educated Youth Comes to the Village 穿书之村里来了个男知青 July Brings the Cool of Autumn七月染秋凉Modern Romance816k WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaohan has found herself inside a book she just read, as an unnamed passerby. The male lead is a cold and aloof man who, to help his elder sister get revenge, schemes to marry a foolish village girl. Zhang Xiaohan is that foolish girl's sister-in-law, and she dies of illness right at the beginning of the story. Because of the male lead, the foolish girl is killed by one of his classmates. When he learns the truth, he does everything in his power to avenge her, then lives out a turbulent l 128Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    🐾Ye Wei, a female PhD student from the 21st century, transmigrated due to staying up all night and became a forest farm girl. She vowed to be a carefree, laid-back person, but the handsome young educated youth there was having a rather miserable time, so she thought, "Maybe I should go help him..."

50. 150 七 The 1970s: The Sweet, Gentle Educated Youth Wins Over the Cold, Powerful Man 七零：娇软知青把清冷大佬拿下了 Nan Wan Ning南晚柠Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted (A soft and sweet little educated youth vs. a cool male lead whose aloof persona falls apart) Song Xingluo never could have imagined that she’d go to sleep and wake up inside a period novel she’d read, as a cannon-fodder supporting female character. Fine, she could handle being a supporting character, but she was doomed to die young too. She felt like she was about to break down. P.S. This is just a sweet little romance, not a power fantasy. If you’re looking for a power fantasy, please look els 1kReads7.5Score103Shelves

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    Xu Ran transmigrated to the 1970s. Upon her arrival, she was immediately embroiled in a love triangle, gossiped about by onlookers, and then became the object of her affections for a handsome young intellectual. Xu Ran thought, "Although I wanted to save someone, I don't want to risk my own life! But this puppy-like gaze… sigh, I can't resist him!" Xiao Jinran said, "I just want to live a good life with my wife." Xu Ranran replied, "I'm a person with ideals; how can I just be obsessed with my own little family?" Xiao Jinran said, "Wife, then let's work hard together for our ideals and live a good life."

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