I've Recently Gotten into Stories Set in a Bygone Era. I Fell Down the Rabbit Hole and Can't Get Out 最近迷上了年代文了，直接掉进坑里了，出不来了

1. 1351 小 The Adorable Young Wife Joins the Army and Becomes Everyone’s Treasure 小娇娇随军后成金疙瘩，全国抢宠 Breezy Giggles凉风嘻嘻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [National darling of medicine, strengthening the nation through scientific research, military marriage, multiple babies in one pregnancy, devoted to each other, pocket dimension] Xu Nuo transmigrates into the cherished daughter of the production team leader’s family. Her whole family treasures her, but unhappy with the partner they’ve chosen for her, she protests by refusing to eat and ends up killing herself! Then Xu Nuo from the 21st century arrives. Faced with Comrade Xiao, a powerfully built 4.1kReads9.1Score617Shelves
2. 1352 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 29kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
3. 1353 七 The Seventies' Beautiful, Wealthy Heiress 七零年代白富美 Rou Ranran肉燃燃Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted In a time of scarcity and famine, Shen Huannong wasn’t worried at all, thanks to her cooking skills. She could turn one pound of flour into five pounds of food, and make a whole banquet from a basket of taro. Even wheat bran and fish scales became delicious dishes. Her father was a political outcast, her husband was the male lead, and the heroine wasn’t her? With looks and talent, she could still live like a rich young lady, even as the villainess born into a bad family. But she got carried away 367Reads8.3Score110Shelves

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   These are books I've marked as "₍Tomato Era Best Reads₍₎" on my bookshelf, especially the first and second ones. Don't be fooled by the low ratings; these are period novels I've read online many times before. The female lead is beautiful and intelligent, and the male lead is a restrained police officer in the first book and a restrained, dual-personality old cadre in the second. They're all exceptionally good. Highly recommended. If you're looking for something to read, feel free to check out my bookshelf. Period novels, historical romance, and contemporary romance are all favorites of mine.

4. 1354 我 Raising Adorable Little Ones in the Years of the Past 我在年代养萌崽 Water Dumpling水团子Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted Su He considers herself a first-rate businesswoman. Ever since taking over the family business, she has never made a losing deal, until the System brought her to the 1950s and tearfully begged her to stay and raise a child. At first, she was reluctant and full of complaints. But later, who could resist a clever, well-behaved, sweet little one? Much later, she became a faint candle flame before the dawn… Changing an entire era and paving the way for a brilliant, dazzling future for countless peop 485Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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   1. Follow the female lead's path until she has nowhere to go; give her your special abilities and halo. 2 and 3 are both period dramas about raising children.

5. 1355 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Heroine’s Daily Face-Slapping 重回七零：炮灰女配打脸日常 As You Wish遂意Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Ye Qingqing accidentally transmigrated into a period novel and became the number-one cannon-fodder character, with barely any scenes and only a passing mention in the book. In this fictional era, there was never enough to eat or wear, and the endless work never stopped. To make matters worse, the supporting female character who shared her kang bed was sharpening her knives, ready to push her into a trap in exchange for a chance to return to the city. Ye Qingqing chuckled and rolled up her sleeve 3.2kReads7.9Score227Shelves
6. 1356 睁 I Opened My Eyes in the 1970s and Followed a Down-and-Out Big Shot to the Countryside to Enjoy Life 睁眼七零，追着落魄大佬下乡享福 Three Milk Candies三颗牛奶糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional military marriage + super sweet, devoted romance + everyday family life + face-slapping the scum + space for raising kids] Sheng Jinhe is fair-skinned and gorgeous, with a captivating charm. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself as the male lead’s doomed former fiancée in a period novel. She gave the heroine her job and her golden finger, and in the end even drowned and lost her life to bring the male and female leads together. Sheng Jinhe stares at the sky in speechless di 17.2kReads8.4Score2.3kShelves

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   Highly Recommended Historical Fiction 🌈🌈🌈🌈 Jiang Nianzi, a fighting prodigy, transmigrates into a novel set in an alternate 1980s, becoming a delicate and sickly beauty. Expecting a string of difficult characters, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to crush them all. However, she discovers a shrewish mother who favors daughters over sons, a scheming older sister who's obsessed with her sister, a grandmother who's obsessed with looks, a younger brother who's brainwashed by his mother, and a sister who's the boss! The family's mantra is: "Nianbao, you can't do that, you should rest!"

7. 1357 带 I Traveled to the 1970s With a Dedicated Worker System 带着敬业系统穿七零 Ma Nini马尼尼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Xu Taotao, a descendant of imperial chefs, keeps her culinary skills hidden while living among ordinary people. Then she dies suddenly from overwork and gets bound to a workaholic System, which sends her to the 1970s. She becomes the famously ugly daughter of a butcher at a meat-processing plant. Determined to become beautiful, she has no choice but to keep working hard. With her superb cooking skills, she climbs the career ladder, gets a raise, and marries Professor Gu... No, wait! “Ding-dong! 16.6kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
8. 1358 资 The Capitalist Heiress Is Reborn, Takes Down Villains, and Charms the Village Tyrant 资本家千金重生，虐渣下乡撩村霸 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s, Sent to the Countryside, Rebirth, Revenge Against Scum] Qin Shuiyan had been beautiful since childhood, with a delicate, soft figure. She had a pretty face but no way to protect herself. After her family fell into ruin, her stepmother sold her to an old man to keep as a canary. Just as she could no longer endure the humiliation, Xu Mo, the man she had always looked down on, burst in with a hunting rifle, fighting his way through a hail of bullets to save her. “Xu Mo, I’m sorry. If there’ 10.4kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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   Here are a few historical romance novels I recently read that I found quite enjoyable. The female leads are all beautiful and capable, and the male leads are mostly military personnel. If you're interested, please check them out and leave a like if you enjoy them! 🤍 This will motivate me to recommend more to everyone. Thank you! 🙏

9. 1359 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1960s: The Dazzling Drama Queen Stuns the Nation 穿书六零：作精美人惊艳全国了 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The vivacious and beautiful Yuan Xiaoyuan transmigrates, only to discover that she has landed in a period novel as a nameless cannon-fodder female character. Yuan Xiaoyuan clenches her fists. To hell with the plot and the hero and heroine! No one is going to stand in her way! Not even the frigid Northeastern winter can cool Yuan Xiaoyuan's burning heart when she meets Zhou Yang. Faced with his arrogant, aloof attitude, she swears that even if he's a rock, she'll melt him down. The whol 2.6kReads8.7Score175Shelves
10. 1360 资 The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he 19.3kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves
11. 1361 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: With a Childbearing System, I Marry an Infertile Officer 穿七零：带生子系统，嫁不育军官 Wish Granted, Stroke by Stroke如愿笔笔Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Childbearing System (not primarily about having children) + military marriage + abundant supplies + satisfying read + no outrageous characters + sweet romance] [A stunning psychologist with a childbearing System + a stern-faced, fierce military officer who can’t have children] Xu Qingluo is a rising star in the field of psychology in the 21st century. Her parents and grandparents are all world-renowned psychology experts. After transmigrating to the 1970s, she becomes the youngest granddaughter 24.1kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist, Xu Qingluo, was originally a rising star in the field of psychology in the 21st century. She transmigrated to the 1970s and became the granddaughter of Grandpa Xu. Fearing being sent to the countryside, she married Zhou Yuheng, an infertile but outstanding military officer. Fortunately, she possessed a system that allowed her to have children. Everyone initially felt sorry for her, but she quickly became pregnant and even became a psychologist, earning money by providing therapy to foreigners! Highly recommended, don't miss it!! [Kiss][Heart]

12. 1362 书 Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s: The Sweet and Spicy Beauty Has a Pocket Dimension 书穿八零：蜜辣娇妻有空间 Big Fish in Water大鱼在水Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted A woman from the apocalypse transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed cannon-fodder villainess. She and the heroine end up in the wrong bridal sedan and enter the wrong bridal chamber. Faced with her sinister, obsessive, ruthless villain of a husband, Tian Meier says, “Waaah, I don’t know anything!” Facing her awful sister-in-law and mother-in-law, Tian Meier says, “I can chop zombies like vegetables. Why would I be afraid of trash like you?” When she’s with her family, who love her uncondit 282Reads8.3Score—Shelves
13. 1363 军 Military Marriage, Sugary Sweetness: The White Lotus Green Tea Girl Is Everyone's Darling in the 1970s 军婚爆糖：白莲绿茶在七零做团宠 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted “Fair-skinned beauty with a sweet, tea-like charm x outwardly cold, inwardly warm doting husband” After a plane crash, international superstar Jiang Qingrou transmigrated. An orphan in her previous life, she had somehow ended up in a big family in the 1970s. Her two older brothers spoiled her, and her parents treated her like a treasure. What’s more, in an era when people struggled to get enough to eat or stay warm, everyone in her family had a steady job, and she herself was the star of the dan 6.5kReads8.9Score760Shelves
14. 1364 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Rough-Hewn Educated Youth Carries Me Home in His Mouth 重生80，糙汉知青叼我回家 A Little Panda一只小熊猫Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted Reborn in the cornfield where her fate had changed, Jiang Xiaoyou swiftly delivered a kick to the man trying to assault her, preventing the tragedy of her previous life. In this life, Jiang Xiaoyou would no longer be a pawn in someone else's hands. She was determined to live a brilliant life of her own. She'd tear apart the white lotus, face-slap the scumbag pretty boy, trample her awful relatives, and grind everyone who'd wronged her underfoot. In this life, she would protect her parents and en 223Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    These three! They're the only three really good books I have on my bookshelf!

15. 1365 七 A Happy Life in the Seventies 七十年代幸福生活 A Late Orange一只晚橙Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Su Wan was reborn and grew up to eighteen. With her wedding and move to join the army just around the corner, she thought this life would be smooth and peaceful. She was ready to coast through life when she discovered she had transmigrated into a lucky heroine novel! Both she and her fiancé were doomed supporting characters! What could she do but fight to take control of her own destiny? See how Su Wan escapes the lucky heroine’s shadow, marries and follows her husband to the army, starts a busi 1.8kReads9.0Score126Shelves
16. 1366 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 15.9kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
17. 1367 七 Pretty Young Educated Youth of the Seventies: My Military Husband Is as Sweet as Honey 七零俏知青：军婚老公甜如蜜 Qing Wanwan卿宛宛Modern Romance769k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Devoted Couple + Not an All-Powerful Female Lead Fantasy + Childbirth + Multiple Births + Fertility Luck + Raising Children + Sweet Romance + Alternate Setting + Good Fortune] Qin Shizhen, a hard-working public servant, died suddenly and transmigrated into the body of a minor female educated youth in a period novel. Her parents were university professors, sent down to a cowshed for reeducation because of the times. Her three 3kReads9.2Score340Shelves
18. 1368 娇 The Sweet Military Wife Is on Top, and Her Officer Husband Can't Take It 娇娇军嫂在上，军官老公顶不住 First Frost霜初Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Sweet Years, is now streaming~ The second short drama adaptation, Let Me Dwell in Your Heart, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + food + supermarket space + devoted couple + everyday life + love after marriage] Ye Muqi had just become a seven-star chef when a car accident transported her to the 1980s. From the start, she was married, and her husband was a soldier with a slim waist and long legs. For Ye Muqi, who had been single for 29 years, that was a huge plus! T 9.7kReads9.1Score850Shelves
19. 1369 造 Damn It, the Village’s Handsomest Lazybones Married a Madwoman 造孽，村里最俊的懒汉娶了个癫婆 Listening to the Wind Beneath the Moon水月聆风Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She had dutifully supported her in-laws and brother-in-law for over a year, and finally her husband returned from military service. But the first thing he did when he got home was demand a divorce. When that failed, he tried to ruin her reputation, sell her to a gang of thugs to be abused, and then accuse her of adultery so he could condemn her and grind her into the dirt forever. Reborn for the second time, Ye Tang wielded a woodcutter’s knife and tormented the scoundrel until he begged to divo 13.7kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves

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    Super good period novel, the female lead is very crazy

20. 1370 穿 Reborn as a Cannon Fodder, I Ship My Brother with the Female Lead 穿成炮灰后我磕我哥跟女主的cp Consort Three of Buwei巴卫三姨太Modern Romance860k WordsCompleted (Completed) Transmigrate into a book + 1980s + a touch of ensemble cast + humorous daily life A few young women in an army family compound spend their days eating and drinking with their “bodyguards,” playing with cats and dogs, hiking up mountains and swimming in rivers, and getting a front-row seat to the gossip. When Xiao Cheng opens her eyes, she discovers that she has transmigrated into a book. The good news: she’s a minor background character, her parents are both alive and deeply in love, 238Reads6.9Score—Shelves
21. 1371 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 38.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
22. 1372 穿 A Couple of Fake Partners' Everyday Gossip After They Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies 穿书七零塑料夫妻的吃瓜日常 Good Fortune and Good Luck福气满满好运来Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (A sharp-tongued heroine with eight hundred schemes, queen of the courtyard and village, who loves watching the drama unfold × a male lead who seems aloof and untouchable but is really a childish boy who gets bullied by her and tries to fight back) Jiang Nuan transmigrates into a book. In this 1970s romance, she, Jiang Nuan, is a hopelessly lovesick fool who pines for the male lead, gets face-slapped again and again, and still keeps throwing herself at him. She’s nothing but a disposable side ch 10.2kReads8.8Score957Shelves
23. 1373 穿 The Transmigrated Cannon Fodder's Life as an Educated Youth 穿书炮灰的知青日常 Wu Zhe Who Loves Beiling Meatballs爱吃北岭丸子的吴哲Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + no black-market trips + devoted couple + pocket dimension + special abilities] Ling Yunyue wakes up as a minor character, a young educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. She snaps to her senses and quickly starts stockpiling supplies, determined to keep her distance from the male and female leads. But she accidentally runs into another minor character. Huh? Why is this one so different from the book's description? Zou Sikang never imagined that after blowi 13.8kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
24. 1374 相 I Went to the Wrong Blind Date Table and Married an Officer, Then Made a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 相亲走错桌嫁军官，携空间赚翻了 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional] (military marriage in a bygone era + devoted love between two virgins + face-slapping villains + a touch of fantasy with a pocket dimension + no saintly heroine + building wealth) After ten years of keeping her head down, Gong Linglong finally avenged her parents and reclaimed everything that belonged to her. Just as she was about to enjoy life, a soul-reaper dragged her spirit down to the underworld! Damn it! They got the wrong soul? And she couldn't go back? With her fiery 52.3kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
25. 1375 闺 My Best Friend and I Transmigrated Together, and I Feast on Gossip in the Seventies 闺蜜双穿，我在七零年代吃大瓜 Zhao Yuetang赵悦糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Couple Transmigration + System + Pocket Dimension + Family Life + Romance] There are countless transmigration stories, but car accidents account for half of them. She’s in an accident right after getting a new car, and she and her best friend transmigrate into a book. Her best friend is beautiful, fair-skinned, and long-legged, with handsome men always around her. She’s dark, skinny, and short-legged, running all over the pla 2kReads8.9Score210Shelves
26. 1376 六 The Sixties: From Total Wimp to Neighborhood Watch Hero 六零：小趴菜秒变朝阳群众 The Chubby Guy Who Loves to Write爱写作的小胖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (This story is entirely fictional and focuses on everyday life. The heroine is the type who fights back when challenged, while the hero is the fussy, meddling type. Writing isn’t easy, so please be kind. If you don’t like it, please don’t leave a bad review.) Shi Xi agreed to trade a year of her life with someone on a moment’s impulse of compassion, and nearly regretted it until she was sick. After finally making it back, her one wish was to avoid being sent to the countryside. To achieve that, 4.1kReads9.0Score369Shelves
27. 1377 带 Taking My Space to the 1970s: The Fake Heiress Slaughters Her Way Through 带空间穿七零炮灰真千金嘎嘎乱杀 Shallow Summer Meow浅夏喵Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + transmigrate into a book + farming + supplies + sent-down youth + great strength + punishing scum + face-slapping + heroine never takes a loss] Liu Xinghe had spent years working as a martial arts extra on film sets. A strong orphan girl, she won 21 million yuan in the lottery after dealing with her scumbag boyfriend. She happily returned to her hometown, bought a house, opened a supermarket, and planned to enjoy a lazy retirement. Who knew that one day, just as she stepped o 3.4kReads8.9Score318Shelves
28. 1378 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the ’70s: The Educated Youth Marries a Rough-Hewn Farmer and Strikes It Rich 穿书七零：知青下乡嫁糙汉暴富了 Qing Molian倾末恋Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Era Setting + Both Leads are Each Other's First and Only + Sweet Romance + Transmigration into a Book + Raising a Child + Pocket Dimension] A leader among the women of the apocalypse, she transmigrates into a period novel as a spoiled, troublemaking cannon-fodder supporting character. Though rich and beautiful, she is nearly assaulted after being betrayed by her fake best friend. Her husband from a flash marriage dumps a little bun on her and disappears. To escape her fate as a spoiled trouble 5.7kReads9.2Score892Shelves
29. 1379 穿 Put on Your Secret Identity! The Cannon-Fodder Young Intellectual Has a Powerful System 穿上马甲！炮灰小知青手握大系统 Distant Stars遥星辰Modern Romance492k WordsCompleted The pampered young heiress has money and power to spare, but after being reborn, she finds herself a pitiful girl forced to move to the countryside, despised by her wicked stepmother and bullied by her stepsister. Can she put up with that? Absolutely not. So, on the night before she leaves for the countryside, she reports her own father. Money? She takes it all. Clothes? All packed. Bedding? Gone. Kitchen? Cleared out. Furniture? Taken too. She doesn’t leave so much as a hair behind. After swag 4.1kReads9.1Score367Shelves
30. 1380 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Made a Fortune Supplying the Female Lead 穿书七零，我靠给女主供货发大财 Content and at Ease然自得Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted Jian Yan transmigrates into the resource-poor 1970s. After being sent to the countryside, Jian Yan discovers that she hasn’t just transmigrated, she’s also transmigrated into a book. To make matters worse, she’s become a nameless passerby in the story. Fortunately, she’s bound to a farm that can grow crops as well as produce and sell processed goods. Just as she’s happily gossiping away in the countryside, she suddenly realizes that the female lead’s golden finger seems to be connected to her fa 2.5kReads8.5Score364Shelves
31. 1381 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Easygoing Young Educated Woman Is Forced to Get to Work 穿越七零：佛系娇知青被迫营业 Ning Q Nai柠七奈Modern Romance721k WordsCompleted Completed [Period setting + transmigration + spatial dimension + sweet romance] Mu Jinnian slips and falls, never expecting to land in the 1970s. Someone steals her spot in the countryside assignment? No problem, she has a spatial dimension. At first, she plans to take things easy. With the money her mother left her and the supplies in her spatial dimension, raising a younger brother in this era will be no trouble at all. Being content with what she has sounds pretty nice. But who could have gue 2.8kReads8.8Score246Shelves
32. 1382 小 My Picky, Mischievous Wife Is a Handful, but Her Officer Husband Still Spoils Her 小作精又作又坏，军官老公偏要宠 Tasty Fruit美味果Modern Romance845k WordsOngoing [Period setting + married first, fall in love later + twins + adored by everyone in the latter half + devoted husband + winning back his wife + feel-good power fantasy] A bolt from the blue sends Jiang Zao back to the 1980s, where she transmigrates into the body of a woman who is more than seven months pregnant. In order to marry the aloof officer she fell in love with at first sight, the original owner used shameless means to get her way. Jiang Zao, who has transmigrated into her body, can’t es 12.9kReads7.6Score782Shelves

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    The female protagonist travels back to the 1980s, becoming a woman seven months pregnant. She constantly causes trouble, while the male protagonist transforms from initially cold and indifferent to sweet and doting.

33. 1383 六 The 1960s Mystery Box System: My Scumbag Dad Spares No Expense Spoiling His Six Kids 六零盲盒系统：渣爹氪金宠飞六崽 Tea Pear Seven茶梨七Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [A low-conflict period drama + an outstanding male lead + rebuilding family values + still the one in charge + three ex-wives + six kids] Liu Xueyi married three times and had six children. He trampled on his three ex-wives to live the happy life of a city man, only to pull a classic Nanluoguxiang fool’s move and marry a widow, raising another man’s kids! But Liu Xueyi wasn’t the self-sacrificing type. No matter whose home he was in, he called all the shots. The widow’s family treated him like a 19.9kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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    These are all high-quality period dramas. I personally highly recommend the first four: 1. [A period drama without violence + the male lead is an exceptional character + rebuilding family traditions + still a one-man rule + three ex-wives + six children] He's a one-man rule in every family he's in, not a sacrificial one. 2. [A period drama with a rebirth, a funny, precocious, leisurely life, and a space (notebook with a cheat code)] 3. [A period drama with a funny, slow-paced, slice-of-life story about raising a family and children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water supplier and lives a leisurely life with his wife, children, and a warm bed. 4. Period drama + slice-of-life + finding a bargain + an ordinary person reborn + no poverty alleviation, no saintly love, no self-sacrificing love + no rural life, no military marriage, no rough man + a cheat code that gradually upgrades + a palm-sized space to store private money.

34. 1384 六 The Siheyuan Compound in the 1960s: I'm Eight, but I Have Twenty Years of Work Experience? 六零大杂院，我八岁二十年工龄？ Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Big Courtyard] [Comedy] [A Kid with an Adult's Mind] [Everyday Warmth] [Leisurely Days] [Over-the-Quota Family] [Space] (The story has progressed into the 1970s.) What can you do after waking up in 1960, an era of shortages and hunger? Baogen says that as long as you have the right mindset, nothing is impossible. First, he needs to get his hands on six stripes. The story begins at the big courtyard at No. 67, Little Suzhou Alley, just one street away from Nanluoguxiang. An old 26.5kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
35. 1385 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.5kReads9.2Score1kShelves
36. 1386 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 154.5kReads9.0Score14.2kShelves
37. 1387 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.9kReads8.8Score239Shelves
38. 1388 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 179.4kReads8.5Score14kShelves
39. 1389 年 Period: My Taoist Arts Reach the Divine, and You Call Me Superstitious? 年代：道法通神，你说我迷信？ Boiled Some Water烧了点开水Urban1.3M WordsCompleted 46.8kReads7.9Score4kShelves
40. 1390 年 1959: Bringing My Whole Family to City Life 年代1959带全家做城里人 The Ox Who Loves Eating Tigers爱吃老虎的牛Urban4.9M WordsOngoing Also known as: A Wonderful Life for Liu Genlai in 1959, A Free and Easy Life for an Orphan in 1959. The story moves at an unhurried pace and isn't full of anger or conflict. It's all about everyday family matters, so if you enjoy a slower pace, feel free to give it a try. Liu Genlai gets knocked into the countryside of 1959 by a dump truck. Is he going to lead the whole village to prosperity? Don't be ridiculous. Liu Genlai's little shoulders can't bear such a heavy burden. All he wants is for h 82kReads8.3Score5.8kShelves
41. 1391 捡 Bargain Hunting in the Old Days: One Egg from the Start 捡漏年代：开局一个鸡蛋 Lan Lanzi婪篮子Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted A clear-headed heroine who knows her own mind Lin Wan, an orphan who died suddenly in the modern era, opens her eyes as the most overlooked second daughter of the Lin family in 1968. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and she’s treated by the whole family like a rag and a shadow by the stove. A second life? Great. The original owner worked herself to death, and that was her own fault. Lin Wan only cares about saving herself. Facing her cold and ungrateful “family,” she 1.8kReads6.3Score134Shelves
42. 1392 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Get Rich with Time-Crossing Red Envelopes 穿书七零，我靠超时空红包暴富 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (Chat system, spatial storage, period setting, cozy) Lan Ling woke up to find she had somehow transmigrated into a period novel, where she had become an insignificant passerby in the village where the heroine had been sent down to the countryside. Her home was bare, and supplies were scarce. Luckily, her phone had come with her. Not only could she send supplies through a messaging app, it also came with its own storage space. But the only person left in her contacts was her childhood friend and 1.8kReads8.6Score125Shelves

    Reader note

    The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into her best friend's abandoned historical fiction. Her cheat ability is the ability to send red envelopes via mobile phone to connect two different worlds. Using this cheat, she and her best friend become incredibly wealthy. The second book involves a female protagonist who travels back in time and uses her cheat to change her family's unfortunate life. Some parts have exaggerated logic and settings, but otherwise, it can be read as a slice-of-life story.

43. 1393 小 A Little Hamster's Everyday Life in the 1970s 小仓鼠的七零日常 Zhu Sanshao诸三少Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted Su Tang is a little hamster who loves good food. After accidentally eating a poisonous mushroom, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a girl with the same name. The girl had a miserable past. At sixteen, her own father and stepmother sent her off to the countryside. Facing hard mode, Su Tang declares that she’s a brave little hamster who isn’t afraid of hardship. After meeting a kind and handsome young man, the little hamster decides to cling to him and win him over with delicious food! Ho 763Reads9.1Score102Shelves

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    The first book is about rebirth; the female lead manipulates her husband and makes empty promises, yet he willingly does all the work. The second book features a female lead who is a hamster with her own space, allowing her to talk to and befriend hamsters, and then she has a romantic partner. The third book offers a different perspective on awful relatives; the female lead's parents, knowing they can live a carefree life for decades despite their awful behavior, only to suffer for a few days afterward, further solidify their resolve to be even more awful and cause everyone pain.

44. 1394 上 After Turning In the Script, the Useless 1980s Female Supporting Character Wins by Doing Nothing 上交剧本后，八零废物女配躺赢了 What a Huge Melon好大的瓜Modern Romance626k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixia finds a script inexplicably appearing in her mind as soon as she is born. In the script, she is the foil to the heroine of a period novel. The heroine Li Zhidong’s parents are hardworking, kind, honest, and down-to-earth. Everyone for miles around knows them as good, honest people. Shen Zhixia’s parents are mean, lazy, greedy, and shameless. Everyone for miles around knows them as the worst kind of people. Li Zhidong will make many influential connections and have countless admirers. 12.4kReads8.3Score935Shelves
45. 1395 重 Reborn in 1970: Selling Gourmet Dishes, I’m Destined to Win at Life 重生七零卖大菜，人生赢家定是我 Earn Money to Raise a Dog赚钱养狗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 6.8kReads9.2Score563Shelves

    Reader note

    Of these historical fiction books, only the third one is heartwarming and uneventful. The others all have satisfying plot twists and exciting moments, making them highly recommended.

46. 1396 六 Military Marriage in the 1960s: The Heiress Marries a Fierce Tiger of a Soldier at First Sight 六零军婚：大小姐闪婚军中猛虎 Jade on South Mountain南山有玉Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional setting] In her previous life, Feng Mingshu was the cherished daughter of a wealthy family. Sweet and alluring, with a gentle disposition, she was secretly admired by many and regarded as their unattainable ideal. Then disaster struck. Predators set their sights on her, and she was forced to work on a farm for fifteen years. At last, her name was cleared, and by a stroke of luck she caught a ride back to the city. But before she could thank the driver, the car suddenly slamme 4.9kReads8.9Score312Shelves

    Reader note

    The female lead is a young educated youth sent to the countryside. She looks delicate and weak, and seems easy to bully. However, she didn't expect that as soon as she entered the village, she would be targeted by the tall, strong, and fierce school bully.

47. 1397 穿 I Transmigrated into the Heroine's Sloppy Little Sister, and Now I'm Just Coasting 穿成女主的邋遢妹妹，她咸鱼了 Mao Mao Is Not Hair毛矛不是毛Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Li Xiaoqing, a freshman, stays up late reading a novel and accidentally transmigrates into the very story she just finished. She becomes the heroine's younger sister, a lazy glutton who loves causing trouble. Now that modern-day Li Xiaoqing knows the plot, she'll cling to her sister's coattails and coast to victory! Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional! 6.9kReads8.7Score606Shelves
48. 1398 七 The New Wedding Night in the 1970s: The Soft and Sweet Wife of the Educated Youth 七零新婚夜，知青娇妻身软体甜 Yao Minxi瑶皿夕Modern Romance663k WordsCompleted [Military-marriage romance + both leads reborn + educated-youth era + mutual devotion + feel-good face-slapping + cloyingly sweet + fake white moonlight] At eighteen, Gu Qijiao was smitten with educated youths, so she threw herself at the drunk Zheng Yunsheng and married him. They eventually got married and had a child, but Zheng Yunsheng's white moonlight provoked Gu Qijiao into miscarrying. After losing the baby, Gu Qijiao decided to give up on the man she'd seduced into marrying her. Gu Qijia 8.6kReads9.1Score654Shelves

    Reader note

    Of these historical fiction books, only the third one is heartwarming and uneventful. The others all feature satisfying plot twists and exciting moments, making them highly recommended.

49. 1399 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 18.1kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    1. Rong Huai, his face grim, asked in a cold voice, "Lou Qingqing, did you not understand when I said I didn't want you to work?" Lou Qingqing smiled broadly, took the man's hand, and shook it gently, saying in a soft, coquettish voice, "I understand, I understand. I was just feeling uncomfortable sitting there, so I got up to stretch my legs."

50. 1400 八 A 1980s Military Marriage: After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Courtyard’s Dream Girl 八零军婚，穿书后成了大院白月光 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A genius girl from a family of doctors transmigrates into a period novel by accident, becoming the vicious female supporting character. Ye Xiaoxiao is the Hao family's fake heiress. Raised in a military compound in the capital, she is the apple of every young man's eye. But when she turns seventeen, the real heiress returns, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. The apple of everyone's eye becomes yesterday's leftovers. Her admirers switch their allegiance, and compared with the inspiring heroin 16.2kReads9.1Score2.1kShelves

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