Looking for Realistic Republican-Era or Period Dramas 真实一点的民国文，或年代文

1. 351 大 The Grand Mansion: The Rebellious Concubine Turns the Tables 大宅门：刁蛮小妾反了天 Tough Guy in Green Underwear猛男绿裤衩Female-Channel Fanfiction674k WordsCompleted Yang Hongyan, born into a humble family, is unexpectedly chosen by the wealthy Bai family to marry their foolish eldest son and bring him good fortune. But not long after she joins the household, the young master dies in an accident! The Bai family is a sprawling mansion with a vast fortune, many heirs, and a harem of concubines. Because Yang Hongyan is beautiful and voluptuous, the concubines resent her and each plots against her. She finds herself living in constant fear, with wolves at her he 626Reads8.3Score100Shelves

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   Brilliant! Great! Awesome!

2. 352 那 That Village, Those People, That Fool 那村那人那傻瓜 Lucky Treasure福宝Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted One field, one home, and two people: a simple life shared for a long time is what really matters! A hardworking, kindhearted country girl vs. a devoted, doting husband who treats her like a loyal puppy. A warm and simple story of everyday family life! This story takes place in a small village. Hehua, the eldest daughter of the Li family in the west of the village, married Changsheng, who lived in the east... Changsheng never spoke to anyone and couldn't recognize his neighbors. He didn't even kn 31.6kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves

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   To understand romance during the Republican era, one must read Zhang Henshui's works.

3. 353 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 6.7kReads9.4Score565Shelves
4. 354 被 After He Divorced Her, She Married His Younger Brother, and He Panicked 被休后，她转身嫁小叔子，他急了 Tough Guy in Green Underwear猛男绿裤衩Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted Yang Qiqi is set up by her scheming cousin. On her wedding night, she is kidnapped and given an aphrodisiac, then spends the night with the eldest young master in a cabin in the mountains. She was originally the eldest young master's child bride, but he insists on ruining everything. After returning from studying abroad, the first thing he does is divorce Yang Qiqi. Yang Qiqi turns around and marries the second young master. But on their wedding night, her scheming cousin drugs her and hires thu 9Reads6.8Score—Shelves
5. 355 簪 The Record of Hairpins (Complete in 4 Volumes) 簪中录（全4册） A Chilly Breeze on Either Side侧侧轻寒Mystery992k WordsCompleted The little red fish Agashnie, which feeds on human blood; the mysterious talisman that had followed Li Shubai for years; Empress Wang, the peerless beauty of the Daming Palace; three clusters of doodles written by the late emperor himself before his death; a marriage contract made with Wang Yun in their youth... Every mystery returns to its point of origin. Every choice remains beyond anyone’s control, as impossible to resist or escape as fate itself. Yang Chonggu has returned to the palace and 17.3kReads9.7Score2.8kShelves
6. 356 七 The 1970s: After Selling My Iron Rice Bowl, I Became a Landlady 七零：卖铁饭碗后，我成了包租婆 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance441k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + No Toxic Relatives + Period Drama + Life with the Troops + Slow-Burn Romance + Everyday Family Life] A young woman with the soul of a middle-aged lady secretly drools over her older brother's fellow soldier: the handsome young man is tall, long-legged, and slender-waisted. She's too shy to pounce on him, so she can only spend her days longing for him and bouncing with excitement. What she doesn't know is that he's a big bad wolf who's long wanted to carry her back to his de 3.1kReads9.1Score252Shelves
7. 357 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves

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   The first book's female protagonist, through her own abilities and high emotional intelligence, successfully became an unofficial employee in dozens of factories, living a thriving life. She's definitely one of those people I've read who possesses high emotional intelligence, strong abilities, and excellent execution skills. Then there's the 18th book, a rare example of a female protagonist in period dramas who works within the system. After reading it, you'll understand why she was able to succeed in the system. She's absolutely decisive and ruthless. You might think she'll be entangled with awful characters for dozens or even hundreds of chapters like other female protagonists? Actually, she takes down a villain in just two or three chapters, eliminating them completely and leaving no trace. Crucially, you can't even get any leverage over her. The other female protagonists are also independent and self-reliant; I haven't read any whiny or spoiled characters.

8. 358 老 My Old Home Connects to the Modern World: A Village Girl's 1970s Office-Worker Life 老宅通现代：七零村花的社畜日常 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [From the 1970s to the modern day] Chen Qiaoyu, born and raised in the 1970s, has been feeling a little panicked lately. She and her younger brother were driven out by their father and stepmother, sent to live in the dilapidated old Chen family home with only two threadbare quilts. Who could have guessed that the crumbling old house hid a passage to another era? [From then on, Chen Qiaoyu begins traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the modern day every day] The villagers of Yaojia Vil 11.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
9. 359 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel, I Refuse to Move to the Countryside 穿到年代文抵死不下乡 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted More than ten years after Xiangqiao was born into her new family, memories suddenly awaken within her. Her older female cousin is the heroine of a rebirth novel… All kinds of plotlines also pop into her head at random. No matter where they are, her family is always a cannon-fodder stepping stone. Why does everyone want me to go to the countryside? Xiangqiao clenches her little fists. “Want me to go rural? No way!” It’s much better to work in the city and slack off now and then. She can also catc 7.2kReads8.2Score359Shelves

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   A period drama, simple and unpretentious, mainly telling heartwarming stories of everyday life in the city.

10. 360 八 The Eighties Villainess Is Done: The Male Lead Insists on Having Me Bear His Child 八零女配绝了：男主非要哄我生崽 Thirty Moons叁拾月Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted After nine years engaged to the Zhu family’s eldest son, Xu Qiao was cruelly dumped. In a fit of rage, she slammed her head against a wall and died! After transmigrating into an eighties novel, she could only sneer at the situation. They called her a disposable supporting character, an ugly, dull, ignorant child bride whose life was as bland as plain water? Please. She was young and beautiful, and could make her own money. It wasn’t that she couldn’t flirt; she was just afraid they wouldn’t be a 3.8kReads9.1Score295Shelves
11. 361 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 107.2kReads9.3Score11kShelves
12. 362 快 Quick Transmigration: She Wants No Men, Only Money 快穿：她不碰男人只碰钱 Lazy Bow懒弓Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted On an utterly ordinary day, Jiang Bai, an ordinary college student, encounters a System. It tempts her: "After graduation, do you want to become a wage slave? Do you want to make a fortune every day and become a success? If you're a Host, come sign a contract with me and travel to another world!" Faced with such an obvious sales pitch, Jiang Bai shamefully finds herself tempted. "Yes! I'm in!" After transmigrating, Jiang Bai finds herself playing a lovestruck passerby, a wicked cannon-fodder 8.7kReads9.2Score666Shelves
13. 363 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After the Broken Engagement, the Original Male Lead Trembles in Fear 年代快穿，退婚，原男主瑟瑟发抖 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: After Breaking Off Her Engagement, the Cannon Fodder Heroine Has a Lucky Pregnancy Note: This story is entirely fictional. (Alternate history + Era-hopping + Devoted couples + Adorable children + Triplets + Farming + Transmigration + Intelligent brain pocket dimension + Interstellar + More children, more blessings + Cannon fodder fights back + Face-slapping scumbags + Strong heroine + Modern romance + Republican era + Showbiz) Synopsis: The a 7.1kReads9.0Score406Shelves

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    ① 1968 Cannon fodder woman with no heir x scheming, manipulative husband √ ② 1975 tofu seller who won't let her work x childhood sweetheart soldier √ ③ 1973 child bride awakens and angrily kicks Chen Shimei √ ④ To repay a life-saving debt, the husband raises the widow of his comrade-in-arms; the wife, morally blackmailed, flips the table and quits √ ⑤ The stolen life of a rich heiress from the red capitalist era. (√) ⑥ A mountain dweller, tricked into becoming the wife of two brothers (√) ⑦ The cannon fodder fake heiress in the true and false heiress stories √ ⑧ 1980 rich girl with no heir who was exploited by her cousin and fiancé √ (campus) ⑨ The widow with no heir who died on her first day of marriage quits √ ⑩ The original wife of a son-in-law from the 1980s √

14. 364 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
15. 365 穿 Transmigrated Into the Nineties: The Villainous Big Shots Are All My Kids 穿书九零：反派大佬们都是我的崽 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 201.5kReads9.4Score26.2kShelves
16. 366 回 Back in Republican-Era China to Fill in the Blanks 回到民国做填空 Leaping Carp鲤鱼跃跃Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Republican era + System + warlords + two transmigrators] Lu Senluo, a rich second-generation heir and domineering CEO, transmigrated in one fell swoop in the strangest way, becoming the unlucky young master of a warlord family in the Republican era. Fortunately, he had a System that could take him home. Unfortunately, he needed a password to use it. While searching for answers, he met Shi Youyou, who had transmigrated too. Across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, through national humi 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    A very realistic story set in the Republican era, depicting the main character from childhood to adulthood, with a strong sense of everyday life.

17. 367 应 A Recent Graduate's Daily Struggle After Being Assigned to the 1960s 应届牲被调剂到六零的奋斗日常 Number One, Can't Get Up in the Morning起床困难户一号Two Male Leads639k WordsOngoing [Daily Life + A Little Golden Finger + Hard Work + Two Male Leads] Wen Yanshi was a lowly fresh graduate trying to juggle civil service exams, public-sector job exams, and graduate school entrance exams. After staying up all night and dying suddenly, he was reborn in 1955, but his memories were hazy. At six, he fell out of a tree and hit his head, awakening his memories of his past life. Born in an era where you couldn't lie flat, Wen Yanshi works hard at his studies in pursuit of his dreams. So 1.3kReads8.8Score116Shelves

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    I recently read something that was okay.

18. 368 开 A Heavy Armored Brigade from the Start: The Japanese Invaders Were Beaten to Tears 开局一个重装旅，小鬼子被打哭了 No Need for Logic, Just Fun不求逻辑只求爽Urban945k WordsOngoing [Republic of China era, transmigration, military industry and a powerful army, financial supremacy, World War I backdrop, crushing the great powers, a passionate rise, political maneuvering] War is the theme of this book. Alongside the shooting wars, financial warfare will enter the story in its middle and later stages. Lu Chen: If the great powers are determined to destroy us, then I'll make sure they die first. Japanese invaders: Lu Chen, why do you keep coming after us? Britain: Please, stop 207Reads5.3Score133Shelves

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    Late Qing Dynasty/Early Republican Era.

19. 369 回 Back to 1968: I Won't Be a Baby-Making Tool 回到1968：我不当送子工具人 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Women's awakening] [Political career] [Scientific research] [Pocket dimension] [No child-rearing] [Ensemble cast] [Reborn] Xie Yun, a modern orphan, returns to 1968 and becomes Xie Yun, a country girl raised by a widowed mother, with an exceptionally capable younger brother named Xie Shen. She discovers that she hasn't just transmigrated through time, she's also transmigrated into a book: a story about a stepmother raising children, where she is the first 9.8kReads9.3Score805Shelves
20. 370 穿 After Becoming an Omega, I Became an Industrial Powerhouse 穿成Omega后我成了工业大牛 Ba Ba Ba La吧吧吧啦Two Male Leads427k WordsCompleted When the GH7860 core awoke, he was wrapped in a flowered cotton jacket from the 1960s. So human skin could grow warm, the tears of loved ones could taste salty, and the gear-shaped birthmark in his palm was his last connection to the steel universe. Everyone in the village said the Fang family's little Dize was a lost cause: At six, he still couldn't act cute, and his eyes lit up at the sight of a rusty tractor. Even when Tianliang knocked off his straw hat, he didn't get angry. He only cared ab 1.5kReads8.9Score269Shelves
21. 371 随 I Went to the City with My Lame Dad to Live Off a Rich Woman, and I’m Loving It 随跛子爸进城吃软饭，我真香了 Ling Duanyue聆端月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + family life + blended family + stepmother reborn + cozy everyday life] In her previous life, Xiang Nuan was terribly unlucky. Born with a congenital illness, she was abandoned by her parents and relatives. Unloved and uncared for, she struggled through twenty-four lonely years. Her next life began just as miserably. While still very young, she was abandoned by her mother. Her father was a cripple, and the two of them were driven out by their own clan... The one thing she could l 13kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves
22. 372 我 Peace and Joy in the Sixties 我在六零年代平安喜乐 Long An, Who Loves Okra and Fried Eggs爱吃秋葵煎蛋的龙安Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical era + pocket dimension + rural slice of life + cozy everyday moments] A grown woman mysteriously becomes reborn in the body of a little girl who died young, with a different name but the same surname. After a brief period of confusion, Qiu Yuling's fighting spirit ignites when her golden finger, the Get-Rich Farm, activates. While others toil at the black market to trade for supplies, Qiu Yuling says that as long as she lives earnestly and moves a finger or two in her pocket dimensio 8kReads8.9Score647Shelves
23. 373 重 Reborn in the 1960s: While Others Go to the Countryside, I Move to the City 重生六零：别人下乡我进城 Tomato Salad凉拌西红柿Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Li Aihua had just finished digitizing the local gazetteer when she transmigrated after the celebration banquet! She went from 2024 to 1965, reborn as a sixteen-year-old girl with the same name. Fortunately, her parents and older siblings all loved her, and had even sent her to vocational school. People may look down on vocational school graduates in later generations, but back then, vocational schools guaranteed job placement. And the jobs on offer were all iron rice bowls! Could this be a life 732Reads6.7Score106Shelves

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    1️⃣ Relatively close to real life, not overly exaggerated, no cheat codes, a clear-headed modern female lead, no extreme characters, just simple and ordinary is true happiness. 5️⃣ Quite an interesting ensemble piece, weaving humor into the writing. Each character has a distinct personality, strengths, and weaknesses. The female lead transmigrates into a supporting female character but becomes friends with the original female lead. The male lead is reborn, and both leads have cheat codes, very exciting! [Heart] 6️⃣ The female lead's personality is right up my alley, the plot is fresh, and the characters of the male and female leads, supporting characters, and the female lead's scumbag father and stepmother are all very well-developed. Super good! 8️⃣ This book is amazing! [Thumbs up] Every ex-husband loves her, and she gets along like a mother and daughter with every mother-in-law [facepalm] helping her find a new husband [laughing and crying] The female lead is very clear-headed, loving in the moment and letting go of the past—very carefree! Not bound by love, a strong female lead who loves herself, dealing with people and things with grace and tact. Super, super highly recommended! [Kissing emoji]

24. 374 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.6kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
25. 375 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 38kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves
26. 376 五 A Young Couple in the 1950s 五零年代小夫妻 Drowned in Words溺字Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted A purely warm, relaxing, and healing story. Life is hard enough already, so I just want to read something comforting that doesn't take much thought. Happiness is hard to come by in real life. I'm not very familiar with the specific historical period, so the details may not stand up to scrutiny. Please bear with me. They met through a matchmaking arrangement. They spent some time getting to know each other. Lin Tang: We're not right for each other. Pei Xu: Let's get married. Lin Tang: ? Afte —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 377 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves
28. 378 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
29. 379 侯 A Marquis Reborn as a Village Girl in the Seventies 侯爷穿成了年代小村姑 Three Colors三采Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted In the 1950s, Lin Zhile was one of the Lin family's four golden flowers, the youngest daughter kept at home by her parents so they could find her a live-in husband. Just before graduating from vocational school, the boy she liked turned her down. Heartbroken and consumed by anxiety over her future partner, she accidentally fell into the water on her way home. She came down with a fever that night and died. In the Great Yan Dynasty, Lin Zhile was a marquis who disguised herself as a man. To prev 2.6kReads8.2Score176Shelves
30. 380 军 Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance618k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would 24.5kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
31. 381 资 A Tycoon’s Heir? Perfect, I’ll Take Him Home as My Husband 资本家大少爷？正好扛回家做老公 Song Nianchu宋念初Modern Romance950k WordsOngoing [Period setting + fishing village + marriage first, love later + devoted husband + building a fortune] “Chu, do you want a man or not?” One moment, Song Nianchu is celebrating her company going public. The next, she has transmigrated into an orphan girl in a fishing village in the 1970s. The girl is young and beautiful, but born with superhuman strength. She can kill a mad bull with one punch, and now that she is nearly twenty, no one dares marry her. Her late father is so furious that he appear 22.1kReads8.1Score866Shelves
32. 382 七 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s: The Contrast Couple of Cannon Fodder 七零穿书：炮灰夫妻对照组 The Stars Want to Blink星星想眨眼Modern Romance802k WordsOngoing [A transmigrator into a book, a refined, self-serving educated youth VS a shrewd, no-nonsense local country man who never lets himself get the short end of the stick. P.S. The leads dote on each other.] (Family life + marriage first, love later + a pocket dimension + no college entrance exam + keeping a low profile + neither lead is a self-sacrificing saint) When Jiang Qingyu wakes up, she finds her soul has switched places with her counterpart in a parallel world in the 1970s. To her surprise, 48.2kReads8.4Score4.2kShelves
33. 383 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 318.5kReads9.1Score47.4kShelves
34. 384 七 A 1970s Book's Cannon-Fodder Background Character's Everyday Life 七零穿书炮灰路人甲的日常 Bu Kaka布卡卡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + transmigrate + pocket dimension + everyday family life + making a fortune + watching the drama unfold As a modern-day corporate drone who’d given up on life, Xu Jianian woke from her lunch break and found herself completely dumbfounded. Looking at the old-fashioned green train before her, she wondered, Where on earth have I ended up? After figuring things out, she learned she’d transmigrated into a period novel, and she was a cannon-fodder character wh 21.4kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
35. 385 七 The 1970s: Cursed to Bring Bad Luck to My Husband? I Marry Into the City and Eat State-Supplied Grain 七零：克夫女？我嫁进城吃供应粮 Run Once跑一次Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted (Period setting + military marriage + both pure + family life + superhuman strength + no angst + love at first sight + devoted husband + no pocket dimension or System + no transmigration or rebirth) Shuangshuang is a poor girl. She’s twenty, in the prime of her youth, yet she still can’t find a husband. She’s been engaged seven times, and all seven engagements were called off. Late at night, she hides under the covers, both delighted and exasperated as she counts her savings on her fingers. Seve 3.8kReads8.0Score373Shelves
36. 386 六 Joining the Army in the 1960s: Fleeing Famine and Marrying a Cavalryman in a Flash 六零随军：逃荒，闪婚骑兵哥哥 Miaobai喵白Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military Romance + Cavalry Commander + Tianshan Grasslands + Farming and Hunting + Sweet Everyday Life] My grasslands, my horse. I do whatever I want out here. A spirited military wife transmigrates to the 1960s, flees famine across five provinces, and finally reaches a cavalry regiment in the far northwest, where she begins life with the troops. She clears land, digs for caterpillar fungus, and hunts wild beasts. With fields to farm and meat to eat, life is good. Riding a Tibetan wild ass, lea 18kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
37. 387 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
38. 388 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
39. 389 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
40. 390 七 The 1970s: After Twin Sisters Switch Places 七零年代：孪生姐妹互换后 Grapefruit Tomato Sauce西柚番茄酱Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Twin sisters switch identities + period military marriage + romance + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + parallel stories of the older and younger sisters] Lin Si × Gu Heping: A sensitive, delicate beauty in poor health × a highly intelligent technician who dotes on his wife Lin Nian × Lu Chongshan: A cheerful, lively sweetheart × a composed, reserved military officer Lin Si and Lin Nian are twin sisters who look exactly alike. Under the policy, one child in every family must g 4.1kReads8.4Score414Shelves
41. 391 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 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves
42. 392 吃 The Gossip-Loving Young Educated Woman 吃瓜小知青 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Wei Wei was speechless. She’d only gone back to her hometown, and ended up caught in a rainstorm and a mudslide, then transmigrated. Not only had she landed in the 1970s, she’d become a pushover everyone could trample on. Her younger sister stole her job, and her mother signed her up to go to the countryside. When had Wei Wei ever put up with such humiliation? Fine, you want the job? If I can’t keep what’s mine, why should I hand it over to you? I’ll wreck the whole thing. You signed up to go to 18.6kReads8.1Score2kShelves
43. 393 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 54.2kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
44. 394 七 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: Your Golden Finger Is Mine 七零穿书，你的金手指归我了 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period setting + light supernatural elements + a heroine who grows into a powerhouse + System space + military marriage + the male lead barely features] Song Miao transmigrated into a period novel about people born with great fortune, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who would eventually be tormented to death by her stepsister. Her stepsister was the heroine of the book. To secure a spot to stay in the city, she pushed Song Miao into the water, ruining her reputation and forcing he 52.9kReads8.5Score5.9kShelves
45. 395 六 After a Blind Date in the 1960s, I Married My Reliable Childhood Sweetheart 六零相亲后：嫁给靠谱竹马 Waiting for the Sun等太阳Modern Romance410k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + System + getting rich + rugged man + striving for a better life] Li Wenwen, a corporate drone, worked herself to death from excessive overtime. As she died, she thought that if she ever got another chance at life, she would never work overtime again. But when she opened her eyes, she found she had transmigrated to the 1960s and become Li Wenwen, a young woman about to start work as an elementary school teacher. She had also acquired a Xixi System. She thought that being an elem 53Reads5.3Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The following are some period novels that I feel are written quite realistically. Especially the first one; the male and female protagonists are exactly like natives in period novels, without any special abilities or advantages. They are ordinary people from that era, experiencing hunger and emaciation during the Great Famine, and even losing a child. Although it's not finished yet...

46. 396 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 319Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust"—A Misplaced, Prolonged, and Most Powerful Torture. The torment in "Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust" is unlike the previous two books. It's not a torrential downpour, nor a gentle drizzle; it's like sugar coating a blade—sweet to the touch, but oozing blood the next bite. Its uniqueness lies in the "misplaced time difference"—one person is forced to disappear at the height of their love, while the other searches for them their entire life, completely unaware. The cruelest part is that Lin Die'er, having just mustered the courage to tell Zhang Zhiming, "I'm pregnant with your child," is dragged into the abyss by fate, her words forever unspoken. Years later, when they meet again, she stands before him, only able to say, "Sir, you've mistaken me for someone else." And that's not all. Its torment isn't just between two people, but a web—Yang Yanchen guarded her for half his life, only to receive a dying wish of "being husband and wife in the next life"; Xiao Qihao imprisoned her with despicable means, yet after her death, he sat in meditation for three days, spending the rest of his life in repentance and patriotism. No one finds fulfillment, not a single one. Its torment is such that even after you close the book, you can't recover for days. You won't cry, but you'll feel stifled. You think you're okay, but you're never truly healed. If what you fear is a "long and silent dull ache," then *Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust* is the most torturous.

47. 397 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
48. 398 七 The Most Hated Side Character in a 1970s Novel 七零年代文中极品路人甲 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + Pocket dimension + Reincarnated into a baby and awakens memories + The heroine is always her parents’ biological daughter + Building wealth Just after Qiao Yuwan awakens memories of her past life, her mother tells her she has to move to the countryside to free up her room for her older brother’s wedding. Ha! She has a pocket dimension packed with enough supplies to last several lifetimes. Moving to the countryside is even better!! More freedom! Besides, she doesn’t want her sexi 36.1kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves
49. 399 七 A Sweet Little Wife in the 1970s 七十年代小甜妻 The Prince Is No Good王子不才Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Saihua’s life goal was simple: eat, drink, and be as lazy as possible. Who could have guessed that one day she’d choke to death on a rice cake and end up in the resource-scarce 1970s, working in the fields every morning and evening? It was completely at odds with her life plan. Oh, this Educated Youth Song is rather nice. A little romance would be a comfort to the soul. Oh, Educated Youth Song is always helping her with her work. Maybe she should marry him. After getting together with Saihua, 1kReads9.0Score105Shelves
50. 400 七 The 1970s: This Background Character Young Intellectual Just Wants to Watch the Drama 七零：炮灰知青只想吃瓜看戏 Simple and Getting Rich简单要暴富Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Pocket dimension shopping mall + transmigrate into a book as a doomed side character + alternate setting + gossip-watching + building a career + military marriage + slice of life] Yang Tao transmigrates into the 1970s as a pitiful girl from an ordinary working-class family. No problem. The huge shopping mall she just inherited has come along with her. Her younger sister schemes to send her to the countryside? No worries. Yang Tao promptly sends her off to the far northwest instead. Fa 12.2kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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