Historical-Era Stories With Stable Factory Jobs: Parents Who Work at a Steel Mill and Life in a Factory Compound 有铁工作的年代文，父母是钢铁厂啥的，住家属院

1. 101 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 14.1kReads9.2Score1k14d adds

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   Both parents are employed, so the female protagonist has a secure job even without going to the countryside.

2. 102 七 The 1970s: The Sweet, Gentle Educated Youth Becomes the Brigade Leader’s Daughter-in-Law 七零：娇软知青成大队长家儿媳妇 Qingqing Zijin青青子金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beloved Wife + Space + Imagination + Supplies + Sweet Romance + Secret Identity + Food] Originally titled: The Space-Wielding Female Educated Youth in the Seventies, with Her Ancestors Here to Help The Ning family had only one living relative left: Ning Wan. By a twist of fate, Ning Wan transmigrated. Worried she’d become a cannon-fodder character in a strange new place? Don’t panic. Her ancestors were here to help: Assets under the names of her nine generations of ancestors, duplicated and del 5.4kReads9.0Score46514d adds
3. 103 我 My Daily Gossip in a Siheyuan [The 1970s] 我在四合院的吃瓜日常【七零】 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting + courtyard compound + gossip-watching + light ensemble cast] When Shen Miaomiao wakes up, she finds herself as a cannon-fodder character in a period novel. According to the plot, she will be forced to go to the countryside, where the village chief's son sets his sights on her and forcibly marries her, eventually beating her to death. Knowing the plot, Shen Miaomiao is determined: “I’m not going to the countryside. Absolutely not. No matter what, I’m not going!” Then she starts l 7.4kReads8.2Score35914d adds
4. 104 重 Reborn in 1980: I Dumped the Scumbag and Married a Butcher 重生八零甩掉渣男嫁屠户 Lots of Durian Daifuku榴莲大福多多Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Space] + [Farming] + [Family Life] + [Entrepreneurship] Li Wenhui is reborn before her blind date with a scumbag, and this time she exposes the affair between him and her best friend with her own hands. Thinking of the butcher who supplied her restaurant throughout her previous life and even came to her aid at a crucial moment, Li Wenhui decides they can team up and start a business this time around. But how does it end up with the two of them getting married and bu 3.9kReads8.2Score40414d adds

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   A story set in a family compound, a tenement building from that era; recommended, very enjoyable.

5. 105 被 Forced to Go to the Countryside, the Superpowered Bigwig Takes Her Pocket Dimension and Marries the Factory's Handsome Guy 被逼下乡，异能大佬带空间嫁厂草 Little Grass Seed小草籽Modern Romance689k WordsCompleted Lin Xia, the top fighter of the apocalypse, blew herself up alongside the Zombie King and transmigrated into the body of Lin Xia'an, a member of the Lin family in the 1970s. Gifted with supernatural powers, she had planned to head to the countryside and make a name for herself. But the original host’s third younger sister had been reborn. Not only was she eager to go to the countryside, she also wanted to steal the husband the original host had married in her previous life. Lin Xia'an said, “Go 3.3kReads8.2Score19414d adds
6. 106 带 Taking a World-Famous Members-Only Supermarket Back to the 1970s 带着全球知名会员制超市穿七零 Lots of Durian Daifuku榴莲大福多多Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted [Period setting + soul transmigration + golden finger + modern romance + strong leads] A slow-burn story set in a bygone era. The author doesn't write saintly heroines. If the satisfying payback you're expecting hasn't happened yet, the author may have placed it at the point that best fits the story. Han Xiaolin, from the 21st century, transmigrates while shopping at a famous members-only supermarket. She finds herself in the 1970s, an era of scarce food and clothing. With a virtual supermarket 330Reads6.2Score11014d adds
7. 107 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2k14d adds
8. 108 穿 Transmigrated to the Nineties: A Three-Year-Old Wants Her Dad to Become a Dragon 穿越九零，三岁萌娃望父成龙 Xiang Wan向挽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Darling + Adorable Baby + Daily Life + Childhood Sweethearts] Lin Shi worked diligently as an office drone, determined to buy a small home of her own in the big city. Just as her dream was about to come true, she suddenly dropped dead from overwork during an overtime shift. When she opened her eyes, Lin Shi had returned to the 1990s, transmigrated into a newborn baby. After observing for a long while, Lin Shi realized she had been born into a comfortable, middle-class family in the 1 3kReads9.2Score30114d adds

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   😙The female lead is beautiful, rich, has plenty of free time, and a successful career; the male lead is a world champion with a great physique and a love-struck mind. They're childhood sweethearts, and their relationship develops naturally! Their family and friends are all multi-talented and successful, excelling in music, art, sports, business, photography, gaming, and esports! 😙

9. 109 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: From the Start, I'm Not Going to the Countryside 穿越七零：开局不下乡 Memories Like a Dream如梦记忆Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted On her way to college, Gu Jing accidentally fell asleep in the car. When she woke up, she found herself lying in a hospital bed… She closed her eyes, then opened them again, and realized one thing: She had transmigrated. And she was about to graduate, with a chance of being sent to the countryside. * After being discharged, she went home and lay down on her bed, only to discover something else: She had also transmigrated into a book, as an unnamed passerby who was never even mentioned. Tha 273Reads—Score1214d adds
10. 110 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! 16.8kReads9.1Score2.6k14d adds

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    Recommendation: The female lead's parents worked at a meat processing plant. After transmigrating, she rose from a temporary worker at the plant to a head chef at a state-run restaurant, and eventually to the plant's manager... A meteoric rise. She even found jobs for her older siblings (with conditions; the female lead isn't a saint).

11. 111 回 Before I Left My Husband and Child in the 70s, I Was Spoiled Rotten 回到七零抛夫弃子前，我被宠爆了 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + pocket dimension + rugged man + raising kids + sweet romance] Shen Yiyi was a professional villainess in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. On her final mission, she transmigrated into a period novel and became a vicious educated youth who was infatuated with the male lead, married the story's great villain, gave birth to three cannon-fodder sons, was lazy and difficult, and then abandoned her husband and children to return to the city. In the end, the male lead “carried out justice on H 30.8kReads9.3Score3.4k14d adds
12. 112 知 Educated Youth Stay in the City: A Big Shot Builds a Fortune With a Supermarket Worth Billions 知青不下乡：大佬带亿万超市发家 Below Three Thousand下三千Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating into Two Books + A Supermarket Worth Billions + A Powerful Woman in a Matriarchal World + A Devoted Husband Chases His Jerk of a Wife + No Groveling Redemption Arc for the Leads] Su Xiaxia, a powerful woman in a matriarchal world, wakes up to find herself in two melodramatic period novels: one about abandoning a husband and child, and another about a stepmother moving to the countryside. In the reborn stepmother story, the heroine vows to find her husband from her past life as so 8Reads6.2Score—14d adds
13. 113 麻 I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了！四儿一女供我在七零读大学 Liu Liu Will Surely Get Rich六六一定发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi 10.4kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
14. 114 包 I Pack Up and Head to the 1970s: Making Money and Crushing Scoundrels, I Can Do It All 包袱一卷穿七零，搞钱虐渣样样行 Strawberry Yogurt草莓仙酪Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Jiang Yun is an educated youth. When she first arrived in the countryside, she introduced her skills: “I’m good at farming, I’m an expert at cleaning out manure pits, I have ten years of experience herding cattle on the back hills, and I know all about postpartum care for sows…” Everyone burst out laughing. A few hours later, no one was laughing anymore. The village sow that had been struggling to give birth delivered ten piglets safely with Jiang Yun’s help. Three months after Jiang Yun arrived 3.6kReads8.3Score33014d adds

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    🥰Absolutely not frustrating at all! The female lead is a wolf in sheep's clothing when it comes to scumbags. She takes their money and power, using everything to pave her own way! She even makes empty promises and gets something for nothing! 🥰

15. 115 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 15.1kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
16. 116 穿 I Transmigrated to 1960 and Had No Food, So I Caught a Spy to Make Some Money 穿越六零没饭吃，抓个敌特换钱花 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Super-Strong Female Lead in a Period Setting: Strong, Strong, Strong] Xiang Nuan spent three years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Now thirteen, she unexpectedly kicks the bucket and transmigrates to the late 1960s, into a poor working-class family. Her father couldn’t get a word out of him even if you beat him with three sticks, and he fretted over every little thing. Her mother was timid and submissive. She also loved having children, believing that the more children a family had, th 12kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds

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    🌟A post-apocalyptic heroine transmigrates to the 1960s, becoming the sixth daughter of a textile factory worker. Her parents, both employed, should have had a comfortable life, but because they wanted many children, they had eight, all of them thin and pale. Upon the heroine's arrival, she takes over the family's power, occasionally helping to apprehend someone or solve a case. In return, she receives a reward, gains a follower and a job, and leads her family to prosperity.

17. 117 六 Staying in the City in the 1960s: Everyday Family Life 六零不下乡，家长里短 User74149451用户74149451Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + patriotism + no romance + System + ensemble cast + family life + everyday living + rumors and gossip] In a nutshell: After transmigrating to the 1960s, Xiang Mianmian uses the System to find jobs for her family and friends, and the Xiang family grows rich. Full synopsis: A parallel world where the nation is developing steadily! An ensemble story with no fixed protagonist!!! All the gossip in the county is at her fingertips. In the 1960s, Xiang Mianmian, the sixth child in her f 934Reads8.0Score23714d adds
18. 118 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 32.1kReads9.4Score3.2k14d adds
19. 119 签 After Signing In, the Adorable Girl Helps Her Terrible Whole Family Coast to Victory 签到后，小可爱带极品全家躺赢了 Radishes with Pickles萝卜配咸菜Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, sweet period drama, aloof and gentle top student x double-standard male lead] The Jiang family is notorious for having a lazy, sly, greedy good-for-nothing father, and now he's raised a famously lazy little girl. She's unbelievably lazy... If she can sit, she won't stand; if she can lie down, she won't sit. With a flatbread hanging around her neck, she'll still go hungry until she rolls her eyes back... Jiang Mengmeng grumbles that it's all because her genes are too strong. 1.9kReads8.1Score11814d adds

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    A beloved family from a bygone era, a family striving for success, heartwarming, and absolutely adorable—you won't regret watching!

20. 120 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 68.1kReads9.4Score7.6k14d adds
21. 121 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance635k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    The female protagonist comes from a family that owns a steel factory. Instead of going to the countryside, she passed the entrance exam for a vocational school and was assigned to a state-owned factory. With her modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

22. 122 胎 Born Into the Fifties! Life With a High-Tech Spirit Spring Space 胎穿五零！带科技灵泉空间生活 A Miao99一只99淼Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Beauty + Period Setting + Spirit Spring Space + Technical College + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] The heroine’s name is Cheng Xijun! Cheng Xijun is born into the 1950s with a god-tier pocket dimension. She skips grades to get into technical college, studies mechanics, gathers followers, and works as a technician, overcoming every obstacle on her way to becoming a top scientist. The male lead, Lin Senda, is a high-ranking official’s son who works in politic 873Reads—Score11314d adds

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    The female lead's family are all leading cadres, and the female lead herself is also very strong.

23. 123 八 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.6kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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    Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents were workers in a state-owned factory; the bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and went south to work. Her mother went to work in the factory, and her father started a small business. They brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them, and gradually Lin Zhizhi discovered that she had become a "rich second generation."

24. 124 四 Siheyuan: The Ordinary Life of an Angler 四合院：钓鱼佬的平凡人生 Longlong Is My Precious Darling龙龙是我的心肝大宝贝Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [Fishing]+ [Earning foreign currency]+ [Becoming a factory director]+ [Period setting]+ [Siheyuan] An angler never comes home empty-handed! Chen Chang'an transmigrated thanks to fishing, then rose to prominence thanks to fishing. Amid the tides of a great era, he changed many people’s fates. 21.8kReads7.9Score1.3k14d adds
25. 125 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Build a Factory: The Roughneck and His Adorable Kid Dote on Me 穿越七零开大厂：糙汉萌娃团宠我 Seven Cups of Milk Tea七杯奶茶Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Both Chaste + Satisfying Revenge + Career-Focused] Wang Qingqing was an executive in the modern-day metropolis of Shanghai. Who would have thought that she’d transmigrate into a book and become the foil to the sweet-romance novel’s heroine? A spoiled, willful daughter of a powerful family from a residential compound, she somehow managed to make herself so unpopular that even dogs turned their noses up at her… But now that she was here, none of that was a problem. The heroine we 4.7kReads8.6Score34614d adds

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    It's very simple; each character has their own personality.

26. 126 六 Everyday Life in a 1960s Compound 六零年代大院生活日常 Monster Meow Meow怪物喵喵Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted (Taking down awful relatives + traditional Chinese medicine + System + sign-in + daily life) After graduating from Jiangnan Medical College, Chen Wanru is assigned to work at the hospital affiliated with the Red Star Steel Mill and is also given housing. The housing is in a large residential compound with a dozen or so households. Let’s see how she makes life better and better for her family through these difficult times. 2.9kReads8.6Score13514d adds

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    The first book features a female protagonist who focuses on her career, rising from commune accountant to factory director, party secretary, and county magistrate. The second book features a female protagonist who is a doctor. The third book features a female protagonist who is a steel mill worker. The fourth book features a female protagonist who is a primary school teacher. The fifth book features a female protagonist who is a drug researcher.

27. 127 一 A Pair of Delicate Red Hands 一双红酥手 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1996, I planned to strike it rich with the lottery numbers from the one thing I remembered about my past life. Who knew it would still turn out to be just a dream!!! There are only 98 days left until the college entrance exam, and I’ve forgotten every bit of what I learned in my previous life. What do I do... Fine, I’ll come clean. I just want to be a couch potato, enjoy life with a beautiful wife, and live a quiet little life... This story is entirely fictional. Any similarities are p 12.4kReads9.0Score76514d adds

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    I'd like to recommend... Families of working-class children.

28. 128 星 A Galactic Island Paradise in the 1960s 星际海岛乐园在六零 One Little Orange一只橙橙橙子Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted When someone attacks and shatters a planet that houses an interstellar amusement park, an island amusement park comes to the side of Lin Jiahe, a little girl living in the 1960s. From then on, she studies hard and leads her hometown on the road to prosperity. Of course, she also faces all kinds of crises and nasty characters, but none of them are a match for her. Most importantly, she meets the one who makes her wish to have one heart to call her own and stay together until their hair turns whit 29Reads8.2Score314d adds
29. 129 穿 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1970s 穿到七十年代不下乡 A Lump of Lucky Cat一坨幸运喵Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted Feng Wanyi is a fan of transmigration novels, and she often wishes she could transmigrate one day. She did transmigrate, but things don't seem to be going the way she imagined. Looking at the walls, which seem to belong to another era, Feng Wanyi feels like banging her head against them. She gives it a try, but apart from the wound on her head, she's still perfectly fine and right where she was. Just when she'd finally forced herself to accept her situation, they tell her she's being sent to the 2.1kReads8.9Score13514d adds

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    I've traveled back to the 1970s and am now a high school sophomore. After graduation, I'll be sent to the countryside without a job, so my family helps me find one. My parents are steelworkers, my sister works in a department store, and my relatives are city workers and my cousin is a soldier. My family has a certain background; I won't regret getting into this story.

30. 130 拒 I Refuse to Move to the Countryside! I Marry a Quietly Passionate, Rugged Man and Have Three Daughters 拒下乡！我嫁闷骚糙汉生三朵金花 Tomato Fish Stew番茄鱼煲Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Wen Ning, a pampered young woman from the 21st century, transmigrates to the hardship-filled 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she is schemed against by a scumbag man and a vicious woman, while also facing the threat of being sent to the countryside. Wen Ning promptly puts the pair in their place. To secure her place in the city, she endures rumors spread by her future brother-in-law, then gets her wish and becomes a temporary worker at a machinery factory. Unwilling to remain a temporary worker, s 753Reads8.9Score10214d adds

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    The pampered girl makes her way in the world through her own hard work and ambition, without any cheat codes or special abilities.

31. 131 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—14d adds
32. 132 七 The 1970s: My Blind Date Is a Little Fierce 七零之相亲对象有点凶 Stir-Fried Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish爆炒小龙虾虾虾虾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Jiao had been pretty since she was little. She was renowned as the beauty of Qingshan Village and the surrounding countryside, and everyone was eager to play matchmaker for her. But Xu Jiao rejected every suitor, finding one ugly and another pathetic. Her mother was at her wits’ end. On the third day of her visit to her older sister, someone introduced her to a potential match. He was handsome, capable, and from a good family. She had seen his photo, and he looked pretty good. He was so perfe 17.3kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
33. 133 重 Reborn in 1998: The Hundred-Day Countdown to Life System Activates 重生98百日生命倒计时系统启动 Loves the Forest爱森林Urban273k WordsCompleted At forty-five, Lu Bufan lay in his rented room, dying of end-stage stomach cancer and waiting for death in despair: His first love had died in a car accident, his virtuous wife had left because of his debts, and his son had cut ties with him. His whole life had been a joke! As death drew near, the Life’s Regrets Correction System bound itself to him. [100 days of life remaining. Correct your regrets after being reborn to extend your life. Fail, and you will die permanently.] He gritted his teeth 127Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 134 暴 Getting Rich in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei! The Fake Heiress from the Village Is Gorgeous 暴富京津冀！村里来的假千金好美 Looking Up at the Sun仰望阳光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Everyone’s Favorite + Sweet and Satisfying] When Tang Guanguan woke up, she had become the fake heiress of a period novel, whose true identity had just been exposed. In the book, the original Tang Guanguan discovered her true identity but refused to return to her birth parents. In the end, everyone despised her, and she died alone and miserable. After sorting out the plot, Tang Guanguan decided: Leave me alone. I’m going to lie flat. But somehow, the big vill 3.2kReads8.0Score27214d adds

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    I've fallen into the world of historical fiction and can't stop! [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

35. 135 恶 The Wicked Woman of the 1970s and Her Unhinged Antics 恶女七零，发疯文学 Honey Bun Dipped in Mustard蜂蜜小面包蘸芥末吃哦Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted In 1970, in Daba Village, the second daughter of the Feng family went to the hills behind the village to gather pig fodder, but tumbled down the mountainside and injured her brain. Then again, she had always been a simpleton, so no one cared whether the fall had made her any worse. The second child has always been the one most likely to be overlooked in a family, and the Fengs were no exception. The eldest, Feng Chun, was the family’s first daughter, ambitious and fiercely competitive. The third 6.5kReads9.2Score65514d adds

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    🥦These are all stories set in an era where stable jobs were guaranteed. Women didn't go to the countryside as sent-down youth; they found secure jobs through their own abilities. The first three books are set in a country strong in scientific research, while the fourth book features a female protagonist who works in a government department and is a powerful female boss.

36. 136 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score64714d adds
37. 137 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 23kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
38. 138 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Bringing My Kids to Fish the Sea! 重生八零：带着崽崽赶海！ Loneliness Is Coming孤独将至Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Raising a child, heartwarming and healing, farming story.] [This novel is currently unavailable. The main text has been extensively revised and no longer matches the live-action audiobook adaptation, but the overall story remains unchanged. Please understand.] In her previous life, the food-loving Tong Yao married a fisherman and gave birth to a son with an intellectual disability. The couple devoted their whole lives to raising him, working hard without ever getting ahead. Then, in their old a 292Reads9.5Score—14d adds
39. 139 八 The 1980s Black-Hearted Lotus: The Real Daughter Returns and Goes on a Rampage 八零黑心莲，真千金回归杀疯了 Yao Yao Lingwu幺幺聆悟Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [No rebirth, no transmigration into a book, no golden finger + heroine always gets revenge] Chu Man has her university place stolen. Her mother berates her for being useless, saying she’s only fit to find a man and get married, then tries to sell her to an old man who beat three wives to death. After making a scene, she drinks to vent her anger, only to overhear in the middle of the night that she was switched at birth! After a long struggle, she finds her birth parents. But the fake heiress has 3.1kReads8.7Score32914d adds
40. 140 七 The 1970s: Smooth Sailing and Happy Days 七零年代：顺风顺水好日子 The Lovely Flower on the Mountain山顶的娇花Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Manyi suddenly realizes she was born into a different era. Wait, isn’t that woman across the way the heroine from the TV drama The Virtuous Daughter-in-Law that I watched with the old folks in my family as a kid? And that lovely young neighbor, praised by all the aunties as capable and virtuous, able to handle everything inside and out, turns out to be the exact opposite of me, the hapless foil who can’t lift a finger or shoulder a load!!! The reborn army-wife heroine, the hardw 11.7kReads8.6Score83714d adds

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    Recommended. It's a very gentle and heartwarming story about everyday life. The male lead is a soldier, but he doesn't live with his unit. Each character has their own distinct personality. It's quite good. [Thumbs up]

41. 141 惊 Shocking! I Woke Up in a Novel Set in the Era, but I’m Not in It 惊！穿到年代文小说，里面没有我 Xu Yue Bany Yu徐月半鱼Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted Have you ever gone to sleep, opened your eyes, and found yourself somewhere else? Niu Xiabing has. It’s a terrible experience. Her newly renovated, spacious apartment was ready, and today was her first day moving in! She was tired that afternoon, so she took a nap. When she woke up, she had somehow transmigrated into the 1970s. Wait, no, she hadn’t transmigrated. She had transmigrated into a book! She’d become a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel, the kind who doesn’t survive past t 163Reads5.6Score—14d adds
42. 142 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, and My Mad Scientist Villain Is a Bit Crazy 穿书七零，我家科研反派有点疯 Fat Lan胖子兰Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted They marry first and fall in love later. The male lead is capable, does the housework, and knows how to cherish his partner. The female lead has a mind of her own, is no shrinking violet, and keeps growing. Her best friend wrote a novel with Bai Zhi as its beloved heroine. On the day she finished it, the two of them had a fight, and in a fit of anger, her friend changed Bai Zhi from the heroine into a nasty supporting character. Unexpectedly, Bai Zhi died soon afterward, then found herself insid 1.2kReads8.6Score10114d adds
43. 143 七 A Wedding in the 1970s 七十年代结婚记 I Love Cilantro爱吃香菜哟Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted What’s it like to transmigrate into a book and become the heroine of a period novel, already married? When Shen Jing was bored, she read about a heroine in a period novel whose parents arranged a marriage with a man they knew well, one who was handsome and came from a good family. But the heroine wasn’t happy with it and actually wanted to run away from the wedding. Shen Jing couldn’t help exclaiming, “She doesn’t even want that? What’s wrong with being rich and good-looking? If she doesn’t want 96Reads6.3Score—14d adds
44. 144 穿 I Transmigrated to the Sixties and Married a Soldier. He Spoils Me Rotten 穿越六零年代嫁兵哥，我被宠爆了 Bai Xiluo Lan白溪洛兰Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + space + everyday family life + raising kids + military marriage + the whole family’s favorite + sweet romance] After Su Ke, who loved staying up late to read novels, died suddenly, she transmigrated into the body of a supporting female character with the same name in a period novel. The original owner had managed to ruin a hand full of winning cards. She dumped the scumbag and left him to fend for himself in the countryside. She foiled the schemes of the scheming best 484Reads7.5Score—14d adds
45. 145 穿 I Went Back to the 1970s to Teach, and Became Famous Through Comics 穿回七零教书，我靠漫画爆红 Zheng Weichi筝未迟Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The rating is low because very few people have read it, so it’s rising slowly. [Transmigration + Period Setting + Homeroom Teacher + Light Ensemble Cast + Romance + Anime + Entrepreneur] After transmigrating back to the 1970s, Chen Yixiao finds herself a newly graduated temporary worker at a garment factory, rubbing clothes until the skin peels off her hands. No matter. She can draw. She turns her grandmother’s stories into comic strips and submits them to a newspaper, making her grandma famous 384Reads8.1Score11214d adds

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    The female protagonist lives in a military family compound. Instead of going to the countryside, she becomes a teacher at the military district's primary school and draws comic books.

46. 146 九 Getting Rich in the 1990s: I Married for Love and Became a Borderland Trader 九零暴富宠婚：我在边境做倒爷 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted [Two transmigrators + both leads are each other’s first and only love + storage pouch + few troublesome characters] An accident sends Tong Xiaoqian to a small mountain village in northeastern China in the 1990s, right on her wedding night. To keep her company on the way through transmigration, she even gets a dog man as a bonus. Literally: a dog and a man. Lei Yihong is baffled too. Why would something as absurd as transmigration happen to him? And why did he have to transmigrate with the stupid 829Reads9.2Score11114d adds

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    🥰The male and female leads are both incredibly cunning, and they earned their first pot of gold by swindling the most ruthless people, haha! They transmigrated to an era where a thermos could be traded for a Russian tank, and the protagonists seized the opportunity to build their careers! They soared to great heights! 🥰The protagonists' family members are principled and intelligent, and they will never hold them back! The male and female leads have perfect chemistry whether they're causing trouble or building their careers.

47. 147 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 53.1kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a book, doesn't go to the countryside, doesn't go to the black market, takes over her mother-in-law's job at the factory, has normal values, and a husband with a stable job after retiring from the military. [Sparrow's Delight]

48. 148 八 After Getting Rich, the 1980s Factory Director's Wife Starts Disciplining Her Husband 八零厂长夫人赚钱后开始训厂长了 BaxyModern Romance437k WordsCompleted Good heavens! When Ye Wen opens her eyes, she’s become a married woman in her thirties with a fourteen-year-old son. Her husband is the thirty-six-year-old head of a clothing factory. Ye Wen wakes up at her aunt’s house. The moment she steps into her own home, she sees her son wearing a pink apron and stir-frying wild greens with a spatula. Sitting at the table, Ye Wen stares blankly at the watery porridge and the painfully green stir-fried vegetables. Didn’t they say her husband was a factory d 2.4kReads8.1Score14014d adds

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    Synopsis: A sweet romance novel where the female protagonist doesn't go to the countryside but has a job.

49. 149 重 Reborn in the ’70s: The Only Daughter Spoils Her Mute Live-In Son-in-Law 重生70独生女，娇宠哑巴赘婿 Mother Cang Er苍耳妈妈Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After being reborn, Nian Suisui has two great wishes: first, to have several children with Bai Muyi, so they can be surrounded by grandchildren in their old age. Second, to heal Bai Muyi’s voice. She wants to hear him speak. Bai Muyi has always held the image of a lovely woman in his heart. Before he lost his voice, he once dreamed that one day he might marry her and bring her home. After his voice was ruined, the light in his heart went out. That lovely woman would never have anything to do wit 3.6kReads8.4Score54714d adds
50. 150 重 The Reborn Seventies-Era Female Driver Takes to the Road with Her Pocket Dimension 重生七零女司机，带着空间把车开 Little Mao from Osaka Castle大阪城的小毛Modern Romance656k WordsCompleted This is truly a story about a seasoned driver behind the wheel... Reborn in the 1970s, Lin Yingzi binds herself to the Heroine System and uses her expert driving skills to become a proud female bus driver. When her awful father and mother show up to cause trouble, her magical System delivers without fail. Complete missions for rewards, then take turns humiliating the scumbags and making them eat their words. Repair machines, drive cars, win martial arts competitions, go to university, start a tr 1.1kReads9.0Score10014d adds

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