Looking for Historical-Era Stories Where the Female Lead Isn't a Sent-Down Youth. A Rural or Working-Class Background Is Fine 求女主不是知青的年代文，农村人或工人家庭都可以

1. 151 漂 The Gorgeous, High-Maintenance Mediator of the 1970s 漂亮作精在七零当调解员 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Hilarious + Military Marriage] You were supposed to mediate family disputes, not encourage people to get divorced! - After five years as a marriage counselor, breaking up countless unhappy couples, Jiang An'an was hit over the head with a brick and flung into the material-scarce 1970s. Her father was a lazy good-for-nothing, her mother was tough as nails, and all three of her older sisters were a handful. As for her, she was a beautiful airhead who 5.9kReads8.8Score59614d adds

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   🍒🍒The female lead in this book has a really sharp tongue. She has a lazy father, a domineering mother, and three sisters who are fiercely protective of their younger sisters. The female lead is a beautiful but foolish woman who's always causing trouble. After transmigrating, she goes to work at the Women's Federation, mediating conflicts, and every time she mediates, the other person divorces.

2. 152 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 6.6kReads8.9Score78314d adds

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3. 153 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
4. 154 带 Bringing Technology to the 1970s, My Whole Family Kicks Back 带着科技穿七零，全家集体摆烂了 Mi Xia?宓夏？Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Adorable Child + Minor Antagonists + Slow Burn] After her mother passed away, Du Wanying had a dream. In the dream, she found herself in a bridal chamber on her wedding night. “Yingying, I like you.” The man’s low, magnetic whisper brought Du Wanying to her senses. “Who are you?” “I’m your husband!” “I don’t know you!” “...” At the wedding venue, who was this man in a military uniform with a big red flower pinned to him? An 22Reads7.6Score—14d adds
5. 155 重 Reborn in the 1980s with an Infinite Space Full of Property Deeds 重生八零，无限空间里屯满了房本 The Sun and Moon Are Both There明明有日月Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted In 1983, Sang Yu was reborn. In her previous life, she learned only as she lay dying that her adopted son was actually her husband's illegitimate child. How ridiculous! She had spent her whole life working herself to the bone, only to make a wedding dress for someone else. Reborn, she had no interest in love. She sent the adulterous man off to face the firing squad and set the adulterous woman ablaze. Let that pair of scoundrels reunite in hell. Just as she cast aside the past and prepared to st 5.9kReads8.3Score71014d adds

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   Character traits: Genre: This genre is a bit unconventional, with a very imaginative plot. It combines rebirth across eras, cultivation, and fantasy. It's not finished yet. See if it's your type.

6. 156 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, She Was Sold Off as a Fool and Then Struck It Rich 穿七零，被当傻妞贱卖后她暴富了 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + crazy, satisfying power fantasy + raising kids + strong heroine] [Fu Qingshan: Half my life is devoted to the country, and the other half to you.] A genius girl from the 21st century takes on a mission to change a villain's fate and becomes a strong but dim-witted country girl in the 1970s. Though she was born to a dual-income urban family, she was maliciously switched at birth and raised as a lowborn country girl. She opens her eyes in a coffin. Her adoptiv 19.7kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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   🍓The system selected Qiao Xinyi to complete tasks in the 1970s, with a monthly salary, annual raises, and holiday benefits [thinking]. Qiao Xinyi gladly accepted, feeling reborn, though the start wasn't great; she was lying in a coffin about to be sealed, at the scene of a ghost marriage.

7. 157 林 Lin Fusheng: A Student’s Everyday Life in the ’70s 林福生，70年代读书日常 Corn Breakdance玉米扒舞Urban525k WordsCompleted A period novel about building wealth and strengthening the nation. In his previous life, the male lead was a master surgeon who also knew a thing or two about traditional Chinese medicine. He worked himself to death, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in the middle of a mud fight. Getting pelted with mud brought back the memories of his past life. 793Reads7.3Score10114d adds

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   The first book is a period drama + getting rich + strengthening the country + single female lead. The second book is a period drama + military marriage + superpowers + raising children + gourmet food + medical skills + time travel + eccentric young master (always sweet). The third book is a period drama + evil mother-in-law + family life + farming + husband and wife both time-travel + getting rich + superpowers (good).

8. 158 年 Life on an Island: A Military Wife Raising Kids in the Old Days 年代，军嫂养娃海岛生活 Little Sugar Who Has to Get Thin必要瘦的小糖Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [1970s + Military Marriage + Special Abilities + Raising Kids + Food + Medicine] Han Shuang transmigrates from the 1970s to the apocalypse. She thinks she’ll never make it back, but unexpectedly transmigrates back again, now with a pocket dimension and a wood-based ability. Using the supplies she gathered during the apocalypse and her wood-based ability, Han Shuang makes it through the hard times. With a big one in one arm and a little one in the other, she raises the brothers to be chubby and r 10kReads8.7Score71714d adds
9. 159 七 The Wicked Mother-in-Law of the Seventh-Decade Compound 七零大院恶婆婆 Ye Xiu's Wife叶修老婆Modern Romance732k WordsCompleted [Period setting + wicked mother-in-law + family life + farming + both spouses transmigrate] Chen Suwen, who had healing, wood, and fire abilities, was hot-tempered and feisty. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a notoriously wicked mother-in-law living in a residential compound. A wicked mother-in-law? So she didn’t have to rein in her temper, force herself to compromise, or worry about acting out of character by being nothing like the original owner? She’d transmigrated from the apocal 4.8kReads8.1Score23214d adds
10. 160 咸 The Laid-Back Ancestor in the Seventies 咸鱼祖宗在70 You Man友蔓Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing In the interstellar era, Professor Gu has finally developed a Slacker Reform System he's happy with. He plans to send it right away to his slacker ancestor in the 1970s. The original inspiration for the System came from the first rule of the Gu family: “No slacking!” written in bold red letters. The Slacker Reform System is designed to make her study hard and develop in every way: morality, intelligence, fitness, aesthetics, and practical skills. It'll schedule every minute of the little slacker 3.2kReads8.8Score25714d adds

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    The first book features a child as the female lead and a former sent-down youth as her mother.

11. 161 穿 Transmigrated as the Seventies Brigade Leader's Daughter, She's Set on Getting Rich 穿成七零大队长闺女，她要致富 Late Summer忽晚夏Modern Romance419k WordsCompleted Zhao Wan never expected that a quick trip to the swimming pool to unwind before graduation would send her straight back to the 1970s, where she became the brigade leader’s daughter. Since she was there, she decided to make the best of it. But, Heaven, are you sure I’m not your own daughter? Why didn’t she get a golden finger? Not only did she have no golden finger, but a reborn woman showed up too. How was she supposed to live like this? See how Zhao Wan, without a golden finger, pursues her dre 1.9kReads7.4Score18514d adds
12. 162 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 4.6kReads9.1Score68014d adds

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    The female protagonist in this book isn't a sent-down youth; she's a military wife.

13. 163 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 200.8kReads9.2Score14k14d adds

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    Historical fiction, especially the one I read myself (not a sent-down youth), really works! The first book in particular is great. Both the male and female leads come from military families; they were high school classmates and dated in college. The female lead had a boyfriend in college, but they broke up. She only had intimate relationships with the male lead. Overall, they're all pretty good, especially the first one. Highly recommended! [Heart emojis]

14. 164 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 3.1kReads9.1Score25214d adds
15. 165 八 The Translator of the 1980s 八十年代翻译官 Mu Keke牧可可Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted The completed book’s title cannot be changed, and it doesn’t match the content. My apologies! [Period] [Alternate history] [1v1] [This story is set in an alternate world. Please don’t scrutinize the historical details.] Mr. Zhou once said: “Study for the rise of China.” With the knowledge she gained in her previous life and the excellent schooling available to her in this one, Jiang Mingxia is determined to live up to his words and do her part to help revive China. In the fourteenth year of the 348Reads6.7Score—14d adds
16. 166 七 The 1970s: The Divine Doctor with Billions in Supplies Becomes the Nation's Beloved 七零：神医携百亿物资被国家团宠 Dust-Forgotten Wine忘尘酒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Divine healer + System + reborn + taking down scumbags + two strong leads] Ye Qingyue died on the battlefield while saving someone, then was reborn and brought back by the System to 1978. At the time, she was still known as the “foxy woman” of Xiangyang Village. The first thing she does after being reborn is split from the family, taking her mother and younger brother away from their huge family of bloodsuckers. Everyone in the village waits to see Ye Qingyue make a fool of herself. How will a 4.5kReads9.2Score59914d adds

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    The female protagonist is not a sent-down youth; she is reborn as a fox spirit from Xiangyang Village. She is incredibly beautiful and possessed superb medical skills in her previous life. In this life, she works as a doctor in a hospital and becomes the hospital director at a young age.

17. 167 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 37kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds

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    This book is good; the female protagonist is from the village.

18. 168 七 The 1970s Scheming Girl Has a Little Conscience, But Not Much 七零心机女有点良心但不多 Xiaofang, the Potato Seller卖土豆的小芳Modern Romance549k WordsOngoing [Alternate-history period setting + works in the city instead of being sent to the countryside + family life + watching the drama unfold + no golden finger + male lead appears much later] After an accident, Song Qi was lucky enough to recover her memories of a past life. As it turned out, she had transmigrated from a world decades in the future. Thinking back to the period novels she had read in her previous life, then looking at the time she was now living in, she realized it was already 1970. 198Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Both the male and female leads are city dwellers

19. 169 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.7kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds

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    This book, set in a small town in the 1960s, depicts the lives of ordinary people. The female protagonist's parents are both working, and she is still in junior high school in the city. The family scenes are very heartwarming. There are few eccentric characters; no military marriage, no rough men, no scumbag fathers, no stepmothers. It's a warm and down-to-earth family story, full of everyday life, so simple and peaceful that it makes you want to keep reading. 🍋

20. 170 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 18.4kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds

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    The female lead has many small animals, they're super cute!

21. 171 重 Reborn in 1985: Taking Charge of the Family 重生八五当家做主 Yun Zifei云紫飞Female-Channel Fanfiction4.1M WordsCompleted Ye Jiarong is reborn as the eldest daughter in a family that keeps having children to evade birth restrictions. Her mother nearly gives birth to a full lineup of seven fairies, and the young man next door is a no-good layabout. Her father is weak, her mother is meek, and the old patriarch who ran the family has passed away. So who should take charge of this household? Obviously, Ye Jiarong! 443Reads8.7Score10214d adds

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    It's worth watching.

22. 172 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Village Girl Bride Has a Bit of Sass 重生七零：村姑媳妇有点茶！ Gu Jinmo古堇末Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + twins + devoted couple + no golden finger] Su Dongnuan wakes up in a dilapidated cave dwelling on the Loess Plateau, lying beside a handsome, cold intellectual sent down to the countryside, who is now her husband. She looks at the pitch-black cave, the earthen kang bed, and the clay stove, and her vision goes black. What should she do? Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. But she has no golden finger, no pocket dimension, and her husband 19.7kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
23. 173 末 An Apocalypse Big Shot Becomes the Village Tyrant in the 1970s! 末世大佬在七十年代当村霸！ The Sky on the Left左边的天空Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + superpowers + educated youth + raising children + face-slapping and taking down scumbags] Gu Zhixia, a woman from the apocalypse, wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated into the body of a country girl in the 1970s who shares her name. The original Gu Zhixia, the youngest daughter born to her parents late in life, was the family darling. But after her niece, Gu Taohua, unexpectedly awakened the ability to foresee the future and tried to steal Gu Zhixia's future marr 3.5kReads8.4Score23214d adds

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    The first one has a relatively novel theme, but it doesn't focus enough on the male and female leads. You'll have to see if you like it; if there were more scenes with the male and female leads, I would have watched it longer. The second one was incredibly good before they separated, but I didn't enjoy it as much after they came back.

24. 174 让 Send Me to the Countryside, and I’ll Clear Out Your Entire Fortune with My Spatial Realm 让我下乡，用空间搬空你的家产 Rice Ball Fell in Love with the Vegetable Bun饭团爱上了菜包Modern Romance470k WordsCompleted Xia Momo has never felt this frustrated before! She stocked her spatial storage to the brim with free supplies in the apocalypse, but Heaven wouldn’t let her enjoy the carefree life of a goddess reborn after the apocalypse. Instead, it slapped her into this period novel. Could this girl’s life get any more miserable? Her scumbag father cheated on her mother and drove her to her death. Now he wants to send this poor girl away to the countryside. Fine, if you won’t act like a decent person, then y 933Reads8.9Score11314d adds
25. 175 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
26. 176 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.1kReads7.3Score48914d adds
27. 177 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Brought the Whole Family to Find You 首长，你媳妇带着全家来找你了 Young Master Ninth公子九爷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, extra sweet, powerful hero and heroine, doting military romance, adorable System baby] Xu Jiajia opened her eyes to find herself as a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. The original owner had a fiancé who was a factory worker, but he was in love with the heroine. Unable to accept this, the original owner hired someone to assault the heroine. To win the heroine’s favor, her fiancé married the original owner, tormented her every day, and eventually drove her 9.4kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds

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    The female protagonist is from a rural area and possesses a "melon-eating system" (a system that allows her to observe and analyze social events). Using this system, she apprehends many criminals and spies. She is specially recruited into the Public Security Bureau and rises through the ranks to become the deputy director. Later, she is specially recruited into the military as a special forces soldier, but due to pregnancy, she is transferred to the Security Department (similar to the Public Security Bureau). Before joining the Public Security Bureau, she earned two jobs through her own examinations. She gave one to her best friend and the other to her father. However, neither of them accepted these jobs as a matter of course. Her best friend gives half of her salary and all her benefits to the protagonist every month, while her father keeps only five yuan for himself, giving the rest to the protagonist and her grandmother.

28. 178 穿 Book Transmigration: The Beloved Little Nobody of the 1980s 穿书：八零团宠小废物 Udumbara Bright Moon优昙明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Qi Yunyi opens her eyes and discovers that she has transmigrated into a book as the vicious female supporting character. In the early part of the story, she relentlessly bullies the male supporting character; in the middle, she relentlessly emotionally manipulates him; and later, she relentlessly curses his entire family. The male supporting character she bullies has the male lead for an older brother and the female lead for a sister-in-law. He’ll grow up to be a heartthrob himself, and most imp 2.9kReads8.5Score25314d adds
29. 179 作 A Spoiled Rich Beauty Gets Doted on by a Soldier in the 1970s 作精白富美在七零被兵哥哥宠麻了 Ci Xiaoer辞小尔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Transmigrating into a book + Personal space + Military marriage + Adorable child + Stockpiling goods) The moment Su Wanwan opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s. Beside her lies a man with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and an eight-pack. Su Wanwan tries to sneak away, but the man grabs her. “Marry me. I’ll make sure you never want for food or clothing.” “No need. I have plenty to eat and drink.” “I’ll spoil you rotten.” “Thanks, but I don’t need anyone to spoil me. I’m already spoil 3.1kReads8.9Score36514d adds
30. 180 六 The Sixties: There's a Time Portal in My Woodshed 六零：我家柴房有个时空门 Xu Xu Dreams of Getting Rich徐徐想暴富Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Two Worlds Connected + From the Era of the 1970s to the Future + Adorable Kids + Making Money + Comedy After their parents unexpectedly pass away one after another, six-year-old Hu Ni and her twelve-year-old brother accidentally open a time-space portal to the modern world. The first time Hu Ni and Youzi see the strange and wondrous world, they’re so shocked their jaws nearly hit the floor. When she hears the word “clubbing,” Hu Ni feels sorry for the new big brother she’s met. The concrete floo 1.6kReads9.2Score18514d adds

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    This child is quite good-looking. The mother was a time traveler who died in a car accident, leaving her child with a cheat-like ability. ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑

31. 181 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56kReads9.4Score7.2k14d adds

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    The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a novel; the male protagonist was previously a soldier, is now a factory manager, owns a large house of several hundred square meters, and is raising his sister's three children. The second book has a female protagonist who is forced into a blind date by her mother, but sits at the wrong table and ends up marrying a military officer in a whirlwind romance. The third book features a female protagonist who is reborn, has three children with the male protagonist, and they all eventually get into university together. All are very sweet.

32. 182 村 A Beauty with Skin Like Cream Comes to the Village, and the Rugged Man Can’t Stop Thinking of Her 村里来了凝脂美人，糙汉日思夜想 One Meow一口喵Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted (Historical setting + devoted couple + portable space + raising children + doting husband and wife) Jiang Zhenzhen closed her eyes, full of regret. Only after she died did she learn that she was nothing more than a background character with barely a few lines in a novel set in a bygone era. After her death, her husband, Wei Xiao, was consumed by grief and worry. He died heartbroken less than two years later. And every one of her sons grew up crooked, becoming major villains who skirted the law. 4.2kReads9.0Score47714d adds
33. 183 被 After Someone Stole My Identity and Took My Marriage, My Life Went into Cheat Mode 被冒名顶替嫁人后，我人生开挂了 Lin Yumu林雨沐Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Military marriage + period setting + fake heiress gets what she deserves + nuclear weapons + spy warfare Lin Xiaoqin's younger sister stole her acceptance letter by pretending to be her, along with her real parents and her man! She is reborn in 1978 with a pocket dimension full of supplies. She takes back everything, turns her life around, and registers the first private business! She escapes poverty, gets rich, and spoils her man. Lin Xiaoqin: “Comrade Lu, just nod and I'll marry you!” Lu Zheng 2.2kReads9.2Score39214d adds
34. 184 七 The 1970s: Back to the Day Before She Married Her Abusive Scumbag 七零：重回和家暴渣男领证前一天 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [1970s] [Farm space] [Past and present lives] [Raising children] [Sharp-tongued heroine and taciturn hero] Gu Yuehuai is reborn on the day before she and her scumbag ex-husband register their marriage! In her previous life, her father wanted her to have finer food, so he went to the black market to make money through small-time trading. Someone reported him, branding him a profiteer. After being paraded through the streets, he was sent to prison. In her previous life, her eldest brother killed t 15.4kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds

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    It's really good, I highly recommend it.

35. 185 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 74.8kReads9.4Score6.8k14d adds

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    My best friend and I are transmigrated into a book together, but we're not educated youth sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. It's pretty good, but it's not finished yet. [Laughing and crying emojis]

36. 186 我 I Bound Myself to a Gossip System in the 1970s 我在年代绑定了吃瓜系统 Dreaming Another Hundred Thousand梦更十万Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Gossip System + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Life + Not a Strong Female Lead + Romance] On her way home from school, Song Hongjin comes across a house being ransacked and squeezes her way in to watch the spectacle. Suddenly, a gold melon seed the size of her palm comes flying toward her... At the last possible moment, her fake best friend Shen Danru rushes out to “save” her, knocking Song Hongjin to the ground. The gold seed first cracks Shen Danru's head, then bounces into Song Ho 775Reads7.4Score10114d adds

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    The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a book and is bound to a gossip-eating system. Instead of going to the countryside or becoming an educated youth, she works in the city, passing exams to become a street-level official, enjoying life's ups and downs, saving lives, and building her career. The second book features a female protagonist who, due to jealousy, is written to die along with her best friend and transmigrates into a book. She marries two brothers, separates the family, becomes a teacher, a police officer, goes to university, and starts a business. The author of the book also transmigrates into the book as a contrasting character—very exciting. The third book features a female protagonist who transmigrates and is brainwashed by her stepsister into going to the countryside. Realizing her mistake, she sows discord between her stepsiblings, causing her mother and stepfather to divorce. Her family begins a normal life, and she refuses to go to the countryside, marries a soldier, joins the military, enters a research institute, goes to university, becomes a professor, and starts a company—super impressive! Her interactions with her mother and brother are hilarious. The fourth book features a female protagonist with exceptional eloquence and social skills, simultaneously holding positions in multiple factories—very impressive. The fifth book features a female protagonist who dies suddenly and transmigrates into a book and is bound to a dedication system. From a temporary worker to a chef in a state-owned restaurant, she passes exams to become a meat processing plant officer and deputy factory manager—very impressive.

37. 187 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
38. 188 夺 After Reclaiming Her Good Fortune, the Adored Wife Makes Five Hundred Billion 夺回福运后，团宠娇妻狂赚五百亿 Qiu Yeqing秋叶青Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Original title: Reclaiming My Fortune, the Beloved Family Darling Makes Five Billion [Farming + period setting + beloved by the whole family + reborn + pocket dimension + satisfying read] Only when she was dying did Liu Manning find out the truth. Her cousin had stolen her good fortune, taken her place at university, and even caused the deaths of the family members who loved her! After fighting to the death and taking her cousin down with her, she is reborn before her good fortune is stolen. Fac 1.9kReads8.9Score23914d adds
39. 189 年 The Villainous Tycoon's Wife, Who Died Young in a Period Novel, Is Reborn 年代文反派大佬的早逝前妻重生了 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Sweet-looking black-hearted flower x cold on the outside, warm-hearted, pure-hearted little stray dog” After dying, Zhou Yu unexpectedly learns that she is merely a cannon-fodder side character in a book, while Gu Ye is the story's biggest villain. In the book, she dies in childbirth, and Gu Ye raises their child alone at the bottom of society. Later, Gu Ye makes his fortune and becomes one of the richest men in Shenzhen. Zhou Yu feels reassured when she reads this. Though she and Gu Ye married 6.3kReads8.7Score55814d adds

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    This book is alright; the female lead has a good business sense, and the male lead is handsome.

40. 190 六 A Military Marriage in the 1960s: The Cannon-Fodder Heroine Has Twins 六零军婚，炮灰女配一胞双胎了 The Third Watch in February二月三更Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [No rebirth, no transmigration, face-slapping, raising children, everyday life, family squabbles] Su He grew up as the only daughter of the Su family, cherished by her parents and three older brothers. Later, she married a soldier. Her in-laws were understanding, her husband was considerate, and she lived a happy life. Then one day, she suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually the setting of a rebirth-era novel. In the book, her soldier husband would die in battle before long 9.1kReads8.4Score53414d adds

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    🌿① A period drama, no rural assignments, the female lead works at a supply and marketing cooperative, the male lead marries into her family. ② A period drama, no rural assignments, the female lead awakens to new life, raises a child, heartwarming daily life.

41. 191 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: Honey, Want to Order Takeout? 穿进年代文：媳妇点外卖吗 So-and-So Li李某人Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Shen Xian is angrily tossed by the Heavenly Dao into a period novel. Luckily, the food delivery System she brings with her helps her survive in these harsh conditions. There are all kinds of restaurants on the delivery app, but one is her absolute favorite. The owner is gentle and kind, and a wonderful cook. He is the flawless white moonlight in her heart. But the stunning man beside her has far too many tricks, and in the end, she can’t hold out against him. It’s not that Shen Xian cares about 682Reads8.6Score10014d adds

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    Even the male lead calls the female lead a dog! The female lead is so cheeky! She loves to argue!

42. 192 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 15.6kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds

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    I absolutely love it!

43. 193 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.7kReads9.0Score57514d adds

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    None of the female protagonists are educated youth sent to the countryside. I highly recommend the second book. I really like the female protagonist, Mo Nian, and there's no romantic pairing.

44. 194 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
45. 195 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
46. 196 重 Reborn in the 1980s: A Rich Woman's Road to Success 重生八零：富婆奋斗笔记 The Little Fish Who Loves Cat Food小鱼爱吃猫罐头Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted An 1980s-era story about an independent, powerful woman making her fortune. An independent heroine with no golden finger, no supernatural powers, and no pocket dimension. The heroine is clear-eyed and never a pushover! The focus is on making a fortune. The male lead is a college-educated sent-down youth returning to the city and an aircraft design engineer, helping advance the motherland’s aviation industry! A young actress dies of illness and transmigrates into 1980. From the start, she has the 21Reads6.0Score—14d adds

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    In this book, the female protagonist is a time traveler. In her previous life, she was a minor celebrity who died of illness. The male protagonist was a sent-down youth who later entered a military university and became an engineering designer. The female protagonist travels to an impoverished rural family. The story follows her journey to wealth and prosperity, and how she and the male protagonist work together to build their country.

47. 197 四 In the Siheyuan, I Am Qin Huairu 四合院我是秦淮茹 Black Tiger Spring黑虎泉Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted In 2022, Qin Huairu, an engineering PhD at a research institute in the western suburbs of the Forty-Nine City, dies suddenly after working overtime on experiments for days. She transmigrates to 1962, arriving at Jia Dongxu’s funeral. After taking over his job at the steel mill, she embarks on a colorful working life, helping the Red Star Steel Mill develop the ability to research special steel and manufacture heavy machinery, and helping China’s industry reach new heights... 1.1kReads8.7Score10814d adds

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    A great book, highly recommended, very positive, and my favorite of all the Siheyuan books I've read!

48. 198 穿 Transmigrated Straight into the Army: I Married a War Hero and Found My Happy Ending 穿越即随军，嫁给兵王我圆满了 Jiu Li玖狸Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [1970s, Military Marriage, Pocket Dimension, System, Double Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] Mu Youyou, a graduate student in the twenty-first century, is transported to the 1970s by a rookie System on its first mission. It has found the wrong Host and forgotten the mission, too. Since she is already here, Mu Youyou decides to make the best of it. With a pocket dimension and a System at her back, she has nothing to fear. But what is going on with this decorated soldier she is contractually married t 22.6kReads9.4Score2.4k14d adds

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    I won't say much else, it's really super good-looking! [Admiration][Thumbs up] Character traits:

49. 199 七 A Military Marriage in the 1970s: His Young Army Doctor Wife Cries, and He Goes Wild 七零军婚：娇娇军医一哭，他疯魔了 Zhejiang A, Fierce Top 1浙A猛1Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted A new period novel is now underway: After Breaking Off My Engagement to a Brother-Obsessed Scumbag, I Married His Commander (Transmigrate into a book + military marriage + doting husband + raising children + love after marriage + husband’s long road to winning her back) Xu Shishuang, a rich and beautiful dentist, transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s as a vicious stepmother who abused her children and met a tragic end. Her handsome, cold-faced military husband was going to divorce her, too 592Reads8.9Score10114d adds

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    None of these female protagonists were sent-down youth. Some were married, some had jobs and stayed in the city, and some were originally from the countryside. The eleventh book's female protagonist transmigrated into the book; the original owner had studied abroad and returned to China, so she didn't need to go to the countryside.

50. 200 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.1kReads9.2Score66914d adds

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