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. 251 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Became the Songbird of the Arts Troupe 重生七零之我成了文工团里的百灵鸟 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Zhang Qing opened her eyes after dying, she found herself back in 1969, at the age of seventeen. At this point in her previous life, the county cultural troupe had gone to the countryside to perform and had fallen for her lark-like voice. It was the only chance in that era for a country girl like her to change her fate. But because her mother stood in her way and she herself lacked resolve, Zhang Qing let the opportunity slip by and regretted it for the rest of her life! Reborn, Zhang Qing 1.5kReads9.2Score19914d adds
2. 252 七 Sweet Military Romance in the 1970s: The Little Black Bear Spirit in the Soldier’s Home 七零甜蜜军婚兵哥家的小小黑熊精 Lord of Canglan City沧澜城主Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted The first time they met, thirteen-year-old Li Jindi fell into the water and was pulled ashore by Shao Junwei, a soldier home on leave to visit his family. Looking at the girl in his arms, black as charcoal, Shao Junwei remarked, “You're so dark you could go out at night without dressing up as a ghost. Stand in front of a mirror and you'd scare yourself unconscious.” Later, when she was sixteen, the young girl accidentally tripped and fell against someone's trouser leg, pulling his pants down in 57Reads7.4Score—14d adds
3. 253 七 The 1970s’ Rich Beauty Is Teased to Tears by Her Handsome Mixed-Race Husband 七零白富美被漂亮混血老公撩哭了 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance609k WordsCompleted [Rich, beautiful young female intellectual × mixed-race, aloof heartthrob] [Rebirth + adorable baby + sweet romance + period setting] In poor, backward Taolin Village, there was a mixed-race boy known far and wide. He had clear blue eyes and was strikingly handsome. But because of his family background, no one dared approach him or spend much time with him. Everyone assumed he would never find a wife. Then someone saw the aloof mixed-race boy holding hands beneath a peach tree with the pretty yo 1.8kReads8.8Score20014d adds
4. 254 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.4kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds

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   This is a highly-rated historical fiction novel. The female lead isn't a sent-down youth; she doesn't have a special ability, a system, or any cheat codes, making it quite realistic. If this solved your reading slump, please give it a like, thank you!

5. 255 重 Reborn: Making the Most of My Youth 重生之不负韶华 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance3.9M WordsCompleted In 2019, 31-year-old Wen Ying had found some success in her career and was happily in love, making others envious. In 2004, 16-year-old Wen Ying was struggling at school, secretly in love with her dream guy, and having a miserable time. One day in 2019, Wen Ying woke up back in 2004. She was 16 again, writing furiously in the exam hall during her high school entrance exams... Given the chance to restart her life, Wen Ying refused to waste her youth or leave any regrets behind this time! 1.3kReads9.5Score13414d adds
6. 256 重 Reborn in 1985: My Tough Husband Is Clingy and Protective 重生八五，硬汉老公黏人又护短 Loves Eating Dirt and Drinking the Northwest Wind爱吃土喝西北风Modern Romance343k WordsOngoing (Period setting + doting husband + military marriage + mutual devotion) In her previous life, Li Yurou ran away from home the day before her wedding so she could leave her mountain village to attend university. With help from a benefactor, she made it out of the mountains and reached Haicheng, where she became a doctor. But fate dealt her a cruel hand. Her husband was a wolf in sheep's clothing and beat her until she was permanently paralyzed. Li Yurou remained bedridden until the day she died. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Some of the female protagonists lived in the countryside and were accompanying the military, while others had jobs in the city.

7. 257 七 A Beloved Army Wife in the 1970s 七零年代娇宠军妻 Little Mustang Unbridled脱缰小马Modern Romance174k WordsCompleted Sweet romance, military marriage One-on-one romance Love grows over time On the night she discovers her fiancé cheating with her best friend, Xu Qin, a woman from the 21st century, is sent by a car accident to the side of Deng Fan in the late 1970s. She becomes a bona fide military wife... Deng Fan, a soldier guarding the country's frontier, had expected to spend his whole life protecting this vast stretch of borderland alone. But fate sends him a delicate young woman from the city... She is sof 38Reads8.4Score—14d adds
8. 258 七 Cozy Days at the Seventies Island Family Compound 七零海岛家属院的温馨日常 Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + sweet romance with no angst + following the troops to an island + cozy farming and child-rearing + triplets] After returning from her rural assignment, the older educated youth Song Xiangjun was set up on a match by her parents and married Zhou Haifeng, a young man from a military compound, in a whirlwind wedding. They first met on a train. He wore a neat green uniform and had handsome, upright features that made her look twice. Later, her mother showed her a photo 970Reads8.7Score10814d adds
9. 259 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, I Can’t Stop Watching the Drama Unfold 穿越七十年代路人吃瓜吃到饱 Girl Who Loves Ice Cream爱吃雪糕的女孩Modern Romance248k WordsOngoing [Transmigration into a fictional period setting, sent to the countryside, with a pocket space] One moment Fu Xue was watching a drama, and the next she had transmigrated into the 1950s. She transmigrated into a happy family and became the darling of the household. Ji Yuncheng is a strapping 185-centimeter man, but when it's time to work, he runs faster than a rabbit. Content warning: The female lead is an ordinary person who's a little lazy. If you're bothered by her getting married just two mon 3Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 260 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Being a Military Wife Isn't Easy 穿书之军嫂不是那么好当的 Round and Flat圆圆与扁扁Modern Romance204k WordsCompleted For Zhang Wenwan, today was just another ordinary day of slacking off. Then, out of boredom, she opened a novel about a supporting female character who shared her name. After reading just a few chapters, she discovered that the heartless author had killed the character off. Furious, she knocked over a glass of water on the table and was electrocuted to death... She wakes up in the body of the novel's namesake character, arriving just in time for the supporting female lead's loss-of-innocence dis 9Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 261 八 In the Eighties, I Married My Ex-Husband’s Older Brother 八零之改嫁前夫他哥 Flowers All Along the Way一路繁花Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On the very first day after transmigrating, Ye Zhiqiu is abandoned by her husband and pressured by her mother-in-law to get a divorce. How could Ye Zhiqiu swallow all that bitterness and anger? You want a divorce? Fine. If no one else will marry me, I'll marry your older brother and become your sister-in-law. On her wedding day, Ye Zhiqiu puts an arm around the handsome husband she picked up for free and smiles at her ex. “Come on, call me Sister-in-law.” 795Reads8.8Score22014d adds
12. 262 冬 Warm Sun in Winter, Sweet Candy in Summer 冬有暖阳夏有糖 Tongtong童童Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted The modern-day version: She always thought he was a pretty face, all show and no substance. She never imagined his shirt hid a six-pack. Tang Jinhua discovered that her husband was a treasure! Xu Jiayun’s energetic tigress of a wife cured his insomnia completely. He couldn’t help marveling at how wonderful it was to be young, and her energy also breathed new life into him. The literary version: He was the blazing sun, and she was sugar. Together they protected the world, yet forgot how much they 563Reads9.1Score10614d adds

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    Take a look at these books; they should all meet your requirements. The female lead isn't a sent-down youth, and the writing is quite good, with vivid content. I believe you'll like them!

13. 263 军 Military Marriage, Cherished by the Hawk: The Eighties Wife Is Too Alluring 军婚枭宠：八零娇妻太撩人 Fan Jing繁璟Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + devoted to each other + no pocket space or System + cozy, sweet everyday life] On the first night after being reborn, Su Yunzhou knocks out the little villain, then packs her bags and prepares to run away. Her soldier husband panics! To fulfill his great dream of keeping the whole family together, Shen Zhanye worries himself sick. Before marriage, Shen Zhanye says, “Ha! My knees are harder than my skull. Begging on my knees? Not a chance!” After marriage, Su Yunzhou tosses 1.1kReads8.9Score10114d adds

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    These two books are quite good.

14. 264 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 81.2kReads9.4Score5.3k14d adds

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    Several of the historical fiction novels are quite good. They don't have too many naive, innocent characters, and the plots are all decent. However, historical fiction shouldn't get bogged down in details; otherwise, it becomes unreadable.

15. 265 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
16. 266 空 Space: The Big Shot Becomes a Beloved Favorite in the 1970s 空间 ：大佬她在七零年代做团宠 Xiao Xianyao小仙妖娆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Hongdou died, but came back to life. She also transmigrated to the 1970s with a space stocked with billions of supplies, only to become an ugly, chubby country girl. Breaking off an engagement is no big deal. Just watch this powerhouse with special abilities transform into a fair-skinned beauty in the blink of an eye after ending the engagement. But you there, we agreed we’d get divorced after a while. Going back on your word at the last minute isn’t exactly a virtue. Professor Shen says, “Yo 5.4kReads9.2Score65814d adds
17. 267 重 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 Ye Xiaolou叶小楼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 38.1kReads9.6Score4.3k14d adds

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    I think this looks nice; it reminds me a lot of myself when I was a child. However, there are some regional limitations; some of the Northeastern dialect has an age-related feel, so it might sound awkward to people from the South.

18. 268 金 A Golden Marriage 金婚 IMCModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 14.4kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds

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    Synopsis: The female lead isn't a sent-down youth, just a peasant girl. She has no special abilities, no time travel, and no reincarnation. The synopsis says she's a bit silly, but I think she's just a little naive, simple-minded, and doesn't think things through deeply enough. The male lead is also just an ordinary person, a second-rate son in the village, but not a bad person at heart. It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, growing sweeter and sweeter over time—a slow and steady romance. Character traits: Both are ordinary people, with no special abilities, and neither is interested in business. Genre: Historical fiction.

19. 269 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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    After reading so many farming novels, I guess I'll have to switch to this kind [laughs].

20. 270 六 The 1960s: My Own Mother Left Me on the Road to Fleeing Famine 六零：我被亲妈扔在了逃荒路上 December-十二月-Modern Romance801k WordsCompleted Qin Qing, a soon-to-be graduate, stays up late working on her thesis. One stumble sends her tumbling into the 1960s, right in the middle of a famine migration. Completely at a loss, she is abandoned by her own mother from the start. She lives on wild vegetable cakes and cold water at every meal. Watching a young master from City B speed off on his 28-inch bicycle, she can only shed envious tears. Fortunes change! Let’s see who has the last laugh! [Down-on-his-luck young master VS. abandoned rich 2.5kReads8.9Score19614d adds

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    None of the female protagonists in these books are educated youth sent to the countryside, and they're all pretty good.

21. 271 因 I Took the Dating Show's Sacrificial Role for 800,000 因为八十万我接了恋综的祭天剧本 Have You Had Rice Noodles Today?今天嗦粉了吗Modern Romance455k WordsCompleted [Young master × actress] *Not much in the way of vicious female rivals. This is mainly a sweet little romance~ Shen Yuan is a nobody in the entertainment industry, ranked eighteenth-tier at best. Recently, her villainess looks have landed her a major role: playing the villainess on a dating variety show. Would you take 800,000 yuan to join a dating show if you knew you’d been given a doomed-to-be-sacrificed script? A normal person would refuse without a second thought. But Shen Yuan isn’t normal 2.3kReads9.1Score24114d adds
22. 272 黑 The Black Heiress 黑千金 Song Xiangbai宋象白Modern Romance682k WordsCompleted Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w 33.2kReads9.3Score4.5k14d adds

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    I don't know if this counts as a historical fiction story. [Awkward laugh][awkward laugh][awkward laugh]

23. 273 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 46.8kReads9.4Score5.6k14d adds

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    It's alright, not disappointing.

24. 274 我 I Transmigrate to the 1960s with My Daughter and Quietly Make a Fortune 我带女儿，穿越60闷声发大财 Hua Sihai花四海Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After an accidental electric shock, Zhao Wanqiu, who was taking inventory at a supermarket, is transported to the 1960s along with her daughter, who is about to graduate and start her internship. They wake up in the bodies of a mother and daughter named Zhao Xiangqiu, and at first she thinks life will be a struggle. To her surprise, heaven gives her a supermarket of her own, stocked with supplies that never run out. Even the 1960s goods on display in the store can be taken and used at will! Does 4.1kReads9.3Score59614d adds
25. 275 军 Military Marriage: I Married an Officer With a Billion in Supplies and Had Triplets 军婚，十亿物资嫁军官一胎三宝 Sunny on March Third三月三日晴Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Supplies + Adorable Kids + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Multiple Births + Devoted Husband] What if you dreamed of transmigrating into the food- and clothing-scarce 1970s? With a pocket dimension containing a magical spring and supplies worth ten billion in hand, what was there to fear? Right after transmigrating, a scumbag ruined her reputation, and her awful family married her off to a rugged soldier who had been injured and supposedly couldn’t father child 37.2kReads9.3Score5.4k14d adds
26. 276 军 A Warm Military Marriage: The Petite 1980s Wife Is Flirty and Sweet 军婚暖暖，八零小娇妻又撩又甜 Toothless Rabbit没牙的兔子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Military romance + sweet love + understanding animal speech + mutual devotion + everyday life Lin Qinghe unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of the heroine in a period novel she once read. The heroine has the same name as her. In the original story, the heroine and the male lead had an arranged marriage. Under pressure from their parents, she had no choice but to obey. She regretted it as soon as they married. Then her former boyfriend wrote to her, and the original owner did ever 1.3kReads9.2Score19214d adds

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    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

27. 277 八 The 1980s! A Refined Ancient-Era Lady Is Doted on by an Ascetic Factory Director 八零！古代闺秀被禁欲厂长娇宠了 Water, Clouds, and Mist水云雾Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [The eighties, ancient-to-modern transmigration, feel-good scumbag takedowns, secret identity, a groveling family begging their little sister to come back, a sharp-tongued heroine who sees through manipulation vs. a green-tea hero who can read minds] Chu Ning, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an, was caught up in a sudden disaster and somehow ended up in the 1980s. She also transmigrated into the body of a woman weighing over two hundred jin. The original owner was the factory direct 283Reads9.0Score—14d adds
28. 278 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Marrying My Ex-Husband's Nemesis 重生七零：嫁给前夫死对头 Jiu Cheng酒澄Modern Romance729k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + period setting + taciturn, tough country man + sweet romance + family life + entrepreneurship] In her previous life, Lin Shuang accidentally fell into the water and was rescued by Shen Kuo. Ye Weiqin believed she was still pure and, despite what had happened, married her. To give her a better life, he left for Hong Kong to seek his fortune before they could even hold a wedding banquet. She endured twenty years of a loveless marriage, finally waiting for him to return home 703Reads8.8Score10114d adds
29. 279 强 The Officer I Begged to Marry Was Cold as Ice. Reborn, I Want Nothing to Do With Him 强求的军官冷冰冰，重生后不要了 Fei Duojin肥多金Modern Romance2.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Qiaoxi saved a man and demanded that he marry her as payment. A powerful, wealthy officer was forced to marry an illiterate village woman. After the wedding, he treated her coldly and looked down on her. Even their daughter thought she was crazy and unworthy of their family. When Ye Qiaoxi opened her eyes again, she had returned to her youth. This time, she still saved that aloof, ascetic officer, but the price she asked for had changed. Instead of saying, “Give yourself 3.2kReads8.4Score27514d adds
30. 280 七 In the 1970s, the Sweet and Adorable Bride Wins the Hearts of Educated Youths 七零，娇娇小甜媳撩得知青心肝颤 Mint Blue Lala薄荷蓝拉Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [1970s setting + pocket dimension + all-you-can-eat restaurant System + devoted romance + fiery wife and caring husband + face-slapping and trash-taking-down + everyday food + building wealth] Struck by a meteorite and sent back to the 1970s, Xia Yingying transmigrates into the body of a lonely orphan saddled with a bunch of bizarre relatives. What is she supposed to do? Xia Yingying stays calm. With an all-you-can-eat restaurant that automatically restocks, even in this era of scarcity, she can 662Reads6.9Score10014d adds
31. 281 刚 I Just Opened My Eyes, and the 1970s Villainess Was Marrying a Delicate Husband 刚睁眼，七零霸王花女配嫁小娇夫 About to Get a Cat就要有猫了Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Pocket Dimension + Cozy Daily Life + One-on-One Romance] He Chunxing, a strength-type esper who had lived through the apocalypse, opened her eyes and found herself in a sweet historical romance novel as the foil to the heroine. Her uncle’s wife had her eyes on their house. Her reborn cousin wanted to keep all the good food and drink for herself, and was determined to push He Chunxing into becoming a stepmother. A young educated youth sent to the countryside was after her youth 5.8kReads8.9Score34414d adds

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    In this book, the female lead is from a rural area, and she's responsible for earning money to support the family, while the male lead is responsible for being incredibly handsome! The female lead comes from a post-apocalyptic world and possesses superhuman strength. The male lead comes from a matriarchal world and is a sickly beauty!

32. 282 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Feisty Little Wife Marries the Male Lead's Uncle 穿书七零，小作精嫁给男主他叔啦 Jiang Qiqibai江七七白Modern Romance673k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a book + Period novel + Sweet romance + System + Age gap + Both leads’ first love] [Sweet-talking, sharp-witted little actress × uptight, abstinent romantic] Jiang Zhiyue, a beautiful, wealthy woman, was at a pool party at home when a lunatic caused her to fall in and drown. When she opened her eyes again, she was forced to bind herself to a System and had become a pretty but foolish, spoiled female side character in a period novel. To stay alive, she had to complete the Syste 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is a dramatic, rich second-generation heiress who isn't a sent-down youth; the male lead's father is a pure-hearted boyfriend. [Admiration] The plot has a huge contrast.

33. 283 首 The Commander Spoils Me Rotten: His Beautiful Stepmom-to-Be Runs Away Pregnant 首长太能宠，漂亮后妈揣崽跑路了 Chi Youbai池柚白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete + Period Military Marriage + Eight-Year Age Gap + Faithful 1v1 + Adorable Kids + Sweet Romance] After transmigrating into a period novel as a pretty but brainless villainess who keeps courting death, Nan Yang decides to save herself. Her cold and distant military officer husband gives her the silent treatment after they marry, and she has two little burdens to care for. But he hands over all his money, can’t have children, and will die young later on… She’ll be rich and carefree, and b 4kReads9.2Score48314d adds
34. 284 军 Military Marriage: The Medical Prodigy Uses Her Spatial Realm to Thrive in the 1970s 军婚：医学天才在七零靠空间开挂 The Libertine from Laoshan崂山来的登徒子Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing My latest work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.9kReads9.3Score30114d adds

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    Hey! These books are really good!!! Go check them out!

35. 285 重 Reborn in 1970s: A Military Doctor Meets a Special Forces Soldier 重生七零当军医遇上特种兵 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Military romance + medicine + strengthening the nation + passionate action + flirtation Song Wei, a military doctor who served on peacekeeping missions, has been reborn. Her goal: to find the boy she once passed by. Who would have thought that the prettiest yet most timid girl in the military compound would fall for that arrogant, overbearing demon of a young man? In Lu Jiu’s eyes, Song Wei is like a sand cat: timid, quick, and easily frightened, though she occasionally flashes her claws. Sh 20.9kReads9.3Score3k14d adds
36. 286 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds
37. 287 穿 The Female General Who Became Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 穿成年代文炮灰的女将军 Sword Bean刀豆Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted Shaomin, whose martial prowess was unmatched, never imagined that after spending half her life on the battlefield, her entire family would be executed for a trumped-up charge. Her furious soul refused to enter the cycle of reincarnation. On a night of lightning and thunder, she watched in spirit as the enemy army cut down the heads of the corrupt emperor and his treacherous ministers. With her great vengeance fulfilled, she was finally able to let go. But then lightning struck her soul and sent 156Reads9.3Score—14d adds
38. 288 那 Those Years I Foraged in the Eighties With My Hands in My Pockets 那些年，我双手插兜在八零拾荒 Warrior of Nine Scums战九渣Modern Romance530k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Piece] When she opened her eyes, a state-trained mercenary had become Shen Banjian, a girl in the 1980s. She had a delicate military-wife beauty for a mother and a pair of twin younger siblings. When some people tried to abduct the widowed mother and her children, she whacked them with a brick, protecting her beautiful mother and the little ones. When the nation called for a campaign to eradicate poverty, she answered enthusiastically and got ahead of the policies. Sh 43Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    I personally think this one is quite good; it's not finished yet. The female lead comes from a military family. There's another book with a similar title; the female lead is a time traveler and the darling of her family. In the beginning, around a certain chapter, she forces herself on the male lead, but it's not the female-dominant, male-submissive type, hehe.

39. 289 七 The 1970s: We’re All from the Modern Era Now, So Getting Rich Makes Perfect Sense 七零：都穿现代了，发财很合理吧 Borrowing the Moon借月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Partly fictional setting; transmigration from the ’70s to the modern era; seaside foraging; seafood; heartwarming; feel-good; watching the drama unfold] Yu Min may be a country girl born and raised in the 1970s, but she’s no pushover. Outsiders all think her scumbag father and stepmother forced her to go to the countryside in place of her stepsister. Yeah, right. She went by choice. Her stepsister? You can go to the countryside and suffer too. After ruining the Yu family’s reputation, she dusts 1.3kReads8.5Score15414d adds
40. 290 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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    ✨① The female protagonist discovers she's transmigrated into a book. Using her prophetic abilities, she finds out where jobs are available, takes the exams, sells the results for money, and later graduates early to get a job in a remote area. Because she's unloved at home and her ending in the book is tragic, she keeps a low profile and slowly plots to escape her family and change her fate! Highly recommended! ✨② The female protagonist doesn't go to the countryside or the black market; she's sophisticatedly self-serving and lives a realistic life.

41. 291 糊 The Washed-Up Star Is So Flirtatious, the Big Shot Coaxes Her in Private, Begging for a Kiss 糊咖茶又媚，大佬私下哄着求亲亲 The Cackling Old Turtledove呱呱叫的老斑鸠Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Complete ❤️] [Foxlike Green Tea Girl & Scheming Big Shot | ❤️ Military Marriage | Extra Sweet and Flirtatious] [Period Setting | Age Gap | She Pursues Him] Parallel world, so don't overthink the details! Nan Qiao, a nobody of an actress, received a message asking her to audition at a hotel, only to be thrust into a parallel world set in the 1970s! She could neither carry heavy loads nor lift a finger, and was about to be kicked out of the art troupe on her very first day! What was she supposed 10.8kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
42. 292 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2kReads9.0Score22514d adds
43. 293 七 In the 1970s, I Become the Wicked Mother-in-Law from a Period Novel 七零我穿成年代文的炮灰恶婆婆 The Wind Within自有风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Jiang Zhenying woke up, she found herself in the body of a doomed character in a period novel, with one, two, three... six grandsons and granddaughters to boot. She had transmigrated to the resource-starved 1970s and now had to raise so many children. Jiang Zhenying gave a bitter smile. “Heavens, are you messing with me?” Luckily, she could retrieve things she had wasted in her previous life through her dreams. She didn’t know whether to blame her past wastefulness for making the heavens se 2.3kReads8.7Score17014d adds
44. 294 福 Lucky Wife Gets Rich in the 1980s with the Help of Her Space 福运娇妻靠空间在八零年代暴富了 Le Xiaoyou乐小悠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, feel-good, strong female lead, taking down the scum!] Chu Qingci was a top-tier alchemist, so obsessed with refining medicine and making money that she couldn't stop herself. At last, her furnace buckled under the strain and exploded, blasting her straight into the 1980s. Her home was bare, there was never enough to eat, her parents were timid, and every last one of her grandmother, uncles, and aunts bullied her! Furious, Chu Qingci immediately split from the family and took cha 4.1kReads9.1Score61414d adds
45. 295 赌 I Married My Crush's Cousin Out of Spite, and Had Triplets 赌气嫁给心上人的堂哥，我一胎生三宝 Thirty Moons叁拾月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After the man she loved got married, Lin Nuo married his cousin in a fit of anger. She obsessively monitored the couple's life until his wife became pregnant. Then Lin Nuo shoved her over, nearly causing a terrible accident. Reborn in the 1990s and faced with the same script, Lin Nuo only wants to gouge her eyes out. Her parents dote on her, her in-laws indulge her, and her older brother, a folksy tycoon, treats her like a princess. Even her college-student husband, who seemed to fade into the b 7.9kReads9.3Score97414d adds
46. 296 从 The Daily Gossip From 1960 Onward 从1960年开始的吃瓜日常 Nanji Yaoyao南极夭夭Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Easygoing, clever heroine + refined, gentle, scheming hero; the golden finger is tiny, practically nonexistent] A modern couple has just paid off their mortgage when, after what feels like a long dream, they find themselves back in the 1960s. They have become a young couple in rural Northeast China. With no financial pressures and no lofty ambition to work hard and change the world, they stand by each other and live an ordinary life. Life's surprises arrive without warning: they learn that they 5kReads8.7Score27714d adds
47. 297 七 The 1970s: The Beloved Family Member Who Uses Technology to Strengthen the Nation 七零团宠科技兴国 Little Round Yuan圆小圆呀Modern Romance655k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Bygone Era + System + Adorable Child + Hilarious Comedy + Scientific Research + Child Prodigy] [Original title: The Beloved Darling of the Seventies Brings Prosperity Through Science and Technology] The Interstellar God of War is betrayed. With the last of his strength, he sends away his only daughter, Yuan Yuan, then dies alongside the traitor. Interstellar toddler Yuan Yuan transmigrates into a beloved little cousin in a period novel and gets bound to an Interstella 8.6kReads9.4Score72714d adds
48. 298 九 The 1990s: I Became the Early-Deceased Wife of a Tough Big Shot 九零：穿成糙汉大佬的早死前妻 It's the Old Wang Next Door是隔壁老王呀Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + tough, powerful male lead + female lead plays dumb to outwit her foes + male lead reborn + female lead transmigrates] Du Ruo was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister’s household and destined to become a favored consort. But on her wedding night, she was killed by an assassin while saving the emperor. After dying, Du Ruo is reborn in the 1990s as another “Du Ruo,” who was forced to drop out of school and switch fiances, then tried to take her 3kReads9.2Score30114d adds
49. 299 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Striving from Infancy 穿越七十年代，婴儿期就开始奋斗 Gentle Evening Breeze和煦的晚风Modern Romance579k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Fantasy + Wild Imagination + Farming + Spatial Dimension + Spirit Spring] In her previous life, Qi Qiangwei was fated to be a jinx who brought misfortune to everyone around her. She is reborn in the 1970s, a time of threadbare clothes, insufficient food, and extreme material scarcity. This time, with a spatial dimension and a spirit spring at her disposal, she will change her fate. She’ll crush every wicked person standing in the way of her family’s happiness. She’ll work hard to earn 75Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Traveling back to the 1970s, the struggle began in infancy.

50. 300 重 Reborn: Seeing Chen Han Again 重生之再见陈寒 The Pine Nuts Are Ripe松子熟了Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + campus + uplifting youth + sweet romance + high IQ] Lu Yun is reborn when she already has two children. Her whole life has gone smoothly, so why has Heaven given her another chance? Since that’s how it is, she’ll farm and go into business, and lead her family to prosperity as soon as possible. She also has to find her husband so they can work together to have two more children. Who can tell her what to do when her husband already has someone else etched into his heart? 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a rebirth story set in a bygone era. It's a youth-oriented, inspirational coming-of-age story with a slow-paced plot. The writing is excellent, making it a very enjoyable read. I absolutely love the male lead!

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