No Going to the Countryside, No Golden Finger, Period Fiction 不下乡 无金手指 年代文

1. 51 六 The Sixties Villainess Wants a New Husband, and Her Rugged Army Officer Is Getting Anxious 六零女配要改嫁，糙汉军官他急了 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Rural army-family third generation + dazzling beauty of a painter + no pocket dimension + slow-burn romance + both are each other's first and only love + ensemble cast in the latter half] Jiang Xizhu stays up all night painting, then opens her eyes to find herself in a period novel as the country fiancée of the male lead, who dies young. Her former fiancé is already married. By a twist of fate, she also ends up marrying a grubby, scruffy husband. They say she's shameless, 78.3kReads9.0Score10.1k14d adds
2. 52 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.3kReads9.6Score9.1k14d adds
3. 53 野 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花，不流泪 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 2.2kReads8.4Score15214d adds

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   Realistic period dramas

4. 54 七 The 1970s: A Powerful Woman Dotes on a Handsome Male Educated Youth 七零：女尊大佬独宠俊美男知青 Dongqiao Melon东桥瓜Modern Romance568k WordsCompleted [Powerful woman from a matriarchal world + ancient-to-modern transmigration + male lead is a crybaby + sweet romance + cozy daily life + family and neighborhood matters + calm and ordinary life + happy ending] When Sang Jingyao woke up, she had traveled from a matriarchal world to the 1970s. She liked it here. Her previous life had been exhausting, and this time she only wanted to be an ordinary person and live a simple life. One day, she suddenly realized that one of the male educated youths r 1.6kReads6.8Score11514d adds

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   I won't have children, and I won't go to the black market.

5. 55 七 1970s Space: The Rough He-Man's Delicate Young Educated Youth, Transmigrated into a Book 七零空间：糙汉的穿书娇气小知青 The Knife-Wielding Love Letter捉刀小情书Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a book + space + rugged man + sweet romance + raising a child] A scheming, beautiful, sweet-voiced, pampered heroine x a loyal, undercover big shot, impossibly strong, rugged military officer hero. The rich and beautiful Yu Jingshu transmigrates into a book written by her archenemy, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name. The original Yu Jingshu's mother died young, her scumbag father didn't care for her, and her stepmother abused her. Then she was m 4.2kReads9.2Score47814d adds

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   These novels are absolutely fantastic!

6. 56 奋 Striving in the 1970s: I Lead the Whole Village to Become a Model Collective 奋斗七零，我带全村成了先进集体 Xu Hanxing徐寒星Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Meng Jiao, an older single woman who plans to escape the cutthroat city and make a fresh start in the countryside, unexpectedly transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era. Not only is she suddenly married, she also has two adorable daughters, a scummy husband, a terrible mother-in-law, and a wicked sister-in-law who can't go a day without bullying someone... She wastes no time walking away! Her ex-husband's family can stop waiting for her to make a fool of herself. Even as a single mother, 1kReads9.2Score18314d adds
7. 57 穿 Reborn as a Lovesick Villainess, I Set My Sights on the Village Chief's Youngest Son 穿成痴汉女配，我看上村长小儿子 Cen Wang岑王Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Murong Xi transmigrates into a tearjerker period novel as the saintly, beloved white moonlight, what does it feel like? Thanks for asking. I’m currently researching seventy-six different ways to live or die~ According to the plot, she’s supposed to toil selflessly like a saint, giving everything she has. She’ll endure misunderstanding and torment, then burn through the last of her light and warmth. In the end, she’ll become the white moonlight propping up the male lead’s table, and the mosq 8.6kReads9.2Score71114d adds
8. 58 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 57.7kReads9.4Score6.3k14d adds
9. 59 我 I Land a Government Job by Gossiping in a Period Novel 我靠吃瓜在年代文里拿编制 Chen Xiaofan Who Loves Yellow Heart Greens喜欢黄心菜的陈小凡Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted This novel has undergone a major revision [transmigration; gossip; System; getting rich; male lead; transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s] Jiang Panyu's greatest passion in life was gossip. She was like a melon-eating mouse in a field, always showing up wherever there was juicy gossip, right at the heart of the action. One day, she got so caught up in watching two old ladies brawl that she completely lost herself in the excitement. A brick in one of the old ladies' hands sent her straight to 3.7kReads9.0Score35914d adds
10. 60 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 790Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A heartfelt account of a bygone era, a song of hardship sung in the Wind-Listening Pavilion. The most ordinary of scenes are those of everyday life, yet who can soothe the extraordinary heart of a man?

11. 61 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—14d adds
12. 62 庸 Beware the Mediocre 庸人小心 Yin Mu殷木Urban370k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction · Unrequited love with a bad ending · Small-town life · Ordinary people · Coming-of-age · No golden finger Based on the true experiences of friends, this story is told from a male first-person perspective and follows Jiang Xin through the ups and downs of his youth in a small southern county town from 2005 to 2014. He was once an elementary-school prodigy admired by everyone. But from the moment he started middle school, his life quietly began to veer off course. As a boy, he 201Reads—Score10714d adds

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    A purely local story set in a county town during the 1990s, without rural settings, systems, rebirth, or cheat codes. Focusing on the daily lives of local teenagers in the 1990s, the story unfolds around the old streets of the small town, the high school campus, and neighborhood life. Following the original historical background and the real life trajectories of ordinary people, the slow-paced, realistic narrative tells the story of childhood growth and life's regrets, simple and authentic, with an inherent sense of nostalgia.

13. 63 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

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    The system is basically never used 🤭🤭🤭

14. 64 重 Reborn, I Became the Beloved Wife of a Powerful CEO 重生归来之我被霸总娇养了 Yang Xiaoxiao杨小小Modern Romance47k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Shen Jia was guilt-tripped into marrying a man she didn't love and suffered through endless hardship. When she finally came to her senses and decided to divorce him, she was sold off instead. Just as she reached the depths of despair and helplessness, the man she'd fallen for at first sight found her and resolved to save her. But she no longer wanted to drag him down... Who could have guessed that when she opened her eyes, she was ten years in the past... —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I'm looking for recommendations for new period fiction books that don't involve rural life or cheat codes.

15. 65 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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    There's another one, which is still being updated and not finished yet, but it's also quite good. It also fits the criteria of not going to the countryside, no cheat codes, and being a period novel.

16. 66 身 Transported to the 1960s, I Became My In-Laws' Favorite After Getting Married 身穿六零，我嫁人后被婆家团宠了 Loves Big Cherries爱吃大樱桃Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing (Pocket dimension + super strength + multiples + cute pets + devoted couples + mutual pampering) For no apparent reason, You Duoduo transmigrated to the 1960s. Since she was already there, she decided to make the best of it and promptly got married! From then on, her in-laws treated her like their treasured darling! With time on her hands, she started a business, helping her in-laws, friends, and relatives make a little money. Before she knew it, she had led the whole village to prosperity. I 70Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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    A story set in a bygone era. No special abilities, no cheat codes. The female protagonist transmigrates. She encounters the male protagonist who falls for her, and they go home together to have twins and triplets.

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