Seeking Period Novels in the Style of Xu Jingan, Where Both the Main and Supporting Characters Have Common Sense 求 徐静安 这种风格的年代文，主角配角都带脑子的

1. 51 八 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance906k WordsOngoing I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 5.3kReads8.0Score30914d adds
2. 52 重 Reborn in 1970: No Going to the Countryside, I'm Getting Married 重生七零不下乡，姐嫁人 Original Wishes Come True原有愿有圆Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [No rural assignment + city office job + working hard to give herself a comfortable life] Gu Lixia is emotionally detached. She takes on missions to experience different lives and stay young forever. Story 1: Gu Lixia VS Jiang Wen, The 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Doesn’t Want to Die Story 2: Zhao Wanxing VS Xu Sanguan, The 1970s: The Capitalist Heiress Doesn’t Want to Sleep in a Cattle Shed Story 3: Xia Huizhen VS Lin Wu, The 1960s: The Seven Fairies and Their Family’s O 17Reads—Score—14d adds
3. 53 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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   These are some of the most memorable period novels I've read. The first one is a farming-themed period novel, depicting the female protagonist's life herding livestock on the Tianshan grasslands. The author portrays the lives of the herders in a very interesting way, and the various animals are described with great spirit. It's a great farming novel. The second one is a military-themed period novel, with the female protagonist being a military doctor and the male protagonist being a top soldier. The author really wrote this one exceptionally well. There are no toxic elements or female rivalries; it portrays the dedication of people in that era who were not afraid of hardship, fatigue, or death in building their country. It really brought tears to my eyes. Their generation caught up with the construction of others' centuries in just a few decades; they sacrificed so much. I highly recommend this novel. The third one is a fast-paced, action-packed period novel. The female protagonist has high emotional intelligence and IQ, and she has excellent execution skills. While others fight tooth and nail for a job, she uses her brains to achieve several... The fourth book, featuring ten factory workers on temporary assignments, is a must-read for those looking for a fast-paced, action-packed read. It's a period drama with a super-rich protagonist and a unique female lead who transmigrates into the body of an overseas Chinese investor. Her main focus is investing, truly transcending the typical roles of educated youth, factory workers, and military wives, making it a rather unique period drama. The fifth book features both the male and female leads working within the government system. It's rare for female leads in period dramas to work in the system; most are businesswomen. However, this book explains why she succeeded. The female lead is incredibly decisive and ruthless. While villains in other period dramas might linger for dozens or even hundreds of chapters, in this book, they are eliminated by the female lead in just two or three chapters, leaving no trace. The male lead is also a rare, gentle type. It's definitely worth reading. These are some of the more unique period dramas I've read; give them a try if you're interested.

4. 54 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
5. 55 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零：美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书 A Duo u阿哆uModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au 24.9kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
6. 56 考 Go to College, Build the Power Grid! She Conquers the ’70s 考大学，搞电力！穿七零她赢麻了 The Dream Wanderer回梦人Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted ~A short drama is in production. Stay tuned!~ Gu Yaotang’s life dream is to be a happy, irresponsible gambling addict. Just as he runs farther and farther down the road to becoming a scumbag, his usually obedient daughter suddenly starts acting like she’s been struck by lightning. Every day, she rebels and finds new ways to torment him. Whenever this little devil of a daughter catches him gambling, she beats him up, then makes him work! Enough! Why should I put up with this? Gu Yaotang’s coun 20.4kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
7. 57 回 Back to 1968: I Won't Be a Baby-Making Tool 回到1968：我不当送子工具人 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Women's awakening] [Political career] [Scientific research] [Pocket dimension] [No child-rearing] [Ensemble cast] [Reborn] Xie Yun, a modern orphan, returns to 1968 and becomes Xie Yun, a country girl raised by a widowed mother, with an exceptionally capable younger brother named Xie Shen. She discovers that she hasn't just transmigrated through time, she's also transmigrated into a book: a story about a stepmother raising children, where she is the first 10.4kReads9.3Score83714d adds

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   I haven't read any historical fiction in a long time, this is the one I've read recently, and it's very good.

8. 58 扮 Playing the Delicate White Lotus, Enjoying Life and Gossip in the 1950s 扮演小白花，在五零享福吃瓜 Evening Boat Ferry晚舟渡Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [Period setting + self-interest + scheming beauty + everyone's favorite + spatial realm] In 1955, Lin Yue'e was three and a half years old. Overnight, she transmigrated into the body of an orphan abandoned by her family. She didn't want to talk about her past life. In this one, all she wanted was to find a good family, eat her fill, and stay alive. Her chosen adoptive mother looked haggard and disheveled when they first met, but the air of nobility between her brows was impossible to hide. Using 67.1kReads8.1Score8.2k14d adds
9. 59 大 My Eldest Sister Was Reborn and My Second Sister Transmigrated, So I Chose to Watch the Drama 大姐重生二姐穿越，我选择吃瓜 Zheng Baiye郑白叶Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted Ding Le transmigrates into a book, landing in the comparison family of a story set in a bygone era. The heroine, Xiao Tiantian, is a lucky star, adored by her parents, cherished by her grandparents, and spoiled by her older siblings. As the contrast, Ding Le’s family has grandparents who favor boys over girls. The eldest granddaughter marries a notorious scoundrel from their village and is beaten to death a few years later; the second granddaughter marries a widower in town and dies in childbirt 9.8kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
10. 60 渣 After My Scumbag Dad Married His White Moonlight, He Lost All His Descendants 渣爹娶了白月光后，断子绝孙了 I'm Your Qian Qian我是你的浅浅Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1960s] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Feel-Good Story] [Little One, Big Impact] Original title: After My Scumbag Father Married His One True Love, His Family Line Came to an End Su Moqian, head of a prestigious hidden medical clan, was ambushed by her enemies. She used her last breath to take them down with her, only for her soul to drift into the 1960s of a parallel world. Lack of clothes and food was bad enough, but she had also been reborn as a four-and-a-half-year-old toddle 95.2kReads9.0Score5.7k14d adds
11. 61 揣 Pregnant with Twins and Joining the Army, I Get Kissed to Tears by a Rugged Officer 揣双胎去随军，被糙汉军官亲哭了 May Every Generation Ascend to Heaven辈辈上天Modern Romance489k WordsCompleted (Period novel + marriage first, love later + pocket dimension + daily life raising a child + family and neighborhood matters + rough-edged man + sweet doting romance) Li Wu transmigrated into a period novel as the younger sister of the villainous supporting female character. Her sister stole her fiance and constantly manipulated and belittled her. From the start, Li Wu was heavily pregnant and traveled a thousand miles to find her husband, while her sister kept trying to kill her along the way. 5.8kReads6.4Score55814d adds

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    A super engaging period drama with a focus on everyday family life. It features a large ensemble cast, with everyone possessing intelligence. A high-quality period novel with delicate writing, it tells the story of a rough-around-the-edges military officer and a well-behaved girl, a military marriage, and the everyday life of family members. Highly recommended.

12. 62 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance635k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    All the main and supporting characters are intelligent; there are no fools. Instead of being sent to the countryside, the female lead takes her high school entrance exam early, gets into a vocational school, and is assigned to a military factory. Armed with modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

13. 63 小 The Little Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Bun Makes His Dad's Head Split in Two with Anger 小小包子五岁半，气得老爹头两瓣 Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing The manhua adaptation is now online. Enjoy! [Period setting + coming-of-age + a touch of ensemble cast. This little girl is just an ordinary child, with no superhuman strength or instant cheats. Her personality and background mean she will never let anyone push her around.] Li Tian, an overworked office drone, catches the latest trend and transmigrates into a book! The good news: she becomes a third-generation military family kid, with an impressive background! The bad news: she transmigrates in 309.9kReads8.6Score3.1k14d adds
14. 64 穿 Transmigrate into a Period Novel as a Passerby 穿越年代文之我是路人甲 Turns Out It's Little Hui'er原来是小会儿呀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing In her previous life, she was an undercover cop, careful in every move she made. In this life, she was just an ordinary passerby, free to do whatever she pleased. Transmigrators and reborn women, stay away from me. 24.1kReads8.1Score2k14d adds
15. 65 七 Warm Days in the 1970s: The Unwanted Daughter's Daily Life of Giving Everything Away 七零暖时光，赔钱货的倒贴日常 Golden Scales, How Could They Be金鳞岂是Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to a period novel + System + pocket dimension + everyday life + lots of romance and love interests + standing up for herself + feel-good power fantasy + female-lead loyal + no putting up with mistreatment] Family squabbles and dealing with awful relatives + building a career and rising all the way to the top + encounters with all kinds of handsome men This book puts the heroine first. She only loves herself and refuses to marry into a family as a live-in bride. Hua Er transmigrat 11.5kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
16. 66 穿 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: Stay Away from Me! 穿书七零，你们不要过来啊 Listening to Zen in the Rain卧雨听禅Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Zhao Nuannuan just wants to scrape by with what little she has and improve her living conditions. But why is this world riddled with transmigrators? The male and female leads are everywhere, stirring up trouble. Stay away from me! I don't want to become cannon fodder!!!! 1.4kReads8.7Score10214d adds

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    The female lead is rather ordinary, but she accidentally gains a cheat code and survives by clinging to powerful figures.

17. 67 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1980s and Opened a Supermarket on the Jing-Hang Canal 穿越八零，我在京杭运河开超市 Li Xin李歆Modern Romance396k WordsCompleted [Shipping on the Jiangnan Canal] [Families aboard] [School for the children of boat-dwelling families] [There is a cheat, but upgrading it requires spending money. Progress isn’t instant, so this may not be for you if you want a cheat that can reshape the world overnight] [Slow-paced, with careful research and a nostalgic focus on people and culture] [Ensemble cast and everyday life in a bygone era] This book is also titled Ordinary Memories. Written entirely by hand, so please show your support 482Reads8.2Score11114d adds

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    I highly recommend this one. It avoids the typical Northeastern rural setting and Beijing courtyard houses. It depicts the families of shipping workers in the Jiangnan region, capturing the customs and details of that era with incredible realism.

18. 68 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越七零之路人甲日常 Tang Lin from Xiangzhou香州的唐林Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later. This is a gentle, everyday-life story. If it’s not your thing, please click away. Thanks! Transmigration + no military marriage + no relocation to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no vilifying the original heroine After transmigrating, Lu Jinxia finds herself in the world of a historical novel she read. Unfortunately, she isn’t the heroine, just a background character. The heroine of the book is an educated youth sent to the countryside. 24.3kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
19. 69 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s, I Use My Pocket Dimension to Eat Well and Dress Warmly 穿越六零，我靠空间吃饱和穿暖 Dongqiao Melon东桥瓜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No going to the countryside + period setting + pocket dimension] After Zhao Jiayue dies, she finds herself in the 1960s. Luckily, in this unusual era, she has the pocket-dimension golden finger common to transmigrators. When her family worries about where to get their next bite of meat, she brings steaming-hot meat buns out of her pocket dimension. Thanks to this gift, she eats well, dresses warmly, and takes excellent care of herself throughout the 1960s. 12.8kReads6.1Score99814d adds

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    Very interesting [Note]

20. 70 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score21314d adds

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    I recommend a unique period drama. It's the story of a group of people born in the 1970s growing up. In that wild and untamed era, everyone was striving and fighting for a better tomorrow. It touches on friendship, family, love, business intrigue, and more. It's very good. Readers tired of typical "power fantasy" novels should definitely check it out. You won't regret it.

21. 71 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 90kReads8.8Score6.2k14d adds

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    The first book is one I'm currently reading; it's about everyday family life in the 1980s and beyond. The author's writing is excellent, so I finished it in two days. The second book is one I'd read before, but I vaguely remember it being good too; I've read it twice.

22. 72 六 The Sixties: From Total Wimp to Neighborhood Watch Hero 六零：小趴菜秒变朝阳群众 The Chubby Guy Who Loves to Write爱写作的小胖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (This story is entirely fictional and focuses on everyday life. The heroine is the type who fights back when challenged, while the hero is the fussy, meddling type. Writing isn’t easy, so please be kind. If you don’t like it, please don’t leave a bad review.) Shi Xi agreed to trade a year of her life with someone on a moment’s impulse of compassion, and nearly regretted it until she was sick. After finally making it back, her one wish was to avoid being sent to the countryside. To achieve that, 4kReads9.0Score32714d adds
23. 73 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 32kReads9.3Score4.1k14d adds

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    This is a female-centric novel with a strong career focus. There is a romantic pairing, but the male lead appears very infrequently. Moreover, there are no instances where the male lead solves all the problems the female lead encounters while she's building her career. Our Xia, the career leader, relies entirely on herself for her success.

24. 74 渣 My Scumbag Dad Remarries, So the Pitiful Girl from the 1970s Takes Her Sister to Find Their Father 渣爹另娶，七零小可怜带妹去寻父 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [Ancient-to-modern + military compound + reborn + transmigration + everyday family life + golden finger + ensemble cast in small doses + play the pig to eat the tiger] Jiang Wenluo of the Great Jin Dynasty was punished by Heaven for putting justice before family and transmigrated to the 1970s, becoming a seven-year-old child. The child had a miserable life. Her mother died in childbirth while having a second child, and her father remarried six months later. Her grandmother favored boys over girl 17.4kReads8.0Score1.1k14d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates from ancient times to the present. Her father remarries and her mother dies, so she and her younger sister try to find her scumbag father by hopping on a train. However, her father already has a new family and twins. The female protagonist's stepmother is also a reincarnation; in her previous life, she caused the deaths of three husbands and is somewhat mentally unstable. This isn't a typical revenge-driven story; the female protagonist and her sister happily join their extended family. The story is filled with chaos and everyday life, and the pace is quite slow…

25. 75 穿 I Transmigrate into a Book as a Middle-Aged Woman, Just as the Heroine Tries to Steal My Golden Finger 穿书成大妈，女主正想抢夺金手指 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book, Period Setting, Pocket Dimension, Punish the Scum, No Whitewashing, No Forgiveness! A Touch of Ensemble Cast, Domestic Life, Building a Career] [No CP: No divorce, only widowhood! Sisters, let's not give her another man later, okay? Men are poison, and old men are even less worth bothering with. Let's not let them mess with our Hua!] Liu Xiaohua, a woman past the usual age for marriage, was forcibly sent by the System into a period novel. In an instant, she became the 14.9kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
26. 76 一 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.5kReads8.9Score79914d adds

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    A good-looking, realistic, and reasonable rural period novel

27. 77 穿 Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Young Educated Youth Is Dumbfounded 穿越七零，小知青她懵圈了 Miss Zhou周大小姐Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing (Everyday life of sent-down youth, not a strong female lead, a touch of an ensemble cast, unhurried pacing, with a couple) Gu Xiaoman, from the twenty-first century, dies suddenly after getting drunk while celebrating landing a job. She wakes up aboard a green-painted train carrying sent-down youth in the 1970s. No space, no System, no golden finger, and not even the original owner’s memories. She’s definitely the most wretched transmigrant in history, with none of the usual perks. Good heavens! 11.9kReads8.7Score1.2k14d adds

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    No special space, no system, no cheat codes, both the male and female leads are educated youth sent to the countryside, a small ensemble piece, few eccentric characters, and everyone is fully intelligent.

28. 78 杀 After the Butcher's Daughter Is Reborn, the Rugged Officer Has a Baby 杀猪匠闺女重生后，糙军官有崽了 Breezy Giggles凉风嘻嘻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Hopelessly lovestruck hero + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + family life at home and beyond + military marriage] In her previous life, Xia Xi was utterly enchanted by Lin Xiangdong, a young intellectual sent to the countryside. She gave him her college admission, her grain, her meat, and her grandmother's jade pendant. She even snatched candy from her eldest nephew to coax him. But once Lin Xiangdong left, he never sent word again, and Xia Xi became the laughingstock of the whole village. 16.7kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds

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    It's alright. Rebirth, has a spatial dimension, everyday family life, ensemble cast.

29. 79 科 The Brilliant Scientist Who Ran Away from Both Her Wedding and Her Marriage 科研一枝花逃婚又逃嫁 Qing E Xi青莪兮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (A period novel with no golden finger for scientific research, a top-tier intellect and a clear, rational mind; strengthening the nation and its military through mathematics, founding a research institute; the heroine is a soldier's wife, beloved for her own achievements, with a happy, harmonious relationship) Period setting + humorous everyday life + academic star + strengthening the nation through mathematical research + counterespionage + no space, no System, no golden finger + highly intelli 6.1kReads9.2Score69314d adds

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    Everyone is intelligent, possesses the logic of science students, has no special abilities, and is not boastful.

30. 80 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 was possible; everyone should have used their brains.

31. 81 重 Back to 1998: Protecting My One True Love and Building Wealth Step by Step 重回九八，守护白月光稳步致富 Grain of Rice1米粒儿1Urban251k WordsCompleted Reborn in the height of summer, 1998, he was eighteen with no money to his name and only five yuan in his pocket. Armed with a grasp of the wealth-building trends of the decades to come, he set out to make his fortune from scratch, protect the girl whose life had been filled with regrets, and make the traitors pay for their betrayal. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Brain-eating articles, also

32. 82 守 Alone in an Empty Room, While the Factory Director Next Door Holds Me Close at Night 守空房，隔壁厂长夜揽小蛮腰 Milky Pear Boba奶梨啵啵Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Both Pure in Love + Sweet Romance + Traditional Story, No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Pretty Widow + Untamed Steel Mill Director, With a Striking Difference in Build and Skin Tone, and Chemistry Through the Roof] After her husband dies in an underground accident, He Xiaohe becomes the “jinx widow” everyone at the steel mill thinks they can bully. Her vicious mother-in-law wants to seize her house, then sell her off to the countryside for a bride price. Her shamele 2.4kReads—Score10214d adds

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    You won't regret getting hooked on this book.

33. 83 穿 I Transmigrated and Started Making Machines in the 1960s 穿越我在六零搞机械 Guiyuan Xixi桂圆曦曦Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Historical era + transmigration + cherished by the whole family + pocket dimension] When Yu Sui wakes up, she notices her low vantage point and tiny hands, and realizes she’s in deep trouble. After more than a decade of reading novels, she quickly figures out she’s hit the jackpot! Fortunately, she’s a cherished little girl, so this isn’t so hard to accept. She gets to enjoy a happy childhood all over again, and there’s nothing wrong with that ^o^ A little disclaimer: The heroine isn’t an all-p 1.7kReads—Score11514d adds

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    I'm not sure if this counts, but if you like historical fiction, you might want to check it out.

34. 84 七 Everyday Life in the 1970s: Starting by Sending My Scumbag Dad to the Farm 七零日常：从送渣爹去农场开始 Dongfang Miaomiao东方渺渺Modern Romance168k WordsOngoing Era + old silver dollars + space + Hong Kong entertainment Lin Wei, a modern-day true heiress turned dark, opens her eyes to find herself in the 1970s, inhabiting the body of a namesake who has always been pitifully powerless. Her biological father, stepmother, and younger step-siblings want to kill her, then flee to Hong Kong with the family money... Lin Wei sneers. "Ha, steal the money and run? That's my specialty!" P.S. 1. This story is entirely fictional and set in an alternate world. 2. A 16Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This female lead is purely career-driven and ruthless.

35. 85 八 The Old Li Family in the 1980s 八十年代的老李家 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted No transmigration or rebirth, no golden finger, an ensemble cast, and the ordinary life of an ordinary family. Li Xiaoyun and her family live in a small town in Northeast China. There are eight of them, and life in the 1980s is a constant whirlwind. Her parents are both unreliable, and each of her siblings has their own little schemes and ideas. Li Xiaoyun is in her final year of high school. Her grades are average, and her dream is to get into college and see the world beyond her hometown. Her 4.9kReads8.6Score38614d adds

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    This book is definitely worth having! Please give the author a five-star review to support her! [Crying][crying]

36. 86 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 64.7kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds

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    [Sparrow's Divine Work] Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returns with a system, starting as a junior purchasing agent at the county supply and marketing cooperative. She negotiates tractor imports, runs an instant noodle factory, and works as a translator for foreign guests, rewriting her destiny with her abilities. Even more heartwarming is that three generations of her family work together, moving from the county town to the city, their lives becoming increasingly prosperous. Witness how ordinary people forge their own brilliant lives amidst the tides of the times!

37. 87 出 A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复 I Am But Floating Dust我本浮尘Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or 2.5kReads9.5Score36214d adds

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    This is a must-read book, written during a historical period.

38. 88 穿 Transmigrated to 1970, Suddenly a Mom of Nine 穿越1970，喜当9个孩子的妈 A Cha in the Misty Rain阿茶烟雨Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Main characters: Zhao Wenting and Li Sixi [Period Setting + Information System + Transmigrate + Everyday Family Life] Zhao Wenting has transmigrated. There’s one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: she has a golden finger, an Information System. The bad news: she has nine kids from the start, more than the Calabash Brothers. Looking at the three children who are about to be sent to the countryside, Zhao Wenting rolls up her sleeves and starts toughening them up. As a res 17.7kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds

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    The setup is good.

39. 89 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 1.9kReads8.9Score17614d adds
40. 90 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.1kReads8.5Score24714d adds
41. 91 八 1980s Military Marriage: Your Soldier Boy Just Registered His Marriage with Me 八零军婚：你的兵哥哥跟我领证咯 Red and Green Buds红绿蕊Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted [Career-Focused] [Satisfying Revenge on Trash] [Taking Down the Worst] [Only Ever Been With Each Other] [Sweet Romance, No Angst] In her past life, her adoptive sister tricked her into going abroad, where her organs were harvested and she died a gruesome death in a foreign land. Reborn in the 1980s, she was cruelly abused by her own father and thrown into a pigsty in the freezing cold, left on the brink of death. At death's door, she unexpectedly awakened a dream System. In her dreams, her wi 7Reads—Score314d adds

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    This book is amazing! Except for the villains, everyone else is a good guy. I've never seen such a book before.

42. 92 她 She's Worth Less Than Rice 她比米贱 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance384k WordsCompleted That year, in exchange for a sack of millet, Yu Xiaofeng's parents promised her to the simple-minded son of the Liu family in the neighboring village. It was a rural village in northern China during the famine years of the last century. The stove was taller than she was. In the bitter winter, she smashed ice to wash clothes, her hands covered in chilblains that festered with pus. She didn't dare cry aloud. At seventeen, she was made to share a bed with Dazhu. He knew nothing, and tied her to a c 206Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 93 五 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance394k WordsCompleted Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.9kReads7.9Score24514d adds
44. 94 苦 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.5kReads8.8Score41414d adds
45. 95 农 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance739k WordsCompleted This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score26214d adds
46. 96 重 Back to the 1970s: A Village Girl's Path Beyond the World 重回七零年代，村女的破界之路 Green Grain Shining on the Fields青禾照野Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Elderly woman + reborn + 1970s + dumping a scumbag + no romance + family life + spatial storage] After being angered to death at the age of seventy, Zhou Qiuying is reborn in 1975. In 1975 in her previous life, Zhou Qiuying was an eighteen-year-old country girl. She gave up her secure job as an elementary school teacher to marry an educated youth sent down to the countryside. In return, her husband cruelly abandoned her after passing the college entrance exam, and her loved ones died tragical 179Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a good book; it's not the kind that's overly exaggerated, but rather a heartwarming, simple, and interesting novel.

47. 97 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.4kReads9.3Score4.2k14d adds
48. 98 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds

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    Never suffer a loss, always have a sharp tongue.

49. 99 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.4kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds

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    The female protagonist goes from the countryside to the city to find work. She starts as a temporary worker, then another, and so on, working her way up to a permanent position. She has a system, and her mother is particularly funny and vividly portrayed. The protagonist also has a villain system; she triggers rewards for doing bad things. The original owner of the character is too "beautiful," the most awful person in the family, and no awful relative dares to cause trouble because the protagonist is the most awful person. [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

50. 100 重 Back to the 1990s: Rewriting My Life Before the College Entrance Exam 重回90年代：高考前重写人生 Five-Star Egg五段的蛋蛋Modern Romance257k WordsCompleted [Period setting + strong heroine + reborn + devoted love] In her previous life, Lin Sisi spent half her life working herself to the bone. Her children had grown up and started families, and she was burdened with endless chores. Then, at fifty-eight, cancer sentenced her to death. As she lay dying, she looked back on her life and saw nothing but small grievances, regrets, and resentment. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to age seventeen, on the eve of the college entrance exams. I 29Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This is a newly started historical fiction story. The female protagonist is clear-headed and has clear goals. There are no toxic cannon fodder characters; it portrays the ordinary yet hardworking life of an average person.

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