Any More Realistic Stories Set in a Particular Era? Looking for Recs 有没有真实一点的年代文啊？求推荐

1. 451 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 54.6kReads9.2Score5.4kShelves

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   Tens of thousands of readers are following this top-tier novel! A masterpiece of period romance, all high-quality works, with ratings above 9 on Tomato Literature. The male leads are almost all soldiers, the romance is beautifully portrayed, the interactions between the leads are sweet, and the plot is rich and engaging. The protagonists aren't overly idealistic; there are children involved, and the interactions are charming and adorable. The supporting characters are also well-developed. The quality is guaranteed; most are completed works, long and substantial, and incredibly enjoyable. You'll regret not reading it!! Highly recommended!

2. 452 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score170Shelves
3. 453 七 A Sweet Wedding Night in the 1970s: Even an Arranged Marriage Can Be Wonderful! 七零新婚夜，包办婚姻也很甜！ Orange Soda and Lemon Juice橘子汽水柠檬汁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed Military Marriage Romance] [Beautiful, Sweet-Talking Wife + Gentle, Healing, Rugged Husband] She wakes up on the night of her arranged wedding in the 1970s. Her husband is a handsome, idealistic man with impeccable credentials. Should she marry him or not? Lin Qingya soon decides she’s glad she did. Her rugged husband is surprisingly sweet! The heroine is career-focused, clear-headed, and sensible. The hero dotes on his wife and is gentle and reassuring. Sweet romance throughout, no 6.2kReads9.1Score450Shelves
4. 454 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 4.3kReads8.4Score454Shelves
5. 455 大 The Compound’s Darling Bride Is Expecting Triplets, Breaking the Big Shot’s Nine-Generation Run as an Only Son 大院娇媳怀三胎，破大佬九代单传 Clouds Flowing over Green Mountains青山流云Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Wild, rugged man VS lively, resilient ray of sunshine. Set in the 1980s + sweet romance + both virgins + ensemble cast + family life + military marriage + joining the army + military housing compound + building a fortune] The moment she opened her eyes, Qiu Xiuying, who had drowned, found herself in the 1980s. Desperate to raise the enormous sum needed for her gravely ill mother’s surgery, she accidentally got tangled up with a wild, rugged man she couldn’t shake off! He had always been indiffe 4.1kReads9.1Score505Shelves
6. 456 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Enlisting with a Spirit Spring 重生七零：带着灵泉去当兵 Nope非也吖Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in a single moment, Su Yao returns to 1976 with a Spirit Spring space. She enlists in the army and sets out on the path to turn her life around! In the military, she uses her skills to put fake sweethearts in their place, crushes every scumbag, and rises through the ranks until she becomes a legendary female soldier admired by all! He is the military’s cold and proud prodigy, the Gu family’s heir. Unstoppable on the battlefield and a detached observer of political schemes, he has eyes onl 2.2kReads7.9Score260Shelves

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   😎😎

7. 457 黔 Racing Wild on the Guizhou Roads 黔路狂飚 Honghu Sheng虹湖生Historical316k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1980, he uses his experience from his previous life to avenge his father. He also rides the wave of reform and opening-up, setting up a cooperative, a construction crew, and a real estate company, then taking the company public. Step by step, he builds a business empire. 44Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   A novel based on true events, highly recommended!

8. 458 重 Reborn in the 1980s: This Jinx Was Born Under a Lucky Star! 重生八零：这灾星真是天生好命！ Cat Liang Ah猫良呀Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1980s] + [Independent, Strong Heroine] + [Success Through Her Own Abilities] + [Family Life] + [Building a Fortune] Main character: Liang Yihe In her previous life, she was timid and was manipulated by her uncle’s family. They stole her university admission letter, rewriting her records and her life overnight. They even tried to force her to marry the village idiot! Her cousin Liang Wanjun, born on the very same day, month, and year, stole her life: going to university, marryi 615Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is true and not exaggerated.

9. 459 闪 Two Years After Our Flash Marriage, the Military Wife Takes Her Child to Find His Father 闪婚两年不见，军嫂带娃去找爹 Sweet and Sticky甜糯糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reserved, rugged man + Sweet, delicate beauty + Sweet romance + Mutual teasing + Pocket dimension + Cozy daily life] In her previous life, Lin Wanshu was the wife of a man everyone envied: a wealthy tycoon. She was beautiful and rich, and her husband never kept a mistress. But no one knew that behind the glamorous life, she spent every day alone in an empty room, never had a child, and eventually died after being hit by a car. When she opens her eyes again, Lin Wanshu has returned to the 1970s. 63.2kReads9.0Score7kShelves
10. 460 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, 77.3kReads9.0Score9.9kShelves

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    This book is really good! [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm]

11. 461 小 People from a Small City 小城市的人 A Gulou一只鼓楼Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + A Cross-Section of Society + Angsty Romance + Workplace + Realism] One is a sunny young man who grew up in a government compound; the other is a poor boy from the countryside. They spend several years as classmates, parting and reuniting as their lives intertwine and they grow along different paths. After weathering one trial after another, and experiencing the clamor, loneliness, and pain in their respective lives, they search for meaning in th 4.5kReads8.7Score353Shelves

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    These are very real stories from our own lives.

12. 462 除 Killed on New Year’s Eve, Widow Cai Is Reborn in the 1980s 除夕夜惨死，寡妇蔡老太重生八零 Xia Mengmeng夏梦梦Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted (An elderly woman is reborn + feel-good revenge + taking down scoundrels + family squabbles + a widow’s comeback + putting every kind of troublemaker in their place + rebirth in a period setting) Cai, a widowed old woman, lost her husband when she was in her thirties. She spent her life raising four sons and a daughter, saving money to buy homes and arrange marriages for her sons, and putting together a dowry for her daughter. While she still had money, every son and daughter-in-law competed to 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn, I'll fight if I want, I'll curse if I want, and I'll deal with all kinds of dissent.

13. 463 学 Scholar or Tyrant: Who Can Have a Good Life? 学霸和枭雄，什么人能过上好日？ Phoenix Wood Cicada凤木蝉兮Modern Romance498k WordsCompleted (Dual male leads. Period story. Urban.) One is a poor scholar, the other a big shot in the underworld. They struggle for fifty years. What does it take to live a good life? And what is a good life? 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is incredibly realistic, with vivid characters, a down-to-earth story, and a touch of the legendary. Give it a try; you probably won't be able to put it down.

14. 464 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 17.8kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
15. 465 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the 1980s: I Marry My Ex-Husband's Uncle and He Spoils Me Rotten 穿书八零，二婚嫁前夫小叔被宠上天 Gentle Breeze微微风Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Su Tao transmigrated into a period novel as the male lead’s cannon-fodder mother. On the very night she became a widow, her mother-in-law forced her to drink a potion, and she got pregnant overnight. Su Tao planned to raise the baby on her own and live her best life, but unexpectedly, the entire Qin family came to drag her home and make her the pampered young madam of a wealthy family. Her younger brother-in-law spoiled her to the skies. 6.7kReads8.7Score562Shelves
16. 466 花 The Age of Fireworks 花火时代 Carp Book of Dragon Gate龙门鲤书Sports138k WordsCompleted In 1980s China, the foundations for winter sports have yet to be laid, and figure skating is still a distant, unfamiliar concept. Su Ran returns from Country M with unwavering resolve. One of the first in China to receive systematic figure skating training, she gives up the generous pay and top-tier resources of an overseas club, bringing nothing but a stack of training notes and boundless enthusiasm back to a homeland with barely any standard ice rinks. She starts from scratch as a rookie coach 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the best of times, a portrait of countless young people rushing toward their ideals—their youth resonates with the fate of their nation; their struggles are themselves the most dazzling fireworks.

17. 467 站 At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban243k WordsCompleted This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards 66Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Literature in real life.

18. 468 七 A Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s, Raising a Child and Doing Research Too 七零军婚甜如蜜，带娃科研两不误 Green Wine and Joy青酒欢Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military life on an island + marriage first, love later + chasing his wife to the crematorium + devoted sweet romance + no golden finger] After twenty years of studying hard, Jiang Qingyue had finally achieved her dream of heading to an island as an agricultural PhD to pursue research. But before she could leave, she unexpectedly transmigrated to the 1970s. A woman who'd been single for ages found herself in the bridal chamber from the start! After one wild night, she woke up to discover that t 41kReads9.0Score3kShelves
19. 469 觉 Awakening in the 1970s: The Scheming Ones Fight Me for the Protagonist Role 觉醒七零：老六们跟我争夺当主角 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Guess who the original protagonist of this world really is + everyday family life + no awful characters + no face-slapping + watching the drama] Gu Dong was hit by a door, which awakened the memories of three lifetimes and happened to give her a not entirely useless golden finger. After learning that her husband, with whom she had shared a respectful marriage for years, would soon be sent away to the countryside, Gu Dong began making plans for the future. The two, who had been growing further a 323Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The female lead awakens memories of three lifetimes—that's fake. She discovers the male lead is about to be demoted—that's real. A chaotic rural life story, no awful characters, no face-slapping moments—a gossip-filled tale.

20. 470 林 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生，拿捏全家杀疯了 Chu Tumil初荼靡Modern Romance893k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.6kReads8.0Score268Shelves

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    The overall writing pace is tight and not dragging, without any frustrating or heart-wrenching scenes. The female protagonist breaks free from her past way of living by pleasing others and focuses on accumulating savings to enjoy a stable daily life, which is very suitable for passing the time.

21. 471 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 17.1kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
22. 472 红 A Beauty’s Scheme for the Realm 红颜谋天下 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Eastern Fantasy148k WordsCompleted [Mystery]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [No Transmigration]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Alternate Fantasy World]+ [If It's Not Your Thing, Please Don't Complain] An imperial edict of marriage sends the icy, beautiful female general Murong Xue storming into the residence with a sword. Turmoil erupts in the Song household's rear court, while strange butterfly shadows from the Xuanming Cult appear, concealing a shocking conspiracy that could overturn the world. As one beauty after another gets drawn into the gam 63Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 473 穿 Transmigrated to the Military Compound in 1985: Flirting with the Soldier King and Having His Adorable Baby 穿到八五家属院：撩兵王！生乖崽 Pockets Full of Money兜兜全是钱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional setting + sweet romance + military marriage + building wealth + triplets + marriage before love + military compound] [Heroine: Ji Xiangsi; hero: Lu Chen] The talented heiress Ji Xiangsi transmigrated. One moment she was fleeing her wedding in front of a crowd; the next, she had become a 1985 version of herself, a lazy glutton who loved causing trouble and abusing her husband. From the start, her husband asked for a divorce because she had bullied his former sweetheart. She was also br 3.6kReads8.9Score494Shelves
24. 474 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Got Rich After I Stopped Chasing Him 重生七零：不做舔狗后我暴富了 Mr. Qinglin青临先生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Lin Xiangnan married He Wenshan, she had no idea he already loved someone else. For more than a decade after their wedding, she devoted herself to serving He Wenshan and his family, working like an ox and a horse. Just when he finally brought her to live by his side and she thought her good days had begun, she was kidnapped by his rival. For the first time, the stoic man’s eyes reddened, but it was for the female comrade who had been kidnapped alongside her. As the bullet pierced her heart, 63Reads7.9Score103Shelves

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    Reborn, but without any cheat codes or special abilities; it's all about everyday family life.

25. 475 银 A Story About a Beautiful CEO Beneath a Ginkgo Tree 银杏树下的一个美女总裁的故事 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Modern Romance20k WordsCompleted The story of a beautiful CEO beneath a ginkgo tree 75Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 476 军 A Sweet Military Marriage: Pampered by a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚甜如蜜，在七零被兵痞宠上天 Seaweed Pork Floss Cake海苔肉松小贝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Multiple births + devoted, sweet romance + everyday family life + both leads’ first love + pocket dimension] Su Ruanruan went to sleep and transmigrated to the year 1970, on her wedding night. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and an eight-pack. Who wouldn’t be captivated? Fu Wenzhang has brows like distant peaks and eyes like stars, a high nose, thin lips, and a sharply defined jaw. When he wears his military uniform, he always buttons it righ 10.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
27. 477 七 The Happy Life of Lin Yulan, a Sharp-Tongued Woman in the 1970s 七十年代之贫嘴林玉兰的幸福生活 Bai Shuitan白水谈Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted My new novel, A Lively Life in the Sixties: Revenge First, Gossip Later, is now available! Every character is a piece of work, with revenge, scoundrels getting what they deserve, and plenty of beatings. It’s a different kind of story. If you’re interested, give it a try. Thanks for your support! [Reborn + no pocket dimension + no System + no golden finger + romance, with a cheerful and heartwarming tone] Liu Jie’s parents divorced in her previous life, and she lived alone with her grandmother. 2.3kReads9.0Score181Shelves

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    This book is quite realistic, depicting the era in Northeast China during that time. I'm currently reading it.

28. 478 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves

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    You can check it out [thumbs up]

29. 479 善 The Original Sin of Kindness 善良的原罪 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五10k WordsCompleted The Original Sin of Kindness 43Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 480 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Educated Youth Turned Army Wife Is Doted On 军婚甜蜜蜜：知青军嫂被宠上天 Wen Yanyan文宴宴Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Both Leads Devoted to Each Other + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Love After Marriage + Sweet Romance + Feel-Good Revenge] Little farm owner Shen An Nian accidentally transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a powerful figure in the military and political world. After three years of marriage, she dies a miserable death far from home. Shen An Nian: ... What did she ever do to deserve being sent here to suffer? Looking at her husband's perfectly chis 2kReads8.9Score192Shelves
31. 481 小 The Little Earthen Tower Family 小土楼人家 Only Drink Plain Water, No Ice只喝白开水不加冰Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted They say there’s no one better than a mother, and a child with a mother is treasured like a precious gem. But for Yu Jian, it’s that there’s no one better than a grandmother, and a child with a mother is like a blade of grass. One earthen building, one world, smoke curling from the chimneys. A lifetime of love, a lifetime of warmth in the heart. 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's very good-looking and immersive.

32. 482 一 How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 一个山村女孩如何成坏女人的 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五13k WordsCompleted How a Village Girl Became a Bad Woman 93Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 483 军 Military Marriage and Sweet Rewards: The Fierce, Pretty Army Wife in the 1980s 军婚发糖：彪悍俏军嫂的八零年代 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] (Period Setting + Military Marriage + Building a Fortune + Loving Wife + Multiple Children + Daily Life) Modern career woman Shen Yiyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the beautiful but otherwise useless female side character who marries into a family to bring good luck to a sick man in this period romance! Her birth family is the sort that would bleed her dry and leave her with nothing! Shen Yiyi: What a joke! Watch her put those spoiled brats in their place and crush the villains 15kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
34. 484 媳 My Wife Deng Xiaoyang, I'm Li Chaoyang 媳妇邓晓阳我叫李朝阳 Deng Xiaoyang and Li Chaoyang邓晓阳与李朝阳Urban13.4M WordsOngoing [Realism, political ups and downs, contests of human nature, and the turbulent 1990s] Political connections are the greatest resource. In 1985, I was discharged from the army and returned to my hometown. Though I had fought on the front lines and earned a third-class merit, I was still prepared to spend the rest of my life tending crops. While handling my paperwork at the township armed forces office, I met Li Shangwu, the head of the office. He was a transferred officer from another division in 57.8kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves

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    Both are novels from the 1980s and 90s, and each one is better written than the last—realistic and moving.

35. 485 军 A Love That Sets Hearts Ablaze: In the 1970s, I Became Everyone's Darling by Taking It Easy 军婚撩人，我在七零靠摆烂成团宠 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, Spatial Realm, Adorable Baby] Song Luoying unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name as her own. The original Song Luoying’s blind date falls for the female lead, Liu Meijiao, instead. She can’t swallow her pride and is determined to find herself a factory worker husband, just to one-up the female lead. In the end, she marries a mama’s boy, has three daughters, gets looked down on by her moth 19.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
36. 486 不 You Won't Let the Little One Eat Her Fill? Flip the Table! Then Nobody Eats! 不让奶团吃饱饭？掀桌！都饿着！ Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Everyone's Darling + Mostly Locals, Light Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + Funny + Not a Single Member of the Family Is a Soft Touch + Get Even on the Spot] Luo Panpan had never known hardship from the day she was born. Then, at five and a half, her father died. From then on, she never had enough to eat, and they even planned to send her away to be adopted? Not a chance! Her mother was a famous tigress for miles around: bold, resourceful, and good at making money 19.2kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves

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    Both are period dramas set in the 1980s. ① The story begins with the female protagonist's father having an accident, forcing her mother to take on the responsibility of supporting the family. The young female protagonist, Luo Panpan, is five and a half years old, adorable and with a strong personality. Her twin brothers are only a few months old. ② Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news is that her parents were both factory workers in a state-owned enterprise; the bad news is that they gave up their secure jobs and went south to work. Her mother went to work in the factory, and her father went to work on a construction site. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Gradually, Lin Zhizhi discovers she has become a "rich second generation." The story follows her parents' entrepreneurial journey in the 1980s from the female protagonist's perspective. The early chapters focus on family life and are relatively short. A male protagonist appears later in the story. It leans towards an ensemble cast.

37. 487 那 That Mountain, That City 那山那城 Deng Xiaoyang and Li Chaoyang邓晓阳与李朝阳Urban263k WordsCompleted [A powerful work of realism | The ups and downs of life in government | Love and passion | The turbulent 1990s] Huang Shunping of the Jiangzhou Construction Commission’s quality supervision station refuses to compromise on construction standards. In a single night, he finds himself caught in a “sex scandal” and is taken away. Through a twist of fate, his two sons, Nashi and Nacheng, become embroiled in Jiangzhou’s biggest shoddy-construction project: a passenger terminal. After graduating, Nash 1kReads8.8Score158Shelves
38. 488 穿 I Transmigrate to Join the Army, and My Officer Husband Is Overjoyed 穿越去随军，军官丈夫乐开了花 A Beauty Like a Flower Beyond the Clouds美人如花隔云端Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted A devoted couple, one-on-one romance, sweet and affectionate, no pocket dimension, a slow and steady pace, and a warm, cozy story! Ji Mingzhu transmigrated from a prosperous golden age to the poor and backward 1960s. The gulf between the two eras was so great that she could barely accept it. She pinched herself. It didn’t hurt at all, so this had to be a dream. Her father, Ji, who got pinched, said, “...!” A layabout father, a frail mother, and a broken family. Ji Mingzhu was at a loss and wante 608Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Realistic and ordinary, the male lead is an adopted son, and the female lead brings her parents to join the army.

39. 489 七 The 1970s: The Heroine Loses Badly When Compared to Me 七零：女主和我对照后输惨了 Little Tingting小亭婷Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Marriage First, Love Later + Everyday Life] Lin Meng, a rich heiress, never expected to catch the book-transmigration trend and become a doomed little cannon-fodder character in a period novel. The cannon fodder has been brainwashed since childhood, devoting herself heart and soul to her mother's family and even counting the money after she's been sold. To be with the male lead, she foolishly divorces her military-officer husband, only to 2.6kReads8.6Score174Shelves
40. 490 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Want the Capitalist Heir, Not the Chief 重生七零：不要首长要资本家少爷 Si Wu Jiu Jiu四五汣汣Modern Romance149k WordsCompleted [Marriage first, love later + faithful to each other + pocket dimension + family life + building wealth + getting even with nasty people] In her previous life, Gu Ajiu spent a night trapped in a pit with Song Wenjin, the son of a capitalist sent to the countryside, and her reputation was ruined. Sun Jianfeng, the finest young man in their production team, didn’t hold it against her and married her. Gu Ajiu was deeply moved. On their wedding day, Sun Jianfeng left to join the army, where he rose 3.2kReads8.2Score335Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book; it's really good.

41. 491 重 Reborn in 1995: I Make 100,000 a Day from My Video Hall 重生九五，我靠录像厅日赚十万 Wind's Divine Tale风传神Urban470k WordsOngoing [Reborn at the dawn of a new era + scumbag making money + snatching opportunities + multiple heroines + business warfare + fast-paced] Wu Yong's wife and his best friend teamed up to cheat on him, strip his company bare, and force him to leave with nothing! Staring at two paternity tests proving the children weren't his, Wu Yong saw red. Just then, he unexpectedly awakened a space-time anchor that could take him, along with a thousand-square-meter warehouse, back to 1995, thirty years in the pas 1.3kReads8.2Score131Shelves

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    [I also highly recommend it] This book is set in a very modern era and is definitely not a case of false advertising. It's one of the best new books I've read recently. The author's writing is very skillful, and the plot and atmosphere are superbly portrayed. I must recommend it.

42. 492 八 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
43. 493 年 Period: The Wicked Stepmother Is Reborn, and Her Stepson Sons Panic 年代：恶毒后妈重生，继子们慌了 A Zi's Dream阿紫的梦Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Has a Pocket Dimension] [Taking Down the Scum] [Satisfying Read] In her previous life, under unusual circumstances, Liu Caifeng married Song Xiang, a man with a prior marriage, and brought her son with her. She devoted herself to caring for her in-laws and raising her stepson. In the end, she met a miserable fate, dying after being hit by a car. Only as she lay dying did she learn that Song Xiang had caused her son’s death. Her daughter had been sold to human traffickers by he 3.8kReads8.2Score336Shelves
44. 494 随 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19kReads8.7Score2.2kShelves
45. 495 彩 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始 Uncle Wang Tells Stories王叔说故事Urban171k WordsOngoing In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 82Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book; it's very realistic.

46. 496 小 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 25.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
47. 497 虫 Cordyceps Flower 虫草花 Ferryman of the Yellow River黄河摆渡人Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted A woman with a bad reputation and an upright grassroots official: rumors cut like knives. Amid the scorn of the world, can they grasp the happiness that belongs to them? A forbidden love that breaks free of its shackles, and a flower that blooms in a woman's darkest hour. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you don't look good, you'll make your face look bad.

48. 498 婆 My Mother-in-Law Wants Me to Live as a Widow? My Army Officer Husband Is Back 婆婆让我守活寡？军官老公回来了 Songzi Mo松子茉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Based on the original novel of the Red Fruit short drama “Transmigrated Into the 1970s: On Our Wedding Night, My Mother-in-Law Told Me to Live as a Widow.” [Period setting + military marriage + space + raising children] In a single moment, Zhou Zhitong transmigrates into a book and becomes a cannon-fodder military wife left behind in the countryside. She is destined to work herself to death before she turns thirty. Worst of all, her two children will be sold to traffickers by their wicked grandm 1.8kReads8.5Score266Shelves

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    Military Marriage Era

49. 499 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    (Du Mei) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao accidentally fell from the 13th floor and traveled back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She saw through her mother's cold, indifferent, and overprotective nature, and this time, without hesitation, chose to follow her father. To compete for a permanent job, her uncle blocked her door and caused a huge scene. Su Miao whispered two crickets in her father's ear, and he said, "Fine, I'll sell it to you! Two thousand yuan, not a penny less!" And so, the day after Su Miao returned to her past, she had raised the start-up capital to achieve a better life. [Top Post][Top Post]

50. 500 发 Building a Fortune, Starting with Sharing a Cowshed with My Veteran Husband 发家，从和退伍老公睡牛栏开始 Sunny Summer Day夏日晴天Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted (Period setting + self-reliance + raising children + daily life + countryside) Chen Yu was jolted awake by a bucket of cold water. When she opened her eyes, she saw a coffin hanging from the rafters. It turned out she'd been sleeping in a cowshed. She had just transmigrated to the late 1970s when her stepmother and her three children schemed to sell her. Luckily, she'd learned self-defense in modern times. She beat up the two traffickers along the way and stripped them of their clothes. With now 108Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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