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. 51 八 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1980s: My Ex Regrets It Too Late 八零军婚甜蜜蜜，前夫后悔火葬场 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + satisfying revenge, no putting up with mistreatment + male lead appears late + everyday life + farming + no golden finger + taking down scoundrels + sweet romance + ensemble cast + family matters + military officers + commanding officer] In her previous life, Qiao Jiangxin married into the Chen family. She shouldered every burden to give them a peaceful life, working like an ox and a horse to support her husband's literary ambitions, care for her ailing in-laws, and look aft 43.9kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves
2. 52 七 In the 1970s: Picking Up a Madman as My Husband 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 109.5kReads9.3Score11.4kShelves
3. 53 梦 Sister-in-Law Menghua 梦花嫂子 River at Xisha Bay西沙弯的河Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted No transmigration + no wish fulfillment + no golden finger + no System + rural life + getting rich Yin Menghua graduated from high school but didn’t get into college. Her family was desperately poor, and after her brother’s wedding expenses, there was no money left for her to retake the entrance exams. Through an introduction, she met Jiang Zhiguo and married him. After the wedding, Jiang Zhiguo went to work at a coal mine, where he was tragically buried in a mine shaft. While the heartbroken Yi 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Here you go, you're welcome.

4. 54 农 The Eldest Daughter of a Farming Family Gets Rich 农家长女致富记 Yu Qingchen玉轻尘Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted In the early 1960s, Xu Fang was born in a poor, backward mountain village. As a child, she helped raise her younger sisters and brother. In those days, food and clothing were scarce, but her parents would rather go without themselves than fail to give their children the best life they could. Xu Fang lived up to their hopes. As the eldest daughter, she led her sisters and their one precious younger brother onto the road to prosperity in the 1980s. At just the right time, she met the person fate h 189Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 55 七 The Only Daughter in 1970s Northeast China Failed to Leave the Father Behind 七零东北独生女去父留子失败了 Classmate Slow and Steady慢慢同学Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Period setting + runaway with a child + marriage first, love later + raising a child + true and fake heiresses + face-slapping + getting rich + everyday family life + split personalities + multiple timelines] Qiao Anning had barely transmigrated into the body of a poor little girl in 1965 when her heartless aunt knocked her unconscious with a stick and threw her into the river. A soldier rescued her, but then she came down with a high fever and was drugged. In a daze, she spent the night with h 13.6kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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   These are the books I'm currently reading; they're all quite good, and I'm even urging for more updates.

6. 56 七 The 1970s Comparison Group Is Done Playing Nice! 七零对照组不干了！ Green Pomelo Amber青柚琥珀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Fang Panyan transmigrates into a novel as the female lead’s foil. Both are country girls who marry into a military district. Both are high school graduates, and both marry battalion commanders. But when their husbands propose adopting their fallen comrades’ orphans, the two women react in completely different ways. One reluctantly agrees and mistreats the children. The other accepts wholeheartedly and treats them as her own. In the end, Fang Panyan is abandoned by her husband and despised by 7.1kReads7.1Score397Shelves
7. 57 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, System in Hand, and Refuse to Be Cannon Fodder 穿书七零，手握系统拒做炮灰 Ting Wawa婷娃娃Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Qingwan was born into the 1950s. Thanks to her foreknowledge, she started working at the Red Star Garment Factory at fifteen and was assigned an apartment at eighteen. Life went smoothly for her. One day, she fell into the water. Not only did she finally gain her long-awaited golden finger, she also discovered that she hadn’t simply transmigrated: she had become the younger sister of the heroine in a period novel. According to the plot, before long, the heroine, Song Qingzao, would marry a tw 19.4kReads6.8Score1.7kShelves
8. 58 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 20.8kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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   A truly interesting novel; the author has an exceptionally strong cultural background.

9. 59 睁 I Opened My Eyes in a 1960s Military District and Was Kissed to Tears After Mistaking Someone for My Partner 睁眼六零军区，弄错对象被亲哭了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing She opened her eyes in the 1960s and woke up in a man's bed. After a night of rough lovemaking, she kissed him until she fainted, and got pregnant with twins in a single night. Only then did she realize she had transmigrated into a book. She had become a beautiful, wicked childhood sweetheart with fair skin, a slender figure, and a pretty face. She had gone to the military district to marry the male lead, but accidentally picked the wrong man and climbed into the wrong bed, leaving her forced to 75.3kReads8.3Score6.9kShelves
10. 60 小 Tales of the Lesser Khingan Mountains: The Fearless Wife of the Sixties 小兴安岭往事：六零悍妻 The Gear-Linked Bird牵机鸟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Family Life] [Growing Up] [An Extraordinary Ordinary Life] In the winter of 1959, a tough woman from the apocalypse barged into the Lesser Khingan Mountains. With her brute strength, Mi Duo slaughtered pigs and wolves, and even teased black bears. Mi Duo’s wish: get married, have children, live an uneventful life, and die of old age. Mi Duo’s daily life: hunt bears, fight wolves, tear into scumbags, and pull an extra night shift whenever someone rubs her the wrong way. Mi Duo’s fut 16kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
11. 61 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.3kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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    This is a true depiction of Northeast China in the 1970s, not the kind of fiction that's just made up without any real experience.

12. 62 重 Reborn as a Little Blade of Grass 重生之俺是一颗小小草 The Junior Sister Who Doesn't Like Clay Pot Porridge不爱吃砂锅粥的师妹Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted Reborn, Tian Jincao refuses to be a dependent vine in the big city ever again. She kicks her trash ex to the curb and resolutely returns to the mountains, determined to help the girls there soar, leave the mountains behind, and see a wider world. To her surprise, the man she had loved in her past life has also been reborn. When they meet again years later, the first thing he asks is, “Will you marry me?” Tian Jincao answers, “Yes. I absolutely will!” In their previous life, the leads missed thei 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are really good, no exaggeration.

13. 63 手 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 Jiang Liangjiang江凉姜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.3kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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    This book is excellent. It's a masterpiece of period fiction in my opinion, depicting realistic human nature without exaggerated cruelty. It portrays the genuine help and support among neighbors, without any overpowered plot devices, only the hardworking and adorable girls. If you enjoy stories with a slow and steady pace, I highly recommend this book. Please read it patiently and discover the beauty within. 😊

14. 64 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the 1970s and Married the Male Lead's Uncle 穿书七零嫁给男主他叔 The Junior Sister Who Doesn't Like Clay Pot Porridge不爱吃砂锅粥的师妹Modern Romance647k WordsCompleted Lin Susu woke up one day and transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous female character in a period novel. In the book, the villainess sabotages the romance between the male and female leads, causes trouble at every turn, and ultimately meets a miserable end. Transmigrated Lin Susu declares: The male and female leads must stay together. Wouldn't it be better to cling to the uncle who's taller, more handsome, higher-ranking, and richer than the male lead? Her uncle says: “Be good, you ca 2.2kReads8.7Score199Shelves
15. 65 重 Reborn in 1980: I Dumped the Scumbag and Married a Butcher 重生八零甩掉渣男嫁屠户 Lots of Durian Daifuku榴莲大福多多Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Space] + [Farming] + [Family Life] + [Entrepreneurship] Li Wenhui is reborn before her blind date with a scumbag, and this time she exposes the affair between him and her best friend with her own hands. Thinking of the butcher who supplied her restaurant throughout her previous life and even came to her aid at a crucial moment, Li Wenhui decides they can team up and start a business this time around. But how does it end up with the two of them getting married and bu 3.7kReads8.2Score384Shelves

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    A well-written story set in a real historical period.

16. 66 逃 After Escaping, She Built a Beautiful Life with Her Child 逃离后她带娃美丽 I, Zhu Kongyang lll我朱孔阳lllModern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Pushed down the stairs by her daughter, she wakes up in a hospital bed, where she is left unattended for three whole days. Meanwhile, her husband is lost in a lovey-dovey reunion with the woman he thought he’d lost forever. Her in-laws, sister-in-law, and daughter seem to be the ones who truly belong together as a loving family. Her heart is utterly shattered, beyond repair. She never had family to begin with, so why keep longing for their affection? Goodbye. She’s leaving to find a life of her 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A truly authentic historical novel, highly recommended!

17. 67 带 Taking a World-Famous Members-Only Supermarket Back to the 1970s 带着全球知名会员制超市穿七零 Lots of Durian Daifuku榴莲大福多多Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted [Period setting + soul transmigration + golden finger + modern romance + strong leads] A slow-burn story set in a bygone era. The author doesn't write saintly heroines. If the satisfying payback you're expecting hasn't happened yet, the author may have placed it at the point that best fits the story. Han Xiaolin, from the 21st century, transmigrates while shopping at a famous members-only supermarket. She finds herself in the 1970s, an era of scarce food and clothing. With a virtual supermarket 318Reads6.2Score110Shelves
18. 68 早 Good Morning, Shanghai 早安，上海 I, Zhu Kongyang lll我朱孔阳lllModern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted She changes jobs three times in a year and thinks it must all be her fault. The repeated blows of the workplace sharpen her mind, the struggle between ideals and reality helps her grow up, and the push and pull of love shows her what her soul truly needs. Does the ugly duckling finally become a beautiful swan? No, no. Dou Dou thinks she might, at best, become an ugly swan. Because the ultimate winner doesn’t necessarily get flowers, fine wine, applause, fame, or the warm embrace of a loved one. 59Reads—Score106Shelves
19. 69 七 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了 Little Master Xueling雪凌小主Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 18.4kReads8.2Score2.5kShelves

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    Aside from the cheat system, everything else is quite realistic.

20. 70 穿 Transmigrated to Republican-Era China: The Marshal Wants Me to Stop, but I'm Building a Career 穿越民国之大帅求放过我要搞事业 Mu Yizi Jun木易子君Modern Romance287k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + fictional Republican-era setting + no System + no pocket dimension + no golden finger + career-focused + ensemble cast] One-line blurb: A family's story of resisting the Japanese invasion and saving their country. Full blurb: After a car accident, modern girl Lin Yi transmigrates to the Republican era and becomes the youngest daughter of the second son of the Xiang family, a major Shanghai industrialist. Her uncle and father have seven children between them. The six ahead of he 3kReads9.1Score278Shelves

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    I just finished reading this book, and it's very realistic. It mainly tells the story of a woman who is reborn into the Republican era. Through her experiences, it depicts that period from warlordism to the War of Resistance against Japan. The beginning is heartwarming, but the later part is very cruel. People back then really had a hard time. Looking at it now, our motherland is truly prosperous and strong.

21. 71 七 A Military Officer Was Forced to Marry a Village Woman, but Their Arranged Marriage Turned to Love 七零军官被迫娶村妇，先婚厚爱 Men Xiaoxie门小协Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted No transmigration + not reborn + no space + no golden finger + relies on her own abilities With nowhere left to turn, Shen Yining jumps into a river to kill herself, but the passing officer Ji Zhonglin pulls her out. She rolls her eyes and latches onto him, insisting he did something improper to her. Ji Zhonglin: “...” He must have gotten up too soon and pulled her out too soon. Before she jumped into the river, he pissed in the wrong place. Before they are forced to marry, Ji Zhonglin says 49.7kReads8.9Score6.1kShelves

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    I stayed up all night to finish watching it. The male and female leads are natives, and the plot is old-fashioned but unfolds in a fresh way.

22. 72 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 78.8kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    A historical romance novel where the male protagonist travels through time and the female protagonist is reborn. Highly recommended! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

23. 73 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 3.3kReads8.8Score399Shelves

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    The latest completed novel is available for unlimited reading.

24. 74 入 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Xu Yunjin许云瑾Modern Romance422k WordsOngoing Just before the end of her shift, Su Nianchu received the last corpse scheduled for cremation. To her surprise, the deceased had the same name as her. Su Nianchu's heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling! Sure enough, an accident happened during the cremation. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a village girl in the 1980s. She was lying on a kang, giving birth! Nearby, her malicious husband watched her, planning to trick her into taking sleeping pills so he and 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is good and worth reading.

25. 75 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 29.1kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    This book is a delightful read that unfolds gradually and steadily!

26. 76 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.2kReads8.5Score581Shelves

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    Rural life, simple and enduring, truly down-to-earth.

27. 77 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 218Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is very realistic.

28. 78 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 54.5kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves

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    This is a purely indigenous novel with no time travel or reincarnation elements. The female lead is incredibly intelligent and never puts up with being mistreated. She works tirelessly for her fiancé's parents, and when he returns from his studies abroad with a girlfriend, the female lead blows up the toilet while that woman is using it.

29. 79 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 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A heartfelt story set in a bygone era, a deep love story unfolds in the Listening Wind Pavilion. Amidst the most ordinary of everyday moments, who can truly soothe the extraordinary heart of a man?

30. 80 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1980s: I Start Dating a Bad-Boy Hunk 穿书八零，开头和痞坏糙汉处对象 Frost Contends with Snow's Shadow霜争雪影Modern Romance555k WordsOngoing [1980s book transmigration + rugged man + sweet, delicate beauty + healing romance + devoted, fatherly boyfriend] A two-way healing romance between a tough man with a soft heart and a sincere, stubborn girl Zhong Ling transmigrated into a book and landed in a deadly predicament from the start! The rugged man next door, freshly released from prison, tall and long-legged with a body full of muscle, was being framed by a widow in the courtyard. Knowing the plot, Zhong Ling was terrified. She knew t 450.8kReads8.8Score58.1kShelves

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    A rough-around-the-edges story from the 1980s, a road trip story, authentic and believable.

31. 81 七 A Seventies Military Marriage: The Country Girl Becomes a Special Forces Champion 七零军婚，乡下村姑竟成特战兵王 Yue Fanfan月帆帆Modern Romance179k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Strong Female Lead + Military Life + Superpowers + Love After Marriage + Using Science to Save the Nation] Maimiao was the notorious oddball of Qianling Village. When her relatives tried to take everything she had, she declared: "Ah'm not gettin' married. Ah'm gonna bring a husband into my family." Her relatives advised her that any man willing to marry into a woman's family either had problems at home or had something wrong with hi 14.3kReads—Score2.4kShelves

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    It looks pretty good and looks realistic.

32. 82 你 Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！ vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.5M WordsCompleted The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin 38.3kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    Zheng Weimin, an orphan, transmigrates to 1976. He is overjoyed to have both parents alive, but they send him to the countryside for promotion. He is driven away again as soon as he arrives home for the New Year. If it weren't for the potatoes in northern Shaanxi, Zheng Weimin would have starved to death that year. If it weren't for the subsidies and assistance from his best friend, Zheng Weimin might not have been able to leave northern Shaanxi alive. What will become of Zheng Weimin, who is not an orphan but seems to be one?

33. 83 小 Early Spring Frost 小春霜早 1Blue Snow1蓝雪儿Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted Xiaochun Shuangzao tells the story of the lives, changes, joys, and sorrows of the three Gu siblings at the end of the twentieth century. Through their story, the novel explores the profound impact of Reform and Opening Up on people's thoughts and lives, and the sweeping changes brought by the new era. [Print edition published] 1kReads8.5Score100Shelves

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    Realistic, slice-of-life, no cheat codes, worth watching.

34. 84 蔷 Secrets in the Rose Villa 蔷薇别墅里的秘密 1Blue Snow1蓝雪儿Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted Chen Xiaorong was born in the countryside. Her parents didn’t love her, and her prospective in-laws were all awful people. She was clever and decisive, beautiful and poised, and brimming with ambition. She earned top marks to get into university, but nobody supported her. She was willing to run away from her wedding and travel far from home to study on her own. The road ahead was difficult. When she faced endless darkness, the warmth he gave her became a ray of light that illuminated her heart. 12.2kReads8.8Score698Shelves
35. 85 万 A Thousand Miles of Stars Can’t Compare to You 万里星河不及你 1Blue Snow1蓝雪儿Marriage & Romance552k WordsCompleted Look at these scattered lights, reflecting the dazzling galaxy in your eyes. A stray golden retriever brought Yang Zixuan and Shen Qianshan together. They clicked at once and secretly fell for each other. She had been a migrant worker, but together with her best friend Lin Xiuyan, she opened an original jewelry shop. In the end, they built the business into a success and each found love along the way. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 86 隔 The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇 Qi Xiao Tong栖小桐Modern Romance550k WordsOngoing [Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl 19.5kReads6.5Score728Shelves

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    I only recommend this one.

37. 87 九 The 1990s: This Hoodlum Has a Sweet Side 九零年代，这个混混有点甜 Zi Yin梓胤Modern Romance263k WordsCompleted [Good Girl VS Big Gangster] Gu Pan is a household name as a top student in the making, while Luo Chuan is a notorious local hoodlum. Only Gu Pan dares to get close to Luo Chuan, but being close to him comes at a steep price. The clothes, watch, flashlight, pager, and all the other things the gangster gives her are things Gu Pan would never dare show her parents. She's at her wit's end, repeatedly trying to refuse him. “Brother Luo Chuan! We're just neighbors. Neighbors don't act like this. I nee 359Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    It's fairly realistic, not exaggerated, especially the second book. In that era, having a cheat ability (or special abilities) wouldn't work for a time traveler; it was dangerous, they'd easily be targeted, and ultimately get caught and killed by the Red Armband agents. The only one whose spatial ability brought misfortune upon himself. Not the female lead.

38. 88 八 The 1980s: My Sweet, Tender Wife 八零娇妻软绵绵 I'm Sang Sang我系桑桑呀Modern Romance809k WordsCompleted Others strike it rich with their golden fingers, but hers made her poor. Yet even that poverty was a blessing she had earned through several lifetimes. Born in a time of chaos, Su Qian had been reduced to a life of wandering and eventually starved to death. Then she was reborn into the body of a newlywed country woman in the 1980s. She unexpectedly discovered that she could understand the sounds animals made, and from then on, her life became a lively, chaotic affair. She didn’t dare slaughter p 1kReads9.1Score101Shelves
39. 89 年 Period: A Battle for Husbands Among the Children of High-Ranking Officials 年代：高干子弟夺夫大战 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period novel + 1990s]+ [Family life]+ [No golden finger + native-born protagonist] Lin Daoxi was deliberately abandoned at birth, and her cousin Gao Qing took her place as the biological daughter of the family. With everything going wrong from the start, Lin Daoxi was penniless, plain-looking, and dealt a terrible hand. Her father was a gambling addict, her mother had broken the law, her younger brother was timid, and she had dropped out of school. When Lin Daoxi announced she was going to R 10.6kReads8.9Score976Shelves

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    These books are all written by the same author, and I've read them all—they're all incredibly good! [Admiring][Kissing emoji] The female leads in books 1, 3, and 6 are all strong, independent women. 1 And 6 are businesswoman, while 3 is a doctor; the female leads in books 2, 4, and 5 are gentle and kind. The male leads are rugged and masculine.

40. 90 军 Military Industry Tycoon Transmigrates into a Book Set in the 1980s, Developing Science and Building Missiles for the Nation 军工大佬穿书八零，为国家搞科研造导弹 Four Happiness Sweet Bun四喜小甜饼Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Family Drama + Major National Projects + High-Tech Military Industry + Military Marriage + Espionage + Political Intrigue] [Straight-Shooting Woman + Strong Yet Tragic Land Combat King = Powerful Leads and Satisfying Everyday Romance] A mix-up by a young ghost while she was eating crispy pork sent military-industry mogul Lin Miao transmigrating into a book, right into the far northeast! Good news: She has a pocket dimension! Bad news: It’s full of secondhand, recycled industrial junk! Even wors 25kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves

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    This book perfectly recreates military life and daily life in the 1980s. Veteran book lovers rave about it, and even readers from other websites have come specifically to read it!

41. 91 七 Sweet as Honey in the 1970s: A Local Green Tea Girl’s Pampered Life 七零甜蜜蜜：绿茶土著的娇宠日常 Another Road另路Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Green tea heroine vs. roguishly handsome hero / polished self-interest / slice of life] Wan Xia could be called an “unusual” sort of person. While everyone else fought tooth and nail for a piece of Dacron fabric, she preferred wearing pure cotton and dressing like an elegant little white lotus. Many people in the village thought she’d been calculating and scheming since childhood. She thought so too. In an era when sons were favored over daughters, she managed to win all the special affection 5.7kReads8.5Score393Shelves
42. 92 一 One Wild Night, and Now I'm Having a Baby with My Childhood Friend's Younger Brother 一夜荒唐，和竹马弟弟有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted One summer night in 1980, an unexpected encounter leaves Ji Rou pregnant. The father is He Chen, who used to follow her around as a child, calling her “big sister.” He's unruly and wild, and he was never the “good man” Ji Rou imagined. He had only been hiding and restraining himself around her. At first, she doesn't want to marry him, but he goes to great lengths to make it happen, and they marry because of the baby. Three years into their marriage, Ji Rou finally learns the truth and wants a di 5.4kReads8.6Score423Shelves
43. 93 离 The Day We Divorced, I Had a Whirlwind Marriage with a Young Man from the Compound 离婚当天，闪婚了大院子弟 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Family life] [Second marriage] In 1990, Jin Lihong was twenty-five. Her parents were rural residents without jobs. She had married quietly a year earlier, but divorced a year later, stirring up all kinds of gossip. Her ex-husband said, “She’s just a half-trained quack who graduated from a medical school for nurses. Do you really think she can treat patients and save lives? Apart from being pretty, she’s useless.” Her colleagues said, “She wanted to keep her pride, so she went 11.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
44. 94 古 From Ancient Times to the Modern Age: The Willful Young Lady of the 1960s 古穿今：六十年代任性大小姐 Another Road另路Modern Romance417k WordsCompleted [Childhood sweethearts / gentle male lead and lively female lead / no golden finger, black market / ancient-to-modern transmigration / past and present lives / coming-of-age romance] In her past life, she was a sheltered young lady, and he was a stern, aloof scholar who, unable to pass the imperial exams, became her family’s tutor. The court was in turmoil. When Yun’an City, where the young lady lived, fell, enemy troops stormed in to burn, kill, and plunder. Her family abandoned her because she 4.9kReads8.7Score461Shelves
45. 95 公 The Girl Abandoned at the Bus Stop 公交站遗弃的女孩 HemaModern Romance291k WordsCompleted (A story about people native to the period, with no golden finger, no transmigration, and no rebirth) This is a story adapted from real events. The story takes place in the mid-1970s, in Xiangyang Village, a poor, remote mountain village in the northwest. A girl is abandoned beside the bus stop on the road to the county seat. Guo Laoda, an honest, simple man from an extremely poor, childless family, takes her home and raises her. A fortune-teller says the girl's birth chart clashes with that of 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended novels set in ordinary times, featuring a female protagonist who experiences hardship before achieving happiness; highly inspiring and uplifting.

46. 96 被 After My Educated Youth Husband Abandoned Me, I Stopped Being Foolish 被知青老公抛下后，不犯傻了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Rekindled love after a breakup, a scumbag man’s regret, an over-the-top pursuit of his wife, not a strong female lead, the heroine is emotionally fragile and needs time to grow, the hero is a two-faced piece of trash, happy ending. If you can’t stand seeing the heroine suffer, don’t read.] … Yu Yuan was a hardworking, honest young woman. When she reached the age to marry, her mother picked a decent-looking young intellectual sent down to the countryside and made him her husband. He didn’t refu 4.4kReads7.5Score127Shelves
47. 97 甜 So Sweet! After Marrying a Butcher in the 1970s, I Lie Flat 甜爆！七零嫁杀猪匠后我躺平了 Another Road另路Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [A lie-flat beauty vs. a doting husband / No golden finger, no black market / Everyday life] Chu Jiaojiao wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated to the 1970s. Looking at the poverty-stricken home, bare of everything, she feels like banging her head against a wall just to knock herself out... To avoid the backbreaking labor, she sets her sights on the village butcher, who lives better than anyone else. At first, the butcher coolly rejects her advances. Chu Jiaojiao tries all thirty-s 669Reads7.2Score107Shelves
48. 98 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38.7kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves
49. 99 重 Reborn as a Young Woman in the Seventies 重生七零年代娇娇女 The CEO Picks Up Trash总裁捡垃圾Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted [Dual rebirth + no pocket dimension, System, or golden finger + no face-slapping + no punishing scumbags + hard work + everyday life as an educated youth] [Military officer + translator] In her previous life, Yuan Yin was passed from one person to another. From the moment she was born, no one wanted her. Her grandmother thought she was a girl and said she’d throw her into a cesspit to drown. Her parents thought she was a burden and left her with her uncle. Just when she had finally found her pla 20Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Aside from being reborn without any cheat codes, I was sent to the countryside in Northwest China to do real, hard labor—the kind where your hands get blisters from all the work [laughing and crying emoji].

50. 100 绿 A Green Tea Girl Plays the Sweet, Silly Type in the 1960s 绿茶女在六十年代当傻白甜 Another Road另路Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted [Manipulative little green tea vs. gentle childhood friend / Mostly everyday life / No black market, no golden finger] Wen Li transmigrated! She opened her eyes and found herself with a cowardly dad and a mom who loved causing trouble and running her mouth. But that wasn't even the worst part: it was the 1960s, and after droughts, floods, and other extreme weather, the food supply had yet to recover! After thinking it over for ages, Wen Li managed to find two things in her favor. First, her orig 8.3kReads8.8Score945Shelves

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