Reborn in the 1980s: Military Wives 重生八零年代，军嫂

1. 1 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83.3kReads9.4Score13.4kShelves

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   The questioner is referring to this book… There are two versions of this book recommendation. One is the one the questioner mentioned: "The brothers in the military region all know that the regimental commander has a demanding wife who calls, always asking for money or things. Everyone feels sorry for the commander, thinking that his wife is not good enough for him and will eventually ruin herself. Until one day, a delicate, long-legged, slender woman appears in the family compound…" The other version is about helping the male protagonist treat infertility.

2. 2 军 Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s 军婚甜蜜蜜：俏军嫂在八零赚麻了 Xing Yuyan邢毓晏Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The short drama is now available Original title: Sweet Military Marriage: The Pretty Military Wife Makes a Fortune in the 1980s Zuo Jingyan had achieved financial independence and was ready to enjoy life as a wealthy, beautiful woman. Then a car accident sent her back to 1980, and things got off to a rocky start! She became a notorious nuisance, causing so much trouble that everyone in the compound avoided her. Her military husband was determined to d 21.3kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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   The tag for this book is: The female protagonist gets into a car accident and unexpectedly travels back to the 1980s, becoming a military wife. The male protagonist originally loathed the original owner (because the original owner was shrewish and fierce, causing chaos in the family compound). After the female protagonist travels in, everything changes. She becomes a virtuous wife and mother, and even more polite, which the male protagonist initially finds hard to believe, thinking it's just her doing it on purpose to get his attention… Hehe, watch the male protagonist's later "wife-chasing" saga! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up] This book is really amazing!

3. 3 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Brawny Husband Is Strong and Stamina-Filled 重生八零，糙汉身强体壮耐力好 Peaches Are So Chilly桃子好凉凉Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted (Military marriage + devoted to each other + doting romance + sweet and steamy love story + building wealth) Given a chance to live her life over again, Yu Xiaomin flirts with her husband and doesn't hold back with either her words or her actions~ When Zhou Huaicheng wakes to find his wife suddenly treating him with overwhelming warmth, she is lying on her side with one bare shoulder exposed, her delicate collarbone and tantalizing curves just visible. His mouth goes dry, and his Adam's apple bo 5.7kReads9.1Score579Shelves

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   With a second chance, Yu Xiaomin flirted with her husband without holding back. Zhou Huaicheng looked at his wife, who had suddenly become incredibly enthusiastic towards him after waking up, and felt his mouth go dry and his throat tighten. He parted his thin lips slightly: "Wife, stop being stubborn, let's live a good life together..." In this life, she only wanted to protect her own happiness, her family, love, and career, to lead the whole family to prosperity and live a good life.

4. 4 无 Homeless, I Marry an Army Officer with a Hundred-Billion-Space 无家可归，我带百亿空间嫁军官 Third Tang Sister唐家三姐Modern Romance900k WordsOngoing Now with voice acting! [1980s military marriage + raising kids + space + everyday family life + building a fortune + devoted husband] Jiang Ling, a trillionaire CEO, dies horribly and transmigrates into a book. She was supposed to become the happy heroine, but the villainess is reborn, and Jiang Ling becomes a cannon-fodder villainess instead. She is forced to marry a short-lived military officer, and unexpectedly gains a super space. One of the space's tasks is to marry that short-lived officer 5.5kReads8.5Score580Shelves

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   This period military romance novel is also quite good!

5. 5 八 The 1980s: The First Wife Sends Her Ungrateful Adopted Son Away 八零：原配把白眼狼养子送走了 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + transmigration into a book + a wife raising children] By the time Song Yanzhi realizes she is the adoptive mother of the male lead in a period novel, she has already been reborn. According to the plot, she is about to work herself to the bone for the male lead and his sister for the rest of her life. In the end, her husband will abandon her, and she’ll die of sheer rage. The male lead’s birth mother will swoop in and marry her husband. Her own son, meanwhile, will become the villain i 3.1kReads7.9Score212Shelves

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   Era, Rebirth

6. 6 军 A Military Marriage: A Beautiful Army Doctor Arrives at the Family Compound 军婚娇宠：家属院来了个貌美军医 Zai Zai iya崽崽iyaModern Romance520k WordsCompleted [Complete❗][1970s military marriage + no rivalry between women + strengthening the nation through medicine + no handouts] Ye Wanning opened her eyes and found herself in a period novel as the foil to the heroine. In order to avoid being sent to the countryside, the original owner hurriedly married and stayed in the city, only to suffer years of domestic abuse before eventually starving to death. Ye Wanning, who transmigrated with a pocket dimension, refused to be a tragic supporting character. S 417Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   [Heart] First book, historical setting, military marriage. The male lead falls in love with the female lead at first sight and confesses in chapter 18. The pacing is super fast. The female lead is a sent-down youth who works as a barefoot doctor in the village, serving the people. [Heart] Second book, historical setting, military marriage. The pacing is slower; it's currently updated to over 200 chapters and they haven't kissed yet. It's an arranged marriage that blossoms into love. The female lead is a transmigrator from space who was born in the 1970s and has access to intelligent brains (cell phones), fighter jets, nutritional supplements… [Heart] Third book, historical setting, military marriage. The male lead is a soldier who gets married through his mother's matchmaking while returning home. The pacing is very fast; the female lead joins the army with the male lead.

7. 7 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 31.2kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
8. 8 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
9. 9 八 A Happy Occasion in the Eighties: The Household’s Plump Wife Turns Her Life Around 八零喜事：当家肥妻大翻身 Feng Mang凤芒Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Zhu Fuling transmigrates into the 1980s, becoming a married woman who’s fat, poor, and cheating on her husband! She promptly loses weight, starts a business and makes a fortune, while putting scumbags in their place and taking on all kinds of troublemakers. Her life becomes prosperous and exciting! Her husband, who used to ignore her, can’t stand it anymore. When he sees the divorce papers she holds out, he angrily drags her back into the room and pins her down. “You married me. You’re mine for 508Reads7.8Score192Shelves

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   This is it, this is it.

10. 10 穿 Transmigrated to the 1980s, the Stoic Officer Can't Get Enough of Spoiling Me 穿越八零后，禁欲军官宠不够 Exquisite White Snow白雪玲珑Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted Tang Jin transmigrates to 1985 and finds herself in a military compound as the lazy, troublesome, shameless public menace everyone avoids. She can't do anything right, but she's first-rate at making unreasonable demands. She's driven her husband to the point of wanting a divorce. She starts with a terrible hand, but her bargain-bin husband is seriously handsome, with an eight-pack, a V-line, broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs. No way. She absolutely cannot get divorced. How will she 18.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    It's a really satisfying novel, but it's not finished yet. The female lead is incredibly independent and succeeds at everything she does.

11. 11 七 The Pampered Heiress of 1970s Hong Kong Marries a Barren Officer and Has Two Babies in Three Years 七零港城娇女嫁绝嗣军官三年抱俩 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + heiress from Hong Kong City + marriage before love + a twist on infertility + two children in three years] Shi Lechu, a pampered capitalist heiress from Hong Kong City, fled with her family to the capital to escape a lecherous young master who was forcing her to marry him. Unfortunately, she was reported soon after arriving. The day before she was sent to the countryside, the cold-faced military officer Si Huaizhi cornered her against a wall. “I heard you need someone to marry. 1.3kReads—Score132Shelves
12. 12 葬 A Proposal at the Funeral: The Soldier Is a Commander 葬礼上求婚：兵哥哥是首长 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The moment she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at her birth parents' funeral. She was an orphan burdened with debt, and someone was even pressuring her to marry on the spot. Luckily, her father's former comrade arrived in time, paid off the debt, and drove away the people trying to force her into marriage. But who could have guessed that this uncle, ten years older than her, would ask if she wanted to get married? What was going on?!! After asking him a barrage of questions, she learned tha 2.4kReads7.9Score297Shelves
13. 13 七 Scientific Research in the 1970s: My Sweet Wife Faints Again 七零科研：小娇妻又晕倒了 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Period Setting + Military Marriage + Scientific Research + Pocket Space + Doctor + Married First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Patriotism Shen Zhixu accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a delicate young woman who shares her name. To make matters worse, she lives in the countryside. Spoiled by her parents since childhood, she would faint just from sitting in the sun. She was known throughout the village as its sickly beauty. When she open 1.5kReads7.2Score114Shelves
14. 14 八 1980s Military Marriage: I Become a Winner in Life After Moving into the Military Compound 八零军婚：到大院后我成人生赢家 Pomegranate Blossom Sprite榴花妖Modern Romance754k WordsCompleted After Su Jinxuan arrives at the military base and becomes an army wife, she uses her knowledge to help her husband, Shen Mingzheng, reach the peak of his career. Meanwhile, starting out as a substitute teacher, she gradually establishes her own company with her husband's help, eventually becoming a respected businesswoman. She finds success in both love and career and lives a happy, fulfilling life. Su Jinxuan and Shen Mingzheng were betrothed as children. Though they spent many years apart, th 4.9kReads8.5Score666Shelves

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    Era + Military Marriage + Teacher + Translator + Childhood Arrangement + Family Matters + Daily Life

15. 15 舔 The Officer I Won Over Won't Warm to Me. I Let Go, So Why Is He Panicking? 舔来的军官捂不热，放手了他急啥 Yi Xi亿溪Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted [Stunning, powerful female army doctor x cold, devoted handsome officer + both leads are each other's first and only + two equally strong leads + face-slapping + the male lead's long road to winning her back] In her previous life, Su Xiannuan pursued Qin Mu relentlessly. She spent her whole life following him on missions, searching all over the world for the childhood sweetheart who had been kidnapped by bandits. Qin Mu said, “She was kidnapped by the bandits in your place. We have to find her a 4.8kReads8.8Score215Shelves

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    I highly recommend this one!

16. 16 八 A 1980s Military Marriage with Twins: The Scorned Ex-Wife Turns Her Life Around 八零军婚有双宝：炮灰前妻洗白了 Schoolgirl女生徒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + adorable kids + everyday family life Qin Xiaoqiao's husband is the male lead in a period novel. He's from a wealthy family and is an army officer, destined to rise to great heights and make a name for himself. Unfortunately, she's not the heroine. She's merely the male lead's doomed ex-wife, a fat, lazy glutton who, in the author's version, wreaks havoc and gets her family and children killed. In the end, she dies miserably with not 13.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    So good! So good! So good! So good! [Licking screen][licking screen][licking screen] It has a strong sense of the era, and the author writes the emotions very delicately.

17. 17 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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    These books all seem to feature military wives and are period dramas.

18. 18 穿 Transmigrated as a Cannon-Fodder Heiress? I Cut Ties and Head Straight to the Countryside 穿成炮灰千金？断绝关系直接下乡 Late Appointment晚约Modern Romance905k WordsCompleted After transmigrating from the apocalypse to the 1970s, Yun Siying, a woman with a spatial dimension, wood powers, and telekinesis, begins her new life in the decade. The story features a mix-up between a real heiress and a fake one. She never expected to find an identical lotus jade pendant in this world, which upgrades her spatial dimension. Her family thinks she is the fake heiress. On a whim, she runs an experiment and discovers that she is actually the real Shu heiress. She doesn’t expose th 18.8kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
19. 19 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s and Defying Fate 穿越七零逆天改命 Author Lan Yuan作者蓝鸢Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted Modern-day socialite Anna accidentally unlocks the space inside her family’s ancestral jade pendant after her grandmother passes away. She thinks it might be her chance to transmigrate and find her grandmother. Hoping to coast to victory in any era, she frantically stocks up on supplies, never expecting to actually transmigrate to a parallel 1973. She thinks all she has to do is get through this turbulent period, go to university, start a company, buy a house, and ride the wave of the times to e 1.6kReads9.0Score191Shelves
20. 20 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Chasing After My Army Officer Husband 重生八零：狂撩军官老公 Rising Angle升角Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [Alternate history + transmigration + period setting + sweet romance] A chain-reaction crash occurs on the Jiezhou Bridge. Xiao Yan rushes to help, but a second explosion goes off. When Xiao Yan opens her eyes again, she discovers she has transmigrated to the 1980s. The original owner was a slovenly, lazy glutton who’d let herself get fat. Yet this gluttonous layabout somehow has a handsome, strapping officer for a husband. She has to lose weight, start a business, and flirt with her shy, straig 16Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    It's finished, you can check it out.

21. 21 军 A Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Lazy Wife Uses Science to Make Her Country Strong 军婚年代：懒媳妇儿她凭科研强国 Sunshine in the Deep Sea深海阳光Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [Period setting + interstellar travel + scientific genius + military marriage + one-to-one romance, both untouched + slow-burn love + patriotism] The rating is low because there aren't many reviews. Leave more reviews, everyone. [Patriotic, rugged soldier boy x slow-to-warm-up scientific genius who knows how to act] Xia Qingqing, an interstellar healer, transmigrates to Jiuzhou in the 1980s and is instantly won over by the food and flowers here. There are three things that matter most in Xia Qin 942Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    These books are all pretty good.

22. 22 七 In the Seventies, the Roughneck Was Swept Off His Feet by His Sweet Young Educated Wife 七零糙汉被知青娇妻撩得心花怒放 Watching the Moon on a Sunny Day晴天看月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, sweet romance, adorable baby, pocket dimension] In her previous life, she was misled by a scumbag man and a vicious woman. She turned her back on her upright, handsome, and capable husband, and ended up abandoned by everyone. Reborn on her wedding night, Xia Siyue uses every trick she knows to set the rugged man’s heart ablaze. Xia Siyue grabs the front of his shirt and boldly provokes him: “You’re taking forever just to climb into bed. Are you even a man?” The once-obsessive man’s eye 6.6kReads9.2Score688Shelves

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    The female protagonist, reborn in both her past and present lives, becomes wealthy through entrepreneurship in the 1980s. She's incredibly intelligent and not at all a saint. [Cool][Cool]

23. 23 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Spicy Military Wife Is a Little Sweet 重生八零：麻辣军嫂有点甜 Li Yao离钥Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted She was reborn on the very day she and he made their relationship official. In this life, Ye Qianqian will never break up with the person she loves most. She’ll be a good military wife. And a fiery one too, taking the fight to the troublemakers and leaving them nowhere to turn. 65Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    This is the book about being reborn in the 1980s as a military wife! Military wives were incredibly wealthy in the 1980s! 🥭🥭🥭 Her long, wet hair hung down her shoulders, soaking a patch of her clothes, and water was still dripping from her hair.

24. 24 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.2kReads9.2Score656Shelves
25. 25 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves

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    She transmigrated back to the time of the educated youth sent to the countryside. She had 200 million worth of supplies. To avoid being sent to the countryside, she married a handsome young military officer and became rich.

26. 26 重 Reborn in 1970: The Plump Wife Turns Her Life Around 重生七零：肥妻要翻身 Li Baozhu李宝珠Modern Romance4.2M WordsCompleted [The short drama of the same name is now a hit] What do you do when you transmigrate into the body of a dark-skinned, ugly, fat, and shrewish village woman? What do you do when you transmigrate right into the middle of someone being “forced into something”? What do you do when one lucky encounter leaves you about to become a mother? …Thinking about the original owner's memories, the twins she'll have one day are both adorable and pitiful, and their father is unbelievably handsome… Well 50.6kReads8.4Score4.7kShelves

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    Rebirth, military marriage, sweet romance

27. 27 要 Help! My Second Marriage Has Me Spoiled by My Officer Husband’s Whole Family 要命！二婚被军官老公全家宠上天 Wen Yineng雯艺能Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [An aloof military officer in the 1980s vs. a cool, beautiful reborn woman + fictional era, both chaste, one-on-one romance + no forgiveness + clear-eyed heroine + everyone faces consequences] Dear readers, the heroine takes on her in-laws early on, then finds sweet happiness after remarrying. If you enjoy sweet romance, come on in! The rating only just came out today, so it’s a little low. It’ll gradually rise later. The moment Jiang Nuan opens her eyes, she realizes she has been reborn. In her 557Reads7.6Score110Shelves
28. 28 媳 My Wife Came to the Base to Divorce Me, and Now the Chaste Commander Is Panicking 媳妇来部队离婚，禁欲首长他急了 Gu Sang顾桑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ask Your Heart How Much has launched] [Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + devoted couple + family life + raising kids + face-slapping] The moment Jiang Ning opened her eyes, she realized she had become the cannon-fodder female character in a period novel. She'd been married for three years without ever seeing her husband, and was destined to spend the rest of her life alone. Jiang Ning thought, Spend the rest of my life alone? No way! She decisively left behind 56kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves
29. 29 不 I'm Done Being a Doormat: Reborn, I Marry a Rough-He​​wn Military Officer 不做冤种了，重生后转嫁糙汉军官 Yue Huasheng月桦笙Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Reborn face-slapping + military marriage + no golden finger + ensemble cast + sweet romance] [Delicate yet resilient sweetheart vs. devoted, lovesick warrior] After being reborn, the first thing she did was retrieve her marriage application, get the IOU from “Third Sister,” then go to the Lu family to break off her engagement with the scumbag. In her previous life, she married a scumbag and lived as if she were a servant in his family. She bore the entire burden of caring for her sickly fath 11kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
30. 30 八 In the 1980s, the Military Wife Everyone Looked Down On Became the City’s Richest Woman 八零军婚被嫌弃的我成了全市首富 Wanshu Bookworm万林书童Modern Romance775k WordsCompleted [Business Mogul Heroine × Cold-Faced Handsome Officer] [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Face-Slapping Feel-Good Story + Punishing the Worst of the Worst + Farming + Marriage First, Love Later + Winning His Wife Back and Spoiling Her] Xia Enruo transmigrates and starts out as the most despised woman in the military compound, hated by absolutely everyone. Her husband, Gu Shaoxuan, is so worn down by her that he hides out at the military base and won’t even come home. But the heavens say, “Gu 144Reads7.7Score101Shelves

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    [Flying kiss] I recommend this 1980s military wife novel. Watch how the female lead transforms herself from a slovenly girl in a military compound into the richest woman in the city. The male lead is completely smitten; he stops eating in the canteen and moving out of the dormitory. He just wants to have a baby with her. [Shy][shy][shy][shy][shy][shy][shy]

31. 31 七 The 1970s: My Blind Date Is a Little Fierce 七零之相亲对象有点凶 Stir-Fried Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish, Crawfish爆炒小龙虾虾虾虾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Jiao had been pretty since she was little. She was renowned as the beauty of Qingshan Village and the surrounding countryside, and everyone was eager to play matchmaker for her. But Xu Jiao rejected every suitor, finding one ugly and another pathetic. Her mother was at her wits’ end. On the third day of her visit to her older sister, someone introduced her to a potential match. He was handsome, capable, and from a good family. She had seen his photo, and he looked pretty good. He was so perfe 16.4kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
32. 32 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 28.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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    It's a very ordinary period drama, without any physical or emotional abuse, no fighting with awful relatives, and the romance isn't anything dramatic or passionate. It's just a peaceful and uneventful relationship based on mutual interests, which eventually blossoms into love over time. But it's a very good read. Both the male and female leads are very rational people who have a clear understanding of their situation and maximize their interests in everything they do.

33. 33 首 Chief! The Triplets Outside the Military District Look Just Like You 首长！军区外的三胞胎长得好像你 Yan Mo颜墨Modern Romance384k WordsCompleted [1980s Military Marriage + Alternate Universe + One-on-One, Both Chaste + Face-Slapping + Everyone’s Favorite + Space + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology + Adorable Kids] “Reporting, Chief! The young madam had barely entered the compound when she put the senior officers in chokeholds. She even snapped their bones!” Xie Huaijing remained perfectly calm. “My wife is young and frail. No one is allowed to bully her, not even the old gentlemen.” Everyone: ??? * Ye Zhen was only 971Reads9.1Score148Shelves

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    🌈In the first book, the female protagonist was originally a very laid-back person who just did missions and waited for retirement. However, she was sent to the 1980s by the Time and Space Administration. In order to retire as soon as possible, she had no choice but to work hard on missions. One day, everyone discovered that she was in one of those mysterious photos of scientists, and her true identity was revealed. [Cool] 🌈In the third book, the moment I saw her, I felt a sense of familiarity and wanted to take her home and pamper her. Well, what if the little girl refused? Then I could only mobilize the whole family to pamper and protect her until she nodded. [Kiss]

34. 34 报 Reporting, Chief! Your Secret Crush, the Army’s Little Doctor, Has Been Reborn 报告首长！你暗恋的小军医重生了 Yan Mo颜墨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage in a bygone era + alternate setting + both leads have been faithful in both lives + medical skills and a personal space ❤️ The space recognizes only its female owner, who is bound to it and cannot hand it over to anyone + one-on-one romance + an exceptionally doting male lead] “Report! Military doctor Shen Li just arrived at the camp and already bullied the new recruits to tears!” Commander Zhan: “My wife is delicate, shy, and young. Don’t you dare speak so loudly around her.” 5.8kReads9.3Score878Shelves
35. 35 重 Reborn in the 1980s: A Blissful Military Marriage and Two Families Who Spoil Her Rotten 重生八零军婚甜蜜蜜，娘家婆家亿万宠 Yu Qingcheng玉青城Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + reborn + doted on by the whole family] Feng Wanhe was reborn and returned to the year before her biological parents were murdered. She punched human traffickers, kicked executioners, and exhausted herself trying to make sure the whole family could stay together. Just as she was settling into a happy life with a loving father and mother, what? Xue Zhancheng, the top soldier in the military district, had come to propose? The moment Xue Zhancheng saw Feng Wanhe, he decided he w 371Reads8.7Score—Shelves
36. 36 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Lin Yueyue's Life as a Military Wife Is Sweet as Honey 重生六零林月月的军嫂生活甜如蜜 Bracelet镯子Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted Lin Yueyue had just finished gathering supplies and was preparing to flee the apocalypse when a tsunami struck. Then she was reborn. Well, she was reborn. Being alive was better than being dead. But why had she already gotten married the moment she was reborn, and to a soldier, no less? They had only just finished getting married, and she hadn’t even gotten a good look at what her husband looked like when a phone call summoned him away. He left her all alone in their empty home. So be it! As lon 5.6kReads9.1Score528Shelves
37. 37 八 I Went to the Wrong Table for an 1980s Blind Date and Ended Up Marrying the Mightiest Officer 八零相亲走错桌，我闪婚最强军官 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted The short drama Reborn: Love Hidden in a Dimple is now available. Bai Wei woke up one day to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman who had never dated and whose parents were pressuring her to get married. She had to go on a blind date. The matchmaker said the man was fit, extremely handsome, and very rich. Excited, she rushed off to meet him and sure enough, found a super handsome guy. But after talking fo 6.4kReads9.0Score544Shelves

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    The first book is about time travel to the 1980s, a whirlwind marriage type, and it's very sweet; the second book is about a modern career woman who travels to the 1980s, and it's okay except for some parts that are a bit dragged out; the third book is about a rich and beautiful woman who travels to the 1980s, is already married, and is very independent and has a good business sense, so you might want to check it out.

38. 38 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
39. 39 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    It's arguably the top rebirth novel from the 1980s right now. Every character has a growth arc, depth, and knowledge. This female-centric novel, which premiered in 2017, doesn't rely on male leads for support; the female protagonist carves out her own path through sheer ability. From the start, she accumulates wealth, opens real estate developments, studies abroad as an architect, and many other stories involving other characters are worth learning from. It also touches on important aspects of national economic development after the 1980s. There's no palace intrigue, and the female supporting character who likes the same male lead is openly and honestly portrayed. The plot is long, but definitely worth following.

40. 40 八 1980s: The Foxiest Femme Fatale and the Wildest Officer 八零，做最美狐狸精戏最野军官 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted A flirtatious movie queen VS a stoic, passionate, impossibly manly military officer. International movie queen Jiang Mengning transmigrates into a book and becomes the despised, wicked stepmother in a military compound. The original owner was unfaithful and arrogant, and ended up being cruelly abandoned after repeatedly bringing disaster upon herself. A stepmother? Jiang Mengning has only one thought after transmigrating: this is a role she should never take. But when the man in uniform appe 2.9kReads8.9Score334Shelves

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    This recommendation

41. 41 文 The Art Troupe's Gorgeous Supporting Actress Charms an Officer and Raises His Kids 文工团漂亮女配，撩个军官养崽崽 Timid Girl懦女Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted The rating is low because the book just launched, but it's bound to rise! Ye Yijia was a rich and beautiful woman from the twenty-first century. She got so distracted admiring the abs of a handsome man on the beach that she tripped and fell into the 1970s, where she became the only female worker in the steel-rolling workshop. As for her family, her father brought two sons and her mother brought two daughters. Together, they formed the Ye family, and then had one daughter of their own, the origin 1.5kReads8.4Score168Shelves

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    Beautiful, beautiful, and so pleasing to the eye!

42. 42 七 The Beloved Wife of the 1970s Gets Teased! The Black-Bellied Officer Sees Red and Loses Control 七零小妻被撩！腹黑军官红眼失控 Lost and Found失而Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: [The Dashing Courtyard Beauty and Her Aloof Husband Who Holds Her Close and Coaxes Her] After transmigrating, Yu Xiangnian becomes the shrew of a military compound in the 1970s. Her husband doesn’t love her, the children don’t care for her, and the neighbors can’t stand her... So what? She doesn’t care what any of them think! She’s educated, cultured, well-connected, and beautiful. Building a fortune and pursuing her career are what matter! But... Why is this ma 23.1kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves

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    The first book features a woman forced to marry a man, children who ignore her, and neighbors who despise and hate her… Let's be honest, men, children, and neighbors aren't indispensable to her! Since the man has someone he loves, she'll let them be together! Since the child doesn't like her, whoever wants to be her stepmother can be her! As for those neighbors who despise her, they're completely unrelated to her—she'll love them! The second book features Jiang Ning, who transmigrates to the 1980s with a wild start. "Comrade, shall we get married?" This tough, strong man is proposed to by a nineteen-year-old girl. If this gets out, the entire A-sector army will probably laugh uncontrollably.

43. 43 军 A Lovely Military Wife and a Rugged Soldier: One Wrong Step on the Army Journey in the Eighties 军嫂俏！军爷糙！八零随军闪了腰 Chestnut V栗子VModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet, Charming Wife + Abstinent Officer] (Fictional Military Marriage + Married First, Fell in Love Later + Life in the Military Camp + Spatial System + Adorable Baby) Jiang Ning's arrival in the 1980s gets off to a wild start. The moment she opens her eyes, she's face-to-face with a burly soldier sporting an eight-pack, and nearly gets caught in bed with him. She makes a snap decision and binds herself to the man... “Comrade, what's done is done. Why don't we get married?” “Comrade, let's go 15.1kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
44. 44 八 My 1980s Husband Spoils Me Rotten 八零老公狠狠宠 Momo's Love沫沫的爱Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted Lin Xi wakes up one morning to discover she has transmigrated to the 1980s. She has a handsome husband, an adorable younger sister-in-law, and hardworking, capable parents-in-law. “I want to sell chestnuts.” “I want to eat meat.” “I want rice.” Whatever Lin Xi asks for, her family agrees to it all. One day, Lin Xi suddenly digs up ginseng, and everything in the family changes dramatically… 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the first book, Lin Xi transmigrates to the 1980s, selling chestnuts and candied hawthorns... In the second book, Zuo Jingyan transmigrates into the body of a slovenly shrew, whose military husband is determined to divorce her.

45. 45 年 Period: My Military Marriage Life After I Transmigrate into a Book and Become Everyone's Darling 年代：我的军婚生活，穿书成团宠 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration + adored by the whole family + everyday family life + building a fortune] Lin Wuyue, a graduate student in Beihang’s Sixth Department, transmigrates into a book and finds herself in the 1950s. In her previous life, her grandmother was her only family. After transmigrating, she receives the love of her new grandmother, Lin Wangshi, as well. Lin Wangshi has an eye condition, so Lin Wuyue takes her to seek treatment. The girl is so wonderful that the commanding o 75Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Military marriage, a novel from that era

46. 46 穿 Transmigrating to the 1950s: I’m a Military Wife Who Goes Sea Foraging and Marries a Soldier 穿越五零年代：赶海军婚我是军嫂 Eastern Breeze东方清风Modern Romance136k WordsCompleted [Period] + [military marriage] + [making a fortune] + [everyone’s darling] + [sweet romance] + [Transmigration] + [countryside] + [fishing] + [beachcombing] Chen Qingqing has transmigrated. Oh! To be precise, she has transmigrated into a book. From the start, she is rescued by Zheng Dongfeng, a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army, and gets dumped by a mama’s boy. Her parents are both dead, and at home she has a headache-inducing stepmother and a younger sister who shares neither parent with 77Reads6.3Score—Shelves
47. 47 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56.1kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves

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    This book is really amazing.

48. 48 军 Military Marriage: The Little Wife Gets Kissed Every Day 军婚，小娇妻日日被亲哭 Nan Nan Ru南南如Modern Romance229k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + doting husband + adorable kids + sweet romance + 1v1] Su Hui, a veterinarian and the campus belle, transmigrated into a book, becoming a young educated youth in a story set in a bygone era. Delicate and soft, with fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs, she had a younger brother and sister to support, and life was hard. Fu Lianlian, another educated youth, was a fierce heroine. But she wanted to steal Su Hui’s tall, rich, and handsome man? Not a chance. Not even a window! 11Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Military marriage, sweet and loving relationship, the female lead is delicate and the male lead dotes on his wife.

49. 49 军 Sweet Military Romance: The 1970s' Feisty Young Wife 军婚甜宠：七零娇妻有点辣 Nan Nan Ru南南如Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted [Era + Space + Supplies + Rugged Veteran + Adorable Kids + Devoted Husband] In her dreams, she foresaw the poverty of the 1970s. She, Jiang Qing, was worth billions, so what did she have to fear? She'd stockpile billions' worth of goods! After transmigrating, she found herself with the soldier she'd been married to for four years without ever consummating their marriage. When he rescued her from the river, the shock left her whole body tingling and weak. Her mother-in-law used the fact that Jian 26Reads7.3Score—Shelves
50. 50 军 Military Marriage: The 1970s Roughneck’s Everyday Devotion to His Wife 军婚：七零糙汉宠妻日常 Cai Cai采采Modern Romance338k WordsCompleted [Love at First Sight + Devoted Husband + Adorable Baby + Military Marriage in a Bygone Era] Jiang Yingying transmigrates and becomes a pitiful young woman whose parents died early, whose grandmother has passed away, and who is on her way to visit her gravely ill older brother. She is kidnapped and murdered along the way. Luckily, just as her life hangs by a thread, she comes to and is rescued by a kind stranger passing by. Later, Jiang Yingying discovers that her savior is her older brother’s co 3.6kReads8.9Score307Shelves

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    These are all historical fiction novels; I've forgotten which ones are about reincarnation, but they're all quite good.

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