Any Understated, Sensible Period Novels? Not the Kind Where They Eat Lavish Meals Every Day 有低调不降智的年代文吗，那种天天大鱼大肉不要

1. 1001 小 The Young Educated Youth's Answering System 小知青的答题系统 Frozen Pear Who Loves Cooking for Themself爱上自己做饭的冻梨Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted Zhang Mingyue has a quiz System and follows her clueless second older sister, Zhang Yanyan, to the countryside. The two sisters spend their days watching the locals and enjoying the show. Her golden finger isn't all that powerful, but watching the drama is a lot of fun. 29.7kReads9.1Score3kShelves
2. 1002 出 A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复 I Am But Floating Dust我本浮尘Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or 2.9kReads9.5Score413Shelves

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   This book is really worth reading carefully

3. 1003 尾 The Tail Fire Tiger and Kui Wood Wolf 尾火虎奎木狼 Rein in My Horse, Brandish My Blade勒马横刀Urban491k WordsCompleted As the old saying goes: Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles; traveling ten thousand miles is not as good as meeting countless people; meeting countless people is not as good as spending every day with masters; and having an expert show you the way is not as good as reaching enlightenment on your own. Over the years, I’ve read plenty of books, traveled many roads, met many people, and experienced many things. I’ve also spent time with masters, and gained a fe 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is definitely a very low-key chronicle, similar to a memoir, but with good literary style. Each chapter ends with a Tang poem or a Song poem.

4. 1004 进 I Moved to the City to Marry, Breaking the Nine-Generation Curse of the Heirless Capital Tycoon 进城结婚，破了绝嗣京爷九代单传 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The ratings will be low right after launch, so don't worry about them [Period Drama Paper-Doll Awakening + Marriage Before Love + Master Miao Healer + Clear-Headed Career-Driven Beauty vs. Sharp-Tongued, Love-Struck Factory Young Master] 1980. Something amusing happened in the South City courtyard compound. Ye Mingzhu, the only daughter in nine generations of the Ye family, was going to marry the spoiled son of the factory director's family, their only son in nine generations. Both were the 8.4kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
5. 1005 六 The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family Full of Villains? 六零，我全家都是反派怎么了？ Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short dramas "In the 1960s, Why Is My Entire Family of Villains in Everyone's Way?" and "The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family So Awful?" are now available. [Period Setting] [Entire Family Are Villains] [Spatial Dimension] Lin Qiqi transmigrated into a Period novel. Her whole family was made up of awful people who leeched off the female lead's family. After offending them, her entire family died! Lin Qiqi summed up the lesson: In the novel, her whole family died because they were twisted, but no 20.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
6. 1006 七 In the Seventies, His Beloved Wife Wants a Divorce, and the Cold-Faced Officer Panics 七零，娇妻要离婚，冷面军官慌了 Sunflower Facing the Sun向日葵迎着阳光Modern Romance519k WordsCompleted Devoted husband + both leads are virgins + rough-hewn man acting clingy + everyday family life + cathartic face-slapping + no misunderstandings + both speak their minds + both are scheming + building a prosperous life The first thing Shen Lishu does after being reborn is ask for a divorce. In her previous life, she spent four years with him and never once heard him say he loved her. She even died a virgin. But when she asks for a divorce, the calm, self-possessed man actually gets down on his kn 16.6kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves

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   💥💥"He Xiao, let's get a divorce." Looking at the man's disbelieving eyes, Shen Lishu chuckled and leaned against the door: "I know that you married me back then just because of my grandfather, and you wanted to repay your favor. Now, he is no longer here, and you don't have to keep that promise anymore." If it weren't for what happened in her previous life, she would definitely not have filed for divorce. Even if this man doesn't love her, she will stay with him for the rest of her life. But in her previous life, when she and Dong Zhaodi were kidnapped by enemy agents and fell off a cliff, the moment she saw He Xiao's hand reaching towards Dong Zhaodi, her life and heart died.

7. 1007 重 Reborn in 2007: From Internet Celebrity to Queen of Investment 重生07，从网红到投资女王 Not Late 11不晚11Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + grounded realism + escaping a toxic family + making money] Jiang Xue was reborn, returning to 2007. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and they expected her to work in a factory tightening screws! There was no way she was going to work in a factory. The internet was still wide open in 2007, and WeChat and Weibo hadn't even launched yet. Using her makeup skills, she became a celebrity on Tianya, a makeup artist for stars, a renowned photographer, one of the firs 16.2kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
8. 1008 九 The 1990s Baby-Booming Brigade: My Dad Becomes the Nation's Father-in-Law 九零超生游击队，我爸成国民岳父 Lin Junjun林君君Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Han Sixi was beaten to death by her grandparents, who favored boys over girls. She transmigrated to the spirit realm, but just as she was about to ascend, her lingering obsession drew the final heavenly tribulation lightning bolt, sending her back. It’s 1990. There are seven sisters, their family is evading the birth-control authorities, and their parents are still trying for an eighth child. Just as Han Sixi is sharpening her forty-meter broadsword, ready to deal with her awful relatives, her f 7.5kReads9.3Score1kShelves
9. 1009 七 The 1970s: The Villainess Only Wants to Lift Her Whole Family Up 七零：恶毒女配只想带飞全家 Ji Shiqing寄诗情Modern Romance162k WordsOngoing [Period novel + System + pocket dimension + both leads are devoted to each other + no black market + male lead appears relatively late] After working overtime for several days in a row, Song Zhiyue’s vision goes black. When she opens her eyes again, her best friend is holding a memorial for her. Luckily, the System appears and tells her she isn’t dead. She’s a character in a period novel, and this time she’s returned to her original world. Song Zhiyue never expected that she’d be the vicious sup 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This, the heroine is very cautious in doing things, using the system and space to avoid people.

10. 1010 七 The 1970s: Everyone Can Be the Protagonist, Except Me 七零：人人都能当主角偏我不行 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 26.5kReads9.0Score3.1kShelves
11. 1011 年 Back to the 1960s: A Reunion Across the Years 年代之六零再相逢 Novels and Me小说与我Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A little zombie from the apocalypse blew herself up to save her older brother, taking the Zombie King down with her... But after she vanished, her brother couldn't go on living either, and followed her into death... By an unexpected twist of fate, they met again in another world in the 1960s... 6.1kReads8.5Score887Shelves

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    These books are pretty good, and the protagonist's character is not compromised.

12. 1012 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 12.8kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
13. 1013 年 The Baby Born in the Seventies with a Pocket Dimension and the Gift of Prophecy 年代之宝宝出生自带空间和预知 Novels and Me小说与我Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted This book is complete. Feel free to read if you’re interested! Rong Jiaojiao was mistakenly summoned by a soul reaper. After negotiating and receiving a series of compensations, she was all set to finish her bowl of Meng Po’s Soup and be reincarnated. But before she could finish it, the soul reaper, afraid of being held responsible, kicked her into a parallel world in the late 1950s. Join the little darling as she uses a string of golden fingers to slay demons and vanquish monsters in an era of 4.9kReads8.8Score428Shelves
14. 1014 我 I’m the Little Fool They’re Always Talking About! 我就是他们嘴里那个小傻子！ The Chubby Guy Who Loves to Write爱写作的小胖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A female lead who looks clueless but is genuinely unwell; a male lead born with a hopelessly romantic heart, sky-high IQ, and zero social skills; an alternate-history period setting, so don't overthink it; just something to unwind with after work.) Yun Qiao was a doomsday survivor who was reborn in the womb, and she managed to get herself killed. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a different world. For someone who was sick of life, maybe the thing she loved most was killing herself 5.2kReads8.6Score557Shelves
15. 1015 重 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生10k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 334Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Three brushes are recommended! This is the first book written in the 1970s. There are many hilarious scenes in it... The whole team watched, hahahaha... It's definitely worth buying it!

16. 1016 娇 The Glamorous Beauty Smiles, and the Roughneck’s Heart Races 娇媚美人一笑，糙汉心脏乱跳 Slightly Sweet微恬Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged man + sweet romance + love at first sight + System + steamy married life + devoted one-on-one couple] Only after An Lan died did she learn that she was a cannon-fodder character in a novel. Someone had taken her place in the college entrance exams, stolen her jade pendant, and arranged for her to marry a man paralyzed from the waist down. In the end, she died miserably. Given the chance to live again, An Lan won’t let it slip away. She’ll take down the two-faced women, b 5.1kReads9.0Score573Shelves
17. 1017 娇 The Delicate Darling Wins Hearts, and the Rugged Man Spoils Her Rotten 娇娇惹人怜，糙汉狠狠宠 Sleepy Little Sheep睡眠啊羊Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Farming + Historical Romance + Family Life + Devoted Wife + Raising Kids + A Monogamous Couple] Ling Yue is the most impressive farmer for hundreds of miles around his little mountain village. He's tall and muscular, with an eight-pack and a powerful dose of wild, masculine charm. The livestock he tends are all strong and well-fed. So many girls in the village send him flirtatious glances, but he doesn't even notice. His cluelessness leaves Grandma Ling pacing in a panic. Other 727Reads7.0Score—Shelves
18. 1018 资 The Capitalist Heiress Is Reborn, Takes Down Villains, and Charms the Village Tyrant 资本家千金重生，虐渣下乡撩村霸 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s, Sent to the Countryside, Rebirth, Revenge Against Scum] Qin Shuiyan had been beautiful since childhood, with a delicate, soft figure. She had a pretty face but no way to protect herself. After her family fell into ruin, her stepmother sold her to an old man to keep as a canary. Just as she could no longer endure the humiliation, Xu Mo, the man she had always looked down on, burst in with a hunting rifle, fighting his way through a hail of bullets to save her. “Xu Mo, I’m sorry. If there’ 9.1kReads8.1Score923Shelves
19. 1019 年 Raising Kids in the ’70s: The Dashing Miaojiang Gu Master Seeks Her Commander Husband 年代养崽：苗疆蛊娘飒寻首长爹 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Modern Romance153k WordsOngoing [Period drama, military marriage, magic space, adorable kids, searching for a husband, winning back his wife, famine, adorable kids, family reunion] Female lead: A Man (Han name: Lin Wan) An heir to the Miaojiang tradition of witchcraft and poison arts. Kind-hearted, but no pushover: she repays kindness and gets even for every wrong, striking hard and decisively. She never lets anyone take advantage of her or makes herself suffer. She carries protective Miaojiang gu, poisonous powders, and witch 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is awake and strong! No abuse! Cultivation of Immortality

20. 1020 年 Awakening in a New Era: An Immortal Cultivation Expert in the Military District 年代觉醒：修仙大佬在军区 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Space + Period Setting + Not a Saintly Heroine + Plant Powers + Space Powers + Cunning and a Little Selfish + Medical Skills + Loves Good Food and Hates Work] A hardcore homebody and avid novel reader accidentally finds herself inside an apocalypse novel. She’s become the most powerful ability user of her time, but she still hasn’t learned how to control her powers properly. She dies fighting the Zombie King, and a sliver of life lets her be reborn in the harsh years of the Flower K 4.9kReads8.1Score464Shelves
21. 1021 重 Reborn, Yet Still Unable to Resist 重生，依然无法抗拒 I Am but a Grain of Millet我本一粟Urban335k WordsOngoing [A solemn statement from the author] This is a fictional work set in a bygone era. All characters and events are artistic inventions. Any portrayals of historical figures or events are imaginative, entertainment-oriented speculation based on publicly available information, and do not constitute factual statements. They have no connection to any real people or events. Please do not assume otherwise. 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves

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    I really hate that kind of childish paragraph-by-sentence writing. Old bookworms recommend this treasured work. The writing is very good and has a strong sense of age. I'll say the key points three times. No AI. It's purely hand-written.

22. 1022 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Opened My Eyes on the Day She Became a Widow 重生八零，睁眼回到她当寡妇那天 Golden Flowers金色的花花Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted Li Jinyu met her late husband, Zhao Dazhuang, through a matchmaker. Zhao Dazhuang had returned home on leave from the army when he fell in love with her at first sight. The day after their blind date, he rushed to submit a marriage application to his unit, begging his superior to expedite the approval. It finally came through before he had to return to his post. Grinning as he held their brand-new marriage certificate, he took their photo back to the army with him. He wanted all his fellow soldi 331Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 1023 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 306Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "The Sun and the Moon in the Steamer", no blood, no time travel, no rebirth, simple and sincere, pure period writing! [As time goes by, time changes, and what changes is the passing years. What remains unchanged is the fireworks in this world. This life of a person is actually the same as steamed buns. When the heat is up, they will be cooked naturally. When the heat is not enough, they will be raw even if the lid is removed.

24. 1024 上 Middle-Aged in Shanghai: I’ve Hidden My Medicinal Wine Ability for 20 Years 上海中年：我藏药酒异能苟20年 Tan Chulin檀楚林Urban162k WordsCompleted In 2006, Shanghai was swept up in a wave of reform. Large numbers of veteran workers at state-owned enterprises were laid off, and a lifetime of stability vanished overnight. At forty, Zhang Jianguo saw his eighteen years of service wiped out. His buyout compensation was slashed, and in middle age he had no one to rely on while raising a young daughter. To feed his family, he took grueling construction jobs, did backbreaking labor, suffered wage deductions, and endured bullying, struggling eve 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [A cool article about the ability of middle-aged people to endure supernatural powers! The more you look at it, the more you get confused] A forty-year-old coolie on a construction site has the power of medicine and wine, and has lived in silence for twenty years. He can smell the breath to cure diseases, and can smell the medicine to identify fakes. He has extraordinary abilities, but he has to overdraft his life to exchange for them. He does not fight for it, he only wants security for his daughter to take the high school entrance examination. But the black car squats day and night, and the black businessmen press every step of the way. They take advantage of his only weakness and force him to compromise. A powerless middle-aged man, Zang Feng has endured for twenty years. An honest man is forced into a desperate situation and once it breaks out, he will be high-burning and relieved throughout the whole process!! [Praise]

25. 1025 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 11.9kReads6.7Score1.3kShelves

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    Everyone in the Corps knew who Chief Shen was talking to, and that person was Dr. Jiang, who knew how to grow vegetables and save people. Someone asked Shen Tingyuan to treat him, but he said with a straight face: "What's the treat?" The next day, he asked someone to bring back a cart of watermelons, and each person in the company received two. Everyone tacitly understood that this watermelon was the chief's wedding candy.

26. 1026 四 Siheyuan: The Jerk Hoped I’d Die Childless, So I Married Zheng Juan Instead 四合院：极品盼我绝后反手娶郑娟 A Bookworm for Over 10 Years10年多老书虫Male-Channel Fanfiction137k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + Zheng Juan + Abortion Queen + Bigshot System + Chaos and Mayhem + Rumors Everywhere] Being born poor is no disgrace. Knowing when to bend and when to stand firm is what makes a man. Even if fate grinds you into the mud, you must bloom there into the most magnificent flower. If you weren't born lucky enough to coast through life, then get up and run with all your might. Never look down on a young man for being poor. One day, he'll soar like a dragon and a phoenix. Don't laugh at 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two truly great books will make you addicted after reading them. @Pushuxiaomito

27. 1027 钓 Fishing: Battling a True Dragon in the Dragon Cave Sinkhole from the Start 钓鱼：开局龙洞天坑搏真龙 A Bookworm for Over 10 Years10年多老书虫Urban115k WordsCompleted [Ultimate Strength: Sky-Piercing Ant Template + Fishing Nut + Tomb Raiding + Mystery + Wild Imagination + Exotic Beasts + Starts with a Mighty Vajra Physique + Battles a True Dragon in the Dragon Cave Sinkhole + Fights a Kunpeng in the North Sea + Challenges the Ancestral Dragon in the Kunlun Forbidden Zone + Forbidden Zone Expeditions + Tomb Exploration + All Kinds of Strange Fish] The unreliable Doubao System was just like the Doubao AI from Earth in his previous life: utterly useless. The ma 19Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 1028 被 Jilted Eight Times, She Became a Tycoon on Her Own 被退亲八次的她，靠自己成为首富 A Little Chubby One一只小胖砸Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [Period setting + personal growth + two strong leads + devoted couple + farming + raising children + lost and found again + reuniting at the top] She is the village's shame, a woman who “can't find a husband.” Eight engagements have been called off, all because she has a younger brother. She wants to escape this village that devours people, even if the road ahead is uncertain. He is a bright moon fallen into the mud. Once a refined young master from a scholarly family, now all he has left is his 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Looks good, doesn't make you smart

29. 1029 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction974k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 108Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The rhythm is that of a narration, which requires patience. The tragedy of the group portraits is written at a high level, and everyone's sense of fate is rushing towards them, leaving a lingering aftertaste of abuse.

30. 1030 青 As Green as the Pines 青松如许 A Little Chubby One一只小胖砸9k WordsCompleted Qingsong Ruxu —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Clear water literature, no wisdom

31. 1031 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 252Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 1032 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 89.5kReads9.7Score14.9kShelves
33. 1033 重 Reborn: I Kicked My Three Ungrateful Children Out That Very Night 重生后，我连夜把三个白眼狼子女赶出家门 Big Waves大浪花儿Modern Romance13k WordsCompleted After being reborn, I kicked my three ungrateful children out of the house in the middle of the night 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a book about the age of rebirth. It's very beautiful.

34. 1034 穿 Transmigrated to the Day Before My Military Officer Husband’s Death 穿到军官老公死亡的前一天 Purple Candy紫皮糖Modern Romance4.7M WordsOngoing Su Can was raised by her own mother to be fat, ugly, and not too bright. Her mother forced her to marry her younger sister's husband, a man with two paralyzed legs. When Su Can refused, she was starved for half a month, then sent to the village where he lived, barely clinging to life. She died of a serious illness. Su Can, a bodyguard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and inherits this mess. Their home is bare, with no money and not even enough food. With a disabled soldier for a husband a 96kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    Recommended! Wow⊙∀⊙!

35. 1035 逼 You Want to Force Me to the Countryside? This Mechanic's Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？机械军嫂，搬空你全家 Crazy Bottle疯狂的瓶子Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [1970s + Two Superpowers + Mechanical Genius + Military Marriage + Putting Jerks in Their Place] Su Qingyuan, a top mechanical genius from the post-apocalyptic era and a powerful wielder of both wood and lightning abilities, had just completed a controlled nuclear fusion project when she opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the body of a pitiful doormat in 1970s China. Her scumbag father and stepmother want her to give up her job to her stepsister, forcing her to marry an old bac 205Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 1036 七 The 1970s: A Substitute Bride in a Military Marriage, Solving Cases and Becoming Legendary 七十年代：替嫁军婚，破案封神 Crazy Bottle疯狂的瓶子Mystery359k WordsCompleted At the military hospital, Lu Beiting looked at his brand-new little wife and warned her coldly, “You’re just here for show.” Su Mo nodded obediently, but at the case analysis meeting, she turned around and left the entire security department speechless with a string of professional terms. From a body hanging high above the ground, she spotted details everyone else had missed and drew an accurate portrait of the killer, stunning everyone in the room. Lu Beiting realized that his wife could not on 95Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 1037 世 Life Is Unpredictable: A Slice of Everyday Life 世事难料，人间烟火篇 Nightingale in a Lantern Cage笼灯夜莺Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted A sudden incident of domestic violence shatters the peace of a small courtyard. There are no melodramatic entanglements or twists and turns, just the simplest acts of neighborly help, comforting words, and everyday warmth, capturing the genuine kindness and compassion people show one another. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    An accurate period piece that fully describes your and my youth!

38. 1038 重 Reborn in the Age of War 重生战争年代 Black Coffee with Bread黑咖配面包Urban438k WordsCompleted (Rebirth, space, strength-based ability, playing the fool to catch the tiger, historical era, parallel world) In the apocalypse, Lan Xinyue survived thanks to her strength and spatial abilities, only to be betrayed by her closest friend while fighting a high-level zombie. “Xiao Yan, why?” Lan Xinyue couldn’t believe it. Reborn in the 1940s, she joins the revolution, helps the country fight the Japanese and capture enemy spies, and works undercover. The male lead is a soldier who protects his cou 7.2kReads9.1Score485Shelves
39. 1039 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 12.2kReads7.3Score864Shelves
40. 1040 袁 Chairwoman Yuan and the Quiet Life with Her Sly Mr. Lin 袁董事长和她家腹黑林总的小日子 Qin Jiayin秦嘉音Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted Lin Chen is forceful in his work, steady and dependable, with great ambition. He is the mountain his brothers and friends can lean on. No one knows that his sweet, gentle little wife, Qiu Li, is the one he relies on, a mountain in his heart. As the country prospers, the young couple’s life gets better and better. This story is entirely fictional; any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. A story is just a story. 1.7kReads8.6Score125Shelves
41. 1041 我 I Reunited with a Big Shot in the Seventies 我与大佬重逢在七十年代 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance642k WordsCompleted [Dual transmigration + bygone era + both leads have been faithful + powerful leads] Jiang Ruomeng insists she really only wanted to kiss her brand-new boyfriend, really just a kiss, nothing else. But before she can even kiss him, she transmigrates into the body of a young woman named Lu Siyu in the 1970s! The girl was adopted by the Lu family, and with supplies scarce, Jiang Ruomeng assumes she’s in for a hard life. But her new life turns out like this: When someone bullies her, her grandmother 5.6kReads9.3Score861Shelves
42. 1042 重 Back to the '90s: A Rich Girl on Campus 重回90校园当富婆 Jade Beauty of the Jade Terrace瑶台玉人Modern Romance484k WordsCompleted At forty, Xiao Yao feels like she's accomplished nothing. She doesn't have much education, and work has always been a struggle. Even at forty, she still has to watch what she says around others. She loves children and wants a family. But a scumbag wasted the best years of her life, and now she's alone. Her parents used to work at a state-owned factory. By now, their glory days are long gone. They didn't go into business when others did, and they didn't buy a home when others were buying. They li 9kReads8.9Score737Shelves

    Reader note

    They are all smart and low-key heroines. No one goes to the black market to seek death. The heroine has a smooth life, friendship, and love. Family affection. The heroine doesn't suffer, she doesn't suffer, she doesn't swallow her anger, she's not a holy mother, she just goes smoothly. There is no great thing. I encounter some things, but they can be solved. I think the second one is particularly well written. There was that sense of inclusion. And make a lot of money. A very smart and targeted plan of action. The third heroine's family are all high-level players. The mind has become refined. Even in a villain novel, he can survive until the end. Masters compete with each other.

43. 1043 穿 I Transmigrated to the Seventies to Be an Extra 穿到七零做路人某 The Sheep Who Loves Seafood爱吃海鲜的羊Modern Romance418k WordsCompleted When other people transmigrate into a book, they become the heroine or the villainess, or at the very least some random passerby. But she transmigrated into the book as absolutely nobody, so she decided to make herself some random passerby. There aren’t any entertainment shows around these days, so she can sit back, snack on gossip, and watch the drama unfold. But hey, you there, you’re a big shot from the apocalypse. Could you stop clinging to me? 14.9kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    🌸🌸🌱These are relatively new period novels🔥 The first day Qian Yiman traveled to the 1970s, as soon as she opened her eyes, her mother asked her to go on a blind date. I heard that the other party is good at everything, even if she is married and has a daughter, she will be a stepmother if she gets married. Qian Yiman: ... The starting point is so high?? Let's just say, why not just let her be the grandmother?

44. 1044 七 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder, I Sold the Family Home to Go to the Countryside 七零：穿成炮灰把家卖了去下乡 Tang Xia棠夏Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Seventies setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + sent down to the Northeast countryside + no goody-two-shoes heroine + incredible martial prowess + doted on by everyone + everyday family life + building wealth + making money + crushing scumbags She woke up to find herself transmigrated into a book as a minor character with no parents. What! This character is also a hopeless romantic? How annoying! When has Lu Wensheng ever needed anyone else to tell her how to live? With a pocke 84.3kReads8.9Score11.4kShelves
45. 1045 七 The 1970s: The Big Guy Holds His Beloved Little Stepmom Close Day and Night 七零小后妈：大叔日夜抱在怀里宠 Sea Cucumber Surfing海参冲浪Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Real Stepmother + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + One-and-Only Devotion + 1v1 + Cozy, No Toxic Characters] In short, this is a story about a woman who has everything she could want in the 1970s and gets addicted to living! Her transmigration comes out of nowhere, her pocket dimension is only there sometimes, she finds a husband she’s completely satisfied with, takes to being a stepmother l 9.3kReads9.0Score583Shelves
46. 1046 女 A Tough Woman’s Art of Doing Nothing in the 1970s 女壮士在七零年代的摆烂日常 Zhao Xiaoyan赵小焱Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted In 2096, the apocalypse has lasted for three years. Qin Xi survives for three years with the help of a supermarket she accidentally binds to and her awakened dual abilities. She thinks she’s got the leading-lady script, but who could have guessed a solar storm would send her to the 1970s? Watch her make her way in the era and build a fortune. The story leans toward everyday life and silly humor. Everyday life, everyday life, everyday life: that’s important, so it’s said three times. The heroine 724Reads8.2Score102Shelves
47. 1047 惊 Shocking! I Woke Up in a Novel Set in the Era, but I’m Not in It 惊！穿到年代文小说，里面没有我 Xu Yue Bany Yu徐月半鱼Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted Have you ever gone to sleep, opened your eyes, and found yourself somewhere else? Niu Xiabing has. It’s a terrible experience. Her newly renovated, spacious apartment was ready, and today was her first day moving in! She was tired that afternoon, so she took a nap. When she woke up, she had somehow transmigrated into the 1970s. Wait, no, she hadn’t transmigrated. She had transmigrated into a book! She’d become a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel, the kind who doesn’t survive past t 369Reads5.6Score—Shelves
48. 1048 七 The 1970s: I'm a Laid-Back Slacker Who Refuses to Compete 七零之我是咸鱼不内卷 Ziqi Youran子棋悠然Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + devoted couple + no personal space] Wen Shu closed her eyes and opened them to find herself the early-death ex-wife of a ruthless villain from the seventies! She'd not only thrown her weight around, taking advantage of her status as the beloved daughter of the team leader, but had also sent him straight to prison with a single accusation... Remembering the gruesome ending in the book, she shuddered. Then she waved her hand and decided to keep her head 9.6kReads8.4Score833Shelves

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