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1. 401 谁 Whose Wild Child Is This? They Actually Sent Her to the Countryside! 谁家的混不吝啊？竟让她下乡！ Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + feel-good revenge + he runs, she chases + Run! Why did you stop?] The first time Fu Zhan met Qin Zhengzheng, she was staring up at his bare torso with wide, longing eyes! Qin Zhengzheng wiped away her drool. “Mmm, mmm!” But what left him even more speechless was... The girl hurried over and gave him a brazen grope! Then she tossed out a few words: “It's broad daylight, so mind your virtue. Lucky for you, you ran into me...” And then... she just took off... A 6.9kReads7.8Score800Shelves

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   [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration] Every single one of these is one I've read and enjoyed. ① The story of a five-year-old boy who transmigrates into the body of a child in the 1940s is particularly daring and has a cheat-like ability; it's worth reading.

2. 402 重 After Being Reborn in the 1970s, I Was Carried Off by the Village Bully 重生七零年代后，我被村霸叼走了 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Su Qinran opened her eyes again and found herself back on the train bound for Daqing Mountain. Lin Yaotang had never seen such a beautiful woman. At first glance, she seemed like a celestial maiden, while he was nothing but mud at the bottom of a pond. Su Qinran glanced at Lin Yaotang. In her previous life, he had pursued her relentlessly, only to die saving her in the end. She owed him her life. Lin Yaotang: “Aah!!! The goddess looked at me! I’m going to adult education classes! I’m going to le 9.1kReads9.3Score968Shelves
3. 403 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.4kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
4. 404 年 1982: I'm Really Not a Good-for-Nothing 年代1982，我真不是二流子 gJoyg欢喜Urban972k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + entrepreneurship + social savvy + everyday life + largely an ensemble cast] The rating has just appeared and is climbing. The audiobook and animated series are now available. Give them a try! Back in 1982, Lu Zhigang decided to make up for his regrets and give his family a better life. But why did none of them believe him...? He took over a brickworks, opened a food factory, and led Lujia Village racing down the road to prosperity. 10.3kReads8.3Score457Shelves

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   Then I have to recommend this one. Trust me, go read it now. It has no system or spatial ability, and it's absolutely fantastic.

5. 405 六 Beloved by All in the Sixties: The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Ancestress Is Sweet and Soft 六零团宠，九千岁小祖宗软又甜 Snow Beneath the Moon月下雪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + everyone’s favorite + farming + food] [Completed] [No romance] The Su family has waited for years, and at last they welcome a little girl. Sadly, times are hard. To save a mouthful of milk for her twin son and daughter, her own mother lets her baby girl freeze to death. When she opens her eyes again, the venerable ancestor of the cultivation world has been reborn. A famine in a disaster year? No problem. The ancestor has an immortal realm tucked away inside her, where she can g 20.6kReads9.4Score2.4kShelves
6. 406 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves
7. 407 熬 Outliving My Wicked Mother-in-Law and Stepmother, I Survive a Century of Chaos 熬死恶婆后娘，乱世活百年 Han Zifeng, Who Loves Vegetable Yogurt爱吃蔬菜酸奶的寒子峰Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted [No contrived plot] [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] [No cheat abilities] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural life] [Hardship] Thank you all so much for your support and comments. Mom, my story finally got a rating! Though it only just came out!! Chen Xiulan was my maternal grandmother. She passed away at the age of 103. Only now does that promise I’d let lie for so many years pierce my heart: I once promised to write her a thick memoir. As a child, I was always clinging to her, listening t 795Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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   Written based on true events

8. 408 位 Plane-Hopping Red Packet Group: The ’70s Hunk Is Both Charming and Devoted 位面红包群，七零汉子又撩又宠 Ah Yi啊易Modern Romance219k WordsCompleted Wu Li, a little-known web fiction writer, scanned a random QR code and somehow got bound to a cross-dimensional red envelope group. Then she found herself transported to the 1970s. The carefree Daoist from the cultivation world had sent another batch of pills. Had the CEO’s wife from the 21st century sent any jewelry red envelopes today? The wild boar from the beast-world high priest’s home could feed someone for a whole month! The magical girl’s potions really worked wonders. The bewitching gho 1.6kReads9.0Score121Shelves
9. 409 8 Me, in 1982 82年的我 Golden Pixiuoo金貔貅ooMystery4.4M WordsOngoing Could you see ghosts when you were little? I could! In the early 1980s, a country girl born in rural Beijing encounters all kinds of strange and wondrous things. There are everyday family squabbles, romance, absurd and eerie happenings, and an imaginative coming-of-age story. ❤️ A good book is like tea: it should be savored slowly. The title went awry and can't be changed, so it is what it is. The good thing is, readers finish this book at a remarkably high rate. It's one of those books you won' 21.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
10. 410 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
11. 411 七 The 1970s: The Domineering Village Belle Takes Down Every Mary Sue! 七零：霸道村花干翻所有玛丽苏！ Hou Wenyuan侯雯媛Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted A village beauty and village tyrant who can plow three mu a day, paired with a sickly, shameless male God of Wealth. The whole point of this story is to have a great time. [Mutually devoted couple + strong heroine + unhinged humor + satisfying romance] Jiang Zao was the last dragon in the cultivation world. As she ascended and underwent her tribulation, a bolt of lightning struck her into one of countless little worlds. A grandmother and grandfather who favor boys over girls, an uncle's family 4.6kReads8.5Score490Shelves
12. 412 重 Back in 1995, Building a Business While My Little One Strikes It Rich Treasure Hunting 重回九五搞事业，崽崽靠寻宝致富 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted Just got its rating... Cozy everyday life + period setting + reborn + building wealth + raising kids + no romance + a touch of ensemble cast Chen Jiayan woke up one day to find herself back in 1995, when she was five years old, just before a high fever nearly left her stupid. Looking back, her life hadn’t been all that terrible, and there was no one she’d loved but couldn’t have. Looking at her family, decades younger, and their many hardships, she clenched her little fists and gazed out at the 650Reads8.0Score—Shelves
13. 413 重 Reborn in 1975: Starting Out in the Steel Mill Compound 重生1975：从钢厂大院开始 Li Xiangxiangly李想想lyUrban1.2M WordsCompleted A worker for a father, a mother who died young, an indulgent older sister, and him, as foolish as they come. Reborn in 1975, Li Xiao discovered that his former self had threatened suicide to force his parents’ hand, given his job to a gold-digging woman, become an unemployed good-for-nothing who loitered in the streets, and made his sister and brother-in-law cry. Since that was how things stood, he’d set himself a small goal: first, spoil his whole family rotten! 1kReads8.1Score279Shelves

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    I just started reading this one. It's a good period novel. The protagonist is reborn in the 1970s, preparing for the reform and opening up. He has two older sisters, a harmonious family, and strong moral values. He's not intellectually challenged. Definitely worth reading! [Feeling wronged][vomiting][sad]

14. 414 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves

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    It's a male-oriented novel with a logical and reasonable plot, a clear background, excellent writing, and many foreshadowing elements, making it worth savoring.

15. 415 退 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Married the Poorest Man in the Village 退婚后，我嫁给了全村最穷的男人 Cheng Shuo21城烁21Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shen Xiulan’s engagement was broken off, an acquaintance arranged for her to marry Zhao Dajiang, a farmer from the neighboring village who was too poor to find a wife. She was a mild-mannered young woman her family considered an embarrassment. He was an honest, inarticulate man whose parents had died when he was young. They had no whirlwind romance or grand ambitions. They simply learned to make a life together in a shabby earthen house. Shen Xiulan cooked, mended clothes, grew vegetables, 10.8kReads7.5Score841Shelves

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    This is acceptable; it's not a brainless post.

16. 416 花 The Age of Fireworks 花火时代 Carp Book of Dragon Gate龙门鲤书Sports138k WordsCompleted In 1980s China, the foundations for winter sports have yet to be laid, and figure skating is still a distant, unfamiliar concept. Su Ran returns from Country M with unwavering resolve. One of the first in China to receive systematic figure skating training, she gives up the generous pay and top-tier resources of an overseas club, bringing nothing but a stack of training notes and boundless enthusiasm back to a homeland with barely any standard ice rinks. She starts from scratch as a rookie coach 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I enjoy writing, especially period dramas and figure skating, and I love national pride. So I'm trying some new combinations, striving to organize the logic, structure, build hooks, and control the pacing. I'm using all the writing skills I've learned over the years, hoping to connect with like-minded friends through words. If you're interested, please click in; if you like it, please encourage me; if you don't, please criticize. Lishu is here, waiting for you.

17. 417 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 11.2kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    It looks pretty good.

18. 418 五 Little One from the 1950s: Mom, I Really Am a Good Dog! 五零崽崽：娘，我真是条好狗！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Period drama + adorable child + no romance + farming dimension + everyday life + family squabbles + light ensemble cast + slow-paced] In her previous life, Yadan was a dog. In this life, she's human. On her first day as a human, she throws her head back and howls, then crawls around the yard in the shadows, marking her territory. She steals the precious giant bone from Big Black at the village entrance. And she gets a farming dimension? Huh? Do dogs have to farm too? Yadan looks at her tiny arm 7.6kReads9.0Score604Shelves

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    These few books (♡⌂♡)

19. 419 八 The Little Star of the 1980s: I’m Just Like the Story’s Main Character 八零小戏精，书里主角啥样我啥样 Want to Be a Social Butterfly想当社牛Modern Romance606k WordsCompleted Six-year-old He Tianyin found a glass marble and accidentally swallowed it. The next morning, when she woke up, a strange thing had appeared before her. People inside it told stories. Because she couldn’t read, she was desperate to hear them, so she spent an entire month learning how to read. Once she could read, she finished the first novel of her life. The heroes’ adventures filled her with longing. When she finished the story, she resolved to become a righteous hero herself, and even managed 658Reads6.5Score103Shelves
20. 420 全 The Whole Family Is a Contrast to the Leads, but the Little One's Comment-Section Powers Are Unstoppable 全家对照组，崽崽靠弹幕杀疯了 The Breakout Queen爆红天后Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Cute kids + farming + comparison group + family squabbles + a touch of ensemble cast] Hei Meier's whole family is the comparison group for their neighbors, Uncle's family. Her mother is illiterate, tall, and burly, and people call her a “she-devil” behind her back. She is nothing like their neighbor Aunt, who is slender, beautiful, and cultured. Her father is a lazy, idle wastrel, nothing like the neighbor Uncle, who is refined and educated, passed the college entrance exam, and got a job with 1.4kReads8.1Score176Shelves
21. 421 一 1977: My Grandma Was Reborn 一九七七：我奶奶是重生的 Qing Zheng Renyi青争人义Modern Romance286k WordsCompleted [Slow-Paced] [The Eldest and Second Sons Chasing Their Mom After She’s Gone] [Genius Little Girl with a Huge Appetite] [Selfish Old Lady Gone Wild After Being Reborn] (The first half focuses on Yang Lan, the second half on A He.) Yang Lan gulped down a bottle of pesticide. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to 1977. In her past life, her youngest daughter died young, and her ailing husband was too poor to afford treatment. The moment she saw him off, she lost all hope and decided t 183Reads—Score103Shelves

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