Recommend Some Period-Era Stories Worth Reading Twice or Three Times 谁推荐一下二刷，三刷的年代文

1. 1 年 Military Marriage in the 1970s: Instructor, Come Over Here 年代军婚：教官，你过来啊 Flowing Water Goes Ding-Dang流水个叮当Modern Romance690k WordsCompleted [Play dumb to catch the tiger + military camp + military marriage + special abilities + ensemble cast + friendship above all] A killer with special abilities accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Her father is dead and her mother has run off. What can she do to support herself...? What? Be a killer? She did enough of that in her last life. Take up farming? She doesn’t know how! Go into business on the black market? Too much trouble! She finds a job she thinks she’ll be good at, but then a cer 9.4kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   💥💥I've read this three times! My stomach hurts from laughing so much! It's hilarious! I initially started reading because of the title, but after two chapters I was hooked. It cracked me up! [Facepalm][laughing] People with a low threshold for laughter absolutely need to check this out. It'll challenge you to see just how high your tolerance for laughter really is. Once I was reading it while eating, and I almost dropped my bowl! It's just so funny, hahaha!

2. 2 七 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon Fodder Educated Youth Bride to a Rough Country Man 七零：穿成糙汉的炮灰知青前妻 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Period setting + rugged hero + sweet romance + devoted to each other) After getting drunk one night, Wei Jingjing slept with Lu Zheng, the strongest and most rugged man in a period novel she had read. She was the early-death cannon-fodder female supporting character, a young intellectual sent to the countryside. Though this character came from a decent family and was beautiful and vibrant, she was hopelessly in love with the male lead, the young intellectual Jing Chen. To make him jealous, she 4.5kReads9.1Score671Shelves

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   One drunken night, Wei Jingjing transmigrated into the body of Lu Zheng, the most powerful and rugged man in a period novel she had read. She was the cannon fodder female educated youth who died young. This female supporting character clearly came from a good family and was also beautiful and charming, but she was infatuated with the male lead, the educated youth Jing Chen. In order to spite him, she didn't hesitate to marry herself off to the poorest and most undesirable rough man in the village.

3. 3 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Female Supporting Character Is Ruthless and Sharp-Tongued 穿越六零：女配人狠话多 Flying and Stopping载飞载止Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [A transmigration story set in a period drama: As long as I'm more of a piece of work than the worst people around me, no one can make me suffer!] [At home, she torments her parents; outside, she torments her friends; sent down to the countryside, she torments the neighbors. She treats everyone equally.] Xia Zhizhi is good at making empty promises and manipulating people. She loves acting, and she's equally talented in both the literary and martial arts. Not a traditional period drama. The heroi 4kReads9.2Score349Shelves

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   The first book is set in the 1960s: The Unscrupulous Female Supporting Character Snatches Bamboo Shoots Online. Both the main characters and supporting roles have sound morals, but the most eccentric character is the female lead herself. The main theme is "Laughing to Death at Herself and Everyone Else," with each character being unexpectedly hilarious! The second book is a quick transmigration story set in a historical world, with a leisurely lifestyle and a humorous writing style.

4. 4 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.7kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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   Here's the book list! [Sending hearts] ① The female lead transmigrates into a stepmother. She's intelligent and disciplines her stepsons. The male lead is a military officer who doesn't go back to his ex. ✨ ② The female lead transmigrates to a different era and starts as a widow. Her mother-in-law entrusts her to her brother-in-law. The male lead initially resists but later becomes hopelessly infatuated. 🌸 ③ The female lead transmigrates into a book, raises a child, and accompanies the military. She has her own career, and the male lead is refined and dotes on her. ✨

5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: Cherish Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People 快穿：珍爱生命，远离极品 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through historical settings + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + no fixed pairing] [The 4th, 7th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st worlds have no romance] [Female lead’s perspective] [Ensemble cast] Also known as: Quick Transmigration: A Carefree Life in Historical Worlds and Quick Transmigration: Treasure Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People Protagonist: Chang Ning. In each sma 21.8kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
6. 6 怼 Clapping Back and Making Money Feel So Good 怼人和赚钱都好爽啊 Goldfish Huaguoguo金鱼花果果Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn + Face-Slapping and Scum-Bashing + Top Student + Corporate and Business World] Complete! Reborn in a poor village in the 1980s, Xia Yan is dealt a terrible hand: her biological father is seriously ill, her mother favors someone else, and she has no money for school. Xia Yan quickly fights back. She collects the debts owed to her, gives her abusers a piece of her mind, and protects the money she earns herself! Her elders watch her transform from a well-behaved girl int 6.9kReads9.1Score898Shelves

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   There's no summary; these are all books stored on my bookshelf, and only the essential parts are included, ensuring readers can read them thoroughly.

7. 7 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.6kReads8.9Score993Shelves
8. 8 七 The Happy Life of Lin Yulan, a Sharp-Tongued Woman in the 1970s 七十年代之贫嘴林玉兰的幸福生活 Bai Shuitan白水谈Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted My new novel, A Lively Life in the Sixties: Revenge First, Gossip Later, is now available! Every character is a piece of work, with revenge, scoundrels getting what they deserve, and plenty of beatings. It’s a different kind of story. If you’re interested, give it a try. Thanks for your support! [Reborn + no pocket dimension + no System + no golden finger + romance, with a cheerful and heartwarming tone] Liu Jie’s parents divorced in her previous life, and she lived alone with her grandmother. 2.3kReads9.0Score184Shelves
9. 9 惊 What! I Just Reborn, and the Chaste Educated Youth Wants to Marry Me Already 惊！刚重生禁欲知青就要拉我领证 The Bald Guy Whose Hair Never Gets Messy不乱发型的秃子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + rebirth + period setting + heartwarming + healing + power couple] “Do you have any regrets?” In 2023, sixty-three-year-old Su Wan is a successful businesswoman and a renowned philanthropist known far and wide as Ms. Su. In 1981, twenty-one-year-old Su Wan is abandoned by everyone she loves, and her husband and child die in a fire. Alone, she leaves home and endures every hardship life has to offer. At a press conference, sixty-three-year-old Su Wan suffers a heart 598Reads8.9Score112Shelves
10. 10 重 Reborn, the Confused Mom Who Favored Sons Takes on Everyone 重男轻女糊涂妈，重生干翻全场 Fifty-Seven伍拾柒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Their muddleheaded mother had always favored sons over daughters, but suddenly she started treating her girls with the utmost care, fussing over them and asking after their well-being. The three sisters thought something was off. Had their mother found a new, more convenient way to sell them? They decided to keep an eye on her in secret. Day N of watching: Mother bought each of her three daughters a house. Day N+1: Mother helped all three daughters launch their careers. Day N+N: Mother made hers 319Reads9.0Score—Shelves
11. 11 军 A Military Wife Falls from the Sky and Lands in a Coldhearted Officer's Heart 军嫂从天降，撞进高冷军官心尖上 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Love at First Sight + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Song Yue opened her eyes to find herself in a human traffickers' hideout, facing the prospect of being sold to an old man deep in the mountains. A military doctor, she risked everything and leaped from a cliff, landing right on the vehicle of Lu Huai, who was out on a mission. After narrowly escaping death, she made it home. As for her stepmother, who had tried to sell her and even signed 3.8kReads9.0Score518Shelves
12. 12 假 The Fake Heiress Stole My Fate, So After I Was Reborn, I Took Her Out 假千金夺我命格，重生后我嘎了她 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Modern Romance504k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + punishing scumbags + satisfying wish fulfillment] Ren Ran had an easy life for her first eighteen years, then spent the next eight plagued by bad luck. Her maternal grandparents, mother, and younger brother died one after another. Her scumbag father took over the company, and she was thrown out of the house to live on the streets. She’d be robbed just walking down the road, and flowerpots would fall from the sky when she approached a building. Whenever she got a job at a company, it w 49kReads9.5Score6.5kShelves
13. 13 八 The Eighties' Foxy Beauty Is Doted on by a Cold, Rugged Man 八零极品狐狸精被冷冰糙汉娇养了 March Peach Blossoms a三月桃花aModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Song Yao transmigrates, and she's exceptional in every way, from her stunning looks to her personality. Everyone knows the eldest daughter of Old Song's family in the west of the village is a fox spirit. She's gorgeous and loves seducing men, infamous across the surrounding villages as a homewrecker and a loose woman. The moment Song Yao transmigrates, she's caught in bed with a man. Her new mother is greedy and alw 3.8kReads8.0Score492Shelves
14. 14 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6.2kReads9.0Score683Shelves
15. 15 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.6kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
16. 16 八 The 1980s Lucky Star: Her Uncles Dote on Their Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Blessing 八零锦鲤：舅舅们娇宠福宝五岁半 Purple White Blue紫白蓝Modern Romance695k WordsCompleted [Cozy everyday life + beloved by all + lucky charm] In the summer of 1983, her mother divorced, and five-and-a-half-year-old Xibao followed her back to her grandmother's home in Xiangyun Village. Xibao was a child her mother had found in a stream. Her mother had been unable to conceive after years of marriage, so her mother-in-law looked down on her. The mother and daughter did more work and ate less, living like withered grass in a field. When the mistress showed up to provoke them, proudly dis 4.5kReads9.4Score604Shelves
17. 17 重 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 Ye Xiaolou叶小楼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 36.8kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
18. 18 大 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban203k WordsOngoing This is not a hero's story. It's the story of someone who is alive, living on behalf of those who died. Military life, the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, reconnaissance soldiers, brotherhood, father-son bonds, a bygone era, growing up, passion, heartbreak, and tears. 94.3kReads7.6Score6.5kShelves

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19. 19 白 A Rich Heiress Transmigrates into a Spoiled Youth Educated Woman and Makes It Big with Her Space 白富美穿成作精知青，带空间拽爆 Lu Shiqi陆时柒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [New book: Sixties: The Little Educated Youth Reclaims Her Body, Then Goes Completely Off the Rails. No Angst, Just Pure Satisfaction. Come on in if you like that!] [Space + Sweet Romance + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Revenge + Scum-Taming] Lin Jingyue was a rich beauty who loved slacking off and taking life as it came. She spent all day living off her family and waiting to die, and had little conscience to speak of. Who could have guessed that life would take a sudden turn? One day 51.4kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves

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    This is the book I've been reading recently, and I'll definitely reread it. It's really super good, a very satisfying and enjoyable read set in a bygone era 🌸 What to do when your stepsister secretly signs you up for the rural service program? OK, I learned that trick, so she signed her stepsisters up for the rural service program too!! [Shy][shy]

20. 20 开 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 747Reads8.4Score107Shelves

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    Every time I reread it, I'm still immersed in it. The second book is a slow burn, but I never get tired of reading it. The first chapter of the first book is so captivating that I can't put it down.

21. 21 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.6kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
22. 22 土 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.1kReads8.9Score768Shelves

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    There are no cheat codes, no time travel, no special effects; it's just a gently unfolding, realistic rural documentary story set in a bygone era. Once you start reading, you won't want to leave—the immersion is incredible, and the details are exquisite. [Thumbs up]

23. 23 八 The 1980s: Keep Your Voice Down! Is It Really Something to Brag About That Five Powerful Men Take Turns Proposing to You? 八零：低声些！五个大佬轮流求婚光彩嘛？ Little Lingyu小令羽Modern Romance348k WordsOngoing [Alternate-Reality 1980s + Love Rival Showdown + Everyone's Favorite + Competition for Her + All Male Leads Are Sexually Inexperienced] The Shang family of Senhe Mansion had a daughter of extraordinary beauty, noble and pampered. For nineteen years, her parents and five older brothers had cherished her like a treasure, afraid even to speak harshly in case she burst into tears. Then the real heiress showed up, saying that a nurse had mixed up the babies at birth. Overnight, the most precious gree 14kReads6.4Score1.9kShelves

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    I've been reading a period drama recently. A beautiful woman raised in a sheltered environment suddenly finds herself in a completely different world, going from a pampered young lady of a wealthy family to an unwanted girl in a neighborhood alley. She survives by entering into a fake marriage, believing it's just mutual support, unaware that the man has been protecting her for two lifetimes. The supporting characters, such as her childhood sweetheart and her third brother with a pre-existing illness, are very well-developed. Each character has a past connection with the female lead, and the love triangle is written naturally without being exaggerated.

24. 24 俏 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 20.9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
25. 25 什 What! The Model Educated Youth Is Marrying a Landlord's Son? 什么！知青标杆要嫁给地主崽了？ Four Joys Little Peach四喜小桃Modern Romance163k WordsOngoing [Devoted to each other + reborn in the 1970s + solving crimes + earning commendations + finding salvation in each other] He Yulan died in the old house that held her warmest memories. When her consciousness returned and she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had been reborn. She had returned to the scorching summer of 1974, before she went to the countryside at seventeen. After waking, she unexpectedly bonded with a Justice System and began earning commendations one after another.. 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is pretty good.

26. 26 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance528k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 10.3kReads7.1Score228Shelves
27. 27 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 26.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
28. 28 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    After finishing her college entrance exam, the female protagonist transmigrated to the 1960s to save a cat. She fell into the water after accidentally stepping into a hole. Thanks to the skill she unexpectedly gained—the ability to communicate with cats—she secured a stable job and also found jobs for her siblings.

29. 29 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    🌸🌱A masterpiece I've read countless times! It's not mindless, incredibly heartwarming, and a super, super, super good period drama! [Sparrow Eats Masterpiece][Sending Heart] A breath of fresh air in the period drama genre, subverting tropes—it's amazing! I really love reading it; every single chapter is a masterpiece that keeps me up all night. ③Xu Jing'an is simply the eternal goddess of period drama heroines! She truly loves herself to the fullest!

30. 30 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 92.2kReads8.8Score6.5kShelves

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    ❣️❣️❣️The female protagonist transmigrates into a book, doesn't go to the countryside or the black market, takes over her mother-in-law's job at the factory, has normal values, and has a husband who is a retired soldier with a secure job.

31. 31 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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    These historical fiction novels are definitely worth reading two or three times. 1. The protagonist always puts his own interests first, and everyone in the group is intelligent. 2. It's a female-to-male transmigration story; the protagonist is incredibly lucky, living off a man her whole life. 3. Also a female-to-male transmigration story; the protagonist is indeed a bit crazy.

32. 32 六 The Little Crybaby of the 1960s Is Always Hung from the Demonically Handsome Commander's Waist 六零小丧包天天被妖孽首长挂腰上 Zhang Mocha from the Northeast张摩卡来自东北Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Military marriage in the 1960s · quietly unhinged · decisive and ruthless · golden finger with a hint of mystery · off-the-charts sweetness] Don’t mess with Lu Jiu. She’s fierce, bold, and rebellious. In her previous life, she spent thirteen years undercover, going from a drug lord’s fake heiress to the drug lord herself. The day the operation closed in, she blew everyone sky-high, herself included. When she opened her eyes again, she was Lu Jiu, an academic ace in the 1960s. She came with a me 88.5kReads9.2Score14.4kShelves

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    I highly recommend this book, it's super good, I've read it countless times.

33. 33 母 Mom Has Been Paralyzed for Fifteen Years, and the Whole Family Panics When Big Sis Marries 母亲瘫痪十五年，大姐出嫁全家慌 Feng Jiaojiao Is Not Delicate冯娇娇不娇Modern Romance560k WordsOngoing The rating has just come in, and it will rise later. [1980s] [No Romance] [Strong Female Lead] [Everyday Family Life] [No Golden Finger] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [爽文] [No Forgiveness] [Reborn Elderly Woman] Back to 1982: Xu Chunlan's Life of Striving An accident left her mother paralyzed. Xu Chunlan gave up the college entrance exam and devoted herself to caring for her for fifteen years. By the time she was thirty-five, she was past her prime and wanted to get married and enjoy a few peaceful 88.3kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    I recommend two period novels that won't make you stupid. No romantic pairings, just everyday family life, a gradual build-up of careers, down-to-earth and relatable, not the kind that starts off explosive. They're about normal people with brains doing normal things.

34. 34 改 Remarried to the Rough-Hewn Neighbor, the Young Bride Is Spoiled Rotten 改嫁隔壁糙汉，小媳妇被宠上天 The Eldest Miss of the Muzi Family木子家大小姐Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: "Left Alone at Home, the Neighboring Roughneck Has His Eye on Her" [1980s | Countryside | Realistic | Devoted Couple | Possessive Favoritism | Age Gap | Love Rival Showdown] In 1980, Li Chuntao is married off in exchange for her older brother’s marriage. But on their wedding night, her groom elopes with his old flame. Overnight, she becomes the village’s target of scorn, branded a woman who brings bad luck. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx, while a pack of old bachelors eye 38.1kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves

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    This is the only book I recommend; you won't regret getting into it.

35. 35 七 A 1970s-Era Link to the Modern World: I Cut Ties, Change My Surname, and Get Rich 七零通现代：断亲改姓发家致富 Feng Jiaojiao Is Not Delicate冯娇娇不娇Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted [Period drama + no romance + connected to the modern era + building wealth] The rating has just been posted, and it will rise later. In the winter of 1976, Yu Xiaoran loses her father, her mother lies gravely ill, and her awful grandmother lays claim to the compensation money. Her aunt plans to give her away in exchange for connections. Right there and then, she severs ties with her family and changes her surname, cutting herself off from her parasitic relatives once and for all. At the end of h 1.2kReads8.2Score150Shelves
36. 36 乡 Rural Love: The Marriage Swap 乡村爱情之换亲 The Eldest Miss of the Muzi Family木子家大小姐Modern Romance962k WordsCompleted The village looks peaceful, but undercurrents churn beneath the surface. Love, family affection, and illicit affairs intertwine to create a sweeping portrait of life. The beautiful village flower is forced to marry the poorest man in the village, and their story begins... 5.7kReads8.8Score475Shelves

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    These historical novels are so good, I can read them over and over again and I love them more and more each time I read them! 😍

37. 37 山 Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village 山村野百合 The Eldest Miss of the Muzi Family木子家大小姐Modern Romance176k WordsCompleted An eighteen-year-old village beauty married a thirty-three-year-old simpleton. A month after their wedding, her husband drowned, and she was branded a woman who brought death to her husband… This story offers a true-to-life account of the loves and hatreds, joys and sorrows of ordinary rural people. It faces the ugliness and greed of human nature head-on, while reflecting on the sincerity and warmth found in this world. 276Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 嗨 Party On in the Seventies! My Wife’s Space Is Full of Endless Supplies 嗨爆七零！娇妻空间里有无限物资 Little Extraordinary小不凡Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A chain-supermarket owner born in the 1990s was accidentally struck by a streetlight while attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reborn in a rural village in the early 1970s. She arrives as a newlywed daughter-in-law in a farmyard, and finds herself blessed with a handsome husband who is well-built, protects her, and treats her like a queen. Life in the little farmyard is ordinary, yet full of surprises; everyday family life is anything but dull. Let’s see how Xia Tong outsmarts her rivals and 1.5kReads8.7Score131Shelves

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    A period drama worth reading two or three times! 🍃🍃🍃 After the original owner of the body died, the reborn heroine, Bai Qingqing, successfully married Zhou Wenjun, supporting him from a poor boy to a billionaire, with a son and a daughter, living a happy life. 🍃 Xu Qian sneered: Want to be the wife of a billionaire? Did you even ask your ex-wife?! 🍃 Not only did she not die, but she also activated her personal space, living a life of luxury with her three little ones. 🍃 The reborn heroine was dumbfounded: What's wrong with my script? 🍃 The rough-looking Zhou Wenjun blushed and handed her brown sugar: Honey, ignore her, let's go home for dinner.

39. 39 七 The 1970s: My Sweet Wife Is a Timid Little Thing 七零娇妻是个小怂包 Young Master Zhou, the One Surnamed Lai姓赖的周公子Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted “The Shen family is getting another daughter-in-law!” “The Shen family? The one where all the sons are soldiers?” “Mm-hmm...” “Who are they marrying?” “Shi Ran'er from Mahua Village.” “What?” “Shh!” Shi Ran was a timid little thing. By chance, she acquired a pocket dimension and transmigrated. That wasn't so bad, but she had just arrived in the middle of her wedding night, and her identity was exposed the very next day. The poor little scaredy-cat got even more timid. When she finally worked up 784Reads8.9Score102Shelves
40. 40 七 The 1970s: I Slacked Off, So I Made the Kids Compete Fiercely 七零，我摆烂后，叫崽崽们内卷 Dance of Ice冰之舞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Qian transmigrated into a period novel called Reborn: A Sweet and Loving Marriage. The story was about how the heroine, Bai Qingqing, had been blind in her past life and married the wrong man. She had rejected Zhou Wenjun, a man with three children, in favor of a sent-down youth, only to be abandoned and left destitute. Meanwhile, the man she had turned down, the one with three children, went on to build a fortune and become the richest man in the city. After being reborn, she came to her sen 6.3kReads8.2Score361Shelves
41. 41 在 Stealing the Heroine’s Fortunes in the 1970s, I Snag a Soldier and Marry Him 在七零抢女主机缘，拐个军官结婚 Drunk Bowl of Wind醉碗风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Six-year age gap + love at first sight + slow and steady + everyday life] Cheng Zhiyu woke up from a nap to discover she had transmigrated into a book, and not just any character: she had become a cannon-fodder character who was supposed to give the heroine golden fingers. All the original heroine’s golden fingers actually belonged to the cannon-fodder character. The original character was meant to hand them over, but Cheng Zhiyu wasn’t about to. She took the heroine’s golden fingers for hers 4.4kReads5.6Score474Shelves

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    [Already interested][Learned it][Learned it]

42. 42 穿 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子！被全家团宠 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 92.8kReads9.0Score11.4kShelves

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    The male lead's character is the most perfect I've ever read in a period drama. For example, at the beginning, the male lead went on a mission on the day of his wedding and didn't return for two or three years, only sending money. But he was very shrewd and sent money to the whole family, one portion to his parents, one portion to his wife through her family, and one portion through his wife's family. There was none of the situation in many period dramas where the money he sent was spent by some awful person, and then there was a fight when he came back.

43. 43 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Whole Village’s Cannon Fodder Hear My Thoughts and Change Their Fates 穿书七零：全村炮灰听我心声改命 Drunk Bowl of Wind醉碗风Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted An alternate setting [Transmigrate into a book + ensemble cast + controllable inner thoughts + period setting + adored by all] After working overtime for a full month, Xie Yao drops dead. Before losing consciousness, she thinks she’s done for. But who would have thought she’d get another chance at life? When she wakes up, someone has pulled her out of a river. She’s arrived inside the period novel she was reading. Worse, it’s an angst-filled story, and she isn’t the heroine or even a supporting 119Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 前 I Went to the Military District to Get Divorced, but the Disciplined Officer Kissed Me Until I Cried 前往军区离婚，被禁欲军官亲哭了 I'm Drifting Deep in the Sea我在深飘飘Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + bright, beautiful medical student VS. cold, abstinent frontier officer] Lin Shurong transmigrates. Born into the 1960s, she becomes the only girl born into the family in three generations, the apple of everyone’s eye. Her life goes smoothly, until her marriage takes an unexpected turn! Her 98-year-old grandfather likes the man’s circumstances, family background, and status, so he forces her to marry him, insisting she be matched with an officer. For two years of marriage, t 55.4kReads8.3Score6.2kShelves
45. 45 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
46. 46 七 She Woke Up Pregnant in the Seventies 七零睁眼肚子揣了个崽崽 Cloud Looking Down at Fish俯视鱼的云Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Synopsis: [Transmigrate + pocket dimension + face-slapping + sweet romance + family life + turning a husband into a success] Lin Fan transmigrates into the eldest daughter of an ordinary working-class, divorced single-parent family in a period novel, and becomes a young woman who is pregnant before marriage. No, she has to find the baby’s father and make him take responsibility. Whether he loves her or not doesn’t matter. As long as he has money, a job, and can provide a secure life, that’s enou 165.4kReads8.7Score8.2kShelves
47. 47 重 Reborn in 1968: You Deceive Me, You Deceive Everyone 重生1968：你骗我骗大家骗 Chuanyu Koi川雨锦鲤Urban282k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1968, an anti-fraud engineer has no computers or big data, yet still catches con artists so thoroughly they start questioning their lives. “I've died once, so in this life, I just want to make sure the scammers die before I do.” 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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48. 48 救 Help! What Should I Do About the Baby I Conceived with a Returned Educated Youth? 救命！怀了回城知青的崽怎么办？ Thousand-Layer Crushed Ice千层碎碎冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + no golden finger] Xia Meng transmigrated. She landed in the poverty-stricken 1970s, in the body of a village girl who was pregnant out of wedlock and desperate enough to want to die. In the original novel, an educated youth abandoned her. She raised their child alone, playing both father and mother, and wore herself out by the age of forty. When the child grew up, his biological father appeared to claim him. By then, he had become a leading sci 6.1kReads8.9Score325Shelves

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    A period drama I've read countless times! ① The male lead is a sent-down youth returning to his hometown, while the female lead transmigrates, becomes pregnant out of wedlock, and comes from a family that favors sons over daughters. Enraged, she punishes her father and brother. Then, heavily pregnant, she goes to the capital to find her husband, only to find him not recognizing her… Highly recommended! [Add to bookshelf][Add to bookshelf]

49. 49 星 The Star Chef Stir-Fries Jiangshi, Driving Uncle Nine's World Wild with Cravings 星厨爆炒僵尸，馋疯九叔的世界 Little Lucky Immortal Crab小福仙蟹蟹Mystery324k WordsCompleted Chu Liuwei transmigrated into Uncle Jiu's world and became his junior granduncle. Others ran at the sight of zombies. He got hungry. “This zombie meat... The texture's firm. It should be delicious after three hours of braising.” Others cultivated through painstaking practice. He cultivated by eating. Years later, his very own restaurant opened to the world. The line stretched from the King of Hell's palace to the Southern Heavenly Gate. Even Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha sent him a dream to reserve a 12Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 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

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