Period-Era Stories with No Rural Relocation, Black Market, Unrequited Devotion, Military Marriage, or Terrible In-Laws 年代不下乡，不黑市，不倒贴，不军婚，不极品

1. 1 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. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2kShelves

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   Neither of these two books features rural settings, black markets, subservient relationships, or military marriages, but they are completely different genres. 🌟The first book features a clever and sophisticatedly self-serving female lead who protects herself well during turbulent times without standing out. The pacing is also very fast, making it a great read.🌸The second book features a seemingly naive but beautiful female lead who is also self-serving. The male lead is a high-ranking official; if he weren't, she wouldn't even consider him.

2. 2 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 6.2kReads8.0Score341Shelves
3. 3 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 lead transmigrates into a book as the original female lead's sister-in-law, but she's not resentful at all! She proactively separates from the family right from the start, showing clarity and decisiveness, completely avoiding any competition with the original female lead and living her own life. The male lead is a handsome retired soldier who dotes on his wife, hands over all his salary, and is reliable! There are no mad dog-like, awful relatives; even if there are some unpleasant ones, they won't get you anywhere. The plot is very realistic, without being melodramatic or idiotic.

4. 4 末 Three Sisters Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s 末世三姐妹齐穿书到七零年代 Five Little Cats五只小猫Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted Yun Shuyao and Sang Yi grew up together in an orphanage as sisters, though they have different parents. They shared their food and fought side by side: one was the other's brains, and the other was her hands and feet. At last, after enduring the orphanage, that den of misery, until they were old enough to leave, a zombie-virus outbreak hit. The sisters could only cry and keep killing zombies every day. One day, Sang Yi was framed, but by a stroke of luck, the sweet loner Luo Xin saved her. A lif 51.7kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves

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   🍏Yun Shuyao grabbed a pair of underwear from the bedside and hastily pulled them on, grumbling, "Who has such bad taste? Even my great-grandmother thinks this style is tacky!" When she came outside, her two best friends were standing there staring at each other, but when Yun Shuyao saw the two long-haired girls, she paused slightly and tentatively said, "Rather than being driven crazy by zombies," Sang Yi chimed in, "why not go crazy on your own?" Luo Xin breathed a sigh of relief, "No more mental exhaustion!" The three sisters said together, "We deserve to be honored in the Imperial Ancestral Temple!"

5. 5 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2kReads—Score114Shelves

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   This one! This one!

6. 6 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.3kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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   The first book features a female lead who works in a pharmaceutical factory, and the interactions between the male and female leads are incredibly sweet and romantic! [Heart emoji] The second book has a female lead who is from a rural area and works at a supply and marketing cooperative. The interactions between the male and female leads in this book are also very sweet and romantic! [Laugh emoji]

7. 7 弃 Leaving Love Behind in the 1970s: The Doctor Goddess Orphan Is Doted on by the God of War 弃爱七零，医神孤女被战神独宠了 Gave It a Shake, and Got Yao摇了个瑶Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Others transmigrated to the 1970s, and Wen Sui'an did too! While others who transmigrated either latched onto powerful patrons or brought along a pocket dimension, Wen Sui'an was lucky enough to get the Qihuang System! She can only earn points by treating and saving people. No patients, no perks. The original owner was a timid pushover, arranged to share a household with Shen Yubai and look after two little ones. Her future stretched out before her, filled with grievances and thankless chores. S 9.2kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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   It's here! Highly recommended, definitely worth checking out. [Thinking]

8. 8 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves
9. 9 我 In the 1970s, I Took Over My Mother-in-Law's Iron Rice Bowl 我在七十年代接了婆婆的铁饭碗 Cable Car Carrying an Iron Pot载着铁锅的缆车Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted Huang Xiaohua, a 30-year-old woman in the 21st century who was constantly pressured by her family to get married, suddenly transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes Zhang Xiaoqian. Her arrival immediately solves the problem that had been giving her parents so much grief. She marries into a residential compound, takes over her mother-in-law’s job, and begins a completely different life. There are no troublemakers here, just the simple happiness of everyday life. 12kReads8.8Score971Shelves

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   The male lead is a policeman [laughs]. He and the female lead met through a blind date [thinking]. Both were attracted to each other at first sight [smirking].

10. 10 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.2kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    The female lead is an egoist. Her family worked hard to move to the city when she was six, avoiding being sent to the countryside or having a military marriage. She's surrounded by many female leads from period dramas, her world completely exposed [laughing emoji]. The female lead, Lin Mei, manages to profit from this.

11. 11 守 After Three Years as a Widow, I Took Grandma to Join My Officer Husband 守寡三年我带奶奶投奔军官老公啦 Wasabi Lemon芥末柠檬Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming: The Lucky Wife of the 1970s: Her Tomb Raider Secret Identity Is Out! [Cold, tough military officer × female tomb raider, who later joins a research institute to serve her country] [Alternate-history military marriage + tomb-raiding System + married first, love later + raising kids + mind-reading + one-on-one, both leads inexperienced in love + nine-year age gap] [Reader's guide: The early chapters have a few plot holes, and the story is a silly comedy with no lo 11.2kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves

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    🤣This is hilarious! [Facepalm] To make ends meet, the female lead, Jiang Yao, returns to her old ways. But as soon as she crawls out of the tomb, she's caught red-handed. In the interrogation room: "Name?" "Jiang Yao." "Gender?" "Female." "What were you doing?" "Digging up my husband." Everyone: utterly bewildered. [Laughing and crying emojis]

12. 12 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
13. 13 七 The Supporting Female Lead in the 1970s Courtyard Wakes Up 七零大杂院对照组女配觉醒了 Heehee Pomelo嘻嘻柚子Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted The main story is complete; extra chapters will drop from time to time. After awakening as the contrasting female lead in a 1970s shared courtyard, she only wants to live well and enjoy the gossip along the way!! "Ordinary life + family squabbles + gossip + a touch of ensemble cast + outrageous characters + not a face-slapping power fantasy" Chu Mian had fair skin and a beautiful face. When she didn't smile, she looked almost otherworldly; when she did, her smile could melt anyone's heart. Every 4.6kReads8.3Score394Shelves

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    All three books are excellent, especially the last one, which I've read three or four times. The female lead is truly intelligent; she thinks things through carefully and considers all aspects of a problem.

14. 14 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Daily Gossip in the Compound in the 1960s 穿书六零：大院吃瓜日常 Yunyang Peach Cake云阳桃片Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted (Historical setting + transmigrate into a book + everyday life + gossip-watching + a touch of ensemble cast) When Lin An’an wakes up, she has transmigrated into a historical novel as a disposable side character. According to the plot, her so-called best friend will rob her and kill her, then spend her money, sleep in her bed, and hit her child... Knowing how the story goes, Lin An’an decides to stay far away from both her so-called best friend and the seemingly perfect blind date. Who could have 4kReads8.4Score300Shelves
15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance690k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 21.6kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    While others are reborn to fight against awful people and build their careers, Chen Guoping's first priority after his rebirth is: finding a wife for his father and a stepmother for himself! His biological mother only cared about money her whole life, and even on her deathbed, she complained about his wasteful spending on roller skates. Having lived a second life, he's completely figured things out. Let whoever wants his mother take her; he'll personally find a gentle stepmother, driving the selfish woman to her wits' end. A new formula for satisfying stories has arrived, and it's getting more and more addictive.

16. 16 校 The Campus Belle’s Diploma Is Torn Up? Her Devoted Officer Won’t Back Down 校花毕业证被撕？痴情军官死死磕 The White-Faced One of the Elixir Pavilion丹阁白面者Modern Romance793k WordsOngoing "Young Master Xiao, Who Has Kept to Himself for Years..." Era, modern romance, sweet romance; school life, campus belle, business and entrepreneurship, urban life, military, equally matched leads, technology and research. Thank you, readers, for your reviews. The book has received a rating. It may not have shot straight to the top, but every review you leave helps raise its overall score. Thank you for your support. I also hope new readers will give it a few chapters. You won't regret investing 537Reads8.2Score101Shelves

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    There are no mentally challenged characters in the book, so there aren't any excessively romantic scenes. The male lead doesn't act like a lovesick idiot and do anything extremely unbearable... Would you still enjoy reading it? ... This book is too sunny.

17. 17 七 A City Job at the Printing Factory in the Seventies 七零年代留城当印刷厂女工 Wangzai's Runaway Milk旺仔在逃牛奶Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period piece + realistic + romance + love grows over time + everyday family life + educated youth working the land + urban worker who stays in the city + workplace drama + college entrance exams + business] My boyfriend went to the countryside while I stayed in the city, and there were always scoundrels trying to get me to date two men at once. Jobs were hard to come by in the 1970s. After a great deal of effort, Zhu Huan finally got herself one, but her new factory-worker boy 967Reads8.0Score112Shelves

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    🍅Both of these novels feature female protagonists who don't work in rural areas. They are sophisticated egoists who utilize their own resources and connections to secure jobs, and neither has any special advantages. In the first book, she goes to the black market, but only to profit from the price difference and leverage connections; otherwise, without family support or money, where would she find such connections? Both novels are realistic and self-centered, and very enjoyable.👏👏👏👏

18. 18 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 12.5kReads8.9Score986Shelves

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    ① The female lead's parents asked her to go to the countryside in place of the factory director's daughter, so she secretly found someone and got a marriage certificate. ② The female lead is reborn, makes her husband go to university, and works hard to become a permanent employee of the housing management bureau. ③ The female lead is reborn, fools her husband, makes money, and raises her child. ④ The female lead transmigrates into a book, is a jinx, and spurs her whole family to the pinnacle of life.

19. 19 八 The 1980s: Changing Our Fate Starts with Getting My Husband to Take the College Entrance Exam 八零，改变命运从让丈夫高考开始 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance686k WordsCompleted [Reborn + family life + inspirational + raising kids + building wealth] Lin Yuzhu had spent her whole life drifting along. Only in middle age did she finally work up the courage to save money with her husband and start a restaurant. But the restaurant never opened. The newly renovated shop was destroyed in a gas explosion caused by a neighbor’s illegal gas hookup, and Lin Yuzhu, who had been cleaning inside, died in the blast too. She thought her life was over, but when she woke after the explos 9.4kReads9.0Score898Shelves
20. 20 重 Reborn in 1970: Selling Gourmet Dishes, I’m Destined to Win at Life 重生七零卖大菜，人生赢家定是我 Earn Money to Raise a Dog赚钱养狗Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 6.7kReads9.2Score550Shelves
21. 21 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 318.2kReads9.1Score46.6kShelves
22. 22 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book features a smart protagonist, no stepmothers, no military marriage, no black market, and a protagonist striving to get into a vocational school instead of being sent to the countryside. It primarily depicts the warm daily life of the main family. A major advantage is its strong sense of historical period; this is the most historically accurate book I've read on Tomato (a Chinese online literature platform). Prices are reasonable, details are meticulously researched, and there aren't many awful characters. It feels like truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. It can be considered a historical fiction combined with a farming/developmental story.

23. 23 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    [Already interested][Already interested][Already interested] Time travel to 1970, bound to a flash sale system, rising from a county supply and marketing cooperative purchasing agent to become the city's youngest section chief. Procurement, solving major cases, catching murderers, pampered by the whole family, a fantastic career!

24. 24 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: My Daring Start at a Food Factory! 穿书七零，从勇闯食品厂开始！ Ten Grains十粒Modern Romance310k WordsOngoing [Alternate History] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [System] [Career] [Feel-Good] [No Going to the Countryside] In a single twist of fate, Ning Tang transmigrated into a lucky-fish period novel, becoming a disposable side character whose sole purpose was to make the heroine's happy, fortunate life shine brighter. Above her was an older brother who would bring glory to the family, and below her, a younger brother who would carry on the family line. She also had an honest, taciturn second sister and a 51.4kReads8.2Score7kShelves

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    The female protagonist takes a job exam in the first chapter and gets a job at a food factory in the fourth. She doesn't suffer hardship or help others, which seems pretty good.

25. 25 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 31.6kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves

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    She just transmigrated into the body of Jia's best friend, who tricked her into going to the countryside and broke her legs—the kind that keep healing and then re-breaking. She possesses a temporary worker system, 007, and can work as a department store saleswoman, a state-run restaurant cook, a truck driver, a bank cashier, and a series of other temporary jobs. Once she becomes a permanent employee, she can be sold to someone else. If a relative is short of money, they'll give her half of her salary for three years; if she's sold, it's a one-time payment. It's amazing, incredibly amazing, highly recommended! (*≧∪≦)👍🏻

26. 26 身 Wearing a Period Novel: The Cunning, Scheming Man Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 身穿年代文：被心机腹黑男拿捏了 Du Huancheng渡浣辰Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System or golden finger; transmigrates into a book in her own body; a touch of ensemble cast; sweet romance; both are each other’s first and only; love at first sight; imperfect characters, each with their own flaws] [Fair-skinned, beautiful heiress VS deep-thinking, calculating man] Most likely, it’s a story about two people who look like a perfect match but aren’t in sync at heart: he’s after a man with a great body and impressive abilities, while she’s after a man with 15.5kReads8.4Score941Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a transvestite, an undocumented immigrant. To resolve this issue, she chooses to marry the male protagonist on their first meeting. The male protagonist comes from a prominent family, is handsome, capable, and is the police chief. It's a rare type of story.

27. 27 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s as an Unregistered Nobody, and a Powerful Man Offered to Back Me 穿六零成黑户大佬主动给我抱大腿 Luming Zhou鹿鸣洲Modern Romance695k WordsCompleted [Period Novel + Transmigration + No Going to the Countryside + Love at First Sight + Marriage Before Love] (No surrendering treasures to the authorities, slice of life, skip if that's not your thing) After somehow transmigrating to the 1960s, Lin Yubei sees everyone else with a golden finger or a pocket dimension, while she can only clutch the ID card in her bag, afraid to take it out. To avoid being branded a vagrant and sent off to work in the mines, Lin Yubei gets a marriage certificate with 9.1kReads8.9Score815Shelves

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    Historical fiction + time-travel + no rural assignments + love at first sight + arranged marriage to love, no power struggles, no power struggles, no power struggles, slice-of-life, a super sweet and heartwarming slice-of-life story. There are basically no awful characters; it's all about the daily lives of the male and female leads, but it's never boring. The male lead falls in love with the female lead at first sight, while the female lead's feelings for the male lead develop over time. Highly recommended! [Shy]

28. 28 夫 A Couple with Steady Jobs in the 1950s 夫妻俩在五十年代端金饭碗 Nuan Xiao Bai暖晓白Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted Dear readers, since this is a period story, the author has looked up much of the historical data online. I don’t make up figures unless I can’t find the answers online. Sometimes there are several answers, so I choose the one that seems most reasonable. Lin Wanyu and Bai Ye grew up relying on each other in an orphanage in their previous lives. Because a soul collector took the wrong person, they both died in a car accident. They spent ten years together as mortgage debtors, from the day they mar 5.7kReads8.3Score280Shelves

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    This book is fantastic! It's very different from other period novels I've read before. The theme is fresh, the setting is interesting, and the main character is exceptionally well-developed.

29. 29 沂 A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute 6.1kReads8.8Score564Shelves

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    Simplicity is the best

30. 30 恶 The Wicked Beauty Takes Her Child with the Army, and the Tough Officer Spoils Her Tyrannically 恶美人带娃随军，硬汉军官霸道宠 Liu He He鎏鍙鍙Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted The score is a little low at first, but it’ll gradually go up! (Hormone-fueled, stoic and secretly passionate military officer x dazzling young heiress) [Transmigrate Into a Book + 1970s Era + Cozy Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Everyone’s Favorite + Adorable Kids + Devoted Husband + Pocket Dimension] Beautiful, fair-skinned heiress Jiang Tinglan wakes up one day and finds herself transmigrated into a book as the wicked beauty, a supporting character in a period novel. She’s even brought along 1.8kReads8.8Score196Shelves

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    In both of these books, 🌸 the male and female leads quickly get together at the beginning, and the female leads are both incredibly beautiful, unmatched in terms of looks, and both are exceptionally confident with a clear understanding of themselves. 🌸 The first book starts with two babies, and the female lead is a dancer working in a performing arts troupe—super beautiful! 🔆 The second book features a female lead who works as a broadcaster in a factory, also pursuing her passion! She also starts the story as pregnant.

31. 31 沉 Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr 544Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 大 The Compound’s Factory Beauty Has Been Snatched Up by the Villainous Capitalist Young Master! 大院厂花被反派资本家少爷拱了！ The Witch's Apple女巫的苹果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Beautiful but Miserable and Powerful Tycoon's Son + The Factory's Most Beautiful Woman, Friends with Benefits to Lovers, Face-Slapping and Striving in the Factory Compound, The Villainous Family's Loving Everyday Life] Bai Xiaotong finally found a chance to sleep with her childhood sweetheart. Only afterward did she realize she'd slept with the wrong man, and that this world wasn't real at all. It was merely a novel set in a bygone era. In this fictional world, her cousin was th 29kReads8.3Score3.5kShelves
33. 33 走 Through the Trials 走过劫难 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...? 140Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 34 六 The Great Famine of the 1960s? I'll Feed My Whole Family Meat! 六零大饥荒？我带全家酷酷吃肉！ Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + no saintly heroine + unapologetically self-serving + space + violent, unhinged female lead + feel-good story + a thousand schemes + ruthless heart and ruthless hands] A menace? A slacker who cuts corners? Useless at everything? Eats everything in sight? Who could that be? Why, the heroine, Ji Anran, of course~ Her violent mother planted her hands on her hips and roared like a shrew: “You lazybones! You little brat! You, you, you…” The laziest of them all, Ji 9kReads6.6Score875Shelves

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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.

35. 35 夫 One Little Come-Hither from His Lady, and the Tough Guy Turns into a Lovesick Puppy 夫人勾勾手，硬汉彻底沦陷成奶狗 Lazybug Pudding懒虫布丁Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [1980s + Space + Sweet Romance + Strong Female Lead + Satisfying Read + Get Rich] Chen Xiyao of the cultivation world transmigrates to the 1980s after overdoing her cultivation. From the start, she transmigrates on her wedding night, and her new husband is devastatingly handsome. Her Qiankun bag is full of useful functions, and her careful planning makes her a winner. She excels at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but her cooking skills leave something to be desired. She takes on the tro 368Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    This story starts with their wedding night, a very enjoyable short novel. The romance between the male and female leads develops smoothly and quickly without dragging on. Both leads are very capable and skilled in martial arts. The entire story is sweet and fluffy with no angst, the female lead is invincible, and the ending is great. Transportation is very convenient.

36. 36 错 After Mistaking the Wrong Person for His White Moonlight: The 1980s Commander Has No Hope of Winning His Wife Back 错认白月光后：八零首长追妻无望 Good Harvest丰年Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [Military Romance in the 1970s] [Winning His Wife Back] [No Forgiveness] On the day Jian Sining was getting married, her grandmother was killed by her cousin, who had been driving without a license. Jian Sining wanted to make her cousin pay, but her childhood sweetheart and fiancé threatened to call off their engagement unless she dropped the matter. Jian Sining insisted on suing her cousin. Her fiancé switched brides on the spot and married the cousin instead. Just as Jian Sining was becoming a 12.6kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves

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    These are all incredibly immersive stories set in military families' compounds. The female lead is neither greedy nor kind-hearted, while the male lead dotes on her. Later on, the female lead focuses on her career!

37. 37 七 A 1970s Military Bride by Substitution: Stirring Up Trouble Without Missing the Gossip 七零替嫁军官，搞事不忘吃瓜 Beautiful One, Do Not Forget美人勿忘兮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + satisfying revenge + one-on-one romance + smart leads] Lin Xiaoxiao spent more than ten years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Just as it was about to end, she caught a virus during a mission and died. After death, her soul arrived in the underworld to queue for reincarnation. When she learned that well-connected people had taken all the good spots and she could only be reborn as an animal, she flew into a rage. She overturned Meng Po 15.9kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves
38. 38 从 Period: From Nearly Losing My Life to Peace Year After Year 【年代】从差点没命到岁岁平安 Zi Fei Miao子非喵Modern Romance555k WordsOngoing [1970s + Native-Born Heroine + Supporting Character Transmigrates + Change Your Fate Through Study + Everyday Family Life] The Yao family lives in the machinery factory’s residential compound. They have five children, each with a personality of their own. The fourth child, Yao Anping, is the one most easily overlooked. After growing up neglected and treated unfairly, she finally comes to her senses. If she wants to eat well, she has to study hard. If she wants a better home, she has to study har 61.9kReads8.4Score6.1kShelves

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    This is a period drama set in the 1970s. The female protagonist was around ten years old at the time. There was no rural resettlement program or black market. The early episodes focus on everyday family matters. As a young girl, she faces favoritism in her family, leading to an unhappy early life. However, she's not a pushover. She's about to take the college entrance exam and is preparing to turn her life around and escape her dysfunctional family. This is my own writing; I hope those who have time will take a look. Thank you so much! [Sending heart]

39. 39 怀 Pregnant with Twins Blessed by a Spirit Spring! The Cold-Faced Officer Spoils Her to No End! 怀灵泉双胎！冷面军官宠她入骨！ Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool military officer + alluring beauty] (Multiple transmigrators + daily life with the army + married first, love later + raising kids and pregnancy + devoted to each other) [She opens her eyes to a whirlwind marriage and a child.] When Jiang Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s story her roommate wrote, as a busty, airheaded supporting character with a tragic fate, and a cute little daughter to boot. After she runs away and gets caught again, she finds herself standing beside h 10.4kReads8.7Score842Shelves
40. 40 疯 The Crazy Girl’s Rugged Husband Isn’t Human 疯批丫头的糙汉老公非人类 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance903k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + spatial powers + poison doctor + both leads are sexually inexperienced + unhinged romance] Beauty-loving enchantress VS a lovesick, nonhuman roughneck. She was a celebrated genius in the world of finance. An heir to the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Doctor. A big shot who ruled the dark web hacking scene. Who could have guessed that on the carefully chosen day she planned to lose her virginity, she’d accidentally transmigrate to 1975? She became a dark, fat, pitifully ugly girl 2.2kReads8.5Score217Shelves

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41. 41 孝 Outsourcing Filial Piety? I’ll Marry Someone Else in This Military Marriage 孝心外包？这军婚我换个人结 Classmate Slow and Steady慢慢同学Modern Romance370k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + rebirth + military marriage + fake and real heiresses + scumbag regrets it + face-slapping the villains + spatial storage + building a fortune] In her previous life, Lin Zhao (Qin Shengsheng) was deceived by Ren Jirui. She stayed home to care for his paralyzed father and gravely ill mother, raised their son alone, helped him start his own family, and then raised her grandson. All because of his promise that he would wait for her for a few years. That one promise cheated her out 3kReads8.4Score341Shelves
42. 42 折 Folded Girl 折囡 Hot-Tempered Persimmon暴躁柿子Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted The boldest thing Wen Shiqing ever did was secretly love Xie Yucheng. That rebellious, unruly boy was the storm that swept through her youth. He made her cry, and once, on a rainy night, he held her tight against his chest and kissed her, choking out, “Nannan, stop torturing me.” When passion took hold, she softly begged him to let her go, but the man bit her earlobe and chuckled, “Give me a kiss of your own accord, and I'll let you go.” She believed him. Only when she heard the faint sound of a 28.1kReads9.2Score3kShelves

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    I've been thinking about it since I was a child

43. 43 闪 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.4kReads8.3Score389Shelves
44. 44 七 The 1970s: She Was So Lazy She Became a General’s Wife 七零：懒着懒着，她成了将军夫人 Do So Many People Like Mint?这么多人爱吃薄荷吗Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Twenty years into the apocalypse, Jiang Meng, a powerhouse with a strength-type ability, died. She died at dawn on the eighth day of a zombie siege. She wasn’t bitten to death by zombies. She was worked to death. When she came to again, Jiang Meng had been reborn into a family surnamed Jiang. Her dad was a Level 8 carpenter, her mom could make anything taste delicious, her brother and sister-in-law were honest and good-natured, her sister was fiery and gorgeous, her younger brother was clever bu 5.1kReads8.3Score382Shelves

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    The female protagonist in the first book works as a designer in a furniture factory, and in the second book she works as an accountant in a supply and marketing cooperative; both of them have jobs that don't require them to go to the countryside.

45. 45 末 The Doomsday Survivor Transmigrates into a Pitiful Bride in the 1960s 末世苟王穿成六零替嫁小可怜 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + period setting + both virgins + pocket dimension + military marriage) She was the most vengeful survivor in the apocalypse, but after someone close to her grievously wounded her, they threw her into a horde of zombies. She was the sidekick to the eldest daughter of the Qian family in the capital. Just because she was pretty, they poisoned her and deliberately fed her hormones, turning her into a fat, ugly scapegoat. Now the apocalypse’s most vengeful survivor has transmigrated 4.3kReads8.5Score446Shelves
46. 46 抢 Grab It! If You Don’t Snatch the Golden Finger, Who Will? 抢啊！金手指都不抢，要留给谁？ Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted She is Daipa, the strongest shaman of the Black Miao tribe. She can divine the future and is skilled in poisons and gu magic. Her moods are unpredictable, and a pure black kitten is always at her side. She is Gu Qingcheng, a timid educated youth sent to the countryside after being set up. Someone schemed to make her take another woman’s place as a bride, and she lost her life as a result. She is Ma Xiaotiao, an older single woman whom her relatives think will never get married. She has been stuc 369Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.8kReads8.9Score599Shelves

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    It's really good, highly recommended! The male and female leads are such great guys and their cute dads, hahaha 😂😂😂

48. 48 搬 After the Wicked Woman Who Emptied Her Husband's Estate Awakens, Her Family Kisses Her Through Her Tears 搬空丈夫家产的恶女觉醒后被亲哭 Young Master Qi公子七Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing "1970s + married first, love later + size difference + family favorite + everyday family life + pocket dimension" [Bright, feisty train announcer vs. rugged, high-desire technical genius] Ye Shining was beautiful, hot-tempered, and delicate, the apple of her whole family's eye. Even her twin sister had to go to the countryside and tough it out. Her mother not only found her a wealthy, capable husband, but also spent three thousand yuan to buy her a golden job as a train announcer. She hardly eve 35.3kReads8.1Score4.3kShelves

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    Both books feature female supporting characters who awaken their powers of transformation. In the first book, the female lead has a job as a train announcer and possesses a spatial ability that allows her to trade various items. In the second book, the female lead's awakening leads to an arranged marriage with the male lead that blossoms into love. The plot is sweet and hilarious.

49. 49 年 The Wife Who Dies Young in a Period Novel? The Ascetic Professor Falls in Love 年代文早死妻？禁欲教授沦陷求爱 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance977k WordsCompleted [An alternate 1980s setting, awakening as the foil to the heroine; slow-paced, everyday traditional story; marriage first, love later, and family life; raising kids with sweet affection; no golden finger; local-born characters who aren’t perfect] After Song Zhiyao impulsively picks a fight over divorce, she takes her child to her parents’ home and has a dream that makes her awaken to the truth. Well, would you look at that: she’s living inside a period novel! And she’s not even the main heroine, 34.4kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
50. 50 老 The Underworld’s Top Saleswoman Goes on a Rampage in a Period Novel 老娘地府销冠，在年代文嘎嘎乱杀 A Leaf on the Spring River一叶春川Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted (Power fantasy, marriage first and love later, female demon boss [forced to earn merit version] x crazy villain [rich but hopelessly lovestruck version]) Since she had killed enough people to fill a mahjong parlor, Tang Luyun posthumously earned the title of “King of Sales” in the Underworld. After years and years of gratitude education in the Eighteenth Level of Hell, she finally got the chance to be reborn. As the final test to see if she qualified for rebirth, Tang Luyun entered a melodramati 23Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    🌸The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of her family's "sheep," and the entire family relentlessly exploits her! Luckily, she has a system that can foresee the future, allowing her to remain invisible and eventually escape her family.🌸As the top salesperson in the underworld, the female protagonist has committed many "wicked deeds," and after years of suffering in the underworld, she finally passes the reincarnation test. To accumulate merit, the system does nothing but deduct her merit points.

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