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. 351 重 Reborn: You Have to Wake Up After Hitting a Wall 重生之撞了南墙要醒悟 Dandelion Drifting with the Wind随风而飘的蒲公英Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Life lasts only sixty short years, yet Du Nianqing feels as though hers has dragged on forever. That endless stretch has been nothing but hardship: the pain of daily life, the pain of love, all of it woven through her entire existence. If there is a next life, she will live differently. She never wants to make herself suffer again, no matter who else she has to suffer for! This was the last thought in Du Nianqing's mind before she closed her eyes… 3.5kReads8.3Score25614d adds
2. 352 散 The Immortal Cultivation Chronicles of a Rogue Cultivator Clan 散修家族修仙记 Demon Mage Who Loves Birthday Cake爱吃祝寿蛋糕的法魔Eastern Fantasy9.9M WordsCompleted Synopsis: The clan is united, ambitious, and guided by strict family values, but even that cannot stop its decline. With the family on the brink of collapse, he returns after three years away. In his frail body, he shoulders the fate of the entire clan, turns the tide, and pulls them out of the mire. Taking one careful step at a time, he leads them toward prosperity and builds the foremost immortal clan. The road to rising is thorny, but he takes life and death in stride and fights anyone who re 11.8kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
3. 353 万 The Rise of the Ten Thousand Beasts Clan 万兽世家的崛起 Fresh and Refined Ben清新脱俗BenEastern Fantasy2.5M WordsCompleted [Family Development] [The Heroine Is a Mere Tool] [Panel] [Beast Taming] [Talisman Crafting] [Spatial Storage] [Alchemy] A proficiency panel, a Heavenly Dao realm, and a spiritual-plant realm. In the immortal realm, in the Myriad Beasts Immortal Domain, the Nine Dragon Ancestor stands in the void, with nine divine dragons of different colors blotting out the sky behind him. “The development of our Zhou family begins with the Dragonrise Oasis in the Daoxuan Realm...” This is a slow-burn story, a 2.5kReads7.6Score16514d adds
4. 354 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 86.6kReads9.4Score5.2k14d adds

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5. 355 家 Cultivating Immortality as a Clan, Soaring to the Ninth Heaven 家族修仙，凌云九天 On Mount Daxing大行山上Eastern Fantasy2.9M WordsCompleted A family-centered story featuring a pocket dimension, farming, alchemy, formations, and crafting. In a world where the strong prey on the weak, a small cultivation clan rises step by step from obscurity to the pinnacle of power. Follow Lin Zufeng as he leads his family to grow stronger, journeying from the cultivation world to the spirit world and finally to the immortal world. 11.9kReads7.8Score82014d adds
6. 356 我 Rise of the Wang Clan: Starting with a Portable Farm 我在修仙世界开农场 Hear the Wind and Think It's Rain听风就是雨Eastern Fantasy10.3M WordsOngoing Wang Hao, an illegitimate son of the small Wang family, was a despised Five-Spirit-Root cultivator whose miserable life seemed set in stone from the moment he was born. But everything changed with the arrival of another soul. See how Wang Hao uses modern knowledge to make waves in the world of cultivation! 5.4kReads8.3Score38414d adds
7. 357 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s, Make Money, Win His Heart, and Raise the Kids 穿越八零年代，挣钱撩汉养崽崽 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [No golden finger in this book. Readers who prefer pocket-dimension or System stories should steer clear. The heroine isn’t a self-sacrificing saint, the hero is warm and devoted, there are adorable kids, and few awful characters.] After a nap, Qin Man woke up to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman whose identity was unknown. Apparently, the woman she had become was a simpleton, married to the village heartthrob, who was attending university, and had a lovely pair of twins 7kReads9.1Score39814d adds

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8. 358 双 Twin Sisters Take on the 1970s 双胎姐妹花勇闯七零年代 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance543k WordsCompleted [Period Drama] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside] [No Female Rivalry] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] In 1970, twin sisters Lin Xiaoyang and Lin Xiaoyue were forced to go down to the countryside to make room for their younger brother. They arrived at Baishan Village in Northeast China, where they earned respect through hard work and sincerity and fell in love with Zhou Jianjun and Zhou Jianguo, the village chief's sons. The four formed a study group, pori 3.9kReads8.4Score33314d adds

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   Twin sisters went to the countryside, made a living through their own efforts, got married and had children. Not a terrible story, a heartwarming tale of a bygone era.

9. 359 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Back Before My Scumbag Husband Faked His Death 重生八零，回到渣夫假死前 Fruit Lover, Especially Mangoes爱吃水果爱吃芒果Modern Romance609k WordsCompleted Period setting + reborn + sweet romance + raising a child After thirty-one years as a widow, Lu Yuwei learns while scrolling through short videos before surgery that her husband, who died young, became a tycoon in Hong Kong. As she closes her eyes, she thinks of how he has children and grandchildren all around him while she lies alone on the operating table, her heart full of conflicting emotions. Who would have thought that when Lu Yuwei opens her eyes again, she’ll be back at the age of twenty 634Reads7.4Score—14d adds

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   These are all good reads, mostly set in historical fiction. Pick one yourself; some are too old for me to remember.

10. 360 买 I Bought the Cultivation World, Starting with Farming 买下修仙界，从种田开始 Random Blind Typing随机盲打Eastern Fantasy692k WordsOngoing [Farming + Management + Family + Ensemble Cast + Slow Burn + Not a Saint + Not a Power Fantasy] Zhen Shifu, a young man from Blue Star, transmigrates into the world of immortal cultivation and becomes a low-ranking cultivator with all five spiritual roots. Most cultivation techniques and resources in this world are monopolized by sects and great clans, leaving those at the bottom struggling to survive. The family Zhen Shifu belongs to has just gone bankrupt, and his own aptitude is terrible. To —Reads5.2Score—14d adds
11. 361 六 The Sixties: We Agreed to Divorce, So Why Is the Tycoon Having Second Thoughts? 六零：说好离婚，大佬怎么后悔了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [1960s setting + pocket dimension + returning to the city as a dual-income couple + beautiful, ordinary orphan heroine × prickly educated youth + marriage before love + self-interest above all + devoted to each other] Gu Qingxu, a pampered young lady since childhood, transmigrates into a book! She becomes an ordinary orphan in a period novel, and opens her eyes on her wedding night. While she's still trying to make sense of things, the man beside her suddenly rolls over and grits out in her ear, 5.1kReads8.4Score32614d adds
12. 362 大 The Big Hippo Family 大河马家 Ink Dyed Jiangnan墨染了江南Eastern Fantasy2.2M WordsOngoing [Family clan + mortal cultivation + farming + not a power fantasy] Among the teeming masses and beneath the boundless Great Dao, demons run rampant across the Tian Xuan Continent, slaughtering all under heaven. Clans also rise everywhere, protecting the people. Ma Chao Feng wields a Red Dust Sword, battles peerless prodigies, and concocts astonishing pills. He covets a gentleman's wealth and delights in beautiful scenery. Can he lead the Heng Lang Ma Clan to triumph over its rivals, stand proudl 6.8kReads8.1Score41514d adds
13. 363 救 Help! The Big Shot Is Being Harassed by a Spoiled Brat 救命！大佬被作精女碰瓷了 Little Lazy Sloth小树懒懒Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + self-interest above all + ordinary timespace + no going to the countryside Respect hardship, understand hardship, but don't suffer through it! Lin Ran transmigrated into a period novel as the vicious younger sister of the reborn heroine. Faced with the heroine's overwhelming plot armor, she chose to cling to a powerful patron rather than keep her head down or go completely off the rails. (And this patron wasn't the original heroine.) Oh! A car is comin 9.2kReads8.4Score68314d adds
14. 364 修 Cultivating Immortality with My Clan, Thriving for Eternity 修仙，带着家族万古长青 Luo Fathead胖头罗Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted Clan-centered cultivation + dual cultivation in talismans and formations + one female lead The ancestors laid the family’s foundations; their descendants made its name renowned. An immortal clan that endures through the ages is not the achievement of one generation. It takes the unshakable faith of countless clan members, each following those who came before, to forge its reputation in blood and defend its honor with their lives. An Changsheng, a cultivator from a small clan, came upon a piece o 3.1kReads6.7Score13114d adds
15. 365 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds

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    I like the female lead's good personality and strong abilities, and I enjoy the relationship between the male and female leads. Most importantly, there aren't too many awful characters, unlike most novels that rely on a series of awful acts by awful characters to highlight the main character's flaws. It's quite good.

16. 366 既 Marry a Dao Companion and Cultivate the Truth: Faithful to the Great Dao and to You 既娶道侣又修真，不负大道不负卿 Overlord Pork Knuckle霸王肘子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the cultivation world and becoming a low-level rogue cultivator, the protagonist finds that his predecessor was attacked and lay unconscious for three months. Having taken over someone else's body, he is about to be kicked out of the market because he can't renew his lease when the Cultivation Arts System appears! Whatever you know, I know. Whatever you don't know, well, I know that too. In short, I know everything. From then on, the protagonist begins his rise to success 9.1kReads7.8Score46714d adds
17. 367 全 Everyone Here Is Ruthless, Except Me, Who Was Born Into This World 全员狠人，除了胎穿的我 Man Dongmei满冬梅Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted [Cozy Everyday Life + A Cast Sharing the Gossip + A Growing Heroine + Romance and Kids] - What?! I transmigrated? Into a world full of male and female leads, and I'm just an NPC who moves the plot along. - The most useless fighter in the orphanage transmigrates into the youngest daughter of a family compound in a period novel. Heaven knows how happy I am to admit defeat! - Song Shijiu: Eww, you old-timers with all your schemes, your gossip is absolutely wild and delicious! 751Reads5.5Score—14d adds

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    This is a heartwarming, slow-paced novel set in a bygone era. It's not a typical rural fantasy novel with a protagonist who's given a cheat code just to make things better! The story follows a female protagonist's growth and development, unfolding her life through time travel in a gentle, gradual way – perfect for mindless reading!

18. 368 穿 Transmigrate to the Seventies: My Dao Companion and I 穿越年代：我和道侣在七零 Fish in Love with Flowers蝶恋花的鱼Modern Romance355k WordsCompleted Era setting + cultivation + spatial dimension + farming + 1v1 Su Nuannuan transmigrated to the cultivation world, only to kick the bucket before she had even been there two hundred years! When she opened her eyes, she had somehow transmigrated again! This time, she landed in the 1970s in a parallel world, an era of scarce food and clothing and hard living! o(╥﹏╥)o The good news: her inherited pocket dimension came with her. The bad news: her Dao companion was gone! With no other choice, she had 2.6kReads8.8Score29914d adds
19. 369 七 In the 1970s, a Young Lady from Ancient Times Transmigrated and Got Pregnant Right Away 七零，古代闺秀刚穿越就怀孕啦 Dreamwalker幻梦行Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + 1970s setting + rugged man + sweet romance + lovestruck hero + raising a child] The legitimate daughter of the prime minister transmigrates to the poverty-stricken 1970s, where people can only afford cornmeal buns. Her mother doesn't dote on her, and her father doesn't love her. When she opens her eyes, she's still in a man's arms. Luckily, he has some conscience and lets her escape through the window. In her haste, she falls into a river, but a village woman rescues her. W 576Reads6.9Score—14d adds
20. 370 长 The Rise of the Cao Immortal Clan 长生仙族：曹氏崛起之路 Newbie of Mount Akina秋名山新手Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing Cao Jingyan, an Earthling, was reborn into a vast and mysterious xianxia world, where he became a member of a Foundation Establishment clan. In the face of countless hardships, he led his clanspeople forward one careful step at a time. Together, they built up the family and brought it to prosperity, until it became an immortal clan destined to endure forever. This book portrays the brutal xianxia world from a clan's perspective, striving for realism. It depicts the growth of a clan's overall str 231Reads6.4Score2114d adds
21. 371 影 Film and TV Quick Transmigration Collection 影视快穿合集 Mu Ningxi慕凝汐Female-Channel Fanfiction3.5M WordsOngoing Time never stops, and regrets are never in short supply. When we were young, we encountered people who dazzled us. I only hope to give them a happy ending in these pages. 28kReads8.2Score71014d adds

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    One night, when Tao Xinran was on the verge of death, a system appeared out of nowhere and saved her, only to discover that the system had mistakenly bound itself to the wrong host. Unwilling to give up her job to her pampered younger sister, she rented a room alone and moved into the crowded courtyard at No. 22 Dingxiang Hutong. Dissatisfied with the mistakenly bound system, she applied for a change, and the "Gossip System" officially went online. Thereafter, in the lively and bustling courtyard, she used the Gossip System to learn about the neighborhood's interesting stories, and even unlocked a mental ability to cope with life's challenges, creating a vivid and vibrant ensemble story with the residents.

22. 372 一 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.5kReads8.9Score79914d adds

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    A realistic rural story, no rural setting, no black market, no forced marriages, no military marriages, no extreme characters.

23. 373 快 The Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder Won't Play by the Rules 快穿炮灰她不走寻常路 Traveler in Misty Rain一蓑烟雨客Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing No fixed pairing, Qing-dynasty setting + historical eras + other worlds, with a pocket dimension Note: The heroine is a hedonist and a self-serving perfectionist. Her motto is that she can eat anything but hardship and endure anything but suffering. She tries to live comfortably in every world. After more than twenty years of bad luck, college student Shen Anning finally catches a break, only to die the day before her fortune is due to arrive. Perhaps her resentment is too great: just before sh 63.9kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds

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    The female protagonist is a pure hedonist, exquisitely self-centered, doesn't help the poor, and is rewatchable multiple times. She never goes to the countryside in this era-defining world, loves herself, and works in the city to make a living. There's also a story about Princess Fukang, a cannon fodder character from the Song Dynasty who, after refusing a marriage proposal, secretly practices archery. Upon meeting her, she solves the problem by shooting an arrow through the throat in public, and later even becomes an empress through her own schemes. Seriously, how can someone be so audacious? I was stunned! The female protagonist's actions are all unpredictable, and her unique and clear-headed character is incredibly appealing. I love her so much and hope the author keeps updating!

24. 374 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.4kReads8.9Score11514d adds

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    No rural visits, no black market trips—reborn in 1994, she starts her business and gets rich by selling porridge and milk tea. A female-centric historical romance novel with no romantic pairing. [Thumbs up]

25. 375 应 A Recent Graduate's Daily Struggle After Being Assigned to the 1960s 应届牲被调剂到六零的奋斗日常 Number One, Can't Get Up in the Morning起床困难户一号Two Male Leads639k WordsOngoing [Daily Life + A Little Golden Finger + Hard Work + Two Male Leads] Wen Yanshi was a lowly fresh graduate trying to juggle civil service exams, public-sector job exams, and graduate school entrance exams. After staying up all night and dying suddenly, he was reborn in 1955, but his memories were hazy. At six, he fell out of a tree and hit his head, awakening his memories of his past life. Born in an era where you couldn't lie flat, Wen Yanshi works hard at his studies in pursuit of his dreams. So 1.3kReads8.8Score11614d adds

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    Haha, this one fits...

26. 376 七 The Sizzling Days of 1970 七零滚烫日子 Hengheng Zai蘅蘅崽Modern Romance709k WordsCompleted Yang Tao was born in a small mountain village to a family so poor they had nothing. She had two older brothers waiting to trade her for bride price, and her parents were already preparing to find her a match: a lame widower in the village behind the mountain, a good-for-nothing from the neighboring village... She didn't want to spend the rest of her life trapped in poverty. Then, suddenly, a young man came into view. The county of Lijiang was building a bridge across the river, and Song Yan, a p 4.6kReads8.8Score56714d adds

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    I absolutely have to recommend this one. The female lead isn't a time traveler, nor is she reborn, and she's not highly educated. She's very down-to-earth. The female lead simply seizes every opportunity to change her fate, and there's nothing excessively extreme about her. It's really good.

27. 377 魂 Soul Returns to Hong Kong: From Tailor Shop to Richest Woman 魂归香江：从裁缝铺到女首富 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance652k WordsCompleted [1980s + strong heroine + academic ace + business warfare + Hong Kong] In her previous life, she had a photographic memory, but her heart could stop at any moment. As her heart stopped beating, she thought, “Next life, I don’t want to be human.” When she opened her eyes again, she was Lin Ying, nine years old, having spent nine years in a daze. Today, her soul had finally returned. The spirit medium had divined it three times: “She won’t leave again. You were always yourself. You were just put i 191.4kReads8.6Score33.2k14d adds
28. 378 被 My Younger Sister Stole My Match, So I Married into a Big Courtyard, Gossiped, and Took It Easy 被妹妹抢亲，嫁进大杂院吃瓜开摆 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Yu had a dream. In it, she got her wish and married a man from the city. But her husband, Fu Xiangyang, was a coward, while her domineering mother-in-law was intensely controlling. Jiang Yu could barely breathe under the pressure. A year into the marriage, she still hadn't conceived. She had to drink bitter, foul-smelling medicine every day, and her mother-in-law would beat and berate her at the slightest pretext. Jiang Yu woke from the nightmare, only to find the matchmaker at her door. T 27kReads8.5Score3.8k14d adds

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    I highly recommend these two books! [Thumbs up]

29. 379 七 The 1970s: The Culinary Goddess 七零厨神美人 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [A cooking god, military-industrial research, patriotism, delicious food, positive energy, and an exhilarating era: don’t miss this period novel!] Cooking god Zhao Wan Feng transmigrates. She lands in a third-line military factory and even scores a perfect scientist husband. In that case, she’ll work hard and aim to become the cafeteria’s head cook, then settle down and enjoy life… No, she’ll become the cafeteria’s star, put down roots at the military factory, have children with her husband, and 3.3kReads9.2Score43414d adds

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    It features delicious food and scientific research, no cheat codes, the female lead is a time-traveling reincarnation, the male lead returns from studying abroad and makes the country strong through scientific research, the logic is sound, the intelligence is high, and there is no nonsense throughout the entire book!

30. 380 八 A Tough Mystic in the 1980s, With a Handsome Husband Waiting at Home 八零玄学悍妻，家有娇夫待签收 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A story set in a bygone era + Chinese metaphysics + mild supernatural elements + ghost-hunting + romance + strong heroine. No transmigration or rebirth; both leads are natives of the setting. [Brilliant, aloof genius with a goofy side, and no interest in men VS. A sharp-tongued, scheming, tsundere man with a poisonous-sweet manner] Tian Shiling, nicknamed Tianbao, is known in Qiantang Village as the coffin girl. Her mother died in childbirth, her father is unknown, and she was raised by the vill 46.1kReads9.2Score7k14d adds

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    No rural setting, no black market, no subservient relationships, no military marriage, no awful characters [Thumbs up] 1. In her past life, the female lead took meticulous care of the male lead, feeling she had his body but not his heart. Reborn, she let go of her feelings and changed her attitude towards him, only to discover a different side of him. The male lead is a repressed pervert, actually deeply in love with the female lead and their child, but he's just too shy to talk about it. He gradually changes in this life. 2. A seemingly aloof but secretly quirky genius straight woman VS a green tea, sharp-tongued, scheming, and arrogant man. A light supernatural and metaphysical story, featuring indigenous male and female leads.

31. 381 六 The 1960s: I Have a Guaranteed Job 六十年代，我有铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Courtyard life + family squabbles + everyday life + an ordinary woman's struggle + doting romance + raising kids] Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, and just a little golden finger. Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from another branch of the family over a job opening. She injures her forehead, but unexpectedly gains a System that gives her supplies whenever she checks in. She also finds a book, written by who knows what daydreamer. In the book, she and her two younger brothers all 14.6kReads8.5Score89614d adds

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    No time travel, no reincarnation, no black market, no military marriage; both the male and female leads have stable jobs; it's all about the everyday life of a family in a tenement.

32. 382 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Rabbit Spirit Is Spoiled by the Whole Village 重生六零：兔精被大佬全村团宠了 Strange Butterfly怪蝶Modern Romance446k WordsCompleted [An Innocent, Adorable Little Rabbit Spirit x A Cool-Headed Big Shot Who Reads Too Much into Everything] (Double Rebirth + Sweet Romance + Childhood Friends + Everyone’s Favorite + The Untouchable Beauty Descends from Her Pedestal for Love + Life in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s) After arriving in another world and discovering she couldn’t change back, she found a family who treasured her like their own precious child. There was only one person who was always hostile toward her. Chu Nuannuan: I ju 694Reads8.7Score10214d adds

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    It's good, I recommend watching it.

33. 383 七 A Warm Marriage in the 1970s: She Marries a Rough Rascal and Is Spoiled Like a Treasure 七零暖婚：嫁给痞气糙汉被宠成宝 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone says the bad-tempered rascal from the Xie family is a shameless layabout. How on earth did he get so lucky as to marry Jiang He, the woman everyone in the surrounding villages wants for a wife? The young men who have a crush on Jiang He are all so jealous they could grind their teeth over Xie Shenqing. And yet, despite having such a kind and lovely wife, Xie Shenqing is always shouting at and scolding her. Even the neighborhood aunties whisper that it's a shame and that Jiang He has had 5.8kReads8.9Score35914d adds
34. 384 我 Peace and Joy in the Sixties 我在六零年代平安喜乐 Long An, Who Loves Okra and Fried Eggs爱吃秋葵煎蛋的龙安Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical era + pocket dimension + rural slice of life + cozy everyday moments] A grown woman mysteriously becomes reborn in the body of a little girl who died young, with a different name but the same surname. After a brief period of confusion, Qiu Yuling's fighting spirit ignites when her golden finger, the Get-Rich Farm, activates. While others toil at the black market to trade for supplies, Qiu Yuling says that as long as she lives earnestly and moves a finger or two in her pocket dimensio 8.2kReads8.9Score66514d adds

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    🍒In this era, there's no going to the countryside, no black market, no paying extra, and very few exceptional individuals. The female protagonist transmigrates to this era and runs a business on her own. As a college student in the 1990s with no capital, she finds opportunities everywhere and earns money by setting up a stall with her spare change, eventually becoming wealthy.

35. 385 九 Nineties Hong Kong: I Woke Up as a Kidnapped Heiress's Sister-in-Law 九零香江：睁眼穿成被绑豪门大嫂 Beauty Plucking Stars美人摘星Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Chen Rou first met Nie Zhao during a counterterrorism case involving a wealthy Hong Kong family. He had been Hong Kong’s undisputed richest man for years and was a powerful figure renowned across the region. Even with both legs crippled and confined to a wheelchair, even in his fifties with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, he still radiated sharpness and intelligence. Three generations of Chen Rou’s family had served in the police. Her father died in the war on drugs, and she had once b 23.5kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
36. 386 军 A Sweet Military Marriage and Life on an Island for a Lovely Beauty 军婚甜如蜜，俏美人的海岛生活 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [1980s setting + no golden finger + transmigrate + island life + military marriage + food + sweet romance] Lu Ting has barely woken up when she realizes she has transmigrated into a book. There’s even a reborn woman in the story who has her in her sights. Determined to turn her fate around, Lu Ting refuses to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Instead, she immediately attends a matchmaking event organized by the authorities. She finds herself a suitable husband and gets married in a fla 8kReads8.8Score49914d adds
37. 387 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds

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    This is a particularly good historical romance novel; I didn't want to skip any of it.

38. 388 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Became a Detective by Selling Out My Cellmates 重生八零，我靠出卖狱友成神探 Selling Words to Buy a Villa卖文买别墅Mystery714k WordsCompleted In 1980, Chen Qingfeng of the security office at Hanguang Machinery Plant was sentenced to life imprisonment over a loan. Twenty years later, after spending two decades working sewing machines in prison, he was hit and killed by a BMW while sweeping the street. When he woke up, Chen Qingfeng was back in 1980. That very night, a female cashier at the Gucheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was murdered in the finance office while working the night shift. The police were at a loss, but Chen Qingf 1.2kReads7.9Score12214d adds

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    They're all pretty good, especially the first one; I just started watching it recently.

39. 389 七 A Widow Remarries in the 1970s 七十年代之寡妇再嫁 Hengheng Zai蘅蘅崽Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted At twenty-four, Qiao Dani became a widow with two children, known throughout the brigade as one of its poorest households. At thirty, Lin Hengjue fell from the heights overnight. The distinguished Professor Lin, once admired for his elegance and brilliance, became one of the notorious “Black Categories” whom everyone in the cowshed avoided like snakes and scorpions. People kept urging her to remarry. Qiao Dani finally hardened her heart, stamped her foot, and marched into the cowshed to ask Li 6kReads9.3Score58214d adds

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    ✨It's super good. The female lead is a widow with two children, and she is constantly being pressured to remarry. She takes the initiative to walk into the cowshed and say to Lin Hengjue, "Comrade Lin, will you marry me?"

40. 390 小 The Little One’s Happy Life 小不点的幸福生活 Mu Huo Qing木火青Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [1970s setting + transmigration into a book + the whole family dotes on her + everyday family life + building wealth + a touch of ensemble cast] Lin Xiaoman was born into the world of the lucky heroine novel, A Happy Life in the 1970s with Yi Ke. Unfortunately, she wasn't Yi Ke. She was just the contrast character in Yi Ke's happy life. The dutiful daughter who hoped her father would make something of himself looked at him, lazing about and wasting his time on cockfighting and dog-walking. His t 53.2kReads8.9Score3.5k14d adds
41. 391 七 The 1970s: A Man Who Transmigrated Into a Book Falls in Love with a Young Educated Woman! 七零：穿书男和女知青恋爱了！ Long Huahua龙花花Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted From the heroine's perspective: Lin Jiajia was framed by a friend and put on a special train carrying educated youths to the Northeast. The moment she got on, she ran into a pervert who wouldn't stop staring at her. Lin Jiajia glared fiercely at him once, and from then on, she spent her life in the countryside glaring at people nonstop. From the hero's perspective: Ye Yunzhou was a man who had transmigrated into a book. The first time he met the heroine, he just kept staring at her. After gettin 3.9kReads9.0Score32714d adds
42. 392 女 Woman Reborn as a Man: Hard Times as the Big Brother 女穿男：艰苦岁月当大哥 There Is a Big White Dog有一只大白狗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration, period setting, marriage and children, everyday ensemble cast, few nasty characters, a little child-rearing, tiny golden finger] In Huiwan Alley, Hongshi Town, there was a happy family of two working parents. The parents loved each other, and they had two sons and two daughters. Their fifth child was on the way. But everything changed overnight. The mother died after giving birth to the fifth child, leaving behind a baby who needed constant care. During the famine 18.8kReads8.7Score2.3k14d adds
43. 393 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Li Doesn't Quite Understand李不太懂Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 1.8kReads—Score22914d adds

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    This is a super good period drama. The female lead has sound values ​​and isn't a naive or simplistic character. She runs a factory and helps many women live a better life. The villains are mostly male characters.

44. 394 乖 Be Good! We Can Date, but Don't Tell Anyone 乖！处对象可以，别往外说 Hippo Gua Gua河马瓜瓜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, historical era, feel-good story, getting rich, sweet romance] The moment she opened her eyes, modern office worker Jiang Xiaosui had become a notorious woman expelled from a workers’, peasants’ and soldiers’ college in the 1970s. To make matters worse, she realized she had transmigrated into a rebirth novel, becoming the miserable contrast character whose suffering highlighted the heroine’s happy life. According to the plot, her grandfather would lose his position as t 25.3kReads8.6Score3.3k14d adds

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    Both the male and female protagonists work in the commune; you can check this out when you're looking for something to read.

45. 395 四 Siheyuan: A Big Shot 四合院之大人物 General Who'd Rather Sit Than Stand能坐着别站着中郎将Male-Channel Fanfiction692k WordsCompleted After being reborn, Liu Guangqi is the mysterious, unfilial son of the fat Liu from the back courtyard. Run off with a bucket? No way! Stop Liu Haizhong from beating his son? Also impossible. How could you not beat a mischievous brat? After moving into the Siheyuan courtyard, he starts changing the Liu family from the ground up! 2kReads6.9Score10714d adds
46. 396 年 Awakening in a New Era: An Immortal Cultivation Expert in the Military District 年代觉醒：修仙大佬在军区 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Space + Period Setting + Not a Saintly Heroine + Plant Powers + Space Powers + Cunning and a Little Selfish + Medical Skills + Loves Good Food and Hates Work] A hardcore homebody and avid novel reader accidentally finds herself inside an apocalypse novel. She’s become the most powerful ability user of her time, but she still hasn’t learned how to control her powers properly. She dies fighting the Zombie King, and a sliver of life lets her be reborn in the harsh years of the Flower K 4.9kReads8.1Score40014d adds

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    Ancient cultivation setting, spatial element, powerful female protagonist.

47. 397 七 The 1970s: Who Says a Female Soldier Can't Be a Slacker? 七零，谁说女兵不能当该溜子 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Female soldier + strong heroine + comedy + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place] After Zheng Hao awakened her memories, she found herself with a biased grandfather, a grandmother who favored boys over girls, and a mother who’d been tormented half to death. Could this setup get any worse? Just as her grandmother was about to stamp the name “Bringer of Brothers” onto her little sister, Zheng Hao struck back, turning their grandparents’ main room upside down and smashing everything to 40.9kReads9.0Score6.4k14d adds
48. 398 资 The Rich Young Master Was Forced to Marry Me, Now He Begs for Kisses Every Day 资本家少爷被强娶后，每天求亲亲 Big Flower Pig大花猪Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + older woman/younger man romance + sweet romance + adorable child + everyday family life] Bold, domineering young widow vs. refined young master A period-era version of Sniping on a Butterfly Li Hongmei followed the latest trends and traveled back to the 1970s. She didn’t become a capitalist’s daughter or an educated youth sent to the countryside. Instead, she became a rural widow. To make matters even more outrageous, her original self’s mother-in-l 204Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This one, this one! The female lead transmigrates into the body of a rural widow, who easily deals with a few difficult relatives. She has a spatial ability and resources, but doesn't go to the black market. The male lead is the young master of a capitalist family who has been sent to the countryside. The two are forced into marriage, a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love.

49. 399 四 Siheyuan: Li Tianyou, the Brilliant Detective 四合院：妙笔神探李天佑 Mo Yiquan墨一圈Male-Channel Fanfiction948k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads7.9Score11114d adds
50. 400 七 The 1970s: Grandma Lu Joins the Army with Her Daughter 七零，陆老太跟女儿随军去了 Quiet Rainy Day安静下雨天Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Old Madam Lu never married because of her health. She had no idea how she died. She was nearly eighty, but exercised regularly, had no high blood pressure or other illnesses, and still had a healthy appetite and all her teeth. Then, after just one night, she woke up in the 1970s, decades younger! Old Madam Lu racked her brain, unable to figure out what had happened. But since she was here, she would make the best of it. Besides, she had a biological daughter here, which cou 14.1kReads8.4Score1.4k14d adds

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