Desperate for Good Period and Farming Novels with No Golden Finger 顶级书荒,求好看的年代文,种田文,没有金手指
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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
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.
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She’s Gone Mad! The Deposed Empress Raises a Child in the Cold Palace and Plots a Rebellion 疯了!废后她冷宫养崽要造反
Blurb: [A devoted one-to-one romance] + [raising children] + [medical skills] + [powerful leads] In her previous life, she loved too deeply and died in the Cold Palace. After transmigrating through several lifetimes, she is reborn. The moment she wakes... “Your Highness, it's a pair of twins, a boy and a girl! At last, you have a chance to rise above your station. This old servant will go tell His Majesty right away!” Leave the Cold Palace? Ning Yizhen's eyes turn icy. She's a brilliant all-roun
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A Whirlwind Wedding and Military Life: My Forceful Officer Leaves Me Swooning Every Time 闪婚随军:强势军官令我次次沦陷
[Complete novel + sweet romance + career-driven heroine + building wealth + female awakening and mutual support + no golden finger + funny, heartwarming, and moving] Ye Wenxi, a career-driven woman at a major 21st-century corporation, transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era. Through a twist of fate, she and Lu Weidong end up having an “honest exchange.” Fortunately, he has a strong sense of responsibility and insists on seeing things th
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The Tough Farmer’s Wife and Her Frail Husband’s Unbridled Devotion 农门悍妇,病弱相公宠妻无度
Li Miaomiao transmigrates into the body of a woman who was abandoned by her groom, went mad and married Xiao Xian, who had come to attend the wedding feast, then demanded the next day to go back and become the groom’s concubine. She fell into a river and died. The guests all laugh at the useless cripple, who has nothing but a handsome face and lives in abject poverty, unable even to keep the jilted bride. Everyone expects her to wake up and torment Xiao Xian. Instead, she picks up a toolbox and
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The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越:古代生存十八法
The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W
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Life in a Chaotic Courtyard Compound in the 1970s 鸡飞狗跳的七十年代大杂院生活
When Jiang Zhenying woke up, she found herself in the body of a doomed character in a period novel, with one, two, three... six grandsons and granddaughters to boot. She had transmigrated to the resource-starved 1970s and now had to raise so many children. Jiang Zhenying gave a bitter smile. “Heavens, are you messing with me?” Luckily, she could retrieve things she had wasted in her previous life through her dreams. She didn’t know whether to blame her past wastefulness for making the heavens se
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Reborn Under the Moon: I Am the White-Haired Woman 月下还魂,我是白毛女
[The 1960s, technology, major infrastructure projects, bridge-building, no horrible characters, no black markets, a love story like Romance on Lushan Mountain] An epic of perseverance through difficult times, A grand tale of the birth of a bridge, A group of builders in a special era, A romantic love story that crosses time and space... In the spring of 1960, Ma Susu woke up in a dilapidated temple. She was now a “drifter,” fleeing famine and heading for the lands beyond the pass. She’d fallen b
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I, Lin Daiyu, Have Transmigrated to the 1990s 林黛玉本玉穿到九十年代了
[Little cutie + adorable child + everyone’s favorite + top student + ancient-to-modern transmigration + school life + Northeast China + raising a child] Lin Daiyu, who died after crying herself dry, transmigrates into a five-year-old girl in rural Northeast China. She lives in a brick house, eats coarse grains, and has to herd geese, dig for wild vegetables, and help with chores. But she even has to wear a sleeveless undershirt and shorts? Waaah, no, no, no… “What are you bawling about? Want noo
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A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男:我在年代文里吃软饭
[A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre
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Back to the Sixties: Becoming a Chef at a Big Factory 六十年代之回到大厂当厨子
(Period Drama + Rebirth + Siheyuan Courtyard + Farming + No Golden Finger) Wang Jianguo spent his whole life meekly working in the back kitchen of a machinery factory. He had no wife or children, and even the factory took care of his funeral. Perhaps his obsession ran too deep, because time turned back and returned him to the moment before it all began... There’s no golden finger at any point. The protagonist won’t reach the pinnacle of life or slaughter his way through the world. If that’s not
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A Beauty Marries Down: Her Second-Husband, an Older Man, Demands Her Love Every Day 美人下嫁:二婚老男人日日索爱
[Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a
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After Awakening Her Memories, the Little Cannon Fodder Gossips, Gets Rich, and Takes Down Scumbags 觉醒记忆后,小炮灰吃瓜发财虐渣
[System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru
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She Needs My Flesh and Blood to Survive! The Cold, Aloof Minister Breaks His Rules for Her 剔血肉续她命!清冷权臣为她破戒
[Farming + Reborn + Cuisine + Medicine] Lin Shuangshuang is reborn. The first thing she does in her new life is leave her awful family behind and marry a fool to bring him good luck. The Gu family is the poorest and most wretched household in Hegou Village. The young and old are sick, disabled, or mad. But everything changes after Lin Shuangshuang marries into the family. In an era when pork is cheap, the pigs she raises become a rare delicacy coveted by the nobility. In the barren winter, she g
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The 1980s: The Demon Queen Turns Out to Be the Real Heiress 八零:魔王她成了真千金
[A slow-burn story. The early chapters focus mainly on the female lead’s growth. Feel free to pass if that’s not for you.] [The male lead got lost in the story again… No romance.] The true heiress who was switched at birth should have suffered through every hardship in the countryside. But after His Highness the Demon King, Lanting, stepped in, all of that disappeared. With a grand sweep of his hand, the Demon King revealed a bright white smile. This time, someone else would have to endure every
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Others Suck Up to Their Dads, I Suck Up to My Son. I'm the Best at Making a Scene and Being Filial 别人啃爹我啃儿,轰堂打孝我最行
[Reborn in a Bygone Era + Marriage First, Love Later + Stepmother + Pocket Dimension] Gu Hanqiu was surrounded by idiots from the moment she was born. After a series of dramatic romances and bitter feuds, she finally found the peace she had long been missing. After being reborn into the world of a period novel, Gu Hanqiu plans to leave those unbearable idiots behind and live an ordinary life for once. But things don't go as she wishes. Every so often, someone pops up to disrupt her life. Well,
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The Sixties: I Join Forces with My Sweet, Scheming Husband to Reach the Top 六零之携手绿茶娇夫走上巅峰
[Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Devoted Husband + Super Strength + Soldier] [A powerful, domineering, and wealthy heroine + a beautiful, delicate, scheming male lead] Shu Xin is a powerful woman born in the apocalypse. Armed with an overpowered cheat, she is reborn in the 1960s of a parallel world. Here, she finds a loving family, and achieves success in both her career and her love life. The male lead, Luo Yue, is a delicate young gentleman who transmigrated from an ancient matriarchal so
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After Moving to the Countryside, I Ran Off with the Village Chief's Handsome Nephew 下乡后,我拐跑了村长的美人侄子
[Period setting, strong female lead, no role reversal] Ye Shan was an elite assassin. After her mission failed, her master slit her throat, and she became a little girl in 1966. The little girl really was in a bad way. She’d been bullied terribly, but fortunately, Ye Shan arrived... It was fine that she’d been sent to the countryside. Somehow, the delicate and frail Si Yu from the village took a liking to her. That new young educated youth was so handsome, and so capable, too. Most importantly,
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Two Bombs, One Satellite: The Everyday Life of a Socially Awkward Researcher 两弹一星:社恐的科研日常
[Historical Era + Strong Female Lead + Advancing the Nation Through Science + Inspirational] I’m sick and recovering, so updates may be a little irregular. Content warning: The golden finger isn’t very powerful. This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story, and the pacing is slow. Scientific research doesn’t happen overnight; steady, step-by-step progress is what makes it realistic. Su Qingyan, a socially anxious scientist from the interstellar era, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1960s, a time when th
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Life in the ’80s Compound: I Stole the Male Lead’s Heart and Won Over His Commander Uncle 八零大院,撩爆男主的首长叔叔
[Eighties setting + military marriage + seducing the man + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + heroine has experience, hero doesn't] She opens her eyes to find she's become the male lead's wicked aunt in a period novel. She abuses him and his younger sister, cheats on their stern uncle, and ultimately brings about her own death. Lu Manman, a breathtaking beauty with smooth, radiant skin, is determined to take it easy. All she wants is to go back home. Who knew her niece and nephew would
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Reborn in the 1960s: The Sweetheart of the Three-Unit Courtyard Makes Money to Support Her Family 重生六零,三合院小娇娇赚钱养家
[Period setting + System + space + devoted couple + heroine pursues hero + educated youth + workers + science and technology professionals] This story is a cozy twenty-six degrees, with a touch of sweetness. The heroine reaches the peak of life through her own hard work! Poor student Dan Qingmo transmigrates! Not only does she experience the movement to the countryside and the Third Front campaign, she also catches the wave of reform and opening up! Take a gamble, and turn a bicycle into a motor
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Reborn, I’m Taking Shortcuts to Help the Nation Get Ahead 都重生了,让国家走点捷径怎么了
Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his
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Transmigrated Into a 1970s Novel: A Bystander's Guide to Staying Out of Trouble 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养
Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines
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Reborn in the Sixties: I Use My Space to Face-Slap My Way to Fortune 重生六零:我带着空间打脸暴富
[Feel-good story, no saintly heroine, lighthearted, scum-bashing, educated youth sent to the countryside, alternate setting, ruthless and cool apocalypse queen x gentle-looking but ruthless little wolf] Feng Lingyu, a max-level ability user in the apocalypse, chose to die alongside the Zombie King to save humanity. Reborn in an instant, she wakes up in the body of a young woman who has lost her parents in the past. What? Food is scarce in this era and everyone has to tighten their belts? Just wa
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Kidnapped from the Start: My Daily Sign-In in the 1960s 开局被绑我在六零年代的签到日常
[Sign-In System + Pocket Dimension + Educated Youth + Ancient Martial Arts] Gu Zuozuo, heir to an ancient martial arts family, is dragged into transmigrating to the era from history books when people barely had enough to eat or wear, all because of some damn man. She becomes a pitiful beauty from a wealthy family, targeted for her inheritance. After transmigrating, Gu Zuozuo takes her System and turns her enemies' hideout upside down, then dusts herself off and answers the nation's call to go to
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I Went to the Wrong Blind Date Table and Married an Officer, Then Made a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 相亲走错桌嫁军官,携空间赚翻了
[Entirely fictional] (military marriage in a bygone era + devoted love between two virgins + face-slapping villains + a touch of fantasy with a pocket dimension + no saintly heroine + building wealth) After ten years of keeping her head down, Gong Linglong finally avenged her parents and reclaimed everything that belonged to her. Just as she was about to enjoy life, a soul-reaper dragged her spirit down to the underworld! Damn it! They got the wrong soul? And she couldn't go back? With her fiery
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An Apocalypse Madman Transmigrates Into a Period Novel 末世疯子穿越进了年代文
Period + marriage first, love later + storage space + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place Lin Qiaoyun was treated as a walking warehouse in the apocalypse. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates to the 1950s and into the body of a young woman who had been forced into a corner and killed herself in a fit of desperation. She hasn’t even adjusted to her new identity when she has to get married. Fine, she’ll get married! Not only does she marry into the family, she brings her parents alon
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A Lone Orphan Is Reborn in the 1970s with an Infinite Supply of Goods 孤女带着无限物资重生七零
[Period Setting + Supply Pocket Dimension + Reborn + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance] After winning the sanda championship and obtaining a pocket dimension full of supplies, Bai Zhi begins a frenzied stockpiling spree. Later, she is reborn in the 1970s as a young orphan. What happens when a violent woman becomes a pitiful little thing and her persona falls apart? Educated youths head to the countryside, and the poor peasants rejoice. You need a travel permit to go out, and shopping requires b
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An Orphan Girl Gets a Jade Pendant Space and Transmigrates to the Countryside in the 1970s 孤女得到玉佩空间穿越七零下乡
[Orphaned Girl + Space + Sent to the Countryside + Stockpiling Supplies + Photographic Memory] Modern-day orphan Song Qianqian unlocks the space inside a jade pendant, stocks up on supplies, transmigrates to the 1970s, and then heads to the countryside. Ji Mufeng, a young man from a well-connected family compound, is signed up by his stepmother to go suffer in the countryside. Through a twist of fate, he marries Song Qianqian. At first, Ji Mufeng says, “Hmph, don't think you have a chance with m
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The Sixies’ Only Children Huddle Together for Warmth 六零独苗苗抱团取暖
Pocket-space hoarding, childhood sweethearts, devoted couple, no nasty relatives, inspiring story An attractive, strong female lead who is secretly a rich second-generation heiress × a handsome male lead, the heroic son of a man determined to become a pilot Yu Zhuo'er, a carefree rich second-generation heiress, is born into the past. When she is five, her pocket dimension from her previous life reactivates, just as she receives the devastating news that her father has died in service. Yu Zhuo'er
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From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父,病弱女配下乡被宠
[Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p
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Reborn in 1970 with a Space 重生七零有空间
A master of max-level end-of-the-world abilities in the mental, wood, and spatial domains has her soul transmigrate into the body of a cannon-fodder female supporting character in a period novel. She begins a new journey, supposedly giving the heroine money and a golden finger? Not a chance.
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A Master's in Medicine Takes Her Pocket Dimension to the 1970s and Becomes a Miracle Doctor 医学硕士带空间穿到七零当神医
She had been a medical school graduate student in the twenty-first century, with no family but herself. When she woke up, the world had suddenly changed: drab gray walls and earthen houses. Somehow, she'd ended up in the 1970s, so she could only make the best of it. “Hey, big shot, stop following me around.” “Hey, big shot, why are you always popping up in front of me?” “Hey, big shot, quit flaunting those abs to tempt me.” “Hey, big shot, I'm looking for one partner for life.” Xia Jingchuan: “W
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Transmigrating to Become a Farmer in the 1960s 穿越六零当农女
The heroine, Li Yanan, was an obscure office drone in the 21st century. She grew up in an orphanage, and after the director she called Mom passed away, she kept having the same dream. In it, a little girl was beaten and cursed at, begging through tears of blood for Li Yanan to save her. She thought it was a prophetic dream, but as time passed, she never awakened a space or got a System, so she eventually let it go. She never expected fate to play a cruel joke on her and subject her to a violent
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Sixies Pocket Dimension: The Cannon Fodder Couple Thrive in the 1960s 六零空间:炮灰夫妻在年代躺赢了
[Both leads reborn + both leads transmigrate + unreliable pocket dimension + billions in supplies] Don't nitpick the details! Anything can appear in a pocket dimension full of supplies. Don't ask for details, this is a fictional setting! A fictional setting! Why have all this stuff if you aren't going to use it?!! Content warning: They won't split up the household at first, but everyone earns and works independently. The leads aren't self-sacrificing saints, and they only help people when there'
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The Sixties: The Heroine Is in Prison, While I Go to College 六零,女主蹲大狱,我考大学
The short dramas "In the 1960s, Why Is My Entire Family of Villains in Everyone's Way?" and "The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family So Awful?" are now available. [Period Setting] [Entire Family Are Villains] [Spatial Dimension] Lin Qiqi transmigrated into a Period novel. Her whole family was made up of awful people who leeched off the female lead's family. After offending them, her entire family died! Lin Qiqi summed up the lesson: In the novel, her whole family died because they were twisted, but no
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The Beloved Mute Wife of a Farming Family: Prosperity Through a Blessed Pregnancy 团宠农家哑妻之好孕致富
[Farming + everyone’s favorite + devoted husband + getting rich + feel-good + sweet romance] Before meeting Lin Chaozong, the little mute was a pitiful nobody without even a name. His father was alive, but his mother was gone, and no one cared for him. He never had enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. As soon as he turned sixteen, he was sold to an old man to bear him a son. The little mute ran away, and luckily, he met Lin Chaozong. Lin Chaozong had only meant to save someone out of kindness,
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I Married into the Mountains and Built a Big House, Now My Biased Parents Regret It Bitterly 嫁进深山盖大房,偏心爹娘悔断肠
[Signed for publication] [Cozy Farming + Miracle Doctor + Adorable Kids + Devoted Couple + Doting Husband] [Sweet young wife + Reserved, steady, devoted and deeply affectionate male lead] The moment Chu Yue opened her eyes, her gambling-addicted father had already given her to the Lu family in the mountains as a bride. A rickety, dilapidated house, two young brothers-in-law, and a mother-in-law who was always sick. Chu Yue said that as long as the family worked together, none of that was a probl
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The Young Deputy Grand Secretary's Country Bride 小阁老的田园娇妻
Xie Yuluo read a book in which the farm boy hero, once spurned by the heroine, rose to success. The noble heroine recognized his worth, fell in love with him, and rose with him to become a titled lady, making every woman in the land envious. The faithless supporting woman who had abandoned him met a tragic and dismal end in the story. Xie Yuluo applauded. When she woke up the next morning, she was horrified to discover that she had become that faithless woman who deserved to die. And there she w
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Pregnant and Fleeing Famine, I Lead My Foolish Husband with One Hand and Wield a Pocket Dimension with the Other 逃荒孕妇,一手牵傻夫一手握空间
[Farming + pocket dimension + fleeing famine + raising kids + the silly husband is irresistible] Jiang Chengxue transmigrates into the middle of a famine evacuation. When she opens her eyes, she has a silly husband with the mind of a child, and a seven-month-old baby in her belly… There’s barely any food or water. They could die tomorrow, and they’ve even become separated from the villagers! To keep his wife and unborn son alive, her silly husband lets people treat him like a beast of burden, ha
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After Transmigrating into a Book, I Spoiled the Villainous Regent 穿书后,我娇养了反派摄政王
[Rugged Hero + Villain + Adorable Kids + Stepmother + Lucky Charm + Everyone’s Favorite] Tang Li transmigrated into a book and became a cannon-fodder female side character, sold to a wild, burly man in the mountains as his wife and made stepmother to three burdensome children! But as it turned out, the rugged man was actually the ruthless main villain from the book! And those three burdensome children were future villains in their own right. In the end, they would be executed by a thousand cuts
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A Beloved Army Wife in the 1970s 七零年代娇宠军妻
Sweet romance, military marriage One-on-one romance Love grows over time On the night she discovers her fiancé cheating with her best friend, Xu Qin, a woman from the 21st century, is sent by a car accident to the side of Deng Fan in the late 1970s. She becomes a bona fide military wife... Deng Fan, a soldier guarding the country's frontier, had expected to spend his whole life protecting this vast stretch of borderland alone. But fate sends him a delicate young woman from the city... She is sof
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The Year of the Wooden Anniversary 木婚之年
[Stepmother + divorce + ordinary people at the bottom of society] Song Yu has decided to get a divorce, even if it means walking away with nothing. Many people say she’s foolish. They say a housewife like her, from the countryside, with no education, no connections, and little work experience, will never find a man better than her ex-husband after a divorce. Song Yu knows that given her circumstances, she won’t find a better man or a good job. She decides to divorce him anyway. [Even after her d
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After Awakening, I Refuse to Be a Cannon Fodder Anymore! 觉醒后,这炮灰老娘不当了!
Song Huaijing passed the palace examination and came first among the third-ranked graduates. No one was happier than Shen Anning. She thought her hard days were finally behind her, but an accident let her glimpse the secrets of fate. It turned out the world she lived in was a book, and her husband and his beloved were the male and female leads. She was just a stepping stone on their road to success. Looking at the ending in store for her, Shen Anning wasn't having it! You're the cannon fodder, a
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Guide to the Yellow Springs 黄泉路引
[Fantasy xianxia + strange tales + past and present lives] At the border between the human realm and the underworld, there is more than just the Bridge of Helplessness and Lady Meng. There is also me, the first guardian on the Yellow Springs Road. My name is Quanyin. I know not when I was born, nor where my road will end. I only guard the boundary between yin and yang, ever present at the moment between life and death. I hold two lamps. One lights the souls’ path westward; the other helps them h
522Reads9.1Score107Shelves
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The Emperor Is Absolutely Not a Hopeless Romantic 皇上他,绝对不是恋爱脑
[Both transmigrate into a book + domestic drama] Bad news: Lin Shanyue has transmigrated into a book. More bad news: she didn’t become the heroine, the villainess, or even a minor character. Instead, she became the lowliest water-boiling maid among the four hundred servants in the heroine’s family home. Every morning, she gets up early to boil water for her masters. Every night, in the small hours, they call hoarsely for her to bring more. She can’t eat her fill or dress warmly, she’s being forc
309Reads8.3Score—Shelves
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I Became a Middle-Aged Princess Consort, and Dashing Is My Style 穿成中年王妃,飒爽才是我个性
Feel-good comedy + absurd palace intrigue + absurd household drama + the leads don't fall in love Young Gu Xinrou transmigrates into the body of a middle-aged princess consort. Her husband, Prince Jin, is a notorious flirt with seven concubines, and he even brings his mistress home. Unable to leave, Gu Xinrou refuses to put up with any misery and takes an unconventional approach: every day, she wants to beat up the prince. If she's unhappy, they fight it out. Facing the crowd, Gu Xinrou gives a
6.9kReads9.1Score598Shelves
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A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义
Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a
16.5kReads8.1Score979Shelves
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The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女
[No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try
26.6kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
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The 1970s: A Sent-Down Youth Marries a Soldier and Builds a Fortune as a Middleman 七零嫁军汉,知青女配当倒爷起家
[A promise kept for a lifetime, giving her life to her country] Fraile from birth, Song Youxiang was abandoned by her family as a child and forced to go to the countryside. Even so, she never received a shred of kindness. Her parents despised her, her older sister resented her for life, and the second sister who had been given away as a child concealed her identity to get close to her. One false accusation after another followed, and they even stole her fiancé… In the end, Song Youxiang died al
10.8kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
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I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太,别人逃荒我开荒
(No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled
111.9kReads9.5Score14.3kShelves
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