In a Reading Slump... Any High-Quality Stories Set in the Past? The Fun Kind Where They Raise Lots of Kids 书荒了…🈶高质量年代文么？养多个崽崽那种好玩

1. 51 七 The 1970s: I Slacked Off, So I Made the Kids Compete Fiercely 七零，我摆烂后，叫崽崽们内卷 Dance of Ice冰之舞Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Xu Qian transmigrated into a period novel called Reborn: A Sweet and Loving Marriage. The story was about how the heroine, Bai Qingqing, had been blind in her past life and married the wrong man. She had rejected Zhou Wenjun, a man with three children, in favor of a sent-down youth, only to be abandoned and left destitute. Meanwhile, the man she had turned down, the one with three children, went on to build a fortune and become the richest man in the city. After being reborn, she came to her sen 6.1kReads8.2Score356Shelves
2. 52 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 46.8kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves
3. 53 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.4kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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   The writing is delicate and the writer is intelligent.

4. 54 穿 Transmigrated as a Poor Fisherwoman in the 1960s, I Use My Pocket Dimension to Raise Seven Kids in Luxury 穿成六零穷渔妇，空间富养七个崽 Qi Mang戚芒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + stockpiling supplies + pocket dimension + fishing and gathering seafood + food + everyday life raising children] No romance Complete!!! After a freak car accident, strongwoman Zhang Siyu opens her eyes in the 1960s as a weepy young widow raising three children alone. After beating up some bad guys while crying, Zhang Siyu gains a golden finger and a three-bedroom, one-living-room pocket dimension. It comes stocked with rice, flour, cooking oil, and other supplies she'd put away 2.6kReads9.1Score196Shelves

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   This is a period drama about raising children that I've reread twice. The story is very interesting, and the children are described in a very cute way.

5. 55 七 A Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s, Raising a Child and Doing Research Too 七零军婚甜如蜜，带娃科研两不误 Green Wine and Joy青酒欢Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military life on an island + marriage first, love later + chasing his wife to the crematorium + devoted sweet romance + no golden finger] After twenty years of studying hard, Jiang Qingyue had finally achieved her dream of heading to an island as an agricultural PhD to pursue research. But before she could leave, she unexpectedly transmigrated to the 1970s. A woman who'd been single for ages found herself in the bridal chamber from the start! After one wild night, she woke up to discover that t 35.2kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
6. 56 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: So Sweet! My Lovely Stepmom Is Expecting 七零军婚：爆甜！娇软后妈太好孕 December-十二月-Modern Romance649k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + substitute bride + personal space + marriage before love + doting husband + powerful leads + everyday child-rearing] Wen Wan was a top mechanical infantry soldier across the stars, ruthless and talkative. The mechs she built packed incredible firepower. After an accident, she transmigrated to the resource-poor 1970s and became a military wife whose husband was never home. When she opened her eyes, a man radiating masculinity was lying beside her. Wen Wan felt his young, vigo 2.4kReads8.7Score264Shelves
7. 57 呆 My Simpleminded Husband Became an Officer and Keeps Kissing His Pregnant Wife Silly 呆傻老公变军官，追着亲懵小孕妻 A Long Time with You漫长与你Modern Romance292k WordsCompleted [1970s + System + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple + Running Away While Pregnant] Shen Tang wakes up in the body of a fake heiress who is a doomed side character in a period novel. Her biological parents have abducted her and are forcing her to marry a fool. At this point, Shen Tang has only one thought: she has to escape. But her adoptive parents have found their real daughter, and her biological parents are rotten to the core. Where can she run? In the end, Shen Tang decides to stay 1.3kReads9.0Score150Shelves
8. 58 军 A Military Marriage Sweetened with Love: Pregnant Three Months After Marrying an Officer 军婚蜜宠，嫁军官三个月后揣崽了 Xin Chua鑫歘Modern Romance438k WordsCompleted (A wildly imaginative story with a pocket dimension and a System, focused on face-slapping, with a strong female lead and a weaker male lead, and a clean romance for both.) [Spoiler warning: Pregnancy and divorce-related plotlines come much later. If that bothers you, please think twice before reading.] The battle-crazed Gu Baobao pilots a battleship into the 1980s. The moment she opens her eyes, her engagement is broken off, and she becomes the abandoned wife and laughingstock of the entire v 46Reads7.5Score—Shelves
9. 59 七 The 1970s: The Big Guy Holds His Beloved Little Stepmom Close Day and Night 七零小后妈：大叔日夜抱在怀里宠 Sea Cucumber Surfing海参冲浪Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Real Stepmother + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Sweet Romance + Age Gap + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + One-and-Only Devotion + 1v1 + Cozy, No Toxic Characters] In short, this is a story about a woman who has everything she could want in the 1970s and gets addicted to living! Her transmigration comes out of nowhere, her pocket dimension is only there sometimes, she finds a husband she’s completely satisfied with, takes to being a stepmother l 7.7kReads9.0Score415Shelves
10. 60 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s and Raise Kids on a Military Island 穿越六零，随军海岛养崽崽 Wan Xiyi万喜宜Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period Setting + Pocket Space] [Joining the Army on an Island + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Love After Marriage + No Toxic Characters + Everyday Life] Jiang Zhizhi is a modern-day food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s. Luckily, the little house she had just bought outright comes along with her, and the refrigerator inside even has a duplication function. But before she can process what’s happening, her older brother and sister-in-law bundle her up with he 2.9kReads8.5Score197Shelves
11. 61 队 The Men of the Unit Spoil Her Rotten, and the Sweet Young Wife Has Triplets 队里汉子宠上天，娇媳妇一胎三宝 Adorable Little Rice Ball呆萌的丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Both leads are virgins + sweet romance + military marriage + pocket dimension + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + triplets + absolutely doting husband! A super-strong heroine vs. a devoted commander who scares off every potential suitor) The author’s new book: A Military Wife’s Five Lucky Babies, Breaking the Commander’s Family Curse of Ten Generations of Single Sons Special note: This is a fictional period story set in an alternate timeline. It is entirely made up and should not be taken 13.7kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
12. 62 七 Sweet Love in the ’70s: My Darling Brings Her Space and Wins Over a Rugged Man 七零甜宠：娇宝带空间撩糙汉生崽 Pear Star Bunny梨星兔纸Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Military Marriage + Joining Him at His Post + Sweet Romance + Pocket-Dimension Supplies + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Feel-Good Power Fantasy) Jiang You, a nationally renowned physicist and medical expert, unexpectedly gains a mysterious pocket dimension. In her dreams, she transmigrates to the 1970s, and to stay alive, she first stockpiles trillions' worth of supplies. After she transmigrates into a book, she finds herself the beloved darling of the Jiang family! But the origin 7.2kReads9.2Score811Shelves
13. 63 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: Marry a Rough-Hewn Man with My Pocket Dimension 穿书七零：带着空间嫁糙汉 Growing Flowers养花花Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, she discovers that while other people are the real heiresses from the city who were mistakenly switched at birth, she is a country girl who was raised in the city for eighteen years before anyone realized the mix-up. Now back in the countryside, she pulls her weight at every job, and everything from food to clothes requires ration coupons. Luckily, she has a magical space. Being penniless is no problem: whatever others have, she can copy, and he 2.8kReads9.1Score236Shelves
14. 64 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves

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    I've recently become obsessed with historical fiction. Anyone understand? Life is tough in reality, but these novels offer all sorts of satisfying moments. The combination of reality and the timeline is truly captivating. Highly recommend them! I wouldn't add a book to my bookshelf if it wasn't good. I've read all sorts of historical fiction, so feel free to recommend some to other readers!

15. 65 七 The 1970s: The Sweet, Gentle Educated Youth Is Doted on by the Wildest, Roughest Man 七零娇软知青被最野糙汉放肆宠 Xiao Lin Zhaozhao小林昭昭Modern Romance566k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + personal space + sweet romance + delicate, beautiful educated youth + rugged country man] Lin Wanwan transmigrates to the impoverished 1970s, bringing an entire personal space with her. She becomes an educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. The delicate young woman is so frail that she gets breathless and uncomfortable after just a few steps. The only thing that can make her feel better is absorbing the “yang energy” of a rugged man named Lu Ye. Blu 2.3kReads7.9Score289Shelves
16. 66 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Became a Cannon Fodder Side Character from the Start 穿书七零，开局成了炮灰女配 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Storage space, mind reading, military marriage, sweet romance, transmigrate into a book, delicate beauty, mischievous little troublemaker] Feng Jiaojiao dies suddenly after working overtime all night, only to transmigrate into a book and become a supporting character who shares her name in a novel she once read. She remembers that the male lead is An Jianjun and the female lead is Qin Siyu. Feng Jiaojiao, the supporting character, is merely a stepping stone in the heroine’s love life, the male 32.4kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
17. 67 美 Food Blogger Transmigrates to the Seventies: Becoming a Mom Without the Labor Pains 美食博主穿七零：无痛当妈来养崽 Wind Comes Late at Night晚夜来风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + Food + Adorable kids + Pocket dimension + Marriage before love From the start, she's saddled with a disabled soldier for a husband and two future villains for sons. A food blogger transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s, bringing her spacious apartment with her, and becomes the contrast-group sister-in-law to the female lead of a period novel. The female lead raises plump, healthy kids while hers are scrawny as monkeys. The female lead keeps her kids spotless while hers are a 3kReads8.5Score395Shelves
18. 68 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 8kReads8.8Score499Shelves
19. 69 八 Fiery Military Romance in the 1980s: The Fake Heiress Becomes a Stepmom and Raises the Kids 八零热辣军婚，假千金当后妈养崽 Charcoal-Grilled Mandarin Duck炭烧鸳鸯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + stepmother + raising children + adorable kids + everyday family life + fake and real heiresses + spatial powers + contrasting characters] Fang Xiaoluo transmigrates into the 1980s as a fake heiress and becomes the apple of her military officer husband's eye. With a space containing a spiritual spring, Fang Xiaoluo can raise children, make money, and farm with ease. Her life is so happy it feels like she has a cheat code. Xu Yaqiu is reborn. In her previous life, she married a m 8.6kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
20. 70 七 In the 1970s, She Had Fortune on Her Side, So Why Be a Cannon-Fodder Villainess? 七零，她自带福运还当什么女炮灰 Xi Xi兮禧Modern Romance807k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + No System + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Female Lead Is Naturally Blessed With Good Fortune] Xu Youyou transmigrated into a book as a cannon-fodder supporting female character with the same name. In the book, the original Xu Youyou paved the way for a scumbag, helping him rise from a farmer scraping by in the fields to the director of a steel mill. Just as he was about to reap the rewards, the scheming female lead appeared, snatched them away, and framed t 2.5kReads8.9Score185Shelves
21. 71 七 A Stepmom from the Seventies Raises Adorable Kids, and a Crazy Big Shot Spoils Her 七零后妈养萌娃，疯批大佬宠上天 Luo Qianqian洛浅浅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + devoted couple + adorable kids + pocket dimension + food + everyday family life] Gu Qinghuan transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who dies young. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself married to a madman, with two little brats thrown in for good measure. How is she supposed to survive this from the start? Gu Qinghuan says she has a golden finger: keep her husband, who is only mad in name, around to guard the ho 11kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
22. 72 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Rugged Husband, Be Gentle with Me 重生七零，糙汉老公轻点哄 New Moon Like the First新月如初Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + historical era + farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + face-slapping + striving. The leads are sweet from beginning to end, with no contrived misunderstandings!] In her previous life, Chen Yihe was difficult and headstrong. She listened to slander, divorced her rugged husband, and squandered the hand she'd been dealt, spending half her life adrift. A fire took her life. Amid the roaring flames, she saw the husband she had abandoned walking toward her against the light. At last, tears 2.1kReads8.8Score161Shelves
23. 73 七 Seventies Island Military Marriage: A Stepmom's Daily Life Raising Kids After Remarrying 七零海岛军婚：二婚后妈养娃日常 Achoo Achoo啊啾啊啾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Military Marriage + Stepmother + Second Marriage + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Everyday Life + Love After Marriage When she opens her eyes, Song Shiwei discovers she has transmigrated into a book! Worse, she’s become the female cannon fodder with a tragic ending! To save her life and escape the plot’s control, she impulsively marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! She thinks she can now enjoy a carefree little life of her own! But when she arrives, she discovers that the f 3.4kReads8.9Score320Shelves
24. 74 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 16.2kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
25. 75 嫁 After Marrying a Rugged Man in the 1970s, the Mountain Shrew Became a Beautiful Wife 嫁七零糙汉后，山野泼妇变美娇妻 Chi Xiaoyan赤小焱Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged man + pocket dimension + gourmet food + devoted puppy-like husband + doting husband] Su Yunhe, a top modern imperial chef, is burned alive in her villa and reborn in the 1970s with a pocket dimension. She takes over the body of a notorious village shrew: fat, lazy, ugly, wicked, and always doing despicable things! Su Yunhe cleans up the mess she left behind, gradually becoming kinder, prettier, and slimmer. She starts a business and makes a fortune, until everyone in the 3.1kReads9.1Score263Shelves
26. 76 重 Back to the 1970s: This Rough-Hewn Man Is Mine to Spoil 重回七零：糙汉子我来宠 What Is It什么什么呀Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + magic space + food + mutual devotion + family life] In her previous life, Xia Xier was schemed against while sent to the countryside and “lost” her innocence. The day before she was due to return to the city, they secretly killed her. Fu Yuanzhou, a powerful man who fell in love with her at first sight, avenged her. Given another chance at life, Xia Xier has a magic space and vows to tear those scumbag men and women to pieces and finally get the anger out of her heart! Most import 5.7kReads8.7Score508Shelves
27. 77 嘤 Eek! How Embarrassing! I Transmigrated Straight into a Rugged Man's Arms 嘤！害羞！刚穿越就被糙汉抱进怀 Wangwang Snow Cakes Are So Tasty旺旺雪饼超好吃Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted Stockpiling supplies + marriage first, love later + period setting + pocket dimension + devoted husband [Golden finger + cozy, everyday-life story] After achieving financial freedom, Jiang Mingcha suddenly dreams that she’ll transmigrate to an extremely poor village. The moment she wakes up, she rushes out to buy everything she can! She buys what she needs, and what she doesn’t need, too. Then, just as she’s buying the most important supplies, she gets into a car accident! When she opens her eye 18.4kReads9.1Score2kShelves
28. 78 七 The 1970s: The Villainous Bigwig Is Super Clingy 七零，反派大佬超粘人 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Parallel Timeline + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Loves to Imagine Things] After finally outliving her deadbeat father and inheriting tens of millions, Luo Minyan was at last able to live the way she wanted: eating and sleeping all day, then playing as soon as she woke up, with every day as luxurious as possible. But after going skydiving, she opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into a book. Most people who transmigrated into books became beloved heroines surrounded by 2.2kReads8.9Score185Shelves
29. 79 七 Spoiled by My Rugged Husband on Our Wedding Night in the Seventies 七零新婚夜，被糙汉老公宠到腿软 A Song Across the World天下长歌Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Su Jiaojiao divorced her husband for a deceitful scumbag and returned to the provincial capital. Little did she know, she had ruined her own life. When she finally came to her senses and wanted to live properly, she was hit by a car and killed. When she opened her eyes again, she was back on her wedding night in 1975. Fortunately, the misunderstanding between her and her husband hadn't grown too serious. Fortunately, everything was only just beginning. She swore that this t 10.2kReads9.0Score897Shelves
30. 80 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Raising a Rugged Man with a Supermarket 重生七零：带着超级商场养糙汉 This and That云云尔尔Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted [Past and Present Lives + Shopping-Mall Space + One True Love Each + Sweet Romance] Set in an alternate history. Don't get hung up on the details. If it's not your thing, feel free to leave, and please don't flame me~ In her previous life, Su Xi was blind to the truth and foolishly trusted the wrong people. Her wicked stepmother and two-faced stepsister led her around by the nose, while her stepsister had secretly gotten involved with her scumbag fiancé long before she was sent to the countrysid 4.5kReads8.9Score372Shelves
31. 81 七 The 1970s: The Black Boss I Ran Off with Becomes a Coal Magnate Again 七零之拐走的黑佬大又成煤老板了 Chuyuan Jiujiu初元九九Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted --COMPLETED-- [A devoted couple, no golden finger, no farming, no black-market adventures. This is simply the story of an unfortunate woman, constrained by her times, held back by her family, and deceived by her husband, who is reborn, escapes her ex-husband, and finds a love that is returned in full!] Everyone said Wen Haitang was lucky. She’d grown up in a crowded courtyard compound, yet married into the wealthy Dong family and moved into a Western-style mansion. But no one knew her marriage w 441Reads8.8Score113Shelves

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    The plot is unconventional, and it features a sweet romance, making it worth watching.

32. 82 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Raise a Child: My Possessive Husband Spoils Me Rotten 穿越七零养崽：偏执老公强势宠 Cai Yeye菜也也Modern Romance306k WordsOngoing [Period setting + raising children + military officer + fictional world + obsessive love] Wu Nianzhen wakes up to discover she’s become the cannon-fodder character who causes trouble in a period novel. She’s not only married, but also saddled with three stepchildren. The original owner only wanted to marry a city man. She neglected the children and met a tragic end. Wu Nianzhen plans to play her role, follow the plot, and then make a run for it. But the kids are well-behaved and thoughtful, ther 92Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 83 为 To Raise My Kids, the Apocalypse Expert Uses Cheats to Earn Work Points 为了养崽，末世大佬开挂挣工分 House房子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She transmigrates from the apocalypse, but a twist of fate leads her to marry him and become pregnant with his child. In this era of scarce food and clothing, she relies on her special ability to earn work points and money, supporting herself and her child. In these impoverished times, she will change the original owner's fate and rise to success all over again. He was forced to marry her, and thought it was nothing more than a duty. Yet he keeps thinking of her in the middle of the night. “Wife 3.3kReads9.0Score387Shelves
34. 84 疯 I'm Going Crazy! The Legitimate Daughter of an Ancient Family Transmigrates to the 1970s 疯了！古代嫡女穿越到了七零年代 Flowing Water Goes Ding-Dang流水个叮当Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Jinmi, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household, is murdered by her half-sister and accidentally lands in a world of scarcity in the 1970s. She can't cook or farm. What can a frail, pampered young lady do when she can't carry a load on her shoulder or lift a thing with her hands? Don't worry. She has a pocket dimension, medical skills, and a good-for-nothing who knows how to make money. The good-for-nothing, a devoted husband, lives by one motto: His wife is responsible for l 16.4kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
35. 85 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.4kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves

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    A young woman in her prime transmigrates into the body of a fifty-year-old nanny, becoming a mother and breastfeeder without any pain! She seems to be constantly striving to make money and live a comfortable life, but actually, all she wants is to be a couch potato, living off her son, grandson, and even her best friend. Who would have thought she'd end up badmouthing her best friend too?

36. 86 重 Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: I Married an Officer in a Flash and Hit the Jackpot 重回六零抢个婚，闪嫁军官赢麻了 Five Views of Five Blossoms五见五华Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] [Space + dual powers + farming + beachcombing] [Face-slapping + awful relatives + no forgiveness] Back to the Sixties to Snatch a Husband: A Whirlwind Marriage to an Army Officer Her younger cousin Lin Shuang was orphaned, then adopted by Lin Man’s parents and became the darling of the Lin family. Lin Man, meanwhile, became the family’s punching bag, unloved by her parents and pushed around by her brothers. Lin Shuang ate candy while Lin Man watched. Lin Shuang ate meals while Lin 21.8kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves

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    So beautiful! So beautiful! 😍

37. 87 嫁 I Married the Richest Man, Had a Beloved Baby, and Now All My Stepkids Are Overprotective Brothers 嫁首富，生团宠，继子全员护妹狂 Mo Mo's Mo漠漠的陌Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Shock! The Rugged Factory Director Is a Wife-Doting Maniac, is now available. (1980s + Married First, Love Later + Everyday Life Raising Kids + Family Matters + Rugged Husband Dotes on His Wife + Mutual Devotion + Beloved by the Whole Family) A beauty blogger travels back to the 1980s and becomes a woman four months pregnant. But she was supposed to marry a wild, rugged man with washboard abs and overflowing masculinity, so how did he turn into an old, ugly eunuch? An 2.7kReads9.3Score313Shelves
38. 88 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.1kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves

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    I watched them all myself and they were all great. There weren't too many naive or toxic characters. The main characters all had strong morals, were decisive, and not saintly figures. The plot was fast-paced and engaging, allowing you to experience the people, things, and events of that time alongside the protagonists. It really made me visualize how people lived back then.

39. 89 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 44.4kReads9.5Score5kShelves
40. 90 我 I Rose to the Top in the 1960s by Raising Kids 我在六零靠养娃走上人生巅峰 Luo Qianqian洛浅浅Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted (Both the male and female leads are reborn.) Li Qingyun transmigrates into the role of a wicked supporting character and takes on the responsibility of raising and educating two children. Just as life for the three of them is getting easy and comfortable, the children's biological father suddenly returns and says he wants to take them with him to his military posting. The man is really handsome, and he's wonderful with the kids. He's exactly her type. For the sake of family harmony, maybe she sh 66Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    Both are period dramas, very good. The female protagonists in both are time travelers, and they're arranged marriages that blossom into love. So good! Completed! Completed! Completed!

41. 91 军 A Sweeter-Than-Ever Military Marriage: The Cold, Tough Soldier Is Teased to Tears Again 军婚超甜：高冷糙汉又被撩哭了 Fan Fan Bai饭饭白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Dotingly devoted husband, marriage first and love later, triplets. The male lead looks like a rough, domineering, cold and abstinent man, but he’s actually softhearted, sensitive, and easily hurt.] “What solid abs!” “What a gorgeous V-line!” “Those long legs… and that face that’s stolen my heart…” “Is this what rich people get to enjoy?” After years as a corporate drone, getting up earlier than a chicken and going to bed later than a dog, Jiang Yue finally won the lottery and was about to reach 2.2kReads8.9Score253Shelves
42. 92 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2kShelves

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    Su He woke up to find herself transformed into a fake heiress sent back to the countryside!? The original Su He had supposedly jumped into a river and been rescued by a savage, losing her virginity?! Who would have thought this savage was someone of such importance?!

43. 93 穿 Transmigrating into a Book: Tian Mimi’s Educated Youth Life in the 1970s 穿书70年代田蜜蜜的知青生活 Mumuzi Who Can Ride a Pig会骑猪的沐沐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Main story complete [1970s + transmigrate into a book + reborn + pocket dimension + supplies + no self-sacrificing heroine + satisfying read] Tian Mimi was a modern college graduate. After her parents died in an accident, she happened to discover a pocket dimension inside their wedding rings. When an abnormal typhoon made her think the apocalypse was coming, she went on a wild shopping spree for supplies, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into a book. In the 1970s, Tian Mimi was a sixteen-year-o 6.4kReads9.1Score644Shelves

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    Time flows downstream, life is like rowing against the current; if you don't move forward, you fall behind.

44. 94 麻 I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了！四儿一女供我在七零读大学 Liu Liu Will Surely Get Rich六六一定发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi 10.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
45. 95 睁 I Woke Up Pregnant, So I Used My Supplies to Raise the Baby and Keep My Man Happy 睁眼挺孕肚，我带物资养崽哄男人 Jiu Yu'an玖屿安Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Tian An'an, a fine young woman of the 21st century, unexpectedly acquires a jade gourd pocket dimension. Coupled with a series of inexplicable dreams, her experience reading novels leads her to start frantically stockpiling supplies. Sure enough, she transmigrates. After arriving in the 1970s, Tian An'an can't help asking: How did transmigration come with pregnancy, too? Hey, she's not ready to be a mother! Looking at the baby in her belly, the dilapidated house, and her elderly grandmother, Tia 63Reads7.1Score—Shelves
46. 96 穿 How Do I Survive as the Wicked Little Aunt in a Lucky Carp Novel? 穿成锦鲤文里的恶毒小姑肿么破 Everlasting Red Maple不落的红枫Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Song Qian discovered that she had transmigrated into a book! The villainous grandma in the story was her own mother, and she was the grandma's late-born daughter. Not only was she always at odds with the heroine, but the heroine also stole her golden-finger space bracelet. The original Song Qian had refused to let the heroine take her golden finger. During their struggle over the bracelet, she was pushed down and knocked unconscious, which was how Song Qian transmigrated into a book. No way. She 6.5kReads7.5Score550Shelves
47. 97 我 I Became the Richest Person in the 1970s with My Pocket Space 我带着空间在七零年代当首富 Mountain Queen女山大王Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [Rebirth, Strong Male Lead, Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Story, System] In her previous life, Zhou Lu was harmed by others, becoming fat and ugly before meeting a tragic end. When she opened her eyes, she was back at eighteen, still beautiful, with a well-stocked pocket dimension and a Plane System to help her make a fortune. Zhou Lu said, “Now that's more like it!” Looking at the fake-sweet sisters, the honey-tongued but treacherous best friend, the grandmother who favored boys over girls, and 358Reads9.2Score—Shelves
48. 98 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the Seventies with a System, Only to Find Out I'm the Beloved One 穿书七零有了系统团宠竟是我自己 A Big Little Shell一颗大壳子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + System + Transmigrate Into a Book + Educated Youth + Daily Gossip + Little Southern Potato + Northeast China + Beloved by All + Overachiever + Beautiful Female Friendship] Everything seemed to change after that “possessed” house appeared. Lu Xi woke up one day as the only girl in several generations of the Lu family in Qingshan Village in the 1970s. On the train taking her to the countryside, she discovered that she was the victim in a novel, destined to be bullied to dea 9kReads9.0Score909Shelves
49. 99 穿 Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1970s: What a Joke! The Sweet Girl Is Hiding in a Rugged Man's Body 穿书七零：笑死！娇娇披着糙汉壳 December-十二月-Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + food + System + educated youth + sweet romance] A pleasure-loving young woman transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s. The poverty and hunger, the backbreaking labor, and the enormous secret her new body is hiding are enough to push An Ran to the brink. She is neither the lucky heroine nor the villainess. Instead, she is a deranged male character so far down the roster that she barely even counts as a number in the leads’ story. To keep anyone from 5.4kReads9.0Score696Shelves

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    High quality, 😘

50. 100 漂 The Gorgeous, High-Maintenance Mediator of the 1970s 漂亮作精在七零当调解员 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Hilarious + Military Marriage] You were supposed to mediate family disputes, not encourage people to get divorced! - After five years as a marriage counselor, breaking up countless unhappy couples, Jiang An'an was hit over the head with a brick and flung into the material-scarce 1970s. Her father was a lazy good-for-nothing, her mother was tough as nails, and all three of her older sisters were a handful. As for her, she was a beautiful airhead who 5.9kReads8.8Score596Shelves

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