Any Slice-of-Life Novels Set in a Bygone Era with Lots of Gossip? (Desperately Seeking Something to Read!) 有没有吃瓜类型的年代文呀（高级书荒求求求求求）

1. 51 七 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 16.5kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
2. 52 谍 Espionage: From the Start, I Could Hear People's Thoughts and Expose Japanese Spies 谍战：开局偷听心声，识破日谍 Daily Ten-Thousand-Word Writer日万小写手Urban3.7M WordsCompleted Su Mu wakes up one morning and finds he has transmigrated to the Republic of China, becoming a low-ranking agent for the Military Statistics Bureau! Just as he’s losing hope, he gains the ability to read people’s thoughts! Agent at No. 76: Damn it, how did our secret plan to arrest the deputy chief of the Military Statistics Bureau get leaked? Chief of the Special Services Section: Damn it, who exposed the top-secret agent infiltrating Mountain City? I’ll kill him! Headquarters of the Plum Bloss 71.6kReads8.8Score5.3kShelves
3. 53 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, I Become the Whole Village's Beloved Great-Aunt 穿越年代，成为全村团宠姑奶奶 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Modern Romance813k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, soul transmigration, pocket dimension, period setting, sweet romance, everyday life] “Great-aunt…” “Great-aunt?” “Great-aunt!!!” Su Jianjian furrowed her brow. So noisy. Could they stop shouting and let her get some decent sleep? Her lips moved faintly, and she mumbled, “Mm, mm, mm. Stop making noise.” As soon as she replied, the voices in her dream vanished, and everything went quiet. Who could have guessed that one impatient reply in a dream would make her transmigrate int 7.5kReads8.9Score662Shelves
4. 54 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Whole Village’s Cannon Fodder Hear My Thoughts and Change Their Fates 穿书七零：全村炮灰听我心声改命 Drunk Bowl of Wind醉碗风Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted An alternate setting [Transmigrate into a book + ensemble cast + controllable inner thoughts + period setting + adored by all] After working overtime for a full month, Xie Yao drops dead. Before losing consciousness, she thinks she’s done for. But who would have thought she’d get another chance at life? When she wakes up, someone has pulled her out of a river. She’s arrived inside the period novel she was reading. Worse, it’s an angst-filled story, and she isn’t the heroine or even a supporting 135Reads—Score—Shelves

   Reader note

   The heroine travels through the book and knows what is going to happen. After traveling through the book, she likes to eat melon everywhere. She either eats melon or eats melon on the way every day. Everyone you meet without being the best is a good person.

5. 55 穿 Transmigrating to the Seventies: Going to the Countryside with My Bestie to Gossip and Get Rich 穿越七零年代和闺蜜下乡吃瓜暴富 Ninth Crescent Moon九上弦月Modern Romance381k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Space + System for Gossip + Sisterhood + Educated Youth + Building Wealth] [Just got a rating] After dying, Luo Shuangbai and her best friend transmigrate to the 1970s. Luo Shuangbai has a pocket dimension and an all-knowing System for [Gossip], while her best friend has a Plane Trading System. The System tells Luo Shuangbai that this is a mash-up world, where transmigrators and the reborn abound, and pocket dimensions and Systems are everywhere. It's a veritable melon patch, a 83Reads8.4Score—Shelves
6. 56 大 Happy Gossiping Days in the Old Courtyard 大杂院快乐吃瓜日常 Quancheng Mumu泉城木木Modern Romance449k WordsCompleted [Courtyard Compound + Gossip System + Psychic Powers + Ensemble Cast] Unwilling to give her job to her favored younger sister, Tao Xinran rents a room in the large courtyard compound at No. 22 Dingxiang Alley. One night, a System falls from the sky and saves her life. What, the System bound itself to the wrong Host? Then she’ll apply for a different System. The Gossip System is now online. From then on, with the Gossip System constantly spilling secrets, she becomes a fully fledged gossip-lov 8.6kReads8.3Score976Shelves
7. 57 七 The 1970s: The Whole Family Are Jinxes, Gossiping and Tearing Up the Script 七零：全家倒霉蛋，吃瓜撕剧本 Red Ginger Pineapple Beer红姜菠萝啤Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (Just received a rating) [Everyone Loves the Gossip + Underdog Turns the Tables + Military Wife and Rugged Soldier + Raising Kids] Gu Miao transmigrates from the apocalypse into a book set in the 1970s, becoming the unlucky female foil to the blessed heroine. Her whole family is doomed to bad luck. Her baby brother nearly dies at birth, her mother runs away with another man, her eldest brother is executed for hooliganism, and her father, an army officer, is supposed to be left to the heroine. As 616Reads7.7Score106Shelves
8. 58 七 The 1970s: I Quit Being Cannon Fodder and Became a Melon-Field Gopher 七零：炮灰不干后成了瓜田里的猹 The Rabbit from Flower-Planting Country种花家的兔子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Everyone in Nanshi knows that Shen Jianguo, the boss of the steel mill, has a family famous for twins: twin boys with their first pregnancy, twin girls with their second, and boy-girl twins with their fourth. As the only girl born from the third pregnancy, Shen Yu naturally becomes the odd one out. Her grandparents don't dote on her, her parents don't love her, and her siblings don't like her. Luckily, Shen Yu has pretty good luck. Just as the story is about to begin, she unexpectedly binds to a 5.3kReads7.7Score472Shelves
9. 59 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Delicate Educated Youth Clings to the Villain 穿书七零：娇娇知青抱紧反派大腿 Cute Fruit萌果果Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Delicate Educated Youth + Sweet Romance] The moment Wen Nuan opened her eyes, she had become a rich beauty in the 1970s! Fair skin, a beautiful face, long legs, and even a pocket dimension with a spirit spring for growing crops! But why was she the cannon-fodder female supporting character in a novel?! Determined to change her fate, she decided to stay away from the male lead and the scheming woman. But her biological father was plotting against her, her step 8.9kReads9.0Score914Shelves
10. 60 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Want This Hooligan 穿书七零：这痞子我要了 Xiang Yi香亦Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) Also known as Transmigrating into a 1970s Novel: The Supporting Actress Becomes the Cook at the Educated Youth Compound Chi An never dreamed she would transmigrate into a period-piece novel about a lucky heroine, becoming the heroine’s unfortunate older cousin. In the book, the original owner had a tragic life. Married off to the wrong man at a young age, she died after people spread rumors that she had an incurable venereal disease. After transmigrating into the book, Chi An couldn’t 7kReads8.9Score535Shelves

    Reader note

    Beautifully completed period novel, highly recommended

11. 61 七 The Great Gossip King of the 1970s: I Top the Village's Trending Charts 七零吃瓜大王，全村热搜我扛榜 Pikachu-chan皮卡酱儿Modern Romance153k WordsOngoing [System + Watching the Drama Unfold + Period Setting + Sweet and Satisfying, Goofy Heroine x Scheming Big Shot, Immerse Yourself in the Glamorous World of 1970s Gossip!] I woke up to find I'd become a village girl in the 1970s, about to be sold off in a marriage swap. Faced with awful relatives and a limping old bachelor, I immediately bound myself to the [Gossip-Watching System]. Today, I crouch by the wall to listen to the accountant and the women's director split their ill-gotten gains. Tomor —Reads—Score—Shelves

    Reader note

    The heroine focuses on eating melons, the melons she eats are quite high-grade, and the content is ridiculous.

12. 62 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: Honey, Want to Order Takeout? 穿进年代文：媳妇点外卖吗 So-and-So Li李某人Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Shen Xian is angrily tossed by the Heavenly Dao into a period novel. Luckily, the food delivery System she brings with her helps her survive in these harsh conditions. There are all kinds of restaurants on the delivery app, but one is her absolute favorite. The owner is gentle and kind, and a wonderful cook. He is the flawless white moonlight in her heart. But the stunning man beside her has far too many tricks, and in the end, she can’t hold out against him. It’s not that Shen Xian cares about 837Reads8.6Score112Shelves
13. 63 全 The Whole Capital Thinks I Can Use Witchcraft. Well, They're Right 全京城都怀疑我会妖法，嘿我真会 Dancing Fish and Dragons舞鱼龙Ancient Romance320k WordsCompleted My rating just opened, so it'll go up later. A boomerang-style revenge fantasy, a fresh premise, and no romance! Everyone's here to enjoy the gossip together! [Villain: Did I just become the person I schemed against?!] What's so special about hearing people's thoughts? Experiencing it firsthand is the real shock! What do I do if my scumbag dad thinks I'm ill-mannered and wants to make me kneel in the ancestral hall? No problem, we can switch bodies! One second you're my father, the next I'm you 9.8kReads8.9Score1kShelves
14. 64 当 When Lies Come True, I Win Big 当骗子出口成真，姐赢麻了 Splendid Flowers on the Road陌上嘉华Modern Romance658k WordsCompleted Overworked office slave, meme enthusiast, human voice of reason, walking anti-scam app, scammer outsmarter, daydreamer, blessed by the God of Fortune, overnight millionaire There are couples, and quite a few, apparently. For a balanced diet, feel free to ship whoever you like! Can you really get scammed just by playing a red-envelope game? I only wanted to earn enough for a breakfast egg, but somehow got trapped in it all night and ended up with eight yuan? Can eight yuan even buy a bowl of fri 349Reads8.1Score—Shelves
15. 65 小 Little Moon 小小月亮 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance520k WordsCompleted The first story: Zhang Yan × Zhang Beiheng. Because she wanted him to live, time started over. Because she wanted him alive, his bones and skull became flesh and blood again. The second story is about the Mountain God × a female ghost. It is more of a side story, and I haven't written the main characters' story yet. Maybe I'll write it someday. The third story: Jia Xibei, who is actually Wen Si, × Ruan Ruan. Wen Si and Bai Hehuan had a less-than-happy past life. Jia Xibei and Ruan Ruan come la 1Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 嘿 Hehe, I Might Not Be the Only System 嘿嘿，我可能不是只系统 Lailai Dada睐睐哒哒Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you’ve bound the Tycoon System!” Fei Jing: “Wow, the legendary Tycoon System!” Xiao Yi: “Here’s your daily check-in task: collect fifty eggs from the chicken coop. The reward is an infinitely large storage space!” Fei Jing: “What kind of tycoon task is rummaging around in a chicken coop? But it did say I’d get a storage space…” Xiao Yi: “Xiao Yi has issued your daily check-in task: gather various vegetables and ingredients. For every item you collect, you’ll receive 351Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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