Historical-Era Fiction, Preferably with a Native-Born Female Lead 年代文，最好女主是土著的

1. 51 不 You Won't Let the Little One Eat Her Fill? Flip the Table! Then Nobody Eats! 不让奶团吃饱饭？掀桌！都饿着！ Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Everyone's Darling + Mostly Locals, Light Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + Funny + Not a Single Member of the Family Is a Soft Touch + Get Even on the Spot] Luo Panpan had never known hardship from the day she was born. Then, at five and a half, her father died. From then on, she never had enough to eat, and they even planned to send her away to be adopted? Not a chance! Her mother was a famous tigress for miles around: bold, resourceful, and good at making money 21.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
2. 52 让 I Told You to Divorce, Not Become the Whole Era's Darling 让你离婚，没让你在年代文当团宠 Endless Nonsense废话连Modern Romance580k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, Ambitious, Sweet-Natured Heroine vs. Cold, Tsundere, Devoted Hero] [1970s + Period Setting + Mutual Firsts + System + Everyday Life] Gu Shuning suddenly awakens to the fact that the plot she knows is wrong and gets bound to a "Cannon Fodder Must Make Way System." The System patiently coaxes her: as long as she divorces the hero, Jiang Chengyuan, and makes room for the original heroine, she will earn a peaceful life and avoid repeating the tragic fate of the original story. But Gu Shu 1.7kReads—Score113Shelves

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   Native heroine [send heart]

3. 53 八 Pampered Marriage of the ’80s: The Young General Abducts His Childhood Sweetheart 八零宠婚：军少诱拐小青梅 In the Third Month余三月里Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + one-on-one romance + building an island + childhood sweethearts + making a fortune + raising cats and kids + local-born leads] (Wolfish young officer childhood friend x lively beauty childhood sweetheart) Fang Yingyue is the lively little beauty everyone knows from the military compound. Everyone knows she has a childhood friend who has protected her since they were little, and no one dares bully her. After they marry, she doesn't join him at his post. Then one day, she has 5.2kReads8.4Score341Shelves

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   The indigenous male and female protagonists are childhood sweethearts and are well matched, while the female protagonist is the group favorite and has her own career.

4. 54 八 The Little Auntie Who Practiced Chinese Medicine in the 1980s 八零中医小姑姑 Li Xiaocai黎小财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted High school graduate Li Banxia was preparing to go home and inherit her mother’s traditional Chinese medicine practice when her elder brother and sister-in-law died unexpectedly. From then on, she raised her twin nephew and niece alone and reopened the Zeng Li Chinese Medicine Pharmacy. She gathered herbs, made medicine, studied for exams, practiced medicine, managed the household, and took care of the kids’ school runs… all while hoping her big nephew would come home soon. One day, she rescued 1kReads8.4Score108Shelves

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   All members are indigenous, no top quality, no golden fingers, cute and warm, daily work and taking care of the baby

5. 55 妈 Mom Remarries, Dad Weds Again, and a Little Waif Meets a Veteran Cadre 妈改嫁，爸再婚，小可怜遇老干部 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance444k WordsCompleted [Nine-year age gap + 1980s + Chinese setting + bittersweet, sweet secret crush + devoted couple + family drama] [The heroine has a secret crush at first, but later becomes clear-eyed and grounded. She's a wealthy, beautiful, clear-headed, well-educated doctor.] [The hero is afraid to fall in love at first, but later becomes hopelessly devoted. He's an elegant, handsome politician with plenty of schemes.] [Complete.] After her mother remarried, Xia Chuchu was left to live under someone else's roo 6.5kReads9.2Score678Shelves

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   They are all real natives. They cannot travel through time or travel through books. They are not reborn and have no space.

6. 56 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6kReads9.0Score656Shelves
7. 57 相 My Blind Date Was Stolen? The Gruff Army Officer Calls Me His Darling Every Night 相亲被截胡？糙汉军官夜夜喊她宝 Chang Xing Chang Xing长幸常幸Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + marriage before love + family life; rugged older military officer and sweet young wife, eight-year age gap, he’s been plotting this for ages, one-on-one and both leads are each other’s only ones] Complete. Read with confidence! _ Su Ruan went on a blind date. The bad news: Her nemesis swooped in and stole her date. The good news: A stranger suddenly appeared and pretended to be her boyfriend, saving her face. The bad news: The man who saved h 19.5kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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   Purely indigenous, love in the 1970s, so sweet, the plot is light and funny

8. 58 七 A Peach Blossom Paradise in the Seventies: The Beloved Daughter Is Everyone's Dream Girl 七零桃花满满：女耀祖她是万人迷 Knitted Candy1针织糖1Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted (A touch of everyone’s favorite + all the men are chaste + golden finger) Family squabbles and the like, plus plenty of men competing for her affection... “Song Meixiang, you’re the eldest. Shuangshuang has to stay home and take a husband so our Song family will have an heir. Protect her well and don’t let anyone bully her, understand?” “Song Lanxiang, you’re the second eldest. Shuangshuang has to stay home and take a husband so our Song family will have an heir. You need to marry a rich man an 5.8kReads8.3Score937Shelves

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   Please, take a look.

9. 59 七 Sweet as Honey in the 1970s: A Local Green Tea Girl’s Pampered Life 七零甜蜜蜜：绿茶土著的娇宠日常 Another Road另路Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Green tea heroine vs. roguishly handsome hero / polished self-interest / slice of life] Wan Xia could be called an “unusual” sort of person. While everyone else fought tooth and nail for a piece of Dacron fabric, she preferred wearing pure cotton and dressing like an elegant little white lotus. Many people in the village thought she’d been calculating and scheming since childhood. She thought so too. In an era when sons were favored over daughters, she managed to win all the special affection 4.6kReads8.5Score308Shelves

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   I have read several books. The heroine is an indigenous woman and has no golden fingers.

10. 60 六 A Sent-Down Youth's Return to the City with His Wife in the 1960s 六十年代知青携妻返城记 Another Road另路Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted [Steady Educated Youth vs. Beautiful Village Girl / Entire Cast Are Locals, No Golden Fingers or Black Markets / Everyday Life / Marriage First, Love Later / Flawed Characters / Leads Grow Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Yuan goes to the countryside at eighteen. As the youngest child in his family, he gets first pick of all the food and drink, giving him a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged frame that stands six feet tall. It doesn’t take long for someone to set their sights on him as s 115.4kReads8.8Score22.1kShelves
11. 61 惊 What a Shock! My Possessive Husband Caught Me Eloping 惊！私奔当天被偏执丈夫抓现行了 Hua Qingkong花晴空Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Imperfect Avoidant Lovers + Both Each Other’s First Love + Married First, Love Later + Secret Crush Becomes Mutual + Obsessive Childhood Friend] In my previous life, he broke my legs and locked me up for seven years. I hated him to the bone. Only after I died did I learn that he loved me so much he’d gone mad. Reborn, I found him gripping my throat, asking coldly, “Running off with someone?” I smiled. Step one of my revenge plan in this life: marry him. Step two: make him 1.3kReads8.2Score225Shelves

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    A local heroine and an imperfect lover gain a happy love💓💓💓

12. 62 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 11.3kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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    The male and female protagonists, including all the characters, are indigenous

13. 63 七 The 1970s: A Mad Devoted Dog, the Villainess’s Plaything 七零年代：疯批舔狗，恶女的玩宠 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted (Completed~) (Please wish for an adaptation into a short drama~) (The author isn’t good at coming up with titles, so let’s just get straight to the story~) [Period setting with a pocket dimension + irresistible villainess + selfish + dog training + calculating self-interest + a family full of schemers + no going to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no marriage] Ye Wenshu has fair skin and stunning looks, with a bright, captivating beauty. She has always been pampered and fond of the f 6.7kReads8.8Score811Shelves

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    The cp-less heroine is ambitious, deserves to have a great sense of love, and has a strong sense of subjectivity. Why rely on the ladder when you can become your own wings?

14. 64 七 The Seventies: A Gold-Digging Green Tea Girl and a Deadbeat Man 七零，绿茶软饭女和极品软饭男 Sweetie Xi小甜甜喜Modern Romance100k WordsCompleted Hedlan, Soft-Rice Husband No. 1, and Shen Yanqing, Soft-Rice Husband No. 2, are married, and she begins her lie-flat life. Who would have thought she really could be pampered for her whole life? The 1960s, a couple who live off their wives, both leads inexperienced 749Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    🍎"Delan, get up quickly. Mom has made you a bowl of noodles. Get up and eat it while it's hot." Outside, Lin Qing knocked on the door and called her daughter gently. Inside the door, Hedlund covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep soundly. After waiting for a long time, Lin Qing didn't hear her daughter's response. She shook her head fondly and stopped disturbing her daughter. In the kitchen, Mrs. Li was drinking from a bowl of porridge. When she saw her daughter-in-law coming back alone without her beloved granddaughter behind her, she couldn't help but ask. "Where's Delan? Why are you here alone?"

15. 65 小 The Little One’s Happy Life 小不点的幸福生活 Mu Huo Qing木火青Modern Romance999k 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 35.3kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
16. 66 八 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.5kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    These are not bad

17. 67 偏 After My Favoritist Grandma Was Reborn 偏心奶奶重生后 Better Stay Up Late Early熬夜要趁早Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s] [Toddler-Raising System (A Human Toddler Observation Diary)] [Super-Strong Woman] [Reborn] [Light Ensemble Cast] [No Romance for the Main Character] [Family Life] (The rating is low because not many people have read it yet. It'll go up.) Qiao Xia Li thinks the world became much more interesting after something called the “System” appeared in her head. It's like the immortal grandpa from a story, able to conjure all kinds of delicious food and fun things she's never seen before. Most impo 6.7kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
18. 68 重 Back to the Eighties: After Waking Up to How I've Been Used, I Quit and Walked Away 重回八零，血包觉醒后砸锅不干了 Jing Mo京墨Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In 1989, Shuangxi's uncle, younger uncle, and aunt all headed south for work with their spouses, leaving behind nine children without anyone to look after them, as well as their elderly grandparents. It was Shuangxi's parents who stayed home to care for the children and look after the two old folks. Like oxen, they worked themselves to the bone farming the land, sending one nephew or niece after another to university and out into the world. When her father was injured in an accident and lost the 79.1kReads8.0Score7.9kShelves
19. 69 极 With the Script in Hand, I Strike It Rich in a Period Novel 极品手握剧本后，在年代文里捡漏 What a Huge Melon好大的瓜Modern Romance626k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixia finds a script inexplicably appearing in her mind as soon as she is born. In the script, she is the foil to the heroine of a period novel. The heroine Li Zhidong’s parents are hardworking, kind, honest, and down-to-earth. Everyone for miles around knows them as good, honest people. Shen Zhixia’s parents are mean, lazy, greedy, and shameless. Everyone for miles around knows them as the worst kind of people. Li Zhidong will make many influential connections and have countless admirers. 20.3kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
20. 70 与 Better to Beat Someone Up Than to Make Yourself Miserable! 与其委屈自己，不如暴揍别人！ Koi Painting, Yeah锦鲤画耶Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [1970s + native heroine + self-interest + satisfying read + no swallowing grievances + family squabbles + no military marriage + no golden finger + possibly a little unhinged?] A strong heroine who just wants a good life VS a truly gorgeous, sickly male lead Also known as: Moving to the City in the 1970s to Marry Up, I Just Want a Good Life Content warning: The male lead is a bit of a needy husband, and the heroine is very money-minded. There was a notorious figure in Kaoshan Village. At five, s 12.6kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
21. 71 七 Seventies Heiress: After Visiting Her Family, She Breaks Off Her Engagement to the Male Lead 七零大小姐：探亲后和男主退婚了 Little Black Sesame Rice Balls黑芝麻馅儿的小汤圆儿Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted (PS: A sweet 1v1 romance with two devoted leads. The male lead is a gentleman who’s completely lovestruck. Get ready for someone to steal the heroine away. The heroine was born into the story, already has a fiancé, and is super rich and privileged.) 1975, H City. Lu Shiyao visits her fiancé, Qi Yu, at his army base. To her surprise, Qi Yu has taken in a godson and goddaughter without even discussing it with her. Worst of all, he doesn’t keep his distance: late at night, he takes his goddaughter 10.8kReads7.3Score1.1kShelves
22. 72 七 A Native of the 1970s, Surrounded by Reborn and Transmigrated People 七零土著之被重生者穿越者包围 YlovenModern Romance722k WordsCompleted [A native of the era + golden finger + strong female lead + selfish and self-serving + refuses to move to the countryside + raising a child + career-focused] Zhou Yuanjun is surrounded by people who have been reborn and people who have transmigrated. But through hard work and talent, she keeps up with them, making use of every resource at her disposal. She goes to school, takes in a live-in husband, gets a job, and enters politics. 1.6kReads8.7Score107Shelves

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    A purely indigenous heroine. The disadvantage is that it is still being updated.

23. 73 我 My Third Older Sister Is Reborn 我的三姐是重生的 I Want to Win the Lottery Every Day每天都想中大奖Modern Romance923k WordsOngoing This is a story about a family growing together, centered throughout on the ordinary daily life of the Tang family. It features a small ensemble cast and multiple perspectives, with a little more focus on the older sisters early on. Main character: Tang Xue, the fourth child in the family and one of a pair of twin sisters. Sweet, gentle, and thoughtful, she is sensible and grateful, and always cares for every member of her family. She isn't the family's only center of attention, but she's the gl 61.8kReads9.0Score6.6kShelves
24. 74 炮 After the Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law Is Reborn, the Lucky Female Lead Suffers 炮灰大嫂重生后，锦鲤女主受难了 Qiao Miaomiao乔喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn Revenge + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read + Building a Fortune + Everyday Life] Only when she was dying did Bai Xiuxiu discover that the world she lived in was actually a period novel about a lucky heroine! In the book, she was the lucky heroine's shrewish older sister-in-law. She was mean, lazy, greedy, and did every kind of evil! After the heroine married into the family, Bai Xiuxiu made life difficult for her at every turn. Because she bullied the lucky heroine, she “ 27.9kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves

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    The relationship between Wang Qing and Bai Xiuxiu is still very delicate, and then looking at the best of each family, the adoptive parents and biological parents can only be said to be a bunch of fallacies, how come the best are all gathered together.

25. 75 路 Never Rescue a Man on the Roadside, Especially One Holding a Gun 路边的男人不能救，可他手里有枪 Sisters Yiyi姐妹花一一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On a bitter winter day in 1975, Jiang Yu, director of the Revolutionary Committee in Hancheng County, was knocked unconscious with a brick on his way to work. When he woke up, all his belongings had been stolen: his service pistol, wallet, watch, and belt. Not a thing was left. The robbers were two high school sophomores, Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiuyun. The cousins worked together: he carried Jiang Yu to the hospital, while she stripped him bare as he lay unconscious. Xu Xiuyun stuffed the pistol into 3.4kReads6.2Score335Shelves
26. 76 五 Little One from the 1950s: Mom, I Really Am a Good Dog! 五零崽崽：娘，我真是条好狗！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted [Period drama + adorable child + no romance + farming dimension + everyday life + family squabbles + light ensemble cast + slow-paced] In her previous life, Yadan was a dog. In this life, she's human. On her first day as a human, she throws her head back and howls, then crawls around the yard in the shadows, marking her territory. She steals the precious giant bone from Big Black at the village entrance. And she gets a farming dimension? Huh? Do dogs have to farm too? Yadan looks at her tiny arm 6.9kReads9.0Score674Shelves
27. 77 七 The Sweet Young Lady of the 1970s 七十年代小娇娇 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The moment the young educated youth Wen Wan arrives in Lu Jiazui, she becomes famous: famous for her beauty, famous for taking her time, and famous for her sharp tongue and soft, sweet manner. When the educated youths first arrive, Lu Dongping sees Wen Wan and thinks, How is this little thing supposed to work in the fields and earn work points? Whichever team gets her will be unlucky. Take her home and she'll be treated like an ancestor. Later, Wen Wan becomes his very own little ancestor. 1.5kReads8.9Score252Shelves
28. 78 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 17.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
29. 79 从 It All Began the Year the Wheat Harvest Fell to Eighty Percent 从那一年，麦子只收了八成开始 There Are Little Fish in the Water水里有小鱼Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In the early 1980s, Old Zhang of Zhangjia Village had eight children: six sons and two daughters. Dayong, Eryong, and Cuilan all got married on the same day. The Zhang family married off two children and welcomed one bride into the family. Eryong became a live-in son-in-law. Being a live-in son-in-law is great. He earned that for himself. With five more children still waiting to marry, Old Zhang was gored to death by an ox. His wife was beside herself with worry. Sanyong went off to work, Siyong 4.5kReads8.2Score396Shelves

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    The heroine is the most ordinary one

30. 80 守 Alone in an Empty Room, While the Factory Director Next Door Holds Me Close at Night 守空房，隔壁厂长夜揽小蛮腰 Milky Pear Boba奶梨啵啵Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Both Pure in Love + Sweet Romance + Traditional Story, No Rebirth or Transmigration] [Pretty Widow + Untamed Steel Mill Director, With a Striking Difference in Build and Skin Tone, and Chemistry Through the Roof] After her husband dies in an underground accident, He Xiaohe becomes the “jinx widow” everyone at the steel mill thinks they can bully. Her vicious mother-in-law wants to seize her house, then sell her off to the countryside for a bride price. Her shamele 2.2kReads—Score107Shelves

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    No rebirth, no time travel, no golden finger, the group portraits are flesh and blood and period texts

31. 81 年 The Wife Who Dies Young in a Period Novel? The Ascetic Professor Falls in Love 年代文早死妻？禁欲教授沦陷求爱 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance977k WordsCompleted [An alternate 1980s setting, awakening as the foil to the heroine; slow-paced, everyday traditional story; marriage first, love later, and family life; raising kids with sweet affection; no golden finger; local-born characters who aren’t perfect] After Song Zhiyao impulsively picks a fight over divorce, she takes her child to her parents’ home and has a dream that makes her awaken to the truth. Well, would you look at that: she’s living inside a period novel! And she’s not even the main heroine, 30.3kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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    Natives, just awakening

32. 82 滚 Kicked Out of Her Family: The Middle School Dropout Strikes It Rich 滚出家后：初中学历的她，发财了 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, farming] + [Family and neighborhood drama] + [The 1990s] + [Everyday modern life, no golden finger] + [Female entrepreneur] She was the second daughter, overlooked by her family, with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary background, and only a junior high school education. He was born into an eminent family and had power and prestige to spare. She was the least promising daughter in the Li family, and her parents were certain she would never amount to anything. With only a junior 87.2kReads9.0Score8.5kShelves
33. 83 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [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 26.2kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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    Aboriginal people have no system and no space. 🥹Who knows! The only daughter in 70's was pampered by her whole family, and she even engaged in scientific research to serve the motherland! It will directly touch the hearts of fans of Chinese literature! The heroine Yu Yue travels through the 70s. She has no system, no space, and no golden fingers. She relies solely on her scientific research skills to make her way to the world! The cowardly mother instantly transformed into a protective fiend: "Who dares to touch my daughter?" The selfish father transformed into a doting daughter: "Everything my daughter said is right!" Grandma and grandpa pampered her into a treasure, and the family tree must be written starting from the granddaughter! The female protagonist is dedicated to scientific research and contributing to the motherland, while the male protagonist, a reborn diplomat, is silently guarding her, and the way she aggrieved her and asks for her status is so sweet! There are no bloody house fights, only the warm daily life of the family's doting daughter and her career. Lovers of period literature can close their eyes and rush!

34. 84 年 Period: A Battle for Husbands Among the Children of High-Ranking Officials 年代：高干子弟夺夫大战 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period novel + 1990s]+ [Family life]+ [No golden finger + native-born protagonist] Lin Daoxi was deliberately abandoned at birth, and her cousin Gao Qing took her place as the biological daughter of the family. With everything going wrong from the start, Lin Daoxi was penniless, plain-looking, and dealt a terrible hand. Her father was a gambling addict, her mother had broken the law, her younger brother was timid, and she had dropped out of school. When Lin Daoxi announced she was going to R 12.8kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
35. 85 被 My Wife Saved Me, So I Pledged Myself to Her 被老婆救后以身相许了 An Old Cadre一只老干部Two Female Leads1.3M WordsOngoing [Two Female Leads + Transmigration + Farming in a Bygone Era + Family Life + Sweet Romance] The main story is complete. Bonus chapters will drop from time to time. Jiang Xu, who had struggled through ten years of the apocalypse, died, only to be reborn in the 1970s in a parallel world. Her original self was timid and useless, doing the most work and eating the least, a complete sucker. Since she's here now, she'll live life on her own terms, take down her awful relatives on the original owner's 24kReads9.3Score2.7kShelves
36. 86 下 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 Girl, Look This Way菇凉看这边Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted [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, 12.8kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
37. 87 六 The Foolish Beauty of the 1960s Just Wants to Stay Alive 六零笨蛋美人只想苟命 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 7.6kReads8.0Score451Shelves
38. 88 我 Doing Backbreaking Labor with My Butt Sticking Out in the Sixties 我在六零撅着屁股干苦力 Ying Jinchuan, Who Loves He Tang Red Cranes喜欢鹤塘红的应金川Modern Romance640k WordsCompleted Qiao Mai, a young woman of the new era, accidentally travels back to the bitterly cold, impoverished Northeast in the 1960s. As soon as she arrives, she's in danger of starving or freezing to death, and can only struggle forward, doing her best to survive one step at a time... The heroine is hardworking and determined, with a modest golden finger. She and the male lead live an ordinary but hopeful life, full of everyday family matters and cozy, heartwarming moments. 6.8kReads8.7Score460Shelves
39. 89 我 I'll Lie Flat and Let My Roughneck Husband Get His Act Together! 我躺平，让混混老公卷起来！ Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 47.1kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves

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    Beautiful, the writing is very delicate

40. 90 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 14.3kReads8.6Score892Shelves

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    All Aboriginals This is a great book that will make you laugh and cry. The story of the adjustment process between the mother-in-law in the country and the daughter-in-law in the city is very realistic. There is no cheating, it is all about sincerity for sincerity. Chen Xianglan warmed her daughter-in-law's stomach with delicious food, and also warmed the entire military compound. It's really beautiful, five-star recommendation!

41. 91 最 The Strongest Clan: No One in the Yu Family Backs Down 最强家族：郁家无怂人 A nomi阿nomiModern Romance549k WordsCompleted Yu Yu thinks the sky has fallen. She turns out to be the fake heiress. The real heiress is coming in hot. What should she do? Sniffle, Dad, are you still going to care about me? Oh, good. As long as you still do. Boohoo, Big Brother, you can't treat her better than me. Fine, I won't. And just like that, the sky clears again. In a turbulent era, great families struggle to survive. The Yu family alone stands firm, unyielding! When family members scheme and the world turns ruthless, the Yu fami 9.3kReads8.0Score523Shelves

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    All indigenous people!

42. 92 资 The Capitalist Heiress Is Reborn, Takes Down Villains, and Charms the Village Tyrant 资本家千金重生，虐渣下乡撩村霸 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1970s, Sent to the Countryside, Rebirth, Revenge Against Scum] Qin Shuiyan had been beautiful since childhood, with a delicate, soft figure. She had a pretty face but no way to protect herself. After her family fell into ruin, her stepmother sold her to an old man to keep as a canary. Just as she could no longer endure the humiliation, Xu Mo, the man she had always looked down on, burst in with a hunting rifle, fighting his way through a hail of bullets to save her. “Xu Mo, I’m sorry. If there’ 7.5kReads8.1Score810Shelves

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    When Qin Shuiyan died in her last life, she thought "I'm sorry". In this life, she just wants to say "it's okay". No matter how cold or cruel Xu Mo was to her or how he drove her away, she would not be angry. Because she had seen him at his best - when he was holding her body, he didn't hesitate for a second. If a person can die for you once, you can live for him for a lifetime.

43. 93 风 Wild Chrysanthemums in the Storm 风雨中的野菊花 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 1.5kReads8.4Score134Shelves

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    Chronicles with realistic themes

44. 94 七 The Seventies: He Qing’s Wonderful Life 七零年代，和晴的美好人生 Luo Hanxi洛晗溪Modern Romance940k WordsOngoing [Period setting | Local girl in the 1970s | Refuses to go to the countryside | Sole heroine, no romance | Light ensemble cast] No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger. A slow-paced, slice-of-life story. Everyone says that as the eldest daughter, He Qing ought to be sensible, give everything up, make sacrifices, go to the countryside and suffer, all for the sake of her younger brother. But nobody ever asked if she wanted to. When she stumbled upon her parents’ scheme, more than a decade o 1.5kReads—Score101Shelves

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    It is said that as the eldest daughter, He Qing should be sensible, dedicated, and sacrificial. She should go to the countryside to endure hardships and fulfill her younger brother's needs. But no one asked her if she wanted to. When her parents' plan was exposed by her, the meekness of more than ten years was instantly shattered into pieces. Damn her duty as a sister, damn her sacrifices! He Qing flipped the table: No going to the countryside, no compromise, no spoiling! She secretly found a job, quietly built up her confidence, and worked her way out of the quagmire of her native land step by step. Morally kidnapped by eccentric parents? Stun them until they are speechless. My brother and sister stretch out their hands to suck blood? They refuse directly and will never be soft-hearted.

45. 95 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 44.4kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    Historical writing, truly indigenous.

46. 96 八 A Family with a Scholastically Challenged Kid in the 1980s 八十年代家有学渣 Wen Wen Wen玟纹文Modern Romance611k WordsCompleted [Family life and relationships + ensemble cast] Her great-grandfather is a university professor, and every member of her family graduated from university. Lu Xijia is very proud of that, if only she weren’t a terrible student who can barely score sixty when her primary-school Chinese and math grades are added together... Still, she believes she must be good at something. Everyone says, “Every person is born with a purpose,” after all~ But as she gazes at the exam papers on her desk, covered in s 5.5kReads8.9Score542Shelves

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    Aboriginal + era + group portrait, surrounding the story of the heroine from her birth, a harmonious family, her own career and hobbies, as well as the stories and inheritance of the older generation in her early years

47. 97 相 On the Day of My Blind Date, the Rugged Guy Next Door Stops Pretending 相亲当天，隔壁糙汉哥哥他不装了 Nangong Puyi南宫普宜Modern Romance188k WordsCompleted [Countryside + Both Pure + Mutual Habits + Childhood Sweethearts + Slow-Burn Romance] "Clever, Witty Little Sunshine + Devoted, Scheming, Clingy Big Brother" Zhang Qiuyan has never thought of Yan Guilin, the older boy next door, as her real brother. Cheerful and bold, she makes a habit of teasing and flirting with the rugged, muscular man. Yan Guilin decided when he was young that she would be his wife for life. For years, he’s hidden his feelings behind the role of a caring older brother, car 69Reads—Score158Shelves

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    In this book, the male and female protagonists are both indigenous.

48. 98 手 I Tear Into My Awful Relatives, Leaving My Educated-Youth Parents Stunned 手撕极品亲戚，知青爹妈惊呆了 Reading at Midnight夜半读书Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing (Doing business in the 1980s + a local-born protagonist + no golden finger + taking on terrible relatives) A spineless dad, a weak stepmother, grandparents who play favorites, and greedy uncles. That’s what Cheng Shu faces from the start when he returns to the city from the countryside with his parents. As he matches wits with his relatives, he also sets up stalls and gets into business. 14.9kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
49. 99 重 Reborn: Thriving in the 1970s 重生后，我在70年代混得风生水 Mo Mo Leaves No Trace墨墨了无痕Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Yan was deceived by a scumbag. Blinded by love, she defied her family and insisted on marrying him. After the wedding, she cut ties with her relatives and worked tirelessly, serving her husband's family like a beast of burden. Her mother-in-law tormented her, her sister-in-law bullied her, and her husband turned a blind eye. In the end, she died a miserable death... Reborn, she decides to stay away from scumbags and cherish her life. She will build a fortune alongside 889Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    The heroine is an ordinary rural girl who went to college on her own, created her own career, and reached the pinnacle of her life.

50. 100 小 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 Miss Lego乐高小姐Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Life] Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong Factory Compound and grew up beneath the smokestacks of Zhouhua Factory. There was no glamour here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers erupted to celebrate Hong Kong’s return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniforms for the rest of their lives and life in the compound would always be peaceful. But no one could escape the 510Reads—Score102Shelves

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    A true era group portrait article! Very nice!

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