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

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  1. 101 A Military Marriage in the 1980s 八十年代军婚纪事 Modern Romance196k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + two strong leads + devoted couples + marriage before love] When Pei Qinghuai was one year old, her mother abandoned her husband and daughter to pursue her own happiness. As the only daughter of a military man, Qinghuai had been burdened with expectations since birth. She had to make something of herself, build a happy family, and never make a mistake. So seeking true love was a mistake, and marriage had to serve a political purpose. Shi Wenbo, born into a hi 1.1kReads8.7Score104Shelves
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  2. 102 My Abs-Showing Soldier Won't Leave Me Alone, and the Seventies Are Filled with Passion 腹肌兵哥缠人,在七零日日笙歌 Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 37.3kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
  3. 103 The Swapped Brides: Whose Fault Is It? 替嫁姐妹,谁的错! Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing This book has been adapted into two comic dramas: "The Swapped Brides, Whose Fault Is It?!" and the brand-new version, "Sisters Breaking Free." In a poor, remote village in the 1980s, the Tang family favors sons over daughters. Their three girls are nothing but bargaining chips for bride prices. One absurd bride swap and three exorbitant bride prices send the sisters into three difficult marriages. Struggling through the mud, bound by entanglements for half a lifetime. The long-suffering Tang s 98.3kReads8.2Score3kShelves
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  4. 104 What's So Bad About a Quiet Life in the 1960s? 六零之平淡点有什么不好? Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + period setting + System + no rivalry between women + no sent-down youth] The Shen family is one of the few households in the steel mill’s residential compound with no sent-down youths. The family gets along harmoniously, but in this extraordinary era, they face one upheaval after another. Let’s see what choices they make... 2.1kReads6.7Score105Shelves
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  5. 105 A Mismatched Marriage in the 1970s: The Factory Director Spoils Me Rotten 七零错嫁,被厂长宠上天 Modern Romance398k WordsCompleted [Period setting, marriage first and love later, devoted husband, everyday life] To escape her suffocating stepfather's home, Lin Zijing volunteered to go to the countryside. Her mother gave her a thorough scolding, then found her a blind date. But her stepsister happened to overhear and swooped in to steal the match. Unaware of what had happened, Lin Zijing went on a blind date with someone who shared the same name as the man she'd originally been set up with. Only after they got their marriage 4kReads7.1Score313Shelves
  6. 106 A Good Life in the Sixties 六零小日子过得好 Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ordinary People + Native-Born Leads] In 1962, Wang Qi graduated from a finance school and was assigned to work as an accountant at the county supply and marketing cooperative. Her parents were loving, and her younger twin siblings were her little shadows. Their home was always lively. She met Shen Yuan on a blind date. A county committee staffer and the son of a martyr, he was quiet and reserved. At their first meeting, he gave her a pair of little tin scissors. Wang Qi thought 36Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 107 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 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 42.3kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
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  8. 108 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌,瞒爸妈当万元户 Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 28.3kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
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  9. 109 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零:不嫁军官,嫁纨绔 Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 151kReads9.1Score11.7kShelves
  10. 110 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零,炮灰女配想躺平 Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 16.3kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
  11. 111 His Stunning Wife Has Given Birth Again, and the Commander Comes Every Night to Soothe the Baby 绝美娇妻又生了,首长夜夜来哄娃 Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted Completed [One devoted couple + a sweet marriage in the 1970s + military marriage + swapped marriages + cozy everyday romance + family life] After taking a nap, Shen Zhiyou suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually a book, and she was the brainless, malicious second female lead whose only purpose was to drive the plot! In the book, she was practically possessed, insisting on marrying Jiang Wenbin no matter what. After the wedding, Jiang Wenbin thought she was filthy and made h 25.8kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves
  12. 112 How Sweet Is It? 甜度为几分 Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [Scheming, proud, aloof childhood friend × pampered, precious, beautiful childhood sweetheart] A pretty transfer student arrived at Licheng No. 1 High School. Someone scoffed. “Apart from her looks, what's so special about her? I heard she's bad at school and her family isn't anything special. How could senior Jiang Ciyun possibly know her?” Until one day, after a monthly exam Lu Zhaozhao spread all the exam papers she needed across her desk. Her classmates gathered around. “Top student, lend us 32.3kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
  13. 113 An Eighties Military Marriage: A Kiss from the Chaste Commander Keeps Me Alive 八零军婚,和禁欲首长亲亲续命 Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + alluring, delicate young heiress × a stern yet warm-hearted, ascetic senior officer + kisses keep him alive + devoted to each other + sweet romance + satisfying revenge] (Entirely fictional! Entirely fictional!) What should you do after transmigrating into the role of a villainess? Naturally, do your very best to make the heroine shine! Jiang Zhinian was a genius interpreter from the 21st century, with fair skin, breathtaking beauty, a soft voice, and a delicate figure. Aft 2.2kReads8.8Score255Shelves
  14. 114 The 1970s: After Our Secret Marriage, My Officer Husband Gets Green-Eyed with Jealousy 七零:隐婚后军官大人被醋红了眼 Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted “Fair-skinned, beautiful, and flirtatious without realizing it, like a little white rabbit” x “a cool, aloof, proud, and abstinent officer who says one thing and means another” Wei Zhaozhao transmigrated into a book and became Ji You’s villainous ex-wife in a period romance. She arrived on their wedding night, just as Ji You was giving her a stern list of rules. In the original story, Wei Zhaozhao was Ji You’s childhood friend and fiancée. When he ran into trouble, she cruelly broke off their en 2.9kReads8.5Score285Shelves
  15. 115 Military Marriage, Cherished by the Hawk: The Eighties Wife Is Too Alluring 军婚枭宠:八零娇妻太撩人 Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + devoted to each other + no pocket space or System + cozy, sweet everyday life] On the first night after being reborn, Su Yunzhou knocks out the little villain, then packs her bags and prepares to run away. Her soldier husband panics! To fulfill his great dream of keeping the whole family together, Shen Zhanye worries himself sick. Before marriage, Shen Zhanye says, “Ha! My knees are harder than my skull. Begging on my knees? Not a chance!” After marriage, Su Yunzhou tosses 1.7kReads8.9Score154Shelves
  16. 116 Divorced and Remarried, I Became the Rough-Hewn Man’s Darling 离婚再嫁,我成了糙汉老公心尖宠 Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted When Ban Xia woke from a dream, a flood of information suddenly filled her mind. She discovered that she was living in a book, and that she was the mother of the story’s great villain, a man who had secretly loved the heroine but could never have her. In the book, she was merely a passing character, mentioned in a single line when her grown son learned the truth. Yet that brief mention summed up her entire life of suffering. Her son was taken away, she miscarried and became infertile, her husban 4.8kReads9.1Score316Shelves
  17. 117 A Sweet Flash Marriage in the 1970s 七零闪婚甜蜜蜜 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [A cozy married life in a bygone era, sweet and slice-of-life, few nasty characters, with a golden finger] Storyline One: When Jiang Wan was at her wits’ end, she proposed marriage (asked for help) to the man she had just met, the man who had saved her. Cheng Yao was drawn to her eyes and casually rescued her. He never expected her to turn around and propose to him (set him up). Jiang Wan: “Are you married?” Cheng Yao looked completely baffled. “??” Jiang Wan tried to work up her courage. “Or do 3.2kReads9.0Score255Shelves
  18. 118 The Wind on Stone Bridge Woke Me from a Lifetime of Regret 石桥上的风吹醒半生错 Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted 1998, on the stone bridge, beneath the setting sun I tilted my head back, faced the wind, and stood alone with my back straight. Lin Feng held my hand tightly and said, “From now on, you’ll never be alone again. I’ll always be here.” For the first time, I cried. The pain and alarm in his eyes shattered my defenses completely. Later, I leaned against him and let my tears of hurt fall. He said, “It annoys me when you cry.” I fussed. I cried. He ran. He avoided me. I stopped crying. I raised my hea 1Reads—Score—Shelves
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  19. 119 Reborn in 1980: I Dumped the Scumbag and Married a Butcher 重生八零甩掉渣男嫁屠户 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] + [Reborn] + [Pocket Space] + [Farming] + [Family Life] + [Entrepreneurship] Li Wenhui is reborn before her blind date with a scumbag, and this time she exposes the affair between him and her best friend with her own hands. Thinking of the butcher who supplied her restaurant throughout her previous life and even came to her aid at a crucial moment, Li Wenhui decides they can team up and start a business this time around. But how does it end up with the two of them getting married and bu 4kReads8.1Score422Shelves
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  20. 120 A Scheming Couple's Daily Bickering in the Sixties 六零腹黑夫妻互怼日常 Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [1960s Era + Light Ensemble Cast + Crime Solving + Whirlwind Marriage + Guiding Romance] In the 1960s, unsolved cases shrouded the land in mystery. He Xinghua, a policewoman from the countryside, and Lu Yanping, a criminal investigation chief, were not only husband and wife, but also partners in the line of duty. From a rural courtyard to city housing for government cadres, and from sorting through case files to confronting the most baffling criminal minds, they embarked together on a new caree 869Reads8.0Score101Shelves
  21. 121 The 1970s Factory Girl: Awakened to Snatch Every Golden Finger 七零车间女工:觉醒抢光金手指 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension) Tags: Clear-headed female lead, focused entirely on her career Yang Lihua had been born into this era for over a decade when, on the day her older brother Yang Lixin went on a blind date, she suddenly awakened to the truth: her future sister-in-law was the ill-fated heroine of a period novel, constantly tormented by her sister-in-law, and Yang Lihua herself was the awful sister-in-law readers hated with a burning passion. All sorts o 138.7kReads8.7Score15.9kShelves
  22. 122 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零,海岛种菜忙 Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 21.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves
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  23. 123 The 1970s' Mad Village Girl: From the Start, She Beats Up an Entire Gang of Human Traffickers 七零疯批村姑,开局锤爆人贩一窝 Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted [Farming + Period Piece + Feel-Good Story + Love Grows Over Time + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Building Wealth] Jiang Sui is reborn, armed with a cleaver and ready to put every troublemaker in their place. Want to sell the three siblings? She’ll have them all thrown in jail. Want to take advantage of her? First, see if the cleaver in her hand agrees. Ruin her reputation? What reputation? Oh my, she actually has a reputation? With a pocket dimension at her disposal, Jiang Sui 25Reads—Score—Shelves
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  24. 124 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠:极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 63.8kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves
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  25. 125 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇,我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 22kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
  26. 126 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人,不孕原配又怀上了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 15.8kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
  27. 127 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 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 13.7kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
  28. 128 Military Marriage: The Stern-Faced Officer Is Won Over by a Stunning Painter 军婚:面凶军官被绝美画家拿捏了 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 72.7kReads9.5Score8kShelves
  29. 129 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 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 94.6kReads9.6Score10kShelves
  30. 130 Reborn as a Delicate, Wealthy Beauty in the 1970s 重生七零娇气白富美 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Lu Xicheng, a young lady from the 21st century, transmigrates to the 1970s, bringing her little villa with her. Though she's unlucky, at least this girl looks just like she did before and has loving parents and family. So what if she's sent to the countryside? It's anyone's guess whether she'll reform the rural areas or they'll reform her! Staring at her palm, red and sore after picking just a few ears of corn, Lu Xicheng sniffles. Farm work is too hard. She wants to go home! Huo Jingchuan is th 95.9kReads9.2Score12.6kShelves
  31. 131 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 Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [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 79.1kReads9.4Score10kShelves
  32. 132 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母,亦如父! Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 33.1kReads8.1Score1.9kShelves
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  33. 133 Childhood Symphony 童年交响曲 Modern Romance199k WordsCompleted Five-year-old Wang Xiaozhu’s happy life in the countryside! She helps her mother wash clothes by the river and finds a duck egg in the water. She helps her mother sew a quilt on the rooftop, only to be pranked by the girl next door. Her grandmother raises a flock of chickens, but no one knows where they’re laying their eggs... 11Reads—Score—Shelves
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  34. 134 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后,配角夫妻下乡当知青 Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 26kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
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  35. 135 After Awakening, the Wicked Girl of the 1980s Sinks Her Claws Into Her Childhood Sweetheart and Claims Her Place 八零恶女觉醒后,狠勾竹马上位了 Modern Romance259k WordsCompleted [Supporting female character awakens + childhood friends + pampered young lady + lovesick, scheming tea-green country boy] Cen Yin was left with her grandparents in the countryside for fifteen years. Only in 1983 was she brought to the family compound, where she became obsessed with Lu Jing, the son of a military commander, and devoted herself to him. She envied her biological older sister, who had been raised by their parents. She was vain and malicious, and even wanted to steal her future brot 5.4kReads8.7Score509Shelves
  36. 136 After My Scumbag Ex Was Stolen, I Thrived in the Military Compound 渣男被抢后我在军区大院蒸蒸日上 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Devoted, tough soldier husband + pampered heiress] [One couple, faithful to each other] Su Ying is reborn at nineteen, right at the scene where she catches someone cheating. Before anyone arrives, she makes a deal with the “other man” in front of her: they’ll get married. Next, she methodically kicks the scumbag to the curb, exposes her green-tea sister for what she is in front of everyone, and places a newspaper notice severing her mother-daughter relationship. In this new life, if you can go 17.1kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
  37. 137 My Love, Come Into My Arms: The Art of Winning Your Heart 卿卿入怀,我的攻心战役 Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted One night of passion forces them into marriage. Amid her resentment, Zhixia discovers that she looks remarkably like the Fang family’s youngest daughter, who died on the battlefield. The family transforms their longing for their lost loved one into an overwhelming, misplaced affection for her. Her grandfather, Fang Yuzhao, presses a family heirloom jade pendant into her hand. “Fang Chu owes you. We’ll make it right.” Her father-in-law, Fang Zheng, uses every connection he has to get her trans 1.3kReads6.4Score159Shelves
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  38. 138 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 5.5kReads8.4Score613Shelves
  39. 139 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子!被全家团宠 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 131.8kReads9.0Score15.8kShelves
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  40. 140 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零:南粤渔家小日子 Modern Romance312k WordsOngoing [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 2.4kReads—Score290Shelves
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  41. 141 Reborn in the 1970s: Seducing Men and Taking Powerful Revenge 重生七零,媚色撩男,强势复仇 Modern Romance278k WordsOngoing [Period setting + reborn + sweet romance + revenge + devoted to each other + twin spaces + spirit spring + spoiling her best friend + sweet revenge early on + sweet entrepreneurship later] This time around, I’m reborn with cheat powers! Time to show off! In this life, I’ll make everyone who hurt me kneel and sing “Conquer”! Her transmigrated-into-a-book stepsister, a green-tea schemer, flaunts her superiority? The scumbag’s whole family plots behind her back? She fires back with damning evidenc —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  42. 142 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Sweet Educated Youth Flirts Relentlessly With the Wolf Cub 穿越七零,娇娇知青狂撩狼崽子 Modern Romance399k WordsCompleted “Hello, would you believe me if I said we knew each other in a past life?” “Comrade Shen, what a coincidence! You’re here to work, too!” “Comrade Shen, what a coincidence! You’re heading up the mountain, too!” “Comrade Shen, what a coincidence! You’re taking this road, too!” “Comrade Shen...” Where did he go? Until one day, Yu Jiaojiao is pinned against the restroom wall by someone, who whispers hoarsely in her ear, “What a coincidence, Xiao Yu, educated youth...” 1.2kReads8.9Score101Shelves
  43. 143 Period: From Nearly Losing My Life to Peace Year After Year 【年代】从差点没命到岁岁平安 Modern Romance393k WordsOngoing [1970s + Native-Born Heroine + Supporting Character Transmigrates + Change Your Fate Through Study + Everyday Family Life] The Yao family lives in the machinery factory’s residential compound. They have five children, each with a personality of their own. The fourth child, Yao Anping, is the one most easily overlooked. After growing up neglected and treated unfairly, she finally comes to her senses. If she wants to eat well, she has to study hard. If she wants a better home, she has to study har 20kReads6.6Score2kShelves
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  44. 144 The 1970s Space: An'an Was Born the Apple of Her Family’s Eye 七零空间:安安生来就是全家团宠 Modern Romance762k WordsOngoing Manhua animation out now + 1970s setting + everyone’s favorite + raising a child + no romance + space + rural life + ensemble cast + gossip and lively antics + the whole family are main characters + adorable pets + koi-like luck A few things to know before you start: 1. The story begins when the little one is born. The early chapters focus on the family, since the baby is too young to do much. 2. There is a space, a personal space she was born with. She’s a sweet baby everyone loves. 3. There’s 10.3kReads9.3Score987Shelves
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  45. 145 Things That Happened When I Was a Kid 我小时候的事 Modern Romance158k WordsCompleted I really don't have much talent for writing novels. I simply pieced together people and events from my childhood, along with scattered fragments of memory and everyday trivialities, as best I could. It's like sewing a patchwork garment out of scraps of floral fabric: from a distance it looks colorful and busy, but up close the seams are obvious, and it never quite comes together. Even so, I weighed every word and poured my passion and love into it, because I wrote it for my daughter. 77Reads—Score—Shelves
  46. 146 Reborn in the Nineties: A Country Girl's Rise to Riches 重生九零,农女逆袭当富婆 Modern Romance741k WordsCompleted Reborn + a rural woman's rise + making a fortune + taking down scumbags At the entrance to a garment factory, reborn Wu Xiaolan's grape juice stand becomes a hit. Her rivals cut prices? She launches a new product: cold skin noodles. Management makes things difficult? She leads the way in securing the first license for a mobile food stall. Short on workers? She brings together a feisty girl who sells eggs on the black market, a quick-witted young woman who works at a snack shop, and the village c 82Reads—Score—Shelves
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  47. 147 Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Young Educated Youth Is Dumbfounded 穿越七零,小知青她懵圈了 Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing (Everyday life of sent-down youth, not a strong female lead, a touch of an ensemble cast, unhurried pacing, with a couple) Gu Xiaoman, from the twenty-first century, dies suddenly after getting drunk while celebrating landing a job. She wakes up aboard a green-painted train carrying sent-down youth in the 1970s. No space, no System, no golden finger, and not even the original owner’s memories. She’s definitely the most wretched transmigrant in history, with none of the usual perks. Good heavens! 6.4kReads8.7Score649Shelves
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  48. 148 Back to the 1970s: A Village Girl's Path Beyond the World 重回七零年代,村女的破界之路 Modern Romance270k WordsOngoing [Elderly woman + reborn + 1970s + dumping a scumbag + no romance + family life + spatial storage] After being angered to death at the age of seventy, Zhou Qiuying is reborn in 1975. In 1975 in her previous life, Zhou Qiuying was an eighteen-year-old country girl. She gave up her secure job as an elementary school teacher to marry an educated youth sent down to the countryside. In return, her husband cruelly abandoned her after passing the college entrance exam, and her loved ones died tragical 115Reads—Score—Shelves
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  49. 149 In the 1970s: Picking Up a Madman as My Husband 七零年代疯批夫妇 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 139.7kReads9.3Score19.4kShelves
  50. 150 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 263Reads—Score—Shelves
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