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

1. 151 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance539k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 20.3kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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   Mother: If you die, your money will belong to me. Male protagonist: OK, then I will be reborn and find a stepmother to spend my money on. Just because of this sentence, I caught up with the latest chapter overnight, which is 100,000 words. It's so exciting!

2. 152 远 Away from My Scumbag Husband and Widowed Sister-in-Law, I Thrive 远离渣夫和寡嫂，我顺风顺水 Qingdao Cabbage青岛白菜Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + building wealth + blended family + everyday family life + contrasting couples] After her husband got involved with his widowed sister-in-law, Cheng Yuluo couldn't take it anymore. She divorced him and returned to her family home… But once she got home, her parents, brother, and sister-in-law treated her very differently than before… To support her daughter, she went to the county seat and set up a stall selling wontons outside a factory, just like t 2.6kReads8.0Score235Shelves

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   The heroine, a native, makes a fortune without a golden finger

3. 153 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 63.6kReads8.5Score7.3kShelves

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   [Top post][Top post][Top post] A cool article about traveling through the 1970s! Wen Jingshu, a graduate student at the British College, fainted during the exam and returned to the 1970s when supplies were scarce. She had a limited-time flash sale system and was surrounded by her father, the police chief, her second brother, a doctor, and her eldest brother in the military camp. Unlock business routes, use negotiation skills, stock up on goods and expand supply sources, and use translation opportunities to connect with foreign businessmen. While stabilizing the business of the supply and marketing cooperative, you can protect your family from difficulties. Family ties are heart-warming, your career is at stake, and the plot is solid and enjoyable!

4. 154 八 1980s Military Marriage: Your Soldier Boy Just Registered His Marriage with Me 八零军婚：你的兵哥哥跟我领证咯 Red and Green Buds红绿蕊Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted [Career-Focused] [Satisfying Revenge on Trash] [Taking Down the Worst] [Only Ever Been With Each Other] [Sweet Romance, No Angst] In her past life, her adoptive sister tricked her into going abroad, where her organs were harvested and she died a gruesome death in a foreign land. Reborn in the 1980s, she was cruelly abused by her own father and thrown into a pigsty in the freezing cold, left on the brink of death. At death's door, she unexpectedly awakened a dream System. In her dreams, her wi 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is very refreshing and stress-relieving. Except for the villain, all the characters are good people. The heroine takes over the glorious life of the evil villain.

5. 155 七 Wang Family Village in the Famine Years of the Seventies 七零荒年王家村 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban203k WordsCompleted [Period Fiction + Rural Life + No System or Pocket Dimension] This book tells the story of Wang Fugui and his family, villagers in Wangjia Village in the 1970s. Wang Fugui is timid by nature. When the family runs out of food, he forces his wife, Jiang Xiurong, to ask the production team captain, Wang Xiaoyang, for grain. Wang Xiaoyang has been lusting after her for ages. When Wang Xiaoyang tries to assault her, their eldest son, Wang Peng, steps in. Again and again, he exposes Wang Xiaoyang's sc 5.9kReads6.9Score285Shelves
6. 156 六 Raised on Neighbors' Meals in the Sixties, I Became a Top Scientist 六零吃百家饭长大我成了科研大佬 Hooroo Dee呼噜滴Modern Romance624k WordsOngoing [The low rating is because the novel was only recently rated] [Romance] [Period natives] [Everyday family life] [Academic genius] Chen Songguo was an orphan from birth, raised by the villagers, one meal at a time. Later, when they happened to discover just how brilliant Chen Songguo was, everyone slapped the table and decided to send five-year-old Songguo to school. When it came time to collect report cards, every villager scrambled to go. Frugal Grandma Zhou said, “Tuition costs a fortune, so y 69.2kReads9.1Score12.3kShelves
7. 157 泣 The Blood-Tear Tung Blossoms 泣血油桐花 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance977k WordsOngoing In the 1970s, Zhao Zhicheng was an older bachelor. Because he had one disabled leg and came from a dirt-poor family, the women from the surrounding villages all refused to marry him. In the end, he married Yan Wenyin, a woman of similar age who also had one disabled leg. From then on, the fates of these two determined people, each with a physical disability, were bound tightly together! That year, he said, “My left leg is lame, and Xiaoyin’s right leg is lame. Put us together, and don’t we make 2.6kReads—Score203Shelves
8. 158 从 From Farmer’s Wife to Chairwoman 从农媳到董事长 I'm Yanzi我是艳子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday family life + marriage + building a career + personal growth] I married a state-owned enterprise worker, and after years of trying, I finally had a son. Then, just as my husband was sent to prison, my mother-in-law branded me a bringer of bad luck and threw me out of the house. Qiu Yue, widowed and bullied, and Wang Feng, tormented by domestic abuse, shared my fate. The three of us hard-done-by women joined forces, working, doing business, and opening a factory. We neede 5.3kReads8.0Score569Shelves

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   This book is a fighter among the natives. There is no messy rebirth or time travel, it is real life, a group text, and everyone is down to earth.

9. 159 东 Tales from the Northeast: The Woman Who Was Left a Widow 东北往事之守活寡的女人 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance759k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 56.7kReads8.6Score3.4kShelves

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   They are all Northeastern natives

10. 160 七 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 284Reads6.4Score—Shelves
11. 161 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score165Shelves
12. 162 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.4M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.7kReads9.4Score9.6kShelves
13. 163 八 The 1980s’ Sweet Little Lucky Star: The General Spoils Her Rotten 八零娇软小福宝，首长宠上天 White Pear Drifting Along白梨归泛泛Modern Romance797k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other + rebirth + a protective male lead + a sweet, gentle female lead + tons of sweet romance + a little golden finger + sensible heroine + tough, resourceful heroine + vicious male rival + devoted female rival] I heard Company Commander Fu brought that Jiang family orphan home and spoils and protects her every day. He treats her like a little sister! Company Commander Fu: “What little sister? She's my future wife!” After Fu Chi is injured in an explosion du 726Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Reborn indigenous heroine

14. 164 漂 The Beautiful Girl Next Door Wakes Up and Joins the Army. Officers Fight Over Her 漂亮白月光觉醒随军，首长争又抢 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted “Second Chance at Love, Spatial Ability, Everyone’s Favorite, Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium, Adorable Baby, Military Marriage” In the third year of living apart from He Shaoyan and fighting over a divorce, Ye Qingzhi began having prophetic dreams. At first, they were just trivial things, until one day she dreamed that her brother-in-law imprisoned her, while her sister became his accomplice and drove her insane before she died a gruesome death. After she died, the man who had repeatedly cl 31kReads6.9Score2.6kShelves

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    🥺"Ye Qingzhi, you just want to play with me again." She took the initiative to come to the door to ask for shelter, and Chief He looked wary. As a result, she later became involved with military wives and was surrounded by a group of single officers. He immediately exploded: "My wife! If you look at me again, I'll dig out your eyeballs!" Everyone: Didn't you say she was your cousin? Predictive dream + space + cute baby + military marriage + group pet, this book is so sweet that my teeth hurt!

15. 165 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s, I Use My Pocket Dimension to Eat Well and Dress Warmly 穿越六零，我靠空间吃饱和穿暖 Dongqiao Melon东桥瓜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No going to the countryside + period setting + pocket dimension] After Zhao Jiayue dies, she finds herself in the 1960s. Luckily, in this unusual era, she has the pocket-dimension golden finger common to transmigrators. When her family worries about where to get their next bite of meat, she brings steaming-hot meat buns out of her pocket dimension. Thanks to this gift, she eats well, dresses warmly, and takes excellent care of herself throughout the 1960s. 29.1kReads5.9Score3.1kShelves

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    Recommended

16. 166 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 346Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The heroine of this book was born in western Sichuan, one of the first batch of only children, and aboriginal.

17. 167 弃 Leaving Love Behind in the 1970s: The Doctor Goddess Orphan Is Doted on by the God of War 弃爱七零，医神孤女被战神独宠了 Gave It a Shake, and Got Yao摇了个瑶Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Medical genius Wen Suian is attacked and wakes up as an orphan in the 1970s, sold off to look after the madman Shen Yubai. She binds herself to a System, raises children, treats his illness, and starts a candy factory, turning their life of poverty around. Once Shen Yubai recovers, she follows the army to the capital, where her true identity is revealed: she is the Ye family’s biological daughter, switched at birth. The Ye family refuses to acknowledge her and instead demands that she “repay 9.2kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Traveling through the 70s, the original protagonist was cowardly and bullied. After the heroine came, she immediately became tough, took care of her family, lived a good life, and slapped the best in the face all at once.

18. 168 莲 Lotus Shadows over the Capital 莲影京华 My Left Eyelid Keeps Twitching左眼皮跳啊跳Modern Romance318k WordsOngoing Village beauty Shi Cailian has had a life bitter enough to pickle vegetables, but she's blessed with a face of unparalleled beauty. Educated youth Wan Changce falls for her at first sight and takes the college entrance exam four times. When the results come out, Shi Cailian has just fallen out with her biased family, so she packs her bags and goes with him to make it in the capital. He studies hard and becomes a top student, while she uses her beauty to land a secure job at the Friendship Store. 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What was she, Shi Cailian, afraid of?

19. 169 穿 Transmigrated to 1970, Suddenly a Mom of Nine 穿越1970，喜当9个孩子的妈 A Cha in the Misty Rain阿茶烟雨Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Main characters: Zhao Wenting and Li Sixi [Period Setting + Information System + Transmigrate + Everyday Family Life] Zhao Wenting has transmigrated. There’s one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: she has a golden finger, an Information System. The bad news: she has nine kids from the start, more than the Calabash Brothers. Looking at the three children who are about to be sent to the countryside, Zhao Wenting rolls up her sleeves and starts toughening them up. As a res 24.5kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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20. 170 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 461Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first sadomasochistic emotional novel "Tingfenglouge" with local characteristics and originality, everything is regrettable and everything is worth it

21. 171 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 172 六 The Good Life in the Sixties: Farming with Adorable Pets 六零好生活，跟着萌宠忙种田 Snow Melts, Moonlight Shimmers雪融月溶溶Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + a child’s growth + strengthening the nation through technology] Lying flat in the 1960s with an interstellar System? Just as Daya and her star-beast companion Hongge had settled into a comfortable life, the System…crashed! Her star-beast companion was forced to transmigrate into a sickly boy from the capital, and even became her nominal “little uncle”? Her golden finger worked only sometimes, her body was frail, and the circumstances were pressing. They had no choice but to re 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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    790,000 Words, a certain style of plot promotion, non-formula brain-dead wisdom, cute babies grow, and science and technology rejuvenate the country.

23. 173 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 405Reads—Score109Shelves

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    I recommend this book. I personally think it is quite good. It is not brainless and logical. The author must have come from that era. It's more realistic and less cliche. Not aboriginal, but pretty

24. 174 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Takes the Business World by Storm 重生八零：营销女王横扫商界 CPOModern Romance41k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s: The Marketing Queen Conquers the Business World 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Is it okay if the author is an indigenous person? Finally, there is a rebirth novel where the heroine is not interested in love anymore. He wants to fall in love, but she wants KPI! Two-way redemption and super healing!

25. 175 平 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Ban Liang搬凉Urban116k WordsOngoing Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 35Reads—Score114Shelves

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    Realistic novel, Jianghan Plain version of the ordinary world, worth reading! The novel is written from the beginning of the 21st century. It takes Fang Lizhu, a child born in the 1980s in the rural area of ​​Jianghan Plain in the central region, as the perspective. By describing the various people and events Fang Lizhu encounters during his studies and work, it reflects on the one hand the changes in the overall life of the people in the plain after entering the new century. On the other hand, it also reflects the various life patterns of small people in the face of great changes in the trend of the times and in the context of the big era and the big background, such as active or passive choices, active persistence or passive escape.

26. 176 南 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Shanjiu's Home杉玖家Urban371k WordsCompleted Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The mountains cannot lock one's livelihood, and a long road going south carries the destiny of a generation. Yuan Shoushan bid farewell to his hometown in northern Guizhou and rushed to the southern construction site with a meager capital. Accompanied by the dust of steel bars and distant nostalgia, he poured his youth into the tall buildings rising from the ground. His fathers guarded the land, handed over public grain, and worked hard to maintain the local land; he wandered in a foreign land, carried the burden forward, and carried the entire family on his own. The city is changing with each passing day and its prosperity is as far as the eye can see, but the bitterness of countless builders is lost in time. There are no ups and downs of the legend, only the real joys and sorrows of the low-level people. Half a lifetime of running around, all the injuries, those unspeakable grievances and expectations are all written in this book. Understand the life of millions of workers who migrated south to work in silence and no one listened.

27. 177 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance290k WordsOngoing [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 708Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is beautiful

28. 178 七 The Beloved Little Chubby Girl of the 1970s: Her Dad Spoils Her Rotten 七零团宠：小胖丫她爸是宠女狂魔 Brother Duhan from Mohe漠河的度晗哥Modern Romance187k WordsCompleted [A chubby little darling adored by the whole family × a doting dad who spoils his daughter rotten] [The whole family is fiercely protective, with no limits] [Cozy everyday life in the late 1970s] [Uncle finds love while helping raise the kid] In a red-brick courtyard in 1977 lived Wang Yadan, the chubby little girl who gave everyone in the neighborhood the most trouble. At two and a half, she was over the weight limit and off the charts for mischief. She climbed onto the roof to lift the tiles a 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This, the indigenous group dotes on the heroine

29. 179 重 Reborn in the 1970s: After Divorcing, I Cleared Out My In-Laws’ Home and Went to the Countryside 重生七零：离婚搬空婆家去下乡 Laughing Mad Sword狂剑笑Modern Romance638k WordsOngoing [1970s Setting, Rebirth Power Fantasy, Spirit Spring Space, Making a Fortune, Miracle Doctor, Revenge] Synopsis: On the sixteenth day of her marriage, Xiao Mandong grabbed a thermos full of boiling water and smashed it over her cheating husband and widowed sister-in-law on the bed! In her previous life, she had given everything to support the Lu family, only to have her child switched, her loved ones die tragically, and herself left to die alone with terminal lung cancer. Reborn, she refused to 5.4kReads6.5Score602Shelves

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    The heroine is reborn, and she is a native herself. Even after being reborn, she will not behave outrageously! She looks good, but if she doesn't look good, scold me!

30. 180 石 Shi Shun's Growth 石顺的成长 Shi Shunzhi石顺之Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted About Growth At the foot of the Dabie Mountains, a young man named Shi Shun journeys forward, one step at a time. Over the first half of his life, he experiences sincere family affection, treasures friendships forged through hardship, encounters tender love, and strives to build an ordinary career. He grows from a naive, awkward youth into a steady and responsible man, tempering his character amid the everyday bustle of life and coming to understand what life means through the companionship of 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Great article of the era, true, touching, inspirational, resonant

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