Period-Era Stories: Either No Romance or Very Little, and No Military Marriages at Every Turn 年代文，要么无cp,要么少点cp情节别动不动就军婚

1. 1 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Steals the Protagonist's Golden Finger 穿书七零炮灰觉醒抢走主角金手指 Ting Wawa婷娃娃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 102kReads8.8Score10.8kShelves

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   The first book features a female protagonist who is a politician with high emotional and intellectual intelligence, and the writing is also excellent. The second book features a female protagonist with formidable fighting skills who secures a stable job in the police force through her own efforts, and her family prospers.

2. 2 我 The Days I Happily Enjoyed Gossip in the Crowded Compound 我在大杂院快乐吃瓜的那些日子 Hehe's Grain何荷的禾Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] [The Sixties] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Book Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Feel-Good Story] [Everyday Family Life] [No Going to the Countryside] Cheng Ying discovers that she has transmigrated into a Period novel. She has four older siblings, some sharing only her father and others only her mother. The whole family is set up as a foil to the female lead, who lives with them in the same crowded compound, and they all meet tragic ends. Known throughout the compound as the tigress who c 295.4kReads9.0Score44.3kShelves
3. 3 她 She Was a Sent-Down Educated Youth in the 1970s 她是七零年代下乡女知青 Golden Flowers金色的花花Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Yao Jinling's family has seven people: two adults and five children. They all rely on her father, Yao Wang, and his single salary to get by. The family never has enough to eat or wear, and everyone is skin and bones... They could have endured this life for a few more years. Once the older children grew up and found jobs, things would have improved. But just as her older brother and sister reached working age and could help support the family, her mother got pregnant again! She gave birth to anot 971Reads7.0Score105Shelves
4. 4 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Opened My Eyes on the Day She Became a Widow 重生八零，睁眼回到她当寡妇那天 Golden Flowers金色的花花Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted Li Jinyu met her late husband, Zhao Dazhuang, through a matchmaker. Zhao Dazhuang had returned home on leave from the army when he fell in love with her at first sight. The day after their blind date, he rushed to submit a marriage application to his unit, begging his superior to expedite the approval. It finally came through before he had to return to his post. Grinning as he held their brand-new marriage certificate, he took their photo back to the army with him. He wanted all his fellow soldi 208Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 5 被 Bound to a System in the 1970s, I Became a Tycoon 被系统绑到七十年代后我成了首富 Fen Luxia粉鹿夏Modern Romance319k WordsOngoing After Ye He died, the System forcibly bound her and made her transmigrate into the villainess of a period novel. The youngest daughter in a blended family, unloved by both parents, she was facing an order to go to the countryside before even finishing middle school. According to the book, after going to the countryside, the original owner would meet the handsome male lead and become hopelessly obsessed with him, banging her head against a wall for his sake. She would give him the hard-won opport 710Reads—Score159Shelves

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   Recommendation: This is a super good historical romance novel that I've been following closely. The female protagonist is, in a way, a transmigrator. She has terrible family members, but she refuses to go to the countryside. After cutting ties with them, she continues her studies in the city, builds her own career, and makes a good life for herself.

6. 6 九 The Retired Villain Reborn in the 1990s as the Mother of a Novel's Abused Heroine 九零：退休反派穿成虐文女主亲妈 Dream of a Thousand梦一千Modern Romance219k WordsOngoing [Period] [Divorce and Raising Kids] [No Romance] [Part-Time Job System] [A Little Golden Finger] Question: What’s it like being the female lead’s mom? Jiang Nanzhi: Thanks for asking. She’s still the villainess, though. We’ll see how things turn out at the end. As a top-tier villainess in the world of quick transmigration, she had spent her days paving the way for the protagonists of various worlds. At last, she had finally made it to retirement. Jiang Nanzhi had expected a quiet, pleasant retir 13Reads—Score105Shelves
7. 7 七 The 1970s: A Max-Level Expert's Easygoing Retirement 七零：满级大佬的咸鱼养老日常 Money, Come Find Me小钱钱快来找我呀Modern Romance771k WordsCompleted The female lead has no romantic pairing of her own, but there is her parents' love story, so it has a romance tag!!! Jiang Yu's goal in life: eat, drink, and enjoy a peaceful retirement. Jiang Yu's actual life: a gifted child prodigy who serves the nation through her abilities. Who shattered her dream of being a happy loafer? Her biological father lives off women, and her biological mother is the queen of giving up. At six years old, Jiang Yu is forced into action and made to shoulder the burden 58.6kReads8.5Score9.6kShelves
8. 8 男 After the Male Lead Was Executed, I Became a Scientist in a Period Novel 男主被枪毙后我在年代文当科学家 Lingling Isn't Afraid of the Cold令令不怕冷Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing [Just got its rating] [No romance] [Heartwarming] [Feel-good] [No melodrama] [No rural re-education] [Few awful characters] [Little of the original leads' storyline] [Don't overthink the details] One moment, Yan Shangqing was being chased by lightning and struck over and over. The next, she discovered she'd transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era, becoming the frail older sister of a wicked supporting character who met a tragic end. She also gained a System that let her earn public recogn 14.9kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
9. 9 九 The 90-Year-Old Matriarch Runs the Family: Putting Her Useless Children and Grandchildren in Their Place 九零老太掌家：专治极品儿孙 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigration + a lightly ensemble cast + no golden finger + no CP + the 1990s + everyday family life + lighthearted comedy Zhang Hongying transmigrates to the 1990s, only to find herself in the body of an infamous old country woman. But that's fine. She's convinced that under her leadership, the whole family will go out and earn money while she sits back and happily collects it. Anyone who won't listen can get lost. But how did the family end up getting paid for a demolition relocation while t 12.3kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: Granny Zhou Raises Her Hand and Slaps Them 穿越六零，周老太抬起手来就是扇 Yi DadaYi哒哒Modern Romance267k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + no CP + outrageous characters] The moment Jiang Peilan opens her eyes, she finds herself transmigrated into a period novel as the awful cannon-fodder grandma. Every member of her family is a complete menace. Her eldest son hopes she’ll die, her second son is blindly filial, her third daughter is a parasite, her fourth son is a good-for-nothing thug, and her fifth daughter is gloomy. In one fell swoop, she’s gone from a young woman to a grandma with a 787Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 七 The 1970s: Her Mother Is an Educated Youth, Her Father a Peasant, and She Transmigrated 七零：知青妈泥腿子爸穿越的她 Only Plays Zhen Ji只玩甄姫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + 1970s + no golden finger + no romance + family life + pampered by everyone + academic prodigy + studying] [This story is fictional. Please do not compare it with reality.] Zhou Ning failed to anger her scumbag father to death, and instead got slapped into becoming another Zhou Ning in a different world in the 1970s. Her mother is an educated youth, her father a poor farmer, and she’s suddenly become the only daughter in a mountain village in the 1970s? Right off the bat, she us 9.4kReads7.0Score1.2kShelves
12. 12 东 A Northeastern Auntie Finds Herself a Zombie Daughter 东北大姨捡到个丧尸闺女 Inkstone Autumn Jade砚秋墨玉Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Transmigration, zombies, comedy, ensemble cast, period setting, mystery, no CP: a purely Northeastern period novel. “How does a vegetarian zombie girl who moves slowly manage to become everyone's darling in a 1970s Northeastern village? By being cute and sincere, not by biting people.” A female zombie is caught in a time-space vortex during a battle between the Zombie King and superpowered beings, and transmigrates to a Northeastern village in the 1970s. The warmhearted Auntie Cheng Qiuxia take 515Reads8.9Score100Shelves
13. 13 宋 Granny Song Reborn, Scumbag Men and Their Illegitimate Children, Get Lost 宋老太重生，渣男私生子都滚开 Born with Buddha's Bones天生佛骨Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted (No System or pocket dimension, no romance, family life, seaside cuisine, women helping one another, and sending scumbag men to prison to reform.) Eighty-year-old Song Xianglan has a house full of children and grandchildren, yet her life has become a joke. She spent her whole life working herself to the bone for her husband and children, giving them everything she had. But at the end of it all, her husband wanted a divorce for the woman he had always loved, and even tried to force her to leave w 22.1kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
14. 14 七 The 1970s' Little Tyrant: This Comrade Is So Impressive, She's a National Treasure 七零小霸王：同志太强成国家宝贝 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + satisfying wish fulfillment + no romance + child protagonist] Li Jinjin, an interstellar tyrant, transmigrates to the 1960s for some unknown reason. Just as she’s about to make a name for herself, she loses her memory. By the time her memories awaken, she’s seven years old. She beats up the traffickers who abducted her little brother and kicks the pervert hiding deep in the mountains. She even gets herself some handy little gadgets: a fan, a car... She catches enemy spies a 11.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
15. 15 老 The Old Woman Is Reborn Before the Demolition, and Beats Her Evil Son and Vicious Grandson with a Stick 老太重生拆迁前，棒打恶子毒孙 Ling Yun灵韫Modern Romance3.3M WordsOngoing Old Madam Zhou spent her whole life worrying herself sick over her four sons. She even divided the property and cash she received from the demolition compensation among them. She thought she had treated them all equally and taken each son into consideration. But in each son’s eyes, she was biased, and they all resented her and refused to support her. Old Madam Zhou should have been enjoying her retirement, but instead, at her advanced age, she survived by collecting trash and eventually died of 52.2kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
16. 16 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.2kReads9.3Score3kShelves
17. 17 重 Reborn in the 1990s: I Pulled My Mother Out of the Mud 重生九零：我把妈妈从泥里拽出来 Little Drunkard of the North Gate北门小酒鬼Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted [Period] [The Nineties] [Light ensemble cast] [Reborn] [No golden finger] [Building wealth] [No romance] This isn't a mindless wish-fulfillment story! The protagonist is reborn, but she hasn't become any smarter. She simply uses what she knows from her previous life to make things a little better. Being reborn lets her make up for past regrets; it doesn't give her heaven-defying luck. A life that's good enough is better than one that's perfect. Lin Xiaohe is reborn. When she wakes, blood is run 11kReads8.4Score966Shelves
18. 18 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s: The Auspicious Beast Cub Keeps the Whole Family Well Fed 穿越六零，瑞兽崽让全家吃饱饭 I Don't Like Fish Roe不爱吃鱼子Modern Romance633k WordsOngoing [Period Setting] + [Male Baby] + [No Romance] + [Beloved by Everyone] Lu Xingzhu is a young auspicious beast. He was sleeping in seclusion in his cave when he woke up somewhere completely unfamiliar. This place was poor and backward, with nothing to speak of, but its people lived in peace and had simple, honest ways. But where had his little claws and tiny horns gone?! Lu Xingzhu pinched his chubby little arm and burst into loud tears. He’d turned into a human baby! Waaaah! The human baby’s 5.1kReads8.7Score443Shelves
19. 19 重 Back in 1995, Building a Business While My Little One Strikes It Rich Treasure Hunting 重回九五搞事业，崽崽靠寻宝致富 Shi Nian柿唸Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted Just got its rating... Cozy everyday life + period setting + reborn + building wealth + raising kids + no romance + a touch of ensemble cast Chen Jiayan woke up one day to find herself back in 1995, when she was five years old, just before a high fever nearly left her stupid. Looking back, her life hadn’t been all that terrible, and there was no one she’d loved but couldn’t have. Looking at her family, decades younger, and their many hardships, she clenched her little fists and gazed out at the 639Reads8.0Score—Shelves
20. 20 随 Joining Her Husband's Army on the Island: Mountain Delicacies and Seafood with Chicken and Duck 随军婆婆上岛：山珍海味配鸡鸭 Lu Chaichai鹿柴柴Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation is now available (no space, no romance, island military life, everyday life, family matters, raising kids, delicious food, capitalist daughter-in-law) In her previous life, Chen Guilan looked down on her daughter-in-law for being a capitalist's daughter and hated the hardships of island life. She refused to join her son at his post and care for his pregnant wife, choosing instead to stay nearby and look after her pregnant daughter. But her daughter, son-in-law, and gra 10.7kReads8.4Score919Shelves
21. 21 包 [The 1970s] The Landlady's Laid-Back Life 【七零】包租婆的躺平日常 Better Stay Up Late Early熬夜要趁早Modern Romance641k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + 1970s + No Romance + Front-Row Seat to the Drama + Striving Toward a Goal] (Complete. The rating is low because there are so few reviews, but it's slowly climbing. Please don't give up on it!) Su Linzhao wakes up and finds herself in 1975, a pitiful girl with too little food and clothing. She packs up and heads to the countryside. She plans to keep her head down and quietly get rich. She originally meant to keep her distance from her family so they wouldn't discover her secret, but 4kReads8.9Score469Shelves
22. 22 七 The 1970s Workhorse Heroine Quits After Seeing the Comments 七零老黄牛女主看见弹幕后不干了 We Are Compatriots我们是同胞Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted No romance + On-screen comments + No competing for dominance + No cold-faced laundry-washing + Real heiress, fake young master story + Ensemble cast + Love for women At fifteen, comments suddenly began floating before Lin Ying’s eyes. Only then did she learn that she was the overworked, long-suffering heroine of a book! Her mother scolds her for being so inconsiderate? Lin Ying: She turns around and beats up the younger brother who tattled on her. Her father says she’s nothing but trouble? Lin Y 541Reads8.7Score100Shelves
23. 23 末 Back from the Apocalypse: In the Nineties, My Sister-in-Law Raised Kids and Opened a Restaurant 末世归来之小姑在九零养崽开饭馆 Yan Xinuan颜汐暖Modern Romance511k WordsCompleted No CP. Wen Xixi, a dual-powered plant- and strength-type ability user who struggled to survive the apocalypse for ten years, suddenly fainted after using up all her mental energy while planting. When she opened her eyes again, she had somehow ended up in the resource-rich 1990s depicted in a book. Before her was an unfamiliar little house, and in her arms was a soft, chubby toddler: Wen Shuyi, the daughter her brother had left behind when he died in a flood. In the original book, the pitiful lit 378Reads6.8Score103Shelves
24. 24 重 Reborn in the 1990s: Protecting Our Lucky Dad 重生九零：保护我方福运老爸 Yun Doudou云豆豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romance + period setting + no golden finger + growing stronger through sheer ability] To the Song family, Song Shuhua’s father is honest and dull, her mother is illiterate and sharp-tongued, she herself is willful and dim-witted, and her younger brother is timid and clumsy. The whole family is disliked by everyone! In Song Shuhua’s eyes, her grandparents are biased, selfish, and hateful; her uncle is sinister, her aunt is vicious, and those wolves want her and her brother dead! Song Shuhua i 834Reads8.9Score100Shelves
25. 25 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
26. 26 重 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 Curly Cat Whiskers猫胡子卷卷Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 49kReads7.9Score7.8kShelves

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    The main couple appears late in the story and has limited screen time, but both are strong. The female lead goes through medicine, military service, and politics. As a doctor, she saves countless comrades; as a soldier, she kills countless enemies; as a politician, she builds up the frontier; as a doctor, she gains the love and care of her comrades; as a soldier, she receives sponsorship from the United States for a large aircraft carrier; and as a politician, she gains fame, achieving the new "three obediences and four gains".

27. 27 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s, the Country Sent Me Abroad to Study 穿越五零，国家送我去留学 A Cup of Wine in the Spring Breeze Among Peach and Plum Blossoms桃李春风一杯酒丶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [No Golden Finger] [Strong Female Lead] [Research] [Few Extreme Male Leads] [Academic Prodigy] [A Strong Nation] [1950s] [Family Life] [Positive Energy] [Romance] An optimistic, positive female lead who refuses to waste energy on negativity, and a handsome male lead who trades his pen for a gun. (The romance is very, very subtle so far. The main plot is studying abroad and doing research.) After waking from a nap, Shi Jiayi becomes one of the chosen ones of the 1950s. The tide of transmigration 71.8kReads9.3Score6.2kShelves

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    We absolutely must include Shi Jia! A genius girl! Sent to study in the Soviet Union at the age of 18! She shone brightly during her studies, making everyone at the school aware of this outstanding student. She started writing her thesis in her sophomore year, secretly providing the country with significant technological assistance using Soviet information. She was a highly sought-after student by professors! She gained some international recognition, winning first place in the first Soviet mathematics competition – truly a genius among geniuses! Anyway, everyone should check it out; it gets better and better as it goes on! The male lead has only appeared a handful of times so far. It's all about the female lead.

28. 28 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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    I recommend this one. It's not a military romance, the pacing is fast, and only her husband loves her; she has no other suitors, her filial piety is renowned throughout the compound, and she's never given him a single penny. 😂

29. 29 六 Sixties Villainess: Unleashing Verbal Fire Online 六零恶女，在线开喷 Open the Coffin, Raise the Corpse开棺起尸Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Jiang Qi wakes up and discovers she has transmigrated to the 1960s, with a System bound to her. She thinks she can take the world by storm! But the moment she sees the parents and siblings she has in this world, she completely breaks down. A father who is bad with words, a shy and quiet mother, a brother who barely says a thing, and a sister who cries whenever trouble comes. Her whole family is full of pushovers. How is that not the worst possible start? Jiang Qi: I honestly wish I'd found a fam 35.7kReads8.4Score3kShelves

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    I enjoy reading historical fiction about careers; a career is just as appealing as a man!

30. 30 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Li Doesn't Quite Understand李不太懂Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 1.8kReads—Score229Shelves

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    This one is pretty good, you won't be disappointed.

31. 31 七 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 Jiaojiao's Willfulness娇娇的任性Modern Romance855k WordsOngoing The animated series is out! Set in the 1970s; beloved by the whole family; a toddler of two or three; no romance; a personal space; country life; an ensemble cast; gossip and lively goings-on; everyone in the family is a protagonist; adorable pets; blessed with good luck. A few things to know before you read: 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. Gossip and country life are woven in, too. 2. There's a spac 25.4kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
32. 32 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    No system, no special abilities, no cheat codes, logically sound, and well-written.

33. 33 农 The Farm's Eldest Daughter: Farming by the Sea to Build a Prosperous Life 农家长姐，靠海种田奔小康 The Tortoise Is the Tortoise God乌龟是龟神Ancient Romance311k WordsCompleted [Farming + No Romance + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life + Foraging by the Sea + Building Wealth] Shen Yining survived ten years in the apocalypse. While all the big shots went to fight the Zombie King, she was killed by the shock waves and transmigrated to ancient times. She's landed in a complete mess from the start! Her uncle wants to steal her family's fields, while her aunt plans to sell her little sister to a landlord. Shen Yining sets off north with her younger siblings and settles in 821Reads6.5Score103Shelves
34. 34 下 Sent to the Countryside in Henan, I Got a Sign-in System 下乡到河南，我拥有了签到系统 The Tortoise Is the Tortoise God乌龟是龟神Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Period novel + transmigration + no CP + sign-in System + sent down to the countryside in Henan Chunxia wakes up one morning to find she's transmigrated to the 1960s! Her father is her stepfather, and her mother is her biological mother, but her father doesn't care for her and her mother doesn't love her. To get away from this dysfunctional family, Chunxia signs up to go down to the countryside in Henan. She works hard every day just to survive, never expecting her System to finally arrive a few 471Reads—Score105Shelves
35. 35 开 Fleeing Famine from the Start, I Really Don't Know How to Raise a Child 开局逃荒，我真的不会带娃 The Tortoise Is the Tortoise God乌龟是龟神Modern Romance268k WordsCompleted Period drama + System space + no romance + raising kids + everyday life Mu Yueyue transmigrates, finding herself stranded on the road with her two-year-old sister during the 1955 famine migration. With her parents gone, she unexpectedly binds to a beginner System that comes with a fifty-square-meter farming space. She thinks she can coast to victory with the System, only to discover that it’s a real pain. It bound itself to the wrong person for the mission! Mu Yueyue looks at Mu Kongkong and won 160Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Keep Your Head Down and Get to Work 穿越六零，埋头就是干 The Tortoise Is the Tortoise God乌龟是龟神Modern Romance261k WordsCompleted Period drama + System + no romance + raising kids + building wealth Song Ya wakes up one morning to find that she has transmigrated to the 1960s. Every day, she opens her eyes worrying about how to make ends meet. After Song Ya keeps her head down and works hard for a month, her System finally arrives... P.S. I'm not good at writing blurbs, so please read the story itself~ 321Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 37 重 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 At the Beginning of Lifeo人之初oModern Romance174k WordsOngoing [This is a long novel about fated cycles of reincarnation across several lifetimes. No transmigration with memories, no System. Each volume is a complete story of its own: Volume One: Years Like a Song, a 1978 college entrance exam rebirth story. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republican era.] In her previous life, she studied day and night beneath a kerosene lamp, tirelessly preparing for the college entrance exam. In the end, the acceptance letter went to someone else. In 1978, 189Reads—Score102Shelves

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    Realistic story: a college entrance exam spot is stolen, and the female protagonist works tirelessly to report and reclaim her life. No military marriage, no filler content. I've already finished the first volume set in 1978, and the author has already started writing the second volume, set in the Republican era.

38. 38 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人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 4.6kReads8.4Score485Shelves
39. 39 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.4kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves

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    There's no male lead storyline yet, but it's worth checking out. Instead of going to the countryside, the female lead takes her high school entrance exam early, gets into a vocational school, and is assigned to a military factory. She acquires modern mechanical knowledge and works hard to build her career.

40. 40 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.5kReads8.9Score109Shelves

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    This is a completed novel where the female protagonist is reborn in the 1990s and becomes rich and powerful. It's a lighthearted read with no romantic pairing.

41. 41 刚 Just Arrived in Republican-Era China, I Have Nothing but Money 刚到民国，除了钱，一无所有 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Su Ning transmigrated into a series of novels set in the Republic of China era. The good news: she had a System. Better yet, the System's reward pool held a full ten billion. Once she spent it all, Su Ning could return to the modern era and live happily as a billionaire. The bad news: the System was called "The Rich Are Heartless"... In the turbulent Republic of China, she had to play a villain who was rotten to the core. Determined to stay alive, Su Ning racked her brains to become relatives wi 96.3kReads8.7Score10.4kShelves
42. 42 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Fed the Whole Village with a Truckload of Cat Food 穿越六零我靠一车猫粮养活了全村 Huang Nianyou黄念悠Modern Romance471k WordsOngoing Time travel + 1960s setting + unusual pocket dimension + group-buying chat + entrepreneurship Xu Song gets into a truck accident and is sent, truck and all, back to 1961. The good news: she's unharmed. The bad news: it's the Great Famine. The truck is loaded with goods, but unfortunately, it's all pet food for cats. People can eat it too, though it tastes a little strange. With the whole village on the verge of starving to death, Xu Song has no choice but to claim it's imported Soviet grain. Sh 2.4kReads8.0Score388Shelves

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    All of these conditions are met, no romantic pairing.

43. 43 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 9.6kReads8.9Score810Shelves

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    Focusing on everyday family matters, like cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar.

44. 44 知 The Educated Youth Widow Is Cursed to Bring Misfortune to Her Family 知青寡妇克亲命 Grandma Ningning宁宁外婆Modern Romance437k WordsCompleted A powerful lightning-wielder in the apocalypse fights the Zombie King to protect their base, and they both end up gravely injured. But the base’s second-in-command takes advantage of the situation, kidnapping the wounded fighter and planning to cut open their skull and steal their lightning core. After detonating the core, they are reborn in the body of a young educated-woman widow in 1968. She’s said to bring misfortune to everyone around her: her paternal grandparents, parents, siblings, husba 2.2kReads8.5Score173Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, strong female lead.

45. 45 穿 I Fell into a Period Novel, and I Have a CEO System? 穿进年代文，我带着霸总系统？ Fu Yiyi福仪仪Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted [System space + punishing scumbags + a clash of fates + light fantasy + a touch of ensemble cast + period setting] Gorgeous female police officer VS frail, calculating celebrity “Woman, get ready. You’ll transmigrate in exactly three hours!” Wang Yuliu gets bound by a fugitive System and, with no choice, ends up inside a period novel full of reborn women, transmigrated men, awakened grannies, and all kinds of golden fingers. It’s hell mode from the start! Her reborn best friend wants to kill her 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Basically, she has no man in her heart, and she is naturally outstanding.

46. 46 重 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 Green Grain Shining on the Fields青禾照野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 179Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A high-quality period novel, no children, no romantic pairings, highly recommended.

47. 47 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 1.9kReads8.9Score179Shelves

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    These two are alright, you can take a look.

48. 48 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.1kReads8.5Score258Shelves
49. 49 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 Romance1.4M 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 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    [Already recommended] Wen Jingshu, an English major graduate student, faces setbacks in her job search. While taking the civil service exam, she unexpectedly travels back to 1970. With a cheat code for success, she has the support of her father, a police chief, her second brother, a doctor, and her elder brother who guards the border. Using her trade expertise, she revitalizes resources, unlocks unparalleled negotiation skills, procures medicinal herbs, connects with foreign trade, bravely apprehends criminals and is recognized as an outstanding employee, and even serves as a translator for foreign guests in a crisis. Seizing the opportunities of the 1970s, she builds her own unique supply and marketing business. A great time-travel story that blends patriotism and the thrill of business!

50. 50 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.3kReads6.8Score207Shelves

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