Looking for Straightforward Historical-Era Stories, No Reckless Shenanigans 正常年代文、不要各种霍霍的🌼

1. 301 七 The Sweet, Gentle Nanny of the 1970s Is Treasured by a Powerful Official 七零娇软小保姆被高干大佬捧掌心 Spring Brings Leisure春来长是闲Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Sweet Young Woman + Rugged Soldier Romance + Fatherly Powerhouse + Everyday Life] Wen Yan transmigrates to the 1970s. Because she is fair-skinned, beautiful, and sweet-natured, her scumbag father and spineless mother force her to marry a fifty-year-old widower so they can save up a dowry for their son. She finds her chance and escapes in the dead of night. She gets an opportunity to move into a high-ranking cadre compound and work as a housekeeper for Commander Xing, a man famous for his cold, 23kReads8.1Score2.4kShelves
2. 302 长 My Eldest Sister-in-Law Wants to Remarry, and Her Army Officer Brother-in-Law Is Panicking 长嫂要改嫁，军官小叔子他急了 Liu Liu Will Surely Get Rich六六一定发财Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [Raising children in the 1980s + a formidable grandma + everyday life in a military housing compound + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place] In her previous life, Chen Sui An grew up alongside the Gu brothers. When she came of age, she married the elder brother, Gu Yun Shan, and gave birth to twins. Who could have known that her husband would die of illness, and that someone would also kill her mother-in-law and two sons? In this new life, her mother-in-law told her to join the army 13.9kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
3. 303 资 The Capitalist Heiress Earns Military Merit, and Her Husband Dotes on Her 资本家大小姐挣军功，老公宠翻天 Yuan Xiaotian元小天Modern Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [Alternate universe + military marriage + art-based powers + pocket dimension + wise, powerful, pure-hearted military officer VS aloof, levelheaded heiress] Ding Yiyi, a chip research engineer, transmigrates into the body of a wealthy heiress in the 1960s, bringing her art-based powers and pocket dimension with her. Hoping to enjoy a carefree life as soon as possible, she decides to cling to her military husband's coattails. Life as a military spouse is a little tough? She puts her art-based po 22.4kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves
4. 304 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 168Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Reborn in 1970s Northeast China, no romantic pairing, well-developed details, realistic and unpretentious, focusing on everyday family life, highly recommended reading.

5. 305 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s as a Martyr's Widow, and the Iron-Blooded Regiment Commander Dotes on Her Alone 穿越七零成烈属，铁血团长独宠她 Sweet Biscuit Azi甜饼阿紫Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Sweet Romance + Strong Female Lead + Equally Matched Couple + Military Marriage (Everyone, try reading the comments first. It's so good!) From the start, did you think this was going to be a miserable period drama on nightmare difficulty? No, this is a story about striving to get ahead. Everyone was waiting to laugh at this widow for moving into the military compound. How did she turn things around and become the richest woman in the province? And how did she become the regimental commander's pr 11.4kReads8.5Score1kShelves
6. 306 七 The 1970s: My Brother Takes the Blame While I Bring a Blacklisted Man Home 七零：哥当冤种，我拐黑五类回家 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance198k WordsCompleted I transmigrate into the cannon-fodder role in a 1970s story, the worst member of the heroine's foil family. My whole family exists to help the heroine rise. My eldest brother is her backup, my second brother gets taken for a ride, and I drown to death. Su Wanwan looks at her hapless eldest brother bringing pastries to the white lotus heroine. Whoever wants to follow this script can do it themselves. Instead, she sets her sights on the most untouchable man in the village: the silent, down-on-his- 57Reads—Score—Shelves

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   [What][Making a face]

7. 307 缺 You Rotten System, Don't Stop Me. I'm Going to Make the Female Lead's Mom Die of Filial Piety 缺德系统别拦我，我要孝死女主妈 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out. It may go up later, or it might go down. Hahaha] Reborn as a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era, I landed in a latrine from the start. The good news: I awakened the [Bad Deeds System]. The bad news: I was in debt for a mountain of Bad Deeds Points. If I didn't pay them back, I'd have to keep being a background character. My biological mother was the heroine? She left after getting into college and went off to the capital to live happily with anoth 986Reads6.0Score—Shelves
8. 308 八 The 1980s Contrast Group: I Drain the Luck from My Blessed Younger Siblings 八零对照组：我把锦鲤弟妹吸干了 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise.) The day Lin Wanxing died, Jiang Fufu crouched in front of her, smiling as sweetly as a spring breeze. “Fourth Sister-in-law, I was the one who killed your whole family. I’ll take good care of your Lin family heirloom jade pendant.” When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the time she was carrying her third child. There was blood beneath her, and the door was locked from the outside. Her mother-in-law called her a bringer of bad luck, and her hu 3kReads5.9Score269Shelves
9. 309 七 The 1970s: The Awakening and Comeback of the Comparison Group’s Younger Aunt, the Fake Heiress 七零：对照组小姑觉醒逆袭假千金 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted When Liu Xinyi wakes up, she discovers she's become the awful sister-in-law in a period novel: lazy, greedy, sly, and hired to serve as a foil to the real heiress's family. In the book, she's a disposable character who drowns in a cesspit. Her mother, Zhang Cuiyun, was once a factory director's daughter, but an enemy switched her at birth, leaving her to suffer a life of hardship. Her three brothers and sisters-in-law will die horribly while seeking revenge, and her young nieces and nephews will 1.2kReads—Score102Shelves
10. 310 恶 The Villainess Became the Contrast Character, and Her Whole Family Is Absolutely Terrifying 恶女穿成对照组，极品全家杀翻天 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted Lin Huanyue transmigrates into an old-fashioned farming novel as the female side character who serves as a foil. Her family is notorious throughout the village: A stingy father who married into the family, a fake-sweet, scheming mother, an eldest brother who steals chickens and dogs, a second sister with expert tea-drinking skills, and another brother who excels at pretending to be ill. As for her, she is a spoiled, infamous little villain, doted on by her whole family. In the original story, th 271Reads5.9Score—Shelves
11. 311 穿 I Transmigrate to Join the Army, and My Officer Husband Is Overjoyed 穿越去随军，军官丈夫乐开了花 A Beauty Like a Flower Beyond the Clouds美人如花隔云端Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted A devoted couple, one-on-one romance, sweet and affectionate, no pocket dimension, a slow and steady pace, and a warm, cozy story! Ji Mingzhu transmigrated from a prosperous golden age to the poor and backward 1960s. The gulf between the two eras was so great that she could barely accept it. She pinched herself. It didn’t hurt at all, so this had to be a dream. Her father, Ji, who got pinched, said, “...!” A layabout father, a frail mother, and a broken family. Ji Mingzhu was at a loss and wante 608Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's normal, it's heartwarming.

12. 312 穿 After Becoming the Follower of an Era's Chosen One, I Came Out on Top 穿成年代龙傲天的跟班后我赢麻了 The Adventures of Bear Bear熊熊历险记Fantastical Romance118k WordsOngoing Lin Cui takes a wrong step and accidentally transmigrates into a male power fantasy novel set in a bygone era, becoming an unnamed cannon-fodder character. In this age of extreme scarcity, she naturally has to cling to the male lead to avoid a hard life... She wants to live comfortably, sure, but she’ll sell her talent, not her body! Hey, hey... Mr. Male Lead, you’re acting weird. Even rabbits don’t eat the grass by their burrows... [Neither the male nor female lead is perfect. They’re both self 3Reads—Score134Shelves

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    Look at this!!!

13. 313 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 875Reads6.5Score108Shelves

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    This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing style. It has the feel of a serious period drama, depicting the rise of a lumberjack in a Northeast forest farm, creating a strong sense of immersion! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

14. 314 出 A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复 I Am But Floating Dust我本浮尘Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or 2.5kReads9.5Score354Shelves

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    This book is well worth reading slowly. A meaningful historical work.

15. 315 七 Hunting in the Mountains in the 1970s: My Divine Hound Rules the Deep Mountains 七零猎山，我带神犬镇深山 The Cat That Can't Climb Trees上不了树上的猫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The 1970s: A Mountain Hunter and His Dogs Transmigrate? Reborn? A System? None of that! This is a story purely about survival. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China in the 1970s, supplies are scarce and snowstorms cut like knives. He is just a down-and-out stranger from another place, swept by the tide of the times into this vast sea of forest. In his hands is an old rifle polished to a shine; by his side are several hunting dogs who will follow him through life and death. He lives off 2.9kReads6.3Score232Shelves

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    No virtual rebirths, just solid, practical content.

16. 316 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s: Planting Trees at Saihanba 穿越60年代：去塞罕坝种树 The Loneliness of a Little Apple小苹果的孤独Modern Romance211k WordsCompleted [1960s]+ [Educated Youth]+ [Transmigration]+ [Farming]+ [Romance]+ [Live-in Son-in-Law]+ [Golden Finger] After Wu Dandan finished defending her thesis, she unexpectedly transmigrated to the Saihanba Forest Farm in the 1960s to plant trees. This is the story of her and a group of educated youths working hard there to pursue their dreams. 127Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Historical fiction, the best historical fiction.

17. 317 恶 The Villainess Awakens? Wait, I Married the Wrong Man 恶毒女配觉醒？等等，我嫁错人了 Flowers Across the Nine Provinces花漫九州Modern Romance998k WordsCompleted Mu Chunfeng, a barefoot doctor pushed off a cliff by her stepsister Mu Baizhi, awakens. It turns out Mu Baizhi is the heroine of a rebirth story, while she is nothing more than a supporting female character, meant to make her stepsister seem kind and help her steal every opportunity! In the book, her stepsister steals her fiancé, Fu Baichuan, and marries her off to a gambler. In the end, she dies a tragic death. “Make me your stepping stone? Not a chance!” Mu Chunfeng’s eyes glint with cold calc 139Reads5.8Score102Shelves
18. 318 重 Reborn in 1985: I'm Focused on Making Money, but Young Master Lu Is Chasing Me 重生八五：一心搞钱，陆少追疯了 Easygoing Fish悠忧鱼Modern Romance418k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Period Setting + No Golden Finger + Comeback + Business Battles + Mystery of Her Origins + Power Couple] In her previous life, Su Hanxue gave everything for her family, only to be forced into a marriage that served their interests. She suffered abuse after the wedding, until her husband pushed her into the freezing river and drowned her. He then used the payout from her accident insurance to live it up with his mistress. In this life, she fights with all her strength to refuse the mar 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The plot is realistic, not melodramatic, and not mindless.

19. 319 军 A Powerful Military Marriage: I Married the Strongest Soldier and Had Triplets 军婚霸宠：嫁最强兵王生了三胞胎 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Triplets / Love at First Sight / Devoted Love / Adorable Kids / Scheming / Deep Devotion / 1980s / Alternate Setting / For When You’re Out of Books A sweet, soft-spoken little rabbit with steel teeth × a domineering, protective, fierce big wolf with a scheming side Ye Suisui was born in the 1980s. Fair-skinned and frail, with slender arms and legs, she looks like an easy target. Lu Zhengyao is 1.9 meters tall, with a fierce, icy presence. He can kick his cousin’s leg hard enough to break it, and 2.1kReads7.7Score244Shelves
20. 320 幸 Happiness, or the Lack of It 幸福不幸福 Dian Lan滇岚Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing If memories were a game, Happiness would have died many times over. If reality were a game, Happiness would often be left battered and bruised. She wanders the streets of memory, where every shop is shuttered. It seems this world has no room for Happiness. Even as she scrapes by, enduring harsh words and cold looks, she still isn’t ready to give up... 153Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is okay. You can read it when you don't have any books.

21. 321 赶 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Three-Minute Passionlove三分热度loveUrban2.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 47.8kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves

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22. 322 七 Brothers and Sisters in the 1970s and 1980s 七零八零兄弟姐妹 There Are Little Fish in the Water水里有小鱼Modern Romance561k WordsCompleted In the late 1980s, the father of the Lian family, a teacher, drowns while rescuing a child who had fallen into the water. At the same time, the Lian family’s second daughter, Lian Yunjie, switches identities with Yan Jie, a university graduate from another timeline. Their mother is devastated and soon passes away. The four siblings are forced to grow up overnight. Two middle schoolers and two elementary schoolers live in the residential compound of No. 6 Middle School. They receive help from kin 237Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    Same author, echoing each other

23. 323 翠 Cuihua's World 翠花的人世间 There Are Little Fish in the Water水里有小鱼Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In the early 1980s, Old Zhang of Zhangjia Village had eight children: six sons and two daughters. Dayong, Eryong, and Cuilan all got married on the same day. The Zhang family married off two children and welcomed one bride into the family. Eryong became a live-in son-in-law. Being a live-in son-in-law is great. He earned that for himself. With five more children still waiting to marry, Old Zhang was gored to death by an ox. His wife was beside herself with worry. Sanyong went off to work, Siyong 4.2kReads8.2Score305Shelves
24. 324 穿 I Returned to My Mother-in-Law's Girlhood, and I'll Help You Conquer the World 穿回婆婆少女时期，我帮你打天下 There Are Little Fish in the Water水里有小鱼Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted Her mother-in-law had lived a hard and stifled life. While lamenting to her daughter-in-law that her life had been meaningless, she watched as her daughter-in-law transmigrated into the past, landing in her mother-in-law’s teenage body! The catch was that the old woman was reborn in that same body, too! Mother-in-law: “I think you’re smart and educated, and you’re cheerful and generous. You’re better than me. How about you live my life for me?” Daughter-in-law: “I can’t cook, I don’t want to wor 28Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 325 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 26kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    No system, no space, no top-tier characters, logically sound, and superb writing.

26. 326 小 The Little Good-for-Nothing Transmigrates to the 1970s and Is Spoiled into Lying Flat by Her Daddy-Type Husband 小废材穿七零被爹系老公娇养躺平 Mu Yuxue, Who Likes Red Spinach喜欢红菠菜的穆语雪Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing A new sweet military romance set in a bygone era. Welcome aboard! (Transmigrates to the 1970s, doting husband, pampered and content to lie flat, sweet military romance, no angst, all satisfaction) Modern college student Shi Nian unexpectedly finds herself in the 1970s. After saving Shen Lichuan, an officer gravely wounded by enemy agents, she vanishes into thin air, leaving him convinced he has met a celestial maiden. He holds on to that belief for half his life. When she opens her eyes again, a 12.9kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
27. 327 诡 The Devious Underworld: My Extraordinary Life 诡诈江湖：我的妖孽人生 Artisan手艺人灬Urban461k WordsCompleted [Historical Era, Urban Underworld, Eight Open and Hidden Sects, Strange Tales, Suspenseful Schemes, Northeast China Paranormal Events, Feuds Among the Wealthy] (Not mindless, no System, no golden finger, suspenseful counterattacks, cunning schemes, no romance, and heartbreak ahead!) Abducted at eight, he was rescued by bandits. After a chance escape, he wandered in the wilderness until he was taken in by a master of the Bee Sect, a swindler. That was how he stumbled into the jianghu. Nine years 21Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    The new book is selling like hotcakes, receiving rave reviews. A life filled with hardship, he accidentally enters the world of martial arts, spends nine years learning unique skills, and only seeks to find his parents and avenge his family. It involves the secrets of the martial arts world, including thievery, cheating, deception, gambling, and various other dark aspects of society. The protagonist, through his own efforts, becomes a legend in the martial arts world! [Add to bookshelf]

28. 328 重 Reborn in 1996: I Left My Jerk Ex Behind, and Life Is Sweeter Than Honey 重生九六，远离渣男，日子比蜜甜 Qianqian Cola浅浅可乐Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted After dying alongside the scumbag, Lan Shiyao returned to the age of eighteen. Given another chance at life, she decisively stayed away from the scumbag, made up for the regrets of her past life, protected her family and friends, focused on making money, built her fortune, and thrived, until those who had once hurt her could only look up to her! 6.6kReads6.9Score476Shelves

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    Look at this one, it's pretty normal.

29. 329 七 The 1970s Military Wife Who Traded Farming for High-Tech Innovation 七零军嫂不种田，硬核点科技树 Xiao Xiao Mingqiu小小明秋Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration to a Past Life + Military Marriage + Career + Raising Kids + Everyday Life as an Army Wife + No System + No Pocket Dimension + Growth in Scientific Research + Rebuilding Family Ties + Slow-Paced Ensemble Story] [An alternate setting in the 1970s] Su Yingke, a top physicist, discovers that her research has been stolen. In a fit of anger, she destroys her experimental data, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into her own past life in the 1970s, becoming an army wife with two 17.6kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves

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    No top-tier items, no spatial abilities, no system, but it requires brains. Give it a try.

30. 330 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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    It's beautiful, I really like it.

31. 331 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45.7kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    The plot is neither exaggerated nor mindless, and the setting is very consistent with the era. Investing in it is definitely worthwhile.

32. 332 八 The 1980s: My Daughter Was Switched at Birth, Yet I Just Smiled 八零：女儿被调包后，我却笑了 Snow Between the Brows眉间雪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Wen Ning’s entire family died. Only then did she learn that the daughter she had painstakingly raised was a fake heiress, and that her sister-in-law had switched her real daughter while Wen Ning was weak after giving birth! The fake heiress went to university, became a pianist who traveled the world, and married into a wealthy family. The real daughter was abused, married off to an old man, sent to prison, and died in a fire. Consumed by hatred, Wen Ning dragged the fake he 10.9kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
33. 333 重 Reborn: Thriving in the 1970s 重生后，我在70年代混得风生水 Mo Mo Leaves No Trace墨墨了无痕Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Yan was deceived by a scumbag. Blinded by love, she defied her family and insisted on marrying him. After the wedding, she cut ties with her relatives and worked tirelessly, serving her husband's family like a beast of burden. Her mother-in-law tormented her, her sister-in-law bullied her, and her husband turned a blind eye. In the end, she died a miserable death... Reborn, she decides to stay away from scumbags and cherish her life. She will build a fortune alongside 491Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Although the rating isn't high, it's quite inspiring. Without any special advantages, the protagonist changed their own and their family's destiny through hard work, becoming a winner in life. Highly recommended!

34. 334 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Sickly Beauty Goes on a Rampage! 七零军婚：病娇美人杀疯了！ Wanyan Xing完颜星Modern Romance442k WordsOngoing [Seventies setting + 1v1 sweet romance + spatial powers + obsessive love + military marriage + feel-good power fantasy] A research prodigy with a possessive streak, created by humans and codenamed Seventeen, is the most gifted young woman at the Blue Star Research Institute. One explosion, one transmigration, and when she opens her eyes again, she has become Song Xingmiao, a foolish country girl. Seventeen: ...Then what was the point of the suicide bombing I made myself?! And who is the man besi 2.8kReads—Score334Shelves

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    Trust me, investing in this stock won't be a loss!

35. 335 重 Reborn in 1983: First, I'll Find My Stepson a New Dad 重生83先给便宜儿子换个爹 Killer Instinct of the Recluse隐者杀机Urban487k WordsOngoing Historical era + reborn + pocket dimension + male-oriented + revenge In his previous life, Lu Lingxiao, the son of a high-ranking official, was deceived into raising another man’s child. Reborn into a new life, he swore to crush that family beneath his feet and send them straight to Hell! Then he would drag the parents who had abandoned him off their pedestal! No groveling, no raising someone else’s child, and no getting love-drunk! 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Normal era text, not sloppy, not perverse

36. 336 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Production Base 四合院我有个生产基地 Killer Instinct of the Recluse隐者杀机Male-Channel Fanfiction533k WordsCompleted After arriving in the world of the courtyard, Zhao Zhenhua realizes that not fighting over a house from the start is the sensible choice. The Deaf Old Lady’s background makes it unlikely she’s really a recipient of state support. Yi Zhonghai seems benevolent on the surface, but there’s no end to the dirty tricks he hides inside. As for Jia Zhangshi, it turns out she became so domineering because Yi Zhonghai pushed her to it. What should he do when the Deaf Old Lady starts scheming? Send her away 1.4kReads6.4Score105Shelves
37. 337 被 Jilted Eight Times, She Became a Tycoon on Her Own 被退亲八次的她，靠自己成为首富 A Little Chubby One一只小胖砸Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [Period setting + personal growth + two strong leads + devoted couple + farming + raising children + lost and found again + reuniting at the top] She is the village's shame, a woman who “can't find a husband.” Eight engagements have been called off, all because she has a younger brother. She wants to escape this village that devours people, even if the road ahead is uncertain. He is a bright moon fallen into the mud. Once a refined young master from a scholarly family, now all he has left is his 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Normal historical fiction, no drama, clean and simple story.

38. 338 揣 Leaving for the Army with Twins and Nothing Left at Home 揣着双胎掏空家产去随军 Salmon Really Hits the Spot三文鱼真香Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Reborn + Period Novel + Pregnant with Twins and Raising Children + Pocket Dimension + Face-Slapping Satisfaction + Devoted Couple + Love Grows Over Time + A Capitalist Heiress with Incredible Skills + A Cunning, Wily Hero Who Treats His Wife Like a Queen] When Gu Zhen, reborn, opened her eyes, she was in a shady clinic, where the doctor asked her three times whether she wanted an abortion. Only then did she remember that her reborn cousin and scumbag boyfriend had tricked he 1.6kReads6.9Score219Shelves

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    These two should be some of the better female-centric novels.

39. 339 卷 The Capitalist Heiress Fled with Her Family Fortune, Then an Officer Forced Her to Marry Him 卷走家产资本家小姐被军官强娶了 Salmon Really Hits the Spot三文鱼真香Modern Romance532k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigrate into a book + period drama + spatial dimension + face-slapping + feel-good story + devoted couple + a tremendously powerful heiress and true daughter of a capitalist family + a cunning, devoted male lead who dotes on his wife] Lan Yao, the true daughter who grew up in the countryside, is being bullied by the younger generation of the Lan and Xu families when memories of her past life suddenly return. Only then does she realize she's a tragic character in a peri 1.1kReads7.1Score110Shelves
40. 340 供 I Put My Childhood Bride Through College, and Now She Wants to Dump Me 供童养媳上大学，毕业就想甩夫君 Yuan Kai Yuan Xin元凯元心Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Completed] [Family-Loving, Patriotic Chaoshan, 1988] "I want to call off the engagement!" he said. "All right, then let's consummate the marriage." A rough-hewn country man from Chaozhou got himself a beautiful bride in one night, only for her to run away the next day! He chased her to a newspaper office in Guangzhou, the University of Munich in Germany, the Xi'an Mecha Research Institute, the Jiangmen Mecha Experimental Base, and the Dahao Subsea Tunnel Mecha Experimental Base! Human-machine n 2.1kReads8.1Score103Shelves

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    The historical context is based on my own experiences in real life.

41. 341 六 Sweet Little Wife of the 1960s: The Educated Youth Dotes on Me Without Hesitation 六零小甜妻：知青宠我没商量 Another Road另路Modern Romance586k WordsCompleted [Steady Educated Youth vs. Beautiful Village Girl / Entire Cast Are Locals, No Golden Fingers or Black Markets / Everyday Life / Marriage First, Love Later / Flawed Characters / Leads Grow Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Yuan goes to the countryside at eighteen. As the youngest child in his family, he gets first pick of all the food and drink, giving him a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged frame that stands six feet tall. It doesn’t take long for someone to set their sights on him as s 62.6kReads8.9Score9.6kShelves

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    Sweet romance novel, no cheat codes, all characters are natives.

42. 342 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Took the System to the Countryside 穿越七零，带着系统去下乡 I'm a Little Lamb是一只小羊儿Modern Romance228k WordsOngoing Jiang Yuan thought she was terribly unlucky. Just after her job paying over ten thousand yuan a month became permanent, she was hit by a car and died. Then she thought she was incredibly lucky. After her death, she was bound to a System that treated her wonderfully. It took her to the 1970s and gave her a pocket dimension. On top of that, as long as she worked, it paid her an annual salary of over 200,000 yuan. The job was her dream: great pay, little work. An annual salary of over 200,000 yuan 21Reads—Score148Shelves

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    These are all quite good, you can take a look.

43. 343 8 The Fragrant Late Osmanthus of the 1980s 80年代香喷喷的迟桂花 Meng Ri Wan梦日万Modern Romance742k WordsCompleted Osmanthus usually blooms between September and October. The second son of the Chi family’s wife was due in September, but the baby showed no signs of coming. Half a month past her due date, she finally gave birth to a girl at the hospital. When Old Master Chi heard it was a girl, he said nothing. His wife chattered on over the phone, telling their son how to look after his wife and child. Over the call, Chi Jianguo asked his father what to name the baby. Old Master Chi tapped his pipe. “Call her 28.4kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves
44. 344 隔 The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇 Qi Xiao Tong栖小桐Modern Romance550k WordsOngoing [Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl 19.5kReads6.5Score728Shelves

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    Go for it! Go for this book!!! You won't regret buying it, really!

45. 345 七 The 1970s: As a Background Character, I Choose a Bright Future Over the Plot 七零，路人甲不走剧情走前途 Shuiyudao水鱼岛Modern Romance634k WordsOngoing [Period Novel + Reincarnated as a Baby + Deliberate Pacing + Everyday Life + No Relocation to the Countryside + Just Got Its First Rating] Shen Zhiyi was reborn in the 1950s. By the late 1960s, she had become an electrician, and she worked diligently, with the worker-peasant-soldier college recommendation she wanted almost within reach. Her life was going smoothly. Then Su Wanning, a relative who had just moved in with her family, suddenly pushed her down the stairs. This chain of events made 34.1kReads8.2Score3.7kShelves
46. 346 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: In the ’70s, This Cannon Fodder Sells Her House, Flips the Table, and Enjoys the Show 穿书七零，炮灰卖房掀桌吃瓜去 Green Goose青鹅Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted With a couple of coughs, Jin Ling transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl whose parents had both died. Her family looked down on her, and they forced her to go to the countryside. Jin Ling’s head was spinning. What was she supposed to do? Luckily, she had a space with a spirit spring inside, which put her somewhat at ease. But as she boarded the train with half the household’s belongings on her back and watched one character after another appear, she began to wonder: Wasn’t something off h 4.8kReads6.3Score461Shelves
47. 347 孤 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 17.3kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    This story, set in the early 1990s, explores the theme of marriage and family life where the man's infidelity ultimately hurts the woman and children. It's exceptionally well-written.

48. 348 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕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 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend "The Sun and Moon in the Steamer." It's free of melodrama, time travel, and reincarnation; it's simple and sincere. [As time flows and years pass, what changes is the fleeting years, but what remains constant is the warmth of human life. A person's life is actually like steaming buns: if the heat is right, they'll be cooked; if not, they'll be raw even when the lid is lifted.]

49. 349 年 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 Wen Youcai文有财Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis. 59.4kReads7.7Score8.6kShelves

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    A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the depths of the Greater Khingan Mountains in the 1960s, carrying his previous life's spatial abilities and equipment. He and his companions explore, hunt, and earn money. The story is exciting and fast-paced, with hunting as the main plot, interspersed with cross-province searches for relatives, treasure hunts, fighting spies, exploring fortresses, tomb raiding, and adventure. The pets are novel: wolverines, red dogs, black horses, yellow-throated martens, and reindeer. Updates are stable, and the game is entirely hand-written. Welcome to the series!

50. 350 大 A Tigress Arrives at the Compound 大院来了个母老虎 Tales of the Jianghu江湖话Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted In 1983, the peaceful military compound erupted into chaos. Shen Fang, the only son of the military district chief of staff and notorious as “the biggest playboy in the capital,” was cornered at the mouth of an alley by a woman holding a child. In front of all his childhood friends, she slapped him hard across the face. The woman wore a faded floral shirt and Liberation shoes, with a long knife wrapped in cloth across her back and a two-year-old girl in her arms. Her eyes and brows looked exactl 494Reads6.1Score100Shelves

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    [Original novel fan][Original novel fan][Original novel fan]

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