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

1. 351 东 The Dongguan Years 东莞岁月 Diligent Happy Sheep勤奋的喜羊羊Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted Set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, this novel tells the story of migrant workers represented by a group of young men and women from the countryside in southwestern Henan. It paints a sweeping picture of their arduous struggle to make a living in the unfamiliar city of Dongguan, vividly recreating the bitterness and sweetness, hardships and joys, love and heartbreak experienced by young factory workers during that fiery era. 2.4kReads7.7Score171Shelves

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   Suitable! A good book recommendation, worth reading.

2. 352 重 Reborn in 1977: From Hunting to Building an Industry 重生1977，从打猎开始搞实业 Deeply Devoted Lao Liu深情老六Urban221k WordsOngoing [Period setting + Reborn + Everyday life + Hunting + Business + Decisive and ruthless] Liu Youzhi, a small-time oil mill owner who had struggled all his life, woke up to find himself reborn in 1977, in the body of a young man from a forest region in Northeast China. From the start, he has to deal with a father who is gravely wounded and near death, as well as a biased grandmother. She not only refuses to pay for treatment, but insists on splitting up the family at the worst possible time! Watch 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is good, but it's a bit short.

3. 353 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies: The Easygoing Wife Is Forced to Get Ahead 穿越七零，咸鱼娇妻她被迫上进 Passerby Sheep路人羊Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted [Sweet, charming, highly intelligent heroine & gentle, refined, scheming educated youth] A 21st-century doctoral student pulls an all-nighter, collapses, and transmigrates into the body of a young woman working at a forest farm in the 1970s. Ye Wei swears: she is going to be a contented couch potato who enjoys life! She lives carefree, spending every day eating and drinking with her golden finger at her disposal. Apples? Pheasants? She's got it all. Huo Xiang? Coptis? She can do anything. Ye Wei 4.1kReads9.0Score391Shelves
4. 354 抛 After Dumping the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 抛弃供她上四年大学的男朋友之后 Diligent Happy Sheep勤奋的喜羊羊30k WordsCompleted After She Dumped the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 266Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 355 重 Reborn in the Seventies: The Military Wife Is a Portrait Artist 重生七零，军嫂她是画像师 No Discomfort无不适Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse powerhouse + period setting + wood-type special ability + military wife + refuses to join the army + public security] Lin Xia wakes up to discover she is pregnant, but she doesn't panic in the slightest. She packs her things and goes straight to find the man who has just returned to his unit after completing a mission. “I'm pregnant. It's your baby. Do you want it?!” Before the man can even react, Lin Xia furrows her brows slightly. “It's fine if you don't want it, right?” “Then I'll 8.1kReads7.9Score1kShelves
6. 356 七 In the 1970s, I Took Down the Cold-Faced Commander of the Family Compound, and He Became Mine 七零，干翻家属院冷面首长归我了 Loves Colorful Peanut Candy爱吃多彩花生豆Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration + power fantasy + period setting + pocket dimension + laugh-out-loud comedy + scheming + 1v1 + little tricks + making money] A parallel-world period story. It's all fictional, so don't take it too seriously. The heroine is a goofy, hilarious girl. After joining the military, she's forced into a battle to “win the battalion commander.” She defeats thirteen rivals single-handedly and catches the special attention of the young, handsome, promising Battalion Commander Lu. What t 14.7kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves

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   A period drama, not a lighthearted one, featuring military marriage, a small family with great love, full of sentiment, and a female lead who is funny and good at making money.

7. 357 满 The Max-Level Big Shot in the 1970s: If You Won't Back Down, I'll Fight 满级大佬在七零，主打不服就干 Fresh Popcorn爆米花来咯Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted The heroine is domineering, with an outrageously high combat ability. Later, she joins the military. The hero is an educated youth who later goes into scientific research. A strong heroine paired with a weaker hero. If that’s not your thing, please move along. [Historical setting + transmigration with body intact + no pocket dimension or System + Strong Female Lead] Mai Sui, a max-level powerhouse, transmigrates to the 1970s. She just wants to lie flat and live a quiet, ordinary l 61.8kReads9.1Score5.4kShelves
8. 358 农 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance739k WordsCompleted This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score247Shelves

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   A remarkably authentic account of the era.

9. 359 卿 My Love, Come Into My Arms: The Art of Winning Your Heart 卿卿入怀，我的攻心战役 Good Little Nuobao乖乖诺宝Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted One night of passion forces them into marriage. Amid her resentment, Zhixia discovers that she looks remarkably like the Fang family’s youngest daughter, who died on the battlefield. The family transforms their longing for their lost loved one into an overwhelming, misplaced affection for her. Her grandfather, Fang Yuzhao, presses a family heirloom jade pendant into her hand. “Fang Chu owes you. We’ll make it right.” Her father-in-law, Fang Zheng, uses every connection he has to get her trans 2.3kReads6.4Score213Shelves

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   A historical romance novel where the female lead is lucid and only wants the male lead to get a tubal ligation.

10. 360 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Young Thug of a Husband Is Surprisingly More Than Meets the Eye 穿越七零，小混混老公竟深藏不露 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 80.9kReads9.2Score7.5kShelves
11. 361 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.6M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 86.1kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves

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    Aside from the male protagonist awakening his past life's wisdom in his second life, the other business strategies are quite realistic, not the kind of unrealistic, high-flying maneuvers. Although his background is somewhat powerful, he still uses his brain after all. (Also, I'm posting a new story on September 1st, just reserving a spot in advance.)

12. 362 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 78.8kReads9.4Score7.4kShelves
13. 363 八 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance900k WordsOngoing I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 6.1kReads8.0Score386Shelves
14. 364 七 A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970s 七十年代女配的吃瓜日常 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After learning she has transmigrated into a historical-era novel as a pawn meant to whitewash the protagonist's group, Jiang Yanqiu first steals half of the original heroine's golden finger, then gives away half of the transmigrated heroine's golden finger. Then she keeps her head down, stays away from the protagonist's group, and enjoys the show. With nobody at the educated youth station willing to talk to her, bored Jiang Yanqiu has nothing to do but gossip to pass the time. She has to admit, 1.9kReads6.2Score102Shelves
15. 365 流 A Shooting Star Streaks By, Leaving Traces on the Years 流星划过，岁月有痕 Amber Aurora琥珀色北极光Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted This is a powerful work that deeply portrays the intertwined paths of growth for the post-80s generation and the changes of the times. The story follows its protagonist, Zhao Fei, from his green and innocent days in middle school, through the passionate years of university, and into the struggles and discoveries of life after graduation. It delicately depicts how Zhao Fei and his generation search for themselves and realize their worth amid the currents of the times, while also reflecting the sw 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story of a man born in the 1980s, beginning in high school in 1998, is a true tale filled with laughter and tears. It's a microcosm of the lives of ordinary people in a small northern town during a time of rapid social change, relatable to everyone born in the 1980s, who can find a bit of themselves in it.

16. 366 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: The Charming Military Wife Is Doted on by an Officer 穿越七零：俏媳妇被军官宠上天 Drizzle Nourishes the River丝雨润川Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + Tough Military Officer + Top Doctor + Strong Leads and Sweet Romance + Turning the Tide in a Bygone Era] Friendly reminder: This book has a new title. Its former title was "The Pretty Little Widow of the Seventies, Making the Abstinent Tough Guy See Red", and its current title is "Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Pretty Bride Is Doted on by Her Military Officer". The story is unchanged, so feel free to keep reading! After transmigrating, she becomes a stunning young widow in 6.7kReads8.6Score366Shelves

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    A historical romance novel without any cheat codes, featuring rugged men and sweet romance.

17. 367 穿 I Transmigrated to 1970 and Started Living Life to the Fullest as an Educated Youth 穿越70，我从知青开始畅快人生 A Bamboo a Day一天竹子Urban472k WordsOngoing Period + System + Everyone Grows + Devoted Romance and Loving His Wife + Cunning + Golden Finger + Shaping History + Feel-Good Story + Decisive and Ruthless In the late summer of the passionate 1970s, Lin Chen’s story begins when he meets four beautiful, distinctive young intellectuals sent to the countryside. After acquiring a sign-in achievement system, he plans to keep a low profile, build a little courtyard, and win their hearts. Who would’ve thought they’d team up and win his heart instead? 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A historical fiction novel, featuring a powerful figure. It fits the synopsis, has multiple female leads but isn't a harem story, and the main characters and antagonists are well-developed and not mindless. Supporting characters also have their own roles. The protagonist is well aware of the dangers of the era, but for the sake of his women, he cultivates a good image in the village, secretly taking advantage of opportunities to beat people up and even laying traps for them. The protagonist doesn't start out as an invincible figure; he gradually matures from the perspective of an ordinary person.

18. 368 大 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban193k WordsOngoing This is not a hero's story. It's the story of someone who is alive, living on behalf of those who died. Military life, the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, reconnaissance soldiers, brotherhood, father-son bonds, a bygone era, growing up, passion, heartbreak, and tears. 96.3kReads7.6Score6.9kShelves

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19. 369 重 Reborn: From the Start, I Can Hear the Young Intellectual’s Inner Thoughts 重生，开局就偷听女知青心声 Chief Steward of the Yang Household杨府大管家Urban388k WordsOngoing [The rating just came out and will keep rising!] [Period rebirth, farming, pure romance, slow-paced and not violent] If you like this kind of story, come take a look! If you don't, head on over to Tomato Book City, where plenty of great books are waiting for you! Su Yun is reborn in 1974 as an educated youth sent to the countryside. From the start, the educated youths' dormitory collapses, so he has no choice but to board with a local family. By chance, he ends up under the same roof as Lin Qing 1.6kReads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Male-oriented, historical fiction, rebirth, educated youth sent to the countryside, multiple female leads, slow pace, farming and hunting. If you like this genre, you might enjoy it.

20. 370 上 Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭 The Writer Who Writes in Shanghainese用上海话写作的人Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him... 450Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    "Shanghainese Eating Rice Porridge," also known as "The Taste of Eating Rice Porridge in the Alleyways," is a novel written in Shanghainese, depicting the lives of ordinary people living in Shanghai's alleyways. Currently being published, it has been praised by the media as an online version of "Blossoms." Through the lives of Uncle Huang, Mrs. Wang, the Ningbo woman, Li Yingying, Boss Wang, and their families in an old alleyway, the novel portrays the love, family ties, joys, and sorrows of a group of ordinary people who eat rice porridge in the old alleyways, amidst their everyday lives and mundane affairs. Their loves, hates, and passions intertwine, weaving a Shanghai flavor never before depicted by other writers.

21. 371 闪 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.4kReads8.3Score381Shelves

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    [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss]

22. 372 疯 The Crazy Girl’s Rugged Husband Isn’t Human 疯批丫头的糙汉老公非人类 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance903k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + spatial powers + poison doctor + both leads are sexually inexperienced + unhinged romance] Beauty-loving enchantress VS a lovesick, nonhuman roughneck. She was a celebrated genius in the world of finance. An heir to the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Doctor. A big shot who ruled the dark web hacking scene. Who could have guessed that on the carefully chosen day she planned to lose her virginity, she’d accidentally transmigrate to 1975? She became a dark, fat, pitifully ugly girl 2.1kReads8.5Score213Shelves
23. 373 乌 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7.3kReads—Score464Shelves

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    High-quality novel recommendations

24. 374 胭 The Rouge Spinster 胭脂剩女 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted Through the emotional journey of Yang Jingjing, a single woman past the age traditionally considered ideal for marriage, the story offers glimpses of every facet of society and the warmth and coldness of human life, exposing the ugliness and greed of human nature. Full of twists and turns, it paints a penetrating portrait of the realities faced by women like her. 1.8kReads—Score142Shelves
25. 375 重 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.6kReads6.3Score297Shelves

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    🔥It's absolutely amazing!🔥The second installment of the "Troublemaker Trilogy," titled "Reborn in the 80s: From a Menace in the Compound to a Peerless Hero," is simply exhilarating! [Laughing][Laughing][Sending hearts] [Sending hearts][Laughing][Laughing]

26. 376 重 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance417k WordsOngoing (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
27. 377 末 The Doomsday Survivor Transmigrates into a Pitiful Bride in the 1960s 末世苟王穿成六零替嫁小可怜 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + period setting + both virgins + pocket dimension + military marriage) She was the most vengeful survivor in the apocalypse, but after someone close to her grievously wounded her, they threw her into a horde of zombies. She was the sidekick to the eldest daughter of the Qian family in the capital. Just because she was pretty, they poisoned her and deliberately fed her hormones, turning her into a fat, ugly scapegoat. Now the apocalypse’s most vengeful survivor has transmigrated 4.4kReads8.5Score465Shelves
28. 378 浮 The Strange Tales of Mortal Life: Li Longbiao 浮生乱象之李龙彪 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Urban253k WordsCompleted I'm the scum at the bottom of society, the trash you all talk about. I don't have much education, money, status, a house, a car, or a wife. I'm a single man, just some hoodlum. It's not my fault I ended up this way. When I was a kid, I had big dreams and ambitions, too. I wanted to study hard, get into a good university, then find work in the city and become a respectable office worker. But the cruel realities of life shattered every one of those beautiful dreams. Through its portrayal of Li Lon 1.8kReads—Score144Shelves
29. 379 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 41.1kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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    Reborn in a different era, a small mountain village in Northeast China, filled with adventures of fishing, hunting, running in the mountains, and farming, folk tales, and everyday family stories.

30. 380 两 Love Between Two Generations: An Inescapable Bond 两代情之逃不出的羁绊 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A bloody maelstrom was set in motion by a marriage swap in the late 1980s. One bride died, and the other fled. The humiliation Hua'er endured on her wedding night is enough to make anyone blush with shame, while the hardships Zijun faced as she fled her marriage are deeply moving. Though the story is named for two generations, it is really about three generations and the sweeping changes in their views on love, marriage, and life. It also shows China's tremendous economic boom and the profound s 5.5kReads9.0Score744Shelves

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    A history of the struggle between the new and the old generations as times change.

31. 381 七 A Minor Character's Retirement Savings Plan in the 1970s 七零年代小角色的攒钱养老计划 Not Yet Decided未定下Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted [Storage space + food + transmigrate + farming + making a fortune + period setting] The moment Cheng Yi opened her eyes, she found herself in the 1970s. Her parents were both dead, and she had a pitiful little brother to look after. But she wasn’t worried. She had money, looks, and a golden finger. How could she not make a good life for herself? One-line summary: A heroine who’s determined to retire early. 513Reads8.3Score—Shelves
32. 382 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 1.7kReads7.9Score107Shelves

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    Urban prose from the 1990s.

33. 383 六 The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family Full of Villains? 六零，我全家都是反派怎么了？ Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short dramas "In the 1960s, Why Is My Entire Family of Villains in Everyone's Way?" and "The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family So Awful?" are now available. [Period Setting] [Entire Family Are Villains] [Spatial Dimension] Lin Qiqi transmigrated into a Period novel. Her whole family was made up of awful people who leeched off the female lead's family. After offending them, her entire family died! Lin Qiqi summed up the lesson: In the novel, her whole family died because they were twisted, but no 13.7kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
34. 384 七 In the 1970s: Picking Up a Madman as My Husband 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 109.5kReads9.3Score11.4kShelves

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    These authors all have excellent writing skills, and their works are very realistic about the living conditions of the era, depicting the inherent evil in human nature. Those who are interested can give them a try.

35. 385 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.5kReads8.3Score116Shelves
36. 386 七 In the 1970s, I Transmigrated into a Book and Got Bound to a Writer’s Assistant 七零之穿书后我绑定了作家助手 Zhu Min祝珉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Qi transmigrates into the body of a girl with the same name who works in the machine shop of a factory in the 1970s. As luck would have it, she’s the lovesick supporting female character in a novel. The best thing that ever happens to her is barely passing the exam to get into the factory. According to the plot, her fiancé, the male lead, will fall in love with the heroine while he’s in the countryside. Then Zhu Qi will go crazy and meet a miserable end. After examining the mysterious Writer 2.5kReads8.0Score187Shelves
37. 387 桃 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1.6kReads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist who, in the mid-1990s, graduated from a teachers' college but gave up her assigned job to go south, while the male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown to work in the south. The two of them create a future together.

38. 388 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 373Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 389 丑 The Ugly Family 丑陋家族 Su Sutong苏苏桐Modern Romance882k WordsOngoing No one is reborn, no one transmigrates, no one transmigrates into a book, no clichés, no power fantasy. A traditional story about three generations. My family is enormous, full of people and complicated relationships. Decades of petty squabbles, domestic conflicts, morality, deception, and violence have come together to form one ugly family. And I, the one who went the farthest, was killed by my own family. It all began with the ugly, grinding marriage between Li Liumei and Zhang Daan. P.S. The 21.9kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
40. 390 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.5kReads8.9Score983Shelves
41. 391 从 Changing the World, One Supernatural Chive at a Time 从培育出超凡韭菜开始改变世界 Little Fujian Farmer闽间小农Rural Life404k WordsCompleted [Period novel + farming + slice-of-life System + food + slow burn + no heroine + unconventional power fantasy] Question: What are the most frustrating things about novels where someone transmigrates back to the past and starts farming? Answer: The protagonist has such an overpowered cheat, but the story still saddles them with a bunch of relatives like Pokemon, endlessly bickering about family affairs. Why can't they just get on with farming?! And they've already had a modern education, so why d 630Reads6.8Score106Shelves

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    Although it's a bit slow to heat up, it's well-reasoned and supported by evidence.

42. 392 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.2kReads7.1Score280Shelves
43. 393 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: My Everyday Life as a Spectator 穿越七零，我的吃瓜日常 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Educated Youth + Gossip + Family Life + Ensemble Cast] As a gossip enthusiast of the modern age, Yun Ling was like a little melon-loving creature in a field of gossip, hopping wherever the juicy stories were. One day, she transmigrated and became an educated youth in the 1970s. The original owner was delicate and weak, fainting on her very first day of labor. Over the course of her first month on the job, she fainted for half of it. So, in her second month in the countryside, she 1.8kReads8.2Score117Shelves
44. 394 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 419Reads8.5Score105Shelves
45. 395 彩 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始 Uncle Wang Tells Stories王叔说故事Urban171k WordsOngoing In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 82Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book should suit your taste. There's no underdog story, no time travel, and no cheat codes; it's just the life of an ordinary old farmer—very realistic.

46. 396 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies, I Was a Little Wicked, and My Five Kids Worked Themselves Ragged to Support Me in Old Age 穿成70坏一点，五崽卷疯来养老 Chen BaiwanC陈百万CModern Romance225k WordsCompleted [1970s + Transmigration + Feel-Good Story + Social Butterfly + Bold and Outspoken + Raising Five Sons + Entrepreneurship + Enjoying Life in Old Age] Her laid-back eldest son, Chen Sui, and four more boys with runny noses, all waiting for her to feed them. At twenty, Zhou Meihua transmigrated into this world, opened her eyes, and promptly fainted again. She was a college student revising her thesis, but had become the self-sacrificing mother in a miserable period drama. The original owner had sup 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Super, super, super good! No cheat codes or systems or anything like that. It's all about raising kids and getting rich! Grab some snacks and start watching!

47. 397 校 The Campus Belle’s Diploma Is Torn Up? Her Devoted Officer Won’t Back Down 校花毕业证被撕？痴情军官死死磕 The White-Faced One of the Elixir Pavilion丹阁白面者Modern Romance791k WordsOngoing "Young Master Xiao, Who Has Kept to Himself for Years..." Era, modern romance, sweet romance; school life, campus belle, business and entrepreneurship, urban life, military, equally matched leads, technology and research. Thank you, readers, for your reviews. The book has received a rating. It may not have shot straight to the top, but every review you leave helps raise its overall score. Thank you for your support. I also hope new readers will give it a few chapters. You won't regret investing 579Reads8.2Score101Shelves

    Reader note

    These are all stories set in normal historical periods!

48. 398 一 I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心，穿成了我那早死的姑姑 Simple Mountain Birch朴实的山桠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young. 4kReads8.2Score381Shelves

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    Logically rigorous, recommended by a 30-year veteran bookworm, this book vividly recreates the authentic rural life of the 1980s.

49. 399 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance122k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 6.7kReads—Score157Shelves

    Reader note

    This is a story set in a normal era, without a system or spatial dimension. It mainly focuses on getting rich, romantic entanglements, and daily life. It's very enjoyable; just check out the synopsis.

50. 400 七 I Met the Man Who Stole My Heart in the 1970s 七零年代我遇到心动的汉子 Jingxuan Yang MeijinC景轩羊梅锦CModern Romance508k WordsCompleted Important! This is very important! No pocket dimension + no golden finger + no awful relatives (there's just one) + no unresolved heartbreak Liu Xiqiao stayed up all night reading novels and somehow read herself right into another world. She transmigrates into the body of an eighteen-year-old girl from the year 1974 who has the exact same name. She wakes up and collapses right back onto the bed. Looks like she's not the only one who stayed up all night. With simple luggage on her back, she takes 1.2kReads8.6Score—Shelves

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    There are no cheat codes, no special abilities, no system, very few oddballs, and the family is very united.

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