Looking for Stories That Connect the Modern Era with Either Ancient Times or a Historical Period 求古代或年代文和现代互通的文

1. 51 七 The 1970s: The Cellar in My Home Opens into the Modern World 七零：我家地窖通现代 Cola with Ice可乐加冰块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Not for nitpickers! Period setting + transmigration + studying hard] Su Bei, a country girl in the 1970s, has recently stumbled upon something huge: her family's cellar can transport people 42 years into the future. Seeing the prices there, the country girl panics. What the heck is so expensive? Are they robbing people? She counts it out on her fingers. Her father earns only eight cents for a full day's work, while she can earn 20 yuan in an hour. Su Bei is instantly fired up. “I can make this 224Reads7.9Score—Shelves
2. 52 六 The Sixties: There's a Time Portal in My Woodshed 六零：我家柴房有个时空门 Xu Xu Dreams of Getting Rich徐徐想暴富Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Two Worlds Connected + From the Era of the 1970s to the Future + Adorable Kids + Making Money + Comedy After their parents unexpectedly pass away one after another, six-year-old Hu Ni and her twelve-year-old brother accidentally open a time-space portal to the modern world. The first time Hu Ni and Youzi see the strange and wondrous world, they’re so shocked their jaws nearly hit the floor. When she hears the word “clubbing,” Hu Ni feels sorry for the new big brother she’s met. The concrete floo 1.6kReads9.2Score197Shelves
3. 53 年 Period: My 1978 Mountain Village 年代：我的1978小山村 Not a Tomato不是西红柿Urban645k WordsCompleted Also known as I Have a Home in 1978 Zhang Ergou: “First, let’s set a small goal: become the richest man in the village!” For some reason, Zhang Ergou quits his city job and returns to his hometown to open a rural guesthouse. Three years later, business has gone nowhere. He’s not only lost a fortune but piled up a mountain of debt. Hounded by creditors, gossiped about by the villagers, misunderstood by his parents, and shunned by his friends, his guesthouse is on the verge of closing. At this cri 681Reads8.2Score—Shelves
4. 54 灵 The Daily Life of the Spirit Peak Innkeeper 灵峰客栈掌柜日常 Demon Cult Saint Tomato魔教圣女果Modern Romance571k WordsOngoing Lingfeng Inn, a themed hotel in the Lingfeng Mountain scenic area, has long since passed its heyday of bustling crowds. On an ordinary day, it has only two or three guests. Then one day, a steady stream of strange new guests began arriving. Armed with sharp weapons and mounted on fine horses, they come in a hurry and leave just as quickly. They stay at the inn for only a short while, yet leave behind countless stories. Everyday stories about a modern hotel owner and the wandering heroes who hav 5.5kReads8.8Score541Shelves

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   Here it comes, management is a sideline.

5. 55 退 Retired Auntie Transmigrates, and Her Daughter Strikes It Rich! 退休大姨穿越，闺女暴富了！ Yun Manxiang云曼香Ancient Romance669k WordsCompleted After hearing the shocking news that her husband had died, Old Madam Su of the declining Earl’s household keeled over and died. When she woke up, the usually timid Old Madam Su had suddenly found her backbone. The concubine who had spent half her life causing trouble: “Waaah, husband, come back quickly! Madam is bullying me!” The illegitimate son waiting to take over his dowry: “Aaaah, Mother, please stop giving away our wealth! I’ll never defy you again!” The chief maid who betrayed her househo 3.7kReads9.3Score513Shelves
6. 56 位 Interdimensional Food Shop 位面美食铺 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No romance + farming + fantasy + gourmet hunting + The Wandering Earth + Journey to the West + multi-plane restaurant + adventures in other worlds + cooperation with the state] Deep in debt, Xu Milu gets a Plane Transmigration System and sets off down a one-way road, selling ingredients from countless planes across the universe. She sells pearls from the East Sea Dragon Palace to sea monsters, recommends spicy hot pot from Sichuan to dwarves, supplies Earthlings with little spring fruit juice t 7.2kReads9.2Score823Shelves
7. 57 重 Reborn in Childhood, Traveling Between Two Worlds 重生回幼年穿梭两界 Wishing You a Long Life长命百遂Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted (Period setting, space, two people reborn, wasteland apocalypse, travel between two worlds, gradual progress, not a wish-fulfillment story) No romance… no romance… no romance After living to the age of 84 and dying peacefully, Chen Yu is reborn in her childhood hometown, bringing with her a wasteland space filled with supplies. Chen Yu diligently develops the space and helps her older brother and sister get rich. Unexpectedly, three years later, Pei Ying, the space’s original owner, gets in touc 940Reads9.0Score116Shelves
8. 58 穿 Transmigrating to the Modern Era: I Haul Supplies Home by the Armload 穿越现代，我哐哐往家搬物资 Loves Sweetheart Rice Cakes爱吃糖心糍Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted For generations, Nanshan Village has passed down one ancestral rule: “Never flaunt your wealth or show off your riches.” Even in the years when people barely had enough to eat or clothes to cover themselves, the village chief constantly reminded the villagers to remember the old rule. At first, Chunxia only prayed that Heaven would give her little sister enough milk powder to survive. Heaven took pity on her and sent her to another world where she could earn money by collecting garbage. Her litt 2.1kReads9.0Score255Shelves
9. 59 我 My Backyard Leads to the Modern World 我家的后院通现代 Chong Jiu重玖Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Wang Xiaomei can travel freely between 1976 and 2021. There’s so much stuff in 2021. Xiaomei shops to her heart’s content, then transports it home bit by bit so her family can eat and drink well. Wondering where the money comes from? There’s plenty of vintage liquor, stamps, carved nutshells, and jade in 1976, and nobody thinks much of them. They’re a bargain for Xiaomei. But Xiaomei doesn’t just travel back and forth for her own family. After Reform and Opening Up, she grows 130Reads8.9Score—Shelves
10. 60 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 101.8kReads9.6Score10.1kShelves
11. 61 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set During a Famine and Became Invincible Through Cultivation 穿书荒年，我靠修仙无敌了 Nai Naiyi奈奈一Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space + farming + no romance + wealth + feel-good revenge] [The animated adaptation is now available. If you’re interested, check it out!] Qiao Qi transmigrated into a book and became the vicious female supporting character. The good news: Her medicinal garden space came with her, and she could cultivate and level up to her heart’s content. The bad news: The male lead had just stabbed her to death. ☸ 1. A ridiculously powerful golden finger, a feel-good story, ruthless decisiveness, and ov 46.7kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
12. 62 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
13. 63 六 A Village Girl's Modern Working Life in the 1960s 六零村姑现代打工记 Yang Chatters杨唠唠Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Slow burn + ensemble cast + few obnoxious characters + cozy No CP! No CP!! No CP!!! The everyday story of a village girl in the 1960s working hard in the modern era so everyone can survive the famine. In the 1960s, after a natural disaster, the world is so hungry that people are reduced to eating Guanyin clay. Xu Duoduo, the second person in the Xu family still strong enough to move, searches desperately for tree roots. Then, on the mountain, she digs up a red-and-yellow button buried by someone 226Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    I've been reading this recently, and it's pretty good, but it's a new book [facepalm]

14. 64 投 Journey to the Ancient World 投奔古代 Abundant Harvest丰一足十Modern Romance477k WordsCompleted [Urban romance] + [Ancient-era fantasy] + [Livestreaming startup] + [Heartwarming farming] + [Sweet or savory] + [Young love] + [Making a fortune] + [Unexpected stroke of luck] + [A door to a new world] + [Love grows over time] + [Changing one's life] + [Angst and sweetness] + [Venturing into the ancient world and finding a perfect ending]. The heroine, Wang Xiaoluo, loses her father, and her mother is disabled. Their family's circumstances take a sharp turn for the worse, so she plans to suppor 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The beautiful live streamer had no choice but to go to ancient times to live.

15. 65 突 I Suddenly Came to My Senses and Resolutely Dropped Out 突然清醒的我毅然辍学 Abundant Harvest丰一足十Historical692k WordsCompleted [Lighthearted supernatural fantasy] His three souls and seven spirits are damaged; a zongzi hits him on the head, and he jolts awake. A spoiled rich kid is enraged by a broken engagement; he tries to kill someone for revenge, only to be killed in turn. He sleepwalks to Earth with a golden finger; soul power is also a neutrino. He plots and builds his power to avenge a deep grudge, but a terrifying brain tumor is counting down. You say I'm mentally ill? No! I'm a king! 28Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 66 石 The World Within the Stone: Law Enforcement Vanguard 石中界：执法先锋 Abundant Harvest丰一足十Urban653k WordsCompleted The Buddha said, “In a grain of dust lie three thousand great worlds.” The male lead returns to his hometown, hoping to livestream a wilderness survival show. A yellow catfish stings his finger, and his life takes a turn. After an incredible chance to travel between two worlds, he sets out to explore their mysteries and gradually uncovers the truth about his own origins. It turns out he is a descendant of Jin Feng from Forest Sea Snowfield. Before the former planet was destroyed, his ancestor ma 166Reads8.2Score—Shelves
17. 67 开 From the Start: A Mysterious Island Opens the Gate to Time and Space 开局：孤岛惊魂触发时空之门 Abundant Harvest丰一足十Eastern Fantasy738k WordsCompleted Haisheng sets out to fish at sea, but a storm and lightning awaken a special ability. Alone and cut off from the world on a deserted island, he struggles to survive. Fishing brings him a Black Tortoise Golden Turtle and a pocket dimension. He battles pirates in a cave, then a giant python accidentally knocks him into a bronze cauldron, activating a gateway through time and space. In another timeline, circus performer Hai Shen is trampled to death by an elephant. The two men from past and present 107Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 68 我 I Made a Fortune Trading Between Three Worlds 我在三个世界做倒爷 Cream Puffs Love Candy奶油泡芙爱吃糖Urban685k WordsOngoing After a thunderstorm, ordinary office worker Li Zisheng accidentally activates two spacetime portals in his backyard, one leading to feudal-era antiquity and the other to a primitive jungle tribe. Faced with this incredible stroke of luck, Li Zisheng decides to seize the chance to change his fate: trading cheap modern rice and flour for wild mushrooms from the past, hiring primitive people to gather medicinal herbs, and opening up trade in goods between three worlds. Armed with modern knowledge, 904Reads—Score100Shelves

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    The ancient, modern, and primitive three dimensions intersect and each has its own development.

19. 69 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: The Simpleton Marries an Educated Youth 穿越60年代，小傻子娶知情 Mancheng, Who Loves Thin Pancakes爱吃面糊薄饼的满城Urban321k WordsCompleted Educated youths began going to the countryside as early as the 1960s, with the movement reaching its peak in 1966. This story is set in the 1960s. Lin Erfei is the village’s famous fool. He suffered brain damage as a child, and one day, while playing with the villagers, he fell from a big tree and died. In 2025, Lin Fei transmigrates with an entire international trade mall. He marries the most beautiful educated youth and becomes a procurement agent. Everyone begs Lin Erfei to get supplies for t 1.4kReads7.0Score104Shelves

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    Several very good books

20. 70 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: A Sack of Rice for a Bride 两界穿越：一袋大米换个媳妇 Mancheng, Who Loves Thin Pancakes爱吃面糊薄饼的满城Urban187k WordsCompleted Gao Tianqi transmigrates to a parallel world's 1960s, where a sack of grain can be traded for a wife or an antique. He travels back and forth between worlds, bringing antiques to the modern day to sell, buying luxury cars and mansions, and marrying a beautiful wife. As the saying goes, when life is good, make the most of it, and don't leave your golden cup empty beneath the moon. 5.6kReads8.3Score457Shelves
21. 71 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s, My Daughter Is Wailing with Hunger 穿越到七零年代女儿饿的哇哇叫 Mancheng, Who Loves Thin Pancakes爱吃面糊薄饼的满城Urban367k WordsCompleted Gao Shangtian was a soldier. During a mission, he discovered an antique, then was killed by bandits' explosives. He transmigrated to a parallel world in the famine-stricken 1970s, an era when there was barely anything to eat or drink. With a little girl wailing from hunger and a wife bruised all over from his own beating, things were disastrous from the start. Thankfully, the System came with a supermarket spanning several hundred square meters. 2.9kReads7.6Score212Shelves
22. 72 两 Transmigrating Between Two Worlds: Trading Rice for Wives and Antiques 两界穿越大米换媳妇换古董 Mancheng, Who Loves Thin Pancakes爱吃面糊薄饼的满城Urban439k WordsCompleted In this parallel world, antiques in the magical metropolis can be bought and sold freely. Gao Zeyue comes from a poor family. At 26, he delivers takeout and has only 2,000 yuan to his name. One day, while browsing an antique market, he spots a pretty blue pendant and buys it for 20 yuan. That very night, he transmigrates to the 1960s of a parallel world. 8kReads8.3Score540Shelves
23. 73 带 Taking a Supermarket Back to the 1960s, My Daughter Cries from Hunger 带着超市回到60年代女儿饿的哭 Mancheng, Who Loves Thin Pancakes爱吃面糊薄饼的满城Urban352k WordsCompleted 23-year-old Gao Xingyan is a stock clerk at a big supermarket. A product falls from a shelf and hits him, killing him on the spot. He transmigrates to a parallel world, into a northeastern village called Tuanjie Tun in the 1960s. His five-year-old daughter Duoduo is crying from hunger, and his beautiful educated-youth wife is so hungry she can only drink cold water. From the start, the family nearly starves to death in a snowstorm. Luckily, he brought the supermarket with him. 12.5kReads6.2Score669Shelves
24. 74 我 My Life in 1975 我在1975年的那些事 Your Bro Yang Next Door隔壁你阳哥Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two worlds connected + transmigration + period setting + everyday life + pocket dimension + special abilities + decisive violence + multiple female leads + no simping + business. A story spanning two worlds, from 1975 to 2025. It all begins with catching someone in the act. After an accident, Chen Chang'an discovers something strange about his wife. It leaves him disoriented and even frantic, and he dies in a car crash. By a stroke of luck, he arrives in a parallel world in 1975 and gains the ab 4.7kReads8.6Score338Shelves

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    This book is good, you should take a look.

25. 75 双 Traveling Between Two Ming Dynasties, My Whole Family Lives in Luxury 双穿大明，全家跟着我吃香喝辣 Scholar Who Wins a Marquisate封侯书生Historical434k WordsCompleted [Studying for the exams + farming + slow-paced + travel between two worlds + Ming Dynasty + officialdom + powerful ministers] During the Hongzhi era of the Ming Dynasty, an ordinary young man named Chen Jie unexpectedly gains access to a portal between two worlds. With a single thought, he arrives in the home of Zhuge Jiaojiao in the year 2024. In just an instant, his clothes turn into a ragged beggar’s outfit. It turns out that each time he transmigrates, a mysterious force transforms whatever 233Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The first and second methods involve switching between ancient and modern times. The third method allows you to trade and profit between your current era and the present, which is not much different from switching eras and is actually easier. The fourth method allows you to switch between the present and the game, bringing modern items into the game and vice versa.

26. 76 六 Selling Lard in the Sixties: I Started a Group-Buying Chat 六零卖猪油：我在年代有个团购群 A Bowl of Lamb Offal Soup喝碗羊杂汤Modern Romance347k WordsOngoing Fake Widow + Farming + Stockpiling + Period Drama + Golden Finger + System + Getting Rich + Raising Kids + Caring for Her Birth Mother + Gossip + Half-Handing Things Over Two pieces of news. The good news: Cheng Chunhua, a fifty-year-old woman, transmigrates to the 1960s and gets to meet her young mother. The even better news: she’s brought along a group-buying chat. So Cheng Chunhua transforms into Li Yun, her birth mother Li Chunmei’s cousin. Then she chops down her biological father, beat 822Reads8.5Score100Shelves
27. 77 剁 Chop, Chop, Chop, Chop, Turn Them All into Dumplings 剁剁剁剁，全都剁了包包子 Plum Blossom K梅花小KSports989k WordsOngoing [Game] [Two Worlds Connected] [Leveling Up] [Family] [Male Lead as a Tool] [Gourmet] Song Xu has just had a fight with her husband, who is obsessed with gaming. In the blink of an eye, she finds herself inside the game. Only when she discovers that items from the game can be brought back to the real world does she understand why he was so hooked. One bottle of medicine can cure her daughter’s illness and save her own life. If she were in his shoes, she’d play like her life depended on it too. Si 17.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
28. 78 农 A Country Girl Transmigrates to Become an Extra, Feeding Her Family with Boxed Meals 农女穿越当群演，盒饭养活一家人 A Little Disco Cat at Home家有蹦迪小猫Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted The moment she opens her eyes, Su Xiaoyu is flung from an ancient world ravaged by war and famine into a modern film set. While others transmigrate as princes and ministers, she transmigrates as an undocumented extra who can't even afford a boxed lunch. In the past: her family has nothing, her grandmother is frail, her younger siblings are starving, and the whole village teeters on the brink of famine. In the present: a dazzling world of phones, computers, and skyscrapers, where everyone has 188Reads8.0Score105Shelves

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    I recently read two books, and the beginnings of both were quite good.

29. 79 酒 My Wine Gourd Connects Past and Present, and I Help an Exiled Prince Seize the Throne 酒壶通古今，我助流放王爷夺帝位 Ding Ding Dang Dang1212叮叮当当1212Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Iron-Blooded Prince from Ancient Times and a Modern Corporate Wage Slave: A Connection Across Time, Stockpiling, Infrastructure, Famine, and Farming Wage slave Wei Chuchu unexpectedly inherited a bronze wine pot, only to discover that it connected to the Great Li Kingdom two thousand years in the past! On the other side of the pot was Duan Wenbo, Prince Yi, a legendary war god. The new emperor viewed his family as a threat, and they had been exiled. With too little food and clothing, they wer 1.5kReads7.6Score163Shelves

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    Check this out! The female and male leads use a space-time conduit in a wine jug to transport supplies. The female lead sells ancient resources and becomes incredibly wealthy. The male lead uses modern resources to arm his army, reclaim the throne, and become emperor. The two timelines interact, leading to many interesting events. It's good, highly recommended.

30. 80 七 The 1970s: We’re All from the Modern Era Now, So Getting Rich Makes Perfect Sense 七零：都穿现代了，发财很合理吧 Borrowing the Moon借月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Partly fictional setting; transmigration from the ’70s to the modern era; seaside foraging; seafood; heartwarming; feel-good; watching the drama unfold] Yu Min may be a country girl born and raised in the 1970s, but she’s no pushover. Outsiders all think her scumbag father and stepmother forced her to go to the countryside in place of her stepsister. Yeah, right. She went by choice. Her stepsister? You can go to the countryside and suffer too. After ruining the Yu family’s reputation, she dusts 1.3kReads8.5Score163Shelves

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    Switching between ancient and modern times, if I don't get rich, who will? These are some of the best books in this genre, in the opinion of a seasoned reader. The second great book whose ratings didn't do it justice. Just read it!

31. 81 饥 Famine Times: I Have a Door Through Time and Space to the Modern World 饥荒年代：我有时空之门通现代 Momo de01默默de01Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Alternate history + modern era + face-slapping + raising children + adorable pets + male lead] A feel-good story. The worst kinds of people exist in every era. See how the heroine deals with them! Liu Tingting suffered a freak accident. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told that her soul had been taken by mistake. She was supposed to live to a ripe old age surrounded by children and grandchildren, but an error had cut her life short. As compensation, she was given a transmigration 635Reads8.7Score103Shelves
32. 82 家 Home in the 1990s, Scavenging in the Modern Era 家在九零，我在现代捡垃圾 Moneybags钱鼓鼓Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A slow-burn business story] [Everyday life in a bygone era] She transmigrates between the 1990s and the modern day. There's no getting rich overnight, just honest hard work, small businesses operating across two eras by taking advantage of price differences, and a gradual improvement in life, all set against the simple, lively backdrop of the 1990s... A gambling father, a mother who died young, little brothers and sisters to look after, and a girl who dropped out of school at fifteen. In 1997, 2.5kReads8.9Score252Shelves
33. 83 年 The 1960s: Ten Minutes Back in the Modern World Every Day 年代六零，每天穿回现代十分钟 Bao Shengguan包升官Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1960s, she can return to the modern world for ten minutes a day, but the location is random. What can she bring back? A junkyard? No problem. Scrap metal, broken glass, even bone fragments can all be sold in the 1960s. If she lands in a cold-storage warehouse, she’ll bring back a hundred pig heads. The aroma of pork head meat will win over everyone in the courtyard in no time... 4.4kReads8.3Score392Shelves
34. 84 满 A Family of Loyal Martyrs Forced into a Second Marriage, and the Comment Section Goes Wild 满门忠烈被逼当填房，弹幕杀疯了 Peach Blossoms Flourish桃之泱泱Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Past and present connected + two storylines running in parallel + women supporting women] It begins when Shen Shuangyu is branded a homewrecker for supposedly seducing her brother-in-law before her sister's death, then marries into a marquis's household as his second wife. She pours her heart and soul into managing the household, supporting her husband, and raising her stepson and stepdaughter, never uttering a single complaint. In the end, all she gets in return is: “She's doing this to atone. 41.1kReads9.0Score6.1kShelves

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    This is quite unique; modern-day commenters and the ancient female protagonist can interact with each other.

35. 85 孤 A Lowly Maid's Journey Through Time and Space 孤婢的逆时空 Qingdai Zhuru青黛竹茹Modern Romance696k WordsOngoing "Past and present worlds connected + Golden finger + Getting rich through business + Opening a school in the modern world to enroll students from ancient times + Sweet romance" A martial-arts-trained maid from ancient times is fiercely loyal to her mistress, but her mistress grows suspicious of her and orders her hunted down. While fleeing, the maid accidentally transmigrates to the modern world, where she meets the son of an antiques dealer. From then on, she uses the space and System she gaine 378Reads8.3Score103Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates from ancient times to the modern era, starting from nothing and scavenging for scraps with an old lady, to becoming a multi-millionaire with businesses in both worlds [laughs]. The entire book has a lighthearted writing style, no awful characters, no melodramatic clichés [thinking], and even a touch of humor, plus many scenes of ancient people being shocked by modern products [laughs][staring][you should savor it].

36. 86 呔 Hey, Can My Fish Tank Connect the Past and Present? 呔，我家鱼缸能通古今？ A Shrimp Roll一只虾卷Modern Romance139k WordsCompleted [The rating just came in and will rise, so enjoy without worry!] [Past and present connected + Stockpiling + Building wealth + Storage space + Modern-day sweet romance] First love? Ex-husband? Get out of my way. Divorce and sadness? Not a chance. I’ll pack up and head back to my hometown to enjoy retirement. By chance, I form a contract with an ancestral fish tank that can connect the past and present. Little fish tank, little fish tank, you earn money to support the family. I’ll just focus on l 80Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Rice, salt, cooking oil, crayfish, drones... Trade them for antiques and become rich overnight.

37. 87 带 I Transmigrated with My Phone and Scroll Douyin in the Emperor's Arms 带手机穿越，我躺皇帝怀里刷抖音 Sleepy Cat猫沉沉Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other's first and only + 100% sweet romance + scheming, celibate puppy-like emperor vs. clever, bold older sister] [Ancient and modern worlds connect + transmigrate with her best friend] Qin Wan was once a dazzling heiress. After accidentally transmigrating to an unknown dynasty through an ancient painting, she found herself as an abandoned concubine in the cold palace, only to be summoned by the emperor. Well, to protect her virtue, she cracked the emperor's head open right 4.1kReads9.0Score776Shelves

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    💥In this book, the female protagonist travels back to ancient times with her cell phone. One day, she discovers a way to travel between the past and the present, allowing her to bring things back and forth. She lives a life of air conditioning in the palace during summer, drives an Aston Martin into the royal gardens, and even acquires tanks and mechs on the battlefield to help the emperor win wars! [Heart]

38. 88 六 The 1960s: Mistaken for a Goddess, I Help Revive China 六零，被当成仙女后华夏振兴了 Ali Pangpang阿里胖胖Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Rugged military officer from a bygone era x pampered, spirited heroine + transmigrate into a book + patriotism + famine + stockpiling] Put your brain on hold first! This story is set in a fictional world! A fictional world! A fictional world! Song Qingyao inherits her grandfather's duty of guarding his tomb. On the first day, she discovers someone has been injured in a dream. He's tall and long-legged, and his handsome face is so stunning it wakes her right up. She thinks it's all just a dream, 871Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    This book is great!

39. 89 被 Abandoned, I Stock Up in the Modern World to Raise Kids in the ’80s 被抛弃后，我从现代进货八零养娃 Eskimo Mermaid爱斯基摩人鱼Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period setting + travel between two eras + heartwarming child-rearing + building wealth] When her educated-youth husband returned to the city, he stole their son and took all their belongings. All he left Lin Xiaomei with were three frail daughters and a complete mess. Everyone in the village said the four of them wouldn’t survive the winter. Until one night, she lit a stick of incense in a broken censer... And transmigrated to the bustling city of 2024! A basket of free-range eggs sold in the 1.6kReads7.8Score200Shelves

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    The 60s and 70s are interconnected with the modern era, and the past and present are interconnected.

40. 90 失 After Losing My Job, I Made a Fortune Trading with People from the Past 失业后，我和古人做生意致富逆袭 Jin Sisi锦思思Modern Romance680k WordsCompleted [Connections Between Past and Present + Business and Prosperity + Cozy Daily Life, Romance Included; Mostly Daily Business Management, with a Subtle Romance That Isn't the Main Plot] To save money for her grandmother's medical treatment, Tang Li moves back to her grandmother's farmhouse and unexpectedly discovers that its courtyard connects to ancient times. Unemployed Tang Li starts doing business with people from the past, selling them the village's unsold produce, modern snacks, milk tea, fru 3.3kReads7.8Score303Shelves
41. 91 祠 After the Ancestral Hall Connected to the Modern World, Grandma Came From the Sixties 祠堂通现代后，奶奶从六零穿来了 Qin Liu Yu琴六余Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted In the 1960s, not long after Wang Xiu got married, her in-laws teamed up and kicked her out of the house. With no other option, Wang Xiu and her husband temporarily moved into the dilapidated ancestral hall. On her very first day there, Wang Xiu discovered that the ancestral hall could take her to a world she had never seen before: smooth floors, shiny tiled walls, and a young woman who immediately called her Grandma. But none of this scared Wang Xiu. Instead, she started visiting more and more 140Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    All five books feature the ability to travel between different eras and the present, and the ability for objects to move between them and their inhabitants.

42. 92 玉 My Jade Pendant Came to Life: My Ancient Boyfriend 玉佩成精，我的古代男朋友 Fishy One Fisher鱼鱼一渔Ancient Romance343k WordsCompleted [Ancient and Modern Dragon-and-Phoenix Jade Pendant + Time Travel + Pocket Dimension + Sweet Romance + Love Blossoms Over Time] Modern web novelist Ruan Wan comes across a jade pendant that is clearly incomplete. She never expects it to become sentient: anything placed on it vanishes. At first, Ruan Wan thinks she has accidentally acquired a pocket dimension and is thrilled, only to discover that the pendant lets things in but never lets them out!!! She later learns that the pendant connects to 278Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    I recommend these three books; you can travel back and forth between ancient and modern times.

43. 93 和 I Fell for a General Online, and Now I'm Living the Good Life 和将军网恋后，我躺赢了 Feng Yu'an风屿安Modern Romance612k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + Sweet indulgence + Otherworld] After her newly purchased phone met with a tragic end, Feng Qingyi got a beat-up, eighteenth-hand phone for twenty yuan. To her surprise, the piece of junk was transformed in the blink of an eye. It now had a mysterious shop and a handsome man who claimed to be a general. To earn points and buy things, Feng Qingyi had no choice but to chat and video call with the handsome man. She never expected to fall for him along the way. Qin Yuchuan, a gr 415Reads8.9Score103Shelves
44. 94 古 I Got Married in Ancient Times and Activated the Taobao System 古代成亲激活了淘宝系统 Your Favorite Salted Fish咸鱼本鱼呀Ancient Romance362k WordsCompleted When Ye Han was 23, a lottery ticket she'd bought on a whim won her 50 million. Once the money arrived, she bought herself a house. After renovations and airing it out, she was finally struck by lightning on the very first day she moved in. Then she transmigrated to the fictional Great Yue Dynasty, becoming the only daughter of General Ye. Just after realizing she'd transmigrated, Ye Han thought, "Well, when in Rome. Look on the bright side: at least I'm a general's daughter now. I've gone from 610Reads9.1Score108Shelves
45. 95 超 My Supermarket Connects Past and Present: I Stock Up and Spoil the Ailing Prince 超市通古今，我囤货娇养病弱皇子 Summer Heat, Winter Chill夏燥冬寒Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted [A Cast Across Time + Stockpiling Supplies + Food + Farming + Infrastructure] He Qingmiao graduates straight into unemployment and gets kicked out by her stepmother. All she inherits is the small grocery store her mother left her. The store is in such a remote location that no customers show up for ten days or half a month at a time. He Qingmiao is so broke she's nearly starving, and she's about to shut the little store down for good. Then one day, a very unusual customer walks in. A young man t 158Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    🔥☄️ Kicked out of the house by her father and stepmother, she inherited her mother's small supermarket. When she was so poor she was almost starving, a distinguished guest arrived at the supermarket and 💫 traded valuables for all the supermarket's supplies.

46. 96 跨 Blade Across Worlds 跨世之刃 Qi Sheji祁设计Historical666k WordsOngoing (Comedy + dual transmigration + no System + war + tech-focused + one heroine + Mount & Blade) The author spouts nonsense with a straight face and seemingly impeccable logic. His grandfather left him a jade pendant, then disappeared. Lu Jinghuan uses the pendant to transmigrate to an era resembling the Spring and Autumn period. Other transmigrators can trade porcelain and antiques for whatever they need. But where Lu Jinghuan ends up, there’s nothing of the sort, and everything he brings is b 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A truly remarkable piece of writing that transcends time...

47. 97 莫 I Somehow Traveled Between Ancient and Modern Times, So Why Can't I Go Back? 莫名其妙通古今，这咋还回不去了 Laughing Xixi大笑茜茜Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted Wen Lan, a former emergency-room doctor in the modern era, made an ordinary online purchase and somehow received a limited-edition item. For some inexplicable reason, this hidden-edition item could connect her to another world, an alternate ancient dynasty. After experimenting with it several times, she figured out some of its functions. From then on, Wen Lan became close friends with someone from the other world, and they could talk about anything. Her friend was incredibly generous, sending go 191Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    You could try this one, it's quite interesting. I've been following it closely, highly recommended!

48. 98 与 Walking with Cherished Memories 与惜行 Clear Breeze Yearns for the Bright Moon清风思明月Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Historical Fantasy, Adorable Family Favorite, Beast Speech, Pocket Dimension, Getting Revenge on Scum, Growing Stronger, Patriotism] Entirely written by hand, an original work with not a single AI-generated character. Any similarities are purely coincidental. A short drama adaptation is out now, so go check it out! The unlucky and penniless Li family finally has its only baby girl in a hundred years. From then on, their bad luck ends, and Grandpa is made a noble. The moment little Xibao is born 9.3kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    Ancient time travel, reborn as an adorable baby, medical skills, martial arts, beloved pet, cute baby, mythical beast, space, understands animal language, frequently slaps people in the face and punishes scumbags, simply adorable, cute and smart.

49. 99 我 I Have a System That Connects to the Modern World, and Little Wei Won't Marry the Prince of Qi 我有系统通现代，小魏不嫁齐之君 There's a Tiger Called Awu有只老虎叫啊呜Male-Channel Fanfiction708k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + modern-day travel + a fanfic of Mom Wants to Remarry] She transmigrates to the time before Wei Shuqing is engaged. No matter how the System sets things up, the heroine refuses to marry into the Qi family, that bottomless pit. With the System's help, Wei Shuqing makes her way to the modern world, scavenging vegetables and trash, doing business, and building a little world of her own. 1.4kReads—Score143Shelves

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    [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

50. 100 我 My Restaurant Connects Past and Present, and I Can't Get Enough Antique Jewelry 我的饭店通古今，古董首饰收不完 Old Bean Bun老豆包子Modern Romance997k WordsCompleted Li Meng, a castoff from a wealthy family, returned to her hometown and inherited her grandmother's little restaurant! On opening day, Li Meng could tell something was off about the place! Why were the customers coming in dressed in ancient costumes? Cosplay? And when it was time to pay, they handed her gleaming silver ingots! Worth 1,500! Three little dishes for 1,500! This business was a gold mine! The next day, a child beggar ate a bowl of noodles and paid her with an antique bracelet! Worth h 7.7kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves

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    A novel that blends ancient and modern times [laughs][laughs] This is a very good book. The writing is excellent, the plot is great, the characters are vividly portrayed, the dialogue is also wonderful, the theme is novel, it's particularly interesting, and I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended.

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