In a Reading Slump. Any Recommendations for Period Stories with Good Writing and Sound Values? 书荒了，有没有年代文推荐呀 （文笔好 三观正）

1. 1 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 13.5kReads7.5Score1.5kShelves

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   These are good.

2. 2 穿 After Transmigrating to the 1980s and Becoming a Substitute Bride, I Became the Army Officer's Most Beloved 穿越八零替嫁后我成了军官心尖宠 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 111.3kReads9.2Score14.6kShelves
3. 3 撕 After I Tore Up Our Engagement, My Older Commander Lost Control and Kissed Me Until I Cried 撕毁婚约后，年上首长失控被亲哭 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn military marriage + Chinese painting + marriage first, love later + dazzling, aloof dream girl vs. scheming, ambitious powerhouse] Meng Jixue was breathtakingly beautiful, with peach-blossom cheeks, almond eyes, and skin like jade. Her father couldn’t bear to let his daughter, beautiful as she was, be sent away with him. Fortunately, an old family friend was willing to help, even offering up all the eligible bachelors in his household for her to choose from. Zhou Hanzhang was the you 301.4kReads9.0Score33.9kShelves
4. 4 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

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   Take life and death lightly, fight if you disagree! A classic work of violence for violence, with a shocking, exciting and entertaining plot.

5. 5 重 Reborn and Losing My Mind for Money, but the CEO Loves My Madness 重生发癫只搞钱，霸总偏爱超癫狂 Er Lingzi二玲子Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted Jin Chan Chan, 35 years old, died a miserable death in her previous life because she was hopelessly love-struck. Now she's reborn on the day after the 2007 college entrance exams. She tears up her love letters and swears she'll focus on making money, not romance! On her first night reborn, she fills in as an emergency replacement, singing funeral songs all night and earning her first pot of gold. Next, she cashes in on the lottery, building up her second fortune! She seizes the opportunity of so 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Desperate for a good read! This reborn, crazy money-making novel is down-to-earth, not melodramatic, not love-obsessed, and incredibly relatable—definitely a must-read for book lovers!!! ✅ Reborn, crazy female lead Jin Chanchan: Not love-obsessed, only focused on making money, she can win even when she's crazy! ✅ Deeply affectionate CEO Lu Haoyu: Doting on her alone, showering her with money and supporting her—sweetness overload! ✅ No dull moments: Constant conflicts, lighthearted, funny, and heartwarming, incredibly satisfying, and addictive! [Rose][Flirt][Strong][Sun]🎆

6. 6 被 The Tough Military Officer Fell Hard for His Fair, Sweet Wife After She Kissed Him 被亲哭糙汉军官对白软甜妻上头了 A Broad Mind Adds Years to Life心宽可增寿Modern Romance57k WordsOngoing [Offbeat Period Drama] Lu Zhir ran, a country girl from rural Northeast China, is introduced to Xu Zhenchuan, a war hero, and becomes his housekeeper. Xu lost his ability to speak after returning from the Korean War. Afraid of strangers, he hides away at a forest farm in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Two people with nowhere to go, one trapped in a farmhouse courtyard and the other in the shadows of war, slowly grow closer. 53Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 玉 Yu Guinian Returns to 1968 as a Ten-Year-Old to Protect the Whole Family 玉归年重回68年十岁顽童护全家 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance722k WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Reborn, Super-Civilization Space, Coming of Age, Strong Female Lead, Sweet Romance] Nian Baoyu and her husband shot each other dead. When she opened her eyes again, she was back in 1968, before her tenth birthday, on the night her father fled home to escape the armed factional fighting. Her father was hiding in the attic when someone informed on him. The commune's armed militia took him away, and more than ten days later, they sent back his corpse. Her mother was devastated and 23.1kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves
8. 8 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 17.8kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
9. 9 缚 The Heart-Stealing Thief 缚心贼 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance281k WordsCompleted [1980s | Strong heroine | Both leads reborn | Military marriage | Revenge on scumbags | Business | Treasure-filled space | A battle to bind the heart] In 1983, Min Jiahui was reborn on her wedding night. In her past life, a scumbag trapped her with a fake marriage certificate and made her live as a wife in name only for the rest of her life. She served his parents, cared for his younger siblings, and raised the son he had with his mistress. In the end, his mistress showed up with a marriage cert 954Reads8.3Score176Shelves
10. 10 恶 The Wicked Woman Puts an End to Evil 恶女止恶 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted 13.7kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
11. 11 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's male lead is the female lead's high school mentor. After graduating from university, to repay her mentor, the female lead introduces a female classmate to him as his girlfriend. The female lead, however, chooses to stay in the city instead of accepting a job assignment to pursue her career.

12. 12 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.8kReads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 等 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship. 759Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 土 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.1kReads8.9Score768Shelves

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    No cheat codes, no rebirth—it's a gently unfolding rural documentary novel that's so captivating you won't want to leave once you start reading. It's incredibly moving! 👍

15. 15 俏 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 20.9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
16. 16 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance528k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 10.3kReads7.1Score228Shelves
17. 17 霞 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 Warm Glowing Clouds霞光暖暖Modern Romance568k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score131Shelves
18. 18 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 26.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
19. 19 4 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The Fish's Secret鱼的秘密Modern Romance979k WordsOngoing The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 283.8kReads8.6Score13.5kShelves

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    These two, different types, are absolutely stunning.

20. 20 姐 The Sisters Join the Army and Mistake the Wrong Man for Their Husband: The Fierce-Looking Officer Falls for Them 姐妹随军认错夫：面凶军官沦陷了 Half-Moon Lemon月半柠Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Mistaken husband + following the army + sweet romance + snow-mochi heroine / “dirty bun” hero] Gu Zhaoning and the Gu family's adopted daughter, Su Jingwei, are both introduced to potential marriage partners. They meet two brothers from the Pei family. The elder Pei brother is destined to become a high-ranking officer, while the younger brother is destined to die heroically. So in this life, Su Jingwei secretly switches the men they were set up with and snatches the elder Pei brother before Gu 56.8kReads8.5Score3.9kShelves
21. 21 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    Xi Kang has good writing skills and sound values.

22. 22 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book is incredibly good! It's a military marriage with no stepmothers, a revenge story set in the countryside, and the female lead is intelligent, not a saint, and has strong moral values. The rating is a bit low because there aren't many reviewers. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family. A major advantage is its excellent sense of the era; this is the most detailed depiction of the historical setting I've read on Tomato Book. Prices are reasonable, accurate to the cent or the number of tickets, with meticulous attention to detail and few awful characters. It feels like you're truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. You can read it as a historical romance combined with a farming story.

23. 23 这 What a Deal! My Rough-and-Ready Husband Knows How to Spoil Me After Our Marriage Swap 这波不亏！换嫁后糙汉老公很会宠 Slacking Off Is a State of Mind摆烂是一种心态Modern Romance360k WordsOngoing Sisters reborn + swapped marriages + rugged country man + contrasting fates + pure romance + 1v1 No System! No golden finger! After being reborn, the younger sister cried and pleaded to marry Chen Ping, Tian Wanhua's husband in her previous life, convinced she'd enjoy the good life in the city. Her older sister, Tian Wanhua, smiled and let her have him. "Fine. I'll go to the countryside." Everyone in the village said Lu Chengshan was a poor bachelor who herded cattle. His three big-tiled houses 51Reads—Score116Shelves

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    I'm here to recommend a reborn-in-the-era novel without any special abilities, systems, or cheat codes. The story involves sisters swapping spouses, and the female lead, newly reborn, has to live in the countryside. It's not the kind of fast-paced, action-packed novel where everything starts with slaps and hair-tearing; the pacing is slower, and the relationship between the male and female leads is very stable. The current downside is that the male lead spends his days either herding cattle, working in the fields to earn work points, or doing technical work. He's constantly exhausted and has very little time to spend with the female lead.

24. 24 重 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 Curly Cat Whiskers猫胡子卷卷Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 49kReads7.9Score7.8kShelves

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    After being reborn, the female protagonist is single-mindedly focused on protecting her country and, in her spare time, she travels to various places to bring back national treasures.

25. 25 七 The 1970s: The Difficult Top-Tier Star Is the Cold-Faced Officer’s Allergy Cure 七零作精顶流是冷面军官的抗敏药 Good Luck Is With You好运相随Modern Romance443k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + devoted couple + personal space + raising children + sweet romance + military marriage + winning his heart] [Fussy top-tier star heroine VS outwardly cold, inwardly warm officer] Few truly awful characters, with a fairly cozy feel. When she opened her eyes, Su Chinuan, a top-tier star of the twenty-first century, had transmigrated into a period novel as a thankless, ungrateful cannon-fodder character. Her parents had been sent to a farm for hard labor 2.6kReads8.4Score265Shelves

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    The female protagonist's parents were sent to the countryside, and she used her connections to become an educated youth in the same place where her parents were sent. However, in that place, she encountered her nephew, who had been abducted by human traffickers.

26. 26 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance690k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 21.6kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    On his first day in the family, the biological mother was so angry she went back to her parents' home! The protagonist of "Reborn in the 1960s: I Find My Own Stepmother" was betrayed and killed by his biological mother in his previous life. His first act after being reborn is to find a stepmother. The stepmother treats him like her own flesh and blood, while his biological mother gets punished every time she causes trouble. 100,000 words have been updated; it's increasingly addictive, a must-read for anyone looking for something to read!

27. 27 小 The Little Housekeeper and the Big Boss 小保姆和大领导 Nine Eight Eight九八八呀Modern Romance950k WordsOngoing Also known as: The Nanny Has a Plan, and the Boss Never Loses His Temper Also known as: The Nanny Knows What She Wants, and the Boss Can’t Do a Thing About It [Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Building a Fortune + Devoted Husband + Family Life] Wen Zhiyi is a country girl with little education, no job, and no household registration. Her stepsister mocks her: “You couldn’t even pass the high school entrance exam. What makes you think you can get into college?” Her relatives try to set her up wit 194.5kReads9.1Score18kShelves

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    Each has its own unique characteristics, all are new books, and all are long novels—my favorite! The themes are diverse.

28. 28 七 A Cadre's Daughter in the 1970s: From Village Belle to Translator 七零高干：从村花到翻译官 Clear Seas, Deep Rivers海清河深Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Era of Reversal] [Rise of a Great Nation] [Clear-Eyed Money Making] [The Heroine’s Growth] [Marriage Before Love] [Building a Business in the 1970s] In 1975, deep in the Ten-Thousand Mountains, a single dirt road trapped countless rural children in lives of poverty. Zhao Shuhe had a secret: inside her mind was a 2025 course System. While everyone else was still using abacuses, she already knew matrix calculations. While others were memorizing the 26 letters, she had a complete university-level 211.1kReads8.8Score34.6kShelves
29. 29 六 The Happy Life of a Railway Compound in the 1960s 六零：铁路家属院的美满生活 Dozing Off打瞌睡呢Modern Romance936k WordsOngoing Cozy Everyday Life [Brutal, Tragic Prison King-Type Male Lead x Beautiful, Easygoing Aspiring Writer] [No Going to the Countryside + No Black Market + Everyday Family Life + Mutual Healing + Sweet Romance] What do the riches and glory of my next life have to do with this one? Lin Xia was a modern-day web novelist and short-comic artist with tens of thousands of fans. One accident wiped her and her whole nest out of existence. Should she drink Meng Po's soup and be reborn into a rich family? She 142.2kReads9.0Score16.4kShelves
30. 30 七 The 1970s: The Little Fox Cub Is Looking for His Dad Online 七零：小狐狸崽在线找爹 Whatever Works随便都行吧Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing In the age of declining magic, spiritual energy has dried up, and the ancient nine-tailed fox Tu Shan Yao is on the verge of death. Four-year-old divine beast cub Xiaobao clenches his little fists and drags his sickly, blood-spitting mother thousands of miles to find his father. Amnesiac special forces commander Huo Yunzheng looks at the mother and child and falls into deep self-doubt: “I've been single my whole life for 26 years. Where did this wife and child come from?!” He thinks they're just 479.8kReads9.3Score48.3kShelves
31. 31 海 Army Life on an Island: My Community Group-Buying Business Is Booming 海岛随军：我的社区团购卖爆了 Hashimoto's Hyperthyroidism Won't Make Me Lose Weight桥本氏甲亢不会瘦Modern Romance966k WordsOngoing [Marriage First, Love Later + Scheming, Devoted Battalion Commander × Sharp-Witted, Money-Savvy Army Wife + Off-the-Charts Sweetness + Shore Foraging and Treasure Hunting + Making a Fortune + System + Face-Slapping Idiots] Since the heroine is a local, the first three chapters are a slow burn. The pace picks up from Chapter Four, so feel free to skip ahead. Jiang Ruoyan was known as the textile factory’s beauty. Her good looks had attracted the relentless pursuit of the son of the Revolutionary 21kReads8.0Score3.4kShelves
32. 32 荒 Following the Army in a Famine Year, I Stockpile Goods with a Group-Buying App and Win by Taking It Easy 荒年随军，靠团购APP囤货躺赢 Dream Freely自由入梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [The comic adaptation of Transmigrate into a Book in the 1960s: I Stockpile Food with Three Kids to Survive the Famine is now available. Come watch!] [The 1950s and 1960s + group-buying app + military wife raising kids + stockpiling for famine] Chen Fang unexpectedly dies of a sudden heart attack and transmigrates into the notorious lazy wife in a period novel's military compound. The original owner was too lazy to cook. The rice jar was emptier than her face was clean, her twin daughters were 57.2kReads8.4Score7.6kShelves
33. 33 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 158.3kReads9.0Score15.1kShelves
34. 34 易 Born Fertile! The Celibate Tycoon’s Wife Is Pregnant Again 易孕体质！禁欲大佬你媳妇又怀了 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance525k WordsCompleted [Devoted to each other + family squabbles + sweet romance + raising a child + military life on a seaside island + troublemakers + good-pregnancy System + stunning, delicate beauty vs. abstinent pilot] Only after Ji Yanshu dies does she learn that she had been living in a novel set in a bygone era. She was the male lead’s first wife, who died young. The heroine is a capitalist’s daughter sent down to the countryside. Not wanting to suffer, she chooses to become someone’s stepmother. The capitalis 25.7kReads8.4Score2.4kShelves
35. 35 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 92.2kReads8.8Score6.5kShelves
36. 36 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 36.9kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
37. 37 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 54.2kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
38. 38 军 A Sweet Southern Girl Arrives at the Military Compound 军区大院来了一个南方乖乖女 Yan He闫河Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 1970s setting + sweet, well-behaved girl from the south + rugged, paternal northern man + height and build difference + 11-year age gap + sweet romance Qiao Lanshu comes from a family of two state-sector employees in a provincial capital in the south. She is quiet and well-behaved, with a pretty face, and her family worries about sending her to the countryside. So her parents put a marriage certificate in her hands, send her off on a train, and dispatch her thousands of kilometers north to find 64.2kReads8.4Score5.5kShelves
39. 39 灵 Spirit Spring Space: In a Year of Famine, I Take the Kids to Find Their Commander Father and Reunite 灵泉空间，荒年带娃找首长爹认亲 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance2.3M WordsOngoing [1960s + military marriage and joining the army + spiritual spring space + devoted couple + transmigration and rebirth, turning the tables + punishing scoundrels + marriage first, love later + becoming beautiful and strong + cooking and raising children + real heiress + medical skills] Her adoptive mother pushed her into the water, and she played along with the act, swindling a military officer into becoming her husband. After they married, she lived at her parents' home for years and gave all t 107.5kReads8.5Score9.5kShelves
40. 40 戎 Half a Lifetime on the Battlefield 戎马半生 Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance725k WordsCompleted A female assassin in her past life, a female soldier in this one. What kind of brilliant life will someone who has turned from darkness toward the light create? She never married in her past life. In this one, she meets the finest male officer in the entire military region. When two formidable people meet, what kind of love and hate will unfold? 2.3kReads8.5Score240Shelves
41. 41 捡 I Picked Up a Handsome Soldier, and He Spoils Me Like a Princess 捡个帅兵哥把我宠成公主 Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted After winning an antique ring at auction, Tao Ranran, a 21st-century surgical expert, had her soul transported to a special era. To her surprise, the ring turned out to contain an incredible space. She used it to build her fortune in that era and bring the nation's medical development forward by decades. She even found herself a handsome soldier king for a husband! 4.8kReads9.1Score519Shelves
42. 42 一 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.6kReads8.9Score810Shelves

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    Yes, yes, yes, this is it.

43. 43 长 Love Across the Long River 长河共渡的爱情 February's Loyal Heart二月丹心Modern Romance285k WordsCompleted An Xi transmigrates into a TV drama. She becomes a pretty widow with three daughters in the late 1970s. A widow's doorstep is never free of gossip. And now a man has set his sights on her: a demobilized soldier sent down from the provincial capital, with powerful connections and a leadership position in the commune. He helps her till the fields, fetch water, and look after the children... Then he simply applies to his superiors to move into her village, and starts showing up at her house every d 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 重 Reborn in 1986: I Open a Supermarket in the City 重生1986我在城里开超市 Lonely Dog Listening to the Rain孤单听雨的狗Urban1.1M WordsOngoing The ratings have only just come in, so they’re bound to rise!! Everything is handmade from scratch~ [Period setting + reborn + feel-good story + building wealth + opening a supermarket + devoted husband and father] [Buy one, get one free] [Trade in your old goods] [The Vegetable Basket Project] … Reborn in 1986, with no awful relatives to deal with, he sells wild greens, opens a supermarket, and starts a franchise... Free eggs with every in-store purchase! Spend 10 yuan, get 1 yuan off; sp 38.5kReads8.3Score3kShelves

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    Reborn in the 1980s, he sells vegetables, runs a supermarket, builds fish ponds, constructs greenhouses, and develops franchises, thriving in his career while doting on his wife and daughter.

45. 45 大 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 The Too-Late Jinx为时已晚的克夫Urban203k 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. 94.3kReads7.6Score6.5kShelves

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    👍👍👍👍👍

46. 46 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.3kReads8.5Score565Shelves

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    Highly recommended! (#^.^#)👍🏻

47. 47 总 The CEO Is Reborn: Back in 1984 as a Technician 总裁重生：回到1984当技术员 Operating Without Anesthesia不打麻药就开刀Modern Romance176k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + female CEO + taking on a state-owned industrial giant + changing her fate] Wei Yumei, an iconic designer in China's high-end fashion industry and CEO of Yunqifang, is reborn, returning to 1984 and the place that changed her destiny after she left: Nanfeng Silk Spinning Mill! Armed with memories of her past life and secrets gathered from the Nanfeng Silk Spinning Mill Museum, she enters an era when the planned economy and market forces coexist. For her parents, her boyfriend, and the m 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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48. 48 小 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 Miss Lego乐高小姐Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform 513Reads8.1Score102Shelves

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    A portrait of a generation! True stories from 1997 to 2025! Absolutely amazing!

49. 49 长 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母，亦如父！ Zi Bingfeng紫冰枫Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 41.8kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves

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    A true historical novel, focusing on everyday family life, without any supernatural elements.

50. 50 四 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 Beneath the Stars, Just for You披星戴月只为你Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red 35.5kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves

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    Although set in a traditional courtyard house, it's written in a style reminiscent of old Beijing, with a strong sense of authenticity and a lack of hostility. It's a very interesting book. It's free of hostility, doesn't resort to dark or drastic changes, and doesn't lower the overall intelligence of the story. The logic is rigorous and the data is detailed, allowing you to see how the characters' personalities and ways of doing things have changed with the times. It's a breath of fresh air in the world of courtyard houses. Most importantly, the book deeply analyzes the characters, especially Jia Zhangshi, in a very engaging way.

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