A Period Romance About Childhood Sweethearts: He’s Openly in Love With Her and Follows Her to the Countryside 男女主是青梅竹马的年代文，男明恋女，为女主下乡

1. 1 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6.2kReads9.0Score69814d adds

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   Beautiful! Childhood Sweethearts

2. 2 年 Period: Hey, Why Are You Going to the Countryside Too? 年代：喂，你怎么也要下乡 A Snail Carrying Its ShellA蜗牛背了壳Modern Romance294k WordsCompleted [Alternate history, fictional, not a strong female lead, everyday life, the heroine wouldn’t dare kill or set fires] Yao Yao transmigrated. After working hard for decades, she was suddenly back to square one. Yao Yao was devastated: she had a house and money, but not even an heir. Just when she had finally figured out who she was, she was sent to the countryside. Her parents had given her plenty of money, but hey, better her than her sickly older brother, who would surely die out there. Gu Zhuoy 9kReads8.9Score72014d adds

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   This is the story where the male protagonist discovers the female protagonist has gone to the countryside and follows her there.

3. 3 七 The Beautiful 1970s Educated Youth, Doted on by a Rough-Hewn Man 七零漂亮女知青，糙汉捧在手心宠 The Knife-Wielding Love Letter捉刀小情书Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + rugged man + delicate peach blossom spirit + three lifetimes of romance + sweet doting + healing] A delicate, beautiful peach blossom spirit heroine × a rugged hero who adores his wife The peach blossom spirit Tao Yingli failed her heavenly tribulation. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. In the countryside of the 1970s, farm work was hard and life was harsh. Tao Yingli had lost her peach blossom body, and even pulling up 1.6kReads9.0Score21714d adds

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   The male and female protagonists' love story spans three lifetimes!

4. 4 笑 Smiling as I Ask the Pagoda Tree About the Past 笑向槐花问前事 Waiting for You Here原地等你Modern Romance742k WordsCompleted (Sweet romance in the 1970s, cherished by everyone, educated youth sent to the countryside, traditional family medicine, special missions, upright values, deep love for the country and its people, childhood sweethearts, brothers who watch each other's backs, a golden finger used only for survival and convenience, viewed from the sidelines, not a strong female lead) A pair of watches became her space train car. After waking from a dream with seven days' worth of hazy memory fragments, she headed 753Reads9.1Score10414d adds
5. 5 七 The Seventies: Childhood Sweethearts Reunited 七十年代之竹马遇青梅 Autumn Leaf Festival秋叶祭Modern Romance176k WordsOngoing Transmigration + both leads reborn + sweet romance + all-around talent + healing each other + System + study space... Meeting you across time and space is the greatest stroke of luck in my life. Ji Xiaorou accidentally falls off a cliff and transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old girl who died of a fever in a parallel world. The girl has not only lost her father, but her mother has also taken the family’s food supplies and married someone else, leaving her daughter with nothing. Can thi —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   They're all childhood sweethearts, and one of them is even his boss—she's incredibly doting on him! 😆

6. 6 穿 Back to 1992: Becoming Your Childhood Sweetheart 穿回1992，做你的竹马青梅 Sunflower Seeds, Peanuts, And Walnuts瓜子花生核桃仁Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, contemporary romance, one-on-one, a touch of tartness folded into lots and lots of sweetness. Another slow-simmering story from Guazi Huasheng Hetao Ren. Hope you enjoy it.] Do I have to take your ashes back home to inherit your estate? Honestly, even if you didn’t leave me the estate, I’d still take you home. Back to where it all began, to see the life you lived and the life I lived before. At the request of her husband of three months, Lin Haoze, Miss Mu Mu takes his ashes bac 98Reads7.4Score—14d adds
7. 7 八 A Military Wedding in the 1980s: Spoiled by the Officer She Grew Up With 八零年代军婚，嫁竹马首长被宠爆 Tong Xinyuan同心元Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Delicate beauty VS stern, rugged soldier + the second male lead truly gets his comeuppance + marriage first, love later + sweet romance, both leads devoted only to each other] At her engagement banquet, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé showed up holding another woman’s hand and declared that he wanted to call off the engagement. Devastated, Ming Sang Sang fainted and hit her head. When she woke up, she learned she was the pathetic female side character in a novel, and the male lead was her c 1.7kReads8.8Score17114d adds
8. 8 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds

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   💕Perfect match! A comrade introduces his cousin to the male protagonist, a single man who refuses outright. Later, the female protagonist visits her brother at the military camp, looking stunning in a cheongsam and with red lips. The male protagonist suddenly grabs his comrade and asks, "Is this your sister?"

9. 9 洲 Fireworks on the Islet, Where People Make Their Homes, Starting in the 1970s 洲上烟火有人家，从七十年代开始 He Xinhe何心荷Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Rural Romance] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Teacher] [Neighborly Disputes] [Eerie Shadows in the Village] [Country Living and Laughs] This book has no pocket dimension, no System, and no transmigration or rebirth. It tells only of ordinary people’s rural lives and the hard-won warmth and bustle of everyday life through years of hardship. The story begins in the 1970s and follows several families living in the countryside. Among them are educated youths sent to work in the villages, militia mem 109Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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   This historical fiction is pretty good. I'll take another look.

10. 10 七 The 1970s: The Beautiful Village Girl Is Spoiled by a Powerful Educated Youth 七零：漂亮村姑被知青大佬宠爆了 Warm Sunshine at Midnight午夜暖阳Modern Romance276k WordsCompleted (A cold and aloof educated youth sent to the countryside as the male lead VS a sunny, ambitious village girl as the female lead) (Sweet romance~ Both are each other's first~) Jiang Meng was reborn, and her original persona was that of a clingy girl. She had fallen head over heels for an educated youth sent to the countryside just because he was handsome! Pfft~~~ So what if he's a little good-looking? I, Jiang Meng, won't be swayed by looks. Since I've been given another chance at life, I might a 2.6kReads8.1Score22014d adds

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    The first book features a childhood sweetheart couple; the female lead goes to the countryside, and the male lead follows her.

11. 11 美 The Beautiful Educated Youth Can Read Minds, and the Heroine Gets Her Engagement Broken Off 美女知青被读心后，女主被退婚了 Beautiful Day111良辰美景111Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, feel-good story, one-on-one romance, both leads are sent-down youths.] The heroine transmigrates into the body of a villainess from a book, only to find herself facing the prospect of being sent to the countryside. Her father and stepmother have already signed her up, and she has just seven days before she must leave. That very night, she awakens a gossip System. Tsk, tsk, what a ruthless father. He actually signed up his own daughter to be sent down! The original owner was suc 9.8kReads9.1Score94214d adds
12. 12 被 After My Educated Youth Husband Abandoned Me, I Stopped Being Foolish 被知青老公抛下后，不犯傻了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [Rekindled love after a breakup, a scumbag man’s regret, an over-the-top pursuit of his wife, not a strong female lead, the heroine is emotionally fragile and needs time to grow, the hero is a two-faced piece of trash, happy ending. If you can’t stand seeing the heroine suffer, don’t read.] … Yu Yuan was a hardworking, honest young woman. When she reached the age to marry, her mother picked a decent-looking young intellectual sent down to the countryside and made him her husband. He didn’t refu 4kReads7.5Score12614d adds
13. 13 谁 Whose Wild Child Is This? They Actually Sent Her to the Countryside! 谁家的混不吝啊？竟让她下乡！ Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + feel-good revenge + he runs, she chases + Run! Why did you stop?] The first time Fu Zhan met Qin Zhengzheng, she was staring up at his bare torso with wide, longing eyes! Qin Zhengzheng wiped away her drool. “Mmm, mmm!” But what left him even more speechless was... The girl hurried over and gave him a brazen grope! Then she tossed out a few words: “It's broad daylight, so mind your virtue. Lucky for you, you ran into me...” And then... she just took off... A 6.9kReads7.8Score78514d adds
14. 14 一 Love at First Sight: A Sweet Romance with an Educated Youth in the 1970s, Leading to Marriage 一眼入心，七零甜宠知青想领证 A Thousand Years of Drunken Dreams醉梦千年Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Alternate history + Period setting + Pocket dimension + Transmigration into a book + Love at first sight + Devoted couple + Family life) Gu Qinghuan transmigrates into a period novel as a supporting female character who fawns over the male lead. A fawning fool, a fawning fool: in the end, she gets nothing! Gu Qinghuan is quite pleased with this arrangement. The original owner has fair skin and stunning looks, as well as money and beauty! As for the male and female leads, she just has to st 1.1kReads7.4Score10214d adds
15. 15 女 The Heroine Throws Mud at Me, So I Use My Pocket Dimension to Empty Her House 女主朝我扔泥巴：我用空间搬她家 The Original Heart最初的心Modern Romance125k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + sent-down youth in the countryside + both leads have a personal dimension + rugged man + heroine pursues hero + feel-good revenge] Sheng Mingyue transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder character sent to the countryside in place of the heroine. Her scumbag father and stepmother are utterly shameless: they want to steal the property her mother left behind and kick her out to make room for themselves. In the book, the male lead, who is engaged to her, publi 1.3kReads8.7Score16314d adds
16. 16 尘 The Dust of Mortal Life 尘事 A Still Pool一池静水Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted This book chronicles a family across a hundred years. An illiterate country woman is forced to abandon her newborn child, then wanders from place to place amid the chaos of a turbulent era, struggling to survive in the cracks. Told as a work of documentary fiction, this story depicts the joys and sorrows of several generations of an ordinary family, bringing a long-buried past to light. Let posterity decide who was right and who was wrong! 2kReads8.9Score18014d adds
17. 17 开 A Bowl from the Start, and I Teach a Cannon-Fodder Prince to Rebel 开局一个碗，我教炮灰王爷造反 Lu Wen路文Ancient Romance266k WordsCompleted The rating just came out, and it's pretty low. It'll climb over time, so don't rush. [Ancient Times Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Lighthearted Comedy + Face-Slapping and Scum-Bashing + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Underdog Comeback + 1v1, Both Leads Pure] [One bowl connects to the ancient world, where she tears scumbags apart and stomps villains underfoot] “10.88 million yuan deposited from ICBC.” Su Ran stared at the text message, overcome with joy. Just one day ago, she was a broke college 294Reads8.9Score—14d adds
18. 18 上 I've Suffered Enough in My Past Life, So This Time I'll Marry a Powerful Man from Beijing's Elite Circle 上一世苦够了，这一世嫁京圈大佬 Don't Dream of Rain别梦雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Nuan was reborn, and so was her husband. In her previous life, to help him get ahead as quickly as possible, An Nuan deliberately hid how well she had done on the college entrance exams and gave him her early admission spot at a world-renowned university. But on the day he finally achieved success, he killed her in the bridal suite she had lovingly prepared. In this new life, An Nuan swore she wouldn’t interfere in his life again. She would let him be with the woman he loved. An Nuan would at 30kReads8.6Score2.8k14d adds
19. 19 被 After Being Kicked Out of the Wealthy Family, the Metaphysics Expert Drops the Act 被赶出豪门后，玄学大佬她不装了 Watermelon Youyou西瓜柚柚Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The truth about fake heiress Su Jin's birth is exposed, and she is thrown out of the house that very day. Everyone says that fake heiress Su Jin is uneducated and uncouth, and that her birth family lives in a remote, impoverished mountain village. If she goes back, she'll have to toil in the fields and marry someone off in exchange for a bride price for her brother... Everyone in Yancheng waits to see the fake heiress make a fool of herself. But as they wait, they watch the fake heiress transfor 9.4kReads8.4Score1.1k14d adds
20. 20 真 The True Heiress Uses Metaphysics to Become a Deity, and Her Four Brothers Beg for Forgiveness 真千金靠玄学封神，四个哥哥跪求原谅 Bai Xiaogu白小咕Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shen Wan was the real daughter, yet her family treated her like she was worthless. They treated her like a stray dog, and everyone despised her. Her several older brothers stood by coldly as the fake heiress bullied her for three years, until she was finally thrown out and left to fend for herself. When she opened her eyes again, she was back at eighteen. This time, she stopped pretending and stopped trying to please anyone. Her family sneered: Without the Shen family, you' 14.7kReads8.5Score1.4k14d adds
21. 21 惹 Mess With Her? This Unhinged Metaphysics Master Will Calculate Your Whole Family's Fate 惹她？她疯批玄学大佬算你全家 Ruanruan Doesn't Eat Candy阮阮不吃糖Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted [Metaphysics + Fortune-Telling + Livestreaming + Ghost Hunting + Power Fantasy] Jiang Ruanning, a powerful cultivator of the mystic arts, failed to ascend. A bolt of heavenly lightning struck her back into her first life. Faced with the scumbag who had used her as a blood bank for the woman he loved, Jiang Ruanning kicked the bastard away and left without looking back. At this point, she had less than six months to live. To extend her life, Jiang Ruanning decided to return to her old trade, live 6.8kReads8.8Score76814d adds

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