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1. 51 七 The 1970s: My Educated Youth Husband and I Rise Up with a Study System 七零，和知青丈夫靠学习系统逆袭 You Mingzi有命子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration and rebirth + study System + family life + cozy, sweet romance + happy ending + adorable, reluctant-to-study heroine VS thrifty, gentle, educated male lead] Liu Yufei was an office drone in the twenty-first century. She died while trying to help someone and was reborn as the youngest daughter of the Old Liu family in the 1970s. The very next day, she had to go gather pigweed with her nephews. Who could have guessed that she’d be worse at it than the kids? For the sake of a better 9.7kReads8.7Score990Shelves

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   Tens of thousands of readers are following this top-tier novel! A masterpiece of period romance, all high-quality works, with ratings above 9 on Tomato Literature. The male leads are almost all soldiers, the romance is beautifully portrayed, the interactions between the leads are sweet, and the plot is rich and engaging. The protagonists aren't overly idealistic; there are even scenes of raising children, and the children are adorable and endearing. The story is heartwarming and loving, and the supporting characters are also well-developed. The quality is guaranteed; most are completed novels, long and substantial, and incredibly enjoyable. You'll regret not reading it!! Highly recommended!

2. 52 六 The 1960s: I Became the Protagonist's Vicious Eldest Sister-in-Law 六十年代之我是主角的恶毒大嫂 Chubby Rice Ball瘦瘦的圆子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1960s + cozy everyday life + workers + building a fortune + raising children later on] Huang Qinqin was given her name because her parents hoped she would grow up diligent and hardworking. But things didn't turn out as they had hoped. The Huang family has three siblings, and her parents and two older brothers are all hardworking. Huang Qinqin, meanwhile, is famous far and wide for being lazy! People in the steel factory's residential compound have always said the Huangs were crazy to spend mone 11.2kReads7.7Score829Shelves
3. 53 手 Armed with the Villainess's Script, I Only Want to Go to College 手拿女配剧本，我却只想考大学 Jiang Liangjiang江凉姜Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + ensemble cast + colorful characters + daily life + family squabbles) Lin Ermai transmigrated into a book, armed with the most popular script for a vicious supporting female character. At best, she could change her fate and trounce the original heroine; at worst, she would be trounced by the heroine, just as the script dictated. The heroine is sweet and gentle. As a child, she was the prettiest flower in Lotus Village; as an adult, she became the dream girl of every eligible you 11.5kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
4. 54 七 The 1970s: What’s Wrong with Working in Elder Care? I’m Still Outstanding 七零：养老部门怎么了，照样优秀 Embracing Fragrance抱香Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Tags: No Golden Finger, family life, career-focused When Jiang Xiyue wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar era. She angrily points at the sky and shouts, “You damn heavens, you’re so unfair! Why don’t you just strike me dead with a bolt of lightning?” As soon as she finishes speaking, lightning flashes and thunder rumbles in the distance. Hearing the deafening boom, she immediately backs down. Fine! It’s just the 1970s. If she can’t accomplish anything earth-shattering, can’t she at least 5.9kReads8.4Score621Shelves
5. 55 穿 After Transmigrating Into a Book, the Beautiful Educated Youth Elopes with an Officer and Joins the Army 穿书后，美人知青闪婚军官随军了 Take a Bite of Kitten Ears咬一口小猫耳朵Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book + spirit spring + military marriage + everyday family life] After spending more than twenty years as a rich heiress, Wen Ranran woke up to find herself in a novel set in a bygone era, as an educated youth who had just been sent to the countryside. The original owner wasn't even cannon fodder. She appeared only twice in the entire story, with no introduction or conclusion. She had a surname but no given name, just a pretty, utterly forgettable passerby. Well, if she ha 12.3kReads8.6Score1.3kShelves
6. 56 带 Taking a Little House Back to the Seventies 带着小屋穿七零 Hector Who Loves Tangyuan爱吃汤子的赫克托Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After graduating, Jiang Yan joined the army of people preparing for the civil service exams. She stayed up late doing practice questions to secure a government job, but suddenly died from overwork and was reborn in the 1970s. To her surprise, what seemed like a disaster turned out to be a blessing: she landed a secure job. 5.8kReads7.3Score269Shelves
7. 57 带 A Career-Building System and a Guaranteed Job in 1965 带着搞事业系统在六五端上铁饭碗 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After waking up, she inexplicably transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl who shared her name, had failed the 1965 college entrance exam, and was about to have her engagement called off. Bound to a career-building System, she was pushed and tempted by it into steadily becoming a beautiful, wealthy woman. She even managed to marry a handsome, rich man and have two adorable, clever kids. A truly peak life! 5.8kReads8.3Score307Shelves
8. 58 穿 After Becoming a Cannon-Fodder Female Lead, I Speed-Married an Army Representative 穿成炮灰女配后和军代表闪婚了 Half Wood, Half Fire半木半火Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Original Title: Factory Affairs in the Sixties, from State-Owned Factory to...] [Current Title: The Road to Success in the Sixties: She Just Wants to Get Ahead] [No Golden Finger + Serving the Nation and Its People Through Public Service + A Strong Male Lead and an Even Stronger Female Lead] [No Rural Relocation, No Black Market, No Supporting a Man, No Female Lead Suffering, No Doormat Wife] Xia Baozhu, a woman with a secure state-sector job, was reborn in 1963. To get back t 31.5kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
9. 59 穿 The Book's Alluring Cannon Fodder Leaves Her Celibate Ex-Husband Unable to Resist 穿书炮灰太勾魂，禁欲前夫顶不住 Shui Mu Fu Su水木扶苏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Faithful to Each Other + Raising Kids + Marriage First, Love Later + Daily Life] Lu Shuang, a genius anime key-frame artist from the 21st century, transmigrates into a book and becomes the cannon-fodder ex-wife in a doting-wife novel. According to the plot, the heroine gets the loving marriage and all the admirers. Lu Shuang is just the cannon-fodder ex-wife, a foil to the heroine's happy life. The male lead's older brother died in the line of duty, leaving behind a pair of twi 2.2kReads8.3Score154Shelves
10. 60 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: Don’t Believe Me? His Sweet Wife Really Knows Mystical Arts 八零军婚：不服？他娇妻真会玄术 Hua Wen Xi花问溪Modern Romance654k WordsCompleted [1970s + Military Marriage + Love at First Sight + Space + Special Abilities + Transmigration] After suddenly transmigrating back home, Zhou Zhir an teaches her stepmother a lesson, drives her stepsister to jump into a river, and then picks up a fiancé. After they marry, she follows her husband to his military post. He believes in science, while she dabbles in the supernatural. Their life together is quite the adventure. 3kReads8.8Score310Shelves

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11. 61 重 Reborn in the 1990s: I Stopped Raising Ungrateful Wolves and Finally Won 重生九零：不养白眼狼后我赢麻了 Ten Xiao Two十晓贰Modern Romance529k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Period Setting + Revenge + Entrepreneurship + Entertainment Industry] Renowned screenwriter Liu Zi was killed by her own son. Reborn overnight, she returns to 1998. The sooner she divorces, the better. Anyone who wants her ungrateful son can have him! Isn’t her soft, cuddly little daughter just adorable? What? Her vicious eldest son isn’t even hers, and her scumbag husband switched the babies and kept it secret. That’s finally pushed her over the edge. If he wasn’t born to be human, t 124Reads7.6Score—Shelves
12. 62 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    [No transmigration, no system, no space] [Historical setting, farming, serving the country, tech-savvy] A strong-willed female researcher x a reborn diplomat. Yu Yue, while taking a bath, wakes up to find herself transmigrated to the 1970s, the only daughter in her family. She has a timid mother who is willing to be her family's servant, and a spoiled, self-centered father.

13. 63 八 An 80s Military Marriage! So Sweet, the Officer Husband and His Baby 八零军婚！甜翻军官老公生崽崽 Lu Ruanruan鹿阮阮Modern Romance405k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Period setting, 1980s, family love, military marriage, age gap, doting father type, gentle slow-burn, unconventional period novel, awful characters get taken down quickly, no frustrating setbacks, making a fortune, high-ranking families, no pocket dimension, no golden finger] The moment Wen Zhile opened her eyes, she realized she had been reborn. She had gone from being a professor’s daughter to the second daughter of the Dai family, villagers in Jianghe Village. They treated her lik 5.2kReads9.0Score523Shelves
14. 64 被 Forced to Join the Army, the Scientist's Wife Tames a Young Wolf 被迫随军，科研军嫂拿捏小狼狗 Xiao Jing Isn't Home小京不在家Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Following the Army + Pocket Dimension + No Sent-Down Youth + No Black Market + Sweet and Satisfying + Skilled Actress + Gets Revenge on the Spot + Doesn't Vilify the Original Heroine] Ji Wanqing, an apocalypse survivor with supplies in her pocket dimension, transmigrates to the 1970s. In her previous life, she was worn out from struggling to make ends meet. She's had enough, so in this life she's waving the lie-flat banner and embracing a leisurely retirement! The Ji family, who abused the orig 7.2kReads8.9Score704Shelves
15. 65 开 From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父，病弱女配下乡被宠 Feng Ling lI风灵lIModern Romance759k WordsCompleted [Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p 18.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
16. 66 六 The 1960s: The Little Kid Who Gave the Heroine a Space Is Done with It 六零，送女主空间的小崽崽不干了 Clear Breeze of a Thousand Years千载清风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When she opens her eyes, Miao Qing has become a random supporting character in a period novel. The scene is about to shower the heroine with gifts and hand her a golden finger, but Miao Qing kicks off a life completely different from the plot with a loud, piercing wail. Who would have guessed that after she'd just finished training her underlings, Miao Qing would suddenly learn that the commune she's in is called Hongqi Commune, with Qingshan Brigade, Hongxing Brigade, and Kaoshantun Brigade nea 15.1kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
17. 67 土 A Country Bumpkin's Journey Through the Immortal Sects 土狗仙门游 Recluse Gu Wu谷武居士Eastern Fantasy400k WordsCompleted When he woke up, Zhang De’an, a fifty-year-old carpenter from Northeast China, had somehow turned into a scrawny little mutt on the back mountain of the Jade Maiden Sect! Faced with a group of ethereal fairies whose thought processes were anything but normal, and the deadly threat of “dog hot pot for dinner tonight,” Zhang De’an completely lost his temper! “Woof! I-I know mortise and tenon joinery!!” His shout, thick with a Northeastern accent, shook the entire cultivation world. From then on, t 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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18. 68 别 Don’t Make Me Go Back to Chasing Rich Women 别逼我回去傍富婆 Mr. Wang the Libra天秤座的王先生Urban449k WordsOngoing Li Jianghe is reborn in the summer of 2008, just after the college entrance exams. In his previous life, he spent seven years as a backup boyfriend, failed at starting a business, and was driven to desperation by bride-price demands during a blind date. In the end, he drove drunk, bringing his miserable life to a tragic close. This time, as he looks at the class beauty who has rejected him yet again and offered him another empty promise to “think about it once we’re in college,” Li Jianghe smile 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 69 丑 Ugly Pagoda 丑塔 Recluse Gu Wu谷武居士Eastern Fantasy3.2M WordsCompleted [Female Master] [What Is the Dao?] [Protective of Her Own] [Decisive and Ruthless] Five-year-old hunter's son Meng Xuan is left behind when his mother departs, with nothing but an incredibly ugly little pagoda. His family is poor, and it is only when he faces death that his blood stains the ugly pagoda. The pagoda's gates swing open, revealing a whole world within! A spirit spring and fertile soil, with accelerated time: the good-for-nothing's path to a comeback begins! But why did his mother le 23.6kReads7.9Score3kShelves
20. 70 乾 The Cosmic Brush 乾坤笔 Recluse Gu Wu谷武居士Eastern Fantasy520k WordsCompleted On the Kunque Continent, people cultivate the Dao through books, painting, chess, and music. The strong rule all. Xiao Ke was once the pride of the heavens in Shuling County, Eastern Region. But after his father mysteriously disappeared, his cultivation stalled, and he and his mother were driven by the clan elders to an old house on the back mountain, where they endured constant abuse. His only companion was an apparently ordinary ancestral brush his father had left behind before departing. In h 42Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 71 傲 The Curse of Ao Baifeng 傲白峰之咒 Wei Youyi惟由翼Eastern Fantasy204k WordsCompleted On a blood-red moonlit night, the Snow Wolf clan is slaughtered. Cang Ye, the young lord, bears the grudge of his clan’s destruction. At the edge of the frozen wilderness, he awakens an ancient bloodline and vows to tear out the throat of his treacherous elder brother and reclaim the sacred snowy mountains that were stolen from them. When trusted brothers become the deadliest of enemies, and human greed reaches for the wolf clan’s sacred relic, the surviving wolf cub will carve a new law into t 1Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 72 放 After I Stopped Supporting My Ungrateful Childhood Friend 放弃资助白眼狼竹马后 White Kitty Tuan Tuan白喵团团Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted The day her childhood sweetheart achieved fame and success, he forced Qiao An Nian to drink an abortion potion. She died in a pool of blood, while the ambulance that came speeding to the scene took away only his beloved junior, who fainted at the sight of blood. Reborn, Qiao An Nian sits in the middle of the classroom, the center of everyone’s attention. She watches her slender childhood sweetheart, dressed in a shabby school uniform and carrying his paralyzed mother on his back, declare with de 1kReads6.8Score118Shelves
23. 73 重 Reborn, I Refused to Bail Them Out, and the Ungrateful Ones Were Stunned 重生后拒绝接盘，白眼狼们傻眼了 Down-and-Out Little Fairy扑街小仙女Urban113k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Zhao Qingsong married a “high-ranking official’s daughter” introduced to him by his family as soon as he graduated from college. She brought a generous dowry, and not long after the wedding they had a healthy baby boy. His career, too, took off. Who didn’t envy him back then? Only Zhao Qingsong, now reborn, knew that this “official’s daughter” saw him as nothing but a gullible fool. She married him only to make him raise another man’s child. Even the family of the older bro 487Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 74 重 Reborn, I'm Done Putting Up with These Ungrateful Wolves 重生归来，这群白眼狼我不伺候了 Tang Qi棠歧Ancient Romance415k WordsCompleted [Reborn into an inner-courtyard struggle + revenge and face-slapping + strong male and female leads + sweet romance as he pursues his wife] Lu Shi, wife of the top scholar Lin Aotang, only realized as she lay dying that her marriage had been a lie from the very beginning. In public, her husband was a perfect gentleman. Behind her back, he kept another woman, who was none other than his first wife and the birth mother of the son Lu Shi had adopted! The boy she had raised with her own hands wanted 95Reads6.6Score—Shelves
25. 75 一 My Whole Family Is Ungrateful, So I’m Not Wrong to Be Ruthless 一家白眼狼，我心狠手辣不过分吧 October Cherry Blossom十月樱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She woke up as the eldest sister of three ungrateful siblings. Their home was bare, and danger lurked on every side. Her eldest younger brother was a sucker, led around by women and used as their free labor and backup plan. Her second younger sister had ambitions as high as the sky. She covered herself in makeup and spent all day dreaming of marrying into a rich family as a young mistress. Her youngest brother relied on his talent for studying, shamelessly living off her while putting on airs li 121Reads7.2Score—Shelves
26. 76 全 My Whole Family Are Ungrateful Wolves, So I Was Reborn to Ruin Them 全家白眼狼，重生归来养废他们 Green Glaze Falling to Dust青琉落尘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Nuan is the daughter of an imperial merchant. She marries into the declining household of a great general as his second wife. She puts all her husband’s children under her name and raises them to be successful. She manages the household and uses her dowry to keep the great general’s family afloat, despite its chronic deficit. When the Jiang family falls into ruin, her eldest daughter brings her poisoned wine and a white silk sash. Her eldest and second sons force her to her death. At her c 83Reads6.4Score—Shelves
27. 77 快 Quick Transmigration: I’m Clinging to a Big Shot in Period Novels 快穿之我在年代文里抱大腿 Rouge-Smiling Bookworm胭脂笑忘书生666k WordsCompleted Her lifestyle was far too extravagant. If she could sit, she never stood; if she could lie down, she never sat. She avoided hardship and enjoyed every comfort. Because Yu Niaoniao loved the good life too much, the Main God, who couldn’t stand the sight of her, banished her to a department that sent people into period novels to complete missions. She was sent to an era where everything was scarce, expected to suffer and toil to her heart’s content. But! If they wanted her to suffer, she would do 396Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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    🍒🍒A period drama where the female lead is sophisticated, self-centered, and neither a saint nor a stepmother, living with the male lead. She's raised to be a pampered beauty with an extravagant lifestyle, preferring to sit rather than stand, and deliberately avoiding hardship in the countryside to maintain her wealthy life. She's involved with various types of men, including a wealthy young master from Beijing's elite circles, a sophisticated and reserved government official, and a soldier. [Smirk]

28. 78 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves

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    It's so addictive, you'll never regret it, and it'll put those greedy relatives to shame!

29. 79 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 611Reads7.0Score—Shelves
30. 80 超 Supermarket Connects to Another World, I’m Doing Business in All Realms of Cultivation 超市通异世，我在修真各界搞倒卖 Jiang Lanlan Qingqing江蓝蓝清清Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Cultivation Treasures + Trading + Building a Business + No Romance + A Female Lead Who Grows] Just as graduation approached, Yun Zhizhi’s boyfriend dumped her for a rich woman. Her stepfather left behind tens of millions in gambling debts and ran off. Unable to bear the burden, her mother disappeared without a word, taking Yun Zhizhi’s half-brother with her. When the creditors came knocking, Yun Zhizhi hit her head in a fall. To her astonishment, her family’s supermarket had 32.7kReads7.3Score3.8kShelves
31. 81 拾 Gathering Time, Xun You 拾光荀攸 Mai Jiguo麦吉果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted System + No CP + Farming + Hunting + Stockpiling Food + Fleeing Famine + Some Ensemble Cast + Rating Just Launched Jing Zhichun has transmigrated! Good news: She’s become a noble young lady in the capital. Bad news: She’s the daughter of a disgraced official, exiled to the northwest. And on top of her very pregnant belly, she has a four-year-old daughter. Jing Zhichun rolls her eyes so hard she nearly leaves her body. Fortunately, she’s a doctor. After steadying her heartbeat, she decides to del 21.9kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves

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