Looking for Good Period-Era Stories. No System, Just a Little Golden Finger 求好看的年代文啊 不要系统文 金手指一点点

1. 1 重 Back to 1940: My Husband Is an Underground Party Member 重回四零，我的老公是地下党 Loves Dry-Fried Beef Chow Fun爱吃干炒牛河Modern Romance305k WordsOngoing Xu An'an was an orthopedic surgeon in the 21st century. On her way to practice sanda after work, she slipped and fell into a cesspit. Xu An'an struggled desperately to save herself, but she was too weak. “Do you want to live?” an old voice asked from the darkness. “Who are you? Of course I want to live! It stinks!” “Take these. One is an endless granary, and the other is a miraculous medicine chest. Go!” “What? Hurry and save...” Xu An'an didn’t finish speaking before the stench knocked her out 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Xu An'an was terrified. She found herself unable to move. It turned out that although she had been rescued, she had become a vegetable!

2. 2 我 Doing Scientific Research in the 1970s 我在七十年代搞科研 Happy Little Ball幸福小团Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In the 21st century, Lin Ziyu lived in luxury, dressed in gold and silver, and ate and drank to her heart’s content. Who could have guessed she’d be reborn in the clothing- and food-scarce 1970s? But it was fine, because her family loved and spoiled her! To her surprise, the System she’d been bound to in her previous life came along too. It said she owed it ten million points, and would be erased if she didn’t pay them back. To stay alive, Lin Ziyu had no choice but to study hard and earn points 1.5kReads7.6Score102Shelves
3. 3 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
4. 4 带 I Took My Space Back to the 1970s to Give My Country a Database 带上空间穿七零为祖国献上资料库 Auntie Nut坚果小姑妈Modern Romance607k WordsCompleted Food blogger Bai Guoguo has just returned from a fun trip to Harbin when she unexpectedly acquires a space and learns that she is about to transmigrate to the 1970s. She prepares plenty of supplies for survival and even manages to get three huge boxes of assorted technical documents. In the 1970s, she helps her country take off ahead of schedule, and even finds herself a partner along the way! (The rating is a little low because the novel has only just started receiving reviews. Please be patien 896Reads8.9Score101Shelves
5. 5 重 Reborn in 1960: Not Enough to Eat? A Trillion Wild Rabbits Until You're Sick of Them 重生60吃不饱？万亿野兔吃到吐 Doomsday Mech末日人机Urban287k WordsCompleted (Rebirth in the 1960s + lighthearted + everyday life) Back in 1960, A Qiang gains access to a space where time passes a hundred times faster and starts farming and raising livestock. If you don't want to work hard, just hang out in the space. When the whole country is going hungry, A Qiang releases a trillion wild rabbits from his space. If there's no food, then let's eat meat! The fate of the nation is everyone's responsibility. If I don't raise rabbits, who will? 274Reads7.0Score103Shelves
6. 6 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.7kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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   [Transmigration + 1950s + Daily Life + Raising Kids] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night reading a period novel, only to wake up to find herself transported to the book's world, becoming the male protagonist's prematurely deceased ex-wife—a character whose name was never mentioned, only briefly mentioned. He thought she was gone, she thought he was dead, and the ex-wife struggled to raise their two children, eventually succumbing to exhaustion! And then Su Zhaozhao tragically transmigrated into this world… In this era of scarcity, Su Zhaozhao was completely unskilled and knew nothing about farming… Looking at the mushy leftovers in her bowl, Su Zhaozhao decided to take her two kids to find their father! Whether he was a man or not didn't matter; what mattered was not going hungry, and a stable job would be even better!

7. 7 娇 A Delicate Beauty Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Villainess in the Seventies 娇气美人穿成七零年代炮灰女配 Shu Wan书宛Modern Romance600k WordsCompleted Xu Wanning transmigrated into a book and became the villainess in the novel The Sweet Wife of the Seventies. In the end, she was destined to die a miserable death in prison... Miss Xu Wanning: “Waaah, I want to go home...” The great villain Han Jinghuai: “Be good, Ningning. Don't be afraid. Your husband will stand up for you.” 4.1kReads8.5Score293Shelves

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   Highly recommend! It's really good!

8. 8 俏 The Fiery Bride: The Toughest Soldier Spoils Me Rotten 俏媳火辣辣：遇最强硬汉宠翻天 Chang Yun昌云Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted [A hormone-packed, roguishly handsome officer vs. a fair-skinned beauty with a slender waist + military marriage + 1980s + sweet romance + space + getting rich + raising a child] Rich beauty Su Qiao travels back to the 1980s and finds herself an undocumented nobody. The Su family's daughter has run away from her marriage, so Su Qiao takes her place as the notorious Su Qiao and goes to live with her fiancé's family to build a relationship. By chance, she gains a villa in a pocket space and sets o 2.1kReads9.0Score244Shelves
9. 9 军 Sweet Military Marriage: My Soldier Spoils His Wife to No End 军婚甜宠：兵哥宠妻无下限 Koi Coffee锦鲤咖啡Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + period setting + love after marriage] Ye Ning transmigrates, only to find herself a two-hundred-jin, lazy, greedy, and shameless woman. As she looks at the stern man pinned beneath her, she instinctively swallows. She must be the first person ever to mistake her own lawful husband for a sex worker. Things get off to a pretty bad start. To show she’ll take responsibility, Ye Ning solemnly insists they get divorced. Losing weight, starting a business, and treating people kindl 88.2kReads9.1Score5.5kShelves
10. 10 漂 The Beautiful Army Wife Is So Alluring, Even the Ice-Cold Commander Has Fallen for Her 漂亮军嫂太撩人，冷面首长沦陷了 Jia He Yue嘉禾岄Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance + Heroine's Entrepreneurship] When Fu Xueyao wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated to the 1980s. Here, she's a lazy girl who's willful, spoiled, rude, and crude, and even her newlywed soldier husband was tricked into marrying her. Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. Fu Xueyao, who has been single her whole life, thinks this bargain husband isn't bad at all. A slim waist, long legs, a great figur 2.3kReads9.0Score186Shelves
11. 11 六 The 1960s: I Have a Guaranteed Job 六十年代，我有铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Courtyard life + family squabbles + everyday life + an ordinary woman's struggle + doting romance + raising kids] Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, and just a little golden finger. Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from another branch of the family over a job opening. She injures her forehead, but unexpectedly gains a System that gives her supplies whenever she checks in. She also finds a book, written by who knows what daydreamer. In the book, she and her two younger brothers all 14.8kReads8.5Score880Shelves

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    No rebirth, no time travel, just a little bit of cheat code.

12. 12 驭 The Art of Taming a Husband: I Turned a Delinquent into a Devoted, Rich Man 驭夫有道：我改造混混成宠妻首富 Carefree July七月逍遥Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period setting + no pocket dimension + family life + building a fortune + devoted couple] Gu Wanwan died unexpectedly, then awoke in a period novel as the overlooked second daughter. She was forced to marry Qin Feng, a lazy good-for-nothing, in her younger sister's place. It was bad enough that Qin Feng did nothing but loaf around all day. He was also destined to die young. To change their circumstances, Gu Wanwan brought out her best tricks. She showered him with endless, free praise, and 4.9kReads8.4Score416Shelves

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    This is a great book! 🤤 The female lead transmigrates and is reborn. Her favored younger sister wants to switch marriages with the unfavored one, so she marries a good-for-nothing (who is also the male lead). Who would have thought this male lead is such a love-struck fool? Plus, the female lead is a dog-training expert! [Think about it!] After marriage, the male lead talks about his wife all the time, and three out of three sentences are about her. 😏 (The female lead doesn't have a system; the male lead's cheat is our female lead! [Think about it!]) Guaranteed to be a great read!

13. 13 七 The 1970s: A Radiant Beauty Marries Fast, Joins the Army, and Becomes the Family’s Darling 七零凝脂美人，闪婚随军当团宠 Leisurely Half-Day半日閑人Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [Military marriage in the era + Devoted to each other + One true pairing + Sweet, exclusive love + Family life + Cozy everyday moments + Pocket dimension + Adorable baby] Lin Ruo fell asleep and woke up inside an era-set novel her best friend had forced her to read, in the role of a pitiful cannon-fodder character who died as soon as she appeared. Luckily, she was rescued. Later, after waking up in the hospital, Lin Ruo faced her savior and blurted out, “Comrade, are you married? Are you seeing 11.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
14. 14 到 I Go to the Military Base to Divorce, but the Scheming Second Male Lead Won’t Let Go 到部队离婚，腹黑男二又争又抢 Ren Quanheng任权衡Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted The heroine is a powerhouse, remarries with a child, dumps her scumbag ex without looking back, and uses a high-tech space to advance the country through scientific research. After an unexpected mishap while fighting zombies in a sci-fi apocalypse, Ruan Lingling transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a cast-off wife abandoned in the countryside, with a baby girl by her side. She was the sort who would eat meat but never suffer in silence. Without a second thought, she took her daughter to confro 1.6kReads8.5Score177Shelves
15. 15 赵 Colonel Zhao's Country Wife Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 赵团的乡下妻子，好强 Flower Fairy Fruit花仙果Modern Romance941k WordsOngoing Meng Xiaojun was a wood- and space-type ability user in the apocalypse. In a world overrun by zombies, she fought bravely to protect the children in her community and ultimately died a heroic death. The cycle of fate sent her to the 1960s, an era of scarce supplies and harsh living conditions. There, she had no choice but to keep awakening and upgrading her abilities just to meet the most basic need for survival: a bite to eat... 34Reads6.6Score—Shelves
16. 16 老 My Old Home Connects to the Modern World: A Village Girl's 1970s Office-Worker Life 老宅通现代：七零村花的社畜日常 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [From the 1970s to the modern day] Chen Qiaoyu, born and raised in the 1970s, has been feeling a little panicked lately. She and her younger brother were driven out by their father and stepmother, sent to live in the dilapidated old Chen family home with only two threadbare quilts. Who could have guessed that the crumbling old house hid a passage to another era? [From then on, Chen Qiaoyu begins traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the modern day every day] The villagers of Yaojia Vil 11.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    This is a rebirth novel, which is different from the traditional "golden finger" (cheat code) novel. It's very original. The female protagonist can connect to the modern world, and there is no male protagonist. But it's really good. It's just that the ending leaves you feeling a little unsatisfied.

17. 17 穿 Transmigrated Into a 1940s Book: From the Start, It's Just Me, My Little Sister, and a Baby Fleeing for Our Lives 穿书四零：开局就剩妹妹带娃逃命 Cute Little Mahua麻花小萌Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing High school student Jiang Jiyun was innocently caught in the crossfire while watching an incident out of curiosity, then transmigrated to an era torn apart by war. It was the setting of a historical novel she had read, where she became a nameless passerby who was killed off without ever appearing in the story. From the start, Japanese soldiers swept through the countryside, massacring the entire village. After burying the original owner’s mother, Jiang Jiyun set out with the child entrusted to h 14.7kReads9.1Score1kShelves

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    The female protagonist had a tough time in the beginning. She transmigrated into the body of a five-year-old girl and had to take care of a newborn baby. If it weren't for her cheat-like abilities, she would have died long ago. Without a system, she relied on her own efforts.

18. 18 我 I Became a Speculator in 1960 我在1960当倒爷 A Soft Spot for Period Novels偏爱年代文Urban699k WordsCompleted Zhang Shuguang, a struggling 21st-century author, spent years staying up late to write, until he finally dropped dead from exhaustion and became one of the transmigration crowd. But Zhang Shuguang was far from pleased with the era he had transmigrated into or the identity of the original owner of his body. With the odds stacked against him from the start, he was fortunate that the standard System for transmigrators arrived, helping him thrive in an era where food and clothing were scarce! 10.4kReads8.3Score611Shelves
19. 19 我 I Make Paper Offerings in a Period Novel 我在年代文里做纸扎 Buron of the House of Fragrance怡红院的布隆Urban6.7M WordsCompleted Li Hongwen transmigrates into a book, landing in a period novel about a wicked supporting female character’s rise to power. The heroine has a pocket dimension, and the villainess has a supermarket. All he has is the paper-offering craft he learned in his previous life, but that trade is taboo in this era!!! Luckily, a skill from his previous life that he never got to use works in this world. And so, an unremarkable supporting male character who knows the plot appears, much to the villainess’s su 21.7kReads7.6Score1.3kShelves

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    The main character has a cheat ability to exchange paper offerings for items on a scale, and the other supporting characters also have cheat abilities. None of the cheat abilities are particularly powerful. Highly recommended!

20. 20 囤 I Stocked My Fridge and Transmigrated into a Book, Then Married the Fiercest Chief Minister 囤满冰箱穿书，我嫁了最猛首辅 Mu Qiao Qiao木乔乔Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One, and the Heroine Is the Original Owner of Her Body, While the Hero Has Not Been Reborn] Wen Nuannuan recently discovered that her refrigerator was malfunctioning: any food she ate would automatically replenish itself! Thinking she was about to strike it rich, Wen Nuannuan did everything she could to stuff the refrigerator full. But the very next day, she transmigrated into a book in spectacularly disastrous fa 61.3kReads9.0Score6.7kShelves

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    It has a cheat system, but no real system. The cheat system might be a bit too much. If you don't like that, you can read the third book, which doesn't have a cheat system or real system, but it's a very good read overall.

21. 21 年 Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 11.9kReads7.8Score846Shelves
22. 22 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves
23. 23 遗 After Being Abandoned and Brought Back to the Capital, She Freezes to Death 遗弃接回京城后，她却被活活冻死 Each Leaf Is Light as a Dream叶叶轻似梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled: Reborn in the Cultivation World and Back in the 1970s: Kicking My Scumbag Father to the Countryside and Becoming the Family Darling [Beloved by all + military marriage + sweet romance + pocket dimension + alternate-era setting + a touch of fantasy] In her previous life, Jiang Yang was forced to take the place of a fake heiress and go to the countryside as an educated youth. After freezing to death, she transmigrated to the cultivation world. Who would have thought that flipp 8.7kReads9.0Score863Shelves
24. 24 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    Highly recommended, the only downside is that it's not finished.

25. 25 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 112kReads9.1Score6.5kShelves

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    They all look great! 😳😳

26. 26 纯 The Pure-Hearted Dragon-Ao Can't Stop Clinging to Me 纯情龙傲天赖上我 Clouds at Rest, Snow to Hear停云听雪Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted [Transmigrates with her body + Pure Romance, 1v1 + Love-at-first-sight male lead x scheming female lead + Fantasy adventure] Jiang Yi transmigrated, body and all. The good news: she landed right on top of a local. The bad news: she knocked him unconscious and gave him amnesia. But there was one piece of good news and bad news: this local seemed to be the protagonist of this world, and Jiang Yi found clues on him that might lead her back to the modern world. That made things easy. She just had to 2.3kReads8.6Score200Shelves
27. 27 飞 Ascension Guide: A Special Edition for Innate Spiritual Energy 飞升指南：灵气本体专用版本 Boring Daily Life无聊日常Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + master of all four arts + heaven-defying talent + Heaven’s favorite + classic fantasy] Shen Baozhu is a young orphan who survives the Demon Alliance’s massacre of her city. By a twist of fate, she joins a sword-cultivator sect, only to be told after a test that she has a mixed Five-Element spirit root. But this mixed spirit root doesn’t seem to be what the elders described? Isn’t cultivation with a mixed spirit root supposed to be difficult?! Are alchemy, forging, talisman drawing, 1.5kReads8.8Score244Shelves
28. 28 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Clung to the Male Lead for Dear Life 穿书后，我拼命赖上男主角 Mo Man么漫Ancient Romance130k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Ren Qiqi has no time to celebrate before the System tells her she is the story’s wicked female supporting character. To change her destined death from the original story, Ren Qiqi decides to latch on to the male lead. —Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 被 After I Used and Dumped Him, He Went More and More Insane 被我始乱终弃后，他日渐疯批 Ling Xiu铃岫Ancient Romance478k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple + 1v1 romance + the hero’s long road to winning her back + a touch of dark yandere obsession + a strange but mutual pursuit + happy ending] [Cool, aloof genius cultivator × proud, poised young lady who has everything under control] Su Xi is the sort of person you’d expect to find as a villainess. Proud and domineering, wanton and willful, arrogant and accustomed to throwing her weight around. In her previous life, because she was a demonic cauldron, she ended up betraying her 3.6kReads9.2Score348Shelves
30. 30 强 Forced Into Marriage, Spoiled Without Restraint 强宠为婚 Liang Zhihe梁之鹤Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted Both virgins / forced love / possessive pursuit / love at first sight / angst / unconventional happy ending The male lead is obsessive, unhinged, and not a good person (that won’t change). The heroine is weak (if you don’t like that, don’t read). Forced love, not an empowering heroine’s revenge story. Readers who are protective of the heroine should beware. That summer, beneath a loquat tree heavy with golden fruit, Song Jin stood quietly in a white shirt. The sunlight filtered through the leave 16.7kReads8.4Score599Shelves
31. 31 我 I Am the White Moonlight of the Entire Sect 我是全宗门的白月光 Yun Cangyu蕴沧玉Ancient Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Regret and redemption]+ [Cool-headed heroine, powerful from the start]+ [Misunderstood white moonlight, no forgiveness and no turning back] Xi Heng was the most beautiful sword cultivator in the cultivation world, a paragon of grace and purity who devoted herself to the Dao. Unfortunately, she ultimately died by her disciple’s sword. Several of her disciples said she had disgraced the righteous path and deserved to die. The sect she had given her life to protect said she had failed to act with 5.9kReads9.1Score721Shelves
32. 32 穿 After Becoming a Female Side Character in a Male-Oriented Novel 穿成男频小说里的女配之后 A Spider Crawled onto My Head蜘蛛爬上头Ancient Romance301k WordsCompleted [Beloved, clueless, domineering sect heiress × Dragon-Pride protagonist] [Who says a second-generation immortal with no real power can't show off?] [A spoiled heir has their own way of life. Don't tell them what to do.] [There are no absolute villains, only absolute points of view.] After staying up all night to finish a male-targeted harem novel about a Dragon-Pride protagonist’s rise to power, Helian Suisui suddenly found herself transmigrated into the novel as a woman who shared her name and 1.3kReads6.2Score127Shelves
33. 33 首 Commander, Your Foreign Bride Is Here. Please Sign for Her 首长你的洋媳妇儿来了，签收一下 Half-Summer Pomelo半夏柚子Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Period setting + love at first sight + height and age gap (7 years) + devoted husband + military marriage + face-slapping] Zhou Nanxu, stationed with the army, received two letters from home. The first read: “Your mother spent five hundred yuan finding you a beautiful wife. Hurry home, son.” The second read: “Your wife suggested splitting up the family. Your mother has already moved out and is living with you and your wife now.” Rong Mei, a workaholic from the twenty-first century, died and wok 13.6kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    ① My Foreign Daughter-in-Law: The female lead's mother is a foreign woman with a strong Northeastern accent. ② Don't worry about your appearance. ③ An unconventional transmigration novel: best friends transmigrate together and support each other to make the most of every day.

34. 34 八 The 1980s: The Plump, Fertile Wife Spoiled by the Fierce Village Bully 八零好孕肥妻，被凶悍村霸宠成宝 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A fictional era, so don't nitpick the details. Pure romance, devoted couple, rebirth, everyday life, marriage before love. The male lead is genuinely crude and swears like a sailor. The female lead isn't a strong, independent heroine, but a hardworking, clumsy, chubby country girl. (If that's not your thing, don't read.) Ji Chunhua was reborn. At this point, she hadn't yet gone with her stepsister Ji Qin to the matchmaking fair, nor had Ji Qin humiliated and framed her, eventually shoving her in 16.2kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
35. 35 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
36. 36 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves
37. 37 八 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56.1kReads9.4Score7.3kShelves
38. 38 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.6kReads9.0Score585Shelves
39. 39 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 55.6kReads9.4Score6kShelves
40. 40 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
41. 41 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

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    The first book features a college student who transmigrates into a child, always just observing the excitement; he's essentially a junior military detective.

42. 42 重 Back to the 1970s: Changing My Family's Fate 重回七零，改变一家命运 One Riverside一汀Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [Historical era + spatial storage + reborn] Near the foot of Babaoshan, there was one particularly unusual home. It sat on a plot of about two hundred square meters near the foot of the mountain, with a small courtyard enclosed by red-brick walls. There was a two-story house of just over a hundred square meters, plus several acres of farmland and a ring of fruit trees. Shen Anning lived there. The place had been specially assigned to her because most of the Shen family lay buried on the mountain 3.6kReads8.9Score321Shelves
43. 43 我 My Whole Family Traveled Back to the 1960s 我全家穿到了六零年代 Sweet Potato Vine红薯藤Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Historical era + farming + raising children + inspirational + satisfying read] Hold on, hold on... Wow, this car’s going so fast! That’s it, one press of the accelerator and they’ve driven their Mercedes straight into a small village in the 1960s. Luckily, the names of all three family members have stayed the same. But what about their personalities? Changing them takes a good reason. How could such a little thing stump this trio of transmigrators? Dad is in charge of winning people over, Mom h 10kReads9.3Score966Shelves
44. 44 末 Transmigrated to the 1960s During the Apocalypse, the Female Side Character Wants to Run Away After Joining the Army 末世穿六零，随军后女配她想跑路 This and That云云尔尔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1960s + Spatial Storage + Superpowers + Military Marriage + Past and Present Lives] Important: The original heroine is not vilified! Lin Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The Zombie King slapped her to death, and when she opened her eyes, she discovered she had transmigrated. Unfortunately, she wasn’t the heroine, just a disposable cannon-fodder character! She had to split from the family as soon as she transmigrated? She did it without hesitation! Thinking of the hunger ahead, she decisively t 3.5kReads8.8Score400Shelves
45. 45 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Brought the Whole Family to Find You 首长，你媳妇带着全家来找你了 Young Master Ninth公子九爷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, extra sweet, powerful hero and heroine, doting military romance, adorable System baby] Xu Jiajia opened her eyes to find herself as a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. The original owner had a fiancé who was a factory worker, but he was in love with the heroine. Unable to accept this, the original owner hired someone to assault the heroine. To win the heroine’s favor, her fiancé married the original owner, tormented her every day, and eventually drove her 9.9kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves
46. 46 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, the Doomed Original Wife Came Back to Life! 穿书后，早死的炮灰原配复活了！ Mr. Sea of Consciousness识海先生Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Period Setting + Mysticism + Military Marriage + Love Triangle] Ruan Zhao was the thirty-eighth sect leader of the Xuanqing Sect. While sealing the last evil demon in the mortal realm, she was ambushed by her enemy and killed, then transmigrated into a period novel. She became the original wife of the story’s top villain, a cannon-fodder character who died young. She lived in a dilapidated, dirt-poor house in the countryside, with two pitiful children in tow. Once she 2Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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47. 47 穿 Reborn as the Older Sister of a Tragic Romance Heroine, I Keep My Crazy in Check 穿成虐文女主她姐，姐稳定发疯 Mei Qianxun梅千寻Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Wan knew she was dead. She knew she’d transmigrated, too. But she had no idea where she’d ended up. Still, judging by her current surroundings, this trip had probably gone badly. There was a good chance that wretched poverty would have her in its grip again. “Being a wage slave is miserable, but it doesn’t make me an idiot. Who wants to come to this dump of an ancient world? Not me!” “Ribbit!” “Frog bro, you think this place sucks too, don’t you?” Jiang Wan stared at her bizarre reflection 41.6kReads9.2Score5.5kShelves
48. 48 本 I Only Wanted to Keep My Head Down and Cultivate to Immortality, but Reality Had Other Plans 本想苟着修个仙，可现实不允许啊 Kong Wei空娓Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Immortality + lighthearted daily life + genius + no romance] Jiang Ning never expected to be reborn in another world after she died, along with a message she couldn't tell was true or false: she was an immortal. At first, all she wanted was to escape the fate of being married off young. But somehow, she kept going further and further until she looked back and realized she had reached the very top of the world. There is no revenge or scheming. The female lead is rather detached and laid-back, bu 3.5kReads8.0Score373Shelves
49. 49 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.2kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    A captivating historical novel that I couldn't wait to read in one sitting.

50. 50 毒 The Poisonous Beauty Hides Her Secret Identity in the Seventies 毒女娇娇在七零捂马甲 Xiao Jinli Man小锦梨漫Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s + powerful leads + mastery of medicine and poison + sweet military romance + food + feel-good cultivation fantasy + playing dumb while hiding her strength] She is Dr. Chen, known throughout the county as the “Needle Saint.” She grows spiritual vegetables, brews jade liquor, and has such miraculous acupuncture skills that she can communicate with ghosts and reverse death! Once a heaven-blessed beauty with unmatched medical and poison skills, she transmigrates into Chen Q 934Reads7.4Score106Shelves

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    A fantastic new book! A skilled healer and poison master transmigrates into the body of a sent-down youth in the 1970s to cultivate immortality. His martial arts are off the charts, the whole village helps him make money, the writing is excellent, and it gets better with every read.

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