Stories Set in a Bygone Era, No Military Marriages 年代文，不想要军婚

1. 1 七 The 1970s: The Frail White Moonlight of a Gloomy Tycoon 七零：穿成阴鸷大佬的病弱白月光 Drunk on the Mountain, Embraced by the Wind枕山醉风Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.1kReads8.8Score203Shelves

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   Here they are! These two sweet romance novels set in a bygone era both feature a doting, father-son-like boyfriend who falls in love at first sight—they're incredibly doting! The first one, "Ruthless Tycoon vs. Frail Rich Girl," features a male lead from a wealthy landlord's family and a female lead from a diplomat's family. The second one has a male lead raised by wolves and a female lead from Shanghai with a powerful family background. Both female leads are pampered heiresses. The characters are well-developed, the plot is excellent, and the prices and environment are quite realistic for that era—it doesn't feel out of place at all! 🤭🤭

2. 2 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.4kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves

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   No military marriage, no rural assignments, no romantic pairing! The female lead passes the entrance exam for a vocational school and is assigned to a state-owned factory. 👍 Warm and cozy slice-of-life story + mastering modern mechanical knowledge and striving to build her career.

3. 3 八 The 1980s: A Rich Beauty Dumps Her Jerk Boyfriend and Marries a Rugged Tycoon 八零白富美：踹渣男改嫁糙汉大佬 A Painting of Yesteryear一画当年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Factory Beauty Returns to 1988. Ji Wanmei was born beautiful and slender, the daughter of the factory director. At eighteen, she got into the provincial university. With her hair in braids and a floral dress on, her hips swaying as she walked, she was every single male worker at the factory’s dream girl. In her previous life, her father arranged for her to marry the deputy factory director’s son. Later, the state-owned factory was privatized. The 2.7kReads8.9Score292Shelves

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   ①🌟Factory director's daughter Ji Wanmei is reborn and kicks out her scumbag husband to marry the rough man who went to jail for saving her in her past life✨ ②🌟Delicate and soft-bodied Jiang Nanxi is reborn in the 1970s to inherit her cannon fodder husband's estate, but unexpectedly, she is bullied by her rough and tough husband until her back aches✨

4. 4 七 In the Seventies, She Marries a Rugged Man Who Can’t Have Children, but the Spoiled Female Lead Sleeps In Again 七零嫁绝嗣糙汉，娇纵女配又起晚 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Wild Plot] [1970s] [Everyone's Darling] [Marriage Before Love] [Redemption] Jiang Nanxi grew up pampered and couldn't endure hardship. Who would have thought that when she opened her eyes, she would transmigrate into a book, becoming a vain, troublesome supporting character in a novel set in an era of poverty, beautiful but utterly stupid? In the original story, a forty-two-year-old woman stole her twenty-year-old fiancé, the male lead. In a fit of madness, she married Zhou Ji, the 3.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   This is a period drama, not a military marriage story. The male lead is already retired from the military and living in a village at the beginning, and later he goes into business. The female lead is spoiled but not unreasonable, and there are scenes of her dealing with difficult people (very funny). It's pretty good so far, and I recommend it to those looking for something to read.

5. 5 七 The 1970s: She May Be Silly and Spoiled, but She’s Truly Beautiful! 七零作精她虽愚蠢，却实在美丽！ Stinky Greens臭菜菜Modern Romance383k WordsCompleted [Period setting + married first, love later + raising a child + sweet everyday romance + rugged alpha male X delicate beauty, with a contrast in skin tone and physique] Si Yao has a strange dream. She dreams that she gets into university, quickly divorces Liang Jinsheng, the rugged country man, and happily takes her daughter back to the city. After returning home, her stepsister pushes her down the stairs, leaving her in a vegetative state. Her stepsister also steals her admission letter and tak 5.5kReads8.0Score222Shelves
6. 6 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 42.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
7. 7 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

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   Neither of them are military marriages

8. 8 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
9. 9 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves
10. 10 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
11. 11 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Handsome Male Educated Youth Has His Eye on Me 穿越七零：我被俊俏男知青盯上了 Drunk Moon Fifteenth酣月十五Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + doted on by the whole family + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Li Qingqing, an HR specialist at a publicly traded company, buys a ring, only for it to turn into a pocket dimension. Then a mysterious voice keeps telling her that she is about to transmigrate and needs to get ready. Li Qingqing: ... After checking out her pocket dimension, Li Qingqing decisively quits her job, sells her house, and stocks up on supplies. Thinking she’ll run into all kinds of awful people, Li 15.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves

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    Book 1: The male lead is a sent-down youth, a story of slow, steady growth and everyday family life. The male and female leads don't get married immediately. The female lead is the only girl of her generation and is very pampered. She time-travels and falls into a river, where she is rescued by the male lead. She's immediately pressured into marriage, but she says, "We can't repay kindness with enmity!" Later, the male and female leads gradually fall in love. The family is very kind, and there are no truly awful characters. Book 2: Very heartwarming. The female lead doesn't have any special abilities or spatial powers; she's quite easygoing. The male lead dotes on his wife and gets along well with everyone in the village. He's also a great chatterbox. The development of the male and female leads' relationship is really hilarious.

12. 12 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 82.4kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves

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    It's so good! I've watched it several times. The plot is very simple and straightforward, with no truly villainous female or male supporting characters. It's just the kind of everyday family life from the 1960s or 70s, the kind of transmigration story. The female lead is truly a strong, independent female lead (without any inexplicable protagonist aura). She supports the male lead's rise to power purely through her writing skills. It's really good! 💕💕💕

13. 13 重 Back to the 1990s: A Life of Sudden Wealth 重回九零之暴富人生 Dusk Orange暮橙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Muzhen died. She died on the operating table. In the final moments before her death, as she thought back over her life, one thing had always baffled her: Why had she worked so hard her whole life, staying busy from dawn till dusk, wanting only to be a good wife, mother, and daughter, yet never managed it before she died? Her husband resented her for devoting all her attention to the children and neglecting him. Her two children blamed her for being a terrible mother. Her family back home sc 1.4kReads8.1Score106Shelves

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    Of these books, the first and fourth are about getting rich quick, while the second and third are about high-ranking officials.

14. 14 怼 Clapping Back and Making Money Feel So Good 怼人和赚钱都好爽啊 Goldfish Huaguoguo金鱼花果果Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn + Face-Slapping and Scum-Bashing + Top Student + Corporate and Business World] Complete! Reborn in a poor village in the 1980s, Xia Yan is dealt a terrible hand: her biological father is seriously ill, her mother favors someone else, and she has no money for school. Xia Yan quickly fights back. She collects the debts owed to her, gives her abusers a piece of her mind, and protects the money she earns herself! Her elders watch her transform from a well-behaved girl int 6.9kReads9.1Score898Shelves
15. 15 救 Help! The Big Shot Is Being Harassed by a Spoiled Brat 救命！大佬被作精女碰瓷了 Little Lazy Sloth小树懒懒Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigrate into a book + self-interest above all + ordinary timespace + no going to the countryside Respect hardship, understand hardship, but don't suffer through it! Lin Ran transmigrated into a period novel as the vicious younger sister of the reborn heroine. Faced with the heroine's overwhelming plot armor, she chose to cling to a powerful patron rather than keep her head down or go completely off the rails. (And this patron wasn't the original heroine.) Oh! A car is comin 9.3kReads8.4Score704Shelves
16. 16 摆 Dumping My Scumbag Ex, I Snatched the 1980s' Most Promising Stock 摆脱渣男，我叼走八零最强潜力股 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance555k WordsCompleted Xia Meng: Founder of the country’s largest food service company and a formidable businesswoman renowned throughout the business world. Her journey has been nothing short of legendary. No one knows what she went through or how she rose from the ashes and weathered the tides of the times. People love to talk about her career, and her love life draws even more attention. Everyone knows that Zhao Ling and President Xia supported each other throughout their careers. Years later, one became the founde 2kReads9.0Score187Shelves
17. 17 从 Starting with Tree Planting at Saihanba 从塞罕坝种树开始 Good Man Rider好人骑Urban300k WordsCompleted Lin Sen woke up one morning and found himself in 1955. It was a vibrant, passionate era. Like other transmigrators, he had his own golden finger. The Tree-Planting System. He'd get a reward for every tree he planted. But the System stipulated where he had to plant them: Saihanba, where the wind blew just once a year, from the first day of the first lunar month to the thirtieth day of the twelfth. So Lin Sen packed his bags and left the Jiangnan water towns for the highland plateau. 2.8kReads8.6Score133Shelves
18. 18 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Easy Life of a Couch Potato 穿越七十年代之米虫生活 Pear Blossoms Swaying in the Wind风中摇曳的梨花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An orphan girl suddenly becomes the master of a space and manages to live quite well through the apocalypse thanks to it. Feared by those in power and framed, she dies with her loved ones in a final act of mutual destruction. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the 1970s and has a reborn older sister. Thus begins her carefree life of doing nothing but eating and sleeping. 3.7kReads8.9Score248Shelves
19. 19 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 74.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
20. 20 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Searching for Treasure with My Pocket Dimension 重生七零：带着空间去寻宝 Demon Star Papaya神魔星木瓜Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Rebirth + pocket dimension + strong female lead + putting scumbags in their place + sent-down youth who knows what's coming + period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + love at first sight) In her previous life, Lin Weidan was taken in by the Zhou family, who took her kidney and used it to secure a job. In the end, Zhou Rongrong pushed her down the stairs and killed her. Reborn, Lin Weidan steals everything from her family and reports them to the authorities. As the whole family desce 11.7kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
21. 21 带 I Bring a Pig Farm to the 1970s 带个养猪场穿七零 Oreo Planet Person奥利奥星球人Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted How hard would a college student with no connections or money work just to get an internship stamp? Jiang Cha went to a pig farm and became a temporary “poop scooper.” Forget petting cats, at this pig farm she really was scooping poop~~ And who would have thought she'd run into trouble too? Who could have guessed there'd be a huge explosion, right while she was working? Aaaaaah! Whenever she thinks back to arriving in the 1970s, her eyes still sting. 3.9kReads8.8Score316Shelves
22. 22 六 The Sweet Life of the Sixties' Beloved Darling 六零团宠的蜜糖生活 The Poplar Blossoms Fall Away杨花落尽Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After an accident, Yang Anyi, a wilderness ranger, transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a six-year-old girl with the same name, dismissed as a little fool. As the only daughter of the Yang family, she’s cherished by her parents and three uncles and aunts, doted on by her three older brothers and thirteen male cousins, and respected by more than twenty nephews. She gets to experience the warmth and affection of a big family firsthand. But a happy life always has its hardships... Maternal uncle: 2.5kReads9.0Score213Shelves
23. 23 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Space Helped Me Build a Better Life 穿书后空间带我过上好日子 Free Spirit自由家Modern Romance702k WordsCompleted The Xu family's daughter had been in poor health since childhood, but her family cherished her like a precious jewel. Outsiders waited for the Xu family to become a laughingstock. But once she recovered, the Xu family's fortunes took off overnight. Xu Qingya, who had transmigrated into a book, now had a loving family and friends. To protect this happiness, she used her intelligence and knowledge to help her family grow rich, and along the way, she found a wonderful love. 603Reads6.9Score101Shelves
24. 24 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
25. 25 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
26. 26 年 Period: Planting Trees in Saihanba 年代：我在塞罕坝植树 Eleven-Star Poison Milk十一星毒奶Male-Channel Fanfiction892k WordsCompleted An accident sends a college student from the modern era transmigrating into a popular youth TV drama. The new story begins in 1956. The pacing is fairly slow, and the college student has just arrived at the dam. My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.6kReads6.6Score102Shelves
27. 27 青 Youth: Starting with Check-Ins at Saihanba 青春：从塞罕坝打卡开始 Mud Loach Who Loves to Go Wild爱疯狂的泥鳅Urban449k WordsCompleted Cao Musen, a forestry student who was the first to volunteer to go to the dam, faced Saihanba, where yellow sand blotted out the sun and birds had nowhere to roost. Using his knowledge and the System, he led Saihanba’s vanguard and the local people in turning the desert into a sea of forests. The wind of youth would begin blowing from this dam! 4.1kReads8.8Score211Shelves
28. 28 塞 Saihanba: A Life That Begins with Planting Trees 塞罕坝：从种树开始的一生 Between Dusk and Dawn昏晓旦夕间Male-Channel Fanfiction378k WordsCompleted Feng Yi inexplicably transmigrates into the world of The Most Beautiful Youth and becomes Feng Cheng's younger brother. He witnesses Saihanba transform from a place where birds once had nowhere to perch and yellow sand blotted out the sun into today's vast green paradise. He writes a song of youthful struggle and finds love of his own. 760Reads6.5Score—Shelves
29. 29 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
30. 30 七 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s: The Contrast Couple of Cannon Fodder 七零穿书：炮灰夫妻对照组 The Stars Want to Blink星星想眨眼Modern Romance802k WordsOngoing [A transmigrator into a book, a refined, self-serving educated youth VS a shrewd, no-nonsense local country man who never lets himself get the short end of the stick. P.S. The leads dote on each other.] (Family life + marriage first, love later + a pocket dimension + no college entrance exam + keeping a low profile + neither lead is a self-sacrificing saint) When Jiang Qingyu wakes up, she finds her soul has switched places with her counterpart in a parallel world in the 1970s. To her surprise, 48.2kReads8.4Score4.2kShelves
31. 31 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    The novel I'm currently reading is a non-military marriage story! It features a ruggedly handsome and strong man. 🍉

32. 32 七 The 1970s: What's So Great About Being the Richest? Becoming an Immortal Is Better 七零：首富算什么，能有成仙好 Doudou Who Loves Napping睡懒觉的豆豆Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted Synopsis: (A creative 1970s-era story + strong female lead + trading goods across worlds + cultivation + currently planned as no male lead + admirers) Ruan Meng was an office worker stuck in the daily grind from eight in the morning to eight at night. One day, a lightning strike turned her into the hapless young sister-in-law in a period novel. She waited on her awful in-laws, exhausted herself for them, worked without complaint, and was treated like a beast of burden. Yet she never even got a p 775Reads8.4Score116Shelves

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    These three period drama novels are all different types of stories. The first one has fantasy elements, the second one features a woman who transmigrates into an old lady and becomes rich, and the third one features a female protagonist raising a child. All of them are "feel-good" novels.

33. 33 穿 Reborn as a Horrible Old Woman: You Want to Split Up the Family? Fine! 穿成极品老太婆，想分家？分呗！ Anji Little Monster安吉小怪物Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Transmigration + period setting + Taobao + personal space + transmigrate into a book After Li Qiuyan learned she had brain cancer, she lost hope and ran into the road to get herself hit by a car. After dying, she somehow got her hands on a black-clad underworld messenger’s phone. She tapped around on it and entered the cycle of reincarnation, then transmigrated into a period novel set in 1983. When she woke up, she discovered she had become an old woman. She had been in her late twenties, and no 8.5kReads9.0Score747Shelves
34. 34 零 The Laid-Back Landlady Raising Kids in the 2000s 零零年代之咸鱼包租婆养娃 Miss Ping萍菇凉Modern Romance144k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Shu Tian became opposed to marriage because of the family she grew up in. After graduating from college, she relied on sheer determination to make her way in the workplace and build a successful career. By her thirties, she had a car, a house, savings, and a business of her own. But years of overwork without proper rest took their toll, and she died. Then, for no apparent reason, she returned to the late 1990s and early 2000s. She had barely arrived when she was faced with 1.6kReads8.0Score109Shelves
35. 35 重 Reborn in the Eighties: My Cold Ex-Husband Is Green with Jealousy 重生八零，高冷前夫狂吃醋 Sweet Weiwei甜薇薇Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period setting + putting scumbags in their place + the husband’s road to redemption + doting on his wife + cozy everyday life] Wen Xi returns to more than twenty years earlier. The past two decades feel like a dream. In her previous life, all Wen Xi could think about was Gu Zhishen. She was determined to have a son to win back his heart, but neglected her daughter as she grew up, leaving the girl emotionally distant from her. Everyone around her called her crazy. Even as she lay dying, her daug 1.2kReads8.0Score104Shelves

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    A heartwarming period drama with a "wife-chasing" twist. The male lead is a doctor, and the female lead rises from housewife to top fashion designer. Set in the 1980s, the story follows everyday life. Given a second chance, Wenxi only wants to raise her child well and stay away from her scumbag husband. 💕💕

36. 36 七 A Mad Couple in the 1970s 七零年代疯批夫妇 The Colorful Xue Jingfei色彩缤纷的薛静妃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical era + green tea schemer + obsessive love + unhinged + powerful lead + everyday family life + pocket dimension + food + healing + transmigrate into a book This is the story of two unfortunate souls saving each other. After transmigrating into the countryside as a little orphan, Ming Dai meets Zhou Sinian, a mad powerful man who loves wearing red headscarves. Under the protection of his reputation, she manages to establish herself in the village. Zhou Sinian was a cannon-fodder characte 107.2kReads9.3Score11kShelves

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    Although the male protagonists in these two books are soldiers, the focus is on their premarital lives, and neither of them accompanies the female protagonist to her military post.

37. 37 貌 The Beautiful Young Educated Woman Smiled Sweetly, and the Rugged Man Lost His Cool 貌美知青娇滴滴一笑，糙汉急了 Chinese Cabbage Is the Cutest大白菜最可爱Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted [Historical setting + educated youth + farming + System + sweet romance] The moment Lin Shuyan opens her eyes, she finds herself transmigrated into a book, into the hungry and threadbare 1970s. She’s a cannon-fodder character with nothing going for her but beauty and money! “Educated Youth Lin, you need to weed today!” “I can weed! How hard can it be?” It doesn’t take long for her to get hit with a reality check. This is really hard! Luckily, a strong, rugged man steps in to help her with the wo 2.3kReads8.9Score161Shelves

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    Because of a mistaken soul being taken, Mingdai experiences a time-travel adventure. Two lonely souls find redemption in each other. Mingdai encounters the male lead, the madman Zhou Sinian, upon arriving in the countryside, gaining his trust with a single bite of food. Before his madness is cured, he treats Mingdai like his mother. After his recovery, he confesses his feelings to her, but Mingdai believes Zhou Sinian's affection for her is that of a son for his mother.

38. 38 惊 Shock! The Cannon Fodder Dares to Sleep Beside a Tiger 惊！炮灰她敢与虎共眠 The Full Moon Family满月一家Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete! Period Drama + Healing Each Other + Sweet and Satisfying + No Self-Sacrifice or Handouts + The Male Lead Really Raises Tigers] After being plagued by nightmares, Ning Xia transmigrated into a book. Unfortunately, she wasn’t the heroine, just a “white moonlight” cannon-fodder character who starved to death on the way to the countryside. Looking at the relatives who had schemed against her, she decided that if she was going to the countryside, they could at least pay her back for everyt 4.8kReads9.0Score494Shelves
39. 39 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book in the 1970s: The Sickly Wolf Cub Begs for Love 穿书七零，病娇狼崽哭唧唧求宠 Tan Yining谭亦凝Modern Romance417k WordsCompleted Su Qinxue is a quick transmigration worker, but an accident during her final mission leaves her trapped in the world. She can't bring herself to be cruel to her handsome husband and child, nearly causing the mission to fail. After learning that they each died while avenging her after her death, she decides to return and make it up to the three of them. With a pocket dimension and millions of supplies from different eras, she makes a roaring success of life, enjoying good food and drink with her 1.6kReads8.5Score153Shelves
40. 40 斯 The Bashful Doctor and the 1980s Butcher Girl Who Won't Stop Spoiling Him 斯文医生脸红红八零杀猪婆追着哄 Gu Nuanqing顾暖卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short dramas 1–4 and the animated series are releasing simultaneously~ [Period setting + marriage first, love later + fiercely protective + older woman/younger man + no transmigration or rebirth] [Bold, career-minded pig butcher vs. refined, reserved, easily embarrassed doctor] Everyone in Chihe Town knew Yun Tianjiao. When it came to looks and figure, if she came in second, no one would dare claim first place. But when it came to her fiery temper, she was just as unmatched in town. That was exa 14.8kReads9.0Score809Shelves

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    This book is great! The male lead is a doctor and is rather "weak" in the beginning, while the female lead is a pig butcher. It's really good!!

41. 41 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

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    I prefer historical fiction where the scheming woman is exposed and the character quietly makes her fortune while watching the drama unfold – understated yet sophisticated. 🤫

42. 42 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

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    Historical fiction, no military marriage.

43. 43 穿 Reborn as a Lovesick Villainess, I Set My Sights on the Village Chief's Youngest Son 穿成痴汉女配，我看上村长小儿子 Cen Wang岑王Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Murong Xi transmigrates into a tearjerker period novel as the saintly, beloved white moonlight, what does it feel like? Thanks for asking. I’m currently researching seventy-six different ways to live or die~ According to the plot, she’s supposed to toil selflessly like a saint, giving everything she has. She’ll endure misunderstanding and torment, then burn through the last of her light and warmth. In the end, she’ll become the white moonlight propping up the male lead’s table, and the mosq 8.8kReads9.2Score721Shelves
44. 44 七 The 1970s: The Village Bully Brought the City-Educated Beauty Home in His Arms 七零：下乡知青被村霸糙汉抱回家 Ink-Dyed Desolation墨染苍凉Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Devoted Husband + Guaranteed Sweetness + Everyday Life + Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Pocket Space + Everyone's Favorite] Couple: feisty, beautiful, rich young educated woman × cultured, burly village ruffian In 1973, a pretty young educated woman arrived at the Jinyang Production Brigade. She was fair and soft, delicate and gentle, and so petite she looked easy to bully. But the moment she entered the village, the tall, broad-shouldered village ruffian, who looked especially fierce, 24.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
45. 45 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: My Young Thug of a Husband Is Surprisingly More Than Meets the Eye 穿越七零，小混混老公竟深藏不露 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 81.6kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves
46. 46 穿 Transmigrated as the Villainous Aunt in a Koi-Themed Period Novel 穿成锦鲤年代文中的极品小姑子 Tao Dayao桃大夭Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Era Novel + Everyone’s Favorite + Madwoman, Career-Driven Heroine + Patriotism + Rags-to-Riches Wish Fulfillment + No Handouts] Su Miaomiao, who has a trading System, transmigrates into an era novel about a lucky heroine. Unfortunately, she isn’t the novel’s lucky heroine, but an obnoxious supporting character who gets deceived by a scumbag from the start and then cruelly abandoned. She’s thrown into a nightmare from the start: the scumbag’s family emotionally manipulates her and leeches off he 4.7kReads9.1Score517Shelves

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    A story about a doting female lead who is criticized for her career; patriotic; no male lead.

47. 47 渣 My Scumbag Ex Became a Copycat Husband: Back to Before My Wife's Difficult Labor 渣男变模仿丈夫：重回媳妇难产前 Gods, Protect My Account诸神保号Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Female-focused + period setting + small family + child-rearing + everyday life) Zheng Wendong, filled with regret over how he had treated his wife, was reborn in 1999, back when he and his wife had just gotten married. In his previous life, he had failed to see people for who they were, abandoned his pregnant wife, and gone to stand up for the woman he had always loved. As a result, he suffered a grievous injury that left him impotent. His wife worked herself to the bone for him, but he still l 4.5kReads8.9Score342Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn and changes the ending of his previous life. Read it now!

48. 48 7 The 1970s: Going to the Countryside with My Household Registration 70年代：带着户口去下乡 I Won't Eat a Single Piece of Fatty Meat一口肥肉都不吃Urban665k WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth sent to the countryside + System + spatial storage + hunting + one heroine + no cultivation] Life in the countryside is great! The countryside is great! The mountains are full of treasures! Hunt only as much as you can eat, and sell whatever you can't finish~ By some strange twist of fate, Dong Weijun rescued a child playing with a ball on the road, only to be hit by a truck and sent flying. His soul transmigrated into the body of a big, dim-witted man in the 197 17.8kReads8.0Score881Shelves
49. 49 重 Reborn in 1968, I Had No Choice but to Go to the Countryside 重生68，迫不得已下个乡 Autumn Comes with Falling Leaves zmy13落叶知秋zmy13Urban431k WordsCompleted The orphan Luo Cheng is reborn in Jin City. Since his benefactor’s family background is considered undesirable, fifteen-year-old Luo Cheng decides to head to the countryside. With a pocket dimension, he makes a thriving life for himself in the village, while keeping as low a profile as possible. 10.4kReads8.7Score592Shelves
50. 50 重 Reborn in 1942: A Blood-Soaked Escape 重生42血染逃荒路 Autumn Comes with Falling Leaves zmy13落叶知秋zmy13Urban332k WordsCompleted Wang Lin, a special forces soldier codenamed Shadow, is reborn in 1942 with a pocket dimension and his sworn younger sister. He battles various factions all the way to the capital, using his skills to eliminate collaborators and kill Japanese soldiers with his own hands. 9.6kReads9.0Score571Shelves

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