Looking for Realistic Period Novels with Smart Characters and No Forced Showing Off 求严谨的年代文，不降智，不强行装B的文

1. 51 满 The Max-Level Big Shot in the 1970s: If You Won't Back Down, I'll Fight 满级大佬在七零，主打不服就干 Fresh Popcorn爆米花来咯Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted The heroine is domineering, with an outrageously high combat ability. Later, she joins the military. The hero is an educated youth who later goes into scientific research. A strong heroine paired with a weaker hero. If that’s not your thing, please move along. [Historical setting + transmigration with body intact + no pocket dimension or System + Strong Female Lead] Mai Sui, a max-level powerhouse, transmigrates to the 1970s. She just wants to lie flat and live a quiet, ordinary l 63.4kReads9.1Score7.1kShelves

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   It looks cool, I feel good

2. 52 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 67kReads9.4Score8.2kShelves

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   It's okay, stepmother, raising cubs, the story line is smooth, and a short drama was also filmed. You can watch it if you are interested. Finally, the intimate scenes in it need to be read by real people.

3. 53 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 69.3kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
4. 54 梦 Back to the 1970s: My Family Has a Mythical Beast 梦回七零，家有神兽 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance727k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigration + Space + Spirit Spring + Raising Children + Healing + Marriage First, Love Later] A 1990s TV drama called Debt of Sin was the source of Yu Yin’s nightmares, and its theme song left an especially deep mark on her. Yu Yin’s childhood was filled with her parents’ arguments and the crashing sound of things being smashed. When she was young, her parents divorced, and she became a burden neither of them wanted. Once she was an adult, they both tried to meddle in her l 12.6kReads9.2Score702Shelves
5. 55 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 20.3kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
6. 56 相 After a Blind Date, She Marries a Rugged Man and Becomes the Village Belle's Darling 相亲嫁给糙汉后，村花被娇宠上天 Autumn Is Long秋很长Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Striving] Qin Hui never imagined anything so bizarre could happen to her: she transmigrated to the 1970s! Looking at the drab yellow-mud house and meals with no meat three times a day, Qin Hui couldn’t help thinking: When will this life without meat or pretty clothes ever end? This is too hard! Luckily, Heaven arranged a husband for her. Qin Hui never expected that after marrying the rough-hewn man by her side, he would spoil her rotten. 11kReads8.9Score553Shelves
7. 57 重 Reborn in 1990, I Traded My Ex-Husband for Eight Houses 重生九零，我用前夫换了八套房 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Strong leads x no pocket dimension x no System x loving family x building wealth x career first, romance later] Bai Zhenzhu is reborn on the very day she divorces her scumbag husband. The mistress pulls out a stack of cash and asks her: “How much do you want to agree to the divorce?” Bai Zhenzhu replies, “One hundred thousand. Not a cent less.” One hundred thousand to get rid of the scumbag, twenty thousand in divorce compensation, and twenty-four thousand in child support. Bai Zhenzhu takes t 27.1kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
8. 58 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Island Life, Gathering Seafood and Raising Kids 重生八零：海岛赶海养崽日常 Ye Xiu's Wife叶修老婆Modern Romance145k WordsCompleted [1980s + beachcombing and fishing + special abilities + pure wish fulfillment + male lead] Chen Moli wakes up in the middle of childbirth and struggles to give birth to a daughter. Then she realizes she's been reborn as a fisherman's daughter, living right by the sea. With her water abilities at the highest level, she can hardly contain her joy at the sight of the vast ocean. She's in her element, like a fish in water. So once her baby turns one month old, she starts combing the shore, heading o 161Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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