I’m Out of Things to Read! Please Recommend Historical-Era Novels with Rugged Male Leads 书荒了🤧🤧跪求年代糙汉文
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- 51 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后，配角夫妻下乡当知青 While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 25.8kReads9.2Score2.2k14d adds
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Villainess Transmigrates into a Book: She Refuses to Marry the Village Official and Marries the Village Bully! 恶女穿书：不嫁村官，嫁村霸！
Fake village bully + real wicked woman + falls for him at first sight + just trying to survive + intense push and pull in the early stages + super-sweet doting romance later on + powerful couple. After an all-nighter at work, Song Jiaojiao unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and became the wicked female supporting character in a sweet romance novel. She tricked and coaxed the village bully, Gu Nanting, into giving her five hundred yuan as bride-price, then turned around and handed the money t
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- 53 Transmigrating to the 1960s, a Background Character Takes a Front-Row Seat to the Gossip 穿越六零，路人甲站在吃瓜一线 Meng Tian knows she's transmigrated. She has barely opened her eyes when she hears the medical staff beside her calling her "comrade" over and over, and realizes she's probably had the worst luck imaginable. Sure enough, her guess was almost exactly right. All she wanted was some barbecue, but she wound up catching someone else's last train in life and taking a trip through time. Wasn't it nice enough to graduate, live off the inheritance her parents left her, and lie flat while collecting ren 2.9kReads8.8Score25214d adds
- 54 After Three Years as a Widow, I Took Grandma to Join My Officer Husband 守寡三年我带奶奶投奔军官老公啦 The short drama is now streaming: The Lucky Wife of the 1970s: Her Tomb Raider Secret Identity Is Out! [Cold, tough military officer × female tomb raider, who later joins a research institute to serve her country] [Alternate-history military marriage + tomb-raiding System + married first, love later + raising kids + mind-reading + one-on-one, both leads inexperienced in love + nine-year age gap] [Reader's guide: The early chapters have a few plot holes, and the story is a silly comedy with no lo 11.5kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 55 A Golden Marriage 金婚 One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 14.4kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 56 I Met the Man Who Stole My Heart in the 1970s 七零年代我遇到心动的汉子 Important! This is very important! No pocket dimension + no golden finger + no awful relatives (there's just one) + no unresolved heartbreak Liu Xiqiao stayed up all night reading novels and somehow read herself right into another world. She transmigrates into the body of an eighteen-year-old girl from the year 1974 who has the exact same name. She wakes up and collapses right back onto the bed. Looks like she's not the only one who stayed up all night. With simple luggage on her back, she takes 1.2kReads8.6Score—14d adds
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The Village's Rugged Hunter Brought the Sweet Young Educated Youth Home 村头糙汉把小娇包知青拐回了家
[Complete] [Complete] [Transmigration + portable space + doting husband + raising children] After breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, she went on a drinking binge. When she woke up, she was somewhere else. Li Wan could only sigh at her bad luck. To top it off, she’d become a delicate little educated youth who couldn’t do a single thing. Yan Muxi, a total scaredy-cat, trembled in fear. All she could do was accept her fate and keep her head down. Hey, you... Stop staring. Yes, you, the rugged guy.
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- 58 The Delicate Beauty of the 1970s Teases Her Rugged Husband Until He Nearly Spits Blood 七零娇娇女把糙汉老公撩到吐血 [Period setting + rugged hero + love after marriage + pampered wife + military marriage + sweet romance + pocket dimension] Ming Zhu, an emergency room doctor, transmigrates to the 1970s. Her predecessor has a terrible reputation and is disliked by everyone, picking a fight at the slightest disagreement! Ming Zhu says: No big deal. I have a pocket dimension and its spirit spring, plus eight hundred schemes up my sleeve! They say she can't do a thing? She grows fruits and vegetables, makes clothe 12.2kReads9.1Score1.7k14d adds
- 59 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 [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, 24.2kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
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Transmigrated into a Book Set in an Era of More Men Than Women: Big Sister Has It Good 穿书年代男多女少，姐姐吃的真好
[Period Setting (Not Realistic) + One Female Lead, Multiple Male Leads + All Male Leads Are Chaste + All Male Leads Are Devoted + Fleeing Famine and Surviving + Fertility] Bai Shengsheng transmigrated. The good news: she could not only understand animal speech, but also had healing wood-type Superpowers. The bad news: this era was very different. Its economy and productivity resembled those of the 1960s and 70s, but the ecological environment had become apocalyptic! Humanity had suffered an exti
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I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平
[No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo
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- 62 I Had Multiples Right After Joining the Army: The Easygoing Military Wife’s Good Fortune 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 27.1kReads9.0Score3k14d adds
- 63 I’m Done Hiding: I Married a Tough Guy in the 1970s, and It’s Sweeter Than Ever 不装了，我穿七零嫁糙汉，甜翻 Completed Rugged Hero + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Everyday Life Tan Yueyue transmigrates to the 1970s. But why does she have no space, no System, and no golden finger? She’s a woman with none of the usual perks! Well, none of the special ones, anyway. Still, fate has been kind to her. She has loving parents, brothers who dote on her, and a big brother from her village who’s always there to help. Eventually, the big brother from her village helps her right into his own home. The heroine tr 1.8kReads8.7Score10514d adds
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What Should I Do? The Rough Villain Set His Sights on Me as Soon as I Arrived in the Countryside 刚下乡就被糙汉反派盯上了怎么办
[Reborn delicate little fairy vs. vicious, violent villain] [Content warning: Written on a whim; the rural setting in the first few chapters has not been thoroughly researched!] Male lead's perspective: That day, beneath the blazing sun, Jiang Zhiye spotted a little celestial beauty. She had fair skin, exquisite features, and a gentle nature. He fell for her at first sight. Later, on a damp, rainy day, Li Chunsheng saw a little celestial beauty. She lowered her head and said nothing, not even
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- 65 The 1970s: I Became the Military Romance Heroine's Biological Younger Sister 七零：我成了军婚女主的亲妹妹 Jiang Caixuan transmigrated into a military-marriage novel set in the Seventies. After being reborn, the heroine vowed never to repeat the mistakes of her past. So she acted first and arranged with her gentle mother to take over the family job. She also became involved with a military officer who had lost his wife and was raising a child. After weathering a series of trials and tribulations, the two lived happily together. But Jiang Caixuan looked at her original self, whose health had been poor 9kReads7.2Score68214d adds
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After I Transmigrated into a Book, My Sons' Golden Fingers Merged with Mine 穿书后我和儿子们的金手指合并了
[Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death
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- 67 The 1970s: My Late Wife Took Our Twins to Join the Army 七零：早逝媳妇带龙凤胎去随军 Jiang Zhiwei was trapped as a ghost beside her two children for ten whole years. She watched helplessly as her mother-in-law bullied them, her sister-in-law tormented them, her younger sister-in-law abused them, and her younger brother-in-law treated them like they didn't exist. She couldn't accept it. She was furious! Perhaps Heaven heard her grievances. The moment she opened her eyes, she had returned to the year she died! This time, she would tear apart her wicked mother-in-law and trample he 3.7kReads8.9Score37314d adds
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I Switched Marriages to My Fiancé's Cousin, and the Fertile Military Wife Brutally Punishes the Villains 换嫁未婚夫堂兄，易孕军嫂狠虐渣
[Alternate history, military romance set in a bygone era, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, no saintly heroine, ancient-to-modern transmigration, a pocket dimension, devoted and exclusive romance, no flirtation, mutual devotion, a powerful couple] After ten years of hard martial arts training, Luo Hansu finally avenged her mother, crippled her scumbag father, and reclaimed the Heavenly Pearl. As she lay gravely wounded and dying, her mother gave her the chance to be reborn. In a
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- 69 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 35.8kReads8.7Score3.6k14d adds
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Oh, Wow! I Got Reborn and Immediately Married the Strongest Military Officer 哦豁！刚重生就闪婚最强军官爽爆
[Fictional military marriage · extra sweet and doting · devoted to each other · one-on-one romance · cozy daily life · pocket dimension · adorable baby] In her previous life, Ye Suiwan was framed by the girl her family had taken in, and her reputation was ruined. She went on to ruin her benefactor’s future, cause her father and older brother to die tragically, and lose her own life at a young age. What she never expected was that the benefactor she had hated and relentlessly retaliated against w
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- 71 After Winning Over an Officer, I Head to the Countryside to Raise Kids and Become Everyone's Favorite 拿下军官后，我下乡养娃当团宠 [Fake and real heiresses, transmigrate into a book, sweet romance, devoted couple, pocket dimension, raising children, joining the army] The moment Yan Huan opens her eyes, she sees a handsome man with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and a V-shaped torso. Thinking she's dreaming, she throws herself at him and forces herself on him. Only after coming to her senses does she realize she's transmigrated into a rebirth revenge novel about a real heiress. She's become the fake heiress who fights with 1.2kReads9.0Score16214d adds
- 72 She Weaponizes Her Beauty: The Rugged Army Officer Turns the Tables 娇娇持美行凶：糙汉军官将计就计 [1970s setting + flirtatious heroine + top-tier rugged man + incredibly sweet mutual devotion + both leads are each other's one and only] Soft, pampered beauty vs. high-IQ rugged hunk When Meng Wanqiao opened her eyes, she discovered she'd become a runaway bride who had been dragged back in the 1970s. After seeing so many pretty boys in the modern era who looked neither masculine nor feminine, the sight of the muscular, testosterone-packed veteran before her struck her right in the heart. But th 2.9kReads9.3Score32914d adds
- 73 Sweet Military Marriage: Triplets, More Children, More Blessings 军婚甜宠：一胎三宝多子多福 [Military Marriage + Exclusive Spoiling and Sweet Romance + Multiple Babies in One Birth + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Mutual First Love + Contract Marriage + Marriage Before Love + Transmigrated to the 1990s] Just after transmigrating, Qiao Shi'an found herself facing an outrageously steamy scene. Looking at the wheat-skinned man before her, with his eight-pack abs and lifelong single status, she 1.3kReads8.9Score12714d adds
- 74 Goodness! Reborn After Being Widowed, She’s Spoiled by a Powerful Man 惊！守寡重生后她被大佬宠坏了 (Period Setting + Rugged Man + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids + System + Everyday Family Life) Lu Huaijiao is a rich beauty whose name suits her perfectly: delicate, gorgeous, and loaded with money. In her previous life, after someone schemed to send her to the countryside, she married Gu Changzheng, the fiercest and roughest man for miles around. Back then, she couldn’t stand this man, who seemed to have endless strength in every muscle. Three years into their marriage, he died u 6.8kReads8.1Score42814d adds
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The Seventies Spatial Farm: The Educated Youth’s Wife Kicks People Again 七零空间，知青媳妇又踹人了
Keeping her distance from troublemakers, Han Qingci has a pocket dimension at her disposal. In the 1970s, she makes a few good friends, chooses someone to spend her life with, and enjoys a quiet, steady life. Those people and events gradually become her life.
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What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱
(This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that
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- 77 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6.2kReads9.0Score69814d adds
- 78 Reborn in the 1980s: Saving the Kids My Late Husband Spoiled 重生八零，挽救早逝老公养废的娃 Reborn, everyday family life, building wealth In her previous life, Su Xiaowan listened to so-called folk remedies for having a boy and neglected her two daughters. Her husband, Xiao Beiguo, had to support the family and care for both girls. Su Xiaowan’s constant tantrums and troublemaking wore him down, and he died young from overwork. His daughters stood by his coffin and cursed her. “You should have been the one to die! If you hadn’t been so obsessed with having a son, Dad wouldn’t have worke 321Reads6.8Score10914d adds
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With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行
Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members
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- 80 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 [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 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds
- 81 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 34.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds
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Part Ways in Peace, General, Let Me Be Beautiful on My Own 一别两宽，将军自重，妾身想独美
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- 83 Ride Out to Battle, Peach Blossoms in My Wake 桃花马上请长缨 The short drama adaptation of June's novel, Power and Favor 3: Power and Favor in the Capital, is now available on Hongguo App. She cared for her in-laws and used her dowry to support the General's household, only for him to use his hard-won military achievements to ask for the female general's hand as his equal wife. Zhan Beiwang mocked her. “Song Xixie, do you know that your fine clothes, rich food, and glittering jewels all come from General Yi Fang and me fighting bloody battles to hold back 15kReads9.5Score5.5k14d adds
- 84 Reborn to Marry a Mad Prince, I Send My Scumbag Ex to the Crematorium 重生嫁疯批太子爷，让渣男火葬场 [Face-slapping the scumbags + real and fake heiresses + unmatched in medicine and poison + scumbag gets his comeuppance + clingy, unhinged crown prince] Rumor had it that the legitimate young lady, whom the Great General's household had gone to great lengths to find, was ugly, illiterate, and shameless! Before she had even been home for half a month, she had slept with several servants and coachmen in the household! On her younger sister's birthday, she even climbed into her brother-in-law's bed 3.5kReads9.1Score66514d adds
- 85 The Lucky Little Girl of the 1970s: Three Years Old and a Master Fortune-Teller 七零福宝三岁半，能掐也会算 [Beloved child of the era + adorable young mystic] The Zhang family of Dawa Village longs for a grandson, so they abandon their own granddaughter, Fubao, deep in the mountains. But little Fubao is rescued by a Taoist temple, where she learns mystical arts. Two years later, she returns... Her biological father has remarried, her unconscious mother has been married off, and her grandmother stands with hands on hips, yelling, “Get lost, you bringer of bad luck!” Without a second thought, the Gu fam 398Reads9.2Score15714d adds
- 86 Seeking a Better Match: I Won’t Be the Madam of This Marquis’s Manor! 另谋高嫁：这侯府夫人我不做了！ Original title: Finding a Better Match: I’m Done Being the Marquess’s Wife! Regarding plagiarism, don’t make baseless accusations. The publication dates are there for all to see. [Traditional historical romance and household intrigue + strong heroine and hero + mutual devotion + a prince who cherishes his wife] A merchant’s daughter marries into a marquess’s household, becoming the laughingstock of the capital. For six years, Jiang Shu lives alone and supports the entire household without compla 24.1kReads9.2Score4.8k14d adds
- 87 The Villainess Kills with Her Beauty 反派她以美貌杀人 (The heroine is a true villain. If you prefer morally upright characters, read with caution.) She was the villain of a book, but she never knew it. But what did that matter? Her beloved was dead. How could those responsible for his death be allowed to live? She toyed with the world in the palm of her hand, laying schemes within schemes and concealing deadly intent at every turn. Her gentle nature and ethereal beauty were both weapons, and no one could stand in the way of her revenge. The person 4kReads9.4Score48014d adds
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Transmigrated to 1960: Hunting to Feed My Nine Older Sisters 穿越60从打猎开始养活九个姐姐
[Transmigration]+ [1960s]+ [Family Life]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Building a Fortune]+ [Magic Space]+ [Spirit Pool Water]+ [Animal Companions]+ [Hunting]+ [Helping the Whole Village Get Rich]+ [No Dark or Violent Themes] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Xiaolong, once an orphan, now has grandparents, two healthy parents, and nine older sisters. Having gone from being utterly alone to the darling of his whole family, Zhang Xiaolong feels deeply loved, but also keenly aware of his great responsib
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- 89 The Darling of the 1980s 八十年代掌中娇 In her previous life, she owned five apartments in the capital and drove a big G whenever she went out. But after opening her eyes, she found herself a country girl in the 1980s. Her father, seeking to get ahead, latched onto a “rich heiress” and wanted to divorce her mother. Fine, let them get divorced! Her younger brother, who worshipped the rich and looked down on the poor, could go live with the mistress. She would start over with her two younger sisters! They collected bat guano, sold quail 5.3kReads8.8Score63414d adds
- 90 My Whole Family Traveled Back to the 1960s 我全家穿到了六零年代 [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 9.7kReads9.3Score96714d adds
