A Breath of Fresh Air in the Period-novel Genre, with Original Twists. I'm Done with Those Overused Plots 年代文清流，反套路，那些烂大街的再也看不下去了

1. 351 八 An Ordinary Life for a Girl Born in the Eighties 八零后女孩的平凡人生 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [No transmigration] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] [Rural life in the 1980s] [A small ensemble cast] [Family squabbles] [Gentle and heartwarming] Xu Congcong and Xu Mingming are sisters born in the 1980s. They are lucky to have a grandma and father who love them unconditionally, as well as a mother whose personality is a little complicated but who loves them just as much. Sheltered by their whole family, the sisters grow up carefree. Through the sisters’ coming-of-age story, this novel traces t 3.3kReads9.2Score245Shelves

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   The first book features a female protagonist, Lin Mei, who is reborn into a rural area in the south. Her parents affectionately call her "Little Sister." She's not a saint, doesn't fawn over her parents, doesn't go to the countryside, doesn't marry into the military, and isn't a rough, uncouth man. Little Sister has a selfish and possessive personality, and there's a reason for this! The author really cut it in the end [almost crying]. The second book is about the growth of a girl born in the 1980s. I want a dozen dads who don't suppress a child's nature, meet all her needs, and give her lots of love! [Heart emojis] The whole story is gentle and heartwarming! Xu Congcong's childhood is so beautiful it's enviable! [Heart emojis]

2. 352 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1980s: Kneel, You Good-for-Nothing Children 老太太重生八零：极品儿女靠边跪 Little White Down小白毫Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + reborn in a bygone era + ruthless old woman + making money and punishing scoundrels + an ensemble cast striving to succeed] Given another chance at life, the old woman shows no mercy. Anyone who tries to split up the family or drag her down gets thrown out! Her awful children can get on their knees and stay out of her way! Zhang Siqin spent half her life as a widow, pouring her heart into raising three sons and two daughters. She bought a house in the city for her eldest so 470Reads—Score107Shelves

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   This one's worth a try. I stumbled upon this gem of a novel today. The female protagonist is reborn and immediately cuts ties with her ungrateful children, unlike other rebirth novels where she just gets beaten up a few times and then starts clinging to them again. I really enjoyed reading it. Also, unlike other rebirth novels where the whole story is just about family matters, this one focuses more on the old lady building her career after her rebirth, leading many unfortunate women to explore the unknown world and develop the county together.

3. 353 辛 I Put You Through College, and You Say You're in Love with My Sister 辛苦供你上大学，你说爱的是我妹 Silver Night by the Inkstone砚边银夜Modern Romance361k WordsOngoing [Two Reborn Leads + Period Setting + Scumbag-Slapping + Feel-Good Story + Everyday Life + Farming + Sweet Romance + Family Drama + Getting Rich] The first thing her younger sister does after being reborn is swap fiancés with Yan Bingxin. In their previous life, her sister chose the factory director’s son, who came from a wealthy family, while she married Zhao Jianing, a poor young man determined to get into college. Everyone envied her sister for becoming a city dweller. But the factory director 398Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The indigenous female protagonist and her cousin are reborn together. The cousin steals the protagonist's scumbag husband from her previous life, but her life isn't going well. The protagonist, while enjoying the drama and slapping the faces of these awful characters, also studies hard, strives to become rich, and meets an even better male protagonist. The two work together to achieve their goals.

4. 354 假 The Fake Heiress Is Still Putting on an Act, While I Focus on Science 假千金还在演，我一心搞科研 This Land Is So Enchanting江山如此多娇Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Alternate History + Reborn + Period Setting + Academic Prodigy + Real and Fake Heiresses + Advancing the Nation Through Science] Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Zhiyao looked at the face in the mirror, so similar to the wife of a military district commander, and smiled. In her previous life, she believed in “the bonds of blood.” After rejoining her birth family, she became a stepping stone for the fake heiress, Lin Weiwei, who drained her of everything she was worth before leaving her to die miserab 190.7kReads8.9Score42.8kShelves

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   The female lead is highly intelligent, a family heiress, and the real heiress and the fake heiress are not on the same level.

5. 355 穿 After Becoming the Military Officer Hero’s First Love, I Faked My Death and Disappeared 穿成军官男主的初恋后，我死遁了 Schoolgirl女生徒Modern Romance399k WordsCompleted 1980s + military marriage + personal space + supplies + adorable baby + reunion after years apart + the male lead is head over heels After Zhao Yunsheng died unexpectedly, she transmigrated into a book and became the first love of the male lead, Pei Hechuan. She followed the original story and did her best to play her role, staying by his side through his hardest times and dying in the year he loved her most. After completing the plot and faking her death, Zhao Yunsheng bowed out in triumph, onl 4kReads7.7Score170Shelves

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   🌈✨"Comrade, what did you say? Did I hear that right? I'm pregnant?" Zhao Yunsheng froze on the spot, as if struck by lightning. She was actually pregnant? ❗❗ And it was Pei Hechuan's child! Pei Hechuan was destined to be entangled with the original female lead, so wouldn't she have to raise this child herself? What to do? 😐😐 To give birth or not to give birth, that is the question. Zhao Yunsheng thought about it for a few days and decided to have the child. With a child, at least she would have a companion in this strange world. Besides, she had supplies and wouldn't have to worry about raising the child. She had already checked inside; the reward space was larger than a football field, and the shelves were full of supplies. Clothing, food, seasonings, medicine, skincare products, fruits, snacks… everything was available. Time was frozen inside, and entering and exiting was instantaneous, making it extremely convenient. Having made up her mind, she didn't stay in this place for long. After all, she was a 'dead person,' and if she was recognized by someone she knew, it wouldn't be easy to fool Pei Hechuan. He immediately packed his bags and fled far away.

6. 356 七 The Stunning Beauty of the 1970s Turns Her Cold-Faced Officer Husband Into a Henpecked One 七零绝色美人冷面军官沦为妻管严 Ranran's Ran苒苒的苒Modern Romance597k WordsOngoing [Period setting + sweet military romance + transmigration into a book + pocket dimension, which doesn't appear often] A beautiful fair-skinned woman × a cold, reserved military officer who abstains from romance. Both are devoted only to each other. An Ruo has exquisite features and skin as white as snow. She is a true beauty. Cool and distant around others, she's spoiled and always hungry in private. = Oh no! An Ruo realizes she's transmigrated into a book and become a cannon-fodder side charact 911Reads7.7Score299Shelves

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   ✨A period drama where the female lead goes to the military base to find her brother. Rumors circulate that she looks exactly like him—thick eyebrows, a square face, tall and imposing. But when she finally appears, she's fair-skinned and beautiful, like a fairy 🧚‍♀️, leaving the male lead completely stunned…

7. 357 末 Apocalypse Travels to the 1980s Tibetan Region, Running into a Top-Level Bloodbath 末世穿八零藏族，撞上顶级修罗场 Laughter Brings Radiance笑笑生辉Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Fengxi, who lived in the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a young girl named Chi Fengxi in the 1980s. With a letter and her mother’s ashes, Chi Fengxi sets foot in her mother’s hometown of Tibet for the first time. As the bus rocks along the mountain road, Fengxi decides to live the rest of the life of the young girl who died so suddenly. Fengxi never expected that the next step in the girl’s life would be to stay in Tibet and get married. Ajia, who is about to become her mother-in-law 674Reads9.0Score120Shelves

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   1. Historical fiction, female-oriented; 2. Historical fiction, Tibetan area; 3. ...

8. 358 综 Western Classics Crossover: My Friend Is Called Jane Eyre 综西方名著：我的朋友叫简爱 Storyteller from Shu蜀中说书人Female-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Tags: Transmigration + Pride and Prejudice + Jane Eyre + Western classics + public-domain derivative + female supporting character + slice of life (Also known as: The Country Gentlewoman’s Path to a Peerage) After accidentally falling into a world where Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre intertwine, Charlotte becomes the supporting character Charlotte Lucas, who marries Collins for financial security. In this world, “for a woman without property, marriage is the only respectable way out.” But C 8.9kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
9. 359 重 Reborn in the Glory of a Golden Age 重生之盛世年华 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance417k WordsOngoing (Rebirth + space + possessiveness + devoted couple + family life + slow-burn romance) She won the lottery for the first time, but one sentence from her own mother made her die of anger. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered she had been reborn at eighteen, in the college entrance exam hall, holding the exam papers her mother had forced her to fill out for four years. If you were reborn at eighteen, what would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and use your memories to become a self 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves

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   [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Sending my heart][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

10. 360 震 Shocking Chinese Showbiz: The Godmother of Entertainment Is You! 震撼内娱，文娱教母竟是你！ Dawn Enters the Mortal World天明入红尘Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [The rating just opened, so it will go up!] [Books, dramas, manga: I copy everything, from China and abroad. Whatever's needed, I copy it. I work behind the scenes. Low standards, 1Vn, ridiculously indulgent, pure wish fulfillment with no angst.] You transmigrate into a parallel world and begin a perfect, legendary life, like the heavens' favorite child! At eleven, you write “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,” stunning the literary world. At fourteen, you create “One Piece,” amazing ever 7.6kReads8.5Score829Shelves
11. 361 疯 The Crazy Girl’s Rugged Husband Isn’t Human 疯批丫头的糙汉老公非人类 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance903k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + spatial powers + poison doctor + both leads are sexually inexperienced + unhinged romance] Beauty-loving enchantress VS a lovesick, nonhuman roughneck. She was a celebrated genius in the world of finance. An heir to the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Doctor. A big shot who ruled the dark web hacking scene. Who could have guessed that on the carefully chosen day she planned to lose her virginity, she’d accidentally transmigrate to 1975? She became a dark, fat, pitifully ugly girl 2.1kReads8.5Score213Shelves
12. 362 星 An Interstellar Outlaw Lands in the 1970s and Lives It Up 星际悍匪穿到七零浪飞了 Dark Blue x深蓝xModern Romance489k WordsCompleted [Big Shot + Pocket Dimension + Beauty Transformation + One Male Lead to Multiple Female Leads, All Pure + ...] A tribute to stand-up comedian Bu Jingyun! She said that women’s desires are burdened by far too much shame, and she wants to talk about them until everyone stops feeling embarrassed. Women really do have desires, and there’s absolutely nothing shameful about that. May more and more women rise to positions of influence and find more platforms to showcase themselves and speak about the 3.7kReads8.5Score445Shelves

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    This is the most carefree female protagonist I've ever read in a period drama. She's rich, beautiful, has a cheat-like advantage, and possesses incredible fighting skills. Later, she contributes to the country, giving women a voice and making it a reality—this shows great vision and depth. Excellent!!! A perfect example of living life to the fullest without marriage!!! Deserves 100 points!!!

13. 363 夫 A Couple Transmigrates Together: Raising Kids and Getting Rich in the 1960s 夫妻双穿：六零养娃致富忙 Yunyun's Guest Beneath the Banana Tree云云蕉下客Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting + System + pocket dimension + transmigrate + couple transmigrates together + lots of children] An unexpected car accident sent Lin Wanqing transmigrating into a book, specifically a story about someone being reborn in the 1960s and turning their life around. Fortunately, she had a golden finger. But who could tell her what use a palace-intrigue System could possibly be in this particular era? What? The System could be upgraded too? That feature... she could just about a 12.6kReads8.3Score897Shelves

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    1️⃣ A couple transmigrates into a period novel. The husband has a portable space—their modern home—while the wife has a palace intrigue system! They also have to raise five children while instilling sound values ​​in them! 2️⃣ The female lead transmigrates to the 1980s with a martial arts game in her body. No romantic pairing! 3️⃣ The male lead transmigrates to Hong Kong and becomes the son of a billionaire! However, his father is deceased, and the original owner of this body was also murdered. Initially, he must find the true culprit! Later, he fulfills his father's last wish to return to the mainland to find his family!

14. 364 重 Reborn to a Career in Politics 重生之政途 Yet to Bloom未有芳华Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was the eldest daughter of a powerful family. After her family lost a power struggle, she became a supermarket cashier to escape her enemies, barely scraping by in obscurity. By a stroke of luck, she was reborn and returned to her youth, reuniting with her family. To keep them safe, she carefully laid her plans and proceeded one step at a time, rewriting her tragic fate through her own efforts. They say politics is a man's world, but she refuses to believe it. Enterin 5.7kReads8.9Score588Shelves
15. 365 末 The Doomsday Survivor Transmigrates into a Pitiful Bride in the 1960s 末世苟王穿成六零替嫁小可怜 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + period setting + both virgins + pocket dimension + military marriage) She was the most vengeful survivor in the apocalypse, but after someone close to her grievously wounded her, they threw her into a horde of zombies. She was the sidekick to the eldest daughter of the Qian family in the capital. Just because she was pretty, they poisoned her and deliberately fed her hormones, turning her into a fat, ugly scapegoat. Now the apocalypse’s most vengeful survivor has transmigrated 4.4kReads8.5Score465Shelves
16. 366 带 Transmigrating to the 1980s With a Martial Arts Game 带着武侠游戏穿越到80年代 Tan Xiao HR谭笑HRModern Romance297k WordsCompleted [No Romance] [Wuxia] [System] [Slow-Building Growth] Pei Wenjing was playing a game by the window when a truck sent her flying! She opened her eyes and realized she had transmigrated! Then she blinked again. Why had the game come along too? It was 1970, and she’d even been sent to the countryside. How was she supposed to survive? Well, obviously, by relying on the game. If it couldn’t make money, surely she could at least get some food out of it, right? A few days later, wait a minute, wasn’t th 218Reads6.5Score—Shelves
17. 367 卿 My Love, Come Into My Arms: The Art of Winning Your Heart 卿卿入怀，我的攻心战役 Good Little Nuobao乖乖诺宝Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted One night of passion forces them into marriage. Amid her resentment, Zhixia discovers that she looks remarkably like the Fang family’s youngest daughter, who died on the battlefield. The family transforms their longing for their lost loved one into an overwhelming, misplaced affection for her. Her grandfather, Fang Yuzhao, presses a family heirloom jade pendant into her hand. “Fang Chu owes you. We’ll make it right.” Her father-in-law, Fang Zheng, uses every connection he has to get her trans 2.3kReads6.4Score213Shelves

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    The male lead is imperfect, and the female lead looks exactly like his deceased aunt. Later, the female lead insists on a divorce, and the male lead is unanimously demanded by his entire family to leave with nothing.

18. 368 闪 Shining with Stars 闪耀含星 Le Xinle乐心乐Modern Romance424k WordsCompleted Reborn + space + special abilities + mutually devoted romance + stone gambling Hacker, beautiful pharmacist, military-family heiress vs. the mightiest soldier king For thirty-five years, her parents kept her under their thumb. They arranged for her to donate bone marrow to her cousin, causing her to miss the high school entrance exam. She became their favorite target for bullying. Every chore in the house, big or small, was dumped on her, and whenever anyone was in a bad mood, beatings and insul 3.4kReads8.3Score381Shelves
19. 369 荞 Tears of Buckwheat Blossoms 荞花泣 Qing Yuesheng青月生Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted This is a tragic story. The stranglehold of arranged marriages on women cuts like a blunt knife, while the desperate struggle to survive in a remote mountain village feels like a net with no escape. Under the shackles of the times, individual resistance ends in tragedy, like a moth flying into a flame. The gender oppression embedded in the tribe’s feudal culture makes life even more suffocating. Every time A Wei reaches for hope, reality crushes it in her grasp. The indifference around her, from 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I also highly recommend it.

20. 370 回 I Return to the 1970s as a Hong Kong Tycoon and Lead My Whole Family to Wealth 回七零当香江大少，带全家暴富 Wo Wo Milk Candy窝窝奶糖Modern Romance703k WordsCompleted [No romance] Ye Lin arrived in Xianggang in 1978. Fortunately, he had transmigrated into the body of a Xianggang tycoon’s only son, who shared his name. Unfortunately, Ye Lin couldn’t spend the money. He could only unlock the fortune by fulfilling the tycoon’s dying wish. There’s big news in Xiahe Village lately. The second son of the Ye family, who’d been dead for decades, has been found. And he’s a tycoon from Xianggang! Oh, it’s the second son Ye’s grandson who’s come back. The second son him 3.7kReads7.9Score226Shelves
21. 371 香 The Hong Kong Fisherman’s Journal: The Slow Life After Escaping to Hong Kong 香江咸鱼录：逃港后的【慢】生活 Fish Ball Noodle Soup鱼丸汤面Modern Romance486k WordsCompleted Lin Heyue transmigrates into the eldest daughter of a tycoon’s family in 1962, but their riches have become a death sentence. Her parents “voluntarily disappeared” as soon as the storm began, leaving her with: A younger sister in need of medical care, and a younger brother who fled to Hong Kong and went missing; As well as countless hungry eyes fixed on the mansion, waiting to feast on the fallen fortune. Worse still, her file brands her a “bourgeois heiress,” making her and her family easy targ 52Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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    A collection of stories about people fleeing to Hong Kong during a bygone era, brimming with the warmth of everyday life. Focusing on the struggles and survival of ordinary people amidst the tides of history. There are no grand narratives, only the most authentic survival wisdom and glimmers of humanity, those days of crawling and struggling through the mud.

22. 372 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, 46.6kReads8.4Score4kShelves
23. 373 重 Reborn Before Winning the Lottery: My Goal Is to Fill the World with Talented Students! 重生中奖前，目标，桃李满天下！ Zhang Paopaopao张泡泡泡Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn, with a focus on career and romance as a supporting thread. The heroine grows over time. After changing settings and entering high school, she follows a purely career-focused path. Once the elementary school graduates have been sent off, the male lead is sent off too. He doesn’t return until the final chapter. Yu Zhaozhao was a lucky girl who won 100 million yuan, though her life seemed doomed from the start. Unfortunately, her obsession with romance ruined her life, and she was murdered 5.1kReads9.4Score702Shelves

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    All three types are beautiful; just look at the video lengths!

24. 374 婆 Mother-in-Law Rushes to the Capital Overnight: She Wins Over the Compound with Her Cooking from the Start 婆婆连夜进京：开局厨艺征服大院 Qiuqian Yao秋千幺Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + cozy everyday life + raising kids + family and neighborhood affairs + career + ensemble cast) Chen Zhimin is a no-nonsense Northeast Chinese auntie. When her son and daughter-in-law need help, she packs her bags overnight and heads straight to the capital to look after the child. If her daughter-in-law says east, she won’t go west. If her daughter-in-law tells her to chase the dog, she won’t go after the chickens. Thanks to her cooking skills, she thrives in the military compo 51.3kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
25. 375 说 Weren’t We Supposed to Be a Team of Useless Losers? Why Are We All Badasses? 说好的废物小队呢，怎么全员狠人 Tang Jiuy ao棠九尧Sci-Fi & Apocalypse819k WordsCompleted Sui Qi transmigrates into an interstellar world as a vicious, lovesick woman with a terrible reputation and five million in debt. She’s about to take part in a 21-day survival challenge in the apocalypse. If she succeeds, she’ll win ten million interstellar coins, enough to pay off her debt and live out the rest of her life doing nothing. The problem is, no one will team up with her, and the game can’t start without four players. But every player gives her a wide berth, so Sui Qi decides to rely 67.6kReads9.1Score9.7kShelves
26. 376 七 The 1970s: The Domineering Village Belle Takes Down Every Mary Sue! 七零：霸道村花干翻所有玛丽苏！ Hou Wenyuan侯雯媛Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted A village beauty and village tyrant who can plow three mu a day, paired with a sickly, shameless male God of Wealth. The whole point of this story is to have a great time. [Mutually devoted couple + strong heroine + unhinged humor + satisfying romance] Jiang Zao was the last dragon in the cultivation world. As she ascended and underwent her tribulation, a bolt of lightning struck her into one of countless little worlds. A grandmother and grandfather who favor boys over girls, an uncle's family 4.6kReads8.5Score490Shelves
27. 377 一 I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心，穿成了我那早死的姑姑 Simple Mountain Birch朴实的山桠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young. 4kReads8.2Score381Shelves

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    Without a system or cheat codes, the female protagonist's only advantage upon transmigrating is some advanced knowledge. It realistically recreates rural life in the 1980s, without military marriages or educated youth sent to the countryside.

28. 378 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零：我成了外婆的妹妹 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing [When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book doesn't have any superpowers or cheat codes; it subverts the typical "power fantasy" trope and is set in a rural area in the 1960s, making it relatively realistic. It's about slowly and painstakingly developing one's character.

29. 379 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1950s: The Green Tea Mother Marries Three Times, and the Supporting Female Lead Turns Her Life Around 穿书五零绿茶母亲三嫁女配翻身 A Promise with Wu Nianzhi伍念之约Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Like those stories about transmigrating to the 1950s and awakening to the truth, Qian Jinjin and her green-tea mother, Qian Duoduo, are both villainesses. They’re sent to a labor camp and die miserably. Qian Jinjin grumbles to herself: “Why am I so unlucky? I’ve transmigrated into the body of a six-year-old. At least I brought along her farm space. Oh, no, Mom and I are both doomed villainesses!” Qian Duoduo also thinks to herself: “Hmph, I’ve awakened. I can’t let us keep suffering like this. I 2.9kReads8.6Score222Shelves
30. 380 邪 An Evil Cultivator in the 1970s, Pregnant and Begged to Join the Establishment 邪修穿七零，挺着孕肚被求着入编 Hahaha121388哈哈哈121388Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted [Military Romance in the 1970s + Transmigration + Taking on the Horrible Relatives + Child Bride + An Unstoppable Female Lead Who’d Rather Throw Punches Than Argue] After transmigrating into the 1970s, Yu Lezhi, who had been single for 2,800 years, found herself made a child bride, five years older than her young husband. The day after they married, her young husband returned to his military unit. Less than half a year later, news arrived that he had died in the line of duty. At the terrible 1.9kReads8.2Score201Shelves

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    I've been reading a novel recently. The female protagonist, a wicked cultivator, transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a bullied family member of a martyr (the male protagonist didn't actually die). She immediately goes to the military district gate and unfurls a banner! 😂 She's also bound to a merit system, so this wicked cultivator begins doing good deeds every day! 😂 The synopsis says she'll even be collaborating with the government later on.

31. 381 系 The System Wants Me to Be Kind in the 1970s. Are You Sure? 系统让我在七零向善，你确定？ Gourd Tree葫芦树Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical Era · Strong Female Lead · System · Spatial Dimension · Romance Near the End] [PS: The early part is a fairly traditional period drama. Later on, there are storylines abroad and in Hong Kong. The female lead really does kill people!] Host: Today, we’re honored to interview Ms. Shi Qiyu, who was an orphan in her previous life and is unloved by both parents in this one! Let’s give her a round of applause! Shi Qiyu (calm and elegant): Hello, dear readers. I’m Shi Qiyu, the female lead o 8.6kReads8.6Score766Shelves
32. 382 狠 A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我 If You’re No Eagle, Don’t Be a Snail不是雄鹰做蜗牛Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his 28.1kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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    A very good period drama with an inspirational story of a man who overcomes adversity.

33. 383 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Pretty Young Educated Youth Is a Strongwoman 穿七零，娇俏女知青是个大力士 Da Ya'er大雅儿Modern Romance641k WordsCompleted Transmigrated into a book + period setting + everyday life + friendship + alternate history + pocket dimension She opens her eyes to find herself transmigrated into Guo Qingqing, an orphaned daughter of a fallen hero in the 1970s. Her aunt's family is eyeing her greedily, hoping to wring every last bit of value from her. They plan to send her to the countryside and seize her family property. An uncle might put up with it, but an aunt certainly won't. With one hand, Guo Qingqing reports her aunt 7.9kReads7.8Score757Shelves

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    These are stories about educated youth sent to the countryside. Most are heartwarming. There are few truly awful characters. They also tend to disappear quickly from the story. In the main text, the female lead doesn't have a romantic partner. A romantic partner is only mentioned in the epilogue.

34. 384 东 The Northeast Era Drama's All-Time Great King of the Waistline 东北年代剧天花板金牌腰王 Saint Seiya Star Bliss圣斗士星爽Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [Period] [Jiahao in 1980] [No System, Just Unbelievably Tough Luck] [The 1980s] [Reborn] [Satisfying Read] [The Strongest Second Sister-in-Law in History] [The Most Unhinged Novel in Northeastern Dialect] Li Qi is reborn, returning to the day before his kidney was cut out. In his previous life, his father put family ties first, his brother and sister-in-law asked him to sacrifice himself for everyone, and his younger brother cried that he wanted meat. So he steeled himself and donated his kidney 94.7kReads8.4Score6.5kShelves

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    A hilarious rural Northeastern Chinese novel that will make you laugh until you wet the bed; the male protagonist has no spatial ability or system.

35. 385 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 2kReads8.9Score177Shelves

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    You can take a look!

36. 386 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, and the Gossip King Turns Out to Be Right Beside Me 穿越七零之瓜王竟在我身边 Liu Maolinmu柳卯林木Modern Romance701k WordsCompleted On the train to the countryside, Shen Tingwan suddenly remembers her past life. It turns out she was a modern woman from the 22nd century, raised by the state from childhood. Her lifelong ambition was to serve her country. Forced to become a “youth with aspirations” overnight, Shen Tingwan smiles calmly. Since she's arrived in this turbulent era, of course she'll use the knowledge she's gained to give back to her motherland! From tillers and water pumps to sniper rifles and compact pistols, she 325Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    It's good-looking, I recommend it.

37. 387 外 The Case Against Keeping a Concubine 外室无用论 Nine-Tailed Nannan九尾囡囡Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted Su Yueya couldn't understand it. She was the lowborn daughter of a famous courtesan, living quietly in her little courtyard and focused on finding a decent son-in-law to marry into the family. You say my father is looking for me? But who is my father? I've never even met him. Fine, even my mother doesn't know who this father is. What kind of family connection is this supposed to be? Even when something falls from the sky, if it's a baked cake, it'll still be piping hot and leave a head full of b 26.2kReads7.5Score4.1kShelves

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    Able to get into and finish reading

38. 388 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: A Military Family's Heir Raises Kids While Taking It Easy in the Seventies 穿书七零混吃等死军二代养娃日常 Yu Shiyi虞十一Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted [Stunning troublemaker vs. brilliant scientist. The heroine is a ditzy beauty who’s spoiled and fussy; the hero stays clear-headed, gentlemanly, and secretly seductive.] Only after Long Yuling transmigrates into a book does she discover that she’s the heroine of a novel set in a bygone era. The Yu family has three daughters. The eldest, Yu Zhu, is clever and quick-witted, with the most schemes. She found her own way out early, marrying an army officer. The second, Yu Zhen, is also calculating a 1.8kReads7.4Score113Shelves
39. 389 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.2kReads8.5Score268Shelves
40. 390 边 Farming and Going Crazy, I Make My Husband Drink Poison 边种田边发疯，我喂夫君喝毒药 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted Su Wei transmigrated into the Shen family’s new daughter-in-law in Nanqiao Village. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an old woman holding a bowl of murky poison for her penniless husband to drink. The man on the bed glared at Su Wei in fury. “You poisonous woman! I won’t let you get away with this, even as a ghost...” Su Wei: “...” No, no, it wasn’t me. It was the old woman... The old woman turned to her. “What are you standing there for? If he doesn’t die, how are you supposed to marry Y 16.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
41. 391 年 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: I Rule Through My Beauty 年代快穿我靠美貌横行 Yuanbao Dumpling67元宝团子67Modern Romance276k WordsCompleted Quick transmigration + period settings + childbirth + one woman with multiple men The female lead puts herself first, puts herself first, puts herself first! (Important things must be said three times.) The female lead is not a virgin; all the men are virgins. She is His most satisfying creation: beautiful, haughty, self-centered, and bad-tempered, like a proud little cat. But He is displeased by the little cat's sharp claws, so He punishes her by sending her to suffer in various worlds. In the 6.6kReads6.6Score443Shelves

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    A killer combination of quick transmigration and period drama! Every small world is full of unconventional plot twists: she reverse-manipulates powerful figures in a story of forced acquisition, and manipulates capitalist sons during the educated youth's rural exile. The female protagonist, Ye Xingmian, has "beauty-driven selfishness" ingrained in her DNA, refusing to compromise herself in the slightest.

42. 392 穿 I Transmigrated into a Chambermaid and Can't Stop Overthinking 穿越通房，总是胡思乱想 Simple Mountain Birch朴实的山桠Ancient Romance316k WordsCompleted The second young master of the He family in the capital was only twenty when he passed both levels of the imperial examination. He was good-looking, came from a family of middling status, and yet his marriage prospects never went well. By the time he was twenty-seven or twenty-eight, he still wasn't married. As luck would have it, Shen Yu, who had mild social anxiety, transmigrated one day into Chen Yu, the second young master's bedchamber maid, who hadn't even brushed her master's sleeve in fiv 12kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
43. 393 六 Raised on Neighbors' Meals in the Sixties, I Became a Top Scientist 六零吃百家饭长大我成了科研大佬 Hooroo Dee呼噜滴Modern Romance727k WordsOngoing [Couple] [Period Setting] [Village Life] [Academic Prodigy] Chen Songguo was an orphan from birth, raised on a meal from one family and then the next in the village. Later, when everyone accidentally discovered just how brilliant Chen Songguo was, they slapped the table and decided to send five-year-old Songguo to school. When it was time to collect the report cards, every villager scrambled to go. Frugal Grandma Zhou said, "Tuition is so expensive. You'd better learn everything you can to make 92.2kReads9.2Score16kShelves
44. 394 重 Reborn in the 1980s: After Becoming a Clear-Eyed Old Lady 重生八零：变成人间清醒老太太后 Old Night Owl老熬夜Modern Romance258k WordsOngoing (Period setting, face-slapping and punishing the scoundrels, adorable child, golden finger) Liu Yi gave everything for her children, only to discover she had raised three ungrateful parasites who did nothing but leech off her. As she lay on her deathbed, they even started a brawl in her hospital room over who would get the property. Aside from her granddaughter, no one cared whether she lived or died. Liu Yi died with hatred in her heart. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself reborn 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    You can read this book. The atmosphere of the era is strong and real. It is not exaggerated or intellectual.

45. 395 妇 When the Women's Director Steps In, All the Eccentrics of the 1970s Flee in Terror 妇女主任一出手，七零极品全吓走 Wan Xi.晚兮。Modern Romance999k WordsOngoing 💥 Wen Wanning, a human weapon from the apocalypse, opens her eyes to find herself a helpless, foolish orphan in the 1970s, someone everyone can bully. ✅ They scheme to send her to the countryside? She breaks her scumbag father's hand! ✅ A wife-beater hits his wife every day? She beats him to a pulp! ✅ A nightmare of a mother-in-law torments her daughter-in-law? She beats the shrew at her own game! ✅ A stingy father-in-law schemes against his son? She empties every last bit of his hidden savin 52.2kReads8.6Score6kShelves
46. 396 娇 The Sweet Young Lady Returns to the Countryside, and Her Lovesick Admirer Is Shocking 娇娇小姐回乡村，痴汉手段太惊人 Yi Shuilan易水岚Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted [Both leads’ first love + a domineering CEO from the southwest goes rural + intense romantic push and pull + quiet devotion gets a response + realistic, sweet romance] A gentle, abstinent old flame × a stunning, pure and alluring little white rabbit City girl Chen Man returns to the countryside to care for her grandmother and discovers that her neighbor is an incredibly handsome, domineering CEO. In outsiders’ eyes, Chen Man is refined and elegant. But no one has ever seen her other side. In 149.2kReads9.5Score20kShelves

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    A pure love story featuring a naive and beautiful girl with a love-struck mind, who loves without realizing it.

47. 397 穿 Transmigrating to the Seventies: The Young Educated Youth Is Dumbfounded 穿越七零，小知青她懵圈了 Miss Zhou周大小姐Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing (Everyday life of sent-down youth, not a strong female lead, a touch of an ensemble cast, unhurried pacing, with a couple) Gu Xiaoman, from the twenty-first century, dies suddenly after getting drunk while celebrating landing a job. She wakes up aboard a green-painted train carrying sent-down youth in the 1970s. No space, no System, no golden finger, and not even the original owner’s memories. She’s definitely the most wretched transmigrant in history, with none of the usual perks. Good heavens! 12.9kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves

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    There are no cheat codes or spatial systems, the male and female protagonists are both educated youth sent to the countryside, it's more of a slice-of-life story with a small ensemble cast, there are no overpowered characters, the female protagonist is not omnipotent, and the plot is tailored to the era.

48. 398 八 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 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 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. 35.7kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves

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    🌹🌹①In her past life, her son and the son of her husband's comrade's widow, her "white moonlight" (a term of endearment for a woman), both fell into the water. Her husband saved the widow's son. Jiang Yi, grieving the loss of her son, spent thirty years with her husband before dying in despair. Reborn before her son's drowning, the female lead decisively divorced him, and the second male lead took her place. ②After marriage, the male lead went on a mission and didn't return for three years. The female lead's best friend started trying to steal him away. No way, she had to go to the military base and ask him directly if it was true.

49. 399 军 After Three Years of a Loveless Military Marriage, the Young Army Wife Leaves with Her Child 军婚守活寡三年，小军嫂带崽离婚 Little Demon of the Mo Clan墨家小妖Modern Romance376k WordsCompleted Lu Zhiyao transmigrates to the 1980s and becomes a mother to two children without the pain of childbirth. The original owner took her green-tea best friend's insinuations at face value: that her husband hadn't sent home his allowance because he had spent it buying clothes for her. Feeling that life was hopeless, she jumped into a lake to kill herself. When Lu Zhiyao wakes up, she slaps her green-tea friend and makes a scene, daring her to admit she is the other woman. Then she takes the children 1.6kReads8.5Score218Shelves
50. 400 被 After Being Bound to a System, I Take My Wife to the City to Find Work 被系统绑定后，带着老婆进城打工 Zhou Zijin舟子衿Modern Romance290k WordsOngoing [Everyday Life in the 1990s + Entrepreneurship; A Selfish, Two-Faced Man Forced to Become a Workaholic vs. A Clingy, Delicate Heiress Who's a Hopeless Romantic] Xu Yaozu is the family's precious darling. On the day his little sister gets married, he suddenly gets electrocuted and passes out for no apparent reason. When he wakes up, his sister's wedding is off, the pile of "sky-high bride price" money meant to pay for his repeat year of school is gone, and there's something new in his head called 39.7kReads8.3Score6.9kShelves

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