Novels Set in the Republican Era for My Reading Slump 书荒年代文

1. 101 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Became a Cannon Fodder Side Character from the Start 穿书七零，开局成了炮灰女配 Lazy Fat Snail胖蜗牛很懒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Storage space, mind reading, military marriage, sweet romance, transmigrate into a book, delicate beauty, mischievous little troublemaker] Feng Jiaojiao dies suddenly after working overtime all night, only to transmigrate into a book and become a supporting character who shares her name in a novel she once read. She remembers that the male lead is An Jianjun and the female lead is Qin Siyu. Feng Jiaojiao, the supporting character, is merely a stepping stone in the heroine’s love life, the male 24.3kReads8.9Score1.9kShelves
2. 102 首 Commander Has No Heirs? I Conceive Triplets with a Spirit Spring and Get Spoiled Rotten 首长绝嗣？我怀灵泉三胎被宠爆 Thinking of You思君吖Modern Romance2.3M WordsCompleted [Short-Form Drama Adaptation Out + Military Marriage + Feel-Good Revenge + Island-Group Pocket Dimension + Exceptional Female Lead, Possessive Male Lead] Jiang Yan, daughter of the richest man in the country, owns assets worth hundreds of billions. Her daily routine is living off her parents, lazing around, and shopping. One day, she went out to pick up a food delivery and got brained by a brick. Then she transmigrated into a brainless period novel written by her jealous cousin! In the book, Jia 18kReads8.8Score2kShelves
3. 103 混 My Hooligan Husband Keeps Asking for Trouble, and His Sweet Wife Keeps Him in Line 混混老公无限作死，娇妻在线调教 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.8kReads9.3Score829Shelves
4. 104 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Rugged Husband, Be Gentle with Me 重生七零，糙汉老公轻点哄 New Moon Like the First新月如初Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + historical era + farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + face-slapping + striving. The leads are sweet from beginning to end, with no contrived misunderstandings!] In her previous life, Chen Yihe was difficult and headstrong. She listened to slander, divorced her rugged husband, and squandered the hand she'd been dealt, spending half her life adrift. A fire took her life. Amid the roaring flames, she saw the husband she had abandoned walking toward her against the light. At last, tears 1.5kReads8.8Score127Shelves
5. 105 七 The Pretty Little Bride of the 1970s: The Village Tough Guy Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 七零小俏媳：我家村霸超凶的 Freshly Squeezed Little Lamb鲜榨小羊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + sweet young woman and rugged man + doting romance + business and farming] Bai Jiaojiao, the fake heiress who had been sent to the countryside, was reborn. When she saw Shen Heng again, she boldly threw her arms around him, determined not to repeat the tragedy of loving him without ever winning his heart. Shen Heng, the local bully of Shili Village, was the very picture of a menacing brute. On their first day of marriage: “I’m the head of this household. My wife has to 14.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
6. 106 死 Death Penalty Rose 死刑玫瑰 Sword Mountain剑山Modern Romance345k WordsCompleted A revenge story, rural romance, life as a migrant worker, the tricks of the city, and the good and evil in human nature. Rose was a country girl. At eighteen, she went away with a relative to find work, only to be sold. From then on, her life was full of twists and turns. She missed out on true love, fell into a den of wolves, and wished she were dead. When Rose disappeared, Chen Shuang searched frantically for her, but never found the woman he loved. Following one small lead nearly got him beat 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It was average at first, but after reading a few chapters, I decided to continue.

7. 107 穿 Transmigrated Into a ’70s Novel: Mom Taught Me How to Handle Men 穿书七零：我妈教我拿捏男人 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 12.1kReads7.3Score872Shelves

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   [Eat Melon] Mental Skills Practice [Era + The heroine is exquisitely self-interested + The best in the whole family + Pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger + Eight hundred mental skills per capita + Shuang Jie + Joining the army as a soldier in the later period] As soon as she crossed over, Zhao Qianqian offended her step-sister and stole her fiancé! And this is still in a book. The man he snatched is the heroine's money-making male partner, and he is about to be framed and targeted by the reborn heroine. Then I realized that her mother was so pitiful. In order to be able to marry a little old man, he even signed a humiliating contract that the three oil bottles he brought would not be divided into family property or the house, and he had to serve the little old man and his four stepchildren every day for free. But you married a widow who is ten years younger than your stepfather, didn't you just want others to help you raise three children?

8. 108 我 I'll Lie Flat and Let My Roughneck Husband Get His Act Together! 我躺平，让混混老公卷起来！ Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 47.1kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves

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   Who in the family understands? Found a treasure! Recently, I have been obsessed with a very interesting period novel "I lie flat and let my gangster husband roll up!"" I clicked in accidentally at first, but it gets better and better the more I watch it! The heroine Lin Hui had a terrible dream. She dreamed that she would be miserable and tired for the rest of her life. When she woke up, she found that she was back in 1980 when she just married her "lazy" husband Xu Dongsheng. Then she decided to change her destiny, but the way she changed her life was amazing - she lay down directly and started to "transform" her husband. She used all kinds of tricks and tricks, including PUA and green tea, just to let her husband shoulder the burden of supporting the family. Her husband Xu Dongsheng, from a lazy guy whom everyone disliked, slowly began to change under her "training". This process was both funny and heartwarming. The story of the family and the family in the book is very real, vividly showing the life atmosphere of the 1980s, as if it really takes people back to that era. Moreover, the characters are all very vivid. The female protagonist is smart and decisive. Although the male protagonist is lazy at first, he also has a cute side. This book is finished. It's super rich, so you don't have to worry about the pain of catching up and waiting for updates! Friends who like period novels and want to read some novels that are light-hearted, funny and have a plot, just buy this book and you won't lose money if you invest in it!

9. 109 大 A Tigress Arrives at the Compound 大院来了个母老虎 Tales of the Jianghu江湖话Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted In 1983, the peaceful military compound erupted into chaos. Shen Fang, the only son of the military district chief of staff and notorious as “the biggest playboy in the capital,” was cornered at the mouth of an alley by a woman holding a child. In front of all his childhood friends, she slapped him hard across the face. The woman wore a faded floral shirt and Liberation shoes, with a long knife wrapped in cloth across her back and a two-year-old girl in her arms. Her eyes and brows looked exactl 398Reads6.1Score100Shelves

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   [Eat melon][eat melon]

10. 110 七 The 1970s: The Hated Couple Goes Wild in the Compound 七零：万人嫌夫妇，大院发癫 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + delightfully unhinged and a little funny + violent, crazy heroine + spoiled, two-faced, scheming young husband + both leads join the army later] Ye Sanqiu is notorious as the most hated person in Trumpet Flower Brigade. The villagers and her own family have suffered endlessly at her hands... Granny Ye and the brigade leader are going gray from worry. Left with no choice, Granny Ye hands her a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. “Sanqiu, you've wreaked havoc all ov 68.2kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves

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    In the first book, the heroine works as a temporary worker when she doesn't go to the countryside. Every time she works as a temporary worker, she gets a skill and is very capable of using her mouth and hands. In the second book, the hero and heroine are crazy and tearing apart the house. Bring the villagers together to get rich and live a good life. The male and female protagonists in the fourth book are both crazy and funny. They laughed in the middle of the night and I felt a stomachache. They are super capable and a little crooked. If you make me unhappy, don't blame me for giving you urine!

11. 111 前 My Ex-Husband Always Took His Childhood Sweetheart's Side, So I Cleared Out the House and Moved to the Countryside 前夫处处护青梅，搬空全家去下乡 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s, reborn and getting revenge, educated youth sent to the countryside, pocket dimension with a spirit spring, building wealth] In her previous life, Su Qingran came from an educated family. When faced with being sent away or sent to the countryside, she chose to marry beneath her station. She thought she had found a lifeline, but instead faced endless grievances and had to keep giving in. Her husband outsourced his filial duties to her, her mother-in-law was constantly causing trouble, and 32.6kReads9.1Score4kShelves
12. 112 先 First Dig Up a Grave, Then Deliver a Coffin. Why Are You Celebrating My Going to the Countryside? 先挖坟再送钟，我下乡你庆祝什么 God of Wealth's Dark Moonlight财神黑月光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn revenge + making money and causing trouble + born to stir up chaos] In her previous life, Ruan Xianxian took her cousin's place in the countryside, then returned to the city and married the fiancé her cousin no longer wanted. She thought she'd found salvation, but what awaited her was endless patience and scheming. A heartless grandfather, a cousin who stole her golden finger, and a husband who outsourced his affection made for one bizarre family. Only when a speeding tr 69.1kReads9.0Score5.4kShelves
13. 113 儿 Son, Show Your Dad the Way Forward 儿子，请给爸爸指条明路 Bear Dad Rules the World熊爸天下Urban1.8M WordsCompleted In 2001, laid-off worker Chen Weiguo loses his wife, who leaves him with a newborn son. The boy is clever from an early age, and always has... well, a remarkably long-term perspective. Whenever Chen Weiguo is on the verge of running out of options, his son always manages to pull him through at a crucial moment and point him toward a way forward. Then Chen Weiguo finds himself back at square one all over again. They say sons bring trouble to their fathers, but Chen Weiguo, as a father, is always 16.3kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves

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    Zaizai knows that Zaizai can't say it, he can only hint secretly that it's not easy to be a rich second-generation Zaizai. It's a very "patterned" period piece, so beautiful!!!

14. 114 心 A Psychology Expert Transmigrates to the 1970s, and the War Hero Falls in Love at First Sight 心理学美人穿七零，兵王一见钟情 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 16.5kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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    If he was initially attracted to Shen Mingyu because of his appearance, it was Shen Mingyu's talent and ability that finally made him fall.

15. 115 南 Tales of Nanyang’s Old Town 南阳老城往事 Feng Laojiu风老九Mystery137k WordsOngoing Memories of a bizarre and absurd era, somewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. A girl vanishes into thin air; two murders over a pair of corneas, with a condemned woman repaying her debt at the execution ground; a thousand-year-old pottery shard traps a rich heir for life; a murder in a narrow alley shrouded in mystery; a disfigured old man fishes for ghosts by the river; a family’s secret history spanning half a century... These stories offer more than an eerie atmosphere. They focus on the suffering, 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No routines, no systems, no cheats, no time travel, no rebirth, no pretense, nothing... Zero AI, pure handwriting by a living person. I am not doing a job that can make money, I am seriously writing a story book that can be read. If you are destined, take a closer look at the slow product. It doesn't matter if you are impatient. The mountains will not change. We are destined to meet again in the world. ..

16. 116 年 The 1960s: Only in Hong Kong Can You Marry a Second Wife 年代60：香港才能娶姨太太 Fallen Leaves in the South南方的落叶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted Bad news: It's 1960, and this is Nanluoguxiang, a little too much like that notorious courtyard full of birds! Good news: Li Feng has a pocket dimension and wants nothing to do with those people! Amid the upheavals of the times, he makes his way from the capital to Hong Kong, becoming a major tycoon one step at a time. Life is so dull. Why not make some foreign currency and get the bombs ready to fly sooner? 28.2kReads7.7Score1.7kShelves

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17. 117 重 Reborn in the 1970s: From the Start, I Take Over a Stunning Wife 重生70年代，开局接盘美艳娇妻 Author Little White Dragon in the Waves作者浪里小白龙Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + hunting and farming + no System] After an accident, special forces soldier Lu Feng was reborn in Northeast China in 1975, in the body of a drunken, abusive scumbag of a husband. Faced with his wife and daughter, both covered in bruises and looking pitiful, he decided to take responsibility without hesitation. He picked up a hunting bow and headed into the mountains, determined to use his skills to carve out a way for them to survive in an era when human lives were wor 18.2kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
18. 118 重 Reborn in ’68: Imprisoned, I Switch Careers to Become a Taoist Priest 重生六八：人在监狱，我转职道士 Boiled Some Water烧了点开水Urban1.3M WordsCompleted The short drama Years: Taoist Arts Reach the Divine, and You Call Me Superstitious is now streaming on Hongguo. After transmigrating to the 1960s, Li Zhenhua discovered that he had become the world’s biggest sucker. His father was blind and foolish, his stepmother played favorites, and his siblings looked down on him. Together with the woman he’d been dating for three years, they framed him for collecting Taoist books and branded him a feudal superstitious. One did it for a woman, another for 47.7kReads7.9Score3.8kShelves
19. 119 6 The 1960s: A Daily Blind Box and a Carefree Life 60年代：每日盲盒，悠闲生活 Being Backsolved被倒推Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Period + System + Countryside + Lighthearted + Family Bonds + Hunting + Inventions + Getting Rich] After awakening memories from a parallel timeline, he discovers that it's the 1960s, and there's no food or clothing! He originally plans to use his newly awakened memories to give his family a better life, but who could have guessed that the Daily Mystery Box System would bind itself to him! Day One: “Mystery box opened. Reward: 30 Shaxian-style braised duck legs!” Day Two: “Mystery box opened. R 1.2kReads8.3Score178Shelves
20. 120 正 Zhengxin Chicken Chop’s 33rd Book 正新鸡排第33本书 Zhengxin Chicken Cutlet正新鸡排Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Xu Feng is a notorious bastard in the village. He drinks heavily and constantly beats and berates his wife. When his sister-in-law Lin Xixue racks up a huge debt, his wife Lin Xiyue begs him for help, but Xu Feng ignores her. In the end, Lin Xixue is hounded to death by her creditors, causing his heartbroken wife to miscarry and completely give up on him. Only when the sisters' family comes looking for them does Xu Feng learn that they are both heiresses of the Lin family! When the Lin family fi 30.9kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves
21. 121 穿 Transmigrated to 1960: Hunting to Feed My Nine Older Sisters 穿越60从打猎开始养活九个姐姐 The Blade Sees Smiling刀见笑Urban3.7M WordsOngoing [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 116.3kReads8.6Score9.6kShelves
22. 122 普 The Plain Girl's Rise in the 1970s 普女在70年代逆袭 Ming Lanhui铭岚辉Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted Lan Qing was completely useless. Her parents abandoned her as a child because she was ugly. Later, her talent proved so ordinary that she could only serve as a menial outer disciple in her sect. She thought her life in the cultivation world would always be a meek, low-profile one. Then she transmigrated to the 1970s, a world full of ordinary people, and was lucky enough to earn Heaven's favor. From then on, she began her path to turning her life around! 158Reads—Score—Shelves

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    📖"Common Women Counterattack in the 1970s", written by Ming Lanhui, original by Tomato. Era, modern romance, and time-travel themes, it tells the story of Lan Qing who traveled to the 1970s and fought back from difficulties. It is completed with 549,000 words. If you like era-travel romance, you can read it.

23. 123 相 He Called Me Lazy and Greedy on Our Blind Date, Then I Married His Boss 相亲嫌我懒又馋，转头高嫁他领导 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Yu had a dream. In it, she got her wish and married a man from the city. But her husband, Fu Xiangyang, was a coward, while her domineering mother-in-law was intensely controlling. Jiang Yu could barely breathe under the pressure. A year into the marriage, she still hadn't conceived. She had to drink bitter, foul-smelling medicine every day, and her mother-in-law would beat and berate her at the slightest pretext. Jiang Yu woke from the nightmare, only to find the matchmaker at her door. T 22.7kReads8.5Score3.3kShelves

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    ### 1. **"Rebirth of a Little Village Wife in the 1980s"** - **Author**: Saturday Sixty-Six - **Copywriter**: In the previous life, Chen Lixia disliked Zhao Guonian's disability, and devoted herself to the pretty scumbag. However, she was betrayed by the scumbag and died unexpectedly. After resurrecting her life, she changed her past and took the initiative, vowing to be the wife of the Zhao family once again. Cure diseases, abuse scum, get rich, make a fortune, and have both career and love. ### 2. **"Transformed into a top old lady in the 1960s, taking care of the whole family"** - **Author**: Xia Chen - **Copywriter**: The young girl Qi Hongdou dressed up as a top old lady in the 1960s, with a lot of children and grandchildren, and a lot of shit. Faced with selfish children and complicated family relationships, she used golden fingers (management games) to transform the whole family, transforming them from top performers to role models, leading the family to a happy life. ### 3. **"Rebirth of a Good Wife in the 1980s"** - **Copywriting**: Su Muyan repeatedly compromised for love in her previous life, and eventually lost herself and her life. When she was reborn, she decided to stay away from the scumbag, love herself and her family, and reach the peak of her life. ### 4. **"Farming and Getting Rich with Material Space in the Age of Rebirth"** - **Copywriting**: Rong Yanchuanshu is facing a death start, but fortunately there is hundreds of billions of material space. She uses space to farm and get rich, abuses scum and slaps her in the face, and at the same time conquers the hidden boss male protagonist and counterattacks in life. ### 5. **"Daily Life of a Couple Returning to the City in the 1970s"** - **Copywriting**: Yu Hongxia and her husband, an educated youth, lived a difficult life after returning to the city, and dreamed of the tragic fate of their children in the future. The couple decided to change their destiny, stop being the "fourth bastard", and work hard to make the whole family live a happy life. ### 6. **"Rebirth Space: The Little Wife's Counterattack"** - **Author**: Xixin - **Copywriter**: After the heroine was reborn, she became a professional torturer, counterattacked to become a top student, and won a handsome man. Facing the aloof male protagonist, she is full of confidence: "I can go to the hall, go to the kitchen, climb the wall, drive a luxury car, and buy a new house." ### 7. **"Rebirth of the Mother to Be Self-Strengthening"** - **Copywriting**: Yujiao was reborn and returned to the beginning, deciding to honor her parents, love her children, and live out her life. As for the man who always puts her before his family? Haha, go and be his filial son! ### 8. **"Rebirth of Space Baby and Happy Wife"** - **Copywriting**: Xia Meng traveled back to the forest area decades ago from the 21st century, took a five-story shopping mall space, made a fortune in a low-key way, and reached the pinnacle of life. These novels are all told from a female perspective and cover popular elements such as rebirth, time travel, space cheats, scumbag abuse, getting rich, etc. They are suitable for readers who like period novels. For more recommendations, check out the related book list sources.

24. 124 流 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Xia Zhizi夏栀子Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 11.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
25. 125 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 147.6kReads9.4Score22.3kShelves
26. 126 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 141.3kReads9.3Score11.5kShelves
27. 127 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Come Looking for You with the Kids 首长，你媳妇带着孩子找来了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 39.1kReads9.3Score4.1kShelves
28. 128 极 With the Script in Hand, I Strike It Rich in a Period Novel 极品手握剧本后，在年代文里捡漏 What a Huge Melon好大的瓜Modern Romance626k WordsCompleted Shen Zhixia finds a script inexplicably appearing in her mind as soon as she is born. In the script, she is the foil to the heroine of a period novel. The heroine Li Zhidong’s parents are hardworking, kind, honest, and down-to-earth. Everyone for miles around knows them as good, honest people. Shen Zhixia’s parents are mean, lazy, greedy, and shameless. Everyone for miles around knows them as the worst kind of people. Li Zhidong will make many influential connections and have countless admirers. 20.3kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves

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29. 129 哇 Wow! The Whole Family Is Full of Villains, Yet They Spoil Her Rotten 哇噻！一家子的反派，把她宠上天 Gold in My Pocket兜里有金金Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [The 1970s: the whole family dotes on a blessed little girl with a pocket dimension and mind-reading powers. No brainless plot!] Xie Youyou transmigrated into a book as the only daughter of a family of major villains. At this point, though, the villainous family was still farming in a remote mountain village. The villainous grandma was a notorious shrew for miles around. If anyone said a word against her, she'd bring a rope and threaten to hang herself outside their door, cursing them until they 2.1kReads8.4Score231Shelves
30. 130 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Beloved Wife Wants to Bring Prosperity to Her Family 重生八零：团宠娇妻要旺夫 Kuoluo Luo阔落落Modern Romance634k WordsCompleted Rugged country boy + sweet, delicate wife (1v1, both partners’ first time) (reborn + personal dimension + sweet romance) “Lin Xia, in our next life, could you love me a little more...?” She turned away from the husband who loved her with all his heart and was killed by a scumbag. Only then did Lin Xia realize she had been blind and foolish! Reborn in the 1980s, she gets her smarts back and uses her personal dimension to build a fortune! She gives the trash a taste of face-slapping, then clings t 477Reads9.1Score100Shelves
31. 131 穿 Book Transmigration: I Become the Favorite in the 1960s 穿书：我在六零当团宠 Mo Mo墨墨Modern Romance896k WordsCompleted A top student and financial genius has actually transmigrated into a book! Could anything be more terrifying? At least her family dotes on her, and there are no horrible relatives. Then the author gives her an overpowered System to help her reach the pinnacle of life. With the System, she can eat well and dress warmly in this era of scarcity. As for the hidden big shot in the book, whom the original owner despised, she’d better make the first move. A cold-blooded, ruthless big bad wolf? Or a hid 2.3kReads9.1Score193Shelves
32. 132 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 4.2kReads9.0Score541Shelves
33. 133 团 The Beloved Little Tangtang: A Five-Year-Old Fairy of Good Fortune 团宠小糖糖：福星仙子五岁半 Lian Jin恋锦Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted The He family took in Yaya, who had been beaten and left barely alive. Some people were waiting to watch the family make a fool of themselves, but who could have guessed that their hen, which hadn’t laid an egg in two months, would start laying, that they would catch big carp while gathering snails, and that they would bring home wild game from the mountains? Their lives only kept getting better! What’s more, the He family’s eldest son and his wife, who had been unable to conceive for years, als 4.8kReads9.2Score714Shelves
34. 134 八 The 1980s: After the Loving Mother Turns Dark, the Whole Family Panics 八零：慈母黑化后，全家都慌了 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 65.2kReads9.0Score7.2kShelves

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    This is quite interesting. Chapter 1.2 Is a book. Mrs. Zhang changed her attitude towards her children in her previous life. The children also made great changes and worked together to embark on the road to wealth. 3 Looks very relieved, beating up all kinds of evil people in the previous life.

35. 135 黑 The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is 53.3kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves
36. 136 拿 I Won Over My Blind Date, Married the Bureau Chief's Son, and Had Twins 拿捏相亲对象！嫁局长公子生双胎 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 14kReads7.7Score1.1kShelves

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    The cultural retro style of the times, reform and opening up

37. 137 带 Taking Two Mini-Me Kids Along to the Military Base, I Break the Commander’s Family Curse 带俩缩小版随军，破首长八代单传 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 2.3kReads8.5Score279Shelves
38. 138 囤 After Stockpiling a Hundred Billion in Supplies, I Transmigrate to the Sixties 囤满百亿物资后穿六零年代 Uh Uh Uh 666额额额666Modern Romance513k WordsCompleted [Space + hoarding supplies + System + period setting + following the army + island life + twins in one birth + food] Lin Youyou receives a warning that she is about to transmigrate, along with a jade bangle space. She sells off the family assets, stocks up on supplies worth tens of billions, and transmigrates. From the start, she is all alone, and people keep urging her to go on blind dates. But her intended match seems like a hopeless romantic. He says, “A man should treat his wife well. My wif 10.2kReads8.6Score984Shelves
39. 139 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, I Become the Whole Village's Beloved Great-Aunt 穿越年代，成为全村团宠姑奶奶 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Modern Romance813k WordsCompleted [One devoted couple, soul transmigration, pocket dimension, period setting, sweet romance, everyday life] “Great-aunt…” “Great-aunt?” “Great-aunt!!!” Su Jianjian furrowed her brow. So noisy. Could they stop shouting and let her get some decent sleep? Her lips moved faintly, and she mumbled, “Mm, mm, mm. Stop making noise.” As soon as she replied, the voices in her dream vanished, and everything went quiet. Who could have guessed that one impatient reply in a dream would make her transmigrate int 8.6kReads8.9Score794Shelves
40. 140 快 After Quick Transmigration, I Spend Big and Level Up in Every Little World 快穿后，我在各个小世界氪金上进 Little Maruko Sunbathing晒太阳的小丸子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Quick Transmigration + System + No Fixed CP or No Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Golden Finger + Lucky Star] Can you believe that just going fishing could leave you owing someone your life? With tears in her eyes, Jiang Yunqiao has no choice but to pack her bags and work to repay the debt. Before leaving, she gazes at the bustling metropolis and offers this heartfelt warning: “Fishing is dangerous, so everyone be careful.” First world: The phoenix man of 10.7kReads8.5Score831Shelves
41. 141 胎 Born Into the Fifties! Life With a High-Tech Spirit Spring Space 胎穿五零！带科技灵泉空间生活 A Miao99一只99淼Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Beauty + Period Setting + Spirit Spring Space + Technical College + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] The heroine’s name is Cheng Xijun! Cheng Xijun is born into the 1950s with a god-tier pocket dimension. She skips grades to get into technical college, studies mechanics, gathers followers, and works as a technician, overcoming every obstacle on her way to becoming a top scientist. The male lead, Lin Senda, is a high-ranking official’s son who works in politic 1.7kReads—Score221Shelves

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    The heroine's family are all awesome. Her IQ is online. The heroine is also very smart in doing things. She collects delicious food, furry and spiritual spring space.

42. 142 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 63.6kReads8.5Score7.3kShelves

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    An English graduate student traveled back in time to 1970, bound to the flash sale system, and made a counterattack from being a buyer at a supply and marketing cooperative to becoming the youngest major. Produce supplies, catch criminals, promote exports, have a great career, and have your golden fingers wide open! [Bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one][bookshelf plus one]

43. 143 年 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， Just Got Nothing Better to Do就是闲的Urban4.1M WordsCompleted New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 251.6kReads9.4Score16.2kShelves

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    The best period article in recent times, with no other faults except ink spots.

44. 144 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 21.4kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    Chronicles, this book is really good to read, highly recommended!

45. 145 替 Rejected for Being a Substitute Bride? My Mother-in-Law Pays to Get Me into Tsinghua and Peking University 替嫁被嫌？婆婆砸钱哄我上清北 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 17.5kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    This book is about the mother-in-law being reborn and is super nice to the daughter-in-law. My son is disliked by both sides

46. 146 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 53kReads9.2Score6.5kShelves

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    Super pretty!

47. 147 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: Putting Every Rebel in Their Place 快穿年代：专治各种不服 Hot Lemonade in the Afternoon午后热柠檬Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A plane crash sends Xia Yingying unexpectedly through time. On her first transmigration, she lands in the 1970s, becoming a pitiful young woman who has just lost her father and is nearly sold off in a marriage swap for her cousin. Watch her turn her life around and forge her own path to success. On her second transmigration, she lands in the Three Kingdoms era, in a bridal sedan on her way to become someone’s concubine, sent by her father and brothers. Should she run away from the wedding, or ru 3.8kReads8.9Score206Shelves

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    📖"The Age of Fast Travel: Specialized in Treating All Kinds of Dissatisfaction", original by Tomato. It is about fast time travel, modern romance, and time travel themes. It tells the story of Xia Yingying traveling through time and space due to a plane crash and experiencing different eras. It is completed with 1.112 Million words and has a rating of 9.0. 9903 People are reading it. If you like fast time travel romance, you can read it.

48. 148 红 A Red-Dressed Plot: Walking the Road to Glory with You 红妆谋：与君共赴青云路 A Thousand Dances, A Thousand Realizations千舞千悟Ancient Romance28k WordsCompleted A Strategy in Red: Walking the Road to Success with You 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommend a good book, a great heroine!

49. 149 岁 Year After Year, She Serves with Joy: The General Was Born a Woman 岁岁承欢:将军原是女儿身 A Thousand Dances, A Thousand Realizations千舞千悟Ancient Romance13k WordsCompleted Year After Year, She Serves the General: The General Was Actually a Woman 2Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 150 重 Reborn in 1994: A Happy Life Begins with Selling Porridge 重生94，幸福生活从卖粥开始 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.5kReads8.9Score115Shelves

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    I don't know if you have read these 5 chronicles. They are some of the less popular ones.

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