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Period Novels Without a Golden Finger 没有金手指的年代文

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  1. 51 Starting at Eight, I Flee the Famine with My Little Sister in the Siheyuan 四合院从八岁带着妹妹逃荒开始 Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing Li Daniu becomes an eight-year-old boy. His entire family is gone, save for his four-year-old sister. The rest of them starved to death while fleeing famine. Before Liberation, Li Daniu and his sister flee all the way to the capital, to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. There he realizes he’s in the world of the siheyuan. He settles in with the neighbors, raises his sister, and gets caught up in a series of events with the people around him. 447Reads6.7Score—Shelves
  2. 52 She Gave Birth to a Miniature Tycoon: The Beloved Army Wife of the Eighties 生下缩小版大佬:八零军嫂被团宠 Modern Romance412k WordsCompleted [1980s setting + military marriage + college student + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + sweet everyday romance] In her previous life, Xia Jingjing was the envy of everyone in the production brigade. She was beautiful, got into college, and had a handsome, considerate husband with a high-paying job. She seemed to have landed in a life of pure bliss. Xia Jingjing thought so too, until one day she saw her husband, Jiang Chen, leaving the hospital with another woman in his arms, d 4.1kReads9.1Score500Shelves
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  3. 53 Reborn in the 1980s, I Was Switched into a Marriage and Became the Compound's Beloved Daughter-in-Law 重生八零被换亲,我成家属院团宠 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xia Xiaohe and her cousin Xia Lanxiang are both reborn. In their previous life, Xia Xiaohe married a poor farmer, while her cousin married a college-educated youth sent to the countryside in the city. Her cousin followed him to the city and enjoyed a comfortable life, earning everyone’s envy. But in the end, Xia Xiaohe and her husband worked hard and made a name and fortune for themselves amid the tide of the times, living in splendor. Her cousin’s life in the city, meanwhile, was a complete mes 7.6kReads8.9Score664Shelves
  4. 54 I Became an Army Wife in the 1970s 穿到七零年代当军嫂 Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Space]+ [Family Life]+ [No Going to the Countryside] Xu Di was born in the 1980s. After graduating from high school and failing to get into college, she spent two years working a sewing machine in a clothing factory. At twenty, she found a match through a blind date, got married, and had a child. In 2020, Xu Di, who was always bottling up her anger, was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. She underwent surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and her short life came to an en 21.7kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
  5. 55 Transmigrated into a Book: The Everyday Life of a Background Character and the Male Supporting Lead After Marriage 穿书之路人甲和男配的婚后二三事 Modern Romance351k WordsCompleted [Transmigrates into a Book + Devoted Husband + Punishing Scumbags + Love at First Sight + Marriage Before Love] Food streamer Qiao Wanyue transmigrates into a novel she'd read, but not as the heroine or even a supporting character. She becomes a random passerby. She can live without a pocket-space golden finger, but right from the start she has to deal with a heartless aunt plotting to marry her off to an old widower. Let's see how she cleverly gets out of it. Lu Shaoping has an eight-pack, can 1.9kReads8.4Score159Shelves
  6. 56 The Child Prodigy Returns to a Little Village in the 1990s 神童驾到,重回90小村庄 Modern Romance341k WordsOngoing [Transmigration and rebirth + no golden finger + inner-household intrigue + family life + entrepreneurship + seizing the moment] Overall, this leans toward a rural farming story, with a degree of logic. It’s not a brainless power fantasy. In her previous life, Zhou Yufang graduated from a top-tier university and worked hard for years before finally becoming a manager at a livestreaming company. She thought she’d be getting a big stock option payout, but at thirty-five, she hit a career crisis a —Reads—Score—Shelves
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  7. 57 Sold in the 1970s, I Fled to the Mountains: The Road Ahead Is Unclear, but I Grow Stronger 七零被卖逃深山,路不详,她越强 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted At 35, business tycoon Jiang Anning has finally made it. Then, on the very day her company successfully goes public, she transmigrates. She ends up in the body of an educated youth whose father doesn’t care about her and whose mother died young. When she opens her eyes, the original owner has already been sold to human traffickers, and their vehicle is heading deep into the mountains, with no way out... Jiang Anning: What kind of doomed start is this? But it’s no big deal. While the others are a 422Reads7.1Score104Shelves
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  8. 58 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代:穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 65kReads9.3Score7.1kShelves
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  9. 59 Why Not Cross the River Together? 何不同舟渡 Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted "The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten 172.1kReads9.7Score50kShelves
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  10. 60 My Wife Is Lazy and Greedy, But She's Truly Beautiful 我媳妇又懒又馋,但实在美丽 Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead, Weaker Male Lead + Female Lead Transmigrates + Male Lead Is Reborn + Contract Marriage + Sweet Romance + Realistic Feel-Good Story + Cozy Daily Life + Selfish Female Lead + Devoted Husband] At a young age, Deng Siyao saved up five million, but before she could register for a residence permit and buy a house, she died from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a sent-down youth. She has her heart set on finding a handsome, agreeable husband, hoping to 22.4kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
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  11. 61 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男:我在年代文里吃软饭 Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 8.9kReads9.4Score676Shelves
  12. 62 After My Wife and Daughter Died, I Was Reborn in the 1980s 老婆女儿去世后,我重生八零 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban life in a bygone era + one heroine + teacher]“In our next life, let’s not be husband and wife again!” His wife called him, her voice hollow and lifeless, utterly devoid of emotion. It felt as if his soul were being torn apart. He shouted into the phone, “Don’t do anything foolish! I’m on my way to the hospital!” The next moment! His daughter lay in a hospital bed, a white sheet covering her face. His wife sat beside her, calm and despairing. “We did everything we could. Your daughter pass 21.7kReads9.5Score2.4kShelves
  13. 63 Pigeon Alley 鹁鸽胡同 Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 17.3kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
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  14. 64 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 17.1kReads8.1Score1kShelves
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  15. 65 Back to the 1980s: The Young Nanny's Road to Prosperity 重回八零,小保姆发家日常 Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Food + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Lighthearted + Family Life + Getting Rich] Back at seventeen, in her final year of high school, how could a girl from a tiny mountain village become a phoenix? Hang Jingshu set off with her newly chosen name and fought her way out of the mountains! With no skills to fall back on and no qualifications, her only option was to work as a live-in nanny. Who says working as a nanny means you have no ambition? Who says farming can't lead to a brigh 838Reads8.8Score102Shelves
  16. 66 Day After Day 日子一天又一天 Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, two families lived across the street from each other: the Sun family, led by Sun Lanying, and the Chen family, led by Chen Guangtian. On a snowy morning, a teacher from Zicheng No. 1 High School arrived at the Sun family’s home, disturbing their usual peace. The eldest daughter, Ding Hong, ran away with Gao Yong, a married man, and her younger sisters were drawn into the fallout… Across the street, Chen Guangtian suddenly died of a heart attack. His wife, Liu Jinfeng, clashed with 11.5kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
  17. 67 The Happy Life of Lin Yulan, a Sharp-Tongued Woman in the 1970s 七十年代之贫嘴林玉兰的幸福生活 Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted My new novel, A Lively Life in the Sixties: Revenge First, Gossip Later, is now available! Every character is a piece of work, with revenge, scoundrels getting what they deserve, and plenty of beatings. It’s a different kind of story. If you’re interested, give it a try. Thanks for your support! [Reborn + no pocket dimension + no System + no golden finger + romance, with a cheerful and heartwarming tone] Liu Jie’s parents divorced in her previous life, and she lived alone with her grandmother. 2.6kReads9.0Score196Shelves
  18. 68 After the 1970s Army Officer Heard My Inner Thoughts 心声被七零军官听到后 Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Inner thoughts + period setting + power fantasy + doting romance + transmigrate into a book + romance after marriage + 1970s + building wealth] Yu Xiangwan transmigrated into a minor character in a novel set in the 1970s. On her wedding night, her scumbag husband was called away by the female lead, a man-eater. The original owner spent the night alone and, unable to take it, died of anger. Yu Xiangwan: How could I put up with that? She tore into the scumbag on the spot, turned the whole family 126Reads8.2Score—Shelves
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  19. 69 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 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 98.4kReads9.6Score10.4kShelves
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  20. 70 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 13.2kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
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  21. 71 A Couple Transmigrates to the Sixties, Only to Find Their Mother-in-Law Reborn Too 夫妻携手穿六零,婆婆竟然也重生 Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 69.3kReads8.8Score8.3kShelves
  22. 72 Doing Backbreaking Labor with My Butt Sticking Out in the Sixties 我在六零撅着屁股干苦力 Modern Romance640k WordsCompleted Qiao Mai, a young woman of the new era, accidentally travels back to the bitterly cold, impoverished Northeast in the 1960s. As soon as she arrives, she's in danger of starving or freezing to death, and can only struggle forward, doing her best to survive one step at a time... The heroine is hardworking and determined, with a modest golden finger. She and the male lead live an ordinary but hopeful life, full of everyday family matters and cozy, heartwarming moments. 7kReads8.7Score497Shelves
  23. 73 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代:开局就是新婚 Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 22.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
  24. 74 Reborn in 1971: I Take My Family to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 重生七一,主动带家人下乡避祸 Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [Historical era + spatial storage + reborn] Near the foot of Babaoshan, there was one particularly unusual home. It sat on a plot of about two hundred square meters near the foot of the mountain, with a small courtyard enclosed by red-brick walls. There was a two-story house of just over a hundred square meters, plus several acres of farmland and a ring of fruit trees. Shen Anning lived there. The place had been specially assigned to her because most of the Shen family lay buried on the mountain 4.3kReads8.9Score362Shelves
  25. 75 Reborn in 1965: I'm the Only Son in the Family 重生六五,我为家中唯一男丁 Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted Alternate history, alternate history, alternate history. Some things are important enough to say three times!!! (A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, and there’s a spatial ability! Completed.) After working hard for ten years, she finally managed to buy a home and a car in a third-tier city. Life was getting better and better... Then one day, she transmigrated into a parallel era where food and clothing were scarce, and she was the only boy in her family. Fortunately, her family didn’t favor 8kReads9.0Score433Shelves
  26. 76 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn: From the Neighborhood Office to the Provincial Committee Compound 恶婆婆重生:从街道办到省委大院 Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [The short drama is now streaming] [Career-driven female lead | 1970s political career progression | A female version of Game of Thrones] Striving to awaken women's consciousness + alternate historical setting + career-focused plot + blended family + male lead who understands her 💥 Modern media mogul Yin Chunjiao opens her eyes to find herself the notorious wicked mother-in-law of the 1970s. • Drove her daughter-in-law to her death? No way. I'll send her to university. • Throwing tantrums and ac 26.9kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
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  27. 77 After My Mom Was Reborn, We Ate Until We Were Stuffed Every Day 我妈重生后,家里每天吃到撑 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 9.9kReads9.2Score951Shelves
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  28. 78 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 20.4kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves
  29. 79 Wild Chrysanthemums in the Storm 风雨中的野菊花 Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i 1.5kReads8.4Score135Shelves
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  30. 80 A Laid-Back Couple: The 1960s 佛系两口子【六零】 Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Easygoing, clever heroine + refined, gentle, scheming hero; the golden finger is tiny, practically nonexistent] A modern couple has just paid off their mortgage when, after what feels like a long dream, they find themselves back in the 1960s. They have become a young couple in rural Northeast China. With no financial pressures and no lofty ambition to work hard and change the world, they stand by each other and live an ordinary life. Life's surprises arrive without warning: they learn that they 5.1kReads8.7Score282Shelves
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  31. 81 Five Years Without Sharing a Bed: The Commander's Wife Joins the Army With Two Kids 五年不圆房,首长媳妇随军带两崽 Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating into a book set in the 1980s + raising kids + military marriage + storage space + romance after marriage] Qiao Shuling transmigrates into the body of a wicked supporting character in an 1980s novel. The original owner was framed by her own mother and had a one-night stand with the male lead, giving birth to two doomed sons! But the original owner was infatuated with her childhood sweetheart, abused her sons in every way, and treated the male lead coldly. In the end, he could take 2.1kReads8.4Score319Shelves
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  32. 82 An '80s Military Marriage: The Officer's Wife Is His Precious Darling 80军婚,她是军官老公的掌中宝 Modern Romance754k WordsCompleted After Su Jinxuan arrives at the military base and becomes an army wife, she uses her knowledge to help her husband, Shen Mingzheng, reach the peak of his career. Meanwhile, starting out as a substitute teacher, she gradually establishes her own company with her husband's help, eventually becoming a respected businesswoman. She finds success in both love and career and lives a happy, fulfilling life. Su Jinxuan and Shen Mingzheng were betrothed as children. Though they spent many years apart, th 4.6kReads8.5Score649Shelves
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