Can I Get Some Normal Stories Set in a Particular Era? 能不能来点正常的年代文？

1. 251 那 Love in Those Days 那年爱情 Luo Nanyue洛南月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted I was born in the countryside in the 1970s. This book recounts my extraordinary upbringing, followed by all the ups and downs of getting married, starting a family, and raising children. At its heart is the clash between my generation’s outlook and that of my parents, whose views on marriage, love, and life were shaped by their era, as well as the clashes with my own children’s generation. Life is an experience we pass through, with no right or wrong. People in every era have their own beliefs, 346Reads8.6Score102Shelves

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   Realistic period literature

2. 252 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 218Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is set in a normal era and is very realistic. It can take you back to that time and depict the helplessness of the first generation of only children: either they were spoiled and pampered, or they had to shoulder all the burdens and had no one to rely on...

3. 253 丑 The Ugly Daughter-in-Law Takes on Her Cruel Mother-in-Law 丑媳妇大战恶婆婆 Pan Yu盘语Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing The print edition is titled The Fading Embers of Mortal Life and is available on Taobao. [Satisfying highs and heartbreaking lows] [Traditional period setting] [Family drama] [The hardships of real life] This is the story of the joys and sorrows of three generations of women in a dysfunctional family, and how they grow amid the chaos of family life. Fu Ying is born into desperation. Her mother is a gambler, and her father is violent. When she reaches marrying age, no one dares take her as a wife 58.1kReads9.1Score2.3kShelves
4. 254 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
5. 255 人 At Dusk 人到黄昏 A Foolish Girl一个傻女子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family love, romance, friendship, and neighborly affection. The ordinary, uneventful lives of everyday people; the changing times reflected in rural life; the differences between two generations in their views on elder care; and how the elderly and children of the new era should face the twilight years of life. 46.7kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves
6. 256 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 47kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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   ‼️ A transmigration story featuring a ruggedly handsome male protagonist, a sweet and virginal romance, a doting boyfriend, and a pregnant woman – the original owner disliked the ruggedly handsome man for being uncultured? After transmigrating, Bai Yueji exclaimed: "Those broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs! Those incredibly sexy phoenix eyes! He tears up the angst-filled script and begins a shameless, doting husband routine: 'Husband, let's cuddle! I have to lift you up high to appease you!'"

7. 257 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 84kReads9.4Score5.5kShelves
8. 258 小 Little Stepmom Lihua: Defy Me and Fight 小妈黎花，不服就战 Du Wanxing杜菀星Modern Romance120k WordsOngoing [Traditional period setting + remarriage + marriage first, love later] [Older male lead] [Ensemble cast] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [No golden finger] [Realistic life] Real life doesn’t follow the fast-paced rhythm of a wish-fulfillment novel. Every ordinary woman has a unique, fully realized personality of her own. At eighteen, Li Hua unexpectedly became a “temporary mother” to two children. Through the hardest years, she upheld her promise and raised Chen Wenbo’s two children on her own 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Traditional period fiction, no time travel or reincarnation, realistic life and genuine emotions.

9. 259 老 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨，我和小三换夫改命 Du Wanxing杜菀星Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 17.3kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
10. 260 大 The Courtyard Compound: The Warmth of Everyday Life 大杂院：人间烟火气 Du Xiaore杜小惹Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family drama + everyday life] If you're young and inexperienced, take this as a warning and steer clear. This book probably isn't for you. It has none of the usual wish-fulfillment tropes and no imaginary cheat powers. It's simply an ordinary story about people in northern China. [No transmigration, no System, no pocket dimension, no being reborn, and none of the modern-novel elements you know.] It records the ordinary life of a northern town in the 1980s, capturing the memorie 8.6kReads9.1Score757Shelves
11. 261 说 We Agreed to Keep Things Casual, So Why Is the Cold, Abstinent Officer Jealous? 说好各玩各的，禁欲军官醋疯了 Little Mountains and Rivers小山河Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Also known as: Marrying Into a Powerful Family After Divorce (Resilient, beautiful country girl ✖️ refined, abstinent scion of a powerful family) [Period drama, military family] In her previous life, Bai Qianqian was the prettiest girl for miles around. Bound by a childhood betrothal, she married Gu Hanzhou, the man chosen for her when they were young. She was willing to stay in the village, waiting for him to get into military academy, waiting for him to become an officer, waiting for him to wi 3.9kReads8.2Score392Shelves

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    Both of these books are very good.

12. 262 高 Powerful Family: The Scheming Siren Wins the Courtyard's Untouchable Beauty 高干：心机尤物摘了大院的高岭花 Little Mountains and Rivers小山河Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Upright, restrained, celibate scion of a prominent family x seductive, calculating beauty] Shen Tingyun, the celibate young star of the military district, carefully raised Li Wan, who had been entrusted to his care. He protected her as she grew up and taught her how to navigate the world. She never agreed to call him big brother. Her heart had already taken root in love with him. One time, after drinking, she teased him in a soft voice. For the first time, he lost his composure and pushed her a 2.6kReads8.0Score248Shelves
13. 263 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 179.4kReads8.5Score14kShelves

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    The protagonist's family and his wife's family all get along quite well.

14. 264 年 1958: Starting Out as a Porter! 年代1958，从搬运工开始！ Fallen Leaves in the South南方的落叶Urban746k WordsOngoing In 1958 Beijing, Li Fugui was assigned by the neighborhood office to work as a laborer at a supply and marketing cooperative. As the commune system expanded and Systems merged, Li Fugui became a procurement officer. From then on, he used the supplies in his spatial storage to gradually build a network of connections and ride the waves of this sweeping movement… 183kReads8.5Score17.4kShelves
15. 265 年 1959: What's Wrong with Me Riding a Tricycle? 年代1959，我蹬三轮咋的啦？ Autumn of Heaven天之秋Urban724k WordsOngoing The man standing before you is none other than: Wang Xingguo, arrested for selling duck eggs! Wang Er, the fishmonger! Wang the Rickshaw Driver, the smelly tricycle guy! Second Master Wang of the black market! Wang the Headache, who turned the black market into a vegetable market! Director Wang, who turned the vegetable market into an after-hours bargaining market! And now he’s Section Chief Wang of Transportation Section Four! There’s still a long road ahead. Let’s see how Director Wang continu 23.9kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
16. 266 年 1959: From the Start, My Cousin Knocks Me Out with a Bludgeon 年代1959，开局被堂哥敲闷棍 The Uncle Who Wet the Bed尿床的大叔Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Family Unity]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Getting in with the Powerful] P.S. A woman named Qiao Ya appears in the story. She is an important supporting character later on and greatly helps the male lead's family grow, so she is not a troublesome character. In 2024, an orphan transmigrates into the body of a 1959 technical-school graduate who shares his name. The original owner was walking home after dark when his cousin knocked him out, hoping to inherit his job. In return, he sends both their 8.6kReads8.4Score631Shelves
17. 267 9 Diary of Life in Siheyuan No. 95 95号四合院生活日记 Three Mouthfuls and Half a Pig三口半只猪Male-Channel Fanfiction376k WordsOngoing Zhang Lin's soul transmigrated into the body of a rootless village rascal from Zhangjia Village in 1953. No pocket dimension, no System, no special abilities. His only advantage was having read all kinds of stories about life in a Beijing courtyard, so he had a rough idea of China's history after its founding. As for the systematic education he'd received over a decade later, he couldn't see how it would help him just yet. Follow our protagonist as he enjoys an authentic life in the 1950s. 3kReads7.1Score—Shelves

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    It's a period drama, starting in 1953. There's no system or cheat-like space. The only thing to do is work hard to earn money and survive. I've looked up a lot of price data; the protagonist is a bit of a repressed pervert.

18. 268 被 Bound to a System in the 1970s, I Became a Tycoon 被系统绑到七十年代后我成了首富 Fen Luxia粉鹿夏Modern Romance319k WordsOngoing After Ye He died, the System forcibly bound her and made her transmigrate into the villainess of a period novel. The youngest daughter in a blended family, unloved by both parents, she was facing an order to go to the countryside before even finishing middle school. According to the book, after going to the countryside, the original owner would meet the handsome male lead and become hopelessly obsessed with him, banging her head against a wall for his sake. She would give him the hard-won opport 710Reads—Score159Shelves

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    I've been watching all night, following the updates.

19. 269 四 Siheyuan: I Arrived in 1947 四合院之1947我来了 Eating at Ten十点饭的吃Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing Li Tianyou woke up one morning to find that he had gone from being a college student about to graduate to an orphan in Beiping in 1947, hunted by the black-uniformed police. The original owner of his body was the orphan of a fallen revolutionary, and three starving, sickly children depended on him: a younger brother and two younger sisters. Their six eyes gazed at him, filled with despair. The portable storage space bound to him was his only trump card. And so, a peddler appeared in Beiping: sel 393Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    As for these two books, #Era#, 1 is a good read for entertainment, while 2 requires more time to read. The content is rather bland, slowly unfolding the daily life of that era, which is quite enjoyable, but it tests your patience. If you like it, you can take a look; if not, just don't criticize it.

20. 270 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 194.4kReads9.3Score8.3kShelves

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    Having read no fewer than a hundred period novels, this one, without any spacetime elements, is an excellent work that gets more and more addictive the more you read it! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

21. 271 四 Siheyuan: I'll Climb to the Very Top One Step at a Time! 四合院：我要一步一步走到最高！ The Truant Frog逃学的青蛙Male-Channel Fanfiction766k WordsCompleted After graduating from university in 1958, Gao Yan is assigned to work as a technician at an electron tube factory! After joining the company, Gao Yan develops semiconductor planar process technology, officially stepping into politics. But this is only the beginning: he will climb, step by step, all the way to the top! In this life, Gao Yan unexpectedly meets Li Yunlong, and with a sixteen-character motto, he indirectly changes Li Yunlong's fate! In this life, Jia Dongxu gets executed by firing s 45.6kReads6.6Score2.7kShelves
22. 272 四 Siheyuan: I Took Down Silly Zhu from the Start 四合院：开局打废傻柱 Black Eagle103黑鹰103Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: Courtyard: Taking Revenge on the Bullies in Hong Kong, Becoming a Home Appliance and Entertainment Mogul, and a Chip Tycoon [Has a pocket dimension and clones; beats up the bullies without hesitation; strikes from the shadows and never forgives; later develops his business in Hong Kong] After transmigrating to a Beijing courtyard in 1965, Li Fugui awakens a pocket dimension and the ability to create clones. Once he has prepared his tools, he cripples Silly Zhu's arm and leg that v 1.2kReads6.2Score209Shelves
23. 273 七 Joining the Army in 1970: My Mom Is a Resourceful, Well-Connected Lady 七零参军：我妈是神通广大贵妇人 Little Sister-in-Law of Jiangnan Leather Factory江南皮革厂小姨子Urban809k WordsOngoing [No System, no spatial storage, hard-core military life, period drama, adapted from real history] Back in the late autumn of 1968, undercurrents of conflict swirl through the compound. In his previous life, his mother went gray overnight and endured a miserable old age trying to protect him. This time, Han Xiao vows to be the strongest support his mother could ever have! Defying fate, Han Xiao enlists and throws himself into the harshest frontier post. Everyone expects him to cry for his parents 159.9kReads8.7Score17.7kShelves
24. 274 四 Siheyuan: Starting Over After Leaving the Military as a Deputy Division Commander 四合院：从副师长转业开始 Wind Mage风系魔导Male-Channel Fanfiction954k WordsCompleted As a hot-blooded young man from the 21st century, after being reborn in 1940, it feels like I’d be letting fate down if I didn’t take a chance. Why would I need a golden finger? Memories of the future are the greatest golden finger of all. This time, Lin Guoping is going to find out what it means for choices to matter more than effort... 41.1kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves
25. 275 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Brother Beat You Up Every Day? 四合院：傻柱你哥咋天天揍你？ Leaving Half a Cigarette留半截烟头Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Moderate violence] [Turning Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives around] [Rebuilding the family’s values] He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Silly Zhu’s “short-lived” older brother! After returning from the battlefield, he turns his younger siblings’ lives around. His younger brother, He Yuzhu, is exploited by the whole courtyard and still acts like a pathetic simp. He Weiguo has just one word for him: “A beating!” He’ll beat some sense into him! His younger sister, He Yushui, has suffered 55.8kReads8.1Score3.6kShelves
26. 276 四 I'm He Yuzhu from the Courtyard House 四合院我是何雨柱 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction608k WordsCompleted The life of an ordinary person. Come see what happens after He Yuzhu becomes an ordinary man, with no potty humor, no invincibility, and none of those talismans. Thanks for your support. 30.9kReads8.9Score788Shelves
27. 277 福 Fuji 福记 Yu Yi俞壹Modern Romance215k WordsCompleted The story begins in 1980, in Jiangyan Village, Denong County, Jichun Province, in Northeast China. The Fu family fishes and runs a tofu workshop. From a tiny shop where the stone mill creaks, to a modern factory roaring with machinery; from the fields of Jiangyan Village, to the vast reclamation farms of Sanjiang, and then to the bustling markets and high-stakes business negotiations in the south. The heroine, Bai Hui, transforms from a humble countrywoman selling goods from a basket into a busi 10Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    Super good read! All stories set in the indigenous era, no time travel, rebirth, or cheat codes. Very heartwarming, and well-written.

28. 278 翠 Cuihua's World 翠花的人世间 There Are Little Fish in the Water水里有小鱼Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In the early 1980s, Old Zhang of Zhangjia Village had eight children: six sons and two daughters. Dayong, Eryong, and Cuilan all got married on the same day. The Zhang family married off two children and welcomed one bride into the family. Eryong became a live-in son-in-law. Being a live-in son-in-law is great. He earned that for himself. With five more children still waiting to marry, Old Zhang was gored to death by an ox. His wife was beside herself with worry. Sanyong went off to work, Siyong 4.2kReads8.2Score305Shelves
29. 279 重 Auntie Tao, Reborn, Has a Headache Every Day 重生后的陶大妈每天都在脑壳疼 Sticky Peach黏桃Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Tao Qin thought, “I was too controlling in my last life, and my children never felt close to me. What if I try doing things differently this time?” Hey, it really works! I’m getting along better with the neighbors, too. Haha, every day is spent catching up on the latest gossip. 11.1kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves

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    A ten-year veteran bookworm recommends these great period novels [cool], listed in no particular order, they're all excellent.

30. 280 欢 After Turning Dark, She Slaughters Her Way Across the World 欢喜黑化后，大杀四方 A Hundred Days of Spring百日春Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate universe, not straightforward wish fulfillment, plain-looking heroine, harem rivalry in the later arc, no moral boundaries, not chaste] Huan Xi is the illegitimate daughter her mother had during her marriage. She is ordinary-looking, sensitive, proud, and conservative in her thinking. Before her grandmother died, she told Huan Xi a secret. The women of the Huan family pass down a peculiar trait through the generations: each woman bears only one daughter. Their daughters tend to be pla 20.9kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
31. 281 婆 When the Mother-in-Law Takes Charge, Her Son Returns to a Shocking Sight 婆婆当家，儿子归来傻眼了 A Mushroom一枝蘑菇Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted For the two years since her son got married, Yang Yufen never showed up. Everyone said she was a mean mother-in-law who looked down on her daughter-in-law, Qin Nian: she didn’t help when Qin Nian was pregnant, and she was nowhere to be seen when her grandson became seriously ill. It wasn’t until Qin Nian had an accident and the child died that Yang Yufen finally came to her senses. At the hospital, she saw her missing son with a homewrecker. She slapped him, only for the woman to shove her down 15.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
32. 282 重 Back to 1985: My Self-Serve Porridge Stall Is a Hit 重回八五，自助粥摊火爆了 Meng Xiaocha蒙小茶Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Her Own Woman) To escape her stepfather's clutches, Su Miao falls from the 13th floor and travels back to the day her parents divorced when she was a child. She sees through her mother's cold, indifferent nature and her habit of endlessly spoiling her younger brother. This time, she chooses without hesitation to go with her father. When her uncle tries to secure a permanent job, he blocks the door and raises a huge ruckus. Su Miao leans close to her father's ear and whispers a few words. Her fa 22.6kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
33. 283 签 Sign-In in the 1970s: The Female Supporting Character and Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Powerful Man 签到七零：女配知青被大佬娇宠了 Watching Fish from the Pavilion亭上观鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Sign-in System + Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside + Past and Present Lives + Supporting Female Character Enjoys the Gossip + Highly Educated Couple + Clear-Headed, Independent Heroine + No Character Assassination of the Original Heroine] Yi Qingqing died young. When she arrived in the underworld, she was told she had earned great merit and should have enjoyed a life of wealth and a destined marriage in one of her lifetimes, but illness had robbed her of that. As compensation, s 53.1kReads9.4Score5.8kShelves
34. 284 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
35. 285 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 55.7kReads9.3Score4.7kShelves
36. 286 改 Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老 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 34.8kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
37. 287 重 Back to 1987 重回1987 Ting Houshan庭后山Urban2.4M WordsCompleted Feng Yisheng, the lone wolf of finance, spent his entire life striving for the top. Just as he reached the summit of the financial world, someone threw him off a rooftop, sending him back to 1987, a year when his parents and older sister had disappeared, his younger sister had been kidnapped, and the girl who had waited ten years for him had given up. It was a time when beauty and harsh reality coexisted. As spring breezes and gentle rain swept across China and all things came back to life, he m 16.9kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
38. 288 穿 Transmigrated to 1960, I Start with Eight Calabash Brothers 穿越60的我开局带八个葫芦娃 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Urban554k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] + [Spatial Storage] + [Lighthearted] + [Single Heroine] + [Decisive and Ruthless] He transmigrates to the 1960s. While other transmigrators arrive with both parents, grandparents, and siblings around, Yang Zhiyuan finds himself fleeing famine. And he has eight kids to look after. From the start, he nearly starves to death. Other people start with a bowl and end up with a noose. He starts with a jar and ends up with eight Calabash Brothers and a noose. See how Yang Zhiyuan manage 5.4kReads7.9Score240Shelves

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    Here they are. Both are fairly normal. The first one covers a rather large period of time, while the second one is a bit bland.

39. 289 书 The Younger Uncle Who Went to the Countryside in the 1980s Is Back 书穿八零之下乡的小叔回来了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance780k WordsCompleted The 1980s: family squabbles and everyday life. Young intellectual Lu Guoan had gone to the countryside. To treat his daughter, who was trapped in a strange, unending sleep, he had no choice but to return to the city with his wife and child. The Lu family was crowded into a small home, and the family's sudden return sparked some unavoidable domestic conflicts. Yet Lu Qiaoqiao, the patient, recovered the moment she stepped through the Lu family door, without needing any treatment at all. She al 17.2kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
40. 290 斯 The Bashful Doctor and the 1980s Butcher Girl Who Won't Stop Spoiling Him 斯文医生脸红红八零杀猪婆追着哄 Gu Nuanqing顾暖卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short dramas 1–4 and the animated series are releasing simultaneously~ [Period setting + marriage first, love later + fiercely protective + older woman/younger man + no transmigration or rebirth] [Bold, career-minded pig butcher vs. refined, reserved, easily embarrassed doctor] Everyone in Chihe Town knew Yun Tianjiao. When it came to looks and figure, if she came in second, no one would dare claim first place. But when it came to her fiery temper, she was just as unmatched in town. That was exa 13.8kReads9.0Score796Shelves

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    Purely historical, without any cheat codes.

41. 291 四 Siheyuan: Medicine and Martial Arts Are Inseparable 四合院之医武不分家 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Male-Channel Fanfiction463k WordsCompleted [Period][Lighthearted][Low on Hostility][Laid-Back][One Female Lead] Transmigration doesn't seem all that difficult anymore. An obscure writer woke up one morning and found himself in 1947, without so much as a fuss. From the start, he was an eight-year-old child. Life was going to be tough. Fortunately, he had a golden finger. Yang Sanjin decided to live differently this time and make a good life for himself in this era. 6.8kReads7.2Score195Shelves
42. 292 七 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 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 17.9kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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    What sparks will fly when a gentle and intellectual psychology PhD travels to a bygone era? The contrasting settings are incredibly captivating, and the sweet and romantic interactions are absolutely addictive. Experience the wonderful fusion of romance and psychology across different eras—come and unlock this unique destiny! Dear readers, you won't regret joining this story! No spatial system, no overpowered characters.

43. 293 相 My Blind Date Was Stolen? The Gruff Army Officer Calls Me His Darling Every Night 相亲被截胡？糙汉军官夜夜喊她宝 Chang Xing Chang Xing长幸常幸Modern Romance644k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + marriage before love + family life; rugged older military officer and sweet young wife, eight-year age gap, he’s been plotting this for ages, one-on-one and both leads are each other’s only ones] Complete. Read with confidence! _ Su Ruan went on a blind date. The bad news: Her nemesis swooped in and stole her date. The good news: A stranger suddenly appeared and pretended to be her boyfriend, saving her face. The bad news: The man who saved h 16.9kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves

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    It's normal, a pure native, very sweet and funny.

44. 294 七 The 1970s: The Eight Younger Brothers Who Always Enabled Their Brother Are Reborn 七零之八个扶弟魔的弟弟重生了 A Splash of Vivid Color一抹重彩Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, reborn, spirit spring space, one female lead, family ties, everyday family life, building wealth] In his previous life, Qi Yuejin became the richest man in the country. In the first half of his life, he relied on his eight older sisters and lived well with his wife. By the time he made money and came to his senses, some of his sisters were dead and others crippled, while the younger generation had severed ties with him and wanted nothing more to do with him for the rest of their 39.7kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves

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    🍁🍁🍁The younger brother of eight doting older sisters is reborn in the 1970s with a spiritual spring space. The spring can enhance his physique, and the space can hold all things. In this second life, he changes the tragic fate of his sisters from their previous lives and leads them to wealth and prosperity.

45. 295 七 A Warm Marriage in the 1970s: She Marries a Rough Rascal and Is Spoiled Like a Treasure 七零暖婚：嫁给痞气糙汉被宠成宝 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Everyone says the bad-tempered rascal from the Xie family is a shameless layabout. How on earth did he get so lucky as to marry Jiang He, the woman everyone in the surrounding villages wants for a wife? The young men who have a crush on Jiang He are all so jealous they could grind their teeth over Xie Shenqing. And yet, despite having such a kind and lovely wife, Xie Shenqing is always shouting at and scolding her. Even the neighborhood aunties whisper that it's a shame and that Jiang He has had 6.1kReads8.9Score380Shelves

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    In this book, the male and female leads get married by chance. The male lead gradually falls in love with the female lead. He's a tough-talking but soft-hearted person who treats her very well. Later, he has to leave home temporarily due to some circumstances, but he returns later. It's mostly sweet and super good!

46. 296 撩 You Flirted with Me, and Now You Say You Mistook Me for Someone Else? 撩都撩了，你说认错人？ Good Thing Meow好柿喵Modern Romance499k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later.) (1970s + military marriage + mutual firsts + sweet romance + rugged male lead + natives) (No transmigration or golden finger. Neither lead is perfect. This is not a strong-female-lead, face-slapping wish-fulfillment story. If that bothers you, don’t read.) Du Ruolin had lived with her uncle’s family since she was little, and stole her cousin’s marriage prospect. She’d heard the Cheng family was well-off, all their children were promising, and their 7.3kReads8.8Score938Shelves

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    The entire cast is native, there's no melodramatic plot or awful characters, and both the male and female leads have great personalities.

47. 297 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Steals the Protagonist's Golden Finger 穿书七零炮灰觉醒抢走主角金手指 Ting Wawa婷娃娃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension) Tags: Clear-headed female lead, focused entirely on her career Yang Lihua had been born into this era for over a decade when, on the day her older brother Yang Lixin went on a blind date, she suddenly awakened to the truth: her future sister-in-law was the ill-fated heroine of a period novel, constantly tormented by her sister-in-law, and Yang Lihua herself was the awful sister-in-law readers hated with a burning passion. All sorts o 102.3kReads8.8Score11kShelves
48. 298 红 No. 66 Hongyan Alley 红延胡同六六号院 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period setting + ordinary people + native male and female leads + transmigrated female lead as the second heroine, with no golden finger + a touch of ensemble cast + no relocation to the countryside, no poverty relief, no subsidizing others + no military marriage, no rough-and-tumble hero + 1v1] Excerpt One: “Damn it!” Xu Hongmian cursed, tightening her grip on the corn bun. It was one thing for Xu Junqing to eat at the school cafeteria, but Xu Hongqiao wasn’t coming home either? That girl had 3.6kReads8.4Score365Shelves
49. 299 咱 Our Niu Niu Has a Little Luck on Her Side 咱家牛妞，有点小运气在身上 The Immortal Venerable's Junior Sister Who Can transmigrate into a book and Cheat穿书开挂的仙尊小师妹Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted For questions about the story, see the latest post. Putting missing plot details in the comments is too much trouble, so you can listen to the audiobook for additions. Thank you. [Born in the Era + Growing Through Education + Family Life + Everyday Mischief + A Little Luck] Niu Niu's family was notorious in the brigade for being lazy and greedy. Her father was lazy, her mother was greedy, and she inherited both traits perfectly: if she could lie down, she would never stand up. Her grandparents 16.1kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves
50. 300 大 Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a 14.2kReads8.1Score1kShelves

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