Era Novels Like Jiang Han and Hu Yao, with No Golden Finger, Rebirth, or Transmigration 年代文，类似于蒋汉胡瑶，不要金手指，重生穿越

1. 1 抛 Three Years After Abandoning Her Husband and Daughter, She Can Finally See Clearly 抛夫弃女的她三年后不眼盲心瞎了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yu Hua wasn't a good woman. She had “abandoned her husband and daughter,” and spent the hard-earned money her “honest” husband, Chen Jikun, made on a wasteful university life in the city. She also went out of her way to hide the fact that she was married. In an era that prized simplicity and purity, a selfish, vain, spoiled woman like Yu Hua was nothing like the ideal good girl, let alone someone a man would want to marry. Yet Chen Jikun had not only married her, he spent money and effort treati 11.3kReads8.6Score836Shelves

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2. 2 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 7.4kReads8.9Score427Shelves
3. 3 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 45.7kReads9.2Score4.3kShelves
4. 4 吃 Come See This! The Little Kid by the Road Is His? 吃瓜啦，路边奶团竟是他的崽 Wutong Tree in the South南边梧桐Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Raising a Child + Adorable Little One + Getting Rich + Heartwarming] Yu Wan was working in the fields with her little one when Qin Boyan, a promising young man who had returned to his village after graduating from university, rode by on his rattling bicycle. The rosy-cheeked little one chased after him, calling out excitedly. Qin Boyan thought the child and he simply had a connection, never imagining that the little tyke calling him “Ding Ding” was his own child. The villagers 3.1kReads8.8Score227Shelves
5. 5 易 Fertile by Nature, She Has the Factory Boss's Only Heir After Losing Her Memory 易孕体质，失忆后破厂长三代单传 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance314k WordsCompleted [Nineties setting, both leads are virgins, sweet romance, doting love, marriage first, love later, secret crush, slice of life] Qin Baozhu has been spoiled rotten since childhood, indulged and allowed to do whatever she wants. One day, an accident sends her tumbling off a train. The pampered heiress becomes an illiterate simpleton, and someone picks her up from the train station. When she wakes up, she's been married for six years, and there's a little one crying beside her. “Mommy, I promise I 11.1kReads8.5Score648Shelves

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   This book is very similar to that one. The female protagonist gets married and has children with the male protagonist when she is stupid.

6. 6 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 69.3kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves

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   This is really super, super good-looking. It doesn't have any golden fingers but it's really good-looking.

7. 7 八 The Eighties Cannon Fodder Charms the Male Lead and Climbs to the Top 八零小炮灰，撩爆男主要上位 Cheng Yiqi橙以七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Historical setting + devoted couple + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + everyday military life + rugged husband who dotes on his wife + older man + falling in love day after day Xu Zhouzhou transmigrates into the body of a stunningly beautiful minor character in an 1980s novel. The minor character is a background extra who gets killed off from the start. But she happens to have a breathtaking face, and as the village’s last educated youth unable to return to the city, she lives alone 12.8kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   This time-traveling novel is quite interesting. There is no golden finger or space. The heroine grabs the hero as a life-saving straw in a desperate situation. What follows is a sweet relationship.

8. 8 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 139.6kReads9.4Score9.5kShelves
9. 9 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 37.4kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrate to the 1980s, Make Money, Win His Heart, and Raise the Kids 穿越八零年代，挣钱撩汉养崽崽 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [No golden finger in this book. Readers who prefer pocket-dimension or System stories should steer clear. The heroine isn’t a self-sacrificing saint, the hero is warm and devoted, there are adorable kids, and few awful characters.] After a nap, Qin Man woke up to find she had transmigrated to the 1980s and become a woman whose identity was unknown. Apparently, the woman she had become was a simpleton, married to the village heartthrob, who was attending university, and had a lovely pair of twins 21.9kReads9.1Score931Shelves
11. 11 重 After Being Reborn in the 1970s, I Was Carried Off by the Village Bully 重生七零年代后，我被村霸叼走了 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted Su Qinran opened her eyes again and found herself back on the train bound for Daqing Mountain. Lin Yaotang had never seen such a beautiful woman. At first glance, she seemed like a celestial maiden, while he was nothing but mud at the bottom of a pond. Su Qinran glanced at Lin Yaotang. In her previous life, he had pursued her relentlessly, only to die saving her in the end. She owed him her life. Lin Yaotang: “Aah!!! The goddess looked at me! I’m going to adult education classes! I’m going to le 17.2kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves
12. 12 新 On Our Wedding Night, the Cold-Faced Officer Washed the Sheets 新婚夜，冷面军官洗床单 Meat Sauce Dumpling肉酱团子Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted The ratings came in on Singles’ Day, and they started out a little low. They’ll gradually rise, though~ [Military marriage in a bygone era + sweet beauty VS stone-faced officer + devoted husband + cozy everyday life] She transmigrates into a book on her wedding night. They’ve barely finished when he wants to run away? Jiang Muning raised an eyebrow. “In your dreams!” When she woke up, she discovered that her archenemy, who was supposed to have died with her in an avalanche, had also transmigrate 10.2kReads9.0Score913Shelves

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    This book is super good-looking. The male protagonist has a secret crush on the female protagonist. Highly recommended [Adoration]

13. 13 娇 Spoiled in the 1980s: The Military District's Young Scoundrel Couple Strikes Back 娇宠八零：军区纨绔夫妻要翻身 Iron Iron Snuggle Iron Iron铁铁贴贴铁铁Modern Romance232k WordsOngoing [The Theater Troupe’s Spoiled Beauty x The Capitalist’s Young Master] [Secret Crush Between Rivals + Two Spoiled Brats Turn Their Lives Around + Face-Slapping in the Military Compound + Getting Rich Through Business] The most famous people in the military compound weren’t the decorated officers, but two spoiled brats who caused trouble every day: Gu Yan and Qiao Weiwei. These sworn enemies, who bickered whenever they met, had secretly gotten married! “Qiao Weiwei! Did that Gu Yan kid threaten yo 23Reads8.1Score—Shelves
14. 14 分 After Three Years Apart, She Asks for a Divorce, and the Chaste Commander Loses His Cool 分居三年提离婚，禁欲首长红了眼 Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children + no golden finger + native-born characters + life in a military compound + everyday family drama] This is not an effortless wish-fulfillment story. It’s a warm tale of personal growth, so read with care if that’s not your thing. Cen Jing Yi gives birth to her daughter prematurely and is thrown out by her in-laws. She struggles alone to raise her daughter until she’s two. Then her husband, who returned to his unit the day aft 16.6kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
15. 15 八 Sweet Military Marriage in the 1980s: My Ex Regrets It Too Late 八零军婚甜蜜蜜，前夫后悔火葬场 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + satisfying revenge, no putting up with mistreatment + male lead appears late + everyday life + farming + no golden finger + taking down scoundrels + sweet romance + ensemble cast + family matters + military officers + commanding officer] In her previous life, Qiao Jiangxin married into the Chen family. She shouldered every burden to give them a peaceful life, working like an ox and a horse to support her husband's literary ambitions, care for her ailing in-laws, and look aft 52.3kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    It's super good-looking and cool. You can do it if you don't accept it.

16. 16 重 Reborn in the Hong Kong Entertainment Industry of the 1980s 重生八十年代在港娱乐圈 Leisurely March三月闲暇Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xiao was reborn in Hong Kong in the 1980s. To find a job, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the crown, launching her career in show business. She attended training classes, took bit parts, and played cannon fodder, steadily rising to become the leading lady. In the end, she became famous across mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, earning her place as an undisputed superstar. Even when Yin Xiao became the most influential film and television mogul of her era, people still call 11.4kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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    The vixen was reborn in the 1980s and wanted to find a profitable job from the beginning. So he switched from a hotel waiter to a dance teacher and then became the champion in the draft and led the entertainment industry. It's very interesting, has clear logic, is not brainless, and is a growth story.

17. 17 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 40kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves

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    The heroine does not travel through time, is reborn, has no space, and has no spiritual spring. She has solid power! Only you can't think of it! It couldn't be done without her! Social badass! A small mouth can coax people into embryos! It's very funny, but it's not finished yet and is being serialized.

18. 18 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 26.1kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves

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    No books, no golden fingers, no space, no system and it's pretty [laughing] [laughing]

19. 19 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 26kReads9.4Score2.6kShelves

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    No golden fingers, good looking

20. 20 从 Transmigrating from Hell to the Seventies 从地狱穿越至七零 Together All the Way一路相伴Modern Romance482k WordsCompleted Transmigration + period drama + strong female lead + pocket dimension + military marriage + a nation-building storyline Li Qinghuan, an actress who made her debut in action films, died in an accident while saving someone. A muddleheaded underworld clerk mistakenly took her soul, and the Judge failed to investigate, sentencing her as a criminal and throwing her into the eighteenth level of hell, where she endured endless torture. Only when the Great Emperor of Dongyue inspected the underworld did 3.6kReads8.7Score476Shelves

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    This period novel is worth reading. Both the male and female protagonists have great love, and their golden fingers are also wide open.

21. 21 五 Fifties: I Take My Real Daughter and Adopted Daughter and Marry a Military Officer 五零：带着真千金养女改嫁军官 Azure Sky Wind天青色的风Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + military marriage + real and fake heiresses + raising a child + face-slapping] Zhao Jing, an overworked office drone, faints and wakes up in the 1950s. Her in-laws are preparing to secretly tie her up and marry her off for a bride price, while a lecherous man tries to take advantage of her. With the living conditions unbearable, Zhao Jing quickly flees with her adopted daughter, only to discover that her supposedly fallen husband has not only become an official 25.5kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves

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    This one looks so good but there's no space

22. 22 九 The 1990s: Help! Can Someone Handle This Stubborn Brute? 九零，救命！谁管管这块滚刀肉啊 Miss Fan范氏女子Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted [1990s + winning her back + no space, no System + satisfying read + building wealth + sweet romance] The world’s top hacker wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated into a novel set in the 1990s, as a petty, spiteful villainess. In the story, she is the heroine’s foil, but the plot has not yet begun, so there is still time to change everything. Shen Li has no intention of following the original owner’s path. She doesn’t want to end up dead by suicide. The college entrance exams are in thi 6.5kReads8.7Score671Shelves

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    Except for the first one, which is about indigenous people, the other two are about time travel, but there is no system or golden finger.

23. 23 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 31.6kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves
24. 24 无 A Year Without Rails 无轨之年 Gentle Indifference冷漠之柔Modern Romance237k WordsOngoing Liang Hui, a freelancer, has spent three decades both following the rules and rebelling against them. At thirty, he marries Lin Xuexia, a virtuous woman who shares his values; their everyday arguments conceal the ordinary foundations of their life together. At thirty-seven, a gathering introduces him to Chen Li, a bar hostess whose uninhibited nature and clear-eyed outlook strike a nerve. She lives unguarded amid the mire of survival, and the two become confidants, their souls and bodies intertw —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 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 24.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
26. 26 七 The Sweet Young Lady of the 1970s 七十年代小娇娇 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The moment the young educated youth Wen Wan arrives in Lu Jiazui, she becomes famous: famous for her beauty, famous for taking her time, and famous for her sharp tongue and soft, sweet manner. When the educated youths first arrive, Lu Dongping sees Wen Wan and thinks, How is this little thing supposed to work in the fields and earn work points? Whichever team gets her will be unlucky. Take her home and she'll be treated like an ancestor. Later, Wen Wan becomes his very own little ancestor. 1.4kReads8.9Score283Shelves

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    No time travel, no rebirth, no golden finger, the love between the squeamish young educated youth and the village grass

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