Any Highly Rated Novels Set in a Bygone Era? Looking for Good Logic and Plausibility 大家有推荐的高分年代文嘛，有逻辑，合理性高的

1. 101 七 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder, I Sold the Family Home to Go to the Countryside 七零：穿成炮灰把家卖了去下乡 Tang Xia棠夏Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Seventies setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + sent down to the Northeast countryside + no goody-two-shoes heroine + incredible martial prowess + doted on by everyone + everyday family life + building wealth + making money + crushing scumbags She woke up to find herself transmigrated into a book as a minor character with no parents. What! This character is also a hopeless romantic? How annoying! When has Lu Wensheng ever needed anyone else to tell her how to live? With a pocke 58.1kReads8.9Score6.5kShelves
2. 102 七 The 1970s: I Work as a Waitress at a State-Run Restaurant 七零：我在国营饭店当服务员 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Buling, a wastrel who had muddled through the apocalypse, transmigrated from the end times to an alternate dynasty in the 1970s. From the start, the difficulty was hellish. After acting like a meek little grandson for a month, she finally sent the original owner’s entire family to their graves. Just as she was about to set off toward a happy new life, she had a dream on the train. In it, she was a cannon-fodder character in a novel about a stepmother. After arguing with the heroine a few times, 4.3kReads8.9Score343Shelves
3. 103 闺 My Best Friend and I Transmigrated Together, and I Feast on Gossip in the Seventies 闺蜜双穿，我在七零年代吃大瓜 Zhao Yuetang赵悦糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Couple Transmigration + System + Pocket Dimension + Family Life + Romance] There are countless transmigration stories, but car accidents account for half of them. She’s in an accident right after getting a new car, and she and her best friend transmigrate into a book. Her best friend is beautiful, fair-skinned, and long-legged, with handsome men always around her. She’s dark, skinny, and short-legged, running all over the pla 2kReads8.9Score194Shelves
4. 104 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.6kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves
5. 105 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 20.1kReads9.2Score2kShelves
6. 106 穿 Transmigrated Straight into the Army: I Married a War Hero and Found My Happy Ending 穿越即随军，嫁给兵王我圆满了 Jiu Li玖狸Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted [1970s, Military Marriage, Pocket Dimension, System, Double Happy Ending, Sweet Romance] Mu Youyou, a graduate student in the twenty-first century, is transported to the 1970s by a rookie System on its first mission. It has found the wrong Host and forgotten the mission, too. Since she is already here, Mu Youyou decides to make the best of it. With a pocket dimension and a System at her back, she has nothing to fear. But what is going on with this decorated soldier she is contractually married t 22.5kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
7. 107 被 Sold Off, the Fake Heiress Is Taken to an Island to Be a Soldier's Wife 被卖后假千金被叼回海岛当军嫂 Socially Anxious Tomboy社恐女汉子Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Period setting + parallel world + devoted couples + space + sweet romance + adorable children + cute pets + a few rotten characters The whole story is lighthearted and cheerful, with a slow pace. Other heroines are out conquering the world, while all she wants is a pot of braised goose. (There are cute pets, so don't read if that's not your thing.) Song Chucheng had just bought the first seaside home of her life. She hadn't even started enjoying her retirement yet! Then, to her dismay, she trans 14.6kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
8. 108 带 Taking My Space to the 1970s: The Fake Heiress Slaughters Her Way Through 带空间穿七零炮灰真千金嘎嘎乱杀 Shallow Summer Meow浅夏喵Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + transmigrate into a book + farming + supplies + sent-down youth + great strength + punishing scum + face-slapping + heroine never takes a loss] Liu Xinghe had spent years working as a martial arts extra on film sets. A strong orphan girl, she won 21 million yuan in the lottery after dealing with her scumbag boyfriend. She happily returned to her hometown, bought a house, opened a supermarket, and planned to enjoy a lazy retirement. Who knew that one day, just as she stepped o 3.6kReads8.9Score330Shelves
9. 109 穿 Transmigrated into a Book, I Used My Space to Raise a Child and Win at Life 穿书我靠空间养崽成人生赢家 It's Wuwu, You Know是妩妩呀Modern Romance425k WordsCompleted Zhou Yun is a manager at a large company. A coworker recommends a novel about a cannon-fodder character in the 1970s who shares her name. Something strange happens: after she finishes reading about how the character and her family of five all die for various reasons, she wakes up with a pocket-space bracelet on her wrist. Thinking of all those transmigration novels, she worries she might end up in that era of hunger too. To prepare for the worst, Zhou Yun starts frantically buying supplies. Zhou 472Reads8.9Score—Shelves
10. 110 六 Living Life to the Fullest in the 1960s 六零年代恣意活着 A Thousand Dreams百变梦想Modern Romance3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Two Strong Leads + Period Setting + Daily Life] A career woman from the new century transmigrates as Ruan Mianmian and escapes her family of origin. When she reaches the right age, she marries Chen Yuan'an, a handsome, well-built regiment commander. They bicker in the early days, but later settle into a sweet life together: her husband dotes on her, and their son is clever and adorable. Both leads know how to enjoy life. In an era of scarcity, they use money to make sure they n 2kReads6.9Score100Shelves

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11. 111 年 Era-Hopping Quick Transmigration: Vain and Selfish, Beautiful and Wicked 年代快穿虚荣且自私，漂亮且恶毒 Qiu Yiwan邱意晚Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + a touch of being adored by everyone + love at first sight + selfish and self-serving + a truly wicked heroine] Bai Chuchu is the only fire fox in the fox clan. She is selfish, vain, never lifts a finger without a benefit, throws things away when she’s done with them, and is vicious and materialistic. Her personality is absolutely awful! But she possesses peerless beauty, a face that could outshine the world, drawing crowds who flock to her and prost 6.3kReads7.5Score321Shelves
12. 112 在 Posing as a Returnee Tycoon in the 1980s 在八零伪装归国神豪 San Yao He三爻禾Urban887k WordsCompleted [80s Era] [Feel-Good] [Big Shot] [Tycoon] [No Female Lead] [Building a Career] [Everyday Life] The story of a fake tycoon with nothing to his name who becomes a real tycoon worth billions. Good news: After transmigrating into the 1980s, his heart condition is gone and his body is healthy. He also gets a Reputation System, which lets him exchange reputation points for assets. Bad news: He transmigrated with his whole body, so he has no official identity. And right now, he’s flat broke, with poc 32.8kReads8.2Score2.7kShelves
13. 113 王 Wang Xiaoli's Sixties 王小荔的六十年代 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Transmigration + golden finger + pocket dimension + period drama + rural Northeast China (Lu Huaijin is an important character, but not the male lead) When she wakes up one morning, modern-day office drone Wang Xiaoli has become the “chubby girl” of Wangjia Village in the Northeast in the 1960s. Her family is dirt poor, and from the start she's burning with a fever and on the brink of death. Luckily, her little pocket dimension has transmigrated with her! Life in Wangjia Village is lively: a tou 18.9kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves
14. 114 神 Tycoon System: I Spend Money to Raise Kids in a Period Novel 神豪系统：我在年代文里氪金养崽 The Brightest Bulb Is Me灯泡属我最亮Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (1990s setting + tycoon System + spending money to raise the kids + no romance + building a business empire + wish fulfillment) When Ye Xiaolin woke up, she had landed in a world formed from a fusion of several period novels. She’d become a wicked woman who despised poverty and loved wealth, abandoning her children and running away in pursuit of a materialistic life. She was bound to a tycoon System. To complete its main quest, she created the persona of a wealthy overseas returnee and embarked 8.6kReads7.8Score660Shelves
15. 115 压 Squeezing Me Dry? I'll Empty the Family's Assets and Take Everyone to the Countryside 压榨我？掏空家产全家下乡 Shu Che疏澈Modern Romance552k WordsCompleted [Period setting + getting rid of scumbags + pocket dimension + unhinged heroine + born to strip families of their wealth + no romance] Mindless wish fulfillment!!! Unhinged fiction!!! The heroine is not a good person! Not a good person! She curses people out! She hits people! To raise money for her cousin’s job, Fang Li’s family tried to force her to marry an old man who had already been married and had five children. Fang Li refused, so her cousin drugged and kidnapped her. In despair, Fang Li 18kReads8.6Score2kShelves
16. 116 九 Solving Cases in the Nineties 九十年代破案 A Fish with More Than Seven Seconds of Memory大于七秒记忆的鱼Mystery235k WordsOngoing [Female-Dominant Romance, Devoted Husband, 1v1] [Mystery and Deduction] [Book Transmigration] The story focuses on solving cases. Shen Chunxiao was born into the book as Shen Chun. After learning that her family were doomed cannon fodder destined for a miserable end, she acted decisively to eliminate the threats. After graduating, she put on a police uniform! A female corpse with her face mutilated by the river, a male corpse decapitated on Pingshan, a serial murder case involving the Buddhist 63Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 117 七 The 1970s: I Solve Cases by Gossiping 七零年代，我凭着吃瓜破案 Ji Xiao Pi季小痞Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted Chen woke up to discover that she had been born into a novel set in the 1970s. Her stepmother was secretly plotting to steal her job, her stepsister wanted to send her to the countryside, and her father never bothered to intervene. Chen Nan decided she couldn’t just sit around and wait for disaster. Whatever monsters and demons came her way, she’d take them down with a brick! Want my job? Not a chance. I’ll get it first. Want to set me up and send me to the countryside? I’ll turn around and send 283Reads6.6Score—Shelves
18. 118 让 You Want Me to Cook at Three in the Morning? I’ll Slap Your Whole Family Away 让我三点做饭？我反手扇飞你全家 Soft Soft Green Robe糯糯青衫Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted (The short drama My Slaps Changed My Fate in the 1970s is now available.) [Period setting + military marriage + mental illness + both devoted to each other + career in government + a heroine who would rather throw hands than talk, versus a rough-around-the-edges regiment commander who stole his comrade’s bride] Ever since Su Wanxing was diagnosed with a mental illness, life has been going wonderfully. She can curse out whoever she wants and beat up whoever she wants. She can even beat up a perve 17.3kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
19. 119 带 I Took My Spatial Dimension to the 1970s, Saved a War Hero, and Spent My Life with Him 带着空间穿七零，救个兵王伴一生 Dreaming of a Drunken Spring Breeze梦里醉春风Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Orphan Guo Youning spent three years as an overworked office drone before finally getting lucky and winning the lottery. Just as a life of luxury and lying flat seemed within reach, a rookie Black Impermanence accidentally hooked her soul! Luckily, the Underworld is now a place where reason prevails. Guo Youning brings her farm stay along, and with compensation from the Underworld, transmigrates to a parallel world in 1973! In this life, she has both parents, brothers who care for one another, a 19.7kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
20. 120 换 I Switched Marriages to My Fiancé's Cousin, and the Fertile Military Wife Brutally Punishes the Villains 换嫁未婚夫堂兄，易孕军嫂狠虐渣 Lan Qingzhi蓝青栀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate history, military romance set in a bygone era, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, no saintly heroine, ancient-to-modern transmigration, a pocket dimension, devoted and exclusive romance, no flirtation, mutual devotion, a powerful couple] After ten years of hard martial arts training, Luo Hansu finally avenged her mother, crippled her scumbag father, and reclaimed the Heavenly Pearl. As she lay gravely wounded and dying, her mother gave her the chance to be reborn. In a 6.6kReads8.8Score650Shelves
21. 121 掏 After Draining My Scumbag Father and Stepmother, the Heiress Joins the Army and Heads to an Island 掏空渣爹后妈，资本小姐随军海岛 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 16.4kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
22. 122 开 From the Start, I Reported My Stepfather, Then the Frail Villainess Was Doted on in the Countryside 开局举报继父，病弱女配下乡被宠 Feng Ling lI风灵lIModern Romance759k WordsCompleted [Space + System + Sweet Romance + Frail Heroine + Rugged Hero] Qiao Qingdai was an utterly ordinary office worker. She was 25 and had been single for years. One day, after work, she decided to treat herself. Instead, a woman fell from the sky and crushed her to death. She drifted around with a soul-reaper from the underworld for a while before realizing that they had taken the wrong soul... After a furious argument, Qiao Qingdai happily took the loot she’d scored: a treasure chest System and a p 18.9kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
23. 123 掏 The Capitalist's Daughter Liquidated Her Family Fortune and Joined the Army to Find Her Husband 掏空家产，资本家小姐去部队寻夫 Splendid Money Orange锦绣钱橙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: “Emptying the Family Fortune: The Capitalist's Daughter Goes to the Army to Find Her Husband” [Military marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket dimension + Putting scumbags in their place + Love grows over time + Exceptionally fit military officer, her childhood betrothed VS dazzling capitalist's daughter] Jiang Si was fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant. Who would have thought that after waking up, she would find herself in a period novel, as a well-known capitalist's daug 46.1kReads9.2Score5.7kShelves
24. 124 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 143kReads9.0Score17kShelves
25. 125 老 An Old Lady Reborn in the 1970s: Every Strike Against My Adopted Daughter Is Fatal 老太太重生七零：刀刀刀养女的命 Qiong Sang Huohuo穷桑火火Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yu Mingxiang had cancer. The moment she transferred her assets to her daughter, the girl turned on her and threw her out. Only then did Yu Mingxiang learn that the girl wasn't her biological child at all. Her wicked adopted daughter had killed her entire family! After dying a miserable death in the street, Yu Mingxiang opened her eyes and found herself thirty years in the past, half a month before her whole family was sent to the countryside. Her adopted daughter was stand 59.5kReads8.7Score6.7kShelves
26. 126 穿 Reborn as a Doomed Villainess, I Immediately Flee with the Money 穿成作死女配，她立即卷款跑路 Sanshui Valley三水谷Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + transmigration into a book + slice of life + spies] Other people who transmigrate into books: tremble as they follow the plot and cling to powerful allies to stay alive. Her after transmigrating: discovers she’s a doomed villainess? The next second, she hoists a sack and makes off with all the 61Reads5.9Score—Shelves
27. 127 漂 The Gorgeous, High-Maintenance Mediator of the 1970s 漂亮作精在七零当调解员 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Hilarious + Military Marriage] You were supposed to mediate family disputes, not encourage people to get divorced! - After five years as a marriage counselor, breaking up countless unhappy couples, Jiang An'an was hit over the head with a brick and flung into the material-scarce 1970s. Her father was a lazy good-for-nothing, her mother was tough as nails, and all three of her older sisters were a handful. As for her, she was a beautiful airhead who 6kReads8.8Score608Shelves

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28. 128 糙 The Rugged Army Guy Is Irresistible, but His Wife's Family Ends Up in Ruins 糙汉军哥好撩人，娇妻全家火葬场 Crazy Little Wangba疯狂小王叭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + rugged military man + beautiful educated youth + pocket dimension + everyday life] Zhou Tingting was born strong enough to move mountains. When she opened her eyes, she found herself as a disposable background character in a sweet period romance. Her mother, stepfather, and stepsister's family were all up to no good. They tricked her out of her job and took her home. After squeezing every last bit of value out of her, they sent her off to the countryside. The original Zhou 7.6kReads9.0Score722Shelves
29. 129 军 Military Marriage Bliss: I Flirt with a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚娇宠：我在七零与兵王互撩 Su Youran苏悠然Modern Romance618k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] Mu Jing'an married Song Qingning because his mother told him, “Song Qingning, the girl across the bridge, is your betrothed. You have to take responsibility for her.” Song Qingning married Mu Jing'an because the wife of the company commander who had rescued her told her, “My son is tall, a little dim, earns a good salary, and is an officer. If you don't mind, take him off my hands.” Both thought a marriage without love would 24.5kReads9.4Score2.9kShelves
30. 130 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 56.1kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves
31. 131 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 17.5kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
32. 132 六 Military Marriage in the 1960s: That Couple Has Sharp Tongues 六零军婚：那两口子嘴都挺毒 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period + military marriage + System + two sharp tongues + love and hate + refuses to take abuse] Luo Xinxin has a tongue more poisonous than arsenic. After cursing out her heartless boss, she earned herself a five-year prison sentence. Then, after insulting the prison bully's mother, one punch sent her to the 1960s, where she became a timid, pretty young woman about to be sent to the Northwest for labor reform. She also has a useless System. It was supposed to help her navigate tricky situation 13kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
33. 133 满 The Max-Level Big Shot in the 1970s: If You Won't Back Down, I'll Fight 满级大佬在七零，主打不服就干 Fresh Popcorn爆米花来咯Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted The heroine is domineering, with an outrageously high combat ability. Later, she joins the military. The hero is an educated youth who later goes into scientific research. A strong heroine paired with a weaker hero. If that’s not your thing, please move along. [Historical setting + transmigration with body intact + no pocket dimension or System + Strong Female Lead] Mai Sui, a max-level powerhouse, transmigrates to the 1970s. She just wants to lie flat and live a quiet, ordinary l 59.8kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves
34. 134 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Handsome Male Educated Youth Has His Eye on Me 穿越七零：我被俊俏男知青盯上了 Drunk Moon Fifteenth酣月十五Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + doted on by the whole family + sweet romance + devoted to each other] Li Qingqing, an HR specialist at a publicly traded company, buys a ring, only for it to turn into a pocket dimension. Then a mysterious voice keeps telling her that she is about to transmigrate and needs to get ready. Li Qingqing: ... After checking out her pocket dimension, Li Qingqing decisively quits her job, sells her house, and stocks up on supplies. Thinking she’ll run into all kinds of awful people, Li 15.2kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
35. 135 娇 The Sweet Young Lady Returns to the Countryside, and Her Lovesick Admirer Is Shocking 娇娇小姐回乡村，痴汉手段太惊人 Yi Shuilan易水岚Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted [Both leads’ first love + a domineering CEO from the southwest goes rural + intense romantic push and pull + quiet devotion gets a response + realistic, sweet romance] A gentle, abstinent old flame × a stunning, pure and alluring little white rabbit City girl Chen Man returns to the countryside to care for her grandmother and discovers that her neighbor is an incredibly handsome, domineering CEO. In outsiders’ eyes, Chen Man is refined and elegant. But no one has ever seen her other side. In 140.5kReads9.5Score18.9kShelves
36. 136 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: That Couple's Both a Little Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 47kReads9.2Score5.8kShelves
37. 137 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 83.3kReads9.4Score13.4kShelves
38. 138 七 The 1970s: The Village Bully Brought the City-Educated Beauty Home in His Arms 七零：下乡知青被村霸糙汉抱回家 Ink-Dyed Desolation墨染苍凉Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Devoted Husband + Guaranteed Sweetness + Everyday Life + Both Leads Have No Previous Partners + Pocket Space + Everyone's Favorite] Couple: feisty, beautiful, rich young educated woman × cultured, burly village ruffian In 1973, a pretty young educated woman arrived at the Jinyang Production Brigade. She was fair and soft, delicate and gentle, and so petite she looked easy to bully. But the moment she entered the village, the tall, broad-shouldered village ruffian, who looked especially fierce, 24.2kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves
39. 139 糊 The Washed-Up Star Is So Flirtatious, the Big Shot Coaxes Her in Private, Begging for a Kiss 糊咖茶又媚，大佬私下哄着求亲亲 The Cackling Old Turtledove呱呱叫的老斑鸠Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Complete ❤️] [Foxlike Green Tea Girl & Scheming Big Shot | ❤️ Military Marriage | Extra Sweet and Flirtatious] [Period Setting | Age Gap | She Pursues Him] Parallel world, so don't overthink the details! Nan Qiao, a nobody of an actress, received a message asking her to audition at a hotel, only to be thrust into a parallel world set in the 1970s! She could neither carry heavy loads nor lift a finger, and was about to be kicked out of the art troupe on her very first day! What was she supposed 10.9kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves
40. 140 作 Finicky Rich Girl Brings Her Farm to the 1970s and Takes It Easy 作精白富美携农场在七零摆烂 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Pocket Dimension + Goofy Comedy + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Feel-Good Story + Putting Scumbags in Their Place) The heroine doesn’t dabble in the black market or do farm work, and she has only the tiniest bit of conscience. The hero and heroine both speak their minds. There are no misunderstandings or love rivals. This is a fictional world, so please don’t compare it to real history! Su Qingci, a rich beauty who runs a farm in the modern era, gets sent to the 17.8kReads9.2Score2kShelves
41. 141 八 Marrying a Playboy in the 1980s 八十年代嫁纨绔 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting]+ [no golden finger]+ [both leads are chaste] This is the story of my parents. These days, it would be called a classic hero-rescues-beauty, straight-out-of-a-romance-drama kind of romance. Back then, it was the kind of pairing that left everyone speechless, and made them sigh that a beautiful flower had been stuck in a pile of cow dung! My mom: beautiful, kindhearted, and long-legged. My dad: tall, and otherwise just fierce. My mom: one of the first college students after the na 4.3kReads9.0Score376Shelves
42. 142 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 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 6.2kReads9.3Score639Shelves
43. 143 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2.1kReads9.0Score230Shelves
44. 144 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 88.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves
45. 145 穿 The Transmigrated Cannon Fodder's Life as an Educated Youth 穿书炮灰的知青日常 Wu Zhe Who Loves Beiling Meatballs爱吃北岭丸子的吴哲Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + no black-market trips + devoted couple + pocket dimension + special abilities] Ling Yunyue wakes up as a minor character, a young educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. She snaps to her senses and quickly starts stockpiling supplies, determined to keep her distance from the male and female leads. But she accidentally runs into another minor character. Huh? Why is this one so different from the book's description? Zou Sikang never imagined that after blowi 14.3kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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46. 146 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! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves
47. 147 重 The Reborn Abandoned Wife Stands on Her Own 重生弃妇当自强 Fang Wai, Who Loves Deep-Fried Prawns爱吃油煎大虾的方外Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted As Xu Xiaoting lay in her hospital bed, she thought about how stifled she'd been her whole life. As a rich man's wife, wasn't having plenty of money wonderful? Why had she put everything she had into a worthless man, putting up with him again and again, until the frustration finally killed her? If she could live her life over, she'd never give up her career to be a housewife. She'd never believe the nonsense that her husband would come back after getting his fill of fun, and she'd never let hers 9.8kReads9.2Score845Shelves
48. 148 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥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 15kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves
49. 149 重 Reborn in the 1980s: A Fortunate Wife Builds a Fortune 重生八零福运娇妻致富忙 Wei Xi唯奚Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Old Song’s family in Lahegou has three lovely daughters, from oldest to youngest: Song Zhaodi, Song Pandi, and Song Laidi. Song Yanning was talked into trying wingsuit flying by her best friend. As she descended to the halfway point of the mountain, a strange gust of wind blew up at just the wrong moment. When the world stopped spinning, she had become the middle daughter in Old Song’s family of three girls. She also learned that she had transmigrated into a novel about a beloved daughter in the 2kReads8.9Score124Shelves
50. 150 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.8kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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