Military-Camp Era Novels: The Female Lead Is an Amazing Cook Who Makes the Neighbors Drool 随军年代文 女主做美食很好吃 香哭邻居

1. 1 六 Joining the Army in the 1960s: Fleeing Famine and Marrying a Cavalryman in a Flash 六零随军：逃荒，闪婚骑兵哥哥 Miaobai喵白Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Military Romance + Cavalry Commander + Tianshan Grasslands + Farming and Hunting + Sweet Everyday Life] My grasslands, my horse. I do whatever I want out here. A spirited military wife transmigrates to the 1960s, flees famine across five provinces, and finally reaches a cavalry regiment in the far northwest, where she begins life with the troops. She clears land, digs for caterpillar fungus, and hunts wild beasts. With fields to farm and meat to eat, life is good. Riding a Tibetan wild ass, lea 16kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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   These two period articles focus more on food, which makes me want to order takeout to satisfy my cravings [laughing][laughing]

2. 2 随 Island Life with the Army: My Cooking Has the Whole Family Compound Begging for More 随军海岛：美食养崽馋哭全家属院 Glories Unspoken不言盛景Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a 17.8kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves
3. 3 六 The 1960s: I Follow the Army with My Child and Make the Whole Camp Drool 六零年，带娃随军我馋哭全军营 Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Ning猫猫猫猫猫宁Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Food + military life + adorable kids + Culinary God System + everyday child-rearing] Only after awakening does Song Qinghuan realize that the world she lives in grew out of a wicked stepmother novel, and that she is the original wife, a cannon-fodder character destined to die young. When she falls into a river, her children are abducted by human traffickers. Her children become villains who stand in the way of the heroine's children! In the end, some die and others are left crippled! All becaus 10kReads8.6Score1kShelves

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   This is a very sweet description. Then there is a God of Cooking system.

4. 4 女 The Female Side Character Signs In as a Youth Sent Down to the Countryside and Coasts to Victory? I'll Work Myself to the Bone 女配知青签到躺赢？我非要内卷 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 55.6kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves

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   This cooking book allows others to know that the heroine is cooking when they smell it.

5. 5 梨 Miss Pear Learns to Live with Herself 梨子小姐与自己相处 Bai Lu白辂Modern Romance131k WordsCompleted Lizi comes from humble beginnings. After years of hard work, she makes it into the management ranks of a major company, but beneath her polished exterior, she can't stop questioning everything she does. The sudden loss of a loved one, layoffs, a breakup, and having nowhere to live drag her to the lowest point in her life. Just when all hope seems lost, a red Abyssinian cat enters her life and leads her into an ordinary elevator at seven in the morning, unexpectedly setting off a fantastical jour 9.8kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves

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   "Women and Social Power Systems", when I couldn't recommend this book, I knew it was a good book. Girls read it to me.

6. 6 一 A Blossom, A Cup of Wine, An Immortal Life 一花一酒一仙人，亦眠亦醉亦长生 Eat a Billion Less少吃亿点Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [This book is also known as The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring] [The print edition of The Nine Tales of Peach Blossom Spring goes on sale at 7 p.m. on November 15!] [Immortality + taking disciples + no female lead + lighthearted comedy, no tearjerkers] When your master serves food, you spin the table; when your master chants a spell, you chatter away. When your master rests, you sing; when your master sleeps in, you bang on a pot. Your master is immortal, but your life is short; your master 229.5kReads9.5Score25.9kShelves
7. 7 我 I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s 我在八零当后妈 Melancholy Cantaloupe忧伤的哈密瓜Modern Romance2.4M WordsOngoing Rich heiress Xu Yang spent years offering a fortune to have a child, but to no avail. Then, after transmigrating, she found herself in a steamy, adults-only scene and got caught in bed! Even more ridiculously, she got pregnant after just that one time! Only after she was forced into marriage did Xu Yang learn that Zhou Shao had five difficult children, and every single one was a “problem child”! Xu Yang: “…” There was no need to hand her this hell-difficulty child-rearing script! P.S. This is a 19.9kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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   It's a period story. The heroine follows the army, is good at cooking, and actively pursues her career to become a rich woman.

8. 8 挺 She Joined the Army with a Big Baby Bump and Dazzled the Entire Family Compound 挺孕肚去随军，她惊艳整个家属院 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (She joins her husband’s army while heavily pregnant and amazes the entire military compound) Song Jinyue, a brilliant scientific researcher, transmigrates to the 1970s after a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s suddenly married after a whirlwind wedding, with a baby on the way. Outside, her older brother and sister-in-law are fighting over the letter that just arrived, ordering her to join her husband at his army post. To avoid getting her brother into trouble, Song Jinyue decides 18.1kReads8.0Score2.1kShelves

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   This is not bad

9. 9 白 The Army Wife and Her Child Join the Troops: Her Cooking Takes the Compound by Storm 白月光带娃随军：靠美食风靡大院 Xiaobai Sells Xiaoxin小白卖小新Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted [Delicate Beauty + Tough Military Officer] (Alternate History + Food + Military Wife + Raising Kids + Reborn + First Love + Family Life) When Cheng Yuewan opened her eyes, she had returned to the day in her previous life when she abandoned her children and ran away. In her previous life, she resented Song Huaisheng for ruining her life, and disliked their two children because of him. Only at the end of her life did she realize she had blamed the wrong person. Given another chance at life, all sh 3.4kReads7.2Score226Shelves

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   On the road with the army, it cannot affect my food production plan.

10. 10 军 A Sweet Military Marriage and Life on an Island for a Lovely Beauty 军婚甜如蜜，俏美人的海岛生活 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted [1980s setting + no golden finger + transmigrate + island life + military marriage + food + sweet romance] Lu Ting has barely woken up when she realizes she has transmigrated into a book. There’s even a reborn woman in the story who has her in her sights. Determined to turn her fate around, Lu Ting refuses to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Instead, she immediately attends a matchmaking event organized by the authorities. She finds herself a suitable husband and gets married in a fla 11.3kReads8.8Score757Shelves
11. 11 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s and Raise Kids on a Military Island 穿越六零，随军海岛养崽崽 Wan Xiyi万喜宜Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period Setting + Pocket Space] [Joining the Army on an Island + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Love After Marriage + No Toxic Characters + Everyday Life] Jiang Zhizhi is a modern-day food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s. Luckily, the little house she had just bought outright comes along with her, and the refrigerator inside even has a duplication function. But before she can process what’s happening, her older brother and sister-in-law bundle her up with he 2.5kReads8.5Score167Shelves
12. 12 惊 Amazing! The Lovely Military Wife Goes on a Food-Fueled Rampage 惊！俏军嫂，靠美食杀疯了 Du Yiye一叶杜Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted Oh my gosh! Can you believe you could get crushed to death just while shopping at a supermarket? It happened to Du Jiao! After dying, she transmigrates to the 1980s. To her surprise, Heaven gives her loving parents and a pocket dimension, too. Well, she'll just have to accept reality and make the best of her new life! Oh? It turns out the original owner was married, but it was an accident, so there's no love between them! What? He's a handsome soldier with long legs and a slim waist, and he's no 63Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 七 Military Life in the 1970s: Gathering Seafood on the Island, Then a Stunning Beauty Arrives 七零随军赶海，岛上来了个大美人 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted The story has just started. Once there are more chapters and we get some likes and comments from you lovely readers, the rating will climb quickly! [Period Setting + Love at First Sight + Four-Year Age Gap + Military Marriage + Food and Coastal Foraging + Storage Space] On the island, He Nanfeng receives a telegram from City B. The first reads: “Son, the girl your grandmother arranged for you to marry when you were young has come of age. Just letting you know. The Su family has already sent her 1.6kReads7.4Score125Shelves
14. 14 军 The Army Wife Has Triplets and Wins Over the Soldiers with Her Cooking 军嫂一胎三宝，美食征服兵哥哥 Ink Falling in Clear Times落墨清时Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After Meng Qinghuan was caught in an explosion, her soul transmigrated into a novel set in the 1980s and 1990s. Not only had she become a pitiable cannon-fodder girl whose father had died, whose mother didn’t love her, and who was sold to an old man as his wife, she had also unexpectedly bound herself to a God of Cooking System and gained a top-tier kitchen with unlimited supplies! Meng Qinghuan promptly came up with a plan to escape her wretched family and make her mark on the food scene of the 585Reads7.6Score105Shelves
15. 15 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 94.9kReads8.9Score15.6kShelves
16. 16 孤 A Lone Star Meets the Warm Sun 孤星遇暖阳 An Unknown Novelist不知名小说作者Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Native-born leads, no pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger, age gap, family and village life, slow-paced, cozy daily life, sweet romance] A word of caution: The leads have vastly different social status. This is not a wish-fulfillment story, and there is no strong female lead. Please don’t read if that bothers you! As Jiang Wenyi nears high school graduation, her unusual family background puts her at risk of being sent to the countryside. Her grandfather wants her to marry a handsome s 8.4kReads8.2Score884Shelves
17. 17 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 20.6kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    This book is so good. Taotao's dishes are so delicious that the neighbors are craving for them. There is also a very cute child Chenchen. I really like the conversations between their families!

18. 18 六 The 1970s: The True Heiress Is a Culinary Goddess with a Pocket Dimension 六零：厨神真千金有空间 Cream Commune奶油公社Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + food + stockpiling + real and fake heiresses] Food blogger Zeng Yanni transmigrates into a period novel after an accident, becoming a fifteen-year-old girl abused by her family in a seaside fishing village. With her true identity shrouded in mystery, Zeng Yanni promptly splits from the family. Along with the livestream she brought with her, she stocks up on seafood: horse dung sea urchins, giant abalone, clams, razor clams, sea snails, sea cucumbers 3.9kReads9.3Score442Shelves

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    All very beautiful

19. 19 能 Once I Could Transmigrate Without Limit, I Struck It Rich! 能无限穿越后，泼天富贵到手了！ Yi Xuanqing翼玄清Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Gates between worlds, transmigrate into a book, secret identities, play the pig to eat the tiger, there is a male lead but he’s not important] Li Tang transmigrated to a near-future world, where she faced the miserable prospect of being sold almost as soon as she arrived. No problem, she has a gate between worlds! Traveling back and forth between two worlds, she grows richer and stronger by the day. Any villain who dares cross her can wait to be taught a lesson! She gets into the university eve 4.7kReads9.1Score686Shelves
20. 20 无 Infinite Flow: I Reincarnated as an NPC in a Horror Game 无限流：我穿成惊悚游戏的NPC Casual Doodles随笔涂鸦Mystery582k WordsCompleted The sun falls, and the entire world transmigrates. Gu Xin, who has heart disease, had planned to take things easy, get eliminated early, and enjoy what little time she had left on Blue Star. But an error occurred during the transmigration, and she ended up as an NPC in a horror game. While she ran her doll shop and picked up odd jobs in other dungeons, hoping to earn an immigrant ship ticket as soon as possible, three strikingly handsome men suddenly appeared before her. Each claimed Gu Xin was 1.4kReads8.7Score131Shelves
21. 21 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 69kReads9.0Score7.7kShelves

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    It's good-looking, and it's worth it. I can stay up all night at work.

22. 22 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 29.3kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
23. 23 六 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 12.9kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves
24. 24 开 I Called Off the Engagement from the Start, and the Little Space Dwellers Won’t Stop Moving Things! 开局退婚，空间小人不停搬搬搬！ Mo Moshen陌魔生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama is now streaming on Hongguo and Fanqie! [The 1970s + transmigrate into a book + tiny people, a pocket dimension, and a spirit spring + military marriage + sent to the countryside in the Northeast + no saintly heroine + immense strength + family drama + making money and punishing scumbags] Su Niaoniao transmigrates into a period novel as a cannon-fodder character destined to give the heroine her golden finger. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and the r 15.3kReads8.0Score2.1kShelves

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    The two books I'm chasing now

25. 25 资 The Tycoon’s Daughter Remarries with Her Mother, and Her Stepbrother Spoils Her Senseless 资本家小姐随母改嫁，被继兄宠疯 Purple Gold Bath紫金浴Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Both reborn + 1970s + pocket dimension + pampered by the whole family + everyday life] The Shen family was reported for having overseas connections and faced imprisonment. Shen Siyue and her biological older sister, Shen Siyin, were both reborn on that very day. In their previous lives, she was sent to the countryside with her father and brothers, while her sister followed their mother into a new marriage with a military officer. Everyone said that a frail, sickly capitalist's daughter like her 9.1kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
26. 26 五 Following the Army in the 1950s: I Became an Officer's Arranged Bride 五零随军：我成了军官的包办原配 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Scientific research + mind-reading + pioneering the frontier + sweet military romance + easy conception and childbirth] [Delicate, chubby girl transforms into a great beauty X proud, sharp-tongued officer whose actions belie his words] Jingoutun had a pair of “best friends.” One was as stupid and fat as a pig, the other brisk and capable. One weighed two hundred pounds, the other was slim and beautiful. One came from a wealthy family, the other from one so poor it had nothing. As it happened, t 6.6kReads8.8Score620Shelves

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    The heroine is a chef who travels through the bonded childbirth system and uses the system to build the motherland.

27. 27 八 80s Military Marriage: The Fake Heiress Becomes a Stepmom 八零热辣军婚，假千金当后妈养崽 Charcoal-Grilled Mandarin Duck炭烧鸳鸯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + stepmother + raising children + adorable kids + everyday family life + fake and real heiresses + spatial powers + contrasting characters] Fang Xiaoluo transmigrates into the 1980s as a fake heiress and becomes the apple of her military officer husband's eye. With a space containing a spiritual spring, Fang Xiaoluo can raise children, make money, and farm with ease. Her life is so happy it feels like she has a cheat code. Xu Yaqiu is reborn. In her previous life, she married a m 8kReads9.2Score968Shelves
28. 28 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 33.7kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
29. 29 年 Life on an Island: A Military Wife Raising Kids in the Old Days 年代，军嫂养娃海岛生活 Little Sugar Who Has to Get Thin必要瘦的小糖Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted [1970s + Military Marriage + Special Abilities + Raising Kids + Food + Medicine] Han Shuang transmigrates from the 1970s to the apocalypse. She thinks she’ll never make it back, but unexpectedly transmigrates back again, now with a pocket dimension and a wood-based ability. Using the supplies she gathered during the apocalypse and her wood-based ability, Han Shuang makes it through the hard times. With a big one in one arm and a little one in the other, she raises the brothers to be chubby and r 7kReads8.7Score506Shelves

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    These are all

30. 30 男 Pampered by Her Man, Adored by Her Kids: The 1970s Supporting Character Becomes Everyone's Favorite 男人宠，崽子乖，七零女配成团宠 Nong Wuyou侬无忧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + pocket dimension + rugged man + raising kids + sweet romance] Shen Yiyi was a professional villainess in the Quick Transmigration Bureau. On her final mission, she transmigrated into a period novel and became a vicious educated youth who was infatuated with the male lead, married the story's great villain, gave birth to three cannon-fodder sons, was lazy and difficult, and then abandoned her husband and children to return to the city. In the end, the male lead “carried out justice on H 25.1kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
31. 31 惊 Astonishing! The Top Scientist Is Being Kept by the Strongest Officer 惊！科研大佬被最强军官吃软饭了 Huang Xiaobai黄小白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + making money + apocalypse powerhouse + romance + military marriage + scientific research] [Also known as: Military Marriage: The Fierce Beauty Goes to the Countryside to Crush Her Enemies Without Taking It Easy] [Content warning: The heroine is extremely protective of her food. She spends the early part of the story in the countryside, for about 450 chapters, before turning to research] [Content warning: There is a male lead, but he 15.9kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
32. 32 七 The 1970s: After Her Stepbrother Spoiled Her, Her Whole Family Regretted It 七零：被继兄宠上天后，全家悔疯 A Bowl of Big Sweet Potato, Please来一碗大番薯Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted In her previous life, after her parents divorced, her older sister Ruan Youyou chose to follow their mother to a wealthy military officer's family, while Ruan Xintang stayed behind for her father and three older brothers. She devoted everything to her family, helping them all rise to success, yet she still couldn't hold a candle to her sister, Ruan Youyou. To raise a dowry for Ruan Youyou, her three older brothers even pushed her off a cliff, killing her in the fall. After being reborn, Ruan Xin 2.5kReads7.2Score405Shelves
33. 33 哑 The Mute Palace Maid’s Daily Life 哑巴宫女日常 Pearl Pu'er Tea珍珠普洱茶Ancient Romance524k WordsCompleted Maids! Maids! No Romance Bai Zhi was sold into the palace by her family when she was five. At ten, she was assigned to serve the Fifth Prince, who was the same age as her. At fifteen, she saved his life during the spring hunt. The Fifth Prince eventually ascended the throne and became Emperor Zhaoxuan, while Bai Zhi became the head auntie of the Imperial Tea Room in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Because Bai Zhi was quiet and had once saved Emperor Zhaoxuan's life, she became a famous mute m 10.4kReads8.9Score606Shelves
34. 34 进 I Moved to the City to Marry, Breaking the Nine-Generation Curse of the Heirless Capital Tycoon 进城结婚，破了绝嗣京爷九代单传 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The ratings will be low right after launch, so don't worry about them [Period Drama Paper-Doll Awakening + Marriage Before Love + Master Miao Healer + Clear-Headed Career-Driven Beauty vs. Sharp-Tongued, Love-Struck Factory Young Master] 1980. Something amusing happened in the South City courtyard compound. Ye Mingzhu, the only daughter in nine generations of the Ye family, was going to marry the spoiled son of the factory director's family, their only son in nine generations. Both were the 8.9kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
35. 35 七 The 1970s' Adored Couch Potato: She Really Isn't Bragging! 七零娇宠咸鱼之她真没在凡尔赛！ Cheerful, Sunny, Lucky Goose开朗阳光幸运鹅Modern Romance773k WordsOngoing *A lazy, well-fed cutie vs. a secretary who acts abstinent in public but is a devoted pervert in private, with a fatherly streak [Powerful man lowers his head + age gap + love at first sight + sweet and satisfying] [The heroine is a native with a refined, self-serving streak and a strong sense that she deserves the best. She won’t lose weight, move to the countryside, or go to the black market.] Baozhu, a precious little treasure. Everyone who sees Xue Baozhu can’t help but marvel at how lucky 15kReads7.2Score992Shelves
36. 36 逃 After Escaping My Arranged Marriage, I Became a Commanding Officer’s Wife 逃离娃娃亲后，我成了首长夫人 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance471k WordsCompleted A sweet romance about an 18-year-old beauty and a 25-year-old soldier A gas explosion sends Ji Xu'an hurtling into a novel set in a bygone era. The male lead is the man she was promised to as a child, and the female lead is her stepsister, whom she barely considers family. She can't be bothered to get involved with the original leads, so she packs up and heads to the countryside. Luckily, the explosion brought her modern home along with her. She spends her days slacking off and farming in the co 6.7kReads8.5Score739Shelves
37. 37 我 My Whole Family Traveled Back to the 1960s 我全家穿到了六零年代 Sweet Potato Vine红薯藤Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Historical era + farming + raising children + inspirational + satisfying read] Hold on, hold on... Wow, this car’s going so fast! That’s it, one press of the accelerator and they’ve driven their Mercedes straight into a small village in the 1960s. Luckily, the names of all three family members have stayed the same. But what about their personalities? Changing them takes a good reason. How could such a little thing stump this trio of transmigrators? Dad is in charge of winning people over, Mom h 15kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
38. 38 八 Crazy in the 1980s: The Island Beauty Is Fiercely Savage 八零疯疯疯，海岛美人她过分凶残 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance479k WordsCompleted The story has only just received a rating. Once there are more chapters and the ladies leave likes and comments, the score will climb in no time! [Alternate Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Island Life + Military Marriage + Delicious Food] Chu Yao had just woken up when she realized she'd transmigrated again. This time, she'd landed in the role of a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The female lead, Chu Ruyan, stole the original owner's personal jade pendant and used it to live a life o 5kReads9.0Score514Shelves
39. 39 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 6.1kReads8.7Score586Shelves
40. 40 资 The Capitalist-Era Educated Youth Is Highly Enlightened, Winning Big by Serving the Nation 资本知青觉悟高，为国效力赢麻了 Yan Qi Yun Qian言蹊云浅Modern Romance994k WordsCompleted [1970s + transmigrate into a book + military marriage + special abilities + love after marriage + devoted husband + family life + joining the army + building wealth] Su Mo, a dual-ability user, discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. She'd become the cannon-fodder character who gave the heroine her start-up funds, and she was supposed to die right from the start. Even after dying, she'd be dragged out of the heroine's memories again and again to serve as a foil, with the destruction o 89.3kReads9.3Score9.4kShelves
41. 41 重 Reborn in the Eighties: First, I'll Buy a Courtyard House in Kyoto! 重生八零，先在京都买套四合院！ 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 120.5kReads9.4Score9.8kShelves
42. 42 小 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 Heavy Clouds云沉沉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 91.2kReads9.6Score9.6kShelves

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43. 43 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 164.5kReads9.4Score11kShelves
44. 44 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 125.1kReads9.5Score10kShelves
45. 45 穿 The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 154.8kReads9.5Score17.7kShelves
46. 46 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 41.5kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves
47. 47 渣 After My Scumbag Ex Was Stolen, I Thrived in the Military Compound 渣男被抢后我在军区大院蒸蒸日上 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Devoted, tough soldier husband + pampered heiress] [One couple, faithful to each other] Su Ying is reborn at nineteen, right at the scene where she catches someone cheating. Before anyone arrives, she makes a deal with the “other man” in front of her: they’ll get married. Next, she methodically kicks the scumbag to the curb, exposes her green-tea sister for what she is in front of everyone, and places a newspaper notice severing her mother-daughter relationship. In this new life, if you can go 16.4kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, She Was Sold Off as a Fool and Then Struck It Rich 穿七零，被当傻妞贱卖后她暴富了 Brown Sugar Cake红糖糕Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + crazy, satisfying power fantasy + raising kids + strong heroine] [Fu Qingshan: Half my life is devoted to the country, and the other half to you.] A genius girl from the 21st century takes on a mission to change a villain's fate and becomes a strong but dim-witted country girl in the 1970s. Though she was born to a dual-income urban family, she was maliciously switched at birth and raised as a lowborn country girl. She opens her eyes in a coffin. Her adoptiv 12.4kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
49. 49 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后，配角夫妻下乡当知青 White Star Heavenly Bamboo白星天竺Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 26kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
50. 50 重 Reborn in the 1970s: A One-Yuan Bride Price and a Whirlwind Military Wedding 重生七零被嫁人，一元彩礼闪军婚 Chilly September玖月微凉Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Military marriage in a bygone era, both leads are chaste, devoted husband, mutual healing, choosing each other, a touch of fantasy and a space, not saintly, building wealth, uplifting and positive] Qiao Yunque is a frail invalid, barely clinging to life. She was switched at birth and abandoned, a poor little thing from the start. After barely making it to adulthood, she was sold to Zhou Sinian as his wife for the cheapest bride price in history: one yuan. As if her life weren't miserable enough 4kReads9.2Score551Shelves

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