Any Period Novels That Aren't About Military Marriage or Serving the Country? 有没有年代文不是军婚或者报效国家的啊

1. 1 知 The Educated Youth's Life in the Countryside 知青的下乡生活 Lost My Brain丢失大脑Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted An accident cost Chen Wanyue her life. She thought it would all end just like that, but then she discovered that, due to a mistake by the officials of the underworld, she had lost the bright future she was supposed to have. As compensation, she was granted a chance to transmigrate and experience another life. This time, Chen Wanyue transmigrates into Chen Chuncao. What will be different about this life? Stay tuned! 2.7kReads8.4Score171Shelves

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   Period writing, not military marriage, super nice, highly recommended

2. 2 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. 123.5kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves
3. 3 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 98.5kReads9.4Score16.5kShelves

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   The first one was worn by my best friend who married a brother from the same family. It is very interesting to read. The second book is about a retired rough guy and a hot and charming heroine. It is a redemption story. They all live for themselves [shy]

4. 4 绝 A Stunning Widow, Fiery and Alluring; A Retired Soldier, Cold and Tempting 绝色寡妇辣又魅，退伍硬汉冷又欲 A Pot of Fine Wine一壶大花酒Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted (Set in an alternate version of the 1980s; devoted couple with sizzling chemistry + flamboyant, seductive wild rose x brooding, tough veteran + a touch of ensemble cast) A push and pull of flirtation, sizzling hormones, healing and redemption Everyone knows that on the little island of Jiulin, there’s a hotel called Laifu. The owner, Yao, is a pretty widow who loves money and men. People all say that in ancient times, she’d have been a bewitching temptress who brought kingdoms to ruin. Then one 3.8kReads8.9Score266Shelves
5. 5 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 33.1kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
6. 6 我 I Run a Planar Supermarket Along the Long March 我在长征路上开位面超市 Orange, You’ll Never Get Enough橙子你爱不完Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted [Patriotic story] [Easygoing everyday pace] Gao Miaomiao comes from a revolutionary family. During an undercover trip abroad to Myanmar, where she was injured by organ traffickers, she unexpectedly awakens a System. It lets her exchange items imbued with each customer's heartfelt wishes in random planes, then put them up for auction at the Myriad Worlds Auction House to upgrade the System. When she learns that the next plane is bound to the Long March route, Gao Miaomiao doesn't hesitate to hand 1kReads8.9Score100Shelves
7. 7 七 A Top Student in the 1970s: She Brings Honor to Her Country Through Research 七零当学霸，她靠科研给国家长脸 Yao Shanshan姚闪闪Modern Romance477k WordsCompleted [Family Life, Slow-Burn Days, a Heroine Devoted to the Party and Her Career! No Romance, Scientific Research, Patriotism!] Her golden finger is an upgraded memory ability… Unlocking a memory palace! She transmigrates to the 1970s, just as the college entrance exams are reinstated. While everyone else studies hard for university, He Yangmiao transmigrates into the body of an elementary school student and has to start with “A, O, E” and “one plus one”… She scored only 208 on the modern college e 1.2kReads7.4Score101Shelves
8. 8 穿 I Became the Commander’s Daughter Who Died Young, and My Baby Is Everyone’s Darling 穿成首长早死亲闺女，崽成团宠了 Yuanzi Cat媛子猫Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing After blowing herself up, 5188 landed in the 1970s. She carefully hid the System still running in her mind and pretended to be a human toddler. To get Grandma to take her home, 5188 volunteered that her parents were dead. Once she learned that changing the fate of a member of the old Jiang family would let her retrieve things from her apocalyptic storage space, 5188 became all the more eager to help. Big Brother wants to improve his physical fitness? Easy! “Granny Jiang, something terrible has h 7.2kReads9.3Score424Shelves
9. 9 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 8.3kReads9.1Score746Shelves

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   Yes, yes, if your parents are short-lived, you don't have to [send heartfelt messages]

10. 10 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 24.3kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
11. 11 东 Sent to the Northeast Countryside: I Return to Grandma’s Home, Sign In, and Take on the Spoiled Brats 东北下乡：我回姥家签到怼极品 Dumplings Wrapped in Pancakes煎饼卷水饺Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Originally titled I’m Heading to Grandma’s While Everyone Else Goes to the Countryside: Sign In, Put People in Their Place, and Laugh All the Way [Vintage-era wish fulfillment + putting awful people in their place + a treasury of Northeastern Chinese sayings + sign-in System + comedy + pampered by the whole family + domestic drama] (Warning: the clapbacks are fierce! If that’s not your thing, steer clear!) After living for 30 years in the future, Jiang Youning is killed by a semi-truck. She is r 2.9kReads7.9Score227Shelves

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    These are period texts that compare with life

12. 12 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 23.7kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
13. 13 开 From the Start, I Inherited a Fortune and Lived It Up in the 1960s 开局继承遗产，我在六零躺赢 Nannan Who Loves Shredded Potatoes爱吃土豆丝的南南Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Jian Shu gained access to a pocket dimension. Having read countless novels, she immediately began stockpiling supplies in preparation for transmigrating or the apocalypse. A few years passed, and Jian Shu had all but forgotten about the idea. Then, when she woke up one day, she found herself in a different era. She had transmigrated to 1968. She was an orphan, but she had a large inheritance and no awful relatives to deal with. See how Jian Shu uses her pocket dimension to get rich in this e 14.7kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
14. 14 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 140.5kReads9.4Score11.3kShelves

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    This is it [Shy], a novel I like very much, every character is very interesting, the male protagonist is a handsome young gangster type, very lucky), the female protagonist is a time travel, gentle and tough type, the writing is good, the rating is high, I read it a lot, don't say much, data is king [Learned]

15. 15 资 The Capitalist Heiress Takes Up Military Engineering 资本家小姐搞军工 Nine Long Songs九久歌Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Lin Jiaoyue transmigrates. The good news: she becomes the pampered daughter of Jiangnan's richest family. Her parents dote on her, the house is piled high with gold bars, and an ancestral jade pendant unlocks a pocket dimension complete with a Suzhou-style garden and an underground storeroom, where she can grow crops and keep things fresh! The bad news: it's 1950! Given the course of history, her family background is a death sentence. With political upheaval on the horizon, this capitalist fami 42.7kReads8.1Score6.6kShelves

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    This one. It's logical, patriotic, and the heroine is a big boss in scientific research. She and the others are working hard even when they're exhausted. It's really touching to write about the history of those hard struggles. It's so painful. The place where the number of people killed in the war is written is really uncomfortable. I don't know if it's a military marriage or not, it's still being serialized.

16. 16 女 The Heroine Worked Herself to Death? I Married a Delinquent and Lie Flat 女主操劳而死？我嫁坏分子躺平 Qian Bao'er谦宝儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ballad of Qinghe is now streaming on Hongguo] [Everyone’s darling vs. everyone’s punching bag] [Everyone’s regret + foil character] Lin Suisui, a doctoral graduate in traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrates into a period novel where everyone ends up regretting their actions. She is a doomed cannon-fodder character who dies young, leaving her brothers consumed with regret and remembering her year after year. Lin Suisui: ??? She’s already dead, so what good is their regret to 73.4kReads7.9Score6.4kShelves

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    Very nice, I recommend it to you

17. 17 穿 After I Was Mistaken for the Fake Heiress, My Whole Family Could Hear My Thoughts 穿成被掉包的真千金后被全家读心 July Is a Little Lucky Star七月是个小福星Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1980s, Mind-Reading, Switched at Birth but Switched Back, Punishing Scumbags] A little dragon baby arrives in the 1980s. She foresees that she's about to be switched at birth and hurriedly cries out in her heart: [I don't want to go hungry, get sick without anyone treating me, or have no clothes to wear. Waaah!] Unfortunately, her mother has fainted. Just when she thinks she's been switched and is about to be abused, her maternal grandmother switches her back. The little dragon baby: ??? Wo 2.5kReads8.5Score326Shelves
18. 18 小 The Little Princess Goes to the Countryside, Cherished by an Apocalypse Powerhouse 小公主下乡，被末世大佬掐腰宠 Guanyue冠月Modern Romance566k WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + pocket dimension + both leads' first relationship + love at first sight + putting scumbags in their place + overwhelming possessiveness + heiress capitalist + lovesick male lead + no charity cases, no self-sacrificing saint] [Delicate darling from the cultivation world VS obsessive, rugged man with special abilities, doting on each other until it's sickeningly sweet!] Content warning: A brainless fluffy romance in a fictional world, with tons of inner monologue 11.9kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
19. 19 重 Reborn and Cutting Ties: My Dogs and I Conquer the Mountains 重生断亲，我和狗子们闯山林 The Stranger Is as Beautiful as Jade陌上人如玉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1960s] [Northeastern Folk Customs] [Hunting in the Deep Mountains] [Hunting Dogs] [Reborn] [No Romance] Bai Dujuan has been reborn once more. In her first two lives, she died under mysterious circumstances because of so-called family ties. In her third life, she finally learned to let go. She cuts ties with her mother, follows her grandfather, who is over eighty, and heads into the deep mountains with her hunting dogs. Her grandfather is an old hunter of the mountains, armed with a rifle and a 11.9kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    A must-see for those who love dogs, the puppies are amazing

20. 20 年 The Little Aunt of the Seventies Has Money to Burn 年代，小姑姑多财多亿 My Feelings for You卿我意Modern Romance738k WordsCompleted Tang Shuhe never imagined she'd one day face the question, “Your parents are getting divorced. Which one will you live with?” She had even less expected that less than a month after the divorce, both of them would remarry. With her godmother and godfather becoming her stepmother and stepfather, and the tangled, unbreakable ties between them and her birth parents, Tang Shuhe chose to retreat to her grandparents' home in the countryside for a while. She never expected that leaving would mean a per 20.6kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves

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    The female protagonist is a forensic doctor and the male protagonist is not a soldier

21. 21 九 In the Nineties, She Had No Parents, but She Was No Mere Weed 九零，没爸没妈她也不是一颗小草 Ya Wenjing娅文婧Modern Romance218k WordsCompleted The title is a bit hastily chosen, but come take a look. It might be just your cup of tea. If you don't like it, just move on. [Born in the 1990s]+ [Everyday Family Life]+ [No Golden Finger]+ [Building a Better Life] She was abandoned by her parents as a child and grew up relying on her grandmother. Her biological parents hound her at every turn over a little money... You gave birth to me but never raised me. You don't deserve to call yourselves my parents! Along the way, she meets both villa 73Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one is a learning type, I envy [send my heart] to be able to learn. The second one is the heroine, super nice.

22. 22 我 My Wife Is Lazy and Greedy, But She's Truly Beautiful 我媳妇又懒又馋，但实在美丽 Si Bu Xiang司不像Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead, Weaker Male Lead + Female Lead Transmigrates + Male Lead Is Reborn + Contract Marriage + Sweet Romance + Realistic Feel-Good Story + Cozy Daily Life + Selfish Female Lead + Devoted Husband] At a young age, Deng Siyao saved up five million, but before she could register for a residence permit and buy a house, she died from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a sent-down youth. She has her heart set on finding a handsome, agreeable husband, hoping to 19.1kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
23. 23 对 Sorry, My Talent Won't Let Me Keep a Low Profile 对不起，我的天赋不允许我低调 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.4M WordsOngoing (I only wanted to slack off, but they called me a genius) (Period novel + genius top student + System + no romance + cozy everyday life + lighthearted comedy + pure power fantasy) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the only grandson of the Chen family, a supposedly dim-witted boy. With four older girl cousins and two doting grandparents, Chen Wang was treasured above all else and given the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have known he’d 116.1kReads9.0Score7.6kShelves

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    Just look at it, it looks good

24. 24 我 My Youth Was Like a Pool of Mud 我的青春，好似一滩烂泥 Jiu Shihan酒诗寒Urban2.2M WordsOngoing (Youth, School Life, Growing Up, Everyday Life, Redemption) Told in the first person, this is a coming-of-age story about a bad boy who matches wits with students and teachers at his school. They save one another and gradually grow up. My name is Fang Yuan. Ever since I was a child, I've been different from other people's kids. Girls say I'm as thick as a log, and my friends say I'm selfish. But I never thought there was anything wrong with that. Because I'm not a good person to begin with. W 138.1kReads9.5Score9.9kShelves
25. 25 旗 One Flirt from the Qipao Beauty, and the Strongest Officer Blushes 旗袍美人一撩，最强军官羞红脸 Luo Zili洛梓璃Modern Romance645k WordsCompleted [Super-sweet military marriage + pocket dimension + stepmother raising kids + seductive cheongsam beauty and cool, restrained officer + everyday food + healing] Jiang Zhining has had a rough time. The real heiress pushed her off a cliff, and she nearly ended up in a snake’s jaws, but then she unexpectedly met the toughest officer in the book. When she was thrown out of her home and left homeless, Jiang Zhining turned and stopped the abstinent officer. “Comrade Song Yuzhou, I can never repay you 2.1kReads9.2Score263Shelves

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    I think these two books are good-looking

26. 26 被 Bought Home by a Rough Country Man, the Sweet Wife Brings Him Endless Luck 被糙汉买回家，娇软媳妇超旺夫 This Cutie Is Called Guagua本萌叫呱呱Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + marriage first, love later + no awful relatives] [Cozy farming + adorable child + alternate world + pocket dimension] Luo Ge, a petite and soft-hearted food blogger who blushed easily, unexpectedly transmigrated. As an unregistered nobody, she found it impossible to get by in this unfamiliar ancient world. To survive in this era, she found herself a husband on the cheap. She only meant to stay alive, but never expected to gain an unexpected happiness. Who 11.3kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
27. 27 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s as an Unregistered Nobody, and a Powerful Man Offered to Back Me 穿六零成黑户大佬主动给我抱大腿 Luming Zhou鹿鸣洲Modern Romance695k WordsCompleted [Period Novel + Transmigration + No Going to the Countryside + Love at First Sight + Marriage Before Love] (No surrendering treasures to the authorities, slice of life, skip if that's not your thing) After somehow transmigrating to the 1960s, Lin Yubei sees everyone else with a golden finger or a pocket dimension, while she can only clutch the ID card in her bag, afraid to take it out. To avoid being branded a vagrant and sent off to work in the mines, Lin Yubei gets a marriage certificate with 10.7kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    Very pretty

28. 28 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 68.3kReads8.8Score3.8kShelves
29. 29 七 The 1970s: Why Go to the Countryside When Watching the Drama Is Better? 七零，下什么乡？能有吃瓜香？ Dao Xiaoren刀小刃Modern Romance762k WordsCompleted [No relocation to the countryside + a supermarket pocket dimension + no black-market profiteering + both leads are each other's firsts, and the child isn't the male lead's + a laid-back spectator enjoying the gossip in a crowded courtyard] Every night before going to sleep, Xiang Tian thought she completely fit the criteria for transmigrating: no parents, no ties, and a huge pocket dimension at her disposal! Then Xiang Tian looked at the swaying light cord. So, had she been too sincere? Had she 40.5kReads8.3Score6.8kShelves

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    No going to the countryside, no military marriage

30. 30 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, 26.3kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
31. 31 带 Thriving in the 1970s with Billions in Supplies 带百亿物资，在70年代风生水起 Great God Bunny兔兔大神Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted (Space + System + Hoarding Supplies + Transmigration) Jun Qingqing is an orphan with assets worth tens of billions in the modern world, but she has had a pocket dimension since childhood. When she learned she was about to transmigrate, she felt neither nervous nor panicked. Her first thought was how to gather supplies as quickly as possible. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in the 1970s. Here, she found love, family, and friendship. She worked tirelessly to make money. When she ra 4.7kReads8.8Score497Shelves
32. 32 医 A Master's in Medicine Takes Her Pocket Dimension to the 1970s and Becomes a Miracle Doctor 医学硕士带空间穿到七零当神医 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted She had been a medical school graduate student in the twenty-first century, with no family but herself. When she woke up, the world had suddenly changed: drab gray walls and earthen houses. Somehow, she'd ended up in the 1970s, so she could only make the best of it. “Hey, big shot, stop following me around.” “Hey, big shot, why are you always popping up in front of me?” “Hey, big shot, quit flaunting those abs to tempt me.” “Hey, big shot, I'm looking for one partner for life.” Xia Jingchuan: “W 19.1kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves
33. 33 神 Genius Doctor Heiress Brings Billions' Worth of Supplies to the Seventies and Becomes a Total Badass 神医千金带亿万物资穿七零拽爆了 Dreaming of Rain at the Ends of the Earth天涯雨梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Supply space + sharp tongue + miracle doctor + no saintly self-sacrifice + combat skills + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + strong heroine + satisfying read + refuses to suffer + adored by everyone + college entrance exam] In the 22nd century, Xia Yunxuan was publicly known as the heiress of a conglomerate, but secretly she was a hacker, a miracle doctor, an assassin, and a taekwondo expert. One day, she accidentally cut her finger, and her blood dripped onto a jade pendant passed down th 11.3kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
34. 34 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 27.4kReads8.6Score2.4kShelves

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    Is this okay?

35. 35 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Uncle Beat You Every Day? 四合院：傻柱，你大爷咋天天揍你 Listen to Miduo听米多Male-Channel Fanfiction517k WordsCompleted #System #MilitaryIndustry #PeriodSetting #Face-Slapping #Feel-GoodFiction #LightheartedAndFunny #PatrioticPassion #RiseOfTechnology I woke up in the world of Love in the Courtyard as the “early-dead” uncle of Silly Zhu! Right from the start, I got bound to the [Ding! God-Tier National Defense Support System activated!]. This unbelievable fortune had landed right in my lap! I’d never even been back to the courtyard? No problem! Silly Zhu’s father entrusted his two children to me on his deathbed. 368Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is also a period article [Adoration], suitable for men, women, old and young😃

36. 36 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 93.7kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves

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    I watched this recently, it's pretty good

37. 37 媳 Honey, Be Good. I Was Wrong. The Brooding Educated Youth Gives In 媳妇乖，我错了，闷骚知青服软了 Chilled Aloe冰镇芦荟Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + marriage before love + both leads are natives + supporting characters transmigrate or are reborn + Northeast family life + sweet romantic comedy + adorable child] Xu Yibai only went to the countryside, and the very next day he was labeled as “madly in love with the village beauty”! “The new educated youth, Xu, fell in love with Lin Duojiao at first sight!” Xu Yibai: ? Lin Duojiao: “I hear you’re really into me? You’ve got pretty good taste!” Xu Yibai: ?? Thinking of how tough hi 7kReads8.8Score664Shelves
38. 38 七 The 1970s: The Fake Heiress Flirts with the Military Officer, Who Spoils Her 七零：假千金狂撩帽子黍被掐腰宠 Fragrant Bubbles沫香香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + girl pursues guy + sweet romance + fake crowd favorite + daily life] Jiang Ran transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress in a 1970s courtyard novel. After the real heiress showed up, she was forced to move to the countryside. Because of her fair skin and beauty, a street punk bullied her and robbed her of her innocence, leaving her with a tragic fate. When Jiang Ran arrived, the real heiress had yet to show up. Moving to the countryside was 5.3kReads8.7Score584Shelves
39. 39 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: With the System in Hand, I’ll Snag a Pocket Dimension Too 穿越七零：手握系统，再捞个空间 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Wei Wei was speechless. She’d only gone back to her hometown, and ended up caught in a rainstorm and a mudslide, then transmigrated. Not only had she landed in the 1970s, she’d become a pushover everyone could trample on. Her younger sister stole her job, and her mother signed her up to go to the countryside. When had Wei Wei ever put up with such humiliation? Fine, you want the job? If I can’t keep what’s mine, why should I hand it over to you? I’ll wreck the whole thing. You signed up to go to 20.5kReads8.1Score2.1kShelves
40. 40 七 The 1970s: The Female Side Character Is Beautiful, but Truly Ruthless 七零：女配虽然美丽但实在狠辣 Unplucked Flower未折花Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace. 26.7kReads9.0Score3kShelves
41. 41 霸 The Fierce Flower and Her Sweet Husband: Got a Problem? Fight Me! 霸王花和小娇夫，看不惯，打啊！ Nine Hundred Million九亿Modern Romance357k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Capitalist's Young Master + Both Reborn + If They Don't Like It, They Hit Back + Cozy Daily Life + Family Drama + Shared Space] [Brutal, Clever Tigress vs. Delicate Capitalist Young Master Who Looks Like a Fragile Flower] Qin Yao is rich, fierce, and strong. She wants to find a capitalist young master who's easy to control and make him her live-in son-in-law. Instead, she picks a snake who ruins her whole life. He doesn't kill her, even though he harms her, because he wants the 362Reads—Score100Shelves
42. 42 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 49kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves
43. 43 惊 What! The Compound's Factory Beauty and the Neighborhood Troublemaker Fell in Love 惊！大院厂花和二混子相亲相爱了 The Witch's Apple女巫的苹果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Beautiful but Miserable and Powerful Tycoon's Son + The Factory's Most Beautiful Woman, Friends with Benefits to Lovers, Face-Slapping and Striving in the Factory Compound, The Villainous Family's Loving Everyday Life] Bai Xiaotong finally found a chance to sleep with her childhood sweetheart. Only afterward did she realize she'd slept with the wrong man, and that this world wasn't real at all. It was merely a novel set in a bygone era. In this fictional world, her cousin was th 20.8kReads8.2Score2.4kShelves
44. 44 末 The Strong Little Sweetheart of the Apocalypse Is Forced to Marry a Refined Educated Youth 末世大力小娇娇，强嫁斯文男知青 A Round Pear一只圆梨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse transmigration + historical setting + trade in goods between worlds + marriage before love + powerful male and female leads + adored by everyone + System] (A naturally strong, straightforward, food-loving, beauty-conscious sweetie VS a gentle, brilliant science student who pretends to be harmless while hiding his true abilities) Yun Shu survived for five years in the apocalypse thanks to her superhuman strength. Then, in the blink of an eye, she became the silly youngest daughter o 618Reads6.9Score100Shelves
45. 45 七 The 1970s: A Reckless Father and Daughter Take On the World and Its Worst People 七零：混不吝父女怼天怼地怼极品 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Beautiful, tragic, and powerful heir + Herculean flower + pocket dimension + putting scumbags in their place] Song Jinhe woke up as a love-struck, short-lived cannon-fodder character in a period novel. Rejected after confessing to the male lead, she starved herself to death, making way for the protagonists’ great love... Song Jinhe, who would eat anything but a loss... Scumbags deserve to die, homewreckers deserve to die, and anyone who bullies her deserves to die. Just as Song Jinhe joined for 21.4kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves
46. 46 七 The 1970s: My Cousin Wants My Man? I’ll Take Down the Whole Family and Split Up the Household 七零，堂妹抢对象？干翻全家分家 Cat Who Loves Fruit爱吃水果的猫Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted (Period setting + pocket dimension + marriage first, love later + face-slapping scum + sweet romance + family life) Heroine: Speaks her mind, fierce and sharp-tongued, and never afraid to speak up or throw a punch. Hero: Speaks, but says little. Dotes on his wife, does whatever she says, and is cold on the outside but warm-hearted underneath. (Romance takes a back seat, but when it’s there, he dotes on her nonstop.) Su Manman, a space-wielding esper from the apocalypse, died in a battle against 5.9kReads8.5Score535Shelves
47. 47 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: On My Wedding Night, I'm Sent Next Door to Stay 穿书七零：新婚夜被送到隔壁借宿 Pan-Fried Bun生煎包Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + face-slapping + beloved by all + devoted couple + no golden finger] On the day of her wedding, Lin Jianchun is suspected of bringing bad luck to her mother-in-law, so her new husband sends her to spend the night at the Lu family’s house next door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the bed comes home in the middle of the night… That’s when she transmigrates into the story. Remembering that she was punished with transmigration just for cursing out the author, 10.2kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
48. 48 七 Seventies Transmigration Into a Book: The Comparison Couple Quietly Strike It Rich 七零穿书：对照组夫妻闷声发大财 The Stars Want to Blink星星想眨眼Modern Romance787k WordsOngoing [A transmigrator into a book, a refined, self-serving educated youth VS a shrewd, no-nonsense local country man who never lets himself get the short end of the stick. P.S. The leads dote on each other.] (Family life + marriage first, love later + a pocket dimension + no college entrance exam + keeping a low profile + neither lead is a self-sacrificing saint) When Jiang Qingyu wakes up, she finds her soul has switched places with her counterpart in a parallel world in the 1970s. To her surprise, 10.5kReads8.4Score549Shelves
49. 49 小 The Young Educated Youth's Answering System 小知青的答题系统 Frozen Pear Who Loves Cooking for Themself爱上自己做饭的冻梨Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted Zhang Mingyue has a quiz System and follows her clueless second older sister, Zhang Yanyan, to the countryside. The two sisters spend their days watching the locals and enjoying the show. Her golden finger isn't all that powerful, but watching the drama is a lot of fun. 22kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves
50. 50 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Stepmother of Six Villains 穿书后，成了六个反派的后娘 Jiang Suisui姜岁岁Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Over-the-top pampering + yandere + adorable kids + farming + lighthearted] Gu Banxia transmigrates into a book. But what is this? Why has she inexplicably been married off to a dead man and become the stepmother of six little burdens? And all six of them are eyeing her like they want to kill her! At first The little burdens: “Every day, I ask myself three questions: Is my stepmother hurt? Is she crippled? Is she dead?” Later The little burdens: “My mom is the best! Anyone who bullies her is dea 4.4kReads9.3Score559Shelves

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