Looking for a Period Novel Without a Military Marriage or Joining the Army, and With No Golden Finger or Pocket Dimension 求年代文不是军婚不随军，无金手指无空间的

1. 51 重 Back to the Seventies: I Outwork Everyone at the Institute with My Technical Skills 重回七零：我靠技术卷哭全院 Sunny Day Stars晴天星辰Modern Romance602k WordsCompleted Mechanical engineer Su Caiwei wakes up to find she has become the notorious, spoiled cannon fodder in a period novel. The original owner, disgusted by her husband Qin Xiaoyang’s injured leg, is throwing a tantrum at the village entrance and demanding to return to the city, making herself a laughingstock in the whole village. Facing her taciturn, gloomy husband, a penniless household, and scornful stares from every direction, Su Caiwei takes a deep breath. A ridiculous melodrama? She won’t play a 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The content is very good and worth watching

2. 52 我 I Have a Nine-Star Talent, the Strongest in the World 我，九星天赋，举世最强 Zhuang Shisan庄十三Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Chen Qingyu transmigrated to the Desolate Ancient Realm and became the legitimate heir of an eternal Saint King clan. From the start, he signed in to receive the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits Divine Ability, along with peerless talent for cultivation! But that was only the beginning: Sign in to receive a Nine-Revolution Golden Pill, a Chaos Green Lotus Seed, and a Primordial Spirit Root. Swallow them, and his cultivation and realm would soar! Sign in to receive the Jade Disc of Creation, the Yin-Y 21.8kReads8.8Score2kShelves
3. 53 六 The Good Life in the Sixties: Farming with Adorable Pets 六零好生活，跟着萌宠忙种田 Snow Melts, Moonlight Shimmers雪融月溶溶Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + a child’s growth + strengthening the nation through technology] Lying flat in the 1960s with an interstellar System? Just as Daya and her star-beast companion Hongge had settled into a comfortable life, the System…crashed! Her star-beast companion was forced to transmigrate into a sickly boy from the capital, and even became her nominal “little uncle”? Her golden finger worked only sometimes, her body was frail, and the circumstances were pressing. They had no choice but to re 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's not a military marriage, it has systematic cute animals and cute babies, but it's not a bloody plot, it fits the times, and the writing is crisp and natural. It updates 6,000 words per day, 21,000 words in 20 days, and now it has 23,000 words, which is suitable for old bookworms.

4. 54 渣 My Scumbag Dad Remarries, So the Pitiful Girl from the 1970s Takes Her Sister to Find Their Father 渣爹另娶，七零小可怜带妹去寻父 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Ancient-to-modern + military compound + reborn + transmigration + everyday family life + golden finger + ensemble cast in small doses + play the pig to eat the tiger] Jiang Wenluo of the Great Jin Dynasty was punished by Heaven for putting justice before family and transmigrated to the 1970s, becoming a seven-year-old child. The child had a miserable life. Her mother died in childbirth while having a second child, and her father remarried six months later. Her grandmother favored boys over girl 23.8kReads7.9Score1.7kShelves

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   No space, no cheats

5. 55 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 5.8kReads9.0Score628Shelves

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   🌟Aboriginal novel from the 1990s, she was neither reborn nor had a golden finger. In order to seek refuge, her family had no choice but to send her to the countryside to suffer hardships. Although she was not used to it at first, she persisted, and soon her little sweetheart came too. 🔥She chose to go abroad to do business in the beginning of the 1990s. She did not have the space to be with a military girl.

6. 56 年 Period: A Battle for Husbands Among the Children of High-Ranking Officials 年代：高干子弟夺夫大战 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period novel + 1990s]+ [Family life]+ [No golden finger + native-born protagonist] Lin Daoxi was deliberately abandoned at birth, and her cousin Gao Qing took her place as the biological daughter of the family. With everything going wrong from the start, Lin Daoxi was penniless, plain-looking, and dealt a terrible hand. Her father was a gambling addict, her mother had broken the law, her younger brother was timid, and she had dropped out of school. When Lin Daoxi announced she was going to R 13.8kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves
7. 57 娘 Mother's Getting Married, and Sister-in-Law Wei Is on the Rise 娘要嫁人嫂子小魏崛起 A Mere Mortal in This World1984世间一俗人1984Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted A fanfiction of the TV drama My Mother Wants to Marry. No transmigration, no rebirth, and no golden finger. Everything happens because sister-in-law Wei Shuqing has an absurd dream. As events unfold, she chooses to leave the Qi family early and pursue her own happiness… 8.5kReads9.1Score536Shelves

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   The heroine dreams and learns that she is the wronged sister-in-law. Divorce with your son quickly! [Eat melon]

8. 58 九 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 53.7kReads9.1Score5.9kShelves
9. 59 我 I Do Makeup for Republican-Era Society Ladies to Gather Intelligence 我给民国太太们化妆获取情报 Ye Xuan Gusi叶玄古寺Modern Romance757k WordsOngoing Spy thriller [No romance + entrepreneurship + espionage + not a power fantasy + no arrogant, all-conquering hero or Mary Sue + kindhearted, not malicious + everyday street life + no romantic melodrama + slow-paced] [Author's note: Feel free to read two or three chapters before deciding whether to continue. Don't blindly follow the reviews when judging a book's worth; decide for yourself.] Zheng Xiaohe brings modern skills with her when she transmigrates into the granddaughter of a barber in Ji 2.5kReads9.0Score259Shelves
10. 60 鹁 Pigeon Alley 鹁鸽胡同 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 17.5kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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    🍁No time travel, no rebirth, a story about an ordinary ordinary person. When she was seventeen, she successfully avoided going to the countryside, and when she was eighteen, she was with people who knew everything about her life. Her life was full of flavor 🌺A story about an aboriginal era, leading others to make a fortune, and having a high level of force.

11. 61 金 A Golden Marriage 金婚 IMCModern Romance442k WordsCompleted One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide 16.1kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves

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    There are various types of period novels worth reading. In the third one, the heroine has always known that she wanted to be a demolition household. They are all short-sighted, and the writing is very good.

12. 62 那 The Feisty Little Bride Who Loved Fighting Became a Diplomat 那个爱打架的小媳妇当外交官了 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Spatial Dimension + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later + Raising Kids + Everyday Family Life) Su Xieqiu grew up with a father who didn't care for her and a mother who didn't love her. Her grandparents, who raised her, passed away early, too. After working hard to buy a home in a big city, she wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated to the planned-economy era of the 1970s. The original owner was an educated youth sent to the countryside. She was timid and a little 53.8kReads9.2Score6kShelves
13. 63 混 My Hooligan Husband Keeps Asking for Trouble, and His Sweet Wife Keeps Him in Line 混混老公无限作死，娇妻在线调教 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 7.1kReads9.3Score841Shelves
14. 64 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 33kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
15. 65 滚 Kicked Out of Her Family: The Middle School Dropout Strikes It Rich 滚出家后：初中学历的她，发财了 Huang Duoduo黄多多Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, farming] + [Family and neighborhood drama] + [The 1990s] + [Everyday modern life, no golden finger] + [Female entrepreneur] She was the second daughter, overlooked by her family, with an ordinary appearance, an ordinary background, and only a junior high school education. He was born into an eminent family and had power and prestige to spare. She was the least promising daughter in the Li family, and her parents were certain she would never amount to anything. With only a junior 80.6kReads9.0Score8.2kShelves
16. 66 穿 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子！被全家团宠 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 165.2kReads9.0Score18.1kShelves

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