Highly Recommend Well-written Military Marriage Novels Set in a Bygone Era, Featuring Capable Characters 强推军婚年代实力派好文

1. 1 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 92.8kReads9.0Score11.4kShelves

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   Too lazy to think, I'll just borrow another reader's comment. The male lead is absolutely brilliant! It makes his smooth sailing and meteoric rise in the military seem perfectly natural—in the past, when reading period novels, male officers were often portrayed as cold, taciturn "cold-faced war gods," which were certainly appealing, but Shen Zhanxun's sophisticated and worldly-wise character is a refreshing change! He not only possesses the decisiveness and responsibility of a soldier, but also handles family relationships and social interactions perfectly. He has both strong character and a soft touch, making him increasingly charming the more you read him. What really captivated me was the female lead! I've always loved happy endings; I adore seeing families together, all warm and lively, and this story completely resonated with me! The female lead is so thoughtful and considerate. She takes care of the needs of every member of the family and every small family. The story of leading the whole family forward and striving for a better life together is heartwarming to read. Every time I open this book, I feel particularly healed. I sincerely recommend it to friends who like heartwarming ensemble casts and happy endings!

2. 2 闪 A Whirlwind Wedding and Military Life: My Forceful Officer Leaves Me Swooning Every Time 闪婚随军：强势军官令我次次沦陷 Qing Yunyun青芸芸Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Complete novel + sweet romance + career-driven heroine + building wealth + female awakening and mutual support + no golden finger + funny, heartwarming, and moving] Ye Wenxi, a career-driven woman at a major 21st-century corporation, transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era. Through a twist of fate, she and Lu Weidong end up having an “honest exchange.” Fortunately, he has a strong sense of responsibility and insists on seeing things th 15.6kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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   With 994,000 readers, that's quite impressive.

3. 3 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

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   The female lead is the darling of her family. The male lead and female lead met when they were children, and they get together later when the female lead is sent to the countryside as an educated youth. The plot is quite good and you can keep watching. There are some surprising twists and turns in the beginning.

4. 4 军 A Sweet Southern Girl Arrives at the Military Compound 军区大院来了一个南方乖乖女 Yan He闫河Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 1970s setting + sweet, well-behaved girl from the south + rugged, paternal northern man + height and build difference + 11-year age gap + sweet romance Qiao Lanshu comes from a family of two state-sector employees in a provincial capital in the south. She is quiet and well-behaved, with a pretty face, and her family worries about sending her to the countryside. So her parents put a marriage certificate in her hands, send her off on a train, and dispatch her thousands of kilometers north to find 64.2kReads8.4Score5.5kShelves

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   Absolutely amazing! Super incredibly beautiful and exciting!

5. 5 怎 What Do I Do! The Stoic Commander Turns Red the Moment He Kisses Me 怎么办！高冷首长一亲就红温 Zhaozhao Eleven昭昭十一Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted [Bold, straightforward college girl * mature, steady military man + 8-year age gap + sweet everyday romance] Shen Nanwu runs into Fu Chuan'an again during freshman military training, where he is serving as the head instructor. “Don't you recognize me?” She thinks Fu Chuan'an must have forgotten her long ago and pretends not to know him when they meet, but he sees right through her. “I… I do know you.” She meets Fu Chuan'an's eyes and calls him Fourth Brother. Fu Chuan'an is mature, steady, and a 21.6kReads9.1Score3.3kShelves
6. 6 分 After Three Years Apart, She Asks for a Divorce, and the Chaste Commander Loses His Cool 分居三年提离婚，禁欲首长红了眼 Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children + no golden finger + native-born characters + life in a military compound + everyday family drama] This is not an effortless wish-fulfillment story. It’s a warm tale of personal growth, so read with care if that’s not your thing. Cen Jing Yi gives birth to her daughter prematurely and is thrown out by her in-laws. She struggles alone to raise her daughter until she’s two. Then her husband, who returned to his unit the day aft 14.4kReads8.8Score951Shelves
7. 7 八 Shanghai in the 1980s: Captain Yan’s Wife Ran Off with the Kids 八零沪市，闫队家的媳妇带娃跑了 Black Crow Jili黑鸦几里Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short drama: She Rises to the Wind in the Eighties An Eighties beauty flees while pregnant, and the military man loses his cool [Shanghai in the Eighties + marriage before love + chasing his wife and face-slapping + sweet everyday romance] Willowy, graceful dancer beauty X sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, jealous man Xu Si transmigrated into a book, becoming the fake heiress who was switched at birth with the Xie family's daughter. On her very first day, she moved out of the Western-style mansion 7kReads8.8Score713Shelves
8. 8 云 Love Among the Clouds 云恋 Hong Xu泓序Urban123k WordsCompleted A screen just inches wide can forge a connection across a thousand miles. Ye Siyao meets all kinds of people on online dating platforms, experiencing several virtual encounters and tangled romances. Their tender companionship is a lie; their calculated approaches are the truth. Behind each seemingly wonderful online romance lie carefully planned scams and tests of human nature. When he falls for Wanxing’s gentle warmth and gives her his whole heart, traveling a thousand miles to be with her, he 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Haha, got it! My own novel, "Cloud Love," is about online dating scams. If you're looking for something to read, you might want to check it out; it might resonate with you!

9. 9 我 My Thirty-Year-Old Teacher 我的三十岁女老师 Wind and Moon at the Tip of the Pen笔端有风月Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting, romance, personal growth, entrepreneurship, daily life, realism] That year, I broke the village chief’s leg and had to flee. I never expected it to bring me a run of romantic luck. The first person I ran into was none other than my former middle-school teacher. And my life changed dramatically because of it… 41.2kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves
10. 10 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 105.4kReads9.3Score8.9kShelves

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    The first book features a very successful career for the protagonist, and her mother and younger brother are also quite fun. The second book has a gentle, everyday warmth that flows like a gentle stream.

11. 11 七 The 1970s Comparison Group Is Done Playing Nice! 七零对照组不干了！ Green Pomelo Amber青柚琥珀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Fang Panyan transmigrates into a novel as the female lead’s foil. Both are country girls who marry into a military district. Both are high school graduates, and both marry battalion commanders. But when their husbands propose adopting their fallen comrades’ orphans, the two women react in completely different ways. One reluctantly agrees and mistreats the children. The other accepts wholeheartedly and treats them as her own. In the end, Fang Panyan is abandoned by her husband and despised by 7kReads7.1Score369Shelves
12. 12 守 After Three Years of Widowhood, My Dead Husband, the Military Rogue, Returns 守寡三年，死去的军痞丈夫回来了 One River, a Million一水百万Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The 1970s + Raising Kids + Military Officer + Reborn Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance] Qiao Meiping takes her cousin’s place and marries a soldier. Over the course of several years of marriage, she sees him fewer than five times in total. Later, after her husband dies in service, her mother-in-law throws her out. With three sons to care for, she can barely afford to feed them. On her way to the county town to seek help from a friend, she is kidnapped and sold to a remote mountain village in the no 7.6kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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    I highly recommend the first one.

13. 13 养 Raising Kids, Joining the Army, and Living Life Beyond the Plot 养崽，随军，避开剧情过日子 The Sky Should Be Blue天应蓝Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted While pregnant with her third child, Jian Yuhua awakens memories of her past life and learns that she has entered a novel set in a bygone era. Her eldest son is the novel's villain: obsessive and vengeful, he gets executed by firing squad during a political crackdown. Her second daughter is a disposable supporting female character. After failing to win the male lead's heart despite pursuing him relentlessly, she accidentally marries a village hooligan, living without enough food or warm clothes 6.9kReads8.8Score553Shelves
14. 14 重 Back to the 1980s, I Marry a Cold-Faced Officer in a Flash with My Kids 重回八零，带崽崽闪婚冷面军官 Mu Muzhi木木枝Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Food + Mutual Secret Crushes + Married First, Love Later] Ji Shutong was the most beautiful woman in the surrounding villages, and well educated too. Yet after graduating, she returned to her village pregnant. The villagers whispered that she was shameless and immoral. Ji Shutong was too afraid to go out or face her son, who didn’t even know who his father was. After years of torment, she jumped into a river. After her death, the child she had rejected ran to h 1.2kReads8.4Score102Shelves
15. 15 天 There’s an Ordinary Star in the Sky 天空有颗平凡的星星 Life as a Self-Taught Student自考人生Modern Romance94k WordsOngoing The first book I wrote was called Love Lost on the Road. I published it online as I wrote it, on Tomato Novel. Before I finished it, my niece told me that the title didn't match the story. She said that perhaps Life Without End would be more accurate. I agreed with the title my niece came up with for me. But the book had already been published online, and changing the title required the platform's approval. It couldn't be changed right away, so I decided to leave it as it was for the time being. —Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 16 这 This Lawsuit Went All the Way Back to Ancient Times 这场官司打到了古代 Life as a Self-Taught Student自考人生17k WordsCompleted This Lawsuit Reached Ancient Times 14Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 他 He Became a Star 他火了 Life as a Self-Taught Student自考人生8k WordsCompleted He Became Famous 14Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Mess With Her and She'll Beat You to a Pulp 重生七零：敢惹她？大力捶编你 Strawberry, Succulents, and Cheese草莓多肉加芝士Modern Romance522k WordsCompleted A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! Mighty, strong female doctor × frail, mysterious big shot What? You want to bully me? She bends the steel pipe of a thug trying to take advantage of her with her bare hands. What? You want to swindle me? She lifts the weights of a black-market merchant trying to drive down her prices with one hand. Oh no! Her hometown is in danger! She hauls 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended!!! The male lead is strong, and the female lead is even stronger!

19. 19 报 Report! I Want to Give Myself to You! 报告！我要上交自己！ Strawberry, Succulents, and Cheese草莓多肉加芝士Modern Romance676k WordsCompleted She wakes up to find herself back in the 1970s, when food and clothing are scarce, with a pocket spirit spring space in tow. Shen Yuehua only wants to keep her head down and farm, but she can’t control her superhuman strength. She snaps a hoe in half with her bare hands and alarms the entire village. With the villagers about to treat her like a monster, she carries the spirit spring space to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the middle of the night and declares, “I’m handing it over!” From then 256Reads—Score102Shelves
20. 20 穿 Book Transmigration: Divorced from the Start! The Commander Keeps Fighting to Claim Me! 穿书：开局离婚！首长又争又抢！ Wish Granted, Stroke by Stroke如愿笔笔Modern Romance850k WordsCompleted [Period + Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Island Life + Devoted Husband + Career + Everyday Life] [Rational Diplomat with No Self-Sacrificing Saint Complex + Aloof, Cunning Officer] One day in the twentieth century, Lin Wanyu wakes up as the early-deceased first wife of a powerful man in a period novel. In the novel, the original owner tries to ingratiate herself with the powerful by deliberately jumping into a river and framing her cousin's army buddy, forcing him to take responsibility 9.9kReads7.6Score978Shelves

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    They're all good, even with low ratings. The female lead is also witty.

21. 21 七 The 1970s: The Battalion Commander’s Wife Leads Her Child Into the Barracks 七零：营长媳妇带崽杀进军营了 Rich Tortoise贵贵龟龟Modern Romance295k WordsCompleted Born into the 1970s, Qian Manyue was eighteen when she used her high school diploma to marry Ma Changjun, a handsome soldier who stood 180 centimeters tall. Just a month and a half after their wedding, her husband returned to his unit and headed to the front lines to aid Laos and fight against America. Then, in a once-in-a-century flood, she was swept away and completely cut off from her in-laws. On the brink of death, she awakened a golden finger that gave her a drop of miraculous dew each day 1kReads5.5Score105Shelves
22. 22 六 The Sixties Villainess Wants a New Husband, and Her Rugged Army Officer Is Getting Anxious 六零女配要改嫁，糙汉军官他急了 Little Cat Doesn't Eat Lychees小猫不吃荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Rural army-family third generation + dazzling beauty of a painter + no pocket dimension + slow-burn romance + both are each other's first and only love + ensemble cast in the latter half] Jiang Xizhu stays up all night painting, then opens her eyes to find herself in a period novel as the country fiancée of the male lead, who dies young. Her former fiancé is already married. By a twist of fate, she also ends up marrying a grubby, scruffy husband. They say she's shameless, 77.6kReads9.0Score10kShelves
23. 23 六 The 1960s: Army Life Raising Kids, Teasing Cats, and Walking Dogs 六零，养娃逗猫遛狗的随军生活 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Family life + food and farming + raising children + following the troops to the border) A quick heads-up: there are few truly awful characters in this story. It mainly focuses on warm, everyday family life. Lan Mei, a modern crafting blogger, unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1960s. The original owner of her body has lost both parents, and to protect herself, she marries a rough-around-the-edges soldier, bringing along her intellectually disabled older brother. Later, for the sake of her chil 7.8kReads8.3Score745Shelves
24. 24 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 124.1kReads9.4Score10.1kShelves

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    The blue-green light on the screen cast flickering shadows on her face, making her look somewhat sinister. Combined with her gradually curling up lips and her wicked, ferocious expression, she looked even more like Satan's top vanguard.

25. 25 重 Back Before My Cousin Swapped Marriages, I Took Back Everything 重回堂妹换亲前，夺回一切 Su Su Loves Snacks爱吃零食的苏苏子Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Synopsis [1960s + reborn + military marriage + raising kids + awful relatives + feel-good revenge + fake uncle and sister-in-law] In her previous life, Lin Shunian, the cotton mill’s prettiest girl, was deceived by her own parents into giving her wonderful marriage match to her cousin Lin Qiaoqiao, just because she was the elder sister and was “supposed” to give way to her younger sister. She was married off to an abusive drunk and spent her life working herself to the bone, eventually dying of 10.3kReads7.4Score751Shelves
26. 26 禁 The Celibate Officer Seduces His Fertile, Adorable Wife Every Night, and They Have Multiples 禁欲军官夜夜撩易孕娇妻一胎多宝 AAA Building Materials, Manager XuAAA建材徐总Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Su Wan'er, a pampered young woman from Shanghai, was forced to marry Lu Heng, the “Living Hades” stationed on a distant island, to repay a debt of gratitude. He was a regiment commander. Everyone said Commander Lu was cold, celibate, and uninterested in women, and that marrying him meant a life without a husband. Su Wan'er prepared for a marriage of icy politeness, too. But who could have guessed that the man who was as cold as an iceberg by day would be as passionate as a volcano on their weddi 289Reads8.4Score105Shelves
27. 27 媳 My Wife Came to the Base to Divorce Me, and Now the Chaste Commander Is Panicking 媳妇来部队离婚，禁欲首长他急了 Gu Sang顾桑Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama Ask Your Heart How Much has launched] [Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + devoted couple + family life + raising kids + face-slapping] The moment Jiang Ning opened her eyes, she realized she had become the cannon-fodder female character in a period novel. She'd been married for three years without ever seeing her husband, and was destined to spend the rest of her life alone. Jiang Ning thought, Spend the rest of my life alone? No way! She decisively left behind 56kReads8.9Score5.1kShelves

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    I've been following this for a long time and it's pretty good; the characters are quite well-developed.

28. 28 七 The Seventies: Reunited with My Ex Four Years Later, I Become Everyone's Darling 七零，四年后巧遇前任被团宠 Si Xuan丝轩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reunited after a breakup + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + devoted couple + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + the male lead will later transmigrate to the modern era to win her back] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder female character. The moment she opens her eyes, the male lead is sweet-talking her in a cornfield. According to the plot, he is only using her as a stepping-stone. Su Wanwan refuses to follow the plot. That very night, she meet 83.9kReads8.4Score8.6kShelves
29. 29 照 Taking Care of My Widowed Sister-in-Law While Staying Chaste? I Was Reborn and Married a Commander Instead 照顾寡嫂还守身？我重生改嫁首长 A Little Lucky Carp一只小锦鲤Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original novel of the short drama Reborn in 1980: My New Bride Wants a Divorce In her previous life, Han Xinrui failed her college entrance exams, lost her job to someone else, and was separated from her parents. She even married a man who only knew how to raise his sister-in-law’s children! After fifty years of marriage, the stress and resentment gave her breast cancer. As she lay dying, her husband proudly showed off his sister-in-law, his arm around her. “I gave Qingqing your university admis 7.8kReads7.9Score852Shelves
30. 30 七 The Seventies: Reborn, I’m Doted on in Every Way by the Strongest Officer 七零，重生后我被最强军官花样宠 Chu Ningqi楚凝七Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + love after marriage + devoted husband + Space System] Her cousin schemed to land a handsome, wealthy officer with an incredibly powerful family background, hoping to sleep with him and use her body to keep him under her thumb. Gu Xiaoxi was reborn once more. She decisively stopped the handsome, drugged man who had barged into her bathroom... She seized the chance to marry the army’s most promising officer, “General Lu the Devil,” and packed her bags to join 65.4kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves

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    This "Becoming a Garbage Cleaner" game is good. Are there any other similar games with leveling up through quests that you'd recommend?

31. 31 闪 A Flash Marriage with a Mysterious Partner 闪婚，神秘的伴侣 Snow Drifting Across Mountains and Rivers山河飘雪Urban254k WordsCompleted Su Wan was lost while playing at the age of four. After being passed from one place to another, she was adopted by the Su family. When her adoptive parents died, she brought their inheritance to seek shelter with her uncle Su Daqiang and aunt Zhang Mei. Living under their roof, she endured their disdain. As she grew up, she set her sights on becoming a fashion designer, only to be betrayed by her ex-boyfriend Gu Yanshen and pressured into marriage and exploited by her aunt. With nowhere else to 1Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 32 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 21.2kReads8.0Score2kShelves

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    An unconventional military marriage: the military wife is busier than the soldier.

33. 33 七 A Little Trick in the Soft Sleeper, and the Chaste Commander Is Head Over Heels 七零软卧使个坏，禁欲首长超宠爱 Sipping Sparkling Water on Snow Mountain雪山畅饮气泡水Modern Romance392k WordsCompleted (A spoiled, feisty beauty vs. a fierce, protective roughneck | A twist of fate + marriage before love + an extreme size difference) Xia Xiaoyi is reborn aboard a train bound for the countryside, just as her stepsister is about to trick her into being sold to a bachelor in the mountains. To stay alive, she hides in the most luxurious sleeper compartment on the entire train. Inside, a man with a general's star on his shoulder sits with his eyes closed, exuding a chilling air. With tears in her eye 436Reads8.4Score106Shelves

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    The passage describes the male lead as very doting on the female lead, and the female lead as very strong.

34. 34 军 Years in the Military Reclamation Corps 军垦岁月 Henan Girl河南妞Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted Shanghai educated youths Zhou Juan, Wu Xiaolan, and others answered the call to leave the banks of the Huangpu River and head to Xinjiang for development. With their knowledge and hard work, they wrote a new chapter in their lives. They weathered the years and the hardships of life, and even struggled through their marriages. But with their own wisdom, they overcame one challenge after another and ultimately found a unique happiness in their later years. 242Reads—Score105Shelves

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    The lives, marriages, and belonging of a generation of Shanghai youth who went to Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps!

35. 35 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Capitalist Heiress Can't Take the Slightest Hardship 穿越七零资本家小姐吃不了一点苦 Raised A Cat养了只猫Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + Period + space + revenge on scum + fictional setting + stern, devoted soldier king × all-around heiress who refuses to suffer] Wen Zhixia transmigrates from the apocalypse into the body of a capitalist heiress in another time and place, someone who shares her name. The pampered heiress doesn’t know how to fight back and is cruelly killed by her own family! Now that Wen Zhixia has taken over her body, she won’t put up with any of it. Compared with the kind and timid heiress, 15.4kReads8.5Score1.4kShelves

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    The novel is fast-paced and packed with exciting plot points, featuring both thrilling battles of wits and courage, as well as heartwarming and comforting slice-of-life moments. If you prefer independent, clear-headed, and talented female protagonists, and want to see how a heroine uses her abilities to defy fate in the 1970s, then this story of an "all-around lady's" rise to power is definitely worth adding to your collection!

36. 36 社 A Sociable Little One Takes Her Sweet, Delicate Mom Along to Join the Army 社牛崽崽带娇软亲妈去随军 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Gifted Kids + Women Supporting Women] Jiang Ningning transmigrates into a military-marriage novel as the deceased biological mother of a pair of gifted twins. Her husband sends her a monthly child support payment, but the original owner is weak-willed and constantly gets swindled out of the money by her in-laws on one pretext or another. The twins raise their mother by scavenging, until their fifth birthday, when the disillusione 9.2kReads8.9Score943Shelves
37. 37 骂 You Call Me a Fat Wife? My Husband Treats Me Like a Treasure 骂我是肥妻？老公待我如珍宝 Koi Coffee锦鲤咖啡Modern Romance311k WordsCompleted When Gu Jin'an opens her eyes, she has transmigrated into the body of a timid, overweight military wife in the 1980s. The original owner weighs over 200 pounds and is so spineless that anyone can push her around. Even the dogs in the family compound bully her! Her parents died young, and her aunt's family hides behind the facade of kinship, intent on draining her dry and stepping on her to climb higher. Her husband, Shen Li, is her cold and abstinent arranged match. He despises her and avoids he 738Reads8.1Score102Shelves

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    Absolutely thrilling and incredibly enjoyable! You'll see once you read it! 😆

38. 38 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Princess Follows Her Prince Consort to His Army Posting 重生七零，公主跟着驸马去随军了 Sleepyhead Who Won't Sleep睡睡不睡觉Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Ancient-to-modern transmigration + the 1970s + self-interest above all + a pampered, fussy little princess vs. a male lead who works hard to correct the heroine’s thinking and make her love her country and party] (Eight-year age gap) Wen Yuanzhi was the emperor’s most beloved little daughter, raised in the palm of his hand. When she came of age, the emperor granted her a princess’s residence, twice the size of the estates given to his other sons. Her consort was a young general who had just won 46.3kReads9.0Score6.4kShelves

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    It's really beautiful, I'm not kidding.

39. 39 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

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    These books are all quite good.

40. 40 穿EN 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 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
41. 41 七 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 18.3kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
42. 42 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
43. 43 重 Reborn in 1970s: A Military Doctor Meets a Special Forces Soldier 重生七零当军医遇上特种兵 Meow-Meow Claws阿喵亮爪爪Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Military romance + medicine + strengthening the nation + passionate action + flirtation Song Wei, a military doctor who served on peacekeeping missions, has been reborn. Her goal: to find the boy she once passed by. Who would have thought that the prettiest yet most timid girl in the military compound would fall for that arrogant, overbearing demon of a young man? In Lu Jiu’s eyes, Song Wei is like a sand cat: timid, quick, and easily frightened, though she occasionally flashes her claws. Sh 20.2kReads9.3Score2.9kShelves

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    This is one of my favorite period novels.

44. 44 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Goes Viral in the Compound After Taking a Slap in Her Substitute Marriage 资本家小姐替嫁后靠巴掌爆红大院 Runaway Ginseng Sprite落跑人参精Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + sweet romance + pocket dimension + devoted husband + period setting + alternate history + educated youth sent to the countryside] In a nutshell: Everyone thought she was going to die, but she’s still bouncing around full of energy. The hammiest queen of the apocalypse opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a frail, beautiful woman destined to die young in a period novel. Her mother killed herself, her father is a scumbag, and her half-siblings are scheming aga 6.2kReads8.4Score703Shelves
45. 45 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Terrible Family Along for the Ride 七零军婚：我带极品家人一起起飞 Jin Jinyu金金雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [1970s + military marriage + period setting + family drama + trading System + building wealth + transmigration and rebirth] On her way to school to pick up her admission letter from Capital University, Gu Tao gets hit by a black car and lands in the 1970s, along with a somewhat “simple-minded” little System. She opens her eyes to find a scheming dad, a lazy mom, a brother and sister bent on scrounging from their workplaces, and two younger brothers who keep wanting to smash other peo 8.9kReads8.5Score926Shelves
46. 46 六 The 1960s: The Real Daughter Returns to the Village, and the Whole Family Gets Secure Jobs 六零：真千金回村后，全家铁饭碗 Luo Baili洛百鲤Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + spatial dimension + military marriage + comedy + stockpiling supplies + feel-good face-slapping + the real and fake daughters were never switched!] Top bodyguard Lin Jiaoyue has transmigrated into a book! She's become the real daughter who just returned to the city and the factory manager's family, only to be bullied! The fake daughter even stole her golden finger! From now on, she'll be used as a foil! Lin Jiaoyue: No need to panic! She forcefully takes back her gold 13.7kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves

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    It's quite pretty.

47. 47 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 53.1kReads9.3Score5.6kShelves
48. 48 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 42.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
49. 49 军 Military Marriage, Sugary Sweetness: The White Lotus Green Tea Girl Is Everyone's Darling in the 1970s 军婚爆糖：白莲绿茶在七零做团宠 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted “Fair-skinned beauty with a sweet, tea-like charm x outwardly cold, inwardly warm doting husband” After a plane crash, international superstar Jiang Qingrou transmigrated. An orphan in her previous life, she had somehow ended up in a big family in the 1970s. Her two older brothers spoiled her, and her parents treated her like a treasure. What’s more, in an era when people struggled to get enough to eat or stay warm, everyone in her family had a steady job, and she herself was the star of the dan 6.6kReads8.9Score789Shelves
50. 50 村 A Beauty with Skin Like Cream Comes to the Village, and the Rugged Man Can’t Stop Thinking of Her 村里来了凝脂美人，糙汉日思夜想 One Meow一口喵Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted (Historical setting + devoted couple + portable space + raising children + doting husband and wife) Jiang Zhenzhen closed her eyes, full of regret. Only after she died did she learn that she was nothing more than a background character with barely a few lines in a novel set in a bygone era. After her death, her husband, Wei Xiao, was consumed by grief and worry. He died heartbroken less than two years later. And every one of her sons grew up crooked, becoming major villains who skirted the law. 4.1kReads9.0Score464Shelves

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