Looking for Cozy, Everyday Stories Set in a Bygone Era That Are Easy to Read, Without Too Many Awful Characters 求看着不累，温馨日常年代文，不要太多极品。

1. 1 下 Marry Down? The Young Lady Turns Around, Empties Her Family's Assets, and Moves to the Countryside 下嫁？大小姐转身搬空家产去下乡 House房子Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [The 1970s] [Transmigration] [Heiress] [Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside] [Portable Space with Spirit Spring] [Military Marriage] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Beloved by Everyone] [Medicine] [Building Wealth] Domestic squabbles and a slow, steady life When Shen Li wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder character who delivers supplies and equipment to others. The original owner had once been an esteemed young lady, but disaster struck her family 219.1kReads8.5Score21.7kShelves

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   I recently started reading the first book and it was quite good. The second book is definitely in my top three historical fiction novels. The author thoughtfully included illustrations, which helped me understand that era very well. Thank you.

2. 2 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
3. 3 小 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 25.6kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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   "Looking for light-hearted, slice-of-life stories set in a bygone era." Whether they're truly heartwarming or not, I don't know, but these few books aren't exactly top-notch; they're just often hilariously silly and absurd.

4. 4 七 The 1970s: I Leave the Beloved Heroine in the Dust and Claim a Happy Life of My Own 七零：脚踩团宠女主独享幸福人生 Fifteen, Yeah拾伍呀Modern Romance626k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + pocket dimension + devoted and powerful couple + fighting for every advantage + face-slapping the scum + both leads speak their minds] Three days after Song Xixixi was born, her parents sent her to be raised in the countryside. She went hungry, lacked warm clothes, and was beaten. She endured seventeen years of hardship there, while their adopted daughter, only one day older than her, was raised at home and showered with love. They only brought Xixixi back to the city so she 40.2kReads8.7Score5.2kShelves
5. 5 末 Apocalypse: I Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick, Pick 末世：我捡捡捡捡捡捡捡捡捡捡捡 You Qi有柒Sci-Fi & Apocalypse750k WordsCompleted The animated series is now streaming, with 140 million views on Douyin and a peak popularity score of 45.84 million on Hongguo. Please, someone adapt this novel! [Apocalypse, No Romance] [Fresh Produce Wholesale Market] [Scavenging Vegetables] [Superpowers] [Growing Female Lead] Su Nian'an had planned to die with dignity and leave this wretched apocalypse behind! But not only did she survive, she unexpectedly found herself transported to a fresh produce wholesale market from before the apocaly 12.2kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
6. 6 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.6M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 84.1kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves

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   So far, the first three books have been updated very consistently, and the fourth book is finished. All of them are heartwarming slice-of-life period novels that I don't find particularly outstanding. 1️⃣ Many of the plot points are actually from the author's own writing, so a certain level of knowledge about period fiction is required to read them, but once you understand them, it's very enjoyable. 2️⃣ And 3️⃣ are set before and in the early years of the People's Republic of China, and 4️⃣ is set in the 1990s.

7. 7 活 Living as a Model Citizen in Republican-Era China 活在民国当顺民 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban1.4M WordsOngoing From the start, it's 1945. The war against Japan is over, and the times are in turmoil. After Yang Fuping's grandfather closes his eyes for the last time, he leaves behind a letter of prophecy and a coffin no one can touch. His family tends to daily life in their little courtyard, ignoring the shifting tides of history and simply keeping their corner of the world warm and peaceful. Ensemble cast + Republican-era setting + not a wish-fulfillment story + miniature storage space 38.6kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves
8. 8 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s, the Country Sent Me Abroad to Study 穿越五零，国家送我去留学 A Cup of Wine in the Spring Breeze Among Peach and Plum Blossoms桃李春风一杯酒丶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [No Golden Finger] [Strong Female Lead] [Research] [Few Extreme Male Leads] [Academic Prodigy] [A Strong Nation] [1950s] [Family Life] [Positive Energy] [Romance] An optimistic, positive female lead who refuses to waste energy on negativity, and a handsome male lead who trades his pen for a gun. (The romance is very, very subtle so far. The main plot is studying abroad and doing research.) After waking from a nap, Shi Jiayi becomes one of the chosen ones of the 1950s. The tide of transmigration 71.8kReads9.3Score6.2kShelves
9. 9 被 Getting Struck by Lightning Is No Big Deal. I Still Have a Chance 被雷劈了不要紧，姐姐还有机会 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Yandere + Scheming + Sharp-Tongued + Hiding His Strength + Self-Interested + Mature Beauty + Puppy-Like Boy] In Wen Beier’s eyes, her junior Qi Jiahe was a poor little thing. His father had died in service, his mother had run off with another man, and the six siblings had no one but their grandmother to support them... In Qi Jiahe’s eyes, his senior Wen Beier was a poor little thing. Her parents were divorced, her father had started a new family, and she could only struggle thr 2.6kReads8.9Score241Shelves
10. 10 吃 The Gossip-Loving Young Educated Woman 吃瓜小知青 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 18.6kReads8.1Score2kShelves

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    This is really beautiful.

11. 11 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Educated Youth Wants to Let Go 重生七零：知青想放手 Qu Linglong曲玲珑Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted [Ensemble Cast, No Space, No System, Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] One scheme tied two people’s lives together. Reborn in the 1970s, Zhu Xiaomin is determined to scheme her way back. First, she’ll set free the other unlucky soul who’s just like her. Second, she’ll tear that scumbag apart. But things seem to be slipping out of her control. The unlucky one came rolling back on his own and won’t leave, no matter how much she tries to drive him away. Well then… she’ll keep him. “I’ll protect you thi 11kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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    These two books have a tight plot, are funny, and heartwarming, making you involuntarily transported back to that era. A 20-year-old bookworm highly recommends them.

12. 12 作 Finicky Rich Girl Brings Her Farm to the 1970s and Takes It Easy 作精白富美携农场在七零摆烂 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Pocket Dimension + Goofy Comedy + Farming + Strong Female Lead + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Feel-Good Story + Putting Scumbags in Their Place) The heroine doesn’t dabble in the black market or do farm work, and she has only the tiniest bit of conscience. The hero and heroine both speak their minds. There are no misunderstandings or love rivals. This is a fictional world, so please don’t compare it to real history! Su Qingci, a rich beauty who runs a farm in the modern era, gets sent to the 17.8kReads9.2Score2kShelves
13. 13 资 The Reborn Capitalist Heiress Is Doted on by Her Military Officer Husband 资本家大小姐重生军官老公掌心宠 Yan Xingyan言星妍Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + Joining the Army Husband on an Island + Reborn + Young Lady + Sweet Romance + Everyday Life] [Alternate setting, 1960s] [Flirtatious, high-maintenance heroine and rough, arrogant hero] Shen Yitang thought there must be something seriously wrong with her. She had spent five years disliking Gu Huaizheng, but after he died, she spent a full ten years missing him. She missed the strong arms that had protected her in the catastrophic flood, and the safe haven he had built for he 19.1kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves

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    A heartwarming and everyday story set in a bygone era.

14. 14 八 The 1980s: The Demon Queen Turns Out to Be the Real Heiress 八零：魔王她成了真千金 July Rice Wine七月酒酿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A slow-burn story. The early chapters focus mainly on the female lead’s growth. Feel free to pass if that’s not for you.] [The male lead got lost in the story again… No romance.] The true heiress who was switched at birth should have suffered through every hardship in the countryside. But after His Highness the Demon King, Lanting, stepped in, all of that disappeared. With a grand sweep of his hand, the Demon King revealed a bright white smile. This time, someone else would have to endure every 30.3kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves

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    It's hilarious watching the female lead deal with her adoptive parents; if they don't like it, she'll fight them.

15. 15 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

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    The first book gets better and better as you read it; the second book is very inspiring.

16. 16 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves
17. 17 啥 What? That Shameless Little Brat Actually Married an Officer? 啥？缺大德那混蛋丫头竟嫁了军官 Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + farming + portable space + feel-good story] In Bagua Village, a tiny little place, there was someone everyone wanted to avoid as much as possible... Lazy and idle, sly and shiftless, unwilling to endure the slightest hardship, a constant source of trouble, disliked by people and dogs alike, overbearing and arrogant, vain, brazen and shameless, utterly without virtue... Yun Qingge: “...” That person is me, without a doubt~ The Yun family: “...” We can't let h 9.6kReads8.3Score744Shelves

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    Very funny, lighthearted everyday life

18. 18 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 15kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    Highly recommended, it's very realistic and full of everyday life.

19. 19 开 Cutting Ties from the Start! I Take My Pregnant Wife Back to Her Family and Get Rich 开局断亲！带孕妻回她的娘家致富 Rubber Dinghy Zhouzhou橡皮舟舟Ancient Romance492k WordsCompleted (Just got rated, and the score will rise later. Go ahead and read!) [Transmigrate + seek refuge with wife’s family + farming and making a fortune + imperial examinations + face-slapping the worst sort + doting on wife and raising children] Lu Yuan was conducting an experiment when a mistake by his new assistant caused an explosion that killed him. He transmigrated to ancient times. As soon as he arrived, his stepmother and biological father threw him out of the house. His younger sister even poi 21.1kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves

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    This book is worth reading.

20. 20 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Plump Girl Marries a Battle-Hardened Officer Three Times 重生八零年代：胖妞三嫁铁血军官 Little Pudding Pocket布丁小口袋Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted In 1982, Lu Huizhu weighs 160 jin, as hefty as a millstone. Her father, a soldier, died when she was young. To save her younger brother, her frail mother had no choice but to sell her to a bachelor in a neighboring village, weeping as she did so. On her wedding night, her first husband was so overcome at the sight of her that he had a seizure and kicked his legs in the air before dying on the spot! Branded a husband-killer, she was abused by a butcher in her second marriage and died a gruesom 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book. It has no cheat codes or systems, and the characters' emotions are genuine and simple. It's quite good.

21. 21 年 Period: The Prodigal Returns and Spoils His Beautiful Wife 年代：浪子回头，我把漂亮媳妇宠 White Dove Beneath the Neon霓虹下的白鸽Urban1.2M WordsCompleted This book has been adapted into a short drama, Reborn in the 1980s: Doted on by My Wife! “Pull it out. Everything Uncle has earned over the years belongs to us now. Don’t waste money on medical bills.” At the bedside, Chen Feng watched helplessly as the nephew he had raised with all his heart and soul grinned cruelly and pulled out his oxygen tube. Only at the moment of his death did he finally understand how to live! In his previous life, he had been a complete, unadulterated idiot! For the so- 315Reads6.9Score100Shelves
22. 22 娇 His Sweet Wife Coaxes Him Every Day, Turning the Sickly Treacherous Minister into a Simp 娇妻日日哄，病娇奸臣变舔狗 Ying Yeye樱也也Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [A one-on-one romance: a delicate, gorgeous beauty who’s actually falling apart vs. a murderous, power-hungry minister who’s actually a total simp. Super sweet! Super steamy! Super swoon-worthy! Trust me!] Jiang Yuelian is fair-skinned, beautiful, and mischievous, but she is mute. And the Empress has betrothed her to Xie Jin, a treacherous minister. Jiang Yuelian laments her terrible luck in being born at the wrong time. To survive, she does everything she can to please the minister. But as she 2.3kReads8.7Score355Shelves
23. 23 卖 I Sold My Dad into a Son-in-Law Marriage, and My Three Stepbrothers Dote on Me 卖爹去入赘，我被三个继兄宠上天 Bouncing Bunny蹦跶兔Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The live-action short dramas "Beloved on the Road to Exile: Dad Marries into a New Family, and I Strike It Rich" and "Beloved in the 1980s: Dad Marries into a New Family, and I Become a Tycoon" are now streaming! [Pretty, Delicate, Sunshine-Loving Heroine + Rough Hero Who dotes on His Wife] + Mutual Healing + Everyday Family Life After being reborn, the first thing Shen Mingzhu did was send her dad off to marry into another family! In her previous life, the Feng father and son tortured her un 83.2kReads7.9Score5.7kShelves
24. 24 丑 The Ugly Maid and Her System: Keeping a Paralyzed Prince Alive in Exile 丑丫鬟带着系统，养活流放瘫王爷 No Wind, No无风不Ancient Romance489k WordsCompleted The animated comic adaptation is out. [Farming + food + System + transmigration + devoted couple + healing each other + survival + business + power struggles + fictional setting] The ugly Wei Zhaodi has been sold twice. She thought being sold into a prince’s household would give her a good life. But when she wakes up, the prince’s estate has been confiscated, Prince Chu Jue has had his legs broken, and he’s been exiled a thousand miles away. She wants to run too, but the damn System has bound he 2.9kReads8.1Score304Shelves
25. 25 误 An Accidental Entry into a Powerful Family 误闯高门 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance633k WordsOngoing In 1968, after graduating from high school, Ma Lifeng earned a place at a steel mill through his own hard work. But his father wanted him sent to the countryside, claiming he was too pampered and needed reeducation from the poor and lower-middle peasants. Ma Lifeng refused, but his father ignored his wishes and shoved him straight into the group heading to the countryside. Ma Lifeng was so furious that on his third day there, he married the first person he could... 116.5kReads8.4Score7.3kShelves
26. 26 让 You Want Me to Cook at Three in the Morning? I’ll Slap Your Whole Family Away 让我三点做饭？我反手扇飞你全家 Soft Soft Green Robe糯糯青衫Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted (The short drama My Slaps Changed My Fate in the 1970s is now available.) [Period setting + military marriage + mental illness + both devoted to each other + career in government + a heroine who would rather throw hands than talk, versus a rough-around-the-edges regiment commander who stole his comrade’s bride] Ever since Su Wanxing was diagnosed with a mental illness, life has been going wonderfully. She can curse out whoever she wants and beat up whoever she wants. She can even beat up a perve 17.3kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
27. 27 重 Reborn in the 1960s: After Breaking Off My Engagement, I Head to the City to Become a Worker 重生六零：退亲后，进城当工人 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance275k WordsCompleted Qing Muyan was reborn, back to the moment when her ambitious fiancé had shoved her and left her unconscious. In her previous life, that day marked the beginning of her miserable existence. This time, she would turn everything around. She breaks off her engagement to the scumbag. After binding herself to a temporary-worker achievement System, she works her way up from village girl to factory worker, takes revenge on those who harmed her, and climbs to the top until she becomes the high branch her 572Reads6.3Score102Shelves
28. 28 护 The Protector of the Nation, the Eldest Princess, Raises Hell in the 1950s 护国长公主在五十年代撒泼打滚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted After the Guardian Princess died peacefully of old age, she was reborn in a small mountain village. There was a young man in the village who wanted to go fight the Japanese, but his parents refused because he wasn’t married and had no children. The young man went to the princess for help. After thinking it over, she agreed. Once the princess became pregnant, the young man left. And then he never sent word again. As soon as the country was founded, the princess set out on a journey to find her hu 18.5kReads8.8Score2kShelves
29. 29 回 I Return to the 1970s as a Hong Kong Tycoon and Lead My Whole Family to Wealth 回七零当香江大少，带全家暴富 Wo Wo Milk Candy窝窝奶糖Modern Romance708k WordsCompleted [No romance] Ye Lin arrived in Xianggang in 1978. Fortunately, he had transmigrated into the body of a Xianggang tycoon’s only son, who shared his name. Unfortunately, Ye Lin couldn’t spend the money. He could only unlock the fortune by fulfilling the tycoon’s dying wish. There’s big news in Xiahe Village lately. The second son of the Ye family, who’d been dead for decades, has been found. And he’s a tycoon from Xianggang! Oh, it’s the second son Ye’s grandson who’s come back. The second son him 3.6kReads7.9Score228Shelves
30. 30 大 The Heiress Has a Wish-Granting App 大小姐她有成真APP Royal Little Fruit皇家小果果Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [1960s Hong Kong setting + heiress + powerful father + wealthy heiress's daily life + coming of age + a seriously powerful golden finger + heartwarming father-daughter bond + lots of romances] Ordinary, clear-eyed but clueless college student Wei Ying wakes up to find herself back in a baby's body. Abandoned by parents who favor sons? No problem. She has a golden finger and can personally choose her adoptive parents. Her adoptive parents die in an accident when she's eight, leaving her surrounde 14.5kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
31. 31 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 31.6kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
32. 32 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 21.2kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
33. 33 妇 The Gynecologist: Zhou Lan’s Sunflower 妇科医生之周兰的向日葵 Bright Moon over Longcheng龙城明月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Lan, a gynecologist, accidentally ends up working at a private hospital. She uses her medical skills and dignity to protect countless women, but she cannot protect herself from her surging love. Her white coat is as pure as snow, her heart a raging fire. Deeply in love, surrounded by endless romance, she spends her life utterly captivating. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A remarkable article from a bygone era: The legendary life of a female gynecologist.

34. 34 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Awakens and Sells the Family Fortune to Join the Army 资本家小姐觉醒，掏空家产去随军 Chen Mozheng陈墨铮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration into a book + bargain-hunting System + punishing scumbags + powerful team-up + sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside heiress vs. muscular, stone-faced team leader] Lu Rao was a socialite in Shanghai who had influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world. After an unexpected awakening, she discovered she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. Her second uncle had schemed against her whole family. Her father was missing, her mother 39.8kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves

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    I've finished another book. This one has national righteousness, heartwarming family moments, and is full of hilarious moments. It's quite good and I highly recommend it.

35. 35 七 Everyday Life in the 1970s: Starting by Sending My Scumbag Dad to the Farm 七零日常：从送渣爹去农场开始 Dongfang Miaomiao东方渺渺Modern Romance168k WordsOngoing Era + old silver dollars + space + Hong Kong entertainment Lin Wei, a modern-day true heiress turned dark, opens her eyes to find herself in the 1970s, inhabiting the body of a namesake who has always been pitifully powerless. Her biological father, stepmother, and younger step-siblings want to kill her, then flee to Hong Kong with the family money... Lin Wei sneers. "Ha, steal the money and run? That's my specialty!" P.S. 1. This story is entirely fictional and set in an alternate world. 2. A 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This type of story has few truly exceptional characters; the later parts are especially hilarious and funny.

36. 36 痞 A Reborn Hoodlum Spoils the Gloomy Little Lame Next Door 痞子重生后宠坏隔壁阴郁小瘸子 Fifteenth Day of the Sun and Moon日月十五Two Male Leads310k WordsCompleted Two male leads Both reborn, one remembers his past life while the other slowly recalls it Mutual salvation, both pure, happy ending Lin Fenfen, male, age twenty, a penniless coal miner, a mother who died in childbirth, a little sister who died young, a gambling-addicted father, and a body packed with muscle. Jiang Huaizhi, male, age twenty-two, a leg broken when he was three, a grandmother who died when he was ten, and himself, trapped in the dark and powerless to struggle. He had hated someone, 9kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves

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    The first book seems to have been heavily revised, but it should still be okay.

37. 37 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
38. 38 首 Commander, Your Kid’s Charged to the Front Lines Again! 首长，你家崽崽又冲上前线了！ 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 7.9kReads9.3Score481Shelves
39. 39 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 158.3kReads9.0Score15.1kShelves
40. 40 偏 After My Favoritist Grandma Was Reborn 偏心奶奶重生后 Better Stay Up Late Early熬夜要趁早Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s] [Toddler-Raising System (A Human Toddler Observation Diary)] [Super-Strong Woman] [Reborn] [Light Ensemble Cast] [No Romance for the Main Character] [Family Life] (The rating is low because not many people have read it yet. It'll go up.) Qiao Xia Li thinks the world became much more interesting after something called the “System” appeared in her head. It's like the immortal grandpa from a story, able to conjure all kinds of delicious food and fun things she's never seen before. Most impo 4.5kReads8.9Score521Shelves
41. 41 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Little Auntie Spends Her Money Like There’s No Tomorrow 重生七零，小姨有钱使劲花 Playful Demon妖逗Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted Era setting, reborn, System, doted on by everyone The System brought Hua Yuyao back to the 1970s. When she came to, she discovered she had returned to the age of five, after having spent the previous five years as a fool. She cursed the unreliable System under her breath. Now watch as she wields her get-rich System and takes her little nephews on a shopping spree! “Auntie, I want candy.” The little girl waved her chubby hand. “Buy it.” “Auntie, I want a popsicle.” “Buy it.” “Auntie, I want…” “Bu 1.9kReads8.5Score184Shelves
42. 42 七 The 1970s: My Little One Gets Rich With a Shameless System 七零：崽崽靠着缺德系统暴富啦！ May We Last as Long as the Moon随明月而长终Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed (Era Setting + No Romance + Truly Little Kid Protagonist + Mischievous Kid + Clueless + No Catfighting) (Daily Life + System + Lucky Charm + Beloved by All + Only Child + Olympic Champion) Original title: The 1970s: The Kid Gets Rich with a System Full of Flaws! P.S. After chapter 42, there are basically no awful people. There aren’t many in the early chapters either, just two, and they won’t keep showing up. Told mainly from the kid’s point of view, full of her daily life, with lots a 16.8kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
43. 43 一 I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心，穿成了我那早死的姑姑 Simple Mountain Birch朴实的山桠Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young. 4kReads8.2Score381Shelves

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    Without any cheat codes or systems, the story is logically sound and realistically recreates daily life in rural areas during the 1980s.

44. 44 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
45. 45 黑 The Black Heiress 黑千金 Song Xiangbai宋象白Modern Romance682k WordsCompleted Zhou Zhizhi was born a wealthy heiress, but she was abandoned in a remote county and taken in by a man who had just been released from prison after serving time for a serious crime. At just five years old, she was already able to save her father. Later, she also brought home an old scholar and former examination candidate, and the three of them began building a life together. The hardened criminal turned into a coal magnate, while the abandoned girl became a true heiress of the underworld. How w 32.8kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves
46. 46 她 The Age of Their Happiness 她们的幸福时代 April Taoyao四月桃幺Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted A coming-of-age memory for those born in the 1960s. In 1986, the youngest daughter of the celebrated Guo family graduates from university and returns home in triumph, only to face a string of family upheavals: her eldest sister's divorce, her second sister's pregnancy before marriage and her boyfriend's imprisonment, and the revelation that her own love rival is actually her “missing sister”... Watch as the sisters lean on and comfort one another, wade through life's muddy waters, find happiness 131Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    This book perfectly matches your requirements. It's heartwarming and slice-of-life, like the stories of people around you, and the writing is quite good. Recommended reading.

47. 47 我 My Third Older Sister Is Reborn 我的三姐是重生的 I Want to Win the Lottery Every Day每天都想中大奖Modern Romance955k WordsOngoing This is a story about a family growing together, centered throughout on the ordinary daily life of the Tang family. It features a small ensemble cast and multiple perspectives, with a little more focus on the older sisters early on. Main character: Tang Xue, the fourth child in the family and one of a pair of twin sisters. Sweet, gentle, and thoughtful, she is sensible and grateful, and always cares for every member of her family. She isn't the family's only center of attention, but she's the gl 57.1kReads9.0Score5kShelves

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    It's not finished yet, but it's worth following; it's very good.

48. 48 我 My Years as the Big Brother: I Might as Well Marry into Her Family 我当大哥的那些年干脆去上门算了 Demon Princess魔姬Urban595k WordsCompleted Our Ma family is a great clan. After a fire destroyed our granary, the entire clan was exiled to the southwestern frontier, where we settled in the mountains. Over time, we grew into a large village called Majia Village. The male lead, Ma Yongzhen, is the eldest legitimate grandson of the main branch of the Ma family. The heavy burden on his shoulders nearly breaks him, and after his fiancée betrays him, he simply goes to town to become a live-in son-in-law. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 六 The 1960s: The Villagers Insist on Worshipping Me 六零：村民们非要拜我 Zhuang Zhou's Flower庄周的花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented + Parallel alternate world + Period setting + Transmigration + No romance + Beloved by all + Cute pets + Everyday family life] Modern-day overworked office drone Lin Anzhi had all the prerequisites for transmigration: an orphan’s background, late-night overtime, and a thunderstorm. Sure enough, she transmigrated. She ended up in the body of a three-year-old village girl in the 1960s. The good news: Her frail, sickly predecessor seemed to have a golden finger, and Lin Anzhi could 12.6kReads8.4Score899Shelves

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    Funny and lighthearted

50. 50 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 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves

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    This book is great; my best friend and I travel through the book together.

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