Family Life and Everyday Living, with a Little Side Business 家长里短过日子，顺带搞点小事业

1. 1 守 Reborn After Being Widowed 守寡后我重生了 Laughing Beauty笑佳人Romance731k WordsCompleted Before she became a widow, Huayang found fault with her husband in just about every way. She hated how he was always so stern, how he'd collapse onto the bed drenched in sweat, and, above all, how he could be so insatiable at certain times. But when he actually died and she became a widow, Huayang began to miss his good qualities one by one: the way he carried her steadily through a downpour, and the warmth of his chest, blazing like a fire on cold winter days. Reborn, Huayang decided to treat 561.4kFavorites1.2MClicks/ch1MGifts

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   The author's classical Chinese writing is quite enjoyable; she simply likes to write classical Chinese texts and then some modern ones to relax.

2. 2 被 After the Engagement Was Annulled, I Married a Boss From Shiwen 被退婚后我嫁给了年代文大佬 Lemon Nine柠檬九Romance900k WordsCompleted Xia Shao had had enough of her life as an overworked corporate drone and was planning to quit and retire in her hometown. To her surprise, when she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to the 1960s, an era of shortages, and found herself saddled with a cuckold's hat. By the time she traveled thousands of miles to the Northeast to confront her fiancé, he had already married a local woman and had two children. Afr 244.1kFavorites458.3kClicks/ch291.4kGifts

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   Down-to-earth period dramas don't necessarily feature female protagonists who have to set up street stalls to make money, or join unions or offices in factories, and then switch to revolutionary committees. Down-to-earth frontline workers can also carve out their own niche.

3. 3 清 Everyday Life in the Qing Dynasty (TV Adaptation: New Life Begins) 清穿日常（剧名：卿卿日常） Duo Mu Mu Duo多木木多Romance2.5M WordsCompleted 1. A few stories about eating and drinking. The Qing dynasty has already been transmigrated into a sieve, so adding my little one to the mix won't make much difference. 2. The Fourth Prince Is Very Busy series. The heroine could have had a personal space (but I can't write one. Whenever I try, I get obsessed with the worldbuilding and the story veers a hundred thousand miles off course). She could have had a System, too (I even played an MMO for her, but still couldn't write it. Once my worldbu 194.5kFavorites568.8kClicks/ch113.8kGifts

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   It looks nice, but it's so long.

4. 4 年21+ The Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife Finds Happiness 年代文炮灰原配幸福起来 Xiu Ce袖侧Romance502k WordsCompleted 191.8kFavorites410.6kClicks/ch390.1kGifts

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   It's good, and I like the romance, but to make the career storyline more exciting, the author probably touched on some explicit content and got reported, which caused them to have a mental breakdown. After that, they just started writing a rough outline, and the male lead became a background character. It seems the author is capable of writing good romance but is rather reluctant to do so; perhaps they felt it lowered their image? *Sobs*

5. 5 漂 Beautiful Sister-in-Law, Peaceful Hong Kong [The 1980s] 漂亮大嫂，和平香江[八零] Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Interstellar General Su Linlang wakes up one morning and finds herself back in 1980. The good news: She's become the daughter-in-law of the He family, the richest family in Hong Kong, and from the start she's the eldest daughter-in-law. The bad news: On their wedding day, her husband is kidnapped and her father-in-law is attacked. A joyous occasion turns into a funeral. Even worse, in 1980s Hong Kong, a tycoon can be the richest person in town one day and the most indebted the next. The big shot 165.7kFavorites375.6kClicks/ch235.4kGifts

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   The author has a good track record of finishing chapters, and the plot is written by a patriotic master of the "domineering" genre. Even though it's written in a very romantic style, the story is still captivating. However, the female lead, her daughter, and the undercover policewoman who might eventually become the second brother's wife are all too similar in character, appearing in the last couple of chapters, which feels a bit strange. It's like reading *Water Margin*, where the main female characters are all powerful figures like Gongsun Da Niang, with the occasional weak female lead's mother-in-law and the male lead's sister appearing like wallflowers. Other female villains are written with a strong feminine charm, like Yan Poxi and Pan Jinlian, which feels odd. The whole story glorifies women with fighting skills, while the surrounding men are mostly weaklings (the female lead's partner, son, and brother) to create contrast. It's a kind of bizarre gender reversal, perhaps appealing to those who enjoy a different kind of romance? It's a rare occurrence, and hopefully, the next story will feature more "ordinary" female characters.

6. 6 八 Pearls and Jade Beside Me in the 80s 八零之珠玉在侧 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance2.0M WordsCompleted People say Chu Wan grew up surrounded by antiques, with nothing in her eyes but old artifacts and no room for people. She can tell an antique's age and style at a glance. Chu Wan married Lu Jianshi to obey her grandfather's wishes, honor an old family promise, and secure a peaceful life for herself. Lu Jianshi treated her well enough, and she didn't want anything else. That is, until the day she saw Lu Jianshi with his arms around a young woman, saying, "My wife looks pretty, and everyone wants 163kFavorites457.8kClicks/ch603.2kGifts

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   It's a great read, with a very engaging storyline about antiques and archaeology. The research is detailed, the main plot is clear and runs throughout the entire story, and the romance is also good.

7. 7 抱 My Adorable Little Sister Was Reborn After the Mix-Up 抱错后可爱妹妹重生了 Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance976k WordsCompleted Banxia died at the age of five, then was reborn. The first thing she did after being reborn was look for her biological family, the family of Dr. Gu, who had returned from overseas. She had discovered that she wasn't the child of her current parents. She had been switched at birth in the maternity ward, and was Dr. Gu's biological daughter. She also discovered that she had not only an incredible father, but three amazing older brothers who would go on to achieve great things in medicine, technol 149.9kFavorites412.6kClicks/ch285.5kGifts

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   It's alright, but not as good as the one about the husband being a returnee from overseas.

8. 8 七 [The 1970s] Remarrying My Ex's Childhood Friend 七零之改嫁前夫发小 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lin Wangshu was the envy of everyone, a woman blessed with good fortune. She went to the countryside once and found herself a husband from a family with a courtyard house. Her in-laws arranged a job for her, and her husband was successful. Who wouldn’t envy her? But in that courtyard lived her in-laws and her husband’s aunt, and they were always underfoot. Only she knew what it was like to be a young wife living under someone else’s roof. She endured it all, but who could h 149.9kFavorites405.2kClicks/ch181.5kGifts

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   The romance is melodramatic and exciting, and very well done. There's a matching, high-quality career storyline, but it's not as outstanding as the archaeology and antiques story. The male lead is quite charming, and although it's more satisfying, the author's skillful writing makes you overlook those aspects.

9. 9 七 The Pampered Beauty of a Powerful Figure in the 1970s Is Reborn 七零大佬的娇气美人重生了 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Meng Yanqing was breathtakingly beautiful and exceptionally talented. Though she married young, her husband was gentle and attentive, and her little son was clever and adorable. Even in the worst of times, she was always cherished and protected. After falling gravely ill and passing away, she learned that she had been living in a novel set in a bygone era. The novel's overpowered transmigrating male protagonist married the true heiress, breezed through every obstacle, and reached the pinnacle of 122.7kFavorites325.2kClicks/ch95.6kGifts

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   I'm giving this book five stars to the author! The romance and the dramatic career storyline are wonderful. I don't remember rating the previous book because the extra chapters were too long and I didn't want to buy it. The antiques part was actually quite well-done. The jade part was a bit of a letdown. The ancient creatures in the jade story didn't get a sequel (maybe it was too fantastical and was cut?). The last ten or so chapters were a bit brief? Anyway, I only finished reading those ten chapters a long time after the book was finished.

10. 10 七 Guide to Happiness for a Supporting Female Character in the 1970s 七零女配幸福指南 Shu Shushu舒书书Romance701k WordsCompleted [Pre-publication novel in my profile: "Transmigrated as the Tycoon’s Substitute Bride", please add it to your reading list!] When the first thunder of spring sounded, Chu Xia unexpectedly learned that she was the devoted female supporting character in a male-centered period novel, destined to spend her whole life sacrificing for the male lead. When the male lead needed love, she gave up the life-changing opportunity she had to the heroine he loved. When he was lovelorn and wanted a family, she o 87.2kFavorites188.3kClicks/ch75.7kGifts

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    The plot and romance run parallel, with the career storyline only briefly touched upon, making it a good read. It's one of the better-written romance novels in the period drama genre, unfolding gradually. In post-marriage period dramas, the early development of romance is generally not very nuanced, and as the career storyline develops more, the romance tends to fade into the background. On the other hand, campus period dramas, excluding those with weak romance storylines, often end shortly after the characters get married. I wanted more of the everyday family drama, so this kind of story, where the female lead starts working, offers a more balanced narrative across romance, career, and family. I hope the author makes this book longer; previous installments were too short.

11. 11 七 The Pretty Little Tailor of the Seventies 七零之漂亮小裁缝 Shu Shushu舒书书Romance615k WordsCompleted [The plot has undergone major revisions and differs considerably from pirated versions. Please read the official edition.] Ruan Xi was an accomplished fashion designer. She never expected to wake up as a supporting character with the same name in a novel set in a bygone era. The original Ruan Xi had been left in the countryside by her parents when she was little and raised by her grandparents. The heroine, meanwhile, was the orphan of one of her father's comrades, whom her parents had raised the 82kFavorites204.1kClicks/ch57.6kGifts

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    It's quite good. It's the first time I've seen a historical romance novel where the female lead genuinely learns tailoring from an experienced tailor. After reading this, I can't accept female leads who can easily make money by making new clothes for others. It feels like those female leads' tailoring skills were maxed out by a reborn/transmigrated god, completely disregarding logic. I have relatives who studied tailoring, but even then, they can't just make patterns on demand. Only a seasoned tailor can do that; this profession isn't without its challenges.

12. 12 六 A Female Technician in the 1960s [Book Transmigration] 六零年代女技术员[穿书] Ban Shu半疏Romance1.6M WordsCompleted "Complete. Next book: My Younger Sister, Lost in the Sixties, Has Returned" One-line summary: The everyday life of Shen Aili, a female technician in the 1960s and 70s. Blurb: After Gu Ru finished reading a period novel, she was heartbroken by Shen Aili, the male lead's younger sister, who died young, even though the male and female leads got their happy ending. She felt for the mother who kept seeking the truth about her daughter's death, and was furious at the female lead's unspoken, selfish re 74.6kFavorites254.9kClicks/ch96.2kGifts

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    Above average. The initial intense female rivalry quickly turns into a series of whitewashings, sometimes making the villains so well-developed that they're redeemed to demonstrate the author's maturity: there are no absolutely good or bad people. Previously, this might have seemed like a sign of an experienced and magnanimous author, but I'm less receptive now. This whitewashing trope is frequently used to portray "girls helping girls." Originally, it involved rescuing prostitutes (replacing them with women with past transgressions), but now the gender of the helper is reversed, becoming selfless acts of helping former adversaries of the same sex. I'm somewhat indifferent to both the rescue of prostitutes and the explicit scenes. Men might be driven by lust, but women helping former adversaries might be seen as magnanimous to your face, but behind your back, they might be seen as pushovers. It's too saintly; reading too much of this is emotionally draining. However, the overall quality of the story is quite high.

13. 13 嫁21+ No Need to Weep at the Wedding 嫁娶不须啼 Huai Su怀愫Romance823k WordsCompleted 73.3kFavorites112.9kClicks/ch242.2kGifts

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    The extra chapters were too long, and the ending felt a bit rushed. The author's period dramas are quite enjoyable.

14. 14 清 Transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty: The Empress’s Leisurely Daily Life 清穿之娘娘悠闲日常 Yingzhou Jade Feather瀛洲玉羽Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Han transmigrates into the body of a lowly palace maid in Emperor Kangxi's harem, where life is incredibly difficult. Lying flat won't turn you into a salted fish. It'll only turn you into a dead fish. Shen Han has no choice but to pull herself together. She has to stay alive! A Handbook for Surviving the Harem Core principle: The truly effective way to win favor has never been to fixate on the women and fight them for power. The emperor is the only target worth pursuing. Overall strategy: 70.5kFavorites144.4kClicks/ch101.2kGifts

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    This author is amazing. They've only started one story, but the writing and data are quite good. Their pseudonym hasn't been discovered yet, and they've disappeared without starting any new stories or adding them to pre-orders.

15. 15 六 The Ballet Beauty of the Sixties Compound [Book Transmigration] 六零大院芭蕾美人[穿书] Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance829k WordsCompleted [The Beautiful Female Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the 1990s is currently updating. See the author's page.] Chen Siyu was a graceful, captivating prima ballerina. She excelled at every challenging dance move: Italian fouettes, 32 consecutive fouette turns, and grand jetes that seemed to defy gravity. But a car accident left her disabled for half her life, bound to a wheelchair. When she wakes up, she's a young newcomer who has just joined a performing arts troupe in the 1960s. Accor 67.4kFavorites185.9kClicks/ch87kGifts

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    The author has many good works, some with slightly overpowered plot devices and a high level of satisfying enjoyment, but they are all acceptable. The author's main theme is "the endless joy of fighting with others." The patriotic education here is particularly well done, making it increasingly patriotic the more you read.

16. 16 后 My Stepmother Awakens [The 1970s] 后妈觉醒后[七零] Shu Shushu舒书书Romance501k WordsCompleted At the end of her life, Ning Xiang lay alone and forlorn in an empty room. Listening to the snow rustling outside, she looked back on her life. She had been a dutiful older sister, a filial daughter and daughter-in-law, a wonderful stepmother, and the woman behind a successful man... She had dropped out of school to work and raise her younger siblings, helping them grow up and make something of themselves. She had cared for her parents and in-laws until they were old, raised her stepchildren to 64.4kFavorites201.8kClicks/ch44.6kGifts

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    Well enough.

17. 17 那 That Handsome Male Educated Youth 那个漂亮的男知青 Red Celery and Crisp Wine红芹酥酒Romance399k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1970s, Su Yan struggles to adjust. There's poverty and hunger, exhausting labor, and the unwanted attentions of someone she doesn't like... Su Yan is a beauty enthusiast. Even in such dire straits, she refuses to settle. After looking around, she decides the male educated youth next door is the one for her. The young man is truly handsome, with long legs, a slim waist, and exquisite features. Even by modern standards, Su Yan has never seen a man so strikingly beautif 59.7kFavorites148.8kClicks/ch26kGifts

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    It's a pretty good farming novel.

18. 18 七 The Stunning Beauty of the Seventies Takes Hong Kong by Storm 七零之绝色美人玩转香江 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance962k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Tianhui made a name for herself on the battlefield. Now, born in the 1970s, she has become the biological daughter of a wealthy Hong Kong family who was left behind on the mainland. There's no family affection among the rich, only self-interest. She's come to this dazzling, colorful Hong Kong with just one wish: to eat something delicious. She rolls up her sleeves, ready to get to work. Make money! Get rich! Then eat her fill! Theme: Wherever you are, keep striving and s 59.4kFavorites130.1kClicks/ch127.3kGifts

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    Judging from the author's work, it seems like this book represents a creative block compared to the previous ones.

19. 19 知 The Educated Youth's Ex-Wife Is Reborn 知青前妻重生了 Lingxi铃溪Romance412k WordsCompleted Please add to your reading list: My Dark Guard Husband Helps Me Become an Entertainment Sensation Blurb: Li Xia is reborn. This time, she's taking her two children to the city to find her husband, who is dead set on getting a divorce. This time, she doesn't cling to him. She calmly accepts his proposal. "You take our son. I can't raise two kids on my own." In her past life, she struggled to raise both children while their father never lifted a finger to help. When they grew up, the father and 53.7kFavorites169.9kClicks/ch24.4kGifts

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    This is the first time I've finished reading a novel about a blended family. It felt similar to reading a novel by an author on Jinjiang Literature City who specializes in writing about disabled male protagonists—both are about falling down in different ways on life's journey and finding ways to get back on their feet. Compared to novels about families of origin, blended family novels are definitely not to my taste. The reason isn't about virginity, but rather that the romantic storylines in these stories are generally not very compelling. This one was no exception; the logic is there, with children and a bunch of past troubles. This novel cleverly avoids the trust crisis hurdle, designing the female lead to gain the male lead's trust by passing a test of their assets during his vegetative state. It focuses on showcasing the male lead's trust in the female lead, without depicting the female lead's trust in the male lead (since she was the beneficiary in the early stages). Although the whole novel has a satisfying plot, it was also quite unsatisfying to read. Many scenes revolve around the challenges of adjustment in a blended family. The adults' adjustment is given a fairytale-like quality (since the vegetative state is resolved), and the children's adjustment feels like reading a novel about genius babies—what are the odds that all three children are so perfect in terms of personality, intelligence, and talents? It feels like a novel written in a tragic setting, a bittersweet experience.

20. 20 嘘 Hush! I'll Build a Mogul! [Period] 嘘！豪门由我造！[年代] Four Single Shop四单铺Romance787k WordsCompleted After three years of cultivating in the world of immortality, Su Yuehe was struck by heavenly fire and sent back to her original world. After returning, she learned that she had originally been living inside a historical novel. In the book, she married an educated youth who abused her and ended up killing herself. Su Yuehe swept the plot aside. She would start over and change everything! Liang Zhengfeng was a cold-faced army officer who cared only about his career and not about women. At a matc 48.2kFavorites117.5kClicks/ch35.7kGifts

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    It's a good read. Although I almost dropped it after the first dozen or so chapters, I picked it up again a few months later when it was almost finished. The romance plot lacked tension; the male and female leads' relationship developed too smoothly. The only minor hiccup was the marriage into the male lead's family. After that, the male lead became a mere plot device, seemingly forced to exist only to advance the story, and his character wasn't well-developed. However, the plot itself was still very engaging. The solutions to the everyday family dramas were somewhat Mary Sue-ish, and the methods for resolving conspiracies were simplistic, basically involving inducing confessions and recording conversations. Later in the business arc, the protagonist's advantages were excessive, making her a seemingly destined woman without any setbacks. Overall, the author's writing style was decent. I hope the romance plot will be more compelling in the future. The previous book, "Jade," was clearly more down-to-earth, while this one was too Mary Sue-ish. The author completely let loose in the later chapters, with the business development being too smooth and employing time manipulation techniques. It felt like the author got tired of writing and cut many parts of the outline. Detailing those parts in more detail might have been better, but some readers might also become fatigued and drop the book.

21. 21 回 Rewind to 1975 回档1975 Shu Shushu舒书书Romance690k WordsCompleted Su Ci has always traveled between different times and dimensions, making a fortune by finding undervalued antiques and restoring them. Then her System unexpectedly breaks down, and she ends up in the 1970s, transmigrating into the body of a young girl with the same name. The girl is a pretty little crybaby with three older brothers, one younger brother, three older sisters, and one younger sister. Her family is so poor they can barely afford food, and she is often bullied. Su Ci: "..." What a 44.6kFavorites158.4kClicks/ch58.6kGifts

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    A good article about antique restoration.

22. 22 林 Lin An'an's Life in the 1960s 林安安的六零年代生活 Hu Tu湖涂Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Faced with every injustice, Lin An'an chooses to go crazy! Lin An'an, who never backs down and never lets herself get the short end of the stick, transmigrates to the impoverished 1960s. She becomes a pitiful girl with no mother, an uncaring father, and a home in the countryside. To make matters worse, she's lost her memory. She thinks she's the original owner's second personality. Lin An'an says: My life used to be so miserable. I got the raw end of the deal! I won't accept this! Faced with t 42.5kFavorites90.4kClicks/ch87.6kGifts

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    The first 700,000 words were practically a hotbed of family conflicts, and by 800,000 words there was still no hint of romance. Then, finally, a romance appeared, and then it abruptly ended. There are three kinds of deceptive practices in romance novels that I find incredibly frustrating: If a romance novel doesn't explicitly state there's no romance, and it truly never does, it's like sneaking in without a ticket. JJ (a Chinese online literature platform) does have a no-romance section; this isn't a mistake, it's intentional. If a romance novel only introduces romance in the last 10%, but the plot is excellent, it will still fool me into reading to the end, but it'll leave me slightly annoyed, like I'm being forced to pay the author's due. If a romance novel has a decent plot, and the male lead appears throughout but feels like a mere plot device, then I also feel like I'm being tricked into reading the romance novel; it lacks sincerity. Being fooled at least shows the author has strong storytelling skills, but I'd rather stick to writing no-romance novels.

23. 23 八 Starting with a Street Stall in the 1980s 八零之从摆摊开始 Jue Jue决绝Romance509k WordsCompleted Jiang Liyun has wanted to be rich ever since she was a little girl. Though her early life was full of hardship, she later worked hard and made a fortune worth billions. But she married the wrong man, and that scumbag left her half-paralyzed. If Feng Yi, who had grown up with her, hadn't cared for her devotedly, she might not have survived. Even Feng Yi died young. Her life was full of regrets. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to 1987, the day after her matchmaking date with the s 39.1kFavorites82kClicks/ch51kGifts

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    The author's protagonists are all hardworking professionals who strive to become successful and provide their partners with a sense of security.

24. 24 清 A Qing Dynasty Tale: Laid-Back Days in the Fourth Prince's Household 清穿之在四爷后院的摆烂日常 Shun Yue舜月Romance854k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Occasional revisions] After Yi Yan died suddenly from working overtime, she transmigrated to the Qing Dynasty and became Shu Mulu Yi Yan. She arrived just before the imperial consort selection. As far as she remembered, none of the princes had a Shu Mulu woman in their households, so Yi Yan calmly waited to be rejected and sent home to live as a proper wife. Who knew that, because of a feud between the Four Consorts during the selection, she would somehow end up assigned to Fourth Pr 33.1kFavorites111.7kClicks/ch19.8kGifts

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    A good but obscure author, but sadly, his works only garner a few hundred views. *Pat pat*

25. 25 八 The Great Beauty of the 1980s Courtyard 八零四合院大美人 Flowers in the Rain雨中花慢Romance662k WordsCompleted My 1960s novel, I Offered Myself to the Country and Became a National Treasure, is currently serializing. Next novel: My 1990s Novel, I Offered Myself to the Country and Became a Detective. Completed novel: A Professor's Everyday Life of Spoiling His Wife in the 1980s. Chu Ying graduated from junior high, passed the bus company entrance exam, and became a bus driver after a year of training. Fang Jian was a worker-peasant-soldier student. He passed the procuratorate entrance exam, worked as a 27.5kFavorites92.5kClicks/ch25.6kGifts

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    I'll give it my support. The career storyline is decent, not too simplistic. The romance storyline is vague because it's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, but the male lead is slow to realize his feelings and it's written rather vaguely.

26. 26 清 A Qing Dynasty Tale: The Leisurely Concubine Dong Duan 清穿之咸鱼董端嫔 Shun Yue舜月Romance847k WordsCompleted [Complete] This novel is finished. I’ll be making extensive corrections to typos in the coming days. [My Laid-Back Days in the Fourth Prince’s Household (Time Travel to the Qing Dynasty) is currently updating. Ge Ya transmigrates into the Qing Dynasty, becoming Consort Duan of the Dong clan, a concubine in Emperor Kangxi’s harem whose cause of death is unknown. At the time, she is pregnant with Kangxi’s second princess, who is destined to die young. Once sh 12.3kFavorites40.4kClicks/ch7.6kGifts

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    If you don't read about Emperor Kangxi when you travel through time during the Qing Dynasty, it's too frustrating.

27. 27 赌 The Gambler Emperor 赌棍天子 Weiyan Studio未晏斋Romance783k WordsCompleted [Hero's version] One huge gamble, and he lost everything. Yang Ji looks up at the bright moon and, with no other choice, plunges into the clear pond. Reborn, he finds himself facing the exact same gamble. Yang Ji: I'm going to turn things around! I'll win big and marry Shen Yuan! But when he shakes the dice cup and looks inside, Yang Ji nearly bursts into tears. He throws his head back and yells, "Heavens! Are you messing with me?!" Should he just die again? Wait! Before he dies, he needs to tak 2.5kFavorites7.4kClicks/ch622Gifts

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    A captivating work by a lesser-known author, with thorough historical research; this is the first time I've noticed Liu Yu, a military genius who defies conventional wisdom.

28. 28 我 I Have No Regrets 我不后悔 Xin Li昕梨Romance231k WordsCompleted Which matters more, having a baby or building a career? Zhou Xu showed her the hard truth: your laughable career isn't worth mentioning at all. Qin Shui: “I don't care.” A sharp-tongued, hard-hearted female lead vs. a helpless, yielding male lead A screenwriter vs. a superstar When someone says they have no regrets, they should sound impassioned, righteous, and utterly certain. She's probably the only one who says it with tears streaming down her face. *Weibo: @A Little Bowl of Sweet Pears 539Favorites1.4kClicks/ch242Gifts

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    The conflict between marriage, childbirth, and career wasn't explored in much detail, nor was it overly dramatic or lengthy. This is because, given that the career storyline isn't particularly outstanding, it generally won't be written for a long time, and since the story is free, we can't expect too much.

29. 29 北 A Little Maid in Northern Song 北宋小丫鬟 Spring Is Not Green Yet春未绿Romance1.0M WordsCompleted As the saying goes, where there are people, there is trouble. That certainly held true for Lord Zhou, a court official in the Secretariat in Bianjing. Whatever his wives and concubines were like, he had four daughters between his legitimate and illegitimate children, and they all loved competing with one another. The eldest was a scheming beauty, the second was short-tempered, the third was fiercely competitive, and the fourth was a suspiciously cunning fellow transmigrant. Jin Niang thought she 74.2kFavorites92.5kClicks/ch190.5kGifts

    Curator note

    Sure, I hope the author will produce more and write better and better. However, an overly perfect ending sometimes makes me lose interest in reading the epilogues. I started to feel tired around chapter 100. I enjoyed the female lead's early struggles for herself, and how her career path gradually stabilized as she built her family fortune. The male lead's political ups and downs were the only focus, though they were subtly portrayed. If the male lead's career had been explored too much and too intensely, I think more people would have reported the author. After all, even before the male lead appeared, some people were already reporting the entire story for portraying the female lead as a traditional womanizer. This also resulted in a rather flat plot later on, with all the minor drama revolving around the daughter and eldest son. However, the characters of the daughter and eldest son in their early childhood weren't very well-developed. Adding some childhood anecdotes might have made them more interesting, but there weren't any. So, reading the story after chapter 130, which revolves around these two, felt like reading solely for the female lead. The epilogues were even harder to read because the female lead's life was already too perfect.

30. 30 墨 Ink-Stained Days of the Republic of China 墨染民国 Jue Jue决绝Romance891k WordsCompleted Sang Jingyun transmigrates to Republican-era China and becomes the daughter of a down-at-heel merchant family, with creditors demanding payment at her door. Her father is an opium smoker, her mother has no backbone, and she has several younger siblings who are still growing up. Unable to afford enough to eat, Sang Jingyun picks up her pen and writes herself a splendid future. Reading Guide: 1. A farming-and-family-life story, mainly about the heroine writing novels, building wealth, and worki 72.1kFavorites104kClicks/ch196.1kGifts

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    This isn't the first time someone has used this meme, but the author really enjoyed writing it.

31. 31 五 Five Years of Marriage, Living Apart the Whole Time [The 1970s] 五年婚姻，一直分居[七零] Halfway Through the First Month元月月半Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Ye Fan worked hard for decades until she had a house and a car, then suddenly died and returned to a time more than fifty years earlier. Three paths lie before her: join the army, go to the countryside, or get married! Ye Fan doesn't want to work too hard, so she chooses to marry a well-paid officer and have him support her. After the wedding, Ye Fan lives with her parents. They help care for the children, while she enjoys good food and drink on her husband's salary. Ye Fan thinks her life will 41.4kFavorites130.6kClicks/ch78.2kGifts

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    It's alright. The way the kids and parents interact is a bit like bickering and arguing, which is kind of a unique feature. The early chapters were decent and satisfying, but the house-hoarding plot started to feel like a sugar-free drink. It felt like it should have ended, but they kept writing over 700,000 more words. After reading a few tens of thousands more, I couldn't keep up. It went too far off-topic and was meaningless. The male and female leads had stable social status and lived carefree lives. Without a sense of crisis, the plot was just a bunch of loose sand. I lost interest as soon as the wind blew. Except for those who like to read stories about showing off wealth.

32. 32 穿 When the Delicate Beauty Wants a Divorce, the 80s Villain Panics 穿书后被八零反派宠上天 Hai Dai Miao海岱苗Romance667k WordsCompleted One day, Jiang Ling transmigrates right into the scene where marriage certificates are being issued, becoming the villain's wife in a story set in a bygone era. Other villains turn evil for all sorts of reasons, but Song Guanshu is different: he's too smart, and has too much free time. She figures she might as well live one day at a time. She has no will to survive and just wants pork hock buns, pretty dresses, and a radio to listen to… After all, this man will eventually disappear from t 77.1kFavorites128.8kClicks/ch55.5kGifts

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    It's beautiful, and the characters are three-dimensional and vivid.

33. 33 反 The Villainess's Mother Wins by Doing Nothing [The 1970s] 反派亲妈躺赢了[七零] Peach Blossom Dew桃花露Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Upcoming novel: My Husband Came from the Apocalypse [The 1970s]] Lin Shu is a freelancer with poor health but a workaholic streak. Still young, she's already wealthy. After stepping in to help someone, she transmigrates into a novel set in a bygone era. The original owner was beautiful and had two adorable children. Her husband was away from home, but his high salary kept her comfortable. Yet somehow she ended up living like a doormat, and after her husband died in the line of duty, she stifle 56.5kFavorites141.2kClicks/ch114.2kGifts

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    It's alright. The author is very good at writing about everyday family matters, but this piece is probably too long. It feels like all the relatives were dragged out for a spin in order to write about everyday family matters, like an episodic story, with each one appearing and being dealt with one by one. The male lead's character development in the romance section is decent and shows sincerity, but it's not extensive. The child character arc is as excellent as ever. Previously, I remembered the author for writing compelling career storylines, but this one was disappointing. It seems like the next apocalyptic novel will be a complete flop. Hopefully, the author can gather inspiration from historical romance novels and return to writing period dramas soon.

34. 34 五 Survival in Hong Kong's Wealthy Families in the 1950s 五零香江豪门生存法则 Old Monk Eats Vegetarian老衲吃素Romance902k WordsCompleted Su Wenxian transmigrates into the body of a girl living in a shantytown in 1950s Hong Kong. As soon as she arrives, her adoptive parents try to sell her off as a concubine! They’re brandishing a knife and forcing her to become one? Then they can all die together! Luckily, she is soon recognized by a wealthy family and brought back as their heiress. As soon as she returns to the family, she is told the so-called rules for surviving among the rich: First, speak less and observe more. Second, alwa 46.5kFavorites59.4kClicks/ch127.4kGifts

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    The author seems like a racing legend, possessing god-like cornering skills, incredible plot twists, and hard turns. Every time readers start criticizing this as a "spoiled wife" novel, the female lead starts focusing on her career, and then the male lead reappears to reassert his presence and lure readers in. It feels like some readers have been hooked, just about to start criticizing the author for writing a "spoiled wife" story, when the female lead suddenly unleashes her full power. Although it has flaws—some plot points are handled rather roughly and too briefly, making the excitement seem unrealistically high—overall, it's still a enjoyable and satisfying read. The only downside is the slightly poor update experience, but it's not as bad as Golden Goose (a popular online novel platform).

35. 35 太 The Madam Is a Little Crazy 太太她有点疯 Four Single Shop四单铺Romance692k WordsCompleted Lin Yufan, a refined young lady from a prominent family, is reborn after enduring eight years of widowhood and hardship. She is twenty-three this year. Her clan tells her to choose: either remarry one of her late husband’s cousins, or adopt a son. In her previous life, she chose the latter, but the ending was tragic. Given another chance, she wants to live differently. She won’t choose anyone. Until she sees the list of betrothal gifts sent by the Fifth Branch of the Zhao family… * Zhao Zhiao, t 104.2kFavorites142kClicks/ch106.7kGifts

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    It's much better than the previous ones. The career, romance, and espionage storylines are all exciting, but it lacks the tragic elements of espionage. It's a happy ending version of "Lurking".

36. 36 重 Reborn as an Old-Time Crook 重生之老而为贼 Old Monk Eats Vegetarian老衲吃素Romance611k WordsCompleted In her previous life, after her ex-husband abandoned her to pursue true love, Chen Yifen still waited desperately for him to come back. Not only did she support his parents after their divorce, she also took care of his mistress after he died. When she looked back on her life as she lay dying, all she could think was how miserable and stifled she had been. Reborn into a new life, she says to hell with her ex-husband and the mistress he left behind! The story of an elegant, particular, and stylis 20.2kFavorites167kClicks/ch10.6kGifts

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    It's a good story set in the Republican era, but I won't read the last chapter (sob, my pairing can't change).

37. 37 都 Now That I’m Reborn, Who Still Gets Love-Brained? 都重生了，谁还恋爱脑 Xin Cheng辛橙Romance498k WordsCompleted The story next door, After I Ran Out of Options, I Called My Enemy, is now available. Story blurb: In her previous life, Xu Qingling was hopelessly in love with Shen Luan and pursued him for years. Only after marrying Shen Luan did Xu Qingling learn that he had a cherished first love he could never forget. Although she didn't know who the woman was, she comforted herself by thinking it was all in the past. Then her best friend, who had divorced and had a child, moved in next door. Shen Luan gr 17.3kFavorites36.7kClicks/ch13.8kGifts

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    A bit disappointing. I waited a long time for it to finish, but the overall quality was really poor. It left me feeling neither here nor there. The revenge plot involving the ex-husband was very strange, and the last 20 chapters felt rushed, leaving many things unexplained and foreshadowing hastily brought up and brushed off near the end. My previous book also ended so abruptly that I gave it 4 stars, but this one is even more unacceptable, so I'm giving it 3 stars. If the new story is like this, I'll give it 2 stars. It's like the author is giving me the cold shoulder; I'm wasting my money on this.

38. 38 五 The Military Industrial Compound in the 1950s 五十年代军工大院 Deer Grass鹿子草Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Ye Manzhi’s view of herself: the prettiest flower in the military-industrial compound, and the glue that keeps her family harmonious. That is, until she sees a line of text above her third sister-in-law’s forehead: [When is this home-wrecker finally marrying into Director Zhou’s family? I’m ready to throw hands!] Ye Manzhi rubs her eyes. ??? When she discovers that she’s living inside a novel as the heroine’s co 229.4kFavorites378.7kClicks/ch1.1MGifts

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    It's a great read, but it's a real shame the author rarely writes romance novels from the female lead's perspective. The author's writing is indeed excellent, so much so that it forces you to read the previous male lead-centric novels, but you end up giving up after each reading. Aside from the formulaic romance novels where the male lead is reborn just to create a romantic storyline, there really aren't any other male lead-centric novels that manage to write a good romance. Since the romance isn't well-developed (the female lead isn't outstanding), these kinds of novels are essentially male-oriented novels with the harem element removed, which is unacceptable. Returning to this story, it's one of the few that manages to write a compelling career storyline without resorting to excessive wish-fulfillment plot devices. The female lead doesn't have any time-travel, rebirth, book-transmigration, or system elements. The only minor character is her third sister-in-law, but she doesn't overshadow the main character and disappears later (to support the third storyline). Under these circumstances, the career storyline is truly refreshing. It avoids clichés like food stalls, buying goods from the south and setting up stalls, making money in the black market, finding antiques in garbage dumps/secondhand shops, the resumption of the college entrance exam, frantically hoarding houses, getting paid for articles and having them adapted into films, relying on foresight/stealing others' career paths/hiring powerful figures for investments, plagiarizing formulas and stealing previous research results, etc. The plot is concise but of high quality. The romance is a significant improvement over the author's previous male-centric stories, with well-developed male and female leads, much like the fox and peacock in the character portraits, which is quite interesting. Generally, as long as the male protagonist is well-developed and doesn't follow clichés, and doesn't revolve around the theme of admiring the strong, it's difficult to write a bad romance. However, on the other hand, in female-oriented novels written from a female perspective, as long as the romance is well-developed (excluding fraudulent romance novels that insist on claiming to have no romance), the male protagonist is usually portrayed with sincerity. But male-oriented novels in female-oriented novels either have no romantic pairing yet still dare to call themselves romance novels (is the "no-romance" category gone?), Or they're just forced to serve as background characters, and very few are willing to focus on women, especially male-centric imperial examination novels. What's the point of that? Isn't the purpose of female-oriented novels to focus on women? These kinds of novels should be submitted to male-oriented novels. I even suspect that some authors secretly plagiarize male-oriented novels and submit them to female-oriented novels to make easy money.

39. 39 窈 The Graceful Maiden 窈娘 Spring Is Not Green Yet春未绿Romance603k WordsCompleted (Also known as The Rise of a Household-Intrigue Master and A Man Who Knows How to Act Cute Is Irresistible. Trending elements: a male lead who is a stand-in for a lost first love, a Mary Sue supporting female character, a cunning beauty, rivalry between legitimate and illegitimate children, a scheming female character, and more. The story unfolds at an unhurried pace, focusing on the everyday details of life in a great household.) Since childhood, fortune-tellers had said that Yao Niang was bles 29.1kFavorites45.7kClicks/ch21.2kGifts

    Curator note

    This one feels more well-made than the previous ones, good review. The female protagonists in the author's works are always competitive and ambitious. Although such sophisticated and self-interested career women are not popular in real life, they are indeed more down-to-earth compared to the female protagonists in the popular ancient transmigration feminist novels on Jinjiang Literature City who insist on lying flat, marrying widowers with sons and resolutely refusing to have children, hoping that others will be kind to achieve their retirement security.

40. 40 八 The Eighties: The Metaphysics Master Keeps Wanting a Divorce 八零之玄学大师总想离婚 Chive Pancake韭菜饼子Romance540k WordsCompleted New novel: Become a Client in the 1980s, now updating. Blurb at the bottom. Pre-release: Transmigrating into a Book with My Powerful Client Blurb: Ding Yan, an heir to the Longshan Sect, a family of occult practitioners, defied the will of Heaven and changed someone's fate. For this, she was punished by Heaven and struck by lightning, landing in a crime-investigation novel as its brainless, insufferable female character. When she heard that her husband, Chen R 16.1kFavorites55.6kClicks/ch12.1kGifts

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    The career path is overly complicated, and the plot is decent, but it all feels a bit lacking, with a somewhat rushed ending. I really think the author's naming logic and synopsis could have improved the number of favorites. After finishing it, I realized I'd read one of this author's books before that was alright. Those low-quality, mass-produced books on the charts have higher favorites than this one. This book is at least supermarket quality compared to those mass-produced books, but unfortunately, the title is outdated, the synopsis is terrible, and the author's profile is full of names like "married," "divorced," and "wife," giving the impression that they're just giving their child a cheap name to make them easier to raise: Cuihua, Guihua, Juhua, Gou Dan, Zhuzi, Tiewa.

41. 41 农 The Wicked Farmer's Wife 农家恶妇 Southern Island Cherry南岛樱桃Romance545k WordsCompleted He Jiao Xing is as lovely as a spring flower, yet she's famous throughout the surrounding villages as a wicked woman. She has the strength of an ox, like one used for plowing. Plenty of men covet her, but not one dares lay a hand on her. Other girls have matchmakers knocking at their doors when they're just fourteen or fifteen. She remained unmarried until eighteen, when a matchmaker finally came with a proposal: Cheng Jia Xing, the third son of the Cheng family across the river. Cheng Jia Xing 46kFavorites166.5kClicks/ch58.1kGifts

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    Around 3.5 Stars. The domestic scenes in the beginning are decent, 4 stars or higher, but it's a bit fictional and overly idealized. For example, potatoes became widespread in the Qing Dynasty, and there are potato towers in the story. The hand-cranked fan is also an invention from the Yongzheng era. However, if the living standards of Han Chinese people in the Qing Dynasty were as good as depicted in this novel, there wouldn't have been any anti-Qing restoration or Taiping Rebellion peasant uprisings. Based on this fictional setting, the male and female protagonists have a relatively good business environment. Zhu Tongsheng, who failed the imperial examination, can easily open a private school after returning to his hometown (in the Qing Dynasty, he would have been imprisoned). There are also many career plot arrangements that underestimate the wisdom of the ancients. For example, the hand-cranked fan was invented in the Han Dynasty (after all, there were more than 400 years of peace). Its lack of widespread use indicates its impracticality. The most practical one would be the cloth screen fan hanging from the ceiling in India. However, the Little Ice Age in Chinese history didn't reach the level of heat in India, so using a fan was sufficient. Leaving aside historical accuracy, this book does feel like an older novel and doesn't quite cater to current market trends. Without going into praise or criticism, objectively speaking, in current Jinjiang novels about rural life, if the female lead runs a restaurant business, she usually doubles as product development director and marketing director—basically, she handles everything herself. She rarely asks her partner for help when things go wrong, which is more in line with the "strong woman" aesthetic. However, in this book, the female lead is responsible for cooking, while the male lead handles market development, which is actually quite realistic. Restaurant owners who are good at running restaurants are generally not good chefs.

42. 42 回 Back to the Eighties to Grow Chili Peppers [Book Transmigration] 回到八零种辣椒[穿书] Frenzied with Passion意气疯发Romance420k WordsCompleted New novel: His Majesty and the Treacherous Chancellor Reach a Happy Ending After Rebirth. Updated diligently. A feel-good daily life story about an empress: an empress stacking buffs faces off against a minister who exploits bugs. Scheming and political power struggles at their most exhilarating. You won't regret investing. If you liked Xiao Wei, you'll definitely like A Zhao! Please stop by and give it a try, dear readers~~ When Wei Bo first arrived after transmigrating, she was sitting on a l 3.7kFavorites8.9kClicks/ch2.8kGifts

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    It's a good read, a career-driven story with detailed descriptions of agriculture. The second half gets a bit more concise and focuses more on the plot, with a high level of Machiavellianism. The only drawback is that the second half feels rushed and ends too quickly. I hope for more updates.

43. 43 穿 Transmigrated Into a Period Novel as an Architect 穿到年代文里当建筑师 Ode to Raisins葡萄干颂Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (The bonus side story has the same anti-piracy ratio and is expected to be ten chapters, posted over three days. Thank you all for your support!) [After signing with a publisher: at least 6,000 characters updated daily [Note: !!!! My next book will be I Became a Big Shot Through Swimming (synopsis below). If you're only interested in 18.6kFavorites47.6kClicks/ch21.7kGifts

    Curator note

    It's alright. The career storyline is a bit Mary Sue-ish, but the romance feels a bit like a romance scam – maybe they're not good at that. The main plot ends poorly, feeling top-heavy. A lot of build-up was done for the Liao family, the main villain, but then they're arrested and their story ends abruptly in half a chapter. The male supporting character, whom the female lead keeps bumping into like winning the lottery on the train, is unlikable, but he disappears after the female lead gets rich and flies away – his appearance is meaningless and superfluous. The epilogue is written like the main story, completely pointless.

44. 44 我 I Became a Sent-Down Youth’s Pregnant Girlfriend 我成知青的怀孕女友 Lingxi铃溪Romance514k WordsCompleted Coming soon: Please add to your reading list, "The Beauty of the 1950s Runs Away Pregnant" and "The Original Wife Awakens in a Period Novel" Synopsis: In the original story, she watched as the man who had gotten into college found a girlfriend. Carrying their seven-month-old baby, she quietly left him. She gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and raised them with great difficulty. By fifty, she looked almost seventy or eighty. After the children graduated from college, they reunited with the 29kFavorites94.3kClicks/ch6.7kGifts

    Curator note

    It's alright, if you ignore the illogical part where the male lead doesn't recognize his girlfriend from his rural days, whom he'd dated for years and who was pregnant with his child, as someone else. The outline and plot are quite engaging, but the writing could be improved. It feels like the story was rushed to explain the plot, lacking some detailed descriptions. The later chapters where the female lead's career takes off and she enters a wealthy family to flaunt her wealth feel a bit verbose (although the interspersed plots about the wealthy family's property disputes are decent). Perhaps the main plot weakens towards the end; it's just a matter of personal taste.

45. 45 玉 Jade Wall 玉壁 Tribute Tea贡茶Romance593k WordsCompleted The heroine, Qiao Yubi, always did as her husband Xiao Feng told her and let him control her, convinced that love was everything. Then one day, she saw Xiao Feng shopping with his mistress at the mall. Furious, she left home and went to stay with her best friend, determined to try living independently. After spending several years as a housewife, her skills had grown rusty, and she couldn't find a decent job. With no other choice, she temporarily took a warehouse job at a clothing factory for a 2.8kFavorites49.7kClicks/ch2.5kGifts

    Curator note

    I feel like the author has aged in reverse (not in a derogatory sense). Most authors seem to lose their imagination as they write more, but this author's imagination has only grown. Their later works are a perfect blend of wild imagination and melodramatic tropes, making it hard to believe this was their style 10 years ago. However, one thing remains the same: the female protagonist's difficult situation at the beginning and her logical problem-solving methods are very much to my liking. If the beginning had been a carefree, pampered protagonist/overpowered protagonist/a max-level expert effortlessly solving problems like entering a beginner's village, it would have been much harder to read. The only downside is the somewhat cheesy plot points later on, like her dabbling in the entertainment industry, but these flaws don't detract from the overall quality. It's a fairytale-like story of struggle for ordinary people in the city, and I give it five stars.

46. 46 岁 Peace Year After Year 岁岁平安 Laughing Beauty笑佳人Romance1.1M WordsCompleted During the spring plowing season, Tong Sui got married in a hurried, haphazard fashion. Her husband’s family lived twenty li away, and Tong Sui had never been there. She had never met the man who had been away performing military service for six years, either. She had only heard that he was so fierce that even local ruffians wouldn’t dare provoke him. On the eve of her wedding, a scholar from next door had tried to elope with her. Tong Sui refused. She liked the scholar’s gentle manners, but sh 359.4kFavorites660.8kClicks/ch747.3kGifts

    Curator note

    It's good, but too utopian and fantastical. I couldn't continue reading when the male and female leads started implementing reforms after ascending the throne. The development from peasants to dukes and marquises was a reasonable progression (peasant uprisings), and the path from duke to emperor had countless prototypes in the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties. However, the idea of ​​officials and gentry paying taxes together before even unifying the country felt too far-fetched. The historical twist was too abrupt, especially since the male and female leads weren't time travelers. This was a problem that plagued the Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. Li Zicheng also wanted to implement land redistribution and tax exemption at the beginning of his reign, forcing officials and gentry to pay taxes honestly, but he offended them, and they refused to cooperate. When the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, they couldn't even muster the strength to resist, and this was a foreign invasion. The male and female leads' unification efforts were against their own people (who made up an even larger proportion of officials and gentry), and they still succeeded. If Li Zicheng were still alive, he would either be the biggest hater or the biggest investor in this story. _(:3"∠??)_

47. 47 七 Guide to Marrying a Military Commander in the 1970s 七零嫁大佬指南 Chive Pancake韭菜饼子Romance621k WordsCompleted New novel, Becoming the Client of a Gloomy Male Supporting Character from the Era of Scarcity, is currently updating. The blurb is at the very end. Blurb for this novel: Ye Huan is a flower fairy from an immortal sect. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates into a book set in the era of scarcity. A loudspeaker at the neighborhood office is passionately shouting, "Go to the countryside, go to the borderlands, go wherever the motherland needs you most!" Her mother tells her, "This batch of educate 22.4kFavorites44.8kClicks/ch15.4kGifts

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    It's quite good, but the title is really discouraging for some readers. I almost missed it because I thought it was a story about a pampered wife, but the beginning focused more on family life, so I kept reading. The career storyline mainly revolves around cultivating flowers and plants, and while it's not heavily emphasized, the female lead does have her own career. The romance storyline is okay, somewhere between good and excellent, but it doesn't take up the majority of the plot. Excluding the career storyline, the plot actually makes up more than half of the story. The female lead's older sister, the villain, contributes a lot to the plot, but she's written as too evil. It feels like this villain, as a plot device, really suffers a lot.

48. 48 重 Back to the Nineties to Scavenge 重回90捡破烂 Round Square Block圆方块Romance818k WordsCompleted The main story is complete. I'm still making occasional proofreading edits, so feel free to start reading. March 26, 2024 Chen Hui: an utterly ordinary office worker. She dozed off during overtime and woke up in the 1990s. Chen Hui was stunned. She was going to ride the wave and make a fortune! But things didn't go as planned. She was reborn as a homeless child with no home, no money, and no identity, at constant risk of being arrested as a vagrant! Since she'd already arrived and couldn't go 1kFavorites4kClicks/ch1.8kGifts

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    I was shocked to see that it only had 500 favorites. Considering the data level, it's a 5-star work, and it's a novel of decent quality. The career storyline felt too flashy. Focusing on one profession would have been sufficient, but it branched out into investment, fishing, navigation, the internet, software development, waste recycling, special effects, and ultimately, scientific research—a multifaceted endeavor. The main issue was that the protagonist's "golden finger" (advantage/power) wasn't fully developed initially, later leaning towards a "genius system" type of plot, which made the "satisfaction" level too high. Setbacks were easily crushed in the face of this powerful ability, and the later stages felt like a sugar-free cola—incredibly satisfying but not exciting, and the sheer number of career paths was overwhelming. The romance was mediocre; you absolutely must read the synopsis to avoid shipping the wrong characters. After reading dozens of chapters, I'd already forgotten the male lead's name in the synopsis and started choosing sides. It turns out the male lead had actually appeared earlier but was invisible, appearing frequently later, but only as a partner to the female lead.

49. 49 七 The Delicate Little Wife of the 1970s 七零娇气小媳妇 Red Celery and Crisp Wine红芹酥酒Romance537k WordsCompleted The delicate young lady was reborn. The moment she opened her eyes, she discovered that she'd taken over a body in an unfamiliar dynasty. A mud house and a broken bed, with not a thing to their name. It was obvious they were dirt poor. A group of people as skinny as monkeys stared at her, and she felt as if the sky had fallen. Even if she'd been born again, surely she shouldn't have ended up in such a state? Clutching her chest, she gazed at them with teary eyes. And what made her even more des 59.7kFavorites247.8kClicks/ch38.3kGifts

    Curator note

    The interactions between the male and female leads are engaging, and the career storyline unfolds smoothly.

50. 50 九 A Cross-Disciplinary Female Forensic Examiner in the 1990s 九零跨界女法医 Shattered Misty Waves烟波碎Romance1.1M WordsCompleted My new novel, From Beat Cop to Crime-Solving Expert [Period], is now updating. Forensic pathologist Lin Luo transmigrates into her senior year of high school and gains a crime-solving System. At the time, major cases are cropping up in Jiangning, and old unsolved cases are piling up. By a twist of fate, Lin Luo earns the police's recognition and begins solving cases as an unofficial consultant, cracking major crimes and cold cases one after another. The morning poisoning of the girl next door, 28.3kFavorites61.6kClicks/ch38.3kGifts

    Curator note

    The career-focused storyline is packed with cases, but each case isn't written in great detail. It concentrates on showcasing the exciting aspects of forensic examination and trace evidence analysis, making it quite engaging. The romance storyline isn't as compelling as the career storyline, but it's still well-developed. However, the plot feels somewhat rushed towards the end, with other storylines being significantly reduced, making the main focus solely on the female lead's career advancement. This main plot is too weak and doesn't keep the reader hooked (the protective superior, exceptional professional skills, and her husband's wealthy and powerful family make her invincible in the workplace without any suspense). The book's appeal is somewhat diminished if you put it down and pick it up again later. The character design is somewhat unconventional: the male lead isn't a criminal investigation captain, and the female lead isn't a policewoman with exceptional fighting skills (or striving to improve them). The trope in crime novels where the female lead can single-handedly take down seven or eight burly men is misleading for teenagers. In the self-defense education for women taught by older generations, the most effective method is always to run away first. Acknowledging some gender disadvantages and allowing the female lead to shine in other areas makes it more relatable. However, although it's a period drama, the male lead's wealthy background (his uncle is a police chief) gives it a slightly urban novel feel. I look forward to your next book being even better.

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