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- 1 The 1970s: After I Went to Live With My Cousin, I Married His Commanding Officer 七零：投靠堂哥后我嫁给了他长官 [Sweet and Lovely Chef × Handsome, Cool Military Officer] [The Original Female Lead Is Not Villainized + Family Life + A Little Food] Jiang Tangtang had just opened her first restaurant and hadn't even had time to celebrate when she was hit by a car after helping an old woman cross the street. Then she was told her allotted lifespan wasn't over yet, so she transmigrated into a book she'd heard about long ago, becoming the female lead's invisible cousin. After falling into a river and being rescu 1.4kReads8.2Score15714d adds
- 2 After Marrying a Rugged Man in the 1970s, the Mountain Shrew Became a Beautiful Wife 嫁七零糙汉后，山野泼妇变美娇妻 [Period setting + rugged man + pocket dimension + gourmet food + devoted puppy-like husband + doting husband] Su Yunhe, a top modern imperial chef, is burned alive in her villa and reborn in the 1970s with a pocket dimension. She takes over the body of a notorious village shrew: fat, lazy, ugly, wicked, and always doing despicable things! Su Yunhe cleans up the mess she left behind, gradually becoming kinder, prettier, and slimmer. She starts a business and makes a fortune, until everyone in the 3.1kReads9.1Score26314d adds
- 3 Transmigrated as the Young Aunt in a Period Novel 穿成年代文里的小婶婶 [Completed] [Transmigrate into a book + fictional era setting + golden finger + everyday family life] Gu Lanzhi wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated. After listening to her mother-in-law, who has been helping her through her postpartum recovery, she realizes that she hasn't just transmigrated: she's landed inside an era novel. She's become the male lead's wealthy but wicked little aunt by marriage. What the heck? Wealthy and wicked? His little aunt? But it's still early, and the s 5.3kReads8.7Score28414d adds
- 4 The Supporting Actress Raises Kids in the ’70s 女配她在七零养崽崽 Original title: The Supporting Female Character Raises Children in the Seventies Completed! [Transmigration + Era Setting + Supermarket in a Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Power Couple Romance] Gu Zhiyi, a modern woman, brings billions' worth of supplies and a supermarket pocket dimension with her as she transmigrates to another world in the 1970s! As the boys' adoptive mother, Gu Zhiyi only wants to get rich and keep her two sons from suffering the tragedy of their previous lives. Later... j 1.2kReads9.0Score10214d adds
- 5 The 1970s Villain Dotes on His Little Wife 七零反派娇宠小媳妇 [Complete] [Period Drama + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance + Rugged Man + She Pursues Him] Wen Zhizhi transmigrates into a book and becomes the runaway wife of the story's twisted villain. Afraid that the tragic ending from the book will befall her again, she has no choice but to sweet-talk the villain every day and keep him happy. But somewhere along the way, things start to feel a little off… Cao Erman: “Wifey, you're so good to me.” Wen Zhizhi: “…” Cao Erman: “Wifey, you're so beaut 4kReads8.8Score25414d adds
- 6 Transmigrate into a Book: The Seventies' Best Cheat and the Roughest Man 穿书七零：开最牛的挂撩最糙的汉 This book is also known as “With Space in Hand, I've Got Myself a Rugged Man.” After blowing herself up, apocalypse powerhouse Ye Weiwei's soul transmigrates into a romance novel, where she becomes a love-struck supporting character with the same name. The original Ye Weiwei was set up by her cousin, who stole her golden finger and fiancé, as well as the affection of her parents, relatives, and several older brothers. In the end, her cousin arranged for her to marry a village scoundrel, who beat 71.5kReads9.4Score8.9k14d adds
- 7 My Mother-in-Law Wants Me to Live as a Widow? My Army Officer Husband Is Back 婆婆让我守活寡？军官老公回来了 [Era Setting] [Military Marriage] [Pocket Dimension] [Raising Children] With a single twist of fate, wealthy heiress Zhou Zhitong transmigrated into a book and became a cannon-fodder military wife left behind in the countryside. She was destined to work herself to death before turning thirty. Worst of all, her two children would be sold to human traffickers by their cruel grandmother, who would cripple them and force them to beg in the streets. But to her delight, her family's department store h 1.7kReads8.5Score26114d adds
- 8 Shocking! The Cold Military Officer Is the Father of Her Child 惊！冰冷军官竟是孩子他爸 [Raising a child + military marriage + everyday life + first love for both] After waking up, wealthy beauty Xu Yao transmigrates once again to the 1970s, becoming the mother of the great villain in a small world! The original Xu Yao was busty but brainless. After failing to scheme her way into marrying the man she loved, she had a son with someone else. She blamed all her misfortunes on the boy, beating and cursing him until he grew up bitter and twisted. He eventually became the great villain, 2.4kReads8.9Score22014d adds
- 9 Lounging Around in a Period Novel With a Fortune in Supplies 带着百亿物资在年代文里摆烂 Zhou Yan worked tirelessly on missions across different planes, and finally saved enough points to apply for a peaceful retirement. She had planned to enjoy her retirement as a happy slacker, armed with a hundred billion worth of supplies. But who could have guessed the System would malfunction, and she would be reborn in the 1970s, an era of severely underdeveloped productivity? Here, there was always some troublemaker trying to harm her. Her retirement was ruined. Not only did she have to toil 8.2kReads9.1Score77214d adds
- 10 The 1970s: Reborn as a Cannon Fodder Educated Youth Bride to a Rough Country Man 七零：穿成糙汉的炮灰知青前妻 (Period setting + rugged hero + sweet romance + devoted to each other) After getting drunk one night, Wei Jingjing slept with Lu Zheng, the strongest and most rugged man in a period novel she had read. She was the early-death cannon-fodder female supporting character, a young intellectual sent to the countryside. Though this character came from a decent family and was beautiful and vibrant, she was hopelessly in love with the male lead, the young intellectual Jing Chen. To make him jealous, she 4.5kReads9.1Score67914d adds
- 11 My Chubby Wife Is Sweet and Soft, and the 1970s Officer Spoils Her With His Life 胖媳妇又娇又软，七零军官拿命宠 [Seeking adaptation for a short drama] [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] After transmigrating, Su Mei goes from a senior doctor to a lazy, nasty military wife in a 1970s military compound. In her previous life, she had worked hard her whole life, only to die suddenly. Su Mei is determined to lie flat and be lazy this time around. But when she sees the original owner’s situation, she 8.7kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 12 The Plump Wife of the 1970s and the Reserved Educated Youth Tycoon 七零肥妻，禁欲知青是大佬 Su Xunwei is a renowned master chef, yet somehow she ends up in the body of a chubby village girl who was tricked by a scumbag in the 1970s. The moment she opens her eyes, she pins down a young educated man who has just been sent to the countryside and has her way with him. The scumbag breaks off their engagement, and the whole village insists she force the young educated man to marry her? No problem. That’s a piece of cake! With a spatula in her left hand and seasonings in her right, she’ll coo 7.6kReads9.1Score89914d adds
- 13 Kicked Out of the House? I've Got Billions in My Spatial Realm 被赶出家门？我空间里有亿万物资 [New story: I Cleared Out the Money and Sent My Stepmother's Family to the Countryside] Gu Qingqing, a self-made rich girl, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s and gets sold from the start, to the richest young man in the whole village. Gu Qingqing rubs her chin and thinks, “I got sold? That's awful!” But looking at the handsome, wealthy young man in front of her, she wonders, “Did I come out ahead after all?” To survive safely in this unfamiliar era, Gu Qingqing firmly clings to the powerfu 14.7kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 14 On My Wedding Night, I Took Trillions in Supplies Back to the 1970s to Snatch a Rugged Man 新婚夜，带千亿物资回七零抢糙汉 In her previous life, Ye Song liked refined, scholarly educated youths, but by a twist of fate, she married the rough-and-ready Huo Jingchuan. On their wedding night, Ye Song clutched her aching waist and pointed at Huo Jingchuan, cursing him out: “Huo Jingchuan, you climbed into my bed, but you’re no man!” Reborn, Ye Song finally sees the rough man’s true feelings and realizes how good he is to her. On their wedding night, Ye Song watches the man secretly bedding down on the floor beside the ka 3.9kReads9.3Score49614d adds
- 15 A 1980s Military Marriage with Twins: The Scorned Ex-Wife Turns Her Life Around 八零军婚有双宝：炮灰前妻洗白了 Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + adorable kids + everyday family life Qin Xiaoqiao's husband is the male lead in a period novel. He's from a wealthy family and is an army officer, destined to rise to great heights and make a name for himself. Unfortunately, she's not the heroine. She's merely the male lead's doomed ex-wife, a fat, lazy glutton who, in the author's version, wreaks havoc and gets her family and children killed. In the end, she dies miserably with not 12.9kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 16 A Sweet Military Marriage: Pampered by a Soldier in the 1970s 军婚甜如蜜，在七零被兵痞宠上天 [Multiple births + devoted, sweet romance + everyday family life + both leads’ first love + pocket dimension] Su Ruanruan went to sleep and transmigrated to the year 1970, on her wedding night. The first thing she sees when she opens her eyes is broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and an eight-pack. Who wouldn’t be captivated? Fu Wenzhang has brows like distant peaks and eyes like stars, a high nose, thin lips, and a sharply defined jaw. When he wears his military uniform, he always buttons it righ 10.2kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 17 A Love That Sets Hearts Ablaze: In the 1970s, I Became Everyone's Darling by Taking It Easy 军婚撩人，我在七零靠摆烂成团宠 [Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, Spatial Realm, Adorable Baby] Song Luoying unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name as her own. The original Song Luoying’s blind date falls for the female lead, Liu Meijiao, instead. She can’t swallow her pride and is determined to find herself a factory worker husband, just to one-up the female lead. In the end, she marries a mama’s boy, has three daughters, gets looked down on by her moth 19.1kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 18 The Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled Rotten by a Rugged, Fierce Man 娇滴滴小美人被凶猛糙汉宠野了 [Complete❗] Xie Hezhang, a local troublemaker from Helian Village with a bad class background, found himself pursued by a city girl sent to the countryside. The young woman couldn't carry a shoulder pole or lift a hand, and complained that her hands hurt whenever she did farm work. Her only hobby was trailing after him wherever he went. One afternoon, fed up with her, Xie Hezhang cornered her in the cotton field and threatened, “Keep following me and I'll beat you up.” The sweet little Shu Qingy 6.4kReads9.2Score67114d adds
- 19 The 1980s: A Beauty with Skin Like Jade Marries a Soldier and Raises a Child 八零凝脂美人，嫁个军人带带崽 [Eighties setting + military marriage + seducing the man + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + heroine has experience, hero doesn't] She opens her eyes to find she's become the male lead's wicked aunt in a period novel. She abuses him and his younger sister, cheats on their stern uncle, and ultimately brings about her own death. Lu Manman, a breathtaking beauty with smooth, radiant skin, is determined to take it easy. All she wants is to go back home. Who knew her niece and nephew would 12.3kReads9.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 20 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 19.4kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 21 The Beloved Wife of the 1970s Gets Teased! The Black-Bellied Officer Sees Red and Loses Control 七零小妻被撩！腹黑军官红眼失控 The short drama is now streaming: [The Dashing Courtyard Beauty and Her Aloof Husband Who Holds Her Close and Coaxes Her] After transmigrating, Yu Xiangnian becomes the shrew of a military compound in the 1970s. Her husband doesn’t love her, the children don’t care for her, and the neighbors can’t stand her... So what? She doesn’t care what any of them think! She’s educated, cultured, well-connected, and beautiful. Building a fortune and pursuing her career are what matter! But... Why is this ma 22.7kReads9.1Score2.8k14d adds
- 22 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 23 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 46.8kReads9.4Score5.6k14d adds
- 24 Pretty Eighties Stepmom Marries a Factory Director and Raises the Kids 八零漂亮后妈，嫁个厂长养崽崽 [Short drama: I Became a Stepmother in the 1980s] The 1980s, stepmother, raising kids, everyday life, love after marriage The moment she opens her eyes, Si Nian finds herself in a period novel as a fake heiress. She’s sent back to the countryside to marry a twice-married man in place of the real heiress, and has to raise a whole brood of children. To make matters worse, she runs into the real heiress, who has been reborn. In her previous life, Lin Sisi was pressured by her family into marrying a 56kReads9.4Score7.2k14d adds
- 25 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 107.9kReads9.3Score9.2k14d adds
- 26 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds
- 27 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 78.6kReads9.4Score12.1k14d adds
- 28 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 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 94.5kReads9.6Score8.6k14d adds
- 29 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 102.5kReads9.6Score10.2k14d adds
