Stories About Female Leads Working in the City in the 1970s or 1980s 年代文女主在城里上班的

1. 301 年 In the Era of Change, the Scheming Beauty Refuses to Be a Tool 年代，心机美人不做工具人 Life Beneath the Floating Moon浮月人生Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Book Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [System] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] The female lead is selfish and completely self-serving. Su Yi'an, an orphanage darling from the 21st century, transmigrates. When she thinks of how the original host had three doting older brothers, she decides she might as well make the most of having transmigrated. What? She's transmigrated into a period novel called Li Zhenzhen's Happy Life at Sixty, and the original host's whole family are cannon fodder. She's 1.3kReads7.5Score10914d adds

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   🥥The female lead is a high-paid engineer who lives with her two younger brothers and a grandfather. The grandfather is a great cook. The male lead has eight sons, is poor and not favored, and has long planned to leave home. He is good-looking, talented in making clothes, and takes a liking to the female lead. He takes the initiative to find someone to introduce him to her and go on a blind date. He also tries to cut off contact with his family. There are no awful people in his family.

2. 302 七 The 1970s: The Abstinent Big Shot Is Head Over Heels for Her 七零，禁欲大佬超爱她 Begonias Before the Rain海棠未雨Modern Romance400k WordsCompleted [1970s + born into a new life + memories of two lifetimes awakened + second male lead takes the heroine from the original male lead + spirit spring space] Jiang Zhaozhao had lived with the Yan family for ten years when her memories suddenly awakened. Only then did she learn that she was actually a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book. When she was six, her father died in battle, her mother remarried, and her grandmother passed away. It was Yan Shuyu who took her in when no one els 3.9kReads8.4Score47914d adds
3. 303 在 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 Big Head, Big Head头大头大Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.7kReads8.1Score14514d adds
4. 304 六 The Sixties: You Don’t Want the Real Heiress? Then I’ll Cut Ties 六零：真千金不要？我反手断亲 Red Bean Milk Tea Lover爱喝红豆奶茶Modern Romance674k WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + formidable partners + career-driven heroine] Reborn as the real daughter, she finds that her city-dwelling parents don't welcome her. So she returns to the countryside to live with her widowed mother, determined to change her fate through her own abilities. Become a cadre, earn a recommendation to attend university, rise to leadership, and win everyone's respect! “Did you hear? Widow Zhang's girl was switched at birth with a city girl.” “Yeah, and they still kicked her out an 10.5kReads8.4Score75614d adds
5. 305 大 The Heiress Has Arrived: Ruling the 1970s Is No Dream 大小姐驾到，称霸七零不是梦 Big-Headed Rou Rou, Come Here大头肉肉快来呀Modern Romance339k WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + strong heroine + returnee + wealthy family] [1v1 + both leads have no prior romantic or sexual experience] Lin Fengyao transmigrates into the body of a wealthy young woman who has returned from overseas. To fulfill her grandfather's dying wish, she sets out to find her long-lost granduncle back in China. She returns to her homeland as an investor. She only meant to stay for a little while, but then she met him. Lu Tinghao seems down on his luck, but actually comes from 824Reads5.2Score11414d adds
6. 306 刚 I Had Multiples Right After Joining the Army: The Easygoing Military Wife’s Good Fortune 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 27.1kReads9.0Score3k14d adds

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   After her cousin was reborn, she stole the man the female protagonist was about to marry. The female protagonist then went on a blind date with the male protagonist, who had been away in the army for three years and had just returned when her cousin broke off their engagement. The male protagonist also fell in love with the female protagonist at first sight. After the marriage, the female protagonist went to live with her husband in the army, and they lived a very sweet life.

7. 307 绝 A Childless Officer Marries a Stunning Beauty, Leaving the Whole Compound Stunned 绝嗣军官娶了个大美人，震惊全院 Warm Moon暖暖月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Power fantasy + a powerful space-related golden finger + strong heroine and hero + punishing scumbags + mutual healing + scientific research and patriotism] Lu Chiyu, a billionaire heiress, woke up to find herself transmigrated into a tragic minor character in a period novel, one with a melodramatic, shameless, everyone-loves-the-heroine plot. The moment she opened her eyes, a sleazy man sent by the heroine's stepsister was trying to assault her. Lu Chiyu kicked him right in the groi 15.4kReads8.9Score2.1k14d adds
8. 308 儿 Son, Show Your Dad the Way Forward 儿子，请给爸爸指条明路 Bear Dad Rules the World熊爸天下Urban1.8M WordsCompleted In 2001, laid-off worker Chen Weiguo loses his wife, who leaves him with a newborn son. The boy is clever from an early age, and always has... well, a remarkably long-term perspective. Whenever Chen Weiguo is on the verge of running out of options, his son always manages to pull him through at a crucial moment and point him toward a way forward. Then Chen Weiguo finds himself back at square one all over again. They say sons bring trouble to their fathers, but Chen Weiguo, as a father, is always 12.4kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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   They were all good.

9. 309 9 The Factory Belle Awakens in the 1990s: After Taking Down the Green-Tea Vixen, Her Straight-Laced Husband Treats Her Like a Queen 90年代厂花觉醒：手撕绿茶后，被直男老公宠上天 Oriental Leaf with Milk东方树叶加奶Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted The Factory Beauty Awakens in the 1990s: After Tearing Into the Green Tea, Her Straight-Laced Husband Treats Her Like a Queen 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Although it's a short story, it's truly a rare gem. The ending, where Li Hongmei slaps her sleeping husband awake, is hilarious—it's exactly how I always do it!

10. 310 手 With a Trillion in Supplies at My Fingertips, I Thrive in the 1950s 手握千亿物资空间，玩转五零年代 Happiness in Progress幸福进行中Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Luo Yulan, who had lived through the apocalypse, transmigrated to the year 1945 in a parallel world, bringing a huge stockpile of supplies with her. Her background was miserable too. Her scumbag of a father despised her. She’d been foolish in her last life, but she’d changed this time. With her mother and brother, she made a contribution to society and exposed her rotten father. Life was looking pretty good. Hey, you clingy young master, please stop following me. 4.2kReads9.1Score30914d adds
11. 311 老 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.4kReads8.9Score25714d adds

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    1. [Not a time-travel/reincarnation story, not a wish-fulfillment/power fantasy, no cheat codes] [An ordinary story of ordinary people, leaning towards slice-of-life] In 1972, Zhong Wenshu was seventeen years old and took over her mother's job at the supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the "Down to the Countryside Movement." Her older sister, Wenmin (Wenshu's aunt's daughter, registered under Wenshu's mother's name), went to the countryside. In 1977, Zhong Wenshu was twenty-two years old and took the college entrance examination, becoming a proud university student. In 1982, Zhong Wenshu was twenty-seven years old, graduated, and became an art teacher. An ensemble piece; everyone is an independent individual with their own story. Family, friendship, and love all have distinct characteristics of the era. 2. (Era + Courtyard House + Ordinary Citizens + Small Business) The story avoids repetitive and complicated details. The Wang family's life is also very ordinary and warm, a simple and peaceful life. I really enjoy Xiaoxiao's daily life; the characters are vividly portrayed. The female lead is an accountant at the supply and marketing cooperative in the early stages and later works at a bank. Because the male lead is a policeman, part of the story focuses on his investigation experiences. 3. The story combines elements of the era, rebirth, courtyard houses, farming, and no cheat codes. The pacing is relatively relaxed, focusing on everyday family matters. The main characters are gentle, kind, and loyal, without any hostility. The female lead is unemployed initially but later becomes a saleswoman at a supply and marketing cooperative. 4. It's a very good read, realistically reflecting the emotional entanglements of three generations. It depicts the reality of favoritism among older generations, the struggles of parents caught between filial piety and injustice, and the sunny, positive, ambitious, adventurous, and daring spirit of the new generation. It also vividly portrays the helplessness in life, the confusion and choices in thought, and the occasional moments of romance, sweetness, joy, and satisfaction. This book is like a series of old photographs depicting the passage of time, making me feel as if I'm in a real mirror, experiencing genuine emotions and vividly recreating the transformation of people's thinking after the reform and opening up, the massive changes in society, and the melancholy, pain, joy, and fear that permeate different people. Both the TV series and the novel are quite good. I personally prefer the childhood scenes. I couldn't connect with the later story of Zhuang Tunan and Li Jia; it felt a bit awkward. 5. [A large courtyard + ensemble cast + everyday life + a love of drama + slice-of-life + a heartwarming version of "Love in the Courtyard"] The female lead is a saleswoman at a supply and marketing cooperative. There are also some illustrations to help you understand the locations of different houses.

12. 312 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Terrible Family Along for the Ride 七零军婚：我带极品家人一起起飞 Jin Jinyu金金雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [1970s + military marriage + period setting + family drama + trading System + building wealth + transmigration and rebirth] On her way to school to pick up her admission letter from Capital University, Gu Tao gets hit by a black car and lands in the 1970s, along with a somewhat “simple-minded” little System. She opens her eyes to find a scheming dad, a lazy mom, a brother and sister bent on scrounging from their workplaces, and two younger brothers who keep wanting to smash other peo 8.8kReads8.5Score89414d adds
13. 313 凝 After the Stunning Beauty Joins the Army, the Strongest Officer Goes Wild with Jealousy 凝脂美人随军后，最强军爷急红眼 Liangcheng Meow凉城喵Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Having and Raising Children + Spirit Spring Space + Getting Rich] After transmigrating to the 1970s, Lin Tingwan finds herself the daughter of a physics professor who is about to be persecuted and faces the prospect of being sent to the countryside. With no other choice, she is pushed into a blind date! They say the man is eight years older than her, has three kids, and can't have children of his own! Everyone else steers clear of him, but when Lin Tingwan sees him, her eyes lig 935Reads8.6Score11114d adds
14. 314 八 The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Modern Romance363k WordsCompleted Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th 12.6kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds

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    🌸🍀🍃This book is great!🌈🌈🌈The male lead used to feed the female lead with a small spoon when they were in kindergarten.🌸🌾🌻Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980.🌟✨The good news is that her parents were both workers in a state-owned factory.😤😤😤The bad news is that her father gave up his secure job and went south to work. Her mother went to work in a factory, and her father went to work on a construction site. [Heart][Kiss] Later, they started a small business.💫💫💫They brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them.🎈Gradually, Lin Zhizhi discovered that she had become a rich second-generation?🤔🤔🤔

15. 315 穿 Transmigrating to the 70s: The Goddess Strikes Back 穿越七零：女神的逆袭 I Am Zhu Kongyang我朱孔阳Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She transmigrates overnight, back to the end of the 1970s, when everything is waiting to be rebuilt. The original owner was lazy and greedy, plump and sturdy, and doted on by her family. The only problem was that she had no brains! Su Tang, a goddess of the police force, says none of that is a problem. Through hard work and determination, she secures a place for herself in the county police bureau cafeteria. Then, with her exceptional criminal investigation skills, she helps her fellow officers 429Reads8.9Score10314d adds

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    The female protagonist solves cases using her criminal investigation experience from before she traveled back in time.

16. 316 七 The 1970s: The Unhinged Heiress Brings Billions of Supplies to the Countryside 七零，疯批大小姐带亿万物资下乡 Li Momo漓沫沫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + punishing scumbags + building wealth + sent-down youth + space] In her previous life, Jiang Shu was set up by a classmate. After her innocence was taken, she married a scumbag while pregnant. He took her job and family assets, and she eventually died a horrible death. Her parents died in the countryside during political reeducation. After hearing the news, her brother was badly injured on a mission in the army and left permanently disabled. After surviving the apocalypse, Jiang 11kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
17. 317 重 Life After Being Reborn in the 1970s 重生七零后的日子 Layered Moon Shadows月影重重Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After enduring hardship for most of her life, a woman dies while taking revenge. When she opens her eyes, she has been reborn decades in the past, with a spatial golden finger to boot. A second chance at life: she’ll take things as they come. Little by little, she escapes the miserable fate she suffered in her past life. From a village woman who divorced her husband while pregnant, she becomes a mysterious, formidable special agent and lives a remarkable life of her own! This book is entirely fi 1.1kReads9.2Score15514d adds
18. 318 七 The 1970s: A Village Girl Who Transmigrated into a Book and Her Doting Educated Youth Husband 七零：穿书村姑和她的知青娇夫 A Zhao A Zhao A Zhao阿昭阿昭阿昭Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted A single office drone past the age of marriage gets herself killed while saving someone. Eighteen years later, she discovers she's transmigrated into a book about a transmigrated female educated youth and a male educated youth from the capital, and all their tangled love and hate. Lin Yunyun is a nameless extra who doesn't even get a line. Figuring that the main characters bring nothing but trouble, Lin Yunyun decides to stay as far away from them as possible and live her own quiet life. This ha 2.6kReads8.7Score19714d adds

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    "Comrade, is Qin Aimin here?" Lin Yunyun rushed to the entrance of the educated youth settlement at the south end of the village, just as someone came out, probably one of the educated youth there. She casually asked. The passerby hesitated for a moment, then instinctively pointed to the main house on the left. Lin Yunyun ran past, a thank you carried on the wind. When Lin Yunyun went inside, four or five male educated youths were sitting or standing, engaged in a heated discussion. They were all startled when they saw Lin Yunyun enter, as if a pause button had been pressed. One of them, who was lying on the bed, quickly pulled the blanket over himself. Lin Yunyun ignored them, found her target, and rushed over to him, grabbing his collar and pulling him out. "Lin Yunyun, what are you doing? I'm your brother-in-law! Don't you have any manners? Let me go!"

19. 319 六 Back to the Sixties: Becoming a Chef at a Big Factory 六十年代之回到大厂当厨子 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban301k WordsCompleted (Period Drama + Rebirth + Siheyuan Courtyard + Farming + No Golden Finger) Wang Jianguo spent his whole life meekly working in the back kitchen of a machinery factory. He had no wife or children, and even the factory took care of his funeral. Perhaps his obsession ran too deep, because time turned back and returned him to the moment before it all began... There’s no golden finger at any point. The protagonist won’t reach the pinnacle of life or slaughter his way through the world. If that’s not 6.9kReads9.0Score41414d adds
20. 320 鹿 Lu Ling Feng Shui Shop 鹿灵风水铺 Silent Worry不语忧Mystery1.2M WordsCompleted [Lighthearted paranormal suspense + mild horror + one-on-one romance + episodic stories] Lu Ling is forced to take over the feng shui shop her father left her and shoulder the Lu family’s duty as spirit-contractors. Only after she starts taking on cases does she realize that people can be far more terrifying than ghosts. 7.1kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
21. 321 带 Watching Gossip and Drama in the 1970s with a Livestream System 带着直播系统在七零年代吃瓜看戏 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Clear-eyed queen of gossip ✖️ dashing, sharp-witted veteran with a dark side] [System + sweet romance + 1970s setting + gossip + no rural relocation + feel-good wish fulfillment] Jiang Jiaojiao used to be a laid-back rich kid. Her parents each had their own families, leaving her wealthy and carefree to grow up as she pleased. Then she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the orphaned daughter of a fallen hero. Her relatives and family friends circle like vultures, hoping to get their hands on 1.4kReads7.5Score10114d adds

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    🔥🔥🔥The female protagonist in this period drama lives in the city, refusing to go to the countryside and invite hardship, working diligently, casually listening to gossip, and striving for promotion!

22. 322 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Top Student Transmigrates as a Cannon Fodder and Wins Big! 七零军婚：卷王穿成炮灰赢麻了！ Happy Gold Coin快乐的金币Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted [1970s + Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Family Life + Putting Scumbags in Their Place + Gossip + Getting Rich] In the 21st century, Tan Shuangshuang was famous for being a workaholic. She had mastered so many skills that even she couldn't keep track of them all. After finally getting rich through relentless hard work and refusing to work herself up over things, she moved into a huge mansion and amassed tens of millions in assets. Then she dropped dead from overwork! When 381Reads7.0Score—14d adds
23. 323 偏 The Obsessive Tycoon Loves to Be Forceful, Leaving Her Sore and Weak Every Day 偏执大佬爱强制，她每日腰酸腿软 Xiao Shuo Jia晓说伽Modern Romance343k WordsCompleted Every story features a strong man and a weaker woman, so readers who prefer stories with powerful female leads should proceed with caution. Story One: The Sweet Young Educated Youth and the Black-Market Boss In the countryside of the 1970s, educated youth Chu Anan is brainwashed by her cousin and childhood sweetheart into seducing the village's fierce, rugged man to improve her living conditions. He's easy to fool, giving her money, ration coupons, and food, and even helping with the farm work. 819Reads8.1Score—14d adds
24. 324 渣 After Her Scumbag Husband Was Stolen Away, the Young Wife Followed the Army to an Island 渣男被抢后，小娇妻随军上海岛 Yun Qiu妘秋Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [Island military romance + arranged marriage swap + upgradeable pocket dimension + gourmet food + everyday life with the troops + devoted couple + beloved by all] The moment Jiang Yushan heard Jiang Sisi suggest swapping marriage partners, she knew Jiang Sisi had been reborn too. Just because Jiang Sisi was the Jiang family’s biological daughter, switched at birth, her parents did whatever she said. Watching the man being swapped away and the woman dreaming of becoming a tycoon’s wife, Jiang Yus 4.2kReads8.6Score47114d adds
25. 325 穿 Transmigrate to the Seventies: Bound to the Lazy God System 穿越七零：绑定懒神系统 Chrysanthemum Fish菊花鱼Modern Romance323k WordsOngoing [System + Strong Female Lead + Technology + Period Setting + Gourmet] She wakes up to find she has transmigrated to 1955, and is still in her mother's womb. Her whole family had hoped she would be a boy, but she was born a girl. She is the second child in the family. Her older sister is also a girl and is doted on; when she was about to be sent to the countryside, their family went to great lengths to find her a job. The third child is a boy, and the family even plans to buy him a job when his t 37Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 326 逼 You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家 Huihui Cat茴茴猫Modern Romance7.6M WordsOngoing [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af 126kReads9.4Score10.2k14d adds

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    A period drama with a female protagonist working in the city. Her career is the main focus, and she's intelligent and the story is captivating. 📖① [Super inspiring patriotic story + a growing female protagonist + positive values ​​+ everyone is intelligent + 1v1 + love develops over time + humor] It emphasizes national pride and strengthening the country's military industry, without being unrealistic. 📖② The female protagonist focuses on her career. The protagonist, Wang Qingqing, transmigrates into a character similar to a typical sweet romance novel set in a period drama. However, since the protagonist arrives, while the protagonist goes to the countryside, she works in a factory; while the protagonist has a baby, she gets promoted; while the protagonist takes the college entrance exam, she pursues graduate studies. Therefore, others can only look up to her. 📖③ A good story whose title doesn't do it justice. The female protagonist is clever and quick-witted, and the content is exciting. 📖④ A story about a female protagonist's career struggle, without any cheat codes, and close to real life.

27. 327 被 My Best Friend Stole My Wedding, So I Married an Officer and Had Twins 被闺蜜抢亲，嫁军官怀双胎躺赢了 Strawberry Apricot Rain草莓杏子雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book, Military Marriage + Face-Slapping + Taking Down Scumbags + Pampered Family + Raising Kids + Female Supporting Character’s Comeback + Medicine] Yu Li transmigrates into a period novel as the male lead’s fiancée, who walks in on him cheating and dies by suicide in shame. When she opens her eyes, she learns that while she was working herself to the bone taking care of the male lead’s family, he had already gotten together with her best friend. To get rid 14.1kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
28. 328 怀 Pregnant with Twins Blessed by a Spirit Spring! The Cold-Faced Officer Spoils Her to No End! 怀灵泉双胎！冷面军官宠她入骨！ Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool military officer + alluring beauty] (Multiple transmigrators + daily life with the army + married first, love later + raising kids and pregnancy + devoted to each other) [She opens her eyes to a whirlwind marriage and a child.] When Jiang Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s story her roommate wrote, as a busty, airheaded supporting character with a tragic fate, and a cute little daughter to boot. After she runs away and gets caught again, she finds herself standing beside h 10.2kReads8.7Score84214d adds

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    🍏① The female protagonist rises steadily and surely from a temporary worker in a pharmaceutical factory workshop to a permanent worker, piece-rate clerk, accountant, and finally supervisor [bump post], demonstrating a self-serving nature. 🍏② The female protagonist and her sister both marry and move to the city, working in a restaurant supply chain, supporting each other along the way.

29. 329 寒 The Road to the Imperial Examinations for a Poor Scholar 寒门科举之路 Moon Glutinous White月糯白Historical821k WordsCompleted After surviving alone in the apocalypse for three years, Yang Han is betrayed by his teammates and scratched by a zombie. Unwilling to turn into one and get his head blown off, he takes his own life. To his surprise, he transmigrates into the body of a farm boy, the only son of a family with a thousand acres of fertile land. He can't handle the backbreaking work in the fields, and since all professions are inferior to studying, he has no choice but to set out on the path to the imperial examinat 194Reads8.6Score6414d adds
30. 330 六 The Sixties: I Collect Three Salaries at the Factory All by Myself 六零：我一个人领厂里三份工资 Potato Bread土豆面包Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [Reborn + face-slapping] [No putting up with mistreatment + betrothal] Pull them up by the roots: when the top beam is crooked, the lower beams follow, and you won't find two good melons on the same vine. Gu Panyao is reborn on the day of the factory recruitment exam. On her way home, she faces the same scene as in her previous life: her stepsister whines pitifully. “Sis, I definitely didn't do well on the exam today. It's my fault for not planning your time properly. I stayed up late last night 1.1kReads8.3Score10214d adds
31. 331 八 The 1980s: The True Heiress Strikes Back 八零：真千金逆袭记 Birdsong in the Quiet Mountains鸟鸣山幽Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Fake and Real Heiresses + Self-Improvement + Everyday Life + Striving] [The heroine grows quietly, then amazes everyone; she won’t take abuse and always talks back] Xia Xiaoxi lost both her parents at a young age. Her uncle’s family moved into her home under the pretense of raising her, took all the family’s money, worked her and her brother to the bone, and eventually tried to make her take her cousin’s place in an arranged marriage. Furious, Xia Xiaoxi fou 200.8kReads9.2Score14k14d adds
32. 332 娇 The Sweet, Flirtatious Army Wife Is Too Much for Her Ice-Cold Officer 娇软军嫂茶又媚高冷军官受不了 Lu Yaoyao鹿杳杳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + military marriage + raising children + island cuisine] In her previous life, Shen Li married a poor young man with two children from a previous marriage, while her older sister Shen Mengyue married an officer. But the poor young man made it big and became the richest man in the country. One of the two children became a top scientist, the other a famous lawyer, and they all lived happily ever after. Shen Mengyue’s officer husband, however, died in a typhoon. She was le 3.1kReads8.8Score26114d adds
33. 333 七 The 1970s: My Reborn Dad and Transmigrated Mom, While Baby Me Lies Back Like a Happy Slacker 七零：重生爹穿越娘，宝宝咸鱼躺 Star Tana星星塔娜Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Jin Sihai is back in the city after spending several years sent down to the countryside as an educated youth! He’s even brought back a pretty wife and an adorable daughter! But the old couple in the Jin family are no easy company. Old Jin is lazy and loves to brag, while Old Mrs. Jin is fiery and hard to deal with. And that’s not to mention the family of Jin’s eldest brother, who all live under the same roof. Parents and children, brothers and sisters-in-law: give it enough time, and they’re bou 4.2kReads8.6Score44214d adds
34. 334 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Become a Pretty Widow 穿越六零成为俏寡妇 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance350k WordsCompleted (Content warning: The heroine is ten years older than the hero. She’s a player and isn’t sexually inexperienced, so proceed with caution!!!) Shi Lan, a carefree, troublesome party girl who loves the high life, transmigrates to the hardship of the 1960s and gets three new labels: married, mother, and widow. From the start, she’s being introduced to a prospective match. As if! She thinks her new identity is pretty great: she has money and status, and gets to be a mother without the pain of childbi 5.4kReads9.2Score49814d adds
35. 335 穿 I Became the Wife of a Commander Who Died Young! Now His Whole Family Dotes on Me 穿成早死首长的妻子！被全家团宠 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A Novel Set in the 1980s) (Military Marriage + Marriage First, Love Later + Transmigrating into a Book vs. Transmigrating) A car accident sent Ye Fangfei into a novel. Its world was a parallel timeline in the early 1980s. The novel’s protagonists were the younger brother of her husband, Shen Zhanxun, and his wife. Shen Zhanxun was nothing but a stepping-stone they used to build their wealth. In the novel, Shen Zhanxun left the military to join the municipal public security bureau. He died while 91.3kReads9.0Score11.2k14d adds

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    🍓🍓🍓The female lead is a transmigrator, and the second female lead is also a transmigrator. Transmigration vs. Time travel: our new era's independent women win hands down! 🎉They handle all kinds of interpersonal relationships with ease, capable and principled. The male lead is truly the ideal husband [heart]. The male and female leads are top-tier characters in my mind. The transmigrated in-laws are gentle, the grandparents are domineering, the uncle and aunt are shrewd and calculating, the younger uncle and aunt are selfish, and there's the aloof male and female leads, along with a bunch of troublesome cousins. The female lead: Separate the family, separate the family, we must separate the family, and lead the whole family to prosperity. The male lead, who has made great contributions, returns from the army only to find that the family has already separated, and his wife has taken her family to the city. Career flourishes, love is as glorious as jade.

36. 336 年 Period: The Strongwoman and Her Virtuous Husband 年代：大力女和她的贤良夫 Quiet Waters Retreat幽水小筑Modern Romance538k WordsCompleted [Super strength + marriage first, love later + no relocation to the countryside + a good job + siheyuan] Good news: Lu Zhenzhen, who was killed by one swipe of a mutated tiger in the apocalypse, wasn't quite dead. She was reborn in another world. Bad news: She was reborn in the world of a novel, and didn't even qualify as the second female lead. The author had deliberately made her a hapless punching bag to make the protagonists shine! Knowing full well she was the hapless one, Lu Zhenzhen immed 1.5kReads7.4Score11514d adds

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    ① Ning Qing, a saleswoman at a supply and marketing cooperative who is both talkative and capable, versus a wealthy second-generation heir from Hong Kong with amnesia. ② Transmigrated into the male lead's family's neighbor and stepping stone. ③ The reborn female lead steals her aunt's blind date. Her aunt marries an engineer.

37. 337 惊 Shocking! I Woke Up in a Novel Set in the Era, but I’m Not in It 惊！穿到年代文小说，里面没有我 Xu Yue Bany Yu徐月半鱼Modern Romance385k WordsCompleted Have you ever gone to sleep, opened your eyes, and found yourself somewhere else? Niu Xiabing has. It’s a terrible experience. Her newly renovated, spacious apartment was ready, and today was her first day moving in! She was tired that afternoon, so she took a nap. When she woke up, she had somehow transmigrated into the 1970s. Wait, no, she hadn’t transmigrated. She had transmigrated into a book! She’d become a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel, the kind who doesn’t survive past t 163Reads5.6Score—14d adds

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    This is a story about a female lead who doesn't go to the countryside, has a job, and enjoys gossip. There aren't many romantic scenes; it's a very ordinary, everyday life. You should check it out, it's really good.

38. 338 回 Back to the Seventies to Live Off My Wife 回到七十年代吃软饭 Loves Eating Seaweed爱吃紫菜Modern Romance150k WordsOngoing Overnight, he’s back in the 1970s with three stepsons. Striving for success? No way. Living off a woman sounds much better. But will things really go his way? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 339 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 36.1kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
40. 340 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.5kReads8.9Score98614d adds

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    ① No rural life + no cheat codes + no black market + no time travel + no rebirth + second male lead takes over. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. He falls in love at first sight with his best friend's sister. Hearing that she is already engaged, he can only suppress his feelings. Suddenly one day, the person he loves breaks off the engagement! Xu Muzhou has been planning for a long time, takes the initiative, and finally marries Xiao Qingru. After being injured, Xu Muzhou: "Wife, let's get a divorce." Xiao Qingru: "You wish." "I'm a cripple." "Whether you're crippled or not, we'll have to test it to know." Later, Xiao Qingru: "Divorce." Xu Muzhou chases after her with their little baby, "Wife, you can't abandon your husband and child!" ② Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book, oh my god! At the beginning, she was forced by her parents to marry a fool, and when she went to the countryside, she was tricked into marrying a hooligan. What kind of fate did this original owner have! Going to the countryside is impossible, marrying a fool is even more impossible, so she might as well find someone to marry herself. In a small teahouse in the capital, Su Xiuxiu stared at the dull and wooden man, already mentally rejecting him. Just then, a voice came from behind her: "Your parents are deceased, and you have a younger brother and sister to support? I'm sorry, your burden is too great. I don't think we're suitable." Su Xiuxiu turned around and saw a man with striking eyebrows and bright eyes, possessing a calm and composed demeanor—exactly her type. A thought struck her, and she got up and sat down at his table. "Hello, my name is Su Xiuxiu..."

41. 341 首 Commander, Your Wife Has Brought the Whole Family to Find You 首长，你媳妇带着全家来找你了 Young Master Ninth公子九爷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance, extra sweet, powerful hero and heroine, doting military romance, adorable System baby] Xu Jiajia opened her eyes to find herself as a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. The original owner had a fiancé who was a factory worker, but he was in love with the heroine. Unable to accept this, the original owner hired someone to assault the heroine. To win the heroine’s favor, her fiancé married the original owner, tormented her every day, and eventually drove her 9.4kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
42. 342 重 Back to the Eighties: The Heroine Only Wants to Study 重回八零之女主她一心想学习 Gu Shiliuyan顾十六言Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ji Liang has worked hard all her life, and at last, at the age of thirty, she’s about to buy her first home. Then a car accident sends her back to her third year of middle school in the 1980s. This time, she’ll kick her deadbeat father to the curb, take good care of her mother, and build a prosperous life for them both. It all starts with becoming a top student in the truest sense of the word. When faced with all her admirers, she has only one thing to say: “What’s dating? Can you eat it?” 33Reads8.9Score—14d adds
43. 343 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 136.6kReads9.1Score16.2k14d adds

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    🌿✨The female lead works as a teacher in the city. She's actually a transmigrated villainous supporting character in a novel who's pregnant. She initially wanted to abort the child and get a divorce, but seeing the man before her—his waist, his shoulders, his long legs, and the fact that he'd handed over his entire salary and was a promising military officer—she decisively accepted him with a smile.

44. 344 被 Forced to Become the Stepmother of Five Villains 被迫成了五个反派的后娘 Mo Yuzhi陌于之Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, she found herself a stepmother, and every one of her stepchildren was destined to become a major villain. The reason? Their stepmother had been cruel, vicious, and utterly unreliable. Qiao Lianlian was mortified. Luckily, Heaven had sent her here. From then on, she patiently taught the children to be kind, and the little string beans grew into chubby dumplings. But just then, the children’s father returned, and Qiao Lianlian discovered that four of the five children had ast 10.4kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds

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    Go go go, it's pretty good!

45. 345 重 Reborn in the 1980s: From the Start, I Took a Factory Job 重生八零，开局进厂打工 Jiang Twenty蒋二十Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yunxi transmigrates into the role of a universally loathed supporting character, the female foil to the heroine. The heroine endures endless hardships without giving in, while Ji Yunxi lives in comfort, spoiled and cruel. During the 1987 wave of migrant labor, the heroine gets into college and finally holds her head high, while Ji Yunxi uses connections to land a job on an assembly line. The heroine lives out a romantic drama straight from real life every day, while Ji Yunxi seethes with jeal 47.5kReads8.4Score4.9k14d adds

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    This is a very good period drama novel about a female protagonist working in the city. Although she didn't find a job right away, she managed to get it step by step through her wisdom and planning. At this moment, Old Man Su arrived at the gate, and everyone made way for him. Old Man Su had never enjoyed such treatment in his life; even his steps felt weak, as if he were walking on cotton. Su He smiled brightly: "Grandpa, your granddaughter has fulfilled her mission and borrowed the tractor!" At this moment, Old Man Su felt like an emperor sitting on a golden throne, and his granddaughter a victorious general returning home! The pent-up frustration in his heart was instantly replaced by a sense of triumph. He was speechless for a moment, only repeatedly saying, "Good, good, good!"

46. 346 首 He Asked for a Divorce on His First Night Home, Then Kissed Her Until She Cried 首长回家第一晚提离婚，被亲哭了 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn military marriage + winning back his wife + antique bargains + dazzling beauty vs. aloof heartthrob] In her previous life, Zhu Suisui fell for Lu Lanxu at first sight. Of all the Lu family members, she chose the most outstanding heir to be her husband. She thought that if she worked hard to be a good Mrs. Lu, one day Lu Lanxu would love her. But she had overestimated herself. She simply couldn’t warm his heart. For twenty years, they treated each other with respect, but he felt only a se 30.1kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
47. 347 年 Period: The Shameless Villains Live to a Ripe Old Age 年代：缺德反派们长命百岁了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 11.4kReads7.8Score79514d adds
48. 348 慢 Slow Travel: I Have a Farm Trading System 慢穿：我有农场交易系统 Beginner Writer of Wanhua万花初级写手Modern Romance394k WordsCompleted At twenty-eight, Cheng Shuang was being pressured by her parents to get married when she became bound to a Super Trading System. With the System's help, she goes through one reincarnation after another, and every life is packed with melodrama and outrageous characters! In her first life, she returns to the 1960s and changes her parents' lives. In her second, she transmigrates into an ancient farming girl in a fictional dynasty and becomes empress. In her third, she transmigrates as the fake heir 71Reads8.3Score—14d adds
49. 349 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Daily Life as a Matchmaker in the Countryside 重生八零：我在乡下当媒婆的日常 Gardenias Fragrant for Ten Miles栀子花开十里香Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Matchmaking + System + space + food + family life + building wealth + righting past wrongs] Lin Sue'e had lived an unremarkable life, grown distant from her children, and died full of regret. She never expected to return to a time forty-four years earlier… That year, it had been only two years since her eldest son was robbed of his university placement. He hadn't yet been left permanently disabled by working in a coal mine. Her eldest daughter hadn't been beaten to death by her husband, and the 2.1kReads8.9Score14614d adds

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    ✨A period drama where the female protagonist works in the city🌿 🌿 She transmigrates to the present day. Her parents have passed away, and her brother is in the army. The female protagonist takes over her father's job in a cotton mill workshop, and then passes the exam for a position in the finance department based on her own abilities. Later, her brother is injured and falls into a coma, so she sells her job and goes to the military region where her brother is stationed. [The male protagonist is a friend of the female protagonist's brother.]

50. 350 女 Matriarchy: Daily Life Spoiling My Husband After I Transmigrate into a Book 女尊：穿书后宠夫日常 Ting Ning亭宁Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted Gu Qing Xiao is a modern Chinese medicine practitioner. In her spare time, she read a novel written by her best friend, who had even created a minor character with the same name as her. At first, she only wanted to read about the character’s story, but after finishing the novel, she found herself feeling sorry for a cannon-fodder character who existed only in its pages. What she never expected was that she would transmigrate... Lin Yu has a secret: he is reborn. In his previous life, disillusion 4.7kReads9.3Score38514d adds

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