Period Novels Where the Female Lead Doesn't Go to the Countryside 年代文,女主不下乡
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Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活
[Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no
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The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代:开局就是新婚
[Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b
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Daily Sign-Ins in 1970s Shanghai 沪上七零签到日常
No Rural Placement in the 1970s + Sign-In + The City Life of an Only Daughter in Shanghai The heroine takes a husband into her family! She loves herself most! A lighthearted story In 1970s Shanghai, the everyday bustle of the neighborhood bears witness to decades of change. Fang Wanqing is unexpectedly swept into a parallel timeline and gets by safely with the help of a modest sign-in System. After the college entrance exams are reinstated, she earns a place at university. Later, she rides the w
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I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长,俏军嫂被捧在心尖
[All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei
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Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局,我把工厂卷疯了
A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou
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Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂,开局考上萝卜岗
1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c
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The Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the 1960s: A Lazybones Lands a Government Job 六十年代供销社,懒虫端上公家饭
Lai Jiaxin dropped dead from overwork. But then she came back to life. The price was: Six scrawny, big-headed children who needed raising; A sickly, malnourished body that needed nursing back to health; A poor, broken family she had to hold together all by herself. Lai Jiaxin: “...I don’t want to do this for another minute. How am I supposed to survive?” ‘Ding! Your golden finger, Kitchen Game (stripped-down version), is now online!’ Lai Jiaxin’s eyes lit up. Flour √ Sweet potatoes √ Pork √ Gras
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Transmigrating to the 1970s to Become a Laid-Back Couch Potato 穿越七十年代做躺赢咸鱼
[Period setting + transmigration + space + sent to the countryside] When Lin Shu'an realized she had transmigrated and had a golden finger, she thought she must have become a cannon-fodder supporting character in some book she'd transmigrated into. There was no other explanation: her golden finger was nothing like the setup she'd expect for a heroine. Weren't the novels she'd been reading lately always giving the supporting female character some kind of cheat? But it seemed neither the heroine n
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Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业
While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat
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Leaving the Plot Behind, I Climb the Career Ladder in the 1970s 抛开剧情我在七零升职加薪
[Period drama + transmigration into a drama + adored by everyone + changing the plot + career advancement and a pay raise + devoted to one another] Yun Xi had only just become a college student when she stayed up all night watching a period drama recommended by a friend. She woke up to discover she was the female lead, who had the most screen time and shared her name! The heroine had suffered her whole life, only to forgive this person and that person in the end, radiating saintly kindness from
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My Daily Gossip in a Siheyuan [The 1970s] 我在四合院的吃瓜日常【七零】
[Period setting + courtyard compound + gossip-watching + light ensemble cast] When Shen Miaomiao wakes up, she finds herself as a cannon-fodder character in a period novel. According to the plot, she will be forced to go to the countryside, where the village chief's son sets his sights on her and forcibly marries her, eventually beating her to death. Knowing the plot, Shen Miaomiao is determined: “I’m not going to the countryside. Absolutely not. No matter what, I’m not going!” Then she starts l
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1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959:携带成就系统,她卷了
This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield
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The Compound’s Factory Beauty Has Been Snatched Up by the Villainous Capitalist Young Master! 大院厂花被反派资本家少爷拱了!
[Period Setting, Beautiful but Miserable and Powerful Tycoon's Son + The Factory's Most Beautiful Woman, Friends with Benefits to Lovers, Face-Slapping and Striving in the Factory Compound, The Villainous Family's Loving Everyday Life] Bai Xiaotong finally found a chance to sleep with her childhood sweetheart. Only afterward did she realize she'd slept with the wrong man, and that this world wasn't real at all. It was merely a novel set in a bygone era. In this fictional world, her cousin was th
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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
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Reborn in 1980: Demolition, Riches, and Taking on the Worst of the Family 重生回80,拆迁!暴富!斗极品
[Working-class life + Demolition and relocation + Plenty of awful people + Family squabbles + Getting rich + A touch of ensemble cast] Hu Yan spent her whole life as a devoted wife and loving mother, only to die suddenly on a factory assembly line. In one moment, she returns to thirty years earlier, just two months after marrying Chen Guangze. At this point, the village houses haven't been demolished, and she and her husband haven't split from the family. They haven't given up their village home
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A Translator Transmigrates to the Eighties and Gets Rich with Her Ruffian Husband 翻译穿越八零,携混混老公致富
[Transmigration + Period Drama + No Going to the Countryside + Building Wealth + Pocket Dimension + Family Life + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + She Pursues Him] The heroine is a cool, aloof beauty of the alley; the hero is a streetwise gang leader. Modern-day translator Chen Yingxue wakes up and finds herself in the 1980s. The Chen family is a real handful, but from the start, she lands a secure government job. The eldest sister is lovesick, the second brother is a mama’s boy, the third brother let
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80s Military Marriage: The Fake Heiress Becomes a Stepmom 八零热辣军婚,假千金当后妈养崽
[Period setting + stepmother + raising children + adorable kids + everyday family life + fake and real heiresses + spatial powers + contrasting characters] Fang Xiaoluo transmigrates into the 1980s as a fake heiress and becomes the apple of her military officer husband's eye. With a space containing a spiritual spring, Fang Xiaoluo can raise children, make money, and farm with ease. Her life is so happy it feels like she has a cheat code. Xu Yaqiu is reborn. In her previous life, she married a m
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Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了
Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a
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In the 1970s, I Was the Queen of the Factory 我在七零是厂界一姐
[No romance + period setting] Bang, bang, bang! The first thing Shen Nanyi does after transmigrating to the 1970s is grab a brick and beat a homewrecker, avenging the original owner! They want her to go to the countryside? No way she’s going. Let someone else go! She turns around and sends the scumbag couple to the far northwest for forced labor! While taking down scumbags, she doesn’t forget to build her career. First, she sets herself a goal of earning 100 million! From then on, she wants only
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One Flirt from the Qipao Beauty, and the Strongest Officer Blushes 旗袍美人一撩,最强军官羞红脸
[Super-sweet military marriage + pocket dimension + stepmother raising kids + seductive cheongsam beauty and cool, restrained officer + everyday food + healing] Jiang Zhining has had a rough time. The real heiress pushed her off a cliff, and she nearly ended up in a snake’s jaws, but then she unexpectedly met the toughest officer in the book. When she was thrown out of her home and left homeless, Jiang Zhining turned and stopped the abstinent officer. “Comrade Song Yuzhou, I can never repay you
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The 1960s: The Heiress Back from Abroad Is Untouchable 六零,留洋归来的大小姐高不可攀
[Alternate-Era Setting + No Golden Finger + Few Villainous Characters + Work and Daily Life] He Shuyao is a young lady who has returned from studying abroad. Her family gave their lives for their country, leaving her as their only child. The state provides her with a home and a job, making sure she wants for nothing and keeping her safe. If anyone dares to bully her, the military will back her up and the police will come to her aid. The only problem is that one shameless young man is always hang
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Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零:不嫁军官,嫁纨绔
[Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist
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I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了!四儿一女供我在七零读大学
[Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi
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Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零:奶,今天轮到您离婚啦
Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a
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I Have a Frog Cub Space: Reborn in the 1960s, Raising My Little One 我有蛙崽空间:重生六零养崽崽
[Farming + Froglet + Transmigrate into a Book + Farming + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Everyone's Favorite + Pocket Dimension + Educated Youth] Content warning: The cheat is absurdly overpowered, the heroine is a bit of a jerk, and this is a feel-good period novel with some cultivation. The male lead is a seemingly innocent but secretly ruthless villain, weak and pitiful at first, then unbelievably powerful later on. Su Yi transmigrates into a book and becomes a single mother in the 1960s. A r
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Transmigrate into a Book: The Factory Belle Refuses to Be a Foil 穿书七零,厂花不做对照组
[1970s setting + pocket dimension + refuses rural assignment + workplace] While doing archaeological work, Lin Ran formed a contract with a pocket dimension, which also brought her to a parallel 1970s world after she transmigrated into a book. She's beautiful, wealthy, and has a partner, and she refuses to be anyone's foil. She steps back from the gossip and enjoys the show, indulges in good food and stocks up on property. Wherever she goes, she can live life on her own terms. But... there's alw
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Working as a Procurement Officer in the 1960s 六零年代做采购
[Parallel-World Alternate-History Setting] [Everyday Life, Not a Power Fantasy] Gu Jinyao transmigrated on the second day after New Year! And she landed in the body of a high school senior in 1961, about to take the college entrance exams. Should she go to college? Go to college? Or go to college? Well, over the next few days, she’ll have to study herself to death and become a test-prep machine. First things first, she needs a set of self-study books on math, physics, and chemistry. What? They w
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Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零:炮灰女配咸鱼了
[Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.”
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Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿书七零,工具人她不走剧情
Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sign-in golden finger + no rural relocation + family life (The rating just came out, it'll go up~) Lin Yuzhen opened her eyes and found herself in the 1970s. "Ding! The System has awarded you a daily sign-in golden finger. Once the Host completes the storylines, she can return to the modern world with her sign-in rewards." At the same time, four period novels, each with a different protagonist, were poured into her mind. She was the self-sacrificing st
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Reborn as a Fierce Woman, I Turn My Life Around With My Child 穿成泼辣女后,我带娃逆袭
The short drama Transmigrating as a Shrewish Woman: I Lead My Kids to a Comeback is now streaming. [Feel-Good Story] [A Super Cool Heroine Who Always Gets Even Right Away] Other people transmigrate and become the apple of everyone's eye or a rich beauty. So why did she end up in the body of a wicked woman in her thirties? Not only has she become an evil adoptive mother, she's also destined for a terrible end. And the worst part is, she's an artsy young woman in her twenties who has never dated.
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After Marrying the Sickly Man Next Door, I, Who Was Infertile, Got Pregnant 嫁给隔壁病秧子后,不孕不育的我怀上了
Zhou Junyi dreams that she's gone back several decades, leaving her adoptive parents to return to her birth parents. Her grandmother torments her, she loses the ability to have children, her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she dies of exhaustion at a young age. She frantically stocks up on supplies in her pocket dimension. Then she really arrives in the world from her dream, ready to spend her life alone, only for the handsome neighbor who got into university to come next door and propos
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Reborn in 1990: The Lucky Carp’s Blessed Life 重生九零锦鲤福妻
The Lu family’s fourth son married the prettiest girl in the village. From then on, his once-declining family suddenly had a change of fortune: he found treasures on the road, important people came calling, and even the son who had failed the college entrance exam twice ranked first in the entire county! Wen Xin noticed that after her husband went to college, even more pretty girls were flocking around him. Pretty underclassman: “An uneducated country girl like you is totally unworthy of my seni
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I'm the Big Sister 我是大姐大
Shen Yu never imagined that simply dozing off during an overtime shift would somehow make her transmigrate into a novel, where she became the infamous villainous gang leader who did every kind of evil! And at the time, the gang leader was only seventeen. Good grief, did it have to be this harsh?!
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Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零:媳妇有点辣
Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu
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Reborn in the 1980s: A Wife’s Path to Prosperity 重生八零:佳妻致富忙
In her previous life, she fled the Cheng family not long after their wedding, only to meet a tragic and miserable end. Blessed by heaven, she is reborn on her wedding night. The stern, handsome man sitting at her bedside is still the same. From then on, Xue Ling's biggest goal is to win over her husband, who is cold on the outside but warmhearted within, build a good life with him, and have him father a whole troop of little monkeys with her!!
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Transmigrating to the 70s: The Goddess Strikes Back 穿越七零:女神的逆袭
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
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Abandoned Wife of the 1990s: From the Start, I Divorced and Became the Richest Woman 九零弃妇:开局离婚做首富
What should you do after transmigrating into an ugly, overweight abandoned wife in the 1990s? She didn’t ask for a single cent in bride price and even brought a hefty dowry, yet her sister-in-law took over the marital home, and her husband’s family beat her bloody and called her a shrew who didn’t know her place. What should she do? Ji Xue says: Easy. Since they call her a shrew, she might as well show them what a real shrew can do. She drums up a racket to tell the whole neighborhood about her
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