Looking for Great Historical-Era Novels with a Smart Female Lead 求好看的年代文，女主智商很在线的那种

1. 1 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 88.1kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves

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   "The Chief and His Little Wife" is written by Jiang Shan Yi Gu. The female lead is reborn; she was a bit silly before her rebirth, but her intelligence is very high afterward. The male lead is a soldier. Overall, I think this book is fantastic and highly recommend it! [Licking screen][licking screen]

2. 2 快 Quick Transmigration: I Conquer the Male Lead in 50 Worlds 快穿：我在50个世界里攻略男主 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Love at First Sight] [A Variety of Ways to Pursue His Wife] [The Pursuer Gets His Comeuppance] [Man Pursues Woman] [She Has Him Wrapped Around Her Finger] [Super Sweet] [Handsome, Smooth-Talking, Strong, Devoted, Love-Brained Male Leads] [Lots of Married Life] [Fresh Plot, Not Formulaic] The richest man, a police officer, a campus heartthrob, a young marshal, a professor, a lawyer, an emperor, a prince: none of these stories are angsty, and both leads are each other's fir 4.6kReads9.0Score350Shelves

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   The female lead is intelligent, and the novel is set in a time when few and far between.

3. 3 不 I'm Done Being a Doormat: Reborn, I Marry a Rough-He​​wn Military Officer 不做冤种了，重生后转嫁糙汉军官 Yue Huasheng月桦笙Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Reborn face-slapping + military marriage + no golden finger + ensemble cast + sweet romance] [Delicate yet resilient sweetheart vs. devoted, lovesick warrior] After being reborn, the first thing she did was retrieve her marriage application, get the IOU from “Third Sister,” then go to the Lu family to break off her engagement with the scumbag. In her previous life, she married a scumbag and lived as if she were a servant in his family. She bore the entire burden of caring for her sickly fath 11kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves

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   🌟A must-read all night long! [Admiration] The female lead is incredibly intelligent! [Admiration] A captivating period drama! [Admiration] After her rebirth, the female lead first retrieves her marriage certificate and IOU, then confronts the scumbag and calls off the engagement. In her previous life, she was married to a scumbag and lived a miserable life, bearing the burden of the family alone while he cared for another man's wife and children. Later, her daughter betrayed her, leading to her death. After her rebirth, she has no further connection with the scumbag. After breaking off the engagement, she marries the cold-faced young military officer next door, and her life improves. Seeing this, the scumbag regrets his decision.

4. 4 昂 A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命 Pomegranate Blossoms in May榴花映五月Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji 224Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Go read this book. The female protagonist is incredibly intelligent, a top student, but she experiences all sorts of harsh realities in life. The writing is very realistic; it allows us to feel a lot about the mundane aspects of life.

5. 5 七 The 1970s: A Sent-Down Youth Marries a Soldier and Builds a Fortune as a Middleman 七零嫁军汉，知青女配当倒爷起家 Jing Mo京墨Modern Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [A promise kept for a lifetime, giving her life to her country] Fraile from birth, Song Youxiang was abandoned by her family as a child and forced to go to the countryside. Even so, she never received a shred of kindness. Her parents despised her, her older sister resented her for life, and the second sister who had been given away as a child concealed her identity to get close to her. One false accusation after another followed, and they even stole her fiancé… In the end, Song Youxiang died al 7.2kReads9.2Score832Shelves

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   It has a very positive outlook on life, a strong sense of patriotism, and is a female-centric historical novel; highly recommended.

6. 6 村 Xia Hua, the Village Girl 村女夏花 The Cat Who Loves Gold爱黄金的猫Modern Romance268k WordsOngoing [Realistic rural life + slow burn + heroine’s growth + family and everyday life + face-slapping the scoundrels] Lin Xiahua’s husband is dead. With two children and a dimwitted older brother to support, she has become the most tempting target in Hama Gou Village. Burdened with her family, without a single plot of land, and with her mother-in-law threatening to sell her by the pound to an old widower and his son! To survive, Xiahua learns to navigate all kinds of men and women. She smiles and char 81Reads7.0Score105Shelves
7. 7 霞 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 Warm Glowing Clouds霞光暖暖Modern Romance568k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score131Shelves
8. 8 美 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance528k WordsOngoing The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 10.3kReads7.1Score228Shelves
9. 9 俏 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 20.9kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
10. 10 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 26.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
11. 11 香 Xiang Xiu's Tavern 香秀的酒馆 Jiujiu Cat玖久猫Modern Romance85k WordsOngoing Her ex-husband climbed the social ladder, spreading lies and slandering her. Nineteen-year-old Chen Xiangxiu, a farmer raising a child, was thrown out by her in-laws. Grinding her teeth, she rented a run-down courtyard beside the highway and opened a distillery, only to unexpectedly attract three outstanding men from very different walks of life. In the cramped confines of the countryside, a rough village doctor shields her from gossip with his burning embrace; an upright village official paves 15Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 12 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.3kReads6.8Score207Shelves
13. 13 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: In the 1970s, My Cannon-Fodder Husband Is a Master of All Trades 穿书七零：我的炮灰丈夫十项全能 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [The animated adaptation is now online] [Full-cast audio drama available] [Period setting + educated youth + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + inspirational] Lu Xia transmigrated into the body of an educated youth in the 1970s, a girl whose parents didn’t care for her and who had been sent to the countryside in her elder sister’s place. Remembering how the original owner had always been mistreated, Lu Xia couldn’t stand for it. She sold the job, gave her family a hefty financial hit, 37.6kReads9.0Score3.5kShelves

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    🥭🥭🥭A time-travel story set in the 1970s🪼🪼🪼I became a pitiful little girl, unloved by both parents🍨🍨🍨 After being sent to the countryside, these two cannon fodder characters, to avoid being coveted by others🍄🍄🍄, hit it off and got married…~💦💦💦

14. 14 穿 Transmigrating to the Countryside in the 1970s with a Farming Space 穿越七零带着种植空间下乡了 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted [Period setting + strong female lead + planting dimension + transmigration + educated youth + no male lead] Wang Zixuan gets slapped the moment she transmigrates. With a temper like hers, there's no way she'd put up with it. She throws her father over her shoulder, then follows up with a kick, leaving him and her stepmother howling. Her sweet, white-lotus stepsister approaches and says meekly, “Little sister, what you're doing is wrong.” Wang Zixuan clutches her chest and replies weakly, “Sister 2.7kReads7.7Score196Shelves

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    It felt pretty good; one of them had no male lead.

15. 15 商 A Shopping-Mall Pocket Dimension and a Fiery Wife in the ’70s 商场空间七十年代辣娇妻 Cong Xuan丛萱Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted Liu Xueying transmigrates with the space of a shopping mall, entering the body of a young educated woman on a train bound for the countryside. Since she has a space, she figures she might as well make the best of it. When Li Haoming returns home on leave to visit his family, his uncle sends him to pick up the young educated women being sent to the countryside. Looking at the delicate, frail Liu Xueying, he wonders how someone with such a small frame could possibly handle farm work. It isn't un 115Reads7.5Score—Shelves
16. 16 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 21.2kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves

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    This female lead is definitely over-the-top in intelligence; she's smart, resourceful, and cunning. [What][shy][thumbs up][thumbs up][thumbs up][what][thumbs up][thumbs up][kiss][thumbs up][send heart][send heart][heart][heart]

17. 17 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 62.7kReads8.5Score7.8kShelves

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    [Add one to your bookshelf][Add one to your bookshelf][Add one to your bookshelf] Transmigrating to 1970, bound to a flash sale system, I rise from a county supply and marketing cooperative purchasing agent to the city's youngest section chief. Procurement, solving major cases, catching murderers—pampered by my family, and a thriving career!

18. 18 八 Eighties Sweetheart: A Wild Roughneck to Cherish 八零心尖宠：捡个糙汉野又撩 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted Xia Li transmigrates into the 1980s as a poor, timid orphan. Just when she thinks she’ll have to go hungry from now on, she picks up a wild man. Aside from being a little dim, the wild man has no other flaws. He hunts in the mountains and farms the fields every day, keeps her warm at home and can fight outside. He’s like a huge guard dog who protects his family. The villagers secretly mock Xia Li for keeping herself a wild man, but she doesn’t care. Who would have guessed that one night, the wil 1kReads8.9Score106Shelves

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    Synopsis: The male protagonist is a special forces soldier who loses his memory during a mission. The female protagonist discovers his amnesia. Genre: Historical fiction. Rating: 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

19. 19 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as the Male Lead’s Biological Sister: The 1980s 穿书成男主他亲妹后【八零】 Thorndike's White Rat桑代克的白鼠Modern Romance287k WordsCompleted When Jiang Chacha wakes up, she has gone from being a landlady who lies around collecting rent to a cash-strapped high school student in the 1980s. She has gone from a future pillar of socialist society to the male lead's younger sister in a period novel... Luckily, she has a Make-Money System. She can complete missions to earn cash and buy houses, so she can still become a landlady! As for the male and female leads? Who cares! 145Reads8.5Score189Shelves

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    Every single one of them is great, and the female lead is generally quite intelligent.

20. 20 六 The Sixties Spatial Realm: Raising Six Little Darlings on Supplies 六零空间：靠物资养活六个乖崽崽 Still in Love with the Old Country江山恋旧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (No romance + space System + everyday child-rearing + pets) At thirty-four, Xiao Tutu was enjoying a hot pot meal to celebrate finally getting her wish of retiring in comfort when she ate her way into another world! She went from being a carefree, early-retiring child of a mining magnate to a “second-generation miner” who had not only lost the family business but also gained a whole new set of responsibilities. She now had a mother and six nieces and nephews who were on the verge of starving to 23Reads9.2Score—Shelves
21. 21 惊 What?! The Cannon-Fodder of the 1970s Becomes a Millionaire Behind the Female Lead's Back 惊！七零年代炮灰背着女主成首富 Zhi Shishi枳实实Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [No Romance, heroine focuses entirely on her career, with family bonds and friendship] An IT girl was electrocuted to death. When she woke up, she found she had no father or mother, only a muddleheaded grandfather, and she had nearly been swindled out of her money and her virtue by a widow. Her background was tragic enough, but things got even worse when Shi Xin realized she hadn’t just been reborn: she had been reborn into a sweet romance novel. Unfortunately, Shi Xin wasn’t the heroine. She wa 406Reads7.9Score—Shelves
22. 22 牛 Amazing! The Strong Farm Girl Digs Up Ginseng and Strikes It Rich! 牛啦！大力女知青挖人参暴富啦！ Jiaqi佳奇Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A trinket that modern-day girl Yao Dongxue bought on a whim while shopping suddenly gave her access to a pocket dimension. But she discovered that she might not be the only one who had it. One night, she began watching the daily life of a girl from the 1970s who shared her name, all through her dreams. The girl had a happy family and was incredibly strong. Even in an era that Yao Dongxue considered harsh, she lived a happy life. For three years, Yao Dongxue watched her in her dreams every night. 9.8kReads8.9Score855Shelves
23. 23 七 1970s Pocket Dimension: I Won't Be the Wronged Little Sister-in-Law 七零空间：不做冤种小姑子 Xia Xixi夏西西Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Yu was reborn in a period novel as the Zhu family's unmarried aunt, who had remained single her entire life. Being unmarried wasn't the problem. The real issue was that Zhu Xiaoqin, the woman she'd become, had worked like a beast of burden for the Zhu family all her life, and in the end, there wasn't even anyone to see her off. The neighborhood committee had to arrange her funeral. How was that not completely ridiculous...? 4.2kReads8.5Score248Shelves
24. 24 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The 1970s’ Gossip-Loving Cannon Fodder 穿书七零吃瓜小炮灰 Nian Yi Qing Qing念亦清清Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted [New book recommendation: Reborn in the 1970s, the Sweet and Sassy Military Wife. Hope you all enjoy it!!!] Have you ever woken up and found yourself transmigrated? Have you ever been cannon fodder in two books at once? Lucky girl Lan Jiajia has experienced both. To avoid getting written out, she spends every day being a proper spectator, watching the male and female leads fall in love and munching on melon seeds. Then she takes the college entrance exam, buys a few houses, and ends up a happy s 109Reads8.5Score—Shelves
25. 25 七 The 1970s Cannon Fodder: The Real Heiress Is Sweet and Lovely 七零炮灰:真千金她又甜又美 Sen Dafu森大富Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fu Chunxiao brings her pocket dimension with her when she transmigrates into a baby in the 1960s, and her parents leave her at her maternal grandfather’s home. But before long, she’s abandoned in the mountains, where a tiger raises her. Years later, she discovers that she’s transmigrated into a rebirth novel set in her own era, and the heroine is actually her cousin, who stole her identity... Her cousin wants to use her foreknowledge to marry a rich, handsome man and reach the pinnacle of succes 343Reads7.9Score100Shelves
26. 26 张 Zhang Huan Never Goes Hungry or Thirsty in Hard Times 张环在艰苦年代吃喝不愁 Save Me a Spot帮我加个位Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Zhang Huan struggled to survive in the apocalypse for five years, ultimately sacrificing herself to protect the base. At long last, she gets a new life, but her birth parents are something else! Her father neglects his elderly parents and abandons his children, going off to war alone, then trading his success and fame for a new wife. Her mother is a workhorse who agrees to divorce without leaving the family home, dragging her daughter along to toil like an ox. Zhang Huan lets out a cold laugh an 42Reads8.8Score—Shelves
27. 27 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s to Live the Good Life 穿越七零姐是来享福的 Drawing Circles Round and Round圆圈画圆Modern Romance759k WordsCompleted Period setting + space + toxic heroine + no children + no supporting the poor + 1v6 + all male leads are untouched The heroine has a strong sense of entitlement. She’s a toxic woman: self-serving, polished, skilled at acting and lying, shameless, and morally questionable. Xu Chang’an is about to have her kidneys harvested when an explosion sends her into a parallel world. Good news: Her kidneys are still there. Bad news: The explosion killed her. Good news: She’s alive again. Bad news: It’ 6.7kReads8.9Score739Shelves

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    Anti-cliché period drama, no children, everyone is intelligent and quick-witted.

28. 28 黑 The Ungrateful Darling: My Husband’s Mistress Just Took Power, and Now She Wants a Divorce 黑心小棉袄：外室刚上位就要离婚 Jin Rui'er金瑞儿Modern Romance559k WordsCompleted The Grand Princess Who Guards the Nation was reborn in the Dragon Kingdom in 1947. After liberation, just as she was preparing to enjoy the good life with her father, he declared that her mother was a relic of feudalism, said he had found his true love, and announced that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. The Grand Princess scoffed to herself: “You dare threaten my interests? I’ll make you regret it!” 48.6kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves

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    This is so good! The content doesn't quite match the title; the female lead is a princess reincarnated, and none of her family members are simple! No melodrama, no idiocy, patriotic, and heartwarming! The romance is also good, the logic is clear, a rare gem! [Heart][Thumbs up]

29. 29 疯 The Unhinged Actress Goes to the Countryside as an Educated Youth in 1970 疯批女星穿到70下乡当知青 Cat Who Loves Fruit爱吃水果的猫Modern Romance454k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + supernatural abilities + miraculous doctor + no romance] Li Xiaoxiao, a modern actress from the bottom of the industry, transmigrates into the body of the least-favored youngest daughter of the Li family in the 1970s. Faced with her unfamiliar family, she promptly chooses to go down to the countryside. She plans to spend a few years in the countryside with her pocket dimension, waiting for the gaokao to return. Then, before the special economic zones are esta 595Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The first and second books are finished. The ending of the first one was a bit rushed, but it's still worth reading. The second one will make you laugh out loud. I'm still following the third one... And it's also very good...

30. 30 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves
31. 31 七 The Seventies Spatial Farm: The Educated Youth’s Wife Kicks People Again 七零空间，知青媳妇又踹人了 Farming South of the Mountain种田南山下Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted Keeping her distance from troublemakers, Han Qingci has a pocket dimension at her disposal. In the 1970s, she makes a few good friends, chooses someone to spend her life with, and enjoys a quiet, steady life. Those people and events gradually become her life. 11.3kReads9.1Score905Shelves
32. 32 葬 A Proposal at the Funeral: The Soldier Is a Commander 葬礼上求婚：兵哥哥是首长 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted The moment she opened her eyes, she had been reborn at her birth parents' funeral. She was an orphan burdened with debt, and someone was even pressuring her to marry on the spot. Luckily, her father's former comrade arrived in time, paid off the debt, and drove away the people trying to force her into marriage. But who could have guessed that this uncle, ten years older than her, would ask if she wanted to get married? What was going on?!! After asking him a barrage of questions, she learned tha 2.4kReads7.9Score297Shelves

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    [Requesting more updates!][Watching the drama unfold]

33. 33 七 Scientific Research in the 1970s: My Sweet Wife Faints Again 七零科研：小娇妻又晕倒了 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Rebirth + Period Setting + Military Marriage + Scientific Research + Pocket Space + Doctor + Married First, Love Later + Devoted Husband + Adorable Baby + Building Wealth + Patriotism Shen Zhixu accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a delicate young woman who shares her name. To make matters worse, she lives in the countryside. Spoiled by her parents since childhood, she would faint just from sitting in the sun. She was known throughout the village as its sickly beauty. When she open 1.5kReads7.2Score114Shelves
34. 34 七 The Pampered Heiress of 1970s Hong Kong Marries a Barren Officer and Has Two Babies in Three Years 七零港城娇女嫁绝嗣军官三年抱俩 Xijiang Ning西江宁Modern Romance435k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + heiress from Hong Kong City + marriage before love + a twist on infertility + two children in three years] Shi Lechu, a pampered capitalist heiress from Hong Kong City, fled with her family to the capital to escape a lecherous young master who was forcing her to marry him. Unfortunately, she was reported soon after arriving. The day before she was sent to the countryside, the cold-faced military officer Si Huaizhi cornered her against a wall. “I heard you need someone to marry. 1.3kReads—Score132Shelves
35. 35 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离 Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings椒盐鸡翅块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In 78kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves

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    This is a book that positively portrays female friendship. Shen Wu and Xu Yin, who were best friends, transmigrate into sisters-in-law. The seven brothers of the Lu family in Laoya Village are truly hidden talents, like the Seven Warring States. The various interesting things between the best friends and brothers are captivating.

36. 36 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: Starting Over in the Seventies 甜蜜军婚，我在七零年代重开啦 Nuo Yan糯颜Modern Romance826k WordsCompleted Jiang Zitong, a highly accomplished young woman who has just graduated in the modern era, unexpectedly finds herself reborn in the body of Lin Fang in the 1970s. In an age built on stacks of ration coupons, her parents force her to marry a soldier to pay off their debt. Faced with a reality where she needs a permit just to go out and coupons just to eat, she has no power to resist. She thinks she is in for a miserable life, but instead she unexpectedly finds a treasure of a family and husband, a 835Reads8.9Score101Shelves

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    In this book, the female lead is intelligent and has a cute personality at times, but she has a strong core and she and the male lead are a powerful duo.

37. 37 那 After That Night, the Sweet Young Educated Youth Clung to the Rough-Hewn Man and Demanded He Take Responsibility 那晚后，娇娇知青赖着糙汉要负责 A Leaf Flying Through Snow一叶飞雪Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Educated Youth + Crushing Scum + Sweet Romance + A More Powerful Assist Than a Pocket Dimension] A poor, rugged country boy from a landlord's family vs. a sweet, fair-skinned educated youth In her past life, the little rabbit watched helplessly as her benefactor was framed and thrown into prison. After his release, he endured endless humiliation and died alone in misery. Once she had mastered human form, the little fox decisively gave up a century of cultivation t 106Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    This is a completely different kind of period novel with a fresh theme. A lovestruck rabbit spirit sacrifices a hundred years of cultivation to repay a debt of gratitude and travels back to the late 1970s. She is good at flirting and pampering, quick-witted and decisive, and never a saint or a spoiled scumbag. The pace is fast and super exciting!

38. 38 渣 After My Scumbag Ex Was Stolen, I Thrived in the Military Compound 渣男被抢后我在军区大院蒸蒸日上 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Devoted, tough soldier husband + pampered heiress] [One couple, faithful to each other] Su Ying is reborn at nineteen, right at the scene where she catches someone cheating. Before anyone arrives, she makes a deal with the “other man” in front of her: they’ll get married. Next, she methodically kicks the scumbag to the curb, exposes her green-tea sister for what she is in front of everyone, and places a newspaper notice severing her mother-daughter relationship. In this new life, if you can go 17.9kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves

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    This one is also good [heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart] The female lead is very wise in life and quite intelligent in dealing with people.

39. 39 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Rough-Hewn Educated Youth Carries Me Home in His Mouth 重生80，糙汉知青叼我回家 A Little Panda一只小熊猫Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted Reborn in the cornfield where her fate had changed, Jiang Xiaoyou swiftly delivered a kick to the man trying to assault her, preventing the tragedy of her previous life. In this life, Jiang Xiaoyou would no longer be a pawn in someone else's hands. She was determined to live a brilliant life of her own. She'd tear apart the white lotus, face-slap the scumbag pretty boy, trample her awful relatives, and grind everyone who'd wronged her underfoot. In this life, she would protect her parents and en 218Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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    Take this one.

40. 40 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 14.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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    Double rebirth, no cheat codes.

41. 41 七 The 1970s: I Became the Female Supporting Character's Foil in a Period Novel 七零：穿成年代文女配对照组 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted A period drama about an independent female lead, with no golden finger! She passed the high school entrance exams, but her family wouldn’t let her attend. Instead, they sent her uncle’s daughter, who had never gotten along with her, to school. Short-tempered Lin Erxia erupted into a fight. After a furious scuffle, she passed out from anger. When she woke up, she realized she seemed to have transmigrated into a book... 12.5kReads9.0Score855Shelves

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    This is a transmigration story without any overpowered abilities or mindless hype. It's realistic and avoids excessive, reckless actions based on foresight. It focuses on showcasing oneself, using one's strengths to learn and influence family members, and avoids endless battles of wits and strength against difficult characters. Family members, including parents, are shown to be loving and human. There are also difficult characters who are dealt with with great satisfaction. A good read.

42. 42 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves

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    The historical novel I'm currently reading features a female protagonist with a system, and both the male and female leads break away from conventional tropes. The premise is fresh, and it's one of the few historical novels I've read where the female lead pursues a career in government. The author's writing is fluent, the characters are vividly portrayed, the logic is meticulous, and there are virtually no flaws.

43. 43 重 Reborn in 1970, the Village Heartthrob Pursues and Spoils Me 重生七零后，村草追着娇宠我 Xin Yi kiki辛夷kikiModern Romance426k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + getting even with scumbags + mutual devotion between two powerful leads + farming + space] After a life of misery, Shen Qing dies of illness and returns to the age of nineteen. On the first day of her rebirth, she face-slaps the scumbag and asks for a divorce. Can't go back to her birth family? No problem. She puts the awful people in their place, gets revenge on the scumbags, and uses her golden finger to quietly make a fortune. What? The village heartthrob everyone adores actually l 46Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend it!!!

44. 44 昼 The Relationship Between Day and Night 昼夜关系 Lan Sheng澜笙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Nan Zhi saw Fu Hanzhou again at her boyfriend’s party. What began between them was reckless, and what kept them together was surrender. A game for adults, a duel between two players. A dark game where no one makes it out alive. "Day and Night" 34kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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    The first book was also super good; I love this kind of lazy yet intelligent female lead.

45. 45 重 Reborn: Making the Most of My Youth 重生之不负韶华 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance3.9M WordsCompleted In 2019, 31-year-old Wen Ying had found some success in her career and was happily in love, making others envious. In 2004, 16-year-old Wen Ying was struggling at school, secretly in love with her dream guy, and having a miserable time. One day in 2019, Wen Ying woke up back in 2004. She was 16 again, writing furiously in the exam hall during her high school entrance exams... Given the chance to restart her life, Wen Ying refused to waste her youth or leave any regrets behind this time! 1.3kReads9.5Score134Shelves
46. 46 觉 Awakening in the 1970s: The Scheming Ones Fight Me for the Protagonist Role 觉醒七零：老六们跟我争夺当主角 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Guess who the original protagonist of this world really is + everyday family life + no awful characters + no face-slapping + watching the drama] Gu Dong was hit by a door, which awakened the memories of three lifetimes and happened to give her a not entirely useless golden finger. After learning that her husband, with whom she had shared a respectful marriage for years, would soon be sent away to the countryside, Gu Dong began making plans for the future. The two, who had been growing further a 321Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist awakens memories of three lifetimes—this is an illusion. She discovers the male protagonist is about to be demoted—this is real. It's a chaotic rural life story, a lighthearted tale of antagonists and face-slapping moments. While there are many plot devices with special abilities, they aren't emphasized.

47. 47 六 The 1960s: Even a Second Marriage Can Help Me Marry Up 六零年代：二婚也要攀高枝 Red Roses and Yellow Floribundas红玫瑰和黄月季Modern Romance712k WordsCompleted [Master of making promises, speaks each person’s language, only wants a good life for herself heroine X handsome, capable, rebellious, insecure, affection-starved hero] [Period setting + reborn + everyday family life + career] A shameful scandal has rocked Li Jia Village. Li Jinhe, who married into the city to live a life of comfort, has been divorced because she can’t have children. Her husband doesn’t want her anymore! Those who once envied her for marrying into the city now turn around and pi 11.9kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    I highly recommend this book! The female lead completely won me over with her charisma. It was also because of this book that I really wanted to read a period novel where the protagonist doesn't have children. If you know any, please recommend them! After reading this, I feel like I'll be in a reading slump for a long time. Many years ago, I finished a novel and was stuck for two months, unable to read anything else and unable to find a replacement. This book is exactly that feeling now. It's so meticulous, you have to scrutinize every word, reading every single one, not wanting to miss a single detail. It's a rare gem of a novel, not one of those typical ones; it's very unique.

48. 48 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26.6kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    No system, no space, logically sound, well-written.

49. 49 纨 The Spoiled Couple’s Mutual Admiration 纨绔夫妻互捧日常 Aconite on the Snow雪上一枝蒿Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Su Yu'an is forced to marry Jiang Qiyun, the eldest son of the Marquis of Rongyang and the leader of Kyoto's four notorious young lords. Everyone in Kyoto waits for the two of them to make fools of themselves, but instead, they see a couple constantly praising each other. Jiang Qiyun: My wife is clever and brilliant. She brings good fortune to her husband and keeps our home safe! Su Yu'an: My husband is as handsome as a jade tree, shielding me from wind and rain! Kyoto's nobles: Are you talking 18.3kReads9.1Score2.2kShelves

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    A very good book

50. 50 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves

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    The first novel's female protagonist is hilarious and narcissistic, always intelligent, and even in arguments, she has a bunch of aunties backing her up. The second novel is a bit more mundane, without much wit or drama, just ordinary meals and a simple life.

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