Looking for Period Stories Where the Heroine Has a Job and Can Collect Multiple Paychecks 年代文，女主有工作可以领好多份工资

1. 51 六 My Husband Is a Factory Director in the Sixties 六零年代之我的老公是厂长 A Pair of Ears一双耳朵Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted [Beautiful, Sweet-Natured Heroine VS Handsome, Devoted Hero] [Pocket Dimension] After Qiao Manman faints from hunger and wakes up, the plot awakens in her mind. It turns out she is living inside a book called A Loving Wife’s Daily Life in the Sixties. The male lead, Gu Huai, is her husband, whom she fell in love with freely in high school. The heroine, Jian Ting, is the younger sister of her husband’s coworker. She falls in love with him at first sight, cares for him after his divorce, and event 14.3kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
2. 52 七 The 1970s: My Educated Youth Husband and I Rise Up with a Study System 七零，和知青丈夫靠学习系统逆袭 You Mingzi有命子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration and rebirth + study System + family life + cozy, sweet romance + happy ending + adorable, reluctant-to-study heroine VS thrifty, gentle, educated male lead] Liu Yufei was an office drone in the twenty-first century. She died while trying to help someone and was reborn as the youngest daughter of the Old Liu family in the 1970s. The very next day, she had to go gather pigweed with her nephews. Who could have guessed that she’d be worse at it than the kids? For the sake of a better 9.5kReads8.7Score95114d adds
3. 53 六 The 1960s: I Became the Protagonist's Vicious Eldest Sister-in-Law 六十年代之我是主角的恶毒大嫂 Chubby Rice Ball瘦瘦的圆子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [1960s + cozy everyday life + workers + building a fortune + raising children later on] Huang Qinqin was given her name because her parents hoped she would grow up diligent and hardworking. But things didn't turn out as they had hoped. The Huang family has three siblings, and her parents and two older brothers are all hardworking. Huang Qinqin, meanwhile, is famous far and wide for being lazy! People in the steel factory's residential compound have always said the Huangs were crazy to spend mone 11kReads7.7Score81814d adds
4. 54 穿 After Transmigrating Into a Book, the Beautiful Educated Youth Elopes with an Officer and Joins the Army 穿书后，美人知青闪婚军官随军了 Take a Bite of Kitten Ears咬一口小猫耳朵Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into a book + spirit spring + military marriage + everyday family life] After spending more than twenty years as a rich heiress, Wen Ranran woke up to find herself in a novel set in a bygone era, as an educated youth who had just been sent to the countryside. The original owner wasn't even cannon fodder. She appeared only twice in the entire story, with no introduction or conclusion. She had a surname but no given name, just a pretty, utterly forgettable passerby. Well, if she ha 12.7kReads8.6Score1.4k14d adds
5. 55 八 In the 1980s, I Opened a Supermarket in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative 八零之我把超市开进供销社 Little Water-Spirit Junior Sister水灵小师妹Modern Romance186k WordsOngoing [1980s + career + transmigrate and be reborn to turn her life around + glow-up + System + face-slapping] Lin Xiao transmigrates into the body of a downtrodden girl in the 1980s. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and even buying a bottle of soy sauce earns her an eye-roll from the supply cooperative clerk. She immediately binds herself to the [Modern Supermarket System]: Open and lit 24 hours a day, with unlimited products and discounts on bulk purchases. The supply co 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Both of these books are about female protagonists who have jobs and earn money through their own efforts.

6. 56 芳 Dreams Forged in Youth 芳华铸梦 Little Water-Spirit Junior Sister水灵小师妹Modern Romance224k WordsOngoing (Period drama) + (family life) + (college entrance exams) + (pure romance) In 1975, Lin Mengyao is a 20-year-old worker at a cotton mill. For three years in a row, she applies to go to university. For three years in a row, someone with connections takes her place. Her father lays bricks to support her. Her mother coughs blood and dies, hoping only that her daughter will get into university and change her fate. But the spot goes to someone else, and she is the one who gets mocked. She refuses to 4Reads—Score—14d adds
7. 57 随 After My Father Married into Her Family, the Fake Sweetheart Became the Compound's Favorite 随父入赘后，假娇软成家属院团宠 Green Ink Song青墨歌Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Ning Ruanruan is reborn, back to the time before her family is sent away to the countryside. In her previous life, she followed her mother into a new marriage with a family of doctors. Their life looked good on the surface, but she was abused for years. Just when she was finally old enough to marry and leave, they married her off to an old man to keep her quiet. He kept a close eye on her and wouldn’t let her talk about what happened. Reborn before the family is sent away, she decides, when her 32kReads7.3Score2.6k14d adds

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   While others are reborn to seek revenge and punish scum, the female protagonist is reborn to send her father into a marriage alliance, directly reaching the pinnacle of life.

8. 58 重 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.8kReads6.3Score29114d adds

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   A must-read for anyone experiencing a reading slump: "Tremble, 1980!" A story of rebirth in 1980, a research genius, and a high-powered villain! A max-level master returns with overwhelming force, rising from a scourge of the compound to an unparalleled national hero! A crushing defeat, constant face-slapping—it's so satisfying you won't want to stop! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Laughing][Laughing][Sending hearts] [Sending hearts]

9. 59 重 Reborn as a Top-Tier Star Heiress: The Rich Fight Over Me 重生商界顶流千金：豪门疯抢 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Revenge against scumbags + forced possession + reborn heroine + romantic rivals competing] [Sweet-faced, scheming seductress × unhinged heir / abstinent CEO / rugged military king / refined but depraved bureau chief / financial predator] [In her past life, she was abandoned by her own family, betrayed by the one she loved, and bullied and framed, until she lost her reputation and died with bitterness in her heart!] [Reborn in the year 2000, Li Muan returns from the ashes with memories steeped i 661Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This is absolutely an underrated gem! It uses the simplest language to explain the most profound truths, and you'll benefit greatly from reading it.

10. 60 陷 Fallen Rose: The Dark Moon and Her Counterattack 陷落玫瑰：黑月光与她的反杀局 Light-Sugar Jinjin微糖金金Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Revenge Against Scum] [Forced Possession] [Awakening to Her True Identity] [Rivalry for Her Affections] [One Woman, Four Men] [Sweet on the Outside, Dark and Scheming on the Inside, a Seductive Strategist × Her Possessive Adoptive Brother / Abstinent CEO / Gentle Young Nobleman / Capitalist Predator] ▲ Her true identity awakens, and a bloody revenge begins Abandoned at an orphanage as a child, she was later molded by the Song family into a tool for a marriage alliance. She bides her time, turni 337Reads—Score—14d adds
11. 61 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted 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 44.4kReads9.5Score5k14d adds
12. 62 渣 My Scumbag Husband Tricked Me Into Marriage? I Bring a Century of Research to Marry a Powerful Young Master 渣夫骗婚？我携百年科研转嫁权少 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so a low score is normal.) [Rebirth · military marriage | wild and sensual / age gap | possessive | explosive sexual tension] “Report! Your ex-wife’s patent has our entire military by the throat!” He scoffed, until fighter jet production halted and missile supplies ran dry. Only then did he realize she could hold the nation’s lifeline in the palm of her hand! … Reborn on her wedding day, she was asked to give up the bridal suite for his first love? Jiang Youli smiled. “S 1.1kReads6.5Score11014d adds

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    Looks good! (*´ω`*)

13. 63 八 Fiery and Bold, This 1980s Bride Is Too Much for Her Cold-Blooded Officer 八零娇媳野又辣，冷酷军官顶不住 A Leaf Falling in the Rain一叶落雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book · Military marriage · Pocket dimension | Wild and sensual | Possessive | Off-the-charts sexual tension] A top modern beauty and executive is reborn as the real daughter who was forced to die over a pound of pork? She doesn’t accept this fate! … She tears up the script. She’s the female lead now Her vicious grandmother tries to sell her off for a bride price? She turns the tables, sending her off with silver bracelets and a village-wide parade! The fake white-lotus daugh 2.3kReads—Score22714d adds

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