Looking for Period Novels Without Going to the Countryside 求年代文，不下乡的

1. 1 开 From the Start, I Inherited a Fortune and Lived It Up in the 1960s 开局继承遗产，我在六零躺赢 Nannan Who Loves Shredded Potatoes爱吃土豆丝的南南Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Jian Shu gained access to a pocket dimension. Having read countless novels, she immediately began stockpiling supplies in preparation for transmigrating or the apocalypse. A few years passed, and Jian Shu had all but forgotten about the idea. Then, when she woke up one day, she found herself in a different era. She had transmigrated to 1968. She was an orphan, but she had a large inheritance and no awful relatives to deal with. See how Jian Shu uses her pocket dimension to get rich in this e 14.8kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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   [Learned] [Learned] [Thinking] Age + Country + Space + Orphan + Getting Rich + Abusing Scum + Military Marriage

2. 2 睁 She Wakes Up in the 1960s! The Heiress Is Spoiled by a Powerful Military Officer 睁眼六零！千金娇女被军爷强势宠 Xilinran溪林染Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient beauty + doting soldier + sweet, flirtatious romance + connection across time] Shen Yunyao, the Prime Minister’s legitimate daughter, was framed and transmigrated to the 1960s. To survive in this era, Shen Yunyao swallowed her embarrassment and said to the first man she saw, “You can’t just seduce me and then abandon me.” Cheng Liyan looked at her with a complicated expression. He knew she had latched onto him. Captain Cheng returned from a mission to find himself married! His wife was 10.6kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves

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   🔥The heroine was the daughter of an ancient prime minister. She died and became an orphan in the 1960s in China. She was rescued from the wolf den by the hero and bought her a small bowl. Through the small bowl, Shen Yuyao could contact her ancient relatives and exchange supplies.

3. 3 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 127.7kReads9.3Score9.9kShelves

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   These two books didn't go to the countryside, and they are quite good.

4. 4 六 The 1960s: I Have a Guaranteed Job 六十年代，我有铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Courtyard life + family squabbles + everyday life + an ordinary woman's struggle + doting romance + raising kids] Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, and just a little golden finger. Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from another branch of the family over a job opening. She injures her forehead, but unexpectedly gains a System that gives her supplies whenever she checks in. She also finds a book, written by who knows what daydreamer. In the book, she and her two younger brothers all 18kReads8.5Score994Shelves

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   Those who don't go offline have a guaranteed job.

5. 5 穿 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 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 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 22.6kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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   [The 1970s + not going to the countryside + multiple systems + building a career + making the country strong through scientific research. Once she transformed into a borderline female supporting character from a period novel, and worked as an unemployed young man in a large state-owned factory, Shi Xia's heart was filled with turmoil. Good news: N systems are in hand. Bad news: These are all beta versions. It doesn't matter, I will take action. The male protagonist who failed in the blind date should not waste it, watch him go to the countryside and suffer; the Neptune who raised fish everywhere proposed, knelt down and cried behind bars; the inexplicable female protagonist lacked wisdom and casually reported and confiscated the treasure. Import and export commodity trade fairs, the introduction of major technology projects, key national defense and military industry projects, protecting precious national properties, and developing industries to help rural revitalization are the 70th stage of Shixia.

6. 6 重 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance715k WordsCompleted Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.3kReads7.3Score113Shelves

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   Both books are written by the same author. They don't go to the countryside and work in the city. After the heroine of Five Zero is reborn for revenge, she takes her family to live in the Northeast with a classic farm space. The Orphan Girl of Sixty has a kitchen sign + space. Some people said that this book was unfair at first, but after insisting on reading, you will find that it is a hug between two people for warmth. Neither book is the best, and will be handed over to the country later.

7. 7 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4.6kReads9.0Score414Shelves
8. 8 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 16.7kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves

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   Double life, no golden fingers

9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration: Everyone Knows I'm a Good Person 快穿：所有人都知道我是好人 Sweet Peach Peach Peach甜桃桃桃Modern Romance4.0M WordsOngoing Across three thousand small worlds, there are countless wicked women. Shu Jiao’s task is to make things right for the people whose lives were ruined by all kinds of wicked women. From then on... [World One: I’m a spendthrift? The nation will support me.] She’s kind, generous, patriotic, and beautiful. So what if she likes spending a little money? Let her have it! [World Two: The marquis’s daughter who lies all the time.] Lies? What lies? She’s so gentle and kind. How could she possibly lie? [Wor 127.1kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves

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   This is really beautiful (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ I've been chasing it for a long time

10. 10 手 I Traveled to the 1960s With the Script in Hand and Changed My Supporting Character's Fate 手握剧本穿六零，扭转炮灰人生 Nan Zhi Yi Yi南之以易Modern Romance749k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, military marriage, period setting, spatial storage, special abilities, food, medicine, farming] After surviving for three months in a world ravaged by mutations, Shen An'an was so hungry she couldn't take it anymore. She went out to look for food, but someone ambushed her and shoved her into the mouth of a man-eating flower. When she woke up, she discovered she'd transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a character who died right at the beginning. From the start, sh 1.5kReads7.8Score102Shelves

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    I like to read books about superpowers, and I also like to read books about superpowers and medical skills that complement each other. It just so happens that you have both. There is no top quality, and there is a little calculation in your kindness, which makes me love it even more. I don't know if my home is far from yours or whether the express delivery fee is expensive. If you don't update it, I will send you the razor blade!!!!!!

11. 11 穿 I Transmigrated to 1960 and Had No Food, So I Caught a Spy to Make Some Money 穿越六零没饭吃，抓个敌特换钱花 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Super-Strong Female Lead in a Period Setting: Strong, Strong, Strong] Xiang Nuan spent three years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. Now thirteen, she unexpectedly kicks the bucket and transmigrates to the late 1960s, into a poor working-class family. Her father couldn’t get a word out of him even if you beat him with three sticks, and he fretted over every little thing. Her mother was timid and submissive. She also loved having children, believing that the more children a family had, th 9.2kReads8.9Score959Shelves

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    The father of the country was taken away by his little sister

12. 12 中 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 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance562k WordsOngoing 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 29kReads8.2Score3kShelves

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    Chronicles, don't go to the countryside. Take the high school entrance examination in advance, get admitted to a technical secondary school, and be assigned a job.

13. 13 七 The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me 七零：首长家千金跟我是娃娃亲 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigration + grounded, everyday life Shi Yue never imagined that she would find love and family in another timeline, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. After testing positive for COVID, Shi Yue transmigrates to the parallel timeline of the 1970s, bringing along a hereditary pocket dimension. She plans to make a little money by taking advantage of the college entrance exams and the wave of reform, then settle down to a peaceful life. But it turns out she is the long-lost dau 460Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    It's a 1970s novel that doesn't involve going to the countryside or working in the black market. It's good-looking, not disturbing, the plot is not outrageous, the daily routine is not exaggerated, and it is warm and plain.

14. 14 穿 A 1970s Wedding, Then Love 穿到七零，先婚后爱真香了 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted A period-life experience package somehow sent An Hao to the legendary 1970s, where she became a pitiful girl relying on a favor to seek shelter with her future in-laws. To save herself, An Hao signed an agreement with a man: they would divorce in two years, and then she could spread her wings and fly. Lin Feng was the military district’s most popular young officer. After one trip home, he became a married man. Supposedly, it was an arranged childhood betrothal. But was the little potato in front 48Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 年 Family Life in the Years: I Absolutely Refuse to Go to the Countryside 年代之家长里短绝不下乡 It's Ningmeng, Not Ningmeng是柠萌不是柠檬Modern Romance269k WordsCompleted Zhou Xiaoya was an ordinary girl from the twenty-first century who unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel she’d stayed up all night reading, becoming the original heroine’s “delivery girl”!!! Thinking of how hard the original heroine had it when she was sent to the countryside, and remembering that she couldn’t tell chives from scallions, Zhou Xiaoya secretly vowed that she would never, ever go to the countryside in this life!!!! (PS: The novel is set in a fictional world. The original h 1kReads6.3Score100Shelves

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    Zhou Xiaoya, an ordinary girl in the 21st century, accidentally transmigrated into a period novel she stayed up late to read, and became the "delivery person" of the heroine of the original novel!!!🌹🌹🌹 Thinking of how miserable the original heroine was when she went to the countryside in the novel, and then thinking of how stupid she couldn't tell the difference! Zhou Xiaoya, who had traveled through time, secretly swore that she would never go to the countryside in this life!!!!

16. 16 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 19.2kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves

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    [You taste it carefully] [You taste it carefully] [You taste it carefully] ① On the first day Lin Xiangnan traveled across the country, his family had a huge quarrel about going to the countryside. At the beginning: Isn't it just to go to the countryside? She has hundreds of millions of supplies in her space, but she is still worried that she will not be able to do well in the countryside? After helping her second grandpa to hoe the land for two days: It is impossible to go to the countryside. She is just indolent, lazy and greedy, and can't bear any hardship! ② Yang Yuan: What? Going to the countryside? Impossible, absolutely impossible. I'm just lazy, greedy, indolent, and want to take advantage of myself. What's wrong with me? I'm just a fool. Isn't that what I do to others?

17. 17 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 26.9kReads9.3Score2.4kShelves
18. 18 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 42.6kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
19. 19 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 33.7kReads9.0Score2.6kShelves
20. 20 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: A Leisurely Life 快穿年代，悠闲生活 Gong Yu Who Likes Huai Beans喜欢槐豆的宫宇Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted [Period fiction] [Quick transmigration/slow transmigration] [Sign-in System, no missions] [Portable personal space] [Romance, pairing not fixed] Once carried along by the demands of everyday life, a diligent girl followed the familiar nine-to-five routine. Then an unexpected accident broke her out of that established rhythm and sent her into an unfamiliar era. The mornings and evenings of her old life fell far behind, as a whole new chapter of her story slowly unfolded. Volume One: A Young Farm 7.7kReads8.4Score698Shelves

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    Instead of going to the countryside, the heroine lives in the city

21. 21 搬 I Cleared Out the Family Assets Before Divorcing, and the Cold-Faced Officer Lost His Cool 搬空家产去离婚，冷面军少红了眼 Luo Yin in Blue Robes青衫洛隐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Rebirth] [Military Marriage] [Mystic Spring Space] [Marriage Before Love] [Revenge on Scum] [Mutual Firsts] [Face-Slapping] Xie Chaoyun had a miserable life in her previous life. After her foster parents went to the countryside, her so-called biological parents took her in. Not only did they seize all her property, they also sold her to human traffickers. In the end, she died a horrible death in Little Black Mountain Village. Consumed by boundless hatred, she was reborn. This 41.9kReads8.4Score4.3kShelves

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    Military marriage, simple family arrangements, warm

22. 22 腹 My Abs-Showing Soldier Won't Leave Me Alone, and the Seventies Are Filled with Passion 腹肌兵哥缠人，在七零日日笙歌 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 32.3kReads9.2Score3.9kShelves

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    🐬The heroine doesn't go to the countryside, she has an easy job in the city, her parents are also employed, her brother is a soldier, and the hero is his brother's good brother. He fell in love with the heroine at first sight. The heroine has space but is not a virgin.

23. 23 穿 I Was Reborn as the Most Hated Girl in the 1970s, So I Married an Officer with My Pocket Dimension 穿成七零万人嫌，带着空间嫁军官 Luo Yin in Blue Robes青衫洛隐Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + military marriage + pocket dimension + putting scumbags in their place + bratty beauty + marriage first, love later] Chu Yueyue from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of a lazy glutton from the 1970s who even schemed to seduce a man into her bed. The moment she opens her eyes, she can tell everyone here wishes she were dead. But she’s already died once because of her unscrupulous boss, and she absolutely cannot die this time! Everyone in the village 5.9kReads8.0Score418Shelves

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    You can take a look, it's pretty good

24. 24 穿 After I Transmigrated, Shi Yu's Life Went into Cheat Mode! 穿越后，时雨的开挂人生！ Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance759k WordsCompleted Shi Yu was a 25-year-old genius neurosurgeon from the 22nd century. Because of an antique ring decorated with plum blossoms, she traveled to the 1970s and woke up in the body of a nineteen-year-old girl with the same name. From then on, in that revolutionary era, Shi Yu used her knowledge of the future and her medical skills to build herself an unstoppable life! Her new family even spoiled her like a princess. There are no awful villains causing trouble and no backstabbing, just inspiration, gro 4.2kReads8.5Score594Shelves
25. 25 戎 Half a Lifetime on the Battlefield 戎马半生 Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance725k WordsCompleted A female assassin in her past life, a female soldier in this one. What kind of brilliant life will someone who has turned from darkness toward the light create? She never married in her past life. In this one, she meets the finest male officer in the entire military region. When two formidable people meet, what kind of love and hate will unfold? 2.9kReads8.5Score322Shelves
26. 26 捡 I Picked Up a Handsome Soldier, and He Spoils Me Like a Princess 捡个帅兵哥把我宠成公主 Beiqi Baby贝齐宝贝Modern Romance635k WordsCompleted After winning an antique ring at auction, Tao Ranran, a 21st-century surgical expert, had her soul transported to a special era. To her surprise, the ring turned out to contain an incredible space. She used it to build her fortune in that era and bring the nation's medical development forward by decades. She even found herself a handsome soldier king for a husband! 4.7kReads9.1Score489Shelves
27. 27 重 Reborn Tour Guide Strikes It Rich! 重生导游来吸金！ Le Muxi乐沐昔Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Tour guide Ji Luoyi’s tour bus plunges into a reservoir on the way back from dropping off her group. When she opens her eyes, she has been reborn as Luo Yi, a high school student in 2002. The thought of going through high school all over again gives her a headache. Her parents were tricked into going abroad for work and haven’t been heard from in years, while her relatives are constantly picking on her, unable to stand seeing her do well. Ji Luoyi thinks, “I had a house, a car, and a cat-son, an 77Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A female tour guide as smart and wise as Xia Xiaolan starts a new model of the era

28. 28 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, Watch Me Take Down the Wicked Female Lead 穿书后，看我如何干翻恶毒女主 Yu Mizhou于米粥Modern Romance622k WordsOngoing The rating just came out; it’ll go up later. [Everyday family life, a laid-back heroine who sometimes has a soft heart and learns from her mistakes. There’s a System, a pocket dimension, and a job. She doesn’t go to the countryside.] Su Jiahui fell asleep and transmigrated. She never expected that, as an only child, she would end up in a large family with many children, and be the least favored one of all. After awakening her System, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. And of 2.9kReads6.0Score175Shelves

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    Don't go to the countryside, have a job

29. 29 六 A Scheming Couple's Daily Bickering in the Sixties 六零腹黑夫妻互怼日常 Xuanhan Bao'er萱涵宝儿Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [1960s Era + Light Ensemble Cast + Crime Solving + Whirlwind Marriage + Guiding Romance] In the 1960s, unsolved cases shrouded the land in mystery. He Xinghua, a policewoman from the countryside, and Lu Yanping, a criminal investigation chief, were not only husband and wife, but also partners in the line of duty. From a rural courtyard to city housing for government cadres, and from sorting through case files to confronting the most baffling criminal minds, they embarked together on a new caree 1.3kReads8.0Score132Shelves
30. 30 太 The Empress Dowager's Shopping Empire: Her Majesty's Domestic Brands Are Flying Off the Shelves 太后带货：哀家的国货爆单了 Mengxi Sifan梦溪思凡Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted Other people transmigrate with a System. Empress Dowager Cixi transmigrates with debt! The moment she opens her eyes, collection calls are flooding in, rent is three days overdue, and the previous owner has been cursed out so badly for selling shoddy goods that her livestream was shut down. At this critical moment, the “Redemption Sales System” binds to her, unlocking a portable space just like the one in the Palace Museum! Palace beauty creams, lost intangible cultural heritage recipes, tribute —Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    Cixi's article on bringing goods was recommended on Tomato Bookstore, and I was absolutely amazed!

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