Period Novels About Female Leads Working in the Countryside and the City 女主在农村在城里工作的年代文
Translated by GPT-6 Luna
In this list
Reader notes translated by Google Translate
79
-
51
Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶,我回农村混得风生水起
Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was
314Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
52
Rust and Blossoms 铁锈与繁花
1990s + inspirational realism + female awakening + a determined comeback + making a life far from home + workplace transformation + family ties + sincere romance + friendly neighbors At seventeen, she never imagined that the peachwood talisman her mother pressed into her palm would accompany her through so many storms: from the crowded sleeper cars of a green train to the fluorescent-lit workshop of an electronics factory; from an old night-school building overgrown with ivy to the desk in her o
573Reads—Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
53
Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零,发现我妈是大绿茶
[Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to
10.9kReads7.3Score724Shelves
-
54
A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生
Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei
341Reads6.4Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
55
The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花,专治各种不服
[Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer
1.1kReads6.8Score177Shelves
-
56
The 1970s: After the Breakup, I Marry My Ex's Uncle 七零:分手后,我改嫁前对象小叔
(Period setting + pocket dimension + marriage first, love later + face-slapping scum + sweet romance + family life) Heroine: Speaks her mind, fierce and sharp-tongued, and never afraid to speak up or throw a punch. Hero: Speaks, but says little. Dotes on his wife, does whatever she says, and is cold on the outside but warm-hearted underneath. (Romance takes a back seat, but when it’s there, he dotes on her nonstop.) Su Manman, a space-wielding esper from the apocalypse, died in a battle against
8kReads8.5Score709Shelves
Reader note
-
57
Transmigrating to the Eighties: My Husband and Kid Are Both Jealous Types 穿越八零老公和崽崽都是醋精
[Period Setting + Kids + Gourmet + Farming + Building Wealth] Mu Xixi, a young woman of the new era, has just graduated and is about to return to her hometown to help revitalize the countryside. On the way home, one misstep leads to a lifetime of regret: she tumbles down a mountain and somehow winds up in the 1980s. She transmigrates into the body of a lazy, greedy, foolish, wicked woman, and there’s a poor little one to care for, too. Luckily, she has the golden finger every transmigrator needs
230Reads8.0Score—Shelves
-
58
The Eighties: After Refusing to Get a Zero, I Made It into College 八零,拒考零分后,高考上岸
Yu Xiaoxiao was a poor student. She wasn't much good at studying, and her job was only so-so. She had no great ambitions in life. All she wanted was a job where she could slack off and live like a couch potato until retirement. Then, without warning, she found herself in the 1980s. With no particular talents to speak of, Yu Xiaoxiao was at a loss. She had no idea how to survive in such a harsh and unforgiving era. In the end, she chose the hardest path of all. A poor student to begin with, she s
7.9kReads8.9Score490Shelves
-
59
Period: The Strongwoman and Her Virtuous Husband 年代:大力女和她的贤良夫
[Super strength + marriage first, love later + no relocation to the countryside + a good job + siheyuan] Good news: Lu Zhenzhen, who was killed by one swipe of a mutated tiger in the apocalypse, wasn't quite dead. She was reborn in another world. Bad news: She was reborn in the world of a novel, and didn't even qualify as the second female lead. The author had deliberately made her a hapless punching bag to make the protagonists shine! Knowing full well she was the hapless one, Lu Zhenzhen immed
2kReads7.4Score154Shelves
-
60
Third Uncle's Niece 三大爷的外甥女
She transmigrates into a courtyard house in the 1950s and becomes the Third Master's niece. She changes the lives of the Third Master and his family, ensuring that he and his wife are cared for in their old age and no longer so miserly. They live happily ever after.
576Reads6.4Score115Shelves
-
61
Reborn in the 1960s: I Strike It Rich with My Farm 重生六零,我靠农场钱多多
Qian Duoduo was completely confused. What was going on? How had she ended up here overnight? It was freezing cold, cold enough to kill! She looked down at her red quilted jacket with tiny flowers and her miniature hands. Could she have become one of the transmigration brigade? If she had to transmigrate, couldn’t she have landed somewhere nicer? Winters in the Northeast could freeze you to death. But why did that older boy from the east end of the village keep hanging around her? Did he know she
676Reads8.0Score104Shelves
-
62
Reborn in the 1980s: The Lovely Beauty Becomes the Commander's Wife 重生八零:娇美人成首长太太
[Military Marriage + Cozy Everyday Life] In her previous life, Xu Weilan was framed by her stepsister and married off to a rough country boy, while her stepsister took her place and married into a military family in the compound. After they married, the country boy went into business and became a famous tycoon. Xu Weilan became a wealthy wife, riding around in a car and living in a Western-style mansion. Women all over the city envied her. But her stepsister was left alone in an empty house. Q
1.5kReads8.9Score196Shelves
-
63
In 1970, I Married a Handsome Divorced Officer 七零年,我嫁给了离婚帅军官
Period drama + military marriage + stern military officer + pocket dimension + family life + farming Tang Yaoyao is an utterly ordinary office worker. By a twist of fate, her soul is mistakenly taken, and the underworld sends her to the 1970s to make amends. She plans to quietly farm at home and wait for the college entrance exams to resume. But when she goes to help a fellow military wife through her postpartum confinement, she meets an incredibly handsome senior officer next door. Too bad he's
7.5kReads8.5Score765Shelves
-
64
The 1970s: I'm Done Being Cannon Fodder 七零之炮灰不干了
Lu Xining woke up one day to find that she had become a cannon-fodder supporting female character with the same name in a novel set in a bygone era. The story was about Zhao Zhizhi, the village brigade leader's daughter. In her previous life, Zhao married a commune official, had three children with him, and was then abandoned. Reborn, she took revenge on the scumbag and married the male lead, a young intellectual, and they lived happily ever after. As for Lu Xining, she was the cannon fodder who
234Reads7.6Score—Shelves
-
65
Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s and Take the Mall with Me to Join the Army 穿书七零带上商城去随军
You can transmigrate just by stepping into thin air? That's something else! An Su Su opened her eyes and discovered that she had transmigrated into the body of a supporting female character with the same name in the very book she'd been reading. Just yesterday, she'd been complaining to her roommate about what a piece of work this character was, saying she must have rocks in her head and that she'd never live like her, constantly getting criticized behind her back. How could anyone be happy that
3.8kReads8.2Score584Shelves
-
66
You Want to Marry the Only Daughter of a Cadre? Fine! I’ll Marry a Young Officer Instead 你要娶干部独女?行!我改嫁军少
Space + scum-bashing + feel-good story + military marriage + joining the army spouse + raising kids Reading guide: Marriage first, love later. Romance takes center stage early on, then the focus shifts to building a career. Xiang Sinong has fists of iron and a dangerously short temper. She brings a supermarket space with her when she is reborn as the only girl in eight generations of the Xiang family in the 1970s. What’s it like to have four older brothers? Someone always has your back in a figh
1.3kReads8.4Score183Shelves
-
67
Transmigrate to the Famine Years: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越饥荒之路人甲的生活日常
[Caution: This is not wish-fulfillment. The characters are all flawed. The tone is dark and realistic, and the setting is an alternate fictional world. Much of the content is invented, so read with care if that bothers you.] [Historical era + Transmigrating into a book + Politics] She transmigrates into a scrawny child during a famine. By the time Xu Lele struggles through childhood and her life starts getting better, you tell her this is a sweet romance about a transmigrator sent to the country
10.2kReads7.4Score409Shelves
-
68
The 1970s: Smooth Sailing and Happy Days 七零年代:顺风顺水好日子
One day, Zhao Manyi suddenly realizes she was born into a different era. Wait, isn’t that woman across the way the heroine from the TV drama The Virtuous Daughter-in-Law that I watched with the old folks in my family as a kid? And that lovely young neighbor, praised by all the aunties as capable and virtuous, able to handle everything inside and out, turns out to be the exact opposite of me, the hapless foil who can’t lift a finger or shoulder a load!!! The reborn army-wife heroine, the hardw
14.6kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
-
69
Awakened in the 1970s: With My Own Space, What Have I to Fear? 年代土著觉醒,我有空间我怕啥
[1960s + Native Awakening + Upgradeable Space + Sweet Romance] Xu Suian grew up safe and sound until she was sixteen. One day, her cousin pushed her over, and she hit her head. A heavenly book appeared in her mind, and she learned that she was merely her cousin's cannon-fodder foil. Her cousin, the heroine, is kind and resilient. She reforms her parents, who favor sons over daughters, escapes her awful grandmother and other parasitic relatives, marries a government official, and has adorable chi
4.5kReads6.9Score281Shelves
-
70
With a Pocket Dimension, the Young Couple Bravely Takes on the 1960s 手握空间,小夫妻勇闯六零
Transmigration / 1960s / Personal space / Married couple / Raising kids Zhang Tingting and her husband, Guo Jun, join forces and bring their personal space with them as they brave the 1960s. They fulfill their dream of having and raising a big family, use the supplies in their space to get through the famine years, and build a happy life together.
2.2kReads8.2Score157Shelves
-
71
The 1970s: Reborn for Another Chance 70年代,重生再来一次
Synopsis: Reborn in the 1970s + everyday life raising children + joining the army family + cozy daily life + college entrance exams + starting a business Lin Xin arrives in the 1970s with a portable space. She goes to the Gu family and takes the place of the original owner, caring for three children. Life in Dahe Village mainly revolves around the Gu family's everyday affairs. A series of events unfold as she joins the army family and raises children. The college entrance exams resume in 1977. I
318Reads—Score—Shelves
-
72
Period: A Sweet Kid-Raising Diary 年代:养甜崽记事本
[Period setting + alternate history + farming + raising kids + devoted husband + cozy daily life + making a fortune] Shen Anning raises children, geese, and fish. She wears so many hats she never gets a moment's rest, and sometimes she goes around the village with a bamboo switch, “chasing” people. Chasing what? The kids! The geese! Daily life: Shen Anning, holding a bamboo switch: “I heard someone was causing trouble.” Hao: “We didn't do anything!” Yao: “It definitely wasn't me!” Zhou Mingze: “
1.2kReads8.6Score108Shelves
-
73
The Capitalist-Era Educated Youth Is Highly Enlightened, Winning Big by Serving the Nation 资本知青觉悟高,为国效力赢麻了
[1970s + transmigrate into a book + military marriage + special abilities + love after marriage + devoted husband + family life + joining the army + building wealth] Su Mo, a dual-ability user, discovered that she had transmigrated into a book. She'd become the cannon-fodder character who gave the heroine her start-up funds, and she was supposed to die right from the start. Even after dying, she'd be dragged out of the heroine's memories again and again to serve as a foil, with the destruction o
71.1kReads9.3Score7.1kShelves
-
74
A 1970s Army Officer Is Forced to Marry, but His Whole Family Spoils Her 七零军官被迫娶妻,奈何全家宠爆
[Alternate world + transmigration + pocket dimension + military marriage + cozy daily life + sweet romance + devoted couple] A family of three sets out on a road trip, but how did she end up alone in the barren countryside of the 1970s? Where are her parents? Spoiled since childhood, Qiao Anxi is completely at a loss. Her original body's so frail that she clearly can't carry heavy loads or do hard labor. What is she supposed to do? Oh, it looks like she got a handsome soldier fiancé thrown in, t
5.1kReads8.7Score578Shelves
-
75
A Military Marriage in the 1960s: Farming and Raising Kids 六零军婚:种田养崽日常
[Military romance in the 1960s] [Takes down the original novel's leads] [Family and village life] [Beloved by all] [Leads the villagers to prosperity] [Self-interest comes first] Jiang Muyao transmigrates into a book. Her character is a disposable villainess in the 1960s, just after years of famine. She's used until every bit of value has been wrung from her, then abandoned. Right from the start, she sends the original male lead to haul manure, steals the original female lead's spotlight, and ev
5kReads8.8Score300Shelves
-
76
A Widow Remarries in the 1970s 七十年代之寡妇再嫁
At twenty-four, Qiao Dani became a widow with two children, known throughout the brigade as one of its poorest households. At thirty, Lin Hengjue fell from the heights overnight. The distinguished Professor Lin, once admired for his elegance and brilliance, became one of the notorious “Black Categories” whom everyone in the cowshed avoided like snakes and scorpions. People kept urging her to remarry. Qiao Dani finally hardened her heart, stamped her foot, and marched into the cowshed to ask Li
11.1kReads9.3Score934Shelves
Reader note
-
77
The Courtyard Compound: The Warmth of Everyday Life 大杂院:人间烟火气
[Period setting + family drama + everyday life] If you're young and inexperienced, take this as a warning and steer clear. This book probably isn't for you. It has none of the usual wish-fulfillment tropes and no imaginary cheat powers. It's simply an ordinary story about people in northern China. [No transmigration, no System, no pocket dimension, no being reborn, and none of the modern-novel elements you know.] It records the ordinary life of a northern town in the 1980s, capturing the memorie
9.3kReads9.1Score857Shelves
-
78
Wang Mingzhen Reborn in 1997 王明贞重生一九九七
(The rating has only just come out and will rise, so please ignore it.) The heroine is reborn and resolves to become the person she wants to be. Who knew an unexpected turn would bring her face-to-face with the big shot from her previous life? He’s volatile, clingy, and always on the verge of tears. She has no choice but to take him along as she rises to the top. When Wang Mingzhen learns she can’t have children, she wants to break up. She tells Gu Xizhou, “Gu Xizhou, I want you to be happy. Do
122Reads6.4Score—Shelves
Reader note
-
79
A Young Couple in the 1950s 五零年代小夫妻
A purely warm, relaxing, and healing story. Life is hard enough already, so I just want to read something comforting that doesn't take much thought. Happiness is hard to come by in real life. I'm not very familiar with the specific historical period, so the details may not stand up to scrutiny. Please bear with me. They met through a matchmaking arrangement. They spent some time getting to know each other. Lin Tang: We're not right for each other. Pei Xu: Let's get married. Lin Tang: ? Afte
—Reads—Score—Shelves
Other lists with Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside