Period Novels Where the Female Lead Doesn’t Bail Out Her Family, Have Lots of Children, Go to the Black Market, or Take Over Someone Else’s Mess 女主不扶贫，不多胎，不去黑市，不接盘的年代文

1. 801 被 Sold to Harbor City: The Little Girl Takes on the Mob Boss 被卖港城：小萝莉逆袭黑老大 Mo Xun墨鲟Modern Romance431k WordsOngoing [1960s Hong Kong + Apocalypse Rebirth + Spatial Powers + Strong Female Lead + Multiple Male Leads Dote on Her + Face-Slapping and Scumbag-Bashing + Revenge and Business Warfare] Shu Yao, a top psychic powerhouse from the apocalypse, suddenly transmigrates into 1960s Hong Kong, becoming a sixteen-year-old girl sold off by her gambling-addict father. Beneath her sweet, delicate exterior lies a ruthless soul that acts decisively. From the start, trapped on a remote island by human traffickers, she 64Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Independent heroine with strong personality and charm

2. 802 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: I Become a Military Wife with Superpowers 穿越八零：我带异能当军花 Mo Xun墨鲟Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted [1980s + Reborn in the Apocalypse + Daughter of a Military Family + True and Fake Heiress + Power Fantasy + Harem of Male Leads Who Dote on Her + Sweet Romance, No Angst + Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place] Pei Qingyao, a top commander of an apocalypse base, transmigrates in an instant with dual psychic and plant abilities, becoming the true heiress raised in luxury by a military family in 1980. From the start, she tears apart the vicious fake heiress. With her apocalyptic combat 85Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 803 七 A Miao Healer Joins the Army in the 1970s: The Regiment Commander Dotes on His Young Wife 七零苗医随军：团长娇宠小媳妇 Thunderclap 1霹雳1Modern Romance835k WordsCompleted [1970s + Army Wife + Miaojiang Poison Medicine + Pocket Space Golden Finger + Iron-Blooded Tough Guy + Sweet Romance and Healing + Satisfying Comeuppance] Miao Xiuxiu, a top poison doctor in the post-apocalyptic world, wakes up in a Miao village in Guizhou in 1975. She's become a poor orphan whose uncle's family is scheming to marry her off to a lazy man in exchange for a bride price. She stands up to her awful relatives on the spot and uses her poison-medicine skills to escape. The silver brace 530Reads5.2Score111Shelves
4. 804 八 The Miaojiang Gu Witch of the Eighties: Slay Evil Gu and Marry a War Hero 八零苗疆蛊女：斩邪蛊娶兵王 111 Xiao Jiang111小江Modern Romance515k WordsOngoing [1980s + Saintess of the Miao Frontier + Gu Sorcery and Metaphysics + Sweet Military Marriage + Sharp-Tongued Soldier King + Face-Slapping the Scum + Metaphysical Power Fantasy] Shu Lixue, the Saintess of the Miao frontier, transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself a pitiful orphan in a border village, abused by her stepmother’s family and subjected to the cold shoulder by her scumbag husband. From the start, they try to force her into a divorce. Instead, she awakens her life-bound gu, puts 7Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 805 穿 Transmigrated into a Book: The Real Heiress Dotes on the Champion at the Military Compound 穿书七零：真千金宠冠军区大院 111 Xiao Jiang111小江Modern Romance983k WordsOngoing [1970s Setting + Transmigrates Into a Book and Turns Her Life Around + Real and Fake Heiress + Sweet-Talking Beauty + Marriage First, Love Later + Powerful Beijing Family + Devoted Husband + Face-Slapping the Villains + Magical Spring in Her Space + God-Tier Medical Skills] Gu Nanxin, a top doctor from the apocalypse, accidentally transmigrates into a melodramatic period novel as the Gu family's real daughter. She was switched at birth on purpose and mistreated for eighteen years in the countrys 26Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 806 八 The Pampered Girl of the ’80s Marries Her Archrival and Becomes a Factory Owner’s Wife 八零娇宠：嫁给死对头当厂长夫人 Xue Jinghan雪婧寒Modern Romance574k WordsCompleted [Adorable Beauty vs. Tough Factory Director] Everyone said Ruan Yanning was lucky! Her father had a steady government job, her two older brothers were in the military, and she was a high school student herself. No one in the family compound was as pretty, sweet-tongued, or smart as Ruan Yanning. Her neighbors were all green with envy! Then, overnight, her parents were framed and sent to the countryside for reform! Zhou Xianyue came to bring her back and marry her, as his parents had arranged. He 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's very beautiful. Go and see it.

7. 807 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 4.5kReads9.0Score384Shelves

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   Era, rebirth, with classic farm space, mountain running in the Northeast, and work in the city

8. 808 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 1.2kReads7.3Score101Shelves

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   It's both of these, take space and don't go to the countryside

9. 809 重 Reborn as a Little Blade of Grass 重生之俺是一颗小小草 The Junior Sister Who Doesn't Like Clay Pot Porridge不爱吃砂锅粥的师妹Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted Reborn, Tian Jincao refuses to be a dependent vine in the big city ever again. She kicks her trash ex to the curb and resolutely returns to the mountains, determined to help the girls there soar, leave the mountains behind, and see a wider world. To her surprise, the man she had loved in her past life has also been reborn. When they meet again years later, the first thing he asks is, “Will you marry me?” Tian Jincao answers, “Yes. I absolutely will!” In their previous life, the leads missed thei —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's really good-looking, the plot is smooth and reasonable, it's good-looking, go watch it

10. 810 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in the 1970s and Married the Male Lead's Uncle 穿书七零嫁给男主他叔 The Junior Sister Who Doesn't Like Clay Pot Porridge不爱吃砂锅粥的师妹Modern Romance647k WordsCompleted Lin Susu woke up one day and transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous female character in a period novel. In the book, the villainess sabotages the romance between the male and female leads, causes trouble at every turn, and ultimately meets a miserable end. Transmigrated Lin Susu declares: The male and female leads must stay together. Wouldn't it be better to cling to the uncle who's taller, more handsome, higher-ranking, and richer than the male lead? Her uncle says: “Be good, you ca 2.1kReads8.7Score160Shelves
11. 811 随 I Went to the City with My Lame Dad to Live Off a Rich Woman, and I’m Loving It 随跛子爸进城吃软饭，我真香了 Ling Duanyue聆端月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + family life + blended family + stepmother reborn + cozy everyday life] In her previous life, Xiang Nuan was terribly unlucky. Born with a congenital illness, she was abandoned by her parents and relatives. Unloved and uncared for, she struggled through twenty-four lonely years. Her next life began just as miserably. While still very young, she was abandoned by her mother. Her father was a cripple, and the two of them were driven out by their own clan... The one thing she could l 15.9kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    My carefully selected ones are all very beautiful, but I can't remember whether they went to the black market or not.

12. 812 八 The Little Auntie Who Practiced Chinese Medicine in the 1980s 八零中医小姑姑 Li Xiaocai黎小财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted High school graduate Li Banxia was preparing to go home and inherit her mother’s traditional Chinese medicine practice when her elder brother and sister-in-law died unexpectedly. From then on, she raised her twin nephew and niece alone and reopened the Zeng Li Chinese Medicine Pharmacy. She gathered herbs, made medicine, studied for exams, practiced medicine, managed the household, and took care of the kids’ school runs… all while hoping her big nephew would come home soon. One day, she rescued 879Reads8.4Score115Shelves

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    No golden fingers, traditional Chinese medicine, farming, civilian scientific research, traditional Chinese medicine, warm daily life, making a fortune

13. 813 七 In the 1970s, a Young Educated Woman Moves to an Island to Farm and Flash-Marries a Soldier 七零知青上岛种田闪婚军官 Li Xiaocai黎小财Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + military marriage + island life + whirlwind marriage + farming + no cheat powers + troublesome relatives] Li Nian Nan, an agricultural researcher, transmigrates into the body of an adopted daughter who has just graduated from high school in the 1970s. After refusing an arranged marriage, she heads to an island in the countryside. When Zheng Bei Chuan, a soldier stationed there, heroically saves her, they marry in a whirlwind wedding. She farms, gathers seafood, 170Reads6.6Score—Shelves
14. 814 九 The Nineties: My Accomplished Father Came Looking for Me 九零，我那功成名就的爹找来了 Qingxi Chang清溪长Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing Chen Fan grew up in the countryside, raised by her grandfather. After he passed away, Chen Fan was left all alone. Though there were some awful people around her, there were even more kindhearted ones. Little by little, Chen Fan felt the goodwill of those around her and soon grew into her own. Then, the father she had never met suddenly showed up. Chen Fan had to gather herself again and slowly adjust to her new surroundings. This is the story of a young girl growing up, and learning to understa 11.3kReads8.5Score855Shelves
15. 815 浮 Life Is Like a Dream: I Take the Blame and Transmigrate to the 1950s 浮生若梦，我顶缸穿五零 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted (Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Please don't compare this to reality!) History's number one scapegoat, Xu Duoduo, has grievances she can't voice. When disaster comes from heaven, it can still be avoided. When you bring disaster upon yourself, there's no escaping it. So what if life is hard? If you can stomach eating bitter greens, you can do anything. I'll give it my all! Come watch a post-2000s girl living the '50s version of a wild-vegetable-foraging life. Let's go! 2.3kReads9.2Score254Shelves

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    [OK][Thinking][Sending Hearts][I also strongly recommend]

16. 816 南 The South Wind Knows My Heart, and I’ll Never Walk Alone Again 南风知我意，从此不孤行 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Some people say dandelion seeds look like pretty little parachutes, drifting lightly in the breeze, utterly romantic. But Xu Nanfeng thinks they look more like homeless children, wandering everywhere with nowhere to settle. Just like her: no real kin, no true friends, arriving without a ripple and leaving without a sound. There's an old saying: you reap what you sow. But I, Xu Nanfeng, refuse to believe it. I'll grow into the very person you all thought I could never become! Nanfeng knows my hea 1.1kReads9.3Score137Shelves
17. 817 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 1.4kReads9.2Score101Shelves

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