Do Period Novels Really Have to Send the Characters to the Countryside? Looking for Ones That Don’t 我就发现了年代文没有下乡就不会写书了？不下乡的

1. 1 前 I Went to the Military District to Get Divorced, but the Disciplined Officer Kissed Me Until I Cried 前往军区离婚，被禁欲军官亲哭了 I'm Drifting Deep in the Sea我在深飘飘Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + bright, beautiful medical student VS. cold, abstinent frontier officer] Lin Shurong transmigrates. Born into the 1960s, she becomes the only girl born into the family in three generations, the apple of everyone’s eye. Her life goes smoothly, until her marriage takes an unexpected turn! Her 98-year-old grandfather likes the man’s circumstances, family background, and status, so he forces her to marry him, insisting she be matched with an officer. For two years of marriage, t 55.4kReads8.3Score6.2kShelves

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   🔥🔥🔥 Shen Jinghan, stationed on the border, was shocked when a fair-skinned, beautiful young woman came to him seeking a divorce. Wasn't his wife, who had cheated on him, supposed to have jumped into the river for some other man? Turns out, the woman registered on their marriage certificate was beautiful, had a good personality, was highly educated, capable, and so alluring that he couldn't get out of bed. *** Shen Jinghan: Divorce? I can't get a divorce. My wife is so charming and beautiful; I can't bear to let her go. Lin Shurong: You said you came to get a divorce, how did you end up getting yourself involved?

2. 2 带 Taking Pinduoduo to 40 带着拼夕夕在40 Willows by the Water水边柳杨Modern Romance562k WordsCompleted [Farming + Infrastructure Development + Beloved by All + War of Resistance Against Japan] She woke up in the 1940s, with a Pinduoduo System? An Yu thought for a second, then decided to come clean: “I’m from the future, and I have a golden finger.” Canned luncheon meat, work boots, motorized tricycles... Fertilizer, canned luncheon meat, military coats... If Pinduoduo sells it, you can get it here! This time, she absolutely wouldn’t let their forebears fight the Japanese invaders on empty stomach 77.4kReads9.0Score11.6kShelves

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   The protagonist, a woman from Pinduoduo, transmigrates to the 40th century, landing in a small village near a war zone. She immediately finds her organization but is discovered by soldiers. Everyone is suffering – starving, thirsty, and their shoes and clothes are tattered. The protagonist goes on a shopping spree, buying everything imaginable. Even a simple chair in a villager's house is an antique, easily sold for a large amount of supplies. She submits her writing, procures resources, and builds an industrial system from scratch. Transmigrating to the post-founding era is nothing; the most difficult times are always during wartime!

3. 3 穿 I Transmigrate to the 1960s and Raise Kids on a Military Island 穿越六零，随军海岛养崽崽 Wan Xiyi万喜宜Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Period Setting + Pocket Space] [Joining the Army on an Island + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Love After Marriage + No Toxic Characters + Everyday Life] Jiang Zhizhi is a modern-day food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s. Luckily, the little house she had just bought outright comes along with her, and the refrigerator inside even has a duplication function. But before she can process what’s happening, her older brother and sister-in-law bundle her up with he 2.9kReads8.5Score194Shelves

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   Book 1: The female protagonist doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement with her fiancé and gets together with her brother's brother. (Not yet finished.) Book 2: The female protagonist's parents died when she was six, and she was raised by her older brother and sister-in-law. When she was eighteen, her brothers and sister-in-law were transferred for work and couldn't take care of her anymore. She was sent by her brothers and sister-in-law to marry her fiancé, who was serving in the military on an island. She is now pregnant. (Not yet finished.)

4. 4 王 Wang Xiaoli's Sixties 王小荔的六十年代 Scroll Ah卷轴啊Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted Transmigration + golden finger + pocket dimension + period drama + rural Northeast China (Lu Huaijin is an important character, but not the male lead) When she wakes up one morning, modern-day office drone Wang Xiaoli has become the “chubby girl” of Wangjia Village in the Northeast in the 1960s. Her family is dirt poor, and from the start she's burning with a fever and on the brink of death. Luckily, her little pocket dimension has transmigrated with her! Life in Wangjia Village is lively: a tou 18.9kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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   The first book is a period drama set in a large family, where everyone has their own unique characteristics. The female lead buys a job in the post office finance department, and her brother attends medical school. Later, she becomes the head of the finance department in the military region. The second book involves a woman going on a blind date but ending up at the wrong place. The female lead asks the male lead if they're on a blind date, and he says yes (but actually, he's having dinner with his comrades and even gives them meaningful glances). The third book is also quite good; it involves reforming her husband and even starting a business in the city.

5. 5 随 Three Babies on the Way in the Military Compound: The Commander Has to Soothe Them Every Night 随军大院孕三宝：首长夜夜要哄娃 Chang'an Ya长安丫Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + sweet romance + adorable baby + island storage space + domestic life] Qi Baicha, a wealthy heiress from the capital with a fortune worth billions, slipped aboard a luxury cruise ship and transmigrated into a hit novel set in a bygone era. In the book, he chased her, she fled, and she had nowhere to run. Qi Baicha was still determined to play the cannon fodder, and ended up meeting a tragic fate. Staring at the plot she’d been handed, Qi Baicha was dumbfounded. But with an is 9.7kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
6. 6 八 I Transmigrate into a Book in the 1980s: This Unexpected Military Marriage Is So Sweet 八零穿书：闪来的军婚太甜了 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Ji Yutian transmigrates into a very cliched novel set in a bygone era. The heroine takes a wrong turn in life, discovers in old age that her ex-husband is incredibly successful, and is reborn to win him back. Unfortunately, Ji Yutian is that man's second wife. Knowing she doesn't stand a chance against the heroine in a fight for his affections, Ji Yutian immediately agrees when her mother sets her up on a blind date. But her date turns out to be a big, bad wolf, and they register their marriage 6.5kReads8.8Score430Shelves
7. 7 改 Reforming My Good-for-Nothing Husband, Starting at Age 20 改造废物老公，从20岁开始养老 Teletubby Without an Antenna没有天线的天线宝宝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period story x making money x family and village life x a touch of ensemble cast x raising kids] Lin Hui has a dream. In it, she turns fifty after spending twenty-seven years as a widow, struggling to raise her children, only to develop cancer and die before she can enjoy life. When she wakes, she finds herself back in 1980, the year she just married Xu Dongsheng, the “lazy bum” of the surrounding villages. She grits her teeth. She absolutely cannot let her life follow the path in her dream. Fr 34.3kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
8. 8 重 Back to 1989 to Make a Fortune 重回1989发大财 Oil Bean Paste油豆沙Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Period setting + inspirational + power fantasy + getting rich] ① Back in the late 1980s, Li Qingqing comes to her senses and decides to start hustling. She’s going to launch a business during China’s golden age of economic growth. First, she has to persuade her parents to stop focusing solely on their work at the factory and pay more attention to the world outside. For example, they could set up a street stall. Then she’ll figure out how to turn one stall into two, two into three, until their l 416Reads6.5Score—Shelves
9. 9 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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   [Already hooked!] Time-travel to 1970, bound to a flash sale system, buy supplies at will! The whole family are doting dads; Dad's a bureau chief, Mom's a section chief, eldest brother's in the army, second brother's a doctor. From a lowly purchasing agent at the supply and marketing cooperative to the youngest deputy director, handling supplies, catching bad guys, negotiating foreign trade—a continuous rise through the ranks, slapping faces in the face—it's all so satisfying!

10. 10 重 Reborn in the 1980s, I Take My Mom With Me to Get a Divorce 重生八零，我带着妈妈一起离婚 A Little Tree Sprout一点小树芽Modern Romance104k WordsOngoing Period setting + face-slapping + multiple male leads + building wealth + size difference Zhou Xiaoya transmigrates to 1985. In three days, she’s supposed to marry her aunt’s dim-witted son. She chooses to call off the engagement, but his father won’t let her. He beats her, and he beats her mother, too. Then we’re done with this family. Mom, I’ll take care of you! 350Reads—Score109Shelves

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    I highly recommend these two new female-oriented historical fiction novels. Both are incredibly engaging from the very first few chapters, getting even more exciting as you read on! The first one, in particular, is incredibly immersive and hilarious—absolutely fantastic. Definitely worth reading.

11. 11 年 The Reborn Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law in a Period-Era Lucky Charm Novel 年代锦鲤文的炮灰大嫂重生了 Qiao Miaomiao乔喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn Revenge + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read + Building a Fortune + Everyday Life] Only when she was dying did Bai Xiuxiu discover that the world she lived in was actually a period novel about a lucky heroine! In the book, she was the lucky heroine's shrewish older sister-in-law. She was mean, lazy, greedy, and did every kind of evil! After the heroine married into the family, Bai Xiuxiu made life difficult for her at every turn. Because she bullied the lucky heroine, she “ 42.5kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves

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    Always complaining that "period novels can't be written without going to the countryside"? Check out these amazing period novels that don't involve rural setting! * **"The Cannon Fodder Sister-in-Law Reborn, the Lucky Girl Suffers":** After her rebirth, the sister-in-law is no longer a background character. She embarks on a comeback in the city, shattering the once-unrivaled "lucky girl" halo. Family conflicts and career struggles fill the story with high-energy moments, giving you a unique experience of period drama. * **"Morning: Breaking Off an Engagement with the Military, Afternoon: Marrying a Military Commander (Liang Qin Ze Mu)** The female lead doesn't go to the countryside. Instead, she experiences a broken engagement and a swift marriage in the city, immersing herself in the life of a military spouse. Her daily interactions with the commander and her navigating the social dynamics of military spouses are novel and captivating. Don't you want to witness this exciting transformation? * **"After Being Switched, the Real Heiress Doesn't Want to Go Back":** The real heiress settles down in the city, even knowing her past, and cherishes her current life. Watch her use her abilities to establish herself in the modern city, make close friends, find love, and write her own unique life story—isn't that incredibly appealing? "The Charming 80s Military Wife: A Taste of Tea and Allure that a Beijing tycoon Can't Resist," tells the story of a charming military wife in the 1980s city who clashes with a cold and aloof Beijing tycoon, sparking a delightful chemistry. She navigates urban social circles with her unique "tea-like" charm, constantly showering readers with sweetness and humor. "On the Day of the Blind Date, the Military Man Brings a Jar," the blind date isn't in the countryside; instead, a military man arrives in the city carrying a large jar—quite unique! The subsequent romance and everyday life are full of the warmth and humanity of the urban era, guaranteed to pique your curiosity. "The Charming First Wife's Happy Daily Life in the Family Compound," the female protagonist, as the first wife, lives a fulfilling life in the family compound. Without the hardship of rural life, she cleverly resolves neighborhood conflicts and achieves a stable happiness—her daily life is incredibly heartwarming. "Just a Scumbag, Why Not Marry a Military Officer?" After being betrayed by a scumbag in the city, the female protagonist embraces a military officer. In their new life, the two stroll the streets, riding the waves of the times together—sweet and inspiring. Don't you want to read it?

12. 12 重 Reborn on My Wedding Night, My Wife Opens Her Mouth and Demands a Divorce! 重生新婚夜，老婆张嘴要离婚！ Classmate Wu Ang吴昂同学Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted After death, his soul drifted for more than sixty years, watching the ways of the world. He had planned to wait beside the Bridge of Forgetfulness until his wife passed away peacefully, then offer a heartfelt apology and tell her he was sorry. But turmoil in the underworld swept him into the torrent of time, and he was reborn with his wife on their wedding night. What was supposed to be a final farewell, with no further entanglements, became a thing of the past. He wanted to make up for the way 93Reads5.5Score—Shelves

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    🐝A different kind of historical romance [eating melon emoji] The male protagonist waited for 67 years at the Bridge of Helplessness, only wanting his wife to pass away peacefully so he could sincerely apologize to her. Unexpectedly, chaos erupted at the Bridge of Helplessness, and the male protagonist was reborn back to their wedding night…

13. 13 七 A Sweet Military Marriage in the 1970s, with a Stoic Officer Who Craves Her Every Day 七零军婚甜如蜜，冷面军官日日馋 Picking the Moon and Making It Poetry摘月成诗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + high-maintenance heroine + raising kids + military marriage + marriage before love + devoted couple] When Lin Jiaojiao opens her eyes, she's become the doomed mother of the future villain in a novel set in a bygone era! She only gets to live through the first three chapters of the book?! The original owner was lazy and troublesome, and all she wanted was to return to the city. According to the original plot, tonight she'd sneak off to the woods with a pretty-boy educ 2.1kReads8.0Score184Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist whose family suffers misfortune, leading her to marry the male protagonist and give birth to twins. While the male protagonist is away on a mission, the female protagonist can't even boil water. It's very sweet. The second book features a female protagonist who is a cousin of the original female protagonist, living in the city. This book is more of a satisfying, face-slapping story. The third book features a princess who transmigrates to the 1960s.

14. 14 六 The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family Full of Villains? 六零，我全家都是反派怎么了？ Cheng Xiaomai程小麦Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The short dramas "In the 1960s, Why Is My Entire Family of Villains in Everyone's Way?" and "The 1960s: Why Is My Whole Family So Awful?" are now available. [Period Setting] [Entire Family Are Villains] [Spatial Dimension] Lin Qiqi transmigrated into a Period novel. Her whole family was made up of awful people who leeched off the female lead's family. After offending them, her entire family died! Lin Qiqi summed up the lesson: In the novel, her whole family died because they were twisted, but no 12.9kReads8.9Score1.3kShelves
15. 15 随 The Man Who Joined the Army Is Married, So I Turn Around and Marry His Commander 随军男人已结婚，转头嫁他首长 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted 1970s + period setting + substitute marriage + military marriage + devoted couple Qin Shu opened her eyes to find herself on a train, held hostage by a criminal with a gun pressed to her forehead. Her life was hanging by a thread. From the memories she inherited, she learned that the original owner had been sent to marry a soldier in someone else’s place. First, she beat the criminal senseless and secured herself a job at the Public Security Bureau. Then she went to the military base to find th 19.4kReads8.7Score2.3kShelves
16. 16 八 The 1980s: The Demon Queen Turns Out to Be the Real Heiress 八零：魔王她成了真千金 July Rice Wine七月酒酿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A slow-burn story. The early chapters focus mainly on the female lead’s growth. Feel free to pass if that’s not for you.] [The male lead got lost in the story again… No romance.] The true heiress who was switched at birth should have suffered through every hardship in the countryside. But after His Highness the Demon King, Lanting, stepped in, all of that disappeared. With a grand sweep of his hand, the Demon King revealed a bright white smile. This time, someone else would have to endure every 30.3kReads8.5Score3.4kShelves

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    [Bump post][Bump post][Bump post] Family members! Who knows?! This novel is so funny and so satisfying! 🌟🌟🌟The female lead has incredible fighting skills; she beats her adoptive parents, who stole from her, into submission. I feel like no one is good enough for the female lead. Thankfully, this novel is also a no-romance story. I absolutely love this novel!

17. 17 我 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Content and at Ease然自得Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 1.3kReads7.7Score103Shelves
18. 18 娇 A Spoiled Princess in the 1960s, Pampered by Her Officer Husband 娇公主穿六零，军官夫君娇娇宠 Sweet-and-Sour Pig Intestines糖醋味的猪大肠Modern Romance238k WordsCompleted [Delicate princess turned village girl × devoted military officer from a prestigious compound] Wen Qingyuan was born beautiful and captivating, with delicate features. A princess of the imperial capital, she enjoyed a life of luxury. When she came of age, her mother began choosing a husband for her. Wen Qingyuan had just one requirement: he had to be handsome. But while boating on a lake, she fell into the water. In an instant, she transmigrated into the body of a village girl in the 1960s. The 546Reads6.5Score—Shelves
19. 19 首 He Asked for a Divorce on His First Night Home, Then Kissed Her Until She Cried 首长回家第一晚提离婚，被亲哭了 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn military marriage + winning back his wife + antique bargains + dazzling beauty vs. aloof heartthrob] In her previous life, Zhu Suisui fell for Lu Lanxu at first sight. Of all the Lu family members, she chose the most outstanding heir to be her husband. She thought that if she worked hard to be a good Mrs. Lu, one day Lu Lanxu would love her. But she had overestimated herself. She simply couldn’t warm his heart. For twenty years, they treated each other with respect, but he felt only a se 30.5kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
20. 20 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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    The story is about a woman who transmigrates from ancient times to the present, specifically through a rebirth. In her previous life, she was a princess who protected the nation; now, she's a very intelligent child. This isn't abrupt, but she's the kind of person who would try to sterilize her scumbag father—anything to avoid harming her and her siblings' interests.

21. 21 六 The Happy Life of a Railway Compound in the 1960s 六零：铁路家属院的美满生活 Dozing Off打瞌睡呢Modern Romance936k WordsOngoing Cozy Everyday Life [Brutal, Tragic Prison King-Type Male Lead x Beautiful, Easygoing Aspiring Writer] [No Going to the Countryside + No Black Market + Everyday Family Life + Mutual Healing + Sweet Romance] What do the riches and glory of my next life have to do with this one? Lin Xia was a modern-day web novelist and short-comic artist with tens of thousands of fans. One accident wiped her and her whole nest out of existence. Should she drink Meng Po's soup and be reborn into a rich family? She 142.2kReads9.0Score16.4kShelves

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    This is a very normal story, and it's not easy to find normal stories these days. The male protagonist is a high-ranking official in the railway industry, and the female protagonist is currently working as a translator. They are both struggling, and their families are both very influential. They support each other and I highly recommend it!

22. 22 相 On Our Blind Date, the Military Officer Showed Up with a Vat 相亲那天，军爷搬了一口缸来 Gu Youran顾悠然Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1kReads9.1Score103Shelves
23. 23 娇 The Charming Cannon Fodder Wife's Happy Life in the Military Compound 娇媚炮灰原配在家属院幸福日常 Lucky Fruit幸运果Modern Romance931k WordsOngoing The main story is complete. Extras will be updated at random. [Military Marriage] [Pocket Dimension] [Adorable Kids] [Sweet Romance] [No Toxic Characters] [Cozy Everyday Life] When Liang Chunyi wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated into a book, becoming the early-deceased first wife of a senior military officer in a stepmother novel. The original wife was notorious in the military district for being difficult. Before giving birth, she had a quarrel with her husband and stubbornly re 3.2kReads8.4Score190Shelves
24. 24 搬 After the Wicked Woman Who Emptied Her Husband's Estate Awakens, Her Family Kisses Her Through Her Tears 搬空丈夫家产的恶女觉醒后被亲哭 Young Master Qi公子七Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing "1970s + married first, love later + size difference + family favorite + everyday family life + pocket dimension" [Bright, feisty train announcer vs. rugged, high-desire technical genius] Ye Shining was beautiful, hot-tempered, and delicate, the apple of her whole family's eye. Even her twin sister had to go to the countryside and tough it out. Her mother not only found her a wealthy, capable husband, but also spent three thousand yuan to buy her a golden job as a train announcer. She hardly eve 35.3kReads8.1Score4.3kShelves

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    No Rural Departures! Book 1: The female lead marries the male lead after graduation—she's a train announcer! Book 2: To avoid being sent to the countryside, she enters into a marriage of convenience with the male lead [laughing and crying emoji]. The male lead uses his own strategy to marry first and fall in love later [laughing and crying emoji].

25. 25 渣 He’s Just a Jerk. Wouldn’t It Be Better to Marry an Army Officer? 渣男而已，转身嫁军官老公不香？ Jiu Qi酒七Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) [Devoted husband, marriage first and love later, twins, food, raising kids, fictional setting] Yu Chengzhou fell for an older girl in the residential compound when he was just ten, simply because she was such a good cook. Even then, he wanted to marry her and bring her home, but she was already engaged. Ten years later, he watched her get dumped by her fiancé’s family and was so happy he nearly jumped for joy. He went straight in and confessed, then whisked her away that very day and 5.6kReads9.2Score868Shelves
26. 26 七 Gossiping in the 1970s: I Hit the Jackpot After Marrying a Brilliant Scientist 七零吃瓜：闪婚科研大佬后我躺赢 The Years of Poetry and Wine诗酒年华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Extremely sweet one-on-one romance + period setting + System + space + marriage before love + handsome, stern-looking, secretly manipulative research genius × seemingly delicate beauty who loves gossip and is actually a sunny little ray of light + both virgins + doting romance + adored by everyone] She transmigrated into a book, and not just any book: she became the ill-fated foil whose tragic ending came from constantly being compared to the original heroine in a period novel? Xia Zhi bound he 6.2kReads6.8Score718Shelves
27. 27 报 Report, Commander: Your Grandson Took His Wife Out to Beat Someone Up Again 报告首长你孙子带媳妇又去打人了 Bobo Bedhead啵啵呆毛Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete + male lead takes the domestic role, female lead takes the career role + fussy, love-struck husband + daily face-slapping antics of the compound's little tyrant in the 1970s] Shen Xia transmigrated into an ongoing period novel and became a pitiful girl whose father didn't care for her and whose mother didn't love her. After transmigrating, Shen Xia accidentally discovered that something was wrong with her identity. She reported her adoptive parents, sent her adoptive father to labor ca 17.3kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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    ✨The first book features a female lead from the countryside who follows the male lead to the city and acts like a tyrant in the courtyard. The second book has a female lead who starts by smuggling herself into Hong Kong and builds her own empire from scratch. Both are the type where the male lead is a pampered young man. [Laughing][Admiring][Heart]

28. 28 五 The 1950s: Taking My Little Courtyard Through the Famine Years 五十年代：带着小院穿荒年 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Read + Famine Era + Golden Finger + Real Farming + Joins the Army Later + Raising Kids] Xu Wei hit the jackpot through sheer luck and dreamed of lying flat and enjoying her retirement. She had laid out her little courtyard, planted her favorite fruits and vegetables, and raised top-quality chickens, ducks, geese, and sheep sourced from all over. But one night, after getting drunk at a celebration, she transmigrated. Faced with the original owner's selfish mother, Xu Wei was fed up and 15Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    🍃 Xu Wei finally finished renovating her cozy, comfortable yard, and after celebrating with drinks, she transmigrated. Her father was killed, and her mother wanted to remarry with the money, but the female lead directly suppressed her with force. She married a soldier and went to an island to accompany him. 🍂 In her previous life, Fang Ying was forced by her family to go to the countryside, giving up her university spot and marrying her fiancé's uncle. Unexpectedly, she became a widow after only six months of marriage. Reborn on her wedding night, Fang Ying tries to find a way to leave a child for her husband and change her fate of dying young. 🐹 Lin Xiangnan transmigrated to the same era and, relying on his spatial ability and resources, wanted to go to the countryside, but his mother threw him there for two days of "reform" and he regretted it. He went on a blind date with a military officer, but the female lead refused to go to the countryside and stayed in the city.

29. 29 四 Siheyuan: Jia Zhangshi With a One-Hit-Kill System 四合院之带着秒杀系统的贾张氏 Different Kinds of Daydreams不同脑洞Female-Channel Fanfiction643k WordsOngoing {Era setting + slice of life + ensemble cast + everyday family matters} A modern office worker transmigrates into the TV drama Love in the Courtyard and suddenly finds herself more than ten years older. She never had a moment to rest amid the hectic pace of modern life, but after transmigrating to this extraordinary era with a one-hit-kill space, she becomes Jia Zhangshi. She declares that she has no intention of working hard for the rest of her life. To enjoy a comfortable retirement and change 21.2kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves

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    The heroine dresses like an old lady and doesn't go to the countryside

30. 30 你 You Can Raid My Home, but Let Me Go Make a Fortune in Hong Kong 你们抄我家，我去香江捡钱可以吧 Cat Who Loves Three-Hua Plums爱吃三华李的猫Modern Romance720k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, historical era, sweet romance, one-on-one, devoted couple, pocket dimension, entrepreneurship and wealth] Su Manman transmigrated into the body of a pampered young lady from the Su family, someone with the same name but a very different fate. From the start, she was told that someone had reported her family for hiding gold and silver treasures. Looking at the boxes upon boxes of antique paintings and calligraphy, antique ornaments, antique jewelry, and more, Su Manman thought… 29.8kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves
31. 31 六 The Little Crybaby of the 1960s Is Always Hung from the Demonically Handsome Commander's Waist 六零小丧包天天被妖孽首长挂腰上 Zhang Mocha from the Northeast张摩卡来自东北Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Military marriage in the 1960s · quietly unhinged · decisive and ruthless · golden finger with a hint of mystery · off-the-charts sweetness] Don’t mess with Lu Jiu. She’s fierce, bold, and rebellious. In her previous life, she spent thirteen years undercover, going from a drug lord’s fake heiress to the drug lord herself. The day the operation closed in, she blew everyone sky-high, herself included. When she opened her eyes again, she was Lu Jiu, an academic ace in the 1960s. She came with a me 88.5kReads9.2Score14.4kShelves

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    This book has a very novel theme, a convoluted plot, and is both mind-bending and hilarious. It's an anti-espionage book.

32. 32 惊 Goodness! Reborn After Being Widowed, She’s Spoiled by a Powerful Man 惊！守寡重生后她被大佬宠坏了 A Deer Blossoms一鹿开花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period Setting + Rugged Man + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Raising Kids + System + Everyday Family Life) Lu Huaijiao is a rich beauty whose name suits her perfectly: delicate, gorgeous, and loaded with money. In her previous life, after someone schemed to send her to the countryside, she married Gu Changzheng, the fiercest and roughest man for miles around. Back then, she couldn’t stand this man, who seemed to have endless strength in every muscle. Three years into their marriage, he died u 7kReads8.1Score434Shelves

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    Ten years ago, she married Gu Changzheng, the youngest son of the village head of Dawancun. They lived a chaotic three years together. The year after the college entrance exam was reinstated, she returned to the city to attend university. Meanwhile, her nemesis, Gu Changzheng, was murdered on his way to Shanghai… Their relationship was strained. But since his death, she hasn't celebrated her birthday. Today, the unsuspecting housekeeper prepared a feast for her. She sat alone at the table, looking at the food, and drank quite a bit of wine!

33. 33 带 I Brought a Jewelry Store to the 1970s, and the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Wants to Lie Flat 带着金店穿七零，炮灰女配想躺平 Lychee Smoothie荔枝冰沙Modern Romance666k WordsCompleted [No rural relocation + no black-market trips + no business ventures + cozy daily life + few extreme characters + male lead + military marriage + joins her husband at his post + sweet romance + happy ending] The cozy everyday moments are the main focus! The book has just been rated, and there are still very few ratings, which is why the score is so low. This is an alternate setting with original details, so please don’t overthink the historical accuracy! Landlady Shen Yao transmigrates into a bo 12.5kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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    No going to the countryside, no going to the countryside!! The female lead is an only child who will join the military after working at a department store. The male lead is a pilot who falls in love with the female lead at first sight (after seeing a photograph).

34. 34 重 Back to 1975, and Everything Is Just Right 重回1975，一切刚刚好 Young Master Xiaoxiao孝孝公子Urban170k WordsOngoing "I transmigrated!" The good news: I got a second chance and returned to the day I would regret for the rest of my life. The bad news: I came back to avoid misfortune and lie flat for the rest of my life. You only get one life, and a beautiful life is hard-won. The only way to do myself justice is to enjoy it. But with all those money-making ideas in my head, I just can't sit still. My poor wallet, I've won the people's hearts, so I have to do right by them and help them all get rich and prosper. 13Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good heavens! A widow being bullied? She can't just sit idly by! She has to take responsibility! A clean-cut, straightforward approach—do whatever feels good! One man and multiple women, a rural road to wealth—watch how this poor boy climbs the rich list step by step! [Thinking][Awkward laugh][Smirk]

35. 35 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s: My Daring Start at a Food Factory! 穿书七零，从勇闯食品厂开始！ Ten Grains十粒Modern Romance310k WordsOngoing [Alternate History] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [System] [Career] [Feel-Good] [No Going to the Countryside] In a single twist of fate, Ning Tang transmigrated into a lucky-fish period novel, becoming a disposable side character whose sole purpose was to make the heroine's happy, fortunate life shine brighter. Above her was an older brother who would bring glory to the family, and below her, a younger brother who would carry on the family line. She also had an honest, taciturn second sister and a 51.4kReads8.2Score7kShelves

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    The female lead didn't go to the countryside; she went straight to a food factory, secured a stable job, and steadily climbed the ranks by doing solid work. She's incredibly eloquent; whether she's roasting or praising someone in front of her superiors, she always manages to deliver a unique and effective performance.

36. 36 七 The 1970s: We All Transmigrated into a Book, So Who Cares About the Leads? 七零：都穿书了，谁还管男女主呀 Qiaoqiao Reads Without Her Brain看书不带脑子的乔乔Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted Original title: The 1970s: Marrying the Rough Man Who Was Destined to Die Young in the Female Lead's Story [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Mutual Devotion + Wife-Doting + Marriage First, Love Later + Cozy Daily Life] Ji Yang transmigrated into a book. She became the vicious supporting character who wreaked havoc in a period novel. The reborn female lead stole the future richest man who was supposed to be hers, and even planned to send her to the Northwest to work in the countryside 60.6kReads8.8Score8kShelves

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    None of them involved going to the countryside. In the first book, the female lead went to university and then got a job. In the second book, the female lead researched cars and was more capable than the male lead, who was just a background character. In the third book, the female lead had the strongest fighting skills, and the male lead was her lackey and nanny—it was incredibly satisfying.

37. 37 黑 The Darkened Educated Youth Returns to the City, Cuts Ties, and Becomes Beautiful and Rich 黑化女知青回城，断亲变美暴富了 Autumn Colors Crimson秋色绯绯Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted [A devoted and equally powerful couple x all characters are natives of the setting x no transmigration, rebirth, pocket dimension, System, or golden finger x no contrived drama x no helpless suffering x building wealth] [An upbeat, beautiful, resilient heroine VS a scheming, obsessive, slightly unhinged hero] The heroine takes her compensation and cuts ties with her birth family, decisively and swiftly. She does not cling to them or forgive them. The story focuses mainly on making money and roma 25.1kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves

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    💐The female lead went to the countryside, took the college entrance exam, and returned to the city. She graduated from university. 🌟Qin Wan was neglected by her parents from a young age. The year she graduated from high school, her biased parents took advantage of her high fever and unconsciousness to throw her onto a train to go to the countryside in place of her second sister. Now, Qin Wan has returned with a vengeance, no longer the obedient, sensible, and honest Qin Wan of the past. She has come back specifically to settle scores. Her job will not be taken away for nothing, her hardships will not be endured for nothing, and she will take back everything owed to her. As for the favoritism she couldn't get, she doesn't care anymore. In the future, she will work hard to earn money to support herself and love herself. Luo Xiubai, the first rich second generation in Yuncheng. This person has an eccentric and obsessive personality, a bit crazy, but is essentially clingy and a wife-obsessed husband. Always arrogant, he has gradually been attracted to Qin Wan since meeting her, and his intermittent madness has become a regular occurrence. His biggest wish is to win Qin Wan home as soon as possible and get rich (and go crazy) with her.

38. 38 穿 Before My Whole Family Was Sent to the Countryside, I Took My Child and Ran 穿到全家下乡前，我带娃跑路了 Cream Cake Frosting奶油蛋糕酱Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Soul transmigration to the 1960s + pocket dimension + raising a child + sweet romance + both leads are devoted only to each other] Shu Yao thought someone must have put a curse on her. In her dreams, she saw another version of herself live a miserable life: when her husband was sent away for reeducation, she abandoned him and their child, then married a divorced man with a child of his own, only to become his unpaid nanny. Unable to take it anymore, she jumped into a river. The one who buried h 38.4kReads8.1Score5.6kShelves
39. 39 七 A Military Marriage in the Seventies: A Tough Army Wife Advances Her Country Through Science 七零军婚，硬核军嫂科研强国 A Salty Fish Turns Over and Lie Flat咸鱼翻身躺平Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [Technology and National Strength + Top Student + Family Life + Romance] (The heroine grows over the course of the story, and the plot mainly focuses on her career.) In her previous life, Shu An was the hardest-worked beast of burden in a major company’s research department. Overtime, sleepless nights, sudden death: she pulled it all off in one go. When she opened her eyes again, she had landed in 1973. This time, she swore: No more overworking. Let other people work themselves to the bone if th 16.6kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
40. 40 妇 When the Women's Director Steps In, All the Eccentrics of the 1970s Flee in Terror 妇女主任一出手，七零极品全吓走 Wan Xi.晚兮。Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing 💥 Wen Wanning, a human weapon from the apocalypse, opens her eyes to find herself a helpless, foolish orphan in the 1970s, someone everyone can bully. ✅ They scheme to send her to the countryside? She breaks her scumbag father's hand! ✅ A wife-beater hits his wife every day? She beats him to a pulp! ✅ A nightmare of a mother-in-law torments her daughter-in-law? She beats the shrew at her own game! ✅ A stingy father-in-law schemes against his son? She empties every last bit of his hidden savin 51.7kReads8.6Score6kShelves
41. 41 抛 Leaving the Plot Behind, I Climb the Career Ladder in the 1970s 抛开剧情我在七零升职加薪 Yu Isn't a Fish愉不是鱼Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [Period drama + transmigration into a drama + adored by everyone + changing the plot + career advancement and a pay raise + devoted to one another] Yun Xi had only just become a college student when she stayed up all night watching a period drama recommended by a friend. She woke up to discover she was the female lead, who had the most screen time and shared her name! The heroine had suffered her whole life, only to forgive this person and that person in the end, radiating saintly kindness from 5.5kReads7.9Score323Shelves

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    The female protagonist is from the city and is a high school graduate who gets a job in the finance department of the Hongqi Textile Factory. Later, she becomes a member of the propaganda department. She comes from a good family; her father is a leader in the factory. Her family is happy and warm. The male protagonist is a senior technician in the factory. Both are virgins.

42. 42 七 The 1970s: Haul the Toughest Bricks, Be the Coolest Kid 七零：搬最硬的砖，当最靓的崽 Kimchi Jar泡菜坛子Modern Romance240k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate into a Book, Set in a Bygone Era + Sweet and Satisfying + Two Couples] (A heroine with top-tier brains and brawn who cripples the male lead’s hand the moment they meet + a male lead who confesses, gets called a pervert, and nearly gets beaten up after the heroine mistakes him for someone looking for a group fight and brings a crowd along) From the start, are they really stuck being overworked drudges? A month after they transmigrated, Jian Shichu and Jian Sui Sui finally figured ou 106Reads—Score103Shelves
43. 43 美 A Beautiful Bad Woman’s Quick Transmigration Journey Through the Eras 美丽坏女人的年代快穿之旅 Yaoyao Not Bewitching a夭夭不妖aModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through different eras + self-serving heroine + a touch of outlaw spirit + flower-soul dimension + Heavenly Secrets Mirror (damaged)] Note: The heroine is stunningly beautiful, but she is NOT universally adored! Xia Zhizhi comes from another world where men are beastmen whose true forms are wild animals, women are called Rui, and their souls take the form of flowers and trees. The Rui, who are responsible for reproduction in that world, are extremely rare and delicate, so b 34kReads8.5Score1.9kShelves

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    🌽Xia Zhizhi was woken up by the weight of her three chubby sons pressing down on her stomach, and also by their constant cries of hunger. "Mommy, Mommy, Jinbao is hungry!" "Mommy, Yinbao is hungry too, he wants to eat." "Xiaobao, Xiaobao is hungry too, Mommy, get up quickly and make Xiaobao some food." Xia Zhizhi didn't want to get up; her stomach was so uncomfortable from the pressure. She tried to turn over, but couldn't. Fine, whatever. She kept her eyes closed, unwilling to open them. "You guys go find some cookies and peach shortbread to eat, Mommy's going to sleep a little longer." "No, no, Jinbao's peach shortbread is finished, Jinbao wants to eat." "Yinbao's is finished too." "Mommy, get up." The three little devils not only chattered and bothered Xia Zhizhi, but also used their tiny hands to pry open her eyelids, trying to manually wake her up. Xia Zhizhi: "..." Forced awake, Xia Zhizhi stared blankly at the ceiling. Heavens, what sins have I committed to deserve these three little devils being born into my belly?

44. 44 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 Gu Yue Er Dong古月耳咚Modern Romance690k WordsOngoing When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 21.6kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    Can Tomato recommend more novels like this? They've cured my reading slump! "Reborn in the 1960s: I Find My Own Stepmother" features a male protagonist whose biological mother is so toxic it's mind-blowing. When her son is dying, all she cares about is money, verbally abusing him to death. After being reborn, the protagonist immediately finds himself a stepmother who is fiercely protective, driving his biological mother to the brink of madness. 100,000 Words, and reading it lowered my blood pressure.

45. 45 八 To Avoid Disaster, the Village Belle Marries the Village Bully and Asks Him for a Baby 八零村花为避祸嫁村霸，邀他生崽 Little Spinning Top小陀螺转转Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [Delicate village beauty + rugged man + adored by all + cozy romance + having a baby + childhood sweethearts] Su Yunqi was famous throughout the surrounding villages for being a delicate beauty. Unfortunately, the Su family had little power and couldn't protect her. When a rich hooligan took a fancy to her, they had no choice but to hastily marry her off to a rugged man from the neighboring village, an even bigger village bully and hooligan. He was five years older than her, and they'd grown u 15.4kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
46. 46 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 13.3kReads8.6Score3kShelves

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    🍒🌙The female protagonist is an indigenous infant who is bound to a system (originally a system for modifying top-tier characters, now a system for raising children; it was supposed to be bound to her mother, hahaha). Her twin brother was originally a cultivator with a spatial ability; he dotes on her and treats her like a daughter. The world is already riddled with problems, including lucky babies, rebirth, and modern apocalyptic transmigration, but the plot is heartwarming and leans towards slice-of-life. It's great! [Request for more updates!]

47. 47 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Li Doesn't Quite Understand李不太懂Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 1.8kReads—Score229Shelves

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    The female protagonist opens a factory, hires female workers, and runs a girls' school.

48. 48 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2kReads—Score114Shelves

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    This book is about going from a small town to the city.

49. 49 重 Reborn in 1980: Demolition, Riches, and Taking on the Worst of the Family 重生回80，拆迁！暴富！斗极品 Rising and Setting with the Sun朝升朝落Modern Romance714k WordsCompleted [Working-class life + Demolition and relocation + Plenty of awful people + Family squabbles + Getting rich + A touch of ensemble cast] Hu Yan spent her whole life as a devoted wife and loving mother, only to die suddenly on a factory assembly line. In one moment, she returns to thirty years earlier, just two months after marrying Chen Guangze. At this point, the village houses haven't been demolished, and she and her husband haven't split from the family. They haven't given up their village home 14.9kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves

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    A story about getting rich without going to the countryside, relocation, and rebirth!

50. 50 六 The 1960s: The Heiress Back from Abroad Is Untouchable 六零，留洋归来的大小姐高不可攀 Yun Shu r云舒rModern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Alternate-Era Setting + No Golden Finger + Few Villainous Characters + Work and Daily Life] He Shuyao is a young lady who has returned from studying abroad. Her family gave their lives for their country, leaving her as their only child. The state provides her with a home and a job, making sure she wants for nothing and keeping her safe. If anyone dares to bully her, the military will back her up and the police will come to her aid. The only problem is that one shameless young man is always hang 1.4kReads5.9Score101Shelves

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    It's not a rural setting, nor a military marriage. The female lead has returned from studying abroad. Her parents were soldiers but had already sacrificed their lives, and her grandparents, researchers, had also passed away. Therefore, the government and military leaders took good care of her and she wasn't affected by the turmoil. After returning to China, she joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an assistant minister. The male lead is an agricultural machinery technician who falls in love with her at first sight and dotes on and respects her greatly.

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