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. 751 我 I Become a Queen in a Period Novel 我在年代文里当女王 Chili Pepper Spirit辣椒精Modern Romance447k WordsCompleted Transmigration [The heroine is somewhat flirtatious] [The heroine has lots of skills] In her previous life, Shen Qingyu was a thirty-something virgin. She went on thirty blind dates but never managed to get married, and died in a truly absurd way. After transmigrating into a period novel, she gets a System. In this backward yet distinctive era, Shen Qingyu is a police officer. What kind of life will she make for herself? Please read the book and find out, thank you… 78Reads6.9Score714d adds

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   Four period drama novels I absolutely love! No rural assignments! [Thumbs up] 🌿The female lead has a job! Deputy director of a supply and marketing cooperative! A female playboy, the real kind who runs a fishpond! I never imagined period dramas could be written like this! The female lead is so daring! 🌿Similar to the first one. A female playboy, starting as a waitress in a state-run restaurant and working her way up to an unofficial police officer! Both are increasingly enjoyable to read! [Laughing] 🌿An ensemble piece, everyone's self-serving! Probably except for the male lead! 🌿The male and female leads are childhood sweethearts, and this one also reminded me that Northeast China is a coastal region! [Facepalm]

2. 752 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Female Supporting Character Awakens 快穿年代：女配觉醒了 Don't Dwell On The Past不要忆往昔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [fictional setting] [Period] [no fixed CP] [female lead’s perspective] [overpowered golden finger] Ning An, an employee of the Temporal Bureau, transmigrates into small worlds set in different periods. As she eases the supporting female characters’ grievances and makes up for their regrets, she also enjoys a good life of her own. [Content warnings: Please don’t read if these things bother you. Be sure to read this!!!] An extremely overpowered golden finger! The original ma 33.1kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds

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   That's definitely the one! [Admiration] It contains various types of period dramas set in different worlds. In many of these worlds, the female lead doesn't go to the countryside, and the male lead falls in love with her at first sight in every single one. The female lead is basically the darling of everyone [Kiss] and has a cheat-like advantage [Shy]

3. 753 七 The Supporting Female Lead in the 1970s Courtyard Wakes Up 七零大杂院对照组女配觉醒了 Heehee Pomelo嘻嘻柚子Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted The main story is complete; extra chapters will drop from time to time. After awakening as the contrasting female lead in a 1970s shared courtyard, she only wants to live well and enjoy the gossip along the way!! "Ordinary life + family squabbles + gossip + a touch of ensemble cast + outrageous characters + not a face-slapping power fantasy" Chu Mian had fair skin and a beautiful face. When she didn't smile, she looked almost otherworldly; when she did, her smile could melt anyone's heart. Every 4.7kReads8.3Score38814d adds

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   These three books are worth reading. Some authors didn't go to the countryside as educated youth; others were military dependents, and still others lived in military compounds and had jobs.

4. 754 八 A 1980s Military Marriage: After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Become the Courtyard’s Dream Girl 八零军婚，穿书后成了大院白月光 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A genius girl from a family of doctors transmigrates into a period novel by accident, becoming the vicious female supporting character. Ye Xiaoxiao is the Hao family's fake heiress. Raised in a military compound in the capital, she is the apple of every young man's eye. But when she turns seventeen, the real heiress returns, and the wheels of fate begin to turn. The apple of everyone's eye becomes yesterday's leftovers. Her admirers switch their allegiance, and compared with the inspiring heroin 15.6kReads9.1Score2k14d adds

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   This isn't a story about going to the countryside; the female protagonist transmigrates to a historical period and becomes a fake heiress, starting by returning to her biological parents' home. She's a skilled doctor, her brothers dote on her, and it's a heartwarming slice-of-life story where everyone in the family strives to contribute and improve their lives.

5. 755 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1960s: The Dazzling Drama Queen Stuns the Nation 穿书六零：作精美人惊艳全国了 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The vivacious and beautiful Yuan Xiaoyuan transmigrates, only to discover that she has landed in a period novel as a nameless cannon-fodder female character. Yuan Xiaoyuan clenches her fists. To hell with the plot and the hero and heroine! No one is going to stand in her way! Not even the frigid Northeastern winter can cool Yuan Xiaoyuan's burning heart when she meets Zhou Yang. Faced with his arrogant, aloof attitude, she swears that even if he's a rock, she'll melt him down. The whol 2.6kReads8.7Score17414d adds

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   1. *Holding Melon Seeds, I'm Eating Melon in the Courtyard [1970s]* This novel features the female protagonist eating melon seeds with her mother-in-law. She later becomes a sales clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative. The male protagonist is a soldier, but he doesn't accompany her to the military. It's a very lighthearted novel, highly recommended! 2. The second novel features a female protagonist working in a large state-owned factory, and a male protagonist who is a technician. The female protagonist has a fiery and energetic personality, a bit of a tomboy. They later go to university together, which is quite interesting and also recommended.

6. 756 七 The Seventies Military Wife Is Sweet and Fierce, and Her Navy Husband Spoils Her with His Life 七零军嫂娇又凶，海军老公拿命宠 Loving Little Dolphin爱吃的小海豚Modern Romance669k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, love of country and family, later becomes a leading female researcher] Su Xiaoqi accidentally transmigrated into the body of a cannon-fodder supporting female character in the 1970s. Faced with a horrible in-law family and the blessed heroine, she thought, heh… why not embrace a shameless life? From the start, she was up against her terrible in-laws. A good fight is good for your health. She thought she’d be fighting alone. Then her naval officer husband came home. The two of th 9.2kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
7. 757 年 Reborn in the Era: The Villain's Mother Won't Die Young 年代重生：反派亲妈不早逝 Fox Candy狐狸糖Modern Romance303k WordsCompleted Wang Yanshu lived two lives. Before she died in her second life, someone set her up. She became pregnant before marriage, her reputation was ruined, and she died soon after giving birth to her son, before she could even give him a name. After death, she became a wandering spirit and stayed by her son's side. But as her son grew up, Wang Yanshu realized that he was the major villain in a novel set in a bygone era that she had read in her first life! She watched her child walk step by step toward 345Reads8.7Score—14d adds
8. 758 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Wife Takes Her Child to Join the Army 穿书年代，炮灰原配携崽随军去啦 Spirit Rain in the Empty Mountains空山灵雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Hua transmigrated to the 1960s and became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male lead from a novel set in that era. The original wife was a rich, beautiful heiress who looked down on her illiterate, working-class husband. She caused one scene after another, determined to divorce him and run into the arms of her first love. An Hua, who had transmigrated into her role, thought: Illiterate? That's a man with the right roots and a good background! Working-class? He's a golden ticket! She promptly to 32.3kReads9.0Score3.5k14d adds
9. 759 七 Sweet Love in the ’70s: My Darling Brings Her Space and Wins Over a Rugged Man 七零甜宠：娇宝带空间撩糙汉生崽 Pear Star Bunny梨星兔纸Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Military Marriage + Joining Him at His Post + Sweet Romance + Pocket-Dimension Supplies + Devoted Husband + Raising Kids + Feel-Good Power Fantasy) Jiang You, a nationally renowned physicist and medical expert, unexpectedly gains a mysterious pocket dimension. In her dreams, she transmigrates to the 1970s, and to stay alive, she first stockpiles trillions' worth of supplies. After she transmigrates into a book, she finds herself the beloved darling of the Jiang family! But the origin 7.2kReads9.2Score81114d adds

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   It's absolutely amazing, I highly recommend everyone to watch it!

10. 760 六 The Sixties: Herding Sheep, Studying, and Getting Into College 六十年代：放羊读书考大学 Mei Qingqing梅青青Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Native orphan girl + nanny System + later a landlady + scientific research) Song Jiu became an orphan at six and thought she was going to starve to death. Then a System suddenly appeared and told her that if she worked hard at one thing, it would reward her with delicious food. Why bother dying, then? Time to work hard! Eating every delicacy under the sun was no longer just a dream! Dating? No, no, no! Men would slow down how fast I get my homework done! With no man on my mind, my pen naturally 1.6kReads9.3Score14614d adds

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    None of them went to the countryside. In the first book, the whole family is cunning and calculating, and the female lead is an egoist who refuses to go. In the second book, the female lead has known how to study hard since childhood. It's a period drama set in the countryside, so why would she need to go? In the third book, how can there be such a talkative and cunning woman! I absolutely love her!

11. 761 重 Reborn: A Scientific Genius Takes Her Space to the 1970s 重生：科研天才带着空间闯七零 Guade Guaxi瓜的瓜西Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration between worlds, tens of billions in spatial storage, medical genius, scientific prodigy, adorable children, serving the nation, mutual devotion, sweet and satisfying romance] In the 1970s, Shen Zhixia trusts the wrong man, steals all her family’s savings, and elopes with him, only to be abandoned and die alone far from home. Shen Zhixia, a genius scholar from the twenty-first century, returns reborn with a spatial stash worth tens of billions, taking the original owner’s place 10.9kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
12. 762 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 105.5kReads9.4Score9.8k14d adds
13. 763 妹 The Little Darling Comes to Find Her Family and Mistakes Her Brother, Then the Cold-Faced Commander Kisses Her to Tears 妹宝投亲认错哥，被冷面首长亲哭 The Domineering God of Wealth's Darling Wife霸道财神爷的小娇妻Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The animated series My Little Sister Slept in the Wrong Room and Ran into the Demon King from the Start is now available. Search for it on Tomato Redfruit to watch. Qiao Xinxin was the real daughter the Qiao family had only just brought home. To avoid marrying her fiancé, who had been disabled during a mission, the fake heiress Qiao Mingzhu got her drunk at the family reunion banquet and sent her to her own fiancé's bed. But she went to the wrong room and spent a wild night with the outstanding 33.2kReads8.2Score2.7k14d adds

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    A soldier visiting relatives mistakenly identified the man as his brother; the man turned out to be the same man from that other day.

14. 764 大 Male Chauvinist? I Got Into College, So I’m Running Away 大男子主义？考上大学我决定跑路 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance462k WordsCompleted Naive heiress x calculating male lead with questionable morals Transmigration into her own body + undocumented + sweet romance + transmigration into a book Jiang Yingyue transmigrated. The good news was that she was still in her own body. The bad news was that she had no legal identity. Short on money, she decided to sell her watch and keep her head down for a while. But because she was wearing such strange clothes, someone reported her as a spy, and she was hauled off to the Public Securit 843Reads8.3Score10114d adds
15. 765 带 Back to the Sixties with a Pocket Dimension: The Delicate Educated Youth Wins the Handsome Heartthrob 带空间回六零，娇气知青拿下男神 Peering into Spring窥春Modern Romance616k WordsCompleted [Completed + transmigrates into a book + sweet romance + devoted husband + top-tier male lead + satisfying wish fulfillment] When Zhou Yi'an transmigrated and learned she was being sent to the countryside, she was thrilled. Knowing her biological father's social connections were a problem, Zhou Yi'an went along with being sent down to the countryside, taking the opportunity to fleece her father and stepmother for a hefty haul. She was sure she would thrive in the countryside. But she never expec 2.8kReads8.9Score15514d adds
16. 766 小 The Adorable Young Wife Joins the Army and Becomes Everyone’s Treasure 小娇娇随军后成金疙瘩，全国抢宠 Breezy Giggles凉风嘻嘻Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [National darling of medicine, strengthening the nation through scientific research, military marriage, multiple babies in one pregnancy, devoted to each other, pocket dimension] Xu Nuo transmigrates into the cherished daughter of the production team leader’s family. Her whole family treasures her, but unhappy with the partner they’ve chosen for her, she protests by refusing to eat and ends up killing herself! Then Xu Nuo from the 21st century arrives. Faced with Comrade Xiao, a powerfully built 4.6kReads9.1Score68014d adds
17. 767 穿 I Came to the 1960s for a Life, Not Mere Survival 穿六零，我要的是生活，不是活着 A Novel Fan Writing Novels小说迷写小说Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Jiang Shushu was an ordinary girl with a short life. Because of a drop of the King of Hell’s son’s virgin urine, she died six hours early. To make it up to her, the King of Hell gives her three choices. 1: Be reborn along her original path, into the animal realm. (The King of Hell can guarantee she’ll have someone to feed and care for her all her life.) 2: Have her wish granted and become a billionaire. (She’ll be an 80-year-old rich woman with only six days left to live.) 3: Become an 18-year-o 2.1kReads8.8Score14014d adds

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    The first book features a protagonist who doesn't go to the countryside but works as a purchasing agent, always encountering major events. The second book has a female protagonist whose family has a history of three generations of ancestral connections, and her family is extremely troublesome; one particularly interesting character is Factory Director Yang. The third book features a female protagonist from the countryside who later works at a state-run restaurant.

18. 768 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book and Become a Drama Queen and Man-Eater in the Seventies 穿书七零成了作精女海王 Yu Yan俞颜Modern Romance3.1M WordsCompleted [Educated youth + sent to the countryside + period setting + System + pocket dimension + spoiled troublemaker + self-interest] It's the 1970s, and from the start, her whole family is forcing her to go to the countryside? Why should she be the one to lose out? She put her older sister's, younger brother's, and younger sister's names on the list, too. A family should all stick together. Her rich, handsome almost-boyfriend goes to the countryside with her to take care of her, but on the train, he 8kReads7.9Score67714d adds

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    The first book is full of humor and witty remarks, though sometimes there are missing words and awkward sentences, but it's absolutely hilarious. It's packed with Northeastern slang. Highly recommended! Everything else is great, definitely worth the money.

19. 769 穿 Transmigrated to 1960: Hunting to Feed My Nine Older Sisters 穿越60从打猎开始养活九个姐姐 The Blade Sees Smiling刀见笑Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration]+ [1960s]+ [Family Life]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Building a Fortune]+ [Magic Space]+ [Spirit Pool Water]+ [Animal Companions]+ [Hunting]+ [Helping the Whole Village Get Rich]+ [No Dark or Violent Themes] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Xiaolong, once an orphan, now has grandparents, two healthy parents, and nine older sisters. Having gone from being utterly alone to the darling of his whole family, Zhang Xiaolong feels deeply loved, but also keenly aware of his great responsib 107.6kReads8.6Score7.1k14d adds

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    🔥Let's get this arranged! [Sending heart] The protagonist has traveled back to the 1960s and acquired a nine-story pagoda! 🌟 His family is still alive, and to improve their lives, he's planting grains, medicinal herbs, and ginseng in his pagoda. [Sending heart] Leading his whole family to wealth and prosperity! [Cool]

20. 770 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s as an Unregistered Nobody, and a Powerful Man Offered to Back Me 穿六零成黑户大佬主动给我抱大腿 Luming Zhou鹿鸣洲Modern Romance695k WordsCompleted [Period Novel + Transmigration + No Going to the Countryside + Love at First Sight + Marriage Before Love] (No surrendering treasures to the authorities, slice of life, skip if that's not your thing) After somehow transmigrating to the 1960s, Lin Yubei sees everyone else with a golden finger or a pocket dimension, while she can only clutch the ID card in her bag, afraid to take it out. To avoid being branded a vagrant and sent off to work in the mines, Lin Yubei gets a marriage certificate with 9.3kReads9.0Score84614d adds

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    The female lead is dressed in the 1960s, and the male lead falls in love at first sight.

21. 771 七 The Military Wife’s Farming Life in the 1970s 七零军嫂种田忙 A Floating Fish in a Dream一梦浮鱼Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted Lin Yunxi wakes from a nap and discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a military wife in the 1970s. She got married young and already has an adorable son. In an era when people don't have enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, Lin Yunxi isn't worried at all: her pocket dimension for growing crops came with her! Watch as she wins the country's support, opens factories, starts businesses, and builds a business empire of her own. She hears that a courtyard house in the capital co 9.2kReads9.0Score73214d adds

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    💕Perfect match. The female lead travels back to the 1970s, is an amazing cook, and sends a huge bag of jerky, beef sauce, and other delicacies to the male lead. His brothers go crazy for them, they smell amazing! The female lead and her baby live a super fast-paced life~ Exquisitely self-centered!!

22. 772 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s to Be a Soft, Gold-Digging Green Tea 穿到七零当软饭绿茶 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak 6kReads8.9Score52814d adds
23. 773 饥 A Space in the Famine Years 饥荒年代有空间 Five-Spice Braised Meat五香卤肉Modern Romance166k WordsCompleted A modern office worker unexpectedly arrives in a parallel era. Starting out as a baby, she grows up and finds a new family. In a difficult time, they help one another and work hard to study, live, and grow! 493Reads8.8Score—14d adds
24. 774 八 An Eighties-Era Little Miss, Doted on Excessively by a Top Scientist 八零娇气包，科研大佬过分宠 Tingting Rain亭亭雨Modern Romance679k WordsCompleted [Pampered, affectionate beauty VS straight-laced research mogul, transmigrated into a book + spoiled girl + sweet romance + love after marriage] Xue Minmin is a fussy beauty, spoiled and willful, who unexpectedly finds herself transported into a book. Force the research mogul to marry her? Frame the camellia-loving heroine? Marry an old man, have three kids, and get beaten? No, no, no! It has to be a dream! When she opens her eyes again, someone is kissing her by force. She curses him as a perve 9.2kReads8.3Score99714d adds
25. 775 搬 Clearing Out the Cash: The Lovely Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside and Marries a Soldier 搬空钱财：下乡的娇知青她军婚了 Rice-Eating Plate干饭的盘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Space + period setting + sent down to the countryside + military wife + joining her husband at his post + raising kids] Jiang Wenwan transmigrated into a book, becoming the disposable capitalist heiress in Seven Zero Darling: Sent to the Countryside and Spoiled Every Day by a Rough-Hewn Educated Youth. Her mother used her biological father’s pension money to start a new family. Her own daughter became the family’s workhorse, going to bed last and getting up first. Her mother was so lovestruck s 10kReads8.9Score83314d adds
26. 776 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 38.4kReads8.1Score5.5k14d adds
27. 777 卖 After Selling Thirty Apartment Buildings, I Returned to 1960 卖了三十栋楼后，我回到了六零年 Lin Shuangshuang林双双Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted Three months ago, Lin Zi's grandfather died, leaving behind thirty apartment buildings and a dream urging her to stockpile supplies at all costs. Lin Zi sold the buildings and gathered a huge stockpile, only to transmigrate sixty years into the past along with all the supplies. She had no family, no household registration, and was stuck in a strange era. Lin Zi thought of asking her grandfather for help. But at this point, her grandfather was just a little kid, barely ten years old, with a famil 3kReads8.7Score60114d adds
28. 778 八 The 1980s: Reborn as the Commander's Daughter, I Lie Back and Win 八零：穿成首长千金，我直接躺赢 Pinellia and Sandalwood半夏沙棠Modern Romance415k WordsCompleted [1980s + adored by the whole family + military compound + everyday life + sweet romance + military marriage] [Pure-hearted, roguishly handsome officer × gorgeous heiress] An alternate setting with creative liberties. Read at your own discretion. Gu Nianjiao woke up one day to find she had transmigrated into a book, becoming the male lead's doomed cannon-fodder ex-wife. Although she was a minor character destined to die, she was the apple of her family's eye. Her grandparents doted on her, her pa 1.7kReads7.1Score14014d adds

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    ⛄① A high-level executive in 21st-century Shanghai transmigrates into a novel as the female lead's comparison point. When the female lead goes to the countryside, she works in a factory. When the female lead gives birth, she gets promoted. When the female lead takes the college entrance exam, she pursues graduate studies. Years later, the female lead can only look up to her on television… ② A career-driven female lead with multiple systems at her disposal, a science-focused nation, and a love-struck male lead! ③ Waking up one morning, she finds herself transmigrated into the body of the male lead's deceased ex-wife, a pampered princess. Determined to build a successful career, she opens a factory, establishes a company, and makes it big and strong!

29. 779 七 The 1970s: The Original Heroine Starts Trouble, So I Steal Her System 七零：原女主搞事我反手夺她系统 Dang Dang Dang'er铛铛铛儿Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Wang Yuanyuan transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder character who dies in the very first chapter. The heroine is a reborn woman with a brilliant mind and a powerful System. But Wang Yuanyuan isn't afraid, because she has an adorable little chubby bird System of her own. As the fair-skinned, beautiful, levelheaded little princess of the Wang family, all Wang Yuanyuan wants is a peaceful life: raise her bird, snack on gossip, and watch the drama unfold. Unfortunately, her little bird is a h 512Reads6.9Score10114d adds
30. 780 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2kReads9.0Score22514d adds

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    These three books aren't about time travel to the countryside or rural life; they explore other aspects of period fiction. They tell stories of a high-ranking military officer's marriage, a romance with a factory manager, and a worker's love affair with a policeman. All are exceptionally well-written stories set against the backdrop of their respective eras, with the third being a standout in the genre. The female lead is incredibly intelligent and the writing is superb! Absolutely not to be missed!!! —If you like this, please follow the author; we're all devoted fans of novels! ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑

31. 781 穿 A Couple of Fake Partners' Everyday Gossip After They Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies 穿书七零塑料夫妻的吃瓜日常 Good Fortune and Good Luck福气满满好运来Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (A sharp-tongued heroine with eight hundred schemes, queen of the courtyard and village, who loves watching the drama unfold × a male lead who seems aloof and untouchable but is really a childish boy who gets bullied by her and tries to fight back) Jiang Nuan transmigrates into a book. In this 1970s romance, she, Jiang Nuan, is a hopelessly lovesick fool who pines for the male lead, gets face-slapped again and again, and still keeps throwing herself at him. She’s nothing but a disposable side ch 11.8kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds

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    No rural youth, no educated youth!!! 🌸 [A sharp-tongued, gossipy female lead x A seemingly aloof but secretly rebellious male lead] The female lead is really fooling the male lead!!! Such a seemingly aloof person, yet she manages to turn him into a silly little guy from Northeast China wearing a floral jacket. Absolutely brilliant! 🌸 [A cool, selfish female academic genius x A clingy, rough-around-the-edges retired military officer] No reincarnation, no time travel. Is the female lead selfish? I don't think so. She just prioritizes her own interests and doesn't give up her ideals for anyone. This female lead is great!

32. 782 穿 Traveling Between the 1970s and the Modern World 穿梭在70年代与现代世界 A Rain-Perfumed Cloak of Straw一蓑薰雨Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + travel to the modern era + making a fortune + everyday family life + wish fulfillment] Lin Qingyan is reborn in the second year after following her childhood sweetheart to the countryside as an educated youth. When she wakes up, she stays away from the scumbag, refuses to be cannon fodder, and uses her foreknowledge of the next few years to make money and get into college. What? She has a pocket dimension too? There’s a mysterious well, and a door that leads 3.9kReads8.9Score45314d adds
33. 783 空 The Air Force Hero’s Chic Wife, Spoiled and Proud 空军男主的小资嫂子，恃宠而娇 Sakamoto Sakura坂本樱Modern Romance823k WordsCompleted Don’t panic over the early ratings! 1980s setting | Air force military marriage | Both leads are pure, 1v1 | Powerful man lowers his head | Reborn male lead × female lead transmigrated from birth | Both the male lead and second male lead adore her A gorgeous, pampered fashion model × a stern, formidable fighter pilot Sheng Huan had no desire to work hard, so she set her sights on the flight school’s most talented, gullible, and easily coaxed pilot. From then on, half her life goals were fulfil 11.1kReads8.1Score1.2k14d adds
34. 784 六 The Lucky Star of the 1960s: The Lu Family's Grain Storehouse Is Overflowing 六零小福星，陆家屯粮爆仓了 Listening to Bamboo by the Ferry听筠渡Modern Romance609k WordsOngoing [Farming in a bygone era, getting rich, everyday family life, super strength, reading fortunes and earning merit, adorable lucky baby, everyone's favorite, pocket dimension, stockpiling supplies, gossip] After her parents die in service and her grandparents pass away, the four-year-old little dumpling is left an orphan. The good news: everyone in the Lin family wants to adopt her. The bad news: they're all after the money set aside for her care. As the orphaned child of fallen heroes, the lit 25.3kReads8.6Score3k14d adds

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    ✨A historical fiction story, featuring a chubby baby who refuses to go to the countryside. The baby is a little lazybones, sweet-talking but physically lazy, always making empty promises to his parents. From a young age, the baby aspires to go to university so he won't have to farm when he grows up…

35. 785 年 The Vintage-Era It Girl Turns Dark and Goes on a Rampage 年代小花黑化后杀疯啦 Nannan's Cultivation Dream楠楠的修仙梦Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted Li Qiyue, who has the same quintessential green-tea face in both her past and present lives and was treated as her parents’ private property in both, has gone dark. To hell with filial piety, to hell with the Five Virtues and Four Beauties, to hell with nobility, and to hell with self-sacrifice. This girl is done playing along. You want to take the settlement money meant for my trip to the countryside and leave me to suffer there? No chance! Don’t lecture me about morality. Morality is what got 103Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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    This is a good book 🥰 The female lead becomes ruthless after being reborn. Her family wants her resettlement allowance as a sent-down youth, so she refuses to go to the countryside and marries the factory director to curry favor 😂 Everyone in the book is an ordinary person with their own selfishness and kindness; none of them are perfect 😳

36. 786 不 You Won't Let the Little One Eat Her Fill? Flip the Table! Then Nobody Eats! 不让奶团吃饱饭？掀桌！都饿着！ Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Everyone's Darling + Mostly Locals, Light Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + Funny + Not a Single Member of the Family Is a Soft Touch + Get Even on the Spot] Luo Panpan had never known hardship from the day she was born. Then, at five and a half, her father died. From then on, she never had enough to eat, and they even planned to send her away to be adopted? Not a chance! Her mother was a famous tigress for miles around: bold, resourceful, and good at making money 18.7kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
37. 787 五 A Fifth-Generation Woman's Life in the Army 五零女配随军日常 Dreaming of Retirement梦想退休养老Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted [Fifties + military marriage + female supporting character + everyday life + striving + raising children] The handsome, upright, promising young Captain Zhou in the family compound was forced to marry a foolish, clumsy country girl. Many people lamented the match, saying a beautiful flower had been stuck in a pile of manure and the marriage surely wouldn’t last. But they waited and waited, and the couple not only stayed together, the supposedly foolish country girl from the countryside joined th 474Reads8.7Score10014d adds
38. 788 重 Reborn with the Thirty-Six Stratagems, I Won’t Abort This Baby 重生玩转三十六计，这胎老娘不堕 Barbecue Caramel Potatoes烧烤焦糖土豆Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted On the cold operating table, Su Yanqiu suddenly opened her eyes. She was back on the day her two-faced best friend and the scumbag she loved had tricked her into an abortion! In her previous life, she thought her rough-and-tumble husband, Zhao Mo, was crude and trusted the wrong people. She lost her family fortune and died alongside her unborn child! Only when she was dying did she learn that the taciturn man had searched every ravine for her and killed her enemies with his own hands. In the end 46Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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    Set in the 1980s, it's about a rough-around-the-edges guy paired with a capitalist's rich girl. The best part is, it's finished!

39. 789 崽 Have the Kids Gone Astray? Don't Worry, Their Mom Is Here 崽崽们长歪了？别怕，亲妈穿来了 Bright Moon Above the Clouds云上皓月Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted In the 1980s, a mother raises her children day by day. She loves her own kids best! Lin Jianxia went to the photo studio to pick up a picture. When she came out, ten years had passed. Her eldest son had become a notorious street punk, and he gritted his teeth whenever he saw her. “You’re not my mom. My mom died a long time ago.” Her second son had become a wolf in sheep’s clothing, smiling on the surface while plotting to take lives behind people’s backs. “You want to be my mom? How many lives d 1.4kReads7.4Score16914d adds

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    ① The male lead is a doting husband, a gentle and refined scientific researcher who waited for his wife for 10 years! His wife went to a photo studio to pick up a family photo, disappeared for 10 years, and when she returned, she looked young, while he had aged and looked like her father. He's constantly clinging to his wife, whom he's found again. ② The female lead, a sent-down youth, was forced by the plot to marry a soldier. On their wedding day, the male lead returned to his unit early. After working tirelessly for her in-laws, she finally realized her mistake, divorced her husband, returned to the city to take the college entrance exam, and married a gentle and refined researcher.

40. 790 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 928Reads6.5Score10814d adds

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    This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich, delicate writing style. It has the feel of a serious period drama, depicting the rise of a lumberjack in a Northeast forest farm, creating a highly immersive experience! It's not idiotic, doesn't rely on melodrama, and has no system.

41. 791 年 The Pampered Wife Awakens and Goes Berserk in a Period Novel 年代文包子原配觉醒后发疯了 Clouds Skimming Shadows云掠影Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn + face-slapping + going berserk + getting rich Only after Meng Jiao awakened did she realize she was the meek, ill-fated first wife in a period novel. In the book, her mother-in-law abused her, her sister-in-law bullied her, and her brother-in-law slandered her. Yet she kept working without complaint, giving everything to the family. She exhausted herself holding up the Song family, but never earned their respect. In the end, after her brother-in-law accused her of having an affair with a 2.1kReads8.4Score16914d adds
42. 792 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 14.7kReads7.5Score1.3k14d adds

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

43. 793 快 Quick Transmigration: In Period Novels, I Pursue Self-Interest with Style 快穿：拜金的我在年代文精致利己 Nannan's Cultivation Dream楠楠的修仙梦Modern Romance5.6M WordsOngoing Follow the happy lives of the gold-digging, shameless woman Li Na across stories set in different eras. (Li Na has a different personality in each era story and no memories of her other lives in other era stories. The protagonist is only named Li Na; they are not the same person. Some have a golden finger and some don't, and when they do, it's very minor. The heroine is just an utterly ordinary woman.) Content warning: The heroine is deeply flawed and extremely selfish. She only ever thinks of h 7.6kReads8.2Score35214d adds

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    This story definitely doesn't involve rural life; the female lead has the same name in each world but isn't the same person; and the male and female leads might not seem like good people.

44. 794 六 The Sixties: From Total Wimp to Neighborhood Watch Hero 六零：小趴菜秒变朝阳群众 The Chubby Guy Who Loves to Write爱写作的小胖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (This story is entirely fictional and focuses on everyday life. The heroine is the type who fights back when challenged, while the hero is the fussy, meddling type. Writing isn’t easy, so please be kind. If you don’t like it, please don’t leave a bad review.) Shi Xi agreed to trade a year of her life with someone on a moment’s impulse of compassion, and nearly regretted it until she was sick. After finally making it back, her one wish was to avoid being sent to the countryside. To achieve that, 4kReads9.0Score32714d adds

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    Completed novels without rural excursions; don't miss any of them.

45. 795 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 1.1kReads9.3Score10314d adds

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    [What][I'm about to cry][Thinking][Sending a heart]

46. 796 三 The Three Treasures Pagoda and Purple Gold Mountain 三宝塔与紫金山 Muzi Surong木子苏蓉Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted The story unfolds slowly between Sanbao Town in southeastern Yunnan and Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties. Yun Kun, a young man from southern Yunnan, dreams of escaping the mountains. Through sheer perseverance, he rises from a poor boy to a faculty researcher at a military academy. Ning Xiang, who lives east of Nanjing, once enjoyed a peaceful, ordinary life, but the tides of the times bring a drastic turn: her household registration is falsified, and she is forced to move to the co 8Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Nestled among the towering mountains of southern Yunnan, Sanbao Town lies quietly in the folds of the red soil plateau; two thousand kilometers to the east, Zijin Mountain overlooks the bustling city of the Six Dynasties. These two place names, separated by a thousand miles, are connected by the footsteps of one man. Yun Kun was a child who came from Sanbao Town. He understood the poverty of the mountains from a young age, but what was harder to erase than poverty was the thought in his heart to fly out of the mountains. Later, he did indeed leave, all the way to the Military Engineering Academy, where he became a researcher in optics—working all day with lenses and mirrors, pondering how to make the eyes see farther and clearer. In eastern Nanjing, Ning Xiang lived a different life. In ordinary alleys and bustling homes, she should have lived a stable life along the lines of everyday life. But the hand of the times gently pushed her, and a falsified household registration pushed her onto another track. The wonder of fate lies in the fact that two lines that seemed never to intersect met at the foot of Zijin Mountain. Yun Kun carried the stubbornness of the red earth; Ning Xiang, on the other hand, was like a resilient willow by the Qinhuai River, seemingly gentle, but capable of withstanding storms. Their coming together was not merely a union of two people, but a meeting of two different ways of life. In the impoverished days that followed, a speckled hen strolled in the backyard, a few loofah vines climbed the eaves, and Yun Kun's kaleidoscope, crafted from scraps, made ordinary light bloom—life was hard, but they found joy in it.

47. 797 替 Take My Cousin's Place in the Countryside? I'll Empty the Whole Family's Ancestral Tombs and Dance 替堂妹下乡？搬空全家祖坟蹦迪 God of Wealth's Dark Moonlight财神黑月光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn revenge + making money and causing trouble + born to stir up chaos] In her previous life, Ruan Xianxian took her cousin's place in the countryside, then returned to the city and married the fiancé her cousin no longer wanted. She thought she'd found salvation, but what awaited her was endless patience and scheming. A heartless grandfather, a cousin who stole her golden finger, and a husband who outsourced his affection made for one bizarre family. Only when a speeding tr 43.5kReads9.0Score3.7k14d adds
48. 798 穿 I Transmigrated into an 1980s Devoted Wife Novel and Became a Sucker's Stepmother 穿进八零娇妻文，我给冤种当继母 Zhu Jin竺仅Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted At first glance, nothing seems wrong. Look closer, and there’s definitely a problem. That’s right, Wen Yu transmigrated into a book, in fact, into two. They’re linked novels by the same author, telling the stories of two generations. The Husband-and-Wife Story is about the dad, a sweet romance set in a bygone era. But Wen Yu isn’t the sweet young wife in the novel. She’s the male lead’s second wife, about to divorce him because their married life isn’t working out. The Sucker… is Wen Yu’s affect 2.9kReads8.3Score16914d adds

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    🌸Oh my god, this is a perfect match. The female lead transmigrates into a book and becomes the second wife of a 32-year-old wealthy man who is getting married again. The story begins on their wedding night, when the male lead's old house catches fire, since the female lead is only 18 years old.

49. 799 丹 A Pill Cultivator in the 1970s: A Multiple Birth with an Immortal Realm Big Shot 丹修穿七零，和仙界大佬一胎多宝 Wan Ruosheng宛若生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + Marriage Before Love + Everyday Family Life] After failing her tribulation, Fang Shunian is reborn as a beautiful young widow in the 1970s. With a mother-in-law who dotes on her, a younger sister who protects her, and her husband’s pension to support her, life is wonderful. In her previous life, she spent every waking moment making pills. In this one, she just wants to take it easy. But her little sister is so good to her. How could she st 2.7kReads8.9Score46414d adds

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    The first book of "No Rural Life" features a female protagonist who transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes an unregistered resident, but immediately marries the male protagonist. The second book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a widow (fake). The third book of "No Rural Life" has no romantic pairing; the female protagonist is a local and works hard from a young age to escape her circumstances!

50. 800 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? 2.1kReads9.2Score12214d adds

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