Please Recommend Period Novels With a Cool, Selfish, Pragmatic Heroine Who Refuses to Go to the Countryside 跪求年代文，女主是那种清冷自私现实的那种不下乡

1. 51 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Became the Thorn in My Scumbag Brother's Side 重生七零，我成了渣哥口中的刺头 Crystal Breeze风来水晶Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Reborn in the 1970s + period setting + System + abusing scumbags and face-slapping + wealthy CEO] In her previous life, Ye Ziyu and her cousin Ye Zilin were raised as twins. Her parents and five older brothers all doted on the cousin who had stolen her place in the family. When danger struck, her childhood betrothed saved her cousin instead, costing Ye Ziyu her life. Reborn, Ye Ziyu decides she’s done indulging anyone. Since treating people sincerely got her nowhere, she won’t pull he 15.4kReads8.9Score1.6k14d adds
2. 52 重 Back in the Eighties: My Family's Demolition Compensation Bought Half a Street 重回八零：我家拆迁分了半条街 Cat Who Loves Houttuynia折耳根的猫Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Period Setting + Farming + Strong Male and Female Leads + A Feel-Good Rags-to-Riches Story] After spending ten years selling boxed lunches at construction sites, Jiang Tian was reborn in the year she dropped out of school. That year, her younger brother hadn't yet been tricked into a backstreet brick kiln and worked to death, and her mother hadn't yet fallen gravely ill. Picking up the boxed-lunch skills she'd honed over the years, the first thing the “Lunchbox Queen” did after being 7.7kReads9.1Score76914d adds
3. 53 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: A Useless Woman’s Lie-Flat Life in the 1970s 穿书七零：小废物的躺平人生 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Little Cannon Fodder X Delinquent Second Male Lead] A prediction came true: after graduating from college and returning home to lie flat, Wen Suili got into a car accident and transmigrated into a period novel she’d been following. But she hadn’t become the heroine. She was a minor cannon-fodder supporting character named Wen Sui-sui. Wen Suili: How is a useless good-for-nothing supposed to survive in such a hard era? In the villagers’ eyes, Wen Sui-sui and Lu Mingcheng were tied 3.6kReads9.1Score32314d adds
4. 54 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book as a Scumbag Male Supporting Character in the 1970s, and My Will to Survive Is Off the Charts 穿书七零人渣男配，我求生欲超高 Liang Xi良熙Two Male Leads182k WordsCompleted [Dual Male Leads] [Rugged Hero] [Heartwarming Everyday Life] [Sweet Romance] HE. Shen Yu transmigrates into a book, becoming a young educated youth in a period novel and the scumbag supporting character who comes between the male and female leads. He knows all too well how tragic the original character's ending was! So, to stay alive and avoid repeatedly tempting fate, Shen Yu decides to keep his distance from the leads! But somehow, his relationship with the male lead seems to be getting more a 7kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
5. 55 革 The Revolutionary Committee Director's Wife Snatched Him Away Again 革委会主任又被媳妇抢了 Sisters Yiyi姐妹花一一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On a bitter winter day in 1975, Jiang Yu, director of the Revolutionary Committee in Hancheng County, was knocked unconscious with a brick on his way to work. When he woke up, all his belongings had been stolen: his service pistol, wallet, watch, and belt. Not a thing was left. The robbers were two high school sophomores, Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiuyun. The cousins worked together: he carried Jiang Yu to the hospital, while she stripped him bare as he lay unconscious. Xu Xiuyun stuffed the pistol into 4.2kReads6.3Score32814d adds

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   The male lead comes from a wealthy family and is highly capable, but he ends up being snatched away by the female lead. The female lead is selfish, resourceful, and a skilled actress. The male lead goes to great lengths to marry her.

6. 56 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
7. 57 七 The Seventies: Reunited with My Ex Four Years Later, I Become Everyone's Darling 七零，四年后巧遇前任被团宠 Si Xuan丝轩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reunited after a breakup + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + devoted couple + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + the male lead will later transmigrate to the modern era to win her back] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder female character. The moment she opens her eyes, the male lead is sweet-talking her in a cornfield. According to the plot, he is only using her as a stepping-stone. Su Wanwan refuses to follow the plot. That very night, she meet 91.9kReads8.4Score9.1k14d adds
8. 58 七 The Beloved Daughter of the 1970s Marries a Soldier: The Frail Educated Youth Is Just Putting on an Act 七零团宠嫁兵哥，娇弱知青是装的 Ri Yue Xing Chen日玥星辰Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted (P.S. The heroine never gets put through the wringer. She transmigrates into a book from the apocalypse, and her golden finger is seriously powerful.) After criticizing a period novel, Ji Jinyu, who had been struggling to survive in the apocalypse, transmigrated into the novel’s 1970s setting. She became a cannon-fodder character who had only ever been mentioned by name. Her family had once been wealthy and influential, but after they were framed, some were sent down to the countryside and other 5.8kReads9.1Score55214d adds

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   The female lead is the kind of aloof, selfish, and realistic type who refuses to go to the countryside.

9. 59 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 46.8kReads9.4Score5.6k14d adds
10. 60 七 Before Going to the Countryside in the 1970s, I Used My Space to Empty My Enemies’ Homes 七零下乡前，我用空间搬空仇家 Clear Autumn Waters秋水盈盈Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + 1970s + Pocket Dimension + Spirit Spring + Combat Skills + Gossip + Emptying the Original Heroine's Pocket Dimension] Luo Jingyan, a modern rich beauty, accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a short-lived cannon-fodder character in a period novel. After her parents are framed by their own relatives, she has no choice but to take her younger brother and head to the countryside as an educated youth. Before leaving, she gets revenge by clearing out her enemy's eno 12.3kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
11. 61 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
12. 62 下 Fine, I’ll Go to the Countryside. I Have a Pocket Dimension, So What Have I Got to Fear? 下乡就下乡我有空间我怕谁 Knowing the Mist from the Tower临楼知渺Modern Romance716k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + sent to the countryside + raising children + no romance) Fall asleep at home, wake up transmigrated from the sky! Fang Lan wakes up one day and finds she’s transmigrated from the 21st century into a little girl in the 1970s in a parallel world. She’s about to be sent to the countryside, and she’s so hungry she’s dizzy and seeing black. She feels like she might as well die! Then the very next moment, she gains a pocket dimension. Well... it’s a bit small, but 6.7kReads9.0Score69214d adds
13. 63 穿 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s, and Discover My Mom Is a Total Green Tea 穿书七零，发现我妈是大绿茶 Encounter遇见Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted [Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to 7.1kReads7.3Score48914d adds
14. 64 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Lucky Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 重生七零：锦鲤娇妻有空间 Wan Caicai万财财Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [System shopping space + sweet and satisfying + high-IQ heroine vs. incredibly masculine tech genius] Professor Ji Han, fluent in eight languages, discovers that her cousin has written her as a brainless, vicious supporting villainess in a period novel. How could she possibly put up with that? Back in the 1970s, Ji Han tackles her studies and her mission all at once, throwing herself into the work of building the country and making a fortune along the way. All the troublemakers can get lost! Her 615Reads9.2Score10414d adds

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    Only the third book is set in the countryside. The female protagonist's soul transmigrates to the countryside, not in the educated youth sent to the countryside type. She might not be the aloof and selfish type you're looking for. But the third book involves raising a child without a romantic partner. She serves her country, rising step by step from the countryside to the capital. The last book is from the male protagonist's perspective. It's also a soul transmigration story. He has a wife and daughter. He starts in the countryside, then finds work in town, and the whole family moves there. This book is not yet finished. She is not an educated youth sent to the countryside.

15. 65 重 The Reborn Seventies-Era Female Driver Takes to the Road with Her Pocket Dimension 重生七零女司机，带着空间把车开 Little Mao from Osaka Castle大阪城的小毛Modern Romance656k WordsCompleted This is truly a story about a seasoned driver behind the wheel... Reborn in the 1970s, Lin Yingzi binds herself to the Heroine System and uses her expert driving skills to become a proud female bus driver. When her awful father and mother show up to cause trouble, her magical System delivers without fail. Complete missions for rewards, then take turns humiliating the scumbags and making them eat their words. Repair machines, drive cars, win martial arts competitions, go to university, start a tr 1.1kReads9.0Score10014d adds
16. 66 我 I Brought a Supermarket Stocked with Supplies to the 1960s 我带着满装物资的超市穿到六零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Farming, a heroine who shines on her own and builds a career, no romance for the male lead, serving the country In this impoverished 1960s, her husband dies in service, leaving behind a son who has just turned one month old. Her mother-in-law is a fool who only wants to drain the family’s resources to support her own nephew. Her bullying brother-in-law only wants her compensation and her job. Luo Luo transmigrates with a supermarket full of supplies that can be copied without limit. Did she real 2.8kReads9.0Score29314d adds
17. 67 七 The 1970s: You’re the Worst Parents I’ve Ever Had 七零：你们是我带过最差的爹妈 Casual Verses闲吟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (An ordinary person working hard to become a top student + the daily life of a family of three + making money + delicious food) Both leads are each other's first and only love. Alternate setting, with some original worldbuilding. School system: 6+3+3. A slow-paced, slice-of-life story. At twelve, Bai Ran regained the memories of her previous life and decided to study hard, get into college, and change her fate. But why was she the only one in the family of three making an effort? Thirty is the p 1.3kReads8.8Score12714d adds
18. 68 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.6kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
19. 69 开 From the Start, I Inherited a Fortune and Lived It Up in the 1960s 开局继承遗产，我在六零躺赢 Nannan Who Loves Shredded Potatoes爱吃土豆丝的南南Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted Jian Shu gained access to a pocket dimension. Having read countless novels, she immediately began stockpiling supplies in preparation for transmigrating or the apocalypse. A few years passed, and Jian Shu had all but forgotten about the idea. Then, when she woke up one day, she found herself in a different era. She had transmigrated to 1968. She was an orphan, but she had a large inheritance and no awful relatives to deal with. See how Jian Shu uses her pocket dimension to get rich in this e 15.3kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
20. 70 六 The Sixties: I Bring Billions in Supplies to Shop My Way Through the Siheyuan 六零，我带亿万物资买爆四合院 Tao Tao Xing Bing Le桃桃瑆冰乐Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Period setting + pocket dimension + stockpiling supplies + devoted dad + siheyuan courtyard] When the apocalypse arrives, Jiang Lin has a very long dream. In it, his sworn enemy turns out to be the male lead of an apocalyptic novel! His rival has it so good in the apocalypse, always one step ahead of him. It turns out he has a pocket-space jade pendant as his golden finger! When he wakes, Jiang Lin has returned to the time before the apocalypse. Without hesitation, he steals the male lead’s gol 5.8kReads8.9Score37014d adds
21. 71 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 38.5kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds

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    🤔🥰🥰① On Lin Xiangnan's first day after transmigrating, her family was in an uproar over going to the countryside. At first: "It's just going to the countryside! She has hundreds of millions of resources in her spatial dimension, how could she not do well in the countryside?" After helping her second grandfather hoe the fields for two days: "Going to the countryside is impossible! She's just lazy, greedy, and can't stand any hardship!" ② Yang Yuan: "What? Going to the countryside? Impossible, absolutely impossible! I'm just cunning, lazy, greedy, and sly, so what if I take advantage of others? So what if I'm shrewd? Being shrewd just means I'll be tricked!"

22. 72 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.6kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
23. 73 七 The Clear-Eyed Beauty of the 1970s Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Book Transmigration 七零清醒美人不认命【穿书】 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance222k WordsCompleted [Polished Egoist + Pocket Dimension + Love at First Sight + Transmigrates into a Short Drama] [Military Officer] [Joining Her Husband on an Island] Xu Suimei is beautiful and clever. She clawed her way from an orphanage to a top university, only to discover that she still hadn't even reached the starting line others were born at. She resolved to use marriage as a stepping stone, but just as she was about to take the final step, she transmigrated to the 1970s. She became a little girl in a short 14.6kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds

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    This is to be expected; the female lead originally came from the countryside. She'll join the army midway through the story. Like a skilled hunter, she doesn't fight alone when at a disadvantage but utilizes her connections and resources to achieve her goals. She's swift and decisive in dealing with villains. She's exactly the kind of self-serving female lead I envision. Although there aren't any dramatic events or grand vows, the understated romance is very captivating. The female lead has a magical spring but doesn't use it much, relying on her own efforts to advance step by step. While her personality is a bit dramatic, it's acceptable. Most importantly, the male lead is wonderful—a perfect husband.

24. 74 不 Infertile? She Remarried the Toughest Officer and Had Two Kids in Three Years 不孕？改嫁最猛军官三年抱俩 Hibiscus Flower City木槿花城Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Secret Crush Comes True + Building a Fortune + Second Male Lead’s Wife-Chasing Inferno] When Su Mo said she wanted to divorce Lu Shen, nobody believed her. Everyone among their friends and relatives knew how deeply she loved him. Lu Shen thought so too. He’d always believed Su Mo was the one chasing after him. Divorce? Impossible. But when it became clear she really meant it, Lu Shen and his whole family were dumbfounded. Su Mo was actually going through with it? The worst part 689Reads9.0Score10614d adds

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    🎉The female lead suddenly woke up and stopped being that love-struck fool. When Su Mo saw her husband Lu Shen embracing his first love, Su Yue, she suddenly realized that if someone doesn't love you, they don't love you. No matter how much she poured her heart out to the Lu family, none of them liked her. So, the now-awakened Su Mo filed for divorce. From then on, the Lu family was in chaos. Lu Shen's bedridden mother had no one to care for her, and Lu Shen's work was a complete mess. But Su Mo's beautiful life was just beginning.

25. 75 军 A Military Wife Falls from the Sky and Lands in a Coldhearted Officer's Heart 军嫂从天降，撞进高冷军官心尖上 A Few Days of Spring Chill几日春寒Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Devoted Husband + Love at First Sight + Both Leads Are Inexperienced] Song Yue opened her eyes to find herself in a human traffickers' hideout, facing the prospect of being sold to an old man deep in the mountains. A military doctor, she risked everything and leaped from a cliff, landing right on the vehicle of Lu Huai, who was out on a mission. After narrowly escaping death, she made it home. As for her stepmother, who had tried to sell her and even signed 3.9kReads9.0Score52114d adds

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    These are all stories about educated youth sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution, and I only recommended them because I thought they were good.

26. 76 七 Back to 1970 Before I Lost My Chastity: Husband, I Was Wrong 七零回到失去清白前，老公我错了 Shameless Young Master公子无耻Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Everyone in Yonggan Village knew that the newly arrived Shen Jiaojiao was a little temptress. She dressed in flashy clothes every day and chased after men. Later, a scumbag chopped off Shen Jiaojiao's legs, threw her in a basement, and tortured her until she wished she were dead. When she was critically ill, the man she'd personally sent to prison, Xu Mo, bought her for a million. Shen Jiaojiao thought Xu Mo had bought her to humiliate and torment her. But he put their past behind them, marri 15.1kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
27. 77 七 A Sweet and Tender Bride on Her Wedding Night in the Seventies 七零新婚夜，知青娇妻身软体甜 Yao Minxi瑶皿夕Modern Romance663k WordsCompleted [Military-marriage romance + both leads reborn + educated-youth era + mutual devotion + feel-good face-slapping + cloyingly sweet + fake white moonlight] At eighteen, Gu Qijiao was smitten with educated youths, so she threw herself at the drunk Zheng Yunsheng and married him. They eventually got married and had a child, but Zheng Yunsheng's white moonlight provoked Gu Qijiao into miscarrying. After losing the baby, Gu Qijiao decided to give up on the man she'd seduced into marrying her. Gu Qijia 8.2kReads9.1Score64514d adds
28. 78 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

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    The story doesn't involve going to the countryside because the female lead is from there. However, after the college entrance exam, both the male and female leads go to Beijing through their own efforts. The female lead is a spoiled girl pampered by her family, and the male lead is also very nice. Welcome to the series!!! It's so sweet!!! Ah!!!

29. 79 空 Space: The Tender Wife of a Rugged Man in the 1970s 空间：七零糙汉的娇软妻 Half Acre of Sweet Flowers半亩花甜Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + pocket dimension + rugged hero + period story + 1970s + gentle heroine + reborn] [Delicate, soft-hearted heroine × loyal, rugged hero] Song Ruan grew up cherished and spoiled by her family. Yet in the scorching summer heat, she was hoeing the fields for her educated-youth boyfriend. Then, in a moment of carelessness, a snake bit her. While unconscious, she had a long dream filled with scenes from the future. When she woke, she kicked that hypocritical educated-youth boyfriend to 9.4kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
30. 80 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 40.9kReads9.3Score5.2k14d adds
31. 81 七 The 1970s: Everyone in the Family Is a Coward, Except Our Fierce Little Sister 七零：满门怂包，唯小妹刚的发邪 A 1cm, 1kg Skinny Person1cm1kg的瘦子Modern Romance190k WordsCompleted Zhou Lele, a powerhouse from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl who was bullied to death. Her birth mother crouches nearby, doing nothing but crying and crying. When Zhou Lele wakes up, her mother is overjoyed, then tells her to let it go. After Zhou Lele gets beaten, her mother tells her to let it go again! Her fists clench! Why put up with it? She goes straight on the offensive... 294Reads—Score1714d adds

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    If I'm not happy, nobody else is either. Zhou Lele, a powerful figure from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl who was beaten to death. Faced with the vengeance of her own mother, she refuses to tolerate it and seeks revenge on the spot, without letting it last overnight. [Rolls eyes]

32. 82 穿 Transmigrated to the ’70s: With a Space in Hand, the Eldest Sister Supports Her Family 穿越七零：身揣空间长姐养家日常 Mo Qing Yan墨卿烟Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Won't Go to the Countryside in the Seventies: I Have an All-Purpose Space, and Transmigrating to the Seventies: I Raise My Family as the Eldest Sister with a Space [Transmigration + Space] Zheng Yuru unexpectedly obtained a space. She thought the legendary apocalypse was coming, but after falling asleep, she woke up in the seventies! As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that both her parents were dead, her older brother had gone to the countryside, and she had younger sibli 2.9kReads8.7Score18614d adds

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    After being reincarnated more than ten years ago, Xiangqiao suddenly awakens her memories: her cousin is the female lead in a rebirth novel... Various scenarios keep popping into her mind. No matter where she is, her family is always cannon fodder and stepping stones. Why does everyone want her to go to the countryside? Xiangqiao clenches her fists inwardly: Go to the countryside? No way! It's so much better to work a regular job in the city, relax, and maybe even get some gossip about various female leads and see the everyday life of families in this era.

33. 83 我 My Daily Gossip in a Siheyuan [The 1970s] 我在四合院的吃瓜日常【七零】 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting + courtyard compound + gossip-watching + light ensemble cast] When Shen Miaomiao wakes up, she finds herself as a cannon-fodder character in a period novel. According to the plot, she will be forced to go to the countryside, where the village chief's son sets his sights on her and forcibly marries her, eventually beating her to death. Knowing the plot, Shen Miaomiao is determined: “I’m not going to the countryside. Absolutely not. No matter what, I’m not going!” Then she starts l 7.4kReads8.2Score35914d adds
34. 84 回 Back in the 1980s, Starting My Career Anew 回归八零再就业 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted While everyone else who transmigrates gets to live another life, Qi Xinlan loses twenty years of hers! One moment she's a thriving, ambitious administrative director at a multinational corporation; the next, she's a fifty-two-year-old woman. This is the bittersweet story of how the white-collar elite Cindy Qi became Auntie Qi to her neighbors. Her most promising son is gone, her daughter-in-law has run off, and a whole bunch of little children are left behind! See how a modern HR and administrat 16.4kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds

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    This one, however, the female lead is 52 years old and transmigrates directly to become a grandmother.

35. 85 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.5kReads8.9Score98614d adds

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    First book 🥇 Recommendation

36. 86 穿 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1970s 穿到七十年代不下乡 A Lump of Lucky Cat一坨幸运喵Modern Romance558k WordsCompleted Feng Wanyi is a fan of transmigration novels, and she often wishes she could transmigrate one day. She did transmigrate, but things don't seem to be going the way she imagined. Looking at the walls, which seem to belong to another era, Feng Wanyi feels like banging her head against them. She gives it a try, but apart from the wound on her head, she's still perfectly fine and right where she was. Just when she'd finally forced herself to accept her situation, they tell her she's being sent to the 2.1kReads8.9Score13514d adds
37. 87 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 64.7kReads8.5Score8.1k14d adds

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    Transmigrating to the 1970s, Wen Jingshu, armed with a limited-time flash sale system, rises from a lowly purchasing clerk at a supply and marketing cooperative to achieve a meteoric rise. She hoards scarce goods, secures large foreign trade orders, and spearheads the construction of an instant noodle factory, earning awards and promotions through sheer ability—her career skyrockets. With the support of her family, the story is richly detailed and full of satisfying moments, making it an increasingly addictive and enjoyable period drama.

38. 88 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.4kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds

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    The authors of those works from that era never went to the countryside.

39. 89 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Little Cannon Fodder Rises With Her Space 重生七零：小炮灰带着空间雄起 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System space + born into another body + memories awakened + transmigrate into a book + taking on the stepmother and stepsister + the heroine will never be abused] Chen Qingyi had spent more than a decade living with the Dazhulong Brigade. One day, she fell into the water and awakened memories of her past life, only to learn that she was a minor cannon-fodder character in a book. Her biological father was a heartless cad. In two months, he would divorce her mother by letter and marry his one tru 37kReads9.4Score3.9k14d adds
40. 90 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Factory Belle Refuses to Be a Foil 穿书七零，厂花不做对照组 Clear and Serene Ancient Moon澄凝古月Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + pocket dimension + refuses rural assignment + workplace] While doing archaeological work, Lin Ran formed a contract with a pocket dimension, which also brought her to a parallel 1970s world after she transmigrated into a book. She's beautiful, wealthy, and has a partner, and she refuses to be anyone's foil. She steps back from the gossip and enjoys the show, indulges in good food and stocks up on property. Wherever she goes, she can live life on her own terms. But... there's alw 2kReads6.8Score10114d adds

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    A time-traveling heroine versus a retired police officer. She steals the original novel's heroine's resources and secretly helps her police officer husband catch bad guys. She refuses to go to the countryside, rises through the ranks like a factory beauty, gets raises, goes to university, and accumulates houses…

41. 91 我 I Land a Government Job by Gossiping in a Period Novel 我靠吃瓜在年代文里拿编制 Chen Xiaofan Who Loves Yellow Heart Greens喜欢黄心菜的陈小凡Modern Romance517k WordsCompleted This novel has undergone a major revision [transmigration; gossip; System; getting rich; male lead; transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s] Jiang Panyu's greatest passion in life was gossip. She was like a melon-eating mouse in a field, always showing up wherever there was juicy gossip, right at the heart of the action. One day, she got so caught up in watching two old ladies brawl that she completely lost herself in the excitement. A brick in one of the old ladies' hands sent her straight to 3.7kReads9.0Score35914d adds
42. 92 重 Reborn Tour Guide Strikes It Rich! 重生导游来吸金！ Le Muxi乐沐昔Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Tour guide Ji Luoyi’s tour bus plunges into a reservoir on the way back from dropping off her group. When she opens her eyes, she has been reborn as Luo Yi, a high school student in 2002. The thought of going through high school all over again gives her a headache. Her parents were tricked into going abroad for work and haven’t been heard from in years, while her relatives are constantly picking on her, unable to stand seeing her do well. Ji Luoyi thinks, “I had a house, a car, and a cat-son, an 68Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 93 都 Now That I'm Reborn, Why Get Married? Obviously, I'll Make Money 都重生了谁还嫁人，当然赚钱啊 Chi Yu Ru Hai池渔洳海Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted [Starting a Business and Making Money+Top Student+No Romance+Feel-Good Female Lead+Period Piece] Jiang Yu is reborn in 1994. In this life, she refuses to follow her mother to the city for school. She'll stay in the county, sell porridge, and open a food court. With her foresight and skills as a food blogger, watch her turn 250 yuan into a hundred billion... She'll make money and study hard, both at once! 1.4kReads8.9Score11514d adds

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    Reborn in 1994, she starts her business and gets rich by selling porridge and milk tea. It's a period novel with a strong female lead and no romantic pairing.👍 The rating is a bit low right now, but it's good!

44. 94 小 Early Spring Frost 小春霜早 1Blue Snow1蓝雪儿Modern Romance431k WordsCompleted Xiaochun Shuangzao tells the story of the lives, changes, joys, and sorrows of the three Gu siblings at the end of the twentieth century. Through their story, the novel explores the profound impact of Reform and Opening Up on people's thoughts and lives, and the sweeping changes brought by the new era. [Print edition published] 1.1kReads8.5Score10014d adds

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    Then I have to mention this one. It's a published novel, so the quality is guaranteed, and the content is very exciting. I recommend it to you, and I hope you like it.

45. 95 花 Flowers Bloom at Just the Right Time 花开正是好时节 Guixiang Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的桂香Modern Romance795k WordsCompleted Life passes in a flash. If there’s anything to hope for, it’s simply warmth and someone who keeps you in their thoughts. Live well. You don’t have to meet again to miss someone, and you don’t have to be together to love someone. Every distance has a reason to exist. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 96 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Capitalist Heiress Stirs Up Trouble 穿越七零资本家大小姐搞事情 Blue Great Immortal蓝大仙儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + 1970s setting + educated youth + golden finger + refined self-interest + lighthearted wish fulfillment + female business tycoon + patriotism] (Capitalists! Capitalists! The daughter of a capitalist family! Don’t project ordinary people’s spending habits and outlook on life onto her. See things from the perspective of a ruthless heiress.) (The male lead is just a tool, an accessory. If you don’t like that, please leave and don’t post bad reviews.) Who says educated youth sent to 8Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    A historical romance novel featuring a wealthy young lady who is sent to the countryside.

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