Looking for Period Pieces: No Rural Relocation, Just College Exams and City Jobs 求年代文，不是下乡的，是那种考大学，在城里工作

1. 1 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 137.1kReads9.5Score11.2k14d adds

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   🍃🍃🍃I'm here to recommend some books! Historical fiction, no rural assignments, city jobs, female protagonist perspective📖① Female protagonist Xu Jing'an, her family is full of cunning, their schemes only extend to self-interest. The story is short but concise.📖② Female protagonist Yang Yuan, no rural assignments, no black market activities. The characters and plot are very distinctive. The female protagonist isn't a saint, she's self-serving.📖③ Female protagonist Lin Jiao, the original owner decided to sell her job to follow her fiancé to the countryside, but was provoked by the reborn woman and died of a heart attack. After the female protagonist transmigrates, she doesn't go to the countryside.📖④ Female protagonist Lin Erxia, with strong moral values, no cheat codes, a strong female protagonist story, the female protagonist is always causing trouble. 📖⑤ The female lead, Lou Qingqing, only wants a good life. She pursues the male lead, a unique kind of love-struck woman. Unexpectedly, Rong Huai turns out to be a petty, short-tempered, and irritable man. 📖⑥ The female lead, Su Yuhe, finds a job on her own, having passed exams in the countryside. She doesn't have any special advantages, making her story more realistic. 📖⑦ The female lead, Xu Mengting, travels back to the 1960s. Laziness has become her life motto, leading her on a journey to find a long-term meal ticket. 📖⑧ The female lead, Jiang Yuan, comes from a family that is considered extremely selfish by others. Her older sister, Jiang Qin, appears innocent but treats Shang Shixu like a dog. I really want to see the older sister's perspective!

2. 2 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 12kReads8.1Score73714d adds
3. 3 末 The Doomed Young Lady Lands in the Countryside Just Before the Move, Hiding Out in the City 末世娇女穿在下乡前夕，苟在城里 The Sky Clears After the Rain雨过天也晴Modern Romance711k WordsOngoing Lin Jiao was born lucky. Even in the harsh conditions of the apocalypse, she lived a life everyone envied. Who could have known that while she was browsing the shops and joining the crowds at the base, a System fragment would hit her temple, killing her and sending her to another world? Her original self was unloved by both parents. She decided to sell her job and follow the man she loved to the countryside. Then a reborn heroine stole her man, and she died suddenly from a heart attack. After tr 3.2kReads7.2Score20714d adds
4. 4 七 The 1970s: I Became the Female Supporting Character's Foil in a Period Novel 七零：穿成年代文女配对照组 Rain Falling in the Bamboo Grove竹林落雨Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted A period drama about an independent female lead, with no golden finger! She passed the high school entrance exams, but her family wouldn’t let her attend. Instead, they sent her uncle’s daughter, who had never gotten along with her, to school. Short-tempered Lin Erxia erupted into a fight. After a furious scuffle, she passed out from anger. When she woke up, she realized she seemed to have transmigrated into a book... 12.5kReads9.0Score85514d adds
5. 5 七 The 1970s: I Spend Every Day Smoothing Things Over with a Madman for a Better Life 七零之为了好生活每天都在哄疯批 Lan Yalan澜雅澜Modern Romance6.3M WordsCompleted Short drama adaptation: My Eldest Sister Has a Script from the Seventies, and I Have a System That Can Hear It (1v1 + Period Drama + Pampered Romance + Female Lead Pursues Male Lead + Timid Heroine with a Few Tricks and a Sweet Tongue + Male Lead with an Unusual Case of Love-Brain) In both her lives, Lou Qingqing had only one wish: to marry into a family with good prospects. She thought the Rong family was well-off, and that marrying in would mean she’d never lack food or clothes and wouldn’t ha 19.4kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
6. 6 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
7. 7 在 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 Big Head, Big Head头大头大Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.7kReads8.1Score14514d adds
8. 8 六 The Beloved Darling of a Remarkable Family in the 1960s 六零年代极品一家人的团宠 Sunny Peach桃子晴朗Modern Romance533k WordsCompleted [Beloved by all in a period setting + shrewd self-interest + a whole family of eccentrics + ensemble cast + personal dimension] Jiang Yuan thought she was the heroine, since she got bound to a lousy System from the start. Well, the System was completely useless. All it did was make her sing “Little Messy” in front of her whole family in the middle of the night. It also turned her into a romance novelist, writing ridiculous, melodramatic stories that got her blacklisted throughout Hong Kong, forc 6.8kReads9.0Score44514d adds
9. 9 夫 A Couple with Steady Jobs in the 1950s 夫妻俩在五十年代端金饭碗 Nuan Xiao Bai暖晓白Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted Dear readers, since this is a period story, the author has looked up much of the historical data online. I don’t make up figures unless I can’t find the answers online. Sometimes there are several answers, so I choose the one that seems most reasonable. Lin Wanyu and Bai Ye grew up relying on each other in an orphanage in their previous lives. Because a soul collector took the wrong person, they both died in a car accident. They spent ten years together as mortgage debtors, from the day they mar 5.4kReads8.3Score26914d adds

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   The male and female protagonists grew up together in an orphanage in their previous life, relying on each other for survival. After a car accident, they were reborn as the descendants of a capitalist and the son of a martyr. In a special era, they used their precognitive abilities to seize opportunities, approach power, accumulate wealth, and bring blessings to their offspring. This is a heartwarming slice-of-life story with a spatial dimension, where they buy a courtyard house in Beijing and settle down.

10. 10 六 Everyday Life in a 1960s Compound 六零年代大院生活日常 Monster Meow Meow怪物喵喵Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted (Taking down awful relatives + traditional Chinese medicine + System + sign-in + daily life) After graduating from Jiangnan Medical College, Chen Wanru is assigned to work at the hospital affiliated with the Red Star Steel Mill and is also given housing. The housing is in a large residential compound with a dozen or so households. Let’s see how she makes life better and better for her family through these difficult times. 2.9kReads8.6Score13514d adds

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    I'm a true fan of period dramas, and I've read almost all of them (of course, I dropped some after a few chapters of the bad ones). The first one had a female protagonist from the countryside who, after graduating high school, found a temporary job, excelled, and became a police officer; the second one had her as a doctor; the third one had her join a performing arts troupe; and the last one didn't involve going to the countryside, but instead used a system space to find work, stay in the city, and eventually get married.

11. 11 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Became the Songbird of the Arts Troupe 重生七零之我成了文工团里的百灵鸟 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Zhang Qing opened her eyes after dying, she found herself back in 1969, at the age of seventeen. At this point in her previous life, the county cultural troupe had gone to the countryside to perform and had fallen for her lark-like voice. It was the only chance in that era for a country girl like her to change her fate. But because her mother stood in her way and she herself lacked resolve, Zhang Qing let the opportunity slip by and regretted it for the rest of her life! Reborn, Zhang Qing 1.5kReads9.2Score19914d adds
12. 12 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 107.9kReads9.3Score9.2k14d adds

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    In the era of "literature not reaching the countryside," the female protagonist, Lin Xiangnan, finds a job as a technician because of her good math skills. She is efficient at her job but dislikes overtime and will slack off whenever possible, even faking illness. After getting into university, she joins a research institute based on her abilities and becomes a research leader.

13. 13 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.7kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds

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    This book, about a student preparing for vocational school entrance exams but not going to the countryside, received a slightly lower rating due to fewer reviewers. It primarily depicts the warm daily life of the main family. Its strength lies in its excellent sense of the era; this is the most historically accurate book I've read on Tomato (a Chinese online literature platform), with reasonable prices, meticulous details, and few extreme characters. It truly feels like living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. It can be enjoyed as a historical fiction combined with a farming/rural setting.

14. 14 夫 A Couple Transmigrates Together: Raising Kids and Getting Rich in the 1960s 夫妻双穿：六零养娃致富忙 Yunyun's Guest Beneath the Banana Tree云云蕉下客Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period setting + System + pocket dimension + transmigrate + couple transmigrates together + lots of children] An unexpected car accident sent Lin Wanqing transmigrating into a book, specifically a story about someone being reborn in the 1960s and turning their life around. Fortunately, she had a golden finger. But who could tell her what use a palace-intrigue System could possibly be in this particular era? What? The System could be upgraded too? That feature... she could just about a 12.4kReads8.3Score88314d adds

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    The couple transmigrates into the book, remaining a married couple even after their initial encounter. They don't go to the countryside; both are university graduates from the 1960s. The male protagonist works at a machinery factory in Beijing after graduation, while the female protagonist works as a translator at a newspaper.

15. 15 七 A Happy Life in the Seventies 七十年代幸福生活 A Late Orange一只晚橙Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Su Wan was reborn and grew up to eighteen. With her wedding and move to join the army just around the corner, she thought this life would be smooth and peaceful. She was ready to coast through life when she discovered she had transmigrated into a lucky heroine novel! Both she and her fiancé were doomed supporting characters! What could she do but fight to take control of her own destiny? See how Su Wan escapes the lucky heroine’s shadow, marries and follows her husband to the army, starts a busi 1.9kReads9.0Score13314d adds

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    The first book, "Not Going to the Countryside," focuses on the protagonist's hard work and dedication even before the college entrance exams. The first book is a simple and heartwarming story with delicate descriptions. The male and female leads live a peaceful and ordinary life without any difficult characters. The second book, "Not Going to the Countryside," features a female lead who actively seeks work instead of going to the black market. She is decisive, efficient, and doesn't hesitate. She possesses multiple testing systems and contributes to the country. The third book features a female lead with high intelligence and emotional intelligence, who is hardworking and uses her skills to give back to the country. It's very inspiring. The fourth book also depicts a simple life without difficult relatives, and each character is well-developed.

16. 16 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
17. 17 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
18. 18 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score50414d adds
19. 19 重 Reborn in the 1960s: This Heroine Is a Little Crafty 重生六零：这个女主有点茶 Plain Robes, Pure Melody素衫清韵Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted The person the members of Lengshuigou Production Team hate most is A Cha. She may be young, but she’s ruthless, and she’ll steal chickens or pull any other dirty trick. On top of that, she’s impossibly hard to kill: her father and mother are both dead, and anyone who gets close to her is doomed to bad luck. But Gao Qingyang doesn’t care. He keeps finding ways to get close to her. He knows A Cha isn’t nearly as awful as people say. She’s a good person! 6.5kReads9.1Score56214d adds

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    This is a book whose title doesn't do it justice; it's a very good read, a coming-of-age story. The male protagonist is reborn, and it's a slow and steady relationship. The most heartbreaking part is that his grandfather passed away early on.

20. 20 拒 I Refuse to Move to the Countryside! I Marry a Quietly Passionate, Rugged Man and Have Three Daughters 拒下乡！我嫁闷骚糙汉生三朵金花 Tomato Fish Stew番茄鱼煲Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Wen Ning, a pampered young woman from the 21st century, transmigrates to the hardship-filled 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she is schemed against by a scumbag man and a vicious woman, while also facing the threat of being sent to the countryside. Wen Ning promptly puts the pair in their place. To secure her place in the city, she endures rumors spread by her future brother-in-law, then gets her wish and becomes a temporary worker at a machinery factory. Unwilling to remain a temporary worker, s 753Reads8.9Score10214d adds

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    Crossing through machine factory workers and soldiers, no going to the countryside, no black market

21. 21 重 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance715k WordsCompleted Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.2kReads7.3Score10214d adds

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    Both books are by the same author, and neither features a rural setting; the protagonists work in the city. The first, set in the 1950s, has a female protagonist who is reborn and seeks revenge before moving her entire family to Northeast China. It includes a classic farm setting and a spatial dimension. The second, set in the 1960s, features a kitchen, a daily sign-in system, and a spatial dimension. Some initially said the second book was a "gold digger" story, but those who persevere will find it's a story of two people supporting each other. Neither book involves fighting against extreme characters; both are later turned into stories about the government.

22. 22 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4kReads9.0Score32214d adds
23. 23 带 Taking a Little House Back to the Seventies 带着小屋穿七零 Hector Who Loves Tangyuan爱吃汤子的赫克托Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After graduating, Jiang Yan joined the army of people preparing for the civil service exams. She stayed up late doing practice questions to secure a government job, but suddenly died from overwork and was reborn in the 1970s. To her surprise, what seemed like a disaster turned out to be a blessing: she landed a secure job. 5.7kReads7.3Score27214d adds

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    Era + Space + Secure Job + Recycling + Everyday Life + Family Harmony

24. 24 麻 I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了！四儿一女供我在七零读大学 Liu Liu Will Surely Get Rich六六一定发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi 10.4kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds

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    [Time Period + No Rural Life + Transmigration] 😳😳 ① The female protagonist transmigrates to a time when university entrance exams are no longer possible, and uses her abilities to find a job as a police officer in the city. 👍👍 ② Knowing that her older brother, sister-in-law, older sister, and parents are all plotting against her, she finds her own way out and leaves home. 😎😎 ③ It's a relatively heartwarming story. The female protagonist's family manages to balance her studies, and her children are especially fun. 😳😳

25. 25 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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    This is an incredibly inspiring and patriotic novel. The protagonist is a paragon of high intelligence and emotional intelligence, able to speak to anyone in their own language, rising from an ordinary person to a female general. Everyone is intelligent, the writing style is humorous and witty, and there are no awful characters.

26. 26 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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    One is a Beijing courtyard house story where the female protagonist transmigrates and escapes her original family to live in the city through marriage; she has no cheat codes. Another is a story about transmigrating during a famine and being taken in by a construction team male protagonist, after which a series of events unfold; she has a spatial ability. A third is a story about being reborn with great strength, getting married, and accompanying a soldier.

27. 27 月 Reborn Under the Moon: I Am the White-Haired Woman 月下还魂，我是白毛女 Waiting for You Here原地等你Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted [The 1960s, technology, major infrastructure projects, bridge-building, no horrible characters, no black markets, a love story like Romance on Lushan Mountain] An epic of perseverance through difficult times, A grand tale of the birth of a bridge, A group of builders in a special era, A romantic love story that crosses time and space... In the spring of 1960, Ma Susu woke up in a dilapidated temple. She was now a “drifter,” fleeing famine and heading for the lands beyond the pass. She’d fallen b 21Reads9.3Score—14d adds
28. 28 穿 The Book Transmigrator Gets a Waist-Hugging Flirt from the Army's Toughest Man 穿书女配被全军第一硬汉搂腰撩 Deep in the Hedgerow篱落深深Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jian Yuelan had transmigrated into a book years ago, but the plot only kicked in after she followed the army to an island! Good news: sweet romance and a happy ending. Bad news: she and the second male lead were killed off early. A sweet, doting marriage in the 1970s? That’s all complete bullshit! Every character was just there to pave the way for the male and female leads to ascend! With no plot to follow, Jian Yuelan created her own, racking her brains to change her fate. Fortunately, her man 12.2kReads9.3Score84914d adds
29. 29 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Live Off the Mountains 穿越六零：靠山吃山 Red Mandala红色曼陀罗Modern Romance763k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + pocket dimension + gentle, cozy life] The golden finger isn’t especially powerful. This is a period story with few outrageous characters, focused on everyday family life and a modest attempt to ride the tide of change. An alternate timeline, with a 6+3+3+4 education system. Born in 1987, this young woman acquired a farming pocket dimension as a child. She thought she’d be the heroine, transmigrate, and become an immortal… Instead, she lived an ordinary life int 1.9kReads6.9Score10014d adds

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    [Bump][Bump][Bump] Era + Space + Getting Rich + Everyday Life + Not Going to the Countryside + Taking the College Entrance Exam + Having a Job in the City

30. 30 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    Taking the high school entrance exam early, getting into a vocational school, getting a job, and not having to go to the countryside.

31. 31 八 A Fresh Start in the Eighties: No More PUA, Just Making Money 八零重启：拒绝PUA！只想赚钱 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Grandma Shen: I worked so hard raising your dad and his siblings all by myself, and now I have to help him look after the kids and cook, too! What did I do to deserve this? Shen Xiaoya: Grandma, really? Then I definitely won't do anything to deserve that kind of fate. I'll try my best to raise my kids together with someone else! Grandma Shen: … Shen's dad and mom: We aren't very capable, so you kids need to study hard! You'll have to rely on yourselves in the future! Shen Xiaoya: Mom, Dad, don't 17.8kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    The first book's female protagonist graduated high school, became a police officer, and then went to a university for migrant workers. The second book's female protagonist is clear-headed, strong, and distances herself from her family of origin. The third book's title alone makes it unclear what genre it is.

32. 32 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 32.5kReads8.4Score2k14d adds
33. 33 六 In the 1960s, I Married an Officer with Space-Borne Supplies 六零带空间物资嫁军官 I'm a Yu and a Fish我是一只瑀与鱼Modern Romance822k WordsCompleted (Period setting + space + cold-faced military officer + devoted husband) As an orphan, Li Mengqi worked hard to be a competent 996 office drone. But she had the misfortune of being dragged back to the 1960s by Black and White Impermanence. It was all because the original owner had spent her life in a marriage where she was widowed in all but name, and didn’t want to go down that same road again. Well, the original owner had merit protecting her. What could a poor unlucky soul like Li Mengqi do? 4.6kReads8.8Score40014d adds

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    The historical fiction is very good.

34. 34 四 Siheyuan: The Road of Life 四合院之人生之路 Jun Yan Mo Xiang君言莫相Male-Channel Fanfiction597k WordsCompleted This book has no System and no angst. The first volume mainly follows the protagonist as he quietly watches the drama unfold in the courtyard, sticking to the original plot. If that’s not your cup of tea, don’t read it. The second volume tells the story of going to the countryside in Shuangshui Village, from A Ordinary World. If you don’t want to read the first volume, you can start with the second. It also reveals what happens to the protagonist and the other residents of the courtyard. Startin 417Reads5.0Score—14d adds

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    The first volume of this book quietly observes life in a courtyard house, while the second volume begins its story in the ordinary world of Shuangshui Village, depicting the events after the Reform and Opening Up. Those who didn't enjoy the first volume can start with the second. It's free of systemic elements and angst.

35. 35 七 The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零：我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他 Clear Skies on the Second Day of the Fourth Month四月初二晴Modern Romance556k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options 1Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 36 恶 Reborn Wicked Mother: The Tough 1970s Man Wants to Kill Me 恶娘重生：七零糙汉要弄死我 Nalan Yi纳兰翊Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + reborn + rugged man + sweet romance + adorable baby + pocket dimension + devoted couple) Gu Wenshu, general manager of a large supermarket chain, transmigrates to the resource-strapped 1970s after a plane crash. From the start, she's become a wicked mother who sells her children. Her mother-in-law curses her, her sister-in-law slanders her, her stepmother pressures her, and her husband, who has returned from the brink of death, wants to kill her. She's a little panicked. If sh 8.1kReads9.4Score1.2k14d adds

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    Book 1: The female lead's father in the countryside isn't her biological father, and the male lead isn't her biological child either. Her biological parents are both very capable people, and later the female lead enters politics and becomes truly successful. Book 2: Both of the female lead's parents work, and she later gets a factory job and then goes to university after the college entrance exam is reinstated. Book 3: At the beginning, the female lead works many temporary jobs. I really like her mother, she's such a cute old lady! The female lead has a spatial ability and later works in the purchasing department of a supply and marketing cooperative. Afterwards, she becomes a teacher while serving in the military.

37. 37 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
38. 38 明 A Secret Marriage? Goodbye! Take Your Divorce Papers 明招暗娶？再见吧！离婚本请拿好 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The female lead pursues a career in government, and the two leads each have their own stories. Don’t worry about their romance! Blurb: Everyone says Ning Qing was born lucky. She was an unwanted child with no one to care for, yet someone adopted her. It’s just that her marriage prospects aren’t great. Her adoptive mother tries every trick in the book to match Ning Qing with her second son! Too bad the two of them can’t stand each other! The brave get to enjoy life first. She secretly sets he 2.7kReads8.2Score21114d adds

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    The female lead doesn't go to the countryside; she gets a job in the city and even takes the college entrance exam. Highly recommended! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

39. 39 穿 I Went Back to the 1970s to Teach, and Became Famous Through Comics 穿回七零教书，我靠漫画爆红 Zheng Weichi筝未迟Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing The rating is low because very few people have read it, so it’s rising slowly. [Transmigration + Period Setting + Homeroom Teacher + Light Ensemble Cast + Romance + Anime + Entrepreneur] After transmigrating back to the 1970s, Chen Yixiao finds herself a newly graduated temporary worker at a garment factory, rubbing clothes until the skin peels off her hands. No matter. She can draw. She turns her grandmother’s stories into comic strips and submits them to a newspaper, making her grandma famous 384Reads8.1Score11214d adds

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    Instead of going to the countryside, he taught at a primary school in a military region, took the college entrance exam, and later became a university professor, leading students to help Chinese animation reach the world stage.

40. 40 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越七零之路人甲日常 Tang Lin from Xiangzhou香州的唐林Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later. This is a gentle, everyday-life story. If it’s not your thing, please click away. Thanks! Transmigration + no military marriage + no relocation to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no vilifying the original heroine After transmigrating, Lu Jinxia finds herself in the world of a historical novel she read. Unfortunately, she isn’t the heroine, just a background character. The heroine of the book is an educated youth sent to the countryside. 24.3kReads8.2Score2k14d adds

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    [Sparrow's Divine Dish] 🤔

41. 41 胎 Born Into the Fifties! Life With a High-Tech Spirit Spring Space 胎穿五零！带科技灵泉空间生活 A Miao99一只99淼Modern Romance154k WordsCompleted [Top-Tier Beauty + Period Setting + Spirit Spring Space + Technical College + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology] The heroine’s name is Cheng Xijun! Cheng Xijun is born into the 1950s with a god-tier pocket dimension. She skips grades to get into technical college, studies mechanics, gathers followers, and works as a technician, overcoming every obstacle on her way to becoming a top scientist. The male lead, Lin Senda, is a high-ranking official’s son who works in politic 873Reads—Score11314d adds

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    Taking the vocational school entrance exam in the city

42. 42 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Eldest Sister Takes Charge 重生七零：长姐为大 Mu Shi Yi木十一Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted Chen Baozhu didn’t realize until the moment she died what a monstrous man she had married. He had deliberately killed her for the five million in insurance money. By a stroke of luck, she was reborn in the 1970s. She promptly dumped the scumbag and tore into her awful relatives! Living her life over, she would never again compromise for anyone. She set herself two small goals: make money and get into college. But why had the man who wasn’t part of her plans suddenly come back… 834Reads8.6Score14114d adds

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    Era + Rebirth + Farming + Building a Career + Taking College Entrance Exams + Having a Job + Everyday Life + Getting Rich

43. 43 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds

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    This perfectly meets your requirements!!! The female lead was a top student and a wealthy, beautiful woman in her past life. After transmigrating, she has an interdimensional trading system. She doesn't go to the countryside, is self-reliant and independent without being a saint, and decisively punishes those who wrong her. She encounters some setbacks during her studies, but through her own efforts, she becomes wealthy and serves her country! The male lead is a high-ranking official, not greasy, and comes from a good family. All information has been verified and includes pictures. If you're interested, take a look!

44. 44 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Sickly Beauty Goes on a Rampage! 七零军婚：病娇美人杀疯了！ Wanyan Xing完颜星Modern Romance442k WordsOngoing [Seventies setting + 1v1 sweet romance + spatial powers + obsessive love + military marriage + feel-good power fantasy] A research prodigy with a possessive streak, created by humans and codenamed Seventeen, is the most gifted young woman at the Blue Star Research Institute. One explosion, one transmigration, and when she opens her eyes again, she has become Song Xingmiao, a foolish country girl. Seventeen: ...Then what was the point of the suicide bombing I made myself?! And who is the man besi 2.6kReads—Score30014d adds

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    Go check it out, you won't regret investing.

45. 45 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: I'm a Diplomat 穿越六零，我是外交官 Wanwan Has Plenty婉婉有余Modern Romance488k WordsCompleted "I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and I’m Just an Extra" Hang in there! The humble extra eventually becomes a diplomat. ▷ [Hardcore survival] Transmigrated to the great famine of 1959, she survives by digging into rat holes for grain and selling mountain goods. ▷ [A quiet comeback] She pretends to be invisible, but gets noticed by an officer after studying foreign languages: “There’s more to this girl than meets the eye.” ▷ [Career highlight] From orphan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a bowl 5.6kReads8.1Score30014d adds

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    🌈She wasn't sent to the countryside; she worked in the city, which fits the topic. The female protagonist was admitted to the Foreign Languages Department of Capital University in 1963. After graduation, she was assigned to the Third Machinery Factory of Red Star as a technical document translator. Later, she was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat.

46. 46 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: Marrying an Officer 穿越七零：嫁军官 Little River Flows to the Ocean小河奔流海洋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Pocket dimension, sweet romance, supernatural powers, military marriage, beloved by all, adorable baby, raising kids, top-tier scoundrels Ye Wanyi transmigrates from the apocalypse, possessing wood and space abilities. Chu Yuechen is an officer in the 1970s, and she's the only one who ever captures his heart. Ye Wanyi: How lucky I am to have met you. From now on, we'll share every joy in life. Chu Yuechen: How lucky I am to have met you. It was love at first sight, and from now on, all I see is 8.1kReads8.1Score64514d adds

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    New book, a period drama, featuring a female protagonist who transmigrates to a post-apocalyptic world, possesses spatial abilities, supernatural powers, and spirit pets.

47. 47 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Fake Heiress Refuses to Be Exploited and Is Both Beautiful and Strong 重生七零：假千金拒被吸血美强飒 Fireflies Drifting Leisurely悠悠落萤Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + space stocked with supplies + adorable pets + strong leads + hilarious and ridiculous + live life freely + satisfying read] In her previous life, when she learned that she and Gu Xue had traded lives and that she wasn’t the Gu family’s biological daughter, she refused with all her might to return to the countryside to the Rong family. She couldn’t bear to leave the adoptive parents who had raised her! Desperate to win her “family’s” approval, she worked hard to earn mo 40.6kReads8.9Score7.1k14d adds

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    Looks good, 😄

48. 48 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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    [Original novel fan][Original novel fan][Original novel fan] Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returns with a system, stunning everyone with her purchasing prowess! From the county supply and marketing cooperative to a translator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she talks about tractors, manages exports, and even helps a professor sent to the countryside connect with international academic exchanges. Pampered by her family, thriving in her career, and silently protected by the aloof Mayor Gu. She handles this overwhelming wealth and romantic advances with ease! 🚀✨

49. 49 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. The female lead is the youngest in her family and discovers she's cannon fodder, as is the male lead. She tries to save her own fate and, after discovering the male lead's flaws, bravely pursues her love. 2. She climbs the social ladder step by step, achieving her life goals. 3. She transmigrates into various sweet romance novels and discovers she's cannon fodder in each story. She strives to change her fate and deal with her awful relatives.

50. 50 八 The Translator of the 1980s 八十年代翻译官 Mu Keke牧可可Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted The completed book’s title cannot be changed, and it doesn’t match the content. My apologies! [Period] [Alternate history] [1v1] [This story is set in an alternate world. Please don’t scrutinize the historical details.] Mr. Zhou once said: “Study for the rise of China.” With the knowledge she gained in her previous life and the excellent schooling available to her in this one, Jiang Mingxia is determined to live up to his words and do her part to help revive China. In the fourteenth year of the 348Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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