Period Pieces: No Going to the Countryside, No Becoming a Stepmom 年代文，不下乡，不当后妈

1. 1 八 The 1980s: Divorce? I'll Never Get Divorced in This Lifetime 八零：离婚，这辈子都不可能离婚 A Er阿耳Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Hopeless Romantics + Hopeless Romantics] [Powerhouse In-Laws] [The Whole Family’s Favorite] [A Family of Strong Allies] [The Ultimate Sisterhood] Lin Xiaowan, who has been single her whole life, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young wife who’s been married for two years but doesn’t even know what her husband looks like. Her father-in-law is greedy, and her mother-in-law is mean. She can’t stand living like this, so she writes to the army to request a divorce. But she doesn’t get d 227Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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   No rural relocation, no divorce, no stepmotherhood—the female protagonist runs her own business, is independent and strong, and has a strong husband, strong in-laws, strong sisters, and an even stronger best friend.

2. 2 七 Sweet Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Soldier's Whole Family Spoils Her 七零军婚甜宠，被兵哥全家宠上天 Seeking Joy讨囍Modern Romance463k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Transmigration + Multiple Babies in One Pregnancy + Marriage Before Love + Doting to the Extreme + Everyday Life + Not a Strong Female Lead] Jiang Miaomiao never had her father’s love or her mother’s affection. She’d finally saved enough money to go out and have some fun, only to transmigrate to the 1970s! Of all the people she could have become, she ended up in the body of a spoiled young wife with the same name. The original owner had a crush on someone and made a scene every 121Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   Military marriage, time travel, no cheat codes, the female lead goes from nothing to becoming a military doctor step by step, the male and female leads have super sweet interactions, he dotes on his wife, there are no awful people in the family, the whole family spoils her.

3. 3 七 In the 1970s, the Pampered Heiress Helps Build the Motherland 七零，娇娇大小姐为祖国添砖加瓦 User11054304用户11054304Modern Romance226k WordsOngoing The heroine choked on a boba pearl while drinking milk tea and died, then transmigrated to Britain in the 1970s. She was a goofy, beautiful young woman, adored by her family and loved by everyone. After transmigrating, she hurried back to China to help build the country, invest her money, and work as a leading scientist, all while keeping many secret identities. Before transmigrating, the heroine could foresee the future in her dreams and had a jade bangle pocket dimension. In the modern world, 139Reads5.1Score—Shelves

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   I won't go to the countryside or be a stepmother, I'll just be a pampered princess.

4. 4 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 107.9kReads9.3Score9.2kShelves

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   The male and female leads are both living very well and don't care about other people's opinions!

5. 5 穿 Transmigrating into a Book in the Eighties: I’m Done Being This Doormat Stepmom 穿书八零：这冤种后妈我不当了 Lifting the Moon to Ask the Boat提月问舟Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted He Panlan closed her eyes, opened them, and transmigrated into the body of a widow. The widow had not only fawned over a man, she'd neglected her own children and wanted to become someone else's stepmother! Being a stepmother to three ungrateful kids wasn't for her. Wouldn't it be better to pack her things and go home to raise her own children? But a System suddenly threatened her, forcing her to follow the plot. Looking at the miserable story, which was as oppressive as a tale preaching that wo 146Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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   So beautiful! So beautiful! So beautiful!

6. 6 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 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4kShelves

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   No rural assignments! No stepmotherhood! The female protagonist takes the high school entrance exam early, gets into a vocational school, and is assigned to a military factory. Armed with modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

7. 7 逃 After Escaping Her Adoptive Parents, Her Life Goes into Easy Mode 逃离养父母家后，她的人生开挂了 Xi Wenjin席文锦Modern Romance4.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] + [Mutual devotion] + [Modern romance] + [Two top students] + [Everyone's darling] + [Modern romance with a cute baby] She's the adopted daughter the Su family took in, a beauty and a top student. Her adoptive parents want to keep the family fortune in their own hands, so they force her to quit school and marry their son. When she learns the truth, she runs away in the middle of the night. After escaping, she meets a business tycoon, and her extraordinary life begins. With help fr 8.5kReads8.3Score885Shelves

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   A historical romance novel. Su Jiuxun is an adopted daughter, beautiful and academically gifted, but her adoptive parents force her to drop out of school and marry. After escaping, she meets Zhao Dongyue, a business elite, who dotes on her and protects her from then on. Recommendations requested.

8. 8 七 Sweet Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Pretty Bride and Her Rough-Hewn Officer 七零军婚好甜，俏媳的糙汉军官 Qing Luo轻罗Modern Romance473k WordsCompleted Rebirth + military marriage + sweet romance + family life + no golden finger Luo Yaqing was reborn, going from a beautiful musician to a woman in the 1970s. Her predecessor was a spoiled young lady from a wealthy family, willful and domineering. Arranged by her maternal aunt, she married an honest, uncomplicated military officer. But the original owner despised her husband to the core and tried every way she could to get a divorce... Luo Yaqing, however, was different. She thought her husband wa 277Reads7.6Score108Shelves

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   A military romance novel set in the 1970s. A modern musician, Luo Yaqing, is reborn after a plane crash as a spoiled and demanding wife in the 1970s. The original owner of the body disliked her husband, Han Zhixu, for his rural background, causing chaos and even attempting divorce and wrist-cutting during their military marriage. But now, she blushes at the rugged yet handsome military officer's tall and steady figure—broad shoulders, long legs, and a reliable demeanor—she's clearly struck gold! Facing gossip, Luo Yaqing rolls up her sleeves: You think I'm not good enough for you? I'll make sure to melt everyone's hearts! From cold stares and separate rooms to warming her feet in bed, from giving him the cold shoulder to making him a comforting soup, she melts the tough guy's heart with her sincerity. No special advantages, only the sweetness born from the everyday realities of life, and hands clasped tightly through the storms of the era. Watch as this transmigrated young wife turns the tables, marrying a tough regimental commander first and falling in love later, making her military marriage the talk of the neighborhood—a sweet romance set in the 1970s, a sugar rush! Come and enjoy the sweetness!

9. 9 重 Back to the 1980s: The Secretary's Precious Wife 重回八零，秘书长家的娇娇妻 Hong Qiqi洪七七Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted (Siheyuan courtyard, inspirational, love at first sight, sweet romance) In the blink of an eye, she was in the 1980s? Zhou Yuwei never imagined that she’d go to bed at home as usual and wake up in the 1980s. From the start, the original Zhou Yuwei had gotten angry because her parents celebrated her birthday together with her older sister’s. She ran out into the alley, got struck by lightning, and somehow that brought the new Zhou Yuwei there. The alley kids were stunned. How had the usually quie 4kReads8.8Score257Shelves
10. 10 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    🌈Time travel to 58 years✨No rural assignments✨Find your own job✨Has a cheat code✨The female lead starts working as a substitute at a supply and marketing cooperative🍉The female lead, Xu Jiaojiao, is very good at interpersonal relationships🍬Puts herself first in everything🍊And no one can find fault with her😄 🔥This book is really super good🍉The only drawback is that the timeline is a bit slow🍰Time travel to 58 years✨It's only the end of 58 years after 500 chapters😂If you don't mind, you can check it out~Highly recommended!

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