Looking for Period Stories Without Poverty-relief Plots, Featuring Selfish, Stingy, Penny-pinching Protagonists 不扶贫自私自利抠门的年代文

1. 501 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 51.3kReads9.3Score5.1kShelves

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   🍒The female lead doesn't help the poor; even when she wants to help others, she prioritizes her own interests. Having lived with her aunt since childhood, she knows she can't survive without being self-serving [almost crying emoji]. Later, she meets many children at the male lead's house, but she doesn't actively take them in or adopt them.

2. 502 七 Our '70s-Era Cannon-Fodder Sisters Save Up Merit with the Supernatural 七零炮灰姐妹，我们靠玄学攒功德 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance299k WordsOngoing [Gentle Supernatural Arts + Watching the Drama Unfold + Sweet Romance] The pacing is very slow. This book feels like someone telling you a story right beside you. After transmigrating into the body of a seven-year-old girl in 1963, Yang Jingcheng is close to tears. What kind of hellish start is this? Her father died in the line of duty, and her mother has no one to rely on while raising her and her twin sister. Her uncle not only wants to take her father’s pension, but also plans to snatch her a 3kReads—Score396Shelves

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   I just discovered this serialization; the female lead is very clear-headed.

3. 503 讹 Extortion, Extortion, Extortion! The Brigade Chief Is at His Wits' End 讹讹讹讹讹讹讹，大队长被讹麻了 Gentle Evening Breeze和煦的晚风Modern Romance260k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Transmigration + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance] He Shiyi is an extreme egoist and hedonist saddled with a dog of a System that’s got a whole host of nasty quirks. She transmigrates into her past self in the 1970s. From the start, someone is trying to frame her as a promiscuous woman. Her whole family is counting on her to give them a better life. “Anyone who wants to play the saint can do it. I’m not!” He Shiyi turns the He family upside down. She grabs the food supplies. Taki 905Reads6.2Score106Shelves

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   The selfish and self-serving female protagonist transmigrates into her past life, refusing to be a saint or help the poor. She's lazy, greedy, and even lazier in spirit.

4. 504 高 The Matriarch of a Powerful Family Reborn as a Wicked Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 高门主母穿成年代文中恶毒炮灰 The Light of Fuguang扶光的光Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted (1980s setting + transmigrate into a book + everyday life + sweet romance + feel-good story) Just after Su Ke became a First-Rank Lady of Imperial Decree, she transmigrated into a vicious cannon-fodder female character in an 1980s romance novel. The original character worked as a nanny in the male lead's home. Just as the leads were about to confess their feelings, she barged in, only to accidentally help them make up and get together sooner. As a disposable side character, the original woman's 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a transmigration novel where the female protagonist is primarily driven by self-interest.

5. 505 把 I Spoiled My Sister-in-Law, Then Remarried an Officer: Now He's Panicking 把大嫂宠上天，我改嫁军官他急了 Yi Xi亿溪Modern Romance247k WordsOngoing [Stunning, Career-Driven Heroine × Handsome, Cunning, Love-Brained Hero + Face-Slapping + Pocket Dimension + Marriage Before Love] In her previous life, Su Wanyin thought she had married a gentle, refined man who cherished, loved, and doted on her. After they married, she discovered that her husband, Xu Chengzhou, treated his widowed sister-in-law like a queen. In their daily lives, he was always at her beck and call, going everywhere with her. When Su Wanyin tried to get close, he said they had 469Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The male lead possesses incredible fighting skills and an overwhelmingly romantic side—the contrast is absolutely adorable. Even the most awful relatives are thoroughly subdued. The story is well-paced, without unnecessary filler, and incredibly satisfying to read in one go! Trust me, once you start reading the first chapter, you won't be able to put it down!

6. 506 丰 A Voluptuous Beauty in a Country Village, and the Amnesiac Officer Who Falls for Her 丰腴美人小村妇，失忆军官沦陷了 Nan Wanwan南绾绾Modern Romance102k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Family Life + Adorable Kids + Reunion After Years Apart] Jiang Mingyue transmigrated into the body of a pushover everyone could bully in 1960. Her awful relatives wanted to push her around? Her ungrateful son smashed bowls and cursed at her? Jiang Mingyue answered with a whip, teaching them how to behave! On the streets of the county town, she spent her money to buy a handsome “idiot” who was paralyzed. The whole village laughed at her for going crazy. Raising a cripple would —Reads—Score118Shelves

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   😡"Since you think Auntie is so great, then go to her house!" She transmigrated into a 1960s village woman, and facing her brainwashed twin sons, she whipped their awful father away, severing all ties! She then picked up a paralyzed man being sold on the street and took him home. The village bully came looking for trouble: "Throw this bastard out!" She whipped his hand raw: "My man, who dares touch him!" Later, her ungrateful son, who had been eating pig feed at Auntie's house, was sold to human traffickers, crying and begging for her forgiveness. And the paralyzed husband she cured turned out to be a top military leader! The leader sneered: "My wife doesn't raise ungrateful wretches, get out!" #1960S #SlappingAgainstTheTyrant #StrongBoyfriends #SoSatisfyingRead! 🥺"Take off your clothes." She coldly ordered. The paralyzed man she picked up from the street instantly blushed, clutching his tattered cotton-padded coat tightly, looking like a virtuous woman being harassed. Helpless, she said, "I'm a doctor, I'll give you a medicinal bath!" When she saw the gruesome gunshot wounds all over his body and the calluses on his hands, her eyes welled up with tears. In her past life, he shielded her from a bullet; in this life, she protected him! Later, a wicked relative tried to sell her son for money, and she single-handedly kicked open the black market door. The man who was originally paralyzed descended like a god of death, crushing the trafficker's bones with one hand: "Dare to touch my wife's child? You're asking for death!" #PastLife #Redemption #RoughManSpoilingHisWife #PeriodRomance #SweetAndAngstyBlend #SoAddictive!

7. 507 穿 Reborn as a Fierce Woman, I Turn My Life Around With My Child 穿成泼辣女后，我带娃逆袭 Huo Yajun霍雅君Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama Transmigrating as a Shrewish Woman: I Lead My Kids to a Comeback is now streaming. [Feel-Good Story] [A Super Cool Heroine Who Always Gets Even Right Away] Other people transmigrate and become the apple of everyone's eye or a rich beauty. So why did she end up in the body of a wicked woman in her thirties? Not only has she become an evil adoptive mother, she's also destined for a terrible end. And the worst part is, she's an artsy young woman in her twenties who has never dated. 7.1kReads9.1Score610Shelves

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   The first book [thumbs up][thumbs up][thumbs up] features an extremely selfish and self-serving female protagonist who is determined to help her fiancé's family, but unfortunately, they don't appreciate it and end up huddled together, trembling and bruised, determined to break off the engagement! [Making faces][making faces][making faces][making faces] The second book [thinking][thinking][thinking][laughing] features a very cunning female protagonist. To ensure her survival in that era of scarcity, she'd do anything that benefits her, even if it means running away with her shoes; otherwise, she'd feign ignorance! As for helping others? The female protagonist shrugs and says, "These days, we should respond to the call to treat women like men and men like animals! Relying on others is never as good as relying on yourself!"

8. 508 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Won’t Marry an Officer, I’ll Marry a Rich Playboy 重生八零：不嫁军官，嫁纨绔 Wu Jiayunbei武家云北Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + sweet romance + pampered life as a wealthy family’s daughter-in-law in the 1980s] In her past life, Jiang Xianli was set up by her twin sister and married a man who married into wealth for his own benefit, while her sister took her place and married a spoiled rich heir. After the wedding, her husband was specially recruited into a military academy and rose through the ranks to become a senior officer. Jiang Xianli became the official’s wife whom every woman envied. But her sist 106.2kReads9.1Score6.2kShelves

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   The first book has a male lead with a "white moonlight" (ideal love), but it's not really a "white moonlight," well, you'll see when you read it. The second book was hilarious, I guess, it was alright. The third book was really good, but it's still being serialized and I'm exhausted from reading it. I've also read a book like "Selfish" before, but I can't find it anymore. These are all good, especially the third one 😄

9. 509 读 The Mind-Reading, Sweet and Sultry Wife Makes the Abstinent Officer Blush 读心纯欲娇妻，禁欲军官面红耳赤 Ninefold River Snow九重江雪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Originally titled Mind-Reading, Pure and Passionate Wife: The Chaste Officer Blushes] [Multiple People Can Read Minds] [Military Marriage] [Bratty Heroine] [Disabled Powerhouse] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Dotting Romance] [Feel-Good Story] [Sweet Romance] [Medical Skills] [Beloved by the Nation] Su Lingyu had been spoiled rotten and lived in luxury since childhood. When the System brought her to the food- and clothing-scarce 1980s, she became the villainous ex-wife of Huo Yan, the male lea 9.6kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves
10. 510 和 After Swapping Marriages With My Stepsister, I Became the White Moonlight of a Period Novel 和继妹换亲后，在年代文当白月光 Huo Beishan霍北山Modern Romance499k WordsOngoing Eighties, marriage first and love later, slice of life, period setting, transmigration into a book Lou Xia, a homebody, dies suddenly while reading late at night and transmigrates into a book. She becomes the doomed, beautiful but useless first love of the overpowered male lead. The first love has a tragic background: her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her stepsister forces her to switch betrothed husbands, marrying the male lead’s doomed older brother instead. Not 38.6kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves
11. 511 七 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 316Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Highly recommended!

12. 512 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score174Shelves
13. 513 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 4.8kReads8.4Score517Shelves
14. 514 首 The Commander's First Beauty in Five Generations Has Twins 首长五代单传丰腴美人生俩缩小版 Sheng Yumu盛雨木Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Xia Qingyu’s curvy figure led people in the residential compound to spread rumors that she was loose. No one wanted to marry her, until Lu Zhiyao proposed, undeterred by her reputation. After unexpectedly acquiring a portable space, she developed many specialized medicines and became a state-secret pharmaceutical researcher. For her safety, the government kept her identity under wraps, so she asked for her achievements to be credited to her husband, helping him rise rapidly through the ranks. Fo 71.8kReads7.8Score7kShelves

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    ❤️In his past life, he played the role of a devoted and loving husband for 16 years, entrusting his comrades before his death to leave his inheritance to his beloved. In this life, he gets a second chance and wants to choose true love, but unexpectedly, his ex-wife rises through the ranks and becomes his boss. It takes the scumbag a long time to realize that everything he gained in his past life was thanks to the female lead's silent sacrifices. She attributed all her achievements to him, which allowed him to climb the ladder. Without her, he is nothing.

15. 515 九 Reborn in '93: An Old Man's Youthful Ride on the Tides 九三重生：老朽少年踏浪潮 Author Daiwa作者呆娃Urban248k WordsOngoing [Reborn] [Urban Farming] [Soul Transmigration] [Making Money] [Stock Trading] [Urban] [Transmigration] [One Heroine] On July 9, 2026, 64-year-old Di Lei unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1993 while playing mahjong. Drawing on his life experience, he starts over and writes a new chapter in his life. This novel is written in a rough, down-to-earth style. 28Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a historical romance novel; those who like that style can check it out.

16. 516 亿 A Billionaire Boss Goes Broke and Starts Selling Egg Pancakes 亿万老总破产后卖鸡蛋饼 Author Daiwa作者呆娃8k WordsCompleted Billionaire Boss Goes Broke and Starts Selling Egg Pancakes 15Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 517 3 A 37-Year-Old Man's Dating Diary 37岁老男人的相亲笔记 Author Daiwa作者呆娃Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted A 37-Year-Old Man's Dating Diary 10Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 518 你 Your Childhood and Mine Were Actually the Same 你的童年，我的童年，其实都一样 Author Daiwa作者呆娃7k WordsCompleted Your childhood and my childhood were really just the same 11Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 519 2 In 2034, I Became the World's Richest Man with Just One Game 2034年，我成为了世界首富，只用一款游戏做到的 Author Daiwa作者呆娃9k WordsCompleted In 2034, I Became the World's Richest Person with Just One Game 7Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 520 搬 I Empty the Family Fortune, Then the 1960s Apocalypse Boss Goes on a Rampage 搬空祖产，末世大佬六零嘎嘎乱杀 White as a Grain of Rice米粒的白Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing [The audiobook, narrated by a real person, is now available. Go give it a listen! Transmigrates into a book + 1960s setting + laugh-out-loud antics + spirit spring space + crazy and ruthless heroine + face-slapping the scumbags + clearing everything out] End-of-the-world powerhouse Lei Qingyu transmigrates into a novel set in the era. The original owner was raised by her stepmother to be timid and submissive, and didn’t want to accept her arranged marriage and join the army. Her biological fathe 24kReads7.7Score3kShelves

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    The humor is serious, hahaha

21. 521 全 The Whole Internet Wishes for Wealth, but I Strike It Rich by Being Cheap 全网许愿暴富，我靠抠门逆袭 Miss Baoqing宝庆大小姐Modern Romance125k WordsOngoing [Modern-Day Fictional Twist + Hilarious Subversion of the Usual Tropes + Thrifty Blogger’s Comeback + Wealthy Heir Pursues Her + Ultimate Face-Slapping and Sweet Romance] I’m Zhou Xiaokou, a frugal-living blogger. The whole internet is reposting koi-fish charms and praying to get rich, while I’m fighting with aunties over eggs in the supermarket discount aisle. Netizens call me small-minded and say I’ll be poor all my life. I don’t care. The father and son sharing a place next door in the urban 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Outrageous premise! I recommend a book where others wish for wealth, but I rise to the top through sheer frugality.

22. 522 军 The Young General’s Sassy Instructor Teases the Enemy Agents Until They’re in Tears 军少娇痞教官戏耍敌特颤泪三行啊 Liqi's Autumn Foamflame荔彩柒的秋日沫炎Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history 1960s + strong leads facing off + hilarious face-slapping wish fulfillment + bickering couple + farming during famine + getting rich through research] Rebellious, cocky, and charming instructor VS calm, cool, and calculating young master from the capital In her previous life, Nan Fengyun was known as Phantom, the world's strongest international assassin. But her arrogance got the better of her, and she was killed when her target ambushed her during a mission. Then she was rebo 781Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books feature novel plots, military and political families, sophisticated self-interest, and female protagonists who are capable, quick-witted, and constantly pulling off outrageous moves. They are the living devils of the military, weapons research experts, and agricultural builders. The male protagonists are gentle, refined, and self-possessed, but are always blushing when teased. There are no awful characters, and they don't engage in poverty alleviation.

23. 523 六 The Whole Family Is Blessed: Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s 六零之全家福星下乡了 Xinxin Loves to Eat What鑫鑫爱吃什么Modern Romance119k WordsCompleted Lin Manyue transmigrated into the 1960s as the pampered darling of her whole family. Sent to the countryside? She was in! Suffering and hardship? Not a chance. On her first day in the countryside, she bound herself to the [Good Fortune Mall System]. While everyone else gnawed on coarse corn buns, she ate braised pork. While everyone else shivered from the cold, she wore a military overcoat. While everyone else cried because they missed home, parcels kept arriving from her family, one after anoth 54Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 524 八 The 1980s Plus-Size Wife Becomes a Factory Boss 八零肥妻翻身小厂长 Xinxin Loves to Eat What鑫鑫爱吃什么Modern Romance218k WordsOngoing On the first day of her rebirth, she tore up her engagement contract in front of everyone, shocking the whole village. The scumbag who had ruined her in her previous life knelt and begged for mercy. She sneered. "This is only the beginning." She thought she'd spend this life making money and nothing else. Who knew the cold-faced military officer would come to her door and say, "The organization has approved it. I'll marry you." She raised an eyebrow. "I only want to be an entrepreneur." He offer —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 525 错 Wrongly Married in 1975: The Rugged Man and the Sophisticated Beauty 错嫁1975：糙汉与御姐 Wan Qian, Who Loves Cantonese Soup爱吃广府汤的万千帝主Modern Romance475k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + marriage first, love later + farming + cuisine] [Realistic and down-to-earth + slice of life + light comedy + heartwarming] Qiao Yujie, a 34-year-old elite doctor. During the Qingming tomb-sweeping festival, she bowed nine times to her ancestors, and five thousand strings of firecrackers burned to ash Then she was gone. When she opened her eyes again, it was 1975, and she was being "packed off" to marry a man in a military district. Her fiancé had gone fro 181.2kReads8.3Score25.7kShelves

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    No cheat codes, no saintly heroines, historical fiction. A 34-year-old female doctor transmigrates to 1975, gets tricked, mistakes her fiancé, and ends up marrying the wrong person—her gentle and refined fiancé and his cousin—a ruthless and cunning military officer.

26. 526 穿 Transmigrated to 1970, Suddenly a Mom of Nine 穿越1970，喜当9个孩子的妈 A Cha in the Misty Rain阿茶烟雨Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Main characters: Zhao Wenting and Li Sixi [Period Setting + Information System + Transmigrate + Everyday Family Life] Zhao Wenting has transmigrated. There’s one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: she has a golden finger, an Information System. The bad news: she has nine kids from the start, more than the Calabash Brothers. Looking at the three children who are about to be sent to the countryside, Zhao Wenting rolls up her sleeves and starts toughening them up. As a res 17.7kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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    [I highly recommend it!][I highly recommend it!][I highly recommend it!]

27. 527 八 1980s Military Marriage: The Sales Champion's Wife Opens a Shop to Make Money 八零军婚，销冠军嫂开店搞钱 Xiang Duo向朵Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted After refusing to register her marriage to a jerk, she is pushed over and falls to her death. Ye Qinghuan, the twenty-first century's top saleswoman, transmigrates into her body and opens her eyes to find herself facing military man Lu Zhanfeng. Seeing her injured, Lu Zhanfeng anxiously takes her to the hospital and urgently calls for a doctor to treat her. Touched by his character and thoughtfulness, Ye Qinghuan is moved. With nowhere else to go, she tells Lu Zhanfeng, “To repay you for saving 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Recommended, it's very good, and it's already finished, so you can watch it without worry.

28. 528 去 I Went Looking for My Family and Mistook the Wrong Guy for My Brother, While My Amnesiac Ex Loses His Cool Every Night 去寻亲认错哥，失忆前任夜夜红温 Luan Jing峦镜Modern Romance537k WordsCompleted [Beloved by everyone + spatial powers + adorable baby + military marriage + rekindled love + reunion after years apart + supernatural abilities] In the third year after Jiang Xuxue retired from the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and returned to the village to farm, her biological parents came looking for her. “Darling, someone deliberately switched you back then. We never abandoned you!” Unfortunately, just after finding her, her biological parents were sent to the far northwest. Her mother press 12.5kReads6.8Score1.4kShelves

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    On the day they got their marriage certificate, Shen Tingyuan wore a new military uniform, and Jiang Xuxue wore a floral dress. The people at the Civil Affairs Bureau asked, "Did you two do this voluntarily?" Shen Tingyuan said, "Yes." Before Jiang Xuxue could speak, he added, "She did too." The staff laughed. Jiang Xuxue stepped on his foot under the table. He didn't change his expression, but his ears turned red.

29. 529 行 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2.1kReads9.2Score122Shelves

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    [OK][Sending a heart][I also highly recommend it][Laughing and crying]

30. 530 快 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Splitting into Clones 快穿之：分身有术 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted The most important thing in life is not where you stand, but the direction you face. In the real world, some people laugh, some cry, some shout, and some remain silent. Life is, in essence, an exercise in endurance. Beauty and ugliness, good and bad: everyone has their own feelings about them. Faced with this tumultuous world and the countless selfish thoughts crowding our minds, we often find ourselves wanting to do more than we can, because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. But what 60Reads8.6Score—Shelves
31. 531 娇 A Delicate Beauty Came to the Countryside and Set Her Sights on Me 娇气美人下乡攻略了我 ashelyModern Romance580k WordsCompleted (One-on-one romance, happy ending, period setting; everyone follows the original story except the second female lead, who transmigrated; no golden finger, just the male lead helping the heroine become a better person) Silly, alluring heiress heroine VS cunning, protective, self-reliant male lead *Ruan Jun and his wife named their daughter Ruan Qingshu, hoping she would be clever and beautiful. They never expected that as she grew up, she would inherit the beauty but not the brains. She had eight 1.1kReads8.0Score103Shelves

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    💘The female lead is the factory manager's daughter, fair-skinned and beautiful, but spoiled and "vicious." She chases after a scumbag boyfriend to the countryside, only to be betrayed and framed. At the crucial moment, she's rescued by the village's tough guy, the male lead! After seeing the scumbag's true colors, she slaps him to end the relationship and immediately becomes obsessed with the male lead, ordering him to help her farm, cook, and fight off thugs! 💕She's clumsy and loves to cause trouble, deliberately sabotaging the scumbag boyfriend and the seemingly innocent female lead, ruining their plans. The male lead knows she's brainless and loves to cause trouble, but he's happy to oblige.

32. 532 你 You're the Villain, I'm the Psycho: Slay Monsters, Get Rich, and Raise the Kids 你反派我变态打怪致富养崽崽 Jiao Jiao Gu Yue Lun姣姣孤月轮Modern Romance203k WordsCompleted The plot goes off the rails, and so does the author [1970s + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + gloomy, obsessive, masochistic male lead + entrepreneurship and growth + family life + marriage before love + wish fulfillment + raising kids + fictional characters awaken] [No pocket dimension, no golden finger] When Jiang Si'er opens her eyes, the man who's been living in her heart is holding her with red-rimmed eyes. “Stop liking that pretty boy. Could you like me instead?” After waking f —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male and female leads are both very dedicated to their careers, but the female lead doesn't even love men; she only loves money.

33. 533 糙 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Su Jiabai苏加白Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.3kReads8.5Score563Shelves

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    Without any special advantages, the male and female protagonists become rich together.

34. 534 娇 So Alluring! One Tease from Her, and the War God Blocks the Door to Demand Marriage 娇引！她一撩，兵王堵门要结婚 Cheng Xiaoyao程小尧Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Audiobook now available] A cool-faced but warm-hearted martyr's orphan becomes a young educated woman sent to the countryside, and falls in love at first sight with an abstinent special forces soldier Pocket dimension + striking back against enemy spies + patriotism + two powerful, devoted leads + no self-sacrificing heroine + helping farmers prosper + one-on-one romance + devoted love In the 23rd century, Feng Moyan was an all-purpose killer developed by researchers and made to serve the organ 5.5kReads8.9Score551Shelves

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    They're all movies that don't help the poor, they're really good, I've seen them.

35. 535 七 The 1970s: I Marry a Powerful Man to Help with Disaster Relief, and My Life Takes Off 七零：嫁大佬救灾荒，我风生水起 Run Once跑一次Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting+dual transmigration+System+transmigration into a book+two powerful leads+strengthening the nation through technology+an unbelievably powerful golden finger] Gu Linxuan transmigrated into a book, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel. She watched the hero and heroine go from meeting to getting to know each other, and from getting to know each other to a game of pursuit and evasion. They completely ignored the usual plot conventions. As Gu Linxuan puzzled over 3.7kReads8.9Score434Shelves
36. 536 带 With Ten Billion in Supplies, the Heiress Marries and Joins the Army 带十忆物资，资本大小姐闪婚随军 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Tech genius transmigrates and marries a military commander + military marriage and following him to his post + spiritual spring space + hoards goods and brings ten billion worth of supplies when she transmigrates + true heiress + blind date and whirlwind marriage + childbirth + 1970s + scientific research + devoted one-on-one romance + beloved by her family and the nation + two powerful, strong-willed military figures who act decisively] [Cool-headed scientist heroine who always gets revenge, s 15.2kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
37. 537 重 Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零：我成了外婆的妹妹 Jing Jiuzhe荆九折Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing [When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Nobody could be generous in the 1960s.

38. 538 七 The 1970s Young Lady: A Selfish Woman Meets a Tormented Man 七零大小姐，当自私女遇上苦情男 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance851k WordsCompleted Also known as: A Rare Young Couple, Trading Verbal Blows The male lead is a real scientist. The female lead is an optimistic, quick-witted little ray of sunshine who is always full of confidence. (A clear growth arc + supporting each other + puppy love) When she woke up one day, Jiang Wangshu discovered she had acquired a husband. He was a man. Beneath his ordinary features lay extraordinary brilliance and a steely character. When government policies finally loosened, he shed his humble pas 1.6kReads8.7Score115Shelves

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    You can tell what the female lead is just from the title; she's really good-looking, very good-looking.

39. 539 七 A Seventies-Era Granny This Unhinged? Her Scumbag Husband Cries Himself Unconscious as She Gets Rich 七零老太这么癫？渣夫哭晕她暴富 Snow Pear Melon雪梨瓜Modern Romance209k WordsOngoing Xu Zhaolan transmigrates into a book and becomes the miserable original wife who throws herself at a worthless man, bears him four daughters, and is then framed for catching him in bed with another woman. Her scumbag husband curses her for giving birth to nothing but money pits. Her mother-in-law pressures her to divorce and make way for the daughter of a bureau chief. Her eldest daughter’s husband has an affair and fathers a child. To save face, he forces his wife to swallow her humiliation —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I absolutely love this book! The plot is engaging and concise, and the writing is superb!

40. 540 七 Bullet Comments Fill the Sky in the 1970s, and the Pretty Village Girl Moves to the City 七零弹幕满天飞，漂亮村姑进城啦 My Name Is Alu我叫阿绿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyday Family Life + Everyone’s Darling + Devoted Couple + Livestreaming + Ensemble Cast] [Native-Born Heroine + Transmigrated Hero] Jiang Menglian may be a country girl, but she has been cherished and doted on since childhood. When her sister-in-law gets pregnant, her family tricks her into going to look after her during her postpartum confinement. The moment Jiang Menglian steps into the residential compound, the comments flying across the sky make her feel as though she’s stumbled into a l 234Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female lead is a native, the male lead is a time traveler, and there's also a reborn woman with a live-streaming system. Driven by a desire to get the most out of things, the reborn woman chases after the female lead every day, wanting to offer viewers something different – ​​a slice-of-life, gossip-filled story about everyday family life.

41. 541 六 A Young Bride from the 1960s Moves to the City, Marries a Factory Director, and Raises Kids 六零小媳妇进城，嫁个厂长养崽崽 Little Thirteen the Salted Fish咸鱼小十三Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1960s, she finds herself a country widow whose husband has died, with a young daughter to raise. There’s no way Wen Xinghe is going to spend her days suffering. She takes her daughter straight to the city to reclaim her rightful place in her husband’s family. But once they arrive, the family, afraid she’ll make trouble, decides to keep the girl and get rid of the mother, doing everything they can to marry Wen Xinghe off again. Remarry? Sure! Wen Xinghe takes a good lo 6.4kReads8.3Score612Shelves

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    It's alright, haha.

42. 542 带 Life in the 1960s with an MC System 带着MC系统在六零生活 The Genius Is Always a Lonely Gourmet天才总是孤独的美食家Modern Romance81k WordsOngoing Lai Sufang was crushed to death ahead of schedule when an aftershock in Taiwan brought down her building. Her landlord had illegally remodeled the property and removed a load-bearing wall, causing the floor to collapse. Ox-Head and Horse-Face took her to the underworld to be reincarnated. Since she still had more than seventy years left to live, her ancestor learned what had happened and brought his servants to confront the landlord’s ancestor, Yu Dafu. After a thorough “persuasion by reason” wi —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist comes from a well-off family with both parents working to support one child, so they're not short of money. Her mother can buy meat in her rural hometown. As an only child, she doesn't need to go to the countryside. In her previous life, after her death, she was mistaken for a foreign angel by a bull-headed man with astigmatism, while a horse-faced demon claimed her hair and skeleton indicated she was a purebred local. Even the underworld is modern; the female protagonist passes through a series of gates for investigation, and her information is transmitted to her ancestor via the Book of Life and Death app. The ancestor's jade pendant requires a VIP subscription to find the ancestor who illegally rented her property. The ancestor persuades the unscrupulous landlord ancestor to accept compensation. The unscrupulous landlord ancestor then uses connections and gifts to help his descendants pay compensation, securing the female protagonist's reincarnation in a parallel world in the 1960s as a well-off only child in a small Hakka county town in the mountainous region of Fujian Province. She has a cheat system called "My Cube System" and a male protagonist specially customized just for her. This is one of the few novels with a Hakka background.

43. 543 重 Reborn with the Thirty-Six Stratagems, I Won’t Abort This Baby 重生玩转三十六计，这胎老娘不堕 Barbecue Caramel Potatoes烧烤焦糖土豆Modern Romance217k WordsCompleted On the cold operating table, Su Yanqiu suddenly opened her eyes. She was back on the day her two-faced best friend and the scumbag she loved had tricked her into an abortion! In her previous life, she thought her rough-and-tumble husband, Zhao Mo, was crude and trusted the wrong people. She lost her family fortune and died alongside her unborn child! Only when she was dying did she learn that the taciturn man had searched every ravine for her and killed her enemies with his own hands. In the end 46Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Just finished reading this book, it's super good! Set in the 1980s, it's about a rough guy and a capitalist's rich girl. The best part is, it's finished! Finished!

44. 544 穿 Transmigrated to the 1950s, the Country Sent Me Abroad to Study 穿越五零，国家送我去留学 A Cup of Wine in the Spring Breeze Among Peach and Plum Blossoms桃李春风一杯酒丶Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [No Golden Finger] [Strong Female Lead] [Research] [Few Extreme Male Leads] [Academic Prodigy] [A Strong Nation] [1950s] [Family Life] [Positive Energy] [Romance] An optimistic, positive female lead who refuses to waste energy on negativity, and a handsome male lead who trades his pen for a gun. (The romance is very, very subtle so far. The main plot is studying abroad and doing research.) After waking from a nap, Shi Jiayi becomes one of the chosen ones of the 1950s. The tide of transmigration 71.6kReads9.3Score6.1kShelves
45. 545 七 The 1970s: I Keep Dying in Stories Set in Different Eras 七零：我在各个年代文里死了又死 Though I Admire the Distance虽慕远Modern Romance842k WordsCompleted [No Romance] She opens her eyes to find her parents, who favor boys over girls, pressuring her to get a job so her cousin can afford a wife. Her cousin, a good-for-nothing who claims he’ll “bring honor to the family,” is also the male lead of a period novel! And Xu Youyou has transmigrated into a cannon-fodder supporting female character who gets a job for the scheming heroine! Looking at the job the original owner risked her life to get, and her “family,” who want the job but also want to marry 1.8kReads8.2Score148Shelves

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    🍒I recommend five transmigration novels set in the 1970s! Books 2 and 5 feature a female protagonist with a system. They're not about rough, masculine characters. ✨ 🐬In the third book, the female protagonist, Su Tang, has just transmigrated into the book. 🌷 The original owner of the body was overweight and lazy, yet still the darling of her family. 💋 Su Tang has no choice but to work hard to lose weight for her physical and mental health. 🎉🎉 Then, using her criminal investigation skills, she becomes a police officer. 👮🏻‍♀️

46. 546 七 1970s: The Beautiful Educated Youth Lies Back and Wins with the System 七零，漂亮知青靠着系统在线躺赢 May Orchid五月兰Modern Romance481k WordsCompleted Transmigration / System / transmigrate into a book / putting scumbags in their place / underdog's comeback / getting rich [A beautiful, grudge-holding educated youth × a handsome, devoted section chief] After six years together, her boyfriend betrayed her. She walked away and ended things without looking back. Her ex regretted it bitterly, begged her to forgive him, and chased her in vain. The other woman couldn't stand it and caused her to die young, leaving her unable to rest in peace. She tra 81Reads6.2Score—Shelves
47. 547 穿 Transmigrating to the 70s: The Goddess Strikes Back 穿越七零：女神的逆袭 I Am Zhu Kongyang我朱孔阳Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted She transmigrates overnight, back to the end of the 1970s, when everything is waiting to be rebuilt. The original owner was lazy and greedy, plump and sturdy, and doted on by her family. The only problem was that she had no brains! Su Tang, a goddess of the police force, says none of that is a problem. Through hard work and determination, she secures a place for herself in the county police bureau cafeteria. Then, with her exceptional criminal investigation skills, she helps her fellow officers 429Reads8.9Score103Shelves
48. 548 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Settled the Score With the System First 穿越后，先和系统算算账 Three Liang of White Pepper三两白胡椒Modern Romance230k WordsCompleted Blurb One: Jiang Wan had it pretty rough. While happily eating and scrolling on her phone, she accidentally tapped a pop-up ad. Then, to her great misfortune, she installed some lousy System. Worse still, the stupid System insisted on binding itself to her while she was climbing the stairs. Her head started hurting terribly, she missed a step and tumbled down, and then, after eight lifetimes’ worth of bad luck, she transmigrated to 1976! The good news was that she got to skip the difficult proce 22Reads6.7Score—Shelves
49. 549 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 1.3kReads—Score107Shelves

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    Catching ghosts to farm, the little celestial master goes to farm.

50. 550 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 611Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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