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. 301 被 Bound to a System in the 1970s, I Became a Tycoon 被系统绑到七十年代后我成了首富 Fen Luxia粉鹿夏Modern Romance319k WordsOngoing After Ye He died, the System forcibly bound her and made her transmigrate into the villainess of a period novel. The youngest daughter in a blended family, unloved by both parents, she was facing an order to go to the countryside before even finishing middle school. According to the book, after going to the countryside, the original owner would meet the handsome male lead and become hopelessly obsessed with him, banging her head against a wall for his sake. She would give him the hard-won opport 710Reads—Score159Shelves

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   It's a decent historical romance novel. The female protagonist is, in a sense, a transmigrator. She has terrible family members, but she doesn't go to the countryside. After cutting ties with them, she continues her studies in the city, builds her own career, and makes a good life for herself.

2. 302 七 The 1970s: You’re the Worst Parents I’ve Ever Had 七零：你们是我带过最差的爹妈 Casual Verses闲吟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (An ordinary person working hard to become a top student + the daily life of a family of three + making money + delicious food) Both leads are each other's first and only love. Alternate setting, with some original worldbuilding. School system: 6+3+3. A slow-paced, slice-of-life story. At twelve, Bai Ran regained the memories of her previous life and decided to study hard, get into college, and change her fate. But why was she the only one in the family of three making an effort? Thirty is the p 1.3kReads8.8Score131Shelves

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   ① The female protagonist dreams that her neighbor's older sister has picked up her textbooks again and says she wants to go to university. So the female protagonist decides to study with her and learns how to make weapons from the books. ② The female protagonist dies from staying up all night watching TV series and is transported to an era of food and clothing shortages. Fortunately, she is unconditionally pampered by her family.

3. 303 我 I've Been Such a Good, Honest Person. What's Wrong With Going a Little Crazy? 我都老实巴交了，发点颠怎么了 Add Some Wealth to Life给生活添点富Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted [Unhinged Antics + Feel-Good Story + Demolition Compensation + Getting Rich + Everyday Life + Besties + Becoming the Boss + No Romance, No Marriage] (Content warning: The heroine and the other female characters have rock-bottom morals. They'll stop at nothing to get what they want, and lying is as natural to them as eating and drinking!!!) ​​Tang Tao, the heroine: ​“Mom, Dad, Brother, the demolition payout is all mine, mine, mine! Behave yourselves and maybe I'll let you have the leftovers.” ​… 1.4kReads8.9Score174Shelves

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   She doesn't help the poor, doesn't act as a stepmother, doesn't support her brothers or father, focuses entirely on developing herself, and eats mostly meat.

4. 304 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 14.6kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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   I won't help the poor; I'll just live my own life.

5. 305 穿 Transmigrating Across the Dynasties to Become a Cold-Blooded Person 穿越各个朝代做个冷血人 Only Loves Tomatoes只爱番茄Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted 1. The daughter of a sixth-rank Qing official 2. A village girl's transformation in the 1970s 3. A woman goes on a rampage in the 1940s 4. The Ninth Prince's daughter in the Yongzheng era 5. The family's matriarch in Dream of the Red Chamber 6. The terrifying year 3024 7. An orphaned martyr's daughter becomes a nanny's child 8. The woman who divorced immediately after her family was dispossessed 9. The woman who faked her death on the exile road 10. A palace woman persecuted after Yongzheng asce 7.7kReads8.3Score437Shelves

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   This book contains period dramas, is not a saintly tale, and is beautiful on its own.

6. 306 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Scheming First Wife Is Ready to Rise Again! 重生七十年代：心机原配要翻身！ Me, Who Loves Fish爱吃鱼的我Modern Romance690k WordsCompleted Everyone in the compound says Wang Cuilan is lucky. Born in the countryside and educated only through middle school, she still managed to marry one of the most capable young men in the compound, transforming her social standing overnight. Everyone urges Wang Cuilan to count her blessings, be grateful, and cherish her good life. Yet no one notices the exhaustion hidden beneath her smile. Wang Cuilan has been a calculating girl since childhood. She knows that if she wants something, she has to wor 4.4kReads8.4Score183Shelves

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   🌸✨The female lead falsely claimed credit for someone else's work to marry the male lead. After learning the truth, the male lead repeatedly helps his "white moonlight" (his first love). Looking at their empty home, the female lead feels some regret. 🎈💫Perhaps she shouldn't have agreed when Xie Zheng came knocking on her door…

7. 307 七 The ’70s Cannon Fodder Uses a Sign-In System to Coast to Victory 七零炮灰带签到系统一路开挂躺赢 Shallow Summer Meow浅夏喵Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + System + pocket dimension + farming + a slightly goofy heroine who never lets a grudge go and always sees things clearly, a lovable little drama queen fresh out of acting school + a devoted, scheming male lead She was just stepping out to grab a meal when she disappeared. When she opened her eyes again, Ning Xiyue had transmigrated to the 1970s, into a period novel about a lucky, doted-on heroine. She was now a lovesick, cannon-fodder side character destined to hand th 11.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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   The female lead is not a saint and doesn't help the poor.

8. 308 糙 The Roughneck Officer Plays Favorites: He Only Loves the Green-Tea Fake Heiress 糙汉军官偏心眼，只爱绿茶真千金 Melon Egg瓜蛋Modern Romance535k WordsCompleted [Period + True Green Tea Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Military Marriage + Joining the Army + True and Fake Heiresses + Transmigrate into a Book] Green tea Su Xingyue transmigrates into a book and becomes the true heiress in an 1980s story. The fake heiress stole her pocket dimension and drove her to her death. The true heiress is frail, out of breath after a few steps, and coughs up blood at the slightest provocation. It suits her green tea persona perfectly... * The true heiress tries to dr 1.8kReads8.8Score241Shelves

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   ①🌟Yang Yuan transmigrates into the body of the female lead's pseudo-best friend in a period novel and resolutely becomes sophisticated, self-centered, and not a saint✨ ②🌟The sophisticated and self-centered Gu Qingxu marries a cunning husband and then deals with her awful in-laws✨

9. 309 绝 A Stunning Widow, Fiery and Alluring; A Retired Soldier, Cold and Tempting 绝色寡妇辣又魅，退伍硬汉冷又欲 A Pot of Fine Wine一壶大花酒Modern Romance557k WordsCompleted (Set in an alternate version of the 1980s; devoted couple with sizzling chemistry + flamboyant, seductive wild rose x brooding, tough veteran + a touch of ensemble cast) A push and pull of flirtation, sizzling hormones, healing and redemption Everyone knows that on the little island of Jiulin, there’s a hotel called Laifu. The owner, Yao, is a pretty widow who loves money and men. People all say that in ancient times, she’d have been a bewitching temptress who brought kingdoms to ruin. Then one 3.2kReads8.9Score249Shelves
10. 310 闪 Two Years After Our Flash Marriage, the Military Wife Takes Her Child to Find His Father 闪婚两年不见，军嫂带娃去找爹 Sweet and Sticky甜糯糯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reserved, rugged man + Sweet, delicate beauty + Sweet romance + Mutual teasing + Pocket dimension + Cozy daily life] In her previous life, Lin Wanshu was the wife of a man everyone envied: a wealthy tycoon. She was beautiful and rich, and her husband never kept a mistress. But no one knew that behind the glamorous life, she spent every day alone in an empty room, never had a child, and eventually died after being hit by a car. When she opens her eyes again, Lin Wanshu has returned to the 1970s. 61.6kReads9.0Score6.8kShelves

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    It's a great show; each character is distinct, and the plot doesn't drag. The female lead doesn't participate in poverty alleviation programs.

11. 311 怀 Pregnant with Twins Blessed by a Spirit Spring! The Cold-Faced Officer Spoils Her to No End! 怀灵泉双胎！冷面军官宠她入骨！ Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool military officer + alluring beauty] (Multiple transmigrators + daily life with the army + married first, love later + raising kids and pregnancy + devoted to each other) [She opens her eyes to a whirlwind marriage and a child.] When Jiang Nian opens her eyes, she finds herself in the 1970s story her roommate wrote, as a busty, airheaded supporting character with a tragic fate, and a cute little daughter to boot. After she runs away and gets caught again, she finds herself standing beside h 10.4kReads8.7Score842Shelves

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    [Cold and aloof flight officer + charming beauty] (Multiple transmigrations + daily life in the military + arranged marriage to love + raising a child and pregnancy + both are virgins) - Opening her eyes, Jiang Nian transmigrated into a 1970s novel written by her roommate, becoming a pitiful female supporting character with big breasts and no brains, plus a cute daughter. After escaping again and being caught, she found her cold and aloof military officer husband standing beside her—who turned out to be the cold and aloof campus heartthrob from the military academy next door in her past life! The man, impeccably dressed, broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, and handsome, held a baby in his arms and coldly told her, "Jiang Nian, you're pregnant. You're two months along."

12. 312 惊 Astonishing! The Top Scientist Is Being Kept by the Strongest Officer 惊！科研大佬被最强军官吃软饭了 Huang Xiaobai黄小白Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + making money + apocalypse powerhouse + romance + military marriage + scientific research] [Also known as: Military Marriage: The Fierce Beauty Goes to the Countryside to Crush Her Enemies Without Taking It Easy] [Content warning: The heroine is extremely protective of her food. She spends the early part of the story in the countryside, for about 450 chapters, before turning to research] [Content warning: There is a male lead, but he 17.5kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    These are all incredibly good! I absolutely love the female leads in these three books. They're not saintly at all; they're intelligent, logical, cautious, and selfish.

13. 313 药 The Sickly Young Intellectual Gets Teased by a Rugged Man and Demands a Refund 药罐子小知青被糙汉撩得怒喊退货 Afternoon Milk Tea午后奶茶Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted On her eighteenth birthday, the world's unluckiest girl finally gets her big break, winning the grand prize at Wanda Mall's anniversary celebration: five minutes of free shopping. But before she can even enjoy it for a second, a crowd crush breaks out, and she is the only one unlucky enough to kick the bucket. She winds up dead in the 1970s, an era where everything is in short supply. The world's unluckiest girl curses the heavens: “If you don't compensate me, I'll... I'll cry every day where yo 3.1kReads9.0Score350Shelves

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    🍩🍪A pinnacle of historical fiction, the incredibly unlucky heroine finally achieves her dream at 18, winning the grand prize at a shopping mall's anniversary sale: 5 minutes of free shopping. However, a stampede occurs, and the unlucky heroine is the only one to die in the process. Suddenly, she's transported to the impoverished 1970s, where everything is scarce. The heroine berates fate, demanding compensation, only to be given a rough-looking man instead.

14. 314 重 Reborn in the Nineties: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady 重生九零之向着包租婆的人生狂奔 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 28.5kReads9.4Score3kShelves

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    🌟The first book features a female protagonist who no longer compromises herself to please others. She tries every means to stay in the city, planning for herself, refusing to go to the countryside or the black market. She truly values ​​her life, keeping her reborn identity a secret until the very end. 🌟The second book features a female protagonist who is no longer influenced by those around her, actively enriching herself, protecting her wealth, buying property and land to become rich – very realistic. 🌟The third book doesn't feature rebirth or time travel, and there are no cheat codes. The female protagonist seems gentle but is sharp-tongued, doesn't engage in charity work, and the whole story is very heartwarming. 🌟The fourth book features a female protagonist who refuses to go to the countryside or the black market, defeating others with extreme methods – very clear-headed, and every world is very engaging.

15. 315 七 A 1970s Military Marriage: I Take My Terrible Family Along for the Ride 七零军婚：我带极品家人一起起飞 Jin Jinyu金金雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Completed) [1970s + military marriage + period setting + family drama + trading System + building wealth + transmigration and rebirth] On her way to school to pick up her admission letter from Capital University, Gu Tao gets hit by a black car and lands in the 1970s, along with a somewhat “simple-minded” little System. She opens her eyes to find a scheming dad, a lazy mom, a brother and sister bent on scrounging from their workplaces, and two younger brothers who keep wanting to smash other peo 8.9kReads8.5Score926Shelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn into a special era; she avoids internal strife, her entire family is exceptional, and they've never lost a fight. [Facepalm]

16. 316 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, the Side-Character Couple Goes to the Countryside as Educated Youths 穿书后，配角夫妻下乡当知青 White Star Heavenly Bamboo白星天竺Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted While reading a novel, Li Ruolan is surprised to discover that her and her husband’s names appear in a novel set in a bygone era. They are educated youths who go to the countryside alongside the male and female leads, and their names appear only two or three times as minor characters. That very night, Li Ruolan dreams of the minor character’s memories. When she wakes up, her husband says he had the same dream. Just as they both think it must be a coincidence, a pocket dimension appears. Li Ruola 25.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    🪼🪼Fast-paced slice-of-life period drama🍁🍁A short story I finished reading in one night🥭🥭🥭A couple travels back to the 1970s and becomes random passersby in the book🦊🦊No negative comments about the original female lead; they even become friends with her.

17. 317 下 Fine, I’ll Go to the Countryside. I Have a Pocket Dimension, So What Have I Got to Fear? 下乡就下乡我有空间我怕谁 Knowing the Mist from the Tower临楼知渺Modern Romance716k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + pocket dimension + sent to the countryside + raising children + no romance) Fall asleep at home, wake up transmigrated from the sky! Fang Lan wakes up one day and finds she’s transmigrated from the 21st century into a little girl in the 1970s in a parallel world. She’s about to be sent to the countryside, and she’s so hungry she’s dizzy and seeing black. She feels like she might as well die! Then the very next moment, she gains a pocket dimension. Well... it’s a bit small, but 6.7kReads9.0Score692Shelves

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    No romantic pairing, just watching the show and enjoying the gossip. [Eating melon emoji]

18. 318 快 Quick Transmigration: A Cannon Fodder's Happy Life 快穿：炮灰的幸福生活 Freshwater Flowing Clouds 2025淡水流云2025Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Alternate universe] [Quick Transmigration] [No fixed CP] [Period] [Ancient] [Modern] [Book Transmigration] [Sweet romance] Special note: No fixed CP means there are romantic pairings, but the partner is different in each small world. All the love interests are background characters from the original stories who never appeared in the main plot. Though she transmigrates into books, she doesn't follow the original plots. In fact, her life has little to do with the original stories. The heroine wil 49.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves

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    This is a historical fiction novel I recently read. I recommend it.

19. 319 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm the Male Supporting Character 快穿之我是男配角 Jiajing迦境Male-Channel Fanfiction360k WordsCompleted I transmigrate into various TV dramas and become supporting male characters. 1. Story of Minglan: I Am Liang Han (Completed) 2. Blossoms in Family: Li Chengzhi's Road to Fortune (Completed) 3. The Heirs: I Am Chen Xingjun (Completed) 4. Story of Minglan: I Am Sun Zhigao (Completed) 5. All Is Well: I Am Su Daqiang (Completed) 6. The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber: The Cannon-Fodder Young Prince (Completed) 7. The Return of the Condor Heroes: Yin Zhiping (Completed) 8. The Double: Lin Xu CP Wan N 1.8kReads6.2Score102Shelves
20. 320 我 I Forced a Kiss on My Target, and Got Arrested? 我强吻对象，居然被捕了？ Precious Moon Pearl宝月珠Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Top student + tough guy + pocket dimension + face-slapping and taking down scumbags + sweet, satisfying romance + self-interest above all] After overworking herself to death, top student Qin Yu transmigrates into the body of Qin Duoyu in the 1970s. Given a second chance at life, she refuses to wear herself out for anyone. Her whole family abuses her, so she gives as good as she gets. They expect hardship in the countryside? She has skills to fall back on. Better to wear other people down than l 9.9kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves
21. 321 四 The Happy Life of the Yan Family's Second Son in the Siheyuan 四合院阎家老二的幸福生活 Soda Water 1990苏打水1990Male-Channel Fanfiction635k WordsCompleted This is a new author's first attempt, and my writing is limited, so I hope my dear readers will be understanding. I don't have a set outline and write wherever the story takes me. Please forgive me if anything seems familiar or if I've left something out. Thank you all for your support. 2.7kReads6.8Score105Shelves
22. 322 革 The Revolutionary Committee Director's Wife Snatched Him Away Again 革委会主任又被媳妇抢了 Sisters Yiyi姐妹花一一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On a bitter winter day in 1975, Jiang Yu, director of the Revolutionary Committee in Hancheng County, was knocked unconscious with a brick on his way to work. When he woke up, all his belongings had been stolen: his service pistol, wallet, watch, and belt. Not a thing was left. The robbers were two high school sophomores, Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiuyun. The cousins worked together: he carried Jiang Yu to the hospital, while she stripped him bare as he lay unconscious. Xu Xiuyun stuffed the pistol into 3.8kReads6.3Score290Shelves

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    This is a period drama novel featuring a selfish and self-serving female protagonist. She's incredibly quick to run away from trouble, reacts swiftly, and knows how to feign weakness. She's strong when facing strong opponents and weak when facing weak ones; she never suffers a loss. The male protagonist's first meeting with her involves him pointing a gun at her head, demanding she save him. She does, and then in the hospital, while he's unconscious, she robs him, stealing his wallet, watch, gun, and even his belt. "How dare the female protagonist bully me!"

23. 323 随 I Went to the City with My Lame Dad to Live Off a Rich Woman, and I’m Loving It 随跛子爸进城吃软饭，我真香了 Ling Duanyue聆端月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + family life + blended family + stepmother reborn + cozy everyday life] In her previous life, Xiang Nuan was terribly unlucky. Born with a congenital illness, she was abandoned by her parents and relatives. Unloved and uncared for, she struggled through twenty-four lonely years. Her next life began just as miserably. While still very young, she was abandoned by her mother. Her father was a cripple, and the two of them were driven out by their own clan... The one thing she could l 13kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves

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    A blended family in a historical fiction novel, featuring a domineering and fierce stepmother, a cunning and scheming biological father, and a female protagonist who transmigrates into the book. The family lives a life that seems to be on a winning streak, getting better and better!

24. 324 沙 After the Wacky Old Ancestor Emerged from Seclusion, She Discovered She Was Invincible 沙雕老祖出关后，发现自己无敌了 My Name Is Huang Yougeng我叫黄有梗Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Invincible heroine + no romance + hilarious chaos + revenge against scumbags + team leveling] The heroine is greedy, lecherous, morally questionable, biased toward her own people, and utterly shameless. If that bothers you, don't read! Yao Hua was a well-known slacker at Floating Cloud Pavilion. She earned her sect contributions by having children and raised her cultivation by sheer luck. After being gravely injured and going into seclusion, she emerged one day to find that everyone stronger t 3.8kReads8.9Score439Shelves

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    Completed. The female lead is a goofy, lecherous, and scheming sixth sister. Her children and relatives are all idiots too. The female lead is invincible from the start and remains invincible in the end. A super good ensemble piece! No romantic pairing but there are children. Very funny, not a cliché story. The female lead's character is consistent, cunning, and ruthless. If you like silly and funny stories, you can read it without thinking. [Smirk][smirk]

25. 325 对 The Foil Says Nothing, Just Keeps Snatching the Lucky One’s Fortunes 对照组不语，只一味抢夺福宝机缘 Ci Shen辞燊Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Pocket dimension + Strong female lead + Everyday family life + Cannon-fodder comeback + Self-interest] Cheng Wangshu had lived in poverty for most of her life. She had just received news that her family home was slated for demolition when she got so excited that she laughed herself to death without catching her breath. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself inside a period novel about a darling blessed by fortune and adored by everyone. But she wasn't the heroine. Sh 12.3kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves

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    These are all very interesting self-serving articles; if you're interested, go check them out! [Heart emojis]

26. 326 穿 Transmigrate to the Seventies: My Handsome, Sweet Husband Begs Me to Spoil Him 穿越七零：老公又帅又甜，求我宠 Si Bu Xiang司不像Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead, Weaker Male Lead + Female Lead Transmigrates + Male Lead Is Reborn + Contract Marriage + Sweet Romance + Realistic Feel-Good Story + Cozy Daily Life + Selfish Female Lead + Devoted Husband] At a young age, Deng Siyao saved up five million, but before she could register for a residence permit and buy a house, she died from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a sent-down youth. She has her heart set on finding a handsome, agreeable husband, hoping to 29.1kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves

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    Completed. One of the few female-centric novels set in historical fiction, where the female protagonist acts entirely for her own benefit and is willing to use any means necessary to achieve her goals.

27. 327 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38.3kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    [Admiring][Drooling][Kiss] My 9.9 Masterpiece, everyone watch it! It's the best on the entire Tomato TV show! [Heart][Sad][Kiss] The female lead suffered a brain injury and became mentally challenged. She often goes out at night with her three-year-old son to steal chickens and dogs, and the male lead searches for them everywhere at night. The whole family is hilarious. The male lead is tough on the outside but soft on the inside; he can shut everyone down with his words. It's really super funny!

28. 328 七 The 1970s: Grab Some Popcorn! The White Lotus Heroine Is Fuming Again 七零：吃瓜！白莲女主又被气哭了 Lu Zhao路昭Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Completed] + [Book Transmigration] + [Period] + [Face-slapping] + [Putting Scumbags in Their Place] + [Storage Space] + [Selfish] + [Vengeful] This is the story of Zhao Xinyi, a weakling from the apocalypse who transmigrates into a Period novel and runs rampant. In an apocalypse littered with corpses, Zhao Xinyi survived for five years by relying on the supplies she had stockpiled before it began and the eight hundred tricks she had up her sleeve. In the end, she dies at the hands of a high-lev 4.5kReads8.8Score314Shelves

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    Zhao Xinyi, who transmigrated from the post-apocalyptic world, comes with eight hundred schemes in her mind and runs rampant in the 1970s. With both a spatial ability and a system as her double cheat codes, making the original female lead cry is just the beginning. Even the male lead has to ask her permission before he can get close to her. This ruthless character who holds grudges for the smallest things will definitely satisfy your imagination of "selfishness to the extreme".

29. 329 八 Educated Youth in the 1980s: After Breaking Off the Engagement, the Factory Director Spoiled Me 八零知青：退婚后我被厂长宠上天 Getting Through Every Pass关关过Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Xu Yuyan spent four years sent down to the countryside, working hard without complaint. She did the Zhao family’s laundry and cooking and cared for Madam Zhao, who was paralyzed. Everyone in the production team praised her as a good woman. But on the eve of her wedding, she caught her fiancé in bed with another woman. Even worse, the Zhao family wanted to marry into a richer household without giving up Xu Yuyan as their unpaid laborer. They even wanted to make her their goddaughter so she would 14.6kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves

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    This is a good historical romance novel, a story about indigenous people. The female lead spends four years in the countryside, where she is exploited and used as free labor. After facing reality, she quickly returns to the city. The male lead is also a hardworking, ambitious, frugal, and very honest person! The plot is very interesting!! [Cool]

30. 330 抛 Leaving the Plot Behind, I Climb the Career Ladder in the 1970s 抛开剧情我在七零升职加薪 Yu Isn't a Fish愉不是鱼Modern Romance317k WordsCompleted [Period drama + transmigration into a drama + adored by everyone + changing the plot + career advancement and a pay raise + devoted to one another] Yun Xi had only just become a college student when she stayed up all night watching a period drama recommended by a friend. She woke up to discover she was the female lead, who had the most screen time and shared her name! The heroine had suffered her whole life, only to forgive this person and that person in the end, radiating saintly kindness from 5.5kReads7.9Score323Shelves

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    🌸The female protagonist, Yun Xi, is reborn in the 1970s [heart]. She's from a well-off city; her father is the head of the finance department at a factory [stunned] [sending heart]. 💐[Fear] After graduating high school, she becomes an employee in the factory's finance department [sad] [smirking], 🐱later transferred to the propaganda department [smirking], not helping others, 🌻only [KISS] [stunned] [smirking], [frustrated] putting herself first and others second, a bit scheming. The whole story is a heartwarming slice-of-life story 🌴 [shy] [sending heart]

31. 331 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s, I Became the Cannon Fodder of a Crowded Courtyard 穿书七零，我成了大杂院的炮灰 Yao Jiang Keke姚姜可可Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented novel, male protagonist’s perspective + transmigrate into a book + 1970s + no rural relocation + food delivery System + farm space + everyday courtyard life + neither overly saintly nor self-sacrificing + lighthearted] Content warnings: 1. The male lead is stingy and protective of his money when it comes to outsiders, and a bit lazy, but he believes in equality. The female lead is self-serving and doesn’t honor her parents. They both also share a little of the other’s personalit 1.1kReads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Both books feature selfish and self-serving protagonists, each emphasizing the idea that "I'm rich, but I only care about myself." Ladies, now's the time to buy!

32. 332 七 The 1970s: This Background Character Young Intellectual Just Wants to Watch the Drama 七零：炮灰知青只想吃瓜看戏 Simple and Getting Rich简单要暴富Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Pocket dimension shopping mall + transmigrate into a book as a doomed side character + alternate setting + gossip-watching + building a career + military marriage + slice of life] Yang Tao transmigrates into the 1970s as a pitiful girl from an ordinary working-class family. No problem. The huge shopping mall she just inherited has come along with her. Her younger sister schemes to send her to the countryside? No worries. Yang Tao promptly sends her off to the far northwest instead. Fa 12.2kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    These are all relatively self-serving and selfish books that I'm currently reading.

33. 333 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Commander's Wife Has a Spirit Spring Space 重生八零，首长媳妇有灵泉空间 Rain Falling on the Wutong Trees at Night夜落梧桐雨Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted [Reborn + switched marriage + spirit spring dimension + love after marriage + spoiled wife + cozy everyday life + building wealth] Lin Yueqing is reborn, returning to ten years earlier. Her cousin wants to switch fiancés with her? She agrees at once! Whoever wants that scumbag can have him! In her previous life, Lin Yueqing married the factory director’s son and became a rich wife everyone envied. Her cousin Lin Yueru married a cold-faced military officer. He was injured on a mission, became lam 8.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    [Sparrow's Delight] is a historical novel set in a military marriage era. It's an excellent read! The female lead is intelligent and decisive; after being reborn, she is arranged to marry into another family and becomes wealthy. The romance between the male and female leads is very sweet. I highly recommend it!

34. 334 年 A Commoner’s Road to Survival in the Era of Quick Transmigration 年代快穿凡人求生路 Springtime Deer Song鹿鸣春Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing Read this first: The protagonist has no memories and no golden finger. She only has vague impressions of the skills she learned in other worlds, as if she were born knowing them. The pacing varies: some worlds last around ten chapters, while others take dozens. The protagonist can be male, female, or an animal. There is no fixed CP. Men don’t occupy her heart, but she’s rarely been without one nearby. The story is still ongoing, so a low rating is normal. It will gradually rise later on. Every w 34.2kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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    These historical fiction novels are pretty good. I recommended two quick transmigration novels that only involve historical settings; you can tell from the ratings. They're both well-written, without any annoying poverty alleviation plots, and are basically stories of the female protagonist's struggles.

35. 335 穿 A Couple of Fake Partners' Everyday Gossip After They Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies 穿书七零塑料夫妻的吃瓜日常 Good Fortune and Good Luck福气满满好运来Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing (A sharp-tongued heroine with eight hundred schemes, queen of the courtyard and village, who loves watching the drama unfold × a male lead who seems aloof and untouchable but is really a childish boy who gets bullied by her and tries to fight back) Jiang Nuan transmigrates into a book. In this 1970s romance, she, Jiang Nuan, is a hopelessly lovesick fool who pines for the male lead, gets face-slapped again and again, and still keeps throwing herself at him. She’s nothing but a disposable side ch 11.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves

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    No poverty alleviation, no saintly heroines! 🌸 [Cold and selfish female academic genius X clingy and rough retired military officer] No rebirth, no time travel. Is the female lead selfish? I don't think so. She just prioritizes her own interests and doesn't give up her ideals for anyone. This female lead is great! 🌸 [Spoiled, vicious, wicked yet cute young lady X ruthless, cautious, insecure, and sensitive landlord cub] I didn't have high expectations for this novel at first 😚 But after clicking in, I was surprised to find it good 👍 I like this female lead 😻 Although she's spoiled, she's really wicked and not a saint. She's comparable to a selfish and vicious female supporting character, and with her high status, she's practically untouchable!

36. 336 快 Quick Transmigration: Cherish Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People 快穿：珍爱生命，远离极品 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through historical settings + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + no fixed pairing] [The 4th, 7th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st worlds have no romance] [Female lead’s perspective] [Ensemble cast] Also known as: Quick Transmigration: A Carefree Life in Historical Worlds and Quick Transmigration: Treasure Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People Protagonist: Chang Ning. In each sma 21.8kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
37. 337 别 Everyone Else Transmigrates or Is Reborn, but I'm Just a Native Cannon-Fodder 别人都是穿越重生，就我土著炮灰 Fat Salty Fish胖咸鱼Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped 6.6kReads9.0Score585Shelves

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    🌈🌈🌈The female lead is a native, and her parents are extremely lazy and funny. There are time travelers, reborn people, and people with lucky charms in the book, but everyone is nice except for the female lead's second aunt. The female lead is very hardworking and can do what she likes.

38. 338 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.2kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    🍄①The female lead has a spatial ability, but she won't selflessly dedicate it to her family. She only uses ideology to influence them to be positive and upward-looking. Qi Hongdou feels she's having a run of bad luck. Not only has she traveled back to the 1960s, but she's also become a demanding 60-year-old woman with a house full of children and grandchildren. What can she do but endure it? Hongdou begins her life of manipulating her children and grandchildren, giving them a beating and then a treat, controlling the whole family.

39. 339 恶 The Wicked, Brash Drama Queen Is Doted on by the Wildest Roughneck 恶毒拽作精被最野糙汉狠狠娇宠 Shui Shui Shui Xiang水水水香Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Completed] [1970s + Flirting + Sweet Romance + Rugged Man + Devoted Love + Both Chaste] [Arrogant, spoiled, wicked yet adorable rich girl ✖ Ruthless, cautious, insecure, sensitive landowner’s wolf cub] She was once a wandering ghost in the mortal world, chosen by the Heavenly Dao to set chaotic fate back on track. She transmigrates into Chen Jiaojiao, a busty, beautiful but empty-headed supporting character, sent to the countryside as an educated youth in the 1970s. After dealing with the scumb 1.1kReads8.9Score108Shelves
40. 340 末 From the Apocalypse to the 1970s: I Tear Into the Worst of the Worst and Marry a Soldier 末世穿七零：手撕极品转嫁兵王 Le Shen乐燊Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Revenge Before the Sun Sets + Spatial Spring + Apocalypse + Female Yama + No Saintly Foolishness, No Taking Losses + Satisfying Read + Crushing Scumbags + Face-Slapping + 1970s + Tearing Apart the Worst by Hand + Special Forces + Enlisting + Serving the Nation + No Romance] Xia Shuning once ruled the apocalypse with her fire-type ability, only to be struck by lightning and reduced to ashes. She transmigrated to the 1970s and became a miserable capitalist heiress. Her adoptive parents sold her 15.4kReads8.5Score2kShelves

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    The female protagonist is a specially recruited military doctor, currently participating in special forces selection. She's skilled in both medicine and combat. She's ruthless, immoral, and heartless; her spatial abilities are achieved through sheer force. In the first chapter, she cripples a lecherous man with three lashes. She first throws the entire family of a despicable female supporting character into a latrine, then sends them to the desert to plant trees. She beats and kicks enemy agents to death, and after beating up the scoundrels, she steals their valuables, gaining merit points to exchange for magical artifacts. She robs the Japanese treasury, burns down sacred toilets, and incidentally steals from the US, USSR, and Vietnam.

41. 341 回 Back to 1968: I Won't Be a Baby-Making Tool 回到1968：我不当送子工具人 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted [No CP] [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Women's awakening] [Political career] [Scientific research] [Pocket dimension] [No child-rearing] [Ensemble cast] [Reborn] Xie Yun, a modern orphan, returns to 1968 and becomes Xie Yun, a country girl raised by a widowed mother, with an exceptionally capable younger brother named Xie Shen. She discovers that she hasn't just transmigrated through time, she's also transmigrated into a book: a story about a stepmother raising children, where she is the first 9.8kReads9.3Score805Shelves
42. 342 七 The 1970s: Her Soul Returns, and the Female Defense Industry Mogul Is Fierce! 七零魂归：军工大佬她飒爆了！ Little Civet Cat小狸猫猫Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Pocket Dimension + Using Science to Save the Nation + Super-Strong, Energetic Wolfdog VS Cool, Handsome Beauty Who Protects Her Husband] Li Luoyu, a powerful end-times ability user with lightning, wood, and spirit abilities, was struck by a thunderbolt so mighty it shook the heavens and transmigrated into a book. Now she had two choices: Go to the countryside? Or be sent down to the countryside as punishment? Wait... Aside from their official statu 30.7kReads8.9Score3.9kShelves

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    A post-apocalyptic female protagonist [Salute] Space [Admiration] Resources [Cool] No nagging [Pouting] Super high combat power [Thumbs up] Scientific research [Cool] Awesome [Thumbs up] [Salute]

43. 343 9 The 1990s: Why Date When I've Transmigrated into a Book? 90年代：穿书了谁还谈恋爱啊 Xi He琋和Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Ting had just secured funding when she transmigrated into a romance novel where everyone was eight hundred percent love-brained. From the start, she was stuck in an icy wasteland with a talkative male lead threatening to kill her. Lin Ting: “Date you? I'd rather get a dog.” The original male lead: “...?” No space, no System, no mind-reading ability... Luckily, she still had a business brain running at full speed. “I'm never dating anyone. Not in this life.” “If I run out of money, I can earn 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
44. 344 重 Reborn in the 1980s: No More Playing the Saint 重生八零之不做圣母 Whale-Blue Old Dream鲸蓝旧梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Yu Xiling died of cancer at a young age. Though her father and brothers were alive, she might as well have been all alone. Words like repaying kindness and making sacrifices defined her whole life. In the name of gratitude, her younger sister died at just four years old, her mother passed away, and in the end, the strain cost her her own life. Reborn at the age of twelve, Yu Xiling decides to be selfish for once. No matter how great a debt of gratitude may be, she only want 293Reads7.7Score105Shelves
45. 345 九 The 1990s: The Gruff Factory Director Begs for Love with Red Eyes 九零年代，糙汉厂长红眼求爱 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cool and aloof top female student × clingy, rugged veteran officer] Lin Lu: a promising student at a prestigious university in the capital. Song Chen: a promising officer with a bright future in the military. After he saves her life, the two are forced into marriage and have a child. Lin Lu assumes Song Chen is just as unwilling as she is, so once the baby is born, she leaves without a second thought. After being harmed and confined to her bed for seven years, Lin Lu wakes up and finally realiz 6.8kReads8.8Score425Shelves
46. 346 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. 5.8kReads7.3Score269Shelves

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    The father was a fitter at a machine factory, the mother worked for the women's federation at the machine factory, the older sister was a nurse at the county hospital, the eldest brother was a propaganda officer at the machine factory, the second brother was a fitter, and the female protagonist was the youngest; her family used connections to buy her a job.

47. 347 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 192.7kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves
48. 348 穿 The Transmigrated Villainess Ignores the Plot, and the White Lotus Heroine Panics 穿书女配不走剧情白莲女主她慌了 Meiyangyang in May五月的美羊羊Modern Romance318k WordsCompleted What should you do when you transmigrate into a book as the vicious supporting villainess, the foil to the heroine in a Period novel? Hmph! I decide my own fate, not Heaven! The male lead... I’m not saving him. I won’t pave the way for the heroine. The heroine... has been reborn? Now things are getting interesting. If the plot works in my favor, I’m in! If it doesn’t, no way! Every day, I keep watch with the village entrance gossip squad, commenting on the latest drama at one household and the j 642Reads7.9Score100Shelves

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    The female lead transmigrates into a book as a vicious supporting character, utterly selfish and ungrateful 👍🏻. She ignores the original male lead while he's gathering wild vegetables in the mountains, only to be instantly smitten by the current male lead 💘. Their romance begins with the female lead rolling her eyes at him 🙄

49. 349 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: The Villainess Is a Little Unhinged 穿进年代文：反派女配有点颠 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Modern Romance786k WordsCompleted Just because she made one snarky remark about people who were lovesick, Su Yitong transmigrates to the 1970s, becoming a young woman sent to work in the countryside in a remote, impoverished village. Still dazed, she takes a hostage and gets mistaken for an enemy spy, then locked in a woodshed. Only then does she realize she's transmigrated into a book as a melodramatic, ruthless villainess who meets a gruesome end! Follow the System's plot? Not a chance! This villainess loves doing the opposite 8.7kReads8.4Score585Shelves

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    Without poverty alleviation assistance, the male protagonist's family held a very high status in the rural area.

50. 350 年 Period-Piece Quick Transmigration: This Supporting Lady Won’t Play Along 年代文快穿：女配恕不奉陪 You Are the Lake in My Eyes你是我眸中的湖Modern Romance734k WordsCompleted The rating just opened, so it's a little low for now. It'll go up later! [Strong female lead + period drama + quick transmigration + wish fulfillment + a merit System bound to a menace] [Punishing scumbags + tearing up the script + born with unbelievable luck + a supporting woman who awakens] [Both leads are each other's first and only love + one-on-one romance] Her name is An Ran, a newly recruited agent at the Time and Space Administration. Her specialty is tearing up scripts; her side gig is 3.3kReads8.4Score164Shelves

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    It's good, I recommend it.

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