Looking for Period Novels Where the Female Lead Doesn't Move to the Countryside, Marry a Soldier, or Follow Him to His Posting 求女主不下乡不嫁军人不随军的年代文

1. 1 七 The 1970s: I Work as a Waitress at a State-Run Restaurant 七零：我在国营饭店当服务员 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Buling, a wastrel who had muddled through the apocalypse, transmigrated from the end times to an alternate dynasty in the 1970s. From the start, the difficulty was hellish. After acting like a meek little grandson for a month, she finally sent the original owner’s entire family to their graves. Just as she was about to set off toward a happy new life, she had a dream on the train. In it, she was a cannon-fodder character in a novel about a stepmother. After arguing with the heroine a few times, 4.3kReads8.9Score343Shelves

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   [Thumbs up][Thumbs up] The female lead, Buling, is a waitress at a state-owned restaurant. She's bold, decisive, and never wants to lose out—a typical lazy, unambitious person. The male lead, Sangshen, is a wealthy and idle man, a regular at the state-owned restaurant, and a freeloader who lives off his parents and older brother. Suddenly, one day, these two unambitious individuals somehow fall for each other and become two more freeloaders living off their parents and older brother. The story mainly focuses on their daily lives, and is both heartwarming and funny.

2. 2 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 Yu Yi Yu Yi余意喻意Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 28.6kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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   It's finished! [Sending heart] The female lead works at a pharmaceutical factory [Kiss], and the male lead also works at a factory [Laughing], and the interactions between the male and female leads are incredibly sweet and adorable! [Shy][Shy][Shy]

3. 3 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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   This novel, set in a historical period where the female protagonist neither goes to the countryside, marries a soldier, nor accompanies him to the military, is quite good.

4. 4 八 Trading Marriages in the 1980s: The Tycoon Brings His Hopeless Romantic as a Dowry 八零换嫁：大佬携恋爱脑当嫁妆 Silent Clouds漫云不语Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because it just came out (┬_┬). Being lovesick is the best dowry a man can have. 1980s + raising kids + fashion + food] In her previous life, Ji Ning had just completed Hai Shang Lao’s overseas expansion when her terminally ill younger sister dragged her off a cliff. Reborn, her younger sister got first pick of the promising man they had both known in their previous life. By a twist of fate, Ji Ning married into the Zhou family, the scholarly household her sister had married i 4.1kReads8.8Score451Shelves

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   The story involves three people who are reborn: the female protagonist, the male protagonist, and the female protagonist's younger sister. The female protagonist's younger sister sees that the female protagonist became rich in her previous life and decides to switch marriages with her. After the switch, the female protagonist and the male protagonist get together.

5. 5 穿 Transmigrating into the Siheyuan: I Became a Necromancer 穿越四合院：我成了亡灵召唤师 Jun Yaling君雅灵Female-Channel Fanfiction295k WordsCompleted A retired old woman closes her eyes and opens them to find she has become a spirit summoner in Love in the Courtyard. Still in a daze, she is dragged to the hospital by a few of the courtyard’s older women. Only after she finally comes to her senses does she realize she has transmigrated to 1961, the day Jia Dongxu was crushed to death by a machine. When she watched the show, she couldn’t stand her daughter-in-law, Qin Huairu. Who would have guessed that her dying son would tell her something th 546Reads8.3Score111Shelves

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   A modern mother and daughter, both elderly, transmigrate into a traditional courtyard house 61 years later. On the day Jia Dongxu dies, they become a necromancer and the old lady in the backyard. Before his death, Jia Dongxu tells his mother about his wife's secret. The transmigrated mother and daughter possess a spatial ability, are self-reliant, live their lives well, avoid causing trouble but are not afraid of it.

6. 6 我 The Days I Happily Enjoyed Gossip in the Crowded Compound 我在大杂院快乐吃瓜的那些日子 Hehe's Grain何荷的禾Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period] [The Sixties] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Book Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Feel-Good Story] [Everyday Family Life] [No Going to the Countryside] Cheng Ying discovers that she has transmigrated into a Period novel. She has four older siblings, some sharing only her father and others only her mother. The whole family is set up as a foil to the female lead, who lives with them in the same crowded compound, and they all meet tragic ends. Known throughout the compound as the tigress who c 295.4kReads9.0Score44.3kShelves

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   It's a divine product; I won't comment further.

7. 7 五 The 1950s: Starting Out as an Apprentice 五零：从学徒工开始 Gold Always Shines, and I'll Be There是金子总会有我的Modern Romance461k WordsCompleted [Period setting + native protagonist + daily life + career + no golden finger] [An ordinary story about ordinary people] Her parents wanted Baolan to take her eldest brother's place in an arranged marriage. Baolan refused. Baolan passed the worker recruitment exam. Starting as an apprentice, Baolan attended night school, got promoted, bought a watch, bought a bicycle... Little by little, she built herself a good life. 34.7kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
8. 8 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves

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   The first book features a female lead who works in a pharmaceutical factory, and the interactions between the male and female leads are incredibly sweet and adorable! [Shy][shy][shy] The second book features a female lead from a rural area who works at a supply and marketing cooperative. The interactions between the male and female leads in this book are also very sweet and adorable! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

9. 9 胎 Born in the 1950s, How Did I Just Barely Make It Again? 胎穿50年代，我怎么又擦边上岸 Ms. Pliers钳子女士Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted No Golden Finger! In her previous life, Cheng Ya worked herself to death from overtime. When she opened her eyes again, she'd been born into the 1950s. She had no power to change the world. She was just an ordinary, relatively lucky child, with perfectly average grades, neither at the top nor at the bottom, and a pleasant, approachable face. But according to her mother, she was lazy, sly, greedy, and shameless, though she was always the first to show up for meals. But she did have one unusual kn 28.5kReads7.5Score3.5kShelves

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   This is amazing! No rural life, no military service, no pampered wife. The female lead works at a grain station after graduating from vocational school; her hard work and luck go hand in hand. And the later parts are incredibly good! If you're not a big fan of studying, you can skip the early school years and go straight to graduation. All the female characters are very charming! The male lead appears after chapter 100; a virtuous husband and father.

10. 10 穿 Transmigrated to a State-Owned Factory in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Cushy Job 穿到七零国营厂，开局考上萝卜岗 Have a Cookie吃一块曲奇Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted 1970s + no rural assignment + multiple Systems + career building + strengthening the nation through research Overnight, Shi Xia becomes a minor supporting character in a period novel, an unemployed youth at a state-owned factory. Her mind is in turmoil. The good news: she has a bunch of Systems. The bad news: every one of them is still in beta. No matter. She'll handle it. The male lead who failed his blind date? No need to waste him: let him go to the countryside and suffer. The womanizer who c 16.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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    The female lead is from the city and doesn't go to the countryside. She passed the exam to become a staff member at an electric motor factory. She didn't marry a soldier. The male lead is an academician couple. The career-oriented female lead is dedicated to serving her country, while the love-struck male lead balances family and career.

11. 11 六 The 1960s: I Went from One Job to Another 六零：我工作换了一个又一个 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + temporary-worker System + everyday life + building a career] Qin Manxue transmigrates. She looks at the neighborhood office right in front of her, then at the poisonous best friend who’s talking her into going to the countryside. Qin Manxue kicks her flying, then dusts off her hands. “Hmph! She and her Beijing household registration are staying together for good. No one’s splitting us up. There’s no way I’m going to the countryside.” A job? No need to look for one. The temporar 31.6kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves

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    ✨✨The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1960s. The original owner of this body was tricked by her best friend into going to the countryside, where she was beaten to death after a year. Upon rebirth, the original owner abandoned the female protagonist and directly transmigrated into her body. Knowing the original owner's experiences, the transmigrated female protagonist refuses to go to the countryside, even at the cost of her life. She's also bound to a work system that will provide her with jobs, though only temporary ones.

12. 12 惊 What?! After Awakening, the Lazy Wife Only Wants to Crush Villains and Make Money 惊！懒媳妇觉醒后只想虐渣搞钱 My Tinghan Bamboo我的听寒竹Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (This novel features a large ensemble cast.) [An incredibly strong, lazy, top-notch wife + a younger, chatty husband, taking down scumbags + making money] Jiang Yiqing had a wonderful married life! She didn’t have to clean the house or look after the kids, and her father-in-law, the factory director, had her back at work. All she had to do was clock out on time and go home to lie down. Life was so perfect she could see the good times stretching endlessly ahead! Then one day, she dreamed that 6.8kReads8.9Score599Shelves

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    The first book's female protagonist is all about making money, making money, making money. The second book's female protagonist is an electrician. The third book's female protagonist follows in her father's footsteps, working at the Public Security Bureau as a crime-drawing artist.

13. 13 七 The 1970s Electrician Spoils Her Antique Little Husband 七零女电工娇养古董小相公 Carp Spirit鲤鱼精Modern Romance762k WordsOngoing The rating just came in, but don't be scared. Click to read! [Transmigration] + [Period] + [Mutual Devotion] + [No Sent-Down Youth] + [Female Electrician] + [Golden Finger] (the golden finger isn't very prominent) Cai He transmigrated to a turbulent era. Determined to avoid being sent to the countryside, she worked hard to find a job. By a stroke of luck, she joined the water and electricity department, proudly becoming An City’s first female electrician. It was such an honor that she even made 600Reads5.9Score100Shelves
14. 14 穿 She Transmigrates to the 1970s as a Martyr's Orphan and Has a Golden Finger 穿越七零烈士遗孤她有金手指 Brown Sugar and Crisp Pear红糖酥梨Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted He Suyue transmigrates to 1970. Her father is a martyr, and her mother has just passed away. She thinks she'll have no choice but to live with her grandmother after graduating from high school and spend her days earning work points. Fortunately, she has a golden finger. Perhaps when the college entrance exams are reinstated, she can go to university like all the other women who transmigrate. Who knew that an unexpected incident would reveal she has another golden finger, one that means her futur 10.9kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
15. 15 沪 Daily Sign-Ins in 1970s Shanghai 沪上七零签到日常 There's a Sugar Tangerine有个砂糖橘Modern Romance282k WordsOngoing No Rural Placement in the 1970s + Sign-In + The City Life of an Only Daughter in Shanghai The heroine takes a husband into her family! She loves herself most! A lighthearted story In 1970s Shanghai, the everyday bustle of the neighborhood bears witness to decades of change. Fang Wanqing is unexpectedly swept into a parallel timeline and gets by safely with the help of a modest sign-in System. After the college entrance exams are reinstated, she earns a place at university. Later, she rides the w 954Reads5.6Score105Shelves

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    [Top Post][Top Post][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work] This novel's female protagonist transmigrates to a different era but doesn't go to the countryside. She has a sign-in system and a built-in storage space! She even passed the exam for a job as a typist at the post office! [Currently Completing Manuscript][Currently Completing Manuscript] She doesn't work in the black market either. Her family is powerful and influential, and she's an only child from the city! She's logical and intelligent, and the female protagonist marries into the family!! [Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work][Sparrow's Divine Work] The male protagonist marries into the family; the female protagonist is the breadwinner, and the male protagonist is the homemaker.

16. 16 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book, set in a 1960s town, depicts the lives of ordinary people. The female protagonist's parents are both working, and she is still in junior high school in the city. The family scenes are very heartwarming. There are few eccentric characters—no military marriage, no rough men, no scumbag fathers, no stepmothers. It's a warm and down-to-earth family story, full of everyday life, so simple and peaceful that it makes you want to keep reading. 🥰

17. 17 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 38kReads9.3Score3.5kShelves

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    All of them—none married soldiers, none went to the countryside, some were waitresses, some worked in factory purchasing departments, some were broadcasters. I highly recommend the second one; it's very engaging.

18. 18 嫁 Marry into the City and Get Rationed Grain 嫁到城里，吃上供应粮 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig 10.7kReads7.9Score628Shelves

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    🌴🌴🌴The female protagonist doesn't go to the countryside, doesn't marry a soldier, and doesn't follow him to the military base; she works in the city. The first book features both the male and female protagonists as natives with no special abilities. The second book has a female protagonist who is self-interested and has no special abilities. The third book doesn't involve the black market; she works at a supply and marketing cooperative, and her special ability is a kitchen game (not outrageous). The fourth book features a female protagonist who doesn't go to the countryside but finds work in the city. The fifth book features a female protagonist who doesn't go to the countryside but focuses on building a career, with a system for scientific research to strengthen the country, and an academician couple. 📖① Jiang Xinbai, born in the countryside, longs to marry into the city and have a government-supplied job. So when she first meets Yang Jinsheng, she knows her chance has come, and she decisively flirts with him and marries him. Afterwards, she has a job in the city. 📖② Xu Mengting, a pampered 21st-century girl, transmigrates into the body of an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s, feeling utterly hopeless. But life goes on, and laziness has become her life motto. To live a comfortable and carefree life, Xu Mengting begins her journey to find a long-term meal ticket. Hmm~ This aloof classmate seems pretty good. She has to win him over quickly! 📖③ [Daily Life + No Black Market Visits + Mini-Group Portraits + Non-System] In the blink of an eye, she went from being a lifelong single to a widow with a child. Lai Jiaxin: "... Is this the legendary 'divorce from husband, retention of child'?" But, isn't this timing a little off, right after the famine? "Ding! Your cheat code—Kitchen Game (Cut-down Version)—is now online!" 📖④ [Alternate Era Novel + Working in the City, No Rural Work + Everyday Life + Gossip and Spectatorship + No Cheat Code + Late Male Lead's Official Appearance] After an accident, Song Yi unexpectedly regained her memories of her past life. It turned out she had transmigrated from a world decades in the future. Recalling the period novels she had read in her previous life, and looking at the time she was in now, it was already 1970. Song Yi suddenly shuddered. No, she had to find a job quickly. Wouldn't it be better to stay in the city, make money while lying around, and gossip and fish? Why did she have to go to the countryside? 📖⑤ [1970S + No Rural Work + Multiple Systems + Career Development + Scientific Research to Strengthen the Country] Transmigrated into a minor supporting character in a period novel, working as an unemployed youth in a state-owned factory, Shi Xia's heart was filled with turmoil. Good news: She possessed multiple systems. Bad news: They were all in beta testing. No matter, she would take action.

19. 19 在 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 Big Head, Big Head头大头大Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.7kReads8.1Score145Shelves
20. 20 六 The Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the 1960s: A Lazybones Lands a Government Job 六十年代供销社，懒虫端上公家饭 Love Daydreaming~爱做白日梦～Modern Romance510k WordsCompleted Lai Jiaxin dropped dead from overwork. But then she came back to life. The price was: Six scrawny, big-headed children who needed raising; A sickly, malnourished body that needed nursing back to health; A poor, broken family she had to hold together all by herself. Lai Jiaxin: “...I don’t want to do this for another minute. How am I supposed to survive?” ‘Ding! Your golden finger, Kitchen Game (stripped-down version), is now online!’ Lai Jiaxin’s eyes lit up. Flour √ Sweet potatoes √ Pork √ Gras 4.3kReads8.2Score331Shelves
21. 21 七 The 1970s Scheming Girl Has a Little Conscience, But Not Much 七零心机女有点良心但不多 Xiaofang, the Potato Seller卖土豆的小芳Modern Romance549k WordsOngoing [Alternate-history period setting + works in the city instead of being sent to the countryside + family life + watching the drama unfold + no golden finger + male lead appears much later] After an accident, Song Qi was lucky enough to recover her memories of a past life. As it turned out, she had transmigrated from a world decades in the future. Thinking back to the period novels she had read in her previous life, then looking at the time she was now living in, she realized it was already 1970. 201Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 六 The 1960s: A Fair-skinned Beauty, Self-Interest Is Her Nature 六零凝脂美人，心机利己是本色 Kuo Luo De He Bing阔洛得喝冰Modern Romance473k WordsOngoing Lin Ranqiu transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes a nine-year-old little girl. There are four children in the family: her ten-year-old elder sister and brother, twins, and eight-year-old Yaozong, who cries and throws tantrums. The original owner is stuck awkwardly in the middle, unloved and ignored. Fortunately, the transmigration deity from Tomato gives her a golden finger: dew gathers at her fingertips, restoring her beauty. And with her arsenal of green-tea lines, she shines just as brightly 10kReads8.6Score599Shelves

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    A contemporary romance novel featuring a charming woman (male or female, no gender restrictions) with many secret admirers and ex-boyfriends. The female lead is extremely selfish, incredibly beautiful, and has a cheat-like advantage. The male leads are all chaste. [Eating melon emoji] Chu Qi'an raised an eyebrow, his tone slightly hoarse. "From the moment I chose the path of politics, my family couldn't interfere too much with my marriage. I don't deny that my parents' status did provide some assistance, but the vast majority of the family's resources have actually been allocated to my eldest brother." "So, they will agree to our marriage, as a kind of compensation for me. Even if I have the opportunity to be transferred back to Beijing in the future, you don't need to worry about the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship; we'll live on our own." "It's just that you'll have to suffer; they probably won't be able to attend the wedding due to their positions."

23. 23 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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    This is my favorite historical fiction novel; every woman in the Xu family is a remarkable character.

24. 24 胡 The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家 Xiaoman Crisp小满酥Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted ☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th 15kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    A period novel where the female protagonist doesn't go to the countryside, doesn't marry a soldier, and doesn't live in the city with the military. 😎😎😎 ① Because her family is all self-serving, the female protagonist swaps jobs with someone to work in a factory far from home. Later, she chooses a policeman as her husband. ② The female protagonist works at a pharmaceutical factory, and her husband is a researcher who was sent to the countryside but later came to help at the factory. [Eating melon emoji][eating melon emoji] ③ The female protagonist has a job, and her boyfriend is her childhood friend who became a junior policeman. [Shy emoji][shy emoji] ④ This book is highly recommended. The female protagonist is already an elderly woman with children, grandchildren, and a job.

25. 25 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Old Woman's Rise 重生六零：老太太的崛起 Sweet and Sour Orange Fish糖醋橙子鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the late 1960s, an imperfect heroine who grows over time, then a fiery old lady; explosive gossip; family squabbles early on, then the heroine builds a career; ensemble cast] In her previous life, Grandma Xia gave everything she had to her family. She raised her three sons to adulthood and helped them start families and careers. She should have been able to enjoy her golden years, but her sons kicked her out, and she died on a rainy winter night. When she opened her eyes, Grandma Xia 7.5kReads9.0Score768Shelves
26. 26 七 The 1970s: I Just Want to Slack Off, Not Study 七零：我只想摆烂不想学习 A Little Eight Hundred一只八百Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [No CP + Academic Prodigy + Growth-Oriented Heroine (Imperfect Character) + Science for the Nation] In her previous life, Xu Zhen worked herself to death with endless overtime. After transmigrating to the 1970s, all she wanted was to split off from the family as soon as possible and happily coast through life like a salted fish. She never expected a study System to come knocking. Eight hours of studying a day was the minimum, and now she had to work overtime too? Xu Zhen: I refuse! But refusing 7.2kReads9.1Score593Shelves
27. 27 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is So Beautiful, Factory Director Xie Dotes on Her and Cares for the Family 七零：老婆太美，谢厂长宠妻顾家 Volcano-Roasted Chestnuts火山烤栗子Modern Romance746k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + storage space + laid-back life + married first, love later] By chance, Jiang Yunshu acquired a storage space and won a 500,000-yuan lottery. She was stunned. After collecting her winnings and stocking up, she stayed up all night and transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s. She transmigrated into the role of a spoiled, outrageous supporting character, with four older brothers and loving parents. A spoiled rich girl? Great! She much preferred the original character’s pampered, 23.6kReads8.7Score2.1kShelves
28. 28 大 Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a 14.1kReads8.1Score1kShelves
29. 29 穿 Transmigrating to the Sixties and Marrying a Hooligan Husband 穿越六零年代嫁给混混老公 Doudoudou兜兜兜Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing Clumsy, sweet wife vs. shrewd hoodlum husband. Wang Siyu was a modern-day rich beauty who did nothing but shop. Then one day, she transmigrated to the 1960s and found herself with a fiancé. He had a terrible reputation around town: old folks shook their heads, and children cried at the sight of him. But nobody had told her he would spoil his wife so much. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    ✨✨The female protagonist travels back to the 1960s. She has a spatial ability and a spiritual spring. Instead of going to the countryside, she works in a library. The story revolves around everyday family matters. The male and female protagonists were betrothed as children and marry soon after the protagonist's arrival. The male protagonist is not a soldier.

30. 30 恶 My Wicked Mother-in-Law Went on a Rampage After Being Reborn, So I Took Her Place and Won by Doing Nothing 恶婆婆重生后杀疯了，我替嫁躺赢 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance683k WordsCompleted [70s setting + military marriage + period drama + substitute marriage + family life + face-slapping + transmigration and rebirth] Su Qing was dazzlingly beautiful. Her friends jokingly called her a “strong, whiny monster.” She had countless admirers, and had beaten up countless scumbags. She never imagined she’d transmigrate into the body of a pushover. The pushover had been worked like a beast at her parents’ home, and even her marriage had been used as a pawn. Since her family refused to retur 18.2kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    The first book: The female protagonist transmigrates and is caught in bed with her lover. She awakens her memories of her past life and learns that she was drugged by her mother and sister. Her sister, having awakened her past life memories, wanted to arrange a marriage and thus framed her. However, her reborn mother-in-law arrives that same day, helping the protagonist to get revenge on the scumbags and treating her like her own daughter. The second book: The female protagonist is reborn as the real heiress in a period novel, abandoned by her scumbag boyfriend. She immediately decides to return to the city to find her biological parents and become the factory manager's daughter. However, she has a fake heiress in the family, and her older brothers help the fake heiress frame her. Her parents favor the fake heiress. To avoid going to the countryside, she meets her military officer husband through her godfather's arrangement and lives a life pampered by her husband and doted on by her brothers.

31. 31 七 The 1970s Book Transmigration: After Joining the Army, She Was Kissed Until She Cried Every Night 七零穿书：随军后她夜夜被亲哭 Sleepy Little Fish轻鱼鱼睡不醒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The new book has just received its first rating, and it will gradually rise] [Period Setting + Military Marriage + Taking on the Toxic Relatives + Family Life + Sweet Romance + Marriage First, Love Later] Yue Chuning transmigrates into a period novel as the real heiress. She was separated from her parents as a child, then abandoned by her scumbag educated-youth husband, who left her to toil like an ox her whole life until she died of overwork in the countryside. The first thing she does after t 11.2kReads7.6Score1kShelves
32. 32 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book in the Sixties: The Selfish Female Side Character Won’t Go to the Countryside 穿书六零：自私女配不下乡 Qiqi Li七七鲤Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted I was sleeping peacefully at home when, to my surprise, I transmigrated. Before I could figure out what was going on, someone came looking for trouble. When has Jiang Yue ever been afraid of anyone? I rolled up my sleeves and got right to it. What! You’re saying I have to go work in the countryside too? No, no, no. Jiang Yue says she absolutely can’t do that. Not even with a System. I’d much rather stay in the city and find a job. I swiftly switched jobs and put some distance between myself and 841Reads5.1Score—Shelves
33. 33 八 The 1980s Foil: The Fertile Beauty Is Sweet and Charming 八零对照组：好孕美人她又甜又娇 Moon-Brewed Congee月酿粥Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Slice-of-life family drama in a period setting + A charming green tea beauty + Childbearing System + Contrast character gets face-slapped + Sweet, pampering wish fulfillment] What should you do after transmigrating into a melodramatic period novel as the villainous stepmother and foil, who nearly has her marriage stolen by the heroine? Su Sui says, “Relax. Isn't it great that someone else is eager to be a stepmother?” And so... While the original heroine works herself to the bone for her husban 9.1kReads8.6Score626Shelves
34. 34 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
35. 35 军 Military Marriage, Sugary Sweetness: The White Lotus Green Tea Girl Is Everyone's Darling in the 1970s 军婚爆糖：白莲绿茶在七零做团宠 Wild Radish狂野萝卜Modern Romance547k WordsCompleted “Fair-skinned beauty with a sweet, tea-like charm x outwardly cold, inwardly warm doting husband” After a plane crash, international superstar Jiang Qingrou transmigrated. An orphan in her previous life, she had somehow ended up in a big family in the 1970s. Her two older brothers spoiled her, and her parents treated her like a treasure. What’s more, in an era when people struggled to get enough to eat or stay warm, everyone in her family had a steady job, and she herself was the star of the dan 6.6kReads8.9Score789Shelves
36. 36 六 The Double-Income Family's Everyday Gossip in the Sixties 六零之双职工家庭吃瓜日常 Salt Little Five盐小五Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted Jiang Suisui was given a ring by a crazy Taoist and suddenly traveled back to the 1960s. Her parents dote on her, and she has a happy family, but a brooding, possessive young man with powerful connections has set his sights on her. “Suisui, you are my life.” Trembling with fear, Jiang Suisui frantically goes on blind dates, but everyone is so intimidated by the young man's powerful background that they are afraid to get close to her. Then one day, hoping to help her older sister be with her coun 1.4kReads7.6Score117Shelves
37. 37 六 Making My Fortune in the 1960s 六十年代之我发家致富了 Zhi Ye o芷烨oModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrated to the 1960s, when even food and clothing are hard to come by? Su He says, “I'm not worried. I've been prepared for this.” What? She's transmigrated into a book set in the 1960s? Su He, a minor character, says, “No problem. I'll just stay on the sidelines and quietly make a fortune.” What? The original heroine wants to fleece her? Su He clutches her secret identity close and says, “I really only have this little bit. No one can find out my big secret.” (Author's disclaimer: This no 3.2kReads7.9Score191Shelves

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    No romantic pairing. The female lead is entirely self-centered, selfish, and always seeks revenge. She keeps her secret space a closely guarded secret. Transmigrated to the impoverished 1960s? Su He says she's not afraid, she's prepared. What? Transmigrated to the 1960s within a book? Su He, a mere passerby, says it's fine, she'll just be an observer and quietly amass wealth. What? The original female lead wants to exploit her? Su He clutches her disguise tightly, indicating that this is all she has to offer, and no one will discover her secret.

38. 38 惊 What?! The Cannon-Fodder of the 1970s Becomes a Millionaire Behind the Female Lead's Back 惊！七零年代炮灰背着女主成首富 Zhi Shishi枳实实Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [No Romance, heroine focuses entirely on her career, with family bonds and friendship] An IT girl was electrocuted to death. When she woke up, she found she had no father or mother, only a muddleheaded grandfather, and she had nearly been swindled out of her money and her virtue by a widow. Her background was tragic enough, but things got even worse when Shi Xin realized she hadn’t just been reborn: she had been reborn into a sweet romance novel. Unfortunately, Shi Xin wasn’t the heroine. She wa 406Reads7.9Score—Shelves
39. 39 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.6kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    No more rural migration in the past, dual-income couples in urban areas [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

40. 40 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Female Lead Gives Up and Takes It Easy 穿书七零：炮灰女配咸鱼了 A Little Feather一个小羽毛Modern Romance468k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Transmigrate into a book + Spatial powers + Married] She wakes up as the central figure at a funeral, having transmigrated into a period novel as a spiteful, selfish woman. Well, in that case, she might as well let loose. Her persona is already established, and she has a golden finger. Why work hard when she could have a wonderful life without lifting a finger? Liu Qingqing declares, “I’m going to be a couch potato.” 18.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves
41. 41 明 A Secret Marriage? Goodbye! Take Your Divorce Papers 明招暗娶？再见吧！离婚本请拿好 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The female lead pursues a career in government, and the two leads each have their own stories. Don’t worry about their romance! Blurb: Everyone says Ning Qing was born lucky. She was an unwanted child with no one to care for, yet someone adopted her. It’s just that her marriage prospects aren’t great. Her adoptive mother tries every trick in the book to match Ning Qing with her second son! Too bad the two of them can’t stand each other! The brave get to enjoy life first. She secretly sets he 2.9kReads8.2Score231Shelves
42. 42 我 In the 1970s, I Was the Queen of the Factory 我在七零是厂界一姐 Orange-Flavored Iced Tea橘子味的冰红茶Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted [No romance + period setting] Bang, bang, bang! The first thing Shen Nanyi does after transmigrating to the 1970s is grab a brick and beat a homewrecker, avenging the original owner! They want her to go to the countryside? No way she’s going. Let someone else go! She turns around and sends the scumbag couple to the far northwest for forced labor! While taking down scumbags, she doesn’t forget to build her career. First, she sets herself a goal of earning 100 million! From then on, she wants only 323Reads6.8Score—Shelves
43. 43 针 A Needle's Eye in the 1970s: From the Start, I Land a Secure Government Job 针眼七零！开局就拿了铁饭碗 Row On, Row On争渡呀Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted (Alternate-era setting, System, pocket dimension.) Yan Wenyao, a wealthy third-generation heiress from the twenty-first century, immediately developed a sense of impending danger after acquiring a pocket dimension. She exchanged all the money she had for gold and piled it inside, figuring that gold was hard currency anywhere. She never expected disaster to strike so soon. She went abroad for a vacation and lost her life there. When she woke up again, she had arrived in an unfamiliar era: the 197 1.1kReads8.2Score104Shelves
44. 44 让 You Were Sent to the Factory, and Became the Pride of a Great Nation? 让你进厂，你成了大国荣光？ White-Robed Scholar白衣秀士Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted (No Romance + Scientific Research + Academic Prodigy + System + Period Setting) Ye Anxin wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated to the 1960s. She had planned to take it easy and do as little as possible, but then a System drops from the sky. With a daily sign-in, her intelligence increases by one point. If that's how it is, then she won't hold back. Fully automatic rifles, rocket launchers, turbofan engines, bulletproof vests... These are all well within her reach. Now watch her bring g 5kReads8.5Score414Shelves
45. 45 六 Working as a Procurement Officer in the 1960s 六零年代做采购 A Future Beyond Reach觸不到未来Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Parallel-World Alternate-History Setting] [Everyday Life, Not a Power Fantasy] Gu Jinyao transmigrated on the second day after New Year! And she landed in the body of a high school senior in 1961, about to take the college entrance exams. Should she go to college? Go to college? Or go to college? Well, over the next few days, she’ll have to study herself to death and become a test-prep machine. First things first, she needs a set of self-study books on math, physics, and chemistry. What? They w 1.2kReads7.8Score101Shelves
46. 46 大 The Heiress Takes Her Infinite Space to the 1970s 大小姐带着无限空间穿七零年 Li Kangyue李康悦Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Power Fantasy + Stockpiling + Revenge Without Exception + Pocket Dimension + Strong Female Lead] Shen Weiwei is a rich young lady whose only daily concern is how to spend her money. Then one day, she gains a space that can duplicate anything without limit. Drawing on years of experience reading web novels, she figures it’s either the apocalypse or transmigration. To prepare for the apocalypse, she stocks the space with endless supplies. Just in case she transmigrates to ancient times, she get 2.7kReads7.7Score238Shelves

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    The protagonist, a beloved character from another world, has an infinite replication space. Let's see how the female lead contributes to the country! The female lead is a researcher, and the male lead is a doctor. While in the countryside, they encounter the long-lost family of the female lead's father; her parents are high-ranking researchers. When the original owner of this body and the female lead swapped timelines, the original owner's parents knew about it in a dream. The original owner was able to swap timelines with the female lead after her rebirth because her parents had accumulated great merit and dedicated their lives to the country. The female lead uses the weapons within her space to contribute to the country's development. At that time, the female lead already had a happy family and a lovely daughter. She doesn't care about the ensemble cast of the novel, which concludes by explaining the individual experiences of each character.

47. 47 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel, I Refuse to Move to the Countryside 穿到年代文抵死不下乡 Miserly Homebody抠门宅Modern Romance210k WordsCompleted More than ten years after Xiangqiao was born into her new family, memories suddenly awaken within her. Her older female cousin is the heroine of a rebirth novel… All kinds of plotlines also pop into her head at random. No matter where they are, her family is always a cannon-fodder stepping stone. Why does everyone want me to go to the countryside? Xiangqiao clenches her little fists. “Want me to go rural? No way!” It’s much better to work in the city and slack off now and then. She can also catc 7.2kReads8.2Score359Shelves

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    In those days, literature did not reach the countryside.

48. 48 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 318.5kReads9.1Score47.4kShelves

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    ✨✨Neither of these two books features a woman who marries a soldier; they are both very good reads.

49. 49 七 The Seventies' Sweetheart: The Brooding, Rugged Man Has His Eye on Me 七零娇娇，我被阴郁糙汉惦记了 Following Thoughts随念Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed + black-lotus sickly beauty + professor + perfect nemesis + healing] Xiao Niannian is frail and delicate, with skin as fair and smooth as jade. She looks easy to bully, but never lets an insult go unanswered. One day, she transmigrates into a rebirth novel set in the 1970s, becoming the male lead’s fiancée. In the book, not only will she die young, but the male lead will use her connections to rise to success. The heroine is reborn. After seeing the male lead prosper in her previous l 42.6kReads9.3Score5.5kShelves
50. 50 和 After Eloping with Her Childhood Friend, Her Rugged Commander Husband Went Crazy 和竹马私奔后，糙汉首长急疯了 Cen Shinian岑十年Modern Romance864k WordsCompleted [Short drama adaptation now streaming] [Period setting + military marriage + sweet, satisfying romance + married first, love later + winning back his wife!] Song Shengsheng had a nightmare and discovered that she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel: the male lead’s first wife, who died young. In the book, beauty was her only asset. To escape her husband, she wrote a letter reporting that her military officer husband came from a politically suspect background. That wasn’t all. When 33.4kReads8.8Score2.9kShelves

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    It's super good! The female lead is a little bit of a drama queen, but the male lead absolutely adores her.

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