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. 51 年 The Fake Heiress in a Military Marriage of the 1970s Becomes the Family's Darling After Giving Up the Fight 年代军婚假千金不争不抢后团宠了 Fang Jüliang房踽凉Modern Romance219k WordsCompleted Tang Wei, who has lived a second life, finally understands that you can't take what was never yours. Rather than end up abandoned by everyone, she'd rather stop fighting for anything. But why has everyone changed? Weren't you all supposed to revolve around the real heiress? Huh? Why is even the real heiress being so nice to me? 262Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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   It belongs to the military marriage genre of the period drama, incorporates the setting of a fake heiress, and tells the story of the female protagonist Tang Wei who chooses not to compete or fight after being reborn, but unexpectedly gains the love of everyone. There are emotional transformations and the plot of being pampered by the group.

2. 52 大 The Compound’s Factory Beauty Has Been Snatched Up by the Villainous Capitalist Young Master! 大院厂花被反派资本家少爷拱了！ The Witch's Apple女巫的苹果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting, Beautiful but Miserable and Powerful Tycoon's Son + The Factory's Most Beautiful Woman, Friends with Benefits to Lovers, Face-Slapping and Striving in the Factory Compound, The Villainous Family's Loving Everyday Life] Bai Xiaotong finally found a chance to sleep with her childhood sweetheart. Only afterward did she realize she'd slept with the wrong man, and that this world wasn't real at all. It was merely a novel set in a bygone era. In this fictional world, her cousin was th 28.5kReads8.3Score3.5k14d adds

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   🥳🥳🥳The female lead in this book doesn't go to the countryside; she has a job. She's incredibly proud and adorable! [Laughing]

3. 53 嫁 I Married into the Next Village to Be a Stepmom 嫁到隔壁村当后妈 No Snow in Lingnan岭南没有雪Modern Romance192k WordsCompleted This novel is mainly about Hu Xia, who follows her parents’ wishes and marries into the He family in the neighboring village. The story follows the two as they gradually fall in love. The male lead has a romantic past: he has an ex-wife and a child. 1.2kReads8.2Score10914d adds
4. 54 九 Getting Rich Through Demolition in the 1990s, My Whole Family Kicks Back and Enjoys the Show 九零拆迁暴富，全家躺赢吃瓜忙 Lu Qixia鹿七夏Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The God of Wealth is here, the God of Wealth is here, good deeds bring good fortune... La la la la la! In 1994, to the tune of “The God of Wealth Is Here,” Happy Village is demolished! Xu Ran’s family of three becomes rich overnight. With a huge pile of compensation money in hand, they buy houses, shops, plots of land, then more houses and a gold mine. The more they buy, the richer the family gets. One stack after another of red property deeds comes home with them. And they get to enjoy all the 23.7kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
5. 55 七 The 1970s' Adored Couch Potato: She Really Isn't Bragging! 七零娇宠咸鱼之她真没在凡尔赛！ Cheerful, Sunny, Lucky Goose开朗阳光幸运鹅Modern Romance773k WordsOngoing *A lazy, well-fed cutie vs. a secretary who acts abstinent in public but is a devoted pervert in private, with a fatherly streak [Powerful man lowers his head + age gap + love at first sight + sweet and satisfying] [The heroine is a native with a refined, self-serving streak and a strong sense that she deserves the best. She won’t lose weight, move to the countryside, or go to the black market.] Baozhu, a precious little treasure. Everyone who sees Xue Baozhu can’t help but marvel at how lucky 10.1kReads7.1Score55614d adds

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   The male lead is a politician, comes from a very wealthy and powerful family, and is also obsessed with love, spoiling the female lead rotten.

6. 56 被 Forced to Go to the Countryside, the Superpowered Bigwig Takes Her Pocket Dimension and Marries the Factory's Handsome Guy 被逼下乡，异能大佬带空间嫁厂草 Little Grass Seed小草籽Modern Romance689k WordsCompleted Lin Xia, the top fighter of the apocalypse, blew herself up alongside the Zombie King and transmigrated into the body of Lin Xia'an, a member of the Lin family in the 1970s. Gifted with supernatural powers, she had planned to head to the countryside and make a name for herself. But the original host’s third younger sister had been reborn. Not only was she eager to go to the countryside, she also wanted to steal the husband the original host had married in her previous life. Lin Xia'an said, “Go 3.3kReads8.2Score19414d adds

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   Wenlai in the era of not going to the countryside

7. 57 每 Daily Mystery Boxes: The Laid-Back Heroine Thrives in the Sixties 每日抽盲盒，咸鱼女主在六零躺赢 Tomato Salad凉拌西红柿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In the 1960s, she wakes up from the start so hungry that she has to be rushed to the hospital. Her original self was lovesick and psychologically manipulated by a scumbag. How is she supposed to turn things around? Forget it. One slap sends the “player” packing. She refuses to be the backup girl! Trouble is on the way, but fortunately, her parents have powerful connections. With her older sister and brother doting on her, and mystery boxes to open every day, the laid-back heroine decides life ca 789Reads6.7Score10014d adds
8. 58 嫁 Marrying into a Crowded Courtyard, Where Gossip Is Everywhere 嫁进大杂院，吃瓜好方便 Three-Ton Radish三吨萝卜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Courtyard Compound + Ensemble Cast + Family Life + Loves to Watch the Drama Unfold + Slice of Life + A Heartwarming Take on Love in the Courtyard] In 1975, the courtyard compound in the alleys near the Red Star Steel Mill was as lively as ever. In the east, Yang Shujuan kept fretting: “Our girl is timid, and she doesn't have much luck with her parents. Where's she going to find a husband?” In the west, Diao Yulian was busy feeding her child: “Jiabo, my precious Jiabo, Mommy's darling little swe 7.3kReads8.8Score51014d adds
9. 59 七 The Quietly Passionate Factory Director's Darling in the 1970s 七零闷骚厂长的小娇娇 A Chestnut一颗板栗Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + pocket dimension + spoiled young master + satisfying read + no being sent to the countryside + seven-year age gap] Jiang Shu suddenly discovered she had a pocket dimension, and knew she was about to transmigrate or end up in the apocalypse. She immediately took stock of her assets and began stockpiling supplies, only to arrive in the 1970s. Now she had to face the threat of being sent to the countryside. Go rural? No way! In the blink of an eye, Lu Shiyu, the director of the ma 9.7kReads8.4Score99414d adds
10. 60 我 My Daily Gossip in a Siheyuan [The 1970s] 我在四合院的吃瓜日常【七零】 Lu Zining鹿子宁Modern Romance319k WordsCompleted [Period setting + courtyard compound + gossip-watching + light ensemble cast] When Shen Miaomiao wakes up, she finds herself as a cannon-fodder character in a period novel. According to the plot, she will be forced to go to the countryside, where the village chief's son sets his sights on her and forcibly marries her, eventually beating her to death. Knowing the plot, Shen Miaomiao is determined: “I’m not going to the countryside. Absolutely not. No matter what, I’m not going!” Then she starts l 7.4kReads8.2Score35914d adds
11. 61 穿 Reborn as a Short-Lived Supporting Character, the Laid-Back Beauty Just Wants to Lie Flat 穿成短命女配，娇懒美人想躺平 Congee, Congee, Oh Congee粥粥呀粥粥Modern Romance585k WordsCompleted Love-Struck Soldier vs. the Adorable Girl Who Just Wants to Lie Flat 1️⃣ Military romance in a bygone era, sweet and healing, with a lighthearted pace and an overload of sweetness 2️⃣ The heroine seems like a pampered, lazy slacker, but she is secretly a formidable powerhouse, with one secret identity after another revealed 3️⃣ The cold-faced hero awakens to his love-struck side, spoils his wife without limit, is fiercely protective and shamelessly biased toward her, and gets jealous at the drop 1kReads6.3Score10214d adds

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    This one is good too, with a delicate and sweet female lead and a cunning and scheming male lead. [Admiration][Admiration]

12. 62 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 28.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds

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    ♥️Watch the female lead study abroad in the 1970s and incidentally make a fortune for the country by trading stocks!! Instead of going to the countryside, she attends university in Shanghai and is recruited to a university in Beijing after only a month. Using her excellent English skills, she helps the country translate foreign technical documents. She studies abroad and makes a fortune trading in the British and American stock markets, so the government can't resist allocating funds to her to help earn a lot of foreign exchange through stock trading.

13. 63 中 Starting Out as a Vocational School Student, I Worked My Factory to the Bone 中专生开局，我把工厂卷疯了 Peach Heart Rainbow桃心彩虹Modern Romance631k WordsOngoing A modern quality-control worker transmigrates to the famine years of the 1960s. The moment she opens her eyes, she faces a desperate situation: the high school entrance exam has been suspended, and she's being forced to go to the countryside. To avoid being sent down, she promptly skips grades, studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and secures a stable job at a state-owned enterprise, successfully escaping that fate. She doesn't have any miraculous talent that will make her famou 34.2kReads8.2Score3.4k14d adds

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    Instead of going to the countryside, the female protagonist passed the entrance exam for a vocational school and was assigned to a state-owned factory. With modern mechanical knowledge, she worked hard to build her career.

14. 64 重 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance715k WordsCompleted Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.2kReads7.3Score10214d adds

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    Both books are written by the same author, and neither of them involve rural life; the protagonists work in the city. In the 1950s book, the female protagonist is reborn and seeks revenge before moving her whole family to Northeast China. It also features a classic farm space. In the 1960s book, the orphan girl book features a kitchen, a sign-in system, and a space. Some people initially said that this book was a pay-to-win story, but if you persevere and read to the end, you'll find that it's about two people sticking together for warmth. Neither book involves fighting against extreme characters, and the protagonists are later handed over to the state.

15. 65 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4kReads9.0Score32214d adds
16. 66 七 The Good Life in the 1970s 七十年代好生活 Sweet Apricot甜杏子Modern Romance599k WordsCompleted Chen Xiangju left her hometown in the countryside and came to the city to stay with her good friend Chen Chunyan. She hoped to find a partner in the city, since she had no intention of returning to the village. Li Gang happened to be looking for a wife. They were introduced and hit it off at once, and Chen Xiangju began her life in the family compound. 12.1kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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    The female protagonist comes to the city from the countryside to stay with her best friend, hoping to find a city boyfriend. She marries a divorced man with no children and begins her life in a residential compound.

17. 67 年 Awakening in a New Era: An Immortal Cultivation Expert in the Military District 年代觉醒：修仙大佬在军区 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Space + Period Setting + Not a Saintly Heroine + Plant Powers + Space Powers + Cunning and a Little Selfish + Medical Skills + Loves Good Food and Hates Work] A hardcore homebody and avid novel reader accidentally finds herself inside an apocalypse novel. She’s become the most powerful ability user of her time, but she still hasn’t learned how to control her powers properly. She dies fighting the Zombie King, and a sliver of life lets her be reborn in the harsh years of the Flower K 4.9kReads8.1Score40014d adds
18. 68 就 Working at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative: My 1960s Buying Spree 就职供销社，我在60年代搞代购 Sauce-Fried Rice酱汁炒饭Modern Romance3.0M WordsCompleted With a loud crash, Xu Jiaojiao, from the twenty-second century, survives an air disaster and transmigrates to the resource-starved 1960s, with three years of famine looming. Luckily, she has the “Buy-It-All Shopping Group” golden finger. She lands a job through a supply-and-marketing cooperative recruitment drive and gets a secure government job for life. Brown sugar, meat buns, milk, chocolate... While everyone else chews grass, I snack on dates. I’ll stockpile the good stuff until the warehous 6.9kReads8.9Score74014d adds

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

19. 69 年 The Nonhuman Soft-Rice-Eating Husband of a Factory Heiress in a Period Novel 年代文厂二代的软饭男老公非人类 Lord Su夙大人Modern Romance353k WordsCompleted Native heroine + transmigrated hero + married first, fell in love later + no golden finger + mutual growth + sweet romance [Note: The heroine is selfish] * Lin Miao is the villain's disposable ex-wife in a novel set in a bygone era, but she doesn't know it. Unwillingly married off to a poor laborer, she discovers after the wedding that he's an “odd one.” The ill-tempered young woman immediately starts criticizing everything, but the man refuses to indulge her. She loses, then tries again. Loses 758Reads6.9Score10314d adds

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    A historical novel set in an era where protagonists wouldn't go to the countryside, marry soldiers, or follow their families to the military. This is the first book without any special abilities. The female lead is an indigenous person, and the male lead, an interstellar octopus, transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes her new husband. Initially, he's clueless about human relationships and is rather naive, but they gradually fall in love. The female lead is spoiled and lazy, ordering the male lead to do everything, and he's very obedient.

20. 70 八 An 1980s Wife Knows How to Handle Her Husband 八零娇妻驭夫有道 Liu Zhiyi柳之易Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted Adapted into a short drama: Trouble! My Fate Is Tied to My Delinquent Husband is now streaming [Soft on the outside, tough on the inside, a seemingly sweet good girl * cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a fierce and ruthless wolf pup] [She pursues him + both are sexually inexperienced + mutual salvation + sweet, slice-of-life romance.] After dying and coming back to life again and again, Shi Xinran finally discovers that her life is bound to that of a delinquent named Tan Yunqian. To sta 6.2kReads9.3Score64714d adds
21. 71 甜 So Sweet! After Marrying a Butcher in the 1970s, I Lie Flat 甜爆！七零嫁杀猪匠后我躺平了 Another Road另路Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [A lie-flat beauty vs. a doting husband / No golden finger, no black market / Everyday life] Chu Jiaojiao wakes up one day to find that she has transmigrated to the 1970s. Looking at the poverty-stricken home, bare of everything, she feels like banging her head against a wall just to knock herself out... To avoid the backbreaking labor, she sets her sights on the village butcher, who lives better than anyone else. At first, the butcher coolly rejects her advances. Chu Jiaojiao tries all thirty-s 664Reads7.2Score10714d adds
22. 72 七 Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s: The Contrast Couple of Cannon Fodder 七零穿书：炮灰夫妻对照组 The Stars Want to Blink星星想眨眼Modern Romance802k WordsOngoing [A transmigrator into a book, a refined, self-serving educated youth VS a shrewd, no-nonsense local country man who never lets himself get the short end of the stick. P.S. The leads dote on each other.] (Family life + marriage first, love later + a pocket dimension + no college entrance exam + keeping a low profile + neither lead is a self-sacrificing saint) When Jiang Qingyu wakes up, she finds her soul has switched places with her counterpart in a parallel world in the 1970s. To her surprise, 48.2kReads8.4Score4.1k14d adds

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    It's really beautiful.

23. 73 七 The 1970s: Why Go to the Countryside When Watching the Drama Is Better? 七零，下什么乡？能有吃瓜香？ Dao Xiaoren刀小刃Modern Romance762k WordsCompleted [No relocation to the countryside + a supermarket pocket dimension + no black-market profiteering + both leads are each other's firsts, and the child isn't the male lead's + a laid-back spectator enjoying the gossip in a crowded courtyard] Every night before going to sleep, Xiang Tian thought she completely fit the criteria for transmigrating: no parents, no ties, and a huge pocket dimension at her disposal! Then Xiang Tian looked at the swaying light cord. So, had she been too sincere? Had she 68.2kReads8.4Score3.5k14d adds

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    It's not about stepmothers, it's about not going to the countryside, it's about the black market, and it'

24. 74 重 Reborn in the Nineties: A Golden Canary in Love 重生九零，情场金丝雀 Zhen Huan from Jade Island玉岛的甄嬛Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A strong female lead. The romance was added later. Though it starts from a dance hall and includes things like keeping a canary, the story is quite serious, so please don't read too much into that. The plot comes first. It mainly follows the rough-and-tumble rise of a first-generation entrepreneur thirty years ago. All the characters are adults with brains, and they know and obey the law. If you're looking for an intense love story where the characters disregard the law and basic decency just to 3.3kReads9.1Score27214d adds

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    This one, this one, this one.

25. 75 我 I Bring an RV to 1950 and Raise Kids While Making Money 我带房车穿50，养崽赚钱两不误 Hua Sihai花四海Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No romance. The heroine is focused entirely on her career.] Zhou Rong, a middle-aged single woman, is driving her RV on a road trip when she unexpectedly transmigrates into a book set in the 1950s. Her ex-husband wants a divorce? Fine! As long as I get the money! Some people say her life will be difficult after the divorce. She’ll show them: she has money, a car, and a house, and her life is great! If anyone spreads rumors or picks on her family, she’ll beat them up. If they still don’t behave, 3.2kReads9.0Score31714d adds

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    [Add to Bookshelf] Book Recommendations, I'm Xiaoguai [Add to Bookshelf] 1. *Transmigrating to the 50s: While Others Hoard Rice, I Hoard Money*: The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1950s, possesses a spatial ability and great strength. She starts by divorcing her scumbag husband, taking the compensation, and establishing herself in the city with her child. To protect her own interests, she embarks on a career in politics. 2. *Numb! Four Sons and One Daughter Support My University Education in the 70s*: The female protagonist awakens to the truth, learning she will die in childbirth and that her children will become tools of the original female protagonist! A mother's strength prevails, and the female protagonist urges her husband on, and the two of them go to university together, escaping the countryside! 3. *The 60s: A Beauty Arrives in the Tent*: The female protagonist transmigrates to a book. To escape being sent to the countryside and forced to marry a mentally challenged man, she finds a matchmaker, goes on blind dates, and has a whirlwind marriage into the tenement!

26. 76 麻 I’m at My Wits’ End! Four Sons and a Daughter Send Me to College in the 1970s 麻了！四儿一女供我在七零读大学 Liu Liu Will Surely Get Rich六六一定发财Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Grandma with incredible fighting power, five adorable kids, mostly everyday life, some awful people, but the protagonist is utterly invincible, satisfying revenge] An Xiaoyun unexpectedly awakens and learns that she is a doomed side character in a lucky heroine story. She is about to die in childbirth, taking her baby with her. Her husband will die after falling into a river from grief, and their four sons will burn themselves out for the lucky heroine, meeting horrible ends. An Xiaoyun is furi 10.4kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
27. 77 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.5kReads8.9Score98614d adds
28. 78 七 Seventies Memories: I Married the Meatpacking Plant Director 七零记事，我嫁给了肉联厂厂长 A Bunch of Drunken Jasmine一束醉茉莉Modern Romance328k WordsOngoing [Mutual firsts + one-on-one romance + rugged man + sweet-talking girl + bickering couple + love that grows over time + everyday family life] P.S. The heroine is a clingy, coquettish girl with no real ambition. She takes life as it comes! Their age difference is nine years!!! An unexpected spot check on educated youths sent to the countryside set off a frantic wave of matchmaking at the Song family home. Zhao Qinghua stroked Song Anqiu’s hair, her heart aching with affection. She would never let 115Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    ✨✨Everyone's a local, talking about everyday life. The female lead is a high school student about to graduate and face being sent to the countryside. Her whole family tries everything to find her a job, but to no avail. To prevent her from going to the countryside, they resort to blind dates. Her blind date is the male lead, a factory manager, nine years her senior.

29. 79 四 Siheyuan: Following Qin Huairu’s Path 四合院之走秦淮茹的路 Peng Hao Ren鹏蒿人Female-Channel Fanfiction620k WordsCompleted Terminally ill Xu Huizhen passed away of old age, then transmigrated into the story of the 1950s-set A Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate, becoming the heroine, Xu Huizhen. She was bound to the Justice Unlimited System. Completing its missions came with rewards. What? The System's mission is to make me marry Silly Zhu? He's already that silly. Can he even be saved? Silly Zhu foresaw his future in a dream and immediately broke things off with Qin Huairu. He and Xu Huizhen joined forces to build th 1.7kReads8.4Score10814d adds

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    They're all very beautiful.

30. 80 七 The 1970s: A Mad Devoted Dog, the Villainess’s Plaything 七零年代：疯批舔狗，恶女的玩宠 Warm Pomelo西柚温温Modern Romance505k WordsCompleted (Completed~) (Please wish for an adaptation into a short drama~) (The author isn’t good at coming up with titles, so let’s just get straight to the story~) [Period setting with a pocket dimension + irresistible villainess + selfish + dog training + calculating self-interest + a family full of schemers + no going to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no marriage] Ye Wenshu has fair skin and stunning looks, with a bright, captivating beauty. She has always been pampered and fond of the f 7.3kReads8.8Score75814d adds
31. 81 穿 I Transmigrate into a Book as a Middle-Aged Woman, Just as the Heroine Tries to Steal My Golden Finger 穿书成大妈，女主正想抢夺金手指 Nian Lianqiu念莲秋Modern Romance581k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book, Period Setting, Pocket Dimension, Punish the Scum, No Whitewashing, No Forgiveness! A Touch of Ensemble Cast, Domestic Life, Building a Career] [No CP: No divorce, only widowhood! Sisters, let's not give her another man later, okay? Men are poison, and old men are even less worth bothering with. Let's not let them mess with our Hua!] Liu Xiaohua, a woman past the usual age for marriage, was forcibly sent by the System into a period novel. In an instant, she became the 14.9kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
32. 82 跟 My Nemesis and I Were Reborn as the Male Lead's Twin Older Sisters 跟死对头重生成男主的双胞胎姐姐 Eight Thousand Girls' Hearts八千少女心Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Building a Career + Growing Together + Not a GL Romance + Almost No Romance] Who understands what it's like to transmigrate into a book at the same time as your archenemy, only to become twin sisters? Even crazier, their little brother is a future domineering CEO, but his family raises pigs? That's just hilarious! And even crazier, the two sisters are stepping stones for his rise and obstacles to the romance between the male and female leads. Hmph, being an obstacle is fine, bu 4.3kReads9.0Score62014d adds

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    That's fine.

33. 83 穿 I Became an Army Wife in the 1970s 穿到七零年代当军嫂 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Space]+ [Family Life]+ [No Going to the Countryside] Xu Di was born in the 1980s. After graduating from high school and failing to get into college, she spent two years working a sewing machine in a clothing factory. At twenty, she found a match through a blind date, got married, and had a child. In 2020, Xu Di, who was always bottling up her anger, was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. She underwent surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and her short life came to an en 16.2kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds

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    I just finished reading it; it's about a woman who marries a soldier but doesn't accompany him to his post. The "golden finger" (a term for a woman's special abilities or advantages) isn't that great. Basically, it's nonexistent. [Laughing emoji]

34. 84 穿 Reborn as an Evil Stepmom? Her Husband and Son Spoil Her Rotten 穿成恶毒后妈？被老公和儿子娇宠 Seaweed Pork Floss Cake海苔肉松小贝Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + character growth] [Voluptuous, fiery heroine vs. abstinent, obsessive, love-starved elite male lead] [The heroine isn’t a saint: she’s a self-serving pragmatist] Su Qinghe transmigrated, and the moment she opened her eyes, her own mother was pressuring her to become someone’s stepmother. If she refused to marry, she would be sent to the countryside. Her prospective husband was a thirty-year-old man with an eight-year-old adopted son. They sai 5.4kReads7.3Score42114d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a historical novel and, to avoid being sent to the countryside, marries the male protagonist who has a child, as instructed by her biological mother. After being bound to a system, she begins her daily life as a stepmother raising a child. The male protagonist is a factory owner who has entrusted all financial control to the female protagonist; their son is entrusted to her by a friend. Upon her arrival, the mother-in-law immediately presents her with a house and jade.

35. 85 绑 Bound to a Reading System, an Eighties Cannon Fodder Gets Rich Overnight 绑定读书系统，八零炮灰一夜暴富 Shu Bainian舒白念Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s, Liu Chuncao bound herself to the Knowledge Is Power System. As long as she studied, she would earn money and unlock skills with a boost. Her awful mother sided with outsiders and burned her own daughter’s school acceptance letter, hoping to send her stepdaughter to school instead. Liu Chuncao refused to live a miserable life. She outsmarted the villains, dished out face-slapping justice, and used her system-boosted skills to build a prosperous life. Then came an unexpected t 1.9kReads9.0Score20114d adds
36. 86 带 Transmigrated into a Period Novel with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间穿越到年代文 Golden Suddenly Laughs金色忽地笑Modern Romance131k WordsOngoing [No romance + space + transmigrate into a book + period setting] Song Zhien woke up one day and discovered that she had gained a space. Her vision went black: her peaceful, easy life was about to end. She used what little savings she had to stock up on supplies, then waited nervously for the changes to begin... (Transmigration into a book, alternate world. Several protagonists from different books exist in this world. The heroine is a laid-back, gossip-loving type, focused on everyday life. She 25Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 87 无 A No-CP Period Piece 无CP的年代文 May Field Notes五月采风Modern Romance678k WordsCompleted No CP + Period Setting + Transmigrate + Reborn + System + Cultivation + Revenge Multiple worlds, different protagonists, different lives, different personalities, and stories set in different eras. These are all short stories. The stories are unrelated to one another, and this is not quick transmigration. 2.1kReads8.9Score12914d adds
38. 88 带 I Transmigrated to a Bygone Era with a Spatial Pocket and Became Invincible 带着空间穿越年代我无敌了 Little Xiaozi小笑子Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted (Period setting + magical space + food + feel-good power fantasy + no romance) Lin Qianqian transmigrated into the 1970s as a pitiful little girl whose father was dead and whose mother had run off! She planned to rely on the supplies in her magical space until the college entrance exams came around, get into university, then buy up some courtyard houses and become a landlady. Just thinking about it made her ridiculously happy. But in this era of scarcity, you needed ration coupons for everything 459Reads7.2Score—14d adds
39. 89 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: Start as an Educated Youth, Gossip and Slack Off 穿越七十年代从知青开始吃瓜摸鱼 Plenty to Spare多多有余Modern Romance252k WordsCompleted [No romance + pocket dimension] Chu Qing was in her early twenties. Having been obsessed with farming and ranching games since childhood, she graduated from college, got a taste of corporate drudgery, and then quit her grueling 996 job without looking back. She set her sights on the ultimate destination: passing the civil service exams! One day, as Chu Qing was happily enjoying her carefree days before starting work as a middle school teacher, a pocket dimension fell from the sky. From then on, 422Reads6.4Score—14d adds
40. 90 重 Reborn in the 1960s, Granny Beats Her Unfilial Son 重生六零，气得老太太拳打不孝子 A Cha in the Misty Rain阿茶烟雨Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted Zhang Lan was reborn after her own son and his new wife sent her back to the countryside to fend for herself. In her final days, only her former daughter-in-law stayed by her side, caring for her with the help of her grandchildren. Zhang Lan asked herself: she might not have been the best mother to her son, but she had given him nearly everything she could. When he wanted a divorce, claiming their arranged marriage was a feudal relic, she played the villain and helped them split up. As a result, 115Reads—Score—14d adds

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    🥞🥞In her first life, Zhang Lan was framed by a fox spirit, and more importantly, her son didn't believe her, so much so that her own son abandoned her at the train station. Now, given a second chance, she wants to change her destiny, become her own master, and beat her son until he doubts the meaning of life.

41. 91 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Li Doesn't Quite Understand李不太懂Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 1.8kReads—Score22914d adds

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    Enough said, just watch!

42. 92 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1970s to Live the Good Life 穿越七零姐是来享福的 Drawing Circles Round and Round圆圈画圆Modern Romance759k WordsCompleted Period setting + space + toxic heroine + no children + no supporting the poor + 1v6 + all male leads are untouched The heroine has a strong sense of entitlement. She’s a toxic woman: self-serving, polished, skilled at acting and lying, shameless, and morally questionable. Xu Chang’an is about to have her kidneys harvested when an explosion sends her into a parallel world. Good news: Her kidneys are still there. Bad news: The explosion killed her. Good news: She’s alive again. Bad news: It’ 6.7kReads8.9Score73914d adds

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    An unconventional period drama, very enjoyable.

43. 93 穿 Back to the 1970s, a Textile Mill Worker from the Start 穿回七零年代，开局纺织女工 Grapefruit Tomato Sauce西柚番茄酱Modern Romance657k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate and reborn + raising kids + career + family life + no pocket dimension, System, or golden finger] Former title: Reborn in the Seventies, I Raised My Burden of a Kid into a Pillar of the Nation Gu Chun graduates from a prestigious university and becomes a designer at a top fashion company. Then she encounters a robber on a bus and dies in an accident, only to transmigrate into the body of eighteen-year-old Gu Chun in the 1970s. Just like that, her million-yuan salar 902Reads8.9Score10114d adds

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    I've been really into stories about female factory workers in the 1970s lately. Does anyone have any similar recommendations? |･ω･`)

44. 94 七 The 1970s: The Goldsmith and the Young Tailor in the Siheyuan 七零：大杂院的金银匠和小裁缝 Add a Meal for More Updates加餐饭更文中Modern Romance793k WordsOngoing [Ongoing. Current progress: The romance is settled, and the career arc is about to begin. 💪] An ordinary person’s life has no dramatic ups and downs, no grand adventures, no thrilling twists... A true local, with no transmigration, no rebirth, no pocket dimension, and no college entrance exam. The story of an ordinary person growing up, told through the gentle flow of everyday life. A truly ordinary person! Not a powerful female lead! No god’s-eye view! [Period-piece daily life + mutual devotion 639Reads—Score10614d adds
45. 95 七 A Textile Chronicle of the 1970s 七零纺织纪事 Lazy Salted Fish Who Doesn't Want to Work不想上班的摆烂咸鱼Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted In the height of summer in 1970, Su Wan, fresh out of high school, began working as a publicity officer at the county’s cotton mill. Starting with a report, a factory newspaper, and an operating manual, this country girl used her pen to find her footing in a world woven by the roar of machinery. The taciturn technician Lin Yanzhou had been unable to take his eyes off her ever since the day she spotted an error in his blueprints. He cooked porridge, drew pictures, and gave her a watch, hiding the 397Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 96 七 The 1970s' Cannon-Fodder Little Sister-in-Law Becomes a Secretary at the Textile Mill 七零炮灰小姑子，纺织厂里当秘书 Cilantro Doesn't Eat Fish Mint香菜不吃折耳根呀Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [The rating just came in, but it’ll rise later] [Career-focused, with romance on the side] [Period] [Beautiful heroine] [Family squabbles] [Factory promotions] [Face-slapping the worst of the worst] [Building a career] [Male lead appears later] Transmigrating into a textile mill in the 1970s, Su Lan declares: “I’ll put every troublemaker in their place!” Going to the countryside? Never happening! Trying to steal her assigned spot? No way. As long as it’s in my hands, you’ll never get it. Trying 37.2kReads8.6Score2.3k14d adds
47. 97 七 The 1970s: What’s Wrong with Working in Elder Care? I’m Still Outstanding 七零：养老部门怎么了，照样优秀 Embracing Fragrance抱香Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Tags: No Golden Finger, family life, career-focused When Jiang Xiyue wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar era. She angrily points at the sky and shouts, “You damn heavens, you’re so unfair! Why don’t you just strike me dead with a bolt of lightning?” As soon as she finishes speaking, lightning flashes and thunder rumbles in the distance. Hearing the deafening boom, she immediately backs down. Fine! It’s just the 1970s. If she can’t accomplish anything earth-shattering, can’t she at least 5.8kReads8.4Score59014d adds
48. 98 五 The 1950s: Sixth Sister Works at a Cotton Mill 五零：六姑娘在棉纺厂当工人 Northern Pear北方梨Modern Romance247k WordsOngoing The lowest point in Li Yanhua’s life came when a matchmaker showed up at her door, saying that Wu the Lame, a man twenty years older than her who had already lost two wives, would offer fifty yuan in bride price. She ran away. She ran with her girlfriends. The entrance to the cotton mill in the provincial capital was the biggest gate they had ever seen. They signed up successfully and passed the exam. From then on, the workshop had a woman with the nimblest fingers, and the factory newspaper had 59Reads—Score10614d adds
49. 99 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1970s: The Cannon Fodder Awakens and Steals the Protagonist's Golden Finger 穿书七零炮灰觉醒抢走主角金手指 Ting Wawa婷娃娃Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension) Tags: Clear-headed female lead, focused entirely on her career Yang Lihua had been born into this era for over a decade when, on the day her older brother Yang Lixin went on a blind date, she suddenly awakened to the truth: her future sister-in-law was the ill-fated heroine of a period novel, constantly tormented by her sister-in-law, and Yang Lihua herself was the awful sister-in-law readers hated with a burning passion. All sorts o 102kReads8.8Score10.8k14d adds
50. 100 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 10.4kReads9.3Score83714d adds

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    No CP, leading rural areas to prosperity, conducting scientific research

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