Historical-Era Stories with a Female Lead Who Stands on Her Own: No More Male Leads Who Keep Going to the Countryside to Help the Poor 女主独美的年代文 不要老是下乡扶贫男主了

1. 301 重 Reborn in 1976, My Father-in-Law Hopes I Die Every Day 重生1976，岳父天天盼我死 Weird-Tasting Bullfrog怪味牛蛙Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + logging + no System] In his previous life, Chen Beishan was the chairman of a timber conglomerate worth tens of billions. As he died at his rosewood desk, the last document he received wasn’t an obituary. It was a lawyer’s letter from his son, contesting the inheritance. He opens his eyes in 1976, in the Greater Khingan Range, at minus forty-two degrees. He’s now the “softie Beishan” everyone at the logging camp calls a coward: a good-for-nothing who abandoned his p 928Reads6.5Score10814d adds

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   This is a high-quality period rebirth novel with a tight plot, novel setting, no system, and rich and delicate writing. It has the feel of a period drama and tells the story of a lumberjack's rise to power in a Northeast forest. It is very immersive!

2. 302 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Grandma, Today It's Your Turn to Get Divorced 重生七零：奶，今天轮到您离婚啦 Great Golden Immortal大罗金仙Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in the 1970s as a Lucky Little Carp with Space Tens of billions in supplies, serving the country, the family’s darling, adorable child, satisfying story In her previous life, Shen Danluo’s family was harmed by her wicked second uncle, and she avenged them all by herself. Now she has been reborn with a space that can exchange for all kinds of supplies. In this life, she will change everyone’s tragic fate. Take down the worst offenders and punish the scum. Then quietly make a 34.6kReads9.5Score4.4k14d adds

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3. 303 穿 Reborn as a Horrible Old Woman: You Want to Split Up the Family? Fine! 穿成极品老太婆，想分家？分呗！ Anji Little Monster安吉小怪物Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted Transmigration + period setting + Taobao + personal space + transmigrate into a book After Li Qiuyan learned she had brain cancer, she lost hope and ran into the road to get herself hit by a car. After dying, she somehow got her hands on a black-clad underworld messenger’s phone. She tapped around on it and entered the cycle of reincarnation, then transmigrated into a period novel set in 1983. When she woke up, she discovered she had become an old woman. She had been in her late twenties, and no 8.3kReads9.0Score72714d adds

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   🍒✨A 29-year-old woman diagnosed with brain cancer transmigrates into a book in the 1970s, becoming a 60-something-year-old woman. Her husband wants a divorce and to be with his first love! She simply allows him to be a perfect widow, not a saint, not raising sons or grandsons, enjoying her own space and being perfectly content. [Laughs]

4. 304 穿 I Transmigrated and Started Making Machines in the 1960s 穿越我在六零搞机械 Guiyuan Xixi桂圆曦曦Modern Romance506k WordsCompleted [Historical era + transmigration + cherished by the whole family + pocket dimension] When Yu Sui wakes up, she notices her low vantage point and tiny hands, and realizes she’s in deep trouble. After more than a decade of reading novels, she quickly figures out she’s hit the jackpot! Fortunately, she’s a cherished little girl, so this isn’t so hard to accept. She gets to enjoy a happy childhood all over again, and there’s nothing wrong with that ^o^ A little disclaimer: The heroine isn’t an all-p 1.7kReads—Score11514d adds

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   Currently no CP (couple pairing) [Added to bookshelf]

5. 305 老 My Old Home Connects to the Modern World: A Village Girl's 1970s Office-Worker Life 老宅通现代：七零村花的社畜日常 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [From the 1970s to the modern day] Chen Qiaoyu, born and raised in the 1970s, has been feeling a little panicked lately. She and her younger brother were driven out by their father and stepmother, sent to live in the dilapidated old Chen family home with only two threadbare quilts. Who could have guessed that the crumbling old house hid a passage to another era? [From then on, Chen Qiaoyu begins traveling back and forth between the 1970s and the modern day every day] The villagers of Yaojia Vil 11.2kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds
6. 306 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: Marrying an Officer 穿越七零：嫁军官 Little River Flows to the Ocean小河奔流海洋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Pocket dimension, sweet romance, supernatural powers, military marriage, beloved by all, adorable baby, raising kids, top-tier scoundrels Ye Wanyi transmigrates from the apocalypse, possessing wood and space abilities. Chu Yuechen is an officer in the 1970s, and she's the only one who ever captures his heart. Ye Wanyi: How lucky I am to have met you. From now on, we'll share every joy in life. Chu Yuechen: How lucky I am to have met you. It was love at first sight, and from now on, all I see is 8.1kReads8.1Score64514d adds

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   The female protagonist transmigrates to another world, possessing a spatial ability and supernatural powers. After marriage, she lives on an island with the military, raising a child in a sweet and loving relationship. Mutual pampering. Rarely does she have any outstanding personalities; the female protagonist can cook and translate. [Already hooked!]

7. 307 七 The 1970s: Her Mother Is an Educated Youth, Her Father a Peasant, and She Transmigrated 七零：知青妈泥腿子爸穿越的她 Only Plays Zhen Ji只玩甄姫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + 1970s + no golden finger + no romance + family life + pampered by everyone + academic prodigy + studying] [This story is fictional. Please do not compare it with reality.] Zhou Ning failed to anger her scumbag father to death, and instead got slapped into becoming another Zhou Ning in a different world in the 1970s. Her mother is an educated youth, her father a poor farmer, and she’s suddenly become the only daughter in a mountain village in the 1970s? Right off the bat, she us 9.5kReads7.0Score1.2k14d adds

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   I personally tried it and thought it was pretty good, even without a romantic pairing.

8. 308 五 No One Can Stop Me from Living Well in the 1950s and 1960s 五零六零谁都不能阻挡我过好日子 Glutinous Rice M Wine糯米M酒Modern Romance550k WordsCompleted The heroine refuses to take a loss or put up with mistreatment. There is tentatively no male lead. The focus is on cozy everyday life and family squabbles, with a very minor golden finger. Aside from the beginning, you can pretty much read it as if there were no golden finger at all. She went to great lengths to reach Hong Kong, but her family wouldn’t accept her. After a lifetime of conflict, she died a tragic death. Unexpectedly, heaven gave her the chance to start over. When she opened her ey 3.2kReads8.9Score18414d adds
9. 309 反 The Villainous Young Lady Is Actually a Research Genius! 反派大小姐竟然是科研大佬！ Cat Lantern Guest猫灯客Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Period Setting + Scientific Research + Fake and Real Heiresses + A Rising Nation] The standard period-novel setup: a scheming adopted daughter, a domineering male lead chasing after his love, wealthy-family feuds, and a protagonist who wins at life through romance. Lu Zhaozhao flips through the script and falls silent for three seconds. ...Fair enough, but I’m not taking part. On the first day after transmigrating into the body of a vicious rich-girl villain, her biol 25.7kReads8.5Score3.5k14d adds
10. 310 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Fierce Village Girl Is No Pushover 穿越七零，极品村姑不好惹 Green Willow Tree青青杨柳树Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A fictional setting, a fictional setting, a fictional setting. [Transmigration, space, a devoted couple, a feisty heroine, a proud and prickly heroine, a little selfish, incredible strength, sharp wits. The characters aren’t perfect, but they’re realistic.] She transmigrates into the body of a top-grade village girl, the most unusual person in the village. Lin Qian is close to tears. If she had to transmigrate, fine, but why make her this kind of person? She’s the village’s most hated, troubleso 13.9kReads9.2Score1.6k14d adds
11. 311 五 Fifties: I Take My Real Daughter and Adopted Daughter and Marry a Military Officer 五零：带着真千金养女改嫁军官 Azure Sky Wind天青色的风Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + period setting + military marriage + real and fake heiresses + raising a child + face-slapping] Zhao Jing, an overworked office drone, faints and wakes up in the 1950s. Her in-laws are preparing to secretly tie her up and marry her off for a bride price, while a lecherous man tries to take advantage of her. With the living conditions unbearable, Zhao Jing quickly flees with her adopted daughter, only to discover that her supposedly fallen husband has not only become an official 16.7kReads9.2Score2.1k14d adds

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    The ex-husband gradually realized that his new wife, an intellectual, was far less cultured than his ex-wife. Looking at his elegant and sophisticated ex-wife beside the military officer, he was filled with regret and felt like he was going crazy. What? The adopted daughter his ex-wife raised was his superior's biological daughter? The ex-husband declared he had gone mad. After Zhao Jing's adopted daughter returned to her biological parents, she was repeatedly bullied by the fake heiress. After enduring countless grievances, she returned to Zhao Jing's side. Zhao Jing declared, "If you don't care about this daughter, then I'll raise her myself." Years later, Zhao Jing's adopted daughter's biological mother, seeing how outstanding her daughter was, wanted to rekindle their mother-daughter relationship. Zhao Jing's adopted daughter, however, declared that she had only ever had Zhao Jing as her mother.

12. 312 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 5.5kReads7.9Score32314d adds

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    This book doesn't focus on poverty alleviation, and the male lead is a highly educated intellectual. The female lead's primary concern is her own well-being. A truly clear-headed female lead! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

13. 313 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
14. 314 重 Reborn: The Underdog’s Comeback 重生以后包子的逆袭 Xufeng Niaoniao栩风袅袅Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Reborn + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Campus Life + Strong Female and Male Leads + Top Student + Character Growth + Patriotism) The female lead, Mu Wan, is kind but not a pushover. She has principles and always gets even with those who wrong her. The male lead, Xiao Jinyu, is the son of a military compound family and a military-affiliated scientific researcher. Before she was reborn, Mu Wan accidentally stayed up too late and died of cardiac arrest. A family heirloom, a Merit Pearl, took 5.1kReads9.1Score64814d adds
15. 315 林 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生，拿捏全家杀疯了 Chu Tumil初荼靡Modern Romance911k WordsOngoing [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.1kReads8.0Score22714d adds

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    I highly recommend this refreshing novel about an elderly woman's rebirth! After her rebirth, Old Lady Lin focuses on caring for her family and protecting their assets, managing her entire household with perfect clarity. She divides the family property when her children scheme against her, and shuts down relatives who try to take advantage of her. Her life becomes increasingly comfortable, filled with stress-relieving and enjoyable moments in her otherwise mundane daily life.

16. 316 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 105.5kReads9.4Score9.8k14d adds
17. 317 绿 A Green Tea Girl Plays the Sweet, Silly Type in the 1960s 绿茶女在六十年代当傻白甜 Another Road另路Modern Romance202k WordsCompleted [Manipulative little green tea vs. gentle childhood friend / Mostly everyday life / No black market, no golden finger] Wen Li transmigrated! She opened her eyes and found herself with a cowardly dad and a mom who loved causing trouble and running her mouth. But that wasn't even the worst part: it was the 1960s, and after droughts, floods, and other extreme weather, the food supply had yet to recover! After thinking it over for ages, Wen Li managed to find two things in her favor. First, her orig 8kReads8.8Score96414d adds

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    These are all great books; I only recommend them after I've finished reading each one.

18. 318 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: The Laid-Back Girl’s Plan to Make the Nation a Scientific Powerhouse 穿越六零，咸鱼要科研强国 Space Station太空站Modern Romance518k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Scientific Research + Pocket Dimension + Beloved by All + Heartwarming and Healing + Parallel Worlds] Shen Ling is a single woman well past the usual marrying age. On Christmas Day, a billion-yuan jackpot falls into her lap, along with a magical pocket dimension! Time to stock up on supplies! She thinks she’ll have to face the apocalypse, but instead she wakes up in the 1960s. With a whole pocket dimension full of supplies at her disposal, Shen Ling decides to lie flat and live 248Reads6.9Score—14d adds

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    The female lead is the darling of the group, exquisitely self-serving, never losing out no matter what she eats. It's a heartwarming and refreshing story with positive energy, scientific research to strengthen the country, and strong moral values. You won't regret it!

19. 319 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Protecting My Happy Life with a Pocket Dimension 重生70年代带着空间守护幸福 Colorful Dandelion彩色蒲公英Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Yun Duo’er is reborn before her family is destroyed. The tragedy has yet to happen, but the person pulling the strings has already reached out with an evil hand. The pampered young girl is suddenly cast down into the dust by a cruel turn of events. Reborn, she forces herself to grow stronger so she can protect her family. She will find the one behind it all and sever that wicked hand. But this man was never part of her plan! Why has the man she had only heard of in her previous life, but never m 8.6kReads9.2Score92114d adds
20. 320 重 Reborn in the New Millennium: How Do I Return to the Mountains from the Start? 重生千禧年，开局重返大山怎么破 Xu Xu Shi Ye徐徐是也Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Before she was reborn, Shen Xuewei was over thirty. She had been estranged from her family for seven years, and after years of hard work, she had finally built a little home of her own. After being reborn, Shen Xuewei was only six years old, with tiny arms and legs. Her father was taking her to her maternal grandparents’ home in the mountains. Her childhood memories were already hazy, and she had never imagined she would be reborn. Standing outside her grandparents’ home, she watched her father 14.4kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
21. 321 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23kReads9.4Score2.7k14d adds
22. 322 七 Little One of the Seventies, Hoping to Make Dad a Dragon 七零小崽，望父成龙 Timid Girl懦女Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Rivals] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Family Life] [No Golden Finger] [The 1970s] [Book Transmigration] After transmigrating, Zhang Liuliu had been living the good life, convinced she was the chosen one. Here comes this gorgeous woman who’s going to get rich! Then one day, her beautiful mother stroked her head and said, “Liuliu, Mom is going back to the city.” Zhang Liuliu felt like the sky had fallen. It turned out she was living inside a book, and she wasn’t just not the heroine: she was 7.1kReads7.7Score70514d adds
23. 323 六 The Sixties: We Agreed to Divorce, So Why Is the Tycoon Having Second Thoughts? 六零：说好离婚，大佬怎么后悔了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [1960s setting + pocket dimension + returning to the city as a dual-income couple + beautiful, ordinary orphan heroine × prickly educated youth + marriage before love + self-interest above all + devoted to each other] Gu Qingxu, a pampered young lady since childhood, transmigrates into a book! She becomes an ordinary orphan in a period novel, and opens her eyes on her wedding night. While she's still trying to make sense of things, the man beside her suddenly rolls over and grits out in her ear, 5.1kReads8.4Score32614d adds

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    "Keep it up!" Jinbao shoved the remaining vegetable pancake into his mouth, grinning, and mumbled, "Jinbao is Mommy's good baby. When Jinbao grows up, Jinbao will cook for Mommy so Mommy can relax and enjoy life." Hearing her eldest son's sweet promise, Xia Zhizhi burst into laughter. "Then Jinbao, grow up quickly! Mommy can't wait to enjoy our Jinbao's filial piety!" "Yes, yes, Jinbao will try my best. I'll eat more and try to grow taller quickly." Xia Zhizhi was too lazy to cook two meals, so she ate the same as the three little ones. After the three of them finished eating, Xia Zhizhi was too lazy to wash the dishes, so she just threw them all into the pot to soak, planning to wash them whenever she needed them. "Jinbao, you take your two younger brothers to play in the yard. Mommy is going back to take a nap. If anyone knocks on the door, just say Mommy isn't home." "Before returning to the house, Xia Zhizhi reminded him. Jinbao, entrusted with this important task, nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, Mom, I'll take good care of my brothers and won't let anyone disturb your rest." Xia Zhizhi smiled and patted Jinbao's round little head, "You're such a good son to Mom."

24. 324 带 A Career-Building System and a Guaranteed Job in 1965 带着搞事业系统在六五端上铁饭碗 Cherry Tiny Rice Ball樱桃小小小圆子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After waking up, she inexplicably transmigrated into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl who shared her name, had failed the 1965 college entrance exam, and was about to have her engagement called off. Bound to a career-building System, she was pushed and tempted by it into steadily becoming a beautiful, wealthy woman. She even managed to marry a handsome, rich man and have two adorable, clever kids. A truly peak life! 5.8kReads8.3Score30914d adds
25. 325 七 1970s Pocket Dimension: I Won't Be the Wronged Little Sister-in-Law 七零空间：不做冤种小姑子 Xia Xixi夏西西Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhu Yu was reborn in a period novel as the Zhu family's unmarried aunt, who had remained single her entire life. Being unmarried wasn't the problem. The real issue was that Zhu Xiaoqin, the woman she'd become, had worked like a beast of burden for the Zhu family all her life, and in the end, there wasn't even anyone to see her off. The neighborhood committee had to arrange her funeral. How was that not completely ridiculous...? 4.2kReads8.5Score25514d adds

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    Here are 7 recommended period novels featuring a beautiful, independent female lead with no romantic partner! The heroines are all stunning, don't help others, and have no boyfriends! 👏👏👏👏

26. 326 女 A Female Cultivator Transmigrates to the Era, Finds Treasure, and Goes to the Countryside 女修穿越年代收了宝藏下乡了 The Times Are Everlasting时代久久Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Note: No romance, fantasy, spatial powers, transmigration, System “The second volume, set in the Immortal Realm, is now out.” Cheng Junyi’s path to immortality had been smooth sailing, but for reasons unknown, she transmigrates to the era her mother once described, when you needed ration coupons to buy anything. So be it. She doesn’t mind; she can get by anywhere. She just didn’t expect to transmigrate into the identity of a capitalist’s daughter. For various reasons, she has no choice but to 92.4kReads9.2Score6.7k14d adds
27. 327 炮 The Cannon Fodder Awakens: Thriving in a Period Novel 炮灰觉醒，我在年代文里如鱼得水 The Rice Cake Won't Eat Fish年糕不吃鱼Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + quick transmigration + space (only in the second world) + no memories in the second world + golden finger + no fixed couple + a touch of ensemble cast + realistic] World One: My Cousin Is the Lucky Female Lead (ensemble cast + low-key) ✓ Feel free to skip World Two: Transmigrated as a Selfless Workhorse (1968) ✓ World Three: The Cannon-Fodder Best Friend Returns to the City ✓ World Four: A 1990s Migrant Worker’s Reversal ✓ World Five: One Adult and Three Kids in the 1970s ✓ World 19.7kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
28. 328 七 The 1970s: A Genius Inventor Marries a Fool While Pregnant, and He's the Male Lead 七零极品搞发明，孕嫁傻子是男主 Xun Qu熏渠Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Transmigrating to the 1970s + System + Helping villagers get rich + Career-focused heroine] When Lin An'an woke up, she found herself in the 1970s, as a spoiled young intellectual youth about to be sent down to the countryside. She glanced at the male lead, who was still unconscious. Then Lin An'an grabbed her bag and set off for the countryside in the middle of the night. She behaved herself for less than two days. Lin An'an tossed aside her little hoe and scampered off to the salvage station 150Reads—Score10114d adds

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    The female lead is focused solely on her career! The male lead is just an afterthought [laughing emoji]

29. 329 首 The Commander's First Beauty in Five Generations Has Twins 首长五代单传丰腴美人生俩缩小版 Sheng Yumu盛雨木Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing Xia Qingyu’s curvy figure led people in the residential compound to spread rumors that she was loose. No one wanted to marry her, until Lu Zhiyao proposed, undeterred by her reputation. After unexpectedly acquiring a portable space, she developed many specialized medicines and became a state-secret pharmaceutical researcher. For her safety, the government kept her identity under wraps, so she asked for her achievements to be credited to her husband, helping him rise rapidly through the ranks. Fo 71.8kReads7.8Score7k14d adds

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    ❤️In her past life, she thought she had married a good husband, only to find out upon her death that he had been acting all along and didn't love her at all. Reborn, the female protagonist only wants to focus on her career, deal with her parents' pressure to get married, and go on blind dates, but she never expected to go to the wrong place and meet the most terrifying man in the entire military region.

30. 330 七 The 1970s: I Married the Man Who Prayed to the Gods 七零：我嫁给了求神拜佛的那个他 Clear Skies on the Second Day of the Fourth Month四月初二晴Modern Romance556k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Period Setting + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Past and Present Lives + Rebirth + Romance + No Saintly Protagonist + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension] Blurb: Bai Xiaxia transmigrates to the 1970s, only to have her engagement broken off. The neighbors are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. To their surprise, before long she's married to someone with even more power and status! She thinks going north to study is a reluctant choice, made after weighing her options 1Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 331 穿 Transmigrated into a 1970s Book: I Refuse to Be the Heroine of This Tragic Romance 穿书七零之这苦情剧女主我不当了 Eat Less Salt少吃盐Modern Romance330k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + changing the plot + everyday life] After burning the midnight oil following her college entrance exams, Jiang Wanwan worked herself to death and transmigrated into a melodramatic period drama she'd watched with her grandma. When she discovered she was the heroine, destined to suffer her whole life, she was horrified! Determined to escape her absurd and tragic fate, she boldly struck a deal with the notorious gang leader rumored to ha 12.2kReads8.5Score90914d adds
32. 332 穿 Now That I've Transmigrated into a Book, Who'd Still Be a Terrible Heroine and Work Like a Pack Mule? 穿书了，谁还做极品女主老黄牛？ Yaya Loves Lemon Tea伢伢爱喝柠檬茶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine + no romance] [Reborn in the womb + extremely selfish + natural disasters + spatial treasure + farming + transmigration into a book + adapting to ancient times + lone wolf] Xu Yan transmigrated into the book as a pitiful cannon-fodder character. The heroine’s aunt was vicious and siphoned away other people’s luck. The closer someone was to her by blood, the more likely she was to hurt them. The grandmother was her executioner, while the grandfather sat high in the ancestral hall, 6.5kReads7.0Score49814d adds
33. 333 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 15.1kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds

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    Are there any with no romantic pairing? Are there any dressed as old ladies?

34. 334 穿 Transmigrated to the ’70s: With a Space in Hand, the Eldest Sister Supports Her Family 穿越七零：身揣空间长姐养家日常 Mo Qing Yan墨卿烟Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: I Won't Go to the Countryside in the Seventies: I Have an All-Purpose Space, and Transmigrating to the Seventies: I Raise My Family as the Eldest Sister with a Space [Transmigration + Space] Zheng Yuru unexpectedly obtained a space. She thought the legendary apocalypse was coming, but after falling asleep, she woke up in the seventies! As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that both her parents were dead, her older brother had gone to the countryside, and she had younger sibli 2.9kReads8.7Score18614d adds
35. 335 七 The Seventies Spatial Farm: The Educated Youth’s Wife Kicks People Again 七零空间，知青媳妇又踹人了 Farming South of the Mountain种田南山下Modern Romance954k WordsCompleted Keeping her distance from troublemakers, Han Qingci has a pocket dimension at her disposal. In the 1970s, she makes a few good friends, chooses someone to spend her life with, and enjoys a quiet, steady life. Those people and events gradually become her life. 11.3kReads9.1Score90514d adds
36. 336 娘 Mother's Getting Married, and Sister-in-Law Wei Is on the Rise 娘要嫁人嫂子小魏崛起 A Mere Mortal in This World1984世间一俗人1984Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted A fanfiction of the TV drama My Mother Wants to Marry. No transmigration, no rebirth, and no golden finger. Everything happens because sister-in-law Wei Shuqing has an absurd dream. As events unfold, she chooses to leave the Qi family early and pursue her own happiness… 11kReads9.1Score73414d adds
37. 337 穿 Transmigrated to 1958 to Raise the Kids 穿到五八养崽崽 User10991359用户10991359Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted (Period setting, no romance, raising kids, supermarket, striving, helping the whole village prosper) After twenty-seven years of being single, Xiaoqi got launched into the air by a car in the middle of the night and won a one-way ticket to the afterlife! She crossed parallel worlds with her little supermarket and arrived in Huaxia, where she became a widowed military wife with two kids! With a devastating disaster only months away, she got over her shock and reluctantly took up the mantle. She r 162Reads7.5Score—14d adds
38. 338 六 What's So Bad About a Quiet Life in the 1960s? 六零之平淡点有什么不好？ Sang Juan桑涓Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted [Everyday life + period setting + System + no rivalry between women + no sent-down youth] The Shen family is one of the few households in the steel mill’s residential compound with no sent-down youths. The family gets along harmoniously, but in this extraordinary era, they face one upheaval after another. Let’s see what choices they make... 1.1kReads6.7Score10514d adds
39. 339 我 I Came from the Stars to Witness the Age of Soaring Technology 我从星际而来，看科技腾飞时代 Admiring Mount Jun from Afar慕落君山Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted [Technology to strengthen the nation + alternate setting + interstellar transmigration + no romance, focused on getting things done + not a power fantasy + period piece] Ling Yue is transported from the interstellar age to Blue Star in the 1960s when an explosion caused by the mad scientist next door sends her through time. The land lies in ruins, beset by troubles at home and abroad. Watch as Ling Yue helps her country achieve a technological leap forward. A foreign country threatens us with at 66Reads9.1Score—14d adds

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    A perfect fit for the requirements: 🌸 A beautiful and independent female lead, no male lead, the female lead transmigrates into a period novel with younger siblings, she activates a resource space and takes her siblings to the countryside 🌸 A female lead transmigrates from interstellar space to the 1960s, she focuses on her career and contributes to scientific research.

40. 340 带 Bringing Supplies to the 1950s: My Two Kids and I Lie Flat 带物资穿五零：我和两宝咸鱼躺平 Zhu Zhu, Not Zhu Zhu珠珠不是朱朱Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + farming + raising kids + no romance] When Gu Yinghua opened her eyes again, she had become a young widow whose husband had died. Her family was dirt poor, she had two hungry children to feed, and a three-year period of hardship was about to begin. Gu Yinghua threw her head back and cried, “How am I supposed to survive this?!” 638Reads7.2Score10114d adds
41. 341 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 5.3kReads8.5Score42714d adds
42. 342 团 The Beloved Little Research Prodigy Leads the Nation to Soar 团宠科研小炮灰，带领国家飞飞飞 Luo Feiwen洛非文Modern Romance509k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + period setting + beloved by the whole family + science and technology to strengthen the country + no romance] The heroine is adored by her whole family and is an all-around scientific genius! Lu Weichen, an interstellar scientist, accidentally transmigrates while researching the theory of spacetime, becoming a minor cannon-fodder character in a period novel! And it's not just one book she's transmigrated into? Her mother is the real daughter in a period novel about a 4.9kReads9.1Score48014d adds
43. 343 重 Reborn in 1970 as My Doomed Uncle 重生七零，穿成我那早夭的大舅 Jing Gaiyu井盖玉Modern Romance406k WordsCompleted [Historical era + woman transmigrates into a man's body + farming + 1970s + strong female lead + no romance] Modern designer Zhao Ru hated the old-fashioned belief that boys were precious while girls were worthless. After more than twenty years of studying as hard as she could, she finally escaped her family. But on the very night she won the design award she had always dreamed of, an accident struck... When she woke, she was back in the hometown that haunted her nightmares, transformed into her 102Reads8.1Score—14d adds
44. 344 六 The 1960s: A Science Whiz Transforms into a Mechanical Industry Mogul 六零：理科学霸蜕变机械大佬 Pin What?pin什么Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted [Period setting + lighthearted, silly comedy + space + special abilities + no romance] The gifted student Doudou gets so excited over a game that her heart gives out and she drops dead. When she opens her eyes again, she's become Jindoudou in the 1960s, with an ignorant and biased grandmother, a spiteful and petty uncle, a blindly obedient father, a meek mother, and a body weighing 300 jin. Fortunately, she's not the original owner. At least she has a skill to support herself. Just as she finall 2.2kReads9.0Score18614d adds
45. 345 年 The Nobody from the Era's World, Lao Liu 年代世界的路人甲老六 He Po Peng Pai河泼澎湃Modern Romance247k WordsCompleted [Alternate historical setting] [No romance] [The heroine is cold and indifferent, with a conscience, but not much of one] After Yang Xi is murdered, her sealed memories are unlocked, and she is reborn. In this harsh era, all she wants is to be an utterly ordinary passerby. Still, she may treat anyone else poorly, but she won't shortchange herself or her family. Whoever makes her unhappy, even for a moment, will be made ten times more unhappy! She doesn't go looking for trouble, but that doesn't 441Reads—Score2114d adds
46. 346 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Became the Village Barefoot Doctor 穿越六零，我成了村里的赤脚医生 Tomato洋柿子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + farming + military doctor + golden finger + everyday family life + building a career + no romance + adorable pets] Tian Cai has transmigrated. It started when she rescued a girl injured in a chain-reaction car accident. The fuel tank exploded soon after, and she lost consciousness. When she came to, she found herself in the 1960s. Forced by poverty, Tian Cai put her limited medical skills to use as a barefoot doctor. To avoid getting caught up in a medical malpractice case, she 4.9kReads9.2Score61514d adds
47. 347 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 4.1kReads9.0Score30714d adds

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    No need to go to the countryside, just bring space.

48. 348 带 I Brought My Ancestral Home with Me to the 1970s 带着老宅穿七零 Tang Lin from Xiangzhou香州的唐林Modern Romance177k WordsCompleted After her divorce, Lin Yewan returns to her family’s old house. Just after she finishes renovating it, she accidentally unlocks a small pocket dimension where time stands still. Thinking the apocalypse is coming, Lin Yewan starts stockpiling supplies. While she’s at it, a flowerpot hits her, and she transmigrates into the body of another Lin Yewan in the 1970s. The old house comes with her, leaving Lin Yewan completely bewildered. Unable to find a job in the city, Lin Yewan is sent to the countr 440Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    This story is about going to the countryside, but there's no male lead; the protagonist is only thinking about himself.

49. 349 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
50. 350 相 Blind Date System: From Village Girl to Woman of the Era 相亲系统：从村姑到时代女强人 Softly, Gently徐徐絮絮Modern Romance348k WordsOngoing Blind Date System + Period Setting + Comeback + Winner in Life + 1v1 Sweet Romance + Everyday Life + Pure Wish Fulfillment In 1975, Chen Hehua's classmate stole the job she was supposed to get after graduation. When she returned to her village, her family pressured her to marry a crude butcher. Just when she had nowhere else to turn [Ding! Blind Date System successfully bound!] [Get a reward for every blind date! Choose any one requirement your match has to exchange for a reward!] Butcher's 329Reads—Score—14d adds

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