Must Every Period Romance Have Her Going to the Countryside? No Marrying a Rough Man or Following Him into the Army 年代文就不能没有下乡吗。不嫁给糙汉，不随军

1. 1 夫 My Husband and I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn 夫妻同穿六零，我婆婆是重生的 Yi Jia Er Shi Yi易加二十一Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast, everyday family life, both spouses transmigrate, mother-in-law reborn, golden finger, cozy romance] The married couple Shen Sui and Wen Nanzhou died. The good news: They had connections in the underworld, and could get special treatment. The bad news: The special treatment sent them to 1969. They became the newlywed younger son and daughter-in-law of the Wen family. They had older brothers and sisters-in-law above them, and a whole crowd of nieces and nephews below, all crammed i 25.2kReads8.8Score2.4kShelves

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   The first book features a cheerful and self-interested couple who both transmigrate and have special abilities. The second book has no special abilities; the female lead is refined and self-interested, and the male lead is a cunning and calculating leader. The third book features a high-ranking official without special abilities; the female lead is intelligent with a strong sixth sense, and the male lead is a refined but somewhat ruthless type. The fourth book features a female lead who transmigrates from ancient times to the present and has special abilities; both the male and female leads are intelligent and not overly sentimental.

2. 2 六 The Fierce and Charming Female Soldier of the 1960s: Winning the Cold Commander's Heart 六零娇辣小女兵：狠撩高冷首长心 Fish in the Woods00林中鱼00Modern Romance367k WordsCompleted [A High-Ranking Cadre Romance Set in the 1960s] [You Sit Upon the High Terrace, I Stay by Your Side] A bewitching, flirtatious heroine and a powerful, high-ranking cadre hero I grew up beside the water city I sit in your arms I hold a beautiful dream close to my heart And stumble into your peaceful world [Deliberate Seduction + A Powerful Man Bows to Love] When Lin Yiqiao first arrives in the capital, she seems sweet, naive, and gentle, but she has no shortage of schemes and tricks. All she wa 44.2kReads9.1Score4kShelves
3. 3 卿 Dearest Beloved: An 1980s Record of a Senior Official's Devotion to His Wife 卿卿如晤：八零高官宠妻录 The Loquat Tree Has Light枇杷树有光Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted “Mom, these are the peach cakes Yanyan likes best. Keep an eye on her, though. Don’t let her eat too many, or she won’t have room for dinner.” “Dad, if Yanyan can’t get up in the morning, let her sleep a little longer. Don’t shout at her. It could make her nervous.” At their wits’ end, Shao’s parents asked, “Is she my daughter or yours?” On his first business trip after marrying her, Bai Shuyu was so worried about his wife, Shao Yin, that he sent her back to her parents’ home and asked his mothe 6.3kReads7.0Score519Shelves
4. 4 古 From Ancient Times to the Present: A Legitimate Daughter Is Born into the 1950s 古穿今：嫡女胎穿五零年代 Zhang Sujin张素锦Modern Romance440k WordsCompleted The story begins in 1967. A seemingly delicate heroine with incredible fighting skills versus a crazy, insecure hero Su Yue, the legitimate daughter of the General’s Mansion, was confined to its grounds by her scumbag father and stepmother from a young age. They gave her drugs to turn her into a beauty, intending to offer her to the emperor. The drugs’ side effects meant Su Yue would live only until the age of twenty. After the emperor took an interest in Su Yue, she used his power to reclaim he 6.7kReads8.0Score399Shelves
5. 5 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2kReads—Score114Shelves

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6. 6 七 The Seventies Compound: Tian Mi’s Sweet Life! 七零大杂院：田蜜的甜蜜人生！ Que Lanya雀兰崖Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted [A Slow-Build Story + Everyday Family Life + Simple and Ordinary + Not Fast-Paced] Tian Mi had a dream in which she ended up as the unfortunate foil in a crowded courtyard compound! Her life was unbearably hard, and even her daughter had been switched with someone else! When she woke up, Tian Mi thought the whole thing was absurd. She worked as a salesclerk at a department store, and Jiang Yi, the man she was going to marry, was a truck driver at a machinery factory: dependable, capable, and wit 617Reads—Score105Shelves

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   I don't go to the countryside; I have a job, but no system in place…

7. 7 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 29kReads8.3Score3.5kShelves
8. 8 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
9. 9 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 Romance791k 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 630Reads—Score106Shelves
10. 10 我 In the 1970s, I Took Over My Mother-in-Law's Iron Rice Bowl 我在七十年代接了婆婆的铁饭碗 Cable Car Carrying an Iron Pot载着铁锅的缆车Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted Huang Xiaohua, a 30-year-old woman in the 21st century who was constantly pressured by her family to get married, suddenly transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes Zhang Xiaoqian. Her arrival immediately solves the problem that had been giving her parents so much grief. She marries into a residential compound, takes over her mother-in-law’s job, and begins a completely different life. There are no troublemakers here, just the simple happiness of everyday life. 12kReads8.8Score971Shelves
11. 11 六 The Little Public Security Officer from the 1960s Loves Watching the Drama Unfold 六零小公安爱看热闹 Ling Ling Zi苓菱子Modern Romance967k WordsCompleted [Period setting + everyday family life + watching the drama unfold] Jiang Nansheng had just left the military and was all alone. Longing for a lively atmosphere, she deliberately chose an especially lively job: a young policewoman at the local police station. As soon as she arrived, she knew instinctively that she'd come to the right place. It really was incredibly lively, with gossip cropping up every day. Getting paid to enjoy the drama was an absolute delight... When she got older, she went o 6.3kReads8.4Score578Shelves
12. 12 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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    The female lead is her grandmother's darling and is very strong, while the male lead is a skilled technician. After securing a stable job, the female lead leads the entire family.

13. 13 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][Masterpiece of Sparrow's Taste][Masterpiece of Sparrow's Taste] The female protagonist transmigrates to a novel set in a bygone 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!! The male protagonist marries into the family, and the female protagonist works outside the home while the male protagonist stays home. [Masterpiece of Sparrow's Taste][Masterpiece of Sparrow's Taste][Masterpiece of Sparrow's Taste]

14. 14 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 102kReads8.8Score10.8kShelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn; this is a story about a woman's growth within the system, with a large portion dedicated to her career and happy family life.

15. 15 九 The 1990s: They Look Down on Me? I’m a Reborn Workaholic 九零：被瞧不起？呵呵我卷王重生 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Tags: Clear-headed, independent heroine! After a difficult life, Li Xiaonan got to wipe the slate clean and start over. Back on the day she was tricked into buying a job, Li Xiaonan firmly said no! She resolutely decided to return to school and take the exams, and unexpectedly crossed paths with the big shot Zhou Qingbai from her previous life. Li Xiaonan: Big brother, how about being a useful connection for me? 45.6kReads9.1Score5.6kShelves
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 has no stepmothers, military marriage, childbirth, no saintly figures, and no rural life. Because it received fewer ratings, its score is a bit low. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family. Its strength lies in its excellent sense of the era; this is the most focused on historical setting I've read on Tomato (a Chinese online literature platform). Prices are reasonable, details are meticulously researched, and there aren't too many awful characters. It feels like truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. It can be read as a historical fiction combined with a farming/rural setting.

17. 17 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 6.9kReads8.9Score740Shelves

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    There was no rural setting, but there was a male lead.

18. 18 我 I Bound Myself to a Gossip System in the 1970s 我在年代绑定了吃瓜系统 Dreaming Another Hundred Thousand梦更十万Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Gossip System + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Life + Not a Strong Female Lead + Romance] On her way home from school, Song Hongjin comes across a house being ransacked and squeezes her way in to watch the spectacle. Suddenly, a gold melon seed the size of her palm comes flying toward her... At the last possible moment, her fake best friend Shen Danru rushes out to “save” her, knocking Song Hongjin to the ground. The gold seed first cracks Shen Danru's head, then bounces into Song Ho 776Reads7.4Score101Shelves
19. 19 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
20. 20 带 Taking a Little House Back to the Seventies 带着小屋穿七零 Hector Who Loves Tangyuan爱吃汤子的赫克托Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After graduating, Jiang Yan joined the army of people preparing for the civil service exams. She stayed up late doing practice questions to secure a government job, but suddenly died from overwork and was reborn in the 1970s. To her surprise, what seemed like a disaster turned out to be a blessing: she landed a secure job. 5.8kReads7.3Score269Shelves
21. 21 老 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.5kReads8.9Score270Shelves
22. 22 六 I Refuse to Go to the Countryside in the 1960s, and the System Scores Me a Job 六零不下乡，系统暴击出工作 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance814k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + System + Villain + Shameless + Few Annoying Characters + No Sent-Down Youth Plot + Satisfying Read + Never Overthinks] (How do you keep awful people out of your life? By becoming the worst one yourself, of course.) Transmigrating into a book isn’t scary. What’s scary is ending up as the vicious cannon-fodder character destined for a tragic fate. Look at He Ruixue’s family: her eldest brother is reckless, and her sister-in-law is fierce. Her second sister and brother-in-law are 21.2kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
23. 23 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
24. 24 年 A Self-Serving Perfectionist in a Period Novel 年代文里的精致利己主义 Today Is Jingzhe今日惊蛰Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted Yang Yuan never expected that after transmigrating, she would become the female lead's fake best friend in a period novel. Not only did she burn the heroine's love letters, but she was also destined for a miserable end. Well, at least she didn't have many scenes. If she played her cards right and made amends, she could still survive. What? Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. I'm lazy, greedy, and a shameless freeloader who loves the easy life. So what if I take advantage of people or scheme a 11.8kReads8.1Score708Shelves
25. 25 穿 Transmigrating Into a Book Set in the 1970s: I Get Rich with Time-Crossing Red Envelopes 穿书七零，我靠超时空红包暴富 I'm an Old Antique我是老古董Modern Romance329k WordsCompleted (Chat system, spatial storage, period setting, cozy) Lan Ling woke up to find she had somehow transmigrated into a period novel, where she had become an insignificant passerby in the village where the heroine had been sent down to the countryside. Her home was bare, and supplies were scarce. Luckily, her phone had come with her. Not only could she send supplies through a messaging app, it also came with its own storage space. But the only person left in her contacts was her childhood friend and 1.7kReads8.6Score130Shelves
26. 26 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
27. 27 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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    The female lead is cunning and will seek her own advantage, not going to the countryside. And Xiong Jing, based on the current situation, doesn't seem to be marrying a military officer.

28. 28 让 I Told You to Divorce, Not Become the Whole Era's Darling 让你离婚，没让你在年代文当团宠 Endless Nonsense废话连Modern Romance580k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Beautiful, ambitious, pampered heroine VS aloof, secretly affectionate, devoted hero] [1970s + Period Drama + Both Pure + System + Everyday Life] Gu Shuning suddenly awakened to the fact that she was living out the wrong plot and was bound to a "Sacrificial Extra System." The System patiently coaxed her, promising that if she divorced the hero, Jiang Chengyuan, and made room for the original heroine, she would be rewarded with a peaceful life and avoid repeating the tragic fate of th 2.9kReads—Score362Shelves

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    The female protagonist who doesn't go to the countryside has her own career in the city.

29. 29 开 Deputy Police Chief from the Start 开局派出所副所长 Village Beggar村里乞丐Mystery1.1M WordsCompleted Period setting + criminal investigation + suspense + one heroine + weak golden finger + deduction 1958, the capital. Yue Pengju, transferred from the Public Security Army, is appointed deputy director of the Taotiao Hutong Police Station. A body dumped in the hutong tears open the calm facade, revealing hidden undercurrents. Following the clues deeper, they uncover the enemy agents' presence. The seemingly peaceful capital has long been hiding deadly dangers. Enemy agents are hunting those invol 7.4kReads7.2Score461Shelves

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    I'm recommending my own books; those of you experiencing a reading slump can take a look.

30. 30 年 Period: Taking Off After Awakening in the Loess Lands 年代：从魂穿黄土地起飞 Village Beggar村里乞丐Urban136k WordsOngoing Period setting + soul transmigration + countryside + city life + underdog comeback + industrial development + System + feel-good power fantasy + career in government A post-90s wage slave who works himself to the bone wakes up after another bout of overtime to find he has transmigrated into the body of a seventeen-year-old boy in the far northwest, arriving in the region in the 1960s. In the spring of 1961, in the mountainous area of Gongchang County, central Long Province in China's far northwe 69Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 年 Period: Transmigrating to 1957 as a Gossip-Hungry Young Police Officer 年代：穿越57吃瓜小警察 Village Beggar村里乞丐Male-Channel Fanfiction620k WordsCompleted Transmigration + System + Period Setting + Siheyuan + Detective Story + Everyday Comedy + Not A Love-Filled Courtyard Not a love-filled courtyard!!! Zhang Dafei transmigrates into the body of another Zhang Dafei, a patrol officer with the subdistrict office in Yuer Hutong, Nanluoguxiang, in 1957. The original Zhang was gravely injured while saving a comrade. As soon as he regains consciousness, the System binds to him and demands a startup password. Startled, he trembles, pain surging through hi 12.1kReads8.0Score697Shelves
32. 32 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 34.4kReads8.2Score3.5kShelves

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    No rural assignments, no military service, no black market activities. The female protagonist takes the high school entrance exam early, gets into a vocational school, and is assigned to work in a state-owned factory.

33. 33 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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    Instead of going to the countryside, I lived in a crowded courtyard in Beijing and studied until graduation. I used my strength to secure a police job near my home. My great strength, combined with numerous skills, allowed me to maximize my social value, avoiding the need to work like an ox in the countryside.

34. 34 七 The 1970s: We All Transmigrated into a Book, So Who Cares About the Leads? 七零：都穿书了，谁还管男女主呀 Qiaoqiao Reads Without Her Brain看书不带脑子的乔乔Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted Original title: The 1970s: Marrying the Rough Man Who Was Destined to Die Young in the Female Lead's Story [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Mutual Devotion + Wife-Doting + Marriage First, Love Later + Cozy Daily Life] Ji Yang transmigrated into a book. She became the vicious supporting character who wreaked havoc in a period novel. The reborn female lead stole the future richest man who was supposed to be hers, and even planned to send her to the Northwest to work in the countryside 60.6kReads8.8Score8kShelves

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    These two are not

35. 35 公 My In-Laws Urged Me to Remarry? My Comatose Husband Woke Up in a Panic 公婆劝我改嫁？植物人老公急醒了 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance966k WordsOngoing (The rating has just been posted and may rise) [1970s + Marriage First, Love Later + Warm and Lighthearted] A bright, clever village girl VS a reserved, secretly passionate research professor Su Xiaoxia transmigrates into a book set in the 1970s, becoming a pawn in a marriage swap arranged for her brother. Her brother and sister-in-law chose each other freely, yet they insist on dragging her into their mess, forcing her to marry her sister-in-law's older brother, the comatose male lead in the st 16.3kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
36. 36 重 Reborn in 1975, I Send My Nephew to College 重生七五年扔掉外甥上大学 Curly Cat Whiskers猫胡子卷卷Modern Romance570k WordsCompleted The rating has only just come in and will gradually rise. [Reborn] + [space] + [spirit spring] Shen Yun is reborn in the year of her high school entrance exams: When she wakes up, it's the day she just disturbed a hornets' nest. Her head is swollen like a giant winter melon, but that doesn't stop her from giving her sister-in-law a thorough beating as soon as she gets back. In her previous life, she raised her sister-in-law's child and cared for her sister-in-law's mother after she broke her leg 49kReads7.9Score7.8kShelves

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    No rural assignments, no saintly acts, two military officers, both strong, but the male lead has relatively little screen time. The female lead, a minor character, is reborn, dons a military uniform, grows rapidly, takes up a scalpel to save lives, and picks up a pistol to kill.

37. 37 穿 Transmigrating to the 1980s: The Aloof Professor Is Teased Until He Loses Control 穿越八零：清冷教授被撩到失控 Drunk with Flowers醉和花Modern Romance458k WordsCompleted Qiao Luo only wanted a peaceful, happy life as a top pastry chef. She never expected to end up as the cannon-fodder female character in a period novel. The original heroine trusted the wrong people and met a tragic end. Qiao Luo had no intention of being a pushover, letting others walk all over her. From then on, she embarked on a satisfying life of taking down scumbag men and women, making desserts, and earning big money. Gradually, she noticed that the usually aloof, taciturn professor was loo 256Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Not a rough guy, let's go! Don't miss out!

38. 38 身 Wearing a Period Novel: The Cunning, Scheming Man Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 身穿年代文：被心机腹黑男拿捏了 Du Huancheng渡浣辰Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System or golden finger; transmigrates into a book in her own body; a touch of ensemble cast; sweet romance; both are each other’s first and only; love at first sight; imperfect characters, each with their own flaws] [Fair-skinned, beautiful heiress VS deep-thinking, calculating man] Most likely, it’s a story about two people who look like a perfect match but aren’t in sync at heart: he’s after a man with a great body and impressive abilities, while she’s after a man with 15.5kReads8.4Score941Shelves
39. 39 七 The 1970s: The Glamorous Heiress Transmigrates into a Book with a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 七零：美艳娇气包带千亿资产穿书 A Duo u阿哆uModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The young lady never lived through that era, so you can't expect her to have the same spending habits as ordinary people. [Not a poverty-relief story] [Sweet romance + period setting + transmigrate into a book + golden finger + feel-good power fantasy] [Both are virgins, one-on-one romance] Shanghai–Beijing–Hong Kong [Warning: The heroine is spoiled and not truly kind or beautiful inside! The hero is a lovesick fool! Don't get hung up on prices! If there are any plot holes, just treat them as au 24.7kReads9.2Score2.5kShelves
40. 40 乖 Be Good! We Can Date, but Don't Tell Anyone 乖！处对象可以，别往外说 Hippo Gua Gua河马瓜瓜Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book, historical era, feel-good story, getting rich, sweet romance] The moment she opened her eyes, modern office worker Jiang Xiaosui had become a notorious woman expelled from a workers’, peasants’ and soldiers’ college in the 1970s. To make matters worse, she realized she had transmigrated into a rebirth novel, becoming the miserable contrast character whose suffering highlighted the heroine’s happy life. According to the plot, her grandfather would lose his position as t 24.5kReads8.6Score3.3kShelves
41. 41 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate to the 1970s! One Marries the Uncle, the Other the Nephew, and They Live Across the Hall 闺蜜一起穿七零！嫁舅甥，住对门 Qian Yu黔渔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Both Male Leads Are Devoted + Sweet Romance + Ensemble Cast + Everyday Family Life + Funny Early on] Wen Tang and her best friend Chi Yue found a novel about a real and fake heiress on a fiction website. Unlike other stories of its kind, the two heiresses weren't rivals but helped each other. They went to the countryside together, got married together, and even married an uncle and his nephew. Then they built their fortunes togethe 58.5kReads8.9Score7.8kShelves
42. 42 年 The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼 Cai Wangwang菜汪汪Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing [The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess, 92.2kReads8.8Score6.5kShelves
43. 43 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—Score229Shelves

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    You absolutely must read this book; it completely subverts the usual formula.

44. 44 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 16.4kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves

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    Those interested in this type of book can take a look. I personally think the second and third books are top-tier (T0).

45. 45 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.8kReads9.3Score11kShelves
46. 46 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980s Style 八零大美人四合院养娃日常 North to South由北向南Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Slice of life + sweet romance + raising children + family life + career) Zhao Jinshu was in her sixties. Her children had grown up and started families of their own, and she had seen her parents-in-law off. She was just about to travel around the country when she was reborn. She returned to the time a few months after she had first moved to the city. Back then, she knew nothing. A young bride from the countryside, she was shy, too embarrassed to speak up, and insecure. Even though her husband 54.2kReads9.3Score4.6kShelves
47. 47 八 The Fierce Eldest Sister of the 80s Crashes Her Scumbag Father's Wedding from the Start 八零长姐如虎开局砸了渣爹结婚宴 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical setting + 1980s + light ensemble cast + false rebirth + adorable children + satisfying revenge + no golden finger + family drama] Her scumbag father brought his mistress home, moved into his ex-wife's house, slept in her bed, and even abused her children! Then Yao Shula, specially brought in to deal with the scumbag father, was reborn. She had to deal with her scumbag father and his mistress, and look after her younger siblings too. And since she'd come all this way, she might as wel 67.9kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves
48. 48 在 Getting Paid to Slack Off in the 1960s 在六十年代里带薪摸鱼啦 Er Yi Loves Eating Melons耳一爱吃瓜Modern Romance699k WordsCompleted Yun Li had just graduated from graduate school when she woke from a nap, only to find herself in a 1960s alleyway. Luckily, there was the pocket dimension she’d accidentally activated, with a house and car stocked full of supplies... Huh, there was a sign-in System in the pocket dimension now, too. So it was the one that had brought her to this era. Ah, why did this little System love gossip as much as she did? These leading men and women had way too much melodrama in their lives. Still, getting 1.8kReads5.4Score128Shelves

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    Of course there are! There are period dramas with no male lead and no romantic pairing. The female lead has a job, doesn't get married, and doesn't go to the countryside.

49. 49 进 I Entered the Wrong Room and Married the 1980s' Greatest Special Forces Soldier 进错房，嫁给八零最牛特种兵 Gu Yue Yan古月言Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as: Commander, Your Wife Just Rammed an Enemy Ship with a Whale Again [Period military romance, island life, raising kids, strengthening the nation, wealthy family, devoted couple] Female ship captain vs. special forces king She has a golden finger, but it’s not much of one. (It barely comes into play in everyday life and is mostly used against foreign enemies.) Trying to take everything from her? Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt seize Lin Wanxia’s family home and even try to sell her to 3.2kReads9.0Score510Shelves

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    The story involves a female protagonist who transmigrates into a book. She has her own career and a special ability to cheat. Both the female protagonist and the supporting female character are transmigrators. The female protagonist transmigrates into the supporting female character's book, and the two recognize each other upon meeting, both already having their own careers.

50. 50 年 The Road to Promotion in the 1980s: She Made Her Mark Through Her Own Ability 年代升迁路：她凭实力出圈 Tang Qing糖倾Modern Romance474k WordsCompleted [Period] [Career] Dai Xinghua wakes up in 1972 in the body of an orphan who shares her name. Her parents died in the line of duty, and their home is about to be repossessed. Looking at the hand she’s been dealt, former “career star” Dai Xinghua takes a deep breath. Stay calm. I can win! She sticks firmly to her principles: What does it matter how much you work? We’re all just cogs in the machine. Don’t compete, don’t fight. But when it comes to my job, I’ll do it to the best of my ability 13.4kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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    I like it and am currently watching it.

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