Looking for Historical-Era Science-and-Research Novels with a Powerful Female Lead. No Cute Types or Interstellar Transmigration 求年代科研大女主文 不要可爱类的不要星际穿越
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The Apocalypse Big Shot in the 1970s, with a Devoted Male Lead at Her Door 末世大佬在七零，贤夫男主送上门
[1v1 + period setting + sweet romance + 1970s + hero with a leg condition + System] Su Jiujiu was a powerhouse in the apocalypse, where all she knew was killing zombies. She transmigrated into a 1970s romance novel, and the original Su Jiujiu's lovesick nature activated a Lovesick System! She was good at beating people up and killing them. But being lovesick? Her? As if! Let somebody else fall in love instead! “520, you think you can make me lovesick? In your dreams! Either you die, or you make
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Best Friends Transmigrate Into a Book Together! Marry a Rough-and-Ready Man! If You Leave, I’m Leaving Too 闺蜜齐穿书！嫁糙汉！你离我也离
[Transmigrate into a book + rough-and-tough hero + sweet romance + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] The moment Shen Wu opened her eyes, she saw a man who was exactly her type. Realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she then heard a familiar voice and understood that she wasn't the only one who had transmigrated: her best friend had come along too, and now they were sisters-in-law... The two of them had entered a novel written by someone who envied them. In
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Transmigrate to the 1970s: With a Childbearing System, I Marry an Infertile Officer 穿七零：带生子系统，嫁不育军官
[Childbearing System (not primarily about having children) + military marriage + abundant supplies + satisfying read + no outrageous characters + sweet romance] [A stunning psychologist with a childbearing System + a stern-faced, fierce military officer who can’t have children] Xu Qingluo is a rising star in the field of psychology in the 21st century. Her parents and grandparents are all world-renowned psychology experts. After transmigrating to the 1970s, she becomes the youngest granddaughter
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Reborn: I Bound a Sign-In System and Won by Doing Nothing 重生：我绑定签到系统后，躺赢了
(Complete) [Reborn + System + one-on-one, devoted couple + secret identity] Yun Lan was reborn! In her previous life, she loved Ling Feng without a shred of dignity, humbling herself until she was ground into the dust. In the end, she died at the hands of Ling Feng and her own younger sister, Yun Qing. How could she have known that the family she had loved and trusted so deeply were heartless trash? Bound to a System and reborn, she would live only for herself this time. Who could have guessed s
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Back to the 1990s: The Sign-In System Lets Me Take It Easy and Win 重回九零：签到系统带我躺赢
[Reborn + sign-in + heartwarming + feel-good + farming] Ling Zhiyi, 35, wakes up one morning back at the time she had just graduated from elementary school. She also unexpectedly gets bound to a sign-in System! What? The System will let her coast to victory? Congratulations, you've signed in and received: A basic Marrow-Cleansing Pill, skin-whitening pills, eye-care pills... A photographic memory and the ability to grasp anything at a glance... Calligraphy, Chinese painting, guqin, swordsmanship
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The Female General Who Became Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 穿成年代文炮灰的女将军
Shaomin, whose martial prowess was unmatched, never imagined that after spending half her life on the battlefield, her entire family would be executed for a trumped-up charge. Her furious soul refused to enter the cycle of reincarnation. On a night of lightning and thunder, she watched in spirit as the enemy army cut down the heads of the corrupt emperor and his treacherous ministers. With her great vengeance fulfilled, she was finally able to let go. But then lightning struck her soul and sent
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The 1970s: The Little Village Girl Brings Honor to Her Country Through Education 七零小村姑，靠读书为国争光
[Period Setting + Family Drama + System + Academic Prodigy + Knowledge Changes Your Destiny + Ensemble Cast] Wang Zhaozhao becomes the unwanted granddaughter of the Old Wang family, part of the village brigade in Riverside Village in the 1970s. When she is five, her mother becomes her eldest uncle’s wife, while her father marries a stepmother who brings along a stepsister. Later, she gains two younger sisters, one born to her eldest uncle’s wife and the other to her stepmother. Her days are full
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Reporting, Chief! Your Secret Crush, the Army’s Little Doctor, Has Been Reborn 报告首长！你暗恋的小军医重生了
[Military marriage in a bygone era + alternate setting + both leads have been faithful in both lives + medical skills and a personal space ❤️ The space recognizes only its female owner, who is bound to it and cannot hand it over to anyone + one-on-one romance + an exceptionally doting male lead] “Report! Military doctor Shen Li just arrived at the camp and already bullied the new recruits to tears!” Commander Zhan: “My wife is delicate, shy, and young. Don’t you dare speak so loudly around her.”
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I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸
Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a
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I Traveled a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband, Only to Be Rejected? The Military Wife Is So Capable, the Nation Has Its Eye on Her 千里奔夫被嫌？军嫂太强国家盯上
[Romance] [Military Marriage] [Agricultural Research] [Pride and Prejudice] Renowned agricultural scientist Lin Hongying has become a country girl who traveled a thousand miles to join the army and seek refuge with her fiancé. She is dressed in rags, gaunt and sallow, and seems both unsophisticated and uneducated. Everyone tells her arranged marriages never bring happiness. Everyone looks down on her and despises her. Look down on her? Despise her? So what? She has a heart full of ambition to
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You’re Forcing Me to the Countryside? This Scientist’s Wife Will Empty Your Whole House 逼我下乡？科研军嫂搬空你全家
[Military Marriage + Period Setting + Powerful Lead + Face-Slapping + One-on-One Romance] Xia Li, a powerful wielder of both thunder and space abilities, had just come through the apocalypse. She became the founding general entrusted with the New World's Omniscient Eye System, ready to enjoy a quiet retirement. She only took a short nap, but transmigrated instead. After transmigrating, she faced two choices: Either marry a self-important mama's boy who expected her to put up with his mistress af
119.5kReads9.4Score9.1kShelves
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The Wicked Woman of the 1970s and Her Unhinged Antics 恶女七零，发疯文学
In 1970, in Daba Village, the second daughter of the Feng family went to the hills behind the village to gather pig fodder, but tumbled down the mountainside and injured her brain. Then again, she had always been a simpleton, so no one cared whether the fall had made her any worse. The second child has always been the one most likely to be overlooked in a family, and the Fengs were no exception. The eldest, Feng Chun, was the family’s first daughter, ambitious and fiercely competitive. The third
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1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了
This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield
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Infertile? She Remarried the Toughest Officer and Had Two Kids in Three Years 不孕？改嫁最猛军官三年抱俩
[Period Setting + Secret Crush Comes True + Building a Fortune + Second Male Lead’s Wife-Chasing Inferno] When Su Mo said she wanted to divorce Lu Shen, nobody believed her. Everyone among their friends and relatives knew how deeply she loved him. Lu Shen thought so too. He’d always believed Su Mo was the one chasing after him. Divorce? Impossible. But when it became clear she really meant it, Lu Shen and his whole family were dumbfounded. Su Mo was actually going through with it? The worst part
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Reborn in 1996: Cut Off Her Money, and She'll Come After Your Life 重生九六，断她财路，她搞命啊
[Reborn in 1996 + no forgiveness + no saintly heroine] The three Tang sisters were excellent students, always near the top of their class, but they had terrible luck. Their mother died when they were very young, and their scumbag father would rather pay for the education of his stepchildren, who weren’t related to him by blood, than send his own daughters to school. To keep her older and younger sisters in school, the second daughter, Tang Xiaolan, dropped out and went to work with people from h
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A Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Lazy Wife Uses Science to Make Her Country Strong 军婚年代：懒媳妇儿她凭科研强国
[Period setting + interstellar travel + scientific genius + military marriage + one-to-one romance, both untouched + slow-burn love + patriotism] The rating is low because there aren't many reviews. Leave more reviews, everyone. [Patriotic, rugged soldier boy x slow-to-warm-up scientific genius who knows how to act] Xia Qingqing, an interstellar healer, transmigrates to Jiuzhou in the 1980s and is instantly won over by the food and flowers here. There are three things that matter most in Xia Qin
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A Love That Sets Hearts Ablaze: In the 1970s, I Became Everyone's Darling by Taking It Easy 军婚撩人，我在七零靠摆烂成团宠
[Sweet Romance, Devoted Couple, Spatial Realm, Adorable Baby] Song Luoying unexpectedly transmigrates into a period novel and becomes a cannon-fodder supporting character with the same name as her own. The original Song Luoying’s blind date falls for the female lead, Liu Meijiao, instead. She can’t swallow her pride and is determined to find herself a factory worker husband, just to one-up the female lead. In the end, she marries a mama’s boy, has three daughters, gets looked down on by her moth
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The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户
[1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do
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Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽
[The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built
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A Hundred Billion in Supplies: I Take Charge of the Tycoons in a Period Novel 百亿物资：我在年代文里盘大佬
[1970s + sweet romance + System supplies + marriage first, love later + rewrite the plot + raising kids + face-slapping] After transmigrating into a book, Qin Lin discovers she's become the vicious little wife of the story's biggest villain! The story opens with the original owner's attempted elopement, only for the villain to catch her red-handed with her lover! She's doomed! The villain keeps the novel's hero and heroine down so completely they can't fight back. How can she talk her way out of
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Commander, Your Wife Has Brought the Whole Family to Find You 首长，你媳妇带着全家来找你了
[One-on-one romance, extra sweet, powerful hero and heroine, doting military romance, adorable System baby] Xu Jiajia opened her eyes to find herself as a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. The original owner had a fiancé who was a factory worker, but he was in love with the heroine. Unable to accept this, the original owner hired someone to assault the heroine. To win the heroine’s favor, her fiancé married the original owner, tormented her every day, and eventually drove her
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The Beautiful Stepmother Makes a Comeback: Raising Kids in the 1970s 漂亮后妈要翻身，我在七零养崽崽
Su Can was raised by her own mother to be fat, ugly, and not too bright. Her mother forced her to marry her younger sister's husband, a man with two paralyzed legs. When Su Can refused, she was starved for half a month, then sent to the village where he lived, barely clinging to life. She died of a serious illness. Su Can, a bodyguard, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and inherits this mess. Their home is bare, with no money and not even enough food. With a disabled soldier for a husband a
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