Period Stories With A Self-Interested Female Lead Who Stays In The City And Works Instead Of Going To The Countryside 年代文，女主利己主义者，不下乡，在城里工作

1. 1 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 972Reads5.6Score4014d adds

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   [Top Post][Top Post][Top Post] This novel's female protagonist transmigrates to a different era but doesn't go to the countryside. She has a sign-in system and a built-in storage space! She even passed the exam for a job as a typist at the post office! She doesn't work in the black market, her family is powerful and influential, and she's an only child from the city! She's logical and intelligent. [Currently Completing Draft][Currently Completing Draft][Currently Completing Draft][Currently Completing Draft] The female protagonist marries into the family!! The male protagonist marries into the family, and the female protagonist is the breadwinner while the male protagonist stays home. [Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Masterpiece by Sparrow Eater][Request for Extra Updates][Request for Extra Updates][Request for Extra Updates][Request for Extra Updates]

2. 2 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, This Cannon Fodder Won't Accept Her Fate 穿越到七零后炮灰绝不认命 Li Doesn't Quite Understand李不太懂Modern Romance304k WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + System + ensemble cast + no romance + no going to the countryside] Modern rich beauty Li Zhaodi transmigrates into a book after a plane crash, landing in a period novel as a minor cannon-fodder character! Her whole family are bit-part cannon fodder in someone else's story. Her mother is pressured into remarrying, so she makes the real culprit marry instead. Her sister is tricked into marriage and wants to die. This time, it’s her brother-in-law who wa 1.8kReads—Score22914d adds

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   The female protagonist runs her own factory in the city.

3. 3 七 The 1970s: The Commander’s Wicked Wife Has Pinduoduo in Hand 七零：首长的恶毒妻手握拼夕夕 Secretly Flowing by the Pillow暗向枕边流Modern Romance138k WordsOngoing Tomato's Premium Novel [Period Setting] [Strong Female Lead Building a Career] [Pinduoduo System] [Satisfying Read] She transmigrated into a military-marriage novel set in the 1970s, as a villainous cannon-fodder character who wouldn't survive three chapters. The original owner had squandered a winning hand and was about to lose. Now she was supposed to take over? Since she was at the table, she might as well play her cards! She had barely arrived when the female lead from the original novel sho 3.5kReads—Score48014d adds

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   The female protagonist was already in the countryside when she transmigrated; it's quite a story.

4. 4 哥 Bro, Keep Simping for That Fake Sweetheart and I'll Go After Your Nemesis 哥，你再舔白莲花我就舔你死对头 The Wilderness and the Wind Conspire Together山野与风同谋Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted [Training Her Brother + Training Her Husband + Girl Pursues Guy (Gives Up Halfway) + Guy Pursues Girl (Face-Slapping Comeuppance)] Sharp-tongued military rogue male lead vs. spoiled, rebellious female lead. They come from equally matched families. A hilarious, satisfying period romp where everyone is crazy! The female lead is a little selfish and morally dubious! In her previous life, her hopelessly lovesick older brother devoted himself to fawning over a fake innocent, only to meet a tragic end 19.9kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds

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   This is a period drama/rebirth story. The female lead is sophisticated and self-centered, studies in the city, and is well-matched with the male lead in terms of social standing. She is very rebellious and often makes the male lead and her brother angry.

5. 5 他 They Want Me to Be a Saint, but I Choose to Become the King of Hell 他们要我当圣母，我偏成阎罗 Orange Pancake橙子煎饼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + wish fulfillment + face-slapping] [Arc 1: Transmigrating into a 1990s brother-enabler, I’m done being his meal ticket] ✔ [Arc 2: The Ninth Year of My Secret Crush] ✔ [Arc 3: The First Lady] ✔ [Arc 4: Transmigrating into the female harem character of a power-fantasy hero] ✔ [Arc 5: Survival in the Wasteland] ✔ … After transmigrating into a novel set in a bygone era, E6 becomes a human blood bank for the “chosen little brother.” From the start, she’s sent to live with 51.7kReads9.4Score6.7k14d adds

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   This is seriously amazing!! The female lead is very smart, and the first world is a historical fiction setting. Through her wit and courage, she also redeems her sister and aunt. It's really good >_<

6. 6 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 18.2kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds

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   This book is incredibly good! The female lead is intelligent, works hard to get into a vocational school, and refuses to go to the countryside. The rating is a bit low because there aren't many reviewers. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family. A major strength is its excellent sense of the era; this is the most focused on historical setting I've read on Tomato Book. Prices are reasonable, accurate to the cent or the number of tickets, with meticulous attention to detail and few quirks. It feels like you're truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. You can read it as a historical fiction combined with a farming/rural life story.

7. 7 快 Quick Transmigration: The Fiery Little Demon Has Caught a Big Shot's Eye Again 快穿：魔丸娇气包叒被大佬盯上了 Everlasting Prosperity and Joy长盛乐Modern Romance2.2M WordsCompleted *Please read the author's note at the end of Chapter 1 for content warnings before you start reading! [She won't be mistreated or suffer hardship] [Period setting + other] [The heroine is the most beautiful] [No fixed couple] [Love at first sight] [Everyone is chaste] Sui Huan is a well-connected girl raised by the System. Other people do their missions by winning favor, following the plot, and saving villains. Sui Huan does her missions by having fun, enjoying life, and being adored by everyone 35.4kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds

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   Sui Huan, a spoiled second-generation ruler who can't bear hardship, is recommended for reading within 74 hours. (Recommended: Historical fiction + other genres) (No suffering or hardship) (Most beautiful female lead) (No fixed couple) (Love at first sight) (Completely virginal) Sui Huan is a privileged child raised by a system. Others do tasks: build favor, follow the plot, and save villains. Sui Huan does tasks: play, enjoy life, and be the group's darling. The second-generation ruler system: Do the tasks if you can, and if you can't, just have fun! 1. No rural visits in the 1960s 2. The reborn old lady is my mother 3. The cannon fodder sister of the hoarding heroine 4. The former emperor's concubine in a male-oriented novel 5. Live-streaming food delivery and becoming the darling of the internet 6. A 90s kid gets rich by swapping parents 7. The sister-in-law in a military novel 8. The cannon fodder celestial dragon's destined sword spirit 9. The cousin of the real heiress of Hong Kong 10. Infinite reality show 11. The burden of remarrying with her mother in a courtyard house 12. Becoming a nouveau riche in the world of domineering CEOs 13. The wicked woman who falsely claims to have saved a life 14. Being a green tea in the municipal party committee compound in the 1970s 15. The Hong Kong milk group in the 1990s is not finished. Selfish, will not take the initiative to avenge the original owner, and has already compensated before taking over the identity.

8. 8 穿 After Entering a Rough Hero’s Romance, the Delicate Young Lady Stops Handing Out Charity 穿进糙汉文后娇小姐不扶贫了 Qing Wu卿妩Modern Romance302k WordsCompleted (I’ve seen a lot of people asking about the male lead, so I’m clarifying here: in her previous life, the heroine was a player. She won’t give up an entire forest for a single tree. Peng is only there as a decoy and to move the plot along.) Starting over in a single day, Su Ci becomes an only daughter in the 1970s. In an era of austerity, she relies on her parents and becomes the envy of everyone. She’s simply so wonderful that people keep coveting her and trying to disrupt her life. What infuria 2.2kReads6.3Score14014d adds
9. 9 快 Quick Transmigration: You Didn't Want to Marry Me, So Don't Cry When I Pick Someone Else 快穿！结婚你不愿，换人你别哭啊 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Qing Dynasty Transmigration + Ancient Times + Modern-Day Scumbag-Bashing Revenge] Qing Dynasty transmigration + historical era + domineering CEO + broken engagement + cannon fodder + ex-wife + no fixed CP + golden finger + spatial dimension + cannon fodder comeback + punching scumbag men and tearing apart green tea women. High-octane catharsis from start to finish! ① The wealthy heiress strikes back against relatives trying to fleece her √ ② Qing Dynasty transmigration + Jia Yi 9.4kReads7.9Score75314d adds

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   A time-traveling adventure with no fixed couples.

10. 10 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 Romance640k 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 33.7kReads8.2Score3.2k14d adds

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    No going to the countryside! The female protagonist takes the high school entrance exam early, gets into a vocational school, and is assigned to a military factory. With modern mechanical knowledge, she works hard to build her career.

11. 11 革 The Revolutionary Committee Director's Wife Snatched Him Away Again 革委会主任又被媳妇抢了 Sisters Yiyi姐妹花一一Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted On a bitter winter day in 1975, Jiang Yu, director of the Revolutionary Committee in Hancheng County, was knocked unconscious with a brick on his way to work. When he woke up, all his belongings had been stolen: his service pistol, wallet, watch, and belt. Not a thing was left. The robbers were two high school sophomores, Xu Aiguo and Xu Xiuyun. The cousins worked together: he carried Jiang Yu to the hospital, while she stripped him bare as he lay unconscious. Xu Xiuyun stuffed the pistol into 4.5kReads6.3Score35214d adds

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    The female lead is clever, selfish, quick to run away from trouble, and knows how to play dumb. She's greedy. The male lead likes her because she's clever, bold, and knows how to feign cowardice. He's 11 years older than her and constantly tries to tempt her with money. She eventually succumbs to his temptations and marries him. Before marriage, she empties his savings. After marriage, she constantly urges him to work hard and be like her third brother-in-law.

12. 12 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 66.7kReads8.5Score8.4k14d adds

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    🥰🥰🥰Reborn in the 1970s, graduate student Wen Jingshu returns with a system, stunning everyone with her purchasing prowess! From the county supply and marketing cooperative to a translator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she handles tractors, manages exports, and even helps a relegated professor connect with international academic exchanges. Pampered by her family, thriving in her career, and silently protected by the aloof Mayor Gu. She handles this overwhelming wealth and romantic advances with ease! 🚀✨

13. 13 八 The 1980s Contrast Group: I Drain the Luck from My Blessed Younger Siblings 八零对照组：我把锦鲤弟妹吸干了 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll rise.) The day Lin Wanxing died, Jiang Fufu crouched in front of her, smiling as sweetly as a spring breeze. “Fourth Sister-in-law, I was the one who killed your whole family. I’ll take good care of your Lin family heirloom jade pendant.” When she opened her eyes again, she was back at the time she was carrying her third child. There was blood beneath her, and the door was locked from the outside. Her mother-in-law called her a bringer of bad luck, and her hu 2.9kReads5.9Score23914d adds

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14. 14 缺 You Rotten System, Don't Stop Me. I'm Going to Make the Female Lead's Mom Die of Filial Piety 缺德系统别拦我，我要孝死女主妈 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out. It may go up later, or it might go down. Hahaha] Reborn as a cannon-fodder character in a story set in a bygone era, I landed in a latrine from the start. The good news: I awakened the [Bad Deeds System]. The bad news: I was in debt for a mountain of Bad Deeds Points. If I didn't pay them back, I'd have to keep being a background character. My biological mother was the heroine? She left after getting into college and went off to the capital to live happily with anoth 913Reads6.0Score—14d adds
15. 15 七 The 1970s: The Awakening and Comeback of the Comparison Group’s Younger Aunt, the Fake Heiress 七零：对照组小姑觉醒逆袭假千金 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted When Liu Xinyi wakes up, she discovers she's become the awful sister-in-law in a period novel: lazy, greedy, sly, and hired to serve as a foil to the real heiress's family. In the book, she's a disposable character who drowns in a cesspit. Her mother, Zhang Cuiyun, was once a factory director's daughter, but an enemy switched her at birth, leaving her to suffer a life of hardship. Her three brothers and sisters-in-law will die horribly while seeking revenge, and her young nieces and nephews will 1.3kReads—Score10214d adds
16. 16 恶 The Villainess Became the Contrast Character, and Her Whole Family Is Absolutely Terrifying 恶女穿成对照组，极品全家杀翻天 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted Lin Huanyue transmigrates into an old-fashioned farming novel as the female side character who serves as a foil. Her family is notorious throughout the village: A stingy father who married into the family, a fake-sweet, scheming mother, an eldest brother who steals chickens and dogs, a second sister with expert tea-drinking skills, and another brother who excels at pretending to be ill. As for her, she is a spoiled, infamous little villain, doted on by her whole family. In the original story, th 267Reads5.9Score—14d adds
17. 17 暴 Get Rich! The Seventies’ Feisty Aunt Takes Down a Scumbag from the Start 暴富！七零作精小姑开局刀了渣男 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Modern Romance172k WordsCompleted Song Xiaoxiao transmigrates into the 1970s as the beloved little aunt of a doted-on family. Her family treats her like a treasure, but she’s hopelessly lovestruck and gets swindled out of food and money by a scumbag educated youth. On the day she transmigrates, she figures out the plot. Under cover of darkness, she cripples the scumbag and empties his ill-gotten stash of cash. She thinks she can lie flat and live like a lazy fish, but then the [Universal Favorability Mall] suddenly opens Fiddleh 205Reads—Score—14d adds
18. 18 我 Me, the Pig-Slaying Princess, Go Crazy and Carry My Whole Family to Victory! 我，杀猪郡主，靠发疯带躺全家！ Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance486k WordsCompleted Lin Taotao becomes the foil to the heroine in a novel, starting out in hell mode. The heroine, Zhou Qiandan, is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Lin Taotao only knows how to butcher pigs and cattle. The heroine is adored and pampered by her whole family. As an only child, Lin Taotao is scolded by her parents for being too unruly. The heroine is graceful and gentle, a paragon of the capital. Lin Taotao is infamous for being crazy and gives everyone a headache. In the origina 156Reads—Score—14d adds
19. 19 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 55.2kReads7.9Score8.4k14d adds
20. 20 七 The 1970s: Skipping Every Heartbreak, I Cheat My Way to the Top 七零：跳过所有虐点，我一路开挂 Lucky Little Ladle福气小汤勺Modern Romance112k WordsCompleted One second, Tang Liqing was fighting zombies in a brutal battle. The next, someone smacked her hard across the face. She was not the sort to let a grudge go unanswered, so she hit back on the spot. When she came to, she received the original host's memories and learned that the woman before her was her adoptive younger aunt, who planned to marry her off to a bachelor in the village named Da Niu. She also planned to take all of Tang Liqing's property. Enough was enough. She would not only fight b 1.1kReads—Score9814d adds

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    I transmigrated into a post-apocalyptic novel, taking over the original owner's life as it was about to plummet to rock bottom. I'll repay her for the money I took. I'll make her pay double for the harm I caused. No more suffering, no more resentment, no more internal conflict. 😏

21. 21 穿 Transmigrated to 1970, Suddenly a Mom of Nine 穿越1970，喜当9个孩子的妈 A Cha in the Misty Rain阿茶烟雨Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing Main characters: Zhao Wenting and Li Sixi [Period Setting + Information System + Transmigrate + Everyday Family Life] Zhao Wenting has transmigrated. There’s one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news: she has a golden finger, an Information System. The bad news: she has nine kids from the start, more than the Calabash Brothers. Looking at the three children who are about to be sent to the countryside, Zhao Wenting rolls up her sleeves and starts toughening them up. As a res 17.7kReads8.3Score1.3k14d adds

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22. 22 五 The Fragrance of Herbs Warms the Green Hills in the Fifties 五零之青山药香暖 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Ji Lan, a captain in the apocalypse, is reborn as Lin Qinghe, the youngest daughter of the Lin family in a small mountain village in the 1950s. Not getting enough to eat? No problem. Her wood-element ability came with her. It may be weak, but it still comes in handy. Not strong enough? That’s not an issue either. She can shatter a millstone with one punch, and carrying water or chopping wood is a piece of cake. Most importantly, she has inherited her family’s medical knowledge, so her dream of b 5kReads8.4Score53614d adds
23. 23 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.2kReads6.8Score17414d adds
24. 24 过 Expired Birth Control Pills, and a Curvy Nanny Pregnant with a Tycoon's Baby 过期避孕药，丰腴保姆怀上大佬崽 Su Ranjiu酥染玖Modern Romance341k WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation of Transmigrate Into a Book: I Became the Beloved of the 1990s is available on Hongguo Tomato. Zhou Xing'er discovers that she has transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder ex-wife in a period novel. The original owner schemed to get pregnant by the male lead. After giving birth, she showed up at his door with the baby, expecting to become a rich man's wife and spend the rest of her life in comfort. She acted outrageously at every turn, until the male lead 14.6kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds

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    ❤️The male lead is betrayed and loses his innocence. He searches for the female lead but can't find her anywhere. However, he notices that his new nanny looks very familiar, and after she gives birth, the child looks like a miniature version of himself.

25. 25 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 3kReads—Score17314d adds

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    This was originally a journey from a small town to a city.

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