Looking for a Strong Female Lead in a Period Novel: She's a Businesswoman, Not a Saint, and Travels Around China and Abroad 求年代文女强，女主经商，不圣母，国内国外跑那种

1 首 Commander, Someone Swapped Your Wife! 首长，你媳妇被人掉包了 Over Ten Thousand a Day日收过万Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Substitute Marriage + Military Marriage + Stepmom + Mutual First Love] (Fictional Military Marriage + Everyday Life as a Military Wife) Yang Niannian, a college student, was so furious after losing ten ranked matches in a row in Honor of Kings that she blacked out and transmigrated to the 1980s. The moment she opened her eyes, her mother was pressuring her to marry, sobbing and sniffling all over her. “Lu Shishen is a soldier with a secure government job. If you marry him, you’ 82.5kReads9.2Score10.6kShelves

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A time-travel novel, not a stepmother in the serious sense. The female protagonist does various businesses and the male protagonist is an army officer.

2 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.0M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 105.4kReads9.3Score12.5kShelves

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Go to various planes to open grocery stores, every little storyline is interesting

3 救 Help! The Gentle Military Doctor Cried, and the Whole Unit Panicked 救命！娇柔军医一哭，全部队慌了 Little Silly Goose小呆鹅Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion] Martial arts prodigy Jiang Nianzhi transmigrates into a book and arrives in an alternate version of the 1980s, where she becomes a delicate, frail beauty. Thinking she would run into one terrible person after another, she rolls up her sleeves, ready to beat them all into submission. But her feisty mother favors girls over boys, her white-lotus sister is a doting sister-con, her grandmother is a beauty enthusiast, and her little brother has 60.6kReads9.4Score7.1kShelves

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The heroine's soul travels and leads the whole family to become rich and well-off.

4 国 The Nation's Beloved: Long Live the Goddess 国民团宠：女神万万岁 Baili Cha Cha百里茶茶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Zhiwei finds an injured man with amnesia. Since she's a sucker for good looks, she immediately claims him: “I'll take care of you. I'll buy you anything you want!” Ninth Master Bai: “I'm expensive. I only use the best of everything.” Lin Zhiwei: “That's easy. I'm so rich, money's all I've got!” Ninth Master Bai: “My bloodline is pure and noble. You can't let me suffer.” Lin Zhiwei: “You can have it all. Whatever you want, I'll give it to you. Even my life!” Her agent: ? Did you two get your 693Reads9.3Score102Shelves

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It's a very interesting book. The female protagonist is very powerful, and the male protagonist is also very powerful. They join forces.

5 重 Reborn: I’m an Agent, and My Whole Family Are Stars 重生之：我是经纪人，全家大明星 Yan Xixi言夕夕Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [No romance + reborn + golden finger + pocket dimension + secret identities + female lead] Lin Shuyan had a truly miserable life in her previous one. She devoted herself to the tutoring business, only to get caught up in the double-reduction policy and betrayed by her boyfriend. Burdened with a million yuan in debt, she nearly jumped off a building. Luckily, her family stood by her and helped her through it. But just after she paid off her debts, she was caught in a plane crash, accidentally tra 402Reads8.8Score104Shelves

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There are no more strong women

9 女 The Female Delinquent Returns to 1990 and Kisses the Shy Little Lame Boy Until He Cries 女流氓重回90，亲哭害羞小瘸子 Wealth and Prosperity金银富贵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-led period business drama + raising a child + unruly heroine + gentle, devoted husband + mutual healing] [Short drama now streaming] In her previous life, Su Ai was a gangster. She smoked, played cards, drank, and got into fights, and she didn't give a damn about anything. She even stole a handsome village doctor away to be her husband and had a well-behaved child with him. Her biggest regret was causing trouble and getting her husband killed at home. Even after she later built a busine 8.4kReads9.2Score981Shelves

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Nice. The heroine is not the Virgin. Be very decisive in doing things.

10 快 Quick Transmigration: We Fought to the Death Back Then, Now We Set Sail Again 快穿：当年死战，又是扬帆起航 Would You Like to Admire My Leg Hair?想欣赏妾身的腿毛嘛Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [No CP] [Some worlds involve taking down scumbags] [Patriotic themes] [Big-picture perspective] [Ancestors transmigrate] [Healing] [Many worlds, but may our country always know peace and prosperity] [Personal growth] Lu Zhou was a young soldier who died in battle. All she saw was the shining Five-Star Red Flag. The world comes in a thousand colors, but she loves only one shade of red. World One: The villainous rich girl at an elite school? A spoiled rich kid with nothing to do? No problem. All o 12kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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The heroine comes from the war period. She is really beautiful. People at that time were really patriotic.

11 磕 After Four Years of Stupidity, I Became the Beloved Wife of a Rough Village Bully 磕傻四年，成了糙汉村霸的娇媳妇 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 46.8kReads9.2Score4kShelves

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The second best friend article tells the story of best friend Qi Chuan who married into a family and then started a business together. The male protagonist is also pretty good. The first book is particularly interesting. The heroine recovered after being stupid. After recovering, she married the hero and gave birth to a child. But the male protagonist particularly dotes on the female protagonist. The heroine is particularly cute when she is silly, and there will be extra chapters later. Looks great, looks great, I highly recommend the second brush. The third book is a post-apocalyptic period novel. The male and female protagonists are rivals, and then they are reborn into a farmhouse in a different era. Then they have three children who are emotionally stable and live together. For others, you can also read the introduction yourself, it looks good, it looks good. They are all very good-looking, and each one is particularly well-written, exciting, and beautiful.

16 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Brawny Husband Is Strong and Stamina-Filled 重生八零，糙汉身强体壮耐力好 Peaches Are So Chilly桃子好凉凉Modern Romance565k WordsCompleted (Military marriage + devoted to each other + doting romance + sweet and steamy love story + building wealth) Given a chance to live her life over again, Yu Xiaomin flirts with her husband and doesn't hold back with either her words or her actions~ When Zhou Huaicheng wakes to find his wife suddenly treating him with overwhelming warmth, she is lying on her side with one bare shoulder exposed, her delicate collarbone and tantalizing curves just visible. His mouth goes dry, and his Adam's apple bo 4.6kReads9.0Score346Shelves

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(Military marriage + double cleansing + pampering + Jiangjiang's sweet articles + getting rich) Yu Xiaomin, who had a chance to flirt with her man again, was not soft-spoken or soft-spoken~ Zhou Huaicheng looked at his wife, who suddenly became extremely passionate about him after waking up. She lay on her side and raised her head, revealing half of her snow-white shoulders, delicate collarbones, and looming career line. He felt his mouth was dry and his Adam's apple rolled. He opened his thin lips lightly: "Daughter-in-law, stop being awkward, let's live a good life..." In this life, she just wants to protect her own happiness and her family, focus on love and career, lead the whole family to make a fortune, and live a good life.

17 小 With My Hands Behind My Back, I Transmigrated to the 1970s, Where I Can Make Trouble and Money with Ease 小手一背穿七零，搞事赚钱样样行 Heavy Clouds云沉沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as "Transmigrating into a Book Set in the Seventies: I Collect Eighty-Eight Paychecks Every Month" Su He woke up one day and transmigrated into a period novel, becoming a fake heiress who had been sent back to her village. In the book, the ungrateful real heiress was practically blessed by cheat codes, with schemes and tricks appearing one after another. The Su family ended up destroyed, while the original owner wished she were dead. Looking at her impoverished home and family members 106.8kReads9.6Score11.2kShelves

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The heroine has a lot of tricks up her sleeve, and she can fool anyone she wants. Fortunately, the heroine still has a positive outlook [face covering]

18 老 My Husband Is Too Irresistible 老公不经撩 North of the Yangtze River长江以北Modern Romance197k WordsCompleted [Both leads are each other’s one and only] Fu Jingshen had a beloved woman he’d kept in his heart for years, someone he loved but could never have. When she woke up one morning, she had completely changed, and was actually eager to marry him… To his face, he was arrogant and stubborn: “Miss Shen really isn’t my type.” In private, he could barely sleep without hugging their marriage certificate. After they got their certificate, his friend wouldn’t stop lecturing him. “A marriage without love as 2.1kReads9.1Score190Shelves

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Highly recommended, come in and take a look

21 八 An ’80s Military Marriage: The Pretty Army Wife Builds a Fortune and Raises Her Kids 八零军婚，俏军嫂发家致富养崽崽 Xuanji Bright Moon璇玑明月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After a car accident, Su Ran unexpectedly transmigrated into a period novel as the troublesome, doomed ex-wife. A disastrous start: she arrived on the eve of the original character’s divorce from her military commander husband. Divorce was one thing, but the original character had even drugged him, planning to sleep with this cold man before dumping him? What a reckless move! Su Ran: “I’m not taking the blame for this.” She slipped away to build a career. After she disappeared, her soon-to-be ex 6.3kReads9.2Score655Shelves

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🌈The heroine traveled through time to start a business selling books, clothes, electronics factory, research and development of high-tech equipment and medicine, etc., And she also had three cute cubs. The heroine was selected by the country to join the diplomatic corps✨✨✨

22 七 The 1970s: The Sweet, Gentle Educated Youth Is Doted on by the Wildest, Roughest Man 七零娇软知青被最野糙汉放肆宠 Xiao Lin Zhaozhao小林昭昭Modern Romance568k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + personal space + sweet romance + delicate, beautiful educated youth + rugged country man] Lin Wanwan transmigrates to the impoverished 1970s, bringing an entire personal space with her. She becomes an educated youth about to be sent to the countryside. The delicate young woman is so frail that she gets breathless and uncomfortable after just a few steps. The only thing that can make her feel better is absorbing the “yang energy” of a rugged man named Lu Ye. Blu 3.3kReads7.9Score448Shelves

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The heroine is dressed as a delicate educated youth who wants to go to the countryside. Her father is a veteran and is now the director of a machinery factory, her mother is a fifth-level worker in a textile factory, her eldest brother is a worker in a machinery factory, and her sister-in-law is a teacher. The second brother is a serving soldier (deputy commander), and the second sister-in-law is a military doctor. The heroine is a sickly and beloved little girl who wants to go to the countryside. After going to the countryside, the heroine met the hero, and a hero came to save the beauty at the first meeting. After that, she started to pamper his wife, helping the heroine with work, catching bugs, bandaging, and dressing... It also promoted her determination to make money, so that the delicate wife would not have to worry about life! Ps: The female protagonist is delicate and soft, and the male protagonist is doting on his wife and her boyfriend is extremely powerful!

23 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Saving the Kids My Late Husband Spoiled 重生八零，挽救早逝老公养废的娃 Chu Wu Jiu Jiu初五九九Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, everyday family life, building wealth In her previous life, Su Xiaowan listened to so-called folk remedies for having a boy and neglected her two daughters. Her husband, Xiao Beiguo, had to support the family and care for both girls. Su Xiaowan’s constant tantrums and troublemaking wore him down, and he died young from overwork. His daughters stood by his coffin and cursed her. “You should have been the one to die! If you hadn’t been so obsessed with having a son, Dad wouldn’t have worke 529Reads6.8Score109Shelves

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After the heroine was reborn, she concentrated on her career, loved her children and her husband, and made up for all the regrets in her previous life.

24 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, I Became a Doer 穿到七零成为实干家 I'd Gladly Share a Dream with You甘与子同梦Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted As a descendant of Huaxia, revitalizing the motherland and building a prosperous, powerful nation is a conviction etched into one's bones. After unexpectedly transmigrating to the 1970s, Nian Youyu eagerly answers the nationwide call for educated youth to go to the countryside, build the land, and defend the motherland. She has already graduated from high school. Raising fish and shrimp, growing medicinal herbs, opening a distillery... As the great leader said, the countryside is a vast world wh 293Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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The heroine transforms into an educated youth and goes to Lianhua Village to build the motherland. The heroine is relatively young, but she is very smart, courageous, and has a good outlook on life. She has relatively few "family advantages and disadvantages". She mainly develops her career and does business. Starting from Lianhua Village, she leads everyone step by step to eat well and wear well...

25 回 Back to 1989: The World Reboots 回到1989：世界重启 Dragon Roaming a Shallow Ditch龙游浅沟Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1989, equipped with an intelligent brain-computer interface from nearly a century in the future. He moves faster than anyone else, leads the world in technology, military affairs, and business, and lives life to the fullest. Watch me dominate the five continents. 1kReads6.7Score—Shelves

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All moved off the bookshelf

27 二 Marrying an Officer Again: The Socially Anxious Beauty Is Doted on by Her Brother-in-Law 二嫁军官，社恐美人被大伯哥娇宠 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance362k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Both Pure + Sweet, Sensual, Introverted Beauty vs. Deeply Cunning Officer + Sweet Romance + Period Setting + Eight-Year Age Gap] Tang Huan transmigrated into the body of a young widow whose husband had died just after their wedding. Losing her husband wasn't a problem. Her parents-in-law treated her like their own daughter. Her father-in-law gave her money every few days, and her mother-in-law was an amazing cook. Tang Huan had a wonderful life. The only thing she didn't like w 12.9kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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This book completely meets your needs. The female protagonist is smart, period story, and the male protagonist is a soldier.

29 末 A Doomsday Survivor Reborn in a Bygone Era: Her Enemies' Worst Nightmare 末世女重生年代敌人的克星 Phantom Moon in the Clouds云中幻月Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Ning Jingshu, a powerful esper in the apocalypse, perished alongside the Zombie King, she was born into a family of capitalists in a period setting. Abandoned by her family, she was adopted by a military family through a twist of fate. She became an undercover enforcer, protecting her family during the turbulent years, hunting down spies, and later heading overseas for a little zero-cost shopping. She also stirred up trouble between foreign countries, watching them descend into chaos while 10.1kReads9.2Score901Shelves

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The female protagonist is super strong, and the male protagonist has never defeated the female protagonist since she was a child. She trains in the early stage, and later when she goes on a mission, she will do some small business abroad and help the country open a company.

30 相 I Went to the Wrong Blind Date Table and Married an Officer, Then Made a Fortune with My Pocket Dimension 相亲走错桌嫁军官，携空间赚翻了 October Frost十月霜华Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional] (military marriage in a bygone era + devoted love between two virgins + face-slapping villains + a touch of fantasy with a pocket dimension + no saintly heroine + building wealth) After ten years of keeping her head down, Gong Linglong finally avenged her parents and reclaimed everything that belonged to her. Just as she was about to enjoy life, a soul-reaper dragged her spirit down to the underworld! Damn it! They got the wrong soul? And she couldn't go back? With her fiery 50.1kReads9.4Score6.6kShelves

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These two chronicles are both good to read [Like][Like][Like]

33 穿 Back to the 1970s, a Textile Mill Worker from the Start 穿回七零年代，开局纺织女工 Grapefruit Tomato Sauce西柚番茄酱Modern Romance657k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate and reborn + raising kids + career + family life + no pocket dimension, System, or golden finger] Former title: Reborn in the Seventies, I Raised My Burden of a Kid into a Pillar of the Nation Gu Chun graduates from a prestigious university and becomes a designer at a top fashion company. Then she encounters a robber on a bus and dies in an accident, only to transmigrate into the body of eighteen-year-old Gu Chun in the 1970s. Just like that, her million-yuan salar 1.2kReads8.9Score101Shelves

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The heroine of this book starts out as an employee in a textile factory, and then goes into business after the country opens up. The hero is also a businessman.

34 相 He Called Me Lazy and Greedy on Our Blind Date, Then I Married His Boss 相亲嫌我懒又馋，转头高嫁他领导 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Jiang Yu had a dream. In it, she got her wish and married a man from the city. But her husband, Fu Xiangyang, was a coward, while her domineering mother-in-law was intensely controlling. Jiang Yu could barely breathe under the pressure. A year into the marriage, she still hadn't conceived. She had to drink bitter, foul-smelling medicine every day, and her mother-in-law would beat and berate her at the slightest pretext. Jiang Yu woke from the nightmare, only to find the matchmaker at her door. T 24.7kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves

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The heroine can't stand a little grievance, the world is awake, and she can quarrel with whomever she sees, the heroine of Shuangwen

35 穿 After Becoming the Male Lead's Stepmother, I Flee With the Villain's Little One 穿成男主小妈后，带反派幼崽跑路 Mr. Zixu Wuyou子虚乌有君Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After Wang Qi died in a car accident, she transmigrated into a romance novel called The Overbearing CEO Falls for Me. By an unfortunate twist of fate, she became the male lead’s stepmother and the mother of three future villainous powerhouses. But Wang Qi transmigrated to the 1990s, five years before the novel’s story began. The original heroine had yet to be reborn, and the plot had not started. The eldest son, one of the future villains, was only fourteen, while the other two hadn’t even been 23.5kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves

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The heroine travels back to the 1990s and breaks up with the original sponsor to start her own business.

36 魂 The Soul of a Capitalist Heiress Transmigrates into a Girl Volunteering for Rural Service in the 1970s 魂穿七零报名下乡的资本家小姐 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Liu Ningshuang is a modern orphan with doctorates in two fields. Her only hobbies are kickboxing and boxing. Her soul transmigrates to the 1970s, where she becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. Everyone in her family manages to flee overseas in advance, but there aren't enough boat tickets, so she's left behind. All the treasures the family can't take with them fall into the hands of newcomer Liu Ningshuang. With disaster looming, Liu Ningshuang has no choice but to sign up to move to the 7.6kReads8.9Score520Shelves

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Liu Ningshuang, a modern orphan with a doctorate in two disciplines, whose only hobbies are Sanda and boxing, transformed into the daughter of a capitalist in her 70s. Her family all fled overseas in advance. She had to stay behind because of insufficient ship tickets. All the treasures that the family could not take away were all cheapened by the latecomer Liu Ningshuang. Faced with the impending catastrophe, Liu Ningshuang could only sign up to go to the countryside. She met Qin Yue in the countryside. The two had a fight when they first met. They went to the kang directly when they met again. They met three times to get married. After the marriage, the family was full of chaos.

37 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 22.7kReads9.1Score2kShelves

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You can take a look, it's all finished

40 安 Winning Anxin Back 安心追回 Five Little Cats五只小猫Modern Romance456k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she was pushed into a river and forced to marry that beast in human form. After the wedding, the scumbag used her father’s influence to return to the city. They spent twenty years in a sexless marriage. She refused to let her husband touch her because she had always carried an unspoken love in her heart. Later, her father died of illness, and her mother passed away soon after. The scumbag ground her down until she was barely recognizable. She also learned that her father ha 9.4kReads9.3Score931Shelves

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Highly rated book. There is nothing bad about it. I hope someone has the same goals as me. The first book is super sweet and tooth-droppingly sweet.

43 五 In the 1950s, a New Year’s Picture Doll Rises to the Top with the Help of Her Pocket Space 五零，年画娃娃依靠空间走上巅峰 Meng Lei Loves Meat梦蕾爱吃肉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No romance + Storage Space + Growth + Everyday Life + Supernatural Abilities) The pacing is slow. Don't compare it with real history. If that bothers you, don't read. Zhu Fanfan was given to another family as a baby, but she won the recognition of the Zhu family's heirloom and unlocked a storage space. From then on, she could farm and raise livestock alike. In the supply-starved 1950s, she thrived. Her maternal grandparents were capitalists, her paternal grandfather was a general, and her grand 530Reads7.7Score110Shelves

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(No CP+Space+Growth+Daily+Minor Abilities) The pace is slow, don't compare it with history, don't enter if you don't mind. Zhu Fanfan, who was adopted when he was just born, was recognized by the Zhu family heirloom and opened up a space. From then on, he was able to plant and breed. In the 1950s when supplies were scarce, he lived a prosperous life. He had capitalist grandparents before him, and later he had a grandfather who was a general, and a grandmother who was a vice president. In life, Take off on the same spot, what are you afraid of during the three years of famine? We have space. What are we afraid of with precious medicinal materials? We have space. What are we afraid of with backward technology? We have space to buy them from abroad for zero yuan. What are we afraid of if talents cannot return to the country? We have space to knock them unconscious and bring them back. We have space to go directly to the peak of life.

44 末 The Doomsday Woman Becomes a Tycoon in the 1970s 末世女在七十年代做首富 A Lone Lamp Shines on Oolong独灯照乌龙Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted After surviving for five years in the apocalypse, Lin Ximan was finally sacrificed as cannon fodder. Reborn one month before the apocalypse, she sells her house and stockpiles supplies to prepare for what’s coming. But she never expected that, just after she had cleaned out an entire city, a bolt of divine lightning would strike her and send her into the body of a thirteen-year-old girl in the 1970s, along with the System space every transmigrated woman needs. After five years in the apocalypse, 2kReads8.8Score153Shelves

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This book is in line with your requirements. Please be patient and read it. It's not bad.