Looking for Period Novels Where the Hero Isn't an Officer or a Rugged Tough Guy 求年代文，男主不是军官不是糙汉的

1. 51 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 9.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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2. 52 穿 The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 158.2kReads9.6Score18.2kShelves
3. 53 重 Reborn in a Bygone Era: This Wife Brings Prosperity to Her Family 重生年代，这个媳妇儿很旺家 Send Me Off to Become a Rich Lady送我当富婆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete] [New book: Dressed in Eighties Style, the Rugged Man Won’t Leave His Sweet Wife Alone] [Sweet romance, everyday family life, devoted couple (No space, no space, stop asking. I’m not writing one. The heroine herself is her golden finger, thank you.)] Xia Youtao was sitting peacefully at home when the ceiling light suddenly fell on her. When she woke up, she had arrived in an unfamiliar era. Back before she transmigrated, her parents only knew how to hold out their hands for money, all 1.5kReads8.8Score100Shelves
4. 54 穿 Transmigrate into a Book Set in the Seventies: The Cannon-Fodder Wife Takes Her Child to Join the Army 穿书年代，炮灰原配携崽随军去啦 Spirit Rain in the Empty Mountains空山灵雨Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted An Hua transmigrated to the 1960s and became the cannon-fodder ex-wife of a male lead from a novel set in that era. The original wife was a rich, beautiful heiress who looked down on her illiterate, working-class husband. She caused one scene after another, determined to divorce him and run into the arms of her first love. An Hua, who had transmigrated into her role, thought: Illiterate? That's a man with the right roots and a good background! Working-class? He's a golden ticket! She promptly to 29kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
5. 55 穿 Transmigrating Into an Era Novel: The Tool Character Refuses to Follow the Plot 穿越年代文：工具人拒绝剧情 Ninth Little Sister九小妹Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket dimension + no romance + family and village life + stays in the countryside + no school] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Mingyue discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel. She wasn’t the female lead’s rival or a sacrificial character, but merely a tool character who provided a house when the female lead went to the countryside, then appeared briefly in the background introduction. Did Gu Mingyue mind? Of course not!!! Her pocket dimension was stoc 5.1kReads8.9Score287Shelves
6. 56 年 The 1970s: This Book Is a Little Improper 年代，这本书有点不正经 Tomatoes Are Spicy番茄很辣Modern Romance701k WordsOngoing [Alternate-history fantasy era + transmigrate into a book + going crazy + hilarious + space + System + stockpiling goods + face-slapping + multiple male leads] Content warning: This is an alternate-history fantasy setting. Prices are high. The story is mainly lighthearted, humorous, and full of memes. Everyone in it is mentally unwell. It doesn’t follow normal logic and isn’t a traditional period novel. If that’s not your thing, please move along. How can you transmigrate into a period novel and 798Reads8.6Score—Shelves
7. 57 年 Period: The Supporting Character Who Once Played Second Fiddle Is Thriving 年代：衬托主角的配角越过越好了 Orange Ears of Grain橙穗穗Modern Romance808k WordsCompleted [Ensemble cast + pocket dimension + cozy daily life] Meng Yu has one wish: for her whole family to live long, peaceful lives. They are the troublesome relatives of the heroine in a period novel. They are stepping-stones who make the heroine shine. They are the heartless villains in the book. In the original ending, the whole family of six villains opposes the heroine and brings about their own destruction. Then Meng Yu arrives, changing the fate that had already been set. She claims the heroine’ 29.5kReads7.8Score2.4kShelves
8. 58 年 The Male Lead of This Era’s Villainess Has Come After Her Again 年代恶女男主他又追过来了 Classmate Xiao Jin小矜同学Modern Romance728k WordsCompleted {Period quick transmigration, a pampered and wicked heroine with a little conscience, but not much, a touch of a reverse harem, one-on-one romance, an obsessive male lead who becomes crazed and possessive when she leaves him, some worlds where the original heroine is villainized, immersive quick transmigration} Yu Zhi, the only daughter of Immortal Lord Shenyuan, has been adored and spoiled since childhood. Because her birth mother died young, Immortal Lord Shenyuan dotes on her terribly, giving 6.5kReads7.7Score381Shelves

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9. 59 在 Saving an Ordinary Family in a Novel Set in the Seventies 在年代文里拯救路人一家 The South Has Jade南方有玉Modern Romance407k WordsCompleted Before transmigrating, the heroine relied on her mother. Going from a rich second-generation kid to the 1970s isn’t scary. What’s scary is transmigrating into an insignificant character who won’t live to see twenty, and who is destined to give the heroine her family fortune and a man. When she went to the countryside, she met a pitiful punk with a sharp tongue. Just because he said the heroine was ugly and had a big face, the heroine and her best friend got him executed. Since they were both in 2.7kReads7.7Score196Shelves
10. 60 失 My Cousin Lost Her Protagonist Aura, and Her Life Got Weird 失去主角光环堂妹日子过得很抽风 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuyu may be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever. She’d just won the lottery and hadn’t even had a chance to collect her winnings when she kicked the bucket from excitement. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she’d transmigrated into a book. There was no suspense: the body she’d transmigrated into was, of course, that of the vicious female antagonist. The heroine, Shen Xue, was her cousin. Beautiful and kindhearted, hardworking and capable, she was the village’s most admired young 35.6kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
11. 61 穿 Transmigrated into a Period Novel: My Parents Divorced from the Start 穿越年代文：开局爹妈就离婚 Still Haven't Lost Weight Today今天也没瘦Modern Romance716k WordsOngoing [Period setting + strong female lead + career-focused plot + one-on-one romance + both leads devoted to each other + male lead appears late and doesn't get much page time] Gu Qingyu transmigrates into a period novel as an insignificant passerby. Sent back to her family's village as soon as she's born, she becomes a pitiful child no one wants after her parents divorce when she's three. But Gu Qingyu doesn't think she's pitiful at all. At three, she leads the village children in making money. At f 4.3kReads7.9Score181Shelves
12. 62 七 1970s! Transmigrated as the Pampered Daughter-in-Law Favored by Her Mother-in-Law 七零！穿成婆婆偏心的娇儿媳 Cen Wang岑王Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Murong Xi transmigrates into a tearjerker period novel as the saintly, beloved white moonlight, what does it feel like? Thanks for asking. I’m currently researching seventy-six different ways to live or die~ According to the plot, she’s supposed to toil selflessly like a saint, giving everything she has. She’ll endure misunderstanding and torment, then burn through the last of her light and warmth. In the end, she’ll become the white moonlight propping up the male lead’s table, and the mosq 10.9kReads9.2Score824Shelves
13. 63 七 The 1970s: The Favorite Granddaughter of a Biased Grandma 七零：穿成偏心眼奶奶的乖孙女 Eating Beans and Staying Awake吃豆豆不睡觉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Book transmigration + space + farming + satisfying wish fulfillment + sweet romance] The young leader of a mystic sect from the twenty-first century accidentally transmigrates into a period novel, becoming a minor character who gets bitten to death by a wild boar right from the start. As for the heroine, whose white-lotus act practically radiates from her, Hua Jiaojiao refuses to accept it. Since she has to live through this era anyway, why not put her little hands, skilled at drawing talismans 5.2kReads8.9Score391Shelves
14. 64 年 Period-Era Quick Transmigration: Helping the Cannon-Fodder Heroine Live a Good Life 年代快穿：带炮灰女配过好日子 Chang Yun昌云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Quick Transmigration + Feel-Good, Sweet Romance and Flirting + No Fixed Male Lead] In romance novels, some supporting female characters have money, beauty, and a great figure, yet they keep making stupid choices and acting like fools. They squander a winning hand and meet tragic ends. Ye Susu works for the Time-Space Travel Bureau. With the resentment of supporting female characters from various worlds building up, she's sent to save these doomed characters, turn their tragic l 15.6kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves

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