Looking for a Period Novel: The Heroine Doesn't Go to the Countryside, Marry a Soldier, or Get a Stepmother 找一本年代文小说，女主不下乡，不军婚，没后妈

1. 1 暴 My Fortune Begins with Selling Lunch Boxes 暴富从卖盒饭开始 Lin Juejue林觉觉Modern Romance555k WordsCompleted Xia Meng: Founder of the country’s largest food service company and a formidable businesswoman renowned throughout the business world. Her journey has been nothing short of legendary. No one knows what she went through or how she rose from the ashes and weathered the tides of the times. People love to talk about her career, and her love life draws even more attention. Everyone knows that Zhao Ling and President Xia supported each other throughout their careers. Years later, one became the founde 2.4kReads9.0Score185Shelves

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   These three period novels are the ones I have read so far and I think they are very good. The story logic is clear, the rhythm is tight and smooth, the main heroine does not go to the countryside, does not get married in the military, and concentrates on her career.

2. 2 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 38.5kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
3. 3 重 Reborn in the Eighties: First, I'll Buy a Courtyard House in Kyoto! 重生八零，先在京都买套四合院！ Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 120.3kReads9.4Score10.4kShelves
4. 4 前 My Ex-Husband Always Took His Childhood Sweetheart's Side, So I Cleared Out the House and Moved to the Countryside 前夫处处护青梅，搬空全家去下乡 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [1970s, reborn and getting revenge, educated youth sent to the countryside, pocket dimension with a spirit spring, building wealth] In her previous life, Su Qingran came from an educated family. When faced with being sent away or sent to the countryside, she chose to marry beneath her station. She thought she had found a lifeline, but instead faced endless grievances and had to keep giving in. Her husband outsourced his filial duties to her, her mother-in-law was constantly causing trouble, and 40.4kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves

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   Look at these sisters, no matter what era the heroines are, the heroines who are engaged in careers are all great stories. They are also reborn with golden finger spiritual spring space, and their emotional lines are also very ambiguous. In the middle of the night, they are so excited that they cocoon under the covers, and my mother calls them crazy.

5. 5 窝 After the Rebirth of a Timid, Virtuous Wife, Her Husband Trembled 窝囊贤妻重生后，老公颤抖了 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Also known as: Reborn in the 1990s: Racing Toward Life as a Landlady) (Also known as: Reborn Housewife: Mom, Dad's Acting Up Again) After Shen Xiaojun divorced, she had a dream and found herself back twenty years in the past. Back then, she was only twenty-five, yet already the mother of three children. Her eldest daughter was six, her younger daughter four, and her little boy had just turned one month old. Xiaojun's head spun. Did she really have to live through all of this again? For her chil 34kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves

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   In the second book, the male protagonist retired due to injury at first, so he entered by mistake. The third book is a history of the heroine's struggle. You can see the heroine step by step getting rid of the oppression of her original family and working hard to fight for opportunities for herself.

6. 6 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 4.2kReads9.0Score477Shelves
7. 7 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. 121.6kReads9.5Score9.3kShelves
8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated Into the Coal Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife and Won Big with Multiple Babies 穿成煤老板恶毒前妻，我多胎躺赢 Happy Lemon幸福柠檬Modern Romance436k WordsCompleted (Period + powerful male lead + sweet or sassy + never takes abuse + devoted husband + mind-reading moments + building a fortune) Su Luyun is a rising star who has taken the entertainment world by storm. After refusing her cousin's request to use her for publicity, her cousin wrote her into a novel as a disposable foil to the heroine! Su Luyun: “...” She looked at her comatose husband, a handsome 185-centimeter-tall man lying in bed after being injured in the line of duty, so good-looking he made 38.6kReads8.8Score3.1kShelves

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   Dressed as a control group, the male protagonist is in a vegetative state in the early stage and recovers in the later stage.

9. 9 易 Fertile and Expecting Multiples: Hong Kong’s Tycoon, Your Wife Is Pregnant Again 易孕多胎：港城大佬你媳妇又怀了 A Wax Apple on Ice一颗莲雾冰Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s + transmigration into a book + sweet romance + easy pregnancies, multiples, and babies + Hong Kong elite circle + building a fortune + beloved by all + stunning heiress] Shen Wancheng opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a tragic supporting character in a period novel. Put up with injustice and die halfway through? No way! She splits up the family and collects debts, reports them for burning down her house, and sends the Shen family, who had been trying to inherit everything b 7.9kReads8.5Score788Shelves

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   This is also a story about the times, but people did not go to the countryside to develop in Hong Kong cities.

10. 10 医 A Master's in Medicine Takes Her Pocket Dimension to the 1970s and Becomes a Miracle Doctor 医学硕士带空间穿到七零当神医 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted She had been a medical school graduate student in the twenty-first century, with no family but herself. When she woke up, the world had suddenly changed: drab gray walls and earthen houses. Somehow, she'd ended up in the 1970s, so she could only make the best of it. “Hey, big shot, stop following me around.” “Hey, big shot, why are you always popping up in front of me?” “Hey, big shot, quit flaunting those abs to tempt me.” “Hey, big shot, I'm looking for one partner for life.” Xia Jingchuan: “W 19.3kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    The heroine does not go to the countryside, she is a villager. The modern soul has returned to the body of the 1970s. She helped the "great people" who went to the countryside and recognized one of them as her father. The heroine originally recognized this father's daughter... The overall plot was not bad, but it was a little long. The male protagonist is not a soldier, but a leader within the system. (Many things about identity will be slowly revealed later) I hope you can accept it.

11. 11 七 The Family's Beloved Girl: The Cannon-Fodder Darling of Her Terrible Family 七零团宠：极品家人的炮灰娇娇女 Ten Red Leaves十红叶Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Brooding, Brawny Man + Sweet Wife + Completed] Lu Jiajia is delicate and soft. Then, in the blink of an eye, she becomes a useless cannon-fodder character in the 1970s, with a whole family of vicious oddballs in tow. Yet in an era that favors men above women, she is the apple of her family’s eye. Her father and mother: “Jiajia is our precious girl. She deserves to be spoiled.” Her brothers: “My sister is frail and sickly. How could she do farm work!” Lu Jiajia: “…I want the ultimate winning han 64.4kReads9.4Score6.5kShelves

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    This is very beautiful

12. 12 鹁 Pigeon Alley 鹁鸽胡同 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 17.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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    The heroine of this book is a native of Beijing. She took over her mother's job from the beginning, did not go to the countryside, and got married to her neighbor. The female protagonist works in a supply and marketing cooperative, and the male protagonist is a policeman. The two of them have a small home of their own. Their mother's family is in the alley next door, and her husband's family is not far away. They can go home at any time. Neither of them are rich, but they both have jobs and live a comfortable life. They cook for themselves from time to time and go back to their parents' house for a meal from time to time.

13. 13 天 A Beauty Drops Into the 1980s: The Loudspeaker Beauty Is Destined for Wealth 天降美人穿八零，喇叭美人富贵命 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s setting + satisfying revenge + a heroine who's gorgeous and delightfully unhinged + a handsome, sly hero + putting scumbags in their place + lighthearted] Qin Mumu transmigrates into a book. Great, she's not the heroine. No pocket dimension, no System, no special powers or skills. All she has is her beauty. Most importantly, she's the first cannon-fodder female supporting character. She gets used, dumped, and turned into a fool, then meets an early end. Luckily, there's still time. Qin Mu 1.9kReads8.6Score185Shelves

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    The period novels are all very beautiful, with different styles, the heroines have distinct personalities, and the writing is very good.

14. 14 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 23.8kReads7.9Score1.8kShelves
15. 15 重 Reborn in the 1970s: The Zhou Family Has a New Woman Cadre 重生七零周家出了个女干部 Yang Xiaomian杨小面Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + reborn + historical era + no golden finger + clear-headed, independent heroine] Have you ever stayed up too late, only to open your eyes in a panic and find yourself in the 1970s? Zhou Jinxin transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the eldest daughter of the Zhou family in a small town. The family has five daughters and no sons, and they struggle to make ends meet. As if things weren’t bad enough, Zhou’s father falls gravely ill and is left paralyzed after overworking himself. Z 7.5kReads8.3Score588Shelves
16. 16 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 45kReads9.2Score3.8kShelves

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    Good-looking, good-looking, good-looking, good-looking

17. 17 八 The Wicked Little Darling of the 1980s Has the Powerful Man Hooked, and Now He Can't Get Enough 八零坏娇娇勾到大佬后真香了 Lollipop for a Little Lolita萝莉抱抱糖Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + a wicked seductress + a factory director’s rise to wealth] Tao Yu is beautiful and bold. On the surface, she’s gentle, quiet, and perfectly normal, but deep down she’s a wicked little black-hearted dumpling. She transmigrates into the 1980s and finds herself in a poor, overcrowded courtyard compound, struggling just to get by. She and the favored son of heaven, Song Hecheng, are worlds apart and should never have crossed paths. But in the factory director’s office, she smiles so 2.6kReads9.0Score273Shelves

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    Both of these books are very good to read. I stayed up late to read these two and couldn't stop reading them. They were carefully selected by college students. They are super beautiful!

18. 18 八 Flirting in the 1980s: I Transmigrated Into the Factory Director's Scummy Wife 八零撩婚：穿成厂长大佬的小渣妻 Listening to the Wind Blow听风在吹Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Devoted Husband + Mutual Flirting + Getting Rich] Jiang Ning transmigrates into a period drama and becomes the difficult supporting character she once played. Looking at her ridiculously handsome husband, she can't figure out why the word “divorce” suddenly won't come out of her mouth. She swears she only wants to cling to a powerful man's coattails and develop a little revolutionary camaraderie with him... Yes, it's best to know which way the wind blows. But what's with 2.7kReads8.9Score191Shelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 52.3kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves

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    It is really a good book that is delayed by the cover and name. The details are well written. I almost want to go back to the 1980s.

20. 20 大 A Sucker’s Life in the 1960s 大冤种的六零生活 A Watermelon-Loving Chara一只爱吃瓜的猹Modern Romance480k WordsCompleted Liu Yun transmigrated into a series of novels by a certain author, and she even ended up as the book's biggest punching bag. No way. Whoever wants to be that unlucky sap can take the job. When she came of age, she found a man and married him, only to discover she had been dragged into the “palace intrigue.” What could she do? Just roll with it. Her mother-in-law was reborn, and her neighbor had transmigrated. Right, all that was missing was a quick transmigration story. Is this world full of hol 7.8kReads8.2Score303Shelves

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    It's this one.

21. 21 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife, I Stole the Show in the Military Compound 穿成炮灰原配后，我惊艳军区大院 Moon Rising over the Blue Sea苍海升月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Also known as: Before I Lost My Virtue, I Rewrote the Life of the Cannon-Fodder First Wife [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + no golden finger + sweet romance + devoted couple] Xia Qingning unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel written by a classmate who envies her. She becomes the original wife, who shares her name and is framed into losing her virtue, then jumps into a lake and dies tragically. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s at the scene of her violati 49.1kReads9.2Score5.6kShelves
22. 22 八 In the 1980s, the Commander Stopped Pursuing Me, and I Found Happiness Divorcing with My Child 八零，首长不追了，带崽离婚真香 Spicy Strips That Aren't Spicy辣条不辣Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Completed, with bonus chapters. A short drama adaptation is now online. (Rebirth, comeback, ex-husband begs for her back, second male lead wins) In her previous life, her son and the son of her husband's fallen comrade's widow fell into the water at the same time. Her husband saved the widow's son. After suffering the loss of her child, Jiang Yi spent thirty years in a miserable marriage, then died of grief. Reborn in a single moment, she returns to the time before her son falls into the water. 33.6kReads8.7Score3.3kShelves
23. 23 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 59.8kReads9.4Score7kShelves
24. 24 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the ’90s and Had a Villainous Tycoon’s Baby 穿书九零，我生了反派大佬的崽 Morning Sun and Night Rain晨旭夜雨Modern Romance439k WordsCompleted [Mutual first love, sweet romance, one-on-one, entrepreneurship, raising a child] After being deceived into abandoning her husband and child to elope with a scumbag, Xie Ning jumps into the sea and takes her own life after enduring unbearable humiliation. To her shock, she discovers that she's merely a cannon-fodder supporting character in a book. Her husband, Jiang Yan, is the book's biggest villain. In the end, he can't overcome the protagonist's aura, his company goes bankrupt, and he jumps 756Reads6.9Score—Shelves

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    This one doesn't go to the countryside

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