Period-Era Stories With a Female Lead Who Won’t Sell Herself Short or Play the Saint 年代文 女主不委屈自己不圣母

1. 101 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4.1kReads9.0Score30714d adds
2. 102 重 Back to the 1970s: Changing My Family's Fate 重回七零，改变一家命运 One Riverside一汀Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [Historical era + spatial storage + reborn] Near the foot of Babaoshan, there was one particularly unusual home. It sat on a plot of about two hundred square meters near the foot of the mountain, with a small courtyard enclosed by red-brick walls. There was a two-story house of just over a hundred square meters, plus several acres of farmland and a ring of fruit trees. Shen Anning lived there. The place had been specially assigned to her because most of the Shen family lay buried on the mountain 3.6kReads8.9Score32114d adds
3. 103 快 Quick Transmigration: The Heiress Is Selfish and Self-Serving 快穿：大小姐她自私自利 Bustling S熙熙攘攘SModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through period dramas + self-interest + sweet romance + golden finger + no rescuing the poor + no saintly heroine + no becoming a stepmother + no adopting children + no fixed love interest] Some worlds may have no romantic pairing. The heroine retains no memories of her quick-transmigration worlds, but she does remember her first life as a wealthy heiress. Her golden finger is assigned at random. 1. The little childhood sweetheart manipulated in the 1960s 2. The village gir 11.8kReads8.8Score77014d adds
4. 104 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.3kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
5. 105 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.5kReads8.8Score98614d adds
6. 106 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 5.3kReads8.9Score29414d adds
7. 107 穿 Transmigrated to the Seventies: The Easygoing Wife Is Forced to Get Ahead 穿越七零，咸鱼娇妻她被迫上进 Passerby Sheep路人羊Modern Romance783k WordsCompleted [Sweet, charming, highly intelligent heroine & gentle, refined, scheming educated youth] A 21st-century doctoral student pulls an all-nighter, collapses, and transmigrates into the body of a young woman working at a forest farm in the 1970s. Ye Wei swears: she is going to be a contented couch potato who enjoys life! She lives carefree, spending every day eating and drinking with her golden finger at her disposal. Apples? Pheasants? She's got it all. Huo Xiang? Coptis? She can do anything. Ye Wei 4.1kReads9.0Score38514d adds
8. 108 末 An Apocalypse Madman Transmigrates Into a Period Novel 末世疯子穿越进了年代文 Bracelet镯子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period + marriage first, love later + storage space + face-slapping + putting scumbags in their place Lin Qiaoyun was treated as a walking warehouse in the apocalypse. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates to the 1950s and into the body of a young woman who had been forced into a corner and killed herself in a fit of desperation. She hasn’t even adjusted to her new identity when she has to get married. Fine, she’ll get married! Not only does she marry into the family, she brings her parents alon 15.6kReads9.3Score1.8k14d adds
9. 109 七 The 1970s: The Crazy Real Heiress Beats Her Adoptive Mother, Then Goes to the Countryside 七零，疯批真千金暴打养母后下乡 Miaomiao Wants to Get Rich淼淼想暴富Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sent-down youth + educated youth + scum-bashing + devoted husband + supernatural powers] In her past life, Su An was tricked by her parents into going to the countryside in her younger sister’s place, and even handed her job over to her. After being sent down, she worked diligently, sending all the money she earned home to support her parents and help her younger siblings. At long last, she managed to return to the city, only for her parents to sell her off to an old widower. I 64.3kReads8.9Score5.5k14d adds
10. 110 穿 Reborn as a Lovesick Villainess, I Set My Sights on the Village Chief's Youngest Son 穿成痴汉女配，我看上村长小儿子 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 8.6kReads9.2Score71114d adds
11. 111 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: A Useless Woman’s Lie-Flat Life in the 1970s 穿书七零：小废物的躺平人生 Gu Yin En顾寅恩Modern Romance304k WordsCompleted [Laid-Back Little Cannon Fodder X Delinquent Second Male Lead] A prediction came true: after graduating from college and returning home to lie flat, Wen Suili got into a car accident and transmigrated into a period novel she’d been following. But she hadn’t become the heroine. She was a minor cannon-fodder supporting character named Wen Sui-sui. Wen Suili: How is a useless good-for-nothing supposed to survive in such a hard era? In the villagers’ eyes, Wen Sui-sui and Lu Mingcheng were tied 3.6kReads9.1Score32314d adds
12. 112 穿 Transmigrating into a Book: Tian Mimi’s Educated Youth Life in the 1970s 穿书70年代田蜜蜜的知青生活 Mumuzi Who Can Ride a Pig会骑猪的沐沐子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Main story complete [1970s + transmigrate into a book + reborn + pocket dimension + supplies + no self-sacrificing heroine + satisfying read] Tian Mimi was a modern college graduate. After her parents died in an accident, she happened to discover a pocket dimension inside their wedding rings. When an abnormal typhoon made her think the apocalypse was coming, she went on a wild shopping spree for supplies, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into a book. In the 1970s, Tian Mimi was a sixteen-year-o 6.4kReads9.1Score64414d adds
13. 113 带 I Bring a Ghost Along When I Become a Fake Heiress in a Period Novel 带着阿飘穿成年代文假千金 A Lily of the Valley一株铃兰Modern Romance358k WordsCompleted Xu Qingqing is a corporate drone who works from six in the morning until nine at night. She never imagined that one day she’d drop her tablet while binge-watching a show, get hit in the face by it, and wake up in an era of scarce food and clothing, where you have to work to earn a meal and need ration coupons to buy anything. And to top it off, she’s a fake heiress who stole another girl’s place. That might be bad enough, but everyone else seems to transmigrate with a pocket dimension. Why did s 977Reads9.1Score10114d adds
14. 114 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: No More Dying as a Side Character 穿书七零：不做早死配角 The Cat Who Loves Seafood爱喝海鲜的猫Modern Romance237k WordsCompleted Zhou Niannian, an orphan who has just graduated from university, wakes up one day and transmigrates. She has parents and siblings who dote on her, but with no job, she is still facing the choice of going to the countryside or getting married. What? Her parents aren't her real parents, but her second aunt and uncle? It isn't until she hears the name of the young man next door who is about to be sent to the countryside that Zhou Niannian realizes she has transmigrated into a book, as a side charac 13.2kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds
15. 115 女 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Took the Heroine Home as My Sister-in-Law 女配穿书后把女主拐来做嫂子 Iron Empress Dowager铁太后Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Tang Tian is hit on the head with a brick, she transmigrates into a period novel, as a nobody not even important enough to be cannon fodder. She's the lovesick girl the male lead meets in the countryside, and a stumbling block on his way back to the city. With a new soul inside her, Tang Tian kicks the male lead to the curb without hesitation. She tells everyone he's hideous, with enormous nostrils that give her nightmares every night. A certain soldier quietly picks up a little mirror. Ye 15.2kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
16. 116 黑 The Black Lotus Returns Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear 黑莲花重生归来，婆家瑟瑟发抖 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: The Black Lotus Is Reborn, and Her In-Laws Tremble in Fear Short dramas: The Crazy Stepmother and New Life from Old Snow In her past life, Su An was abused by her husband. After she called the police, the officer told her it was a family matter and not their concern. She fled to her parents' home for help, but her grandmother said, “Take care of the kids, cook the meals, look after the elders, and hand over your wages every month. Then he won't hit you, will he? That's how it is 57kReads9.5Score6.7k14d adds
17. 117 七 After Joining the Army in the 1970s, the Psychological Expert Shakes Up the Family Compound 七零随军后，心理大佬轰动家属院 Yaoyao, Wandering the World浪迹天涯的夭夭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Joining the army in the 1970s + solving cases with psychology + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + no awful relatives + no space or System] [Gentle psychology expert vs. a ruthless jade-faced soldier with foxlike eyes] In her previous life, Shen Mingyu was a PhD in psychology. An expert in microexpressions, criminal psychology, and more, she solved countless major cases and was known as a human lie detector. After transmigrating, she found that her father was a factory director, her mother a 18.6kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds

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    I think all of these apply, and the last one is my absolute favorite; I've read it three times already! 🤭🤭

18. 118 重 Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零：炮灰军嫂励志科研强国 Traditional Chinese Text繁体文Modern Romance601k WordsCompleted [Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi 8.1kReads9.2Score66914d adds
19. 119 穿 I Became an Army Wife in the 1970s 穿到七零年代当军嫂 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Space]+ [Family Life]+ [No Going to the Countryside] Xu Di was born in the 1980s. After graduating from high school and failing to get into college, she spent two years working a sewing machine in a clothing factory. At twenty, she found a match through a blind date, got married, and had a child. In 2020, Xu Di, who was always bottling up her anger, was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. She underwent surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, and her short life came to an en 16.2kReads9.1Score1.4k14d adds
20. 120 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零，嫡女当妈超会养 Green Fish, Green Fish青鱼青鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a 20.6kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
21. 121 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 38.5kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds
22. 122 七 The 1970s: My Son and His Dad Both Have Off-the-Charts IQs 七零：崽和崽他爹智商双爆表 Li Jia Qiqi黎家七七Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted {The short drama is now streaming ♥ Title: The Best Mom in a Period Novel} [Alternate-history period setting + transmigrating into a book + adorable child + cozy everyday life] After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Su Taotao faced two choices: 1. Follow the original plot, abandon her husband and child, return to the city, and rekindle her romance with her childhood sweetheart; 2. Do nothing and wait for her husband of convenience to show up six months later and take her back to the 22.4kReads9.3Score2.3k14d adds
23. 123 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 22.4kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
24. 124 穿 Transmigrated into an 80s Novel as a Rich, Adored Young Lady 穿进八零年代文当富家娇娇女 The Watermelon in Yikun Palace Isn't Sweet翊坤宫西瓜不甜Modern Romance212k WordsCompleted Xiang Qing, who loves reborn web novels, never imagined that one day she would transmigrate to the 1980s and find herself from the start as a little farm girl! In an era when even eating meat was a luxury, she relies on her parents and gradually rises to become a pampered rich girl. As for that golden finger that's somewhat useful but not very useful, she'll just use it to tackle a few side quests for now... 3.7kReads8.2Score20714d adds
25. 125 军 Military Marriage: With a Silver Needle in Hand, the Plot Goes My Way 军婚之银针在手，剧情就得跟我走 Qin Jiayin秦嘉音Modern Romance471k WordsCompleted The Bai family’s Jishi Hall had been passed down for a hundred years, but was brought to ruin by the ravages of war. Only Bai Yun and his grandfather remain, relying on each other. Though Jishi Hall is gone, their work of healing and saving lives continues. They carry on, cherishing every step along the way. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. The author is not a doctor, and the medical content in this novel should not be taken as fa 552Reads7.5Score—14d adds
26. 126 七 A Happy Life in the Seventies 七十年代幸福生活 A Late Orange一只晚橙Modern Romance264k WordsCompleted Su Wan was reborn and grew up to eighteen. With her wedding and move to join the army just around the corner, she thought this life would be smooth and peaceful. She was ready to coast through life when she discovered she had transmigrated into a lucky heroine novel! Both she and her fiancé were doomed supporting characters! What could she do but fight to take control of her own destiny? See how Su Wan escapes the lucky heroine’s shadow, marries and follows her husband to the army, starts a busi 1.9kReads9.0Score13314d adds
27. 127 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
28. 128 穿 Transmigrated: The 1980s Heiress 穿越之八零大小姐 Yet to Bloom未有芳华Modern Romance719k WordsCompleted A university student from the 21st century transmigrates to the 1980s after stepping in to help someone in trouble. She becomes a stunningly beautiful overseas Chinese returnee worth billions, with an extraordinary background and a golden finger. Why bother working hard? She can just lie flat and enjoy life. See how this young lady eats, drinks, and has fun in the impoverished, underdeveloped 1980s, living the good life. When the market opens and tens of thousands of people go into business, tra 1.8kReads7.6Score14914d adds
29. 129 漂 The Gorgeous, High-Maintenance Mediator of the 1970s 漂亮作精在七零当调解员 Er Lulu二鹿鹿Modern Romance298k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Hilarious + Military Marriage] You were supposed to mediate family disputes, not encourage people to get divorced! - After five years as a marriage counselor, breaking up countless unhappy couples, Jiang An'an was hit over the head with a brick and flung into the material-scarce 1970s. Her father was a lazy good-for-nothing, her mother was tough as nails, and all three of her older sisters were a handful. As for her, she was a beautiful airhead who 5.9kReads8.8Score59614d adds
30. 130 八 An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂，雪域高原种菜忙 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte 2.6kReads9.0Score20014d adds
31. 131 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Busy Building a Fortune 重生六零发家致富忙碌中 Add Three Lines to the Door门加三行Modern Romance778k WordsCompleted Lin Muzi was reborn, but why was it the 1960s? In an era where food and clothing were scarce, you needed ration coupons for grain and fabric coupons for clothes. Luckily, she had a pocket dimension with her. Who would she meet here, and what kind of story would unfold? There aren’t a bunch of awful people, just an ordinary, peaceful life. This is my first time writing a story, so please point out any plot holes. I’m very open to suggestions. This story is entirely fictional, so please don’t comp 5Reads—Score214d adds

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    Men and women, men and women, women and women

32. 132 金 After I Handed My Golden Finger Over to the State, I Got a Government Job 金手指上交国家之后我有编制了 Add Three Lines to the Door门加三行Modern Romance773k WordsCompleted The rating just came in, but it'll go up later. A story about strengthening the nation, with a heroine who's basically a tool. After a car accident, Luo Ying was not only unharmed, but suddenly gained a golden finger that let her travel between different planes. Only after actually traveling to another plane did she confirm it was real. The first thing she did was contact her country. The things she brought back from different planes helped her country soar to new heights. 833Reads6.4Score10214d adds

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