#Period Novels About a Refined, Self-Interested Young Lady ＃年代文，精致利己大小姐

1. 1 替 Take My Cousin's Place in the Countryside? I'll Empty the Whole Family's Ancestral Tombs and Dance 替堂妹下乡？搬空全家祖坟蹦迪 God of Wealth's Dark Moonlight财神黑月光Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn revenge + making money and causing trouble + born to stir up chaos] In her previous life, Ruan Xianxian took her cousin's place in the countryside, then returned to the city and married the fiancé her cousin no longer wanted. She thought she'd found salvation, but what awaited her was endless patience and scheming. A heartless grandfather, a cousin who stole her golden finger, and a husband who outsourced his affection made for one bizarre family. Only when a speeding tr 74.1kReads9.0Score5.6kShelves

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   These two, Dad, are rare masterpieces in period literature.

2. 2 八 The 1980s: After the Loving Mother Turns Dark, the Whole Family Panics 八零：慈母黑化后，全家都慌了 Rice Bowl 114饭碗114Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted (Feel-good story + no golden finger + slice of life + family drama + ensemble cast of ordinary people + reborn in a bygone era) Short dramas: The New Life of Rong Ying, the Woman Everyone Looked Down On; Reborn Mom Is Here to Collect You Old Mrs. Zhang spent her whole life raising three sons and three daughters. She paid for her children’s weddings and homes, raised her grandchildren, and emptied the family savings to buy a home in Shanghai for her eldest son. She helped her second son marry thr 65.4kReads9.0Score7.3kShelves
3. 3 六 The Foolish Cannon Fodder of the Sixties Is Impossibly Beautiful 六零笨蛋炮灰实在过份美丽 Rebellious Pig叛逆猪Modern Romance469k WordsCompleted [Period + sweet romance and satisfying revenge + no relocation to the countryside + a self-serving airhead heroine + slight everyone-loves-her vibe + seven-year age gap + high-ranking male lead] [Marriage Before Love from the heroine’s perspective, love at first sight from the hero’s] With a handsome military officer for a father and a gentle, wealthy mother, Lin Xiuzhu is a bona fide rich beauty in the 1960s. But when she turns eighteen, memories from the 21st century awaken in her. She happi 7.6kReads8.0Score455Shelves

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   The female protagonist in this book is exquisite and self-interested. The female protagonist was born in the modern era in her previous life, and then awakened her modern memory. The male protagonist dotes on the female protagonist! No matter in the past or present life, he loves the female protagonist [admiration]. The content behind is super exciting.

4. 4 全 The All-Powerful Queen Goes Back to the 1970s and Spoils Her Cold, Handsome Soldier 全能女王到七零，娇宠高冷兵王 Jun Yu珺妤Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Following the Army + Extra Sweet + Feel-Good + Devoted Husband + Powerful Heroine + No Storage Space] The main story is complete. The ongoing chapters are extras. Jiang Yunmeng, an all-around queen, was gravely injured and died after falling into the sea. She arrived in the resource-scarce 1960s and 1970s as a delicate young lady who was on the verge of death. After being rescued again and again, someone asked for her hand in marriage. He was a handsome army officer, standing a 4.9kReads7.9Score537Shelves

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   None of the books I have read can be written by an author that long. They all end happily when the eldest lady returns to Hong Kong City. However, this book describes the country, the society, and the family. Every character is described very delicately (the author's name is useless, which makes me laugh to death). Whether it's an enemy agent or a minor character, each has its own personality and characteristics, but I didn't want to read it after I saw it. Why, it's too long. There are dozens of extra chapters, but the author really didn't finish it. I really like it. If I have time, I will finish it.

5. 5 掏 The Capitalist's Daughter Liquidated Her Family Fortune and Joined the Army to Find Her Husband 掏空家产，资本家小姐去部队寻夫 Splendid Money Orange锦绣钱橙Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Original title: “Emptying the Family Fortune: The Capitalist's Daughter Goes to the Army to Find Her Husband” [Military marriage + Transmigrate into a Book + Pocket dimension + Putting scumbags in their place + Love grows over time + Exceptionally fit military officer, her childhood betrothed VS dazzling capitalist's daughter] Jiang Si was fair-skinned, beautiful, and radiant. Who would have thought that after waking up, she would find herself in a period novel, as a well-known capitalist's daug 56.4kReads9.2Score7kShelves

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   They are all written by young ladies and military officers. The heroine has a golden finger without relying on a man. She is very powerful. She can catch the enemy's agents and live her own life. Generally speaking, it is OK.

6. 6 搬 She Cleared Out the Family Fortune, Married an Officer, and Won Without Lifting a Finger 搬空家产，资本家小姐嫁军官躺赢 Daji Loves Watermelon大吉爱吃瓜Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Awakening + Dual Transmigration into a Book + Stockpiling Supplies + Capitalist Heiress + Space] Ruan Yunxi awakens just as someone tries to trick her out of her space full of supplies. She sees through the calculations of the dual transmigrators, the male and female leads who want to leave her with nothing, and activates her space ahead of time. She stockpiles supplies, gold and silver jewelry, antiques, and calligraphy and paintings, l 7.5kReads7.9Score726Shelves
7. 7 漂 A Stunning Beauty Hounded by an Obsessive Mad Dog in a Period Novel 漂亮美人在年代文被偏执疯狗缠上 Sanda Biscuit散打饼干Modern Romance323k WordsCompleted [A calculating, self-serving heroine + an obsessive, possessive hero] Selfish, vain, materialistic, and always looking out for herself. And yet, countless people love her. In the original novel, Lin Luoxue is the heroine's sister, a cannon-fodder character who despises the poor and loves the rich, and juggles three men at once. Even after getting married, she's still unfaithful, and in the end, she dies while eloping with her lover. She's nasty, selfish, and plays with people's feelings while mo 49.5kReads8.8Score3kShelves

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   The female protagonist in this book is super invincible, beautiful and beautiful [admired], very refined and selfish, weak and materialistic, and the male protagonist is crazy, paranoid, possessive, super strong and loves the female protagonist

8. 8 恶 The Villainess and the Village Tough Sweep Through the 1980s. Deal With It! 恶女配村霸横扫八零，不服忍着！ The Salted Fish Bounces Back咸鱼翻生Modern Romance531k WordsOngoing Both leads are virgins + period setting + domineering pursuit + devoted, puppy-like hero + sweet romance + pocket dimension Just a second ago, Shen Yaoyao was a lie-flat shopkeeper of a small 21st-century convenience store. The next, while wandering outside during a typhoon, she was swept into an Eighties novel she was always complaining about, and landed the role of the vicious supporting woman. She was the daughter of a cotton mill director, exiled to the countryside by her father after offend 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Very, very representative

9. 9 七 The 1970s Villainess Is Sweet and Soft, and the Educated Youth Can't Resist Her 七零恶毒女配香又软知青强制爱 Glutinous Rice A糯米阿Modern Romance687k WordsCompleted [Vicious femme fatale vs. slightly perverse bad educated youth + married first, love later + both virgins + adorable baby] Su Raran was a wicked beauty who toyed with people, and until the day she died, she couldn’t understand how someone who had never lost could have fallen at Gu Yan’s hands. She was selfish and always did whatever she pleased. How could she accept an ending like that? After opening her eyes again, she decides to find a normal man with a handsome face and good character to be h 1.7kReads8.1Score126Shelves

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   Super invincible and beautiful

10. 10 被 After Being Set Up, the Stern Soldier Dotes on His Little Rose 被算计后，黑脸硬汉娇养小玫瑰 Chen Wan Yi11陈万一11Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [1970s + Strict Husband + Doting Romance + Everyday Family Life + Sweet Wife Story + Possessiveness + Complete] After Xu Zhanfang marries, all she wants is a good life. So she has to put on an act, be sweet and gentle, get her hands on money, and keep her words sugary. She praises him, coaxes him, makes use of him, and spends his money. - Li Yingtai takes a wife. Day one: I can't stand her! Day two: She's so pitiful. Maybe I'll make her something to eat! Day three: She actually called me big bro 5.9kReads7.7Score438Shelves

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    This is somewhat in line with refined self-interest.

11. 11 八 The Scheming Woman's Rise to Power in the Eighties 八零心机女上位记 Carrot Beibei胡萝卜蓓蓓Modern Romance279k WordsCompleted [Heiress × Doting Officer + Fake and Real Young Masters] After dying in prison, Shen Yiru transmigrates into the body of a young woman in the 1980s: Her scumbag fiancé, who got another woman pregnant, regrets it and wants to get back together? Dump him! If she's going to marry, she'll marry the heir to the most powerful family. By a twist of fate, she mistakes someone else for him and falls for him. The real heir is gentle, refined, and honest. He looks like the obedient type. Who should she ch 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's nice to watch, but the ending is a bit crazy

12. 12 失 The Amnesiac Cannon Fodder Girl Marries the Black-Market Number Three 失忆女炮灰嫁黑市小老三 Long Yinyin龙隐隐Modern Romance388k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Spirit Spring + Sweet Romance and Raising Kids + Love After Marriage + Devoted 1v1 Romance] On the second day of her marriage, Shi Wanyu discovered that she hadn't transmigrated into another world, but into a book! In the story, she was an amnesiac educated youth sent to the countryside. Less than four months after arriving, she would fall into the water and die, serving purely as a female cannon-fodder who gave the heroine a golden finger. After her death, t 1.8kReads6.8Score126Shelves

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    The heroine in the first book has a good family background, and the heroine in the second book has both parents died but left a large inheritance.

13. 13 好 A Blessed Military Marriage: The Stern Officer's Possessiveness Is Off the Charts 好孕军婚，面凶首长占有欲太强 Crab Pot Is Delicious肉蟹煲很好吃Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Main story complete + 1980s + transmigrate into a book + switched marriages + military marriage + love after marriage + sweet romance + raising kids + face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place + devoted to each other] Jiang Ning transmigrated into a novel she'd read, becoming the pampered-wife foil to the career-driven heroine. According to the plot, her cousin, the heroine, would make money, start her own newspaper, build a successful career, and have countless admirers. Her child woul 5.4kReads7.4Score547Shelves
14. 14 揣 Pregnant with Twins and Carrying a Spirit Spring, the Heiress Joins the Army 揣双胎，带灵泉！资本小姐去随军 Melon Egg瓜蛋Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + reborn + stockpiling supplies + spiritual spring pocket dimension + revenge + pregnancy and raising children] In her previous life, Shen Shuling was tricked by her uncle’s family into believing that her husband had died in service. With political upheaval on the horizon, she had to abort her baby and flee to Hong Kong to survive. In the end, she was cruelly murdered in Hong Kong... Given another life, she protects her two unborn babies, unlocks the Cloud Pattern Dimension, c 33.1kReads8.3Score5.3kShelves

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    This is okay

15. 15 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 11kReads8.8Score614Shelves

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    Combining chronology and fast travel, it is a relatively novel chronology article.

16. 16 娇 The Sweetheart Everyone Loves Cries, and the Cold-Hearted Officer Panics 娇滴滴万人迷一哭，冷硬军官慌了 Fang Niuniu Loves to Sleep方牛牛爱睡觉Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted (A beloved beauty in a 1970s setting, one-on-one romance, no golden finger, relying on beauty alone, men competing for her and pulling each other's hair) Gu Ruoxi, a good-for-nothing from the twenty-first century, was suddenly born into a parallel world's 1960s and 1970s. Her grandparents doted on her, her parents were loving, and her little brother was adorable. Every day, she spent her time teasing cats and dogs and throwing her weight around the village. Gu, a happy-go-lucky girl who got to 3.6kReads7.1Score317Shelves
17. 17 和 I Reincarnated into a Period Novel as the Foil to My Ex-Husband 和前夫穿成年代文对照组 Whale, Hurry Up and Type阿鲸快码字Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This is an alternate-era setting, so please don't take it seriously!!!! [Over one million words, real-life married couple transmigrate into a book together, heroine doesn't suffer, raising kids, period setting] Jiang Ci had just divorced her husband of six years, a man she had no feelings for. She had barely stepped out of the civil affairs bureau when she transmigrated into a book. When she opened her eyes, she had become the supporting female character in a period novel, a foil to the heroine. 4.9kReads8.6Score388Shelves
18. 18 糊 The Washed-Up Star Is So Flirtatious, the Big Shot Coaxes Her in Private, Begging for a Kiss 糊咖茶又媚，大佬私下哄着求亲亲 The Cackling Old Turtledove呱呱叫的老斑鸠Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted [Complete ❤️] [Foxlike Green Tea Girl & Scheming Big Shot | ❤️ Military Marriage | Extra Sweet and Flirtatious] [Period Setting | Age Gap | She Pursues Him] Parallel world, so don't overthink the details! Nan Qiao, a nobody of an actress, received a message asking her to audition at a hotel, only to be thrust into a parallel world set in the 1970s! She could neither carry heavy loads nor lift a finger, and was about to be kicked out of the art troupe on her very first day! What was she supposed 8.9kReads9.2Score920Shelves

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    This book is super self-serving

19. 19 七 The 1970s Young Lady: A Selfish Woman Meets a Tormented Man 七零大小姐，当自私女遇上苦情男 Listening to the Wind in Chang'an长安听风Modern Romance851k WordsCompleted Also known as: A Rare Young Couple, Trading Verbal Blows The male lead is a real scientist. The female lead is an optimistic, quick-witted little ray of sunshine who is always full of confidence. (A clear growth arc + supporting each other + puppy love) When she woke up one day, Jiang Wangshu discovered she had acquired a husband. He was a man. Beneath his ordinary features lay extraordinary brilliance and a steely character. When government policies finally loosened, he shed his humble pas 2.4kReads8.7Score234Shelves

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    The heroine is a refined and selfish young lady [note]

20. 20 穿 Transmigrate to the 1970s: The Lucky Star Sets the World Ablaze 穿越七零：福运大佬燃翻天 Beef with Green Peppers尖椒牛柳Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Futuristic high technology, strengthening the country and enriching its people, the whole family’s darling, a lucky charm, power fantasy Gu Jinxiu arrives in the 1970s with a pocket dimension full of future technology. After getting revenge on her scumbag father, who married into her mother’s family, and her wicked stepmother, making their lives worse than death, she takes her younger brother and heads to the countryside in style. Out in the countryside, she builds a career and runs bu 12.9kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    This is a good book. If you are interested, you can read it.

21. 21 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Spoiled Beauty Is Cherished by a Powerful Man in the 1970s 穿书七零：作精美人被大佬娇养了 Year After Year, Unaware of the Cold岁岁不知寒Modern Romance119k WordsOngoing [Late 1970s + comparison-character trope + family and neighborhood life + both transmigrate + taking down scumbags + flawed characters (the leads have little romance at first, but their feelings gradually grow)] Ye Baozhu transmigrates into the villainess of a period novel. In the original story, she is the heroine’s foil: the reborn heroine is kind and gentle, while she is utterly wicked. Because the heroine’s husband is a soldier, Ye Baozhu also wants to marry one so she can measure up. Unfort —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This could have been done [laugh][laugh][laugh]

22. 22 甜 Sweet Military Marriage: After Meeting the Strongest Officer, She Has Several Babies 甜蜜军婚，遇最强军官后她多胎了 A Simple Life平淡生活Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ 45.9kReads9.4Score4.6kShelves
23. 23 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 21kReads9.3Score2kShelves
24. 24 七 The 1970s: I Win Big with Space Powers 七零：带着空间异能躺赢了 Bu Xiaoxin不晓心Modern Romance2.9M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Period drama + supernatural abilities + transmigration + pocket dimension + shopping mall + both untouched + strong male and female leads] (Drink less water if you need to. There’s almost no filler. I can’t promise every chapter is thrilling, but it won’t be boring. If a couple of chapters drag now and then, just skip ahead.) A young woman inexplicably transmigrates to the 1970s. She possesses two supernatural abilities: mental powers and healing. She also has a magical pocket dimensi 43.2kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
25. 25 七 70s Military Marriage: The Couple’s a Bit Crazy 七零军婚：那两口子都有点癫 Wealthy Heiress财神千金Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Inventory Space + Comedy + Wish Fulfillment + Two Golden Fingers] Ruan Qiqi spent ten years being treated for an illness, and her condition was perfectly stable. After leaving the hospital, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, into the body of a country girl who has just been dumped by her scumbag fiancé. Nearly everyone around her is awful. But she isn't afraid. She has a space packed with supplies, a golden finger, and nine lives, so she can do whatever she wants with 67.4kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves

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