Recommend the Best Historical-Era Novels You Know With a Female Lead Pursuing a Career in Government 推荐你觉得最好看年代文女主是走仕途的小说

1. 1 年 Awakening in a New Era: An Immortal Cultivation Expert in the Military District 年代觉醒：修仙大佬在军区 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Space + Period Setting + Not a Saintly Heroine + Plant Powers + Space Powers + Cunning and a Little Selfish + Medical Skills + Loves Good Food and Hates Work] A hardcore homebody and avid novel reader accidentally finds herself inside an apocalypse novel. She’s become the most powerful ability user of her time, but she still hasn’t learned how to control her powers properly. She dies fighting the Zombie King, and a sliver of life lets her be reborn in the harsh years of the Flower K 5.1kReads8.1Score417Shelves
2. 2 穿 She Transmigrates to the 1970s as a Martyr's Orphan and Has a Golden Finger 穿越七零烈士遗孤她有金手指 Brown Sugar and Crisp Pear红糖酥梨Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted He Suyue transmigrates to 1970. Her father is a martyr, and her mother has just passed away. She thinks she'll have no choice but to live with her grandmother after graduating from high school and spend her days earning work points. Fortunately, she has a golden finger. Perhaps when the college entrance exams are reinstated, she can go to university like all the other women who transmigrate. Who knew that an unexpected incident would reveal she has another golden finger, one that means her futur 11.2kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 七 The 1970s: After Reclaiming Her Golden Finger, the Female Supporting Character Refuses to Go to the Countryside 七零：夺回金手指后女配不下乡了 Ci Shen辞燊Modern Romance366k WordsCompleted [Period setting + spatial dimension + face-slapping and punishing scumbags + family life + no going to the countryside + medical skills] Medical student Xia Yan pulled an all-nighter studying and suddenly died in her school dorm. When she opened her eyes again, she discovered that she had transmigrated into a period novel she had read recently. She had become the dim-witted supporting character who gave the female lead money and a golden finger. Worse, after a few words of persuasion from the fe 3.4kReads7.8Score302Shelves
4. 4 投 Go to My Uncle for Help? I'll Make My Own Way to the Top 投奔小叔？我靠自己抱上国家大腿 Shi Nuo Zi A是诺子啊Modern Romance414k WordsCompleted [Period military romance, raising a child with a pocket dimension, a sweet story of mutual devotion] After an argument, Jiang Xiubai is accidentally hit on the head by her cousin, and awakens the memories of her past life. It turns out she's just a cannon-fodder character meant to give the heroine a golden finger. In the end, her family is destroyed, and all she gets from the heroine is a pitying remark that she was simply born unlucky? She won't stand for it! She's walking away! You want my poc 2.3kReads8.7Score196Shelves
5. 5 穿 Reborn as the Orphan of a Fallen Hero in the Sixties, I Use the System to Get into Science 穿成六零烈士遗孤，我靠系统搞科 Lan Guofeng, Who Likes Water Snails喜欢水蜗牛的蓝国锋Fantastical Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Being afraid of people isn't scary. What's scary is being afraid of people and well-read! After transmigrating as the orphan of a revolutionary martyr, my background made me seem too much like a genius, so I had no choice but to pretend to be autistic! Shen Xiaoman, a 29-year-old web novelist whose career had gone nowhere, died suddenly and transmigrated to 1960 with a specially supplied underworld edition of the DeepSeek 7.0 System. He became the most unusual 15-year-old resident of a military 1.7kReads6.2Score106Shelves
6. 6 林 Director Lin, Your Wife’s Off Fixing Junk Again 林局，你媳妇儿又去修破烂了 Qin Jiayin秦嘉音Modern Romance450k WordsCompleted After becoming the cannon-fodder eldest sister in a story set in a bygone era, Qin Rou ends up with the powerful man who was supposed to become the female lead's future backer. What do you do when, from the start, you're cast as the overworked, self-sacrificing eldest sister in a book? Qin Rou: “What else can I do? I'll make a living with my skills.” She quietly takes stock of all the things she's good at and feels confident. No big deal! Then she takes a closer look. What? The 1970s? This might 2.1kReads8.8Score255Shelves
7. 7 七 The 1970s: I Keep Dying in Stories Set in Different Eras 七零：我在各个年代文里死了又死 Though I Admire the Distance虽慕远Modern Romance842k WordsCompleted [No Romance] She opens her eyes to find her parents, who favor boys over girls, pressuring her to get a job so her cousin can afford a wife. Her cousin, a good-for-nothing who claims he’ll “bring honor to the family,” is also the male lead of a period novel! And Xu Youyou has transmigrated into a cannon-fodder supporting female character who gets a job for the scheming heroine! Looking at the job the original owner risked her life to get, and her “family,” who want the job but also want to marry 1.9kReads8.2Score150Shelves
8. 8 我 I Transmigrated as the Child of a Classified Work Unit in the 1950s 我穿成了五十年代保密单位子弟 Life in Progress生活进行时Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted After a car accident, Song Yunxi transmigrates with an entire street of market stalls to a classified military-industrial facility in Chengdu, Sichuan, at the end of the 1950s, where she becomes the child of an employee. 544Reads6.4Score—Shelves
9. 9 巧 What a Coincidence! I'm a Gift From Heaven Too 巧了！我也是天降 East Wind Lin Lin东风临临Two Male Leads523k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads] [Period Setting] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Top] [Both Pure in Love] They say childhood sweethearts can never beat someone who arrives later. Is that true? Huo Sui died unexpectedly and transmigrated into a period novel as a hapless supporting male character who gave everything for the heroine. From the start, the heroine handed him a nice-guy rejection: "We're not right for each other." Still dazed, he got into a fight with the original male lead, who had stolen the heroine 16.3kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves
10. 10 重 Reborn in the ’70s: The Little Educated Youth Doesn’t Know How Delicate She Is 重生七零，小知青她娇不自知 Guoguo Is a Little Naughty果果有点皮Modern Romance337k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted 1v1 romance + flirtatious sweethearts + rugged country man + no golden finger + cozy daily life] Wei Huai fell for the new female sent-down youth at first sight. Everyone in the village said, “Whatever you do, don’t marry Chu Nian. She’s so delicate she can’t even do a day’s work. What good is she?” Wei Huai wouldn’t listen. He loved how delicate Chu Nian was. If she smiled at him, he’d give her his very life! In her previous life, Chu Nian was sweet-talked and deceived by 7.7kReads9.0Score716Shelves
11. 11 知 A Sweet Young Educated Youth and a Handsome Soldier: Four Babies Arrive in No Time 知青娇，兵哥优，随军火速得四宝 Endless Misty Rain烟雨绵绵Modern Romance457k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + Marriage Before Love + Joining Her Husband in the Army + Cozy Everyday Life + Having a Baby] Yun Ange transmigrated into a book and became a spoiled, difficult little educated youth in the 1970s, destined to be cannon fodder. The scumbag male lead fooled her into losing her mind. She rejected her dazzling military officer husband and began a “pure” secret affair with the male lead. Then the heroine schemed to get her caught fooling around with Er Lai, a village ruffia 329Reads8.9Score101Shelves
12. 12 穿 After I Transmigrated to the 1970s and Married a Bully, I Decided to Lie Flat 穿越七零嫁给恶霸后我摆烂了 Chen Fengche宸风澈Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + sweet romance + golden finger + gruff hero + play the pig to eat the tiger] Why have I transmigrated again?! After having her good fortune snatched away twice in a row, Xi Qingqing has transmigrated yet again. This time, she's made up her mind! She's going to lie flat! A nightmare of a mother-in-law? No problem, as long as she treats me well. Married to a bully? Whatever, I'll reform him. A picky, demanding sister-in-law? Hmph! She needs a good dose of reality! See how the sha 6.6kReads9.2Score593Shelves
13. 13 带 Lounging Around in a Period Novel With a Fortune in Supplies 带着百亿物资在年代文里摆烂 A Red Hearth一盏红炉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yan worked tirelessly on missions across different planes, and finally saved enough points to apply for a peaceful retirement. She had planned to enjoy her retirement as a happy slacker, armed with a hundred billion worth of supplies. But who could have guessed the System would malfunction, and she would be reborn in the 1970s, an era of severely underdeveloped productivity? Here, there was always some troublemaker trying to harm her. Her retirement was ruined. Not only did she have to toil 7.1kReads9.1Score693Shelves

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    A captivating period drama novel where the female lead is a doctor and the male lead is a soldier. An incredibly sweet and delightful read.

14. 14 带 Taking the Taobao System with Me to the 1970s 带着淘宝系统穿七零 2 Chuan2川Modern Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Technically minded military officer VS powerful, down-to-earth woman; the heroine builds her career. The System plays a small role early on, then gets to take it easy. Period setting + comedy + both leads devoted only to each other “When a lie-flat System meets a crazy Host” Other people transmigrate to the 1970s: fight nasty relatives, make money, and marry a soldier. Xiang Nuan transmigrates to the 1970s: ✓ Fails to be reborn six times, then angrily kicks the coffin lid off ✓ Hacks her relativ 23.1kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
15. 15 我 Peace and Joy in the Sixties 我在六零年代平安喜乐 Long An, Who Loves Okra and Fried Eggs爱吃秋葵煎蛋的龙安Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Historical era + pocket dimension + rural slice of life + cozy everyday moments] A grown woman mysteriously becomes reborn in the body of a little girl who died young, with a different name but the same surname. After a brief period of confusion, Qiu Yuling's fighting spirit ignites when her golden finger, the Get-Rich Farm, activates. While others toil at the black market to trade for supplies, Qiu Yuling says that as long as she lives earnestly and moves a finger or two in her pocket dimensio 7.7kReads8.9Score615Shelves
16. 16 八 The 1980s Military Marriage Is So Sweet: The Rough Commander Is Purehearted! 八零军婚齁甜：糙汉首长最纯情！ Candy in My Pocket兜兜有糖Modern Romance244k WordsCompleted [Alternate setting, historical era + transmigrate into a book + mind reading + mutual devotion + building wealth + sweet romance, one-on-one] Li Xiang transmigrated into a book, the second male lead novel she loved most. She knew the second male lead was responsible, but no one had told her he was a stubborn, love-struck fool! Just as she finally escaped the plot, the System told her that another transmigrator had appeared. Meanwhile, the neighboring country went ahead with its plan to dump nucl 13Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Although the two historical novels had low ratings, the content was still acceptable.

17. 17 八 The Delicate Beauty of the 1980s Is Spoiled by a Rugged Man Until She Gets Morning Sickness 八零之娇软小美人被糙汉宠到孕吐 Wooden Branch木枝Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted Ye Ruanruan is a beautiful, delicate heiress who unexpectedly transmigrates to the backward 1980s. The moment she opens her eyes, it’s her wedding night. Her new husband is tall and burly, with a fierce-looking face. The timid Ye Ruanruan is so frightened that she faints on the spot. But she soon discovers that her husband may look like a rough, straight-talking man, but inside he’s a sulky, jealous grouch. At 27, Zhou Xiao has never been in a relationship. His way of treating his wife well is t 571Reads7.1Score—Shelves
18. 18 七 Reunited with My Cold Army Husband After Four Years 七零，四年后巧遇前任被团宠 Si Xuan丝轩Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + reunited after a breakup + transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + devoted couple + groveling pursuit + sweet romance + the male lead will later transmigrate to the modern era to win her back] Su Wanwan transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder female character. The moment she opens her eyes, the male lead is sweet-talking her in a cornfield. According to the plot, he is only using her as a stepping-stone. Su Wanwan refuses to follow the plot. That very night, she meet 77.2kReads8.4Score8kShelves
19. 19 八 Military Marriage in the 1980s: Baby, You're the Only One I Love 八零军婚：宝宝，我只喜欢你 Red Winter红色冬天Modern Romance290k WordsCompleted [Devoted couple + reborn + doting husband + medical skills] In her previous life, Shen Liwu believed her stepsister and grew to detest Zhou Yanjing, hiding from him wherever she went. He died protecting her. Amid the smoke and flames, he used his last strength to say: “Wu Wu, how could you treat me this way? I haven’t done anything wrong. Please, just try to love me once. Stop running away from me... please!” Blood filled his mouth, yet he was still begging her. Reborn, she decides to trust what 1.5kReads7.7Score170Shelves
20. 20 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 4.1kReads9.0Score391Shelves

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21. 21 六 My 1960s Military Wife Is a Little Spicy: The Sharp-Tongued Officer Spoils Her Tyrannically 六零军嫂有点辣：毒舌军官霸道宠 Nalan Yi纳兰翊Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1960s Military Marriage + Devoted Couple, Sweet Romance + Revenge on Scumbags + Making Money and Raising Kids + Supermarket in a Pocket Dimension + Superpowers + Never Letting Enemies Get Away + Satisfying Military Story] Yu Wanqing had assets worth billions, but while exploring Mount Kunlun, she encountered Japanese soldiers trying to damage China's dragon veins. She took them out, but was badly wounded. When she woke up, she'd transmigrated into the body of a young woman in t 44.4kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves
22. 22 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 31.9kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
23. 23 换 Swapping Marriages? The Capitalist Heiress's Foil Marries a Commander and Wins by Doing Nothing 换嫁？资本小姐对照组嫁首长躺赢 Tata Zi沓沓紫Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Spirit Spring in a Space] [Sisters Swap Marriages, Contrast Couple] [Marriage First, Love Later] [An Adversarial Couple: A Flippant, Sharp-Tongued Officer VS a Beautiful, No-Nonsense Capitalist Heiress] Shu Tang, a researcher at a pharmaceutical institute, transmigrates into the contrast-group villainess of a doted-on heroine period novel. The heroine is her cousin, holding the script of a feel-good romance. Her in-laws dote on her, her career thrives, and her true-lo 7.8kReads8.2Score875Shelves

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24. 24 新 Reborn, I Will Benefit the People 新生，我要造福一方 Kuan Dongzi款冬子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Workplace romance in government circles + powerful officials + a senior leader and his sweet young wife + two equally strong leads + both romantically inexperienced + devoted love + rebirth Heroine: She is warmhearted and compassionate, neither meek nor domineering. She has ideals and convictions, but she isn't all-powerful. She and the hero are evenly matched, sharing the sweetness of romance as well as supporting each other as they work side by side to realize their ideals. They respect and lo 44.5kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves

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    It's a very good show. The male and female leads are both reborn. The female lead was originally the daughter of the Wen family, but she grew up in a poor mountainous area. Her parents favored their adopted daughter. In this second life, she no longer struggles with parental relationships. She uses her memories from her previous life to achieve financial freedom and then responds to the country's call to build a better future.

25. 25 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: The Laid-Back Darling of the 1970s Is Forced to Strive 穿书七零：咸鱼团宠她被迫上进 Pumpkin Vine南瓜藤儿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting x beloved by everyone x military marriage x pocket dimension x lie-flat lifestyle x an extremely powerful golden finger x a male lead who's basically a tool] Jiang Cha wakes from a deep sleep to discover she's transmigrated into a period novel as a cannon-fodder female supporting character, destined to help the male and female leads fall in love. Worse, even the family members who doted on her in the original story all meet tragic ends. Just as Jiang Cha is about to cry in despai 10.8kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves

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26. 26 娇 So Alluring! One Tease from Her, and the War God Blocks the Door to Demand Marriage 娇引！她一撩，兵王堵门要结婚 Cheng Xiaoyao程小尧Modern Romance856k WordsCompleted [Audiobook now available] A cool-faced but warm-hearted martyr's orphan becomes a young educated woman sent to the countryside, and falls in love at first sight with an abstinent special forces soldier Pocket dimension + striking back against enemy spies + patriotism + two powerful, devoted leads + no self-sacrificing heroine + helping farmers prosper + one-on-one romance + devoted love In the 23rd century, Feng Moyan was an all-purpose killer developed by researchers and made to serve the organ 5.6kReads8.9Score553Shelves
27. 27 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 101.2kReads9.6Score10kShelves

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    * **1970S Military Marriage: This Female Comrade is Too Capable, She Deserves a Promotion:** The female protagonist, Xia Nuan, transmigrates into the body of a young widow. She overcomes opposition to cure her brother-in-law's eyes and seizes the opportunity to become a junior finance clerk in the commune. Using her foresight from the future, she leads the villagers to develop agricultural products, boosting the economy. She rises through the ranks from finance clerk to commune secretary, county head, mayor, and finally governor. The male protagonist, Tang Heping, fully supports her. Both have strong moral principles, and the plot is incredibly satisfying. * **1970S Trip to the 70s with a Backhand: She's Good at Everything from Making Money to Caution:** The female protagonist, Su He, transmigrates into the body of a fake heiress in a period novel. With extremely high intelligence and emotional intelligence, she uses resource exchange and understanding of people's hearts to hold numerous part-time jobs, raking in a fortune. At the same time, she also helps develop her hometown, becoming a model citizen of An County with various work permits. The female protagonist's sharp wit and persuasive skills lead the entire village to prosperity, showcasing her exceptional business acumen. "The Queen of Talk in the 70s: Getting Rich Through Deception": Su Tiantian transmigrates into a cannon fodder female supporting character in a period novel. She also has a brain-dead system in her mind that forces her to follow the plot, but she resolutely refuses. Relying on her eloquent tongue and prophetic golden finger, she leads her whole family to prosperity, revitalizes a poor village, and even the national economic advisor recognizes that she has the talent to do economics and wants to focus on cultivating her. She has forged a unique path to wealth and officialdom in the era.

28. 28 七 The Queen of Quips in the 1970s Got Rich by Sweet-Talking 七零嘴炮女王，靠忽悠暴富了 Nian He Yu廿和雨Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [Hilarious Trash-Talking Queen vs. Silly System vs. A Shattered Period Drama Script] Su Tiantian opened her eyes and found herself in a period novel as the cannon-fodder supporting female character: obsessed with the male lead, framing the heroine, and doomed to die horribly. And now there was a dumb System in her head forcing her to follow the plot? Su Tiantian: "Pah! Conquer a scumbag? Frame my sister? Die young? I'm here to make money and live like a lazy fish!" System: "Hurry up and bring th 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 末 The Apocalypse Queen in the 1970s! 末世女王在七零！ Laughing Every Day天天嘻嘻哈哈哈Modern Romance804k WordsCompleted [Alternate-History Era + Special Abilities + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroics, No Self-Destructive Angst + Cross Me and I’ll Kill You + Military Life + Raising Kids + Small-Town Gossip = A Happy Ending] Su Wanwan, the queen of three types of special abilities in the apocalypse, has just blown the base leader’s head off, avenging her mother’s murder. Before she can celebrate her victory, the Zombie King, who has been secretly watching her from the shadows for a long time, swallows her whole. After 8.1kReads8.0Score906Shelves

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    Chronicles! Chronicles!

30. 30 六 The 1960s’ Rich Beauty Takes Down Her Scumbag Father’s Whole Family from the Start! 六零白富美开局干翻渣爹全家！ Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance313k WordsCompleted [Young, audacious military-industry big shot VS fair-skinned, beautiful heiress] [Portable space, military marriage, sweet romance, rich beauty, lighthearted style] The moment Yan Moqing opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into a book. In it, she was a spoiled, domineering heiress from a capitalist family who made trouble at every turn. Her whole family was about to be brought to account. Her scumbag father fled to Hong Kong with the nanny, the two children she had borne him, and all the fami 6.4kReads8.2Score653Shelves
31. 31 难 It's Not Every Day You Get to the 1960s, So I'm Going to Be a Bad Seed! 难得穿到六零年，我就要当坏种！ Duan Baixin段白新Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Alternate-history period drama + pocket dimension + wood-based supernatural power Yu Wei survived the apocalypse, but when she was the last person left, boredom killed her. She opened her eyes to find she had transmigrated to the hunger-stricken 1960s. While everyone else struggled to get by, she was overjoyed. Her stepmother was two-faced, and her stepsister had arranged for her to be hit by a car, then secretly signed her up to go to the countryside as an educated youth, all to steal her arrog 28.1kReads8.2Score3.1kShelves
32. 32 让 You Want Me to Cook at Three in the Morning? I’ll Slap Your Whole Family Away 让我三点做饭？我反手扇飞你全家 Soft Soft Green Robe糯糯青衫Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted (The short drama My Slaps Changed My Fate in the 1970s is now available.) [Period setting + military marriage + mental illness + both devoted to each other + career in government + a heroine who would rather throw hands than talk, versus a rough-around-the-edges regiment commander who stole his comrade’s bride] Ever since Su Wanxing was diagnosed with a mental illness, life has been going wonderfully. She can curse out whoever she wants and beat up whoever she wants. She can even beat up a perve 17kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
33. 33 八 The 1980s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Wrapped Around the Sickly Beauty's Finger 八零：冷面军官被病弱美人拿捏了 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 83kReads9.4Score13.3kShelves
34. 34 重 Reborn That Day, the Sweet Educated Youth Fell into the Soldier King's Arms 重生当天，娇知青撞进兵王心巴上 I Have a Longbow吾有长弓Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Song Shijin, a young woman sent to the countryside, married the man her best friend introduced her to. She spent half her life working herself to the bone for her husband, but they had no children. She became ill from overwork, only to discover that her husband had secretly built a big family with her best friend. Overcome with rage, she died on the spot. Reborn before the matchmaking meeting, she refused the man her best friend had picked out and instead married an officer 17.6kReads8.7Score2.4kShelves
35. 35 我 I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Go to the Countryside? 我都重生了，谁还下乡！ Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted [Period] + [Reborn] + [Strong Female Lead's Growth] + [Passionate Youth] Xiang Hong is reborn at the crossroads of her life in 1968. Go to the countryside or join the army? Join the army! In her previous life, she went to the countryside and suffered through all kinds of hardships... before dying miserably in a shack. In this life, her heartless family and worthless men are nothing but stepping-stones beneath her feet! When Xiang Hong is reborn, she also gets a small pocket dimension, a modest g 3.5kReads8.8Score315Shelves

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    [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

36. 36 年 The Little Aunt of the Seventies Has Money to Burn 年代，小姑姑多财多亿 My Feelings for You卿我意Modern Romance738k WordsCompleted Tang Shuhe never imagined she'd one day face the question, “Your parents are getting divorced. Which one will you live with?” She had even less expected that less than a month after the divorce, both of them would remarry. With her godmother and godfather becoming her stepmother and stepfather, and the tangled, unbreakable ties between them and her birth parents, Tang Shuhe chose to retreat to her grandparents' home in the countryside for a while. She never expected that leaving would mean a per 14.7kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
37. 37 七 Joining the Army in the Seventies: The Brilliant Scientist Tames a Rugged Man Who Can't Have Children 七零随军：科研娇妻驯服绝嗣糙汉 True to the Mountain at Dawn不负熹山Modern Romance429k WordsCompleted Si Nian was beautiful and lucky, but one careless mistake led to her father being reported, putting her at risk of being sent to the countryside. To spare their daughter from hardship, her family pulled some strings and found her a blind date who could protect her. But as soon as she arrived, she saw her cousin had gotten there first and stolen her prospective match. Si Nian was about to confront her when a string of comments suddenly floated above her head. [Such a beauty, yet she's going to ma 1.8kReads8.8Score191Shelves
38. 38 踹 I Ditch My Scumbag Dad to Marry a Commander, and the Pretty Army Wife Is Treasured 踹渣爹嫁首长，俏军嫂被捧在心尖 One Smile Captivates the Orange一笑倾橙Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [All-around rich beauty + no supporting deadbeats + no black-market dealings + no relocation to the countryside + spatial System with multiverse trading] Lin Siqiao transmigrated from a fabulously wealthy Shanghai socialite into a pitiful young woman in the 1970s, disliked by her own family. Less than a year after her birth mother died, her scumbag father brought home a stepmother. They say that once you have a stepmother, you get a stepfather too. But Lin Siqiao never imagined that, just to sei 27.8kReads9.5Score4.2kShelves
39. 39 七 The 1970s Educated Youth: The Villain Always Acts Pitiful Around Her 七零知青：反派总在她面前装可怜 One More Spoonful再吃一勺儿Modern Romance344k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + period setting + sweet romance + almost childhood sweethearts + one-on-one romance] Bai Qingci's parents arranged for her to go to the countryside to avoid danger. Before leaving, she had already prepared herself for the possibility that she would never return or see anyone she knew again. A month later, the Chen family arrived in the village after being sent down for reform. They had grown up in the same compound but barely spoken. She only wanted to treat him like a strange 6.1kReads9.0Score655Shelves

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40. 40 穿 Transmigrating into the 1960s as a Young Educated Youth 穿越六十年代小知青 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 32.2kReads9.4Score3.2kShelves
41. 41 七 The Quietly Passionate Factory Director's Darling in the 1970s 七零闷骚厂长的小娇娇 A Chestnut一颗板栗Modern Romance534k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + pocket dimension + spoiled young master + satisfying read + no being sent to the countryside + seven-year age gap] Jiang Shu suddenly discovered she had a pocket dimension, and knew she was about to transmigrate or end up in the apocalypse. She immediately took stock of her assets and began stockpiling supplies, only to arrive in the 1970s. Now she had to face the threat of being sent to the countryside. Go rural? No way! In the blink of an eye, Lu Shiyu, the director of the ma 8.2kReads8.4Score781Shelves
42. 42 七 The 1970s: The Commander Marries the Laziest Woman in the Village 七零：首长娶了全村最懒的婆娘 Cheng Xiaohuai程小淮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A new novel is underway, a companion story to Zhou Suisui's: [The Night I Divorced in the Military District, I Consummated My Marriage with a Rugged Officer] Remember to check it out~ [Cold-Faced, Broad-Shouldered Officer VS. Slim-Waisted, Delicate Beauty] [Pocket Dimension + Special Powers + Both Pure + Mutual Devotion] Zhou Suisui transmigrated! She became a lazy, gluttonous educated youth in Hongxing Village. A stern-faced commander returned to his hometown after a mission and mistook the de 2.5kReads8.1Score261Shelves
43. 43 带 I Bring My Pocket Dimension to the 1970s, Snacking on Sunflower Seeds to Get By 带着空间穿七零，磕着瓜子混日子 Clear, Clear Handwriting清晰笔笔Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: Parallel world + top-tier hunk. Female lead: Sheng Wanyan. Male lead: Gu Tingxiao. Every night, Sheng Wanyan, living in 2026, has the same dream. Everything in it is gray and dreary. The streets are full of skinny people in patched clothes, yet everyone looks full of energy. Mud houses are everywhere, and people have to work in the fields to earn work points just to get enough to eat. Terrified, she quickly sells off her belongings and stockpiles supplies to prepare. “Hey! What are you 28.4kReads9.2Score3.2kShelves
44. 44 七 Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Cannon Fodder Dodges the Plot with Bullet Comments 七零军婚：炮灰靠弹幕躲剧情 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Modern Romance512k WordsCompleted Lin Shuyin transmigrated into the 1970s and became an eighteen-year-old high school senior, about to graduate. She was worried about finding a job. In those days, without a job, you had to go to the countryside, and she didn’t want to! Suddenly, comments appeared before her eyes: [Seriously, Lin Shuyin, you’d be better off going to the countryside. Then you wouldn’t meet your scumbag husband, Zhou Jianguo, and all that stuff that happened later would never happen.] [Sigh! Second Sister Lin had s 20.6kReads8.8Score1.7kShelves
45. 45 身 Wearing a Period Novel: The Cunning, Scheming Man Has Me Wrapped Around His Finger 身穿年代文：被心机腹黑男拿捏了 Du Huancheng渡浣辰Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [The protagonist has no System or golden finger; transmigrates into a book in her own body; a touch of ensemble cast; sweet romance; both are each other’s first and only; love at first sight; imperfect characters, each with their own flaws] [Fair-skinned, beautiful heiress VS deep-thinking, calculating man] Most likely, it’s a story about two people who look like a perfect match but aren’t in sync at heart: he’s after a man with a great body and impressive abilities, while she’s after a man with 15.6kReads8.4Score917Shelves
46. 46 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 23.1kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
47. 47 刚 I Transmigrated and Got Arrested? The Scientist's Army Wife Turns the Tables 刚穿越就被抓？科研军嫂逆风翻盘 Mr. Zhongli钟离先生Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + 1970s era + period setting + advancing the nation through research + military marriage + alternate history + slow burn (not a power fantasy, includes awful characters)] // Twilight shines over the nine provinces, stars settle in my arms // A genius inventor from the interstellar era unexpectedly reborn in the year 1975 of the Xiazhou calendar. She opens her eyes in an interrogation room, in a dire situation, on the verge of being sentenced to death. Ye Mu is just about to show 29kReads8.9Score3.2kShelves
48. 48 绝 The Stunning Young Lady Transmigrates to the Seventies 绝美尤物大小姐身穿七零 One Z Soak一z泡Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted Transmigration into another era + transmigrate into a book + undocumented + love at first sight + ruthless pursuit + a slight groveling arc + happy ending Stunning heiress VS soldier who falls for her looks at first sight Modern tycoon’s heir VS the pampered young master of a military compound in the 1970s The heroine transmigrates into another era, while her cousin transmigrates into a book and is reborn. Jing Zhi, heir to the Jing family, the wealthiest family in City A in the 21st century, ha 7.2kReads8.4Score598Shelves
49. 49 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.7kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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50. 50 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Living Off Women in a Period Novel 女穿男：我在年代文里吃软饭 Shouwu Without Mangmang首乌不芒芒Modern Romance273k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, with some fantasy elements] When Zhou Shan transmigrates to the 1960s, she opens her eyes to dizziness and weakness in all four limbs, experiencing firsthand what it means to be starving to death. She doesn’t feel the slightest thing about having become a man. Just as she’s so hungry she can barely keep her eyes open, she hears a father and daughter nearby, picking over their choices: “Is there anyone you like?” “Too ugly. Black and skinny, like a charre 7kReads9.4Score587Shelves

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