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- 1 A Whirlwind Wedding in the 1970s: I Won Without Even Trying 七零闪婚后，一不小心躺赢了 Qin Niannian never thought she was unlucky, until she closed her eyes... She transmigrated in the middle of a trend. Everyone else got a golden finger, or at least some kind of pocket dimension. She got absolutely nothing. Fine, she’d just have to make the best of it. It wasn’t like she was going to drop dead! But as soon as she arrived, she was faced with a choice: go to the countryside or get married. She wanted to go to the countryside and stand her ground, but she just couldn’t do it. She mi 175Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Bound to a System in the 1970s, I Became a Tycoon 被系统绑到七十年代后我成了首富 [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + System + Building Wealth + Face-Slapping + No Sent-Down Youth] After Ye He dies, the System forcibly binds itself to her, and she transmigrates into a period novel as the villainous supporting female character of the Ye family. The Ye family is a blended family with seven children. The original Ye He is the youngest daughter, with both parents alive but neither of them caring for her. Before she has even graduated from junior high, they force her to g 913Reads—Score159Shelves
- 3 The 1970s: A Refined Self-Interest Maximizer, She Breaks Through to the Top 七零：精致利己主义，她破圈而上 [Period setting + transmigration into a book + satisfying read + sweet romance + food] A modern-day wage slave transmigrates into the body of a pampered young woman in the 1970s who can’t lift a finger or tell one grain from another, with the countdown to being sent down to the countryside underway. Go to the countryside? Absolutely not. She can still save herself, and even if the conditions aren’t there, she’ll make them. Her top priority is to find someone to provide her with meals long-term 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Self-Serving Woman Thrives in the 1970s 精致利己的我在七零如鱼得水 PS1: This is set in a fictional era. Fictional, fictional, fictional. I’m repeating it three times because it’s important, so please don’t look up historical references while reading. PS2: The heroine is highly skilled in combat and has a golden finger, but this is not a mindless power fantasy. She has sound values, so please don’t read if that’s not your thing. Feel free to leave a comment if you spot a mistake, and Yingzi will fix it. If you don’t like it, just click X. Writing isn’t easy, so 80Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 5 Transmigrating to the Sixties to Become a Worker 穿越六十年代当工人 [Period setting + childhood sweethearts + family life + no going to the countryside] Chen Sisi never imagined that she'd survive a plane crash only to transmigrate to the 1960s in a parallel world, where she'd become the neglected, pitiful child of her family. If acting cute and obedient won't get her anything in this household, she'll just have to raise herself a little meal ticket to help her get through these hard times. (This is a fictional period setting. Anything that doesn't make sense is 427Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 The 1970s Scheming Girl Has a Little Conscience, But Not Much 七零心机女有点良心但不多 [Alternate-history period setting + works in the city instead of being sent to the countryside + family life + watching the drama unfold + no golden finger + male lead appears much later] After an accident, Song Qi was lucky enough to recover her memories of a past life. As it turned out, she had transmigrated from a world decades in the future. Thinking back to the period novels she had read in her previous life, then looking at the time she was now living in, she realized it was already 1970. 201Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越七零之路人甲日常 The rating just opened, so it’ll go up later. This is a gentle, everyday-life story. If it’s not your thing, please click away. Thanks! Transmigration + no military marriage + no relocation to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no vilifying the original heroine After transmigrating, Lu Jinxia finds herself in the world of a historical novel she read. Unfortunately, she isn’t the heroine, just a background character. The heroine of the book is an educated youth sent to the countryside. 24.3kReads8.2Score2kShelves
- 8 I Went Rogue After Transmigrating into a Saintly Heroine Novel 穿进圣母年代文后我暴走了 [Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Fleeing Famine + System + Spatial Storage + The Male Lead Gets Eaten by Me] One moment, it’s fried chicken, barbecue, and a big cola; the next, it’s wild vegetables and weeds stewed with tree bark. Lin Xiaomi never imagined that someone who was good at nothing but eating would transmigrate into a book. And she transmigrates into the middle of a famine migration, where she’s destined to devote herself to the female lead’s saintly ideals, only to sta 800Reads8.3Score106Shelves
- 9 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Wife in the ’60s: Anyone Who Objects Can Fight Me 穿成六零炮灰原配，不服就干 [Book Transmigration, period-setting wish fulfillment, a slight golden finger, no space, as realistic as possible, not an implausible power fantasy] Modern computer programmer Lin Zhixia transmigrates into a period novel as the tragic first wife her entire family sacrifices! The Zhao family conspires to frame her. Her lame younger brother-in-law forces his way into her room, and her in-laws not only take part, but afterward cover it up, poison her until she's mute, and imprison her! Her husband 1.3kReads—Score109Shelves
- 10 Reborn in the Sixties: The Cannon-Fodder Younger Sister-in-Law Refuses to Cooperate! 重生六零：炮灰小姑子拒不配合！ [1960s setting + reborn for revenge + storage space + advancing the nation through scientific research + love that blossoms over time] In her previous life, Tian Wenjing was cruelly pressured by her family into marrying a rough military officer she didn't love. From that point on, her life began counting down! Only after she died did Tian Wenjing finally realize that everything she'd suffered had been a tragedy carefully orchestrated by someone! And the people responsible... This time, she struc 1.6kReads—Score104Shelves
- 11 Lazy Family? I Slack Off with the System 全家懒货？我靠系统摆烂 [System # Period Setting # Devoted Couple # Comedy] The Mao family is so lazy it makes everyone furious, yet somehow they live better than anyone else. Not only that, they’ve visibly put on weight. In an era when people can barely get enough to eat, how is that even possible? Mao Er’ya is a master at slacking off and cutting corners. After accidentally binding herself to a System, she leads her whole family in eating their fill and taking it easy. When the villain tricks her into giving the male 7Reads—Score128Shelves
- 12 Reborn in the 1970s: The Big Shot’s Original Wife Becomes More and More Despicable 重生七零：大佬原配越发可恶了 In her previous life, Li Chunlan followed her husband, a young intellectual who had been admitted to a prestigious university, back to the city. Her in-laws treated her like a servant, her husband gave her the cold shoulder, and her adopted son was an ungrateful wretch. After decades of dutifully shouldering the burden, she was killed by her adopted son. Her husband became a tycoon and lived happily ever after with his true love, while her adopted son turned out to be the biological heir... Rebo 241Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 13 My Adoptive Sister Moves In with a Baby, So After Being Reborn, I Break My Ex-Husband's Legs 养姐带球占我家，重生打断前夫腿 [Reborn + 1970s + sent to the countryside + pocket dimension + light hoarding + farming + a steady, prosperous life] With snow swirling outside, Song Zhiyi lay paralyzed in a freezing bed. Her adoptive sister, Luo Wanying, and her husband, Zhao Ziqiang, came through the door. Luo Wanying deliberately rested a hand on her lower back and said in a soft, delicate voice: “Zhiyi, I’m pregnant. The father is Ziqiang.” To make room for the baby, Luo Wanying told her everything, and Song Zhiyi died with 30Reads—Score219Shelves
- 14 Reborn in the 1970s: My Late Husband, a Soldier King, Returns and Spoils Me Rotten 重生七零，亡夫兵王归来宠妻成瘾 [Period romance + male lead reborn] When Xu Chanyi jumped into the river to escape, she never thought she would survive. Fortunately, Lu Zhongbei was passing through while visiting family and rescued her. With nowhere else to go, she clung to him and married him. Three months into their marriage, Lu Zhongbei was reported killed in action. As soon as the news reached home, his parents accepted a hefty bride price to sell her off to a remote mountain village. Xu Chanyi fell out with her in-laws an 503Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 15 The Wrong Baby Swap of 1980: Two Lives Under One Roof for Eighteen Years 八零抱错：屋檐下的两份十八年 [Switched at Birth + Period Setting + College Entrance Exam] Eighteen years ago, a mix-up at birth meant she raised pigs and sheep in the countryside in the other girl’s place, while the other girl lived as a pampered young lady in the city. Eighteen years later, the real heiress returned to the city, and overnight, the impostor became the talk of the whole residential compound. Her biological mother cried for three days, and her biological father smoked until the ground was littered with cigare 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The 1970s: After Awakening, the Female Supporting Character Refuses to Be a Foil 七零：女配觉醒后拒当对照组 [Alternate-history period setting + no golden finger + family and neighborhood life + stays in the city to work instead of going to the countryside] After a bout of high fever, Jiang Ning awakened memories of her previous life. She thought she had simply been reborn in this world, but it turned out she had also transmigrated into a book. She wasn’t even the heroine, just the foil to the heroine in the story. She never got a moment in the spotlight and was constantly dragged out to be compared un 3.7kReads6.7Score199Shelves
- 17 The Suffering Heroine of a Period Tragedy Gets Possessed 年代虐文的苦情女主被穿了 [Period setting + military marriage + sweet romance + both leads have only ever been with each other + traditional Chinese medicine + childbirth + transmigrate into a book + everyday life] Medical student Xia Songlan dies in an earthquake relief effort and transmigrates into an early melodramatic novel as its tragic heroine, who happens to share her name. Determined to change the heroine’s fate, she flatly rejects the unreasonable demand that she go to the countryside in her cousin’s place and s 128Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 The Doomed Young Lady Lands in the Countryside Just Before the Move, Hiding Out in the City 末世娇女穿在下乡前夕，苟在城里 Lin Jiao was born lucky. Even in the harsh conditions of the apocalypse, she lived a life everyone envied. Who could have known that while she was browsing the shops and joining the crowds at the base, a System fragment would hit her temple, killing her and sending her to another world? Her original self was unloved by both parents. She decided to sell her job and follow the man she loved to the countryside. Then a reborn heroine stole her man, and she died suddenly from a heart attack. After tr 3.2kReads7.2Score207Shelves
- 19 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Villainess Lives Off Men and Loves It 年代快穿：坏女人她软饭硬吃 [Period-Era Quick Transmigration] + [Everyone’s Favorite] + [Selfish and Self-Serving] Pu Mingyue is a climbing vine. Once she latches onto a man, she finds every way to siphon off the nourishment she needs, wringing out the last drop of his worth before ruthlessly strangling him and casting him aside. 1. Educated youth sent to the countryside in the 1970s vs. a taciturn, rugged man + a lovesick male educated youth + an elegant professor 2. Pretty widow fleeing famine in the 1950s vs. an ungrate 844Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 20 The Runaway Bride Wins Over the Handsome Factory Director and Embraces a Life of Passion 逃婚女拿下帅厂长，共赴滚烫人生 To escape her birth family’s schemes, Su Yunke stole the household registration booklet and fled in the middle of the night! Standing in an unfamiliar city, she had only one mao to her name. In an era when even a one-mao coin found on the street had to be handed over to the police, she encountered many kind people. With their warmth behind her, she fought her way to building a business empire of her own. Later, the tough man who cherished her above all else complained in a wounded voice, “B 1.3kReads—Score128Shelves
- 21 Jilted Eight Times, She Became a Tycoon on Her Own 被退亲八次的她，靠自己成为首富 [Period setting + personal growth + two strong leads + devoted couple + farming + raising children + lost and found again + reuniting at the top] She is the village's shame, a woman who “can't find a husband.” Eight engagements have been called off, all because she has a younger brother. She wants to escape this village that devours people, even if the road ahead is uncertain. He is a bright moon fallen into the mud. Once a refined young master from a scholarly family, now all he has left is his 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 An '80s Flash Marriage to a Sweet, Gentle Beauty: Her Husband Spoils Her Rotten 八零闪婚娇软美人，男主宠上瘾 [Period Setting + Transmigration + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved Wife + Golden Finger + One-on-One Sweet Romance + Building Wealth + Adorable Baby] Su Liyu has just won a beauty pageant when she gets drunk and transmigrates back to the 1980s. From the start, she's in one crisis after another: a mysterious person plots to kidnap and sell her. Though a tall, broad-shouldered stranger rescues her in time, malicious gossip ruins her reputation. How could her family stand by while Su Liyu face 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Being a Green Tea in a Period Novel 在年代文里当绿茶 [SC 1v1, Sweet Romance, Woman Pursues Man, Sweet Little Green Tea x Tough Guy Who Pinches Pennies Outside the Home. Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Fictional setting! Everything serves the plot and isn't meant to withstand scrutiny! Issues have been corrected.] When Shen Qingli woke up, she had become the wife of an early-deceased male supporting character in a period novel. A man this simple was easy for her to handle. With a take-it-as-it-comes attitude, she was good at pouting, cuddlin 438Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 24 Stealing the Heroine’s Fortunes in the 1970s, I Snag a Soldier and Marry Him 在七零抢女主机缘，拐个军官结婚 [Six-year age gap + love at first sight + slow and steady + everyday life] Cheng Zhiyu woke up from a nap to discover she had transmigrated into a book, and not just any character: she had become a cannon-fodder character who was supposed to give the heroine golden fingers. All the original heroine’s golden fingers actually belonged to the cannon-fodder character. The original character was meant to hand them over, but Cheng Zhiyu wasn’t about to. She took the heroine’s golden fingers for hers 4.6kReads5.6Score505Shelves
- 25 In the Era of Change, the Scheming Beauty Refuses to Be a Tool 年代，心机美人不做工具人 [Book Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [System] [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] The female lead is selfish and completely self-serving. Su Yi'an, an orphanage darling from the 21st century, transmigrates. When she thinks of how the original host had three doting older brothers, she decides she might as well make the most of having transmigrated. What? She's transmigrated into a period novel called Li Zhenzhen's Happy Life at Sixty, and the original host's whole family are cannon fodder. She's 1.3kReads7.5Score109Shelves
- 26 Taking It Easy in the Fifth-Year Military Factory Compound 五零军工厂大院儿摆烂生活 [Everyday life in a military factory compound + a young stepmother tames the kids and charms her husband + ensemble cast + marriage first, love later + sweet romance + devoted couple] Jiang Suian transmigrates into the role of the Jiang family's troublemaker! She's even pregnant with a “love child”! And to top it all off, she's bound to an “evil against evil System” that demands she commit wholeheartedly to being wicked! Her eldest brother begs everyone he can think of to help her find a chance 2.3kReads7.1Score139Shelves
- 27 A Green Tea Girl Plays the Sweet, Silly Type in the 1960s 绿茶女在六十年代当傻白甜 [Manipulative little green tea vs. gentle childhood friend / Mostly everyday life / No black market, no golden finger] Wen Li transmigrated! She opened her eyes and found herself with a cowardly dad and a mom who loved causing trouble and running her mouth. But that wasn't even the worst part: it was the 1960s, and after droughts, floods, and other extreme weather, the food supply had yet to recover! After thinking it over for ages, Wen Li managed to find two things in her favor. First, her orig 8kReads8.8Score964Shelves
- 28 Liu Xiaocui, the Village Girl of the 1980s 八零村妹刘小翠 She has barely gotten over a scumbag who deceived her in love when her own father sells her to an old widower. What should she do? Beat the scumbag senseless. And I'm done being your daughter. She heads to the city, but gets harassed by hooligans along the way and almost loses her life. As long as I'm still alive, Liu Xiaocui, you'd all better watch out. Once she reaches the city, local bullies try to crush her business as soon as she starts out. You've got powerful connections, do you? I 159Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Female Lead Not Only Speaks Her Mind, She Also Spreads Rumors 女主不光长了嘴，她还会造谣 Xie Longxi grew up in the countryside. At sixteen, her biological parents claimed her, and she successfully made the transition from the countryside to the city, then back to the countryside. Her birth parents had claimed her so she could take her two-years-younger full sister, Xie Weihong's, place when she was sent down to the countryside. Forced to go down to the countryside, she finally endured countless hardships to return to the city. First, she broke up with her boyfriend, then her ex-boyf 5.6kReads8.5Score661Shelves
- 30 The 1970s: A Mad Devoted Dog, the Villainess’s Plaything 七零年代：疯批舔狗，恶女的玩宠 (Completed~) (Please wish for an adaptation into a short drama~) (The author isn’t good at coming up with titles, so let’s just get straight to the story~) [Period setting with a pocket dimension + irresistible villainess + selfish + dog training + calculating self-interest + a family full of schemers + no going to the countryside + no black-market dealings + no marriage] Ye Wenshu has fair skin and stunning looks, with a bright, captivating beauty. She has always been pampered and fond of the f 7.3kReads8.8Score758Shelves
- 31 System on the Left, Space on the Right: The Seventies Darling Laughs All the Way 左系统右空间，七零娇女笑哈哈 The heroine and her family are all a handful. This is a satisfying power fantasy, so don't read it if you're looking for strict realism. [Transmigration + pocket dimension + supplies + rebirth + System + raising children + treasure hunting] A bloodthirsty Emotion System that wants to harvest emotional energy + a kindhearted Merit System that wants to earn merit energy = a miserable heroine who just wants to lie flat but gets nagged by both Systems to complete missions every day. Modern city girl 13.8kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves
- 32 Daily Mystery Boxes: The Laid-Back Heroine Thrives in the Sixties 每日抽盲盒，咸鱼女主在六零躺赢 In the 1960s, she wakes up from the start so hungry that she has to be rushed to the hospital. Her original self was lovesick and psychologically manipulated by a scumbag. How is she supposed to turn things around? Forget it. One slap sends the “player” packing. She refuses to be the backup girl! Trouble is on the way, but fortunately, her parents have powerful connections. With her older sister and brother doting on her, and mystery boxes to open every day, the laid-back heroine decides life ca 789Reads6.7Score100Shelves
- 33 Sweet Little Wife of the 1960s: The Educated Youth Dotes on Me Without Hesitation 六零小甜妻：知青宠我没商量 [Steady Educated Youth vs. Beautiful Village Girl / Entire Cast Are Locals, No Golden Fingers or Black Markets / Everyday Life / Marriage First, Love Later / Flawed Characters / Leads Grow Together / Sweet Romance] Lin Yuan goes to the countryside at eighteen. As the youngest child in his family, he gets first pick of all the food and drink, giving him a broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged frame that stands six feet tall. It doesn’t take long for someone to set their sights on him as s 66.3kReads8.9Score10.3kShelves
- 34 I Refuse to Move to the Countryside! I Marry a Quietly Passionate, Rugged Man and Have Three Daughters 拒下乡！我嫁闷骚糙汉生三朵金花 Wen Ning, a pampered young woman from the 21st century, transmigrates to the hardship-filled 1970s. As soon as she arrives, she is schemed against by a scumbag man and a vicious woman, while also facing the threat of being sent to the countryside. Wen Ning promptly puts the pair in their place. To secure her place in the city, she endures rumors spread by her future brother-in-law, then gets her wish and becomes a temporary worker at a machinery factory. Unwilling to remain a temporary worker, s 753Reads8.9Score102Shelves
- 35 A Beautiful, Self-Serving White Moonlight Gets Tangled Up with a Possessive Man in the 1970s 漂亮利己白月光在七零被偏执缠绕 Synopsis: [A self-serving, dramatic heroine in a period setting vs. an obsessive, possessive hero; frequent rivalry between men and intense love triangles, with multiple male leads. Not your cup of tea? Please don’t read.] Shen Zhixi never denied that she was affected, selfish, and driven by self-interest. Even with a checkered past, she was loved everywhere she went. She didn’t care about flitting from one romance to another, until she suddenly learned that she was the vicious cannon-fodder foi 537Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Looking for a Long-Term Meal Ticket in the Sixties 在六零年代寻找长期饭票 A pampered young woman from the 21st century transmigrates into the body of Xu Mengting, an ordinary high school girl in the 1960s. Xu Mengting feels utterly hopeless. But life has to go on, and since laziness has become her life philosophy, she sets out to find a long-term meal ticket so she can live a carefree, comfortable life. Oh? Her aloof deskmate seems to have pretty good prospects. She'd better snatch him up quickly! (The heroine is a typical self-interested person with plenty of flaws. 2.7kReads8.1Score145Shelves
- 37 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: The Vicious Female Lead Is Everyone's Favorite 快穿年代恶毒女配她是万人迷 (Content warning: The heroine really is selfish and self-serving, though she has ambition. The author is totally on the heroine’s side. There is no male lead in this book, though some worlds may have couples.) Male-baby moms, please turn back!!!!!! Xu Tang is an outstanding employee in the Quick Transmigration Department’s Villainess Fate-Changing Division. Unfortunately, Heaven favors the division for sweet, innocent heroines, and the villainesses and innocent heroines have long held grudges ag 777Reads5.9Score100Shelves
- 38 The Young Lady Enjoys a Leisurely Life in the 1970s 大小姐穿七零悠闲过日子 [Period drama + transmigration into a book + pocket dimension + slice of life + a handful of troublesome characters] Wen Zhining gets a pocket dimension and thinks the apocalypse is coming, so she immediately starts stockpiling supplies. But then her plane crashes. When she opens her eyes, she’s in the 1970s, an orphan with both parents dead. She assumes she has transmigrated to a parallel world. Later, she learns that her aunt’s neighbor is a stepmother with three stepsons. That’s when she real 3.9kReads8.5Score164Shelves
- 39 Transmigrate to 1960: A Permanent Job at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative Is Mine 穿越60：小小供销社正式工拿捏 Transmigration + fiercely protective + urban household registration (no rural relocation) + work at a supply and marketing cooperative + everyday life [No golden finger!!!] [She won't take the college entrance exam. She's not good enough to get into Peking or Tsinghua.] [Dialect warning!!! The author will explain what things mean. If that bothers you, don't read.] [No romance. The author has cut off her chance at marriage, though if readers want a romance, it could appear in an extra.] Wang Hong 592Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 40 Forced to Go to the Countryside, the Superpowered Bigwig Takes Her Pocket Dimension and Marries the Factory's Handsome Guy 被逼下乡，异能大佬带空间嫁厂草 Lin Xia, the top fighter of the apocalypse, blew herself up alongside the Zombie King and transmigrated into the body of Lin Xia'an, a member of the Lin family in the 1970s. Gifted with supernatural powers, she had planned to head to the countryside and make a name for herself. But the original host’s third younger sister had been reborn. Not only was she eager to go to the countryside, she also wanted to steal the husband the original host had married in her previous life. Lin Xia'an said, “Go 3.3kReads8.2Score194Shelves
- 41 My Mom Is Reborn 我妈是重生的 The new book, "Transmigrated into the Foil? The Villainous Male Supporting Character Insists on Spoiling Her Rotten", is now under contract. Readers, head on over and check it out! (Period setting + no sent-down youth assignment + military marriage + no awful relatives + doted on by the whole family + boy-girl twins) This is a slice-of-life story, so don't read it if that's not your thing! Good. She was back in the modern world again. Yes, “again”! Yang Mei never expected the System to dump her 825Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 42 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了 [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 18.3kReads8.3Score2.4kShelves
- 43 Working in the 1960s to Earn Money and Support My Green Tea Girlfriend 我在六十年代工作赚钱养绿茶 Lin Qingyue transmigrated to the 1960s, only to find herself facing a marriage and a move back to the countryside from the start. Was that really going to happen? Before she could do anything, she found out her fiancé wanted to break off the engagement. Lin Qingyue: What a lucky break! She quickly called off the engagement, then studied hard and earned a place at the lumber mill, becoming a proud worker! After starting at the factory, she discovered that her position had been reserved for h 1.3kReads7.7Score103Shelves
- 44 The Matriarch of a Powerful Family Reborn as a Wicked Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel 高门主母穿成年代文中恶毒炮灰 (1980s setting + transmigrate into a book + everyday life + sweet romance + feel-good story) Just after Su Ke became a First-Rank Lady of Imperial Decree, she transmigrated into a vicious cannon-fodder female character in an 1980s romance novel. The original character worked as a nanny in the male lead's home. Just as the leads were about to confess their feelings, she barged in, only to accidentally help them make up and get together sooner. As a disposable side character, the original woman's 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 The Road to Promotion in the 1980s: She Made Her Mark Through Her Own Ability 年代升迁路：她凭实力出圈 [Period] [Career] Dai Xinghua wakes up in 1972 in the body of an orphan who shares her name. Her parents died in the line of duty, and their home is about to be repossessed. Looking at the hand she’s been dealt, former “career star” Dai Xinghua takes a deep breath. Stay calm. I can win! She sticks firmly to her principles: What does it matter how much you work? We’re all just cogs in the machine. Don’t compete, don’t fight. But when it comes to my job, I’ll do it to the best of my ability 13.3kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
- 46 The Beautiful Educated Youth and Her Stylish Mom 漂亮知青，时髦妈 [Period Setting + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Everyday Family Life] In 1979, Jiang Jingshu returns to the city with the last group of educated youths, going back to Tongxiang County, a place both familiar and strange. After years away from home, she expects an emotional reunion. Instead, she is met by awkward, distant parents, an indifferent older brother, and a younger sister who treats her with hostility... There is no place for her in the family anymore. Even her room has been taken over 4.2kReads8.4Score233Shelves
- 47 Working as a Procurement Officer in the 1960s 六零年代做采购 [Parallel-World Alternate-History Setting] [Everyday Life, Not a Power Fantasy] Gu Jinyao transmigrated on the second day after New Year! And she landed in the body of a high school senior in 1961, about to take the college entrance exams. Should she go to college? Go to college? Or go to college? Well, over the next few days, she’ll have to study herself to death and become a test-prep machine. First things first, she needs a set of self-study books on math, physics, and chemistry. What? They w 1.2kReads7.8Score101Shelves
- 48 At Forty, I Remarried a Commander. My Ex and His Mistress Are Both on Their Knees 40岁二嫁首长，前夫小三全跪了 The rating has only just come in, and it’ll rise later! [Second-chance military marriage + era-set comeback + two powerful, devoted leads + rugged man spoils his wife] Lying on the operating table, Jiang Wanning finally learned that her marriage had been a trap: her husband had tried to kill her for the insurance money, and the son she had raised with so much effort was actually the illegitimate child of her scumbag husband and cousin! To survive, she climbed into the bed of Commander Gu Yuanzhe 268.2kReads8.6Score12.4kShelves
- 49 The 1970s: I Work as a Waitress at a State-Run Restaurant 七零：我在国营饭店当服务员 Buling, a wastrel who had muddled through the apocalypse, transmigrated from the end times to an alternate dynasty in the 1970s. From the start, the difficulty was hellish. After acting like a meek little grandson for a month, she finally sent the original owner’s entire family to their graves. Just as she was about to set off toward a happy new life, she had a dream on the train. In it, she was a cannon-fodder character in a novel about a stepmother. After arguing with the heroine a few times, 4.4kReads8.9Score357Shelves
- 50 The 1970s: I Snatched the Heroine's Golden Finger from the Start 七零：开局抢走女主金手指 Yan Tiantian was the youngest in her family, and the first decade and a half of her life had been smooth sailing. Then one day, in a dream, she learned that she was the vicious, spoiled sister-in-law in a novel set in a bygone era!!! The heroine was her soon-to-be sister-in-law. In the book, Yan Tiantian opposed her at every turn, throwing tantrums and behaving outrageously because of her beauty and her parents’ doting. In the end, she met a miserable fate, living in poverty and dying in despair 7.6kReads6.1Score431Shelves
