After Rejecting the Match in the 1980s, I Opened a Canteen at a State-Owned Factory
八零拒婚后，我在国营厂开饭馆
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- Completed
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- 500k Words
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- Modern Romance
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- Period Fiction
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- 3y ago
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Share The Period Novels You Have Read Twice Or Three Times, From The Sixties To The Nineties
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It's super good, but can it be without a romantic pairing? The three female leads should just focus on their struggles; why add a guy?
While some of the descriptions are exaggerated, it's still quite enjoyable to read; you could call it a "cool" novel. It's about quick revenge and decisive action, like a bamboo shoot striving upwards—the harder it tries, the closer it gets to the sky...
It's so good! I'm afraid it won't last, but I also can't wait to finish it all at once. It's so enjoyable to watch, and I love the female lead.
It's a fairly standard career-driven novel set in a bygone era. The writing isn't particularly good or bad, but the food scenes are quite well-written. Otherwise, there aren't many dramatic moments. The female lead, with her dazzling protagonist aura, steadily builds her career, while the male lead is just one of the tools who helps her, providing manpower when needed and financial support when…
It's good. This is the first novel I read on Tomato that scored below 9 points, and I feel it's even better written than some novels that score in the 9s. Although some plot points felt a bit exaggerated, they were still acceptable. There is a romantic pairing, but perhaps the romance wasn't handled very well; the pairing felt a bit abrupt, and to me, they felt more like partners and friends.
It's incredibly good. It would be even better without the male lead. The female lead makes a lot of money and can do whatever she wants. It's so annoying when men try to take a share of her money.
It's quite good. The female lead steadily builds her career, and there are also many excellent supporting actresses. On a side note, I hope we can reduce the use of descriptions like "Although she's a woman, she also xxx". While it might be understandable if a passerby said that due to the limitations of the era, the author's subjective narration uses too much of this.
It's so good! I wanted more. The only downside is that the author could have replaced all the "back then" with "at that time" or "in the past." The whole thing is just filled with "back then," even though some events only happened a week or a month ago. But seriously, it's really good! Highly recommended! I'm definitely going to check it out!
I highly recommend everyone to watch it. It's incredibly exciting, and you'll want to watch it again and again – it's never enough!
The story is fast-paced and enjoyable, and most importantly, there aren't many truly awful characters—well, there aren't many, just the ones from the female lead's hometown. That doesn't detract from the story. The real problem is seeing a lot of awful characters, where everyone is jealous of the female lead. This story handles that well; the villagers are on the female lead's side, and she's focused on her career throughout, making it a pleasant read.