The 1970s: Why Go to the Countryside When Watching the Drama Is Better?
七零，下什么乡？能有吃瓜香？
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- Modern Romance
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- Period Fiction
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- The 1970s' Stepmom: My Stepson and I Team Up to Gossip七零后妈，我和继子组团吃瓜Alternate title on Fanqie
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Period Novel! The Heroine Has a Job, Won't Be a Housewife or Do Chores, and Doesn't Want to Be a Stepmother
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Historical-Era Stories with a Female Lead Who Stands on Her Own: No More Male Leads Who Keep Going to the Countryside to Help the Poor
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Period Novel With a Stylish Young Stepmom Who's Amazing at Raising Kids~
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It's so refreshing to read a story without awful relatives! It makes me feel so relaxed and happy. It's also rare to find a story where the male and female leads come from normal families—loving parents, harmonious siblings—except for the male lead's sister, who is a bit of a jerk, but she doesn't cause any trouble around them. Their families are quite similar; both parents work. This setup is really great!
It's a really good show. I've seen many people complain that the female lead marries a man with a son, but actually, that son isn't her biological child; he's the male lead's sister's. Also, the female lead's parents treat her very well and love her deeply.
It's super good! It mainly focuses on everyday family life, but the writing is excellent; it's never boring. Every plot point is carefully crafted, not just a chronological account. It's a great read! The female lead is neither a saint nor stubborn; she is adaptable yet knows how to seize opportunities.
It's good, but there's too little of it. Please don't make our female lead suffer!
I finished reading it, and it was pretty good. There were no awful characters or obsessive romantic entanglements. The male and female leads fell in love at first sight. The male lead dotes on the female lead, and when she scolds him with her hands on her hips, he says, "So cute!" The male lead is a bit cunning, a very capable engineer.
Chapter 89 review, giving it a five-star rating first. As the comments say, the female lead is really bold, taking vegetables out in the dead of winter. Even if you had money back then, how could a high school graduate have access to such a channel? The number of times she went out was being observed; was it the black market?
It's so good! One of the best books I've ever read. It's about everyday family life (a few minor conflicts), gossip (about the people around us), and there's no unwanted romantic entanglements or annoying characters. It's so good! I love the male and female leads so much! 🍉 This is real life! Most importantly, the characters aren't constantly swearing or aggressive; they don't call you a "worthless trash" or anything like that! It's a very comfortable read! 👍👍👍
This book is really enjoyable to read. There are no awful characters, the male and female leads don't have any unwanted romantic entanglements, there's no sarcasm or ridicule directed at the protagonists, and there's no framing. It's a simple, gentle, and enduring love story. It's really good, very enjoyable, and not at all stressful to read.
It's good, so far there are no flaws, the plot flows smoothly, it's just that there are a lot of trolls in the comments section.
So beautiful, so beautiful, absolutely gorgeous! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️