
-30°C: Brewing Tea by the Fire in the Great Northern Wilderness
零下三十度:我在北大荒围炉煮茶
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- Modern Romance
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- Period Fiction
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Other names
- The 1970s: Educated Youth Freezing in the Countryside? I'm Eating Meat at the Forest Farm七零:知青挨冻?我在林场吃肉Alternate title on Fanqie
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Please Recommend Highly Rated Period Pieces. No Dumbed-Down Plots or Cringey Scenes
The Pinnacle of Period Stories
An incredibly good novel set in a bygone era.
Any Stories About Stockpiling Supplies and Then Enjoying Life? Any Genre
I can't stand apocalyptic stories where people hoard enough supplies to last several lifetimes, then fight ordinary people for resources. In period stories, they have to run to the black market every day and are too afraid of being discovered to use anything. What's the point of hoarding supplies if you can't use them? I just want them to enjoy life!
I'm So Out of Books to Read! Any Good Recommendations?
Ancient, modern, period, fantasy, xianxia, rule-based horror, infinite-flow, Taoist priests, anything goes T_T No golden fingers, no System, no pocket dimension, dual strong leads... Ahhhhh, please recommend something already o(╥﹏╥)o
Any Understated, Sensible Period Novels? Not the Kind Where They Eat Lavish Meals Every Day
Looking for books like Making Others Happy? I'd Rather Make Myself Happy. Historical-era story with a female lead. It doesn't matter whether she transmigrates or has a golden finger, but it shouldn't be brainless or too showy. I hate those stories where she has a pocket dimension people can enter but insists on cooking outside, and is always...
Looking for Down-to-Earth Stories Set in a Past Era, Nothing Too Over-the-Top
I'm in a reading slump.
Novels Set in Northeast China During the Old Days, the Really Good Kind
I Hate Stories Where They Hoard Their Spatial Supplies and Never Use Them. Give Me One Where They Use Everything Freely
Looking for books similar to "Reborn in the Sixties: My Pocket Dimension Has Billions of Resources".
Republic-Era Novels
I never recommend books I haven't read. These are my favorite period novels, and I'm sharing them with everyone. There are also a few quick transmigration stories, so check them out if you're interested.
Farming Stories: Picking Mushrooms and Foraging for Wild Greens
Are there any pure farming stories? I like reading about a couple picking mushrooms and wild vegetables and hunting every day. I don't want them to farm for half the story and then expand their business across the whole county or prefecture.
Any Novels About Northeast China, Logging Camps, Hunting, and Fishing?
Looking for a Northeastern-Era Novel with Snow Falling Outside and a Heated Kang Bed Inside
Looking for Food Novels! Incredible Cooking! Everything Looks Delicious!
Food novels! Modern-day or period settings are both fine. The protagonist should have amazing cooking skills, and running a street stall or opening a restaurant are both fine. I would like the process to be described in detail, preferably with food names as the chapter titles. Most importantly, there has to be a romantic pairing. I love watching other people fall in love, and romance and making money should both be part of the story.
Looking for a Normal Period Story! No Transmigrating into an Original Character Who’s Evil or a Total Mess
I don’t want the protagonist to transmigrate into a vicious original character, and I also dislike stories with too many awful supporting characters or too many romantic entanglements around the male lead.
It's Over, I'm Out of Books
Looking for books like "The Haunted House". I want something extremely, extremely, extremely gory. Male- or female-oriented is fine, as long as it's gory enough!
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Transmigrate into a Book: The Villainess in the Eighties Is Obsessed with Gardening
Back to 1990: Becoming My Own Sunshine
After Moving to the Countryside, the Sweet, Delicate Beauty Is Spoiled by a Rugged Man
Mistaking My Fiancé, I’m Spoiled by the Cold-Faced Regiment Commander
Reborn in the 1980s: A Fairytale Just for You
Exiled to the Frozen Wasteland, I’m Spoiled by a Rugged War God
Reborn in the Siheyuan, I Dump the Jerk and Raise Three Kids
In 1988, a Northeast Country Girl Takes on the County Seat
Am I Not the Villainess? Why Is My Whole Family Protecting Me?
Reborn in the 1960s, I Just Want to Lie Flat
The 1970s Young Intellectual Awakens and Rejects Her Cannon-Fodder Fate
The Capitalist's Daughter Has Seven Babies at Once, and the Commander Spoils Her Like Crazy
1980: Hunting Bears in the Greater Khingan Mountains
Reborn in 1970: Hunting in Northeast China
When Unhinged Fiction Enters a Period Novel
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Although it's a slice-of-life story, but! There are no perfect people who never go offline, and there aren't too many disgusting things disturbing the female lead's life. The female lead didn't even tell the male lead about her online space. Although the male lead doesn't talk much, his actions and eyes reveal his affection for the female lead.
No exaggeration! This is the second book I've followed after Su Luo's ancient romance novel, which I've followed for seven years!! It's amazing, so well-written! It resonates with me deeply. There's no cloying sweet nothings, but it's full of love, which inexplicably reminds me of Zhou Shengchen and Shi Yi (who had just broken off their engagement)... Not a single word of love, but every sentence is full of care! 👍👍 Author, keep it up! Write more, hahaha!
Overall, it's a sweet little story, full of everyday life and small, trivial moments. There aren't many extreme characters, and the villains are dealt with quickly. The author did a good job with the romance, and it's rare to see a male lead who isn't greasy. The subtle and gradual development of their relationship was handled very well, and it felt very much in line with the characteristics of that era. However, the female lead's hand stitches were quite large, but within an acceptable range.
I don't know how to describe it, but it's very well written, and the emotional development is quite good. It's like living your own life behind closed doors (there are a few troublemakers occasionally, but they're handled fairly well, not too many, maybe two or three? I've forgotten). There's no sharing a large dormitory with the other educated youth. I especially like the romance.
At first, I thought it was a typical system space novel, then I thought it was a food novel (but it really made my mouth water 🍉). There are so many delicious foods in the mountains, gifts from nature. Later, during the busy farming season, everyone worked together as one, which was amazing.
Overall, the content is quite good. The female lead's life is very comfortable, and the depiction of Northeast China might be realistic? 😄 The transition in their relationship is very natural (from chopping wood in minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius to teaching her how to catch rabbits and defend against wolves, and when she's awakened by noise at night, the male lead is right at the door—they really…
Having read it from beginning to end, the overall story structure is quite good. Set in that extraordinary period, in that special era, the author doesn't expand on the doctor's role, but simply describes everything in the mountain village, depicting the development of events, their sudden changes, and the transformations in human nature with great detail.
In the coldest, most remote north, a resolute and fierce man, a delicate and resilient woman, a bubbling stove, and the aroma of delicious food filling the room—a simple yet blissful scene. A writer who can't write about food isn't a good writer, so this author deserves a thumbs up! 👍 I also love the way the atmosphere between the male and female leads is described; every word, though not explicitly stated, is filled with affection.
The story features a beautiful, delicate yet resilient female protagonist who transmigrates and possesses a special ability; and a tough, outwardly cold but inwardly doting male protagonist who is a highly skilled patrolman. The story begins with the female protagonist traveling to the countryside in Northeast China during a snowy winter.
It's a simple yet extraordinary story. I think the most prominent theme here is protection. The male protagonist chooses to retire from the army to protect his hometown, and the female protagonist silently supports and protects him. The male protagonist has an extremely strong sense of responsibility and mission towards the collective.