Looking for Old Beijing Period Novels About Living a Quiet, Ordinary Life

1 七 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970S Novel Yu Yi Yu YiModern Romance502k WordsCompleted 31.4kReads9.0Score2.3kShelves

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In the first book, the heroine works in a pharmaceutical factory, and the relationship between the male and female protagonists is really great. In the second book, the heroine is from a rural area, and she has a job in a supply and marketing cooperative. The male and female protagonists get along very well with each other.

3 穿 Traveling Through a Large Courtyard, the Rough Guy's Husband Is Super Clingy Golden Corn KernelsModern Romance368k WordsCompleted 14kReads8.4Score860Shelves

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They are period novels about living an ordinary life. 1️⃣The female protagonist travels through time and does not go to the countryside for a blind date, but works as an accountant in a department store. The male protagonist's hometown is in the Northeast. I have read this novel several times. 2️⃣The couple cross paths with a college student couple. It has a system and space. Although it is not finished, it has almost 600,000 words now. 3️⃣Love is a Siheyuan fanfic, but a lot of content has been changed. Yi Zhonghai has a brother, and he no longer keeps scheming because he is afraid of losing his family.

6 开 The Qing Dynasty Is Doomed from the Start: I Grow Corn and Lay Low Until the Founding of the Nation Hai LingHistorical1.4M WordsCompleted 13.4kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves

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I recommend this book, that is, the writing style of seeing the big from the small is very true.

7 上 Shanghainese Eat Pao Rice People Who Write in ShanghaineseModern Romance623k WordsCompleted 550Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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Read the stories in Shanghai alleys and appreciate the fireworks of Shanghai.

8 上 A Little Girl Who Grew up Eating Pao Rice in Shanghai People Who Write in ShanghaineseModern Romance387k WordsOngoing 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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Also take a look at the stories in the alleys of Shanghai.

9 活 Living: I Became Xu Fugui, the Son of a Landlord Kid from Beneath Niushan350k WordsOngoing 7.4kReads7.0Score280Shelves

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I picked up the first book before even looking at the title. The second and third books are both about courtyard houses. They are both small and read well.

12 成 After Becoming a Grain Store Director, I Don't Want to Progress Spanish Mackerel DumplingsUrban1.3M WordsOngoing 49.1kReads8.8Score3kShelves

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In his forties, the male protagonist has space and is a common citizen in Beijing!

14 开 Starting at Zhengyang Gate, Then Entering the Siheyuan Dao Ru'an503k WordsCompleted 47.6kReads7.7Score2.3kShelves

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I don't know how much the new book will change, but it's very delicate.

25 误 Entering the Golden Wedding by Mistake Huang Maple Valley Lao Liu413k WordsCompleted 4.7kReads—Score222Shelves

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Life in Beijing since the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, period literature, the golden finger is very small, no exaggeration, it is the daily life of the period

26 年 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang Just Got Nothing Better to DoUrban4.1M WordsCompleted 280.5kReads9.4Score20.4kShelves

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The Beijing Chronicles are all pretty good, and have nothing to do with the Animal Courtyard. The first three are funny, and the fourth is about ordinary life.

30 重 Rebirth 58 Grandfather and Grandson Space Linkage to Stock up and Destroy the Year of Disaster and Famine Wenjian TingxueUrban395k WordsOngoing 4.6kReads5.8Score318Shelves

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This is one of the most beautiful period articles.

31 我 I Took over My Mother-In-Law's Job in the 1970S Cable Car Carrying Iron PotModern Romance382k WordsCompleted 12.9kReads8.8Score1kShelves

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Ahhhhh, these two old Beijing era novels are really great and delicious❗️[Sparrow Food Masterpiece][Read carefully]②🈚️Space🈚️System🈚️Gold Finger! ! ! The female protagonist is a salesperson, the male protagonist is a policeman, and the male and female protagonists are childhood sweethearts. It is a simple and heart-warming masterpiece of daily period literature!

32 八 A Great Beauty Raises Kids in a Beijing Courtyard, 1980S Style North to SouthModern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 108.3kReads9.3Score12.2kShelves

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It's true that it's plain and simple! ! A period article full of old Beijing flavor, this book is amazing! Zhao Jinshu, who is enjoying happiness in her sixties, is no longer the low-self-esteem little daughter-in-law she was when she first came to the city. She wants to rewrite her destiny, not be wronged, make up for her children, and live freely. But this life after rebirth is more exciting than she imagined. Even the man who once seemed so inseparable has changed. Come and watch!

34 重 Reborn in 1959: Little Everyday Moments in Nanluoguxiang Gluttonous Badger2.8M WordsOngoing 66kReads8.2Score2.6kShelves

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Both books are set in Nanluoguxiang of Sijiucheng. They are non-siheyuan stories and warm era stories. They both have space for gold fingers. The first gold finger is larger and has similar routines. It is a very nice book.

35 年 The Heroine from the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes. Cai WangwangModern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing 78.6kReads8.7Score5.5kShelves

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💥💥💥 The heroine wears books, does not go to the countryside, does not go to the black market, and takes over the job of her mother-in-law in the factory. She has a normal outlook on life, and her husband is a retired soldier.

36 中 Technical Secondary School Student Lu Xueqi Bright Sunny DayMarriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted 1.7kReads8.5Score—Shelves

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In the first book, the female protagonist graduated from the Normal School in the 1990s and gave up her assigned job to work south. The male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown and went south. Two people create a future together.

38 继 My Stepsister Snatched the Scumbag, So I Married a Commander and Joined the Army Breezy GigglesModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 1.4kReads8.9Score178Shelves

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"Come and look, someone broke the shoes!" A sharp voice sounded. Xu Weilan was awakened, opened her eyes and looked at everything around her, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, this is... Her hometown Huaishu Village! Why did she return to her hometown? When she was confused, a man jumped in and took her wrist, "Weilan, you are still sleeping, your partner is sleeping with Xu Canlan!" Xu Weilan looked at the girl holding her hand in shock, it was her cousin Xu Nian! Why is Xu Nian so young? What is she talking about? Is her partner sleeping with Xu Canlan? Xu Weilan lowered her head and looked at what she was wearing. It was a long white skirt and a pair of small leather shoes. And young, smooth skin. Xu Weilan only had one thought in her mind at this time, she was reborn! It's like going back to the age of eighteen, before marrying Li Guozhu! Think about it here. Xu Nian pulled her and squeezed into the crowd. Xu Weilan looked up and saw her good sister Xu Canlan in the arms of her partner Li Guozhu on the canopy bed in the old house! She said pitifully, "Dad... I... Guozhu and I really love each other."

41 替 Taking Her Sister’s Place in the Great Northern Wilderness: A Scheming Man’s Rise Little Goblin of the Lanruo TempleUrban1.2M WordsCompleted 89.9kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves

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The article "Educated Youth Going to the Countryside" tells the story of the educated youth who went to the countryside before 1977 and brought the seeds of knowledge to the countryside. After passing the college entrance examination, they changed their destiny and returned to the city.