Looking for Period-Era Novels with No Rebirth, No Transmigration, and No Pocket Space 求年代文不重生，不穿越，没有空间
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From Sent-Down Youth to Political Leader: My Career in Officialdom 从插队到主政我的年代仕途
This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b
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After My Mother Remarried, My Scumbag Father Regretted It to His Core 随亲娘改嫁后，渣爹肠子都悔青了
[Beloved child of the era + adorable young mystic] The Zhang family of Dawa Village longs for a grandson, so they abandon their own granddaughter, Fubao, deep in the mountains. But little Fubao is rescued by a Taoist temple, where she learns mystical arts. Two years later, she returns... Her biological father has remarried, her unconscious mother has been married off, and her grandmother stands with hands on hips, yelling, “Get lost, you bringer of bad luck!” Without a second thought, the Gu fam
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An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母，亦如父！
[A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing...
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A Widow Is Hard to Woo: The Toughest Brute Insists on Marrying Into Her Family 寡妇难撩：最猛糙汉非要倒插门
Career-driven heroine // adorable kids // farming, raising pigs, and falling in love // two strong leads // helping each other succeed // sweet romance A story about a beautiful, self-reliant young widow and a rough-and-tumble butcher. No rebirth, no golden finger, just a heartwarming tale of country life and getting rich in the old days. · Qiu Hong becomes a widow overnight. With no other choice, she takes her two children back to her late parents' home on New Year's Eve and becomes neighbors w
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The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月
Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick
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Wild Chrysanthemums in the Storm 风雨中的野菊花
“The eldest gets doted on, the youngest gets spoiled, but the one in the middle suffers most!” In the late 1970s, under the weight of son preference and the pressure of family planning, Xiaojü was born in the middle. Her tragic life began from the moment she was born: an unwanted child, abandoned by both Heaven and Earth! When Xiaojü was four, the grandmother who had raised her passed away. In her final moments, Grandma told her that she had been born in a season when wild chrysanthemums were i
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Three-Inch Golden Lilies 三寸金莲儿
The 1960s. In a dilapidated mansion in Northeast China, the Fan family had eight children, and Fan Jinlian'er became their only source of money. The girl with tiny bound feet supported the entire Fan family. To feed the whole household, Fan Jinlian'er became the family’s bargaining chip. They married her off again and again in exchange for bride prices. They didn’t care whether the groom was blind, lame, or an old man. As long as the betrothal gifts were generous enough, Fan Jinlian'er had to ma
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Water Willow 水性杨花儿
(The rating was just added and will rise. It's already going up!) Neighbor Guo Hongmei ran off with another man? What? That man is Yang Hua'er's husband, Zhao Dashan? Talk about gossip coming right back to bite you. They say nine out of ten people born in the Year of the Sheep are fated to have a hard life, but Yang Hua'er doesn't believe in fate. Even without a man, she can still make a warm and happy life for herself.
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The Beautiful Village Belle Marries a Divorced Factory Director 娇美村花嫁二婚厂长
[Alternate setting + historical era + farming + no rebirth + no transmigration + outrageous characters + family life] Something big has happened in Zhou Dashu’s family: they’ve actually split up the household. Traditionally, parents stayed with their eldest son, but not only have they split the family, they’ve also chosen not to have the eldest son support them. Instead, they’re living with their youngest son and his wife! It’s the first time anything like this has happened in the whole area! Ev
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Gossiping in the Compound Is So Much Fun 大院吃瓜真香了
Lin Qing had a terrifying dream. In it, she was a frail young aunt whose niece, born the same year, had stolen her engagement. Afraid Lin Qing would try to reclaim the match, the niece flaunted the man she'd stolen in front of her every day, until Lin Qing was finally angered to death. Lin Qing jolted awake in fright. What kind of vicious dream was that? If the niece wanted the man, she could have him. Why did she have to anger Lin Qing to death, too? Just when Lin Qing thought it had all been a
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She Was a Sent-Down Educated Youth in the 1970s 她是七零年代下乡女知青
Yao Jinling's family has seven people: two adults and five children. They all rely on her father, Yao Wang, and his single salary to get by. The family never has enough to eat or wear, and everyone is skin and bones... They could have endured this life for a few more years. Once the older children grew up and found jobs, things would have improved. But just as her older brother and sister reached working age and could help support the family, her mother got pregnant again! She gave birth to anot
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The 1970s: The Female Side Character Is Beautiful, but Truly Ruthless 七零：女配虽然美丽但实在狠辣
Everyone Is Evil, But There Are Good People Too [Romance included! If you have conventional values, don't read!!!] To get a chance to perform, Xu Lingwan locks her stepsister He Qingning in the restroom. Just as she's about to leave, something called a System binds itself to her. The System tells her that she's the vicious supporting female character, while He Qingning is the heroine. Since she bullied the heroine, her reputation will be ruined, and she'll eventually disappear without a trace.
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A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记
[Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te
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My Socially Anxious Lover Is Super Clingy 社恐对象超黏我
[A socially anxious male educated youth VS a sunny heroine + no golden finger + everyone is a local + no black-market dealings] The Lin family's precious youngest daughter has fallen for an educated youth who came from the city. He's a great guy: not only is he warmhearted, he often has all kinds of snacks in his pockets. Lin Baobao: If I date him, does that mean I can openly eat his snacks? I really want to date him. Qi Ci'an is a bona fide social phobe, and he also stutters. When getting of
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In the Seventies, I Awakened to a Copy Space 七零之觉醒后我有个复制空间
An Ran had a dream: everyone around her was a male or female lead, while she and her child were nothing but stepping stones for them all. But now, what man? What nieces and nephews? They could all get lost. With her Copying Space, she could get whatever she wanted. Even without a man, she could raise her child just fine. Only later did she discover that those three books had been written by an author who must have drunk an unbelievable amount of fake liquor.
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So What If You Hid for Five Years? The Commander Still Has You Wrapped Around His Finger 躲了五年又如何，首长又被拿捏了
[Period setting + fake siblings + the hero is a stubborn coward at first + Marriage Before Love + groveling chase + a straight man's change of heart] Fu Chenzhou is the feared devil of the military camp in the Northwest, impervious to bullets and blades, cold-hearted and emotionless. Except when it comes to Qin Moyu, for whom he falls completely and utterly. She is the “younger sister” he has raised and doted on, but when she turns fifteen, he develops feelings for her that he shouldn't have. He
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The 1970s: My Sweet Wife Is a Big Shot 七零之我家甜妻是大佬
Xu Yang went to prison after his ex-girlfriend betrayed him. When he got out, he became the terror of the whole commune. Then one day, a brother and sister from the mountains followed him back to his hometown. The five-year-old boy had dimples when he smiled and a neat set of baby teeth. All he did was act cute. His sister looked delicate and frail, but was secretly a powerhouse. She knew astronomy and geography, could make money and treat illnesses, and was a gifted farmer. Everyone on Dayang P
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The Only Daughter of the 1980s 八十年代独生女
Lin Zhizhi was born in 1980. The good news was that both her parents worked at state-owned factories. The bad news was that they gave up their secure jobs and headed south to find work. Her mother got a factory job, and her father started working on construction sites. Later, they started a small business and brought Lin Zhizhi to live with them. Little by little, she realized she’d become a rich kid. Told from the heroine’s perspective, this is the story of her parents starting a business in th
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Every Day After Marrying a Rugged Man Is Pure Bliss 嫁给糙汉后每天都真香
1v1. Both leads are devoted only to each other. Jiang Nian is a sweet, gentle, clever heroine who isn’t self-righteous, while Fan Pingye is a taciturn hunter who dotes on his wife without restraint. At 17, Jiang Nian follows her father’s arrangement and marries Fan Pingye, the hunter feared by everyone in the village. She trusts that her father wouldn’t harm her, but she is still an inexperienced young woman, and everyone knows Fan Pingye’s fearsome reputation. The villagers say he killed count
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Back to the 1980s: Turning My Life Around Through Fishing and Hunting 重回80年代，靠渔猎跑山逆袭
Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He
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Winning the Emperor's Heart: By the End of the Palace Rivalry, I Was the Villain 媚君心：宫斗到最后，反派竟是我
Palace intrigue + clear-headed heroine + high intelligence and emotional intelligence + not an only-one relationship + no System or portable space + a heroine who grows over time (not a wish-fulfillment story), not blinded by love. After her parents and younger sister are brutally killed, Jiang Yuxin, daughter of a convicted minister, realizes that becoming a favored consort is the only way to change things. At nineteen, the emperor is at an age when he falls easily. He falls for one woman afte
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Can a Country Girl Be the Leading Lady Too? 乡下也有大女主？
One falls in love at first sight; the other is destined to be. A blind date arranged under pressure by her adoptive mother over the bride price turns out to be with her nemesis. The veil over her abandonment as a newborn sixteen years ago is gradually lifted. Trials of family and love send her fate on a roller coaster. The endless hassles of everyday life bring setbacks and scorn as she repeatedly hits dead ends, but she perseveres against the odds and rises from failure. In the end, she finds s
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A Military Marriage in the 1960s: The Cannon-Fodder Heroine Has Twins 六零军婚，炮灰女配一胞双胎了
[No rebirth, no transmigration, face-slapping, raising children, everyday life, family squabbles] Su He grew up as the only daughter of the Su family, cherished by her parents and three older brothers. Later, she married a soldier. Her in-laws were understanding, her husband was considerate, and she lived a happy life. Then one day, she suddenly discovered that the world she lived in was actually the setting of a rebirth-era novel. In the book, her soldier husband would die in battle before long
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Transmigrated into a 1970s Cannon Fodder Foil 穿成七零炮灰对照组
In every period novel, the heroine has a tragic foil to contrast against. She comes from a good family, is beautiful and well-educated, and marries a capable, responsible man. Yet she looks down on everyone, is never satisfied with what she has, and refuses to stay faithful. She squanders a winning hand until it’s in tatters. That way, the heroine can shine as clever, emotionally intelligent, and well-liked... Hu Xiang transmigrates into the story as that cannon-fodder foil. On her wedding day,
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Reborn in the 1960s: This Heroine Is a Little Crafty 重生六零：这个女主有点茶
The person the members of Lengshuigou Production Team hate most is A Cha. She may be young, but she’s ruthless, and she’ll steal chickens or pull any other dirty trick. On top of that, she’s impossibly hard to kill: her father and mother are both dead, and anyone who gets close to her is doomed to bad luck. But Gao Qingyang doesn’t care. He keeps finding ways to get close to her. He knows A Cha isn’t nearly as awful as people say. She’s a good person!
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Commander, Your Wife Has Come Looking for You with the Kids 首长，你媳妇带着孩子找来了
[Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su
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Sweet Romance in the 1970s: The Mountain Man Treats Me Like Royalty 七零甜婚：山里汉把我当祖宗宠
After the Xu family girl tries to hang herself, she's carried to the Cheng family's home. The Xu family says, “In life, you belong to the Cheng family; in death, you'll be their ghost!” The Cheng family's young carpenter is kindhearted: “Once you enter my family, I'll treat you like royalty!” The Xu girl, who transmigrated here, is happy to take him up on it. A few flirtatious glances, a few tender sighs, and the young carpenter is lovestruck. You farm, I'll work as a carpenter. You manage the h
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Married Off in 1985: Shen Lan's Bittersweet Life in the Countryside 换亲1985农家沈兰的悲喜人生
[Period Setting + Rural Life + Farming + Family Matters + No Golden Finger + No System] The years flowed gently, until old dreams faded; time stretched on, leaving one to sigh at the loneliness. Shen Lan, a kind and resilient country girl, once dreamed of a modest but peaceful life. But fate played a cruel joke on her. For her brother's future, Shen Lan honored her father's dying wish and arranged a marriage swap for him. She married into a poor, backward mountain village, beginning a life full
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The Husband I Picked Up as a Child Is Her Personal Lackey 从小捡来的老公是她的专属狗腿子
On the day the catastrophic floods struck, Liao Qing killed her husband of six months, Zhou Mingshan, somewhere no one would ever find out about. She watched as his figure sank beneath the water and disappeared for good. She had never been a good woman. Spoiled by her privileged upbringing, she was arrogant and overbearing, and had done every sort of wicked thing. She always had her own reasoning and excuses for everything. Even being sent by her own family to this remote place to reform herself
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Lost in the Night: A Educated Youth's Escape 情迷夜色：知青逃亡之路
During the years Liu Haibo spent in the countryside as an educated youth, he fell in love with Yang Xiuqing, a girl from the village. When he eagerly asked Yang Xiuqing's parents for her hand in marriage, they refused. He fled Shibantian Village and returned to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he married a woman named Wu Jie and prepared to start a new life, Yang Xiuqing came to his door...
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Sweet Military Marriage: After Meeting the Strongest Officer, She Has Several Babies 甜蜜军婚，遇最强军官后她多胎了
(Complete) (Parallel world + spoiled younger man + military marriage + devoted husband + raising kids) Xu Ning transmigrated into a book, ending up as a minor character in a period novel, a young woman who had gone to the countryside with her younger brother to become an educated youth. Lin Miao, another educated youth, was an internet celebrity from the 21st century, while the male lead was an educated youth from the capital. Their tangled love story made life miserable for everyone in the educ
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Transmigrate into a Book: The Villainous Mom of the Beloved Foil Family in 1980s China 穿书八零：团宠对照组的反派妈
[Period setting + slice of life + raising kids + building wealth + one-on-one romance] Lin Tai tragically dies in a fire. When she wakes up, she finds herself inside a novel she just finished reading. She’s neither the heroine nor a supporting character, just a bit-part extra who gets a few brief mentions in the epilogue. Not only that, but the supporting character who exists in the original story as a foil to the adored heroine is now in her belly... After transmigrating into a book, she’s sent
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A Country Girl Marries a City Man Just to Get Ration Coupons 农村女嫁城里人，只为吃商品粮
(The heroine does not transmigrate, though she has some memories from a previous life. There are no truly awful characters in this story; everyone has their own strengths and flaws. The focus is on an unhurried life.) Jiang Xinbai was born in the countryside and dreamed of marrying into the city one day so she could have access to rationed food. So when she first met Yang Jinsheng, she knew her chance had come. She made her move without hesitation, flirted with him, and married him. At first sig
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A Life Full of Joy 一笙有喜
[A breathtaking beauty, a fallen heiress, VS a refined, aloof heir to a powerful Beijing family. Marriage first, love later + sweet romance + clear-headed heroine] After a sudden upheaval, Song Xi has no choice but to marry the refined, aloof heir to the Qiao family. At first, though, the two are like needle and wheat: neither can stand the other. Who could have guessed that they’d later be so sweet together? Their friends all complained, “Leave us single people a way to live!” One day, Presiden
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The 1970s: My Whole Family Is Cannon Fodder, While I’m a Native Trouble-Maker 七零：全家都是炮灰，我土著极品
Also known as: I'm a Cannon Fodder in the Seventies (No romance!) When eight-year-old Mo Erya was playing with mud marbles, her five-year-old brother Mo Wuwa, nicknamed Shitou, by her side, both of them covered in dust, Qiao Qiao next door transmigrated after falling into the water. So eight-year-old Mo Erya learned that she would grow up to be cannon fodder in a lucky heroine story, fighting the female lead over a man, making trouble at every turn, and meeting a tragic end! Mo Erya boldly wiped
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The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户
[1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do
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Pigeon Alley 鹁鸽胡同
☆ [Main story complete] ☆ [No transmigration, no rebirth, not a feel-good power fantasy, no golden finger] ☆ [An ordinary person's ordinary story, with a focus on everyday life] In 1972, seventeen-year-old Zhong Wenshu took over her mother's job at the state-run supply and marketing cooperative, avoiding the mass campaign to send young people to the countryside. In 1973, eighteen-year-old Zhong Wenshu married a young police officer from the neighboring courtyard and started a home with just th
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The 1970s: Invincible and Taking It Easy with My Powerful Best Friend 七零：我有大佬闺蜜后无敌躺赢了
The heroine is a native of the era, a girl who grew up surrounded by love. Group portrait, multiple CPs, strong female, cool writing, first go to the countryside, then take off Her parents were college students in the 1950s, and her brothers and sisters all had stable jobs, but she had to pack her bags and go to the countryside to farm. Others go to the countryside to endure hardships, but she goes to the countryside for a vacation. During the day, I went to the fields and at night, I went up to
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Transmigrated Into a ’70s Novel: Mom Taught Me How to Handle Men 穿书七零：我妈教我拿捏男人
[Period Drama + Self-Serving Female Lead + Terrible Family + Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger + Everyone’s a Master Schemer + Devoted Couple + Joins the Military Later] Just after transmigrating, Zhao Qianqian manages to offend her stepsister and steal her fiancé! And this is all happening inside a book. The man she stole is the female lead’s cash cow, a third male lead, and he’s about to be targeted and framed by the reborn female lead. Then she discovers that her mother has it even worse. Just to
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The 1980s' Wild Punk Gets Tamed by the Charming Village Beauty 八零野痞小混混被娇媚村花拿捏了
(Faithful to each other + devoted husband + everyday life + comedy + marriage before love) (No transmigration or rebirth. The heroine is not a strong-willed type. Read at your own discretion.) The hero is a street punk, while the heroine is the village beauty. To raise enough money for her father’s surgery, Su Nianxue took the initiative and asked Gu Yanbai to marry her. Gu Yanbai was a notorious loafer in all the surrounding villages. Nobody was willing to marry their daughter to him. Then one
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The Seventies: A Gold-Digging Green Tea Girl and a Deadbeat Man 七零，绿茶软饭女和极品软饭男
Hedlan, Soft-Rice Husband No. 1, and Shen Yanqing, Soft-Rice Husband No. 2, are married, and she begins her lie-flat life. Who would have thought she really could be pampered for her whole life? The 1960s, a couple who live off their wives, both leads inexperienced
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Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路
[No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol
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A Life Full of Vigor 昂扬的生命
I dedicate this book to the first generation of only children, and to the teachers’ college graduates who devoted themselves to education in this land. Each person has only one life. How should we live this one and only life? Looking across history and around the world, many inspiring books have explored this theme. I, an unknown nobody, hope to join their ranks and have chosen the same theme. I hope my work won’t be lost among the masterpieces of celebrated writers. This work will focus on Ji
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Love Debts 情债【李幼斌主演的电视剧】
Also known as The Peach Blossom Luck of Sister-in-Law Jiang Qi. A lost paradise in Northeast China, a little mountain village in the Changbai Mountains: the Abandoned Village. Journey beyond a life of hardship and let this story sweep you away. The tangled affairs between men and women in the countryside, and the everyday love and hatred that bind them. So many debts of passion, so many heartbreaks.
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The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光
That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?”
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Good Fortune Comes to the Chubby Wife 肥妻喜临门
What should you do if you're reborn as a fat, lazy married woman?
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The Rugged Man and His Sweet Wife 糙汉与甜妻
[Sweet Romance] There’s a little girl in a shabby building beside the construction site. She’s sweet and well-behaved. He Ji watched her for several days before he could no longer resist his little scheme and broke her air conditioner. He only meant to use the excuse of fixing it to get a closer look at her, but once he got near her, he couldn’t stop himself. Looking at her fair face and timid eyes, he thought, A sweet girl this well-behaved deserves to be brought home and spoiled. Otherwise, I’
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A Realistic Life for a Family in the 1970s 七零一家人的写实生活
[A rural story set in Suzhou] [No transmigration, no wish fulfillment, and an unhurried pace] [A down-to-earth farming story set in a bygone era] [An ensemble cast] Liang Qiuhua is the third child in the family. Perceptive and sensible, she takes an interest in embroidery, becomes an apprentice, and gradually blossoms into her own life. Liang Dahua, the eldest, is the family's best-looking member and a good-hearted pushover. Liang Erhua, the second child, is a street loafer who dreams of making
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Yun He of the Post-80s Generation 八零后的云禾
A story of an ordinary person from the bottom rung striving to rise, a youth that can only be remembered and never spoken of, and an all-or-nothing gamble whose outcome is unknown. A life in this world, half hardship and half sweetness. [I’m committed to telling every story well. Your subscriptions are what make it possible for me to tell them.]
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Transmigrated Into a 1970s Novel: A Bystander's Guide to Staying Out of Trouble 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养
Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines
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