Looking for Period Novels Like A Lifelong Journey and The Alley! 求像《小巷人家》《人世间》这样的年代文！
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A Lane in the City: Transmigrating as Huang Ling, I Set the Family Straight from the Start 小巷人家：穿成黄玲开局整顿家风
[A Little Alleyway Family fanfiction + period setting + face-slapping + System + daily life + ensemble cast] [Focuses on Huang Ling standing up to the Zhuang family and living her own life. The other families have smaller roles. There will be a divorce, and there will be no saving Filial Zhuang. There is a new pairing (if you like strictly one-on-one, both-virgins romances, scroll on and don't click!). Characters from the original will appear.] Huang Ling, a modern-day office drone, stayed up se
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- 2 Period: I’m Zhuang Tunan, and I Can Make a Killing from Anything 年代：我是庄图南，万物皆可盘 Zhuang Bifan becomes Zhuang Tunan from A Courtyard of Neighbors. With a strange golden finger, he experiences the warmth and coldness of human nature, love and hatred in this era. He thrives amid the fiercest storms and, amid the petty troubles of family life, trounces the spineless, overtakes the British, and surpasses the Americans across two generations. 4.9kReads8.2Score196Shelves
- 3 The Alley: Zhuang Chaoying Refuses to Be a Filial Fool 小巷人家之庄超英拒绝当愚孝男 [Period setting + devoted husband + entrepreneurship + one heroine] What kind of sparks will fly when a modern young man is reborn as Zhuang Chaoying in this era? What will happen when Zhuang Chaoying stops being blindly filial, and his parents can no longer take from their eldest son’s family to support their younger son’s household? What kind of flower will Huang Ling blossom into once she has a husband who cherishes her? What will happen when Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting have a harmonious 366Reads5.9Score101Shelves
- 4 The Alleyway: Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix 小巷人家之卧龙凤雏 [Sweet Romance + Two Lovable Fools + Adorable Kids + Fanfiction] Zhuang Xiaoting and Lin Dongzhe got married, and began their shamelessly sweet life as newlyweds. Zhuang Chaoying did something stupid and started saving money to buy a house for his nephew, so Zhuang Xiaoting directly urged her mother Huang Ling to divorce her mama's-boy father. Xiang Pengfei finally won his father-in-law's approval and had a grand wedding with his wife. Li Jia cut ties with her parents and began a shamelessly swe 1.3kReads7.8Score107Shelves
- 5 The Alley: I Transmigrated as Zhuang Tunan's Twin Brother 小巷人家：穿越庄图南的孪生哥哥 [Love in the Alley + showing off and face-slapping + pure wish fulfillment + hit back at anyone who dares] A 21st-century student at a Double First-Class university transmigrates into the world of Love in the Alley, becoming Zhuang Tunan's twin brother, Zhuang Tubei. You won't let my mom sit at the table? Then nobody gets to eat! I'll flip the table like a crow! You want my foolishly filial dad to hand over his paycheck? Go ahead, take it all! I can support my mom myself! You want my little sist 862Reads5.5Score108Shelves
- 6 The Lane: I Become Huang Ling, Starting with Her Confinement 小巷人家：穿成黄玲从坐月子开始 (A Little Alleyway in the South + period setting + storage bracelet + everyday life) (Huang Ling tears the Zhuang family apart) You good-for-nothings of the Zhuang family, just watch how I deal with you! You think you can push me around, Huang Ling? Dream on! You want me to wait on you? Not a chance! Come see how this new Huang Ling brings the old Zhuang family to heel! A different Huang Ling, living life with a whole new flair!!! This story will show you a different side of Huang Ling!! It’s go 1.4kReads8.0Score118Shelves
- 7 A Lane-Side Family: A Clash Between the Reborn and the Transmigrator 小巷人家：重生者与穿越者的碰撞 After reading so many fanfics, I realized I’m not that fond of the Wolong-Fengchu pairing, and I’m not that fond of the Zhuang family either. So I’m starting my own story. This time, the Zhuang family will just be ordinary neighbors, nothing more. Let’s see how Dong Zhe, after being reborn, makes a thriving life for himself and the Qi family in this era. 1.6kReads8.1Score107Shelves
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Lane Life: Wu Shanshan's Reborn Comeback 小巷人家：重生吴珊珊的逆袭之路
The instant Wu Shanshan opens her eyes, she is astonished to find herself back on the day Zhang Amei came through the door. Remembering the rocky life she lived after her university application was changed, her eyes sting with tears. But luckily, fate has been kind enough to grant her the precious chance to live her life over. This time, she vows to seize it and live a wonderful life for herself!
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- 9 The Alleyway Home: Shan Shan Arrives Late 小巷人家：姗姗来迟 Wu Shanshan first realized she might have transmigrated into a book when she was six. It wasn't until she moved into the alley and gained a stepmother that she was sure. She really had transmigrated into a book, becoming Wu Shanshan from the period novel A Family in the Alley. She wasn't the heroine or even a supporting female character, just a minor neighbor destined to be cannon fodder. Later, she would even bite the hand that fed her and try to steal the protagonists' house, only to suffer a 897Reads8.4Score100Shelves
- 10 Moonlight in My Arms: Life in the Alley 小巷人家之明月入怀 [Jiang Mingyue × Lin Dongzhe | The Cherished Heiress × The Ideal Sunshine Boy] What is it like when two children who grew up surrounded by love fall in love? When Lin Dongzhe was six, he caught sight of his little moon at first glance. For more than a decade after that, he followed right behind her. To become worthy of his moon, he steadily grew into a better version of himself. [I chased after the moon, never realizing it was rushing toward me too. At last, I gathered the moon into my arms.] [T 3.3kReads7.6Score314Shelves
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Siheyuan's Dual Sign-In System 四合院之双签系统
[Courtyard setting + golden finger + dual transmigration + marriage before love + time travel] If you can handle a lot, start from the beginning and get the complete story. If you can’t stand being wronged, I suggest jumping ahead to Chapter 60! By a twist of fate, two strangers transmigrate together into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Bound tightly together by the System, they have no choice but to do their best to play the part of a loving couple in order to survive in their new surroundi
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- 12 Explore the Myriad Heavens 诸天畅玩 Life has meaning from the start. The more stories you experience, the more meaning it gains. In this colorful world, all kinds of stories may even turn into accidents. But whether they are stories or accidents, the experience itself is what gives life meaning. From To My 1999 Self, Ode to Joy, A Love for Dilemma, The Forging Years, A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality, Ever Night, Joy of Life, Journey Across the Mountains and Seas, Jade Dynasty, the Zhenhua Trilogy (Hello, Old Times; Wi 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Reply 1977: A Lane Called Home 请回答1977：小巷人家 ✨ Transmigrate into A Lifelong Journey, become the clever Lin Dongzhe, and dominate at Go. Get into Tsinghua at 13, earn a Stanford PhD at 21, and win the Nobel Prize at 26! ✨ Return to China to start a business. Chips, operating systems, cars, phones… crush the competition and put every doubter in their place! ✨ His father, Lin Wufeng, joins the government; his childhood friend will become a big shot in several fields, and his childhood sweetheart is a Wall Street executive. ✨ The upheavals of 9kReads8.0Score619Shelves
- 14 The Trouble-Maker of the Myriad Heavens Starts in A Long Time Coming 诸天搞事人从小巷人家开始 Stirring up trouble and laughs as he travels through the myriad heavens, Li Sixue keeps picking fights in world after world under the pressure of an unknowable presence. The world is a furnace, and mortal life a cage: he is simply not allowed to stop. Romance in the Alley, Joy of Life, War of Faith, The Legend of the Condor Heroes. 261Reads—Score—Shelves
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Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月
The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr
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- 16 A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人 This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute 6.8kReads8.8Score611Shelves
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The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜
Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a
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Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己
In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her.
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The Lane’s Secret Plum Blossom Romance 小巷人家之暗嗅青梅
The childhood friends-to-lovers story in A Lane in the Sun is now updating with the characters as children, too. You can search for it, babies! “I would brave the next storm for you.” “My heart cries out that it loves you.” ✶ “My every desire, both for pleasure and for a life together, is you.” “Let’s get married.” ✶ A cotton mill renovated a lane into housing for its employees, and three families moved into the end of the lane... The struggle between family and love, the budding of friendship i
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- 20 The Alley: A Woman in a Man's Body, Refusing to Be the Foolishly Filial Zhuang Chaoying 小巷人家：女穿男不当愚孝庄超英 [Female-to-male transmigration + System + face-slapping + devoted husband + Romance in the Alley] Romance in the Alley: A Woman Transmigrates into a Man and Refuses to Be the Foolishly Filial Zhuang Chaoying Also known as: Alley Romance: “My wife is crying. Am I, Zhuang Chaoying, a monster?” This is a simple, everyday family story about transmigrating into Zhuang Chaoying and giving everyone a happy life. There are no billionaires or industry tycoons here, just an ordinary life, though money wil 2.3kReads8.9Score162Shelves
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Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风
[Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn.
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After the Divorce, I'll Live My Life Well 离婚后，我好好过日子
After the divorce, I'm living my life well
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The Folks of the Hutong 胡同人家
☆ [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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- 24 Powerful Families: In the End, We Weren’t Destined to Be Together Those Years 高干：总之，那几年我们没有缘分 Power Couple: Anyway, We Weren't Meant to Be in Those Years 112Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Good Life in the 1970s 七十年代好生活
Chen Xiangju left her hometown in the countryside and came to the city to stay with her good friend Chen Chunyan. She hoped to find a partner in the city, since she had no intention of returning to the village. Li Gang happened to be looking for a wife. They were introduced and hit it off at once, and Chen Xiangju began her life in the family compound.
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- 26 Trapped in the Abyss of Depression, My Husband Saved My Life 陷在抑郁深渊，老公救我一命 Trapped in the depths of depression, my husband saved my life 726Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 [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 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
- 28 Those Years! Losing My Mind! Chasing Her Through Hell! A Childhood That Went Wrong 那些年！精神失常！追妻火葬场！小时候过不好的经历 Those Years! Mental Breakdown! The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin! A Troubled Childhood 244Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Life in a Lane: Plenty of Good Fortune 小巷人家：福气多多 The Alley Synopsis: Some changes have been made. Original pairing. Song Ying had just gotten a house when a letter arrived from Lin Wufeng's mother back in his hometown. Only then did he discover that he had a younger sister born after their father's death, just a few months younger than Dongzhe. As the times changed and reform and opening-up took hold, Lin Duoduo, the original heroine, came to live in the alley, where everyday family life unfolded. With her sister-in-law Song Ying backing her u 4.8kReads9.3Score329Shelves
- 30 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Marriage That Spoiled Its Sweetheart 追夫火葬场:养成系婚姻“宠坏了” The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A “Spoiled” Grooming-Style Marriage 199Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Reborn in 1970: Selling Gourmet Dishes, I’m Destined to Win at Life 重生七零卖大菜，人生赢家定是我 (No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no overpowered exploits. It’s not exactly a story about a strong female lead, either. Just the ordinary life of a family, where everyone gets to be the protagonist.) [Rebirth + Period Setting + Family Life + Making Money + Cute Kids + Cozy Vibes] In her twilight years, Shen Chunhua is reborn and returns to the time before all the regrets of her life came to pass. Life was so hard last time. This time, she has to make the most of it. After all, every extra 6.8kReads9.2Score563Shelves
- 32 Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Sweethearts! 恶女养成日记:病娇！小众！高干！青梅竹马！ Diary of a Villainess in the Making: Obsessive Love! Niche! Powerful Family! Childhood Friends! 144Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Everyday Life on the Margins of a 1970s Novel 七零小说边缘人的日常生活 [Fictional period setting + transmigrate into a book + no golden finger + works in the city, doesn’t go to the countryside] Though Lin Yingxian works hard to get by, she knows how to be content. After learning that she’s become a minor character in a novel, she continues to live her life in this 1970s setting as usual, barely fazed. But when news comes that housing is being allocated, her life begins to change… Reader’s guide: The story focuses mostly on everyday family life. Neither the male no 29.1kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves
- 34 The He Family, Book One 《何家》第一部 The He Family, Part One 74Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Married Life of a Little Lamb and a Big Bad Wolf 小绵羊与大灰狼的婚后生活 A sheepish woman with only a middle school education, and a big bad wolf with a high school education. They have a three-year-old son and two elderly parents at home. A story of everyday life, told in a simple, warm style, about married life. 24Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Forest of Chongde 崇德的森林
A realist story, with no transmigration or over-the-top antics. Come along if you enjoy stories set in a bygone era. Hardship is a different kind of beauty in life. Should people face difficulties head-on or lie flat and go with the flow? Difficulties are like a spring: the weaker you are, the stronger they push back; the stronger you are, the weaker they become. How much longer will life keep tormenting Liu Jiang? When will his hardships finally come to an end? But even as Qin Zhongmin lay dyin
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Alleyway Lights and the Time We Shared 巷巷烟火与我的时光
The rating just came out. I don't know if it'll go up... It probably will. A note before we begin: Lin Dongzhe will not end up with Zhuang Xiaoting. The female lead will have her own pairing later on. This world runs on personal connections, and when certain matters involve the Zhuang family, they can affect the female lead's own interests too. In my view, some of her actions are proactive, not simply a matter of always taking the Zhuang family's side. Now for the actual synopsis: After an accid
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- 38 Chasing Her Through Hell: A Portrait of a Married Woman's Growth 追妻火葬场:已婚女性的成长图鉴 The Wife-Chasing Road to Ruin: A Portrait of a Married Woman’s Growth 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 A World-Hopping Journey Beginning with Three Lives, Three Worlds 综穿从三生三世开始 Mu Yao is an ordinary office worker in the twenty-first century, and she’s unemployed, too. What a worry! By a stroke of luck, she gets bound to the Underworld System. Watch this ordinary office worker take on three thousand worlds of film and television! 2.6kReads7.5Score107Shelves
- 40 A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 关于阿诺的故事合集 A Collection of Stories About A Nuo 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Lin Ling's Journey Through Film and TV 综影视之林凌 In progress: Journey to the West (Ling Ji x Nezha) A satisfying story with a strong female lead, no angst for the heroine, a beloved-by-all vibe, a plot-driven narrative, and a focus on the heroine's career 2.6kReads5.7Score109Shelves
- 42 Powerful Family: A Letter to My First-Love Senior 高干:写给初恋学长的信 Powerful Family: A Letter to My First Love, Senior 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Film and TV Crossover: Moonbound 综影视之月缔 Yuedi never imagined that after transmigrating into the Moon Laurel, an innate spiritual root on the Taiyin Star, and finally cultivating a human form, she would be abducted during her transformation tribulation by a System claiming to come from another universe. Taking advantage of her weakness, it binds her with a contract and launches her on a journey through countless film and television worlds. First world: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, Fucha Langhua, complete Second world: Ode to Joy, G 16.3kReads7.1Score758Shelves
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After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Married the Poorest Man in the Village 退婚后，我嫁给了全村最穷的男人
After Shen Xiulan’s engagement was broken off, an acquaintance arranged for her to marry Zhao Dajiang, a farmer from the neighboring village who was too poor to find a wife. She was a mild-mannered young woman her family considered an embarrassment. He was an honest, inarticulate man whose parents had died when he was young. They had no whirlwind romance or grand ambitions. They simply learned to make a life together in a shabby earthen house. Shen Xiulan cooked, mended clothes, grew vegetables,
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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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- 46 From School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns: Mr. Gu, Stop Fighting 从校服到婚纱:顾总，别打了。 From School Uniforms to Wedding Dress: President Gu, Stop Hitting Me. 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Warm Autumn Breeze Blows Through the Lin Family’s Lane 小巷人家之秋风送暖入林家 A Little Alleyway + New Member of the Main Cast: Song Nuannuan Song Nuan, a worker born in the 2000s, transmigrates into A Little Alleyway and becomes Song Ying’s daughter. Having never watched the show, what fun new events will she bring to the original story? ⚠️⚠️⚠️Note⚠️⚠️⚠️ The Wolong-Fengchu couple is split up, and Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying get divorced. Don’t read if you don’t like that! Reader advisory: The heroine has no golden finger, and she hasn’t watched the show or read the no 4kReads9.2Score283Shelves
- 48 Rental-Apartment Romance: Sweet! Devoted! After Making It Big, I Spoil My Wife 出租屋文学:甜宠!双洁!创业成功之后我特别疼老婆 Rental Apartment Romance: Sweet and Fluffy! Both Pure! After Building a Successful Business, I Spoil My Wife Rotten 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 After Gu Xingyao's Miscarriage and Suicide, Mr. He Regretted Everything 顾星遥流产自杀后，何总后悔了。 After Gu Xingyao miscarried and took her own life, President He regretted everything. 44Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 In the World of Film and TV, Even Supporting Characters Deserve a Beautiful Life 综影视之配角也要活的漂亮 [Quick transmigration + stunning heroine + clever heroine + love-brained male leads + doting devotion] 1. Romance of Our Parents: Wang Xiu'e 2. Siheyuan + The Sea in My Dreams: Yi Meng 3. Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Yi Huan 4. Ode to Joy: Guan Ju'er 5. Fireworks of My Heart: Ye Zi 6. A Little Alley: Wu Shanshan 7. Ashes of Love: Qing Huan 8. Dashing Youth 9. Six Sisters + A Little Alley: He Jiahuan 10. Northward: Zhou Shumo 11. F4 Thailand: Nan Qiao 12. The Story of Minglan: Sheng Rulan 13. 62.4kReads7.7Score2.3kShelves
