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！

1. 451 我 I Save My Family with My Jinxed Tongue 我靠乌鸦嘴拯救全家 Mi Caidou米彩豆Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Theme: Knowledge changes your fate! Everyone’s got eight hundred tricks up their sleeve + courtyard-house drama + calculated self-interest + family squabbles + stockpiling + outrageous characters + a jinx’s tongue + playing dumb to catch the tiger. One day, Lin Xixi transmigrates and becomes the biological daughter of an outrageous couple in a period novel. Outrageous characters are sly, lazy, greedy, and slippery: they can’t get enough of eating, but they’re no good at anything else. Luckily, h 313.9kReads9.1Score47.6kShelves
2. 452 硬 Stubborn as a Mule 硬颈种 Xu Wenqing徐文卿Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Not a Power Fantasy, No Cliches, No Stupid Characters, Mutual Devotion, Striving for a Better Life, Realistic Growth] In Hakka, someone stubborn to the core is called a "hard-necked sort." When Wang Lili was ten, she snatched a big chicken leg at the dinner table. Her father ordered her to give it to her younger brother. She said, "I won't." When Zhao Ruxun was ten, he was forced to let his mother beat him fifteen times in public for protecting his younger brother. He gritted his teeth and didn 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend these two books. "Hard-Necked" is the first book to truly capture the indomitable spirit of the Hakka people; finally, someone has written about it!

3. 453 枣 The Families of Zaozi Alley 枣子巷里的人家 Fragrance-Turning Melody翻香令Modern Romance882k WordsOngoing In the 1980s, an alley in the Zilin urban district was named Jujube Tree Alley after a large jujube tree growing there. The area was also the residential compound for workers at the Zilin State-Owned Machinery Factory. The Jiang, Fang, and Lin families all lived there. Their everyday lives were full of little troubles, but they still faced the sun and carried on. 3.6kReads7.1Score252Shelves

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   I think this one is good.

4. 454 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 304Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Like a period drama or a romance novel

5. 455 潇 The Late Sound of Drizzling Rain 潇潇雨声迟 Meng Zhiwan孟栀晚Modern Romance120k WordsCompleted Years after graduation, a gossip post begins circulating on the message board for City Experimental School. The school's 2011 beauty, Ye Xiao, and its most handsome boy from the same year, Ruan Yusheng, are a couple. Their classmates, who know them well, rush over to set the record straight: it's pure rumor. There was never any spark between the two of them. Ye Xiao's profile even says, “Person I hate most: Ruan Yusheng.” People in the know go so far as to say, “Ye Xiao feels nothing but hatred 81.1kReads9.7Score14.1kShelves
6. 456 洪 (Multiverse) The Great Primordial Powerhouse’s Everyday Transmigrations （综影视）洪荒大佬的穿越日常 Yao Lan Liuguang瑶揽流光Ancient Romance7.0M WordsOngoing Fuqiu, the Primordial Chaos Green Lotus and a mighty being of the Primordial World, is a Primordial Supreme Immortal who devotes herself to breaking through to the realm of the Boundless Primordial Supreme Immortal. She is unexpectedly bound by the Chaos Pearl and, with the help of its artifact spirit, cultivates the Great Dao amid the mortal world. Some worlds have no romance, while others have a one-on-one pairing. She cultivates the carefree Dao. This is an invincible story, and her cultivati 28.6kReads7.2Score727Shelves
7. 457 综 A Multiverse of Films and TV: Greed, Anger, and Delusion 综影视之贪嗔痴 Yun Bingyue云冰越Female-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted There are countless hopeless romantics in the world. Their obsessions often reduce them to dust. Perhaps they simply took the wrong turn. If they had been born in another world, met someone else, or found a different light, how might their lives have turned out? 1. A Zi in The Lotus Casebook, with Li Lianhua 2. Bai Feifei in My Journey to You, with Gong Yuanzhi 3. Qingshui in A Journey to Love, with Qian Zhao 4. Yancai in The Legend of Chusen, with Qin Wuyan 7.5kReads8.2Score349Shelves
8. 458 年 Period: Three Years of Hardship, I Made My Fortune Hunting! 年代：三年困难，我靠打猎发家！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Urban493k WordsCompleted He transmigrates, and finds himself with a crippled older brother and a younger sister who has dropped out of school. They face the earth and turn their backs to the sky, toiling in the fields. It’s 1958. People may not have much to eat, but their spirits are rich. Everyone has faith and hope for the future. As long as they work hard, they can create a better tomorrow! … A country kid transmigrates. He makes a living off the land, then eventually moves to the city. He has a space that can grow. 2.6kReads7.0Score106Shelves

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   This one is good.

9. 459 一 A Boy Drifting in Beijing 一个北漂男孩 Zheng Luosheng郑落生Urban661k WordsOngoing [Inspirational] [Period Piece] [Making It in the City] [Rural Life] [Business Rivalry] [Officialdom] [Romance] He is timid as a mouse, yet stubborn. He is indecisive by nature, yet upright and kindhearted. Mocked by the villagers as a "bastard" since childhood, he and his mother were beaten and berated by his adoptive father for years, and treated with cold indifference by the village. At sixteen, on a snowy night, unwilling to endure the humiliation any longer, he left home in tears and headed 3kReads6.7Score214Shelves

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   It's a story set in a typical historical period, and I think it's very enjoyable and worth reading. I estimate it will be at least 500,000 words long.

10. 460 我 My Father's Generation: Li Le's Memoirs 我的父辈生活之李乐回忆录 Springtime Bliss春日美好Modern Romance105k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, Li Gaoxing and Liu Meili build a family together despite the changes of the times and their differences in personality, family background, and culture. Liu Meili is the youngest of the Liu family, forthright, hardworking, and capable. Li Gaoxing is the second son of the Li family. A high school graduate with an education, he is filial and has a good sense of humor. As they face challenges such as splitting up the family household, pregnancy and childbirth, finding work, and raising —Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Returning to the City After the College Entrance Exam 重生七零：高考回城 Flowers Turn to Brocade花成锦Modern Romance374k WordsCompleted [Complete] [Romance · Period Setting · Semi-Alternate History + Farming + Studying + Business + Revenge Story] [Always repays a grudge · Cool-beauty heroine vs. Tiger-in-disguise · Handsome hero with striking features] After her scumbag husband gets her killed, Tang Wanqiu is reborn and wants to do just two things: First: settle the score with the Wang family. Second: take the college entrance exam, return to the city, and leave the godforsaken village of Xiahe. (Heroine: Tang Wanqiu; Shen Qings 23.7kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves

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    Completed. A story of changing one's destiny through education in the 1970s, where one settles scores with enemies and returns to the city to continue studying.

12. 462 小 The Alley: From Small-Town Adopted Son to National Academician 小巷人家：从小镇养子到大国院士 A Bun on the Path of Cultivation修道的包子Male-Channel Fanfiction44k WordsOngoing Zhuang Fan transmigrates to A Lane for Families in the late 1970s, where Huang Ling takes him in as her adopted son. “Make my mom or my little sister unhappy, and I'll make your life a living hell, you old geezer!” “What? You threaten me and still won't let me study?” “I've got the top-student System, and I already wish I had more time to read!” Luckily, he awakens the [Super Top-Student System]. As long as he studies, he earns rewards. [Ding! Read The Four Great Classical Novels: literary talen —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Newly released 🔥🔥A novel about people living in alleyways💥💥 The protagonist transmigrates into the world of "People Living in Alleyways" and becomes Huang Ling's adopted son. The story begins at Grandma Zhuang's birthday banquet, where Huang Ling is forced to eat in the kitchen. When the protagonist brings some food to Huang Ling, he overturns the table and berates everyone.

13. 463 小 The Alley: Wu Jianguo's Extraordinary Life 小巷人家：吴建国的妖孽人生 Luo Shuo啰说Male-Channel Fanfiction110k WordsCompleted No System + a strong nation through science and technology + helping a daughter succeed + courtyard life. He transmigrates into Wu Jianguo from A Lane in the Alley. When he wakes up, his daughter Wu Shanshan is about to take the high school entrance exam. Wu Jianguo firmly supports her going to high school and then college. Zhang Amei disagrees, so they might as well get divorced. After the divorce, Zhang Amei watches Wu Jianguo’s life flourish. First, he becomes a self-employed business owner, 98Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 七 In the 1970s Courtyard, I Married a Sickly Factory Director 七零大杂院，嫁病秧子老公是厂长 Yun Fuling云茯苓Modern Romance876k WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration into a book + reborn + space + courtyard compound + sweet romance + building wealth + cozy everyday life + putting villains in their place] Su Ge woke up one morning to discover she'd transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s. In the story, she was the eldest daughter of the family, doing the most work, suffering the most hardship, and taking the most abuse. In the end, her second younger sister even schemed to make her go to the countryside in her place. Her p 5.7kReads8.8Score550Shelves

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    These are all good books; they cover family life and everyone is a protagonist.

15. 465 六 The Sixties: A Spoiled Military Wife's Daily Gossip 六零年代娇媳妇吃瓜日常 Loneliness Stains the Years寂寞染流年Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + sweet romance + daily life + gossip + ensemble cast] Su Xiuxiu transmigrated into a book. The moment she opened her eyes, her family was forcing her to marry a fool… She had two choices: 1. Go to the countryside as an educated youth. 2. Find someone to marry herself. In the original story, she went to the countryside because she had a crush on the male lead. Then, after he was targeted in a scheme, she ended up marrying a local good-for-nothing… Su Xi 12.5kReads8.9Score983Shelves
16. 466 阳 Pingyang Prefecture in the Sunlight 阳光下的平阳府 Yu Runliang雨润梁Historical1.2M WordsCompleted During the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jinfu, a soldier from the South City Guard in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi (now Linfen and Yuncheng in Shanxi Province), left the military and became a constable in Pingyang Prefecture. Over the next twenty years, he shared both hardship and fortune with Zhao Jian, a chief officer in the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and Mo Yaozu, a merchant, as their fates rose and fell. Nearly a hundred characters reveal the lives, inner worlds, and faces of off 2.6kReads9.2Score413Shelves

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    This ancient version of the human world is filled with genuine human affection and warmth, where ordinary people support each other and their lives get better and better! The author has a profound knowledge of history and excellent writing skills.

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