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. 251 综 Film and TV Crossover: Passing the Time as a Layabout in the Myriad Worlds 综影：我在诸天万界当咸鱼度日 Shi Nian柿唸Female-Channel Fanfiction769k WordsCompleted Just got my rating. It'll go up! Quick transmigration + infinite worlds + transmigrate into a book + ensemble TV worlds + clear-headed heroine Yu Ke thought that when people died, they simply went out like a lamp. Who knew she would unexpectedly unlock an endless cycle of reincarnation? Thanks to the good deeds she performed in life and the favor of a mysterious big shot, she gets the chance to live forever and travel between the Three Thousand Worlds, great and small. She's clear-headed and lai 2.5kReads6.4Score—Shelves
2. 252 娘 Mother's Getting Married, and Sister-in-Law Wei Is on the Rise 娘要嫁人嫂子小魏崛起 A Mere Mortal in This World1984世间一俗人1984Modern Romance523k WordsCompleted A fanfiction of the TV drama My Mother Wants to Marry. No transmigration, no rebirth, and no golden finger. Everything happens because sister-in-law Wei Shuqing has an absurd dream. As events unfold, she chooses to leave the Qi family early and pursue her own happiness… 10.9kReads9.1Score705Shelves

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   This is a period drama fanfiction about a mother getting married, set in the era of a TV series. The protagonist is the original female lead's unjustly married sister-in-law, who has risen to power [laughs].

3. 253 宜 Yixiu's Quick Transmigration Journey 宜修的快穿之旅 Brother Ting and Sister Ting婷哥哥姐姐Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Quick Transmigration + Devoted Love + TV Dramas + Overpowered Golden Finger + The Couple Transmigrates Together Later] A cup of poisoned wine ended Ulanara Yixiu's life. “May we never meet again in life or death” kept echoing through her mind. She thought she would have to atone in hell after death, but instead she found herself in an unfamiliar world. Because of the sins she committed in her first life, she didn't receive a golden finger in her second. However, she retained all the or 99Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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   You can take a look at the houses in the alley; Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying are divorced.

4. 254 四 Siheyuan: I Wield My Brush and Stir Up the Storm 四合院：执笔搅风云 Picking Up Words Among the Pines松间拾字Male-Channel Fanfiction964k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1952, Wang Ping'an transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Alone in the world, he seems like a timid, easily bullied orphan to his neighbors. He makes a living writing articles and stories, often drawing on the people and events in the courtyard for inspiration. Anyone who deliberately gives him a hard time or schemes against him ends up as a villain in one of his stories, and the rumors soon spread throughout the entire compound. Everyone assumes he is a helpless writer, 8.2kReads5.4Score264Shelves

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   Latest novels about courtyard houses ❤️❤️❤️

5. 255 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Soldier’s Family Dotes on Me 穿越七零：我被兵哥哥一家娇宠 Lu Manman陆蔓蔓Modern Romance436k WordsOngoing (Alternate history + period setting + military marriage + spoiled young woman + pocket dimension + devoted couple, one-on-one) After spending 28 years single, Gu Zimo goes to the park to clear her head because her parents keep urging her to get married. She overhears some aunties saying that the Matchmaker Temple on the mountain is very effective, so she heads there alone to ask the Matchmaker for a husband. A few days later, she never expects the Matchmaker to “send” her to a parallel world in 278Reads8.5Score144Shelves

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   A historical fiction story. 🌟Transmigrating into the home of a family in a small alley, the protagonist, Zhuang Tunan, starts by fiercely confronting the biased Zhuang family. 🌟However, they refuse to let his mother, Huang Ling, sit at the table. Enraged, the protagonist overturns the table, declaring that no one can eat. Later, a daily check-in system is activated, and 🥮🍎the story begins with a dramatic turnaround in life.

6. 256 快 Quick Transmigration: Cherish Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People 快穿：珍爱生命，远离极品 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance1.8M WordsCompleted [Quick transmigration through historical settings + socially fearless female lead + punishing scumbags and face-slapping + building wealth + turning her life around + no fixed pairing] [The 4th, 7th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st worlds have no romance] [Female lead’s perspective] [Ensemble cast] Also known as: Quick Transmigration: A Carefree Life in Historical Worlds and Quick Transmigration: Treasure Your Life and Stay Away from Toxic People Protagonist: Chang Ning. In each sma 21.9kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
7. 257 东 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance859k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 53.6kReads8.7Score3kShelves

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   Just you wait and see! You won't regret it!

8. 258 柳 The Big Brother of Liutiao Hutong, With Pinduoduo at His Side 柳条胡同好大哥，随身带着拼多多 Mountain Spirit and Fish山鬼与鱼Urban378k WordsOngoing Lin Weidong transmigrates into a short-form drama that has gone viral on Douyin, and brings an online shopping System with him. Well, damn. In this wretched era, shameless people are the ones who thrive. (A fanfic about the eldest daughter and her husband!) 22Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   ✨✨The protagonist transmigrates to the 1980s and becomes Zhuang Tunan, a resident of a small alleyway. His mother, Huang Ling, has just prepared a birthday feast, but Old Man Zhuang won't let her sit at the table! 💕💕 Grandma Zhuang: Eldest daughter-in-law, take Xiaoting to the kitchen to eat. Zhuang Tunan watches everyone at the table eating meat and vegetables heartily, while his mother, Huang Ling, and his younger sister pitifully eat vegetarian noodles in the kitchen. 💛💛

9. 259 余 May the Rest of My Life Be Filled with Joy 余生皆欢喜 Wang Erqiao汪二峤Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted [Women's Growth + Marriage and Relationships + Emotions] Marriage is for happiness, and so is divorce! A new novel from Wang Erqiao, author of the acclaimed ensemble novel I Wish You Everlasting Joy! Marriage is for happiness, and so is divorce! Open this book and discover the happy lives of two girls who make different choices! Originally titled The Woman Holding a Flower of Happiness. After graduating from college, Sichuan native Wang Yanzi moves to Beijing to join her boyfriend, Wen Bo. Just 4.7kReads9.5Score661Shelves

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   These two books are good; you might want to consider reading them.

10. 260 斯 The Bashful Doctor and the 1980s Butcher Girl Who Won't Stop Spoiling Him 斯文医生脸红红八零杀猪婆追着哄 Gu Nuanqing顾暖卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short dramas 1–4 and the animated series are releasing simultaneously~ [Period setting + marriage first, love later + fiercely protective + older woman/younger man + no transmigration or rebirth] [Bold, career-minded pig butcher vs. refined, reserved, easily embarrassed doctor] Everyone in Chihe Town knew Yun Tianjiao. When it came to looks and figure, if she came in second, no one would dare claim first place. But when it came to her fiery temper, she was just as unmatched in town. That was exa 13.8kReads9.0Score796Shelves

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    This is a novel set in the 1980s, telling the story of how a butcher becomes a wealthy man through his own efforts. The male protagonist is also very hardworking; he quits his job to open a hospital in order to have a second child, and eventually becomes the hospital's director.

11. 261 四 A Life of Treasures in the Siheyuan 四合院之御宝人生 Master Craftsman明匠Male-Channel Fanfiction616k WordsCompleted Workaholic doctor Li Guangming woke up to find he had transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard, as the eldest son of the Li family, a front-courtyard carpenter’s family, recently brought in from the countryside. Faced with a desperately poor family with barely anything to their name and too many mouths to feed, a stepmother with her own agenda, a taciturn father, and a whole courtyard full of “familiar faces” about to make their entrance, Li Guangming felt an unprecedented sense of 4.3kReads8.0Score176Shelves

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    It's a decent novel set in the era of courtyard houses; you might want to check it out!

12. 262 念 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 26.5kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves
13. 263 女 The Abandoned Baby Girl and Her Family 女弃婴和她的家人们 Firepit Baby火塘宝宝Modern Romance318k WordsOngoing This novel is adapted from a true story. There is no transmigration, no formulaic plot, and none of that cheap thrill of pretending to be weak before revealing your strength. It tells the real story of ordinary people’s lives and human nature, so if that bothers you, proceed with caution. At ten years old, I discovered that I was a stray child someone had picked up. But as a little girl, I didn’t dare ask about my origins. I never expected that, in a very unusual setting, my identity as an aband 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the mid-1980s, the one-child policy was strictly enforced, and many people gave away their own daughters in order to have a son. What kind of lives did these abandoned daughters experience? The protagonist of this article is an abandoned baby girl whose fate is full of twists and turns, as she was sent to endure a tribulation on the back of God's mission.

14. 264 霞 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 Warm Glowing Clouds霞光暖暖Modern Romance568k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score131Shelves
15. 265 铁 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 Ink-Wash Creek水墨小溪Urban291k WordsCompleted In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.4kReads6.8Score210Shelves
16. 266 村 Village Chief, Don't Mess with Me 村长，别来惹我 Chen Erdong Laughing Up at the Sky仰天大笑的陈尔东Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Liang Yuzhen is a widow in the village, beautiful and kindhearted. The village chief is a local bully, but seeing that Liang Yuzhen has no man to rely on, he often stops by to help her with whatever he can, putting on a show of being a good Samaritan. 100Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    It has a vintage feel to it.

17. 267 俏 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 Nine-Nine Cat九玖猫Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 21kReads8.0Score1.2kShelves
18. 268 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s, Leaving No Regrets 穿越60年代，不留遗憾 Soar Ninety Thousand Miles跃九万里Urban3.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting + transmigration + System + male lead + pocket dimension] No needless hostility, and hardly any awful characters (almost none). Also known as: The 1960s: Is the County Government Procurement Officer Really Number Two? Adapted into a motion comic, with no interruption to updates. Sun Xuan, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly obtains a golden finger and transmigrates to the 1960s. Bound to a sign-in System, he has a pocket dimension stocked with abundant supplies, includi 31.5kReads8.1Score2.8kShelves
19. 269 小 A Lane-Side Family: Tunan Awakens and Flips the Table from the Start 小巷人家：图南觉醒开局掀桌子 Zheng Kouqi郑口气Male-Channel Fanfiction331k WordsCompleted {A Lane in the City + no System for the protagonist + Tunan's rise + sweet everyday moments + standing up to old geezers + becoming a tycoon} From the start, I stand up to the old geezer and flip the table. I make the decisions for my mom, protect my little sister, and put my spineless, blindly filial dad in his place. In the middle, I go into business and make a fortune, becoming the richest man around. Along the way, I help Li Yiming, Lin Dongzhe, and Xiang Pengfei get rich too. I marry Li Jia 75Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 270 小 Life in the Alley: Reason Above All 小巷人家之凡事讲理 Qingshan Hao青山皓Female-Channel Fanfiction372k WordsCompleted After wrapping up his work at an architecture firm, a modern architect is transported into the world of A Lane Households. He has never read the original, and now we get to see how this sophisticated man stirs up the peaceful neighborhood and dives into the golden age for architects. 2.1kReads8.9Score125Shelves
21. 271 四 Siheyuan: Industrial Transport Specialist 四合院：工业搬运师 Dong Dong Dong Dong Ah东懂冬冻啊Male-Channel Fanfiction861k WordsCompleted Siheyuan: Lu Wei, a desperately poor man in 2024, unexpectedly gets the chance to transmigrate to a Siheyuan. He experiences the hardships endured by the older generation, feels their bitterness, and tastes the joys and sorrows of everyday life. He has seen people spend fortunes on a single sumptuous meal, and beggars travel a thousand miles for a sliver of hope. He has seen an empire run rampant, treating our Huaxia as nothing, and he has seen the sons of Huaxia endure hardship before rising to 6.1kReads7.9Score237Shelves
22. 272 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated Three Years Ago and Gained the Power of a Slap 四合院：穿越三年获得巴掌之力 Zhang Xuanyi张玄一Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Fighting the courtyard beasts + System + siding with Xu Damao + no troublemaking After transmigrating to the capital in the 1950s, Jiang Fan realized he had ended up in a courtyard full of awful people. “Oh no! I've become one of the beasts!” Three years later, the System came online, and Jiang Fan began a life of stirring up trouble and turning everything upside down! 26.6kReads7.4Score953Shelves
23. 273 六 Leisurely Life in the 1960s: Taking My Childhood Sweetheart to the Countryside 六零空间，带青梅下乡的悠闲生活 Grass Jade Candy草玉糖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Space] A cozy, carefree life of nurturing, with no hardship! After waking up, Xiao Cheng transmigrated to the 1960s. Thankfully, the space from his past life was still with him. The only catch was that he had to go down to the countryside. Thinking of all the supplies in his space, Xiao Cheng decided that going was no problem. And with his pretty childhood sweetheart by his side, this transmigration was more than worth it! While everyone else was earning work points in the fields, Xiao 17.9kReads8.2Score1.4kShelves
24. 274 小 The Alley: From the Start, I Send My Second Uncle to Jail 小巷：开局送二叔进局子 A Bewitching Demon一妖灼灼Male-Channel Fanfiction208k WordsCompleted “What I want is actually very simple.” Zhuang Xiaoting's voice came again. She was no longer as angry as before, but spoke with a trace of clarity and resolve. “I want you to tell me the truth. Tell me how much you've been hiding from me.” 34Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 275 三 The Three Treasures Pagoda and Purple Gold Mountain 三宝塔与紫金山 Muzi Surong木子苏蓉Modern Romance114k WordsCompleted The story unfolds slowly between Sanbao Town in southeastern Yunnan and Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties. Yun Kun, a young man from southern Yunnan, dreams of escaping the mountains. Through sheer perseverance, he rises from a poor boy to a faculty researcher at a military academy. Ning Xiang, who lives east of Nanjing, once enjoyed a peaceful, ordinary life, but the tides of the times bring a drastic turn: her household registration is falsified, and she is forced to move to the co 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Then this one is a must. It's similar in genre.

26. 276 小 In the Little Alley, I Have a Slacking-Off System 小巷人家我有一个摸鱼系统 The Scholar Who Can't Master the Six Arts书生不会六艺Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Single heroine + mild aggression + light System + slice of life + nostalgia + not a power fantasy...] The early chapters are a little rough, but it gets better later. The protagonist's main goal is to lie flat. No harem, no one dies, and no couples are broken up. The protagonist's attitude toward life in this book is the author's dream. Real life is exhausting enough, so let me take it easy and be a lazy fish in this book. All I want is to marry a good wife and raise two children by my side. Th 1.7kReads5.2Score—Shelves
27. 277 人 The Joys of Life 人间欢喜 Suihou Zhu随侯珠Modern Romance382k WordsCompleted A young couple’s bittersweet romance, sweet moments amid the angst, with an adorable kid to play matchmaker! They had no choice but to break up five years ago, then miraculously reunited five years later. When a sweet, gentle lamb of a woman meets a cunning, calculating fox of a man, every reunion after a long separation has been planned all along. On the day she married him, she curled up in his arms and sobbed. On the day he divorced her, they raised their glasses and wished each other well. W 7.8kReads9.5Score846Shelves

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    These two books are also very good, realistic. The first part is heartwarming, the second part is filled with sorrow.

28. 278 四 Siheyuan: Becoming a Rogue Everyone Loves 四合院：做一个人见人爱的流氓 Hermit of Xiangshan Creek香山溪客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsOngoing [System] [Multiple Heroines] [Low on Grimness] [Historical Fantasy] Lin Muzhi, a down-and-out writer from the 21st century, wakes up as Lin Weidong, a backward young man in a 1965 courtyard. His neighbors are rubbing their hands together, ready to crush this “troublemaker” and take everything from him. But... The whole courtyard soon realizes that this time, the newcomer isn't prey. Armed with the perspective of a modern civilization, he's come to rule this world of tangled relationships like it 37.4kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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    Super good! I stayed up all night to finish it! A highly recommended read. The author's writing is superb, the imagination is amazing, and the male lead is both handsome and intelligent. Experience a unique courtyard house!

29. 279 四 Siheyuan: My Revenge Begins at the Mass Grave 四合院：从乱葬岗开始复仇 Eggplant Casserole风味茄子煲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn on a mass grave, Zhang Aiguo returns with a System. The scoundrels stole my family’s property, sold my younger sister, and left me for dead. This time, they’ll pay for every drop of blood! The hypocritical patriarch, the venomous old woman, every last one of them: none will get away! Watch as this young man delivers the ultimate judgment and gets his revenge in this man-eating courtyard! 373Reads8.8Score145Shelves
30. 280 四 In the Siheyuan, Silly Zhu Stops Being a Doormat 四合院傻柱不在做冤大头 Author Kung Pao Chicken作者宫保鸡丁Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted Snow blanketed the world. As he lay dying beneath a bridge, He Yuzhu watched his archrival, Xu Damao, summon the last of his strength to carry him back to the courtyard, and regret tore at his heart. Reborn as a young man, he awakens a mysterious pocket dimension and gains the skills of a culinary god. He immediately cuts ties with the Jia family. He will repay the deaf old lady's kindness, ease his younger sister's suffering, and rekindle his bond with Lou Xiao'e. As for those bloodsucking para 918Reads8.6Score101Shelves
31. 281 四 Siheyuan: I Live in the Back Courtyard with a Little Yard 四合院：我住后院带小院 Cai Tian Cao Jia采田草加Male-Channel Fanfiction253k WordsCompleted This is not a wish-fulfillment novel, but a slice-of-life chronicle that stays close to ordinary life in the 1960s. Social relationships, prices, dialogue, and everyday routines are all kept as true to the era as possible. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into the past. He has no System or talismans, just a pretty decent pocket dimension. The story is based on the original drama and follows its main plot, with a few characters and events from A Little Woman and Men Are Made of Iron, Blood ad 5.1kReads8.0Score136Shelves

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    Zheng Juan.

32. 282 四 Siheyuan: Reborn, I Settle Every Score 四合院：重生后，我一一清算 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Male-Channel Fanfiction307k WordsCompleted Synopsis of "Siheyuan: After Being Reborn, I Settle Every Score" In 1958, in a Beijing siheyuan on Longxugou, Chen Feng goes from a vengeful ghost in a freezing prison to a young man in his prime after being reborn. In his previous life, he watched his parents get framed through the collusion of the Third Master, Niu Degui, the Second Master, Li Mengcang, and the First Master, Yan Daomao. Their property was seized, and they died with their names unjustly stained. The Jia and Xu families took adv 5Reads7.4Score—Shelves
33. 283 四 Siheyuan: Starting with Bicycle Repairs 四合院：从修自行车开始 Cai Tian Cao Jia采田草加Male-Channel Fanfiction297k WordsCompleted This book isn't too intense. It's a peaceful story set in an era of everyday life. The protagonist transmigrates to 1962 and lives across the hall from Third Uncle. He isn't a character from the original show. An utterly ordinary slice-of-life novel, about as exciting as a primary school essay. I try to keep things close to what life was really like back then, and to reflect the customs and social norms of ordinary people. I try not to be a homewrecker or collect junk, not to make everything ab 110Reads5.1Score—Shelves
34. 284 善 The Kind Mother-in-Law Who Ruined a Match 善良婆婆造孽缘 Fubao Loves Life福宝爱生活Modern Romance628k WordsCompleted The Kind Mother-in-Law Who Brought Misfortune (Complete, 629,000 words, with a satisfying ending) A family saga spanning the generations | Three generations of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law | Adapted from a true story Mei Tong was orphaned at eight and sent to the Dai family as a child bride. She helped her mother-in-law raise two younger sisters-in-law, then waited alone for eight years before daring to go to the city in search of her husband. Her husband, Fu Xun, excelled in his studi 118Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    It's a historical novel, very realistic, depicting the lives and fates of several generations of a family, representing the lives of most families at that time. The content doesn't quite match the title; I stumbled upon this book by chance, and you wouldn't normally read it based solely on the title.

35. 285 八 An Ordinary Life for a Girl Born in the Eighties 八零后女孩的平凡人生 Little Orange Who Loves Strawberries爱吃草莓的小橙子Modern Romance490k WordsCompleted [No transmigration] [No rebirth] [No golden finger] [Rural life in the 1980s] [A small ensemble cast] [Family squabbles] [Gentle and heartwarming] Xu Congcong and Xu Mingming are sisters born in the 1980s. They are lucky to have a grandma and father who love them unconditionally, as well as a mother whose personality is a little complicated but who loves them just as much. Sheltered by their whole family, the sisters grow up carefree. Through the sisters’ coming-of-age story, this novel traces t 3.3kReads9.2Score245Shelves
36. 286 六 The Soft Rose in My Palm 六零：手心的软玫瑰 Spring at the Ferry as the Moon Sets月落渡头春Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted (No black markets, no military marriage, no being sent to the countryside, very few nasty characters, love at first sight, System + a tiny golden finger, a touch of ensemble cast, adorable sweet girl vs. crazed hopeless romantic, who talks himself into falling in love) The first time Feng Jingheng saw Xin Tian, he fell in love at first sight. Wife, wife, wife, my wife! He kept the possessive madness in his heart under control, looking forward to seeing her again. When they met, Feng Jingheng fel 407Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Female Lead: Xin Tian Male Lead: Feng Jingheng 🍭🍭🍭 Xin Tian is delicate and gentle, with a built-in system/golden finger; she is reborn into the 1960s. Feng Jingheng falls in love with Xin Tian at first sight and dotes on her excessively. The story is realistic, with no melodramatic or tragic romance, a relaxed pace, and plenty of sweet moments.

37. 287 姑 Great-Aunt Xile's Happy Life 姑奶奶喜乐的幸福生活 Original Xiaoyue原创晓月Modern Romance527k WordsCompleted Home is a sheltered harbor, and family is always there to support you. This is a story about three generations of the Song family living happily in an old building on Tianjin's Five Avenues. It features Tianjin's delicious food, as well as the family's joys and sorrows over the past thirty years. 780Reads9.1Score104Shelves

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    Daily Fireworks of Three Generations in Tianjin

38. 288 穿 Transmigrate to the Seventies: My Handsome, Sweet Husband Begs Me to Spoil Him 穿越七零：老公又帅又甜，求我宠 Si Bu Xiang司不像Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead, Weaker Male Lead + Female Lead Transmigrates + Male Lead Is Reborn + Contract Marriage + Sweet Romance + Realistic Feel-Good Story + Cozy Daily Life + Selfish Female Lead + Devoted Husband] At a young age, Deng Siyao saved up five million, but before she could register for a residence permit and buy a house, she died from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a sent-down youth. She has her heart set on finding a handsome, agreeable husband, hoping to 30kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    The first historical fiction novel, aside from having a time-travel/reincarnation element, has no cheat codes or special abilities, and the portrayal of human relationships is exceptionally well done. It's also a strong female lead and weak male lead story. ☘️☘️☘️ The second novel also features a time-travel element, but no cheat codes. The female lead is sophisticated and self-serving, navigating the historical fiction world with meticulous planning. ☘️☘️☘️ The third novel is set in a fictional world, with no time travel, no reincarnation, and no cheat codes. A refreshing change in the historical fiction genre.

39. 289 六 The 1960s: I Have a Guaranteed Job 六十年代，我有铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Courtyard life + family squabbles + everyday life + an ordinary woman's struggle + doting romance + raising kids] Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, and just a little golden finger. Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from another branch of the family over a job opening. She injures her forehead, but unexpectedly gains a System that gives her supplies whenever she checks in. She also finds a book, written by who knows what daydreamer. In the book, she and her two younger brothers all 14.9kReads8.5Score881Shelves

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    Okay, feel free to enjoy. These are the stories I've recently finished reading, and there's another one I'm currently reading.

40. 290 穿 Transmigrating into the World of Film and TV, Starting with A Lifelong Journey 穿越影视世界从人世间开始 True Lord Yunshui云水真君Male-Channel Fanfiction320k WordsCompleted Su Yu has gained the golden finger to transmigrate into the worlds of film and television. Let’s see how he turns these worlds upside down. The protagonist is determined to become a major villain in the worlds of film and television and eliminate the protagonists who oppose him. The first world currently being written is . The second world is , and the third is . If there’s a world you’d like to see, fans can leave a comment. 10Reads6.0Score—Shelves
41. 291 春 Love in the Spring Mountains 春山之恋 An Yiran安亦然Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted Military marriages are even more tantalizing. If he loves you, he’ll love you even if you’re another man’s wife. If he doesn’t, even bearing his child won’t make his heart yours. True love is priceless. Childhood sweethearts, falling in love at seventeen or eighteen, forced into marriage... A hotel hostess in a wine-red qipao stuns everyone and captivates the passersby coming and going. After enlisting and heading to the city for work, girls from the countryside find their choices in life changi 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Also known as "Military Marriage is the Most Alluring." True love is hard to find. If he loves you, he'll love you even if you're someone else's wife. If he doesn't love you, even if you bear his child, his heart won't be with you. In the rural areas of the 1970s and 80s, to escape the mountains, boys joined the army, and girls went to the city to work. Some became kept women, some resorted to any means to climb the social ladder, and some remained clear-headed. We search for the purest love in the most simple and honest era.

42. 292 林 Miss Lin's Unconventional Marriage 林小姐的非常婚姻 Shangguan Dangdang上官当当Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Yaohui once reveled in having women on both arms, but now he is trapped in a painful struggle over love. How far will the temptations of power and desire push a man past his limits? As Lin Huanyan struggles, Chen Yaohui grits his teeth, determined to win back his beloved wife. "Fine, you want a divorce? Then I'll make that man lose everything and die without a grave!" A love affair of mutual torment, tender and torturous, with longing that cuts to the bone. Who will be consumed beyond redem 221Reads7.4Score—Shelves
43. 293 三 Third Sister 三姐 Li Sitong李肆瞳Urban5.5M WordsOngoing “If you don't talk about the world's troubles to everyone you meet, then you're someone who lives free of the world's troubles.” Never think too highly of people's hearts, and never underestimate human nature. Nothing is colder than human nature, nothing more chilling than people's hearts. Be a little kinder to yourself. A life in this world is hard-won, and every tribulation is fate. This is the strange coming-of-age journey of an innocent young man. Ordinary people dream of becoming immortals, 119.9kReads9.2Score5kShelves
44. 294 野 Wild Chrysanthemums, No Tears 野菊花，不流泪 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted “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 2.3kReads8.4Score159Shelves
45. 295 八 The 1980s: The Plump, Fertile Wife Spoiled by the Fierce Village Bully 八零好孕肥妻，被凶悍村霸宠成宝 Zhouzhou Eats Steamed Buns粥粥吃馒头Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A fictional era, so don't nitpick the details. Pure romance, devoted couple, rebirth, everyday life, marriage before love. The male lead is genuinely crude and swears like a sailor. The female lead isn't a strong, independent heroine, but a hardworking, clumsy, chubby country girl. (If that's not your thing, don't read.) Ji Chunhua was reborn. At this point, she hadn't yet gone with her stepsister Ji Qin to the matchmaking fair, nor had Ji Qin humiliated and framed her, eventually shoving her in 13.6kReads8.9Score2kShelves

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    In her previous life, the female protagonist was framed by her stepsister and pushed forward to take a knife for her, resulting in her death. Only the most infamous man, who had even served time in prison, saved her. Unexpectedly, she was reborn, and so was her stepsister. They both fell for their savior, but she couldn't let him marry her. So, the female protagonist accompanied her stepsister to a blind date. The good news was that he didn't like her, but he liked her. After thinking about it, she figured having children, doing laundry, and cooking would be a way of repaying his kindness, so she agreed.

46. 296 重 Reborn in 1979: I Won’t Rely on Anyone This Time! 重生七九：老娘这辈子谁也不靠！ Matcha Green抹茶绿Modern Romance444k WordsOngoing (Feel-Good Story + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Family Matters + Ordinary People's Ensemble + Reborn in the Era + Transmigration) Shen Nianci lost her husband young. She raised three sons and a daughter, cared for her spiteful mother-in-law until her death, put a child through college, helped all the children start families, and emptied her savings in the process. She bought a home in the provincial capital for her second son and helped raise her sons' children. She never imagined that the 45Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend these two books; they're about everyday family life.

47. 297 手 I Tear Into My Awful Relatives, Leaving My Educated-Youth Parents Stunned 手撕极品亲戚，知青爹妈惊呆了 Reading at Midnight夜半读书Modern Romance1.6M WordsOngoing (Doing business in the 1980s + a local-born protagonist + no golden finger + taking on terrible relatives) A spineless dad, a weak stepmother, grandparents who play favorites, and greedy uncles. That’s what Cheng Shu faces from the start when he returns to the city from the countryside with his parents. As he matches wits with his relatives, he also sets up stalls and gets into business. 23kReads8.5Score2.4kShelves
48. 298 名 In the Name of the People: Restarting 1992 名义：重启1992 Pale Clouds, White Snow苍云白雪Male-Channel Fanfiction2.3M WordsOngoing Qi Tongwei is reborn in 1992 and rises steadily to success. Oh, I hope everyone enjoys it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 22.7kReads7.3Score1.8kShelves

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    The long ones and the short ones are all here, take your time to look at them!

49. 299 那 That Mountain, That City 那山那城 Deng Xiaoyang and Li Chaoyang邓晓阳与李朝阳Urban263k WordsCompleted [A powerful work of realism | The ups and downs of life in government | Love and passion | The turbulent 1990s] Huang Shunping of the Jiangzhou Construction Commission’s quality supervision station refuses to compromise on construction standards. In a single night, he finds himself caught in a “sex scandal” and is taken away. Through a twist of fate, his two sons, Nashi and Nacheng, become embroiled in Jiangzhou’s biggest shoddy-construction project: a passenger terminal. After graduating, Nash 1kReads8.8Score158Shelves

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    Both are powerful works of realism.

50. 300 七 The Only Daughter of the 1970s 七零年代独生女 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Modern Romance685k WordsCompleted [No transmigration into a book, no System, no pocket dimension.] [Period setting + farming + serving the motherland + technical expertise] A researcher who loves and hates fiercely versus a reborn diplomat Yu Yue fell asleep in the bath and woke up in the 1970s, as the only child in her family. First, there was her timid mother, who was willing to work herself to the bone for her family. Then there was her father, spoiled by his family and utterly self-centered. Timid Mom: “Let’s see anyone try 17.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    Yu Yue had a dream. She dreamt that the sun was setting, and she was following a girl to a riverbank. Then she heard the girl say smugly, "I heard everything you and Meng Jianyang said that day. You were throwing yourself at him, and he didn't even like you, right?" "Someone as unlucky as you, who would want you? Don't you know your own worth? Just like your mother, so cheap. No wonder even your father doesn't want you."

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