Any Understated, Sensible Period Novels? Not the Kind Where They Eat Lavish Meals Every Day

854 八 80: True Daughter's Counterattack Birds Singing in the MountainsModern Romance527k WordsCompleted 62kReads9.2Score5.3kShelves

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🌈1️⃣The heroine traveled through the 1970s and became a married and separated rural military wife with farm space. Before joining the army, the heroine earned money by doing temporary work for others, collecting waste → grain station → supply and marketing cooperative ➡️ A regular employee of the supply and marketing cooperative (going to the countryside to collect mountain goods), she took the opportunity to add agricultural products in her own space... The heroine is low-key and pragmatic, and does not seek death in the black market❄️. In the end, her family is also well-off.

855 九 After Remarrying in 90, She Became the Favorite of Her Husband's Family Thirty MonthsModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 10.9kReads9.3Score1.2kShelves

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These books are so good-looking

858 我 I Sold Lunch Boxes in 1978 Grass Heart 520Modern Romance157k WordsCompleted 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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Very fast text

859 平 Ordinary Life Is True Clear Sky Blue CloudsModern Romance199k WordsOngoing —Reads—Score—Shelves

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There is no rebirth, no time travel, no golden fingers, slow-burning chronicle, and is being updated steadily.

860 重 Reborn as a Prosperous Daughter-In-Law: Reborn as an Educated Youth Is a Bit Sweet Panpan Loves Milk TeaModern Romance141k WordsCompleted 725Reads—Score—Shelves

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In the age of sweet pampering, the heroine is reborn to pamper her husband and raise her children, and is clean for two lifetimes. The struggle of a little person.

862 重 Rebirth at 90: She Rewrites the Fate of Her Family by Studying Looking at the Stars Under the GrassModern Romance300k WordsOngoing 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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Growing up as a heroine, she relied on test papers to learn and step by step put partiality, poverty and resignation under her feet.

863 被 After Being Forced to Marry a Sick and Weak Educated Youth, I Cheated Dying in the Fleeting YearsModern Romance514k WordsCompleted 2.6kReads8.9Score323Shelves

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Chronicles, complete, no wisdom

865 七 The 1970S Military Marriage: Every Relative in the Courtyard Is an Ancient Demon Whatever WorksModern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing 400.2kReads9.0Score51.2kShelves

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The first one is about the Tushan family, the second one is about busy saving his brother with the system every day, and the third one is about the time-traveling of the ancient legitimate daughter. Each copy is very careful not to exceed the standard of living and arouse suspicion.

867 科 A Flower in Scientific Research Escapes from Marriage Again and Again Qing E XiModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 7.1kReads9.2Score929Shelves

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There is no golden finger in the scientific research articles of the era. It is practical, full of knowledge points, highly logical, humorous and interesting, and has a rational view on marriage and love.

869 一 Accidentally, I Dressed Like My Aunt Who Died Long Ago Simple Mountain TreeModern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 4.8kReads8.1Score632Shelves

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The most popular period novels from the Sichuan area have no golden fingers for ordinary people. The plot flows naturally like a stream without any trace of force. The writing is delicate but not pretentious, and the supporting characters are all different, each with their own temper and logic. They are not tool people at all.

871 出 The Way Out Is Steep I Am in the DustUrban1.1M WordsCompleted 2.9kReads9.5Score458Shelves

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This book is really worth reading carefully

872 尾 Tail Fire Tiger Kuimu Wolf Lema HengdaoUrban491k WordsCompleted 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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This is definitely a very low-key chronicle, similar to a memoir, but with good literary style. Each chapter ends with a Tang poem or a Song poem.

875 穿 Traveling Through the Elite Life of Qiu Yuling in Her 60S Long An, Who Loves Okra OmeletteModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 10.5kReads8.9Score1kShelves

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It meets the requirements perfectly. The heroine is relatively low-key and very cool.

877 七 Seventy, My Beloved Wife Wants a Divorce, the Cold-Faced Officer Panics Sunflowers Facing the SunModern Romance519k WordsCompleted 13kReads8.2Score895Shelves

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💥💥"He Xiao, let's get a divorce." Looking at the man's disbelieving eyes, Shen Lishu chuckled and leaned against the door: "I know that you married me back then just because of my grandfather, and you wanted to repay your favor. Now, he is no longer here, and you don't have to keep that promise anymore." If it weren't for what happened in her previous life, she would definitely not have filed for divorce. Even if this man doesn't love her, she will stay with him for the rest of her life. But in her previous life, when she and Dong Zhaodi were kidnapped by enemy agents and fell off a cliff, the moment she saw He Xiao's hand reaching towards Dong Zhaodi, her life and heart died.

880 七 Seventy: the Vicious Female Supporting Character Just Wants to Take the Whole Family Away Send PoetryModern Romance162k WordsOngoing 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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This, the heroine is very cautious in doing things, using the system and space to avoid people.

882 年 Meet Again in the 60S Novels and MeModern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted 7.2kReads8.3Score861Shelves

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These books are pretty good, and the protagonist's character is not compromised.

891 年 Raising Cubs in the Era: Miaojiang Gu Mother Looking for the Chief Father Play Against the WorldModern Romance153k WordsOngoing 12Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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The heroine is awake and strong! No abuse! Cultivation of Immortality

894 重 Rebirth, Still Irresistible I'm a Drop in the BucketUrban335k WordsOngoing 1.4kReads5.8Score—Shelves

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I really hate that kind of childish paragraph-by-sentence writing. Old bookworms recommend this treasured work. The writing is very good and has a strong sense of age. I'll say the key points three times. No AI. It's purely hand-written.

896 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer Deep Plowing in SpringModern Romance324k WordsCompleted 458Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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"The Sun and the Moon in the Steamer", no blood, no time travel, no rebirth, simple and sincere, pure period writing! [As time goes by, time changes, and what changes is the passing years. What remains unchanged is the fireworks in this world. This life of a person is actually the same as steamed buns. When the heat is up, they will be cooked naturally. When the heat is not enough, they will be raw even if the lid is removed.

897 上 Middle-Aged Shanghai Man: I've Been Hiding My Medicinal and Wine Powers for 20 Years TanchulinUrban162k WordsCompleted 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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[A cool article about the ability of middle-aged people to endure supernatural powers! The more you look at it, the more you get confused] A forty-year-old coolie on a construction site has the power of medicine and wine, and has lived in silence for twenty years. He can smell the breath to cure diseases, and can smell the medicine to identify fakes. He has extraordinary abilities, but he has to overdraft his life to exchange for them. He does not fight for it, he only wants security for his daughter to take the high school entrance examination. But the black car squats day and night, and the black businessmen press every step of the way. They take advantage of his only weakness and force him to compromise. A powerless middle-aged man, Zang Feng has endured for twenty years. An honest man is forced into a desperate situation and once it breaks out, he will be high-burning and relieved throughout the whole process! ! [Praise]

898 去 I Went to Find My Relatives and Recognized My Wrong Brother, and Lost My Memory of My Ex Ye Ye Hongwen. Mountain MirrorModern Romance537k WordsCompleted 8.9kReads6.7Score839Shelves

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Everyone in the Corps knew who Chief Shen was talking to, and that person was Dr. Jiang, who knew how to grow vegetables and save people. Someone asked Shen Tingyuan to treat him, but he said with a straight face: "What's the treat?" The next day, he asked someone to bring back a cart of watermelons, and each person in the company received two. Everyone tacitly understood that this watermelon was the chief's wedding candy.

899 四 Siheyuan: I Really Hope That I Will Marry Zheng Juan Bookworm over 10 Years Old137k WordsCompleted 48Reads5.8Score—Shelves

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These two truly great books will make you addicted after reading them. @Pushuxiaomito