Looking for a More Realistic Story Set in a Past Era, Nothing Too Exaggerated, With Sensible Characters 年代文现实一点，不要太夸张，有脑子一点

1. 301 孤 The Fate of an Orphan Girl 孤女的命运 Deep Blue Butterfly深蓝蝴蝶Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted This is a sad story. Lin Jiang had an affair, and Shi Qiaosi endured it for three years before suddenly coming to her senses and decisively divorcing him. After the divorce, she secretly gave birth to a daughter of her own, Shixu. The disasters brought upon three generations of a family by an unfaithful man and a scheming woman eager to take his wife’s place. See how an elderly grandmother schemes for her granddaughter, building a bridge through time with her own life so that Shixu can return to 15kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
2. 302 冲 The Sickly Officer Needed a Lucky Bride, but He Was Full of Vigor Once They Hit the Bed 冲喜病军官，入帐后他竟生龙活虎 Beautiful and Unrestrained美丽的没遮拦Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing Both leads are sexually inexperienced + the heroine starts out weak and grows stronger over time. Everyone in the village says Shen Qinghe was born with a fate as fragile as paper. She married Shuan Zhu, an honest, hardworking man, to escape her parents’ abuse. But a car accident on the way to the wedding killed the groom on the spot. Overnight, she was branded a husband-killer and subjected to scorn and abuse. Her heartless in-laws sold her off to the Gao family as a good-luck bride. They said 6.2kReads7.4Score645Shelves

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   All I want is a little happiness

3. 303 6 At 68, I Volunteered for the Dying and Reunited with the First Love Who Had Waited 50 Years for Me 68岁做临终志愿者，竟重逢等我50年的初恋 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生9k WordsCompleted At 68, I Volunteered for End-of-Life Care and Reunited with the First Love Who Had Waited 50 Years for Me 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   🧓After being widowed for many years and having a closed heart, I accidentally met my beloved at dusk. The couple found it difficult to gain understanding from their children halfway through, and it was difficult to remarry in their later years. 👉The homepage digs into the reality of middle-aged and elderly people with good articles

4. 304 魂 Reborn in 1959: Startling by Each Step 魂穿59，步步惊心 Little Bug Back from 6060回来的小虫Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The novel is being revised... (One heroine, spatial abilities, mild violence, family life, a gradual build, steady growth.) The story mainly has three stages. In the early part, he helps his family escape poverty. In the middle, he gets a job at a steel mill, working on equipment and supplies, with some familiar courtyard-life elements mixed in, though they are not the main focus. In the later part, he helps the country develop its national defense. His spatial abilities are controllable, and he 109Reads—Score—Shelves

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   At least the IQ is online. . .

5. 305 6 My Autistic Grandson Hadn't Spoken in Six Years, Until an Old Craft Made Him Call Me Grandpa 6年自闭孙儿不语，老手艺唤醒他开口喊爷爷 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生10k WordsCompleted My 6-Year-Old Grandson with Autism Wouldn't Speak, Until an Old Craft Helped Him Say, “Grandpa” 1Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 306 入 The Mortician Married an Officer, and I Became the Scumbag’s Aunt by Marriage 入殓师嫁军官，我成了渣男的小婶 Xu Yunjin许云瑾Modern Romance382k WordsOngoing As her shift is about to end, overworked Su Nianchu receives one last body to be cremated. To her surprise, the deceased has the exact same name as her. She has a bad feeling about this. Halfway through the cremation, something goes wrong. When she wakes up, she's transmigrated into the 1980s as a village girl, lying on a heated brick bed in labor. A treacherous husband is eyeing her from above, eager to drug her, while her sister-in-law, his mistress, is waiting next door to switch the babies. 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is beautiful, the heroine knows a lot of folklore knowledge

7. 307 恨 I Hated My First Love for 50 Years. The Truth Ten Meters into the Desert Made Me Weep in My Twilight Years 恨初恋50年，沙漠10米真相让我哭碎晚年 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生6k WordsCompleted I Resented My First Love for 50 Years. The Truth Beneath 10 Meters of Desert Broke My Heart in My Twilight Years —Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 308 6 At 68, I Tearfully Said Goodbye to My 18-Year-Old Cat, Only to Discover the Secret My Spouse Had Kept for Two Years 68岁含泪送走18岁老猫，竟发现老伴藏了两年的秘密 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted At 68, I tearfully said goodbye to my 18-year-old cat, only to discover the secret my spouse had kept for two years 2Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 309 平 A Peaceful Family Affair in 1979 平安家事1979 Lingxiao Beyond the Window窗外凌霄Rural Life220k WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Countryside] [Hard Work] [Ordinary Life] [No Golden Finger] [Neither Rebirth nor Transmigration] [Told in warm, down-to-earth prose, a story about an ordinary life filled with warmth] Ji Ping'an always wanted to escape the countryside, turning his "unwillingness to settle" into "having no regrets." But even after the parachute tower stood weathered and abandoned, he was still trapped on his hometown's soil. Ji Manling always said she would repay her family's devotion, yet she r 48Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Well-researched information and a realistic story

10. 310 失 An Amnesiac Diplomat Forgot Half a Lifetime, Yet Clung to a First Love for 50 Years 失忆外交官忘尽半生，唯独执念初恋50年 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted An amnesiac diplomat forgets half a lifetime, yet remains fixated on his first love for 50 years 1Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 311 平 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Ban Liang搬凉Urban116k WordsOngoing Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 37Reads—Score114Shelves

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    Close to reality, super real, and resonant! The novel is written from the beginning of the 21st century. It takes Fang Lizhu, a child born in the 1980s in the rural area of ​​Jianghan Plain in the central region, as the perspective. By describing the various people and events Fang Lizhu encounters during his studies and work, it reflects on the one hand the changes in the overall life of the people in the plain after entering the new century. On the other hand, it also reflects the various life patterns of small people in the face of great changes in the trend of the times and in the context of the big era and the big background, such as active or passive choices, active persistence or passive escape.

12. 312 快 Quick Transmigration: The Art of Splitting into Clones 快穿之：分身有术 I Promise You the Best Years我许年华Modern Romance416k WordsCompleted The most important thing in life is not where you stand, but the direction you face. In the real world, some people laugh, some cry, some shout, and some remain silent. Life is, in essence, an exercise in endurance. Beauty and ugliness, good and bad: everyone has their own feelings about them. Faced with this tumultuous world and the countless selfish thoughts crowding our minds, we often find ourselves wanting to do more than we can, because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. But what 45Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    [Admiration][Laughing][I also strongly recommend][Thinking]

13. 313 4 The 40-Year Promise Came True, and at Last My Twilight Years Stayed True to My First Dreams 40年之约如期而至，我的晚年终于不负初心 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生8k WordsCompleted The 40-year promise came due, and at last my twilight years stayed true to my original resolve 2Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 314 上 Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭 The Writer Who Writes in Shanghainese用上海话写作的人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him... 443Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The first book has been written and has been praised by the media as the online version of Fanhua. The book currently being published is "Shanghai People Eat Pao Fan", also known as "How to Eat Pao Fan in Shanghai Alleys". The second book is written by the author "who writes in Shanghainese dialect". After "Shanghaiese People Eat Paofan", there is another novel using "Shanghaiese" to write stories about Shanghai alleys, "The Little Girl Who Grew Up Eating Paofan in Shanghai". The book tells the emergence and destruction of the "heirloom treasures" of the Li family, and revolves around the struggle for "rare treasures". The novel shows the various aspects of life, including taking advantage of others by clever means, jealousy and coveting, thoughts that are old, calm as water, or destroying hundreds of treasures in anger... The "good", "evil", "beautiful" and "ugly" of human nature are all revealed in the world.

15. 315 8 Reunited at 80 in a Train Station, We Learned We Had Both Jumped Off the Train and Lost Half a Lifetime 80岁火车站重逢，才知我们双向跳车误了半生 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生6k WordsCompleted We reunited at a train station at 80, only to learn that we had both jumped off the train and lost half a lifetime 3Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 316 上 A Shanghai Girl Raised on Rice Soup 上海吃泡饭长大的小囡 The Writer Who Writes in Shanghainese用上海话写作的人Modern Romance387k WordsOngoing After Shanghai Porridge, the author, who writes in the Shanghai dialect, has written another full-length novel in Shanghai dialect about life in Shanghai’s alleyways. It tells of the discovery and destruction of the Li family’s “heirloom treasure.” As people vie for the “rare treasure,” the novel reveals the many faces of life: some seize what they want by cunning and force; some are consumed by jealousy and covetousness; some are calculating, while others are calm as still water; some even sink 63Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 317 六 The Broken Wooden Toy Gun I Threw Away on Children's Day Hid a Lifetime of My Father's Tenderness 六一儿童节被我扔掉的破木枪，藏了父亲一辈子的温柔 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted The broken wooden toy gun I threw away on Children's Day held a lifetime of tenderness from my father —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 318 高 The Gaokao: I Hated My Teacher for Changing My Peking University Application, Then Twenty Years Later the Truth Brought Me to Tears 高考，我恨老师偷改我北大志愿，二十年后来知真相泪崩 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生6k WordsCompleted During the college entrance exams, I hated my teacher for secretly changing my Peking University application. Twenty years later, I learned the truth and broke down in tears 1Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 319 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 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The period novels of the 1990s are not only realistic, but also hyper-realistic. The characters and place names in the book are all real, the plots are all prototypes, and every detail can stand the test of archaeology. The only shortcoming is that the author did not listen to the advice and chose the wrong title. Stiffneck is a Hakka dialect, which means the kind of person who is stubborn to the core.

20. 320 1 Carrying Dried Sweet Potatoes to College in 1981: Four Years of Hidden Tenderness, Given and Returned 1981年背红薯干上大学，一场隐瞒四年的双向温柔 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted In 1981, I carried dried sweet potatoes to college: a story of mutual tenderness kept secret for four years —Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 321 1 I Delivered a Love Letter to the Wrong Person in 1986 and Was Urged to Quit School. Thirty-Six Years Later, I Learned I'd Missed the Love of My Life 1986年送错情书被老师劝退，36年后我才知错过一生挚爱 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生8k WordsCompleted In 1986, I delivered a love letter to the wrong person, and my teacher urged me to quit. It took 36 years to realize I had missed the love of my life —Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 322 6 Alone at 68 with Death Near, My Love of 50 Years Arrived with a Ticket to Share My Remaining Years 68岁临终无人陪，50年旧爱携车票赴我余生 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生8k WordsCompleted At 68, I lay dying with no one by my side, until an old love from 50 years ago arrived with a ticket to share the rest of my life 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 323 6 A 68-Year-Old Clung to an Old Basin. When Its Glaze Chipped, the Gold Characters Revealed a Face-Slapping Truth About His Ungrateful Children 68岁老人死守旧盆，掉瓷后露出的金字打脸不孝儿女 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生8k WordsCompleted An 68-year-old stubbornly clings to an old basin. When its enamel chips away, the gold characters underneath deliver a face-slapping blow to his unfilial children —Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 324 6 Hospitalized with a Serious Illness at 68, I Watched My Children Plot Over My Estate. My Caregiver Became the Light of My Remaining Years 68岁重病住院，儿女算计家产，陪护成我余生微光 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted Seriously ill and hospitalized at 68, I watched my children scheme over my estate. Their care became the faint light left in my remaining years. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 325 7 A 70-Year-Old Clock Stopped, and Seven Notes Revealed My Ungrateful Children 70年老钟停摆，7张纸条看清不孝儿女 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生8k WordsCompleted A 70-year-old clock stopped ticking. Seven notes revealed the truth about my unfilial children. —Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 326 旧 An Old Kettle Hid a 40-Year Secret, Boiling My Heart and Chilling the Rest of My Life 旧水壶藏40年秘密，煮透人心寒透余生 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted An old kettle concealed a 40-year-old secret. It boiled the truth to the surface, chilling my heart for the rest of my life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 327 辛 After 40 Years of Hard Work, I Retired with Honor. My Children Schemed over My Property and Pressured Me to Hand Over My Retirement Savings 辛苦40年光荣退休，儿女算计房产逼我交出养老钱 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生6k WordsCompleted After 40 years of hard work, I retired with honors, only for my children to scheme over my home and pressure me to hand over my retirement savings. —Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 328 6 Five Years of Tea for Two at 68: One Pot of Overnight Tea Revealed Whether My Children Were Truly Filial 68岁五年双人茶，一壶隔夜茶看清儿女孝心真假 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生8k WordsCompleted Five years of tea for two at 68: one pot of tea left overnight revealed whether my children’s filial devotion was real or false. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 329 母 My Mother Married Me Off with Nothing but a 100-Yuan Bankbook. When the Truth Came Out, I Wept Uncontrollably 母亲空手嫁我只给百元存折，真相曝光我泣不成声 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生6k WordsCompleted My mother married me off with nothing but a hundred-yuan passbook. When the truth came out, I wept uncontrollably. —Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 330 听 Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水Urban186k WordsOngoing Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to 459Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A true-feeling period piece, deep love in Tingfeng Tower. The most ordinary fireworks, who touches the man's extraordinary heart?

31. 331 捡 I Retrieved My Father's Discarded Wooden Box and Understood the Fatherly Love He Had Hidden for 30 Years 捡回父亲被丢弃的木箱，我读懂隐忍30年的父爱 Mr. Sweet9甜9先生7k WordsCompleted I retrieved the wooden chest my father had thrown away and finally understood the fatherly love he had kept hidden for 30 years. —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 332 我 I Am a Scout: Zhan De 我是侦察兵一一湛德 Splashing Water from the Far Bank隔岸拍水10k WordsCompleted I’m a Scout: Zhan De —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Listening to the wind, cooking the rain, and the fireworks, the best in period writing

33. 333 九 Reborn in '93: An Old Man's Youthful Ride on the Tides 九三重生：老朽少年踏浪潮 Author Daiwa作者呆娃Urban248k WordsOngoing [Reborn] [Urban Farming] [Soul Transmigration] [Making Money] [Stock Trading] [Urban] [Transmigration] [One Heroine] On July 9, 2026, 64-year-old Di Lei unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1993 while playing mahjong. Drawing on his life experience, he starts over and writes a new chapter in his life. This novel is written in a rough, down-to-earth style. 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first one is an article from the 1990s

34. 334 亿 A Billionaire Boss Goes Broke and Starts Selling Egg Pancakes 亿万老总破产后卖鸡蛋饼 Author Daiwa作者呆娃8k WordsCompleted Billionaire Boss Goes Broke and Starts Selling Egg Pancakes 27Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 335 雪 Snowflake Town 雪粒镇 Sister Corpse尸姐Modern Romance130k WordsCompleted [Ji Handeng, a fragile, sickly, dark-minded younger brother x Xu Qiongqiong, a kind, resilient older sister who loves money] [Modern romance + mutual salvation + healing + older woman/younger man romance + revenge + cover-up + high-stakes twists] Xu Qiongqiong and Ji Handeng are siblings with no blood ties. In a small, poor town full of secrets, they rely on each other and keep one another warm. Their days hold happiness and pain, darkness and budding affection. Their shared goal is to leave Xue 86.5kReads9.7Score11.6kShelves

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    Traditional chronicle

36. 336 2 In 2034, I Became the World's Richest Man with Just One Game 2034年，我成为了世界首富，只用一款游戏做到的 Author Daiwa作者呆娃9k WordsCompleted In 2034, I Became the World's Richest Person with Just One Game 9Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 337 你 Your Childhood and Mine Were Actually the Same 你的童年，我的童年，其实都一样 Author Daiwa作者呆娃7k WordsCompleted Your childhood and my childhood were really just the same 8Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 338 3 A 37-Year-Old Man's Dating Diary 37岁老男人的相亲笔记 Author Daiwa作者呆娃Marriage & Romance8k WordsCompleted A 37-Year-Old Man's Dating Diary 15Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 339 中 Lu Xueqi, Vocational School Student 中专生陆雪琪 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance81k WordsCompleted Lu Xueqi, the Vocational School Student 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves

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    In the first book, the female protagonist graduated from the Normal School in the 1990s and gave up her assigned job to work south. The male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown and went south to work. Two people create a future together.

40. 340 等 The Happiness We Waited For 等来的幸福 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance51k WordsCompleted In this blended family, the male and female leads grow up calling each other brother and sister. After her mother dies, the heroine goes abroad with her biological father. While overseas, she and the male lead begin a relationship. 556Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 341 桃 A Garden of Students, Growing Old Together in Love 桃李满天下恩爱共白头 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance42k WordsCompleted Wu Xiaomin was a country girl, born and raised in the countryside, but she had always been a good student and was naturally beautiful. Unfortunately, after she started high school, her surroundings changed dramatically, leaving her confused and lost. In her sophomore year, she met a new homeroom teacher who helped her find her way again. After graduating from college, Wu Xiaomin gave up a job placement back in her hometown and introduced a female college classmate to her former high school teach 1kReads—Score—Shelves

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