Sunny Days in a Small Town [Period]

[Main story complete! Bonus chapters update every other day.]

From the 1970s to the new millennium

[Realistic period drama / childhood sweethearts / family ensemble]

Plot summary: The Lin family has four children. The daughter is clever and skillful, and steadfast in the face of trouble. The boys are hardworking, dependable, and devoted to their family. Their neighbors in Fluorite Village can't help but envy them.

An engineer's family moves in from the big city, and they grow close to the Lins. The women become like sisters, and the children are childhood sweethearts. Jiang Meili takes a liking to the Lin family's youngest daughter and wants to arrange a childhood betrothal. Zhou Rumei nearly agrees...

The everyday lives of the Lin and Qin families in the late 1970s, as the times change around them.

Childhood-sweetheart version: Lin Ying's carefree life suddenly gains a little boyhood companion. He's handsome, always dressed in pretty shirts and green military trousers, and a troublemaker at school, yet somehow very popular.

Then one day, he starts showing up at her house every day to "mooch a meal."

Later, when her eldest sister struggles to get by, he helps her earn money. When people bully her, he beats them black and blue. He becomes her best friend, saves all his milk candies and snacks for her, and promises to stay with her forever.

Lin Ying believes him.

Later, Qin Huaiyang loses his memory in an accident. When she sees him again, he's riding a conspicuous red motorcycle, his handsome features distant and aloof.

He asks her without a care, "Do you know me?"

*Set in a small northern city in the late 1970s. The main story follows childhood sweethearts, with everyday life among neighbors as well.

*The male lead has amnesia.

*A lighthearted period romance with a realistic ensemble cast.

Coming soon: The Street's Warm Glow. Please add it to your reading list!

Snow blankets the north in endless white, cold but mingled with the ceaseless warmth and bustle of an industrial city.

One winter, Yao Qing moves into a shared apartment and meets a group of young people who have returned to their hometown from all over the country.

The refined young woman back from Shanghai makes coffee for everyone each day.

The young man back from Guangdong teaches everyone to speak Cantonese.

The girl back from Sichuan speaks with a Sichuan-girl lilt, but within a few days, everyone has brought her back to the authentic local accent.

One day, a southerner moves in across the hall.

The landlord says he lives alone in a home of over a hundred square meters. He's clearly quite well-off.

Hoping to get along with her neighbor, Yao Qing invites him to their rented apartment for pickled-cabbage hot pot.

The handsome young man says he isn't used to the food.

He's cold, too.

When they meet in the elevator, he doesn't speak to her.

She's heard southerners are very cautious. Is he afraid she'll lure him home?

Yao Qing takes in the man's flawless face and long, captivating legs...

Fair enough.

He really does look like someone people would covet.

As they slowly get to know each other, he becomes more talkative. He starts holding the elevator for her and striking up conversations.

Later, when Yao Qing is having hot pot with a few friends from the Northeast, a message pops up on her phone.

"Coming over? I made your favorite dishes, and some little honey cakes."

Before Yao Qing can reply,

The man texts: "If you don't come, I won't be able to eat."

*A story about a group of young people chasing their dreams in the north, with a lively ensemble cast.

*Lighthearted and fun, occasionally silly.

Theme: Work hard at life, and find happiness together.