Everyday Life in Chunyan Alley [The 1990s]

Lu Heping of Chunmuhutong was handsome and dashing, and doted on his wife. Every time he passed through the alley, the women would seethe with envy: Lu Heping was perfect in every way, except he was blind enough to marry the plain-looking Yao Man.

Yao Man gave Lu Heping four daughters in a row, and every one of them looked like her, wasting his good genes. Hmph, serves him right. He should have married me.

Clearly, they had forgotten the old saying, "Girls become more beautiful as they grow up." After sitting at the entrance to the alley year after year, they suddenly noticed that Yao Man's four daughters were growing more and more graceful. Even Yao Man herself had become quite the beauty, pampered as she was by Lu Heping.

Even more infuriating, they had sons, but so what? Every one of them lined up at the Lu family's door.

Tips:

1. A love story about the parents and the growth of four daughters.

2. No rebirth or transmigration. Set in the 1990s, with a local cast and a simple, cozy focus on family life.

My next novel, Yes, Yes, I'm Liu Tiaotiao [1990s], is coming soon. Add it to your collection and look forward to its release.

Blurb:

Before turning thirty, Liu Tiaotiao had only one wish: to change her name.

She was always wondering what her mother had been thinking when she gave her that name.

Who normal would name their child Tiaotiao?

Even if it was a little better than names like Zhaodi and Pandi.

Liu Tiaotiao couldn't imagine going through her thirties, forties, and fifties with that name...

She could even picture her grandchildren asking in surprise, years from now, "Grandma, your name is Tiaotiao?!"

But Liu Tiaotiao had no idea that after learning where her name came from at thirty, she'd fight with all her might to get her name a seat at the table.

By then, she had nothing left.

She went through so much and worked so hard for it.

Until one day, she solemnly signed her name:

Liu Tiaotiao.

Premise: Love is precious, but freedom is priceless.