Period-Era Stories 年代文

1. 1 女 The Supporting Female Character's Knife Is Forty Meters Long [The 1970s] 女配她刀长四十米[七零] Tea Sandalwood茶檀Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The main story is complete! Ding Guo was disgusted after reading a period novel. The character shared her name, and her personality was that of a self-sacrificing saintly side character who would do anything for her family, even marry a fool, all to pave the way for the female lead. She furiously left a barrage of negati 24kFavorites34kClicks/ch39.2kGifts

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   It's a story that gets you slapped in the face, but I didn't feel really satisfied. [Loading]

2. 2 后 My Stepmother Awakens [The 1970s] 后妈觉醒后[七零] Shu Shushu舒书书Romance501k WordsCompleted At the end of her life, Ning Xiang lay alone and forlorn in an empty room. Listening to the snow rustling outside, she looked back on her life. She had been a dutiful older sister, a filial daughter and daughter-in-law, a wonderful stepmother, and the woman behind a successful man... She had dropped out of school to work and raise her younger siblings, helping them grow up and make something of themselves. She had cared for her parents and in-laws until they were old, raised her stepchildren to 64.4kFavorites201.8kClicks/ch44.6kGifts

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   It's both pretty and ugly [crying emoji]

3. 3 幼 Chef Lin Comes to Kindergarten: The 1970s 幼儿园来了个林大厨[七零] Er Ting二汀Romance800k WordsCompleted What’s it like to transmigrate on the day your stepmother moves in...? And then accidentally ruin the wedding. After that, she finds herself in a rather complicated blended family. Lin Xiao takes over her late mother’s job and becomes a cook at a government-run kindergarten. Two wood-fired stoves and a mountain of cabbages and potatoes are the “battlefield” where she will work from now on. In this kitchen, barely fifteen square meters, Lin Xiao uses her deft hands to simmer sweetness and aroma 35.4kFavorites56.6kClicks/ch28.7kGifts

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   The food review is okay overall, but it feels like something's missing, so I'm giving it three stars. The romance storyline was rather mediocre, and the overall plot was also just average, though slightly better than the romance. Personally, I feel that the male and female protagonists in the novel are rather flat, which makes reading it like drinking a glass of plain water—not particularly enjoyable, but at least it won't make you thirsty. There might be other things mixed in, but they're all quite diluted, so overall it's still acceptable. I've read about 70 chapters, and I don't plan to read any further.

4. 4 年 The Overseas Relatives of a Period-Novel Sacrificial Character Are Back 年代文炮灰的海外亲戚回来了 Hu Tu湖涂Romance2.1M WordsCompleted Blurb: Su Xun transmigrates into an 1980s novel as a wealthy returnee from overseas. But aside from inheriting a bunch of troublesome relatives who are destined for tragic ends as cannon fodder, she doesn’t have a single cent to her name. Luckily, she gets a weird “universally loathed” System. Whenever someone hates her enough to want to beat her up, she earns one loathing point, worth 100 US dollars. To maintain her wealthy persona, Su Xun has no choice but to claim these cannon-fodder relative 87.8kFavorites185kClicks/ch294.4kGifts

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   [Doge emoji]

5. 5 老 Little Days in an Old Alley [The 1980s] 老弄堂里的小日子[八零] Little Fat Tangerine小胖柑Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In her previous life, everyone said Chen Xiuzhu was lucky. Without that extraordinary era, how could the granddaughter of a nanny have married Song Mingzhe and become the young madam of a grand old house in Shanghai? But who knew how hard it was to maintain appearances when a capitalist family had lost its capital? Her in-laws, her husband, her sister-in-law, and even the young lady from a family of old friends who lived there were all masters of that old house. She was the only one who wasn’t. 28kFavorites39.7kClicks/ch34kGifts

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   It's not bad. There's a lot of career-oriented storyline. The female lead works in the cosmetics industry, but she doesn't feel resentful. The wicked will eventually get their comeuppance.

6. 6 重 Reborn in the 1970s, Making a Pity Play 重生回七零，卖惨 July Plow七月犁Romance820k WordsCompleted (Main story complete) Reborn at the turning point of her fate, Zhan Lin had just figured out how to get back at Ning Yunshu when she accidentally overheard her parents talking late at night. What? The letter reporting the Ning family, which led to their terrible misfortune, had been written by her father. Zhan Lin was stunned. So everything Ning Yunshu had said in her previous life was true? She went back to her room and decided to lie flat. What was the point of being reborn? So Ning Yunshu cou 21.2kFavorites30.4kClicks/ch42.2kGifts

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   I read all the free chapters but didn't understand it. It doesn't seem like a historical fiction; it's written like a crime drama. The clues and plot aren't clear, so it's not suitable for general readers. Maybe readers with a deeper understanding of the historical period can understand it. The review is that it's incomprehensible; the reading threshold is high, and it's always half-hidden. It mentions things like bank deposits and transactions, and who did what at what time in what place—just a small detail without explaining why they did it. The protagonist sees evidence, but there's no internal dialogue or reasoning. This makes it completely confusing and I don't recommend reading it.

7. 7 甭 Don't Talk Me Out of It, I Just Want to Farm [The 1970s] 甭劝我，我只想种地[七零] Guan Yingying冠滢滢Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Ning Yan transmigrates into a fake heiress in a period novel: she's short-tempered, dim-witted, and prone to getting dumber by the minute. According to the plot, she'll become a stepping stone for the real heiress and meet a tragic end. Ning Yan tears up the script at once. Isn't farming great? Isn't building infrastructure great? Ning Yan returns to her poor family, only to discover that every one o 34.2kFavorites114.7kClicks/ch59.5kGifts

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   It's a bit too pale now; the writing style and vocabulary from 2021 aren't quite suitable for today.

8. 8 普 An Average Girl, but a Genius Simulator (The 1970s) 普女，但天才模拟器[七零] Returning South回南Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Coming soon: Global Dumbing Down: I Become the Greatest Scholar. After transmigrating, Zhuang Yan binds herself to a Genius Simulator. [Congratulations, Host! You’ve drawn the 1970s! Your starting attribute points total 100. Please allocate them.] [Attribute points can be allocated to Appearance, Intelligence, Health, Family Background, and Charm.] Zhuang Yan spent her whole life as an ordinary person... She never ranked first in her class, couldn’t 39kFavorites52kClicks/ch150.7kGifts

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   After some time, has anyone seen it? Could you explain it to me and tell me if I've misunderstood anything? For some reason, chapters 12, 13, and 14 of this book made me feel uneasy. Why describe sisters in the same situation as "little mice," and even find their struggles amusing? Is this some kind of noble adjective? Is this the level of thinking a modern woman who has transmigrated from another era should have? This makes me feel that the female protagonist was initially just a selfish person, only fighting for her own interests. She didn't really care about the fate of women, and she even found it laughable to see women in the same situation. I feel that no matter what he writes later, the descriptions in these three chapters alone already make the subsequent events seem hypocritical.

9. 9 六 The Machine Repair Factory in the 1960s 六零年代机修厂 Bai Jing Nian白静年Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Du Siku realizes she has transmigrated into a novel set in a bygone era. The plot has already reached the point where her parents are urging her to sacrifice herself for the greater good and proudly marry Shen Yang, the man next door whose wife ran away, leaving him utterly despondent. Although Shen Yang won't pay you a salary, you still have to do the laundry, cook, and manage the household. Although Shen Yang's mother-in-law looks down on you, you still have to work diligently and never compl 46.1kFavorites78.8kClicks/ch118.2kGifts

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   To avoid making the same mistake again and suffering in silence.

10. 10 我 I'm the Client in a Period Novel 我在年代文当甲方 One Tree Blossoms壹木成华Romance474k WordsCompleted Lin Song thought landing a secure government job meant she could lie flat. In reality, she was working late into the night drafting reports. Thinking back to her goal when she first started college, to retire the moment she graduated, made her want to cry. After transmigrating, she decided she didn’t care what era she’d landed in: she was going back to her original plan and absolutely refusing to work. At this point in the story, Lin Song and a reborn woman were being set up on blind dates: one 49.6kFavorites83.1kClicks/ch62.1kGifts

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    Nice

11. 11 我 I’m Really Not a Fortune Teller (Hong Kong) 我真不是算命的！[香江] Hu Tu湖涂Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Blurb: As a qualified barefoot doctor, Su Fuling originally wanted nothing more than to carry on her family's medical tradition in Gangcheng, do good deeds to earn merit, and send the System home. But after discovering a new use for the System, she gradually started hurtling down the path of a fortune-teller. At the clinic, Su Fuling warned a man, “Sir, you'll take a tumble tomorrow and might hurt your head. It's nothing serious. You can come see me to have it bandaged.” The next day, a certain 45.2kFavorites55.4kClicks/ch107kGifts

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    Looks good! [Thumbs up] This concept is very interesting.

12. 12 当 When Your Parents Are Delinquents [The 1990s] 当爸妈是混混[九零] Xi Bianchan西边婵Romance566k WordsCompleted Suihe's father was a delinquent, and her mother was a rebellious girl. The two fell in love at first sight in a dance hall in the 1990s, and not long after getting together, they had Suihe. Two aimless people had a child. At first, they carried on as usual, playing around and calling up their friends on the street, having the time of their lives. But it didn't take long for them to realize that if you don't take proper care of a child, they really can die. Suihe was raised in fits and starts 56.5kFavorites66.4kClicks/ch69kGifts

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    The story revolves around the parents' love, and the female lead's career is as an actress, starting as a child star.

13. 13 七 The ’70s: Returning Home to Build a Factory with a Tycoon System 七零绑定神豪回国建厂 Nanmu Hopes to Perch楠木愿栖Romance501k WordsCompleted The prizes for the lucky readers have been shipped. If yours hasn't arrived, you can [Big Eyes] @Nanmu Yuanqi [Blurb] Lu Chuyu transmigrates to the beautiful country in the late 1970s. Luckily, she binds to a tycoon System. Unluckily, her tycoon System doesn't give her any spending tasks. Lu Chuyu needs to collect emotional points to exchange for lifespan and US dollars. Fortunately, t 23.3kFavorites35.8kClicks/ch20.7kGifts

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    Looks great, that's the kind of cool feeling I'm looking for [sunglasses]

14. 14 七 The 1970s Male Lead's Sister-in-Law 七零男主他嫂子 Peach Blossom Dew桃花露Romance702k WordsCompleted Lin Wan transmigrates into a period novel as the awful sister-in-law who has her eye on her husband's younger brother. Her mother-in-law is truly vicious, and her sister-in-law is a black-hearted schemer. Her husband is handsome, but deaf and disabled, and her birth family is full of sickly people with no on 27.8kFavorites143.7kClicks/ch32.5kGifts

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    Um... I don't know why, even though I have a system and transmigrate, I still feel incredibly stifled. The villains never leave the story; they're always by the female lead's side. They're like they don't bite, but they're still annoying. It's like the plot can't go on without them. She's clearly suited for building a career, but she's stuck in this frustrating situation, without any sense of satisfaction.

15. 15 穿 When the Delicate Beauty Wants a Divorce, the 80s Villain Panics 穿书后被八零反派宠上天 Hai Dai Miao海岱苗Romance667k WordsCompleted One day, Jiang Ling transmigrates right into the scene where marriage certificates are being issued, becoming the villain's wife in a story set in a bygone era. Other villains turn evil for all sorts of reasons, but Song Guanshu is different: he's too smart, and has too much free time. She figures she might as well live one day at a time. She has no will to survive and just wants pork hock buns, pretty dresses, and a radio to listen to… After all, this man will eventually disappear from t 77.1kFavorites128.8kClicks/ch55.5kGifts

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    2026 Is a good read. It's just a typical period drama with no other special elements. The female lead is quite likable, the simple-minded character is also cute, and the male lead is quite a jerk [doge emoji].

16. 16 家 Gourmet Life in the Family Compound 家属院里的田园生活[美食] First Sun on the Lotus荷上初阳Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Food] [Child-Rearing] [Lighthearted Daily Life] Li An'an transmigrates and becomes the future stepmother of the male lead in a period novel. Ding! You have been bound to the "Excellent Stepmother Child-Rearing System." Complete missions to earn generous rewards, including but not limited to: long-lost medicinal recipes, plant-growth nutrient solution, sweet-and-tart cherries, large honey plums with thin skins, fresh and juicy strawberries... Slurp! Li An'an is instantly tempted. Her eyes dart 42.9kFavorites96.2kClicks/ch83.8kGifts

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    I was really hooked by chapter 13. Even a nanny should have some sense of propriety; being nice to someone isn't a reason to take advantage. This "awakened protagonist" mentality and bossing the employer around really left me speechless.

17. 17 穿 Transmigrating to the Sixties: A Barn Full of Grain in the Famine Years 穿越六零：饥荒年代炮灰粮满仓 Life as Though New人生若初No CP661k WordsCompleted Gu Xiangyang transmigrates to a rural village in the 1960s, where famine is everywhere. His father is dead, and his mother has remarried. Gu Xiangyang is the eldest, with four younger siblings. His grandparents favor the others, and his uncles and aunts have their eyes on the compensation money. His siblings are struggling to get by. Gu Xiangyang: We’re splitting up the family. We have to split up! Gu Xiangyang looks at their yellow-mud house with its thatched roof. The thin porridge is so wate 7.9kFavorites11.9kClicks/ch12.4kGifts

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    My assessment of this book can be summed up in just two words: amazing. A historical fiction story mixed with fairy battles, fate plot adjustments, and various cheat codes, yet the protagonist repeatedly fails to win, which doesn't quite fit my preferred style of historical fiction and isn't very satisfying. The overly complicated premise and the drawn-out resolutions made me give up halfway through. I would have preferred a more nuanced storyline involving sworn enemies in cultivation novels; even the most wonderful life would be disgusting if a cockroach were lurking in the shadows.

18. 18 在 Being the Big Sister Through Hard Times 在艰苦岁月里当阿姐 Nine Purple九紫Romance1.7M WordsCompleted "Fighting for My Place in the Entertainment Industry" is now open! Synopsis 1 A coal seam collapsed at the charcoal mine, and Lu Dahe, the father, was buried underground forever. The shock brought on the mother's premature labor, and she struggled to give birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. The baby girl was tossed into a chamber pot by her mother as soon as she was born, and nearly drowned. Lu Hongyang, who had just transmigrated into this worl 43.6kFavorites54.3kClicks/ch125.7kGifts

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    It seems like a very long novel. The author is a familiar author of period fiction, and it looks quite good. You can confidently jump in. I won't rate it yet since it's not finished. [Heart emoji]

19. 19 坐 Owner of a Hundred Buildings [The 1990s] 坐拥百栋楼[九零] Choosing the Rhyme取韵Romance968k WordsCompleted Summer 1996. Ning Xi's favorite thing to do was put on her flip-flops at the end of each month, sling a black oilcloth bag over her shoulder, and go from building to building to collect rent. But one day, she discovered that her sublandlord had sold her house... No way. She was going to make him pay! She wanted the man, the money, and the house! Everyone in the neighborhood knew that Ning Xi's parents had died and that she was living with relatives. Her grandmother disliked her, her unc 17.6kFavorites35.2kClicks/ch11.2kGifts

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    It's alright, but it's okay for killing time. My impression was that the logic was not very smooth, the plot was somewhat frustrating and dragged on, and the career storyline was not well written. They wanted to write about the female lead starting her own business, but in the end, she was always helped by the male lead, and he would always appear when she encountered difficulties. I won't comment on the romance plot, because the author said they're not good at writing those kinds of things.

20. 20 年 The Wicked Young Stepmother in a Period Novel 年代文里的恶毒小后妈 Si Yi似伊Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Meishu dies suddenly from overwork. When she opens her eyes, she's in the 1970s. She doesn't want to work hard and would rather laze around, but in an era where everyone is striving forward, that's not easy. Bad news: Her twin sister has been reborn and refuses to marry into a courtyard house. Instead, she insists on swapping marriage partners with Jiang Meishu and marrying into a crowde 87.9kFavorites154.8kClicks/ch180kGifts

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    45/100 The writing is really mediocre, with chaotic logic. The female protagonist transmigrates; before, she was an only child, and after transmigrating, she becomes the second child in a traditional family with a twin sister. I don't find this character setup logically sound. As a transmigrated woman from a happy family, she should have a strong inner core and wouldn't likely become emotional just because her parents don't love her after transmigrating. Furthermore, as a working woman, her social skills and interpersonal abilities are surprisingly impressive. Secondly, with twins swapping identities, don't they check names during marriage registration? The names of both characters are misspelled multiple times, including when one is impersonating the other and the other is called the wrong person. Also, the other person falls for the female protagonist, and her sister is right there; they're twins—can't you tell they're related? Summary: Not recommended. The female lead is delicate and spoiled, a foodie, the romance is nonsensical, and the career storyline is unclear.

21. 21 硬 The Hardcore System Made Me a Big Shot [The 1970s] 硬核系统让我当大佬[七零] Drunk Fish Kid醉鱼仔Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Blurb] Meng Qiu transmigrated to the year 1970. At the start, she had to choose between a matchmaking date and going to the countryside. Meng Qiu: I choose the countryside! The glory of labor... Wait, nobody told me the original owner had a heart condition! When survival is at stake, what does matchmaking even matter? Then she g 75.5kFavorites137.4kClicks/ch127.7kGifts

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    80/100, This one is good.

22. 22 七 The Unrivaled Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor of the Seventies 七零国医无双 Old Hu Eighteen老胡十八Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Bonus chapters are updated and ready to binge] Qing Yin is driven by her career. With her superb medical skills and management talent, she achieves financial freedom at a young age. She opens hospitals, develops new medicines, and benefits her community. Then one night, before bed, she reads a period novel. In it, there's a passerby with the same name as her who appears in only one chapter and dies horribly. Why? Simply because she's the love-struck female lead's aunt. The niece is clearly old 61.3kFavorites153.7kClicks/ch86.8kGifts

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    60/100. I didn't like it. Those interested can judge for themselves. Personally, I felt the characters were somewhat disjointed and illogical. It felt more like a crime drama than a slice-of-life story; it was quite dramatic and intense.

23. 23 和 Back to the Seventies with a Powerful Big Shot 和大佬穿回七零 Mu Yao Rao木妖娆Romance754k WordsCompleted Su Yao, a teacher, and a powerful benefactor who had donated a school building were riding in the same car when they were unfortunately involved in an accident. When Su Yao woke up, she and the benefactor had not only transmigrated back to the 1970s, but had also become a married couple with a son and a daughter. She became a spineless workhorse at home, while the benefactor became a notorious good-for-nothing in the village. Their whole family of four lived in a dilapidated house with bare w 45.9kFavorites95.2kClicks/ch47.5kGifts

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    70/100 Is alright, I watched a bit but didn't finish it, please judge for yourself.

24. 24 穿 After I Mistook My Husband in a Period Novel 穿进年代文认错老公后 Meng Ling Qianye萌铃千叶Romance807k WordsCompleted Novel Blurb: Shui Lang is reborn as a girl with the same name in a Period novel. In her previous life, the girl mistakenly believed that the mistress who had angered her mother to death was her benefactor. First, she handed over the detached house in Shanghai and the family fortune, then went to the countryside thousands of miles away. Ten years later, when her property was returned, the mistress deceived her again. She tore up the will, causing the detached house her mother had left behind and 71.8kFavorites196.6kClicks/ch47.4kGifts

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    70/100. A lighthearted read with many career development storylines and plenty of face-slapping and revenge scenes with one villain after another. Personally, I found it unremarkable, lacking any memorable moments. The female lead is an architect; I'm not familiar with her specific field, but it seems she referenced many related books. Those interested can check it out.

25. 25 大 The Young Wife in the Courtyard [Period] 大杂院里的小媳妇[年代] Xueye雪耶Romance577k WordsCompleted Blurb: Lin Xiaohui wakes up one day and finds herself in a book, as a minor character with the same name… At the moment, she’s on a blind date with a slender, handsome man. Chen Yan: “My father died in the line of duty. My mother has some mental health issues, but don’t worry. She just doesn’t like going out or talking, and she can still do the housework. I also have two younger sist 106.7kFavorites256kClicks/ch83.2kGifts

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    50/100 The names of the supporting characters are often mixed up, making the plot very disjointed. You have to watch very carefully, otherwise you won't be able to tell who's who.

26. 26 七 The Tender Stepmom and Her Cold Husband in the Seventies 七零之娇后妈与冷丈夫 Sang Xueqing桑雪青Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The main story is complete; bonus chapters are still being updated...] [Please add my upcoming novels, My Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Hero's Mom Is Bound to a Live-Comment Feed and Sweet Couple in the Seventies, to your reading lists~] Su Ting transmigrated into a book. She ended up in a period novel as the stepmother of a beautiful, strong, and tragic male lead. But while the male lead was born beautiful and strong, it was she, his stepmother, who made him tragic. In the novel, the original 60.1kFavorites224.1kClicks/ch52.1kGifts

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    60/100 Is just average; I couldn't watch more than a portion of it.

27. 27 七 Transmigrated as the Villain’s Wife 七零之穿成反派妻子 Drunken Squirrel Fish松鼠醉鱼Romance603k WordsCompleted Coming soon: The Female Side Character's Terrible Best Friend in a Period Novel Blurb: Su Xiaoman was a fake heiress from a wealthy family. She had no bond with her biological parents and was despised by her adoptive parents. After her reputation was ruined, she fell down a flight of stairs When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into a book, becoming Su Xiaoman, the village beauty of The 1970s. Su Xiaoman was the awful wife of a villainous male supporting character in a period 35.9kFavorites115.6kClicks/ch13.6kGifts

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    The author with the 70/100 rating has a knack for writing period fiction.

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