Well-Written Period Novels 写得不错的年代文

1. 1 南 South Street Bakery [The 1990s] 南街面包店[九零] Pine Snow Pastry松雪酥Romance663k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication. Follow Weibo @Haoshide Songxuesu for publication updates and announcements.] Tao Tao only dozed off for a moment, and woke up back in 1997. That year, Hong Kong returned to China. She was eight, and everything was just as it had been. The family bakery hadn't gone under. Her stepmother, Aunt Yu, hadn't been driven away by her difficult, sharp-tongued self. And Yu Luan hadn't died. As the old sunlight streamed through the vintage glass display case in their home, she watc 116.3kFavorites128kClicks/ch289.4kGifts

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   A heartwarming story, very good.

2. 2 女 The Female Lead Has No Morals [The 1980s] 女主她缺大德[八零] Four Single Shop四单铺Romance690k WordsCompleted Xiao Hongyao transmigrates into a period novel full of passion and ambition, wanting nothing but to make money. She goes to great lengths to marry the villainous tycoon, vowing to make a name for herself. Who could have guessed that the tycoon would become hooked, never to return from their pioneering work in the wilderness? A four-foot bed, paper-thin walls. To get him back on the money-making path, she gives up so much. * Song Kuoyang's new wife is a little... out there. Blackmailing people, s 25.8kFavorites35.4kClicks/ch27.8kGifts

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   Great, the female lead is very strong! [Thumbs up]

3. 3 军 The Military Compound's Daddy's Girl [Period] 军工大院女儿奴[年代] Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Zhao Lingcheng is the outstanding male supporting character in Fragrance of the Sixties who leaves readers with the deepest sense of regret. He is handsome, comes from a distinguished family, and has three generations of relatives who have all played an important role in the Republic's military industry. Unfortunately, his ex-wife is a piece of work. Her proudest achievements include, but are not limited to, pretending to drown so she could force him into marriage, and drugging him so they woul 104.7kFavorites168.7kClicks/ch183kGifts

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   The beginning was a bit of a shock, but it got really exciting once the female lead's career storyline started, and the character became more three-dimensional. It has a good plot, emotions, sentiments, and a grand scale. It's great!

4. 4 穿 Becoming the Ex-Wife of a Daughter-Doting Tycoon 穿成女儿奴大佬的前妻 Red Celery and Crisp Wine红芹酥酒Romance598k WordsCompleted [If you've bought the complete book, please leave a five-star rating before you go!] Originally titled "A Better Life After Rebirth" Jiang Rou first saw that man in an interrogation room. Down on his luck, silent, and grim... His eyes were ruthless, and he wore a mocking smile, but there was no denying he was handsome. Even at forty, with fine lines at the corners of his eyes, it was hard to imagine what he must have looked like when he was young. His name was Li Xiao. The police had been tra 292.9kFavorites666.6kClicks/ch287.2kGifts

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   Women, home. The female lead has a warm, family-like personality; I really want a wife like that!

5. 5 七 [The 1970s] Remarrying My Ex's Childhood Friend 七零之改嫁前夫发小 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Lin Wangshu was the envy of everyone, a woman blessed with good fortune. She went to the countryside once and found herself a husband from a family with a courtyard house. Her in-laws arranged a job for her, and her husband was successful. Who wouldn’t envy her? But in that courtyard lived her in-laws and her husband’s aunt, and they were always underfoot. Only she knew what it was like to be a young wife living under someone else’s roof. She endured it all, but who could h 149.9kFavorites405.2kClicks/ch181.5kGifts

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   It has a very realistic feel to it, and the author's skill is quite good; the personalities of each character are clear and reasonable, and the female lead's career path is fantastic.

6. 6 七 The Courtyard Beauty of the 1970s 七零之大院娇妻 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance999k WordsCompleted When Gu Shunhua realized she was the female supporting character in a period novel, she was buying roasted sweet potatoes in Dazhalan Alley. A familiar Beijing accent reached her ears. "Are you buying them or not?" Gu Shunhua put down the sweet potato and ran straight for the train station. According to the story, she would temporarily divorce her husband so she could return to the city. But just as they were about to divorce, her cousin Chen Lu would take advantage of the situation and marry h 103.8kFavorites331.7kClicks/ch128.2kGifts

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   Well written

7. 7 穿21+ Studying and Living Well in Republican-Era China 穿到民国好好学习生活 An Honest Fellow's Spring老实头儿的春天Romance2.2M WordsCompleted 19.4kFavorites51.2kClicks/ch41kGifts

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   The growth experience of a representative figure in the arts and culture world, and the rise and fall of a wealthy family whose fate was intertwined with that of the nation. The author is highly educated and can readily draw upon various story themes and allusions. A masterpiece of Republican-era literature.

8. 8 草 Grassland Veterinarian [1960s] 草原牧医[六零] Qing Hou轻侯Romance1.4M WordsCompleted “I hope I can go somewhere that respects veterinarians more!” With that one sigh, Lin Xuejun transmigrates to the grasslands of the 1960s, where she becomes a starving, freezing young woman sent to the countryside. Modern veterinary medicine is only just getting started in this era. A minor epidemic can kill hundreds or thousands of cattle and sheep, destroying a year’s hard work for the herders and wiping the smiles from the faces of the hospitable grassland people. As an ordinary graduate stud 165.8kFavorites290.9kClicks/ch1.3MGifts

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   Very positive

9. 9 在 Life as a Half-Immortal in the Countryside 在乡下当半仙的日子 The Great World大世界Romance1.3M WordsCompleted This novel will be available to purchase on June 29, 2023. I hope you'll support it! Love you all! After falling into the water, Pan Yao became Laidi, the young daughter of the Wu family. Laidi, meaning "bringing a younger brother," made it obvious that this family favored boys over girls. Before she could sharpen her knives and take on her bac 82.4kFavorites173.8kClicks/ch183.4kGifts

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   It's a great read; the author's world-building is excellent.

10. 10 五 Five Years of Marriage, Living Apart the Whole Time [The 1970s] 五年婚姻，一直分居[七零] Halfway Through the First Month元月月半Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Ye Fan worked hard for decades until she had a house and a car, then suddenly died and returned to a time more than fifty years earlier. Three paths lie before her: join the army, go to the countryside, or get married! Ye Fan doesn't want to work too hard, so she chooses to marry a well-paid officer and have him support her. After the wedding, Ye Fan lives with her parents. They help care for the children, while she enjoys good food and drink on her husband's salary. Ye Fan thinks her life will 41.4kFavorites130.6kClicks/ch78.2kGifts

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    Now I understand a bit more about what it means for Northerners to be straightforward and generous.

11. 11 这 In This Land [1950] 这土地里[1950] Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山Romance249k WordsCompleted (Revision in progress) (Polishing some details and rewriting the final section) In 1950, shortly after the founding of the People's Republic, the city's machinery factory reopened. The daughter of Widow Hu from Yulan Town packed her bags and left her mother in the care of the town's granary. Then she went to the city alone. The widow, already over fifty, couldn't understand the new world her daughter spoke of. Still, she followed her daughter's arrangements and went to the granary to cook for 14.7kFavorites16.7kClicks/ch15.6kGifts

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    Very good, very popular

12. 12 我 My Mom Is the Real Reborn Female Lead 我妈才是重生文大女主 Lin Xiaozao林小枣Romance535k WordsCompleted [Complete] Please add my next book, I Loved and Abandoned the Top-Tier Star, to your collection! Blurb: “What do you regret most in your life?” Late at night, Lin Mai looked at the invitation to answer and wrote: “I regret answering my mother, ‘I don't want you and Dad to divorce,’ in seventh grade.” That year, her father cheated on her mother, then flew into a rage and slapped her. Lin Mai's “betrayal” as a daughter became the last straw in her mother's brainwashing. From then on, her mother 9.5kFavorites15.1kClicks/ch7kGifts

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    A very healing and touching story.

13. 13 六 A 1960s Beat Cop Who Loves Gossip and Her Job 六零小片警爱吃瓜爱工作 Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance2.9M WordsCompleted Starts August 27 at noon. Du Juan, a second-generation transmigrator, graduates from high school, takes over her father’s job, and becomes a proud little community police officer. On her first day at work, she gets accidentally hit on the head and acquires a “system.” Big or small matters, family squabbles, chaos and commotion: there’s never a dull moment. To the east, a widower abandons his children and elopes with a widow, only to get swindled out of his money. Du Juan rushes to the scene. To 70kFavorites134.6kClicks/ch411.5kGifts

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    The crime-solving parts were good, the villains' thinking was somewhat similar, and the overall drama was engaging.

14. 14 六 A Female Technician in the 1960s [Book Transmigration] 六零年代女技术员[穿书] Ban Shu半疏Romance1.6M WordsCompleted "Complete. Next book: My Younger Sister, Lost in the Sixties, Has Returned" One-line summary: The everyday life of Shen Aili, a female technician in the 1960s and 70s. Blurb: After Gu Ru finished reading a period novel, she was heartbroken by Shen Aili, the male lead's younger sister, who died young, even though the male and female leads got their happy ending. She felt for the mother who kept seeking the truth about her daughter's death, and was furious at the female lead's unspoken, selfish re 74.6kFavorites254.9kClicks/ch96.2kGifts

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    It's a group portrait, depicting the changing fates of individuals over those ten years, capturing a sense of the passage of time and prompting reflection on the unanswerable questions of destiny. It's quite good. The female lead's career and love life are both going relatively smoothly. Tip: The author completely rejects WG.

15. 15 七 The 1970s' Obstetrics and Gynecology Expert 七零妇产圣手 Golden-Faced Buddha金面佛Romance2.9M WordsCompleted Coming next: “I Got Rich After My Divorce.” One-line summary: The daily life of an outspoken single mom raising a child and making a fortune in the 1980s. Yu Qiu, a doctoral expert in obstetrics, took the subway and somehow ended up in a small mountain village in the 1970s. Medical care was underdeveloped in the 1970s, and whether a woman survived childbirth was all down to luck. The young daughter-in-law at the east end of the village had a breech baby. The baby at the west end had crowned, 24.1kFavorites154.9kClicks/ch71.8kGifts

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    A treasure of an author, a master of historical fiction. The female lead suffers quite a bit, but it's incredibly satisfying (she gives Mao and Zhou a second chance at life and participates in the return of Taiwan). Tip: The author's views on Chiang Kai-shek in the book are somewhat controversial, but I generally agree with them.

16. 16 万 Spring Returns to Every Tree [1970] 万木春[1970] Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山Romance462k WordsCompleted (The female-led mystery next door, He, is now available. Click into my author page to read it.) In 1950, Tang Guoxing was eight years old. The others called her Little Tang, and she'd correct them solemnly: "I'm eight. I'm too old for a childhood nickname. From now on, call me Tang Guoxing." Her grandfather wanted her to learn carpentry and become a carpenter. Tang Guoxing: "I don't want to be a carpenter. I want to be the grain depot director!" In 1970, twenty-eight-year-old Tang Guoxing was 20.5kFavorites18.9kClicks/ch26.4kGifts

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    Both red and expert, women's liberation

17. 17 为 Serve the People [Quick Transmigration] 为人民服务[快穿] Golden-Faced Buddha金面佛Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Coming next: The Night School Teacher in the 1970s. One-line summary: I sent all my temporary-worker sisters at the factory to college. Tian Lan, an agricultural university graduate about to head off to military service, transmigrates into what looks like a family-intrigue novel. Tian Lan: Oh, I know this one. Crush the scumbags, serve up some face-slapping, cozy up to powerful people, charm a handsome man, and climb to the top of the world. Space: What scumbags? What face-slapping? Instead of 17kFavorites51.6kClicks/ch34.8kGifts

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    I feel that this author is well-versed in Mao's Selected Works and the history of the Party, and is a master of historical writing. This is a revolutionary companion article, which contains many sensitive topics. Whether you like it or not, you can take a look, as it might be locked one day.

18. 18 八 The Female Tycoon of the Eighties 八零年代女首富 Golden-Faced Buddha金面佛Romance2.8M WordsCompleted Next up: My Night School Teacher in the Seventies. In one sentence: My students are big shots, and so am I. Complete, so dive in without worry. Also known as: The Spicy Mom's Wealth-Building Days in the Eighties; I Was Beaten to Death by My Husband, Then Reborn; Men Only Slow Down My Money-Making. The story focuses mainly on her career, with everyday life as a secondary thread. Her daughter died young, her son was cold and distant, and her husband beat her. After her fifth failed attempt to div 16.2kFavorites52.4kClicks/ch69.9kGifts

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    A master of historical fiction, not bad.

19. 19 七 A Night School Teacher in the 1970s 七零夜校女教师 Golden-Faced Buddha金面佛Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete, the full novel is ready to post) Every female-oriented rebirth-and-awakening novel has a transmigrated college student as a foil. They are vicious, ignorant, and shallow, living miserable, tragic lives to highlight the happy, fulfilled life of the reborn heroine. College student Ye Jingjing, reading one such novel, couldn't help leaving a comment: "Today's college students are just innocently dumb, not brain-damaged by some curse! There's no need to smear college girls like this." The 8.7kFavorites15.5kClicks/ch16.2kGifts

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    A new work by a renowned author of period dramas; the female lead is responsible and decisive, a very enjoyable read.

20. 20 望 Looking Toward Spring 望春天 Delight in Rivers and Mountains喜河山Romance238k WordsOngoing (Don't get invested. I'm rewriting it, and I've hit a wall. The revisions are going very slowly.) Xu Tang can remember the names of her ancestors going back seven generations because she has to recite them every year when burning offerings. She never understood what those names meant. Until one day, she went back to 1950. # My ancestors are all shining stars. Recommended completed works by the author: In This Land, about rural women in the early years of the People's Republic of China Spring 3kFavorites2kClicks/ch4.5kGifts

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    A very talented author with a passionate and powerful soul.

21. 21 五 The Military Industrial Compound in the 1950s 五十年代军工大院 Deer Grass鹿子草Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Ye Manzhi’s view of herself: the prettiest flower in the military-industrial compound, and the glue that keeps her family harmonious. That is, until she sees a line of text above her third sister-in-law’s forehead: [When is this home-wrecker finally marrying into Director Zhou’s family? I’m ready to throw hands!] Ye Manzhi rubs her eyes. ??? When she discovers that she’s living inside a novel as the heroine’s co 229.4kFavorites378.7kClicks/ch1.1MGifts

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    The new work by a master of historical fiction, the female lead is so smart.

22. 22 我 My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn [The 1970s] 我的婆婆是重生的[七零] Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance2.8M WordsCompleted (Coming next: Our Whole Village Transmigrates to the Nineties and My Dad Is the Foil to the Male Lead in a Period Novel. On the night of her wedding, Mingmei had a dream. She dreamed of a “Book of Life.” And the protagonist of that book was her mother-in-law, who was about to hit her head and pass out that very morning, then wake up reborn. Apparently, her mother-in-law had returned from fifty years in the future. She had witnessed the changing times and expe 96.3kFavorites266.5kClicks/ch378.1kGifts

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    The drama is captivating and exciting, depicting very realistic and complex neighborly relationships. It's both dramatic and down-to-earth, making it a great watch.

23. 23 我 My Dad Is the Foil to the Male Lead in a Period Novel 我阿爹是年代文男主对照组 Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance2.8M WordsCompleted There are two widowers in Qingshui Village. The two are like opposites in a study. One is hardworking and diligent; the other is lazy and slippery. One is tough and sturdy, with a firm character; the other is weak and useless, delicate and frail. One has the surname Gu, a popular surname for romance novel heroes, and the name Gu Lin, a perfect hero's name. The other has the common surname Wang, unremarkable as can be, and the name Wang Yicheng. One puts love above all else; the other is a self-i 92.1kFavorites262.3kClicks/ch601.5kGifts

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    Dramatic and exciting

24. 24 墨 Ink-Stained Days of the Republic of China 墨染民国 Jue Jue决绝Romance891k WordsCompleted Sang Jingyun transmigrates to Republican-era China and becomes the daughter of a down-at-heel merchant family, with creditors demanding payment at her door. Her father is an opium smoker, her mother has no backbone, and she has several younger siblings who are still growing up. Unable to afford enough to eat, Sang Jingyun picks up her pen and writes herself a splendid future. Reading Guide: 1. A farming-and-family-life story, mainly about the heroine writing novels, building wealth, and worki 72.1kFavorites104kClicks/ch196.1kGifts

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    I used to think that the historical novels in the era of "Juejue" were quite formulaic, but after reading other historical novels a few times, I realized that "Juejue" is good. It is mature, does not touch any taboos, and has a fast pace, which makes me feel at ease.

25. 25 沪 A Shanghai Family [Period] 沪上人家[年代] Li Yan骊偃Romance889k WordsCompleted Qiu Qiu was born into 1956, but has never been able to fully control her body. She moves and speaks slowly. After her father dies and her mother remarries, she lives with her grandparents. In 1972, her grandfather dies saving a sent-down youth named Chu Chen. Her grandmother falls ill and never recovers. To repay the family's kindness, Chu Chen agrees to marry Qiu Qiu at her grandmother's bedside. By the time the college entrance exams roll around, the couple's daughter is three, and Qiu Qiu i 50.1kFavorites79.9kClicks/ch75.5kGifts

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    A time-travel story set in the modern era, with a female lead who is a doctor. The writing is solid and detailed, the romance is heartwarming, and it's a good read.

26. 26 卷 The Competition King of the Sixties 卷王的六零年代 Nine Purple九紫Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [My next book is "Fighting for Every Inch in the Entertainment Industry." Blurb: Zhang Ruilin brings the Dreamina AI 10.0 Acting System with her as she transmigrates into the body of a young woman who debuted in an early-generation talent show in 2006 in a parallel world. The girl debuted in February. By August, she was the target of a fabricated sexual scandal, and the whole internet joined in the frenzy. Public criticism and condemnation from "author 44.2kFavorites84.3kClicks/ch100.5kGifts

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    Ongoing. It has a few cheat codes, but not many. The female lead's abilities break through the limitations. The author's physical revenge scenes are particularly exciting and satisfying.

27. 27 满 Max-Level Rich Lady, Living It Up in the 1990s 满级富婆，潇洒九零 Golden-Faced Buddha金面佛Romance4.3M WordsCompleted Wang Xiao, a wealthy woman with everything maxed out, transmigrates into a novel. Her namesake, a supporting female character, spends her entire life as a stepmother. To be a good stepmother, she gives up her career and devotes herself completely to her family, even choosing not to have children of her own. Then the biological mother returns in triumph, her husband gazes at his old flame with shining eyes, and her stepdaughter says that this woman is her real mother after all. The supporting 18.8kFavorites56.8kClicks/ch98.3kGifts

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    A hidden gem of an author, a master of period fiction. This book gets better and better as you read on! The main focus is on making money through foreign trade with Russia. The female protagonist's path to wealth in this story is more realistic, involving various strokes of luck, unexpected events, and dangers. The character is also very well-developed.

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