A Few Period Novels 一些年代文

1. 1 实 A Pragmatist’s Love 实用主义者的爱情 Meng Zhong De Yi孟中得意Romance468k WordsCompleted The final installment of the print edition of "A Pragmatist’s Love" is now available for preorder, with an additional 8,000-word bonus story. A preview of the bonus story appears at the end. If you’re interested, you can purchase the book from online retailers. To Fei Ni, a house was far more dependable than love. If marriage hadn’t been the only way to get assigned an apartment, Fei Ni would never have married Fang Muyang. Those who didn’t know the full story assumed Fei Ni had chosen Fang M 238.5kFavorites345.8kClicks/ch146.8kGifts

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   It's a period drama, but it's good.

2. 2 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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   Traveling back to the grasslands of the 1960s to become a veterinarian! It's an episodic series, and watching the main characters rescue the animals in the grassland ranch is quite interesting.

3. 3 别 Don’t Ask Me Who’s the Disco King [The 1980s] 别问我谁是迪斯科[八零] Deer Grass鹿子草Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Please add my upcoming novel, "The Military Industry Compound in the 1950s", to your reading list!] As a handsome university student with bright prospects in the 1980s, Di Sike had nothing to worry about except being broke. Then he discovered that he was living inside a book called "The Pink Tycoon: Love Can’t Escape Me". The heroine was destined to become a tycoon in the entertainment industry, while he was the short-lived unrequited love she remembered fondly! According to the plot, Di Sike 57.4kFavorites104.3kClicks/ch347.5kGifts

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   This is a historical fiction told from the male protagonist's perspective, and the author is quite good at writing historical fiction. However, the female protagonist becomes somewhat of a background character later on.

4. 4 穿 Transmigrated as the Dead Wife of a Hong Kong Tycoon [The 1980s] 穿成香江大佬的亡妻[八零] Little Fat Tangerine小胖柑Romance567k WordsCompleted Fan Qi really liked the powerful behind-the-scenes figure in a novel set in Hong Kong. His difficult early life had honed him into a man of immense charm. But liking him was one thing. Fan Qi never imagined she would transmigrate to Hong Kong in 1986 and become the greatest hardship in his life: his late wife. There was a conversation like this in the book, one Fan Qi had never taken seriously: "If not for that loose woman, Chen Zhiqian would have lived up to his name and been a perfect gentlema 92.5kFavorites241.3kClicks/ch43kGifts

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   The story revolves around a female protagonist who transmigrates into the body of a female supporting character in a book, becoming the boss's fiancée. Her career path involves making money through stocks, while her romantic storyline is also quite good.

5. 5 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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   This is one of the best period dramas recently, featuring a very good female protagonist who levels up in her career.

6. 6 错 After Accidentally Marrying the Big Shot in a Period Novel 错嫁给年代文大佬后 Lemon Nine柠檬九Romance750k WordsCompleted Yan Xue had terrible luck with transmigration. While still young, she had to travel far beyond the pass to get married in order to escape her circumstances. She'd heard her prospective husband had lost his family backing, but he was capable, tall, handsome, and a fine-looking fellow. Yan Xue was reasonably satisfied. That day, heavy snow blanketed the logging camp. She had taken a long-distance train and then a local train, and her hands and feet were frozen stiff. Through the swirling snow, s 217.9kFavorites275.5kClicks/ch238.1kGifts

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   The story follows a female protagonist who transmigrates into a book and her antagonistic male supporting character. It depicts her life as she strives for a better life after transmigrating to the past. The protagonist has a successful career and a fulfilling love life, without any melodramatic family drama. The reading experience is excellent.

7. 7 香 The Hong Kong Chef [The 1980s] 香江大厨[八零] Little Fat Tangerine小胖柑Romance1.2M WordsCompleted There's a restaurant in Mong Kok that's been open for over thirty years. It's always packed, and diners rave about it. But even amid all its success, danger is looming. The elderly owner has no successor, and his apprentice has opened a rival restaurant, luring customers away with low prices. The diners secretly lament that the restaurant probably won't last more than a few years. One day, the owner brings his biological granddaughter over from the mainland and decides to hand the restaurant ov 64.8kFavorites110.4kClicks/ch71kGifts

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   The story revolves around a female protagonist who is reborn into 1960s Hong Kong and becomes a head chef; she's a career-oriented woman. It's a very good career-focused story, although the romance between the male and female leads is rather understated.

8. 8 八21+ A Little Chronicle of Married Life in the ’80s 八零夫妻人生小记 Chen the Landlord陈财主Romance1.6M WordsCompleted 32.3kFavorites41.2kClicks/ch79kGifts

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   This is a very well-written historical fiction piece; the author has a wealth of life experience. Great read! [Applause]

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