Xiaoyang's Period Drama Recommendations 小羊的年代文推荐

1. 1 牺 The Sacrificed Husband Returns [The 1970s] 牺牲的丈夫回来了[七零] Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. The bonus chapters start tonight! Su Xiangwan is written into a period novel by her insanely jealous cousin, becoming the wife of Regiment Commander Song Qingshan. Her husband is away serving in the military, her in-laws bully her, her own family offers no support, and she's forced to sell her children. Worst of all, she's a hopeless romantic by nature and won't stop pestering her husband's younger brother. ...What a miserable little wife. After transmigrating, Su Xia 66.6kFavorites365.2kClicks/ch257kGifts

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   I read this a long time ago, so I'm writing this down now. It's a great historical novel, but I don't recommend many others.

2. 2 九 Following My Husband to the City in the 1990s 九十年代随夫进城 Fourteenth Month of Winter冬十四月Romance555k WordsCompleted Coming soon: "The Child Bride of the 1950s" and "The Gold-Digging Girl of the 1980s". Please add them to your reading lists! Synopsis: Gu Ruo and Meng Tian grew up together. When they were children, Meng Tian was the village’s young master, with delicate features and fair skin. Back then, Gu Ruo only ever played with him. Later, Meng Tian’s family suffered a sudden upheaval, and he left home to find work after graduating from junior high. Gu Ruo chased after his train, crying for a long time 8.6kFavorites8.6kClicks/ch6.2kGifts

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   An alcoholic and abusive father, a gambling-addicted brother, a cowardly mother, and a strong-willed woman—she's barely escaped her dysfunctional family only to discover her new husband is a pretentious pauper. Let's see how the heroine turns the tables!

3. 3 穿 Reborn as the Sickly Ex-Wife of a Male Side Character in a Period Novel 穿成年代文男配的病弱前妻 Fourteenth Month of Winter冬十四月Romance764k WordsCompleted A new period novel is out: "The Short-Lived Tycoon's Beautiful Wife in the 1980s." A pampered, fiery rich beauty heroine versus a sharp-tongued, secretly sincere hero who insists he doesn't like her, then falls hard. Eight-year age gap. About this story: Wen Li is lazy and a natural homebody. If she can lie down, she won't sit up. One day, she gets transported into a period novel. She becomes the woman in the book who married the second male lead, but eventually ran off with a young intellectu 70.3kFavorites188.9kClicks/ch28.9kGifts

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   The story revolves around a pampered, happy family heroine who encounters a male lead who is being schemed against by his stepmother, leading to her being doted on even more. ~🤷 I've discovered that the author of this story is also quite skilled at writing period dramas.

4. 4 八 [1980s] The Short-Lived Tycoon's Beautiful Wife 八零之短命大佬的美人老婆 Fourteenth Month of Winter冬十四月Romance752k WordsCompleted Coming soon: the period romances My Husband and I Move to the City in the Nineties and The Cannon-Fodder Couple of the Seventies. Please add them to your to-read list. Synopsis: Lu Jiao met Gu Yu when she was down and out. At the time, he was successful in his career, gentle and reserved. He cherished her, loved her, understood her, and took pity on her, helping her grow. They were a loving, inseparable couple, admired by everyone in the business world. Unfortunately, the man died young, at j 55.1kFavorites103.5kClicks/ch24.7kGifts

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   This book is fantastic! The premise is fresh and original: the female protagonist is reborn and goes back in time to fight for her family's inheritance. She finds the male protagonist from her younger days, desperately tries to find a matchmaker to bring them together, and together they build a fortune.

5. 5 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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   Absolutely brilliant! This novel features a female protagonist who transmigrates into a book, carrying a newly planted seed on her path to a higher social standing. After a disastrous start, she turns the tide. It's the last novel where the transmigrated female lead combines the characteristics of the original character, inheriting the original character's excellent ability to catch blind spots. The male lead is a career-oriented military industry tycoon, and the female lead is definitely not just a background character. Against the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution, she becomes a revolutionary committee leader, a reverse protection expert, and a base manager. This should be the author's best work. The background and environment are accompanied by the author's interpretation, making it feel like the author came from that era, creating a fantastical world based on a realistic background.

6. 6 强 The Man I Was Forced to Marry Is Fierce [Period] 强嫁的对象他超凶[年代] Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Currently updating: The First Police Sergeant's Wife in Hong Kong [The 1980s], by Huan Ruo Jun Lin Baiqing never had children and ended up divorced. Now she has been reborn. Bound by a marriage pact, she still has to choose one of her ex-husband's brothers to marry. Since she's destined not to have children... of course she'll choose someone who won't have any either, and live a carefree life! Lin Baiqing... chooses her ex-husband's uncle, a military doctor who has never married, always immacula 80.1kFavorites192.9kClicks/ch99.6kGifts

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   This is a book I abandoned twice; the beginning was rather awkward and I couldn't get into it.

7. 7 替 After Becoming the Substitute Bride of a Powerful Man from the Past 替嫁给年代文大佬后 Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Next up: My Beautiful Mother Handed Over the Villain Kid. See my author page!] In the 1960s, Deng Kunlun, a PhD in aerospace physics and engineering, overcame countless obstacles and finally returned to his hometown across the ocean after twenty years away. He became a leading figure in the heavy industry sector. Seeing that he was single, the organization searched far and wide for a kind, beautiful wife to introduce to him. Su Xiaoe, cousin of Su Yingtao, made it through round after round o 77.9kFavorites303.3kClicks/ch389kGifts

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   This is a very novel theme!! The protagonist is assigned by the organization to a top aerospace engineer, marries him, takes care of him, and lets him focus on his research! In a turbulent era, she bravely battles her mother-in-law and her adopted foreign son, creating chaos while protecting the protagonist's peace and her family, and incidentally, also making her own career flourish.

8. 8 娇 A Lovely Beauty's Everyday Life as a Military Wife in the 1970s 娇美人年代文随军日常 Ci Tang刺棠Romance892k WordsCompleted ● Blurb: [Updates nightly at 9 p.m.] Lin Xiang is fair-skinned and beautiful, sweet and lively. One moment she’s asleep, and the next she’s transmigrated into a period novel as a hapless cannon-fodder villainess. According to the plot, her scumbag father and stepmother favor sons over daughters. They trick her into giving up her city job to her younger brother. Later, because of he 77.1kFavorites122.1kClicks/ch56.7kGifts

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   This was originally a readable island-based military romance novel, but the early plot where the protagonist is forced to work and marry the factory manager's son after being personally instructed to study was rather awkward. (Deducting stars from this review.)

9. 9 七 The Second Wife on the 1970s Frontier 七零边疆二婚妻 Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Chen Lina is reborn and meets, fifteen years early, the man who once loved her more than life itself. So, even though he’s raising three sons who will each grow up to be one of the most notorious villains around, she decides to win him over first and worry about the rest later. She plans to love him with all her heart, raise his children right, and make up for the regrets of her previous life. But the man acts like an awkward teenager, ignores her flirting, and remains as immovable as a mountai 71.6kFavorites314.2kClicks/ch368.2kGifts

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   It's a story about a stepmother raising a child, but it does a good job of balancing various aspects, including the male and female leads' careers, love, and the child's growth. I haven't finished reading it yet; I don't like stories about stepmothers raising other people's children 🤷. I'll leave this as an open post and review it later.

10. 10 大 The Great Beauty Accidentally Marries the Villainous Tycoon in a Period Novel 大美人错嫁年代文反派大佬 Ci Tang刺棠Romance857k WordsCompleted ● My new story, "My Husband in This Period Novel Is a Doomsday Survivor", is now underway. Come visit me next door: ● Story blurb: After years of working, Feng Man has saved enough money and refuses to be a beast of burden any longer. She quits her job and heads home to enjoy her retirement, planning to spend her days in peace with a house, a shop, and a courtyard. But just as the lovely little private restaurant she wants to open is getting ready for business, she transmigrates into a period no 71.2kFavorites101.8kClicks/ch37.7kGifts

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    Running away from her arranged marriage, she jumped onto her neighbor's truck, thinking she had found protection from her childhood sweetheart, only to discover she had mistaken him for someone else. A mining tale, awaiting its conclusion.

11. 11 我 My Awkward Rebirth [Period] 我这尴尬的重生[年代] Dao Er刀尔Romance790k WordsCompleted Coming next: The Girl Disguised as a Boy Becomes the Household Manager. A satisfying read, please add it to your reading list! Blurb: Zhou Wanfeng transmigrates into a book. In the book, the original owner's mother died young, her grandmother had just been buried, and her father was nowhere to be found. Actually, he was living elsewhere, married with children, and had built a factory with the help of his in-laws. He simply couldn't be bothered with her. In her previous life, Zhou Wanfeng fough 64.9kFavorites110.1kClicks/ch108.3kGifts

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    A strong female protagonist, a story where she went astray in her past life and vows to fight for herself, defy fate, and suppress patriarchal authority in this one. The lack of sweet romance detracts from my rating.

12. 12 九 The Spendthrift Wife of the Nineties 九十年代败家媳妇儿 Fourteenth Month of Winter冬十四月Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Coming soon: The Materialistic Woman of the 1980s and The Fake Heiress Who Became Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel. Please add them to your reading list. Li Jing was famous in the compound for being a spendthrift. She loved shopping and bought things every day. Her family could barely afford to keep her, so they married her off to a nouveau riche man. Her nouveau riche husband was handsome and wealthy, and he didn't stop her from shopping. Li Jing had no complaints. This was great, and she wa 63.3kFavorites137.9kClicks/ch48.7kGifts

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    A shopaholic from the 1990s happened to marry a retired soldier who had made a fortune during that era through a blind date. How could they not be considered a match made in heaven?

13. 13 拔 Raising the Bar 拔份 Meng Zhong De Yi孟中得意Romance568k WordsCompleted This novel has been revised. Please make sure you are reading the only official version on Jinjiang. Blurb One In the 1990s, Gu Qiao ran into Luo Peiyin again in the lobby of a five-star hotel. By then, she had earned an amount she could never have imagined at eighteen and was preparing to expand her business even further. She sat across from Peter, drinking coffee. Peter worked for LC Company in the city and, like most foreign employees, lived at the hotel. He was a little disappointed becaus 52.7kFavorites56.7kClicks/ch75.8kGifts

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    The female lead's career storyline is well-developed, as is her romance with the male lead. It's a period drama that I really enjoyed, with both storylines handled well, and no one is just a background character. The only other equally compelling story of its kind is "Spring Returns to Luyu Island."

14. 14 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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    In short: A female-dominant, dog-training novel. The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a daughter from a blended family who supports the Third Front construction. She possesses exceptional abilities, but her ultimate goal is to achieve a comfortable retirement. Upon meeting the male protagonist through a blind date, she immediately begins training him, aiming to cultivate him to help her achieve her goal of a peaceful and carefree retirement. The female protagonist doesn't even pretend; her goal is clear: to train him. The male protagonist, an Alpha, transforms into a Submissive.

15. 15 穿 After Being Mistaken for Someone Else in the 1990s 穿越九零被抱错后 Hu Tu湖涂Romance1.5M WordsCompleted New novel coming soon: Recommended new novel: Fake fortune-teller, real doctor! "[Hong Kong] I'm Really Not a Fortune-Teller!" Blurb: As a qualified barefoot doctor, Su Yunling only wanted to build up her family's traditional medicine business in Hong Kong, do good deeds to earn merit, and send the System home. But after she discovered a new way to use the System, she gradually started down the path of becoming a charlatan... Under an overpass, Su Yunling smiled warmly and advised a passerby, 40.7kFavorites54.3kClicks/ch173.6kGifts

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    The story involves a woman who transmigrates into the family of a first-generation entrepreneur after being switched at birth. Her father is actually a reincarnated man who is hostile towards her. The plot is quite complex. I'm posting a short rating and waiting for updates. I've already dropped the story once.

16. 16 大 Everyday Life in the Compound [The 1980s] 大院日常[八零] Qiu Ling秋凌Romance1.5M WordsCompleted In the early 1980s, Jiang Moli discovered she had transmigrated into a book. The reborn heroine was in the middle of a divorce, while Jiang Moli's older sister, Jiang Yuqin, insisted on becoming a stepmother. Sister Jiang: "They're not his own children. They're his friend's. He's loyal and devoted, a rare good man." Despite her family's objections, Jiang Yuqin insisted on marrying him. She even secretly took the family household register to register their marriage, giving her family no time to r 24.5kFavorites42.7kClicks/ch15.5kGifts

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    The writing is mediocre; I couldn't continue reading and gave up.

17. 17 年 The Cannon Fodder in a Period Novel Returns to the City 年代文里的炮灰回城了 Elderly Post-90s高龄九零后No CP674k WordsCompleted Lu Xiangwan woke up to find that she had been reincarnated once again. Before she had even opened her eyes, all her memories of transmigrating into a book came crashing into her mind. She had transmigrated into a book and become part of the family of the evil supporting female character's uncle, who died young. No matter how the plot was arranged, Lu Xiangwan refused to be sold off like a little piglet. The first thing she did was change her fate of being kidnapped. She glanced at her father, sl 15.7kFavorites30.5kClicks/ch15.4kGifts

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    See how a baby changes their fate of being stolen~ But the parents' writing is a bit awkward, so I'm dropping it.

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