Five-Star Period Novels 五星年代文

1. 1 八 One of a Kind in the 1980s 八零年代一只独秀 Dao Er刀尔Romance755k WordsCompleted Serial novel: The First Martial Arts School of the Apocalypse, also known as The Great Migration of the Apocalypse. A post-apocalyptic survival story about fleeing through the wilderness. Come check it out. A Lone Blossom: Synopsis The middle school in town has already started classes. Zhou Ziqing is covered in bruises, old wounds not yet healed before new ones appear. She isn't allowed to go to school. Every day she works in the fields, does laundry, and cooks. Her mother ran off with someone, 39.5kFavorites121.5kClicks/ch61.2kGifts

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   Mutual healing in depression

2. 2 八 The Girl Who Had a Child Beyond the Quota in the 1980s 八零年代超生女 Dao Er刀尔Romance931k WordsCompleted Currently serializing: My End-of-the-World Martial Arts Academy, also known as The Great Migration at the End of the World. A story of fleeing through the wilderness and surviving the apocalypse. Come take a look. Introduction to The Superfluous Daughter of the 1980s: Tang Qiqi was born into the Tang family in Tangjia Village, where daughters were a dime a dozen. She had six older sisters, and when she was born, no one even bothered to g 27.9kFavorites154.9kClicks/ch28kGifts

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   The female lead is constantly saving herself; it's so inspiring it makes you want to cry.

3. 3 在 The Homewrecker in The 1970s 在年代文里当搅家精[七零] Old Crow Taoist乌鸦老道Romance826k WordsCompleted Coming next: The Spendthrift Wife Is Reborn [Period]. Blurb: After Jiang Miao, lazy, selfish, and fond of good food, transmigrates into a book, she suddenly discovers that the selfless man in the story who'd rather let his own wife starve than refuse to help others is her husband, and the bastard who burned his own mother's university admission letter is her son. And she's the unlucky nobody whose son ruins her future and whose husband starves her to death. 16.4kFavorites57.2kClicks/ch9.7kGifts

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   After reading countless stories about building one's career, this is a refreshing and satisfying read, like a glass of iced cola – quirky yet exhilarating.

4. 4 腾 Tengyun Street Chronicles [Nineties] 腾云街记事[九零] Wo Shiyi沃十一Romance809k WordsCompleted [Thanks to all the lovely readers who support the official version!] Blurb: The youngest child is the apple of his parents' eye. Liu Guangjin was the youngest son, and he was doted on from the day he was born. When he got married, he was given the largest two-bedroom apartment in the whole building. Back when other people were still living in houses with cement floors, he sweet-talked Grandma Liu into paying to renovate the place and tile the floors. When his daughter needed to go to school i 15.8kFavorites34.5kClicks/ch7.7kGifts

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   I really like the female lead's character; childhood sweethearts.

5. 5 六 The Good Old Days of the Sixties 六零年代好芳华 Orange Tree by the Sea海边的橘子树Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Man wrote stories set in a bygone era all her life. Before she died, a reporter asked which of the characters she had written she felt the most sorry for. Lin Man thought for a moment, then replied, "Qin Feng, the cannon fodder character in Spring Fields." The reporter racked their brains, but couldn't remember who Qin Feng was. Lin Man continued, "He was a perfectly fine, handsome, talented young man, but ended up as the female lead's backup and a stepping stone on the male lead's road to s 11.1kFavorites80.9kClicks/ch9.3kGifts

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   At that time, this book amazed me; it was innovative, but the ending was disappointing.

6. 6 重 Reborn at the Start of My Career 重生回到刚就业时 Glutinous Rice Crystal Cake糯米水晶糕Romance2.5M WordsCompleted After waking from a deep sleep, Lu Nan finds herself back at the moment she has just received her college diploma. Exhausted by all the striving in her previous life, she decides to buy a house as soon as possible. Looking at the email telling her she passed the interview, Lu Nan decides to slack off and take it easy. Unexpectedly, with a mindset and life experience so different from before, she still finds herself getting caught up in the rat race without realizing it, setting out on the path t 63.3kFavorites114.5kClicks/ch582.1kGifts

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   I really love this book, I love it so much!

7. 7 换 My Sister Swapped into Marriage, and I Was Reborn [The 1980s] 换亲姐姐重生了[八零] Red Leaves Like Fire红叶似火Romance1.4M WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Man was a devoted daughter and a loving sister. When her younger brother got a classmate pregnant and the girl's family demanded an exchange marriage, Ye Man agreed through tears to keep him out of prison. Her parents said, "San Ni, you're such a good daughter to us!" Her brother said, "I'll remember my third sister's kindness for the rest of my life." But when she was abused and beaten by her husband, they said lightly, "Men are like that. It's normal for them to have a 56.9kFavorites177.7kClicks/ch94.8kGifts

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   I love this one too; it's about dedicating oneself wholeheartedly to one's career.

8. 8 穿 Back to Before My Whole Family Lost Their Jobs in the 1990s 穿回九零全家失业前 Clear Ripples, Bright Moon清澜皓月Romance3.6M WordsCompleted Li Xia's eldest brother, sister-in-law, and second brother all work at the paper mill. Her second sister-in-law is a sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative. After graduating from high school, Li Xia also joined the mill as a technician. The work is easy, and the commute is short. Her father is a retired accountant at the mill, and all his children found work nearby. In the 1960s and 70s, they were living the dream. By the 1990s, the whole family had been laid off, turning their sto 39.8kFavorites131.3kClicks/ch358.1kGifts

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   He was focused on his career, but the later part about falling in love and having kids was a bit of a letdown.

9. 9 七 The 1970s: Teacher Lin Only Knows How to Teach 七零之林老师只会教书 Twenty-Something二十来岁Romance457k WordsCompleted After an earthquake sends Lin Xiaobei from modern times back to the 1970s, she has not even had time to convince herself to accept city life in an era of shortages before she is told she will be sent thousands of miles away to the southwest to devote her youth to building up the countryside. After two years of being battered by the hardships of rural life, Lin Xiaobei, a bookish liberal arts student who cannot cook, sew, or help build up the countryside, and knows only how to teach, decides: The 5.8kFavorites16.9kClicks/ch2.9kGifts

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   A very heartwarming book

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