Pretty Good Period Dramas I've Read 看过的还不错的年代文

1. 51 穿 Transmigrated into a Seventies Educated Youth [Book Transmigration] 穿成七零女知青[穿书] Chang Xin长欣Romance402k WordsCompleted New Novel: The Step-Mom in the Era Novel Is Done With It! Please add it to your reading list! Zhao Yongmei had a dream. Her family introduced her to a man, but she refused and ran off to the provincial capital to care for her sick aunt. Later, with no diploma or household registration, she married her cousin's husband, a divorcee with a six-year-old child, so she could make a home for herself in the provincial capital. In the dream, she thought she had found the life she'd always wanted. Thou 7.3kFavorites42.9kClicks/ch5.4kGifts

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2. 52 年 The Stepmother in This Period Novel Quits 年代文后妈不干了 Chang Xin长欣Romance540k WordsCompleted Book blurb At sixteen, Zhao Yongmei had a dream that she became the stepmother of another sixteen-year-old child! In the dream, things started out well enough. Her husband was married for a second time, but they were loving and harmonious, and although her son wasn’t her own, he was obedient and filial. Then the boy’s birth mother returned from overseas. Her husband and stepson wavered between the two women, and only then did Zhao realize that the happy life she had enjoyed for years was noth 5.9kFavorites15.5kClicks/ch3.5kGifts

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   It's still being serialized, and it's looking alright so far.

3. 53 9 A Frog in a Well in the 1990s 90年代坐井观天 Pumpkin Filling南瓜夹心Romance550k WordsCompleted Xu Shimeng is a girl born in a remote village, living the same kind of life as the other girls there. One day, she has a very strange dream. The prosperous world in it is like a glimpse of the world beyond the well for a frog, and from then on, she remembers it and can't stop thinking about it. To find out whether the world in her dream is real, Xu Shimeng works hard at her studies and lives earnestly, taking one step at a time as she makes a life of her own. Theme: Strive to become a better ver 5.3kFavorites12.2kClicks/ch4.3kGifts

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   This one isn't as good as the one from the 80s, but it's still pretty good.

4. 54 七 In the 1970s, the Heroine's Aunt Wasn't Easy to Be 七零之女主小姑不好当 Chang Xin长欣Romance484k WordsCompleted As the youngest daughter born to her parents late in life, Qiao Jiaojiao is doted on by her mother and father, and adored by her older brothers and sisters. Even her nieces and nephews, who are several years older than her, have to listen to their little aunt. Five-and-a-half-year-old Qiao Jiaojiao has a wonderful life, until her family changes the household registration and gives her eldest nephew a new name before he starts school. That's when Qiao Jiaojiao discovers that her eldest nephew i 5.3kFavorites35.2kClicks/ch1.9kGifts

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5. 55 爱 An Idol's Nineties 爱豆的九十年代 Pearl Moon Half珠珠月半Romance499k WordsCompleted [New novel: I Became My Classmate’s Grandma. After a filming accident, a popular idol from the 5G era went back to the 1990s and became an ordinary sixteen-year-old girl named Fang Shengsheng. The superstar could sing and dance and was great at acting cute, but she couldn’t make heads or tails of conservation of energy or function analysis. She went from being a top student to a hopeless one. Fang’s father chuckled. “My little sweetheart, it’s okay if you’r 4.6kFavorites9.8kClicks/ch5.6kGifts

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   I didn't finish watching it. The first half was quite interesting, but I got too lazy to continue after the part about infiltrating overseas.

6. 56 七 The Educated Youth Dormitory in the Seventies 七零知青宿舍 The Eastern Moon Is Full东边月亮圆Romance277k WordsCompleted The Hongshan Brigade wasn't wealthy, so the dormitory they prepared for the educated youths was rather ramshackle: just one and a half dilapidated rooms, and the only room that could really be called a room had no windows. It was early spring, when the chill still lingered in the air. The wind howled through the cracks, chilling the educated youths' hearts. Facing reality, Xu Shuning: "Let's take it one step at a time." Poor Qi Qingyu: "Brother, what do we do now?" Hardworking Qi Yangming: "Do 4.6kFavorites9.2kClicks/ch3kGifts

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   This author's period novels are all good; this one has a slower pace.

7. 57 宝 Daily Records of Baogaiding [The 1990s] 宝盖丁日常记录[九零] Wo Shiyi沃十一Romance795k WordsCompleted Xu Guanning's name came from her mother's gymnastics idol. Her father had always had a bone to pick with that, until the ping-pong world's Demon King was born and he finally decided it was a good name! Her mother wasn't having it. She would twist his ear and pinch his waist, and the two of them argued so often about whether the "Ning" came from "Li" or "Zhang" that it became part of everyday life. Aside from getting caught up in the "name controversy" from a young age, Xu Guanning had always h 3.7kFavorites6.4kClicks/ch4.1kGifts

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   Still ongoing, a delightful childhood romance.

8. 58 欢 Welcome to the 2000s 欢迎来到零零年代 Damn Vegetables狗屁菜No CP527k WordsCompleted Cui Meiqing's first half of life was utterly ordinary. She had no ex-boyfriend to get revenge on, no terrible family of origin, and no friends with ulterior motives. She got into college without a hitch, found a job without a hitch, paid off her student loans, and saved enough money for driving lessons. Then she was reborn. Cui Meiqing tipped her head back and sighed. “Great Rebirth Deity, you've ruined me. My life is over.” Theme: There's no cure for regret. Every day is a live broadcast. 3.2kFavorites6.9kClicks/ch7.8kGifts

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   Warm and cozy

9. 59 七 A Life of Struggle in the 1970s 七零之奋斗人生 Chang Xin长欣Romance500k WordsCompleted Blurb One Yao Wuhong's parents had seven daughters in a row, but still couldn't accept their fate of having no son. After they learned that their prettiest daughter, Dahong, could fetch a bride price of as much as 300 yuan, Yao Wuhong's parents saw a way to make money and planned to use it to adopt a son to support them in their old age. Yao Wuhong quickly put an end to their plan, crushing any hope they had of adopting a son. Then she pointed to her boyfriend, Zhang Chuping, and said, "It's f 3kFavorites15.5kClicks/ch2.3kGifts

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   I've read several books by this author in a row; they all have a similar style, and the female protagonists are all quite strong.

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