Stories Set in a Bygone Era 年代文

1. 1 年21+ The Cannon-Fodder Ex-Wife Finds Happiness 年代文炮灰原配幸福起来 Xiu Ce袖侧Romance502k WordsCompleted 191.8kFavorites410.6kClicks/ch390.1kGifts

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   Anyone who has finished reading it will agree that it's good. The author's writing has a special charm; even with common settings, it's written in an extraordinary way.

2. 2 重 Back To The 90s 重回九零 Huai Su怀愫Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday life in a bygone era] Lin Wenjun lay on the operating table, looking back on a life that had, by all accounts, been pretty good. Her husband had made his fortune in the 1990s. He never kept a mistress or cheated on her. Her three children were reasonably filial. She had never endured great hardship or suffered terribly. So why had she never been satisfied? Was it because she and her husband had grown further and further apart? Because her three children resented her for not treating th 219.3kFavorites575.6kClicks/ch1.2MGifts

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   It's a pretty good family drama.

3. 3 满 The Green Tea’s Crushing Victories in the ’70s 满级绿茶在年代文躺赢 Clouds, Auspicious Brocade云吉锦绣Romance993k WordsCompleted Tong Xuelu is nicknamed the Green Tea Queen. She's gorgeous, has a slender figure, and countless admirers, yet she can move through a crowd of suitors without getting involved with any of them. Just as she's had enough of her sweet-talking ways and is ready to turn over a new leaf, karma strikes! She transmigrates into a book, landing in the materially deprived 1970s, as an awkwardly placed fake heiress! According to the plot, the real heiress, reborn, will grind her face into the dirt, frame h 187.9kFavorites628kClicks/ch240.6kGifts

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   Beautiful! Beautiful!

4. 4 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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   OK

5. 5 大 The Boss Is Crazy About Her [Period] 大佬他超爱她[年代] Wu Ye Tan五叶昙Romance665k WordsCompleted [There are more completed Period novels in my collection!] Cheng Ning grew up in the Han household, living with her aunt, who was also the Han family's stepmother. Han Dongyuan had a fierce temper and a rough nature, and he had never liked Cheng Ning, with her fair skin, soft features, slim waist, and long legs. Later, he was sent to the countryside. In those endless mountains and forests, he thought he would never have to see her again. With heavy snow blocking the mountain roads, he finished h 144.5kFavorites462kClicks/ch72.9kGifts

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   Beautiful

6. 6 首 The Reborn Wife of the Richest Man 首富原配重生了 Huan Ruojun浣若君Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Chen Meilan was reborn in 1988, the year her nouveau riche ex-husband abandoned her and left her to raise their daughter alone. Her ex-husband left her a large courtyard house on the outskirts of the city and a bankbook with four zeros in the balance. In her previous life, Chen Meilan had been too proud to take either one, and later regretted it bitterly. Yan Zhao had just returned from the self-defense war, covered in honors and medals. Yet he chose to give up his accolades, transfer back to h 133.4kFavorites445.1kClicks/ch261.1kGifts

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   It's pretty good, but it feels like if there wasn't a female lead, the characters Jun and Fang in their past lives would have been incredibly greedy...

7. 7 边 A Lovely Bride Arrives at the Frontier [Period] 边疆来了个娇媳妇[年代] Wu Ye Tan五叶昙Romance591k WordsCompleted [More completed Period novels in my collection!] Lin Shu has skin as smooth as jade, a slender waist, and long legs. She's only eighteen and has to go work in the countryside. Her mother is beside herself with worry. With a daughter this beautiful, how can she possibly feel at ease sending her away? Luckily, after asking around in the countryside, she finds a distant relative. Their son is an army officer, so she entrusts her daughter to them. Little does she know she's sending her daughter stra 121.7kFavorites464.7kClicks/ch54.6kGifts

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   The plot of this book is almost exactly the same as another historical novel by the same author. This can't be happening; they keep rewriting it over and over again!

8. 8 满 The Max-Level Foodie Lies Flat in a Period Novel 满级干饭人在年代文躺平 White Eggplant白茄Romance983k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book, Rong Xiaoxiao faced two choices: Either find someone to marry, or go to the countryside as an educated youth. Looking at all the men the woman next door had introduced her to, with their lame legs, blindness, and overbearing mothers, Rong Xiaoxiao felt that even her chronic laziness might be cured. She promptly turned around and went home to pack. … Two pretty educated youths arrived at the Hongshan Brigade. One wore a neat polyester outfit and delicate leath 112.1kFavorites320.3kClicks/ch129kGifts

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   Pretty good

9. 9 七 My Little Sister Is a Beauty in the 1970s [Book Transmigration] 七零之妹妹是个大美人[穿书] Half-Moon Rose月半蔷薇Romance493k WordsCompleted New novel: Finding Love in 1950 is now underway! It's underway! Blurb: The headmistress gave Chen Nongmo a rather poetic name. In reality, she was a workhorse who spent her whole life rushing around to earn money. Though her life was short, ending abruptly in an accident at the age of twenty-eight. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in 1970. She had become the fifteen-year-old daughter of Division Commander Chen, a wooden beauty with the mind of a three-year-old. Just as Che 106.1kFavorites291.9kClicks/ch70.4kGifts

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   It's pretty good, but there's too little plot; it's mostly just various romantic storylines.

10. 10 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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    Beautiful

11. 11 我 I Never Expected to Make This Much Money 我真没想过赚这么多钱 Four Single Shop四单铺Romance698k WordsCompleted Ye Zhao, who has accepted fate and decided to lie flat as a human vegetable, transmigrates into a book. Her role: a cannon-fodder supporting female character, despised by her father and competing with her stepsister for affection... Ye Zhao sweeps the plot aside. Why fight for someone's favor? It's 1988, the economy is about to take off, and she's going to make her landlady dreams come true. With a single piece of young ginger, she pulls off a deal without putting up a cent and sets off on the 101.6kFavorites231.9kClicks/ch163.6kGifts

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    It's quite interesting.

12. 12 那 That Pretty Young Educated Youth 那个漂亮的小知青 Wu Ye Tan五叶昙Romance591k WordsCompleted [Check out the author’s column for more completed Period novels!] In the summer of 1972, Su Ruo was packing her bags. In a few days, she would be heading to Qing University to study, where her fiance was waiting for her. But when she woke up, she had become an educated youth in a remote village. A stranger in military uniform stood beside her bed, his features sharp, his expression stern and severe. A child by the bedside was calling her “Mama.” She turned and saw a calendar on the battered beds 72.3kFavorites315.3kClicks/ch39.9kGifts

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    It gets a bit long at the end.

13. 13 九 Marrying a Coal Boss in the Nineties 九零之嫁给煤老板 Juice and Sake果汁清酒Romance756k WordsCompleted [Novel blurb] Cong Qi’s parents were from the class of 1978, having fought their way through countless obstacles. Unfortunately, good genes were not on her side. She didn’t inherit her parents’ intelligence or talent, but at least she got a face of incomparable beauty. Beautiful, with a steady job and open-minded, loving parents, Cong Qi thought her life was wonderful. But lately, one thing had been bothering her: after her best friend fell into the water, she suddenly became obsessed with findi 53.9kFavorites117.9kClicks/ch47.6kGifts

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    The female lead's personality is the biggest highlight of this story!

14. 14 回 Rewind to 1975 回档1975 Shu Shushu舒书书Romance690k WordsCompleted Su Ci has always traveled between different times and dimensions, making a fortune by finding undervalued antiques and restoring them. Then her System unexpectedly breaks down, and she ends up in the 1970s, transmigrating into the body of a young girl with the same name. The girl is a pretty little crybaby with three older brothers, one younger brother, three older sisters, and one younger sister. Her family is so poor they can barely afford food, and she is often bullied. Su Ci: "..." What a 44.6kFavorites158.4kClicks/ch58.6kGifts

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    It looks really good!

15. 15 七 The Lucky Charm of the 1970s 七零年代福气包 Clouds, Auspicious Brocade云吉锦绣Romance943k WordsCompleted New story, The Max-Level Green Tea Lies Low in a Period Novel, is now underway. Dongfeng Commune has two Qiaos. The older sister, Daqiao, is short and stutters, born with the fate of a cannon fodder. The younger sister, Xiaoqiao, is clever and beautiful, born a winner. When their father became paralyzed, Xiaoqiao persuaded their mother to remarry, leaving their disabled father to Daqiao. Daqiao was destined for a miserable life, but after saving a little lucky koi, good fortune followed her eve 44.6kFavorites199.7kClicks/ch51.1kGifts

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    It's great, it's just too smooth.

16. 16 在 A Cannon Fodder in a 1970s Lucky Carp Story 在七零锦鲤文当炮灰 Melon Month, Twenty-Third瓜月廿三Romance881k WordsCompleted [The lucky heroine is born with good fortune, while her scheming second aunt's family fails to frame her and suffers the consequences.] Liu Xiaomai discovers that she has transmigrated into a book. The wicked second aunt in the story is her own mother, and her branch of the family is the foil to the heroine's happy family. She doesn't need to fight the wicked relatives, because her own family is the worst of them all. Looking at her drama-loving mother, troublemaking father, stuttering younger 43.9kFavorites151kClicks/ch33.5kGifts

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    Beautiful

17. 17 香 Hong Kong Detective [The Nineties] 香江神探[九零] Qing Hou轻侯Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Many years later, when speaking to a cover-story reporter from Time magazine, Yi Jiayi would look back on that distant afternoon when the head of the Major Crimes Unit took her to see a corpse... In that moment, she heard the victim's anguished cries, saw the killer's face, and gained the ability to mentally rewind a crime scene. From then on, Hong Kong had one fewer junior policewoman who drank tea and gossiped at work, then went on dates and went shopping after hours. In her place, it gained 174.9kFavorites302.8kClicks/ch2.2MGifts

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    It has a Hong Kong drama feel to it.

18. 18 福 Fu Bao's Seventies 福宝的七十年代 The Queen Is Not Home女王不在家Romance908k WordsCompleted [Blurb] After Nie Laosan's family had a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, they no longer wanted to raise Fubao. They said she was born to bring bad luck. No one in the production brigade wanted her. The Gu family drew lots and picked the character "Fu," so they had no choice but to adopt Fubao. Nie Laosan's wife stood with her hands on her hips and cursed: "Whoever wants her can raise her! Whoever does will have the worst luck for eight lifetimes!" Nie Laosan's daughter, Yinzhu, thought to hersel 145.5kFavorites583.5kClicks/ch150.9kGifts

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    Lucky baby!

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