Period Novels I’ve Read Over the Years 这些年看过的年代文

1. 1 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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   Manzhi's work approach is brilliant; she always manages to find solutions from an external perspective.

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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   The first entrepreneurial novel I read in my early years featured a character who started a business from small commodities and chose to have only two daughters and not have a son.

3. 3 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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   This is my third reading; the descriptions of life in it are incredibly beautiful.

4. 4 六 Children of a Major Factory in the 1960s 六零年代大厂子弟 Deer Grass鹿子草Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Gorgeous Little Rascal VS Beauty-Obsessed Heiress This novel is also known as: "I Reached the Pinnacle of Life Through My Good Looks," "The Journey from Pop Idol to Mechanical Engineer," and "How to Become a Great Dad" Recently, a huge piece of gossip has been making the rounds in the machinery factory's residential compound. Zhao Xuejun, the "pride of the compound," confessed his feelings to Xia Lu, the "untouchable beauty"! But she actually turned him down!!! And her reason was explosive: Xia 117.2kFavorites298.9kClicks/ch518.4kGifts

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   Nice

5. 5 我 My Miserable Rebirth 我这糟心的重生 Stone and Water石头与水Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A heads-up about potential triggers: The first heroine is reborn at sixty, just before her home is set to be demolished for redevelopment, and must outwit her dutiful children and grandchildren. The second heroine is the first heroine's granddaughter. This is a story about the growth of two female leads. A breezy, satisfying read with plenty of made-up nonsense, so no need to fact-check. Inspired by a sudden idea, written on a whim. A laid-back farming-life story, with no chapters stockpiled. Up 62.8kFavorites171.9kClicks/ch552.3kGifts

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   I really like it and it's worth reading repeatedly. Many of the popular stories about older women on Tomato's blog nowadays have elements of this book.

6. 6 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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   Beautiful! A historical novel by Deer Grass.

7. 7 七 A True Married Couple in the Seventies 七十年代真夫妻 The Eastern Moon Is Full东边月亮圆Romance910k WordsCompleted After eight years of marriage, Zhao Xiuyun felt she still didn't know her husband, Fang Hai, all that well. So when she took their two daughters to join him at his post, she had only one thought: let things stay as they were, with each of them minding their own business. Later, what difference did it make whether it was well water or river water? Either way, it all belonged to Zhao Xiuyun. The story of a couple, each with their own little secrets, and plenty of misunderstandings between them. A 53.4kFavorites136.3kClicks/ch61kGifts

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   A very serious life article

8. 8 重 Reborn to Be His Wife Again in the 1980s 重生八零再为妻 Old Grass Eats Young Beef老草吃嫩牛Romance818k WordsOngoing The most frightening things in the world are two kinds of bias: parents who favor one child, and children who keep score. Children see their parents as covered in spears, stabbing their lives full of holes. They feel wronged, even imagining that they would still be aggrieved after being buried in the ground. Yet they can’t complain. They feel hurt and resentful, but have to smile and say it’s fine… Parents say they did the best they could. They were poor back then, young back then, struggling b 16.6kFavorites22.3kClicks/ch112.5kGifts

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   It has a sense of historical weight; I'm following the updates.

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