Period Pieces 年代文

1. 1 我 Our Whole Village Was Transported to the Nineties 我们全村穿九零啦 Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (The story starts at noon on October 18.) Drought, locust plagues, exorbitant taxes, and war... Every last person from Tianjia Village set out on the road to flee famine. They crossed mountains and valleys, with no idea where home was. They chewed tree roots and ate bugs. Just as their supplies ran out, an earthquake struck, and the whole village plunged into a deep ravine... When they woke from their unconsciousness, they found themselves in a strange place, with mountains, rivers, and forests 15kFavorites47.3kClicks/ch37.9kGifts

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   This book is by the same author as "... Mother-in-Law Reborn," inheriting the lively and outrageous gossip, but not all the toilet humor—it only appeared once or twice? Perhaps it's because there was too much feedback on the previous book. This one is also pretty good; I'd give it four stars. It's quite enjoyable.

2. 2 七 The Female Farm Director of the 1970s 七零女场长 Luoshui Jiana洛水伽楠Romance801k WordsCompleted Starting November 26, 2024, the full text is being revised to correct typos. Yang Junsu, a strong-willed career woman, transmigrates to Victory Farm in the 1970s. Here's what she's up against: Her parents favor boys over girls. Her father only cares about his own comfort and ignores the family, while her mother loves putting her daughter down. Someone is about to take her job, and her eldest sister's mother-in-law has come to their door to hurl abuse. Yang Junsu: I'm not a picky eater, but I n 22.4kFavorites49.3kClicks/ch46.4kGifts

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   The female lead's mother is hopeless, which is exhausting to watch (so it's a big plus that the family members aren't a burden). The story is filled with revolutionary quotations, which makes it even more tiring to read. But maybe some people will like it. I'd give it two stars. [The system doesn't allow ratings; the final rating will be based on the review content.]

3. 3 重 Back to the 1980s, All I Want Is to Go Off the Rails 重回八零只想发癫 White Eggplant白茄Romance451k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Ye Rui was a pushover who accepted whatever happened to her. Her closest family would only ever tell her: --"You need to give in, be understanding, be tolerant, and sacrifice yourself for everyone else." Get lost, all of you!!!! Now that Ye Rui has a second chance at life, should she keep putting up with everything? No! She'll talk back to her parents! Slap her big brother! Kick her scumbag boyfriend! She'll put all her rage into crushing everyone! Turns out, the way to 6.5kFavorites15.4kClicks/ch5.5kGifts

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   This book has a fast-paced and enjoyable rhythm. After being reborn, the female protagonist quickly punishes her family and then works with her kind uncle's family, who raised her, to build a business and help them recover! Her original family is also brought to justice, making it very satisfying and not frustrating. (Just in case anyone finds this objectionable, the female protagonist had a scumbag husband in her previous life.) Four stars, pretty good and enjoyable.

4. 4 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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   My personal favorite part of this book is the bank robbery section; the female lead is super cool. The crime-solving is alright, and I'd give it extra points for the heartwarming family scenes. The romance isn't great; it lacks tension. Sometimes, the intimate scenes between the male and female leads felt awkward. Overall, I'd give it three stars—worth a try. [The system doesn't allow ratings; the final rating will be based on the review content.]

5. 5 草 Grassland Veterinarian [1960s] 草原牧医[六零] Qing Hou轻侯Romance1.4M WordsCompleted “I hope I can go somewhere that respects veterinarians more!” With that one sigh, Lin Xuejun transmigrates to the grasslands of the 1960s, where she becomes a starving, freezing young woman sent to the countryside. Modern veterinary medicine is only just getting started in this era. A minor epidemic can kill hundreds or thousands of cattle and sheep, destroying a year’s hard work for the herders and wiping the smiles from the faces of the hospitable grassland people. As an ordinary graduate stud 165.8kFavorites290.9kClicks/ch1.3MGifts

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   The content and jokes are engaging, and the writing is generally good, but it tends to overdo the emotional highs and lows, which becomes tedious after a while. It starts with sincere sentiments, but you can predictably see the emotional climax coming. The romance is a bit weak. The best part is when the female lead is treating the animals. Overall, I'd give it three stars—worth a try. [System rating is not allowed; the final rating will be based on the review content.]

6. 6 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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   The female protagonist is a technician, and her daily life is filled with enjoying life in the countryside. The romance develops relatively late in the story, but there aren't any major flaws. [Three stars] Worth a try. [The system doesn't allow ratings; the actual rating will be based on the review content.]

7. 7 我 My Mother-in-Law Is Reborn [The 1970s] 我的婆婆是重生的[七零] Fragrant Crisp Chestnut香酥栗Romance2.8M WordsCompleted (Coming next: Our Whole Village Transmigrates to the Nineties and My Dad Is the Foil to the Male Lead in a Period Novel. On the night of her wedding, Mingmei had a dream. She dreamed of a “Book of Life.” And the protagonist of that book was her mother-in-law, who was about to hit her head and pass out that very morning, then wake up reborn. Apparently, her mother-in-law had returned from fifty years in the future. She had witnessed the changing times and expe 96.3kFavorites266.5kClicks/ch378.1kGifts

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   A really awesome story! The beginning is full of scatological humor, but it's so addictive you can practically feel the joy of watching the drama unfold! [Four stars] Good. [The system doesn't allow ratings; the final rating will be based on the content of the review.]

8. 8 七 Guide to Happiness for a Supporting Female Character in the 1970s 七零女配幸福指南 Shu Shushu舒书书Romance701k WordsCompleted [Pre-publication novel in my profile: "Transmigrated as the Tycoon’s Substitute Bride", please add it to your reading list!] When the first thunder of spring sounded, Chu Xia unexpectedly learned that she was the devoted female supporting character in a male-centered period novel, destined to spend her whole life sacrificing for the male lead. When the male lead needed love, she gave up the life-changing opportunity she had to the heroine he loved. When he was lovelorn and wanted a family, she o 87.2kFavorites188.3kClicks/ch75.7kGifts

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   Although the synopsis mentions food, it's not a major focus. The female lead doesn't open her restaurant until much later, and by chapter 100+, the only dish she's truly familiar with is the Zhajiangmian (noodles with soybean paste) from the beginning. Readers expecting a food-heavy plot should avoid this. The author updates frequently, but the content is somewhat weak. Overall, [two stars] it's a good read to pass the time. [The system doesn't allow ratings; the actual rating will be based on the review content.]

9. 9 简 One Simple Fortune-Telling, and They Confessed and Faced Justice [Hong Kong, 1990s] 简单一卦，认罪又伏法[香江九零] Aged Milk Foam陈年奶泡Romance821k WordsCompleted [Completed] Chu Yuening is a top-tier mystic who transmigrates to 1990s Hong Kong by chance. She has no more than ten dollars to her name, a rent payment she can't afford, and a young sister to care for. Looking at the mess around her dessert stall, she immediately borrows some cardboard from the neighboring vendor and writes two big words to hang up beside it. Fortune-telling. Feng shui. "Miss, your husband has taken a woman and two girls to a hotel room. They're at the Peninsula Hotel." Thirt 66kFavorites155.4kClicks/ch87.4kGifts

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   The female lead's fortune-telling is quite appealing, but her relationship with the male lead isn't very engaging. Personally, I don't enjoy stories about food having multiple medicinal properties. Readers who don't mind this might enjoy it. Overall, [three stars], worth a try. [The system doesn't allow ratings; the final rating will be based on the review content.]

10. 10 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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    There aren't any major flaws, but readers expecting the original female lead, Fu Bao, to have a bad ending should not read this. The female lead's family ultimately has no connection to them. [Three stars] Worth a try. [The system doesn't allow ratings; the actual rating will be based on the review content.]

11. 11 六 A Hoarding Expert in the Sixties 六零之囤货强手 Big Goose Treading Snow大鹅踏雪泥Romance838k WordsCompleted Upcoming: A Military Wife's Diary in the Seventies Blurb, normal version: Chu Qin, a transmigrator from the apocalypse, loves this perfectly ordinary land with all her heart. She was born ten years after the apocalypse, when newborns generally received upgraded genes and had outstanding resistance to disasters. She alone got a radish tower defense game. She got to play one round a day, and whether she won a biscuit or a luxurious cold noodle dish depended entirely on whether that lousy game 32.7kFavorites77.5kClicks/ch54.7kGifts

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    The female lead's work ethic is exceptional; she hoards goods to her heart's content. The romance develops relatively late in the story, but there are no major flaws. [Three stars] Worth a try. [The system does not allow ratings; the final rating will be based on the review content.]

12. 12 满 Max-Level Rich Lady, Living It Up in the 1990s 满级富婆，潇洒九零 Golden-Faced Buddha金面佛Romance4.3M WordsCompleted Wang Xiao, a wealthy woman with everything maxed out, transmigrates into a novel. Her namesake, a supporting female character, spends her entire life as a stepmother. To be a good stepmother, she gives up her career and devotes herself completely to her family, even choosing not to have children of her own. Then the biological mother returns in triumph, her husband gazes at his old flame with shining eyes, and her stepdaughter says that this woman is her real mother after all. The supporting 18.8kFavorites56.8kClicks/ch98.3kGifts

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    The pacing is quite fast, and the fact that the female lead's family doesn't hold her back is a huge plus. The money-making aspect is indeed rapid; personally, I was satisfied when the female lead had already earned a lot by the middle and stopped watching. Overall, [three stars] worth a try. [System does not allow ratings; the actual rating is based on the review content.]

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