1985: From the Start, Snow Sealed the Doors

I don't even need to open it to read it. Just from the synopsis, I know it's another male protagonist who doesn't take his job seriously and likes to mess around. In his previous life, he treated his wife and children badly, resulting in a miserable old age. Now that he's been given a second chance, he's going to become a doting husband. I'm so jealous! Even scum like that has a chance to be reborn, what about ordinary people?

It's understandable that the male protagonist hunted two deer and sold them for a few hundred yuan to spend, but after making money, he had absolutely no plans for what to do next. After reading about 50 chapters, I really didn't expect that the male protagonist would be unloading coal and pulling carts to do hard labor, earning 2 yuan a day for 8 hours?

The writing is alright, but it's written in a TV drama style, not a web novel style. How to put it? It doesn't quite fit the tone of a web novel; it's not exciting enough, there are too many twists and turns, too many bad guys, the pacing is too fast, and there's something happening every few days. But if you follow real-life logic, there certainly wouldn't be so many frequent and chaotic events.

These last two pictures really bothered me. I can understand, but it's still very upsetting. They worked so hard to find this path, and after earning so little, they're about to give it all away to someone else. Even though this "someone else" is family, it seems like these family members aren't exactly good people either. It's really uncomfortable.

The author largely avoided the pitfalls of period fiction. The mother favored her eldest son but cared for the other children; the father treated them all equally; the brothers were united; the sister-in-law, though boastful and jealous, couldn't stand seeing others do better than her, but at most she was verbal and wouldn't deliberately sabotage them, and would help when she could (lend grain…

I stumbled upon this book and stayed up all night to finish it, accumulating 30 chapters. While listening to the audiobook today, I felt something was off. I don't know what the author was thinking, or how many others feel the same way: Is this a period drama? Occasionally throwing in a few modern slang terms is fine, but is constantly using them really okay? For example: "Chaowei, take this!"

A traditional opening, but an unconventional direction; everything is no longer a binary choice. The pacing is slow, which is a hurdle, but the advantage is that it makes the plot unfold smoothly and the characters more human, especially the protagonist. He is composed and has a worldly-wise air about him; he knows what he wants to do, and he's not cold-blooded.

Among the historical fiction I've read, this is a rare gem. Firstly, here are a few strengths: Logically sound: This is truly rare. Most historical fiction, and even more than just historical fiction, suffers from major flaws: logical inconsistencies or illogicalities. Even the better ones have weak logic, barely coherent.

I know you authors all too well. You get cocky as soon as you achieve a little success. You whine and complain when things don't go well.

I was born in a small town in Shandong in 1986. Why do I like reading this book? Because it's so similar to my childhood life decades ago. Reading this book is like seeing memories from decades ago. My dad is the youngest in his family and took over my grandfather's business.