Male-Lead Period-Era Fiction + Portable Space + System. No Female Leads 男主的年代文+随身空间+系统。别来女主的

1. 351 重 Back to 1949: The Whole Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 重回1949长白山都是我的猎场 I'm Eighteen This Year老夫年十八Urban3.4M WordsOngoing (No System, no pocket dimension, hunting + major events of the era) Xie Yicheng is reborn in early 1949, in a village in the Changbai Mountains of Andong Province, Northeast China, just after liberation. In an era of scarce supplies and a country waiting to be rebuilt, where the mountains are rich in treasures yet fraught with danger, the entire Changbai range becomes his family’s hunting ground. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, roe deer, and martens; deer, sheep, musk deer, badgers, fo 20.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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   🔥🔥🔥 First book's protagonist: Wow (ﾟﾛﾟ) Zhu Yuanzhang at the start [awkward laugh] I'm really impressed ┗┃· ■ ·┃┛ The era was still... 🙉 Catching fish and shrimp, climbing trees and going to the countryside 🔥🔥🔥 Second book: Back to the past, the family landlord escaped overnight [cool] He went into seclusion, built a house, hunted, and established a private home...

2. 352 火 Machinist in the Red-Hot Era: Helping the Pioneers Forge Great Weapons 火红年代机械师：我助先辈铸重器 Eggs and Tomatoes, Stir-Fried in Turns鸡蛋番茄轮番炒Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsOngoing It was a fiery, passionate age, but also one of scarcity and backward technology. Jiang Xia transmigrates into this era. He sees the giant bending machine in the workshop break down and grind to a halt. He sees the older generation laboring for the nation’s industry and defense, eating rough cornbread and working late by lamplight as they chart a path to national strength on sheet after sheet of paper. He can’t bear it, and he can’t accept it. The System he has is barely useful; only the fault a 41.3kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves
3. 353 穿 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in 1974, and Got a Wife from the Start 穿书1974，开局送老婆 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban608k WordsCompleted Li Shuyang inexplicably finds himself in a strange new world. Before he can figure out what’s going on, he’s forced to split up the family. Once he gets the story, he realizes he has transmigrated into a book. At first, he’s terribly disappointed with life here, but then he discovers he’s been given a wife. For a lifelong bachelor in his thirties, that’s an offer he simply can’t refuse. 7.7kReads8.9Score294Shelves
4. 354 年 Period: Returning to 1977 to Become a Literary Master 年代：回到1977当文豪 Cool Since Childhood打小就酷Urban694k WordsCompleted [Period setting] [Literary giant] [Lighthearted] [No System] [Not brainless] Lin Xiangwen transmigrates back to a small mountain village in 1977. But from the start, everything goes horribly wrong. His beautiful educated-youth wife, whom he married just days ago, is demanding a divorce so she can return to the city. Fine, let's get divorced. Just wait and regret it later! Lin Xiangwen is full of confidence about the future. The college entrance exams are about to resume, and with his foreknowled 4.8kReads8.0Score223Shelves
5. 355 重 Reborn in 1978: I Make My Fortune by Plagiarizing 重生1978：我靠文抄发家 Five Coins and a Brush五文弄墨Urban702k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1978, just as the national college entrance exams resume and a cultural wave sweeps the country, Jiang Mingchun gets into Yanda and becomes a university student. Drawing on memories from his previous life, he becomes a ghostwriter. 2.5kReads8.6Score110Shelves
6. 356 年 Period: Riding the Wind to Rise in 1976 年代：1976乘风而起 Below Fangcun Mountain方寸山下Urban6.2M WordsOngoing 1976: The northern Bear is at the height of its power. 1976: The Western beacon struggles in the quagmire of stagflation. 1976: In the glow of the fiery red era, dawn begins to break for us... 23.2kReads8.0Score1.9kShelves
7. 357 重 Back to 1975 重回1975年 I Can Braise Duck Necks我会卤鸭脖Urban1.0M WordsCompleted He dug in mines, hauled bricks, and did time! He worked as a bodyguard and scavenged through trash! In his later years, he was left utterly alone, living a miserable, wretched life! Zhang Wendong is reborn in 1975. This time, he’ll live for himself alone and begin a new chapter in life! 198Reads7.9Score239Shelves
8. 358 重 Reborn in the Passionate Years 重生激情岁月 Roast Duck, No Slicing Needed烤鸭不用片Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn, one female lead, not fanfiction, Four-Nine City, with a pocket dimension, no angst, everyday hard work, happy to take it easy after waking up, don't read if you want mindless wish fulfillment] I return to Four-Nine City in 1958 and start working toward my goals by figuring out how to get an urban household registration. My dream is to wake up whenever I want and count money until my fingers cramp, stockpile gold, collect paintings and calligraphy, grow medicinal herbs, and buy a courtya 12.1kReads7.4Score693Shelves

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   These are all male-oriented novels set in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. I highly recommend ① Jiang Lin managed to snatch a space ring before the apocalypse, but unexpectedly, he transmigrated to the 1960s. Fortunately, he had some space supplies, and he bought a courtyard in the city by selling the supplies.

9. 359 山 A Miracle Doctor from the Mountain Village 山村乡野神医 Love Letters on Paper纸上情书Rural Life3.3M WordsOngoing Scallop Village is a small coastal village. When the village men went out to gather seafood, an accident left several women widowed and their children orphaned. They make a living by selling scallops and abalone. During one of his own trips to gather seafood, Ye Feng finds a dragon pearl and falls into a coma for three years. He remains unconscious until Lin Xiangyu follows some advice and awakens him with a secret recipe. 7kReads8.4Score510Shelves
10. 360 年 Period: My Pocket Farm Has Been Exposed 年代：随身农场被曝光了 Old Friends from Dragon City龙都老乡亲Urban2.9M WordsCompleted My name is Yi Nanping, and I used to have plenty of regrets. By a stroke of luck, I was reborn in the 1980s with my family farm. To get married, I pressured my father into borrowing money, and he came back with a stack of IOUs that said, “No need to pay it back.” I dumped the trashy woman, sold a few chickens, ducks, and geese, and life became a lot more cheerful. I found my big brother a job, helped my uncle marry a wife, and made sure my younger siblings could enjoy going to school. What? I on 359Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Brothers and sisters, take a look at these three books.

11. 361 四 Siheyuan: I'm He Yuzhu's Cousin 四合院：我是何雨柱堂哥 The Wandering Medicine Seller行走的卖药郎Male-Channel Fanfiction923k WordsOngoing No System, no cheats, and I haven't watched the show. I transmigrated as Silly Zhu's cousin. From the start, He Daqing ran off, so I worked hard to build a life of my own, changing the fate of the He family and many people in the courtyard along the way. I won't get caught up in petty squabbles. Everything I do is to give my family a better life. 16Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    Male-oriented period novels. The first book is about seeing those who bullied you in your past life, like the "brother-supporting demon," and it's really fun. Books two through five are about beastly courtyard-style period novels. The later ones are about hunting in the period setting.

12. 362 四 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, Starting with Widow Qin 四合院：多子多福，从秦寡妇开始 Love Bandit爱情悍匪Male-Channel Fanfiction551k WordsCompleted [Courtyard Drama + More Children, More Blessings System] Multiple heroines, crossover with multiple TV dramas Lu Chen transmigrates into the apocalypse with the More Children, More Blessings System. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in Love in the Courtyard. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. Having children makes him stronger. Just how strong can he become? Starting with the widow Qin, he earns rewards... In the end, Lu Chen achieves the status of a tycoon, a philanth 4.3kReads5.5Score160Shelves

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    This book and this book

13. 363 英 The Hero's Hunting Tale 英雄赶山记 Qian Xiaoyan钱小眼Urban782k WordsCompleted In 1979, on the southern frontier of the motherland, Guan Yongshan, a decorated combat hero, was reborn on the battlefield. This time, he did the unthinkable: he decisively left the army and went home to care for his parents. And so, beneath the Great White Mountains of Northeast China, a mountain-going “hero” appeared, hunting wild boars and black bears, and fighting wolves and tigers. 82Reads5.9Score—Shelves
14. 364 人 In the Siheyuan, I Became the Ultimate Insider 人在四合院，成为最强关系户 Ten Years of Lingering Dreams十年殘夢Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted The train of the times rushes forward, and Wei Lai arrives at the courtyard from a TV drama. He activates the Relative System, which gives him a new relative every two weeks. Faced with a courtyard full of beasts, Wei Lai decides to strike first so he can live a good life. Why is Yi Zhonghai roaring in the middle of the night? It turns out Silly Zhu is growing distant from him. Why is Liu Haizhong sweeping the toilets? It turns out his own son stabbed him in the back. Why is Granny Deaf wailing 32.4kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves
15. 365 重 Reborn in '83: Pursuing a Successful Life 重生八三：追求成功人生 Qian Xiaoyan钱小眼Urban661k WordsCompleted He woke from a dream to find himself back in that special era. Faced with everything from the past, his family, friends, classmates, and the girl he loved, Yu Lijun couldn't hold back his tears… 17Reads—Score—Shelves
16. 366 摸 Grave Robbing Begins with a Courtyard House Youth Sent to the Countryside 摸金从四合院下乡知青开始 No Deification in the Primordial Era洪荒不许封神Male-Channel Fanfiction396k WordsOngoing He wakes up in a courtyard house, free of troubles, only to be sent to the countryside. On the way, he discovers a descendant of tomb raiders, and his assigned destination turns out to be Niuxin Mountain. His new life begins: hunting in the mountains, farming in the fields, digging through underground tunnels and raiding tombs, lighting candles and seeking treasure. 10Reads8.5Score—Shelves
17. 367 四 Siheyuan: I'm a Street Loafer, and I Play Dirty 四合院：我，街溜子，不讲武德 Two Cups of Milk Coffee两杯奶咖Male-Channel Fanfiction573k WordsOngoing Qin Shan transmigrates into a courtyard-house neighborhood and becomes an idle street loafer. Qin Shan folds his arms and thinks, “Ha! I know this world!” [Comedy + troublemaker protagonist + crushing the whole courtyard's cast of nuisances + a tough family + everyday food] [Grandma chops them up, little sister hands over the knife, and I’ve got their backs!] [] 8.3kReads8.5Score186Shelves
18. 368 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The 1970s 两界穿梭之七零年代 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban3.2M WordsOngoing Wu Xiaoyao is a working-class nobody, a corporate drudge who likes to unwind by grilling skewers and letting loose whenever he has a bit of free time. But an out-of-control dump truck sends him hurtling back to the fiery age of the 1970s. What surprises him is that he can travel back and forth between the seventies and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before him. 131Reads7.6Score—Shelves

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    Without Baidu, it's still one of the Thirteen Protectors.

19. 369 重 Reborn in 1991: This Time, I'm Becoming a Doctor 重生91，这次我要做医生 White Sand in the Mire白沙在涅Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Xiaochuan dives into the water to save someone, then drowns and unexpectedly comes back reborn in his high school days. He earns his first fortune with stock subscription certificates. Knowing he has no talent for business, he only wants to dabble in stocks and buy a few houses, quietly make a fortune, do good deeds without drawing attention, fulfill his dream of studying medicine from his previous life, and live a life without regrets! 11.9kReads8.7Score913Shelves
20. 370 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds: The Red-Hot Years 两界穿梭之火红年代 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban2.9M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren is an ordinary office worker, trudging through grueling days that start at eight in the morning and end at midnight. One day, after finally getting several months of back pay, he plans to give himself a well-deserved break. Who could have guessed that eating a grilled kidney for no apparent reason would send him back to the 1970s when he woke up? Luckily, he discovers he can return to 2025, and so two completely different eras open up before him!!! 254Reads7.6Score101Shelves
21. 371 四 Siheyuan: I'm Bang Geng's Biological Uncle 四合院：我是棒梗亲叔叔 Ming Ye明也Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted I transmigrated. In my previous life I was a chef, and now I’ve become the heir to a traditional Chinese medicine practice. That’s not the important part. The real problem is that my biological mother is Jia Zhangshi, my sister-in-law is Qin Huairu, and I have a backstabbing nephew named Banggeng. What am I supposed to do? Asking for help onl 90Reads8.5Score—Shelves
22. 372 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
23. 373 四 Siheyuan: I’ll Hold This Family Together! 四合院：我要扛起这个家！ Towering Mountains崇山峻岭Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted After watching the TV series about the courtyard house, Chen Zhixing opens his eyes in a courtyard in 1965. From the start, his father is gone, his mother is ill, and he has a younger sister in middle school. Chen Zhixing has to shoulder the burden of supporting the family. 7kReads7.6Score294Shelves
24. 374 重 Reborn: Farming and Hunting in the 1970s 重生70耕猎生涯 The Talking Little Chinchilla会说话的小龙猫Urban323k WordsOngoing (River rafting. Hunting. Gathering herbs. Raising kids. Mountain foraging. Everyday family life.) Back in the 1970s, he draws on the memories of his past life and takes up a bamboo pole to raft down the river. With a hunting rifle in hand and a herb-gathering shovel at his side, he leads his family to a happy life. —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 375 1 1986: Old Tales from Northeast China 1986：东北旧事 Half a Cup of Strong Tea半盏粗茶Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Chen Tiezhu, a top surgeon at the provincial hospital, is reborn in a small mountain village in Northeast China in 1986. Everything is so unfamiliar, so new. Hunting in the mountains, catching shrimp in the river, and dividing the land under the household responsibility system. A stick to knock down roe deer, a gourd to scoop up fish, pheasants flying right into the cooking pot. Long-buried memories slowly unfold before him... 1.6kReads8.5Score113Shelves
26. 376 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Have a Dream Space 四合院：开局一个梦境空间 First Dawn After the Rain沐雨初晨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [A completed, million-character Four-House Courtyard novel is already available. Updates are guaranteed, so read with confidence.] Zhang Jianguo transmigrated into the world of Four-House Courtyard and gained a dream dimension. As long as he interacted with someone, he could get them to farm and increase their crop yields. From then on, Zhang Jianguo settled down peacefully in the courtyard, and everyone there began a life of farming. Yi Zhonghai: “Why am I even more tired after a night’s sleep? 7.8kReads7.3Score273Shelves
27. 377 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.4kReads5.8Score297Shelves
28. 378 重 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 Old Li the Foodie爱吃的老李Urban894k WordsOngoing A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.6kReads6.8Score1.2kShelves
29. 379 四 Siheyuan: Savoring the Spirit of the Era 四合院之感受年代气息 Just Got Nothing Better to Do就是闲的Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing (There's a lot of ranting early on, so don't read if that's not your thing.) This courtyard novel has no vicious scheming, no values-shattering drama, no bullying the young or cursing the old, and no hostility. The protagonist won't become a god or a saint, play the self-sacrificing heroine, twist the characters from the show, or make excuses for his own twisted, dark mentality. This is a period story, and I just want to capture the atmosphere of the era... and let the protagonist be a good pers 241Reads8.3Score—Shelves
30. 380 6 The 1960s: Sign-In Rewards for Everything and a Carefree Life 60年代：签到万物，悠闲生活 Summer Starlight夏日星光Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [1960s + sign-in System + pocket dimension + extraordinary comprehension + one heroine] Li Xiangming transmigrated to the countryside in the 1960s. He obtained a sign-in System that rewarded him with all kinds of things just for signing in each day. On the very first day, he gained extraordinary comprehension, a god-tier pocket dimension, and a strengthened body. From then on, Li Xiangming began living a relaxed life. He grew vegetables and raised fish in his god-tier pocket dimension, with so m 3.6kReads6.6Score273Shelves

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    These are all period dramas featuring the male protagonist. 🌷🌷 The male protagonist wakes up to find his home bare and wonders if he's dreaming. He only realizes he's traveled to the 1960s and gained a spatial ability that allows him to grow crops.

31. 381 回 Back to 1961 as a Public Security Officer 回到1961当公安 A Hongtashan Cigarette Makes You Feel Like an Immortal来支红塔山快活似神仙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Both parents alive] [Has a System] [One female lead] I woke up to find myself in Courtyard 93 on Nanluoguxiang in 1961. What? Wasn’t it supposed to be Courtyard 95? And seriously, what is this? I’m just a lowly security guard! How did I become a police officer? And why am I supposed to protect the peace for everyone? 43.1kReads8.0Score2.3kShelves
32. 382 穿 A Transmigrator’s Guide to Getting Rich in the 1970s 穿越七零致富经 Brother Peng Who Loves Crispy Fried Shrimp Heads爱吃酥炸虾头的鹏哥Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Gu Zhiyi used to get by doing nothing but eating and waiting to die, serving as a family mascot in the era of the Star Network. After transmigrating to China in the 1970s, he discovers that a world without supernatural abilities is simply too much fun. So he uses his own powers to set out on the path to wealth. 80Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    The first three books were highly recommended by everyone. The male protagonists in the fourth and fifth books are both teachers. I really highly recommend the fourth book; once you read a dozen chapters, you can't stop. I've been following the author's updates.

33. 383 重 Back to the Old Days: A Divine Tree in My Pocket Dimension 重回年代：随身神树空间 Six Broken Bowls六个破碗Urban351k WordsCompleted [Reborn in 1975] + [Space Farming] + [Getting Rich in the Era] + [One Female Lead] After his entire family was poisoned to death by his biological father, Qin Shinan was reborn in the impoverished ration-ticket era, back when his family was still alive. This time, he would protect his family from harm and seize the advantage of the times to rise quickly! At the same time, he also gained access to a mysterious, wondrous pocket dimension centered around an ancient tree. Mountains, fields, and a my 202Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 384 秀 I Turned the Whole Class of Underachievers Around, and You Call Me a Homeroom Teacher? 秀翻整个学渣班，你管这叫班主任 Pomelo to Go with Wine柚子下酒吃Urban669k WordsCompleted Reborn as the homeroom teacher of a class of good-for-nothings, Lu Ze gets the [Super Hardcore Teacher System]. Lu Ze: Nice to meet you. How about this: Class monitor, make a group chat and add everyone. Class monitor: Sure thing, Mr. Lu. The next second. Lu Ze: All right, the 25 students who’ve joined the group, hand over your phones. What kind of teacher is this? What a scam! Another time. Lu Ze: Come on, everyone, repeat after me: “Though old, I am still strong; though my hair is white, my am 4.4kReads9.5Score542Shelves
35. 385 首 The Nation's Leading Physician 首席国医 Second Master Jiangmen江门二爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted An outstanding young doctor from the 21st century is transported by chance to the late 1970s. When he wakes up, he finds he has a wife. What on earth happened? Having lived a second life, Jiang Fei must figure out what to do amid complicated family relationships, rejection from his brothers, and the cold shoulder from his mother-in-law. Faced with a turbulent social climate, compromises over competing interests, and life-or-death struggles, what choices will Jiang Fei make? No matter how success 3.5kReads9.0Score489Shelves

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    🎉I'm recommending books, they're guaranteed to be excellent!🎉 1. Back in the past, I accidentally became a top-tier traditional Chinese medicine doctor with a beautiful wife. I'm not interested in any of that; I just want to heal and save lives. 2. An alien invasion causes planetary flora and fauna to mutate and go berserk. Jiang Han, whose talent awakens at the lowest level, unexpectedly becomes bound to an online game system. No one knows Jiang Han's limits; all they know is that he single-handedly carved through the entire wasteland.

36. 386 在 Posing as a Returnee Tycoon in the 1980s 在八零伪装归国神豪 San Yao He三爻禾Urban887k WordsCompleted [80s Era] [Feel-Good] [Big Shot] [Tycoon] [No Female Lead] [Building a Career] [Everyday Life] The story of a fake tycoon with nothing to his name who becomes a real tycoon worth billions. Good news: After transmigrating into the 1980s, his heart condition is gone and his body is healthy. He also gets a Reputation System, which lets him exchange reputation points for assets. Bad news: He transmigrated with his whole body, so he has no official identity. And right now, he’s flat broke, with poc 36.3kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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    The male protagonist in this novel transmigrates to a historical fiction world and has a system.

37. 387 全 Global High Martial: I Level Up by Slaying Monsters and Break Through Humanity's Forbidden Zone 全球高武：刷怪成神，我打穿了人类禁区 Parting Song, Ah离歌啊Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Invaders from another dimension came, and Blue Star’s plants and animals mutated into violent beasts. Humanity was forced to surrender vast stretches of land, which became known as the Wasteland, where mutated beasts roamed. Jiang Han awakened the lowest-tier talent, but unexpectedly bound a gaming System. All he had to do was kill monsters to gain experience and level up. “Congratulations, Host, for killing the Lord-tier Ironmane Boar King. You have gained 58,965 experience.” “Congratulations, 787Reads8.3Score180Shelves
38. 388 七 In the 1970s, I Won't Be Anyone's Fool: I Head to the Countryside, Hunt the Hills, and Marry the Village Beauty 七零不做冤大头，下乡赶山娶村花 Pecking Clouds, Cradling the Moon啄云扶月Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Creatures + Hunting in the Mountains + Playing the Fool] His own mother and older brother schemed to get Xiao Zhendong fired. He raised a bastard child and spent his whole life giving everything to his family, only for that same son to pull out his oxygen tube when he was on his deathbed. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1972. Xiao Zhendong sold his job and set his whole family up. He kicked his scumbag father and slapped his vile mothe 27.9kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
39. 389 七 I Sold My Iron Rice Bowl, Stocked Up My Pocket Dimension, and Headed to the Countryside in the Seventies 七零卖掉铁饭碗，囤满空间下乡去 Beef Potstickers牛肉锅贴Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Family squabbles + cozy everyday life + pocket dimension + hunting in the mountains + a wife who grows on you] The short drama “Sold My Iron Rice Bowl in the Seventies, Stocked Up My Pocket Dimension, and Went to the Countryside” is now streaming. Lu Qingyang transmigrates into the role of a doomed lovesick fool in a period novel. His cousin steals his job, and he is sent to the poorest region to cut timber. He marries a woman with a shady past, lives a miserable life, and even the children are 15.1kReads7.8Score985Shelves
40. 390 魂 Reborn in 1959: Startling by Each Step 魂穿59，步步惊心 Little Bug Back from 6060回来的小虫Urban1.2M WordsCompleted The novel is being revised... (One heroine, spatial abilities, mild violence, family life, a gradual build, steady growth.) The story mainly has three stages. In the early part, he helps his family escape poverty. In the middle, he gets a job at a steel mill, working on equipment and supplies, with some familiar courtyard-life elements mixed in, though they are not the main focus. In the later part, he helps the country develop its national defense. His spatial abilities are controllable, and he 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is definitely worth watching. The male protagonist, the space, the step-by-step planning, and the gradual development all fit the logic of the 1950s and 60s.

41. 391 重 Reborn in 1977: Starting Over After Being Dumped 重生1977，从被退婚后开始 Mo Tao K墨桃KUrban124k WordsOngoing [Educated youth in the 1970s + Countryside + Everyday life + Building wealth] In his previous life, Lu Yongnian fell in love with Wang Yaoyao, a girl from the same city, while he was sent down to the countryside. She sweet-talked him into giving up his chance to return to the city. But right after they got engaged, Wang Yaoyao disappeared. When Lu Yongnian rushed back to the city, he discovered she had cheated on him. He drank himself into a stupor and suffered frostbite so severe he nearly lost 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Male-oriented, rural, and educated youth era novels: The first book tells the story of Xu Jinyan, who travels back to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the Great Northern Wilderness. He enters into a fake marriage with Li Wanyu, another educated youth sent to the countryside. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, he passes the exam and enters university. With the help of the female lead's family, he gets a job at the cultural center, using writing as a side job to start his path to wealth and change his destiny. The second book tells the story of Qu Zhuo, who also travels back to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. He is framed and taken away for interrogation by the security department. Fortunately, he cleverly realizes something is wrong and shouts for help, getting rescued by the villagers and beginning his journey through that era. The third book tells the story of a male protagonist who travels into the body of a villainous female supporting character and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. He possesses a special paper-making skill and begins a simple life, waiting for the resumption of the college entrance examination. After passing the exam, he returns to the city and begins his life of reversal.

42. 392 重 Back to the 1970s: Changing My Family's Fate 重回七零，改变一家命运 One Riverside一汀Modern Romance806k WordsCompleted [Historical era + spatial storage + reborn] Near the foot of Babaoshan, there was one particularly unusual home. It sat on a plot of about two hundred square meters near the foot of the mountain, with a small courtyard enclosed by red-brick walls. There was a two-story house of just over a hundred square meters, plus several acres of farmland and a ring of fruit trees. Shen Anning lived there. The place had been specially assigned to her because most of the Shen family lay buried on the mountain 3.6kReads8.9Score317Shelves

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    Jixian Apple recommends this book 💥 Li Youcai travels back to the 1960s and gains the cheat code of "drawing a pie in the sky." He can use points to trade for ginseng and wild boar, unlocking the cooked food section to fill his stomach. 🌊 It truly gathers the finest delicacies from all over the country. Tears involuntarily streamed down Li Youcai's face 🍝 This cheat code is too awesome! He spent 50 points to buy a pig's trotter and ate while reading 🌴🌴

43. 393 穿 Childhood Sweethearts in a Period Novel 穿到年代文里的青梅竹马 Autumn Has Always Been Here丛来是秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Note: She doesn’t hand over her golden finger right from the start.) When Diwu Yue wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated into a period novel she once read, becoming a minor supporting female character barely mentioned in the story. She and her childhood sweetheart refuse to follow the plot. Bringing along her sweetheart’s family heirloom, they head to a seaside island for rural reeducation. The two layabouts begin a happy life with all the seafood they could ever want. Is farming in a p 757Reads8.6Score102Shelves
44. 394 我 I Make Paper Offerings in a Period Novel 我在年代文里做纸扎 Buron of the House of Fragrance怡红院的布隆Urban6.7M WordsCompleted Li Hongwen transmigrates into a book, landing in a period novel about a wicked supporting female character’s rise to power. The heroine has a pocket dimension, and the villainess has a supermarket. All he has is the paper-offering craft he learned in his previous life, but that trade is taboo in this era!!! Luckily, a skill from his previous life that he never got to use works in this world. And so, an unremarkable supporting male character who knows the plot appears, much to the villainess’s su 22.6kReads7.6Score1.4kShelves

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    The protagonist is a time-traveling novel who doesn't participate in the main plot and doesn't want to become part of it!

45. 395 穿 Transmigrated Into a Sent-Down Youth Novel, Facing Rural Exile From the Start 穿书知青年代开局面临下乡 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban299k WordsCompleted A young person from a later age, who has never known much hardship, suddenly finds himself in a time when everything is rationed. Thrift and austerity are the order of the day. Before he can even adjust to this unfamiliar world, he has to leave for a faraway place. 3.4kReads7.3Score128Shelves

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    These are all good; check them out if you're interested! [Kissing emojis]

46. 396 开 From the Start in the Siheyuan: Fishing Across the Myriad Heavens, Invincible in Every World 开局四合院：垂钓诸天，无敌万界 A Sword Pledged to Eternal Life一剑寄长生Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsOngoing [The Blue Star's Only Supernatural Being | Fishing in the Myriad Heavens | Conquering the Myriad Worlds | Multiple Heroines] No misery, no angst, just a lighthearted, relaxing story. After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Lin Xingchen awakens the Fishing in the Myriad Heavens System! No painstaking cultivation, no grinding levels. With a flick of his hand and a cast of his line, all the opportunities, ultimate physiques, god-tier techniques, and peerless treasures of the Myriad Heavens 35.6kReads6.7Score2.6kShelves

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    An invincible protagonist across all realms, with a traditional courtyard house as the main world, where he reigns supreme in the city, causing trouble in various worlds, picking up girls, and featuring multiple female leads [laughs].

47. 397 重 Reborn in 1976: All I Want from the Start Is to Fill My Stomach 重生76年，开局只为填饱肚子 Recluse of Cold Mountain寒山居士Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Themes: Supernatural powers, pocket dimension, scheming, the many sides of life in a special era, and more... The middle-aged loser Fang Xiangyang is reborn. The good news is that he's returned to forty years ago, an era full of opportunities. He can change his own fate and his family's, ride the wave of a great age, and make a name for himself. The bad news is that his family has run out of food. If he doesn't find some soon, they may all starve to death... 7.7kReads8.1Score472Shelves

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    The male protagonist's era, space, 1. Transmigrating to a bygone era, starving to death, he gets a critical hit system, 10x critical hits, storage space... 2. Reborn as an unregistered person, with a space 3. A cultivator returns to Earth, in a famine era, with a planting space...

48. 398 四 Siheyuan: I Take Yi Zhonghai to Task and Demand 6,000 Yuan 四合院：手撕易中海，逼赔六千块 Green Mountain Woodcutter青山樵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Chen Wangshan is a transmigrator. He has transmigrated into a notorious courtyard house from across the myriad heavens, full of beasts. No endless bickering back and forth. He'll teach those beasts how to behave by using the law. A new author with a new work. Please go easy on me, dear readers! A fist salute! Thank you! (The rating just came out and will rise later, so please read with confidence.) 81.2kReads5.5Score3.9kShelves

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    This meets the requirements.

49. 399 老 After My Wife and Daughter Died, I Was Reborn in the 1980s 老婆女儿去世后，我重生八零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban life in a bygone era + one heroine + teacher]“In our next life, let’s not be husband and wife again!” His wife called him, her voice hollow and lifeless, utterly devoid of emotion. It felt as if his soul were being torn apart. He shouted into the phone, “Don’t do anything foolish! I’m on my way to the hospital!” The next moment! His daughter lay in a hospital bed, a white sheet covering her face. His wife sat beside her, calm and despairing. “We did everything we could. Your daughter pass 16.1kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves

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    This book is absolutely fantastic! The plot is tightly woven, and every detail is intricately linked. Every twist and turn is incredibly satisfying, especially the interactions between the characters, which are full of sparks! I could easily read several chapters in one sitting, each one a delightful experience! If you're looking for something to read, don't miss this one—it's definitely worth reading!

50. 400 重 Back to the 1970s, Looking Back on Life 重返七零，回首人生 Chubby Night Watchman深夜打更人胖胖Urban1.9M WordsCompleted When he wakes up, he’s a tiny baby. He opens his eyes, and before he’s even had a chance to enjoy life, he discovers that his parents have been split off from the rest of the family. He moves into a drafty thatched hut and begins his new life there. As the saying goes, little kids have no rights. It isn’t until one day, when he meets a mysterious Taoist priest who teaches him the “Taixu Divine Art,” that he finally escapes his grim fate and holds his head high. His family is destitute, and his p 645Reads6.6Score111Shelves

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    Reborn in the 1970s, facing a drafty thatched hut, he studied while helping his honest father start a business to change his family's impoverished circumstances. Later, he gained a spatial ability and supernatural powers...

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