Period Novels Set Between the 1950s and 1980s, with a Male Lead! No Courtyard-House Stories! 年代文！50到80的！要男主！男主！不要四合院的！

1. 601 5 The 1950s: Starting Out as a Wanderer, I Make My Home in the Deep Mountains 50年代：隐居深山从流浪开始 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban7.7M WordsOngoing Tags: (farming + reclusive life + family saga + harem + science fiction + interstellar + universe) (Entirely hand-written, no AI) (Author’s note at chapter 3480: I’ve been writing this book for over three years. Its rating went from 9.4 to 8.9, and its readership has fallen from several hundred thousand to forty or fifty thousand. It was once a huge hit, and then it faded into obscurity. Many readers have probably come across it more than once, but very few have made it to the later chapters. (S 33.1kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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   In the first part, the protagonist is reborn and gets a hunting and strengthening system. From then on, he leads his family and friends to live a rich life and avoid the pitfalls of his previous life.

2. 602 重 Reborn in 1983: I Take On My Biased Grandma and Protect My Family 重生八三，手撕偏心奶奶护家人 Great Ginseng大人参Urban2.4M WordsCompleted The short drama Reborn in 1983: From Doormat to Life's Winner and the animated series The Legendary Road of Yin Chuan are now available. Li Yinchuan is reborn, returning to the day his biased grandmother falsely accused him of stealing money so she could sell him to another family as a live-in son-in-law. Why should I have to sell myself to pay for my eldest cousin's wedding and my second cousin's college tuition? Why should my mother, younger brother, and younger sister suffer bullying in this 6.1kReads8.9Score526Shelves

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   A period novel from the 1980s, male protagonist + single female protagonist. First: As a reborn person, what do you want to do most? Li Qingyun's answer is to avenge and repay kindness, not to be a holy mother, and to do everything possible to let your family live a good life. It's really easy to make a fortune with the memory of rebirth, so take revenge on those ungrateful people and make their eyes red with envy. Follow me and take you on a journey through the sea of ​​books!

3. 603 一 It All Began in 1983 一切从1983那年开始 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban583k WordsCompleted He opens his eyes to find himself back on the day before his wife gives birth, the day when everything can still be changed. His wife was pushed, causing their son to be born a month premature and suffer from poor health ever since. The couple worked from dawn till late at night to pay for their child’s treatment, until his wife died in a mining accident. This is where all their hardships began, and where they will end. 6kReads8.9Score258Shelves

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4. 604 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. 14kReads8.9Score463Shelves
5. 605 重 Back to 1980: Making a Fortune with Chicken Carcasses 重回1980靠鸡架发家 Qian Heqiu钱鹤秋Urban716k WordsOngoing After failing a mission, I accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world in 1980. Heaven has given me another chance, so this time I’ll make my fortune with my favorite chicken frames and build them into a thriving business! 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The protagonist traveled to a parallel world in 1980. In order to let himself and his sister live a better life, he started by selling chicken racks and created a chicken rack empire. Although there is a golden finger, it is not much different from not having it. It only has a small auxiliary effect. The content of the story is novel and it is over.

6. 606 四 Siheyuan: The Road to Life Begins in 1953 四合院：53年开启生活之路 Gao Fu高夫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted In 1953, in a parallel timeline, at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang in the capital, Xiao Zhen stood calmly at the gate and said, “Mr. Yan?” “That's right, it's me,” Yan Fugui replied, adjusting his glasses... “Damn this damn courtyard!” Xiao Zhen thought, but his hands didn't stop. He pulled out two Huazi cigarettes... And so Xiao Zhen began his journey to study hard, work diligently, and strive to become a successor to socialism! 2.7kReads6.4Score100Shelves
7. 607 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.9M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 35.7kReads8.8Score2.1kShelves

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   🍎Chronology🍎①The soul of the golden bachelor Zhou Yufeng travels back to the 1980s. He is an uneducated waste and makes peace with it. In this golden era of reform, opening up, and economic development, he stands at the forefront of the business world and changes the world... 🍎②Financial genius Feng Yisheng was reborn in 1987. After making up for his family love, he decided to start from industry, accumulate strength, and then enter the financial world. In this life, the prophetic Feng Yisheng led a pack of wolves and swept across the world... 📚Follow me, don't be short of books📚

8. 608 重 Reborn: Don't Compare Backgrounds with Me, I'm Afraid My Real One Will Be Exposed 重生：别和我比背景，我都怕暴露 Xuan'er Who Loves Braised Meat and Vegetables爱吃焖荤素的玄儿Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Reborn Power Fantasy + Business + The Rise of a Great Nation + Richer Than a Country + Conquering the World] Su Ze, the CEO of a publicly listed company in the twenty-first century, is reborn in the 1980s in a parallel world. What! You think the courtyard houses are unsafe and ready to be condemned? Don't touch them, I'll buy them! What! You say these Year of the Monkey golden snub-nosed monkey stamps are worthless trash? I'll take them all! The stock market guru? He's a nobody next t 11kReads8.8Score638Shelves
9. 609 重 Reborn in the 1970s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生七零：媳妇有点辣 Verdant Willow Hues青青柳色Modern Romance2.6M WordsCompleted In her past life, Jiang Xiaonuan earned a place at university, only for her own sister to steal it. Then her sister and her scumbag boyfriend teamed up to frame her. Her sister went on to become the elegant, respectable wife of a high-ranking official, while Jiang Xiaonuan spent her life in poverty and misery. Reborn at the end of the 1970s, Jiang Xiaonuan punches her scumbag ex, kicks her heartless sister to the curb, and gets thrown out by her cruel mother. She takes down every rotten jerk who 5.5kReads9.0Score553Shelves
10. 610 年 1958: Opening an Online Store Across Time 年代1958：跨时空开网店 Vines Beneath the Stone顽石之下藤Urban259k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Pocket Space + Countryside + Family Life + Everyday Moments + Easygoing] Zhang Xiangbei transmigrated to 1958 and acquired an online store that crossed time and space. He could sell modern-day goods to the world he’d left behind before transmigrating, and buy everyday necessities as well. Knowing how history would unfold, he decided to keep his head down for twenty years, put down roots in the countryside, and wait patiently for the winds of reform and opening up. His life mott 58Reads6.5Score—Shelves
11. 611 重 Reborn as a Doctor in the Fiery Years 重生在火红岁月当医生 The Rabbit in Class Five分在五班的兔子Urban1.5M WordsCompleted The story of a renowned professor transmigrating into the body of a young doctor in the 1970s. You can't hide a special talent forever. Where is the miracle doctor? A small township hospital suddenly becomes famous. Experts from the county and provincial hospitals are left dumbfounded by the pressure from this little hospital, with no choice but to admit defeat. If he'd transmigrated somewhere else, he might have been content to be a miracle doctor. But he ended up in the tropical rainforests of 6.6kReads8.8Score455Shelves

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    ① The male protagonist awakens to the store system at the beginning. In the 1960s, he exchanged mountain goods for food to feed his family. ② The male protagonist was originally a big shot in the provincial hospital, but ended up traveling through time and directly became a miracle doctor in the 1970s.

12. 612 夫 A Couple with Steady Jobs in the 1950s 夫妻俩在五十年代端金饭碗 Nuan Xiao Bai暖晓白Modern Romance696k WordsCompleted Dear readers, since this is a period story, the author has looked up much of the historical data online. I don’t make up figures unless I can’t find the answers online. Sometimes there are several answers, so I choose the one that seems most reasonable. Lin Wanyu and Bai Ye grew up relying on each other in an orphanage in their previous lives. Because a soul collector took the wrong person, they both died in a car accident. They spent ten years together as mortgage debtors, from the day they mar 9.4kReads8.3Score530Shelves
13. 613 四 Siheyuan: The Old Man Who Collects Scrap 四合院：收废品的老汉 Take a Big Flight放个大飞机Male-Channel Fanfiction622k WordsCompleted "No pointless romantic subplots + Feiji has never been a saintly do-gooder + easygoing everyday life" Li Shizhen has a very medical-sounding name. A disillusioned and unrestrained man born in the 1980s, he has seen all walks of life and become a scrap collector who grabs junk for a living. He has a change of heart and saves a boy who was supposed to transmigrate, only to unexpectedly transmigrate himself. Well, if he has to transmigrate, so be it. He never started a family in his previous lif 13.3kReads8.9Score419Shelves

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    The left side of the head is filled with flour, and the right side of the head is filled with water. Whenever I think about a problem, my head is full of paste. -Lu Xun

14. 614 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel, and I'm Not Following the Plot 穿进年代文我不走剧情 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuyu may be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever. She’d just won the lottery and hadn’t even had a chance to collect her winnings when she kicked the bucket from excitement. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she’d transmigrated into a book. There was no suspense: the body she’d transmigrated into was, of course, that of the vicious female antagonist. The heroine, Shen Xue, was her cousin. Beautiful and kindhearted, hardworking and capable, she was the village’s most admired young 25.8kReads8.4Score2.2kShelves

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    She is arrogant and domineering, the type who is too lazy to turn over when sleeping. She is a negative example for the people in her village to educate their own girls. Shen Shuyu recalled the plot in the book. The plot started when the female protagonist picked up a wild man in the mountains. This wild man was none other than the male protagonist. He fed her well and took care of her. She fell in love with him over time and waited for him to get better and marry her. The male protagonist got better and fell in love with his cousin.

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