Classic Historical-Era Fiction 经典的年代文

1. 651 6 The 1960s: From the Start, I Led the Village Through Famine to Feast on Meat 60年代：开局荒年，我带着全村吃肉 Niuniu Rides a Cow妞妞骑牛Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Transmigration + Hoarding Supplies + Lighthearted + No Harem] Li Youfu transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name in 1960, a year of famine, and sees the man's entire life. In his previous life, he was the apple of his family's eye, but he was blind to the truth and married a woman who drained him to support her younger brother. His entire family was bled dry and met a tragic end. As he lay dying, all he wanted was to make up for his regrets and 1.8kReads8.7Score330Shelves

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   It's a historical fiction novel with a system and a spatial dimension. It has a high score and over 100,000 reads. I recommend it to everyone.

2. 652 重 Reborn in 1960: My Beautiful Sister-in-Law Next Door 重生1960：我的美艳嫂子邻居 A Fish's Journey鱼之游Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Liang Zhengguo had thought he would die with his enemies, but somehow he was reborn in the 1960s, back in those famine years when people went hungry and lacked warm clothes. But since he was here, he might as well make the best of it. Having been an orphan in his previous life, all he wanted was to make sure his two younger sisters had plenty to eat and warm clothes to wear in this era, while also experiencing the vibrant spirit of those revolutionary years. 24.7kReads7.9Score1.9kShelves
3. 653 供 I Put My Childhood Bride Through College, and Now She Wants to Dump Me 供童养媳上大学，毕业就想甩夫君 Yuan Kai Yuan Xin元凯元心Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Completed] [Family-Loving, Patriotic Chaoshan, 1988] "I want to call off the engagement!" he said. "All right, then let's consummate the marriage." A rough-hewn country man from Chaozhou got himself a beautiful bride in one night, only for her to run away the next day! He chased her to a newspaper office in Guangzhou, the University of Munich in Germany, the Xi'an Mecha Research Institute, the Jiangmen Mecha Experimental Base, and the Dahao Subsea Tunnel Mecha Experimental Base! Human-machine n 2.1kReads8.1Score103Shelves
4. 654 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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   Truly good articles are written by authors who don't follow formulas.

5. 655 重 Reborn in 1981: Starting My Comeback by Saving My Son Born Out of Wedlock 重生81从保下超生儿子开始逆袭 Helpful Citizen Old Ma热心市民马老头Rural Life705k WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Northeastern Rural Life] [Hunting in the Mountains] [Raising Dogs, Harvesting Ginseng, and Falconry] [Devoted Husband and Father] Xu Guojun spent his whole life alone as a forest ranger. Then he was reborn on the night before his pregnant wife was taken away by family-planning officials to have an abortion, back in 1981. From that moment on, his life changed. Given another chance, he cast off all his old bad habits. With his rifle on his shoulder, he would protect his family an 112.1kReads8.8Score9kShelves
6. 656 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
7. 657 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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   Not enough to see the bookshelf

8. 658 重 Reborn, My Goddess Counselor Wants to Have My Baby 重生后，女神辅导员要给我生孩子 The Neighboring Guy Who Writes邻家码字小哥Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Jianghe leaped from the 89th floor and, against all odds, was reborn. It was 2006. The stock market was booming, the property market was thriving, the economy was hot, and opportunities were everywhere. That year, Chen Jianghe had just started his freshman year of college. “Chen Jianghe, your courage in confessing your feelings last night was admirable. But you’ve only just started college, and it’s too soon to be dating. I hope you’ll focus your energy on your studies. Once you enter the 35.7kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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   A classic period novel, a thrilling 80s story, enjoyable from head to toe!!!

9. 659 谁 Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 谁说工厂普工，不能实现梦想 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Marriage & Romance7k WordsCompleted Who Says a Factory Worker Can’t Achieve Their Dreams? 86Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Springtime for factory workers

10. 660 一 Yizhi Xiaoqi's 17th Book 一纸小旗第17本书 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban648k WordsCompleted A country boy with superb medical skills lands a job at an electronics factory in the kingdom of women. From then on, there's no stopping him. With charm and skill to back him up, he thrives and rises to the pinnacle of life! 1.3kReads8.1Score139Shelves
11. 661 我 My Elders 我的长辈 Lion Mound狮子墩Modern Romance335k WordsCompleted In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside, 312Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Tomato's most awesome era of literature

12. 662 军 The Sweet, Alluring Military Wife and Her Devoted Rough-Hewn Soldier 军嫂娇，军嫂媚，糙汉军爷宠上天 Sweet Tofu Pudding甜甜豆腐花Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rugged military officer + sweet, gentle beauty] (Fictional military marriage + marriage before love + daily life with the troops + stepmother and adorable kids + food) When Jiang Rou opens her eyes, she's become the fake heiress in a period novel. Not only is she a pitiful cannon-fodder supporting character, but the real heiress has knocked her unconscious and made her marry an older man in her place. Rumor has it that the man is disfigured and lame, with two burdens to care for, one big and on 17.1kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
13. 663 我 Me and My Dongguan Sisters 我与东莞姐姐 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban266k WordsCompleted [A Tale of Passion and Brotherhood] [Love and Longing] Gao Yang, a country boy with an uncanny talent, leaves his hometown for the first time! He heads to Dongguan to seek refuge with his older sister, only to discover that people are far more sinister than they seem. Through a series of coincidences, he ends up working in a factory, quickly rises through the ranks, and finds himself surrounded by romantic prospects. In the end, he gets dragged into a gang war and sets out on a path of no return 7.9kReads6.4Score460Shelves
14. 664 乡 The Village Doctor's Romance 乡村神医的爱情 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban133k WordsCompleted Wang Hao worked night shifts at a factory. When he got home, he discovered his girlfriend cheating with her boss. He lost his job because of it and had no choice but to return to his hometown. Then one chance encounter changed his fate completely, and from that moment on, he began living a very different life! 1.4kReads—Score101Shelves
15. 665 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.9kReads8.8Score239Shelves
16. 666 乡 The Carefree Little Country Doctor 乡村小神医真逍遥 A Paper Flag一纸小旗Urban199k WordsCompleted A university student who graduated from medical school is terminally ill and has little time left. One day, by chance, he ruins someone else's plans, but turns misfortune into fortune and receives the legacy of a mysterious person... He brings blessings to the people, enjoys a carefree life in the countryside, and roams the world at will... 297Reads7.0Score105Shelves
17. 667 梨 When the Pear Blossoms Bloom 梨花绽放时 Yi Shuang宜霜Ancient Romance260k WordsCompleted She has almond-shaped eyes, peachy cheeks, and a delicate, adorable look; He wears plain clothes, with dark hair and an exceptional air about him; Her life has been full of hardship, yet she remains kind and good-hearted; He has won countless honors on the battlefield and commands awe wherever he goes; What sparks will fly when these two meet? 975Reads8.7Score115Shelves

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    He appears aloof and cold on the outside, but is genuinely devoted and loving on the inside. His lover and family are his eternal soft spot.

18. 668 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s, the Young Educated Woman Is Spoiled by Her Older Lover 穿越六零，小知青被大叔狠狠宠爱 Love Yourself热爱自己的Modern Romance200k WordsCompleted Su Qingge unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s, alone in the world. By a twist of fate, she meets Shen Chaozong, who protects and loves her. Every day, every chapter is full of affection and sweetness. There are also plenty of stories about life and its many different faces, along with tales of rural life. Come and read! This isn’t a power fantasy about an all-conquering heroine. It’s about a laid-back girl who wins by doing nothing. 59.8kReads8.8Score6.7kShelves

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    Do you like sweet and romantic stories? And those with positive values?

19. 669 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: One Rebirth After Another 穿越六零：一重浪灭一重生 Last Night, Listening to Wind and Rain from the Little Tower小楼昨夜听风雨Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Li Xu transmigrates to the year 1960. In this era he has never seen, and has only heard about in books and from the elderly, the only thing he can do is make sure his family has enough to eat and can live a good life. 6.8kReads8.4Score316Shelves

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    There are relatively few new classic period novels out there; most are set in courtyard houses. Those of you looking for something to read might want to check these out.

20. 670 躺 I Can Lie Flat and Watch the Money Roll In, Yet My Family and Friends Mock Me for Being Lazy? 躺平就能数钱，竟被亲友嘲讽不务正业？ A Paper Flag一纸小旗9k WordsCompleted I Can Count Money Just by Lying Flat, Yet My Family and Friends Mock Me for Being Unproductive? 10Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 671 四 Siheyuan: Stealing Qin Huairu Away and Living Off Easy Money 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，过躺赚人 Know When to Stop and Build Up Reserves知止而有积Male-Channel Fanfiction2.3M WordsCompleted Han Weimin is reborn in 1951 in a courtyard house and obtains a Super Rebate System. Whenever he gives supplies to a woman who meets the requirements, he receives an explosive multiplier in return. Just then, eighteen-year-old Qin Huairu comes to the courtyard to meet a potential match. Han Weimin decisively snatches her away. “Ding! Qin Huairu ate a steamed bun from the Host, earning a 50-fold rebate!” “Ding! The Host gave Qin Huairu three White Rabbit candies, earning a 50-fold rebate!” “Ding! 30.1kReads7.9Score3kShelves
22. 672 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, So Isn’t It Only Natural for a Purchasing Agent to Have a Space? 穿越六零，采购员有空间很合理吧 Cats Don't Climb Trees猫猫不上树Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to another era]✘ [Pocket dimension is nearly useless at first]✘ [No angst, not a power fantasy]✘ [Warmhearted, not cold-blooded] [The protagonist is playful but a bit of a coward] College student Li Hao drowns while saving someone at the seaside. He transmigrates into the body of Li Baogen, a procurement officer at a steel mill in Northeast China in 1960, in a parallel world. The Great Famine has just begun. People everywhere are digging up wild greens, stripping bark from tre 27.7kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
23. 673 重 Back to the Layoff Era: A Rogue's Rise to Success 重回下岗年代：二混子的逆袭人生 The Fold-Eared Cat from the Kite Family风筝家的折耳猫Urban502k WordsOngoing This is a transmigration story unlike any other. No System, no supernatural abilities, and a plot grounded in everyday life. Every day, Chen Daming gets one chance to transmigrate back to 1990. His life becomes something he can set right. He returns to the past and moves in with the goddess who once seemed utterly out of reach. Hunting down criminals across time becomes his mission, and he embarks on a passionate May-December romance with a beautiful policewoman. 1Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Of all the period novels I've read, this is the best one. I'm still following it now, and it doesn't make me any less intelligent.

24. 674 四 Siheyuan: Catching Ghosts at the Women's Bathhouse from the Start 四合院：开局女澡堂抓鬼 Yi Ye Er一也儿Male-Channel Fanfiction657k WordsCompleted Once the protagonist learns that he can unlink his System and that it refreshes every three days, the story takes a new turn. Everyone knows the System's beginner's gift pack is the best part. System: Hand over the beginner's gift pack, and we'll leave each other alone. 20.6kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves
25. 675 天 Damn It, Why Did She Get Sent to the Seventies Again? 天杀的，怎么又让她穿七零了 Lost 40 Jin已瘦40斤Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted [Reborn + period setting + System + farming + pocket dimension + Hong Kong City + no saintly heroine] Xu Ying, an office drone at a major company in the 21st century, somehow finds herself reborn in the 1970s. As expected, she gets a golden finger: a sign-in System. With its help, she makes it through several years of life as an educated youth more or less unscathed. Then, like most heroines in period novels, she returns to the city after passing the college entrance exam, hoards courtyard house 4.1kReads7.2Score317Shelves
26. 676 重 Reborn in the 1980s! No Regrets!!! 重生八零！不留遗憾！！！ Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生10k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1980! No regrets!!! 336Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two period novels, filled with slap-and-switch scenes and plenty of fresh, hilarious moments, have been read multiple times. They were a real eye-opener; the unexpected plot twists had me laughing hysterically…

27. 677 你 You’re Marrying a City Girl? Fine, I’ll Marry the Commander of the Military District 你娶城里姑娘？行，我嫁军区首长 Qiaoqiao Reads Without Her Brain看书不带脑子的乔乔Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Originally titled: “Divorced in the Sixties Without a Worry, My Ex-Husband Plays Matchmaker for Me” Career arc: From child bride to female military doctor [The Sixties + remarriage + joining the army + devoted husband + medical skills + cozy everyday life + no needless angst] Zhu Linlang woke up one day to find she had landed in the 1960s. The good news: the world was at peace, and she still had all her arms and legs. The bad news: her husband, who had just been promoted, wanted a divorce. Her b 16.6kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves
28. 678 四 Siheyuan: Back to 1954, Luckily I Have a System 四合院：回到54年，还好带系统 Wen Zhi Tianhua雯织天华Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Spatial Interface] [One Female Lead] Transmigrate to a Siheyuan in 1954? Luckily, I've got a skill-upgrade cheat, an boundless space, and a space for growing crops. What? There's also a family lineage stretching back thousands of years behind me, and I'm the clan head? These people from the Siheyuan think they can compete with me? Of course I'll lead my family to become the greatest clan and build the world's number-one village. The fun starts when I buil 13.1kReads8.4Score683Shelves
29. 679 重 Back to 2010: Starting as a Township Clerk 重回一零，从乡镇科员开始 Red Lantern Festival元宵红Urban1.0M WordsOngoing This book is grounded in reality and rooted in everyday life. The world of officialdom is no ivory tower; it is where the bustle of ordinary life is most intense. The story begins at the grassroots and draws on real life, with the daily grind of food and bills alongside the twists and turns of power struggles, and the struggles and steadfastness of ordinary people set against the upheavals and transformations of a changing age. The world today is undergoing changes unseen in a century. Official 793Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Good writing skills and sound values.

30. 680 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take the Children to Find Their Long-Dead Father 穿书后我带孩子找到他们早死的爹 Yan Sanyue燕三月Modern Romance583k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + 1950s + daily life + raising children] Su Zhaozhao stayed up all night finishing a period novel. When she woke up, she’d been tossed into the book’s world as the male lead’s early-deceased ex-wife, a character who wasn’t even given a name and was barely mentioned. He thought she was gone, and she thought he was dead. The ex-wife struggled to survive with her two children until exhaustion took her life. Then Su Zhaozhao landed in her place… In this era of shortages, Su 37.8kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves
31. 681 四 Siheyuan: Greeting Yi Zhonghai with News That He'll Die Childless from the Start 四合院：开局问候易中海绝户 Millennial Taisui千年太岁Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsOngoing [Not AI-written, so read with confidence] [Hilarious antics, outrageous schemes] What happens when the ultimate fun-seeker, Wang Dalong, shows up at the courtyard house? Yi Zhonghai: I'm moving out. This dump is impossible to live in! Silly Zhu: You can leave, but Auntie Yi and the child are staying! Yan Bugui: By my calculations, it's time to pay protection money again. Xu Damao: Dalong is my very best friend! Lou Xiao'e: Damao, time to take your medicine. Liu Haizhong: Quiet down, everyone. Th 29.5kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves
32. 682 重 Reborn in 1979 重活1979 Year's End年末Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Back in 1979, when everyone else was chasing money, Fang Yuan decided to slow everything down and enjoy time with his family. He caught eels, gathered wild ginseng, earned work points with the production team during busy seasons, and went hunting and foraging in the mountains during the off-season. He doted on his wife and teased his daughter and son. Life was blissfully carefree. 406Reads9.1Score135Shelves

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    A captivating period drama ① Xu Jianguo transmigrated and gained a 3-year-old little sister. At least he had a family and wouldn't be a lost soul in this era. Xu Jianguo began his babysitting mode in the 1960s.

33. 683 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 14.5kReads9.3Score1.9kShelves

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    Twin births, no cheat codes

34. 684 重 Reborn, I Refuse to Be an ATM. The Scheming Village Beauty Is Panicking 重生不做提款机，心机村花急了 Kumquat Lemon Tea Tea Tea金橘柠檬茶茶茶Urban413k WordsCompleted Li Xiangyang opens his eyes to find that he has been reborn and transmigrated to a poor little village in western Sichuan in the 1970s. His previous self had been blinded by love and used as an ATM by a scheming village beauty. Looking at his mother's deeply lined face and rough hands, he thinks of his older brother, still unmarried in his late twenties, and his young little sister. Li Xiangyang doesn't hesitate to tear away the scheming village beauty's false facade with his own hands. By the t 86Reads6.8Score—Shelves
35. 685 6 The 1960s: A Daily Blind Box and a Carefree Life 60年代：每日盲盒，悠闲生活 Being Backsolved被倒推Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Period + System + Countryside + Lighthearted + Family Bonds + Hunting + Inventions + Getting Rich] After awakening memories from a parallel timeline, he discovers that it's the 1960s, and there's no food or clothing! He originally plans to use his newly awakened memories to give his family a better life, but who could have guessed that the Daily Mystery Box System would bind itself to him! Day One: “Mystery box opened. Reward: 30 Shaxian-style braised duck legs!” Day Two: “Mystery box opened. R 1.1kReads8.3Score161Shelves
36. 686 四 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Am a Mover in the Movie World 四合院：我许大茂电影世界搬运工 Young Master Duobao多宝大少Male-Channel Fanfiction674k WordsCompleted UN General Assembly: “How did you build this Gemini Towers in Xia Country? Why is it exactly the same as the one in my country?” the Beautiful Country representative asked in confusion. “What’s there to ask about some lousy building? First, tell us where you got that new Shinkansen,” Little Japan shrieked hysterically. “Oh, give me a break. Why don’t we first ask whether all the math teachers in your Xia Country are illiterate? How did you calculate that your territory is only 9.6 million square 5.9kReads8.7Score392Shelves
37. 687 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Kicked Out Louzi, and Silly Zhu Came to Take Over 四合院：开局踹娄子，傻柱来接盘 Say Nothing, Know When to Stop弗言明止Male-Channel Fanfiction775k WordsCompleted Reborn as Xu Damao in a Siheyuan, he is saddled with two ultimate scumbag missions: [Eight Divorces] and [Seven Sons Under Seven Stars]. Starting in the 1960s, he has to get divorced eight times and have seven sons. And if he wants to avoid being executed... what kind of hellish start is this? Damao spends his whole life either getting married or on the way to getting divorced. Grudges? Not a chance. Really, every family will leave someone alive. I swear on the sun! 71Reads8.7Score—Shelves
38. 688 妈 The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门 Tale of the Literary Star文星传Urban304k WordsCompleted For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr 631Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is truly a classic piece from its era. In the 1990s, batwing shirts, bell-bottoms, microphones, pagers—a QQ notification would send your heart racing. Back then, when parents were dating, swiping left or right wasn't the thing; they were determined to get to know each other!

39. 689 四 My Daily Cultivation Life in the Siheyuan 四合院之我的日常修炼生涯 Yan Er, Who Loves Shandong Spicy Chicken爱吃山东辣子鸡的阎二Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Congyun, a modern-day layabout, transmigrates to a courtyard compound with a System he obtained for no apparent reason. There are no sign-in rewards of supplies and no System shop, only four bodyguard robots and a book of cultivation techniques. But he transmigrates unusually early, arriving at the end of 1957. What comes next is going to be quite a headache. See how Shen Congyun puts the compound’s villains in their place and helps the motherland make just a tiny bit of rapid progress. 192Reads8.3Score—Shelves
40. 690 四 Siheyuan: Super Monster-Fighting System 四合院：超级打怪系统 Dugu the Wanderer独孤行者Male-Channel Fanfiction503k WordsCompleted Lei Sanpao transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan and acquired a Super Monster-Slaying System. Defeating monsters could yield all sorts of skills, equipment, and cultivation techniques. The plants and animals in the System's inventory could also be brought outside, so while others struggled to find enough to eat, Lei Sanpao never lacked ingredients. It all starts in the Siheyuan: an easygoing, invincible story with multiple heroines. 5.8kReads8.2Score243Shelves
41. 691 四 Siheyuan: I'm a Street Loafer, and I Turn My Life Around by Picking Up Attributes! 四合院：我街溜子，捡属性逆袭！ Angel Descending降临天使Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsOngoing When Chen Yufan woke up, he had transmigrated into the world of a 1962 Beijing courtyard compound. Things were a disaster from the start. His mother had died in childbirth, his father had been killed while capturing enemy agents, and he was an idle street loafer who now had to raise his five-year-old sister. To make matters worse, the beasts in the courtyard were plotting to take the two rooms his family owned. Just then, Chen Yufan awakened the Attribute-Picking System and began his rise to gre 44.7kReads8.1Score2.7kShelves
42. 692 重 Reborn in 1970, I Awaken a System and Start Hunting 重生70年，觉醒系统从打猎开始 Lu Junhou戮骏侯Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s, an era when people went hungry as often as they ate their fill, and even shopping required ration coupons. His father is a retired soldier, and his mother is raising five children. Su Yu is the third child in the family, with a younger brother and sister, as well as an older brother and sister. He starts changing the family's circumstances by hunting. 30kReads8.4Score2kShelves
43. 693 书 Book Transmigration to the 1970s, I Kept the Female Lead's Space 书穿七零，女主空间我自留了 You Were Born Nameless卿本无名Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted When Tian Miao, a clinical doctor, woke up again, she found she had transmigrated to China in the 1970s and become a pitiful girl forced to go to the countryside. In front of her was a ruthless mother who would do anything to protect her own status. Behind her was an arrogant, vicious stepsister. Tian Miao figured that if she had to go to the countryside, so be it. She deserved some compensation, at least! First, she swindled money and ration coupons from her mother, then turned around and sent 11.7kReads8.4Score913Shelves
44. 694 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Swindled Silly Zhu Out of Three Rooms 四合院：开局我先讹傻柱三间房 Brother Ge Rises Night After Night夜夜升哥Male-Channel Fanfiction411k WordsCompleted Zhang Chaoyang transmigrated to early 1962 and arrived at the familiar setting of The Turbulent Households of the Courtyard. From the start, he swindled Silly Zhu out of his three rooms. If the Jia family were going to bleed him dry, he might as well get there first. 22.1kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
45. 695 穿 I Transmigrated to 1976 and Became a Rogue Scholar 穿越到1976年成痞儒 Yin Dang Chui Jun饮荡吹君Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My new work is out! Welcome to Tomato Literature. I am a storyteller and inheritor of Guangdong's Cantonese and Guangfu culture. I have worked in cultural media for many years and am especially interested in the Guangfu culture of the Pearl River Delta. I hope to tell the story of a red artist who is reborn in 1976 as a seven-year-old boy in a waterside town in Guangdong Province, a child who is neither wholly good nor wholly bad, and who sets out on a new path to becoming a roguishly charming C 174Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Male-oriented, rural, and educated youth fiction: ① This story tells of Xu Jinyan, who travels back in time 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 protagonist's family, he gets a job at the cultural center and starts his path to wealth by writing novels as a side job, thus changing his destiny. ② This story depicts Qu Zhuo, who travels back in time to the 1970s and becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. Initially, he encounters a trap, is wrongly accused, and interrogated by the security department. However, during his arrest, Qu Zhuo cleverly senses something amiss, calls for help, and is eventually rescued by the villagers, thus beginning his exciting experiences in that era. ③ In 1972, in Kaoshantun Brigade, three northern provinces, the male protagonist unexpectedly travels into the book of a villainous supporting character and also becomes an educated youth sent to the countryside. He possesses a unique paper-making skill and initially lives an ordinary life, quietly waiting for the resumption of the college entrance examination system. Once the college entrance examination resumed, he successfully entered university and returned to the city to begin his journey of a life turned around.

46. 696 年 The 1950s: Making a Happy, Prosperous Life 年代五零：红红火火过日子 Nanjing Cigarettes南京香烟Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1950s. What? Worried about starving to death? Don’t panic, don’t panic. We’ve got a pocket dimension. What? This is the notorious Courtyard of Beasts, where everyone’s supposedly a scumbag? What am I supposed to do? Luckily, my dad became the First Master, and my mom is the director of the women’s federation at the steel mill. Who still dares mess with me? Sun Zhengguo says: Go wild all you want, just don’t drag me into it. I only want to spend this happy life with my family. Both 37.9kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
47. 697 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm Silly Zhu's Uncle, Taking Him into the Army 四合院，开局傻柱他叔，带他从军 Gazi Sword嘎子剑Male-Channel Fanfiction2.6M WordsCompleted Military story + no holier-than-thou protagonist After transmigrating as He Daqing's younger brother, He Daming, he sets out to change the future for himself and his nephew, He Yuzhu. As a regimental commander, He Daming resolutely takes him into the army, embarking on a moving and heroic journey together. 12.5kReads8.2Score481Shelves
48. 698 妹 The Troubles My Younger Sister Brings: Striving in the '80s 妹妹带来的烦恼，奋斗在八零年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.1M WordsCompleted My eldest sister is a vicious villainess, my second sister is the reborn true heiress, and my youngest sister is the cherished muse of a harem novel. Zhang Qingming figured he was doomed... Luckily, he had a whole city with him. Time stood still inside it, and its supplies refreshed every day. 11.3kReads8.7Score981Shelves

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    None of them lower intelligence.

49. 699 杀 Kill Those Men: From Ugly Chick to Beautiful Swan 杀死那些男人之丑小鸡变白天鹅 I Came Today, the Willows Sway今我来兮杨柳依依Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transformation and glow-up + triumphant heroine + uplifting feel-good story + top student's growth + fairytale romance + authentic post-80s generation] Note: Please don't let the heroine's looks put you off! The protagonist is called “XX Fat” purely because the author has a mischievous sense of humor. In reality, Xia Weiwei has a figure the likes of which appear only once every three thousand years. She's an outgoing, adorable girl with sky-high emotional and intellectual intelligence; she's th 1.2kReads9.3Score103Shelves

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    A chubby, academically gifted student with unusually strong moral values; this happened over 20 years ago, so it could be considered a period drama. [Cool]

50. 700 闯 Adventures in Russia 闯荡俄罗斯 Only Love Brain Juice唯爱脑力汁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Chinese people flocked to Russia to seek their fortunes. Some were cheated, some were robbed, some grew rich overnight, and others were left penniless. Some abandoned the wives they'd married young to find someone new, while others stayed true to their vows and remained faithful to their marriages. The world is vast and full of surprises. A cast of ordinary people tell the story of Chinese immigrants striving to make a living in a foreign land. 3.5kReads8.8Score342Shelves

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    Chinese speculators seeking fortune in Russia in the 1990s

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