Looking for Old Beijing Period Novels About Living a Quiet, Ordinary Life 求老北京年代文，平淡过日子的

1. 401 六 The 1960s: I Have a Guaranteed Job 六十年代，我有铁饭碗 Where the Flowers Fall花落止乎Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted [Courtyard life + family squabbles + everyday life + an ordinary woman's struggle + doting romance + raising kids] Note: No transmigration, no rebirth, and just a little golden finger. Jiang Ruyu gets into a fight with her cousin from another branch of the family over a job opening. She injures her forehead, but unexpectedly gains a System that gives her supplies whenever she checks in. She also finds a book, written by who knows what daydreamer. In the book, she and her two younger brothers all 18.5kReads8.5Score983Shelves

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   🌈Recommend the book as requested. It is a novel in the 1960s. In order to steal the heroine's job, the heroine's cousin pushed the heroine down and fell on her head. The hero found out in time and saved the heroine. Later in the relationship, the hero took the initiative to pursue the heroine. Men and women live in the same compound, the male protagonist works as a driver, and the female protagonist works as a department store salesperson~~ 🌈Look for Ji Bai when reading, pay attention, and don't get lost [Love][Love]

2. 402 四 Siheyuan: As a Procurement Officer, I Have a Pocket Dimension 四合院：身为采购员的我有空间 Peach Blossom Month, Brilliantly Ablaze桃月灼灼Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan courtyard + pocket dimension + farming + low angst + smart protagonist + satisfying read + one heroine] An accident brings the protagonist, Zhao Dongsheng, to Love in the Courtyard. He also gains a Blessed Land Space System. He becomes a procurement officer. In an era of scarce supplies, his job makes him incredibly popular. Wheat, rice, and corn: plant them all. And of course, make room for fruit, too. Raise chickens, ducks, fish, geese, and cows. All of them. As for the noi 35.2kReads7.6Score2.3kShelves
3. 403 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Home in the Siheyuan 四合院：我在四合院有个家 Little Country Farmer小小农家人Male-Channel Fanfiction842k WordsCompleted Li Jun had just divorced his wife. Heartbroken, he drank alone to drown his sorrows. But when he woke up, he had transmigrated into the body of a man with the same name in the capital, known as Forty-Nine City, in the 1960s. What he hadn't expected was that he now had a beautiful wife and a three-year-old daughter. He could accept all that. After all, he was a soul from a later era, tempered by an explosion of information. What really made his head spin was the parade of familiar names appearing 32.9kReads6.9Score2.1kShelves
4. 404 绑 Bound to a Reading System, an Eighties Cannon Fodder Gets Rich Overnight 绑定读书系统，八零炮灰一夜暴富 Shu Bainian舒白念Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s, Liu Chuncao bound herself to the Knowledge Is Power System. As long as she studied, she would earn money and unlock skills with a boost. Her awful mother sided with outsiders and burned her own daughter’s school acceptance letter, hoping to send her stepdaughter to school instead. Liu Chuncao refused to live a miserable life. She outsmarted the villains, dished out face-slapping justice, and used her system-boosted skills to build a prosperous life. Then came an unexpected t 1.8kReads9.0Score199Shelves

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   🌹The heroine later develops and goes to Beijing to engage in scientific research. Liu Chuncao is reborn in the 1980s and is bound to the get-rich-quick system. As long as you study, you will get money. You can also activate various skills to outsmart your biological mother and stepfather, engage in scientific research, and contribute to the rise of the country.

5. 405 四 Siheyuan: From Popcorn Machines to 10,000-Ton Hydraulic Presses 四合院：从爆米花机到万吨水压机 I’m Not an Ugly Ghost我不是丑鬼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Li Qingshan transmigrates into the world of the courtyard compound. Taken in after fleeing a famine, he meets Silly Zhu and Yushui, both abandoned by He Daqing. Sharing the same hardships and finding comfort in one another, they become caught up in the turmoil of the compound. Though Li Qingshan has no System, his education in the 21st century and his theoretical knowledge and experience in electromechanical engineering help him make a better and better life. He also helps Silly Zhu change his t 1.7kReads6.5Score105Shelves
6. 406 穿 Transmigrating into a Book Set in the 1970s, I Became the Cannon Fodder of a Crowded Courtyard 穿书七零，我成了大杂院的炮灰 Yao Jiang Keke姚姜可可Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted [Female-oriented novel, male protagonist’s perspective + transmigrate into a book + 1970s + no rural relocation + food delivery System + farm space + everyday courtyard life + neither overly saintly nor self-sacrificing + lighthearted] Content warnings: 1. The male lead is stingy and protective of his money when it comes to outsiders, and a bit lazy, but he believes in equality. The female lead is self-serving and doesn’t honor her parents. They both also share a little of the other’s personalit 1.3kReads6.6Score—Shelves

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   The writings of Dazayuan are written in a relaxed style, and they eat melons every day. Life is not an ordinary day, after all, there are always melons to eat. Lightning protection: 1. This is a female video from the perspective of the male protagonist; 2. The male protagonist is stingy, protective of money and a bit lazy, while the female protagonist does not recognize her relatives and is unfilial.

7. 407 四 Siheyuan: I Wanted to Lie Flat, but Became a Tool Man 四合院，想躺平的我却化身工具人 The Tiger Won't Meow老虎不发喵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Zhang Xingwang transmigrates into the body of the only boy in a family where the men have been the sole heirs for three generations. Getting a job? Not a chance. He’d planned to lie flat, but then he runs into a severely nerfed system and a family on the verge of falling apart. In these years of scarce supplies, simply surviving is the biggest goal. Eating well and drinking your fill is a dream! Looking at the dilapidated home, Zhang Xingwang grumbles as he turns into a human tool and gets to wo 15.9kReads8.0Score614Shelves
8. 408 四 Starting Out in the Siheyuan: Taking Silly Zhu as My Son 四合院开局收傻柱当儿子 The Sky Is So Blue天空很蓝Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Older novel: My Journey Across the Myriad Worlds Begins in the Siheyuan Luo Cheng transmigrates into the Siheyuan world and gets a Godfather System. Every time he takes a character from the story as his godson or goddaughter, he gets a deluxe reward package. Granny Deaf and Yi Zhonghai scheme to drive He Daqing out of the Siheyuan, planning to win He Yuzhu's gratitude at the lowest possible cost when he's desperate. But Luo Cheng gets there first. “Sha Zhu, be my son.” Liu Haizhong beats his two 33.7kReads7.9Score2kShelves
9. 409 四 Siheyuan: Starting in 1957, I Fix Anyone Who Dares Defy Me 四合院：57开局，修理一切不服 Red Nanmu赤楠Male-Channel Fanfiction513k WordsCompleted Agricultural machinery engineer Zhang Ye transmigrates into the younger brother of Zhang Cuihua, a character who does not exist in Love in the Courtyard, and returns to the capital in 1957 as a demobilized soldier. Facing his own sister, Jia Zhangshi, a nephew’s wife and nephew who drain the family dry, and neighbors who are sanctimonious hypocrites, he lays down the law at home while using his technical expertise to advance agricultural machinery at the steel mill. From single-bottom plows to a 973Reads7.0Score108Shelves
10. 410 七 A Beautiful Woman’s Fight to Change Her Life in the 1970s 七零之娇媚美人靠内卷改变人生 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Also known as Reborn: The Charming Beauty Catches the Eye of a Discharged Officer After dying a miserable death in the wilderness in her previous life, Shen Wanqing opens her eyes again and wants only to escape her fate as a doomed supporting character. She uses her spiritual spring space to heal old injuries, puts arrogant bullies in their place with her martial arts skills, and masters five foreign languages and all kinds of skills through fierce competition. Her life soon flourishes. Only Wei 340Reads6.4Score—Shelves
11. 411 四 Siheyuan: My System Is Amazing 四合院：我的系统超给力 The South Wind Laughs at Me南风笑我Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsOngoing [Siheyuan + a life of comfort + no angst] [Jia Zhangshi dies later on] Liu Ping'an wakes up one day to find he has transmigrated into the world of Siheyuan and become a purchasing agent at a steel mill. But he has no grand ambitions. All he wants is to give his family a good life in these hard times. P.S. This follows the characters as portrayed in the TV series, not in fanfiction. Don't criticize this novel based on fanfiction you've read and treat it as the original. 69Reads6.7Score—Shelves
12. 412 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 4.7kReads5.5Score158Shelves
13. 413 八 The 1980s: My Sister Is a Policewoman Who Puts Every Troublemaker in Their Place 八零之我姐是警花，专治各种不服 Hakka from Yunya云崖客家人Modern Romance623k WordsCompleted [Period crime investigation + family and neighborhood life + a spirited heroine + Beijing hutongs and courtyard homes + a slight golden finger] Lin Tiantian was a gymnast in her previous life. Reborn into the Lin family, she had extraordinary strength. To keep her from causing damage with it, her father taught her the family's martial arts from childhood. Though she was beautiful in this life, she chose to make policing her lifelong career. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that a female officer 1.1kReads6.8Score177Shelves
14. 414 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Take the Jia Family's House 四合院：开局就抢贾家房 Half a Cup of Tea, Half a Cup of Lake-Bottom Sand半盏茶半杯湖底沙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted Zhao Hu transmigrates. Starting out as a junior officer in a unit reorganized in Beiping, he fights in campaigns across the country, from north to south and then back north again, earning the Death God Corps its fearsome reputation by taking on seventeen opponents at once. Afterward, he establishes a food company and develops foreign trade. He founds the Nine-Headed Bird and spreads its intelligence network to every corner of the world. Zhao Hu does his job well, but never forgets to enjoy himse 2.2kReads7.8Score269Shelves
15. 415 四 Siheyuan: Sending Yi Zhonghai to the Great Northwest from the Start 四合院：：开局送易中海去大西北 Beauty Abounds in the World海内存美女Male-Channel Fanfiction598k WordsCompleted Spring 1961, and it was once again the breeding season for those beasts. Zhang Anping transmigrated into a courtyard home and discovered that his parents were senior engineers sent to assist in the west. They had been mailing him 150 yuan every month, but he hadn't received a single cent in six years. Familiar with life in the courtyard, Zhang Anping immediately called the police. Yi Zhonghai finally panicked. 60.1kReads7.6Score2.3kShelves
16. 416 重 Reborn in 1990: My Everyday Life 重生90年：我的日常生活 Frog in Warm Water V温水煮青蛙VUrban295k WordsCompleted [Everyday life after an ordinary person’s rebirth, no over-the-top villains, feel-good story, campus life] Reborn in 1992, Jiang He only wants to live a happy life, facing the sea with spring blossoms all around. 164Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Junior high school went to Beijing to develop

17. 417 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Why Does Your Brother Beat You Up Every Day? 四合院：傻柱你哥咋天天揍你？ Leaving Half a Cigarette留半截烟头Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [Moderate violence] [Turning Silly Zhu and Yushui’s lives around] [Rebuilding the family’s values] He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard as Silly Zhu’s “short-lived” older brother! After returning from the battlefield, he turns his younger siblings’ lives around. His younger brother, He Yuzhu, is exploited by the whole courtyard and still acts like a pathetic simp. He Weiguo has just one word for him: “A beating!” He’ll beat some sense into him! His younger sister, He Yushui, has suffered 53.2kReads8.1Score3.7kShelves
18. 418 六 The Sixties: Daily Gossip in a Compound Full of Eccentrics 六零：大杂院极品吃瓜日常 Golden Egg Egg金蛋蛋蛋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Courtyard compound + gossip + outrageous characters + everyday life + family squabbles + comedy + a touch of ensemble cast] Yu Junsheng is reborn and discovers he was a doormat who'd been used and betrayed at every turn. As a neighbor in the courtyard compound, he not only gave someone a house, a job, and a huge sum of money, but also raised that person's wife and child. Then, at just the right moment, he conveniently died to make way for them. In the end, all he got was a line from the treache 21.2kReads8.2Score1.6kShelves

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    If you eat melon in a large courtyard, the male and female protagonists will have iron rice bowls if they don't go to the countryside.

19. 419 四 Learning Foreign Languages in the Siheyuan 四合院从学外语开始 Fang Qianshan放千山Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Fang Qingyun arrives in a Beijing courtyard in 1953. His enhanced physical strength from transmigrating and his gift for remembering everything he sees give him a head start in this era. Watch as Fang Qingyun improves his family’s living conditions and steadily rises through the ranks... 3kReads7.6Score215Shelves
20. 420 四 Siheyuan: One New Persona Every Month 四合院：每月一个人设 No U-Turns禁止调头Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: A New Skill Every Month Chen Ping'an transmigrates to a courtyard house in 1965, gaining a new skill every month. In the first month, he gets the Return skill, solving his food and clothing problems and landing a job in the steel mill's logistics department along the way; In the second month, he gets the Inner Voice skill, helping him navigate relationships with ease and even catch a spy; In the third month, he gets the Portable Spirit Field skill, builds greenhouses, grows mushro 12.2kReads7.8Score635Shelves

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    There are so many things in the courtyard

21. 421 四 Siheyuan: The Unsung Hero Builds the Ultimate Life 四合院：老六加持，打造最强人生 Inch of Light寸芒Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard + Shameless Old Sixth System + Strengthening the Nation Through Science and Technology + Putting the Courtyard's Vermin in Their Place] Li Jianxun arrives in the 1950s or 60s. From the start, he not only becomes the heir to a revolutionary family, but also gets the Shameless Old Sixth System, the strongest sign-in system. The catch? It can only be activated in a siheyuan courtyard overrun with pests. “Ding! Daily sign-in reward: ten big black ten-yuan notes.” “Ding! Monthly s 31.6kReads7.9Score1.5kShelves
22. 422 四 Siheyuan: From the Start as Liu Guangtian, I Beat Liu Guangqi to a Pulp 四合院：刘光天开局，暴打刘光奇 Hairy Potato毛洋芋Male-Channel Fanfiction885k WordsCompleted The hapless Liu Guangtian transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. His parents already favor Liu Guangqi, and to make matters worse, Liu Guangqi is a two-faced schemer. Most of the beatings Liu Guangfu and he took as kids were because they got blamed for that bastard Liu Guangqi’s misdeeds. To hell with this! I can’t stand another day of this miserable life! Liu Guangtian grabs his younger brother by the hand. “Guangfu, what are you afraid of? From now on, your big brother will show you a diffe 17kReads7.6Score696Shelves
23. 423 从 A Siheyuan Story Beginning on the Eve of Liberation 从解放前夕开始的四合院 Qing Yao's Little White Cat晴瑶的小白猫Male-Channel Fanfiction3.7M WordsOngoing A modern chef’s soul travels back to 1948, on the eve of Liberation. He moves into a courtyard residence with no System, no talismans, and no superpowers. All he has is a family heirloom storage ring, and he lives a leisurely life in a harsh era. He goes to work, cooks, and occasionally teases the misfits in the courtyard. The story isn’t too angsty: no toilet humor, and no wishing people would hurry up and die. A tranquil life in a bygone age, 69.1kReads7.7Score2.9kShelves
24. 424 四 Siheyuan: Beautiful, Don’t Be Like That 四合院：美女别这样 September's Leisurely Fish Song九月闲鱼歌Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsOngoing [Courtyard Life + Multiple Female Leads + Decisive Actions + System] After transmigrating as a new resident in the courtyard who was being bullied to death by the old folks expecting him to support them, he reports them to the police and gets Jia Zhangshi sent to the firing squad, while Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui are thrown in jail. He blocks the entrance to Deaf Granny’s home and eats egg cakes, making the old hag shriek with envy. Can helping others really earn rewards? How does 71.8kReads7.2Score4.6kShelves
25. 425 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Little World of My Own 四合院：我有一个小世界 Swim Forward往前游Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted After exploring a glowing cave entrance on a sinkhole's cliff face, outdoor enthusiast Wang Yu transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan, where he discovers that the glowing entrance is a portal to other worlds. Wang Yu leads a leisurely life in the Siheyuan world while exploring other worlds and selling weapons. Traveling back and forth between the two realms, he practices martial arts and cultivates immortality, living a carefree life. 22.2kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves
26. 426 淑 Shuhua, 1960 淑华1960 Jun Hai Zhaozhao君海昭昭Modern Romance221k WordsCompleted [An ensemble novel where everyone is a protagonist with their own story arc] Spanning from the fiery years of the 1960s to the 2020s, this is a story of three generations. It faithfully recreates the everyday lives, love, and feuds of rural Northeastern China on the stage of history. Through the changing fortunes of several families, this realistic tale of family, friendship, and romance will transport you back to a simpler time. A rural novel chronicling nearly a century of change in the countr 50Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Wife and kids are on the hot bed! Two cows per acre! The author seems to be unable to write anything other than the usual trivial stories of rural parents, love, hate, and so on!

27. 427 看 One Glance at a Male-Oriented Novel, and I Was Forced to Transmigrate into a Book Set in the 1960s 看一眼男频我就被迫穿书六十年代 A Fat Otaku一个肥宅Modern Romance242k WordsCompleted [Period piece + one heroine + barefoot doctor] Have you checked today's trending headlines? If you have, you should have seen the news about a top student who scored 738 and died suddenly in a storage room while reading a novel. By then, I'd already transmigrated into a male-oriented web novel, so maybe I still had a chance of being saved. After five years of reading, you could have sent me into any book and I'd have been fine! At least I'd know the plot and could avoid the pitfalls! But what ki 4Reads5.4Score—Shelves

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    This one is waiting for you!

28. 428 四 Siheyuan: The Security Chief Takes the Whole Compound in Hand 四合院：保卫科长，镇压全院 Flying Madman飞来疯Male-Channel Fanfiction505k WordsOngoing One day, in the midst of a year of famine, Li Meng transmigrates and becomes one of the many refugees fleeing to the capital. He collapses from hunger and cold in an alley, but luckily a plain-looking young woman finds him and takes him home. Before long, he becomes her live-in son-in-law. What he never expected was that this was the world of The Animals of the Courtyard. With the help of his System, Li Meng settles into a peaceful life in the crowded courtyard. By a stroke of luck, he rises fro 72Reads7.7Score—Shelves
29. 429 6 Li Dabao in 1960s Beijing 60年代京城李大宝 Mountain Road Monkey山道猴Urban720k WordsCompleted Li Dabao, from 2024, transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard house in 1960 and tells a series of funny stories about ordinary life... (No angst, pure comedy. This is not one of those beastly courtyard-house stories: there are no super heroes, no stealing anyone’s heroines, and no causing any trouble.) 37Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    🌿Old Beijing, living an ordinary life🌿 🍄①After Chen Pingan traveled through time, he lived a wonderful life in this world full of fireworks and crises. He exchanged milk powder tickets for Zigang cards, and cleverly used the Heimlich maneuver to save people. She was also happy in love, her relationship with Ouyang Qin warmed up, and she gave her a bracelet to confirm her love~~

30. 430 四 A Common Man in the Siheyuan 四合院小市民 Wandering the Northwest流浪的西北Male-Channel Fanfiction686k WordsCompleted A single heroine, in a gentler era without hostility. This story is simply about the quiet, ordinary life of that time, the helplessness of everyday people, and life in a courtyard house amid the sweeping changes of a great age. 5.3kReads8.9Score158Shelves

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    3️⃣Seeing the true love in the ordinary, it is rare to be able to change the thief saint. I feel that there is true love in the world. I focus on the small aspects of life and occasionally mix in big events. In this magnificent era, it reflects the grievances and hatreds of the courtyard, but overall it gives people a kind of upward power and the power to pursue a better life. Very good, very good.

31. 431 四 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1962, I Have Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院：开局62年，悟性逆天 A Mangosteen Durian一只山竹榴莲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan courtyard + System + period setting + technological powerhouse + putting bullies in their place + advancing science and technology + one heroine + developing the nation] Beat the bullies. If they wrong you, get even. A five-strike combo twists Jia Zhangshi’s mouth out of shape. Beat Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi until they’re singing love songs together. Use a parry, grab, and throw to break He Yuzhu’s hand. Teach Xu Damao a groin kick that smashes He Yuzhu’s balls. After scanning a QR 118Reads7.9Score125Shelves
32. 432 四 Siheyuan: I'm Silly Zhu's Older Cousin 四合院：我是傻柱大表哥 Zhang Tianming张天鸣Male-Channel Fanfiction447k WordsCompleted Li Chengye knew his mother loved watching Love in the Courtyard, so he bought her the original novel, Silly Zhu. But after reading it, his mother, He Dahua, became furious over He Yuzhu's fate: Bang Geng kicked him out, and he froze to death under a bridge. She flew into a rage and pelted Li Chengye with the book. That one throw sent Li Chengye and his mother, He Dahua, into the story of Birds Fill the Courtyard. He became Silly Zhu's older cousin, while his mother became He Yuzhu's biological a 7.6kReads8.8Score259Shelves
33. 433 四 Siheyuan: My System Arrived Twenty Years Late 四合院：我的系统迟到了二十年 Little Man Under Dongzhimen东直门下小男人Male-Channel Fanfiction821k WordsOngoing [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don’t read] [Multiple heroines] [Crossover between multiple TV dramas] [Reader-reward System] [Saintly white-lotus types, stay away] Nie Jianguo, a graduate student in the 21st century, worked himself to death from exhaustion. He transmigrated into the 1940s as a newborn and grew up through the early 1960s. He experienced a life other transmigrators had never known, and endured hardships they had never suffered. He struggled forward, step by step, through the hardest 42Reads8.3Score—Shelves
34. 434 民 Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村 Uncle Li of the Island Reef海岛礁的黎叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban 3.8kReads8.1Score412Shelves

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    There are multiple female protagonists in the period, and the book covers house fights, bandits, passionate resistance to war, escape from famine, the war to resist U. S. Aggression and aid Korea, the years of educated youth, etc. The more I look at it, the more I get confused...

35. 435 四 Siheyuan: The Great Famine, I Produce Hundreds of Millions of Tons of Grain 四合院：大饥荒，我产粮亿万吨 Milk Tea 2023奶茶2023Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsOngoing After waking from a nap, Wan Ping'an found himself back in the courtyard full of birds and beasts, in his fifties. Wan Ping'an had no particular skills and was facing the threat of starvation! He was desperate! But fortunately, he had a farming System! With these things, I'll have everything I need! “Ding! Plant a rice paddy and receive eight divine skills!” “Ding! Plant a thousand meters of crops and receive a mysterious pocket dimension!” —Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 436 四 Siheyuan: Heaven Rewards Hard Work, and a Fitter Becomes an Engineer 四合院：天道酬勤，钳工成工程师 Eight Strings八弦Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Courtyard Life + Spatial Storage + Farming + Mildly Vicious + Smart Protagonist + Wish Fulfillment + One Female Lead] An accident brings our protagonist, Zhang Yuandong, to the world of Love in the Courtyard, along with the Diligence Is Rewarded by Heaven System. From the start, he finds himself at a meeting of the whole courtyard. Before Zhang Yuandong can even figure out what’s going on, Jia Dongxu demands that he donate twenty yuan to his family. Yi Zhonghai takes the side of his beloved dis 21.6kReads7.4Score805Shelves
37. 437 四 The Land God of the Siheyuan 四合院的土地爷 Prince Dongming东明王爷Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted In the late autumn of 1953, Wang Tudi, a modern-day drudge, transmigrates to Beijing and becomes a resident of Courtyard No. 95. He inherits the position of the Earth God and protects the peace of the local community. He Yuzhu, Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangqi, Xu Damao, and Yan Jiecheng are all childhood friends of Wang Tudi. They fought together and went hungry together. In the original owner's memories, none of the courtyard's ridiculous dramas ever happened. Everyone stuck together and worked hard ju 8.8kReads8.4Score429Shelves

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38. 438 民 Republican Era: The Last of the Jianghu 民国：最后的江湖 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted From an outlaw to a high-ranking general in the Republic of China, then into the War of Resistance against Japan, he walks the loneliest path of all. He seeks no place in the history books, only for the land and rivers to bear witness: on this black soil, there will always be those who refuse to kneel! (Xiang Bei, formerly known by the pen name Lao Zei) 37.2kReads9.3Score3.3kShelves
39. 439 四 Siheyuan: The Security Office with Abundant Martial Virtue 四合院：武德充沛保卫处 Riding a Donkey Donkey Donkey Donkey骑驴驴驴驴Male-Channel Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing Bai Wanli transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house complex, starting out as a division chief. His entire family is made up of loyal patriots, and he has powerful backing. It should have been a perfect start, but the System assigns him an epic-difficulty mission: destroy Lighthouse Country. With no other choice, Bai Wanli sets out on a legendary life of slacking off and putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place, all while rewriting the course of history. 6.3kReads7.2Score217Shelves
40. 440 四 Courtyard, Don't Mess with Me 四合院，别惹我 A Fish That's Not a Salted Fish一条不是咸鱼的鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction2.8M WordsCompleted A sixteen-year-old’s story of growing up wild, struggling to support a family, and fighting back hard against the scoundrels in the courtyard! Don’t mess with me! I won’t listen to your self-righteous drivel! You think you can scheme against me? Let’s see you try! Curse my family, and I’ll beat up your eldest grandson! Sha Zhu, you can’t beat me, so stop embarrassing yourself! 18.2kReads7.6Score808Shelves
41. 441 祥 Xiangzi: A Bowl of Ginger Sugar Water from the Start 祥子：开局一碗姜糖水 Round Tu Tu Tu圆图图图Male-Channel Fanfiction29k WordsCompleted Xiangzi: A Bowl of Ginger Sugar Water from the Start 74Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Complete the Republic of China literature recommendation

42. 442 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. 2.8kReads8.6Score132Shelves

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    The latest rural chronicle: ①In 1978, in Xiawan Village, two brothers from the Jiang family obtained university admission qualifications. However, due to the poor health of his parents and the young sister, they faced huge financial pressure. Jiang Mingchun decided to stay in his hometown and take on the responsibility of the family. His story begins with becoming a primary school teacher and gradually unfolds. He earns his first pot of gold by writing his first novel "Underground Traffic Station" through copywriting.

43. 443 七 The Seventies: I’ve Landed a Steady Job! 七零，端上铁饭碗啦！ Yun Shu r云舒rModern Romance310k WordsCompleted A golden phoenix has flown out of a remote mountain village. The golden phoenix of the old Shen family in the Unity Production Brigade has returned. As everyone watches with curiosity, she is headed to work at the county hospital, with a secure government job at last. The news rings throughout the entire brigade. If you ask what this golden phoenix wants most now, the answer is simple: to make money. ¥ They first meet in a quiet alley at dawn, exchanging a fleeting glance before going their sepa 5.1kReads6.7Score360Shelves
44. 444 四 Siheyuan: The System Forces Me to Become a Villain 四合院之系统逼我当反派 Beichen Mo北辰默Male-Channel Fanfiction2.7M WordsCompleted [Villain] [Neither Wholly Good nor Evil] [Feel-Good Story] [Multiple TV Universes] [Bird-Torturing] [Wei Wu Style] [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles] [My Date with a Vampire] After transmigrating into a courtyard compound and activating an Invincible System, Cao Zhongjing turns the whole place upside down with his antics. Qin Huairu: “Jia Zhangshi, listen up. From now on, behave yourself in the courtyard, or I'll beat you to death!” Lou Xiao'e: “Xu Damao, you're really gone just like that? Now I ca 408Reads8.0Score—Shelves
45. 445 欣 Twenty Years of Xin Xin 欣辛廿年 Fragrance Remains, Filling Heaven and Earth气满乾坤香如故Urban677k WordsCompleted Through the male protagonist Jin Changfeng's tumultuous and fantastical life over twenty years, this novel offers multiple perspectives on the real lives of ordinary people during China's rapid economic growth after 2000. The narrative is steeped in magical realism, and two storylines intertwine throughout the twenty-year tale. The real-world storyline: Jin Changfeng stumbles into the financial industry and spends twenty years involved in the operation of various financial products. Faced with 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Beijing 2000-2020, all real people appear, slowly recall and kill. There are also colleagues Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian, and the storm in Tianting Lingshan is interspersed with urban life. Once you see it, you will be attracted by it. Friends in Beijing should check it out!

46. 446 六 The 1960s: The Cold-Faced Officer Is Actually a Wife-Doting Devotee 六零年代：冷面军官竟是宠妻狂魔 A Chili Pepper That Can Run会跑的辣椒Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted Transmigration + hoarding supplies + pocket dimension + face-slapping + everyday family drama + doting on his wife Ruan Xiaotang, from the twenty-first century, transmigrates to 1958 with a pocket dimension stocked with tens of millions' worth of supplies. From the start, her scumbag fiancé breaks off their engagement. Fine, let him. He's a highly evolved primate. Let him go eat shit. She'll make sure the scumbag and his shameless mistress get what they want. They think they can make her swallow 124Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    Recommended reading!

47. 447 年 Period: My Military Marriage Life After I Transmigrate into a Book and Become Everyone's Darling 年代：我的军婚生活，穿书成团宠 Hangjia of the North北有航佳Modern Romance316k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration + adored by the whole family + everyday family life + building a fortune] Lin Wuyue, a graduate student in Beihang’s Sixth Department, transmigrates into a book and finds herself in the 1950s. In her previous life, her grandmother was her only family. After transmigrating, she receives the love of her new grandmother, Lin Wangshi, as well. Lin Wangshi has an eye condition, so Lin Wuyue takes her to seek treatment. The girl is so wonderful that the commanding o 95Reads8.6Score—Shelves
48. 448 四 Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Courtyard’s Troublemakers 四合院：从供销社开始，横推众禽 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Male-Channel Fanfiction290k WordsOngoing Synopsis of "Siheyuan: Starting at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I Crush the Whole Courtyard" Business whiz Lin Xiangyang transmigrates to 1962 by chance, taking over his father’s job as a procurement officer at the Red Star Supply and Marketing Cooperative. He also activates the Super Supply and Marketing Cooperative System, gaining abilities such as spatial storage, accelerated production, and trade with the future. These powers help him carefully navigate an era of scarcity. As soon a 1Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Chronology + ancient history

49. 449 游 After Games Invade, I Settle the Score with Campus Loan Sharks 游戏入侵后，我清算了校园贷 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Urban240k WordsOngoing Set in a modern city, with Sun Yat-sen University’s three campuses and five schools as its central setting, an immersive game called "Era Invasion" suddenly overlays reality without distinction. Its rules become deeply entwined with the real world: completing missions can awaken supernatural abilities and grant supplies, while failure triggers real-world penalties such as ruined credit, physical injuries, or doubled debts. The campus loan platforms that once operated as usual mutate into the rea —Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 450 秦 Qin's Replacement: A Bricklayer Rewrites Three Hundred Years of Qin History 秦替：泥水匠改写了三百年秦史 Heaven's Way Is Strong6729天行健6729Historical1.3M WordsOngoing Qin's Substitute In 1991, Zhang Daode, a boy from a small town in southwestern Hunan, studied hard and earned excellent results on his high school entrance exam. But someone with power took his place, crushing his hopes of continuing his education and forcing him into a life at the bottom of society as a bricklayer who knew nothing but hardship. Then a sudden fall at a construction site turned his life upside down. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated to the end of the Warring States p 1.6kReads9.2Score188Shelves

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