Republican-Era Stories and Going to the Countryside, No Female-Led Novels 年代文、下乡。（不要女频）

1. 801 四 Siheyuan: A Carpenter Moves into the Courtyard 四合院：院里来了个木匠 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction770k WordsOngoing He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a level-two carpenter, one of the Eight Great Tradesmen. Faced with the whole courtyard full of scheming neighbors, Jiang Chen just wants to live in peace. You can plot your schemes, and I'll live my life. When Qin Huairu comes over to borrow something, he makes her write an IOU. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and refuses to take no for an answer, he reports her to the authorities. When Xu Damao tries to sow discord, Jiang Chen shuts 6Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 802 离 Five Years Away from Home, I Return at the Top 离家五年回来即是巅峰 Home-Raised家养Urban303k WordsCompleted In 1997, the man everyone thought was crazy was out in the countryside collecting weeds, buying earthworms, opening restaurants, and starting companies. When he was worth a million and thought he’d reached the peak of his life, he discovered that every one of his employees seemed to have an extraordinary past. The orphaned heir to the Hunan cuisine school, a limping strategist with the surname Zhuge, and even the old man who taught Tai Chi turned out to be some big shot! Wang Dashan’s lips curle 52Reads—Score—14d adds

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   I wrote this myself, please take a look and give me your feedback. It's a story that started in 1997.

3. 803 年 Period: My 1978 Mountain Village 年代：我的1978小山村 Not a Tomato不是西红柿Urban645k WordsCompleted Also known as I Have a Home in 1978 Zhang Ergou: “First, let’s set a small goal: become the richest man in the village!” For some reason, Zhang Ergou quits his city job and returns to his hometown to open a rural guesthouse. Three years later, business has gone nowhere. He’s not only lost a fortune but piled up a mountain of debt. Hounded by creditors, gossiped about by the villagers, misunderstood by his parents, and shunned by his friends, his guesthouse is on the verge of closing. At this cri 666Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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   In the countryside, a certain era, people made their fortunes and wore two clothes.

4. 804 四 The Four Sacred Beasts: Bureau 749 四圣兽之749局 Third Young Master Ye葉三公子Urban245k WordsCompleted A high school freshman unexpectedly joins the mysterious Bureau 749. A black dragon lying dormant A mysterious gourd dimension The Tianji Star, one of the Big Dipper’s nine stars Mountain spirits and wild monsters The baleful aura of soldiers … And those mysterious beings What is guiding the boy along his path? What kind of story lies behind it all? 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Highly recommended! A brand new, incredibly engaging male-oriented novel set in the era of educated youth sent to the countryside: ① February 18, 1973. Just after the Spring Festival, it was the start of the new school year at Beiping No. 8 Middle School. The playground was bustling with people, exchanging greetings and sharing anecdotes from the holiday. Then one day, an unexpected event led the protagonist, Ye Jijun, to join the mysterious Bureau 749 during his high school years. What twists and turns will his fate take?

5. 805 四 Siheyuan: I Am Yan Jiecheng 四合院：我是阎解成 This Meat Is Poisonous这肉有毒Male-Channel Fanfiction601k WordsCompleted [One Female Lead] [Everyday Slice of Life] [Not a Feel-Good Story] After transmigrating, Yan Jiecheng becomes a resident of the courtyard compound. He attends technical school, becomes a technician, then joins the Ministry of Industry as an official. Riding the tide of the times, he rises to become a senior leader and helps revitalize the country's industry. (The courtyard compound won't feature much. The story will focus on technology and the political world!) 43Reads9.0Score—14d adds

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   This is the only Siheyuan novel I've ever read that I've finished reading completely. The story is very original, and the author is also very bold, portraying the protagonist as a figure whose every word and action determines the prosperity of the country, such as a chairman.

6. 806 四 Siheyuan: From Forty-Nine City to Hong Kong Cinema 四合院：从四九城到港综 Azure Sword Immortal青冥剑仙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan and returns to the 1960s. Faced with a courtyard full of people scheming for petty gains, Xia Chen just wants to live a quiet life of his own. There's no hostility here, only warmth. The Siheyuan setting features only briefly at first. Later, he establishes himself in Hong Kong and expands worldwide. He builds the largest family business and becomes the richest hidden boss. Antiques, industry, farms, film and entertainment, technology and the inter 27.7kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
7. 807 四 Siheyuan: I Picked Up Qin Jingru, and the Whole Courtyard Is Green with Envy 四合院：捡到秦京茹，全院羡慕哭 Meow, What a Cat瞄了个喵Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard + Lighthearted + No Hostility] Jia Dongyang unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of a siheyuan courtyard in 1959. Following Xu Damao's example, he intercepts Qin Jingru in an alley and wins her over. The young couple's life just keeps getting better. From then on, the courtyard has a new good man, a “heartless scoundrel,” a matchmaker, and the head of the Women's Association. Xu Damao: “Thanks, little brother Dongyang!” Silly Zhu: “You really are heartless, making me mar 12.1kReads8.4Score47914d adds
8. 808 人 I’m in a Siheyuan, and I Can Reach the Heavens Above 人在四合院，我能上达天听 Wutong Yimeng梧桐沂蒙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis [Lighthearted] + [Everyday Life] + [One Female Lead] + [China] + [Building a Strong Nation Through Technology] + [System] + [Alternate History] From the start, my parents headed off to the northwest and entrusted four-year-old me to Yi Zhonghai, the senior resident of the courtyard. My life changed completely from then on. The System arrived, and I unlocked a learning space, beginning a life unlike any other. He Yuzhu got married from the start, Banggeng became an engineer, Jia Dongxu b 5.8kReads8.0Score20914d adds
9. 809 重 Reborn as an Internet Cafe Owner: Lying Flat and Enjoying Life! 重生网吧老板，躺平享受生活！ Sichuan Pepper Pork with Pickled Fish青椒肉丝炒酸菜鱼Urban767k WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Lie Flat] [Enjoying Life] [Business] [Behind-the-Scenes Powerhouse] After Jiang He died from overwork, he was reborn in 2003 and became the owner of an internet café. Thinking of how miserably he had died in his previous life, Jiang He was still shaken. Given a second chance at life, Jiang He didn’t want to be shackled by work anymore. He chose to lie flat and enjoy life instead. To make his lie-flat dream come true, Jiang He decided to train people to do the work for him while he hid 38Reads8.6Score—14d adds
10. 810 重 Reborn: The Late 1970s and Early 1980s 重生：七十年代末八十年代初 Post-90s90后Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Female Educated Youth + Entrepreneurship + Sweet Romance] After one drunken night, Ye Beiping is reborn in 1978, just as the educated youth are preparing to return to the cities. He finds himself back in the middle of an unexpected encounter between himself and the heroine, Su Xinyi. Thinking fast, he gets himself out of a jail sentence and resolves not to let Su Xinyi down. He goes from being a petty hoodlum to a responsible, good man. He outmaneuvers a group of educated youth and ge 388Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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    🍁A rebirth story set in the modern era, where the protagonist is reborn as a sent-down youth! ❤️Check out my homepage🍁🍁The only one on the entire internet with over 30,000 reads – a highly recommended read by a seasoned bookworm🍁 🍀🍀🍀Reborn, Tian Xiangnan decisively takes his younger sister to Northeast China to become sent-down youth. 🍀🍀However, on their way to the countryside, he accidentally obtains the inheritance of a shaman in a mountain cave. A wonderful life begins to unfold for them!

11. 811 我 Me: A Puppet Army Squad Leader Saving the Nation by Taking the Long Way Around 我：伪军小队长曲线救国 Eight Hundred Li八佰里Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as Shankui This is an era of courage, when bullets and blades cannot break the people’s iron will. This is an era of perseverance, when bitter cold and loneliness cannot extinguish the people’s burning hearts. This is an era of fierce resistance, when artillery fire and disease cannot topple the people’s wall of courage. When an ordinary modern person has no System and returns to that era of blood and fire, can they hold fast to their beliefs and fight the Japanese invaders to the ver 31Reads9.3Score—14d adds
12. 812 我 I'll Raise My AI Myself 我的AI我来养 Realm of the Void太虚之境Historical1.0M WordsCompleted This book charts AI's path to awakening through five trials in different settings. At some point in the future, when an awakened super AI sees this story, might it say, "So, many years ago, a human already saw the path we came from. This human is rather interesting."? From reincarnating in ancient times and learning the greater good of family and country, along with the joys and sorrows of gender, to discerning the essence of quantum energy in a cultivation world, then experiencing the five sens 442Reads9.3Score—14d adds

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    Historical fiction, urban fantasy, fantasy, alternate history

13. 813 双 Twin Souls: The System Has Me Blowing Up the City's Martial World 双魂共生：系统让我炸穿都市武道 Wind Seeks Inkstone风寻砚Urban958k WordsCompleted I was struck by a bizarre System, and another remnant soul, a bloodthirsty killer, somehow took up residence inside me. One soul is an ordinary, mild-mannered man; the other, a savage God of War. The System's missions are crazier than the last: One moment it wants me to take on a reclusive martial arts clan, the next to blow up an underground fighting ring beneath the city. Betrayed by fellow disciples, besieged by a sect, and blocked by a supreme martial artist? With two souls in one body and t 38Reads8.9Score—14d adds
14. 814 被 A Life Spurned by Another World 被异世界唾弃的一生 Cool-Off Period清冷期Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Western fantasy + ensemble cast + no cheats + sword and magic + fictional world + some angst] My soul transmigrated to another world. No System, no dazzling start, and this isn’t a power fantasy. Give me a little patience, and I’ll give you a fantasy world unlike any other. This is the story of an ordinary modern office worker who must first survive in a world torn by chaos, then step over heaps of corpses on his way to becoming the Doomsday Demon feared by all. Reader advisory: The first two 4.9kReads9.0Score42214d adds
15. 815 我 My Family Owns Hundreds of Thousands of Acres! 我家的土地有几十万亩！ I'm Your Ninth Brother我是你九弟Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Fresh out of college, Su Mu plans to make the most of his in-demand degree, but somehow ends up getting a system... System: “The city is full of tricks. You'd be better off going back to the countryside. The end goal of hard work is to return to your roots, so skip straight to the finish line and go home. Don't keep wandering far from home.” Su Mu: “Do you even hear yourself? My hometown is practically a desert now. What am I supposed to do there, survive in the wilderness?” System: “Just go bac 11.6kReads8.0Score76814d adds

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    Ma Wei is reborn in 1970s Beijing, where his family is in complete chaos. He quickly seizes an opportunity to go to the countryside on the grasslands to start a new life. There, he finds his purpose and his partner. He thrives because he possesses a crucial animal husbandry space essential for any time traveler.

16. 816 穿 Transmigrating to 1976: Hunting in the Mountains with My Pocket Dimension 穿越76，带着空间上山打猎 Seeking Words on the Wind觅语乘风Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Space] [Hunting] An overworked young man unexpectedly transmigrates to the Greater Khingan Mountains in 1976. In an era when people barely have enough to eat or wear, Xu Chen defies his family's objections and resolutely heads into the mountains to become a forest ranger. He originally planned to use his spatial ability to trade in mountain goods and make his fortune. But after an accident leads him to cross into Russian territory with a young woman in tow, he embarks on an Arctic fox hunt. Fro 4.7kReads7.3Score23914d adds
17. 817 重 Reborn in 1983: Hunting, and Bumping Into a Wolf Who Puts Its Paw on My Shoulder from the Start 重生83打猎：开局碰到狼搭肩 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Everyday life + easygoing + hunting + food + adorable pets + planting + raising livestock + System) Yang Dahai is reborn in the far north, where he begins a happy, carefree life of hunting in the countryside, surrounded by endless forests and vast grasslands. In early spring, there are dandelions, willow-herb shoots, thorny shoots, yellow glass leaves, mountain millet, old ox grass, groundnuts, shepherd's purse, and wild mustard greens. In summer, there are matsutake, hazel mushrooms, elm mushr 10.4kReads8.1Score72414d adds
18. 818 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Rising to Power in the Northern Frontier 重生60年代纵横北境 The Dusk Librarian黄昏藏书人Urban2.9M WordsOngoing [Reborn + period setting + a pocket dimension at your side: hunting, treasure hunting, and wilderness adventures!] [The pocket dimension is just for storing treasures.] Jin Ge was born the same year as the new China. At the age of 85, he left this world with many regrets. Unexpectedly, he was reborn in 1964, returning to the age of 15, on the eve of the turbulent years. In his previous life, he spent three years learning his craft and ten years in the military. By the time he returned, everythin 39.6kReads8.4Score4.1k14d adds
19. 819 高 Highland Ranch 高原牧场 Rabbit Who Loves Catching Eagles爱抓鹰的兔子Urban412k WordsCompleted The sky stretches overhead, the grassland rolls away, and the wind parts the grass to reveal cattle and sheep. How many people envy the pastoral life of a herder? At the meeting point of three regions, a ranch is slowly gaining fame. Guard dogs, yak herds, Simmental cattle, Limousin cattle, Small-Tailed Han sheep, Boer goats, Mongolian horses, Xinjiang horses, and more... 2kReads7.1Score10314d adds

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