Novels About Educated Youth Like Zhou in 1975 周知青1975年小说

1. 101 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Urban7.8M 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 33.8kReads8.9Score2.4k14d adds
2. 102 1 1974: The White Moonlight's Simp? No, No, No! 1974：白月光的舔狗？退退退 Mad Owl狂枭Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Short drama released] [Animated series released] In his previous life, Zhou Liwei spent his whole life acting like a lovesick puppy for the woman he adored. A lovesick puppy gets nothing in return. That was the truth of Zhou Liwei’s past life. He gave her all his money, took the blame for her, and ended up behind bars... He spent nearly twenty years in prison, never once visited by the woman he loved. Instead, her man came to mock him by revealing the truth. “The boy isn’t yours. Thanks for bei 13kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
3. 103 跑 Mountain Running: Contracting Fierce Beasts and Taking Over the Entire Mountain 跑山：契约猛兽，承包整座大山 Eat, Eat, Fool吃吃痴Urban2.7M WordsCompleted (Now complete and ready to binge) [Everyday life in the 1980s + hunting + lighthearted + pets] A lonely old forest ranger is reborn in 1984. From the start, he stirs up a hornet’s nest and unexpectedly activates the Beast Servant System. He contracts hornets as beast servants. No beehive on the mountain can escape their tracking! As their master, Shi Lin reluctantly follows behind them to collect the honey. He contracts a sable as a beast servant. Wild rabbits, pheasants, cuckoo birds... There’s 78.1kReads9.0Score5.1k14d adds
4. 104 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 Young Master Lin Jiaquan林家權少Urban5.5M WordsOngoing After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 175.9kReads8.8Score15.6k14d adds
5. 105 重 Reborn in 1977: A Hunter's Leisurely Life 重生77，猎人悠闲生活 Smiling Watermelon笑脸西瓜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1977, back in an era of scarce supplies. Zhang Yun gets a second chance at life and is determined to marry the woman he let down, the one he regretted losing for the rest of his life. With a spiritual spring space of his own, Zhang Yun catches frogs in the fields, hunts beasts in the mountains, and fishes in the rivers. From then on, he never has to worry about food or clothing, and leads his family into a carefree, comfortable life. 5kReads7.9Score31014d adds
6. 106 重 Reborn in 1988: I Have a Farm That Goes Everywhere with Me 重生1988，我有个随身农场 Morning Star晨星Urban1.6M WordsOngoing Reborn in 1988, Li Changsheng watched as his wife cooked a pot of highly poisonous pufferfish, while their daughter gazed at it eagerly, drooling. He could only smile with delight... Reborn for a second life, he gained a portable farm. It had not only Life Potion, which sped up the growth of crops and poultry, but also an ever-expanding area of cultivable land. [Li Changsheng’s Farmland]: Cultivable area: 2.83 million square meters. Sown: Guitang No. 50 sugarcane Sugarcane ready for harvest: 29, 6.1kReads8.6Score56214d adds
7. 107 重 Reborn in 1993: Collecting Rent in the Capital 重生1993，我在首都收房租 Riding a Donkey骑驴Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Wang Mingqi, a small-time businessman, is reborn in 1993. To get away from his unreliable father, he uses his knowledge of the future to make his way in Beijing, investing everywhere and buying up houses. Before he knows it, he has become one of the city's biggest property owners. Life in his courtyard house is full of variety, with one petty drama after another playing out like scenes in a movie. Every day, he's either collecting rent or on his way to collect rent, exhausted but happy. 20.9kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
8. 108 年 Period: 1960, Finding Fortune in the Mountains 年代：1960，靠赶山财富自由 Not a Tomato不是西红柿Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Zhang Hanshui transmigrates to the foot of Changbai Mountain in the 1960s. In an era of famine and shortages, food is hard to buy even if you have money, but if you have food, you’re absolutely number one. With food in hand, you can have anything. He has a pocket dimension, and after inheriting the Medical Canon, he also knows medicine. He barters, forages for wild vegetables in the mountains, picks mushrooms, catches fish and shrimp in the river, digs up century-old ginseng, hunts, farms, lives 8.1kReads8.3Score51314d adds
9. 109 趁 Before My Treasure of a Desk Mate Is Exposed, I'll Convince Her to Be My Wife 趁宝藏同桌没曝光，忽悠她做老婆 Jinjin Dudu津津嘟嘟Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Sheng, now middle-aged, is reborn at the age of eighteen. It is the summer of 1998, the day before the college entrance exam, and the rusted gears of fate begin to turn slowly… This book: rebirth ☞ one heroine ☞ period setting ☞ business (don’t criticize me) ☞ tycoon fantasy (it won’t help if you do) ☞ pure urban life ☞ career + romance 12.1kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
10. 110 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. 184Reads8.3Score3814d adds
11. 111 开 I Transmigrated into a Funeral Hall from the Start, Then Took Down the Vile Ones Sent to the Countryside 开局穿越灵堂，手撕极品下乡 A Soft Spot for Period Novels偏爱年代文Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Yang Baiyi, a powerful survivor of the Apocalypse, dies alongside the Zombie King while leading his team on a mission to clear out zombies. When he wakes up again, he finds himself at a funeral hall, surrounded by relatives clamoring to divide up the estate his parents left behind. So you're trying to take everything from an orphan? I am the ruler of the Apocalypse, and I have always been ruthless. Why would I let you get away with this? He takes on his awful relatives, leaving them penniless, t 12.5kReads8.8Score90014d adds
12. 112 重 Reborn in 1960: The Wood-Type Ability User Lives Life on Her Own Terms 重生60木系异能者肆意逍遥 Overlord Bofu霸王伯符Urban801k WordsCompleted After graduating from university, Chu Fan awakened a wood-type ability in a world overrun by zombies, only to be betrayed by his girlfriend. After his body died, Chu Fan’s soul arrived in the 1960s. See how Chu Fan uses his wood-type ability to shine in the 1960s. 9.5kReads8.8Score75114d adds
13. 113 重 Reborn in the 1970s, the Chef Devotes Himself to Making the Villagers Rich 重生七零，厨子专心带村民致富 Qi Qi Zhang奇奇张Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Reborn | Era | Pocket Dimension | No Heroine | Building a Career | Prosperity and a Stronger Country] A gentle, slow-paced beginning, followed by a thrilling payoff. After years of studying to become a chef, Jiang Xiaoliu unexpectedly transmigrates to the 1970s, determined to build a career! With a supermarket pocket dimension, and mysteriously improved cooking skills, he knows that buying and reselling goods is only a small-time hustle, while combining industry with agriculture is the real pat 1.4kReads8.4Score10014d adds
14. 114 医 The Divine Doctor Breaks Out of Prison 医神出狱 Here Comes the Tiger老虎来咯Urban3.3M WordsOngoing The medical sage Wei Wu was framed and thrown into prison; One day, his name was cleared, and he was reborn from the prison's flames; Armed with three priceless treasures, he traveled the world, while his two daughters turned everything upside down; He forged a unique path to revive traditional Chinese medicine, And built a multinational business empire rich enough to rival a nation; Healed people and mentored others. Who says traditional Chinese medicine can't rise again? Brothers and loved one 3.2kReads9.1Score33214d adds
15. 115 不 A Different Path Through the Bureaucracy 不一样的官场之路 Xin Zhou信周Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A new work is out! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3.8kReads7.7Score37714d adds
16. 116 我EN With a Fox Immortal, I Subdue a Hundred Ghosts 我以狐仙镇百鬼 Purple Dream Wandering Dragon紫梦游龙Mystery10.3M WordsOngoing The day I was born, nineteen bolts of thunder struck around our family’s courtyard. A fortune-teller said I was born a demon child, fated to suffer eighteen calamities in my life. Either someone else would die, or I would. As it turned out, the fortune-teller met his own calamity on the very day I was born. He carried me out of the village, and suddenly dropped dead! 743.2kReads9.4Score41.2k14d adds
17. 117 张 Zhang Hongjun's Story Begins in 1975 张红军从1975开始 The Down-and-Out Man at the Village Entrance村头落魄人Urban395k WordsOngoing Modern man Zhang Hongjun transmigrates into the body of Zhang Hongjun, a young intellectual sent down to the countryside and living in a communal compound. He begins a life that feels like being reborn. He has cried, laughed, and made a scene, all to cast off his status as the abandoned son and reach the pinnacle of life. 127Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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    Latest male-oriented novel set in the era of educated youth sent to the countryside: ① In 1975, the protagonist, Zhang Hongjun, travels back in time to become an educated youth sent to the countryside. He starts accumulating his first pot of gold after moving out of the educated youth settlement, and two years later prepares for the college entrance examination. While selling local rural products on the street, he unexpectedly discovers a human trafficking den and assists the police in dismantling a spy base. He also witnesses the development of that era.

18. 118 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1980s and Became the Female Lead Who Sold Her Child for Food 穿书八零：我成了卖儿换粮的女配 A Wisteria Vine一支藤萝Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reading Guide: Period Setting + Transmigrate into a Book + Adorable Kids + System + Business] Jiang Zhi is fabulously wealthy and an excellent cook, the very picture of a winner in life. Jiang Zhizi has fair skin, stunning looks, and long legs, but a terrible reputation and barely a penny to her name. Her one redeeming quality: she can have children. Jiang Zhi transmigrates into a book and becomes Jiang Zhizi. Jiang Zhi: Eyes wide in shock! What? Jiang Zhizi forced herself on a man? What? Jiang 28kReads9.2Score4k14d adds

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    It's really good, highly recommended.

19. 119 谁 Who Says a Country Girl Can't Make It? 谁说村姑不行 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Who Says a Country Girl Can’t Make It? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 120 惊 Shocking Secrets: The Price of Revenge 惊天秘密：复仇的筹码 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Shocking Secret: The Price of Revenge 4Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 121 云 Yunjin's Revenge 云锦复仇 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted Yunjin's Revenge 30Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 122 清 The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 清河县令的逆鳞 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted The Magistrate of Qinghe County's Achilles' Heel 9Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 123 怒 Roaring Across the Land 怒吼山河 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted A Roar Across the Land 2Reads—Score—14d adds
24. 124 前 Xun of a Bygone Life 前世洵 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Xun in a Past Life —Reads—Score—14d adds
25. 125 沉 Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? 沉默证据：谁在操控谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery7k WordsCompleted Silent Evidence: Who Is Pulling the Strings of Lies? —Reads—Score—14d adds
26. 126 笑 The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 笑柄千金 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗6k WordsCompleted The Heiress Everyone Laughs At 1Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 127 毕 The Graduation Ceremony Lie 毕业典礼的谎言 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Lie at Graduation 1Reads—Score—14d adds
28. 128 逆 The Comeback Wife: No More Doormat, I'm the Queen 逆袭媳妇：不做包子，做女王 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗8k WordsCompleted The Wife's Comeback: No Longer a Doormat, Now a Queen 3Reads—Score—14d adds
29. 129 深 Bloodshed in the Inner Palace 深宫喋血 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance8k WordsCompleted Bloodshed in the Palace —Reads—Score—14d adds
30. 130 权 The Red Wedding Veil of Court Intrigue 权谋红盖 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance6k WordsCompleted The Red Veil of Court Intrigue 4Reads—Score—14d adds
31. 131 瘟 Plague Strikes the City 瘟疫惊城 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗7k WordsCompleted Plague Panic in the City —Reads—Score—14d adds
32. 132 后 Schemes of the Harem Beauties: A Perilous Step-by-Step Game 后宫美人谋：步步惊心 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance7k WordsCompleted Schemes of the Harem Beauties: A Step-by-Step Ordeal 3Reads—Score—14d adds
33. 133 重 Reborn as a Bodhisattva in a Psychiatric Hospital 重生之我在精神病院当菩萨 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗17k WordsCompleted Reborn: I Became a Bodhisattva in a Psychiatric Hospital 4Reads—Score—14d adds
34. 134 摄 The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 摄政王的白月光替嫁新娘 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance19k WordsCompleted The Regent's Substitute Bride, His White Moonlight 1Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 135 凶 The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 凶宅直播间的第108位观众 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery9k WordsCompleted The 108th Viewer in the Haunted House Livestream 1Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 136 我 I Use Makeup to Throw the Court into Chaos 我靠美妆技术搅乱朝纲 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Ancient Romance11k WordsCompleted I Use My Makeup Skills to Throw the Imperial Court into Chaos 1Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 137 人 In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 人在停尸房，刚把尸体聊活了 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Mystery11k WordsCompleted In the Morgue, I Just Talked a Corpse Back to Life 16Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 138 第 The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 第108次临终关怀 Big Shot, Got a Minute?大佬有时间吗Sci-Fi & Apocalypse8k WordsCompleted The 108th End-of-Life Care Visit 5Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 139 带 Taking Silly Girl on Adventures in the Sixties 带着傻妞闯六零 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban186k WordsOngoing Su Tianci is a military academy graduate. On his way to find Technician No. 88, he is inexplicably struck by a falling object and transmigrates to the fiery 1960s. He thinks he’s doomed, but to his utter surprise, the thing that hit him was actually the Chinese-made 2060 model, Sha Nü… 761Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's not snow, it's frozen frost.

40. 140 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: The Rise of a Nation 穿越六零之民族崛起 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban142k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was a graduate of a top university, but despite his excellent grades, someone else took his place. With no other options, he donned the iconic delivery uniform and started delivering food. But when it rains, it pours. On the road while making a delivery, he ran into a menace on wheels: a heavy truck. With the truck’s buff in effect, he resolutely joined the transmigration brigade… 172Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 141 双 Dual Crossing in the 1960s: The Fiery Years 双穿60之火红年代 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban152k WordsOngoing Su Tianci was an outstanding graduate of a military academy with a bright future ahead of him. But after accidentally discovering the principal’s affair, he was expelled on a trumped-up charge. His family was already poor, and the incident dealt a devastating blow to the energetic young man. He had not even entered the working world, yet the sordid ways of society had already taught him a harsh lesson. He planned to drown his sorrows in alcohol, but when he closed his eyes and opened them again, 278Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 142 双 Dual Transmigration to the 1960s: A Prosperous Nation and Strong People 双穿六零之国富民强 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Male-Channel Fanfiction133k WordsOngoing In 2025, Su Tianci was just another overworked wage slave. He ate a roujiamo at Red Romance, then opened his eyes to find himself back in that fiery era. What’s more, he had somehow become a wanted criminal. See how Su Tianci fares with the System’s help: will he be doomed from the start, or turn danger into safety? 295Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 143 穿 Transmigrate to the Song Dynasty: The Empire's Mighty Rise 穿越之大宋雄风 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Historical673k WordsCompleted A wondrous transmigration, invincible from the start. See how our protagonist, Wu Yue, recruits the heroes of Liangshan, gets up close and personal with Li Shishi, defeats mighty bandits and sweeps away powerful invaders. See how we Han people conquer the world. 872Reads7.2Score—14d adds
44. 144 铁 The Iron-Blooded Tigers Battle the Ming 铁血虎贲战大明 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Historical3.5M WordsOngoing Chinese special forces king Wu Zhantian was betrayed by a traitor during a mission. To avoid being captured by the enemy, Wu Zhantian set off the miniature bomb strapped to his body, dying alongside dozens of enemy special forces soldiers. By chance, he touched the laws of the game. He rebuilt his body, copied abilities, and saved the Ming Dynasty from ruin. To stop the Yangzhou Massacre and the Jiading Massacres, Wu Zhantian, China's special forces king, refused to stand by. He tore Aobai apart 1.2kReads7.2Score10314d adds
45. 145 两 Between Two Worlds: 1973 两界穿梭之1973 Miss Jian, Who Likes Old Rabbits喜欢老兔的简姑娘Urban350k WordsOngoing An unexpected transmigration brought Wu Xiaoyao, an outstanding young man from the 21st century, to the 1970s. The golden finger that comes with transmigrating gave him hope of surviving. As the System leveled up, Wu Xiaoyao discovered that he could travel back and forth between the modern era and the 1970s. Two completely different worlds opened up before him! 494Reads5.9Score—14d adds
46. 146 万 The Controller of Ten Thousand Worlds, Roaming the City 万界掌控者都市逍遥 Trying to Stay Alive 999努力活着999Urban3.4M WordsOngoing Wu Zhantian, a young man from Huaxia, accidentally fell from the summit of Mount Hua. He was rescued by the Venerable Myriad Swords, who happened to be passing by Earth. Wu Zhantian was then taken to the top-tier world of the Hongmeng Realm, where he became the Venerable Myriad Swords' disciple and began cultivating. By chance, his master found the Origin of the World in the Myriad Venerables' Secret Realm. But Dragon Rock Emperor, an ancient skeleton, and the Venerable Myriad Swords' eldest dis 1.4kReads6.4Score11714d adds
47. 147 两 Rising to Power Between Two Worlds 两界穿梭之崛起 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Male-Channel Fanfiction636k WordsOngoing After getting drunk and tumbling down a flight of stairs, the protagonist Wu Xiaoyao accidentally transmigrates to the 1970s. Luckily, he has the essential transmigration golden finger: releasing animals. See how Wu Xiaoyao carves out a place of his own in this fiery era. 577Reads5.4Score—14d adds
48. 148 双 Dual Crossing to Republican-Era China: A Blood Sacrifice to the Land 双穿民国之，血祭山河 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban184k WordsOngoing Su Tianci is an ordinary office drone from 2025. To make ends meet, he joins a film crew shooting short dramas. Who could have guessed that he would lose his footing and fall into a deep pit? When he opens his eyes again, he has transmigrated to 1937, a year engulfed in war. Fortunately, he has a portal that lets him travel back and forth between this war-torn era and 2025. Two completely different eras now lie before Su Tianci… 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds

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49. 149 双 Dual Travels in Republican-Era China: Slaughtering the Japanese Invaders 双穿民国之屠戮倭寇 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban369k WordsOngoing Li Xiaren was an outstanding young man who had been 25 for years. After finally finding a girlfriend, he was just about to duo queue with her when a ball lightning bolt whisked him away to Shanghai during the Republican era. To his surprise, the mark left by the ball lightning lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. In an instant, two monumental eras open up before him... 1.7kReads6.7Score—14d adds
50. 150 穿 Transmigrate to the Water Margin: Dominate the World 穿越水浒之雄霸天下 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Historical3.0M WordsOngoing Wu Zhantian was one of China’s top special forces soldiers. While carrying out a top-secret mission, he was betrayed by a traitor. To ensure his teammates could withdraw safely, Wu Zhantian stayed behind alone. Seriously wounded in a sneak attack by the Japanese invaders, he chose to detonate the button bomb he carried rather than be taken prisoner. He and dozens of members of the Japanese Kamikaze Special Forces perished together. Wu Zhantian thought he was as good as dead, but the flourishing 1kReads5.9Score—14d adds

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