Period Drama: Quietly Snagging Hidden Treasures 年代文 低调捡漏

1. 1 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 192.7kReads9.3Score8.1kShelves

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   The old woman is reborn and works at a junkyard. She finds two large iron rods that are actually gold.

2. 2 重 Back to 2003: My Rise Begins in the Demolition Zone 重返03，从拆迁区开始逆袭 The Moon Was Bent by My Kick月亮是哥踹弯的Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Treasure hunting and bargain finds across the board: demolition zones, construction-waste yards, antique street stalls, scrap-buying stations, and more. The experiences of his past life taught Chang Shun a truth more commonplace than any other: money can't buy everything! But without money, you can't take a single step! Reborn with experience living in demolition zones, all he wants is to start making money... 16.2kReads8.4Score1.6kShelves

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   I've recently been reading this novel about finding hidden gems in demolished properties. The male protagonist is reborn in Shanghai in 2003, right in the middle of a city undergoing massive redevelopment and demolition. Remembering how people in his previous life found all sorts of things in demolished apartments, he decides to start his journey to wealth from there. It's quite good; the protagonist is focused on building his career and studies diligently, which is commendable.

3. 3 四 Starting as a Deputy Section Chief in Siheyuan 四合院从副科长开始 Plantain Weed Traveling in Dongguan车前草在东莞旅游Male-Channel Fanfiction2.1M WordsCompleted [Security Department Deputy Chief from the Start] [Sign-In Rewards] [Well-Connected] [All I Want Is to Be a Lazy Fish] After transmigrating into the chaotic world of the Four-Nine City courtyard compound, he starts out as the deputy chief of the steel mill's security department! Zhang Jianjun arrives in the central courtyard with his own pocket space, where he witnesses Jia Zhangshi whining about being poor and leeching off others, Silly Zhu using moral blackmail, and Yi Zhonghai plotting behi 55.2kReads6.4Score3.2kShelves

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   A courtyard house, a security department, a touch of malice, an antique collector, a mundane, everyday life, a laid-back lifestyle [admiration]

4. 4 七 The 1970s Matchmaker Who Talks the Young Master from the Capital into Becoming a Live-In Son-in-Law 七零小媒婆，忽悠京少当赘婿 Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Modern Romance1.0M WordsOngoing Many years later, some friends sat together chatting. "Have you noticed that every village used to have a fool or a madman?" "Yeah, yeah! That madman would even go around hitting people!" Dou Xiaochan: Hehe, I'm the fool and madwoman you were talking about... Shen Moci: I'm the one who was tricked into going home as a live-in son-in-law by the fool and madwoman you were talking about... "What?!" Everyone's eyes nearly popped out of their heads. Shen Moci: To be honest, I was really scared at the 26.7kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves

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   Lighthearted and funny.

5. 5 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 141.6kReads9.5Score11.6kShelves

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   I've read them all. The female lead is low-key, has a clear understanding of herself, isn't brainless, doesn't fawn over others, and the most important thing in her life is to love herself!

6. 6 五 The Little Nobody Who Followed Her Mother to a New Marriage in the Fifties 五零年代随娘改嫁的小炮灰 Jun Yaling君雅灵Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted Qu Weiwei woke up one day as a five-year-old girl instead of the 23-year-old woman she had been. The girl’s father was the richest man in Pingcheng, with five concubines and more than a dozen children born to them. Qu Weiwei was one of those children. On the eve of Liberation, her father planned to pack up and flee overseas. Unfortunately, his legal wife only wanted to take the money and her own children with her. She had no intention of bringing along any of the concubines or their children, so 5.7kReads8.7Score364Shelves
7. 7 首 He Asked for a Divorce on His First Night Home, Then Kissed Her Until She Cried 首长回家第一晚提离婚，被亲哭了 I'm the Baby Here我才是宝宝Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Reborn military marriage + winning back his wife + antique bargains + dazzling beauty vs. aloof heartthrob] In her previous life, Zhu Suisui fell for Lu Lanxu at first sight. Of all the Lu family members, she chose the most outstanding heir to be her husband. She thought that if she worked hard to be a good Mrs. Lu, one day Lu Lanxu would love her. But she had overestimated herself. She simply couldn’t warm his heart. For twenty years, they treated each other with respect, but he felt only a se 30.5kReads9.1Score2.9kShelves
8. 8 开 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 747Reads8.4Score107Shelves

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   These two period novels are so captivating that you can't put them down once you start reading them; just look at the comments and you'll know that readers were left wanting more even after finishing them.

9. 9 百 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.6kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
10. 10 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.2kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    "A Novel of Finding a Lucky Draw in the Era: I'll Just Take Advantage" A story combining period drama, slice-of-life, finding a lucky break, and a commoner's rebirth into a new life. It features no poverty alleviation, no saintly sacrifices, no self-sacrificing relationships, no rural life, no military marriage, no rough men, and a small, gradually upgraded cheat ability. It also includes a small space to store her secret stash of money. Reborn in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farmer in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless (not cut out for anything), double-standard and selfish (lacking refinement—what's the point of refinement in that era?), Lazy and greedy (lacking cunning, just not smart enough). At age 3, she discovers a lucky child in the village and obtains a miraculous elixir for having a baby during a New Year's visit. At age 6, her family moves to the county town, and she gets a job in a cannery and a government job. During a famine, she targets the female lead of Pinduoduo (a Chinese online shopping platform) to overcome the crisis. The story also includes elements of a gossip-loving female lead and military marriage protagonists…

11. 11 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 15.3kReads8.1Score860Shelves

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    A different kind of courtyard house. Not a typical courtyard house, but one for fishing, hunting, and farming. Trading grain for antiques on the black market, wild boar meat for job quotas. Discreetly finding bargains. Paintings by Tang Bohu. Snuff bottles, Yixing teapots. Shrimp by Qi Baishi, horses by Huang Feihong. Zhang Daqian's paintings are simply top-notch.

12. 12 重 Reborn into Another Body: My Family and Me 重生魂穿之我和我的家人 Lin Xixin林心夕Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After her parents died, she inherited a fortune worth tens of billions. Then she discovered that the pendant she'd worn since childhood was a space that could be used for farming. She kept having dreams of her family living happily in the 1970s. But then someone reported her father for having foreign connections, and the whole family was sent to a farm. Everyone except her eldest brother, who was serving in the army, died horribly. Was she about to transmigrate into the 1970s? She immediately so 14.4kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves

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    Ouyang Qing has a precognitive dream and travels back to the 1970s with billions of dollars worth of supplies. He goes to the countryside with his friends and quietly makes a fortune. During the reform and opening up, he and his family and friends hoard courtyard houses and wait to win big. (Completed)

13. 13 沉 Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance560k WordsCompleted The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr 544Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Historical fiction featuring scenes you've never seen before.

14. 14 沂 A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人 Li Xinxin李馨欣Modern Romance540k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute 6.1kReads8.8Score564Shelves
15. 15 年 In a Period Novel, the Cannon Fodder Who Brings Gear Changes the Plot 年代文，送装备的炮灰擅改剧情 Blue Palace蓝宫Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Golden Finger] [Gossip and Treasure Hunting] [Family Life] [Some Ensemble Cast] [Money Is No Object] [Heaven Has a Will] [Characters Aren't Dumb] [No College Entrance Exam] [No Job] The heroine is an ordinary person with flaws! The pacing is a little slow! She won't miss out on a single bargain worth finding! She won't forget a single grudge worth settling! A box thrown by her neighbor knocks Jian Xingmian into the year 1968! Only after waking up does she realize she's been in 2.8kReads6.9Score167Shelves

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    I highly recommend this book!!! The female lead doesn't work; she makes her fortune by picking up bargains!

16. 16 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Awakens and Sells the Family Fortune to Join the Army 资本家小姐觉醒，掏空家产去随军 Chen Mozheng陈墨铮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration into a book + bargain-hunting System + punishing scumbags + powerful team-up + sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside heiress vs. muscular, stone-faced team leader] Lu Rao was a socialite in Shanghai who had influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world. After an unexpected awakening, she discovered she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. Her second uncle had schemed against her whole family. Her father was missing, her mother 39.8kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves

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    The text describes how people in historical novels find bargains, including hidden gems, valuable items, antiques, ginseng and other medicinal herbs, and even wool from mountains and people.

17. 17 空 The Space Bangle: A Couple's Path to Godhood Through Transmigration Across the Ages 空间手镯：夫妻诸世穿越成神路 Candy, Candy, Candy in My Pocket兜兜里有糖糖糖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Feel-good power fantasy + married couple transmigrate together + spatial storage + special abilities + devoted to each other + sweet romance) Xu Xiyan was a psychic and wood-element ability user in the apocalypse. After fighting the Zombie King to the death, she... Transmigrated to the 1970s. When she encountered bad people, she never held back, offering the full package: looting them and beating them until they were crippled. Xiao Mingxuan was the heir to the Xiao family, one of the four time- 5kReads8.9Score628Shelves

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    I'm currently watching it, and I'm really hooked.

18. 18 6 Starting in 1960: Max-Level Comprehension Helps My Whole Family Thrive 60开局：满级悟性带飞全家 Three-Foot Green Peak三尺青峰Male-Channel Fanfiction450k WordsOngoing [Siheyuan + period setting + pocket dimension + genius student + infinite supplies + technology] He transmigrates to the countryside in the 1960s. It's the worst year of the famine, and his family has only three days' worth of food left. What can he do? No problem, Chen Feng has a plan. After transmigrating, he awakens a golden finger that grants him max-level comprehension. He can learn any skill instantly and master it in no time. The golden finger also comes with a pocket dimension that grows 30Reads8.9Score—Shelves
19. 19 四 The Fishing Enthusiast of the Siheyuan 四合院的钓鱼佬 After the Wine, a Silken Drama酒阑牵丝戏Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a courtyard home in the 1950s, she has both her parents and activates a Fishing System, letting her happily go fishing! The story is cheerful and heartwarming, with a relatively peaceful tone. She lives a comfortable little life in a courtyard full of troublemakers. 38.3kReads7.8Score1.8kShelves
20. 20 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This book is incredibly good! It features a military marriage with no stepmothers, revenge against a scumbag father, and a protagonist striving to get into a vocational school to avoid being sent to the countryside. The rating is a bit low because there aren't many reviewers. It mainly depicts the warm and cozy daily life of the main family. Its strength lies in its excellent portrayal of the era; this is the most focused on historical setting I've read on Tomato Book. Prices are reasonable, accurate to the cent or the number of tickets, with meticulous attention to detail and few awful characters. It feels like truly living in that era. The only downside is the slow pace; there isn't much romance yet. You can read it as a historical fiction combined with a farming/developmental story.

21. 21 四 Siheyuan: Don't Try to Manipulate Me 四合院：不要算计我 A Hundred Flavors of Life世间百味Male-Channel Fanfiction538k WordsCompleted 6kReads6.6Score127Shelves
22. 22 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Takes Her Vast Fortune to the Countryside to Join the Army 资本家小姐携巨额家产下乡随军 Zero Point Two Seven零点二七Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A stone-faced military officer with bulging muscles and a complicated mind VS a delicate, radiant heiress from a wealthy family] [Military Marriage] [Light Sci-Fi] [Sweet Romance] [Easy, Satisfying Read] [Light Fantasy] [Goofy Robot] [Combat Pet] [Cards] [Lightning Powers] A word of warning: The heroine talks about keeping a low profile, but doesn’t act like it. If she has a golden finger, she’ll use it. Leng Yunhuan had just won the Grand Slam for Best Actress when she stayed up late playing a 9.5kReads8.5Score1.6kShelves

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    This book has a unique "golden finger" (a powerful, overpowered advantage), an unconventional plot, a talented actress with solid acting skills, and the male lead simply dotes on her—she's guaranteed to win! ❤️

23. 23 四 Siheyuan: A Slice of Ordinary Life 四合院之平凡纪实 The Landlord's Chubby Son地主家的小胖子Male-Channel Fanfiction579k WordsCompleted A young man from a later era, with no education or skills, who just wants to lie flat, returns to that courtyard house. He doesn't have a System or a golden finger, and his parents aren't both dead or even both kings. He can barely remember the major events of that era. What do you think he's supposed to do? He probably won't follow the original plot. One heroine, no harem, and no saintly do-gooding. P.S. I just want to write some things I'd like to read, things I think make sense, or things I'v 6Reads8.6Score—Shelves
24. 24 穿 The Book Transmigrator Swapped Brides, Married in Her Place, and Raised Fish. I Returned to Win Without Lifting a Finger 穿书女换亲替嫁养鱼，我回归躺赢 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance125k WordsOngoing [Reclaiming Her Body + Emotional Push and Pull + Family Life + Devoted Husband + Marriage Before Love] Su Wan's body was taken over by a woman who had transmigrated into a book for three years. During that time, the transmigrator pulled one outrageous stunt after another. First, she plotted, "Dad marries into the family, and I get rich," tricking her father into marrying a rich woman. Then she forced the wealthy woman's son, a future business tycoon, into her grasp. She had her eldest sister tak 7.5kReads6.4Score168Shelves

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    It's incredibly original! Go check out the synopsis, or come find me if you don't like it. My father married into my family and I became incredibly rich; a transmigrated woman was forced into a marriage of convenience to raise fish; I reclaimed my body and won effortlessly; it subverts the old-fashioned farming and beachcombing male-oriented novel formula.

25. 25 被 Jilted by a Cold, Stern Officer, the Sweet Young Wife Heads for the Battlefield 被冷阎军官退亲后软娇转投战场 Liqi's Autumn Foamflame荔彩柒的秋日沫炎Modern Romance485k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Studying Abroad and Medicine + Sweet, Delicate Heroine Enlists + Storage Space + Two Strong Leads + Sweet Romance] She kills herself over unrequited love right from the start!!! Shen Xin had been fighting on an interstellar battlefield when her subordinate betrayed her and attacked her from behind, using an ice-cold bullet she had developed herself. The moment it pierced her heart, she knew she was dead. But what was going on now? Without a doubt, the next secon 3.9kReads8.0Score300Shelves

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    These two novels feature fresh plots, set in military and political families, and remarkably self-serving characters. The female lead is aloof yet charming, while the male lead is gentle, refined, and self-possessed, often blushing at her advances. There are no awful characters, and no philanthropy involved. The female lead doesn't indulge in infatuation; she's focused on her career, possesses formidable abilities, a sharp tongue, and a knack for clever maneuvers. She's a leading figure in weapons research and a pioneer in agricultural development.

26. 26 四 Siheyuan: Wang Dapeng the Jester's Happy Life 四合院，乐子人王大鹏的快乐人生 Number One Water Fish水鱼一号Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted A hilarious, low-conflict period piece set in a Beijing courtyard, with a scheming protagonist, a professional troublemaker, and a real scoundrel's way of doing things. Wang Dapeng transmigrates into a courtyard full of villains, where he goes head-to-head with the residents and discovers that his reputation is taking a hit. His motto is: if you can't adapt to your surroundings, make them adapt to you. If you get soaked, don't let your opponents have umbrellas. So Wang Dapeng decides to make sur 59.4kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves
27. 27 军 The Young General’s Sassy Instructor Teases the Enemy Agents Until They’re in Tears 军少娇痞教官戏耍敌特颤泪三行啊 Liqi's Autumn Foamflame荔彩柒的秋日沫炎Modern Romance402k WordsCompleted [Alternate-history 1960s + strong leads facing off + hilarious face-slapping wish fulfillment + bickering couple + farming during famine + getting rich through research] Rebellious, cocky, and charming instructor VS calm, cool, and calculating young master from the capital In her previous life, Nan Fengyun was known as Phantom, the world's strongest international assassin. But her arrogance got the better of her, and she was killed when her target ambushed her during a mission. Then she was rebo 781Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 穿 I Transmigrated into a Period Novel, and I'm Not Following the Plot 穿进年代文我不走剧情 Mango Jam Jam芒果酱酱Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Shen Shuyu may be the most unfortunate transmigrator ever. She’d just won the lottery and hadn’t even had a chance to collect her winnings when she kicked the bucket from excitement. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she’d transmigrated into a book. There was no suspense: the body she’d transmigrated into was, of course, that of the vicious female antagonist. The heroine, Shen Xue, was her cousin. Beautiful and kindhearted, hardworking and capable, she was the village’s most admired young 114.6kReads8.4Score12kShelves

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    The female lead is low-key, not a saint, and has great strength; it's a satisfying read.

29. 29 平 The Ordinary World: Wang Manyin's Happy Life 平凡的世界之王满银幸福生活 Big Mountain Doesn't Drink大山不喝酒Urban267k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 442Reads6.4Score—Shelves
30. 30 四 Rising to Prominence in the Siheyuan as a Welder 四合院从焊工开始崛起 The Sky Is So Blue天空很蓝Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted Luo Xiaobao lost both his parents, struggled to make ends meet, and suddenly had his house forcibly demolished. The people behind it were rich and influential, with extraordinary beings backing them up. One night, while he was asleep, the pendant his parents had left him suddenly activated the Myriad Worlds Transmigration System. Luo 9.2kReads7.9Score271Shelves
31. 31 炮 The Cannon-Fodder Educated Youth Survives to the Pinnacle of Life 炮灰知青苟到人生巅峰 I'm One Pinch of Cumin Away from Barbecue我与烤肉就差一撮孜然Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Hu Jiao Jiao transmigrated into Hu Jiao Jiao, a cannon-fodder character who barely appeared a few times before getting written out. She decided to do her best to survive, but how did she end up with everything under the sun? 9.7kReads8.9Score607Shelves

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    Having a cheat code, I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but I ended up doing one thing after another.

32. 32 穿EN The Bystander's Self-Cultivation in a 1970s Transmigration Novel 穿书七十年代吃瓜群众的自我修养 Jiong Jiong You Pi囧囧有皮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever transmigrated to a different scene just by blinking? Lin Yuzhu has. She transmigrated in a daze to the 1970s. No, she transmigrated into a book. She has a System, and the female lead is there too. There are also supporting female characters, but she isn't one of them. She's just an onlooker who wandered into the story by mistake. As an onlooker, she gets to watch the drama unfold every day. She doesn't want other people's dogs, and she doesn't get involved in other people's busines 95.8kReads9.6Score8.7kShelves

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    I've read it countless times; it's the pinnacle of historical fiction.

33. 33 四 Siheyuan: This Guy’s a Bit of a Wild One 四合院之这货有点彪 Bug A Feng虫子阿疯Male-Channel Fanfiction516k WordsCompleted A young man with nothing to his name wakes up in a wartime hospital after transmigrating into another body. Once his wounds heal, he is discharged, only to discover after returning home that this isn't a story about building a stronger nation. It's about punishing birds and beasts. If they can't get along, then there's no need to try. He'll just fight them head-on. 4.8kReads7.8Score109Shelves
34. 34 四 Siheyuan: The Good Life of a Laid-Back Man 四合院：咸鱼的美好生活 Burning Rock燃烧石头Male-Channel Fanfiction4.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a courtyard house in the 1960s, he gets a sign-in System from the start and enjoys a comfortable, thriving life... A gentle, warm, and cheerful story, lighthearted and witty, all about enjoying life and fulfilling your wishes... 2kReads7.2Score205Shelves
35. 35 一 A Family of Three Goofballs Transmigrates to 1959 and Turns the Whole Clan Upside Down 一家三颠穿越59年代，掀翻全族 Rapid1急速1Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Synopsis: The whole family transmigrates + 1950s + space + difficult relatives + years of famine + family life + island + fishing + System + no brainless decisions Lin Haishen and his wife, Huang Shuyao, went skydiving to celebrate their son Lin Yanxi's twentieth birthday. They plunged from the sky and seamlessly crossed into another era, arriving in an island fishing village in 1959. From the start, they got straight to work, wielding a butcher's knife with impressive skill. Clan leader: “This 3.3kReads9.2Score338Shelves

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    This is a huge oversight, a buried historical document.

36. 36 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s: Everyday Family Life in a Courtyard Compound 穿越六零之大杂院里的家长里短 Golden Corn Kernels金黄玉米粒Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Marriage Before Love + Life in a Courtyard Compound + Gossip] Ye Fangfei was an ordinary office drone in the twenty-first century. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a young woman with the same name, who had just graduated from high school and lived in a crowded courtyard compound in the 1960s. The young woman was also named Ye Fangfei, and the day she arrived was the very day she was supposed to meet a potential match. The man was a demobilized soldier who now drove a 10.8kReads8.4Score672Shelves

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    It's a story about traversing the slumps of the 1960s, mostly about living in crowded courtyards and occasionally finding a cheap place to live. [Cool]

37. 37 你 Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！ vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.5M WordsCompleted The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin 37.3kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    🔥🔥The protagonist travels back to 1976, initially quite happy. Why? Because he has a father who's a regimental commander! However, his father seems unwilling to acknowledge him as his son. Zheng Weimin initially thought that no parent in the world wouldn't love their child, but during his first Spring Festival after being sent to the countryside, he couldn't even get into his own home, realizing the seriousness of the situation.

38. 38 穿 Transmigrate to the 1950s: Starting by Leaving a Mountain Village 穿越五十年代：从走出小山村开始 Salty Fish Liver咸鱼肝Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A delightfully ordinary young man + everyday life + college entrance exams + hard work + one heroine] Just as Zhou Xingran's life was getting back on track, he suddenly transmigrated to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and his family is dirt-poor. No matter. Relying on others is worse than relying on himself. So, first things first: he might as well get into college! P.S. The golden finger is very minor. The protagonist mainly 13.4kReads8.9Score700Shelves
39. 39 穿 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: Stay Away from Me! 穿书七零，你们不要过来啊 Listening to Zen in the Rain卧雨听禅Modern Romance306k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Zhao Nuannuan just wants to scrape by with what little she has and improve her living conditions. But why is this world riddled with transmigrators? The male and female leads are everywhere, stirring up trouble. Stay away from me! I don't want to become cannon fodder!!!! 1.4kReads8.7Score102Shelves

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    The highlights are all for the female supporting character; the female lead is subtly trying to curry favor with the powerful.

40. 40 兵 The Wounded War King: You Want to Inherit Her Wealth? I'll Give You Twins and Humiliate You 兵王残！吃绝户？多胎打脸两不误 Happy Lemon幸福柠檬Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete. Suitable for a manhua adaptation.) (Veteran builds a successful life in the 1970s + special abilities + storage space + rugged man + devoted husband + multiple births + domestic life + devoted to each other) Qiao Nianyao was a powerful ability user in the apocalypse. When an energy explosion erupted as she fought a powerful foe, she unexpectedly transmigrated five hundred years into the past, to the 1970s recorded in the history books, bringing her abilities and the storage space that 44kReads9.2Score5.9kShelves

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    She kept a low profile. Married for two years, with her husband away, she would always take the eggs from her house to barter for other things. She even used money from her "space" (a virtual space) to buy houses in the county and province, and trucks. Although all were paid for in full, neighbors would always say she was carrying a huge amount of debt! She was also discreet when digging for ginseng, only digging up a few when needed, and sowing seeds as she dug to ensure the crop wouldn't go extinct.

41. 41 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Disabled Husband Spoils Me Rotten 重生八零：被残疾老公宠上天 Jiang Zi匠紫Modern Romance653k WordsCompleted [Period setting + military marriage + reborn + marriage before love + everyday life] Yun Ke transmigrated. She landed in the 1980s, where she married a handsome disabled man. Everyone waited to see how a cripple and a lazybones could make their lives even more miserable. But how did things turn out this way? The lazybones not only healed her disabled husband's leg, their life together grew better and better. In an era when every family was allowed only one child, she gave birth to three babies a 2.7kReads9.0Score323Shelves
42. 42 空 Space-Hopping Quick Transmigration: The Cannon Fodder Is Stockpiling Goods to Change Her Fate 空间快穿炮灰正在囤货改命中 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted No fixed pairing, and some mission worlds have no romance. System, personal space, hoarding supplies, period settings, escaping famine, and more. The heroine is a laid-back woman who wants to die a happy death. Her motto is: don’t do anything unnecessary, or you might lose your life. If she does make a move, it’s always for the sake of profit. Lu Jielv dies in the tenth year of the apocalypse. After death, her soul returns to the underworld, where she begins a life of quick transmigration. She t 19.4kReads8.2Score1.5kShelves

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    Quick transmigration, learning skills, hoarding supplies, no involvement in the main plot, strong female lead, clear and definite goals, no fixed romantic partner. I don't know if this counts as a bargain hunting story, but it is definitely a story about hoarding supplies.

43. 43 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 32.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves
44. 44 天 A Beauty Drops Into the 1980s: The Loudspeaker Beauty Is Destined for Wealth 天降美人穿八零，喇叭美人富贵命 Lost but Not Lost迷途不迷途Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [1980s setting + satisfying revenge + a heroine who's gorgeous and delightfully unhinged + a handsome, sly hero + putting scumbags in their place + lighthearted] Qin Mumu transmigrates into a book. Great, she's not the heroine. No pocket dimension, no System, no special powers or skills. All she has is her beauty. Most importantly, she's the first cannon-fodder female supporting character. She gets used, dumped, and turned into a fool, then meets an early end. Luckily, there's still time. Qin Mu 2.4kReads8.6Score224Shelves

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    Great, she's not the female lead, but a cannon fodder supporting character, but then she discovers her nemesis has also transmigrated.

45. 45 七 The 1970s: I Heard the Villain's Thoughts and Gave Up Trying 七零：听见反派心声后，我摆烂了 Ju Jiuhua居九华Modern Romance274k WordsCompleted [Proud young lady ✖️ aloof heartthrob] The vicious supporting villainess, Song Xuezhen, has awakened! After seeing her fate of “four children in five years, then dying in childbirth,” she quickly packed her bags and volunteered to move to the countryside. With a spirit spring and a pocket dimension, she had no worries about money or ration coupons. She just wanted to laze around and wait for the college entrance exams. But the plot went completely off the rails! The female educated youth who ea 756Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    The male and female protagonists are both educated youth sent to the countryside in Northeast China. They rely on their families' money and ration coupons to go up the mountain, as well as food from their spatial dimension. They work diligently, but occasionally they discover that antiques can upgrade their spatial dimension.

46. 46 不 Cast Out by Her In-Laws for Being Infertile, She Marries a Tycoon and Has Triplets in One Night 不孕被婆家赶，嫁暴发户一夜三崽 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance3.3M WordsCompleted [The 1990s + lighthearted comedy + starting a factory + getting revenge on scumbags + everyday life] After three years of engagement, Jiang Tang had taken care of Gu Zhun's parents and younger siblings, honoring his parents and working herself to the bone for him. In return, he came home after completing his studies and acted as if he didn't know her. Jiang Tang turned around and impulsively married a nouveau riche. Overnight, she became a mother of three. First she landed big orders, then built 52.8kReads9.3Score5.2kShelves

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    1. No time travel or rebirth; the female lead has a strong mentality and abilities; a satisfying story of revenge against villains. 2. The female lead can communicate with the modern world, traveling between places through a clay pot.

47. 47 瓦 A Clay Pot Connects to the Modern Era, and the 1970s Cannon-Fodder Wife Goes on a Rampage 瓦罐通现代，七零炮灰原配猛发癫 Ten Steps, Ten Steps十步十步Modern Romance554k WordsCompleted Li Renjian, a child bride, is carried into the modern era by a jar she found. There, she learns that her future husband won't just keep a mistress. He'll also steal their son with his mistress and give him to a superior as a show of filial respect, forcing her apart from her own child and driving her mad. Fine. Once Li Renjian returns, she flips the table at her in-laws' home. Her scheming father-in-law, who's been cuckolded left and right, can find someone else to wait on him. Her fussy mother- 1.1kReads8.9Score127Shelves
48. 48 快 Quick Transmigration Through the Eras: A Leisurely Life 快穿年代，悠闲生活 Gong Yu Who Likes Huai Beans喜欢槐豆的宫宇Modern Romance423k WordsCompleted [Period fiction] [Quick transmigration/slow transmigration] [Sign-in System, no missions] [Portable personal space] [Romance, pairing not fixed] Once carried along by the demands of everyday life, a diligent girl followed the familiar nine-to-five routine. Then an unexpected accident broke her out of that established rhythm and sent her into an unfamiliar era. The mornings and evenings of her old life fell far behind, as a whole new chapter of her story slowly unfolded. Volume One: A Young Farm 4.8kReads8.4Score364Shelves

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    The new book features a very low-key female protagonist whose daily life is ordinary and mundane.

49. 49 穿 Transmigrated to 1960, I Start with Eight Calabash Brothers 穿越60的我开局带八个葫芦娃 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Urban554k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] + [Spatial Storage] + [Lighthearted] + [Single Heroine] + [Decisive and Ruthless] He transmigrates to the 1960s. While other transmigrators arrive with both parents, grandparents, and siblings around, Yang Zhiyuan finds himself fleeing famine. And he has eight kids to look after. From the start, he nearly starves to death. Other people start with a bowl and end up with a noose. He starts with a jar and ends up with eight Calabash Brothers and a noose. See how Yang Zhiyuan manage 5.3kReads7.9Score255Shelves

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    Two super good period novels,

50. 50 四 Siheyuan: Medicine and Martial Arts Are Inseparable 四合院之医武不分家 Xin Chujiu5 2新初酒五2Male-Channel Fanfiction463k WordsCompleted [Period][Lighthearted][Low on Hostility][Laid-Back][One Female Lead] Transmigration doesn't seem all that difficult anymore. An obscure writer woke up one morning and found himself in 1947, without so much as a fuss. From the start, he was an eight-year-old child. Life was going to be tough. Fortunately, he had a golden finger. Yang Sanjin decided to live differently this time and make a good life for himself in this era. 6.7kReads7.2Score206Shelves

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