Novels Set in the 1950s to 1970s After the Founding of the Nation, No Female-Oriented Stories 建国后50-70年代小说，拒绝女频

1. 501 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 14.5kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
2. 502 重 Back to 1978 to Embrace the Gold Brick 重回1978抱金砖 A Fat Cat at Home家有肥猫Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Everyday life in a bygone era] + [Mechanical inventions] + [Research Institute 404] + [Military-industrial black technology] + [Passionate youth] + [Equipment sales] + [Espionage adventures] + [Battles you never knew about from that era] A cigarette, a cup of wine, a pot of tea. Watch me write. If you don’t like it, don’t come in! A different kind of period novel, with no posturing, face-slapping, or brainless plotlines. I’m not good at writing blurbs. Please head straight to the story. 5.2kReads8.8Score348Shelves
3. 503 重 Reborn in 1980: From the Start, I Married My Sister’s Best Friend 重生1980：开局迎娶姐姐闺蜜 Cang Yue Aotian沧月傲天Urban4.0M WordsCompleted [The new novel Reborn in 1975: I Want It All, From a Loving Wife to a Fortune in Scientific Research is now a hit! Click the author's name to read it!] Li Yi is reborn, back in a small mountain village in 1980! When Tang Xue asks him to marry her once again, he doesn't hesitate. His answer rings out loud and clear: “I do!” In his previous life, he was blinded by his own foolishness and watched helplessly as Tang Xue fell into darkness! With a second chance at life, he swears to make her the happ 11.7kReads9.3Score1.6kShelves
4. 504 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 130.9kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves
5. 505 带 I Brought a Fortune to the 1970s and Became the Boss of the Family 带着巨额财产穿七零，成家中一霸 The Sun on the Mountaintop山顶的太阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period drama + military marriage + pocket dimension + family life On the first day after Lin Xiangnan transmigrates, her family gets into a huge argument over sending someone to the countryside. At first: “So what if I have to go to the countryside? I've got hundreds of millions of supplies in my pocket dimension. How could I possibly fail to get by out there?” After helping her second great-uncle weed his fields for two days: “There's no way I'm going to the countryside. I'm lazy, gluttonous, a 103.8kReads9.3Score8.8kShelves
6. 506 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves
7. 507 重 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 Ye Xiaolou叶小楼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 36.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
8. 508 四 Siheyuan: Starting Over After Leaving the Military as a Deputy Division Commander 四合院：从副师长转业开始 Wind Mage风系魔导Male-Channel Fanfiction954k WordsCompleted As a hot-blooded young man from the 21st century, after being reborn in 1940, it feels like I’d be letting fate down if I didn’t take a chance. Why would I need a golden finger? Memories of the future are the greatest golden finger of all. This time, Lin Guoping is going to find out what it means for choices to matter more than effort... 41.1kReads7.7Score2.2kShelves

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   Historical fiction, official career fiction, slice-of-life fiction

9. 509 我 I'm the Factory Director in the Siheyuan 我在四合院当厂长 Wei the Handsome Guy魏小帅哥Male-Channel Fanfiction443k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan]+ [Transmigration]+ [System (only the storage space remains)]+ [Period]+ [Officialdom]+ [Farming and development] When Li Zhiyuan awakens, he discovers that he has arrived in Beijing on the very day it falls to the enemy. Knowing where the Mandate of Heaven lies, he rises from the children's corps to become a full regiment-level cadre in the Chinese People's Volunteers during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Eighteen years of bloody struggle earn him countless honors. Aft 32Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 510 四 I'm He Yuzhu from the Courtyard House 四合院我是何雨柱 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction608k WordsCompleted The life of an ordinary person. Come see what happens after He Yuzhu becomes an ordinary man, with no potty humor, no invincibility, and none of those talismans. Thanks for your support. 30.9kReads8.9Score788Shelves

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    It really works, lots of people watch it.

11. 511 四 Survival in the Siheyuan Courtyard 四合院求生记 User26120411用户26120411Male-Channel Fanfiction748k WordsOngoing “Everyone thinks it, including Yi Zhonghai: that I'm scheming this and that to secure my retirement. But who among them knows that you all died at the hands of your own people? That's why I'm going to take revenge on everyone.” 1.6kReads5.5Score—Shelves

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    The story involves a soul traveling to 1950, where everyone is intelligent and not a brainless or female-oriented novel.

12. 512 活 Living as a Model Citizen in Republican-Era China 活在民国当顺民 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban1.3M WordsOngoing From the start, it's 1945. The war against Japan is over, and the times are in turmoil. After Yang Fuping's grandfather closes his eyes for the last time, he leaves behind a letter of prophecy and a coffin no one can touch. His family tends to daily life in their little courtyard, ignoring the shifting tides of history and simply keeping their corner of the world warm and peaceful. Ensemble cast + Republican-era setting + not a wish-fulfillment story + miniature storage space 40.8kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves
13. 513 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Supporting Character with the Wrong Script Makes Her Fortune 重生六零：拿错剧本的女配要发家 Lin Pu林葡Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Zhao Wanqing was reborn in the final year of the 1960s. Somehow, she ended up marrying the most handsome and cultured man in the village. And she was already pregnant, too. Her family was dirt poor, but at least she didn’t have any awful relatives. Zhao Wanqing glanced at her System, then felt around her pocket dimension. Time to get rich! 14.7kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
14. 514 年 1958: Starting Out as a Porter! 年代1958，从搬运工开始！ Fallen Leaves in the South南方的落叶Urban748k WordsOngoing In 1958 Beijing, Li Fugui was assigned by the neighborhood office to work as a laborer at a supply and marketing cooperative. As the commune system expanded and Systems merged, Li Fugui became a procurement officer. From then on, he used the supplies in his spatial storage to gradually build a network of connections and ride the waves of this sweeping movement… 183kReads8.5Score17.4kShelves
15. 515 四 The Old Sixth Doctor in the Siheyuan 四合院里的老六医生 Ah Dou Ah Ah Ah阿斗啊啊啊Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsCompleted A medical PhD from the 21st century arrives in the 1950s. His mother has just passed away, and his father has started a new family in the Northeast. He studies hard, gets into a technical secondary school, and is assigned to the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. He moves into the compound at No. 95 Hongxing Street. Just as he enters, he runs into a general meeting of the residents. Will he let them have their way? 42.4kReads8.5Score1.5kShelves

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    First book: Opens your mind! I suggest reading without thinking, just let your mind wander! Thumbs up! Second book: It's not that you can't think, but the more you think, the more you doubt yourself, completely leading you astray! Thumbs up! Third book: Ingenious ideas, strokes of genius! Writing whatever comes to mind, I'd call this the best novelist! Thumbs up!

16. 516 让 I Sent You to the South Seas, Not to Force the Financial Tycoon’s Daughter to Marry You 让你下南洋，没让你强娶财阀千金 It's Xiao Qing是小青啊Urban347k WordsCompleted Daddy-to-be + pregnant mom + one heroine + building wealth + face-slapping scum + no suffering in silence + clan warfare + power struggles + an immensely powerful background #A gangster heiress forces her love on me and insists on having my child#Making money and falling in love, I’m the best at marrying a young lady by force #Reborn in the 1980s, I battle tycoons and divide up the fortune in Nanyang#Reborn, I refuse to raise someone else’s child, but a gangster heiress forces her love on me #No 241Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    These are all period novels, spanning from the 1970s to the 1990s.

17. 517 亮 Bright Sword: From the Start, I’m Put in Charge of a Region 亮剑：开局让我主政一方 Life Is a Journey Against the Current人生如逆旅Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Officialdom] + [Senior Cadres] + [Development and Nation-Building] + [Period] + [A Heart Devoted to the Party] + [Pinnacle of Power] The author has a completed, two-million-word novel, County Chief from 1949 Onward, so you can trust them with this kind of story. In 1953, Li Mo returns home after being wounded in the Korean War. Hoping for a quiet life, he plans to reclaim wasteland in a border region. But a single order from the organization sends him to Hanbei Province as acting chairman. Li M 5.3kReads8.6Score202Shelves
18. 518 四 Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things Under Heaven 四合院：垂钓诸天万物 If I Become the Azure Emperor One Day他日我若为青帝Male-Channel Fanfiction7.3M WordsCompleted Lin Shaowen got drunk at a class reunion. After sleeping and waking up, he inexplicably arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Lin Shaowen, an outstanding graduate of Beijing College of Chinese Medicine. He had just graduated from university and now faced a choice: should he become a promising full-time doctor at Union Hospital, or an obscure factory doctor at a steel mill? Without a second thought, Lin Shaowen chose to become a factory doctor. There was no helping it. Sending a 90.7kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves
19. 519 六 The 1960s: One Yuan for a Thousandfold Return on Supplies 六零年代：一元秒杀万倍物资 Flavorful Coffee Beans风味咖啡豆Urban676k WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into the short drama Brave Adventures in the 1960s] Li Changge transmigrates to the 1960s and gets a One-Yuan Instant Purchase System. Ten thousand jin of pork belly for one yuan? Bought! A hundred jin of duck down for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand briquettes for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand barrels of Yibao mineral water for one yuan? Bought! While everyone else struggles to get by, Li Changge lives the good life, and young women and married ladies keep showi 14.7kReads8.1Score919Shelves

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    These are all pretty good. They are period novels about rebirth in the 1950s and 60s, where the protagonist leads his family through famine years and later becomes rich by relying on his memories of his previous life.

20. 520 八 Redemption in the Eighties: My Seven Daughters Are No Longer Villains 八零救赎，我七个闺女不再是反派 It's Xiao Qing是小青啊Urban301k WordsCompleted Urban slice of life + business wars in the 1980s + quietly making a fortune + everyday child-rearing + never forgiving rotten relatives + ruthless street smarts One morning, the richest man in the country, Gao Yan, wakes up in the body of another Gao Yan in a parallel 1989. They share a name, but not a fate. The good news: He's transmigrated and been reborn. The bad news: He brought himself, but not his money. From the start, Gao Yan has to deal with a greedy, stupid, vicious, ignorant, wife-bea 40Reads8.1Score—Shelves
21. 521 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 13.4kReads8.9Score694Shelves
22. 522 四 Siheyuan: Starting as the Compound's Troublemaker 四合院：从在大院做搅屎棍开始 How Could One Not Be Happy?云胡不喜喜Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted [A troublemaker = sowing discord + fanning the flames + stirring up trouble + adding fuel to the fire] From the start, Wang Dabao inherits his uncle’s estate and moves into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Before he even enters the courtyard, he faces the first challenge familiar to all who transmigrate: the tenants have their eyes on the house, so Wang Dabao turns the tables and swindles them out of eighty yuan. Wang Dabao: “Damao, did you know Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu conspired to make sure 16.1kReads6.5Score628Shelves
23. 523 年 Period: Starting in the Mountains 年代：从大山开始 A Square Meets a Triangle方块遇到三角形Urban393k WordsCompleted What would you do if you transmigrated to the 1960s? What would you do if you transmigrated to the 1960s and your father was a capitalist? What would you do if your father had already fled and left you behind? Wang Quanan transmigrated, dreaming of wielding power by day and sleeping with beautiful women by night. But reality told him that his first concern now was how to survive this predicament. He had no money or connections to run away. With no familiarity with the place, he decided it was be 553Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    A 21st-century office worker is reborn back in the past. In this era where everything requires ration coupons, where people struggle to get enough to eat and wear, watch how the protagonist uses his spatial dimension to cultivate a small plot of land and achieve a life of plenty, starting by getting rid of his wicked stepmother.

24. 524 六 A Chef at the Machine Repair Factory in the Sixties 六十年代，我在机修厂当厨师 Angel Big Beauty天使大美丽Male-Channel Fanfiction542k WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Simple, Peaceful Life + One Heroine + Heartwarming] Is this the world of Man Is Iron, Food Is Steel? Sorry, Cui Dake, Ding Qiunan is mine. If they won't make her a permanent employee, I'll help her get the job. I'll find a solution for her parents' work too. If she wants to take the stage, I'll make it happen. Want to go to college? We'll go straight to graduate school. What can I say? I just love spoiling my wife. 2.5kReads8.1Score108Shelves

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    Yang Jianjun returns to the 1960s, gains a space, and helps his family get through the most difficult years. In this era where having enough to eat and wear is happiness, Yang Jianjun begins his extraordinary life.

25. 525 四 Siheyuan: I Arrive in 1959 with a Warehouse 四合院：带着仓库来到1959 Ding Ding Has Something on Her Mind叮叮有心事Male-Channel Fanfiction3.2M WordsCompleted [Low-conflict, everyday life, spatial powers, lighthearted; not for readers who enjoy stories about hardship and nostalgia] Niu Wangcai transmigrates to No. 95, Nanluoguxiang. Normal enough. Niu Wangcai lives opposite Yan Fugui’s home in the front courtyard. Also normal. Niu Wangcai has both parents alive... and a childhood betrothal... Wait... aren’t the protagonists in these novels all orphans? From the start, he gets a whole family and a wife... 25.1kReads7.3Score1.5kShelves

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    The following are all male-oriented novels from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. ① The protagonist transmigrates to 1959 and becomes a resident of a courtyard house. He brings a warehouse of supplies with him and becomes a staff member in the propaganda department of a steel rolling mill. His grandparents often go to the countryside to hunt and store supplies.

26. 526 穿 I Transmigrated as a Brash Villainess and Tricked an Amnesiac Big Shot into Becoming My Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成泼作女配，骗失忆大佬当赘婿 Sugar Tangerine沙糖橘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period drama + everyday warmth + daily life + emotional tension + building wealth + happy ending] This is not an angst-filled story. Su Man transmigrates into a book, finding herself in an unfinished, melodramatic rebirth novel... as a lazy, greedy, foul-tempered villainess in the late 1970s. The original owner gets into danger in the wild and is saved by a powerful man with amnesia. In a series of foolish acts, she tricks him into thinking he's a fugitive, hides his military ID, and forces him 21.4kReads9.0Score2.7kShelves

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    This is a transmigration novel set in a historical period. The opening is novel, and it gets more interesting as you read on. It's full of everyday life, and the emotional development between the male and female leads is well-done without being cloying. The original owner of this body is quite a character; she directly tricks the powerful figure who saved her into becoming her live-in son-in-law, lying that he's a fugitive, and he dutifully serves her every need. It's so good!

27. 527 刚 I Was Just Reborn, and My Wife Divorced Me and Went Back to the City 刚重生，老婆就离婚回城了 Pepper Doesn't Eat Flowers胡椒不吃花Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Rural Rebirth + A Scumbag Turns Over a New Leaf + Dad Life + Devoted Husband + Building a Fortune] Because he was a complete mess back then, his wife divorced him and left. One night of carousing and failing to come home led to their son and daughter being kidnapped and sold. More than twenty years later, Qin Xianghe returned to the hometown he had fled. Just as he was losing heart, he unexpectedly returned to the night his children were abducted. In this life, he would not only take good care 18.7kReads8.3Score2.2kShelves

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    [Angry] I highly recommend these 1970s-themed male-oriented novels; they're really good! [Angry] I'll stay up all night to read them! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

28. 528 重 Reborn in the 1950s: A Man Has to Fight for His Future! 重生五十年代之爷们儿要奋斗！ Sharpening the Knife磨磨刀儿Urban379k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1950s in a parallel world, with only a tiny pocket space in this life. Stock up on antiques and grain. Make ends meet, and lend a hand when you can. Your strength still has to come from within. Roam far and wide for freedom and to secure a comfortable life for the future. A man has to strive! 3kReads8.7Score118Shelves
29. 529 六 The 1960s: The Alley Couple's Daily Gossip 六零年代胡同小夫妻吃瓜日常 Qiqi the Cat Who Drinks Coffee喝咖啡的琪琪猫Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted A married couple from the 1990s transmigrate to the 1960s. No TV, no internet, no phones. No problem. They don't need any of that. There's so much gossip here they can't keep up with it all. Seriously, there's just too much to gossip about. Their daily life: gossiping, making money, and raising kids. They have to manage all three without dropping the ball. 8.8kReads7.2Score510Shelves
30. 530 6 The 1960s: I Broke Off the Engagement Over a Ten-Yuan Bride Price 60年代：为十元彩礼退婚 Explosive Fish爆鱼Urban151k WordsCompleted (Period setting + reborn + punishing scumbags + doting on his wife + comeback) Reborn on the day his fiancée demanded an exorbitant bride price, Chen Jiandong finally came to his senses after a lifetime of being bullied by his wife! In the bitter winter of 1965, his fiancée Shao Ruilian came to force a higher bride price out of him. To get more money, she pressured her parents into marrying off her younger sister. Then she went on to anger Chen’s disabled father to death and drive his mother to 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A book from the 1960s, about marrying a sweet young wife with a ten-yuan dowry, no system, just everyday family life.

31. 531 七 1970s Space: An Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside with Four Kids 七零空间：下乡知青四个崽 Qi Mang戚芒Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Stockpiling + Portable Space + Period Setting + Spirit Spring + Food + Raising Kids + Reunion] = [Complete!!] Thinking the apocalypse was coming, Chu Xiao Yan stocked up on supplies in her portable space, only to transmigrate to the impoverished 1970s and become the wicked mother of three children, with another little baby on the way? Chu Xiao Yan couldn't bring herself to be cruel to the children. She ate well and occasionally shared a few bites with them, and when the mood struck, she even ma 4.5kReads8.8Score336Shelves
32. 532 我 My Life in 1975 我在1975年的那些事 Your Bro Yang Next Door隔壁你阳哥Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Two worlds connected + transmigration + period setting + everyday life + pocket dimension + special abilities + decisive violence + multiple female leads + no simping + business. A story spanning two worlds, from 1975 to 2025. It all begins with catching someone in the act. After an accident, Chen Chang'an discovers something strange about his wife. It leaves him disoriented and even frantic, and he dies in a car crash. By a stroke of luck, he arrives in a parallel world in 1975 and gains the ab 4.5kReads8.6Score327Shelves

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    Very good novel

33. 533 重 Reborn in 1958: I Launch Satellites from the Siheyuan 重生1958，我在四合院放卫星 A Life of Asceticism苦修人生Male-Channel Fanfiction522k WordsOngoing Yao Yuejin, who died carrying a lifetime of regrets, was unexpectedly reborn in 1958. To help the country achieve a great leap forward in industrial technology, he made one bold announcement after another in the courtyard, and every one of them eventually came true. I want to increase China's steel output tenfold! I want to build a 10,000-ton hydraulic press! I want to make a bold prediction! 12Reads8.4Score—Shelves
34. 534 重 Reborn: I Refuse to Move to the Countryside, and the Campus Goddess Is Panicking 重生：拒绝下乡，校花女神她急了 Fahai Understands Love法海懂爱Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Lin Fan was reborn and returned to the time before he was sent down to the countryside in 1976. This time, Lin Fan chose not to go to the countryside and not to be anyone's doormat! But after Lin Fan left, Gu Lianxin, the campus belle who had sworn never to speak to him again, chased after him relentlessly. “Lin Fan, why are you ignoring me?” “Lin Fan, do you still like me?” “Lin Fan, I was wrong. I like you. Will you go out with me?” Lin Fan's face was cold. “I've already been reborn. Who still 7.5kReads7.6Score601Shelves
35. 535 四 Siheyuan: The Ordinary Life of an Angler 四合院：钓鱼佬的平凡人生 Longlong Is My Precious Darling龙龙是我的心肝大宝贝Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsCompleted [No System]+ [Fishing]+ [Earning foreign currency]+ [Becoming a factory director]+ [Period setting]+ [Siheyuan] An angler never comes home empty-handed! Chen Chang'an transmigrated thanks to fishing, then rose to prominence thanks to fishing. Amid the tides of a great era, he changed many people’s fates. 21.7kReads7.9Score1.3kShelves

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    Just watch, not a single one of them makes a sound.

36. 536 足 Football: I Lifted the World Cup in 1982 足球：1982年我举起了世界杯 Ji Yuning季宇宁Sports1.0M WordsCompleted You Xi transmigrated from 2025 back to 1981. His transmigration was caused by encountering “that ball,” which was really a fixation on Chinese football. Thanks to it, he got a cheat and won the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, becoming a legendary king of football. That ball also turned out to be a weapon for killing, looting, and laying waste to cities and nations. With it, he could take revenge to his heart’s content and vent all his pent-up frustration. And, of course, there were plenty of gorgeous 48Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 537 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 58.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves

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    This book is addictive, please read with caution. Don't say I didn't warn you if you laugh until your stomach cramps.

38. 538 四 Siheyuan: I Have a Spiritual Spring, a Pocket Dimension, and a Little Tavern 四合院：我有灵泉空间和小酒馆 The Land of Heaven上天的地Male-Channel Fanfiction501k WordsCompleted [Also known as The Courtyard: A Happy Life Begins at the Little Tavern] [Courtyard Life + Pocket Dimension + Low Conflict + Farming + One Heroine + Feel-Good] Sun Qingshan thinks he has transmigrated into the TV series Love in the Courtyard. He becomes a resident of the courtyard’s central compound and gets a job at the little tavern in the alley. Sun Qingshan had nothing in the twenty-first century, but now he has a home, a career, and, most importantly, a golden finger: a pocket dimension with 8.2kReads7.2Score337Shelves
39. 539 末 A Post-Apocalyptic Big Shot Makes It in the Seventies 末世大佬混七零 Tomato Watermelon番茄西瓜Urban448k WordsCompleted Male POV, no CP If you want a better life, you have to work hard, and then work even harder. Tang Jihai died in the apocalypse, then transmigrated into the main villain of Reborn in the Seventies: A Wonderful Life. A villain with a tragic ending? A villain who gets demoted as soon as he meets the female lead? A villain who does every evil deed imaginable, only to be dealt with by the hero and heroine together? Tang Jihai clicked his tongue. “Screw it, let's do this!” It's just that the hero and 1.8kReads8.4Score109Shelves

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    Male-oriented, no romantic pairing

40. 540 重 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Now I'm Unstoppable 重生四合院，这不无敌了 All Right, Stop Kneeling行了行了别跪了Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Era + Siheyuan + Otherworld + System + Decisive and ruthless + One heroine It all begins when he draws a fruit ability. Though he is reborn in an era of shortages, that doesn't stop him from living life on his own terms. No supplies? No problem. With the Food-Food Fruit, even roadside stones can be turned into top-quality ingredients. No cooking skills? No problem. He can apprentice under a master and become a nationally renowned culinary grandmaster. No martial arts skills? No problem. The Syst 17.5kReads6.7Score637Shelves
41. 541 四 Siheyuan: Everyone on Your Feet, Salute Your Godfather 四合院：全体起立，给干爹敬礼 Ten Years of Lingering Dreams十年殘夢Male-Channel Fanfiction496k WordsCompleted As the train of time sped along, Lu Yao arrived in a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s. He activated the Strongest Godfather System. Anyone who acknowledged him as their dad would earn him huge rewards. Facing a courtyard full of scoundrels, Lu Yao was always one step ahead. Yi Zhonghai: “Lu Yao, you shouldn't be so selfish.” Lu Yao: “I give meat to twelve courtyard residents who have no family to support them every week, and I help six struggling households here. You call that selfish?” Yi Zhongha 13kReads9.1Score485Shelves
42. 542 官 The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道，从三段开始 Mr. Fishjoy鱼乐先生Urban512k WordsOngoing My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right... 18.6kReads7.6Score2.9kShelves

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    A highly recommended, incredibly realistic novel that you won't be able to put down! The pinnacle of period fiction! It vividly portrays the intrigue and power struggles within the officialdom.

43. 543 四 Siheyuan: Asking Qin Huairu for 500 Yuan from the Start 四合院：开局和秦淮茹要五百块 Brother Bao0宝哥0Male-Channel Fanfiction8.9M WordsOngoing A directionless young man transmigrates into He Yuzhu, the man from "The Bustling Courtyard". But he has a System, and completing missions lets him travel back to the modern era. By moving goods between the two eras, he can become a tycoon without lifting a finger. He planned to live a quiet, peaceful life, but the crafty residents of the courtyard all want to take advantage of He Yuzhu. Well, too bad for them. Come see how he takes the courtyard by storm! The three uncles, Jia Zhangshi, and Xu 23.9kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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    This is a novel from the 1960s, after the founding of the People's Republic of China; it's quite interesting.

44. 544 四 Siheyuan: Separate Bedrooms After Marriage, So Why Are You Crying About the Divorce? 四合院：婚后不同房，离婚你哭啥 Mountain Monster and West Wind山怪与西风Male-Channel Fanfiction522k WordsCompleted [Less hostility, Huaihua is adopted, devoted husband and father, a doctor of legendary skill] He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard, and from the start it's his wedding night. Ma Dongye, who had just graduated with a medical doctorate in his previous life, is rather excited. But after receiving his memories, he discovers that his wife is He Wenhui from Home-Style Dishes, and that he also has a sister-in-law, He Wenyuan, and two brothers-in-law, He Wentao and He Wenda. Ma Dongye is stu 6.3kReads7.4Score160Shelves
45. 545 四 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated With a House 四合院：带着一套房穿越了 Meng Yinqianqian萌音芊芊Male-Channel Fanfiction206k WordsOngoing Li Weiguo never expected to wake up one day and transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Even worse, the timeline had landed right in the second year of a difficult period. Other people who transmigrated either got a sign-in System or some kind of farm golden finger. But when it was his turn, Li Weiguo got special treatment, huh? But soon, Li Weiguo discovered... his entire house had transmigrated with him! The things inside wouldn't increase, but... they refreshed every day at midn 193Reads7.2Score—Shelves
46. 546 过 Adoption into the Family 过继 Dreams of Spring and Autumn梦话春秋Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
47. 547 四 Siheyuan: This Time, It's Finally My Turn, Right?! 四合院之这次终于轮到我了吧！ Little Mo of South City南城小陌Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsCompleted [If you dislike Qin Huairu, don't read] [Multiple heroines] [System] Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Zhangshi, and Deaf Granny. With these seven people all in one place, there'll never be a shortage of stories... 44.7kReads8.6Score2kShelves
48. 548 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 3kReads8.1Score435Shelves

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    This is a multi-female protagonist historical novel that covers domestic intrigue, bandits, the War of Resistance against Japan, famine relief, the Korean War, and the experiences of educated youth sent to the countryside. You won't be able to put it down once you start reading!

49. 549 四 Siheyuan: The Daily Struggles of the Jia Family's Second Son 四合院之贾家二子的奋斗日常 ISTJcMale-Channel Fanfiction300k WordsOngoing With the Jia family's father still alive, the family welcomes a second son. What changes will this bring to the Supreme Daoist, the virtuous white lotus, the spirit-summoning sorcerer, and the ultimate simp? (This story isn't heavy on hostility. It mainly explores customs and human relationships against the backdrop of a great era.) 2.2kReads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Jia Dongsheng transmigrated into the body of Jia Dongxu's younger brother, while Jia Gui and Jia Dongxu were still alive.

50. 550 四 Siheyuan: Getting By at the Appliance Factory! 四合院，我在电器厂混日子！ Barbecue Sauce烧烤酱Male-Channel Fanfiction484k WordsCompleted My name is Zhang Yi. I live in the compound at No. 95, Nanluoguxiang. All my life, I've been devoted to serving the people. So naturally, I'm the only one fit to be the compound's chief! My father is a second-class combat hero and deputy chief of the railway police station. He's with the public security bureau. My mother is head accountant at the Beijing Power Bureau. She's with the government. Zhonghai, tell me, do I have the final say in this compound or not? I'm a section chief, just twenty y 4.9kReads5.5Score163Shelves

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    Both books are very good; the characters are portrayed quite delicately.

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