Any Novels Set in Old Shanghai or Old Beijing? 有没有老上海或者老北京文

1. 1 重 Reborn in 1985: A Young Man with a Bright Future 重生1985，少年大有可为 vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban2.0M WordsOngoing At forty, Shen Mo returned to 1985. The child of educated youths sent to southern Yunnan, he was left behind when his parents returned to Shanghai and divorced. “Dad has a home, Mom has a home, and I'm left all by myself. Am I just in the way...” The lyrics from a TV drama he'd once watched had become his own life. Shen Mo was now an unwanted burden, unloved by both grandmothers, but he still had his second uncle. “Xiao Mo, the city registration fee is nearly four hundred yuan, but your second u 189.4kReads8.5Score17.1kShelves

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   Old Shanghai Literature

2. 2 新 Lane 23, Xinkangli 新康里23弄 A Suo阿琐Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Even today, you are still the light in my heart. 910Reads9.2Score102Shelves
3. 3 北 The Beipingside Barber: From the Start, I Opened the Ghost Gate for the Japanese 北平剃头匠，开局给鬼子开天门 Yi Ran Zou Chen Shuang弈然走沉霜Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Unable to afford a haircut, university student Wen Pan, who works at a construction site, decides to buy some clippers and cut his own hair. At a street stall, he buys a pair of vintage clippers and a dragon-patterned razor. While trying to shave himself, he accidentally nicks a pimple and is sent straight to the moment when the Japanese invaders breached Beiping. He becomes a barber there and, in order to survive, takes over his predecessor’s work. Then he discovers that the dragon-patterned ra 18.4kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
4. 4 重 Reborn as Bai Jingye in The Grand Mansion Gate: Thriving in Republican-Era China 重生大宅门白敬业，玩转在民国 Wu Wei Zhi Zu吾味知足Urban1.1M WordsOngoing [The Great House] [Warlord Fiction] He is the biggest wastrel in the Bai family mansion in Beiping. What sparks will fly when a modern soul finds itself in Bai Jingye’s body? Pure warlord fiction. Goody-goodies, beware! 509Reads8.4Score—Shelves
5. 5 年 Period: The Pig Butcher’s Leisurely Life 年代：杀猪匠的悠闲生活 Give Me a Big B Slap给个大B斗Urban920k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan Courtyard + One Female Lead + Everyday Life + Pocket Dimension + No Violence] Chen He was doing outdoor parkour when he fell into a space-time tunnel and transmigrated to 1943. He became a child of about six or seven and gained a mysterious pocket dimension. Naturally, he had to learn from the advanced methods of those who came before him. The local bullies' money? Seize it 10.4kReads6.8Score422Shelves
6. 6 开 Starting at Zhengyang Gate, Then Entering the Siheyuan 开局正阳门再入四合院 Dao Ru'an盗如岸Male-Channel Fanfiction503k WordsCompleted The ordinary is the norm, and the extraordinary is the exception. Life was never full of so much pointless crap. Being able to eat your fill is happiness; it's only when people have full stomachs and nothing to do that these unexpected complications arise. After transmigrating to a chaotic era, he arrives in 1948 and becomes a neighbor behind the Zhengyangmen Tavern. He supports a family of five, his older sister, younger brother, and younger sisters, with a tricycle, marries the stunning Qin Hu 18.3kReads7.7Score894Shelves
7. 7 四 Siheyuan: Xiangzi, Picking Up Passengers in Beijing 四合院：在四九城拉客的祥子 Super Super Super Super超超超超Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted 9.2kReads6.2Score351Shelves
8. 8 四 Siheyuan: Helping Lou Xiao'e from the Start 四合院：开局援助娄晓娥 Spicy Hot-and-Sour Noodles, Extra Spicy酸辣粉佳辣Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsOngoing He transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan series as He Yuzhu and awakens a System. From the start, Xu Damao wants to make trouble for him? Then He Yuzhu will have to sit him down for a serious discussion about who Lou Xiao'e belongs to! Qin Huairu comes asking for a lunchbox? Please, he's no sucker. Why would he let himself become a free meal ticket for the Jia family? Emotional blackmail? Sorry, I play the double-standard game better than anyone! 8.8kReads8.4Score314Shelves
9. 9 四 Siheyuan: The Brute Kicked Out of His Home 四合院之赶出家门的孽畜 Liquor Burns the Heart烧酒灼心Male-Channel Fanfiction4.3M WordsOngoing A demolition heir who has never achieved anything, a bastard driven out of his home, two good-for-nothings fused into one person: what can he do in this unusual era? Achieve greatness? Forget it. He was only planning to shut the door and enjoy his own quiet life. Who could have guessed he'd end up in the legendary courtyard crawling with scoundrels? And it turns out he's the scoundrel himself. Troublemakers, rogues, and underworld bosses disrupt his peaceful life, while remnants, criminals, and 49.1kReads8.1Score3.3kShelves
10. 10 四 Siheyuan: I, Wang, Specialize in Stabbing People in the Back! 四合院：王某人独善背刺！ After the Wine, a Silken Drama酒阑牵丝戏Male-Channel Fanfiction746k WordsCompleted [System] [Street Office from the Start] [Both Parents Alive] [All About Being Sweet-Talking and Smooth!] Transmigrate to a Beijing courtyard in the 1950s, join the street office, and make your mark in both culture and sports as you deal with the troublemakers! 24.3kReads8.0Score793Shelves
11. 11 刘 Liu Dazhuang Transmigrates into a Book 刘大壮穿书 White Clouds Drift with the Wind白云随风流Male-Channel Fanfiction537k WordsCompleted This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. The protagonist is invincible in the courtyard. There are scheming playboys and a pocket dimension, but no System. The heroine is Qin Huairu. If that's not your thing, don't read it. This book focuses on the changing times and the many different lives of the people in the courtyard. This isn't a fanciful tale, just ordinary life. There's no filth everywhere and no robbing and looting. Instead, there are petty rivalries between neighbors, trivial squabbles, th 5.8kReads8.2Score172Shelves
12. 12 四 Siheyuan: My Years as a Purchasing Agent 四合院：我做采购员那些年 An Utterly Ordinary Young Gentleman平平无奇小郎君Male-Channel Fanfiction738k WordsCompleted Wang Shanhe lives at No. 96 in an apartment compound on Nanluoguxiang in the capital. Suddenly, memories of another life appear in his mind. But why does something feel off? Is the compound next door really that famous? No over-the-top angst. A slice-of-life story. Everyone is a normal person. Ordinary folks. Please note: He won't make enemies for no reason. He won't pick fights with the heavens, the earth, or the air. It's all about human relationships and social graces, all about human relatio 2.1kReads6.6Score106Shelves
13. 13 四 The Blurry Years of the Siheyuan 四合院之模糊的年代 Delang and Mei德朗与梅Male-Channel Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Sign-in] [A few more brothers than most] [Behind the scenes] [Everyday life] [Childhood] [Quirky and unrestrained] [War] [A happy family] [Period drama with lots of film and TV elements] [Doesn't follow the original plot] [Pure wish fulfillment] [Original female lead] [Parallel world / similar timeline] [Please don't project real people or timelines onto the characters] Life in the cave dwelling has no fighting or killing, just eating and drinking. Life in the courtyard house has no social nice 24.8kReads9.2Score1kShelves
14. 14 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
15. 15 随 Drifting with the Tide: An Obscure Web-Novel Plagiarist 随波逐流之冷门文抄公 A Dejected, Blind Donkey一头颓废的瞎驴Urban1.1M WordsCompleted An unconventional story: a transmigrator with no grand ambitions becomes a plagiarist in a parallel world. From popular fiction to music, he relies on his golden finger to get by and enjoy life, meeting all sorts of people and experiencing the unique charms of another world. 67Reads7.0Score115Shelves
16. 16 谍 Espionage: I Can Earn Rewards by Playing the Villain! 谍战：我当恶霸能爆奖励！ Loves Honey Longjing Tea爱喝蜂蜜龙井茶Urban2.7M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into a minor secret agent at Beiping Station, he unexpectedly awakened the Tyrant System!! As long as the System judges something to be bad behavior, he gets a reward! Kidnap a dog traitor and torture him for information. Ding! For using serious violence against another person, reward: the Japanese devils’ top-secret military intelligence! Lin Ze: ??? Beating up traitors counts too? “Mrs. Miyamoto, I have a new assignment for you!” Ding! For coercing an innocent young woman, 169.3kReads9.4Score15.3kShelves
17. 17 血 Bloody Romance: On the Road 血色浪漫之在路上 A Lowly Soldier at the Frontier边关一小卒Male-Channel Fanfiction453k WordsCompleted The romance of the powerful, the bloodshed of the common folk. I’m still young, and I long to set out, carrying my original passion with me as I search for my original dream and seek out new experiences. Come on, let’s hit the road! 17.3kReads9.2Score835Shelves
18. 18 六 Back to the Sixties: Becoming a Chef at a Big Factory 六十年代之回到大厂当厨子 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban301k WordsCompleted (Period Drama + Rebirth + Siheyuan Courtyard + Farming + No Golden Finger) Wang Jianguo spent his whole life meekly working in the back kitchen of a machinery factory. He had no wife or children, and even the factory took care of his funeral. Perhaps his obsession ran too deep, because time turned back and returned him to the moment before it all began... There’s no golden finger at any point. The protagonist won’t reach the pinnacle of life or slaughter his way through the world. If that’s not 7.1kReads9.0Score437Shelves
19. 19 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
20. 20 重 Reborn in Tianjin, 1997 重生津门1997 Fighting Maggots斗蛆蛆Urban1.0M WordsOngoing Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! No tired old tropes, no melodrama, and chapters already in the bank. See how Han Chao gets a second chance at life and protects everything around him. You say he has no money? No problem: open a Sony theater, fight crickets, and sell technology. You say that’s not fast enough? Then I’ll just have to unleash a big move! The plot is carefully researched, and many of the events are based on things that really happened to people around the author. Every word is ty 17kReads8.4Score1.5kShelves

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    Is this a good story set in old Tianjin? It's about a protagonist reborn in the 1990s, incredibly funny from the start, and not at all pretentious. He's an ordinary person in both his previous lives, and after his rebirth, he makes some money by fighting crickets. It's a great story with a strong sense of the era. Most importantly, this book is entirely handwritten, without a single AI element!

21. 21 上 Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭 The Writer Who Writes in Shanghainese用上海话写作的人Modern Romance627k WordsCompleted In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him... 471Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Explore the stories of Shanghai's alleyways and experience the vibrant local life. This 620,000-word novel, praised by the media as a blossoming gem in the alleyways, is currently being published.

22. 22 民 Republican Era: The Shanghai Tycoon 民国：上海滩枭雄 Thirty-Five叁拾伍Urban719k WordsCompleted 1. The protagonist is decisive and ruthless, with a sharp mind. 2. He starts out in the martial world, builds a business, establishes a base of operations, and saves the country and its people. Han Kaijia's soul travels back to old Shanghai in 1915. When others scheme against him, he seizes the opportunity and strikes back with razor-sharp precision. From then on, he understands one thing: When you're out in the world, you make your own name and status. The powerful figu 1.2kReads6.5Score—Shelves
23. 23 四 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Masters the Thirty-Six Stratagems 四合院之许大茂玩转三十六计 Three Make Cheng三人成澂Male-Channel Fanfiction699k WordsCompleted Xu Damao, a 21st-century civil servant and graduate student in Chinese literature who has read Romance of the Three Kingdoms cover to cover, admired literature, and loved nothing more than living freely, dies after falling from the sixteenth floor in an accident. He saves Xu Damao, a 1950s projectionist who fell while showing a film in the countryside and knocked his head against a rock. From then on, he breaks through the script, setting off a very different series of dramatic events in Courtya 412Reads6.9Score102Shelves
24. 24 活 Living as a Model Citizen in Republican-Era China 活在民国当顺民 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban1.4M 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 38.6kReads8.9Score2.3kShelves

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    1️⃣ The first book is set in authentic old Beijing. It begins with the Japanese surrender. Following his grandfather's instructions, Yang Fuping lies in ambush for most of the night and actually finds a box of gold and antiques. Now he truly believes his grandfather's prediction that his family will meet a tragic end. How can they change their fate? It's difficult. The value of the legal tender drops three or four times a day, and without solving the food problem, his family will starve to death before anything else happens.

25. 25 老 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.5kReads8.9Score270Shelves

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    This is an old Beijing era text

26. 26 魔 Little Devil San Mao: From Street Urchin to Acrobatics Master in Republican China 魔童三毛从流浪儿到民国杂技大师 Scallion, Ginger, and Garlic葱姜蒜头Urban215k WordsCompleted [Storage Space] [Kill the Invaders] The Forty-Ninth City, 1940. The orphaned wanderer Wen Sanmao binds to the “Master Acrobat” career System. Every enemy he kills earns him a related skill. Throwing, climbing, disguise, animal taming, contortion, qigong, martial arts, rope tricks, aerial stunts, sleight of hand, mechanical traps, ventriloquism, hand tricks, foot juggling... To avenge his country, Sanmao becomes a demon child, determined to send every wicked beast straight to hell. 127Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These are all old Beijing texts; the two books from the Republican era are very realistic in their details.

27. 27 年 1960: Transmigrating to Nanluoguxiang 年代1960：穿越南锣鼓巷， Just Got Nothing Better to Do就是闲的Urban4.1M WordsCompleted New novel: Reborn in 1980: The Life I’ve Always Dreamed Of Also known as Li Laifu’s Happy Life in 1960s China. (No angst, comedy, farming, and everyday family life.) A short drama, comedy animations, and AI short dramas are now available. 202kReads9.4Score13.6kShelves
28. 28 民 The Republic-Era Rickshaw Driver 民国车夫 Summer Solstice Meets Autumn夏至遇秋与Urban2.4M WordsOngoing In Republican-era China, a rickshaw puller does whatever it takes to survive. Stealing, robbing, and killing, there’s nothing he won’t do. He robs brothels, kills traitors, breaks into warehouses, feels up widows, and climbs over walls to watch young women bathe. You can’t exactly call him a good person, but he’s not bad enough to qualify as a villain either. He scrapes and struggles his way through the war against Japan and lives to see the founding of New China. Eventually, for certain reasons 42kReads8.6Score3.6kShelves
29. 29 六 The Siheyuan Compound in the 1960s: I'm Eight, but I Have Twenty Years of Work Experience? 六零大杂院，我八岁二十年工龄？ Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Reborn] [Big Courtyard] [Comedy] [A Kid with an Adult's Mind] [Everyday Warmth] [Leisurely Days] [Over-the-Quota Family] [Space] (The story has progressed into the 1970s.) What can you do after waking up in 1960, an era of shortages and hunger? Baogen says that as long as you have the right mindset, nothing is impossible. First, he needs to get his hands on six stripes. The story begins at the big courtyard at No. 67, Little Suzhou Alley, just one street away from Nanluoguxiang. An old 23.9kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
30. 30 社 A Corporate Drone Transmigrates to the 1950s and Has to Go Back to School 社畜穿越五十年代，还得再上学 Mischievous Er调皮的二Urban799k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1950s, Lin Yu opened his eyes to find himself a half-grown boy on his way to the Forty-Nine City. Supplies were scarce and people were on edge, but he had the [Sign-in System] at his fingertips: food, supplies, rare goods. One sign-in a day, and he had everything he needed to stand firm. He quietly navigated the neighborhood, stockpiling grain and trading goods; with a knack for reading people, he carefully plotted his every move amid the scheming in the courtyard com 3.1kReads6.6Score182Shelves

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    A novel set in old Beijing in the 1950s, the male protagonist has a little-known cheat system that grants him instant access to his character; it's incredibly realistic and extremely enjoyable.

31. 31 四 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Age of Empires 四合院：傻柱的帝国时代 Who Am I Wandering For为谁去流浪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted In the 1950s, life in the capital was hard, and the winds of change stirred beneath the surface. A modern soul found himself in the body of a young man known as Silly Zhu. His father had run off, leaving only his little sister behind. The courtyard was rife with trouble, and hidden currents swirled through the streets. Fortunately, he had a world of his own: the Age of Empires game world. Starting in the primitive Stone Age, he reclaimed land, developed production, and smelted metal, steadily l 42kReads7.3Score3.8kShelves

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    The courtyard houses aren't very old; there are some courtyard houses at the beginning, but the rest are purely historical artifacts.

32. 32 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 super good! It's a military marriage with no stepmothers, a revenge story, and the female lead is intelligent, works hard to get into a vocational school, and doesn't want to go to the countryside. The rating is a bit low because there aren't many reviewers. It mainly depicts the warm daily life of the main family. A major advantage is its excellent sense of the era; this is the most focused on historical setting I've read on Tomato Book. Prices are reasonable and precise, down to the cents or the number of tickets. The details are meticulous, and there aren't too many awful characters. It feels like you're 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 romance combined with a farming/rural setting.

33. 33 上 A Shanghai Girl Raised on Rice Soup 上海吃泡饭长大的小囡 The Writer Who Writes in Shanghainese用上海话写作的人Modern Romance387k WordsOngoing After Shanghai Porridge, the author, who writes in the Shanghai dialect, has written another full-length novel in Shanghai dialect about life in Shanghai’s alleyways. It tells of the discovery and destruction of the Li family’s “heirloom treasure.” As people vie for the “rare treasure,” the novel reveals the many faces of life: some seize what they want by cunning and force; some are consumed by jealousy and covetousness; some are calculating, while others are calm as still water; some even sink 65Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a captivating Shanghai story filled with suspense, intrigue, and trickery, but also human warmth, family affection, and the interplay of yin and yang.

34. 34 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn in One Body, Returning to 1949 四合院何雨柱三合一魂穿1949 Shellfish Eats Little Fish贝壳吃小鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction788k WordsOngoing A rookie writer's commentary, set in a slow-burning, realistic period drama! A chef, a practitioner of traditional martial arts, and a skilled slingshot shooter, with no System and no accelerated time in the pocket dimension. It may look like a story about everyday family life, but the food, antiques, and hunting are all portrayed with absolute realism. The words are imbued with love for the country and its people, and readers only need to uncover the foreshadowing that's worth savoring. Feel fr 10.5kReads8.2Score302Shelves

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    Full of nostalgic feel! A new author started writing this book out of a rant, emphasizing logic and rationality, requiring critical reading. The writing style is average, a slow-burning story set in a traditional courtyard house in the era, a game of going against the tide of history.

35. 35 留 Left Behind in the Great Northern Wilderness 留守北大荒 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Zhang Hongqi was framed and nearly sentenced to prison for profiteering, but fortunately, a benefactor came to his aid. However, he was still disciplined and was about to be sent to a settlement for educated youth, then returned to the city. Zhang Hongqi faced two choices: return to the city with a disciplinary record, where people would look down on him and his family would suffer for it, or settle in the Great Northern Wilderness and give up his status as an educated youth for good. 86.7kReads8.5Score6.8kShelves
36. 36 重 Reborn in 1983: My Carefree Hunting Life in Northeast China 重生83：我在东北打猎的悠闲人生 Luo Tian洛天Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [Authentic period drama + no pocket dimension, no System + one heroine + devoted husband + hunting with guns + digging for ginseng + business + adorable pets + food + farming] Tang He had spent most of his life rushing from place to place. Just before he died suddenly, he saw once more the vast mountains, forests, and sea of trees in the Greater Khingan Range, along with the girl in the little floral jacket. Life was so exhausting and bitter. If he got another life, he thought, he would like t 10.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
37. 37 重 Reborn in 1959: Little Everyday Moments in Nanluoguxiang 重生59南锣鼓巷之小日常 Gluttonous Badger贪吃獾Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing He transmigrates to the capital and settles on Nanluoguxiang. He fishes and farms, living a carefree life, learning to cook, appraising antiques, occasionally trading barbs with Zhang Haixing, and picking on the courtyard busybodies now and then. 67.8kReads8.2Score3kShelves
38. 38 年 Period: The Day My Mother Returned to the City, I Chose to Go Up the Mountain 年代：母亲返城当天，我选择上山 Bubbles the Lazy Sheep懒羊羊吹泡泡Urban2.4M WordsOngoing [Fateful Choices | Resilience and Survival | Coming of Age in a Turbulent Era | The Pain of Family] The very day modern man Chen Jun's soul transmigrates into the countryside of the 1970s, he learns that his biological mother is returning to the city! This is not a story about complaining! The winds of an era swept away a generation's youth, but there are always people who manage to grow wheat in the cracks! 29.3kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
39. 39 天 The Sky Fell. I Blinked and Woke Up in Nanluoguxiang 天塌了，一闭一睁我穿到了南锣鼓 The Silent Dog and the Flying Pig沉默的狗会飞的猪Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted (Lighthearted and cheerful) (Golden finger: Secret Realm Space) After working overtime all night, Li Kaixin dies suddenly on the job and unexpectedly transmigrates to Courtyard 93, across from Courtyard 95 in the world of Birds Fill the Courtyard. Here, he has loving parents, younger siblings who adore one another, grandparents who love him more than life itself, simple-hearted villagers, and helpful neighbors, as well as... Follow Li Kaixin as he makes it through the lean years and builds a goo 21kReads6.8Score1.4kShelves
40. 40 年 Period: Starting in ’57, I Make a Fortune 年代：开局57，风生水起 Thousand-Feathered Fox千羽狐Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Period Piece | Everyday Family Life | One Female Lead/No Female Lead | Building Wealth | Slow-Paced] This is my first time writing a book, so please forgive any shortcomings. The good news: I’ve transmigrated, and I have a golden finger. The bad news: I’ve transmigrated to an era where everything is in short supply. See how Lin Fan makes his way in the world during this difficult time. 33.5kReads7.2Score3.4kShelves
41. 41 一 1959: A Home with a Pocket Dimension 一九五九，家有空间 Paper Scroll Commander纸卷中军Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsOngoing Wang Saiwen, a 31-year-old office drone, had just paid off his mortgage and was ready to enjoy life. Then he opened his eyes and found himself in the body of a penniless young man in Beijing in 1959. The good news: his family has a courtyard house and a hutong, the real old Beijing. The bad news: it’s 1959, and famine is on the way. The worse news: the System that dragged him here got struck by lightning and ran off after barely saying a word. Wang Saiwen looks at his siblings, starved until 294Reads5.2Score253Shelves
42. 42 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 life, a laid-back lifestyle.

43. 43 年 1979: Meat for My Wife and Kids 年代1979：带着老婆孩子吃肉 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.7M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 181.8kReads9.3Score11kShelves

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    Old Beijing's everyday life

44. 44 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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    Recommended masterpieces of period fiction

45. 45 重 Reborn in the Nineties: The Alluring Beauty Snares the Cold, Abstinent Tycoon 重生九零，钓系美人拿捏禁欲大佬 Jin Yangyu金洋宇Modern Romance354k WordsOngoing [Two powerful leads, an intense game of push and pull, building a strong technological nation, business warfare in a bygone era, alternate setting] The untouchable beauty VS the fully leveled black lotus This is a battle between equals, as well as the legend of a great power's rise in industrial technology. In 1992, Jiang Wan was reborn into a desperate situation. At first, she set her sights on Shen Yichuan, a tech expert with vast capital at his disposal, in order to take revenge. What began a 43Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Dialect? Does Cantonese count? Not completely incomprehensible, but retaining some Cantonese characteristics without affecting reading comprehension... Come on! Please accept these two books! Both are period dramas! Who says the 90s aren't period dramas?! One features a female protagonist who is reborn, goes into business in Shenzhen, and focuses on technological advancement (from semiconductors to chip manufacturing). Romance is just icing on the cake... Both are strong! The male protagonist is an older Hong Kong businessman! Both are tech geniuses! The other book has no romantic pairing. The female protagonist, a food blogger and mind-body healer, transmigrates to 90s Hong Kong. She's the daughter of a triad boss, and while she's not particularly career-driven, she can't afford not to work, since she's not a triad boss! She can only find ways to lead her brothers to open a fast food restaurant, deliver food, and transport packages! A healer and a triad boss—a perfect match, so her transmigration wasn't entirely pointless. [Eating melon emoji]

46. 46 穿 Transmigrating to 1990s Hong Kong: The Underworld Heiress Clears Her Name Through Food 穿九零港城：黑道千金靠美食洗白 Jin Yangyu金洋宇Modern Romance221k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate to 1990s Hong Kong] [Daughter of a crime boss] [Food and business] [Turning gangsters into honest workers] Transmigrated as the daughter of a Hong Kong crime boss in the 1990s, she's got a gang of underlings who know nothing but fighting. While everyone else is fighting over territory, she picks up a spatula and gets into the food business! She trains street thugs to become food delivery riders and errand couriers. With the help of her cha chaan teng's delicious food, she gradually 1.9kReads—Score217Shelves
47. 47 1 Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春 Young Master Xiaoxiao孝孝公子Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [A story-driven take on history. Note: There is no single fixed protagonist. Multiple leads reflect the changes of the era and offer a full picture of the 1977 restoration of the college entrance exam.] [The story focuses on several main characters: Hu Wei and Wang Ting, Pan Xia, and Lu Xiaoyun. Their stories weave in and out according to the timeline. If you prefer to follow one character at a time, you can read their chapters in sequence for a complete biography. The other characters may only 5.6kReads8.0Score409Shelves

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    Good books are hard to find, and this one is absolutely fantastic! [Sending hearts][Hearts][Sending hearts] Focusing on the entire process of the resumption of the college entrance examination, this is a captivating classic period novel! Adapted from a true story, it tells the tale of a protagonist who overcomes adversity to succeed in the exam and seizes opportunities to accumulate wealth. With a devoted wife and children by his side, the book is filled with delicate details and a fast-paced narrative, brimming with warmth and inspiring ambition. Written from the perspective of ordinary people, it deeply moves readers and is a masterpiece of both period fiction and documentary literature!

48. 48 重 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 Mr. Red Flag红旗先生Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score220Shelves

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    This book is incredibly good, highly recommended. I'd stay up all night to finish it; it tells stories of old Beijing...

49. 49 四 Siheyuan: Getting Rich Quietly 四合院：闷声发大财 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction628k WordsCompleted Courtyard Life #Period Fiction #Comedy #Feel-Good Fiction #Old Fox #Harem #Farming Fiction He transmigrated to 1952 and became Chen Yuanshan, an apprentice at Fengzeyuan. His father was a martyr and left him 13 million in old currency and two main rooms. He thought he could lie flat, but the courtyard was full of beasts. Jia Zhangshi sat on the ground every day, wailing, “Old Jia! Someone’s bullying me!” Silly Zhu called every woman “Sister Qin” and beat up Xu Damao whenever he saw him. Xu Damao 14.8kReads5.3Score442Shelves

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    Courtyard novels

50. 50 四 Siheyuan: A Carpenter Moves into the Courtyard 四合院：院里来了个木匠 The Silent Falling Leaves落叶无声的Male-Channel Fanfiction770k WordsOngoing He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes a level-two carpenter, one of the Eight Great Tradesmen. Faced with the whole courtyard full of scheming neighbors, Jiang Chen just wants to live in peace. You can plot your schemes, and I'll live my life. When Qin Huairu comes over to borrow something, he makes her write an IOU. When Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and refuses to take no for an answer, he reports her to the authorities. When Xu Damao tries to sow discord, Jiang Chen shuts 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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