How Can I Search All of Tomato and Not Find a Single Period-Era Novel from a Man's Perspective Where He Doesn't Go to the Countryside??? 满番茄就找不到一个男人视角的年代不下乡的文???

1. 501 少 The Young Traveler 少年行 A Dao阿刀Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In that moment, I truly understood why the poor stay poor. It isn't because we don't work hard enough. It's because of the environment we live in, the resources we have, our narrow-mindedness, and the few, fragile opportunities available to us. All of it traps my impoverished family in a struggle just to survive! I gave everything I had for a chance to “change my fate,” yet a single storm was enough to destroy it! 24.3kReads9.1Score2.6kShelves

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   Seeing things like this, so close to reality, can broaden one's horizons.

2. 502 舔 The Simp Finally Cut His Losses, and Now She’s Panicking 舔狗止损不舔了，她急了 Yi Xi亿溪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Zhou Dongnan spent his whole life acting like a lovesick puppy for his wife, Jiang Lili. Only after all that devotion did he learn he’d been duped into raising another man’s children. Neither of the two kids, who were ten years apart, was his. Reborn in 1980, he found himself back at the moment when Jiang Lili, the most beautiful educated youth, told him her family had agreed to the marriage, then demanded a sky-high bride price. Unlike in his previous life, Zhou Dongnan didn’t leap for joy and 798Reads7.5Score—Shelves

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   These two period dramas are my absolute favorites!

3. 503 回 Back in 1977, I Married the Queen of the Daughters' Kingdom 回到1977年，娶了女儿国国王 Ji Yuning季宇宁Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Ji Yuning transmigrated back to 1977. He went from being a 21-year-old educated youth returning to the city to a literary young man, a great poet, and a famous novelist. It was all thanks to his memories of his previous life and the books he copied. But his greatest reward was marrying a wife as beautiful as a fairy. 11.7kReads8.0Score755Shelves
4. 504 我 My Partner Lives in 1980 我的合伙人活在1980 Seventies Beater七零小破车Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Wu Quezi runs a little shop in the antiques market. His most valuable asset is a large bronze ding left behind by the previous owner, which he uses as a wishing prop, even though he knows it's a lie. Then one day, he finds two diaries and several stamps inside the ding. But the emergency medical kit he put in there himself has disappeared at the same time. On the other side of the ding lies the vibrant 1980s. From then on, his little shop becomes a secret hub spanning time. He uses various old b 2.4kReads9.0Score243Shelves

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   For those of you who want to read period dramas but don't want to read about rural life, look no further! Everything you need is here. 🌹🌹🌹

5. 505 刚 I Just Married a Young Educated Woman, and Now I Have to Rise from Infancy? 刚娶女知青，让我从婴儿开始逆袭？ Get Rich暴富Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + hunting and farming + rural life + pocket dimension + wish fulfillment] After transmigrating to 1972, Li Yunfeng has just married an educated young woman when he awakens the Baby Comeback System. The System’s missions are rather ridiculous: walk one meter in a minute, and get a solid-gold longevity lock as a reward. Li Yunfeng: “What? One meter in a minute? Even someone with a blood clot in their brain could walk ten meters!” He then sprints half a kilometer. S 906Reads8.5Score143Shelves

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   On the day my mother returned to the city, I chose to go up the mountain.

6. 506 1 1978: I Copy Books Just to Feed My Family 1978：抄书只为养活一家 Old Hei and Chenchen老黑与宸宸Urban274k WordsCompleted At eighteen, Min Jiajia is struggling to raise his two young brothers alongside his eldest brother, Min Baoguo, after their parents die early. Hunger, cold, and the crushing pressure of survival are nearly too much for the four brothers to bear. Min Jiajia picks up a pen with trembling hands. Dipping it into poor-quality ink made by melting ice, he begins to painstakingly “recreate” an astonishing masterpiece that doesn't belong to this world, word by word, on rough sheets of paper. 199Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Copying books, taking the college entrance exam, opening an antique shop

7. 507 重 Reborn with Foresight 重生之远见 Seventies Beater七零小破车Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Gou Xiaobao died a tragic death in his previous life. His family's ancestral emerald space brought him back to 1986. He resolved to use the health-preserving exercises he had unwittingly mastered and his reborn golden finger to take revenge on his shameless wife and sworn elder brother from his previous life. The adulterous couple eventually paid for everything they'd done, and Gou Xiaobao learned the truth: it had all been for the enormous fortune buried beneath his family's old house. With a v 2.4kReads8.5Score168Shelves
8. 508 年 Gossiping in a Period Novel, the Heroine Picks Me and the Hero Cries 年代文里吃瓜，女主选我男主哭了 Yi Xi亿溪Urban217k WordsCompleted [Family Mind Reading + Cannon Fodder + Gossip + Transmigrate into a Book + Feel-Good Story + Supporting Characters’ Mind-Reading That Actually Works] Qian Fei transmigrated into a book. He became the cannon-fodder cousin of the male lead in a morally twisted story set in the 1980s. From the start, the male lead schemed to get him caught sneaking into a haystack with his sister-in-law. The whole village cursed him, and his vicious grandmother beat him to death. Faced with this predicament, Qian F 299Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 509 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! 30.4kReads8.3Score1.9kShelves
10. 510 北 The Great Northern Wilderness: I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Return to the City? 北大荒：都重生了谁还回城？ Professor Big大教授Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [Period] [Rags to Riches] [One Female Lead] [Greater Khingan Range] [Hunting] When he was young, surgical academician Su Huaian pursued Qin Ling, a sent-down youth, with all his might. He even became a live-in son-in-law and followed her to the city, only to end up as the man who raised another man's child. He worked himself to the bone, and when Qin Ling returned to the city, she took all the household supplies with her. Then a heavy snowfall sealed off the mountains. His father, who had a bad 6.2kReads8.3Score538Shelves

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    Highly recommended! A brand new male-oriented, system-free, rural youth novel: ① The Great Northern Wilderness, pitch black outside. I was reborn on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month in 1979, the second year after the resumption of the college entrance examination! In this life, relying on his precognitive memories, he will lead his younger siblings to a better life, from hunting and buying medicinal herbs in the mountains to opening factories and doing business. From a barefoot doctor in the brigade clinic to the city hospital, Su Huai'an went further and further away. Wait a minute! Why are you crying if I don't go back to the city?

11. 511 重 Reborn: Everything Is Fine 重生一切都好 Seventies Beater七零小破车Urban1.1M WordsCompleted If someone asked you what you would most want to do if you could go back twenty years, what would you say? Some people would say they wanted good health. Some would say they just wanted to reclaim a love they had lost. Others would say they wished they could have become successful in their careers back then. This was part of a series of street interviews filmed by Jingcheng Television. Wang Duoyu happened to walk by and was stopped by a beautiful reporter. When she asked him, Wang Duoyu's face t 123Reads6.4Score—Shelves
12. 512 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    This one is worth checking out. It has no system or fingers, which is pretty good.

13. 513 四 Siheyuan: Ordinary Lives in a Great Era 四合院：大时代里的平凡生活 Peace Around the Corner拐角平安Male-Channel Fanfiction216k WordsOngoing After waking up, Su Cheng transmigrated into the body of an ordinary boy named Su Zhengping in 1962. He soon discovered that this was the world of Love in the Courtyard, and luckily, he had a golden finger with him. In such a vibrant era, what could an ordinary person possibly do? This novel focuses on the quiet rhythms of everyday life and has little hostility. Readers who enjoy power fantasies may find it rather dull, so please steer clear if that's not your thing! 1.5kReads8.5Score108Shelves

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    ⭐This story, told from the male protagonist's perspective, doesn't involve going to the countryside. He becomes a foreman at a steel factory based on his culinary skills, and later becomes the head chef at the Beiping Hotel. Updates are too slow, so I've forgotten a lot of it. It's a fast-paced, enjoyable read! [Upvote][Follow]

14. 514 我 Making Art in the 1980s 我在八零搞文艺 Leisurely Musings闲情偶寄Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Female-oriented novel!!! No CP Content warnings: The protagonist's name isn't very pleasant, this isn't a mindless power fantasy, and it touches on topics like literature and philosophy. After transmigrating back to 1981, Gao Xiaosheng has not only gone from a female college student back to an elementary school student, but also has to repeat the entire process of getting into higher education, and has changed from a woman into a man. I really feel like throwing up blood. All I can do is give up 3.2kReads9.3Score287Shelves

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    This is for arts students who don't go to the countryside.

15. 515 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s to Support My Family 穿越七十年代养家糊口 Sour Soup Dumplings酸汤饺子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Complete) When she woke up back in the days before the apocalypse, Chu Tian spent all her savings gathering supplies, stocking her pocket dimension with everything she could need to eat, wear, and use. But instead of the apocalypse she’d expected, she fell asleep and woke up in another world. That’s right, she had transmigrated to the early 1970s in China’s northwestern frontier. Chu Tian looked at the peeling walls and nearly cried. But when she saw the frail little girl beside her and her pre 1.8kReads8.9Score153Shelves

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    This book focuses on quietly making a fortune. It's neither exaggerated nor formulaic. There are no scenes of showing off or getting humiliated; it's quite refreshing.

16. 516 重 Reborn in 1997: I Was Going Bankrupt from the Start 重生97：开局就要破产 Jin Jianfeng金剑锋Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Also known as: Reborn in 1997: From the Start, I’m Going Bankrupt; The Everyday Life of a Middle-Aged Construction Worker Reborn; [Cozy everyday life + construction site stories + family squabbles + no showing off or face-slapping + one female lead] Yang Yuankun spent his whole life as a bricklayer, working himself to the bone. After inhaling too much dust, he stopped breathing in his fifties while lying in a hospital bed. But when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the moment he’d com 20.1kReads8.5Score979Shelves
17. 517 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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    A novel about Nanping and Nanping time travel

18. 518 重 Reborn in 2000: My Childhood Sweetheart, the School Belle, Is 18 重生2000，青梅校花18岁 Hardworking Old Jiu奋斗老九Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Childhood Friend and School Beauty + Everyday Romance + Sweet Couple Moments + One Heroine] Yi Feng, who is terminally ill, is reborn in the year 2000. That year, his childhood friend and school beauty, Gu Muxi, is eighteen. “Yi Feng, lend me a pen!” “...Didn’t you borrow one yesterday?” “Yesterday was yesterday, today is today. Things have changed, get it?” “...You win. Fine, here.” “Yi Feng, tear off a sheet of paper for me!” “...Why tear mine? Don’t you have your own?” “I do, but I 49.4kReads9.5Score6.3kShelves

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    Both of these books are quite good. I'm currently following the first one, and I've already finished the second.

19. 519 重 Reborn in 1965: I'm the Only Son in the Family 重生六五，我为家中唯一男丁 Shangguan Suying上官素影Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted Alternate history, alternate history, alternate history. Some things are important enough to say three times!!! (A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, and there’s a spatial ability! Completed.) After working hard for ten years, she finally managed to buy a home and a car in a third-tier city. Life was getting better and better... Then one day, she transmigrated into a parallel era where food and clothing were scarce, and she was the only boy in her family. Fortunately, her family didn’t favor 7.6kReads9.0Score409Shelves
20. 520 四 Siheyuan: Li Tianyou, the Brilliant Detective 四合院：妙笔神探李天佑 Mo Yiquan墨一圈Male-Channel Fanfiction948k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 140Reads7.9Score111Shelves

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    Police type

21. 521 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 Young Master Lin Jiaquan林家權少Urban5.4M WordsOngoing After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 178kReads8.8Score16.3kShelves
22. 522 惊 What a Shock! I Landed a Secure Government Job in the 1960s 惊！我竟在六零端上了铁饭碗 Still as the Sun静似骄阳Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Set in a bygone era + Transmigration + Inspirational + Heartwarming + Everyday family life + City job] After saving a cat just after finishing the college entrance exams, Su Yuhe became a vegetable. A year later, she transmigrated into the body of Su He, a girl from Nanshan Village in the 1960s who had heard that the college entrance exams had been suspended, missed a step, and drowned. Suddenly transported to the countryside of the 1960s, Su He had no phone, no electricity, no internet, and n 23.1kReads9.0Score1.6kShelves
23. 523 人 Life Restart: Back to the End of Middle School 人生重启：回到中考结束后 Handsome Green Mountain俊秀青山Urban3.1M WordsOngoing Science has proven that the human body can be cloned, but can the soul be cloned too? Perhaps everyone simply keeps reincarnating in the long river of life, with all their memories disappearing at the moment of death. In 2039, Xu Ming, who had spent his whole life as a corporate drone, finally died of illness one year after retiring. When he opened his eyes, he hadn’t become a newborn baby. Instead, carrying all his memories, he had returned to the day he finished his high school entrance exams 3.7kReads5.7Score186Shelves

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    The male protagonist, who comes from the countryside, behaves reasonably. The story is not melodramatic, brainless, or manic, making it suitable for relaxing amidst today's fast-paced life, and it's also quite enjoyable.

24. 524 重 Reborn in 1980: Starting Out Hunting in the Forests and Snowfields! 重生80，从狩猎林海雪原开始！ Yang Sanjin杨三斤啊Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [(Add to your library and get rich) Devoted husband + Rebirth in the 1980s + Frequent updates + Hunting in Northeast China + One heroine + Pets] Haunted by guilt and regret, Chen Le is reborn in a rural village in Northeast China in the 1980s! In an age when guns and hunting are legal, women left behind at home can get a taste of good food by cozying up to men outside their marriages! Supplies are scarce, but natural resources are plentiful. The saying “club a roe deer, scoop up fish with a gour 84.2kReads8.2Score5.7kShelves
25. 525 重 Back to 1981: Starting with the Family Split 重返1981，从分家开始 Hallucinations at Midnight半夜幻听Urban3.6M WordsCompleted Qin Fei was reborn in 1981, at the age of twenty. His second sister-in-law was making a scene about splitting up the family, complaining that he was freeloading. His parents sighed all day over their youngest son’s inability to find a wife, while gossip spread through the village... See how he rides the wave of reform and opening up to live a life unlike any other! 32.3kReads7.9Score3.1kShelves
26. 526 六 The 1960s: My Pocket Dimension Only Collects My Enemies 六零：我的空间专收仇人 Where Is Anyuan安远在哪Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A satisfying revenge story with a pocket dimension + three older sisters and one mother who dote on the heroine + a mysterious master + one brother in the military and another in the police + the heroine tells me to wait until she grows up + the patriarch charges me, so I collect interest] Su Cheng, a post-90s owner of a travel company, burned to death in 2026 while saving someone. When he opened his eyes again, he was a beggar who had been beaten to death in 1960. Only a few days after transmi 7.3kReads7.0Score732Shelves

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    In 1960, the little beggar Su Cheng awakened his spatial ability. While others farmed, he drove a tractor, cultivating ten thousand acres of land. While others went to work, he invented things, tripling production. Textile factories doubled their output, the Great Northern Wilderness was overflowing with grain, and the enemy in the port city was completely wiped out. Gatling guns swept through, grenades bombarded, and C5 blasted the enemy camp to pieces. He received the National Hero Medal. His master said: "Tomorrow, come with me to see the Grand Elder." Su Cheng asked who, but his master didn't answer; his hands were trembling.

27. 527 重 Reborn in 1980: I Give My Pregnant Wife a Better Life 重生80，给怀孕媳妇过上好日子 Snow Drifting Through the Bamboo Grove竹里飘雪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Urban rebirth + a scumbag turning over a new leaf + doting on his wife + navigating the business world + ruling it all “Chen Tong, you ruled the business world with an iron fist in this life. Do you have any regrets?” As he lay on his deathbed, a voice as beautiful as music came from somewhere... 5.1kReads8.9Score342Shelves

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    After being reborn, the male protagonist starts by reselling treasury bonds and, amidst the ups and downs of the business world, always puts his pregnant wife first.

28. 528 六 The Sixties: There's a Little Shop in My Mind 六零：脑海中有间小卖铺 Ah Hei Isn't White阿黑不白Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket space + convenience store + family life + leisurely living + hunting + engineer] Li Xuewen transmigrates to the 1960s, where he faces a shortage of clothes, food, and supplies. Luckily, there's a magical little convenience store in his mind, stocked with everything: food, supplies, knowledge... If he can think of it, the store has it. With this magical little store, Li Xuewen's life goes swimmingly... 13.5kReads8.2Score950Shelves
29. 529 重 Reborn in 1960 重生1960 Pipi's Little Pig皮皮的小猪Urban575k WordsCompleted Xie Mian got incredibly lucky and acquired a space. As a fan of apocalypse movies, he woke from a long dream in a panic and swiftly sold all his assets, buying enough supplies to stock ten large supermarkets in preparation for the apocalypse. Unexpectedly, the apocalypse never came. Instead, he found himself in the 1960s. As if going hungry and lacking warm clothes weren't bad enough, he had ended up inside a period novel. In the book, he was a doomed cannon-fodder character who went out of his 2.1kReads8.4Score117Shelves
30. 530 快 Quick Transmigration: Moral Blackmail? Social Niceties? Screw That 快穿：道德绑架？人情世故？死啊 Demon Realm妖域Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [Fictional Period Setting] [No Fixed CP] [Selfish and Self-Serving] [Male Protagonist’s Perspective] In parallel worlds, there’s always a version of “you” who is showered with love but lets down the people who cherish him. Schemed against, unloved by his parents, betrayed by friends and family… Died young? A fall guy? A sucker who raises someone else’s child? A cannon fodder? A supporting male character? When the supreme original self arrives: “You’re all dead!” Kill those 3kReads6.9Score161Shelves

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    This should fit the criteria of a period-travel novel, told from the male protagonist's perspective. The protagonist, a powerful figure, travels to various worlds, retrieving his clones to enhance his strength, becoming completely invincible—a kind of dimensional-lowering attack—without any sense of frustration. Because it's a period novel, there are scenes of him going to the countryside, but most of the worlds are actually set in rural areas [facepalm]. Each world is relatively short; you can skip worlds you don't like. Currently, the biggest drawback is the writing style. If you're not picky about writing quality, this book is worth reading. [Please follow][Please follow]

31. 531 回 Back to 1960: A Grand Life 回到60，壮阔人生 Faith of the Dragon Clan龙族的信仰Urban537k WordsCompleted Yang Jianjun returns to the 1960s and gains access to a personal space. He leads his family through the hardest few years. In an era when having enough to eat and warm clothes is all it takes to be happy, Yang Jianjun begins his own life with a cheat-like advantage. 3.8kReads8.5Score216Shelves
32. 532 重 Reborn in 1982: This Rogue Refuses to Become a Street Loafer 重生八二：浪子绝不做街溜子 What Is There to Eat吃的是什么Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Chen Weiguo is reborn on October 24, 1982, the day before his family falls apart. In his previous life, he was a no-good drifter: idle and irresponsible. He caused his wife and daughter to die tragically, and after his family was shattered, he had no choice but to leave home. He worked hard all his life, only to die alone. This time, he has the chance to start over. Life may be tough, but he's determined to shake off his reputation as a drifter and give his family a good life. Once despised by e 43.7kReads7.6Score4.1kShelves

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33. 533 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Carefree Young Hunter 重生六零年代：逍遥小猎户 An Ren安仁Urban696k WordsCompleted The soul of a modern man transmigrates back to the 1960s and becomes a poor young hunter in a mountain village. Fortunately, he has a spirit-mountain space with him. Armed with a modern man's ideas and knowledge, watch Liu Dazhu grow alongside his country and rise to new heights in this era, when New China has only just been founded... 2.4kReads8.6Score147Shelves

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34. 534 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
35. 535 魂 Reborn in 1963: Starting by Applying to Go to the Countryside 魂穿1963：从申请下乡开始 Where Is Anyuan安远在哪Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Urban Farming] [Period] [Pocket Dimension] [Storage] [Farming] [Raising Children] [Transmigration] [Lighthearted] [Cultivation] The Three-Lives Stone is a unique treasure that lets a person live three lifetimes. A Nascent Soul cultivator found it. In his first life, he lived for over a thousand years in his original world before dying of old age. In his second life, his soul transmigrated to Earth. He lived to be over a hundred, then died of old age in 2118. In his third life, his soul tran 6Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    (1) The male protagonist transmigrates to the 1960s with a portable storage space. He has an eight-year-old brother and a three-year-old sister. Inheriting the original owner's will, he supports his family and returns to the city to work 🔥, clearing land, building houses, selling bread, and doing city shopping... A relaxed daily life with the kids 🌿

36. 536 植 A Plant-Based Cultivator Returns to Earth in the 1960s 植物系修士重返地球六十年代 Totoro Immortal龙猫仙人Urban2.1M WordsCompleted A top student at a prestigious university accidentally transmigrated to a cultivation world and spent a century there, eventually becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator. But when he returned to Earth, a temporal displacement sent him to the impoverished 1960s, where people barely had enough clothes or food. He had no System, no golden finger, and not even a trace of spiritual energy. All he had was a portable dimension where time flowed differently, so he set out to farm and make sure he always had 12.3kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
37. 537 开 Catch My Brother-in-Law Cheating from the Start 开局捉奸大姐夫 Black Tea Pork Chop红茶小排Urban513k WordsCompleted [Just started: transmigrate into a book + 1970s + female lead + semi-alternate setting + a touch of ensemble cast] Cheng Qian is an orphan. His life has been full of ups and downs, with both successes and failures. After an accident, he transmigrates into a romance novel his coworker was reading. As someone who transmigrated, shouldn’t he get the male lead’s role? At worst, shouldn’t he be a supporting male character? Why did he get stuck with the cannon-fodder role? Cheng Qian has read enough t 468Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    I wasn't a sent-down youth. Right after graduating from high school, I was assigned to work as a driver at a winery. Because the factory manager valued me, I was promoted to the position of department head. With the help of my family, my eldest and second eldest sisters both became workers. My father, in order to set an example, gritted his teeth and worked hard, becoming a tractor driver that everyone envied...

38. 538 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Building a Home and a Career 重生六零之成小家立小业 The Mouse Who's Losing It抓狂的耗子Modern Romance381k WordsCompleted A woman becomes a man. There’s a love interest. Why not just live her best life alone? Because she wants a home. Fang Huai is 18, and Dong Jing is 24. Why such a big age gap? So their actual soul ages would be a better match. “Boss, here’s my resignation letter.” “Resigning? You’re doing fine. What’s the reason?” “I’m really running out of hair.” “Don’t be ridiculous. Whose hair in this department is still all there? If you’re losing it, get a transplant.” “Boss, thank you for all your help and 1.3kReads8.7Score100Shelves

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    It feels very heartwarming and isn't a wish-fulfillment story.

39. 539 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
40. 540 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
41. 541 重 Reborn: The Late 1970s and Early 1980s 重生：七十年代末八十年代初 Post-90s90后Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Rebirth + Female Educated Youth + Entrepreneurship + Sweet Romance] After one drunken night, Ye Beiping is reborn in 1978, just as the educated youth are preparing to return to the cities. He finds himself back in the middle of an unexpected encounter between himself and the heroine, Su Xinyi. Thinking fast, he gets himself out of a jail sentence and resolves not to let Su Xinyi down. He goes from being a petty hoodlum to a responsible, good man. He outmaneuvers a group of educated youth and ge 421Reads6.2Score—Shelves
42. 542 穿 Back to the 1960s: From Eating My Fill to Becoming a Factory Boss 穿回六零：从吃饱饭到厂长老总 Warm Sunshine in Spring春天里的暖阳Urban1.4M WordsCompleted On a sweltering day, a bottle of ice-cold cola sent a young man struggling to make ends meet back to the early 1960s. He was reborn as the third great-uncle who had died young in his previous life. In an era when people worried just about getting enough to eat, he began a life of easy success. New book: Transmigrating to 1942: Starting with a Blade of Grass. I hope you’ll support it. 10.6kReads8.8Score570Shelves
43. 543 求 Survival Game: From the Start, I Get an SSS-Rank Talent 求生游戏，开局获得SSS天赋 Lun Who Moves Bricks Every Day每日搬砖的伦Sci-Fi & Apocalypse557k WordsCompleted [Growing heroine + no romance + natural disasters + survival for all + plant-based supernatural ability + infinite flow + rule-based horror] Without warning, ten billion people around the world are dragged into a survival game. From the start, Ye Hangxia relies on the lightning-fast reflexes she honed by competing for class registrations, and hits the jackpot. She draws an SSS-rank talent: plant-based supernatural abilities, a perfect fit for her background as an agricultural student. Islands co 2.5kReads5.0Score208Shelves

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    The novel is really good.

44. 544 重 Back in the 1970s as an Educated Youth: Beating the Thief Who Stole My Life 重回七零当知青：爆锤人生小偷 The Silly Fox憨憨的狐狸Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s + farming + pocket dimension + a pampered, sweet young wife] With a deafening bang, Zhou Shiyi was sent flying by a car. It was only today that he learned the truth about his own life. He had been admitted to university, but someone had taken his place under a false name. That person was now thriving, with a bright future ahead. If not for that letter, he would still be completely in the dark. Reborn, he swore not only to reclaim the life that should have been his, but also 2.3kReads8.0Score193Shelves
45. 545 1 1983: Starting with Refusing to Raise an Ungrateful Son 1983：从拒绝抚养白眼狼开始 Cats Don't Eat Greens猫不吃素Urban561k WordsOngoing Reborn in the 1980s, a warm and cozy everyday story, with a doted-on male lead who builds a fortune through entrepreneurship. In his previous life, after his eldest brother died, Zhang Wenming took responsibility for raising his niece and nephew. But in doing so, he dragged the entire Zhang family into an endless abyss. More than a decade of care meant less than a few tears from their birth mother. His marriage prospects were ruined, and he became infertile. Then, when the two grew up, he tried 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The protagonist returns to 1983, making amends for past regrets while adapting to the times and leading his family towards a path of hard work and prosperity. He helps his third brother-in-law eliminate enemies from his past life, helps his fourth brother change careers and secure a stable job, and starts a small farm with his fifth cousin. They will gradually build their fortune and achieve great success! There aren't many toxic family members; the story portrays what a loving family truly is! (This is my own writing; feedback is welcome!)

46. 546 六 The 1960s: The Whole Family Gets Rich Thanks to Their Beloved Little One’s Pocket Space 六零：团宠萌娃靠空间带全家致富 Slippery Kitty脚滑的喵Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After dying, she returns to the age of five, back to those chaotic years of hunger and hardship. Her father hasn't been killed yet, and she's still the precious little girl in his eyes. Even better, she now has a pocket dimension where she can farm and raise livestock! To her surprise, the space keeps upgrading until it becomes a portal that can take her anywhere. Let's see how she uses it to gather supplies from all over the world, punish the wicked, and lead her whole family to a happy life... 1.1kReads8.9Score144Shelves
47. 547 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: An Ordinary Life, A Chance to Start Over 穿越六零：平平无奇重新做人 Sang Yi桑意Modern Romance312k WordsCompleted [Period setting + fresh perspective + feel-good story] Song Yongxiu accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s in a parallel world. He goes from an unpopular street punk to a promising young man everyone looks up to. But he’s still the same oddball, with ideas that differ from most people of his time. Luckily, his wife quietly supports him, and together they make it through every hardship. In this vibrant era, they build a wonderful life together. Oddball: Describes someone unconventional, with a s 167Reads8.4Score—Shelves
48. 548 四 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangtian 四合院：我是刘光天 North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction785k WordsOngoing A Love in the Courtyard fan fiction. After transmigrating into Liu Guangtian, the second son of the Second Uncle’s family, he has no standing at home and gets bullied whenever he steps outside. Luckily, his Academic Prodigy System activates. As long as he studies, he can keep getting stronger. He beats up the school bully, gets into a technical secondary school, becomes childhood sweethearts with Yushui, and contributes what little he can to the country’s technological development! Through tirel 2.3kReads7.6Score102Shelves

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    They don't go to the countryside; they live in Beijing.

49. 549 重 Back to 1979: I Used My Foresight to Become the Richest Man 重回1979：我先知先觉成首富 JTXZ Nine-Heaven WalkerJTXZ九天行者Urban222k WordsOngoing In 1979, in Chenjiazhai, a mountain village in western Guangdong. The moment Chen Jiale opens his eyes, he’s back on the morning when he and Su Zijing were set up in his previous life. After getting drunk, the two of them ended up in bed together, while the culprit, Shen Haonan, waits outside with a crowd, gloating... This time, he won’t run away. He’ll take responsibility to the end, leave no regrets, and make sure Su Zijing gets married, has children, and enjoys every day of a happy life! He’ 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the story of a farmer's son who travels back to 1979, the year when educated youth returned to the cities in large numbers. Witness how a soul from the future leads a family to rise in the 1970s and 80s, a story filled with patriotism, love, and hate!

50. 550 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Uncle Silly San Is No Longer Silly 重生七零：傻三叔不傻了 Little Horse, Charge Ahead小马向前冲Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + spatial storage + male protagonist’s perspective + Northeast China’s heated kang lifestyle + cozy farming story] Liu Tiezhu spent his whole life doing hard labor for his older brother’s family, only to end up drugged to death and dumped in a mass grave. Given another life, he’ll use the supernatural arts heaven granted him to stand on his own two feet, find the woman who has been longing for him, and live the rest of his life well. 3.9kReads8.9Score304Shelves

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    This is a heartwarming farming story told from the male protagonist's perspective, without any harem or business elements. [Learned][Learned]

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