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. 101 重 Reborn in 1985: My Three Stunning Ex-Wives 重生1985，我的三个绝色前妻 Northeastern Guobaorou 1东北锅包肉1Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Just rated, score may rise; take your time reading. Ten thousand words updated daily. Urban life, everyday living, entrepreneurship, getting rich, Period setting, Soviet Union, border trade, romantic rivalry, she chases him to win him back] Xu Guoliang transmigrated back to 1985, to a small city in northern China. He opened his eyes in a cramped, noisy apartment block owned by a state-run enterprise. Seeing the three stunning ex-wives in the room questioning him about stealing their living expe 156Reads5.7Score106Shelves
2. 102 得 With a Pocket Dimension, I Eat My Fill and Dress Warmly Through the Famine 得到空间的我在饥荒年代吃饱穿暖 Bending in the Wind风中折腰Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Handcrafted in the classic style, a four-million-character epic, packed to the brim] Xiao Weiguo is reborn in the past after living as a corporate wage slave in the 21st century. In an era when you need ration coupons for everything, when nobody has enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, watch as Xiao Weiguo makes a living with the space and his own one mu of land. While everyone else eats steamed corn buns, he has braised pork. While everyone else drinks watery porridge, he has Buddha Jumps Ov 75.3kReads8.3Score5.4kShelves
3. 103 刚 Just Reborn, and My Three Ex-Wives Show Up with Kids 刚重生：三个前妻带娃杀上门 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Rural Life1.0M WordsOngoing [Transmigration and rebirth, 1990s setting, everyday mountain hunting, multiple heroines, Greater Khingan Range, making a fortune, light wish-fulfillment] Lu Fan, a wilderness survival expert, is reborn in a parallel world in the Greater Khingan Range of the 1990s. He becomes a good-for-nothing at Hongxing Forest Farm, sharing a name with his original self. From the start, three ex-wives show up at his door with three children in tow. On top of that, Wang Defa, the forest farm director, demands 5.9kReads5.4Score637Shelves
4. 104 黑 Cutting-Edge Tech: Who Let Him Make Phones Like This? 黑科技：谁让他这么造手机的 Yin Yangjun尹阳君Urban3.2M WordsCompleted Please welcome the pioneer of full-screen phones, the creator of ultra-fast charging, the gravedigger of Fruit phones, the leader in domestic chips, and the boss of Hongxing Group, the world's largest phone manufacturer: Chen Chen! Chen Chen was reborn in 2011 and took over a phone company. He took on Big Rice, stabbed Apple in the back, and stayed completely calm in the face of US sanctions, retaliating by sanctioning the United States instead. He drove China's technological progress forward th 45.4kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
5. 105 跑 Mountain Running: Contracting Fierce Beasts and Taking Over the Entire Mountain 跑山：契约猛兽，承包整座大山 Eat, Eat, Fool吃吃痴Urban2.7M WordsCompleted (Now complete and ready to binge) [Everyday life in the 1980s + hunting + lighthearted + pets] A lonely old forest ranger is reborn in 1984. From the start, he stirs up a hornet’s nest and unexpectedly activates the Beast Servant System. He contracts hornets as beast servants. No beehive on the mountain can escape their tracking! As their master, Shi Lin reluctantly follows behind them to collect the honey. He contracts a sable as a beast servant. Wild rabbits, pheasants, cuckoo birds... There’s 81.1kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
6. 106 乡 Rural Romance: Raising the Richest Man in Xiangya Mountain 乡村爱情，象牙山首富养成记 The Legendary Baby传说中的宝宝Male-Channel Fanfiction742k WordsCompleted My new 2025 book, “Country Love: My Dad Is Liu Neng,” is out now! [Feel-good wish fulfillment, Country Love, Country Love series, period setting, tycoon, urban daily life, urban farming, TV series, light comedy, easygoing, Northeastern rural TV drama crossover, village celebrities, transmigration and rebirth, alternate universe, Liu Neng, no System, entrepreneurship, romance, stealing someone's love interest, Wang Xiaomeng, Ivory Mountain, hot springs, resort, Xie Guangkun, Zhao Si, Wang Laoqi, 8kReads8.2Score335Shelves
7. 107 四 Lao Liu from the Courtyard's Propaganda Office 四合院宣传科的宋老六 Loves Watermelon Milk Tea爱吃西瓜奶茶Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Song Xiaofeng transmigrates and wakes up as a junior high school student who drowned in Songjia Village, a rural village on the outskirts of the capital. To get a decent meal as soon as possible, he studies hard and earns a place at a technical secondary school. He also becomes a publicity officer at a steel mill and ends up living next door to Xu Damao and Silly Zhu. 18.8kReads6.1Score685Shelves

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   It's here! It's here! The male protagonist has transmigrated to a traditional courtyard house. It's great!

8. 108 年 The 1950s: Making a Happy, Prosperous Life 年代五零：红红火火过日子 Nanjing Cigarettes南京香烟Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1950s. What? Worried about starving to death? Don’t panic, don’t panic. We’ve got a pocket dimension. What? This is the notorious Courtyard of Beasts, where everyone’s supposedly a scumbag? What am I supposed to do? Luckily, my dad became the First Master, and my mom is the director of the women’s federation at the steel mill. Who still dares mess with me? Sun Zhengguo says: Go wild all you want, just don’t drag me into it. I only want to spend this happy life with my family. Both 38.2kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves
9. 109 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 24.7kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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   This one's worth checking out; it's a space-themed novel with a sign-in system.

10. 110 我 I Transmigrated as the Child of a Classified Work Unit in the 1950s 我穿成了五十年代保密单位子弟 Life in Progress生活进行时Modern Romance332k WordsCompleted After a car accident, Song Yunxi transmigrates with an entire street of market stalls to a classified military-industrial facility in Chengdu, Sichuan, at the end of the 1950s, where she becomes the child of an employee. 551Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    🍒A male-oriented story set in an era when people didn't go to the countryside [I understand] Wang Jianguo lived a cowardly life, but he never expected to see what happened to him after he died [Thinking] In a daze, he returned to the beginning of the tragedy.

11. 111 桃 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Rural Life558k WordsOngoing As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 118.7kReads7.7Score9.7kShelves

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    A highly recommended novel! A rural setting, a love story set in the countryside! A time of innocence and youthful naiveté!

12. 112 游 Swimming Across Hong Kong to Find My Fortune 游水香江去找钱 Toxic Thoughts思想有毒Urban1.1M WordsCompleted In the late 1970s, in a small village north of Yuecheng, Wang Ziqian was forced to join two friends in fleeing to Hong Kong as they pursued their fortune. He struggled to survive amid the turbulent tides of Hong Kong, moving from one industry to another, and ultimately became a business magnate. 6.6kReads7.6Score255Shelves

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    Then take a look at this book where the protagonist, in order to avoid going to the countryside, simply runs away, climbing onto a train in Hong Kong overnight.

13. 113 好 Good Fortune in 1990: Transmigrated as the Era-Novel Son-in-Law 好运90：穿成年代文赘婿 Song Tingyun宋停云Urban369k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated-into-a-book romance + pocket dimension + period setting + devoted husband and one heroine + satisfying progression + cozy everyday life] Overnight, the Jiang family's live-in son-in-law changes. He goes from a weakling who can't lift a finger and has nothing but a pretty face to a considerate, gentle man who's good with both pen and sword and can keep earning money! Jiang Ruonan, envied by all the girls in the surrounding villages, looks at her husband and feels sweetness bloom in 520Reads7.4Score—Shelves
14. 114 公 Upholding Justice 公义立身 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Urban102k WordsCompleted Xu Zhiqiang was born into a poor rural family in the 1960s. Through sheer hard work, he got into university. After graduating, he was assigned to work at a steel mill, where he brought a near-bankrupt factory back from the brink. Later, an anonymous letter changed the course of his life once again. After enduring setbacks in life as well as pressure and blows at work, Xu Zhiqiang entered the real estate business and rose to the pinnacle of success. 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist was born into a poor family. After graduating from university, he was assigned to a steel factory. Later, he went south and became a real estate tycoon.

15. 115 硬 Stubborn as a Mule 硬颈种 Xu Wenqing徐文卿Modern Romance348k WordsCompleted [Not a Power Fantasy, No Cliches, No Stupid Characters, Mutual Devotion, Striving for a Better Life, Realistic Growth] In Hakka, someone stubborn to the core is called a "hard-necked sort." When Wang Lili was ten, she snatched a big chicken leg at the dinner table. Her father ordered her to give it to her younger brother. She said, "I won't." When Zhao Ruxun was ten, he was forced to let his mother beat him fifteen times in public for protecting his younger brother. He gritted his teeth and didn 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book doesn't focus on rural life, but rather on leaving it. Two children born in the countryside desperately climb outwards, struggling to rise from the mud, all the way out of the Nanliu River, in order to escape their original family and environment… written from a male perspective.

16. 116 年 1958: A Happy, Loving Family 年代1958：欢乐有爱的一家子 Autumn of Heaven天之秋Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Li Fusheng transmigrates to Nanluoguxiang in 1958. What should he do? Could he really just mix it with some cement? With a small pocket dimension at his disposal, Li Fusheng loves making money on the black market. Before he knows it, he becomes a neighborhood police officer. With his little pocket dimension, he never has to worry about food or drink, and life is full of pleasures: fishing, trading goods, catching enemy spies, and offering advice. From 1958 all the way to the present day, Li Fush 16.7kReads7.1Score985Shelves

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    A new book in October, a period drama told from the male protagonist's perspective. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into a large, harmonious family in a traditional courtyard house in Beijing, spanning three generations. The family is warm and peaceful, with no truly awful characters. Most of the adults are factory workers, and the family is relatively well-off. The protagonist, being the eldest son and grandson, is pampered and doesn't attend school, which is tolerated, and his family even provides him with money. Later, he earns money fishing and is even given a bicycle. He gets lucky while fishing, meets an old man who is a government official, and gets a job as a local policeman. There are no rural extremists, and overall, there aren't many truly awful characters.

17. 117 重 Back to 1985: Starting by Cutting Off the Ungrateful 重回85，从斩白眼狼开始 Wandering Cultivator Wang Sanhuo散修王三火Urban194k WordsOngoing Written entirely by hand, with no AI-generated filler. Writing by hand isn't easy: every chapter is typed one character at a time, one finger at a time! [Lighthearted Comedy + No System + No Golden Finger + Making Money + Solving Cases + Family Life + Brotherhood + Urban Underworld + Light Ensemble Cast + Northeastern Dialect] The comedic scenes all come from everyday life. No hunting, no stock trading! Chang Shan was reborn, back in 1985! Since he had been reborn, he would start by settling ac 982Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a period novel, and the humorous scenes are all drawn from real life. It's a relaxing read, perfect for a lighthearted experience. Life is tough enough as it is, so a good read should be a laugh. There's no deep-seated suffering or serious drama; no hunting or stock trading involved.

18. 118 火 Machinist in the Red-Hot Era: Helping the Pioneers Forge Great Weapons 火红年代机械师：我助先辈铸重器 Eggs and Tomatoes, Stir-Fried in Turns鸡蛋番茄轮番炒Male-Channel Fanfiction3.9M WordsOngoing It was a fiery, passionate age, but also one of scarcity and backward technology. Jiang Xia transmigrates into this era. He sees the giant bending machine in the workshop break down and grind to a halt. He sees the older generation laboring for the nation’s industry and defense, eating rough cornbread and working late by lamplight as they chart a path to national strength on sheet after sheet of paper. He can’t bear it, and he can’t accept it. The System he has is barely useful; only the fault a 41.3kReads8.8Score2.7kShelves

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    Don't be fooled by the title "Siheyuan" (courtyard house); it's actually a science and technology article. As for why it's about courtyard houses? Well, it's because we're afraid of being censored.

19. 119 渣 My Scumbag Ex Became a Copycat Husband: Back to Before My Wife's Difficult Labor 渣男变模仿丈夫：重回媳妇难产前 Gods, Protect My Account诸神保号Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Female-focused + period setting + small family + child-rearing + everyday life) Zheng Wendong, filled with regret over how he had treated his wife, was reborn in 1999, back when he and his wife had just gotten married. In his previous life, he had failed to see people for who they were, abandoned his pregnant wife, and gone to stand up for the woman he had always loved. As a result, he suffered a grievous injury that left him impotent. His wife worked herself to the bone for him, but he still l 4.6kReads8.9Score346Shelves

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    ① Zheng Wendong, filled with regret, is reborn in 1999, shortly after his marriage. In his previous life, he was too foolish, ruining his wife and children. This time, he disregards everything else, focusing solely on protecting his family, quietly making money so that his wife and children can live a good life after the family division. ② Zhou Xingran, just as his life is getting on track, suddenly transmigrates to a poor mountain village in the 1950s, where he is disliked by his family. He acts decisively, taking the college entrance exam as his first step to changing his fate.

20. 120 来 Since I'm Here, I Might as Well Live It Up in the Sixties 来到来了，60年代也要浪一浪 Fallen Leaves in the South南方的落叶Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Song Yuwen transmigrated to 1959 and became Song Dabao, who had fallen into the water. He now had a big family, and every one of them was talented. Thanks to them, he avoided many detours in life. To make money, he started out fishing, then sold popsicles. After landing a job as a purchasing agent, he spent his days thinking about how to profit from black-market trading. By a stroke of luck, he even became a train security officer. And so Song Dabao began shuttling between the Northeast, Beijing 12.3kReads7.5Score869Shelves

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    I come from an ordinary family and have some free time. I found myself a job as a purchasing agent, and with my own abilities, I also found a job for a friend. It's a pretty good show, and I'm currently watching it.

21. 121 四 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1954, with Silly Zhu as My Neighbor 四合院：重生54年，邻居傻柱 The Big Totoro in the Door Crack门缝里的大龙猫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted Li Zhenmin transmigrates to the world of the Siheyuan in 1954 and becomes He Yuzhu's neighbor. Knowing what the future holds, the first thing Li Zhenmin does after awakening the System is learn to cook. A cook will never go hungry, no matter the era. At this point, He Yuzhu is still a naive little kid, following Li Zhenmin around and calling him “big brother” whenever he gets the chance. Xu Damao isn't as bad as he'll become in the future, either. He keeps pestering Li Zhenmin to take him on as 27.9kReads7.4Score1.3kShelves

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    The first book features a male protagonist who doesn't go to the countryside, instead apprenticing as a chef under his senior apprentice, He Daqing, and correcting Sha Zhu's path from a sycophantic behavior. The second book sees him become the eldest son of the Yan family, starting as a technician and rising to a high-ranking position in the Ministry of Industry, contributing to the nation's technological advancement. The third book begins before the liberation, before the time for rural assignments; given the protagonist's current power, he won't go, and it's uncertain whether he'll even be there for ten years. The fourth book starts with Kang Jiu from *Blood Romance*, leading his sister to a better life; the remaining books also feature protagonists from different eras who don't go to the countryside.

22. 122 重 Back to 1979: From the Start, I’m Under the Covers 重回1979：开局竟在被窝儿 Cooking Up the Mortal World煮红尘Urban685k WordsCompleted [Rebirth + farming + period setting + one heroine + everyday life + reselling supplies] Li Chengkun was born into a cadre family, but his parents neglected his upbringing, leaving him good for nothing. In the 1970s, he not only lived a life of extravagant spending, but also squandered every advantage he had. His father was literally angered to death by him. Then, over a promise, Li Chengkun was sentenced to fifteen years in prison, indirectly causing the deaths of three sworn brothers and lettin 282Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Male-oriented, historical fiction, single female lead, trading goods, no rural visits, no rural visits, no rural visits.

23. 123 都 We’re All Reborn, So Who Still Wants to Be Someone’s Lackey? 都重生了谁还拉帮套啊 Meow Erbai喵二白Urban1.7M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n 17kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    I like watching this.

24. 124 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 196.6kReads8.5Score18.2kShelves

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    #Era# These books are all about not going to the countryside, and they each have their own merits. Just choose whichever you like. If I had to recommend one, I would recommend it. It's plain and simple, but it captures the atmosphere of that era. It's very engaging to read. If you like it, then read it. If not, just don't criticize it.

25. 125 四 Siheyuan: Starting Out as Little Rascal Kang Jiu 四合院：从小混蛋康九开始 The Mochi Is So Dark麻薯好黑Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted After waking from a deep sleep, I discovered I had become Kang Jiu, who was beaten to death by the children of the compound in Blood Romance. I also had a six-year-old little sister. And that wasn't all. The compound where I lived turned out to be the one from The Turbulent Households of the Courtyard. I planned to keep my head down for ten years and wait for my chance to take off. Bang Geng tried to steal my sister's food, so I slapped him flying. Jia Zhangshi tried to avenge her grandson, and 8.2kReads8.7Score306Shelves
26. 126 穿 Transmigrating to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension to Become a Security Guard 穿越60带着空间当保安 No Good People in the Six Realms六界无好人Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Who am I? Where am I? Other people transmigrate, and so do I. They can crush the heavens, the earth, and everything in between. One burst of their kingly aura, and they get whatever they want. I transmigrated here and have nothing. I can’t even get enough to eat. I’m sixteen, but built like a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old. A gust of wind could blow me away. Where’s my System? Aren’t Systems standard issue for transmigrators? ... 88kReads8.5Score6kShelves
27. 127 四 Siheyuan: Don’t Mess with Me, or I’ll Have You Locked Up 四合院：不要惹我，惹我就送进去 Still as Water淡入止水Male-Channel Fanfiction719k WordsCompleted After waking up, Li Luo transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became one of the residents of the courtyard. Through his own tireless efforts, he spent five years working his way up to become a Level Five electrician. Just then, a familiar yet strange voice suddenly rang out in his mind: “The five-year deadline has arrived. System activated.” From then on, Li Luo’s life became all the more colorful. Granny Deaf throwing her weight around because of her age? Then he’d have to r 21.6kReads7.6Score755Shelves
28. 128 重 Reborn in the 1960s: The Pretty Widow Is Pressured into Marriage by a Handsome Educated Youth 重生六零俏寡妇被俊知青逼婚 Gentle Sunshine优暖的阳光Modern Romance727k WordsCompleted Reborn + mutual devotion + faithful to each other + storage space (introduced later) A period farming novel. The heroine isn’t a powerhouse, won’t go to the black market or follow the army, and won’t become the richest person alive. Set in an alternate history. The medical treatments in this story are not to be taken as real advice; everything is sourced from the internet. A simple, happy life in the countryside. A handsome young intellectual with excellent medical skills arrives at Taoyuan Brig 3.2kReads8.7Score234Shelves

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    From the male protagonist's perspective, he is frail and sickly, forced to go to the countryside due to family circumstances. The female protagonist, heavily pregnant, accompanies him. Soon after, the male protagonist dies, and the female protagonist gives birth to their child alone. Meanwhile, the male protagonist is reborn in another person's body. The first thing he does upon returning is to go to the countryside to find his wife and child. He loves the female protagonist very much and teaches her to read and write. This time, he will cherish and love his wife for the rest of his life.

29. 129 四 Siheyuan: I’ll Hold This Family Together! 四合院：我要扛起这个家！ Towering Mountains崇山峻岭Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted After watching the TV series about the courtyard house, Chen Zhixing opens his eyes in a courtyard in 1965. From the start, his father is gone, his mother is ill, and he has a younger sister in middle school. Chen Zhixing has to shoulder the burden of supporting the family. 7kReads7.6Score294Shelves
30. 130 盗 The Tomb Raider's Treasure Chronicle 盗墓藏宝录 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban677k WordsOngoing Gu Yue comes from a family of tomb raiders. His family has been raiding tombs since his grandfather’s generation. It is said that his grandfather was a soldier when he was young, serving under Sun Dianying. When Sun Dianying plundered Empress Dowager Cixi’s tomb, Gu Yue’s grandfather was sent inside as one of Sun Dianying’s personal guards to carry out the treasures. Amid the chaos, he hid one of them in his backside. After their defeat, he fled back to his hometown. In those turbulent times, he 14.5kReads7.2Score1.4kShelves

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31. 131 四 Siheyuan: I Arrived in 1947 四合院之1947我来了 Eating at Ten十点饭的吃Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing Li Tianyou woke up one morning to find that he had gone from being a college student about to graduate to an orphan in Beiping in 1947, hunted by the black-uniformed police. The original owner of his body was the orphan of a fallen revolutionary, and three starving, sickly children depended on him: a younger brother and two younger sisters. Their six eyes gazed at him, filled with despair. The portable storage space bound to him was his only trump card. And so, a peddler appeared in Beiping: sel 393Reads7.3Score—Shelves
32. 132 大 A Nation’s Rise Begins with Being Reborn in 1965 大国崛起从胎穿六五开始 A Hundred Years, a Dream, Gone in an Instant百年一梦转瞬空Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [When your body goes to another world, it's called transmigration. When your consciousness takes over someone else's body, it's called possession. When you reincarnate and are born again, it's called being reborn.] [This book has either one female lead or no female lead. If you want multiple women or a harem, please look elsewhere.] His head was groggy. He didn't know how much time had passed, but he could feel the dampness on his body and the soft things surrounding him. Mu Xingdao began to p 12.9kReads6.6Score987Shelves
33. 133 重 Reborn: There’s No Escape, I’m a Bandit 重生插翅难逃我为悍匪 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban234k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads—Score112Shelves
34. 134 6 Starting in 1960: Max-Level Comprehension Helps My Whole Family Thrive 60开局：满级悟性带飞全家 Three-Foot Green Peak三尺青峰Male-Channel Fanfiction450k WordsOngoing [Siheyuan + period setting + pocket dimension + genius student + infinite supplies + technology] He transmigrates to the countryside in the 1960s. It's the worst year of the famine, and his family has only three days' worth of food left. What can he do? No problem, Chen Feng has a plan. After transmigrating, he awakens a golden finger that grants him max-level comprehension. He can learn any skill instantly and master it in no time. The golden finger also comes with a pocket dimension that grows 26Reads8.9Score—Shelves
35. 135 七 The 1970s: The Eight Younger Brothers Who Always Enabled Their Brother Are Reborn 七零之八个扶弟魔的弟弟重生了 A Splash of Vivid Color一抹重彩Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting, reborn, spirit spring space, one female lead, family ties, everyday family life, building wealth] In his previous life, Qi Yuejin became the richest man in the country. In the first half of his life, he relied on his eight older sisters and lived well with his wife. By the time he made money and came to his senses, some of his sisters were dead and others crippled, while the younger generation had severed ties with him and wanted nothing more to do with him for the rest of their 39.7kReads9.1Score4.3kShelves

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    This is an absolutely excellent book. It's not one of those books that claims to be set in a specific era but ends up focusing on how the author made money after the college entrance exam. This one primarily focuses on the period before the exam, and much of the wealth acquired is donated in various forms. The author also strives to avoid death.

36. 136 四 Siheyuan: A Colorful Life 四合院之多彩人生 The Sweet Potato Who Reads读书的番薯Male-Channel Fanfiction2.5M WordsCompleted Lin Qiming, a master's graduate in history, arrives in Beiping in the early years of the People's Republic. Faced with a new China where everything needs rebuilding, he is eager to make his mark. But when he steps into his family home, good grief, the courtyard is already full of colorful characters: Yan Bugui, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Old Mrs. Deaf, He Yuzhu, Qin Huairu, and Banggeng. What kind of god-tier neighbors are these? Then he steps outside and sees Zheng Chaoshan, a handsome, wealthy 3.8kReads5.4Score162Shelves
37. 137 重 Reborn in the Great Dye House: Bandits Run Wild 重生大染坊之土匪横行 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban288k WordsCompleted Raised at Shaolin Temple from childhood, twenty years of ascetic discipline couldn’t withstand one night of passion with a female pilgrim. In the end, I was tricked into going to northern Myanmar. Just as I was about to lose a kidney, I fought for my life. I managed to keep my kidney, but lost my life. Perhaps those twenty years of cultivation finally paid off, because I was reborn in the body of a minor bandit in Shandong. Watch as this little bandit turns the tide in an age beset by foreign en 487Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 138 收 Becoming a Tycoon by Collecting Antiques 收古董成为大佬 Skilled Farmer种地能手Urban605k WordsCompleted After being reborn, he builds a business from scratch: collecting antiques, opening an antique shop, getting into real estate, buying courtyard houses, and surrounding himself with beautiful women. He quietly makes a fortune and ultimately becomes a winner in life, with everything under his control. 854Reads6.6Score103Shelves
39. 139 快 Quick Transmigration: There's Always a Cannon Fodder Trying to Coax a Snake into Becoming Her Husband 快穿：总有炮灰想哄蛇当老公 Jia Yan珈言Two Male Leads404k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + two male leads + gong protagonist + love at first sight + salvation + no fixed pairing] The shou characters are all hopeless romantics, and they dote on each other. Xu Mo was a golden python who had cultivated a human form before the founding of the country. After experiencing the mortal world, he found life full of suffering and returned to the wishing pond at Baiyun Temple on Baiyun Mountain, where he had lived before. Every day, he absorbed the wishes of those who came 23.4kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves

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    These are all very beautiful (♥∀♥)

40. 140 院 An Academician Reborn: This Dream of a Great Nation, Just as You Wished 院士重生：这大国梦，如你所愿 Old Popsicle老雪糕Urban831k WordsOngoing [A thoroughly patriotic novel, with absolutely nothing wrong with its values] I would give my humble heart to China, and devote my years to its mountains and rivers; I would use the youth of our generation to defend a prosperous China. I’m crying. 114Reads9.3Score—Shelves
41. 141 师 Senior Brother, I Found Love with the Heavenly Venerable Through Farming 师兄啊师兄，靠种田和天尊he了 I Really Don't Want to Find a Job真的不想找工作Anime Fanfiction339k WordsOngoing I watched my senior's latest anime and got so mad that I decided to write a novel about the Heavenly Venerable. I'm a die-hard Heavenly Venerable fan, so Li Changshou fans need not apply! This is a new book by the author. Please go easy on me in the comments. 4.4kReads8.2Score228Shelves
42. 142 6 Li Dabao in 1960s Beijing 60年代京城李大宝 Mountain Road Monkey山道猴Urban720k WordsCompleted Li Dabao, from 2024, transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard house in 1960 and tells a series of funny stories about ordinary life... (No angst, pure comedy. This is not one of those beastly courtyard-house stories: there are no super heroes, no stealing anyone’s heroines, and no causing any trouble.) 41Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    🔥These are all male-oriented period dramas where the protagonist doesn't go to the countryside🔥 🔥The male protagonist transmigrates to a courtyard house in the 1960s. The people here seem different from those in dramas; everyone possesses the simplicity and kindness of that era, treating the protagonist very well. It's a warm and cozy courtyard house period drama without any hostility.

43. 143 师 Master, Forgive Me for Overstepping 师尊，恕我以下犯上 Fish Ball Noodle Soup鱼丸面汤Two Male Leads539k WordsOngoing 1v1 + HE + Main Attacker's POV + Mutual Devotion + No Secondary Couples + Only Ever Been With Each Other + Extremely Protective of the Main Couple A snarky, self-deluded, lovesick disciple gong × a gentle, seductive black-lotus master shou Jun Buchen, a modern-day shut-in, reads a cultivation novel and is nearly driven mad by the disciple in it. The disciple is weak but always causing trouble, constantly dragging his master down and showing no gratitude. And the master? The master is the ideal m 65.6kReads9.1Score15.9kShelves
44. 144 快 Quick Transmigration: I'm Done Following the Plot as a Male Cannon Fodder, Time for a New Path 快穿：男炮灰我不走剧情，换赛道 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Urban1.2M WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration + self-interest + period settings + cultivation + male supporting characters + stopping at nothing to achieve one's goals] Qingshan was an endangered yew tree growing high in the mountains of Yunnan. In a daze, it gained sentience and cultivated into a spirit. During its tribulation, its entire body was obliterated beneath a storm of thunder. Its final wisp of soul was intercepted by an initial System belonging to a certain Bureau of Time and Space, and so began a long jour 82.3kReads8.5Score4.9kShelves
45. 145 火 Going with the Flow in a Fiery Era 火红年代之随波逐流 An Utterly Ordinary Young Gentleman平平无奇小郎君Male-Channel Fanfiction677k WordsCompleted Zhong Shan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. Let’s see how Zhong Shan gallops through this era. Zhong Shan is a fine young man, handsome and wealthy. Quite something, quite something, Zhong Shan is a fine young man! (Sorry, wrong song.) No angst, mostly everyday life. An outsider in the retirement community. 18.6kReads7.9Score636Shelves
46. 146 快 Quick Transmigration: Don't You Big Shots Have Husbands of Your Own? 快穿：你们大佬没有自己的老公吗 Tao Zhi萄之Two Male Leads281k WordsOngoing You just have to steal someone else's! [Two male leads + quick transmigration + protagonist is the pursuer + 1v1, both chaste + random male pursuer and (in some cases) female pursued, with forced love] [World One: Rich ABO family] As a top-tier Omega with a slight aversion to Alphas, Yuan Lingyue never imagined he would fall in love with an Alpha he had judged “low quality.” That person was his nephew's boyfriend, too. [World Two: CEO romance + online dating] A stammering country boy with no edu 28.2kReads8.8Score2.8kShelves
47. 147 四 Easygoing Days in the Siheyuan 四合院里的悠哉日子 Fengjue风觉Male-Channel Fanfiction5.6M WordsOngoing Back in 1955, he begins a carefree life amid all the chaos of that legendary courtyard. See how a modern man gets by and lives his own modest life in that era! (A low on hostility, high on everyday life, and all about watching the drama kind of story.) 38.1kReads7.7Score1.9kShelves

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    Born in 1955, working in a grocery store, mildly irritable, values ​​life, very good-looking, highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

48. 148 我 My Husband Is a Scumbag? How Did I Not Know? 我老公是渣攻我怎么不知道？ kzkxTwo Male Leads459k WordsOngoing Dual male leads + dual perspectives [Quick transmigration + sweet romance + one-on-one relationship] In his previous life, the person he fell for at first sight despised him, yet gave someone else all his patience and affection. He never expected that even after being reborn, he still wouldn't get what he wanted... [World One] Sweet childhood friend × scummy childhood-friend lover In the reborn protagonist's view, Yu Bai is the scummy lover's beloved white moonlight. To Yu Bai, he's simply the b 2.3kReads—Score240Shelves
49. 149 情 Love in the Courtyard: From the Start, I Stole Lou Xiao'e Away 情满四合院，开局截胡娄晓娥 Mihoyo, Take My Spear米哈游吃我一矛Male-Channel Fanfiction920k WordsOngoing Zhou Xun transmigrates into a courtyard compound, where he becomes Yi Zhonghai’s apprentice. Yi Zhonghai wants Zhou Xun to look after him in his old age, but Zhou Xun is rebellious to the core. First, he beats Yi Zhonghai to the punch and wins over Lou Xiao'e. Then he becomes an engineer. With a skill System at his disposal, Zhou Xun sits back and watches the scoundrels in the compound reveal their true colors. 2.5kReads7.7Score106Shelves
50. 150 南 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Shanjiu's Home杉玖家Urban371k WordsCompleted Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 24Reads—Score—Shelves

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