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. 201 归 A Cheap Import Who Studied Abroad? Call Me the Father of Chips! 归国留洋水货？叫我芯片之父！ This Meat Is Poisonous这肉有毒Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [The 1950s + technological powerhouse + academic prodigy] A young man from the new century transmigrates to 1955 as an overseas student returning to China, becoming one of the same group of ocean-liner returnees as Qian Xuesen. The original list of twenty-four people has inexplicably gained one additional name: his. However, this Stanford graduate in his former life actually graduated through his family's donations. He has no real knowledge in his head and is already someone about to be eliminat 390.6kReads8.7Score29.2kShelves

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   These are all very good books, and they are relatively new. The first two are male-oriented novels, and the third is female-oriented, but the male protagonist is described quite a bit.

2. 202 重 Reborn in the 1970s: There's Still Time for Everything 重生七零一切都来得及 Autumn Comes with Falling Leaves zmy13落叶知秋zmy13Urban253k WordsCompleted Only at the end of his life did a man in his fifties realize how much of a failure he'd been. The woman who loved him most spent her life alone and miserable, while he had been blind enough to fall for another woman who loved him. In the end, he had nothing. Only that first woman was still there for him, seeing him through to his final moments. If he had another life, he would never let her down. But it was already too late. Heaven gave him another chance at a different life. Only as he lay dyin 686Reads8.8Score100Shelves
3. 203 开 Undercover from the Start? Too Bad I Got a Warlord’s Script 开局卧底？可惜我拿的是枭雄剧本 The Unassuming Secret Identity不扑的小马甲Urban115k WordsOngoing A corporate drone from the 21st century wakes up as a low-level gangster in Hong Kong in 1995. The good news: He has a golden finger that lets him see through every disguise. The bad news: He's an undercover cop. His superior treats him as expendable, and the boss treats him like a crop to be harvested. His handler says, “A-Luo, just one more meritorious deed and you can come back to the force.” I look at the [empty promises] [using you] over his head and silently give him a thumbs-up. The boss 2Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 204 魂 My Soul Transmigrated to 1958: My Golden Finger Lets Me Teleport 魂穿五八年：我的金手指能瞬移 Where Is Anyuan安远在哪Urban251k WordsOngoing By chance, Su Xiaochuan discovers an unknown metal. Combined with a pocket dimension, it lets him teleport anywhere. One time, when Su Xiaochuan teleports abroad, he looks up and sees a rocket launching! His ambition instantly soars. As he watches the rocket climb higher and higher, a bold idea begins to take shape in his mind: If I could bring my anchor point along on the rocket and send it into space, wouldn’t that mean I could… At the thought, Su Xiaochuan doesn’t dare take it any further —Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 205 搞 Let’s Stir Things Up! My In-Laws’ Home Is Being Demolished, and I’m Throwing a Wrench in the Works 搞事！搞事！婆家拆迁我当搅屎棍 Seven-Star Pepper七星椒Modern Romance242k WordsOngoing 14Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 206 快 Quick Transmigration: After the Lucky One Unlocks the Sign-In System 快穿：欧皇能签到后 Yao Siqi尧司祁Modern Romance755k WordsCompleted No romance! No romance! No romance! (Don’t ask why the protagonist doesn’t find a partner. The author just doesn’t know how to write romance.) I’m no good at writing introductions, so just read the story. After Yuan Xi gets hit and killed by a dump truck, she embraces the simple belief that a bad life is better than no life at all and binds herself to System Fifty-Eight. Together, they travel to different worlds to help people fulfill their wishes. What’s it like having a Host who’s ridiculously 42.2kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves

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   🌸🌸➕The first book, set in the 1970s, follows the protagonist as a sent-down youth in the countryside. 🌸🌸➕The second book is set in the 1950s, where he earns money to study and then gets a job. 🌸🌸➕The third book is a political novel. All are told from the male protagonist's perspective.

7. 207 四 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 Beneath the Stars, Just for You披星戴月只为你Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red 35kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves

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   The story is devoid of any aggressive tendencies. The protagonist, Lao Liu, is a cunning and far-sighted schemer who never gets himself involved in the petty infighting of the courtyard. Initially, he seems saintly, but as the story unfolds, it becomes clear that his calculations of everyone around him and his manipulation of every event are not for his own benefit. All characters are intelligent, with rigorous and logical storytelling. Major historical events are all incorporated.

8. 208 穿 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女 Happy Salted Fish开心的咸鱼Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 22kReads9.4Score1.9kShelves

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   The male and female protagonists were a married couple in their previous lives, but their genders were swapped during rebirth. One was the son of a landlord, and the other was the daughter of a bandit. They belonged to a group that was oppressed at the time. Through their efforts, the male and female protagonists changed their bad backgrounds to good ones. It is really well written (there is a golden finger).

9. 209 我 I Solve Cases to Put Food on the Table 我靠破案养家糊口 Empty Words in a Dream梦中的虚语Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Reborn in 1958, I moved into Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Did I transmigrate into a TV drama or transmigrate into a book? Good thing I have so many buffs stacked that I don't have to spend all day playing family power games in one little courtyard! 6.6kReads9.3Score635Shelves

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   This book has a great concept and is doing very well in Kyoto.

10. 210 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 130.9kReads9.3Score16.1kShelves

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    The first and fourth books meet the criteria: the protagonist has a job and doesn't have to go to the countryside, but they aren't without a romantic pairing. In the first book, the male protagonist transmigrates into the body of "Crazy Yan," learning medical skills through a system and receiving material rewards. He then teaches and has "three thousand disciples." The fourth book is about Zhou Xingran transmigrating to a remote mountain village in the 1950s. He finds mountain produce and sells herbs to support himself through school, relying entirely on his own efforts. He then passes the university entrance exam and finds a job in the city. The others are also very good period novels about getting rich and powerful.

11. 211 四 Siheyuan: The Happy Life of an Eighth-Grade Worker 四合院之八级工的幸福生活 Divine Words Yu101神言羽101Male-Channel Fanfiction937k WordsCompleted This novel has no System and no over-the-top melodrama, and things are relatively harmonious. Synopsis: Lin Yu transmigrates into a courtyard in the 1950s and gets a terrible start. Through his own hard work, he gradually becomes an eighth-grade worker and gives his family a happy life. 49.1kReads7.9Score2.2kShelves

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    The male protagonist in this book transmigrates to a courtyard house in the 1950s and becomes one of the three musketeers in the courtyard with Sha Zhu and Sha Mao. [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm]

12. 212 重 Back to 1988 重返1988 West Wind Beyond the Pass关外西风Urban3.9M WordsCompleted Lu Feng had become a billionaire and achieved great success when he unexpectedly returned to the 1990s. Looking at his adorable daughter, he was completely bewildered. Even more bewildering was the question of who this beautiful wife of his was. With a second chance at life, making money was a piece of cake. He would not only reach the pinnacle of wealth, but also teach business tycoons how to make money, give the future richest man a few pointers on starting a business, and then casually stand 4.4kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves

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    There's nothing wrong with any of these.

13. 213 四 Siheyuan: I'm Liu Guangqi 四合院：我是刘光奇 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Female-Channel Fanfiction467k WordsCompleted A Love in the Courtyard fanfic. I transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Liu Guangqi. Emmmm, not a bad identity. Unlike other transmigrators who start out as orphans, at least the courtyard's scoundrels can't bully me. As for everything else, I'll just sit back and watch! 10.7kReads9.1Score351Shelves

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    I only recommend these three books because I've read them. I don't dare recommend any others that I haven't read, for fear of being criticized.

14. 214 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 152.5kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves

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    I've never read a historical fiction novel from the male protagonist's perspective; I've always read those from the female protagonist's point of view. This is my favorite. There's no rural setting, and the plot twists keep coming. It's a very interesting historical fiction novel.

15. 215 重 Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村 Ye Xiaolou叶小楼Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha 36.2kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
16. 216 6 The 1960s: The Whole Village Clings to a Five-Year-Old's Leg 60年代，全村紧抱五岁娃娃大腿 Fishing抓鱼Urban508k WordsCompleted [Trading, Cute Kids, Countryside, Development, Construction, 1960s, Pocket Space] In the early days, it’s all about childhood fun: shooting birds, fishing, and catching frogs. In the middle, he helps a small mountain village rise to prosperity. By the end, he’s rolling in money, commanding cutting-edge technology, and helping the country defeat its enemies. Weiguo has spent years in the army, leaving behind his frail wife and child. Wei Mo transmigrates into this world and is moved by the love a 14Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    These are all from the male protagonist's perspective. The last book is somewhat from the male protagonist's perspective. For historical fiction, it's hard to find stories from the male protagonist's perspective. Perhaps you could check the categories. It's available in Tomato's categories.

17. 217 八 The 1980s' Best Dad: Fubao Is Heaven's Own Daughter 八零最强奶爸：福宝是天道亲闺女 Qian Naina千奈奈Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyone's Favorite + Lucky Charm + Adorable Child + Farming + No Romance + Everyday Life + Building Wealth] The mountain convent collapses, leaving three-year-old orphan Tangtang, who is mentally disabled and withdrawn, with nowhere to go. Chen Feng's family is the poorest in the village. He only stops to gossip for a moment, but Tangtang takes his hand and calls him Daddy. From then on, Chen Feng adopts the child. Everyone says the child brings bad luck and is foolish, but who knew Tangtang w 10.9kReads9.2Score637Shelves
18. 218 八 The Eighties: A Fake Overseas Student Serves His Country in His Own Way 八零年代：冒牌留子另类报国 Zhanjiang Red湛江红Urban916k WordsOngoing Xu Zhiyuan, from the 21st century, was hit by a truck and sent straight to the 1980s, where he became an international student studying in America. The top student Xu Zhiyuan majored in mechanical engineering, a field that desperately needed engineers back home. His soul was replaced, and a layabout who’d barely scraped through school took the place of the academic ace. A third-rate punk really couldn’t make sense of all those technical terms. He couldn’t even keep pretending. In reality, Xu Zhi 125.5kReads8.9Score12.3kShelves

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    He never goes to the countryside; he's always causing trouble abroad.

19. 219 重 Rebooting 1988 重启1988 Year's End年末Urban2.7M WordsCompleted Millionaire Qin Lang returns to 1988. Seeing his beautiful wife and adorable daughter struggling in poverty, Qin Lang, who lost his way chasing money in his previous life, decides to climb to the top once more, with family in one hand and career in the other, and shape this wild, fast-growing era! 1.4kReads9.1Score244Shelves
20. 220 重 Reborn in 1970 as an Educated Youth: I Hold Grudges and Lay My Foundations 重生70当知青：睚眦必报立根基 Shredded Pork and Little Pickles肉丝小咸菜Urban470k WordsCompleted [Synopsis 1] Reborn in 1970, Zhang Jixun gains a System that lets him get revenge on anyone who wrongs him. See how he settles the score with each of his past life's enemies and rises to the top. “Given another chance at life, I'm going to live without restraints!” [Synopsis 2] Betrayed by his best friend, he was forced to go to the countryside. Then that same friend stole his childhood sweetheart, a regret that haunted him for the rest of his life. He never expected fate to give him another cha 204Reads6.1Score—Shelves

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    Latest novel set in the era of educated youth sent to the countryside: ① Late May 1970. Zhuqi County, Heishan Commune, Zhangjiazhuang Brigade, Health Clinic. The story follows the male protagonist, Zhang Jixun, who is reborn on his first day as an educated youth sent to the countryside. He meets his wife from his previous life, Zhou Xuejiao, on the train and awakens a system, thus beginning his journey to the pinnacle of life.

21. 221 四 Siheyuan: Turning a Run-Down Courtyard into a Peach Blossom Paradise 四合院：把破院建成桃花源 Ximen Roast Duck西门烤鸭Male-Channel Fanfiction794k WordsOngoing Lin Chen performs a heroic rescue, but while saving a child from drowning, he accidentally transmigrates to 1958 and the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. As a well-rounded young man from the twenty-first century, and a master sweeper from Lanxiang Technical School, he has arrived at the universe’s central hub, a place visited by countless transmigrators. Surrounded by all manner of characters in this courtyard, what kind of life will he make for himself? This is a lighthearted comedy, wi 7kReads5.4Score198Shelves

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    Another masterpiece about courtyard houses, I highly recommend you check it out. It's absolutely a breath of fresh air in the courtyard house novel genre! Completely original!!!

22. 222 重 Reborn in 1980: After the Family Split, I Make a Fortune with My Wife and Daughter 重生80，分家后带妻女吃香喝辣 Flowing Moon over the Paulownia流月梧桐Urban1.3M WordsOngoing [Period setting + reborn + everyday family life + raising children and doting on his wife + daily life + building wealth + business + food] In 1980, forty-six-year-old Lin Guoqiang was reborn. In his previous life, everyone praised him as a good-hearted man. He lent his hard-earned money to his eldest brother for a business, gave his third younger brother his demobilization allowance to marry a wife, paid for his fifth younger sister’s tuition, and tended to his sick parents at their bedside. Bu 191.2kReads7.3Score7.5kShelves

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    The table-flipping comeback was so satisfying! 😎 No frustrating moments, no saintly displays, ruthless from head to toe! After watching, I exclaimed how cathartic it was!

23. 223 年 Awakening in a New Era: An Immortal Cultivation Expert in the Military District 年代觉醒：修仙大佬在军区 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Cultivation Space + Period Setting + Not a Saintly Heroine + Plant Powers + Space Powers + Cunning and a Little Selfish + Medical Skills + Loves Good Food and Hates Work] A hardcore homebody and avid novel reader accidentally finds herself inside an apocalypse novel. She’s become the most powerful ability user of her time, but she still hasn’t learned how to control her powers properly. She dies fighting the Zombie King, and a sliver of life lets her be reborn in the harsh years of the Flower K 5.1kReads8.1Score417Shelves

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    The female protagonist doesn't go to the countryside, has a spatial ability, can cultivate immortality, and is decisive in killing!

24. 224 快 Quick Transmigration: Those Who Love Themselves Are Called Villainesses! Get Them! 快穿：自爱者，谓之恶女！豆沙喽 Defying the World Through Play戏逆天下Fantastical Romance318k WordsOngoing [Quick transmigration, pocket dimension, immortality, growth-focused heroine, no fixed couple, power fantasy, women-loving] Yun Shu is accidentally caught up in a fight between a quick transmigration System and a powerful figure. She comes away with a battered quick transmigration System with no side effects, as well as the powerful figure's legacy, and begins her journey through different small worlds. Each small world has a different storyline, so some progress quickly while others take their 8.1kReads6.7Score1kShelves
25. 225 年 Period: You Want Me to Take My Big Brother's Place in Prison? Dream On 年代：让我替大哥去坐牢？想得美 Uncle Jue Who Loves Tibetan Wild Chrysanthemum Rice爱吃西藏野菊米的绝叔Urban261k WordsOngoing Ma Weidong is reborn in 1980. That year, just after returning from a rural assignment, his biased parents demand that he take the blame for his eldest brother and go to prison in his place. Why should he go to prison when his eldest brother is the one who killed someone? Why not send his fourth or sixth brother instead? Why should they get to enjoy life on the outside while he, an innocent man, suffers in prison? In this life, Ma Weidong plans to tear off their hypocritical masks and cut ties wi 122Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    ✨The male protagonist has already returned from his rural assignment at the beginning, so he won't be going back later. [Heart emoji] Upon his return, he immediately faces the distressing situation of his parents wanting him to take the blame for his older brother and go to jail. Reborn, he's no pushover; whoever committed the crime should go to jail, he won't be the one to suffer. During his argument with his parents, he discovers that neither he nor his younger sister are their biological children. So, he decisively takes the money, divides the family property, and cuts ties with this family of bloodsuckers. [Attention emoji]

26. 226 七 Transmigrate to the 1970s: Tang Ershao’s Daily Life as the Family Breadwinner 七零穿越：唐二少养家日常 Lan'er, Be Strong蓝儿当自强Urban302k WordsCompleted Tang Shen, the second young master of the Tang family, dies in a car accident. When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to the 1970s in a parallel world and become a member of Tang Gou Village in Fuji Commune. In this era when being poorer is considered more glorious, his wife is pregnant, his younger brother is mentally disabled, and he is the backbone of the family. Tang, who has never known hardship, is absolutely freaking out... 230Reads8.4Score—Shelves
27. 227 人 I'm Liu Dashao, Living in a Siheyuan 人在四合院，我是刘大少 Eastern Sea Flame Crow东海焱乌Male-Channel Fanfiction801k WordsCompleted He transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming Liu Guangqi, the eldest son of the Liu family. All he wanted was to shut the door and enjoy a peaceful life of his own, with a wife and children gathered around the warm kang. But too many people refused to behave. Liu Guangqi: “Let me make this clear: the Jia family’s lack of descendants has nothing to do with me!” 3.8kReads8.0Score121Shelves
28. 228 四 Siheyuan: Yan Jiekang's Entertainment Career 四合院：阎解旷的文娱生涯 Already Regretting It已经后悔了Male-Channel Fanfiction606k WordsOngoing [Chinese Showbiz] + [World Superstar] + [Super Idol] + [Siheyuan] + [Hong Kong Showbiz] After transmigrating into the world of Siheyuan, he becomes Yan Jiekang, who shares his name with the original. He brings over works from across the entertainment industry and, after Reform and Opening Up, becomes a superstar. 2.6kReads8.2Score107Shelves

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    The male protagonist transmigrates into the body of a person living in a traditional courtyard house and resolutely refuses to go to the countryside.

29. 229 重 Reborn in the 1960s, I Only See You as a Friend 重生六零之我只把你当闺蜜啊 The Mouse Who's Losing It抓狂的耗子Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A woman transmigrates into a man's body. Wang Yiming transmigrated. Other people built fortunes after transmigrating, but her new life seemed utterly useless. Why was she being treated this way when she had transmigrated just like everyone else? If only she'd known, she never would have taken her current job: personal trainer. One little mishap, and she found herself in the 1960s. What could she possibly do with her job? Teach people to lose weight in an era when they couldn't get enough to eat 4.2kReads9.0Score297Shelves

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    Nice!!!

30. 230 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, 170.4kReads9.4Score15.4kShelves

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    None of them went to the countryside, and they're all quite good-looking.

31. 231 疯 Madness in 1960: The Street Punk Leads the Courtyard Astray 疯癫1960：街溜子带偏四合院 Water Does Not Rush Ahead水不争先Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Crime Solving] [Comedy] [Nanluoguxiang] [My Dad Is a Hidden Big Shot] In 1960, with the enemy still lurking among the people and not yet fully eliminated, Xu Huai nearly got shot. Only after joining the Public Security Bureau did he discover that his father was a hidden big shot. 60.1kReads9.0Score5.6kShelves
32. 232 快 Quick Transmigration: Refusing to Be the Biggest Fool 快穿之拒当大冤种 Mu Nanshan木南山Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing (Some worlds have couples, others don’t. The plot comes first, and there won’t be much romance. The first two worlds have a few shortcomings, so feel free to skip them if you don’t like them. They won’t affect your enjoyment of the later story.) There are countless people who transmigrate or are reborn, and some of them are truly bizarre. They claim to be acting for someone else’s good, then do whatever they please and turn that person’s life into a mess. They even have the nerve to say they ca 15.1kReads8.0Score721Shelves

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    Both are available... Very beautiful, a different perspective.

33. 233 重 Reborn in 1978: Starting with Selling Herbal Tea 重生1978：从卖凉茶开始 Candied Sweet Potato Cake拔丝蛋糕地瓜Urban199k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Chen Fan was a businessman who met a crushing defeat. His family was torn apart, his loved ones were gone, and he was left with nothing but regrets. When he opened his eyes again, he was back at the dawn of Reform and Opening Up, eighteen years old once more. His family was drowning in debt, his mother was gravely ill, his sister's engagement had been called off, and his overbearing uncle was determined to seize the family's last means of survival. In this desperate situat 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My personal recommendation is the best rebirth/historical fiction told from the male protagonist's perspective. Sigh.

34. 234 回 Rewind: A Different Approach, One More Time 回档：换个姿势再来一次 Coffee with Garlic咖啡就蒜Urban10.6M WordsOngoing Because Bai Ershisan, a senior employee in the Netherworld’s Department of Soul Guidance, made a mistake, Li Le was kicked straight out of the cycle of reincarnation. The great science of quantum mechanics tells Li Le that time’s arrow points only toward the future. As for why he has gone back thirty years, if you can’t figure it out, asking him won’t help either. All Li Le can do is pull himself together and live through the script of his life once again. 86.1kReads9.3Score5.4kShelves
35. 235 快 Quick Transmigration: Starting in the Seventies 快穿之从七零年代开始 A Thousand Knots of Thread千千丝结Modern Romance3.2M WordsOngoing Quick transmigration + male protagonist's perspective + no fixed CP + parallel worlds + slice of life Chang Ning was a demon born of nature who needed to absorb resentment to survive. Just as he was about to fade away after being sealed in a land devoid of spiritual energy, System 666 came to him with a mission: travel to various small worlds and dispel resentment. To stay alive, Chang Ning said this was his old line of work. Without a second thought, he immediately bonded with 666. But when he 17kReads7.2Score993Shelves

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    The time-travel novel I've been reading recently fits the descriptions of the first few worlds, which are set in the city.

36. 236 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 24.6kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves

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    None of these qualify as rural-themed novels: ① These are coming-of-age stories for children; ② These are stories about making money in the past; ③ These are stories about development after returning from rural areas; ④ These are stories about parents of educated youth who sent to the countryside abandoning their children, and the protagonist making money and pursuing his studies in Shanghai; ⑤ These are stories about a protagonist who was originally from the countryside but married a female educated youth who was sent to the countryside.

37. 237 重 Reborn in 1956: Starting Out as a Factory Doctor 重生1956从厂医开始 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Reborn into the world of Love in the Courtyard. The year is 1956, and he even gets a System? From the start, he gets to make the goddess his wife? He can earn all kinds of supplies just by studying, treating illnesses, and taking on apprentices? I have thirty thousand direct disciples and three hundred thousand grand-apprentices. Who has the final say in Chinese medicine? You say this isn’t scientific? I’ve transmigrated, and I have a System by my side. You’re still going to lecture me about sci 135Reads9.3Score—Shelves
38. 238 在 Posing as a Returnee Tycoon in the 1980s 在八零伪装归国神豪 San Yao He三爻禾Urban887k WordsCompleted [80s Era] [Feel-Good] [Big Shot] [Tycoon] [No Female Lead] [Building a Career] [Everyday Life] The story of a fake tycoon with nothing to his name who becomes a real tycoon worth billions. Good news: After transmigrating into the 1980s, his heart condition is gone and his body is healthy. He also gets a Reputation System, which lets him exchange reputation points for assets. Bad news: He transmigrated with his whole body, so he has no official identity. And right now, he’s flat broke, with poc 36.3kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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    The male lead doesn't go to the countryside, there's no romance, he's purely focused on his career, which is quite satisfying.

39. 239 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 179.4kReads8.5Score14kShelves
40. 240 四 Siheyuan: Heading to the Countryside with a Farm Space from the Start 四合院：开局带着农场空间下乡 Xian Rui宪锐Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsOngoing After waking up, Xue Chengyuan found himself transmigrated into a courtyard house in the 1970s, with a farm space of his own. Jia Zhangshi wanted his property. He'd teach her a little lesson, then head to the countryside. And not just anywhere in the countryside: he went all the way to Changbai Mountain to become a forest ranger. That forest stretched for thousands of kilometers! A tiger several meters tall was racing across the snow. In autumn, a Black man picked corn from the mountainside. Wil —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Angry][Angry] What are you saying? Look at this! Look at this closely! If people on foreign websites find out, they'll think we Americans look down on others! [Angry][Angry]

41. 241 黄 The Golden Age: From the Start, I Was Forced to Drop Out and Work to Support My Family 黄金年代：开局被逼辍学打工养家 Melon-Eating Husky吃瓜的二哈Urban1.9M WordsCompleted This was a golden age, with opportunities everywhere and money just waiting to be picked up. Liang An was a corporate drone who somehow returned to 1991, becoming a young man from a rural village in a remote region. As soon as he arrived, he was forced to drop out of school and work to support his family... 12.6kReads7.6Score765Shelves

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    Without going to the countryside, there is no space or system to get rich.

42. 242 重 Reborn in 1985: A Different Life 重生85：不一样的人生 Three-Legged Toad三条腿的蛤蟆Urban7.3M WordsCompleted Search for the new book, Grabbing Success and Beautiful Women with Both Hands in ’98, for an even better read! [Period Setting] [Multiple Love Interests] [Cozy Daily Life] [Coal Mine Elements] [Making Money] This is a story that starts in a coal mine. In his previous life, he suffered from a terminal illness and died alone. But then he was reborn in 1985. He returned to Yanxi Coal Mine, the place he had never stopped longing for. Facing the woman he once loved, he decided to make up for his regr 22.7kReads8.4Score1.8kShelves

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    Give it a try. A bookworm with 4,000 hours of reading experience highly recommends this book – readable and worth reading!

43. 243 白 My First Love Moved Into My Home, and My System Exposed Her 白月光插队我家，我系统曝光了 A Little Bit Flies Up to Heaven一点飞上天Urban429k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s, with a sign-in System that gives you whatever you want when you sign in. You can even take a trip to the modern world once a month. You couldn’t trade a life like this for anything, not even if you were an immortal! A young female educated youth just dropped out of the sky. Good heavens, what is Zhao Laowai thinking, asking her to stay in my drafty, leaky cave home? Did this educated youth dig up his ancestors’ graves or something? Why is she targeting me so much? I really d 596Reads5.3Score—Shelves
44. 244 我 Bow Hunting in Changbai Mountain: The Greatest Hunter King 我，弓猎长白山，最强猎人王 Chen Wangshu辰望舒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A new work is in the making. Come check it out! Lin Erhu returns, reborn. His first order of business: refuse the marriage proposal! Some women are poison. No matter how beautiful they are, you can't afford to take them. Then he begins his hunting trips in the mountains. With his exceptional archery and fighting skills, Lin Erhu becomes the King of Hunters. From then on, he dominates the world and rises to the pinnacle of life. 68Reads6.1Score199Shelves
45. 245 年 Period: Sent to a Farm? I’m Singing All Night Long 年代：下放农场？我夜夜笙歌啊 Hong Xiang宏襄Urban547k WordsOngoing Gu Beishan, a wealthy young man from the capital, wakes up one morning to find he has transmigrated to 1977, where he has become a sent-down youth undergoing reform in Fengyang Village in the Great Northern Wilderness. He wakes up in a thatched hut, and before he can figure out what's going on, a beautiful woman lying beside him slaps him hard across the face. To his surprise, he gains a God-Tier Agriculture System. “Congratulations! You have obtained Super Corn Seeds!” “Congratulations! A ne 258Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 246 六 Six-Year-Old Big Bro Takes Dad to Dig Up the Family Tomb 六岁小孩哥，带爹刨祖坟 Villa Plan别墅计划Urban232k WordsCompleted [Hilarious, Over-the-Top Wish Fulfillment + Easygoing Daily Life + Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Family Squabbles + Making Money + First Love!] On a dark and windy night, a six-year-old boy led his no-good father into an old cemetery. Pointing at a grave covered in weeds, he said, “Dad, dig!” “What? You little rascal, isn't that... one of our ancestors?” “If you want to make money, dig!” 80Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This guy doesn't even go to the countryside; this opening is absolutely hilarious.

47. 247 回 Back to 1970: From the Start, My Family Wants to Split Up 回到1970开局要分家 A Clear Breeze in Troubled Times乱世清风Urban749k WordsCompleted One day, Zhao Yi woke up and discovered he had returned to thirty years earlier. Everything that had happened seemed almost too real to be a dream. Remembering all he had done for his family, only to be met with disdain, Zhao Yi decisively proposed splitting up the household and getting away from those shameless leeches. My new work is here! Please enjoy reading it. I hope you like it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 12.9kReads8.8Score616Shelves

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    It meets the requirements, and the content is acceptable.

48. 248 7 The 1970s: Someone Switched My Rural Posting Location 70年代：我被人调换了下乡地点 Fengjue风觉Urban2.1M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + villain reborn + laid-back life + light System elements + wish fulfillment + everyday family life) After transmigrating into a book, Wu Xuan, who had spent his previous life as a workhorse, wanted nothing more than a cozy life with a wife and children. But with a reborn villain, a suffocating family of origin, and scheming educated youths around him, Wu Xuan was forced to start outmaneuvering them. 14.8kReads7.6Score753Shelves
49. 249 我 I Am Li Huaide's Bodyguard 我是李怀德的警卫员 Lying-Flat Enthusiast躺客Male-Channel Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing Li Dahu, a soldier, served as Li Huaide's bodyguard. After leaving the military, he was assigned to the Hongxing Steelworks. This is the story of how he struggled through years of famine while supporting his three younger brothers and three younger sisters, and gradually built a better life for himself at the Hongxing Steelworks. 48kReads7.2Score3.1kShelves

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    Yes yes yes yes yes

50. 250 年 Period: I Have a Keyword Extraction System 年代：我有一个词条抽取系统 Chen Erxian'er陈二仙儿Male-Channel Fanfiction294k WordsCompleted [Courtyard Compound + System + Trait Extraction + Everyday Life in a Bygone Era + No Single Female Lead] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Lin Jingchuan, an orphan, takes a job as a stevedore just to survive. [Ding! Trait Extraction System activated...] Month One Bull Strength: Greatly increases strength, granting the power of an ox. Month Two Reborn anew: Improves the body's recovery rate, which can be sped up further by replenishing energy. Month Three The System upgrades, and traits can now 244Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    This is something I wrote about not going to the countryside.

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