Looking for Period-Era Stories. No Siheyuan Settings, and They Must Be Male-Oriented 求年代文。禁止四合院 要男频的

1. 551 重 Reborn in 1979: Farming with My Sweet, Naive Wife 重生79带着娇憨媳妇来种地 Wanderer Through the Years岁月流浪人Urban453k WordsCompleted [Period drama + space-based farming + no face-slapping + cozy daily life + two heroines] A greasy middle-aged man from the 21st century is caught in a traffic accident. A time-traveling watch recognizes his soul as its master and activates, transporting him to a parallel timeline in the late 1970s. There, his wife is a gentle, obedient woman who works tirelessly and treats her husband as the center of her world. His sister-in-law, on the other hand, is quirky and refuses to bow to life's hardshi 495Reads6.6Score—Shelves
2. 552 年 Period 76: Busy Hunting in the Mountains, Trading a Divine Eagle for a Wife from the Start 年代76赶山忙，开局神雕换老婆 Northwest Iron Triangle西北铁三角Urban358k WordsCompleted [Reborn in a bygone era + transmigration + educated youth + Great Northern Wilderness + countryside + mountain foraging + sea foraging + Ten Thousand Mountains + college entrance exam + move to the city + no courtyard-house setting + treasure appraisal + space, no System] Born before the 1960s and raised in a fiery era, Chen Ping'an had lived a pitiful life in his previous incarnation. He'd spent his whole life being utterly ordinary, with too many regrets left unaddressed before he succumbed to 158Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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   Latest novel about the educated youth era: ① In 1976, in Southwest China, Chen Ping'an transmigrated from the 21st century and became a rural person. In order to marry the female lead, Huang Yimei, an educated youth, he agreed to raise a baby eagle. Fortunately, he awakened a spiritual spring space, accumulated his first pot of gold by selling local specialty crayfish, and prepared to take the college entrance examination, go to university, start a business, and live a good life with his wife.

3. 553 开 From the Start, I Have Doraemon! I Rule the Courtyard Beasts! 开局哆啦A梦！玩转四合院众禽！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction131k WordsOngoing Ye Daxiong was an ordinary wage slave in the 21st century. After a friend recommended Love in the Courtyard, he was so furious that he smashed his TV in a fit of rage. An electrical leak sent him transmigrating to Qin Village in 1960. As it happened, the original owner was also named Ye Daxiong, and was Qin Huairu's cousin. He had also brought along a glove belonging to Doraemon. The glove had the magical ability to use all sorts of Doraemon's gadgets. He also met Yang Xiaomi, who had transmi 8Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 554 重 Reborn in the 1980s: Of Course I'm Becoming a Smuggler 重生80年代，当然是做倒爷啊 Invincible Big Cat无敌大猫Urban144k WordsOngoing In his previous life, Lin Song was honest and down-to-earth, yet his life was a complete mess. His wife divorced him, and even his children despised him and refused to acknowledge him as their father! Now, fate has given him a chance to start over. In this life, he will listen to his heart and focus on making money! So he was born in the countryside and has no connections? Then he'll start at the bottom, trading fruits, vegetables, chickens, ducks, and livestock! First, he'll become a ten-thousa 4Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 555 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
6. 556 1 1940: I Have the Thousand-Blade Demon Saber for Killing the Japanese! 1940：杀鬼子我有魔刀千刃！ Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Urban605k WordsCompleted A modern college student transmigrates to 1940 and takes over the body of a child named Wu Liuqi, who was killed by the Japanese. He awakens the Enemy-Slaying, Nation-Strengthening System! With the template of the assassin Wu Liuqi and the Thousand Blades Demon Sword in hand, he throws his head back and shouts, “You Japanese devils, your grandpa is here!” 2.2kReads7.4Score107Shelves
7. 557 重 Back to 1986: Childhood Adventures 重返86童年趣事 The Air Is Nice When It Rains雨天空气好Urban229k WordsCompleted After a lifetime of toil, I’ve reached middle age, yet I find myself longing for the pastoral life of my childhood: working from sunrise to sunset, then resting at night. Those childhood joys can never return, and so many regrets can never be put right. Now, only in dreams... 34Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 558 四 Siheyuan: I Handed Everything Over to the Nation 四合院之我把一切上交国家 Li Xiaofeng, Who Loves Yao Hu Ancient Wine爱吃瑶瓠古酒的李晓峰Male-Channel Fanfiction707k WordsCompleted In the long course of history, one era is forever etched into the deepest recesses of the Chinese people's memory: the grueling War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. He Daqing arrives in the world of the Siheyuan, becoming another He Daqing. When the invaders' iron hooves trample our land, the country is shattered and its people suffer. But the sons and daughters of China never surrender. They stand tall, composing one stirring anthem of resistance after another with their blood and the 1.8kReads6.5Score—Shelves
9. 559 权 The Pinnacle of Political Power: A Great Rejuvenation 权路颠峰：伟大复兴 This Meat Is Poisonous这肉有毒Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [Political career + one heroine] The young Shen Xudong from the future accidentally transmigrates into the body of a college student with the same name in the 1980s and is assigned to the county government. He had been set on lying flat, but unexpectedly catches the attention of his superiors and earns their promotions. Drawing on his memories of the future and his broad perspective, he relies on technological innovation and reform to gradually lead the nation onto the path of becoming a powerfu 20.4kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
10. 560 重 Back to the 1990s: My Unrestrained Life in the Countryside 重回九零，我在农村的肆意人生 Old Man Shoes老头鞋Urban818k WordsOngoing Liu Zhijie, now in his forties, has lost everything and is saddled with hundreds of thousands in debt. He plans to take the little cash he has left and return to his village to retire, but then he suffers a cerebral thrombosis. Unwilling to keep suffering, he steels himself and decides to end it all. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in the 1990s, back when his family was still prosperous and his parents hadn't divorced. 834Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    This period drama is so realistic.

11. 561 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.

12. 562 重 Reborn Before My Sister's Wedding, I Refuse the Exorbitant Dowry for Her 重生妹妹出嫁前，替她拒绝天价彩礼 Sword Shining on Cold Frost剑照寒霜Urban710k WordsOngoing [Period setting, food, reborn, everyday life, comfort food, cozy moments, lighthearted, business rivalries] Only when Fang Dayong lay dying in a pool of blood after a car accident did he finally wake up to the fickleness of human nature and the cruelty of the world. In his youth, he had done nothing but bad deeds. He was a street punk everyone hated, and for just a thousand yuan, he had even pushed his own sister into the abyss, marrying her off to an abusive man just as awful as himself. Reborn 13Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    All are high scores of 6, 7, or 8, written in the 1980s.

13. 563 重 Back to 1980: From the Start, I Marry the Factory Belle 重返1980：开局娶了厂花 Wen Yi文屹Urban4.8M WordsCompleted He left home to pursue his dreams, only to return and find his entire family dead. He was left all alone. After living in regret and loneliness for forty years, the tycoon Li Wenjun was reborn in 1980. This time, he would settle old scores and live life to the fullest. He would give his family wealth, health, peace, and happiness, and make his enemies pay with their lives. This time, he would strengthen the nation through industry, leading every sector to achieve technological advances twenty ye 2kReads8.3Score184Shelves
14. 564 双 A Double Crossing to Make a Fortune in Republican-Era China 双穿之民国淘金 Striving to Stay Alive8888努力活着8888Urban3.3M WordsOngoing Li Xiaren had spent 25 years as a wage slave, living at the bottom of society and crushed by the pressure of making ends meet. No matter how hard he worked to earn money, he still couldn't afford a home of his own. Even his longtime girlfriend left him. Downhearted, he finally managed to collect the wages he'd been owed and planned to head to Tian Shang Ren Jian for a stuffed flatbread. But who could have guessed? A ball of lightning struck him and sent him straight back to a turbulent era. More 532Reads7.7Score135Shelves

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    What kind of place is it when someone sends secret gold?

15. 565 重 Reborn in 1985: From the Start, I Rescue My Little Sister from Being Sold 重生85：开局救回被卖掉的小妹 Dried Tofu干豆腐Urban619k WordsCompleted Zhao Changlin has lived with guilt for years. He dies falling from a building while trying to save his younger sister. When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to 1985! His eldest younger sister has yet to marry a fool, his youngest younger sister has yet to be sold by their stepmother, and his younger brother has yet to be sentenced to death for murder. There is still time to set everything right! * A little scene Sixty-year-old Zhao Changlin walks through a wheat field as a reporter b 240Reads8.5Score—Shelves
16. 566 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
17. 567 双 Two People Transmigrate to 1949, and from the Start We Meet Lou Zhenhua 双穿一九四九，开局遇到娄振华 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Male-Channel Fanfiction150k WordsOngoing Forget personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. No more emotional self-torment; when something happens, just lose it: better to inconvenience others than make yourself suffer. That was Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrated to Beiping just after its liberation. He also awakened a pocket dimension that could take him back to 2026. The economically booming year 2026 and the war-torn year 1949, two vastly different eras, now lay before him. 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
18. 568 涉 Crossing That Sea of Fury 涉过那片愤怒的海 Li Bai Loves Coffee爱喝咖啡的李白Mystery232k WordsCompleted (No transmigration, no rebirth, no System, and certainly no golden finger.) Liu Zheng, an ordinary taxi driver. His sixteen-year-old daughter dies in the bloom of youth. After enduring countless trials and dangers to uncover the truth, he discovers... In the end, he wades through that sea of anger... 10Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    A father's revenge.

19. 569 影 The Movie Emperor Starts Picking Up Attributes on Set 影帝从片场捡属性开始 Centurion Gao Yang百夫长高扬Urban590k WordsOngoing Gao Yan transmigrates to 1997 as an extra and awakens a golden finger that lets him pick up attributes on set. From then on, there’s no stopping him. With his golden finger, Gao Yan sails smoothly all the way to becoming an international movie star, surrounded by beautiful women and living the good life. You’re my fellow extra, Wang Baoqiang? Sorry, I just picked up 10 points in martial arts skills. Director Jia Zhangke? You want me in your film? I’ll just pick up 13 points in directing while I’ 9Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The second book is from 1987 to 1997, the first book is from 1997.

20. 570 重 Reborn in 1976: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity 重生76，带领全村吃肉奔小康 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Li Xiangdong lived in wealth until the age of sixty, surrounded by children and grandchildren, only for his wife to send him to his death with two horns on his head. When he opens his eyes, he’s back at fourteen. Since he’s been given another chance, he’ll make up for every regret, one by one. His fourth sister, forced into a marriage swap; his third sister, who died young; his younger brother, raised to be good for nothing; and his mother, oppressed by her mother-in-law her whole life. Li Xiang 1.5kReads8.6Score123Shelves

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    This is good, and it's quite plump.

21. 571 张 Zhang Hongjun's Story Begins in 1975 张红军从1975开始 The Down-and-Out Man at the Village Entrance村头落魄人Urban395k WordsOngoing Modern man Zhang Hongjun transmigrates into the body of Zhang Hongjun, a young intellectual sent down to the countryside and living in a communal compound. He begins a life that feels like being reborn. He has cried, laughed, and made a scene, all to cast off his status as the abandoned son and reach the pinnacle of life. 116Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Latest male-oriented novel set in the era of educated youth sent to the countryside: ① In 1975, the protagonist, Zhang Hongjun, travels back in time to become an educated youth sent to the countryside. He starts accumulating his first pot of gold after moving out of the educated youth settlement, and two years later prepares for the college entrance examination. While selling local rural products on the street, he unexpectedly discovers a human trafficking den and assists the police in dismantling a spy base. He also witnesses the development of that era.

22. 572 断 After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Buy a House and Marry the Village Beauty on My Own 断亲后，我靠自己买房娶村花老婆 Lord Tiansheng天圣大人Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Reborn + Period Setting + No System + One Heroine + Devoted Husband + Everyday Life + Making Money + Raising Livestock + Home and Beyond] Back in 1998, all he wanted this time was to make a good living and provide for his village beauty of a wife. He farmed, bought houses, invested, and acquired land, taking his journey from agriculture to industry, and from the richest man in the village to the richest man in the country. He had only wanted to give his wife and children a home, but before he k 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A story of rebirth and daily life, set in a historical period, featuring a devoted husband and a captivating narrative.

23. 573 四 Siheyuan: An Onlooker Laughs as He Watches the Fools 四合院：吃瓜群众笑看众禽 Vines Beneath the Stone顽石之下藤Male-Channel Fanfiction329k WordsCompleted Han Guodong, a bystander who loved watching the action, was knocked into the water while watching a child fall in. After saving the child, he unexpectedly gained a sea-island dimension! Before he could even celebrate, he noticed a “countdown” floating in the sky above the island. Han Guodong, who had spent years browsing all kinds of novel sites, assumed the countdown meant an apocalypse or some other disaster was coming. So he began racing against time to stock up on survival supplies! When the 534Reads7.8Score—Shelves

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    A unique perspective on courtyard houses

24. 574 民 Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村 Uncle Li of the Island Reef海岛礁的黎叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban 3kReads8.1Score435Shelves

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    A multi-female protagonist historical fiction novel, encompassing elements such as domestic intrigue, bandits, the War of Resistance against Japan, famine relief, the Korean War, and the experiences of educated youth sent to the countryside. The more you read, the more you want to continue…

25. 575 靠 The One in Charge of Backing Village 靠山村主事人 Good People Dream好人爱做梦Urban502k WordsCompleted This book is about the simple rhythms of rural life, the everyday squabbles of families, local legends, and regional customs. The novel is divided into two volumes. The first focuses on the daily lives of people in Northeast China, while the second focuses on local legends. There is no particularly clear main plot. The story unfolds through a series of episodes, and I'll do my best to make it entertaining. I hope you enjoy it. Dear readers, welcome to Kaoshan Village! Come see how the village ch 224Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Don't be fooled by the low score; it's due to low readership. The writing is light and the story is original!

26. 576 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Building a Happy Life with My Lame Wife 赶山：带跛脚媳妇过上幸福生活 Garfield Isn't a Cat加菲不是猫Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [A Grounded Period Novel + No Pocket Dimension, No System + Wife and Sister-in-Law + Animal Companions + Hunting + Food + Business + Farming + Gathering Herbs] Xu Yi, a modern-day wage slave, accidentally takes the wrong medication while being treated for depression and dies. He transmigrates into the body of Xu Yi, a man with a severe intellectual disability in a mountain village in the early 1980s. To his surprise, he has a beautiful, fair-skinned wife who limps, as well as an adorable six-yea 16.7kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves

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    Hunting arrangements of that era.

27. 577 重 Back to 1975: I Married a Beautiful Widow from the Start 重回1975，开局娶了俏寡妇 Kitty Haha猫咪哈哈Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Zhi was an elite special forces soldier. He sacrificed himself to save his comrades, and when he awoke, he found himself in a woman's bed. She was a young, beautiful widow with a pair of fraternal twins from her previous marriage... He also met Liu Xiaocui, free-spirited and uninhibited; Xiaoxiao, refined and gracious; and Qian Yao, bold and fiery... He opened a black market, worked as a middleman and translator, entered politics, took down local tyrants, and turned the tables on black-mark 3.1kReads8.7Score230Shelves
28. 578 重 Reborn in 1977: From Hunting to Building an Industry 重生1977，从打猎开始搞实业 Deeply Devoted Lao Liu深情老六Urban221k WordsOngoing [Period setting + Reborn + Everyday life + Hunting + Business + Decisive and ruthless] Liu Youzhi, a small-time oil mill owner who had struggled all his life, woke up to find himself reborn in 1977, in the body of a young man from a forest region in Northeast China. From the start, he has to deal with a father who is gravely wounded and near death, as well as a biased grandmother. She not only refuses to pay for treatment, but insists on splitting up the family at the worst possible time! Watch 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is still the best.

29. 579 重 Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双 The Song Is Not Yet Finished一曲未完Urban1.0M WordsOngoing The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel 4.7kReads6.3Score304Shelves

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    A must-read for anyone experiencing a reading slump: "Tremble, 1980!" Rebirth + Research Genius + High-Energy Villain! A max-level master returns with overwhelming power, constantly slapping faces. From a scourge of the compound, he fights his way to becoming an unparalleled national hero! So satisfying you won't want to stop reading! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Laughing][Laughing][Sending hearts][Sending hearts]

30. 580 四 Siheyuan: The Carefree Life of a Little Nobody 四合院之小人物的逍遥人生 Draw Thirteen画十三Male-Channel Fanfiction837k WordsCompleted Chen Xu was brought by his golden finger into the world of a film and television work he had once watched. Not only did he nearly starve to death from the start, he had no job, no money or ration coupons, no elders to rely on, and even his household registration was rural. On top of all that, he had to deal with the beasts in the courtyard. How will Chen Xu, faced with such a hellish start, deal with the beasts step by step and take control of his own life? (This is Thirteen’s second novel set i 11.2kReads8.3Score350Shelves
31. 581 带 Back to the 1970s with a System: First a Village Doctor, Then a Boxer 带着系统回七零：先当村医再练拳 Eldest Miss Ying赢氏大小姐Urban2.0M WordsOngoing Adapted for screen by Tomato Real Person! [Period] [Cute pets] [System] [Spirit Spring] [One female lead] [Feel-good power fantasy] Reborn in the resource-scarce 1970s, Lu Han unexpectedly bound himself to a System space. Its Spirit Spring nourished crops, its black soil yielded abundant harvests, and its shelves were stocked with supplies. On one hand, he used the space's treasures to improve his family's life, building a brick house and stockpiling grain to make their days prosperous. On the o 3.3kReads7.8Score242Shelves

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    Looks good! [Laughing emojis]

32. 582 南 From South to North: I Grabbed Ma Yan's Braid from Behind 南来北往，我从后面抓着马燕辫子 Wanghe Youyi忘鹤幽依Urban190k WordsCompleted [Southbound and Northbound] [Period] [Ma Yan] [Yao Yuling] What can you do if you transmigrate to that era? Ao Jiu thought about it for a long time. In the end, he decided to go to university and become a literary giant, using his pen to help the people around him build happier lives. Because he came, Ma Yan’s mother won’t die of cancer. Because he came, Ma Yan’s father will become a bureau chief early and won’t die in the line of duty. Because he came, Yao Yuling won’t meet Jia Jinlong, and her 363Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Male literary giant writes novels and does business

33. 583 四 Siheyuan: Heaven Rewards Hard Work, and a Fitter Becomes an Engineer 四合院：天道酬勤，钳工成工程师 Eight Strings八弦Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted [Courtyard Life + Spatial Storage + Farming + Mildly Vicious + Smart Protagonist + Wish Fulfillment + One Female Lead] An accident brings our protagonist, Zhang Yuandong, to the world of Love in the Courtyard, along with the Diligence Is Rewarded by Heaven System. From the start, he finds himself at a meeting of the whole courtyard. Before Zhang Yuandong can even figure out what’s going on, Jia Dongxu demands that he donate twenty yuan to his family. Yi Zhonghai takes the side of his beloved dis 32.7kReads7.4Score1.4kShelves
34. 584 四 Siheyuan: Bridging the Myriad Worlds 四合院之对缝诸天万界 Carefree All My Life一生任逍遥Male-Channel Fanfiction651k WordsCompleted Whether the courtyard is in chaos or not is up to the Jia family. Silly Zhu does the dirty work, and Old Yi keeps watch. But ever since Wang Xiaotian arrived at the courtyard, everything changed... 15Reads5.5Score—Shelves
35. 585 四 The Junkyard Monkey of the Siheyuan 四合院之破烂猴儿 Seventh Red Palace Graduate七红传胪Urban1.1M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the world of Republican-era film and television, he becomes a young Hou the Junk Dealer. Here are Seventh Master from The Grand Mansion Gate, Tian Zao from the hutongs, Wu Jingzhong from Lurk, the colorful residents of the courtyard house on Nanluoguxiang, and characters from many other period dramas. See how Hou Tianlai makes his way through the world of film and television and toys with all those colorful characters… 5.5kReads8.5Score208Shelves
36. 586 鬼 Genius Lawyer: I Persuaded Someone to Surrender, and They Sent Me a Banner? 鬼才律师：劝人自首还被送锦旗？ Zuo You Jiang Nan左柚姜楠Urban2.9M WordsOngoing The renowned lawyer Zhou Yun became the young lawyer Zhou Yun. Thanks to his godlike case-solving logic, netizens called him a legal genius. A married scumbag seduces a woman, then refuses to take responsibility when she gets pregnant. The police won't even do anything. What should she do? Have them turn themselves in for the joint crime of bigamy. The police will definitely take the case, and with a confession and a pregnancy, there's a good chance the charges will be dropped. A cook who has wo 131.5kReads9.3Score14.9kShelves
37. 587 大 Great Ming: I’m Zhu Yuntong, and I Randomly Resurrect My Relatives 大明：我朱允熥，随机复活亲人 Young Master Feng公子枫Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Old Zhu wants to make Zhu Yunwen crown prince? Bring Grandma, Empress Ma, back to life and let her give Zhu Chongba a piece of her mind! Lü takes the position of secondary consort? Bring his mother, Crown Princess Chang, back to life and restore her to her rightful place in the Eastern Palace! Zhu Yuanzhang acts like he deserves respect just because he’s old? Bring Zhu Wusi back to life and watch Zhu Chongba call him “Father” in terror! The Huai-Xi nobles can’t get along? Bring his maternal gran 33.3kReads8.9Score2.9kShelves
38. 588 村 Village Chief, Don't Mess with Me 村长，别来惹我 Chen Erdong Laughing Up at the Sky仰天大笑的陈尔东Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Liang Yuzhen is a widow in the village, beautiful and kindhearted. The village chief is a local bully, but seeing that Liang Yuzhen has no man to rely on, he often stops by to help her with whatever he can, putting on a show of being a good Samaritan. 100Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    Farming by day, sleeping by night, that kind of year-long toil just to make ends meet.

39. 589 平 A Peaceful Family Affair in 1979 平安家事1979 Lingxiao Beyond the Window窗外凌霄Rural Life224k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Countryside] [Hard Work] [Ordinary Life] [No Golden Finger] [Neither Rebirth nor Transmigration] [Told in warm, down-to-earth prose, a story about an ordinary life filled with warmth] Ji Ping'an always wanted to escape the countryside, turning his "unwillingness to settle" into "having no regrets." But even after the parachute tower stood weathered and abandoned, he was still trapped on his hometown's soil. Ji Manling always said she would repay her family's devotion, yet she r 15Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A good period drama!

40. 590 重 Reborn in 1978: From the Start, I Slacked Off and Caught Shrimp 重生1978，开局摸鱼又捞虾 Hermit of the Back Mountain V后山散人VUrban105k WordsOngoing [Period setting, educated youth, countryside, fishing and catching shrimp, city life, no System, no brainless protagonist, clear-eyed about reality, sound logic. Enter at your own risk.] Chuan, a cuckold who spent more than a decade raising the wife and children of the old Wang next door, had just been poisoned to death by the adulterous couple conspiring against him when he arrived in a small mountain village in 1978. In his previous life, he worked diligently and endured every hardship, yet th —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is sent down to a mountain village in the water towns of southern China as an educated youth. He slowly changes the fate of the educated youth and commune members by fishing and shrimp catching. The writing is delicate, the plot is realistic, and the story is light and fast-paced. It is a very good story of struggle in that era!

41. 591 穿 Transmigrated to a Bygone Era, My Beast Companion Is a Vampire 穿越年代，我的御兽是吸血鬼 Who Am I Wandering For为谁去流浪Rural Life488k WordsOngoing A grounded tale of rural life and farming, adventure in another world, beast taming, and immortality. After transmigrating to an impoverished village in 1955, Zhou Jiasheng becomes the family outcast, the eldest child no one wants! His parents take his siblings to the city to get a job with a state-owned enterprise, leaving him behind in the countryside with food but no money, to fend for himself. Just when he is at his wits' end, the troublemaking System that caused him to transmigrate is alrea 88.9kReads8.4Score10.9kShelves

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    It has some elements of film and television variety shows, but it's not a traditional courtyard house story.

42. 592 从 Hunting in the Changbai Mountains Since 1969 从69年开始的长白山狩猎生活 Little Bai, At Leisure小白闲来Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Li Weidong transmigrated into the body of a young intellectual sent to work in a production team at the foot of the Changbai Mountains. He met young people who had come from all over the country to help develop the region, and got to know a group of hunters on the mountains who, like him, made their living hunting. During those years of hunting in the mountains, he experienced all kinds of things: laughter, worries, and sorrow. Li Weidong gained not only prey, but also family, friendship, and 24.4kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    You can take a look at this book.

43. 593 重 Reborn in 1983: First, I'll Find My Stepson a New Dad 重生83先给便宜儿子换个爹 Killer Instinct of the Recluse隐者杀机Urban487k WordsOngoing Historical era + reborn + pocket dimension + male-oriented + revenge In his previous life, Lu Lingxiao, the son of a high-ranking official, was deceived into raising another man’s child. Reborn into a new life, he swore to crush that family beneath his feet and send them straight to Hell! Then he would drag the parents who had abandoned him off their pedestal! No groveling, no raising someone else’s child, and no getting love-drunk! 36Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I know my writing isn't very good, so please feel free to point it out.

44. 594 张 Zhang Sangou’s Get-Rich Journal 张三狗发财笔记 Wandering Immortal of the Northern Mountain北山浪荡仙Urban2.7M WordsCompleted A comedy novel with absolutely no pretensions. A poor boy from the mountains refuses to settle for an ordinary life and ventures out into the world, carving out a place for himself through his own efforts. The cast of bizarre characters will have you laughing out loud. It gets more and more exciting as it goes. San Gou grows more mature and more cunning, with more and more schemes brewing in his head. In the end, he makes it! He becomes a billionaire. His journey is a whirlwind of chaos and laug 58.4kReads8.7Score6kShelves

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    Don't you dare read this! You'll laugh until your stomach cramps!!

45. 595 八 The Eighties: Can Hunting in the Mountains Really Make You Rich? 八零年代：赶山竟然能致富？ Xu Lingyun许凌云Urban370k WordsCompleted Hao Dashan was reborn! In his previous life, Hao Dashan left the remote mountains of Northeast China, determined to head south and make his fortune so he could escape poverty. But after he achieved success, his wife and daughter died in a car accident back home. Though Hao Dashan was now fabulously wealthy, he spent the rest of his life consumed by longing for them and guilt over their deaths! Given another chance at life, Hao Dashan was no longer enamored with the dazzling world beyond the moun 41Reads7.1Score—Shelves
46. 596 学EN Don't Worry, Senior—I'll Protect You 学姐别怕，我来保护你 Gege Wuwu隔胳呜呜Urban3.0M WordsCompleted [Heart-Pounding Engine 2: Pure White Love Letter has been published] [Lighthearted daily life] + [Single female lead] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Sweet romance] In high school, Luo Ye had a secret crush on a girl for three years. He even got into the same university as her, and they agreed to start dating if they both got in. But the girl unexpectedly went back on her word. Heartbroken, Luo Ye became a romance novelist. Unexpectedly, before university even began, the novel he wrote shot to t 311.8kReads9.8Score31.2kShelves
47. 597 女 Wang, the Northeastern Guy in the Women's Dorm, Don't Panic 女工宿舍楼里东北汉子老王你别慌 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban668k WordsCompleted Wang Xinyan is a strapping Northeastern man, tall and broad-shouldered. But because his mother loved watching romance dramas, she gave him a feminine name. After graduating from college, that name got him assigned not only to a female factory-worker position, but also to a dorm room on the women's floor… 1.3kReads8.5Score—Shelves

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    A burly man from Northeast China accidentally ended up living in a female workers' dormitory. Has this little lamb fallen into a pack of tigers...? [Playful]

48. 598 我EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 Three Nine Sound Domain三九音域Urban4.0M WordsCompleted The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score183.1kShelves
49. 599 四 Siheyuan: Starting My Cultivation as a Procurement Chief 四合院之从采购科长开始修炼 Shadowbreaker Shakes the Heavens绝影撼天Male-Channel Fanfiction593k WordsCompleted Xiao Ping, an ordinary young man from the lower rungs of 21st-century society, was struck on the head by a flowerpot falling from a high-rise while saving someone. When he opened his eyes, he had transmigrated into a TV drama set in the 1960s. “Wait, what? I've ended up in the story of Love in the Courtyard, where everyone in the compound is a beast...? “What? I have a secret realm, and time moves faster inside it. I even have cultivation techniques! I'm already this powerful, so why waste my ti 147Reads8.2Score178Shelves

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    New book recommendation: a fantasy cultivation novel set in a bygone era. The protagonist starts as a purchasing manager with a spatial ability and resources. He hunts, explores, and hunts for treasure. If you like it, please give it a five-star rating. If you don't like it, please don't criticize.

50. 600 西 The Merchant’s Road to the West 西部商途 Fifteenth of the Tenth Month拾月十五Urban576k WordsCompleted [No System] [No golden finger] [School belle] [Multiple heroines] [The struggle of an ordinary guy] Zhang Bo is a poor kid from the countryside. He doesn’t have much going for him, except that he’s pretty lucky with girls... 391Reads—Score—Shelves

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