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. 201 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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   Highly recommend "Rebirth: Back to 1983 to Become a Millionaire" ✨ Zhou Yufeng, the CEO of a listed company, unexpectedly travels back to 1983, the era of the planned economy. His wife wants a divorce, and his younger siblings are struggling, but he's fearless 😎. With his foresight in business, he navigates the treacherous waters of the commercial world, embarking on a legendary journey of success against all odds. The novel vividly depicts life in the 1980s, immersing you in that era. The characters are meticulously portrayed, the protagonist is multifaceted and intelligent throughout, and the supporting characters are equally vibrant, their emotional entanglements deeply moving 💕. The plot balances the thrill of business with heartwarming everyday moments, maintaining a perfect pace. In short, this is a captivating read that you won't want to put down—start reading now!

2. 202 谍 The Little Spy's Rise to Power 谍战小特务的逆袭 Winter Isn't Hot冬天不热Urban2.8M WordsCompleted He is the lowest-ranking undercover agent in the Military Statistics Bureau, yet he can spot Japanese spies in a vast crowd. He is also an expert operative, infiltrating enemy-occupied territory to assassinate traitors who sell out their country and vanish without a trace. Because: “Scanning Eye” in operation... 187.4kReads9.5Score20.5kShelves
3. 203 谍 Espionage: I Accidentally Became the Head of a Military Intelligence Bureau Station 谍战：我一不小心成了军统站长 Can Be Small or Big可小可大Urban1.9M WordsCompleted No one knows his name, but his achievements will never be forgotten! Others who go undercover become objects of suspicion. When he goes undercover, he suspects everyone else! He is a military intelligence station chief, a traitorous secret agent, and a steadfast Communist Party member, all at once. Through a twist of fate, he infiltrates the Japanese puppet regime's secret service bureau. Three identities, one conviction: to fight the War of Resistance to the very end! 16.8kReads8.9Score1kShelves
4. 204 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 15.6kReads8.1Score898Shelves

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   This isn't a real courtyard house. I've traveled back to the famine years of the 1960s. No worries, I have a spatial ability! I can manipulate plants and animals, fish, hunt, and lead two villages to a new way of farming. From then on, agriculture will follow the example of Shuanghe. I'll trade black market grain for antiques and artifacts. I'll exchange wild boar meat for job quotas.

5. 205 再 I'll Make Another Billion, So Stay Away, Ex-Wife of a Freeloader 再赚百亿，伏地魔前妻别来沾边 A Humble Gentleman君子有谦Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Jiang Yang unexpectedly returns to 1970, an era when a secure government job is the ultimate goal. As a seasoned enabler of his younger brother, Jiang Yang is the one being enabled. He also has an ex-wife who expects him to be a gullible sucker she can take advantage of. What else is there to say? He’s definitely getting a divorce! From a cafeteria apprentice to the president of a publicly listed hotel company, Jiang Yang has only three priorities: honor his parents, support his sisters, and spo 8.5kReads8.5Score906Shelves

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   These are all classic works from traditional times.

6. 206 黄 Building Terraced Fields on the Loess Plateau 黄土高原开梯田 Huangpu Drifting Pig黄浦漂猪Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No System] [Period Novel] [Upright Values] He carved out a place for himself with his own hands. He made the yellow earth bloom with his sweat. This is a farming novel about changing the whole world through hard work! 4.1kReads8.2Score211Shelves

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   Male-oriented, historical fiction, with sound values, and no promiscuity.

7. 207 靠 Live Off the Mountains: Reborn in the 80s, I Keep a Low Profile in the Mountain Village 靠山吃山，重生80后我苟在山村 Wind Blows on the Iron Tree风吹铁树Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Li Qingyun's grandmother drugged him and stuffed him into a haystack, all to ruin his reputation so his cousin could take his place in the army. The result was his utter disgrace, the destruction of his family, and the loss of everything! This time, he is reborn in the haystack. He knows what is about to happen there. His eyes turn red… 12.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
8. 208 应 A Recent Graduate's Daily Struggle After Being Assigned to the 1960s 应届牲被调剂到六零的奋斗日常 Number One, Can't Get Up in the Morning起床困难户一号Two Male Leads639k WordsOngoing [Daily Life + A Little Golden Finger + Hard Work + Two Male Leads] Wen Yanshi was a lowly fresh graduate trying to juggle civil service exams, public-sector job exams, and graduate school entrance exams. After staying up all night and dying suddenly, he was reborn in 1955, but his memories were hazy. At six, he fell out of a tree and hit his head, awakening his memories of his past life. Born in an era where you couldn't lie flat, Wen Yanshi works hard at his studies in pursuit of his dreams. So 1.3kReads8.8Score116Shelves

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   Daily life in a tenement building

9. 209 重 Reborn in 1984: A Warm Home with My Wife and Kids 重生1984老婆孩子热炕头 Big Fat Tangerine大肥橘Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Authentic period drama + No space, no System + One female lead + Devoted husband and father + Hunting + Ginseng digging + Business + Cute pets + Food + Farming] Xu Dahai, a wealthy bachelor worth over a billion yuan, is reborn in Northeast China in 1984, on the very day his wife and daughter died! It’s a race against time: he must save them! In this life, he’ll make up for all the regrets of his previous one and give his wife and daughter twice as much love and care. He’ll make sure they live w 24.1kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   Both perfectly fit the descriptions of male-oriented novels: ① The protagonist goes back in time, breaks up with a "brother-supporting demon," and leads his family to a good life. ② The protagonist is intelligent, learns various kinds of knowledge through a system, lives in seclusion in the mountains, and builds a large family.

10. 210 民 The Republic-Era Rickshaw Driver 民国车夫 Summer Solstice Meets Autumn夏至遇秋与Urban2.4M WordsOngoing In Republican-era China, a rickshaw puller does whatever it takes to survive. Stealing, robbing, and killing, there’s nothing he won’t do. He robs brothels, kills traitors, breaks into warehouses, feels up widows, and climbs over walls to watch young women bathe. You can’t exactly call him a good person, but he’s not bad enough to qualify as a villain either. He scrapes and struggles his way through the war against Japan and lives to see the founding of New China. Eventually, for certain reasons 42.8kReads8.6Score3.7kShelves

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    Wealth and glory! I dare not stop! If I stop, I'll die!

11. 211 封 After Three Years Blacklisted, I Take the Civil Service Exam, Then Take Down the Billionaire Circle 封杀三年我考编，上岸先斩富豪圈 Luo Xiao Himself罗晓本尊Urban180k WordsCompleted Jing Haoran is reborn! He’s back on the day before his girlfriend betrayed him, a rich second-generation heir bullied and suppressed him for three years, and he failed the civil service exam! At his next civil service interview, Jing Haoran discovers that the old man being beaten and berated as he sweeps the floor is actually a powerful figure he’d only ever seen in the news in his previous life! It turns out the scene unfolding before him is the real interview! What a trap! In his previous life 590Reads6.9Score—Shelves
12. 212 你 Hello, 1976! 你好，1976！ vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.5M WordsCompleted The orphan Zheng Weimin transmigrates to 1976. He thinks he’ll finally experience the warmth of a family, but instead he’s abandoned once again. Luckily, he has the memories and knowledge of his previous life. Without them, he really wouldn’t have been able to turn things around. As the saying goes, nobody visits the poor in the busy city, while distant relatives come flocking to the rich in the mountains. It’s true. Zheng Weimin experiences life in all its harshness and, after being reborn, fin 38.3kReads8.9Score2.7kShelves

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    I'd like to recommend a few books that I've been following and have read; everyone says they're good.

13. 213 年 Period: The Day My Mother Returned to the City, I Chose to Go Up the Mountain 年代：母亲返城当天，我选择上山 Bubbles the Lazy Sheep懒羊羊吹泡泡Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Fateful Choices | Resilience and Survival | Coming of Age in a Turbulent Era | The Pain of Family] The very day modern man Chen Jun's soul transmigrates into the countryside of the 1970s, he learns that his biological mother is returning to the city! This is not a story about complaining! The winds of an era swept away a generation's youth, but there are always people who manage to grow wheat in the cracks! 31.9kReads8.3Score2kShelves

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    Things in the mountains are not closely related to family ties; those who are interested can give it a try.

14. 214 六 Back to the Sixties: Becoming a Chef at a Big Factory 六十年代之回到大厂当厨子 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban301k WordsCompleted (Period Drama + Rebirth + Siheyuan Courtyard + Farming + No Golden Finger) Wang Jianguo spent his whole life meekly working in the back kitchen of a machinery factory. He had no wife or children, and even the factory took care of his funeral. Perhaps his obsession ran too deep, because time turned back and returned him to the moment before it all began... There’s no golden finger at any point. The protagonist won’t reach the pinnacle of life or slaughter his way through the world. If that’s not 7.4kReads9.0Score440Shelves

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    Historical fiction, male-oriented. All protagonists are male; parts 2 and 3 involve rural life. Both are very good, highly recommended! [Thumbs up]

15. 215 平 Ordinary World: From the Start, I Married Tian Runye 平凡的世界：开局娶了田润叶 Qin Chuan Gala秦川嘎啦Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Sun Shaoning is reborn as Sun Shaoning, the second son of the Sun family in the TV adaptation of The Ordinary World. He's just returned home after leaving the army and serving on the southern battlefield, thinking of all the things in the show that left him unsatisfied. Fortunately, it's all just beginning. His eldest brother has just finished meeting his future sister-in-law, He Xiulian. Then let's start by saving Sister Runye. Li Xiangqian, go play in the dirt. Sister Runye is mine. It's not t 6.5kReads7.6Score473Shelves
16. 216 六 The Sixties: The Capitalist's Daughter Steals Two Boatloads of Treasure from Her Trashy Brother 六零：资本家小姐抢渣哥两船财宝 Hong Kong-Style Iced Lemon Tea港式冻柠Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Female lead with top-tier combat skills + space + ability to grow crops + spiritual spring water + feel-good story with a strong female lead + rural Northeast setting] The heroine will have a love interest as an adult, and later the story moves to Hong Kong. In 2024, the agent codenamed “Red Snow” dies in New York Harbor. After her death, she transmigrates to 1966 and becomes the eldest daughter of the capitalist Fu family in Shanghai! The vast New York Harbor has become her personal space! 196 36.5kReads8.9Score4.6kShelves

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    She settles scores on the spot, cleanly and decisively, ruthlessly efficient, beautiful and kind-hearted, entirely self-reliant, outwardly cold but inwardly kind, gentle yet capable, and never a saint…

17. 217 重 Reborn as an Educated Youth, I Built a Financial Dynasty Through Tomb Raiding 重生年代知青，盗墓建立财阀家族 Ultimate Annihilation终极绝灭Urban678k WordsCompleted Sigh… I finally got a second chance at life, and now I have to go to the countryside. While fishing by the lake, I suddenly hooked a Strength Pill. I knew something was off right away. Then, in the first month, I fished up a Mortal Longevity Pill, a Foundation Establishment Pill, a Tiger Demon Strength Pill, a Yellow Tooth Pill… In the second month, I fished up a storage ring, a storage bracelet, an Earth Spirit Pearl with a vast inner space, a Beast-Taming Ring… In the third month, I fished up 831Reads7.6Score106Shelves

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    Male-oriented historical fiction is here! Please follow! [Sending hearts][Sending hearts] ① Xu Dahai is reborn back to 1984. He prevents his wife and daughter from having an accident and goes hunting and gathering ginseng in the mountains of Northeast China to make amends and give them a better life... ② Li Dongyang transmigrates into a historical fiction novel, becoming a pitiful child being exploited by his uncle's family. His beloved grandmother has just passed away, and he is kicked out of his uncle's house by them. After transmigrating, he changes his cowardly personality and severs ties with his uncle's family...

18. 218 重 Reborn in 1978: My Scumbag Dad Finds His Conscience 重生1978：渣爹良心发现了 Half a Cup of Strong Tea半盏粗茶Urban2.2M WordsCompleted The deadbeat Chen Sanliang is reborn in 1978, on the day he divorces his wife. But the members of the production team at Heixialing are astonished to discover that the bastard team leader has changed. Once a male chauvinist who hated work, he now dotes on his wife and daughter and works hard. He even dares to slam his fist on the table with the commune leaders to defend the team members’ interests. Has this guy finally found his conscience? 270Reads7.2Score105Shelves

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    These two books are good.

19. 219 要 You Want Me to Take the Fall? Take This Slap Instead 要我顶罪，反手一个大逼斗 Melon-Eating Husky吃瓜的二哈Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No System + Streetwise Troublemaker + Ruthless Tough Guy + One Female Lead...] Wang Xun, an ordinary young man, returns to the year 2000. He is just seventeen and a half, has dropped out of school, and has been poisoned by gangster movies. Full of youthful passion, he sets out to make a name for himself in the underworld. He puts brotherhood first, would take a knife for his good friends, and isn’t afraid to fight! After being persuaded by his biased grandfather and others, he is about to take 412Reads7.3Score104Shelves

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    A fictional story set in the year 2000, about a commoner who is reborn and achieves a remarkable comeback.

20. 220 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 41.1kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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    Reborn in a small mountain village in Northeast China, he starts from scratch by hunting, fishing, and running wild in the mountains. He and his brothers experience various thrilling and life-or-death adventures, leading to a series of exciting and hilarious stories.

21. 221 重 Back to 1980: Making a Fortune with Chicken Carcasses 重回1980靠鸡架发家 Qian Heqiu钱鹤秋Urban716k WordsOngoing After failing a mission, I accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world in 1980. Heaven has given me another chance, so this time I’ll make my fortune with my favorite chicken frames and build them into a thriving business! 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A man from Northeast China travels back to 1980 and becomes rich by selling chicken frames, reaching the pinnacle of life. He has a slightly exaggerated cheat code that plays a minor role. The plot is a bit exaggerated, but it's within acceptable limits. Just watch it and be done with it.

22. 222 重 Back to the 1980s: Bringing My Family of Six to a Better Life 重回八零：带着全家六口过好日子 Yu Fu余弗Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The Gu family has no sons, only four daughters. Plenty of people in the village are waiting to laugh at them. But they wait and wait, only to watch the Gu family build a two-story house and buy a car. They hear the family has even bought a grand home in the capital. The Gu sisters are each more successful and more devoted to their parents than the last. The villagers: What are you waiting for? Go home and have daughters! After being reborn, Gu Siqing discovers that her sisters are nothing like t 92.9kReads9.4Score5.6kShelves

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    🔥①The protagonist is reborn in the 1960s, becoming his great-uncle who died young. Fortunately, he still has an entire food market with him, so he'll never have to worry about food or drink. 🔥②The male protagonist is reborn in a rural area in the 1960s and becomes a hunter, making a living by hunting in the mountains. Fortunately, he carries a spiritual space with him, where he can grow grains and raise poultry.

23. 223 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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    I highly recommend this new book about courtyard houses! It's a breath of fresh air in the genre! No violence, no cowardice, no overly sentimentalism, no extreme emotional stalemates, just pure, satisfying action! It's packed with jokes, original scenes, and even poems and songs written by the author—it's fantastic! The inventions and historical context are incredibly realistic and stand up to scrutiny! It's very down-to-earth, a rare gem of a book!

24. 224 7 How a Man Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s and Scraped By 70年代穿书男如何苟活 Mo Daji莫大吉Urban105k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in a bygone era, she snatches the scumbag male lead’s golden finger ahead of time. When she’s sent to the countryside, she plans to survive on her own, but then she breaks her leg and is rescued by the kind young man who once helped her... Era + Transmigration into a Book + Pocket Dimension Any logical inconsistencies should be taken as authorial liberties. 560Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    🍓1⃣️ Zhou Yang is reborn. In his previous life, due to a series of mishaps, his wife thought he had abandoned them after returning to the city and died tragically. In this life, he will protect his wife and children. No matter where he dedicates himself, he can still shine in the village. [Heart][Heart] 🍓2⃣️ A transmigration novel. He transmigrates to find himself divorced and harassed by his father-in-law. Since he's here, he'll earn money to support his younger siblings and save his wife's relationship. Watch as the CEO of a listed company guides him through the cutthroat world of business and helps him become a winner in life. [Heart][Heart] Don't worry if you're looking for something to read, Xiao Xing is here to recommend some books! [Follow][Follow] Let's discover more great books together!

25. 225 6 The 1960s: From the Start, I Led the Village Through Famine to Feast on Meat 60年代：开局荒年，我带着全村吃肉 Niuniu Rides a Cow妞妞骑牛Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Transmigration + Hoarding Supplies + Lighthearted + No Harem] Li Youfu transmigrates into the body of a man with the same name in 1960, a year of famine, and sees the man's entire life. In his previous life, he was the apple of his family's eye, but he was blind to the truth and married a woman who drained him to support her younger brother. His entire family was bled dry and met a tragic end. As he lay dying, all he wanted was to make up for his regrets and 1.8kReads8.7Score330Shelves

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    A perfect historical romance novel! 🔥🔥 The male protagonist transmigrates to the 1960s, a classic case of time travel and rebirth. He retains memories of his past life and awakens a spiritual spring space at the start, allowing him to cultivate and raise animals. He immediately breaks off his engagement, determined not to repeat past mistakes.

26. 226 重 Reborn in 1959: Little Everyday Moments in Nanluoguxiang 重生59南锣鼓巷之小日常 Gluttonous Badger贪吃獾Male-Channel Fanfiction2.9M WordsOngoing He transmigrates to the capital and settles on Nanluoguxiang. He fishes and farms, living a carefree life, learning to cook, appraising antiques, occasionally trading barbs with Zhang Haixing, and picking on the courtyard busybodies now and then. 66.7kReads8.2Score3kShelves

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    A book similar to the one about traveling to the 1960s, with the protagonist also living in Nanluoguxiang. It's peaceful, heartwarming, and free of messy situations; the plot is exciting and incredibly enjoyable.

27. 227 年 Period: The Easygoing Days 年代：悠闲的日子 April, Spring's Finest Month春的四月天Male-Channel Fanfiction3.1M WordsCompleted (Not brainless, not overpowered, no System, has a pocket dimension, one female lead, gentler in tone. Read with caution if that isn't your thing.) Due to a laboratory accident in the future, Liu Youqing unexpectedly arrives in 1959. The bad news: he has just one bowl from the start, and his circumstances rival those of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty. The good news: he has more than one bowl! 45.5kReads7.2Score3.8kShelves

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    In these two books, the protagonist travels back to the 1970s and becomes a young man who has just been scammed out of 300 yuan. In an era where ten yuan can last a month, watch how the protagonist turns the tables against all odds.

28. 228 我 I Became a Speculator in 1960 我在1960当倒爷 A Soft Spot for Period Novels偏爱年代文Urban699k WordsCompleted Zhang Shuguang, a struggling 21st-century author, spent years staying up late to write, until he finally dropped dead from exhaustion and became one of the transmigration crowd. But Zhang Shuguang was far from pleased with the era he had transmigrated into or the identity of the original owner of his body. With the odds stacked against him from the start, he was fortunate that the standard System for transmigrators arrived, helping him thrive in an era where food and clothing were scarce! 11.4kReads8.3Score646Shelves
29. 229 六 The 1960s: One Yuan for a Thousandfold Return on Supplies 六零年代：一元秒杀万倍物资 Flavorful Coffee Beans风味咖啡豆Urban676k WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into the short drama Brave Adventures in the 1960s] Li Changge transmigrates to the 1960s and gets a One-Yuan Instant Purchase System. Ten thousand jin of pork belly for one yuan? Bought! A hundred jin of duck down for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand briquettes for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand barrels of Yibao mineral water for one yuan? Bought! While everyone else struggles to get by, Li Changge lives the good life, and young women and married ladies keep showi 14.7kReads8.1Score919Shelves
30. 230 四 Siheyuan: The Wonderful Life I Earned 四合院：赚到的美好人生 A Ray of Light一米光芒Male-Channel Fanfiction4.5M WordsOngoing [A low-key, cautious protagonist who stays behind the scenes and stirs things up, reasonably intelligent, avoids widows and trouble, original female lead, gets a bit hostile later on, slow-paced at first. If that's not your thing, don't read.] Transmigrated? And into the Siheyuan, a world of scarce food and clothing and schemers crowding every corner in the 1960s? Zhang Ping'an says none of that is a problem for someone who's scored a second life. What matters to him is turning that second chanc 29.2kReads7.3Score1.4kShelves

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    (Not brainless, not invincible, no system, has a spatial ability, single female lead, relatively mild-mannered; proceed with caution if you mind these elements.) Liu Youqing, due to an experimental accident in the future, unexpectedly arrives in 1959. Unfortunately, he starts with only a bowl, his treatment rivaling that of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, he has more than just a bowl! Read the full text.

31. 231 回 Back to the 1960s: Living Life to the Fullest 回到60年代，好好生活 Gangtou Chenchen杠头晨晨Urban212k WordsOngoing To resolve his own karmic ties, Yang Kai returns to the 1960s with the help of Stone Immortal. With the cultivation space Stone Immortal gave him, he settles into a good life in the 1960s! —Reads—Score—Shelves
32. 232 重 Reborn: I Exploited a Game Bug on Day One and Made 500,000 a Day 重生首日游戏卡bug日入50万 Durian with a Boozy Aroma酒味的榴莲Urban674k WordsCompleted Reborn in 2005 + Legend + Playboy + Period Setting + Sudden Wealth + Breakup from the Start Twenty years ago, if you had bought a house in Xiamen for 500,000 yuan, it would be worth 8 million yuan today. Twenty years ago, if you had bought 500,000 yuan worth of Kweichow Moutai stock, it would be worth 80 million yuan today. Twenty years ago, if you had bought 500,000 yuan worth of Tencent stock, it would be worth 270 million yuan today. Fifteen years ago, if you had bought 500,000 yuan worth of 3.4kReads8.1Score187Shelves

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    The male protagonist's soul is transmigrated into the body of a starving beggar with no identity. After transmigrating, he awakens a system, takes the initiative to confirm his identity with the government, applies to go to the countryside, and at the same time becomes rich.

33. 233 重 Back to 1949: The Whole Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 重回1949长白山都是我的猎场 I'm Eighteen This Year老夫年十八Urban3.4M WordsOngoing (No System, no pocket dimension, hunting + major events of the era) Xie Yicheng is reborn in early 1949, in a village in the Changbai Mountains of Andong Province, Northeast China, just after liberation. In an era of scarce supplies and a country waiting to be rebuilt, where the mountains are rich in treasures yet fraught with danger, the entire Changbai range becomes his family’s hunting ground. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, roe deer, and martens; deer, sheep, musk deer, badgers, fo 20.1kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
34. 234 胖 My Chubby Wife Is Sweet and Soft, and the 1970s Officer Spoils Her With His Life 胖媳妇又娇又软，七零军官拿命宠 Gu Xi Ci故夕辞Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Seeking adaptation for a short drama] [Period setting + military marriage + face-slapping + sweet romance + marriage first, love later + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] After transmigrating, Su Mei goes from a senior doctor to a lazy, nasty military wife in a 1970s military compound. In her previous life, she had worked hard her whole life, only to die suddenly. Su Mei is determined to lie flat and be lazy this time around. But when she sees the original owner’s situation, she 8.5kReads9.1Score1kShelves
35. 235 年 Period: Ding! Congratulations, Host, Your Sign-In Was Successful! 年代：叮！恭喜宿主签到成功！ Sanshi Is Running三石在奔跑Modern Romance692k WordsCompleted [Period setting + reborn + on-screen comments + sign-in System + no romance + punishing scumbags] When she died, she was surrounded by children and grandchildren, and she closed her eyes with a smile. But when she opened them again, thinking she’d returned to the days of her youth before marriage, she figured she would walk the same path as in her previous life and love her husband all over again... Unexpectedly, she saw on-screen comments. [What’s the opening plot again?! I think a matchmaker c 9.2kReads8.5Score724Shelves
36. 236 重 Reborn in 1963: Starting with an Escape from the Bridal Chamber 重生1963，从逃离洞房开始 The Wild Divine Beast Who Loves Dry-Roasted Tea爱吃干烘茶的荒神兽Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [A most unusual era + rebirth + no System + one female lead + a story-driven plot] [Escape the bridal chamber, defy fate, and live a different life.] Zhao Heping is killed in his hospital bed by his wife, Tao Huili, and is reborn. He returns to 1963, on his way out after fleeing the bridal chamber with Tao Huili. In his previous life, he was caught and forced to marry that woman, who manipulated him for the rest of his life. After being reborn, he swears he will never let them catch him again. H 2.1kReads8.7Score163Shelves
37. 237 异 Interworld Courier: Delivering Takeout to a Dragon from the Start 异界快递员：开局给巨龙送外卖 The Primordial Beginning of Infinity无极本始Eastern Fantasy255k WordsCompleted Lin Xiaoqiang held his breath, staring fixedly at the rustling bushes, which gave off an ominous glimmer. An unknown watcher, a bizarre electric scooter that could “eat” rocks, and this unfamiliar jungle steeped in a primeval atmosphere… His first lesson in survival seemed far more dangerous than the toughest delivery he had ever made. —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 238 穿 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, So Isn’t It Only Natural for a Purchasing Agent to Have a Space? 穿越六零，采购员有空间很合理吧 Cats Don't Climb Trees猫猫不上树Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration to another era]✘ [Pocket dimension is nearly useless at first]✘ [No angst, not a power fantasy]✘ [Warmhearted, not cold-blooded] [The protagonist is playful but a bit of a coward] College student Li Hao drowns while saving someone at the seaside. He transmigrates into the body of Li Baogen, a procurement officer at a steel mill in Northeast China in 1960, in a parallel world. The Great Famine has just begun. People everywhere are digging up wild greens, stripping bark from tre 27.7kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
39. 239 1 1981: A Literary Giant Rises from a Returned Educated Youth 1981，文豪从返城知青开始 Five Meters Underwater水下五米Urban3.0M WordsCompleted A cultured old writer from the post-1950s generation had been happily collecting his pension, dancing in the square, and flirting with the old lady next door. He couldn't have asked for a more enjoyable life. Then he woke up reborn at the age of twenty. He had just returned to the city after being sent down to the countryside, and was working on a factory floor. His family was so poor there wasn't even a mouse to be found. Before long, his second younger sister would also undergo a life-changing 10.7kReads8.2Score811Shelves
40. 240 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 45.7kReads9.5Score5kShelves

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    Transformed into a doormat, it takes control of space, opens a restaurant, kicks down scoundrels, and even snags a rough-looking military officer who dotes on it.

41. 241 别 Everyone Else Moves to the Countryside, I Settle Down and Secretly Become a Millionaire 别人下乡我落户，偷偷成为万元户 I Won't Eat a Single Piece of Fatty Meat一口肥肉都不吃Urban665k WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth sent to the countryside + System + spatial storage + hunting + one heroine + no cultivation] Life in the countryside is great! The countryside is great! The mountains are full of treasures! Hunt only as much as you can eat, and sell whatever you can't finish~ By some strange twist of fate, Dong Weijun rescued a child playing with a ball on the road, only to be hit by a truck and sent flying. His soul transmigrated into the body of a big, dim-witted man in the 197 19.8kReads8.0Score961Shelves
42. 242 年 The Reborn Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law in a Period-Era Lucky Charm Novel 年代锦鲤文的炮灰大嫂重生了 Qiao Miaomiao乔喵喵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn Revenge + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Read + Building a Fortune + Everyday Life] Only when she was dying did Bai Xiuxiu discover that the world she lived in was actually a period novel about a lucky heroine! In the book, she was the lucky heroine's shrewish older sister-in-law. She was mean, lazy, greedy, and did every kind of evil! After the heroine married into the family, Bai Xiuxiu made life difficult for her at every turn. Because she bullied the lucky heroine, she “ 39.3kReads8.5Score3.9kShelves

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    [Attention][Attention][Attention] Book Recommendations: The first book is about time travel between two worlds. You obtain an item that allows you to return to 1978 🤔. You trade goods between the two worlds, get rich, and live a comfortable life. [Full of joy] The second book is about time travel to the early 1960s, into the body of your deceased great-uncle. You have a portable warehouse, and you start by fishing 🎣 to ensure everyone has enough to eat 🍚.

43. 243 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 26kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves

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    No system, no space, no top-tier items, logically sound, well-written.

44. 244 重 Reborn in 1983: Hunting, and Bumping Into a Wolf Who Puts Its Paw on My Shoulder from the Start 重生83打猎：开局碰到狼搭肩 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Everyday life + easygoing + hunting + food + adorable pets + planting + raising livestock + System) Yang Dahai is reborn in the far north, where he begins a happy, carefree life of hunting in the countryside, surrounded by endless forests and vast grasslands. In early spring, there are dandelions, willow-herb shoots, thorny shoots, yellow glass leaves, mountain millet, old ox grass, groundnuts, shepherd's purse, and wild mustard greens. In summer, there are matsutake, hazel mushrooms, elm mushr 11.2kReads8.1Score795Shelves

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    These are all good books written during the historical period.

45. 245 重 Reborn in 1983: My Carefree Hunting Life in Northeast China 重生83：我在东北打猎的悠闲人生 Luo Tian洛天Urban3.6M WordsCompleted [Authentic period drama + no pocket dimension, no System + one heroine + devoted husband + hunting with guns + digging for ginseng + business + adorable pets + food + farming] Tang He had spent most of his life rushing from place to place. Just before he died suddenly, he saw once more the vast mountains, forests, and sea of trees in the Greater Khingan Range, along with the girl in the little floral jacket. Life was so exhausting and bitter. If he got another life, he thought, he would like t 10.3kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
46. 246 重 Reborn: The Winds of Change in 1994 重生：风起1994 Sword Shining on Cold Frost剑照寒霜Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Su Changqing, paralyzed for over twenty years, was reborn in 1994 with a heart full of pain and regret! In his previous life, his paralysis destroyed his family, leaving them broken and ruined! This time, he would turn his fate around! He would sell delicious food, open factories, build businesses, and take his products across the country and around the world, becoming a food industry tycoon! He would lead his whole family to a prosperous, peaceful, and happy life! 7.1kReads8.7Score424Shelves

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    This text was written in the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, and does not contain any content related to courtyard houses.

47. 247 重 Reborn in 1986: The Forest Ranger's Laid-Back Life 重生86，林场保卫员的悠闲生活 Lin Fenghuo林风火Urban126k WordsOngoing [The 1980s + no System + no pocket dimension + hunting + gathering medicinal herbs + laid-back daily life] Reborn in 1986, Zhao Guodong finds himself in an era where gold is everywhere. He earns his first fortune through hunting, then helps his younger brother go into business while taking a job as a forest ranger himself. Before long, he’s enjoying a leisurely life of taking his dog hunting every day and digging up ginseng. 2Reads6.6Score—Shelves
48. 248 老 After My Wife and Daughter Died, I Was Reborn in the 1980s 老婆女儿去世后，我重生八零 Meng Jiang Herself孟姜本尊Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Urban life in a bygone era + one heroine + teacher]“In our next life, let’s not be husband and wife again!” His wife called him, her voice hollow and lifeless, utterly devoid of emotion. It felt as if his soul were being torn apart. He shouted into the phone, “Don’t do anything foolish! I’m on my way to the hospital!” The next moment! His daughter lay in a hospital bed, a white sheet covering her face. His wife sat beside her, calm and despairing. “We did everything we could. Your daughter pass 16.1kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
49. 249 重 Reborn in 1983, I Ruin My Ex-Wife's Family 重生1983让前世老婆家破人亡 Longing for Naihe by the Bridge of No Return奈何桥畔盼奈何Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After spending 40 years as a sucker who raised another man’s child, Zong Dawei died and was reborn in 1983. When his wife from his previous life confessed her love to him again, he rejected her on the spot. “I’m sure as hell not raising the kid in your belly as my own.” From the start, he takes control of his future father-in-law and drives his family to ruin. After taking his revenge, he heads south to the special economic zones and north to the capital, where ten thousand yuan can buy a siheyu 313Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    This is a novel set in a traditional, reborn era. It's not a traditional courtyard house; you can buy a complete courtyard house with mahogany furniture for 10,000 yuan. In that era, good things are everywhere, so you have to buy, buy, buy!

50. 250 重 Reborn in a Bygone Era, Living Well with My Pocket Dimension 重生年代带着空间过日子 Little Lazy Lazy小懒懒懒Modern Romance397k WordsCompleted Period setting + space + farming + daily life + one female lead (male protagonist's perspective) After living two lives, Shen Xi is still a lazy fish. He farms and plays with the kids, and life is still full of flavor! My writing isn't great, and neither is my temper. If you don't like it, just move on. May good people have a lifetime of peace, and may bad reviewers have nothing go their way. Thanks. 193Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    I've traveled back to the 1960s, to the scene of a family division. Later, due to my eldest brother Fan's situation, the whole family moved to an island. Farming, playing with kids, and enjoying a leisurely life – it's quite fulfilling. There's a space (likely referring to a specific location or feature in the story).

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