Genuinely Skillful Historical-Era Novels, No Villains or Black Markets 真正有技术含量的年代文，不要极品和黑市

1. 201 从 From Agricultural Machinery to Mushroom Farming 从搞农机的到种蘑菇的 Must-Eat Tomato Hot Pot必吃番茄锅Urban2.9M WordsCompleted In 1959, programmer Chen Qinghe transmigrates into the body of a genius technician at an agricultural machinery institute, only to find himself unlucky enough not to inherit the original's crucial memories. Armed with a not-so-reliable “mentor” golden finger, he barely finishes sorting through the precious technical legacy his predecessor left behind before a big shot sets his sights on him! Next stop: the neighboring beach, where he'll build a “giant mushroom” by hand! His missions: build the “ 16kReads8.1Score897Shelves

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   The first book is about technology; there are no nonsensical plot points, the author's writing is smooth and quite hardcore, though it only updates one chapter a day. The second book is about a female protagonist who goes to school; the descriptions of rural life and everyday family matters are very detailed. She separated from her eccentric relatives early on and lived independently, and her parents are very kind. I read the third book a while ago and forgot the main plot [awkward laugh], but I finished it before, and it should be good overall.

2. 202 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
3. 203 归 I Returned Home to Build the Country, but Became God's Immune System 归国建设，却成了上帝免疫系统 Pork Belly Rolls with Century Egg白肉卷皮蛋Urban701k WordsOngoing The rating may be low at first, but it’ll rise later. A top biomedical academician from 2050 unexpectedly transmigrates to America in 1945! After transmigrating to 1945, the protagonist awakens extraordinary mental abilities. He thinks three times faster than ordinary people, never forgets anything he sees, and grasps complex ideas at a glance. All his past-life research knowledge and vast medical expertise remain in his mind. At this time, the motherland is struggling to rebuild, its pharmaceut 21.1kReads7.0Score1.1kShelves
4. 204 重 Reborn in 1960: Can You Really Buy Anything for One Yuan, Only for the Deal to Expire Once You Leave the Village? 重生60：一元秒杀出村就作废？ Jinling Big Carrot i金陵大萝卜iUrban677k WordsCompleted [The rating just came out, and it's sure to climb] [This book has been adapted into a motion comic. Enjoy!] [Reborn + System + Period setting + Farming + Tech-focused + Serving the nation] 1960, a year of famine. Lin Dajiang was badly injured when a wild boar hit him as he tried to save his cousin. He lay there, waiting to die. Before he had even breathed his last, his second aunt was already coming to take everything he owned and steal his worker's position. A modern soul opened its eyes at tha 13.7kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves
5. 205 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: The Supporting Actress Builds Warplanes and Defies Her Fate 七零军婚：女配造战机撕碎炮灰命 Jin Xilan金汐澜Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing [Period Setting] [Side Character Awakening] [Power Couple] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Military Marriage] [Both Leads Are Loyal in Body and Heart] Lan Huan accidentally took a fall and passed out. She had a dream and discovered that they were living inside a military romance novel. And she was nothing more than a nameless, doomed side character, brought in to make the male and female leads reunite, while also causing the second male lead to fall in love with the heroine at first sight. To stay alive, 2.2kReads—Score184Shelves

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   The female protagonist saves lives while conducting scientific research!

6. 206 重 Reborn in a Siheyuan: An Orphan Girl in the 1960s 重生大杂院之孤女在六零 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance715k WordsCompleted Female Lead: Yu Huimin thinks you never can tell what life has in store. She has money and looks, and she’s in the prime of her youth, when bam! Someone hits her and kills her, sending her straight to the 1960s. Luckily, the kitchen space she got in her previous life came along too. Otherwise, she’d want to die just to get back! Male Lead: Qiao Qinglai thought the apocalypse would be tough, but it turns out the 1960s are no easier. His wind ability has been reduced to the lowest level, and in th 1.2kReads7.3Score102Shelves

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   Both books are by the same author, and neither features a rural setting; the protagonists work in the city. The first book, set in the 1950s, features a female protagonist who is reborn and seeks revenge before moving her entire family to Northeast China. It includes a classic farm setting and a spatial dimension. The second book, set in the 1960s, features a kitchen, a sign-in system, and a spatial dimension. Some initially commented that the second book was a "gold digger" story, but those who persevere will find it's a story of two people supporting each other. Neither book focuses on extreme characters; the plot is later turned into a national struggle.

7. 207 大 Manufacturing a Great Power 大国制造 Blackhead King黑头大王Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Industrial prodigy Zhong Bai unexpectedly arrives in 1981... That year, France’s TGV train broke the world record at 380.4 km/h, becoming the fastest wheel-on-rail passenger train in the world at the time; That year, IBM released its first personal computer, ushering in a new era of computing; That year, the F-117 took its first test flight, beginning its place in the history of stealth aircraft; That year, Zhong Bai, brimming with ambition, walked into a struggling county fertilizer plant, vowi 2.5kReads8.4Score200Shelves
8. 208 我 I’m Reborn, So Why Would I Go to the Countryside? 我都重生了，谁还下乡！ Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Modern Romance393k WordsCompleted [Period] + [Reborn] + [Strong Female Lead's Growth] + [Passionate Youth] Xiang Hong is reborn at the crossroads of her life in 1968. Go to the countryside or join the army? Join the army! In her previous life, she went to the countryside and suffered through all kinds of hardships... before dying miserably in a shack. In this life, her heartless family and worthless men are nothing but stepping-stones beneath her feet! When Xiang Hong is reborn, she also gets a small pocket dimension, a modest g 3.5kReads8.8Score315Shelves

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   Reborn with unique beauty, unpretentious, enriching oneself step by step.

9. 209 前 My Ex-Husband Got Sterilized for His Widowed Sister-in-Law. Now That I've Remarried a Commander, He's Panicking 前夫为寡嫂结扎，改嫁首长他急了 Yun Qiu妘秋Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Reborn: I Became the Sweetest Version of Myself, is now streaming~ [Military marriage + devoted couple + an upgradable space + punishing scumbags + beloved by the whole family] Song Wanqiu, a police officer who had just returned to active duty, transmigrates into a book after dying alongside a drug trafficker during an arrest operation. The good news: she's alive. The bad news: she's a hopeless romantic. After taking in the story, Song Wanqiu decisively takes back her 7.2kReads8.0Score842Shelves

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   💥💥Song Wanqiu died together with the villain 🦹🏻‍♂️ while doing a mission, and transmigrated into a novel as a cannon fodder female supporting character with a love-struck brain [facepalm]. After accepting the plot, the female lead decisively snatched back her space bracelet, broke off her engagement with her scumbag husband, packed her bags and went to the army to find her grandfather.

10. 210 重 Reborn: Stockpiling Supplies in the 1950s 重生之我在五零囤货忙 Rumors Easily Stir Up Trouble流言易乱Modern Romance638k WordsCompleted Female lead: Gu Xuemei lived a miserable life. Only during the last ten years of it did she finally live like a proper person. Unable to accept her fate, she never expected to return to the very beginning after taking her last breath. This time, she’ll repay every grudge and settle every score. Everything taken from her family will be returned. Male lead: Ye Huaian died in battle in his previous life, but his soul stayed with his father’s family. Only then did he learn that his mother had died b 4.1kReads9.0Score315Shelves
11. 211 穿 Transmigrating to the 1970s: The One-Shot System Takes Me to New Heights 穿越七零：秒杀系统带我飞 Mu Ran9牧然9Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it’ll go up later! 1970: I Have a Golden Finger and a Maxed-Out Family Ding! Your limited-time flash-sale System has been bound! Wen Jingshu, an English major in graduate school in 2024, was halfway through studying for the civil service exam when she transmigrated. When she woke up, she’d become a graduate student in trade and economics in 1970. Her father was a police bureau chief, her mother a section chief at the agricultural bureau, her eldest brother a battalio 59.5kReads8.5Score7.3kShelves

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    [I highly recommend it][I highly recommend it] A top student transmigrates into the body of a young lady from a supply and marketing cooperative in the 1970s, is bound to a flash sale system, and uses his amazing purchasing skills to rise from the county town to the top, developing exports, running a chicken farm, and catching criminals!

12. 212 四 Siheyuan: Asking Qin Huairu for 500 Yuan from the Start 四合院：开局和秦淮茹要五百块 Brother Bao0宝哥0Male-Channel Fanfiction8.9M WordsOngoing A directionless young man transmigrates into He Yuzhu, the man from "The Bustling Courtyard". But he has a System, and completing missions lets him travel back to the modern era. By moving goods between the two eras, he can become a tycoon without lifting a finger. He planned to live a quiet, peaceful life, but the crafty residents of the courtyard all want to take advantage of He Yuzhu. Well, too bad for them. Come see how he takes the courtyard by storm! The three uncles, Jia Zhangshi, and Xu 23.9kReads8.3Score1.3kShelves

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    Absolutely meets all your requirements

13. 213 重 Reborn in 2001: I Start Boxing and Live Life to the Fullest 重生2001从练拳开始快意人生 Pan-Fried Buns and White Porridge煎包白粥Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + Pocket Dimension + Top Student + Traditional Martial Arts + Pressure-Point Techniques for Five Hundred Coins] Everyday urban life, reborn in high school, keeping a low profile at school, an ancestral martial arts manual, cultivating inner energy, mastering pressure-point techniques, dual-cultivation methods, a harem of multiple women, wealth, companions, techniques, and territory, exploring mysteries and searching for treasures, doing business and managing enterprises, fighting foreig 16.8kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves

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    A very good novel, with delicate writing.

14. 214 四 Siheyuan: Fishing for All Things Under Heaven 四合院：垂钓诸天万物 If I Become the Azure Emperor One Day他日我若为青帝Male-Channel Fanfiction7.3M WordsCompleted Lin Shaowen got drunk at a class reunion. After sleeping and waking up, he inexplicably arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Lin Shaowen, an outstanding graduate of Beijing College of Chinese Medicine. He had just graduated from university and now faced a choice: should he become a promising full-time doctor at Union Hospital, or an obscure factory doctor at a steel mill? Without a second thought, Lin Shaowen chose to become a factory doctor. There was no helping it. Sending a 90.7kReads8.5Score2.5kShelves
15. 215 六 In the 1960s, My Partner Set Their Sights on Stealing My Grandpa’s Job 六零之对象立志要抢我爷饭碗 Plucking Flowers捻过花Modern Romance271k WordsCompleted [Era setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + everyday family life] Content warning: The main story does not cover the heroine's background before she transmigrates. If you'd like to learn about it, you can read the extra chapters first. On the first day Song Wan transmigrated, or rather, her first night, she nearly became the unlucky soul who died the moment she arrived. On the second day, she discovered someone had stolen the fruits of her labor, so she promptly sent them a few bullets 3.3kReads8.4Score180Shelves

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    The female lead is a high-paid engineer who lives with her two younger brothers and a grandfather who is an excellent cook. The male lead has eight sons, is poor and not favored, and has long planned to leave home. He is good-looking, talented in sewing, and takes a liking to the female lead. He takes the initiative to find someone to introduce him to her and go on a blind date with her. He also tries to cut off contact with his family, who are not particularly awful.

16. 216 重 Reborn in 2001: Master Craftsman of the Lithium Battery Industry 重生2001：锂电大国匠 Lone Moon in the Dark Forest幽林孤月Urban232k WordsCompleted In 2001, Chen Mo was reborn at Jianghai Battery Factory as a temporary worker who had been made the scapegoat and laid off. His superiors bullied him, his coworkers ostracized him, and he was on the verge of being kicked out of the factory. Looking at the batch of defective battery cells in his hands, Chen Mo smiled. In his previous life, he had meekly accepted his dismissal. This time, he uncovered corruption in the supplies department and brought the factory director down, then walked away 703Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is about lithium batteries.

17. 217 让 You Want Me to Live Off the Old Man, Yi Zhonghai? I’ll Work Hard Instead 让我啃老易中海？我偏偏要努力 Three-Foot Green Peak三尺青峰Male-Channel Fanfiction525k WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + System + No Resentment + Everyday Life + Technology + Pocket Dimension] Yi Hongjun had worked overtime all night at the furniture factory. He never expected that after dozing off for just a moment, he would transmigrate. From the start, he was a child of a single parent, with his father gone. With no other choice, he had to head to the capital and seek refuge with relatives for the sake of his future. [Ding! Host has successfully put down roots in the capital and completed the hidden 13.7kReads8.7Score619Shelves
18. 218 四 Siheyuan: A Happy Life in the Red Era 四合院：火红年代的幸福生活 Not Sweet, Not Salty不甜不要咸Male-Channel Fanfiction616k WordsCompleted Pei Guang transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in the late 1950s, and everything begins to change quietly. Qin Huairu: Where did this Liang the Widow come from? She actually stole my Silly Zhu away. Yi Zhonghai: Sigh! With Liang the Widow around, there's no counting on Silly Zhu anymore. Bang Geng: Sigh! My life is ruined! Golden finger: Hard work pays off + a pocket dimension (no farming) 19.7kReads8.5Score476Shelves
19. 219 四 I'm He Yuzhu from the Courtyard House 四合院我是何雨柱 Betel Nut and Cigarettes, All Five Poisons in One槟榔加烟五毒俱全Male-Channel Fanfiction608k WordsCompleted The life of an ordinary person. Come see what happens after He Yuzhu becomes an ordinary man, with no potty humor, no invincibility, and none of those talismans. Thanks for your support. 30.9kReads8.9Score788Shelves
20. 220 四 Siheyuan: Transmigrated as the Head Master's Nephew 四合院：穿成一大爷的亲外甥 Wool Socks毛袜Male-Channel Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted [Siheyuan + period setting + farming + portable dimension + one heroine] Li Anye transmigrates to an era of scarcity, with no parents and not a penny to his name, so he has no choice but to seek help from his maternal uncle, Uncle Yi. As the saying goes, a maternal uncle is worth more than the heavens. Surely no one can complain if he leans on his uncle for support? After graduating from vocational school, Li Anye gets a decent job at a steel mill thanks to his uncle. His uncle, Yi Zhonghai, is 20.5kReads8.4Score1.1kShelves
21. 221 开 I Transmigrated into a Funeral Hall from the Start, Then Took Down the Vile Ones Sent to the Countryside 开局穿越灵堂，手撕极品下乡 A Soft Spot for Period Novels偏爱年代文Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Yang Baiyi, a powerful survivor of the Apocalypse, dies alongside the Zombie King while leading his team on a mission to clear out zombies. When he wakes up again, he finds himself at a funeral hall, surrounded by relatives clamoring to divide up the estate his parents left behind. So you're trying to take everything from an orphan? I am the ruler of the Apocalypse, and I have always been ruthless. Why would I let you get away with this? He takes on his awful relatives, leaving them penniless, t 13.5kReads8.8Score976Shelves

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    Wang Mingqi, a small business owner, is reborn in 1993. To escape his unreliable father, he uses his foresight to venture into Beijing, investing and buying houses everywhere. Before he knows it, he has become one of the most prominent real estate tycoons in the city. Life in his courtyard house is colorful, with everyday events unfolding like a movie. He is either collecting rent or on his way to collect rent, tired but happy.

22. 222 年 1959: From the Start, My Cousin Knocks Me Out with a Bludgeon 年代1959，开局被堂哥敲闷棍 The Uncle Who Wet the Bed尿床的大叔Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [Family Unity]+ [Everyday Life]+ [Getting in with the Powerful] P.S. A woman named Qiao Ya appears in the story. She is an important supporting character later on and greatly helps the male lead's family grow, so she is not a troublesome character. In 2024, an orphan transmigrates into the body of a 1959 technical-school graduate who shares his name. The original owner was walking home after dark when his cousin knocked him out, hoping to inherit his job. In return, he sends both their 8.6kReads8.4Score631Shelves
23. 223 四 Siheyuan: The Security Office with Abundant Martial Virtue 四合院：武德充沛保卫处 Riding a Donkey Donkey Donkey Donkey骑驴驴驴驴Male-Channel Fanfiction3.0M WordsOngoing Bai Wanli transmigrates into the world of the courtyard house complex, starting out as a division chief. His entire family is made up of loyal patriots, and he has powerful backing. It should have been a perfect start, but the System assigns him an epic-difficulty mission: destroy Lighthouse Country. With no other choice, Bai Wanli sets out on a legendary life of slacking off and putting the courtyard’s troublemakers in their place, all while rewriting the course of history. 5.3kReads7.2Score177Shelves
24. 224 六 Living Life to the Fullest in the 1960s 六零年代恣意活着 A Thousand Dreams百变梦想Modern Romance3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Two Strong Leads + Period Setting + Daily Life] A career woman from the new century transmigrates as Ruan Mianmian and escapes her family of origin. When she reaches the right age, she marries Chen Yuan'an, a handsome, well-built regiment commander. They bicker in the early days, but later settle into a sweet life together: her husband dotes on her, and their son is clever and adorable. Both leads know how to enjoy life. In an era of scarcity, they use money to make sure they n 2kReads6.9Score100Shelves

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    Super heartwarming, a gentle, enduring family life.

25. 225 重 Reborn: Back in 1977 to Be a Dad 重生：回到1977当奶爸 Half a Cup of Strong Tea半盏粗茶Urban5.1M WordsCompleted When he wakes up, his luxury cars are gone, and so are the beautiful women. Chen Fugui, a billionaire, has been reborn in the 1970s. Will he drift aimlessly through life, or live it to the fullest? For his sweet wife and adorable daughter, he’s going to build a business empire of his own. 10.9kReads9.0Score948Shelves

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    These books are quite good. The first one talks about helplessness, the second one is a relatively systematic way to improve life, and the third one talks about some phenomena at the time.

26. 226 被 After I Was Forced to Marry a Sickly Educated Youth, I Got a Cheat 被迫嫁病弱知青后，我开挂了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance514k WordsCompleted [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Devoted Couple + Golden Finger + Strong Female Lead] Jian Huai'an suspects his true form might actually be a mermaid. Seriously, why else would he be in the water after dying, and why would such a beautiful mermaid be swimming toward him? After discovering he'd transmigrated into a book, Jian Huai'an thinks his luck has finally turned. But he soon realizes that his transmigration has amounted to nothing. A golden finger? Yes, but pra 2kReads8.9Score177Shelves

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    Nice!!!

27. 227 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.8kReads9.6Score8.9kShelves
28. 228 重 Reborn in 1993: Collecting Rent in the Capital 重生1993，我在首都收房租 Riding a Donkey骑驴Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Wang Mingqi, a small-time businessman, is reborn in 1993. To get away from his unreliable father, he uses his knowledge of the future to make his way in Beijing, investing everywhere and buying up houses. Before he knows it, he has become one of the city's biggest property owners. Life in his courtyard house is full of variety, with one petty drama after another playing out like scenes in a movie. Every day, he's either collecting rent or on his way to collect rent, exhausted but happy. 21.4kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
29. 229 下 After Going to the Countryside, the Female Educated Youth Is Doted on by a Future Senior Officer 下乡后女知青被未来首长娇养了 Dyeing the Years染流年Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Military Marriage + Period Setting + Transmigration + Swapped Marriage + Devoted Couple + Marriage First, Love Later + Beloved by the Whole Family] Lin Xia never imagined that all she had to do was take a vacation, only to find herself dropped into a whole new world. There, she meets a group of people. When someone spreads rumors about her, Lin Xia has just started rolling up her sleeves when her future mother-in-law pulls her behind her and swings a huge broom. “You dare bully my Xiaxia? Try d 3.2kReads8.5Score268Shelves
30. 230 小 The Little Boss Is a Menace to Cats and Dogs, and Hides from Mom and Dad That She's a Millionaire 小老板猫嫌狗厌，瞒爸妈当万元户 Jin Manman金满满Modern Romance4.3M WordsOngoing [1980s setting + lighthearted comedy + everyday life + building wealth] Little Rice Cake is a sieve spirit with off-the-charts brains and emotional intelligence, and she never waits until tomorrow to get revenge. After being forced to split from her family, Little Rice Cake single-handedly lifts her family and friends, infiltrates the enemy's ranks, and takes down every gossiping shrew in the village. The good life begins with living in a pigsty and raising piglets. She starts making money by do 25.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
31. 231 惊 Shocking! After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became the Child's Mother 惊爆！穿书后我成了孩子他妈 Granny Ni妮嬷嬷Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Original title: The 1980s: Commander, Your Baby Is from Ten Years in the Future [Period drama transmigration + marriage first, love later + family life + adorable baby + marriage to bring good fortune] The instant she receives her college admission letter, Qi Shiyu finds herself standing at the gates of a school in 1985. She's become a high school senior, with only three months left before the college entrance exams. She's transmigrated into a book. She thought she'd been cast as an insignifican 31.1kReads7.9Score4.9kShelves

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    ✨In the 1980s, there was no black market or rare finds. The female protagonist set up a stall selling braided ropes and intangible cultural heritage hairpins. She was also a painter, and she made it into the newspaper and earned her first pot of gold through her paintings…

32. 232 重 Reborn Investment Mogul 重生投资大佬 Green Ink and Misty Rain青墨烟雨Urban2.1M WordsCompleted What would you do if you were reborn in 2008? Lin Han tells you, “First, make ten billion, and then... you know the rest!” 1.1kReads7.2Score105Shelves
33. 233 我 My System Keeps Trying to Make Me Go Bald 我的系统整天都想让我秃头 Southwest Mushroom西南蘑菇菌Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Absurd, Funny, Subversive] [Because I've been caught in the rain, I want to smash everyone's umbrellas] [Auntie, you've taken such good care of yourself. You're over 50 and still have all your limbs] [Basketball content included; skip if it's not your thing] When 18-year-old Xu An was told by the System that he'd be standing on a rooftop at 40, looking out at the view, all the color drained from his dream of a life spent lying flat. To somehow make it to 41, he had no choice but to activate t 33kReads8.7Score3.5kShelves
34. 234 八 The 1980s: After the Real Heiress Returns, She Reigns Supreme in the Capital! 八零：真千金回归后，宠冠京城！ Yingying Zhao英英昭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Completed [Era + military marriage + real heiress + adored by everyone + heroine is incredible at putting people in their place and beating them up] After sacrificing her life for her country, modern computer genius Jiang Tiange was reborn into her own past life. But that past life had been a miserable one: she was the real heiress, yet had been maliciously switched at birth, beaten and cursed, and forced to marry an abusive second-time husband. After she died miserably, her body was sold for a 33.3kReads9.1Score4.5kShelves

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    This period drama is really good! I highly recommend it. The female lead is a pampered heiress, incredibly capable and shrewd, and she's also amazing at witty comebacks and physical confrontations. Most impressively, she's a computer whiz who uses her skills to contribute to the country. The romance between the male and female leads develops quickly, and the female lead is very direct.

35. 235 破 An Unprecedented Promotion: Is This Really Such a Big Deal? 破格提干：你们至于吗？ Black-Hearted Old Six黑心老六Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Have you ever served in the military? If you had another chance, would you enlist again? Would you want to relive that life of "one person gets sick, the whole unit gets shots"? Would you want to return to the place that made you suffer while you were there, but miss once you had left? 14.1kReads8.9Score831Shelves
36. 236 不 You Won't Let the Little One Eat Her Fill? Flip the Table! Then Nobody Eats! 不让奶团吃饱饭？掀桌！都饿着！ Tun Er豚二Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Adorable Child + Everyone's Darling + Mostly Locals, Light Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted + Funny + Not a Single Member of the Family Is a Soft Touch + Get Even on the Spot] Luo Panpan had never known hardship from the day she was born. Then, at five and a half, her father died. From then on, she never had enough to eat, and they even planned to send her away to be adopted? Not a chance! Her mother was a famous tigress for miles around: bold, resourceful, and good at making money 19.2kReads8.8Score1.8kShelves
37. 237 四 An Outsider in the Siheyuan 四合院局外人 Gao Fu高夫Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Genius + Technology + Watching the Drama] Xiao Zhen, version 50, was forced back to the 1950s by the will of the cosmic singularity. But he arrived a little too early. His uncle, Xiao Zheng, had not yet died in action, and Xiao Zhen was still in his second year at Bashu Middle School. If nothing changed, Xiao Zhen knew that in 1953 he would get mixed up with the attention-seeking oddballs from the Siheyuan again. All Xiao Zhen wanted now was to save his uncle. He never wanted t 2.5kReads7.1Score101Shelves

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    We need to have a gossipy, spectator-like attitude. There was no house-grabbing or basement-dwelling, because Lao Yi ate peanuts.

38. 238 华 Chinese Entertainment in 2006: My Era as a Director 华娱2006，我的导演时代 Very Noble非常君Urban666k WordsCompleted [Director + no System] In 2006, when Chinese-language cinema has only recently begun to take off and Hollywood blockbusters are sweeping up the domestic box office, Li Xia's era as a director begins. This is the age when Chinese-language cinema steps onto the world stage and rises to glory! 7.6kReads8.6Score244Shelves
39. 239 胎 Born into the 1970s: I Make My Whole Family Rich Through Studying 胎穿七零：我靠读书带全家致富 Mao Mao猫芼Modern Romance2.6M WordsOngoing (I Just Want to Slack Off, but They Call Me a Genius) (Period Piece + Academic Prodigy + Strengthening the Nation + System + No Romance + Cozy Daily Life + Lighthearted Comedy + Pure Wish Fulfillment) After Chen Wang died, he was reborn as the Chen family's only dim-witted grandson. With four older female cousins, the two elders of the Chen family doted on him like a precious treasure, giving him the best of everything. Chen Wang thought he could spend this life slacking off. Who could have gues 154.5kReads9.0Score14.2kShelves

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    I recommend these two books about academic superstars from different eras. They truly started rising to prominence from elementary school through their own hard work.

40. 240 重 Reborn in 2003: From Online Author to Trillionaire Tycoon 重生03：从网络作者到千亿神豪 Spicy Fish Skin麻辣鱼皮Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Modern-day rebirth + devoted older brother + entrepreneurship and getting rich + a flawed man mending his ways + making up for past regrets + sweet romance Reborn in 2003, he finds his father a drunkard who can barely stand, while his mother is still obsessed with gambling. In his previous life, this was the year disaster struck his six-year-old sister. In a fit of rage, Qin Hanchu stormed into his enemy’s home... This time, Qin Hanchu will never let the tragedy happen again! No System, no capit 13.9kReads8.9Score680Shelves
41. 241 秀 I Turned the Whole Class of Underachievers Around, and You Call Me a Homeroom Teacher? 秀翻整个学渣班，你管这叫班主任 Pomelo to Go with Wine柚子下酒吃Urban669k WordsCompleted Reborn as the homeroom teacher of a class of good-for-nothings, Lu Ze gets the [Super Hardcore Teacher System]. Lu Ze: Nice to meet you. How about this: Class monitor, make a group chat and add everyone. Class monitor: Sure thing, Mr. Lu. The next second. Lu Ze: All right, the 25 students who’ve joined the group, hand over your phones. What kind of teacher is this? What a scam! Another time. Lu Ze: Come on, everyone, repeat after me: “Though old, I am still strong; though my hair is white, my am 4.4kReads9.5Score542Shelves
42. 242 七 The 1970s and 1980s: The System Forces Me to Become a National Treasure 七零八零年代：系统逼我卷成国宝 A Sleeve-Blade一袖刀Urban380k WordsCompleted [Reborn in the 1970s + A Scientific Powerhouse + System-Enabled Top Student + From Dimwit to National Treasure] Tang Pu, a PhD in the humanities, works himself to death pulling all-nighters for his job, then is reborn as Tang Pu, a dimwitted kid in 1978. The original owner ranked at the bottom of his class and was mocked by relatives as “Tang the Big Fool.” His parents were factory workers, yet they spent their entire savings on tutoring for him. Then, by a stroke of bad luck, a ball hits him an 6Reads5.7Score—Shelves
43. 243 穿 A Chat Group for Transmigrators, But I Didn't Transmigrate 穿越者聊天群，我没穿越啊 Coming Up with a Good Name Is So Hard取个好名字太难了Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Urban cultivation + chat group + invincible protagonist + multiple heroines] When his daughter brought home a blond punk, the boy asked, “Old man, is it safe to park my bike outside your place?” The middle-aged Lin Chen was so furious that he died on the spot! Lin Chen was reborn, returning to the year his daughter was born. In this life, he wouldn’t abandon her again and let the two of them become strangers who knew each oth 9.3kReads8.2Score757Shelves
44. 244 乌 Black Gauze and Rouge 乌纱与胭脂 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance205k WordsCompleted Human nature is like the sun: impossible to look at directly. Many people appear charming and refined on the surface, but strip away the facade and you’ll see human nature laid bare. By portraying the real chaos of society, this work exposes the evil and filth within human nature and calls on people to choose kindness and uphold social decency. 7.3kReads—Score464Shelves

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    The technical skill involved is undeniable. The plot is incredibly captivating and exciting; once you start reading the first chapter, you can't stop.

45. 245 随 The Portable Cosmos Pot 随身乾坤壶 Lazy Cat's Tail惫懒的猫尾巴Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Long Fei, codename Dragon Fang, belongs to the Dragon Squad, Huaxia's strongest special forces unit. During a mission, he was unfortunately ambushed by the enemy. Reborn as a boy in the shantytowns of Shanghai during a famine, he was lucky enough to gain control of the Qiankun Pot. For his family to live better lives, and to defend against unknown enemies, he must... 3.8kReads8.0Score410Shelves
46. 246 浮 The Strange Tales of Mortal Life: Li Longbiao 浮生乱象之李龙彪 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Urban253k WordsCompleted I'm the scum at the bottom of society, the trash you all talk about. I don't have much education, money, status, a house, a car, or a wife. I'm a single man, just some hoodlum. It's not my fault I ended up this way. When I was a kid, I had big dreams and ambitions, too. I wanted to study hard, get into a good university, then find work in the city and become a respectable office worker. But the cruel realities of life shattered every one of those beautiful dreams. Through its portrayal of Li Lon 1.8kReads—Score144Shelves
47. 247 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 top-tier items, no black market, no system, no spatial dimension.

48. 248 四 Siheyuan: I Wield My Brush and Stir Up the Storm 四合院：执笔搅风云 Picking Up Words Among the Pines松间拾字Male-Channel Fanfiction964k WordsOngoing Reborn in 1952, Wang Ping'an transmigrates to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang. Alone in the world, he seems like a timid, easily bullied orphan to his neighbors. He makes a living writing articles and stories, often drawing on the people and events in the courtyard for inspiration. Anyone who deliberately gives him a hard time or schemes against him ends up as a villain in one of his stories, and the rumors soon spread throughout the entire compound. Everyone assumes he is a helpless writer, 8.2kReads5.4Score264Shelves

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    [Smiling face] I think this courtyard house novel is pretty good. [Smiling face][Smiling face]

49. 249 官 Official Fortune: I Can See Other People's Life Scripts 官财：我能查看别人的人生剧本 I Am Cao Ning我是曹宁Urban1.0M WordsCompleted My new story is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1.8kReads8.6Score123Shelves
50. 250 胭 The Rouge Spinster 胭脂剩女 Writer Lu Tao作家鲁涛Modern Romance117k WordsCompleted Through the emotional journey of Yang Jingjing, a single woman past the age traditionally considered ideal for marriage, the story offers glimpses of every facet of society and the warmth and coldness of human life, exposing the ugliness and greed of human nature. Full of twists and turns, it paints a penetrating portrait of the realities faced by women like her. 1.8kReads—Score142Shelves

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