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1. 51 四 Siheyuan: I Just Want to Be a Scrap King 四合院：只想当个破烂王 lie flat Is a Blessing躺平是福Male-Channel Fanfiction863k WordsCompleted In his previous life, he was filmed on a phone and brought into the world of a 1950s Siheyuan. Though Lu Yuan was born in the 1960s, he takes it all in stride. He worked hard all his previous life; this time, he’ll live for himself. As for the Siheyuan residents’ schemes and machinations, they have nothing to do with him. As long as they don’t threaten his interests, Lu Yuan can’t be bothered to get involved. This time around, he’s going to lie flat and live in comfort. 12.5kReads5.8Score467Shelves
2. 52 民 Republican Era: I Have a Game System 民国：我有个游戏系统 lie flat Is a Blessing躺平是福Urban824k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + Republic of China era + War of Resistance + Online Game + Female Protagonist + No Romance) A member of the Republic’s Fire Phoenix Special Forces, with a game in tow, transmigrates to the Republic of China in 1924. She becomes the top boss of the Heavenly King Stronghold in the Taihang Mountains, and the granddaughter of the leader of the bandits across the seven northern provinces. Not bad! There’s still time. With the items in her game inventory, she can put together a well-e 831Reads6.8Score107Shelves
3. 53 来 Come On, If I Don't Wipe Out the Siheyuan in Three Days, I'm a Dog 来来来，三天不灭了四合院我是狗 Everyone Step Aside, Let This Daoist Handle It都退后让贫道来Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Li Hao wakes up reborn, only to find the whole bunch of scoundrels in the courtyard pressuring him to give up his house and job so Bang Geng can be sent to the countryside! Fine, fine, so that’s how you want to play? Then I’ll go to the countryside. I don’t want to see any of you anyway. My job? Sold! My house? Sold! Before I leave, I’ll make sure those scoundrels are all crippled. You can rot away together from now on! But before he even sets off, huh? Why does something feel off? Did I somehow 7.8kReads7.8Score318Shelves

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   The Fifth Young Master is here💫 [Top Post][Top Post][Top Post]This is it~ 🔥In the beginning, there is no such thing as all kinds of pulling and pulling in the yard, all the workstations and houses are packaged and sold, and I go to the countryside to hunt for treasures in Beidahuang [Please pay attention]

4. 54 做 How Did Baking a Cake Earn Me a First-Class Merit? 做个糕点怎么还给一等功？ Tomato Wonderfully Crispy Corn Sticks番茄妙妙妙脆角Male-Channel Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing A food blogger transmigrates to 1948. [No Taking Qin] [No Messing with Lou] [No Grudges]. While other transmigrators in the courtyard are busy fighting the worst sorts and seizing opportunities, Shen Yan just wants to live like a happy slacker: as a pastry chef at a grocery store, with little work and no hassles. After work, he takes the treats he keeps stashed in his space, sits by the courtyard gate, munches on sunflower seeds, and watches the neighbors put on their everyday family drama. 62.9kReads7.6Score3.2kShelves

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   ## I would like to recommend three books that can be read as TV series. They are just from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the present. They can watch the development over the years from different perspectives. If you like it, you can read it. If you don't have it, just don't criticize it.

5. 55 重 Reborn in 1985: A Young Man with a Bright Future 重生1985，少年大有可为 vRunning Snailvv奔跑的蜗牛vUrban1.9M WordsOngoing At forty, Shen Mo returned to 1985. The child of educated youths sent to southern Yunnan, he was left behind when his parents returned to Shanghai and divorced. “Dad has a home, Mom has a home, and I'm left all by myself. Am I just in the way...” The lyrics from a TV drama he'd once watched had become his own life. Shen Mo was now an unwanted burden, unloved by both grandmothers, but he still had his second uncle. “Xiao Mo, the city registration fee is nearly four hundred yuan, but your second u 128.3kReads8.5Score9.1kShelves
6. 56 我 I Bragged on Bihu, So Why Did the Government Take Me Seriously? 我在逼乎吹牛，国家怎么当真了 Black Dog Doesn't Like Tangyuan黑狗不爱吃汤圆Urban4.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Slow Pace + White Moonlight + No Harem + Building the Nation Through Industry] In 2011, just before the high school class divisions, Gu Yu was reborn. The first thing he did wasn’t buy lottery tickets or invest in property. He switched to the humanities track and took the seat beside Su Nian. The second thing he did was borrow her computer and post a prediction on Zhihu that no one would believe. The European debt crisis, mobile internet, digital payments, new energy vehicles, artif 249.6kReads8.7Score25.9kShelves
7. 57 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance995k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 13.2kReads8.5Score983Shelves

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   This book is super good-looking [a masterpiece of bird food]. There is no stepmother in the military marriage to take revenge. The heroine's IQ is online. She works hard to pass the technical secondary school and does not go to the countryside. The rating is a bit low because there are few people who rated it. It mainly describes the warm daily life of the protagonist's family [already planted grass] [already planted grass]. The advantage is that it has a sense of the times. This book It's the one I've seen on Tomato that pays the most attention to the description of the era. The prices are reasonable and accurate, and the tickets are only a few cents. The details are exquisite, and there are not too many top-notch products. It seems like you are really living in that era. [Bookshelf Plus One] is just a slower pace. It doesn't write too much about emotional scenes now, so it can be read as a period novel ➕ farming novel.

8. 58 1 1958: My Days as an Electrician 1958年，我当电工的那些日子 North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction265k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to 1958, the year the country's power industry was developing at its fastest, he becomes an orphan in Nanluoguxiang. The whole courtyard is pressuring him to give up his house, so Xu Fu pulls out a huge cleaver. “Anyone who tries to force me out, I'll chop them to death!” What can he do when there's no food? He turns around and takes the electrician exam, joining the power bureau and being assigned to work at the steel mill. He travels far and wide to install wires and repai 2.7kReads8.1Score103Shelves
9. 59 5 1959: The Three Years of Hardship, and How I Made My Fortune Hunting 59年，三年困难，我靠打猎发家 North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction148k WordsCompleted After Wang Fugui dies in a car accident, he is reborn in 1959 and finds himself in the world of the TV series Love in the Courtyard, living next door to the Jia family. It is the year of the Great Famine, and Wang Fugui awakens a System. He heads to the countryside to hunt, sells his game, and trades it for antiques, making sure his stepmother and younger siblings have enough to eat as he embraces life in this era. 742Reads—Score106Shelves
10. 60 年 The Period: Reborn in 1958 年代：重生1958 North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Urban493k WordsCompleted He transmigrates, and finds himself with a crippled older brother and a younger sister who has dropped out of school. They face the earth and turn their backs to the sky, toiling in the fields. It’s 1958. People may not have much to eat, but their spirits are rich. Everyone has faith and hope for the future. As long as they work hard, they can create a better tomorrow! … A country kid transmigrates. He makes a living off the land, then eventually moves to the city. He has a space that can grow. 2.2kReads7.0Score103Shelves
11. 61 四 Siheyuan: I'm Yi Zhonghai's Own Son! 四合院：我是易中海的亲儿子！ North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction234k WordsCompleted After Yi Xiaoyong dies, he unexpectedly finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. He discovers that he is actually Yi Zhonghai's long-lost biological son. After his adoptive father passes away, he returns to the capital to reunite with his family. In the original story, Yi Zhonghai wants someone to support him in his old age, so he manipulates He Yuzhu and helps the Jia family. This indirectly leads to He Yuzhu being tied down by Qin Huairu for the rest of his life and raising Banggen 5.8kReads6.1Score320Shelves
12. 62 四 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, I’ll Never Raise Someone Else’s Kids 四合院：重生傻柱绝不给别人养娃 North of the Mountain, South of the River山之北水之南Male-Channel Fanfiction474k WordsCompleted Silly Zhu is reborn and decides he will no longer raise other people's children. He marries Lou Xiao'e, starts a family, and lives life on his own terms. Bang Geng steals a chicken? He can take responsibility for his own actions. Qin Huairu? I don't know her. He has a special ability, his golden finger. 5.5kReads6.6Score149Shelves
13. 63 白 Funeral Master: They All Call Me the Living King of Hell 白事先生：他们都叫我活阎王 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Mystery3.4M WordsOngoing [Traditional Mystery and Supernatural Fiction] [One Female Lead] [Period Novel] [A Funeral Master’s True Accounts] [Northeastern Chinese Funeral Customs] [Rural Life] Adapted into the short drama Eighties Funeral Master (Disclaimer: The folk techniques in this book, including Zhuyou healing rituals, are entirely fictional. Please do not imitate them. The author bears no responsibility for any problems that may arise.) Good grief, I’ve been reborn in 1986, and from the start Grandpa thinks I’m a 51.4kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves

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    You must be fascinated, Gaga is so beautiful!

14. 64 我 I'm Just a Village Doctor, Is It Really So Strange That I Know the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles? 我一个村医会鬼门十三针很合理吧 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After his grandfather died, Chen Mo returned from the city hospital to his village and became its new barefoot doctor. Who says a barefoot doctor can’t amount to anything? Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, with no nine-to-five grind or mortgage, he can turn his hometown into a paradise. Northeastern customs, everyday stories, and local life: it’s all here. Urban daily life, one heroine, no System, just little stories to enjoy over tea. This book is also known as The Years I Served as 15.1kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
15. 65 重 Back to 1985: Don't Call Me Comrade, Call Me Husband! 重回85叫什么同志叫老公！ I Still Dare我还敢Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In Northeast China in 1985, an era known as the darkest of times: a young man, a hunting rifle, a heart full of passion, and a jianghu shrouded in gun smoke... In an age when might makes right, a man’s fierce devotion and true-to-life nature are what it takes to get ahead in the Northeast. A period novel, the rise of an ordinary man, one heroine, dual transmigration. 8.5kReads9.2Score628Shelves
16. 66 四 Siheyuan: Bringing Soft and Cuddly Qin Huairu Home 四合院：软乎乎秦淮茹抱回家 Angel Big Beauty天使大美丽Male-Channel Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing Pure Love, Everyday Life, No Hostility, No Spatial System Marry a lovely wife, live a comfortable life, look good when you go out, have fun when you come home. Make money with ease, enjoy a lifetime of happiness, treat our Qin Huairu well, and build a happy family. Live happily ever after! Starting from nothing? No problem, I know how to make money! I draw posters and comics, earn extra cash, save grain, and stock up on supplies. I have no grand ambitions. An ordinary, peaceful life is what mat 44.8kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves

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    It's captivating at first glance. There's no exaggerated counter-attack, no bloody slap in the face. It's just a down-to-earth daily novel of the times. The parents are short-lived, the neighbors are trivial, the warmth and warmth of human relationships, and the ordinary life of food, rice, oil and salt. The writing style is soothing and down-to-earth, allowing you to live a quiet life. It is suitable for readers who like steady, steady daily writing!

17. 67 四 Siheyuan: A Different Story 四合院：不一样的故事 Good People Dream好人爱做梦Male-Channel Fanfiction749k WordsCompleted Volume One: One heroine. He spoils Qin Huairu rotten, and even Banggeng and Xiaodang get their lives sorted out nicely; Volume Two: Two heroines. A relationship-building game in which He Yushui and Yu Haitang, supposedly best friends, compete for the same man; Volume Three: Two heroines. He helps Lou Xiao'e get her revenge and, along the way, helps Qin Huairu solve her problems; Volume Four: Two heroines. He wins over the Yu sisters and helps Yu Li's family escape hardship and enjoy a better lif 1.2kReads8.4Score—Shelves
18. 68 牧 The Horse Herder: I'm No Cao Thief 牧马人：我不是曹贼 Angel Big Beauty天使大美丽Male-Channel Fanfiction407k WordsCompleted (Pure Romance + One Female Lead + Everyday Life in the 1960s + Hunting) A fanfiction based on the film The Herdsman. If you want chicken, I'll go catch one for you in the hills; If you want fish, I'll go spear some in the river; If you want wild fruit, I'll pick some for you in the woods; If you want wild vegetables, I'll dig some up for you in the fields. After all, I'm your wife, Li Xiuzhi. If I don't spoil you, who will? And since I'm a forest ranger, if we don't eat meat, who will? Other peo 1.3kReads8.4Score—Shelves

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    It's captivating at first glance. There's no exaggerated counter-attack, no bloody slap in the face. It's just a down-to-earth daily novel of the times. The family is short-lived, the neighbors are trivial, the warmth and warmth of human relationships, and the ordinary life of food, rice, oil and salt. The writing style is soothing and down-to-earth, allowing you to live a quiet life. It is suitable for readers who like long-term and stable daily writing!

19. 69 穿 Transmigrated into The Herdsman: Li Zhongkai’s Happy Life of Farming, Raising Horses, and Loving Xiuzhi 穿越牧马人，种田养马爱秀芝 Angel Big Beauty天使大美丽Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted (Pure Romance + Everyday Life in a Bygone Era + One Female Lead + A Touch of System Storage Space) Just finished! The simple, ordinary life is the best! “Old Xu, do you want a wife or not?” “If you do, I’ll send one over!” It was an era of poverty, with extremely scarce supplies. People had too little to wear and too little to eat. It was an innocent era, when love, friendship, and family bonds had nothing to do with money or self-interest. 13.3kReads8.9Score880Shelves
20. 70 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 250Reads8.4Score—Shelves
21. 71 四 Siheyuan: I Only Want to Live a Quiet Life 四合院：只想平淡过一生 Beneath the Stars, Just for You披星戴月只为你Male-Channel Fanfiction2.4M WordsCompleted This book is dedicated to my younger self, to the chaos of those days and the loneliness buried deep inside, and to everyone who can't help looking back on the past. It's also dedicated to you, if you'd like to learn about life in Beijing's crowded courtyard compounds. This place was once a little world of its own: the gray walls were mottled, the doorways stood side by side, and life was noisy and real. Neighbors schemed and quarreled, clashing over every inch of land and wall, and getting red 33.9kReads7.8Score1.3kShelves

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    Although this book is from a courtyard, it is definitely eye-catching. It is neither evil nor demonic, nor submissive. The logic is rigorous and the data is detailed. It can be seen that the character's way of doing things has changed with the generations, and it is a breath of fresh air in the courtyard. The most important thing is the in-depth analysis of the characters in the plot, especially Jia Zhang, which is very interesting.

22. 72 年 Period: A Beijing Educated Youth Who Only Takes in Gentle Northeasterners 年代：京城知青，专收东北温柔 Big Head Has a Fish大头有条鱼Urban1.9M WordsOngoing A 48-year-old man who’d chosen to lie flat transmigrates into the body of 18-year-old Li Changshun! He becomes one of the sent-down youths heading to the countryside in 1973. In Kaoshan Tun Brigade, Dongfang Commune, Dong’an County, Danjiang City, he lies in bed, keeping a low profile as he waits for the new era to arrive. (This is simply a story about the ordinary life of a sent-down youth. The writing is unassuming, and the plot moves at a fairly slow pace. It’s steeped in everyday life, not a 45.5kReads6.7Score3.4kShelves

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    Period novel, multiple female protagonists, male channel, there is room! Better chronicle! It's nice to see the narrative coming slowly!

23. 73 金 A Steady Job: Reborn as a Train Water Supplier 金饭碗：重生后我成了火车供水员 Village Demon Fire乡妖火Urban4.5M WordsOngoing [Rural life in the late 1970s] [One female lead] [Comedy] [Slow-paced] [Raising children] Reborn in 1979, Li Xiangdong becomes a train water-supply worker. While others are still fretting over how to make ends meet, he's already enjoying a comfortable life with his wife and children at home. (A realistic slice of life. Each character has both strengths and flaws, and not everyone is meant to be likable. If that's not what you're looking for, please move along.) 163.3kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves
24. 74 平 An Ordinary World, Where I Am Anything but Ordinary 平凡的世界之我不平凡 Dancing on an Egg鸡蛋上跳舞Male-Channel Fanfiction2.0M WordsCompleted They all look down on me, and I’m just not good enough! No one will help me reach for the clouds, but I wouldn’t get there anyway! The strong never blame their circumstances, but I’m weak! I don’t just complain about my circumstances, I complain about the strong, too! Gold always shines, but I’m just an old pal! No one can take advantage of me, because I’m useless! Everyone laughs at me, and I’m the funniest one of all! Rather than push myself, I might as well give myself a break...! 42.8kReads8.5Score4.2kShelves
25. 75 截 I Snatched Qin Huairu Away, and Now I’m Setting These Beasts Straight 截胡秦淮茹，这届禽兽被我带偏了 Foodie Fatty Dragon吃货胖子龙Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + storage space + communication between two worlds + poaching Qin Huairu + everyday life + no edgy violence + technical focus + patriotism] Lin Guodong is sent hurtling into 1951 while saving his childhood friend. In this era of hunger and scarcity, he can still keep in touch with his old friend in the future. How could he lose? The Courtyard Is Full of Beasts? Not a chance. Instead of picking fights with everyone and everything, he'll put people skills first. See how Lin Guodong 29.1kReads6.9Score2.4kShelves
26. 76 六 The Sixties: A Righteous Heroine? She Wins at Life Through Schemes and Strategy 六零：正派？她靠权谋卷赢人生 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Period drama + career-driven heroine + System + ensemble cast + intelligent characters + witty and humorous + the heroine has eight hundred tricks up her sleeve In her previous life, Song Yanqing had just reached the pinnacle of success when she somehow ended up back in the amniotic fluid. Lying flat and waiting to die wasn’t her style. She wiped away her tears and got right back to work. A village girl from a poor mountain hamlet steadily made her way out into the world. People called Song Yanq 12.4kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves

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    The heroine is ambitious and has climbed from an ordinary person to the position of a boss, with high IQ and high emotional intelligence. The writing style is humorous and witty, without being over the top.

27. 77 1 1959: With an Achievement System, She Throws Herself into the Grind 1959：携带成就系统，她卷了 Dream of a Winter Night冬夜之梦Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This novel has been adapted into the short drama Sixies Technology's Glory. A stirring, inspirational, patriotic story, featuring a heroine who grows over time, strong values, smart characters all around, a one-on-one romance, love that develops over time, and plenty of humor. Du Yimeng only wants enough to eat and warm clothes in an era of scarcity. But after seeing the deep love others have for their country, she is gradually moved by their example and joins the fight for her nation. She wield 40.4kReads9.3Score3.8kShelves
28. 78 返 The Man Who Grew Young Again 返老还童的男人 Yin Qianchen银千臣Urban1.1M WordsOngoing A baby adopted by a widow was born looking seventy years old. Then he began to age backward, slowly growing younger. At eighteen, he looked like he was in his fifties. In the end, he became a baby and died in the arms of the person he loved most. 2.6kReads7.9Score117Shelves

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    1990S divine writing? Definitely a rare period piece.

29. 79 重 Lao Wang from Chongqing 重庆老王 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban1.6M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.9kReads8.3Score128Shelves
30. 80 寒 A Poor Scholar's Tribulation of Great Tang's Beauties 寒门状元大唐红颜劫 Yin Qianchen银千臣Historical356k WordsCompleted Li Guo’er, the Tang Dynasty’s most beautiful woman, is Princess Anning and the youngest, most beloved daughter of Emperor Zhongzong, Li Xian. The most seductive princess in the Tang Dynasty, she is strikingly similar to the protagonist’s wife. After the male lead transmigrates to the Tang Dynasty, he discovers that Li Guo’er looks exactly like his wife. Determined to save the only person in this world who reminds him of family, he works tirelessly and vows to save Li Guo’er, who was killed at ju 381Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 81 沪 Shanghai Auntie’s AI Male Model 沪上阿姨AI男模 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban857k WordsCompleted The protagonist, Wang Chen, struggles to survive in an apocalyptic world during the Great Depression, then unexpectedly transmigrates to an alternate-world Shanghai in the 1990s. And so Wang Chen’s happy life begins! 4.8kReads7.1Score268Shelves
32. 82 极 The Irresistible Playboy 极品桃花男 The Later Generation Clan后人一族Urban611k WordsCompleted [Urban feel-good story] [Slice of life] [Set in the 2020s] [Realistic everyday life] [Multiple female leads] [Dongguan Prince Hotel] [Transmigration to the apocalypse] [Genetically enhanced super soldiers] 646Reads8.5Score105Shelves
33. 83 雨 There’s a Rainbow in the Sky After the Rain 雨后的天空有彩虹 Fire Rabbit Lantern火兔灯Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted When the college entrance exams were reinstated, Zheng Hongmei left her three-year-old son, Wenge, behind in the countryside. Wenge always dreamed of studying hard, getting into college, and finding his mother. Fifteen years later, on the very first day his adoptive father took him to college, he ran into her. His mother was a professor at the university, but he no longer recognized her. His adoptive father was the one who told him she was his mother. But his mother coldly told him not to distur 428Reads—Score104Shelves

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    At the age of three, my mother was admitted to college and resumed the college entrance examination. He gave it to the villagers to support him. Fifteen years later, he was admitted to university. Became mother's student. However, his mother, who is now a professor, has her own life and does not recognize him.

34. 84 从 The Courtyard House Beginning in 1945, Before Liberation 从解放前1945年开始的四合院 Wishing You Wealth and Prosperity恭禧發財Male-Channel Fanfiction594k WordsOngoing Modern-day Xiang Ji's soul enters the body of a boy named Li Cunxiao in 1945. He lives in the east courtyard of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Beiping. This is a crossover world that blends multiple dramas. The protagonist uses his pocket dimension to develop businesses both inland and in Hong Kong, making his fortune through trading supplies. In his spare time, he enjoys messing with the hooligans next door in the main courtyard. The story is lighthearted and funny. 58.8kReads6.8Score4.2kShelves
35. 85 四 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Reborn in One Body, Returning to 1949 四合院何雨柱三合一魂穿1949 Shellfish Eats Little Fish贝壳吃小鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction788k WordsOngoing A rookie writer's commentary, set in a slow-burning, realistic period drama! A chef, a practitioner of traditional martial arts, and a skilled slingshot shooter, with no System and no accelerated time in the pocket dimension. It may look like a story about everyday family life, but the food, antiques, and hunting are all portrayed with absolute realism. The words are imbued with love for the country and its people, and readers only need to uncover the foreshadowing that's worth savoring. Feel fr 9.2kReads8.2Score279Shelves

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    After covering the courtyard and checking some information, I feel full of the sense of time.

36. 86 我 Bow Hunting in Changbai Mountain: The Greatest Hunter King 我，弓猎长白山，最强猎人王 Chen Wangshu辰望舒Urban1.0M WordsCompleted A new work is in the making. Come check it out! Lin Erhu returns, reborn. His first order of business: refuse the marriage proposal! Some women are poison. No matter how beautiful they are, you can't afford to take them. Then he begins his hunting trips in the mountains. With his exceptional archery and fighting skills, Lin Erhu becomes the King of Hunters. From then on, he dominates the world and rises to the pinnacle of life. 223Reads6.1Score199Shelves

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    Not bad. . . . I have been a bookworm for many years, and I highly recommend this book, which is worth reading!

37. 87 重 Reborn in 1985: A Different Life 重生85：不一样的人生 Three-Legged Toad三条腿的蛤蟆Urban7.3M WordsCompleted Search for the new book, Grabbing Success and Beautiful Women with Both Hands in ’98, for an even better read! [Period Setting] [Multiple Love Interests] [Cozy Daily Life] [Coal Mine Elements] [Making Money] This is a story that starts in a coal mine. In his previous life, he suffered from a terminal illness and died alone. But then he was reborn in 1985. He returned to Yanxi Coal Mine, the place he had never stopped longing for. Facing the woman he once loved, he decided to make up for his regr 25.9kReads8.4Score2.1kShelves
38. 88 七 A Captivating Marriage to a Soldier in the 1970s: The Barren Wife Is Pregnant Again 七零军婚撩人，不孕原配又怀上了 July Rabbit七月兔Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In 1973, Song Wenran went to the countryside in her cousin’s place for the sake of her father’s career and family harmony, nearly dying there. After finally making it back to the city with help from her best friend, she discovered that her father had remarried and her mother had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. She managed to get into university, only for a young male educated youth who had a crush on her to tear up her admission letter. Through a twist of fate, she rushed into a high-st 15.9kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    Double life, no golden fingers, no space and no system

39. 89 重 Reborn in 1978: Don't Even Think About Stealing My Life Again 重生1978，别再想偷我的人生 At the Beginning of Lifeo人之初oModern Romance136k WordsOngoing [This is a long tale of fated reincarnations across several lifetimes: Volume One: Years Like a Song, the 1978 College Entrance Exam Rebirth Arc. Later volumes include the flames of war in the Republic of China era, and more.] In her previous life, she studied tirelessly day and night by the light of a kerosene lamp to take the college entrance exam, only to see someone else receive her admission letter. In 1978, the university place of rural girl Song Chunxiao was stolen by Li Qiuhong, the secr 1.9kReads—Score114Shelves

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    🔥Who knows! This novel about the age of rebirth is so poignant. In his previous life, he was replaced by the secretary's daughter in college and died tragically. In this life, he calmly plans to never make the same mistake again!

40. 90 四 Siheyuan: It’s the Eve of Liberation? Just Enjoy Yourself! 四合院：人在解放前夕？爽就完了 Post-80s Housewife八零后家庭煮妇Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing Wang Minghao is a top-tier star in the cosplay world. He has just finished attending a convention in Shanghai when he gets into a car accident on his way out. The thing is, he wasn’t the one hit by the truck, so why is he the one who transmigrated? Is it because he shares a name with the person who got hit? Did the rookie System, fresh out of college and newly on the job, grab the wrong person? And once he transmigrates, there’s no going back? Damn it, pay up! With tears in his eyes, he accepts 42.2kReads6.9Score2.1kShelves

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    No abuse of the master, no endless pulling, no letter of understanding.

41. 91 四 Siheyuan: Raking in the Old Man’s Cash, Living Off Your Parents Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of 四合院：爆老登金币，啃老不丢人 Pure Yang Dao Heart道心纯阳Male-Channel Fanfiction1.5M WordsCompleted He Yuzhu accidentally transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan and becomes He Yuzhu. What? His father, He Daqing, ran off with the White Widow? Good riddance! Now the good life can begin! What? This world isn't just about Siheyuan? Even better! This book has no toxic drama, no drawn-out misunderstandings, and no gross-out humor. Qin Huairu is all mine. The protagonist is shrewd and calculating, and there's no shame in living off your parents. This book is also known as Siheyuan: Sucking Others D 9.3kReads6.8Score399Shelves
42. 92 误 Mistakenly Married Into a Golden Wedding 误入金婚 Huangfeng Valley's Sixth Brother黄枫谷老六Male-Channel Fanfiction413k WordsCompleted A period piece about everyday life from 1956 to 1990. There is a golden finger, but only a small one. The focus is on the ups and downs of those years and the stories of ordinary people. 5.2kReads—Score225Shelves

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    Daily prose in the era, golden fingers are small

43. 93 四 The Security Guard from Azeroth in the Siheyuan 四合院，艾泽拉斯来的保安王 Abnormal People Research Center不正常人研究中心Male-Channel Fanfiction249k WordsCompleted In 1959, at Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang, Zhang Xiaoqiang, the boss of a security company with ten thousand employees, transmigrated into this world. He took over the three-story private residence in the western courtyard that his father had left him, bound himself to a level-80 World of Warcraft System, and gained ten thousand gold in game currency, every class's skills, and a fully enhanced body. Starting out as an officer in the steel mill's security department, he was a ruthless schemer 136Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These two books are very good.

44. 94 四 Siheyuan: Sending Little Jia to His Doom First 四合院，开局先送小贾下去 Abnormal People Research Center不正常人研究中心Male-Channel Fanfiction710k WordsCompleted An '80s-born homebody plays private servers of World of Warcraft and Fantasy Westward Journey. One stormy day, he gets struck by lightning while on the phone and transmigrates to the late 1950s, into the world of Love in the Courtyard. See how he takes on and toys with the courtyard's beasts in this slice-of-life story. It was originally going to be called: Courtyard: Two Systems Fight Each Other from the Start, but the title didn't get approved. (New book: Courtyard: The Security Chief from Aze 2.1kReads6.3Score103Shelves
45. 95 赶 Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家 Three-Minute Passionlove三分热度loveUrban1.9M WordsOngoing Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets... 49.6kReads8.4Score2.5kShelves

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46. 96 不 I'm Done Competing. I'm Going Home to Explore the Mountains and Seas 不卷了，回去看山海 Kai Wuwu开呜呜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted All that hard work gets you nowhere, and then you get laid off? By the time you regret it, I’ll be lying flat by the sea, feeling the breeze, watching the sunset, and feasting on seafood. I’ll watch the wind brush my face and the willows droop along the riverbank, and listen to raindrops patter from the eaves. 12.3kReads8.4Score671Shelves
47. 97 岭 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 Dongting Fish Song洞庭鱼歌Urban1.0M WordsCompleted This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 13.7kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    This is a classic period article that has been rare on the Internet in the past ten years! It was first released on Tomato and has since been reprinted on many platforms; the Chinese version of the short play is currently being broadcast on the entire Internet, and the international full-language version is being launched on overseas platforms!

48. 98 千 The Thousand-Faced Thief King 千面贼王 Heading North向北Urban2.1M WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Wu. I was a wild child no orphanage could keep in check. At nine years old, I charged into this dog-eat-dog world. I saw through it then: living was like clinging to a moving train. You either held on or fell and were crushed to pieces. The first steamed bun I stole wasn’t because I was hungry. I wanted to see whether these hands that picked pockets could grab fate by the throat. The juvenile detention center, the shelter, and the detention center were my schools. The thieves wer 79.7kReads9.6Score9.7kShelves

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    I've seen them all and they're pretty good, you can give them a try.

49. 99 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 136.8kReads9.6Score15.8kShelves
50. 100 村 In and Around the Village 村里村外 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 123.8kReads9.6Score14.2kShelves

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