Stories Set in a Bygone Era: Tears for Days Gone By 年代文，回忆当年的泪不干

1. 1 四 Siheyuan: Does Marriage Make Me Stronger? Snatching Qin Huairu! 四合院：娶妻变强？截胡秦淮茹！ Flowing Clouds in the Sky流云天Male-Channel Fanfiction999k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 13.6kReads7.0Score740Shelves
2. 2 四 Siheyuan: I Tempt All the Animals with Delicious Food Every Day 四合院：天天美食馋死众禽兽 Nine Snails九只蜗牛Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted He Yuzhu transmigrates into Silly Zhu in the Courtyard House in 1955. He has a spatial farm with every kind of ingredient imaginable. Every day, he cooks delicious food in the courtyard house, driving all the beasts there wild with hunger. With the produce from his spatial farm and his master-level cooking skills, He Yuzhu stockpiles antiques and paintings, buys up courtyard houses, and starts a restaurant chain. He marries a beautiful wife and finds success in love, career, and life. He puts an 13.3kReads8.0Score553Shelves
3. 3 四 Siheyuan: My Wife Shows Up and Immediately Takes Down the Jia Family 四合院：媳妇刚过来就干翻贾家 Garuda伽楼罗Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Dotingly devoted husband, sweet romance, love, fishing System, leveling up. The male lead transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and obtains the Fishing Master System. Using it, he enjoys the good life in this unusual era, eating well and living comfortably. The male lead mostly stays behind the scenes, while his wife takes all the limelight. This is a story about a husband who spoils his wife to the extreme! This novel is very different from other courtyard-household stories. Its plot has vir 7.8kReads8.1Score294Shelves
4. 4 四 Siheyuan: Stealing My Best Friend’s Match, Just So You Can Live the Good Life 四合院：截胡好兄弟就怕你过得好 Night Talks by the Western Window西窗夜话Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + System + not a do-gooder + face-slapping] I just woke up to find a bunch of beasts trying to take over my house, and even trying to kill me. Watch how I, Cheng Bizhi, deal with these beasts and thrive in the courtyard. If you make my life miserable, I'll make yours even worse. I can beat you up, and you'll still have to smile at me. 7.8kReads7.1Score255Shelves
5. 5 四 Siheyuan: Putting the Beasts in Their Place and Making a Fortune 四合院：整治禽兽，发家致富 I Want to Raise a Cat我想养一只猫Male-Channel Fanfiction927k WordsCompleted (Period setting + drama + mystery-solving) After I transmigrated into the Siheyuan, I, Liu Jianguo, was determined to uncover all the mysteries hidden in the courtyard! This story begins in 1955! Volume One fills in the missing clues from the original story, letting readers learn the full story behind the courtyard's scoundrels. Volume Two begins the cleanup of those scoundrels. 4.3kReads7.3Score124Shelves
6. 6 四 Siheyuan: Merging All Things, Conquering Qin Huairu from the Start 四合院万物融合，开局征服秦淮茹 Yi Wan意晚Male-Channel Fanfiction733k WordsCompleted What do you do when, from the start, you're impotent? Wang Dalei is panicking too. Just as he's losing all hope, he suddenly awakens the Everything Fusion System! It can fuse anything! That very day, he fuses... And sure enough, it's extraordinary! From then on, Wang Dalei walks with newfound confidence. And the fusion story continues... 630Reads5.5Score110Shelves
7. 7 四 Siheyuan: The Good Life of a Laid-Back Man 四合院：咸鱼的美好生活 Burning Rock燃烧石头Male-Channel Fanfiction4.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a courtyard house in the 1960s, he gets a sign-in System from the start and enjoys a comfortable, thriving life... A gentle, warm, and cheerful story, lighthearted and witty, all about enjoying life and fulfilling your wishes... 2kReads7.2Score202Shelves

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   That's the idea.

8. 8 四 Siheyuan: The Treasure Chest System Makes Me Invincible with Ten Pulls 四合院：宝箱系统，十连抽无敌 Top Cat喵中一霸Male-Channel Fanfiction606k WordsCompleted Watching the TV drama set in a traditional courtyard, Yang Weiguo was so furious at the bunch of scoundrels that his teeth were practically itching. The next moment, he transmigrated into the world of the courtyard and became one of its residents. The whole place was full of scoundrels. Silly Zhu was a fool, and he had only himself to blame! Qin Huairu was a bloodsucker! Banggeng was an ungrateful wretch! Xu Damao was full of bad intentions! First Uncle was a sanctimonious old bachelor, Second U 2.6kReads7.4Score108Shelves
9. 9 四 Siheyuan: We Throw Punches at the Drop of a Hat, Leaving the Neighbors Stunned 四合院：一言不合开打，众禽麻了 A Fresh Lychee一枚清荔枝Male-Channel Fanfiction336k WordsCompleted Li Weiguo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, a place full of scheming busybodies. He becomes the husband of Zhou Xiaobai, the neighborhood office director whom everyone in the courtyard both envies and fears. His father-in-law has an even more prestigious background! But Zhou Xiaobai has a first love she still cherishes in her heart, and refuses to share a bed with him despite being married for three years. Li Weiguo can't stand it any longer! He directly asks for a divorce! 1.7kReads5.4Score102Shelves
10. 10 四 Siheyuan: I Activated the More Children, More Blessings System 四合院：我激活了多子多福系统 Rotten Chaos烂混沌Male-Channel Fanfiction621k WordsCompleted “Jia Dongxu's wife, Qin Huairu, has given birth. Twins, two girls.” Wang Laifu hears Third Auntie shouting the news to Deaf Granny across the courtyard. “Wait, shouldn't the legendary thief Bang Geng be here?” Wang Laifu rubs his head, sensing that the plot of this courtyard is a little off. “Ding... Having more children benefits the nation and its people... The More Children, More Blessings System has been activated.” “Newbie gift pack... robust health, a one-in-three chance of hitting the mark 9.2kReads7.7Score419Shelves
11. 11 四 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1962, a Level-Nine Engineer 四合院：开局62年，九级工程师 A Mangosteen Durian一只山竹榴莲Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Courtyard-house setting + System + period drama + strengthening the nation through technology + putting bullies in their place + technological development + one heroine] After transmigrating into a parallel world of the beast-filled courtyard-house compound, Zhao Xuecheng returns after graduating from university. He was ready to help build his country, but as soon as he gets back, he discovers that someone has taken over his house. After awakening the Old Six System, he begins a remarkable life 206Reads7.2Score159Shelves
12. 12 四 Siheyuan: I'm Just Giving Sister Qin Another Biology Lesson 四合院：我只是再给秦姐上生物课 Tang Monk Who Loves Fish爱吃鱼的唐僧Male-Channel Fanfiction640k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7.9kReads6.7Score378Shelves
13. 13 四 Siheyuan: From Slaughterhouse Worker to Government Official 四合院：从肉联厂屠宰工开始进部 Salty Fish Who Loves Lemons爱吃柠檬的咸鱼Male-Channel Fanfiction1.9M WordsCompleted [Completed, over a million words and ready to binge] [Reached No. 2 on the New Releases chart] Wang Jianguo transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard in 1952 and awakens the Slaughter System. Every time he slaughters a farm animal, he gains experience that he can trade for knowledge and techniques from the future! At first, the courtyard residents mock Wang Jianguo for biting off more than he can chew, thinking he can land a cushy job at the meatpacking plant! But their words are soon thrown back in 7kReads6.6Score340Shelves
14. 14 四 Siheyuan: With My Dream Farm in Hand, I Snatch Lou Xiao'e Away 四合院：手握梦想农场截胡娄晓娥 The Fish Raised a Cat鱼儿养了猫Male-Channel Fanfiction629k WordsCompleted [This book is complete] [Siheyuan courtyard + farm System + everyday life + sweet romance + one female lead] [The story doesn't follow the original plot completely, with a few minor changes. If you don't like that, please go easy on me.] Liu Zhongguo woke up one day to discover that he had transmigrated into the courtyard from "The House of Beasts", becoming a purchasing agent in the steel mill's logistics department. With the arrival of the Dream Farm System, Liu Zhongguo found that life had be 11kReads8.2Score507Shelves

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    The first two books feature a character named Liang Kun's brother and a character named Feng Baobao who is the wife in a period drama.

15. 15 四 Siheyuan: Hey, You! Want to Date? 四合院：小妞站住！搞对象不？ Say Nothing, Know When to Stop弗言明止Male-Channel Fanfiction576k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to a courtyard compound in 1965, he married Jingru, cherished Yushui, and in the end, fell helplessly into the arms of Qin Huairu. It all came from that curse: [Hey, you there, stop! Want to go out with me?] A womanizer? No! It was fate… Is there truly no way to have it both ways, to be faithful to Yushui and Qin Huairu? Half of me has gone mad in this life. The other half might as well give up. In my next life, I hope someone will still say “Shu Dao Shan” to me (crosse 1.4kReads7.9Score109Shelves
16. 16 四 Siheyuan: Separate Bedrooms After Marriage, So Why Are You Crying About the Divorce? 四合院：婚后不同房，离婚你哭啥 Mountain Monster and West Wind山怪与西风Male-Channel Fanfiction522k WordsCompleted [Less hostility, Huaihua is adopted, devoted husband and father, a doctor of legendary skill] He transmigrates into the world of the courtyard, and from the start it's his wedding night. Ma Dongye, who had just graduated with a medical doctorate in his previous life, is rather excited. But after receiving his memories, he discovers that his wife is He Wenhui from Home-Style Dishes, and that he also has a sister-in-law, He Wenyuan, and two brothers-in-law, He Wentao and He Wenda. Ma Dongye is stu 6.3kReads7.4Score160Shelves
17. 17 四 Siheyuan: Springtime for the Procurement Officer 四合院之采购员的春天 A Lone Lamp in the Rain孤灯照雨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Yu Qing'an is reborn in the 1960s and discovers that he has become a purchasing agent at the Lao Daokou Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Yu Qing'an has no grand ambitions. He just wants a wife, children, and a warm bed. But the courtyard is full of schemers, every one of them looking to take advantage of him. Yi Zhonghai, if you want to be a moral paragon, go ahead. Don’t try to guilt-trip me into it. Liu Haizhong, if you want to be an official, go be one at the Hongxing Steel Plant. Being Seco 6.3kReads7.5Score243Shelves
18. 18 四 Siheyuan: My Name Is Cao Wei 四合院：我叫曹魏 A Plump Little Pig一只胖胖的猪Male-Channel Fanfiction971k WordsCompleted (Siheyuan, period drama, System, logical, low-conflict, slice of life) Question: What should you do if you transmigrate into the world of a siheyuan? Answer: Take it as it comes! Just get on with your life. Cao Wei has only three things he wants to do in this life: first, live up to his name; second, become a good chef; and third, enjoy a leisurely life. (Once again, this is a slice-of-life story. It’s simply about living an ordinary, everyday life. Even an ordinary life can be full of fun.) 24.4kReads8.5Score1kShelves

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    The old 2

19. 19 四 Siheyuan: The Fat Guy’s Comeback 四合院：胖子的逆袭 I Bought an Elephant我买大象了Male-Channel Fanfiction766k WordsCompleted [This is an everyday-life story set in a bygone era: no bitterness, no slow start, and no brainless antics. If you’re the sort who likes fighting heaven, earth, and even the air, please move along.] He transmigrates into the parallel world of Love in the Courtyard, becoming Fatty, Silly Zhu’s apprentice. He has elderly parents to support and three older sisters who are all worried about finding husbands. Fatty hones his cooking skills and protects his family, starting out as an inconspicuous no 2kReads8.2Score102Shelves
20. 20 四 Springtime for a Small-Factory Doctor in Siheyuan 四合院之小厂医的春天 A Lone Lamp in the Rain孤灯照雨Male-Channel Fanfiction1.0M WordsCompleted Huang Yuanzhi is reborn in the 1960s and discovers that he has become a junior doctor at the Red Star Steel Mill. Ambitious, he is determined to advance the medical profession. But these are conservative times, and one wrong move could get him shot. He’ll have to think things through carefully. Before long, Huang Yuanzhi discovers that this world has not only the Courtyard House, but also Zhengyang Gate, and... Whatever. None of it is a problem for me. After all, I have a System. 1.7kReads6.2Score102Shelves
21. 21 年 The Real Young Master Reborn in the 1970s? But I'm the Fake One 年代真少爷重生了？可我是假少爷 Wen Shun文顺Urban209k WordsOngoing [Reborn in 1977] [No Sent-Down Youth] Ye Huai spent twenty years believing he was the Lin family's son, only to learn he was an impostor. The wealthy Lin family was not his birth family. His real family was destitute. His birth father had died in service, his mother was paralyzed, his older sister was dead, and his younger brother was frail. The whole family was a walking tragedy. The real young master, Lin Xuewen, was reborn and returned to the wealthy Lin family, while Ye Huai, the fake young 250.3kReads7.0Score32.4kShelves

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    It's a pity that the fifth book in the historical fiction genre was a disappointment; it turned out to be just a fleeting dream.

22. 22 我 I Like Beautiful Women. What a Coincidence, So Does My Wife 我喜欢美女，巧了，我夫人也喜欢 Xu Fengqing虚风青Eastern Fantasy376k WordsCompleted (Don't let the rating go up) [Living off women but acting tough + Trait Copying + Relaxed Daily Life + Stealing Mythological Encounters + Multiple Female Leads + Folk Tales + A Mashup of Dynasties] Chen An transmigrates into a mythological world that mashes everything together and awakens a Trait System. He can copy traits without limit by cultivating with his wife. Unfortunately, the laws of Heaven forbid mortals and immortals from marrying. When Yang Chan faces pressure from the Heavenly C 27.5kReads5.3Score2.8kShelves
23. 23 拒 I Turned Down My First Love and Quit Being a Doormat, Staying in the City to Enjoy Life in the 1970s 拒白月光不做冤大头七零留城享福 Lin Hu霖狐Urban866k WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + No Going to the Countryside] Fu Nanting opened his eyes and found himself in 1970, the eldest son in a family that had just lost its father, with his mother planning to remarry. When his mother suggested taking them all with her into her new marriage, Fu Nanting flatly refused. He quickly divided up the family property and persuaded his sisters and only younger brother not to go with their mother. Everyone knows how difficult it is to live in a blended family 307.2kReads6.2Score24.6kShelves

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    Classics of the Era

24. 24 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 78.8kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves

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    We absolutely must have it.

25. 25 我 I Make Paper Offerings in a Period Novel 我在年代文里做纸扎 Buron of the House of Fragrance怡红院的布隆Urban6.7M WordsCompleted Li Hongwen transmigrates into a book, landing in a period novel about a wicked supporting female character’s rise to power. The heroine has a pocket dimension, and the villainess has a supermarket. All he has is the paper-offering craft he learned in his previous life, but that trade is taboo in this era!!! Luckily, a skill from his previous life that he never got to use works in this world. And so, an unremarkable supporting male character who knows the plot appears, much to the villainess’s su 22.6kReads7.6Score1.4kShelves

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    Recommended novels from the period

26. 26 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Picking Up a Stunning Educated Youth from the Start 重生70年代，开局捡漏绝美知青 Golden Bean Steamed Bun Cat金豆馒头猫Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [System + multiple heroines + face-slapping + living large + getting rich + career advancement. Not the same old story of hunting in the mountains: it spans from the educated-youth era to the reform and opening-up period. A satisfying story with a touch of realism, not mindless wish fulfillment. It captures the sense of destiny in a great era, but I won't spell it out; you'll have to savor it. The short-drama adaptation is titled Reborn in 1970: The Easygoing Life That Began When I Found a Wife 108.5kReads7.5Score13.4kShelves

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    The appearance of the ancient text

27. 27 年 Period: Daily Intelligence, Snatching the Queen of the Daughters Kingdom from the Start 年代：每日情报开局截胡女儿国王 I'll Punch Sukuna Twice我打宿傩两拳Urban724k WordsOngoing [Period setting + multiple women + hunting + killing for treasure + miracle doctor!!!] [One educated-youth commune, ten educated-youth girls. You know what I mean~] Son! I’m not bragging, but the Princess of the Daughters’ Kingdom was sent to our village for rural labor back then. Two male educated youths nearly took advantage of her. If your dad hadn’t stepped in, who knows if she’d have achieved what she did later? What a shame. I was too green back then. If I’d had a little more nerve, your m 178.8kReads8.1Score26.1kShelves
28. 28 年 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: Is the Villainess Really That Great? 年代穿书，女配她不香吗？ Never Misses a Shot例无虚发Urban376k WordsOngoing Set in an era of change, with transmigration into a book, a personal space, and supernatural abilities. The male lead transmigrates from the apocalypse, falls for the female supporting character, and after successfully winning her over, helps her awaken her powers. He also becomes best friends with the original male and female leads. The four of them work together and thrive at the educated youth settlement. They go to college, find jobs, and start businesses, seizing opportunities in the new er 23.3kReads—Score1.8kShelves

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    A very interesting historical novel

29. 29 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 179.4kReads8.5Score14kShelves
30. 30 年 The 1970s: A House Full of Descendants, Starting With the Countryside 年代，子孙满堂从下乡开始 A Passing Street Corner路过的街角Urban1.9M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Jiang Lin plunges headfirst into the Northeast countryside during a fervent era and becomes an educated youth sent down to the countryside. While everyone else suffers through hard labor, his cheat turns him into a capable man beloved by the villagers. He starts hunting in the mountains and fishing in the rivers, enjoying this rare chapter of his life. All kinds of lovely girls stay by his side, leaving him unsure which one to choose. When the country opens up, he takes off 147.6kReads8.1Score17.2kShelves

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    Please recommend a good book.

31. 31 重 Reborn in 1970: Making It Up to My Wife and Daughter 重生70，弥补老婆和女儿 Fully Equipped RV房车齐全Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Do you have to drive the three of us to our deaths?” Reborn in the 1970s, he opened his eyes to find a woman standing before him, her voice hoarse as she accused him. She was beautiful, and two little girls stood beside her. “I was wrong before. I’ll take care of you and this family.” Tears streamed down his face as he fell to his knees and wept. 26.1kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves

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32. 32 1 1960: Four of My Seven Children Have Different Mothers 1960：我的七个孩子有四个妈 Unrivaled Zhen振无敌Urban881k WordsOngoing [A drama set in an era without hostility + devoted husband and father + all handmade, no AI + multiple female leads + one current wife + three ex-wives + seven kids] Zhao Weiguo is a well-known figure across all the nearby villages, and for one reason only: he has been married four times, with one current wife, three ex-wives, and seven kids. The male lead transmigrates into this world and gets a bizarre System. As long as he makes grand promises and gets his family to believe him, he can earn r 63.3kReads7.0Score5kShelves

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    The first book relied on fooling his wife to succeed.

33. 33 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The Son-in-Law’s Lot Is a Tough One 重生之八零，赘婿难当 A Bright Full MoonPo一轮明月PoModern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted (Period setting - love that grows over time - underdog comeback - carefree wish fulfillment) The animated series is now live! Jiang He was a coldhearted, penniless loser. In a rare fit of kindness, he died by drowning while bravely trying to save someone. When he opened his eyes, he found he had been reborn and transmigrated into a book he'd read, as a minor cannon-fodder character who had married the heroine. In the end, he was sent to a brutal coal mine and never made it out alive! Jiang He ha 26.4kReads7.4Score2.1kShelves

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    3 old

34. 34 年 A Beauty from 1959 Helps Me Live the High Life 年代五九美女助我吃香喝辣 Twelve of the World天下十二Urban1.2M WordsOngoing A period novel with no angst. If it's not your thing, please don't complain. A model young person of the new era accidentally returns to 1959. With the System on his side, he hunts and writes, and from then on never has to worry about food or drink. He lives a wonderful life. He also lends a hand to the folks in his hometown along the way. 49.8kReads7.3Score4.8kShelves
35. 35 年 Period: A Hellish Start, and I'm the Young Master of a Capitalist Family 年代：地狱开局，我是资本家少爷 Fa Zhou法舟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Period setting + System + multiple women + decisive and ruthless] A modern wage slave transmigrates to 1978 and becomes a disgraced capitalist. From the start, the brigade leader’s wife asks him to father a child. Beautiful educated youths at the forest farm Fight the Japanese invaders Seize an armory and its treasures This book is mainly lighthearted, without a dark or violent edge. 189.4kReads7.9Score26.2kShelves
36. 36 穿 Transmigrated 70 Years Ago, I Had a Joyous Union Sect Manual from the Start 穿越70年，开局一本合欢宗秘籍 Everyone Step Aside, Let This Daoist Handle It都退后让贫道来Rural Life866k WordsOngoing Li Qingzhou, a modern-day middle-aged man, was a hapless loser who had gone bankrupt and reluctantly decided to lie flat. Somehow, an unreliable System dragged him into the 1970s illegally. He had bad luck and ran into inspectors checking for illegal transmigrators. The unreliable System left him an unreliable secret manual and some junk, then ran off. Since he was already there, he had to make the best of it. With no other choice, Li Qingzhou could only embark on what he believed was the righ 188.4kReads8.1Score23.7kShelves
37. 37 1 1983: Starting in the Sugar Mill Security Department 1983：从糖厂保卫科开始 My Pen's Out of Ink笔没墨水Urban1.6M WordsOngoing This book is also known as [A Crackdown Is Coming, and You've Gone Straight?], [Can Someone Like Me Join the Security Division?], [The Daily Life of a Kept Man], and more... Zhao Erhu is reborn in 1983, facing the danger of a severe crackdown. Though he has a bad reputation, he stays calm in a crisis. Through his own hard work, with just a little help from two women... He grows from a street punk in Sugar Factory Street into an officer in the security division and the scourge of criminals. Someo 174.7kReads8.6Score20.2kShelves

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    A long time ago

38. 38 得 With a Pocket Dimension, I Eat My Fill and Dress Warmly Through the Famine 得到空间的我在饥荒年代吃饱穿暖 Bending in the Wind风中折腰Urban4.2M WordsOngoing [Handcrafted in the classic style, a four-million-character epic, packed to the brim] Xiao Weiguo is reborn in the past after living as a corporate wage slave in the 21st century. In an era when you need ration coupons for everything, when nobody has enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, watch as Xiao Weiguo makes a living with the space and his own one mu of land. While everyone else eats steamed corn buns, he has braised pork. While everyone else drinks watery porridge, he has Buddha Jumps Ov 75.3kReads8.3Score5.4kShelves

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    The appearance of the ancient text 2

39. 39 重 Reborn in 1976: Turning My Life Around by Refusing to Go to the Countryside 重生76：逆袭从拒绝下乡开始 The World's Purest Girl世界第一纯洁少女Urban1.7M WordsCompleted (Period setting + going to the countryside + pocket dimension + writing by copying works + entrepreneurship) The rating is low because of malicious reviews. The early chapters are great, the middle goes wild, and the later chapters take off! A Chinese person wouldn't lie to another Chinese person. Trust the author! Business tycoon Li Xu woke up to find that he had become Li Weimin, an invisible teenager in a Beijing courtyard compound in 1976! Faced with his parents' favoritism, his siblings' sc 25.3kReads7.2Score2.7kShelves
40. 40 年 Period: A Centenarian Time-Traveler Storms Tomato in 1955 年代：1955百岁老登闯番茄 Graceful, Never Too Late莞莞不晚Urban1.0M WordsOngoing [Fully stockpiled, no missed updates] [Period] [Lighthearted] [No fan fiction] [Slow-paced] [Everyday life] A hundred-year-old man kicked the bucket and returned to an era that had left him with so many regrets. He saved his younger sister from an untimely death and cured his battle-hero father. He rescued his third younger brother's bright future and helped his mother live happily. And then there was the woman he'd been thinking about for eighty years. I won't let you down again. See how Yu Hua 96.7kReads7.6Score7.1kShelves
41. 41 年 A Woman’s Kingdom in the 1970s: The Female Lead’s Beloved Keeps Clinging to Me 年代女尊我被女主白月光缠上了 Beg for Mercy When You Can't Win打不过求饶Modern Romance700k WordsCompleted (Historical setting + matriarchy + strong heroine + magical space + devoted couple + building wealth + food) A cool, aloof, gentle heroine x a straightforward, proud, beautiful male educated youth Xie You struggled to survive for five years in the apocalypse. After finally getting her revenge, she lost her life too. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, she would transmigrate into a matriarchal historical novel she had once read, becoming a cannon-fodder woman who never even appear 6.1kReads8.9Score620Shelves

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    The literary genius of the era returned to China

42. 42 女 Matriarchy: My Mute Mother Is the Epitome of Grace 女尊日常：我的哑巴老妈风华绝代 The Fruit Is Ripe 1果子熟了1Urban513k WordsOngoing Su Yan was reborn in a modern matriarchal world where men and women had completely reversed social roles. Here, women earned money and supported the family, while men were expected to look pretty. And he had the most hellish start imaginable. His mother, Lin Wanqing, was breathtakingly beautiful, but she was mute. In a world that prized female strength, her disability led her family to cast her out, turning her into a laughingstock. His scummy, two-faced father abandoned her cruelly in the slums 3.2kReads—Score193Shelves

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    Female-dominated era novels

43. 43 年 A Fish Out of Water in a Matriarchal Era: The Beautiful Slacker Lives Off Her Looks 年代女尊：咸鱼美人靠脸吃饭 The Baby Who Loves Eggs爱吃蛋的宝宝Modern Romance444k WordsOngoing This is a women-dominant historical romance set in the 1980s at Beicheng Steelworks. Xu Hechuan is tall and broad, with dark skin, and looks more like a woman than any woman does. As head of the security department, he carries a rubber baton at his waist, not an embroidered handkerchief, and spends his days checking attendance and keeping an eye on the warehouse among a crowd of tough women. Yet at twenty-five, he still has the label “unsellable man.” Everyone knows his mother is the commander o 7.6kReads7.4Score655Shelves
44. 44 七 The Sweet Wife of the 1970s Has a Space, but Her Whole Family Pressures Me to Live Off Her 七零娇妻带空间，全家逼我吃软饭 Zhu Moumou祝某某Urban697k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a 1970s book + farm space + sweet, doting wife + beloved by the whole family!] [A man who knows the whole story versus a man reborn with memories of his past life!] The moment Zhu Tianfan opens his eyes, he discovers he's transmigrated into a romance novel as Li Xiuxiu's villainous ex-husband! In the book, the original owner is afraid of being sent to the countryside because his parents favor his younger brother. But on his wedding day, the Li family's businesses are sudden 5.5kReads7.6Score332Shelves

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    The first three books all involve rebirth.

45. 45 穿 Transmigrated as the Scumbag Ex-Husband of a Female Tycoon, I'm Spoiled by Her Whole Family 穿成女大佬渣渣前夫，全家宠不停 Is This Even a River?这河里么Urban200k WordsCompleted Gu Yanjing transmigrates into a book as the scumbag ex-husband of a reborn female powerhouse. In the book, the scumbag ex-husband sides with his childhood sweetheart, who has divorced and has a child, at every turn, while the female powerhouse’s family falls on hard times and is sent to the countryside. The original owner pressures her to file for divorce, then demands her money and job, giving it all to his white-lotus childhood sweetheart. Gu Yanjing rolls his eyes in disbelief. His wife is a 3.4kReads8.1Score224Shelves

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    The wife is reborn, and the protagonist is a time traveler. In his previous life, the protagonist was infatuated with a widow, which led to the destruction of his family and the separation of his wife and children. In this life, he only loves his wife and accompanies her to the countryside.

46. 46 穿 Transmigrated Into a Charming Woman in a Matriarchal Era 穿成年代女尊万人迷 Plumley普拉姆利Modern Romance202k WordsOngoing [Gender-equal world + everyone’s favorite + loved by men and women + true and fake young ladies] He Yu’an wakes up one day in the body of a newborn baby, only to discover that she has become the true young lady in the matriarchal novel I Am the Dragon Proud Heaveness, a cannon-fodder stepping stone for the female lead, the fake young lady. Chewing on her pacifier, He Yu’an thinks helplessly that she might as well make the best of things. But when she looks at this world and thinks about that Edi 1.6kReads6.8Score147Shelves
47. 47 七 1970s Matriarchy: What Should I Do When Everyone's a Cherished Darling? 七零女尊：都是心尖宠该怎么办？ Let the Breeze Lift the Moon任凭清风扶月Modern Romance194k WordsCompleted Jiang Yan is the only daughter of the Jiang family. Her mother is a powerful, high-ranking figure: solemn, imposing, and used to having the final say. Her father is a young master from a wealthy family, born into a distinguished clan, well-read, gentle, and virtuous. Though Jiang Yan grew up under the strict, forceful rule of her mother, who would brook no disobedience, she was rebellious to the core and refused to submit. She hated the way her mother spoke to her like a subordinate, and hated e 4.8kReads—Score362Shelves
48. 48 七 The 1970s: My Delicate Husband Is a Young Master from a Matriarchal World 七零：我的娇弱小夫是女尊公子 Blue-Green Tulip蓝绿色的郁金香Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted Transmigrated powerhouse woman vs. pampered young man from a matriarchal world, 1v1, female lead has a golden finger Lin Sa, a top powerhouse in the modern era, dies with hatred after being betrayed by her trusted aide. When she opens her eyes, she has transmigrated into a peasant girl in the 1970s. Her parents dote on her, her brothers and their wives protect her, and her grandparents don't favor boys over girls. What's more, she has a space stocked with top-of-the-line medical equipment as her 2.3kReads—Score315Shelves
49. 49 六 The Husband from a Matriarchal World Arrives in the 1960s 六零年代：女尊世界的夫郎穿来了 Tu Guanguan涂官官Modern Romance206k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Chu Lingyi is hunted down and then returns. But what awaits her this time is neither the matriarchal world she transmigrated to nor the familiar twenty-first century. She has returned to the turbulent 1960s, where countless people shed their blood and fought with passion. 275Reads6.1Score—Shelves
50. 50 女 Matriarchal Daily Life: My Wife's Possessiveness Is Off the Charts 女尊日常：老婆的占有欲爆棚 Aurora on the Horizon极光天边Urban201k WordsOngoing Gu Ci unexpectedly arrives in a parallel modern world. Introduced by a local government matchmaking agency, he meets Jiang Liyue, a cool and aloof female CEO worth hundreds of billions. The two reach an agreement and enter a whirlwind marriage. In the eyes of outsiders, Gu Ci is merely a laid-back husband who stays at home. No one knows that in private, he is an anonymous sleep-aid audio streamer beloved by countless listeners on the platform. One day, his recording equipment at home suddenly br 12kReads—Score714Shelves

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