Novels like Reborn as the Landlord's Foolish Son in 1940
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- 1 Famine, 1942: I Lead the Refugees Against the Japanese 饥荒1942：我率灾民打鬼子 In 1942, a devastating famine ravaged Henan Province. The people had gnawed through all the tree bark, and corpses of the starved stretched for miles. After Xu Chen awakened the Anti-Japanese War System, he raised his arms and shouted to the refugees: “Work with me! You'll get all the food you can eat! Kill the Japanese and earn grain!” The refugees went from the despair of dying to roaring defiance against the Japanese invaders. A ruthless army rose in the Yellow River floodplain! “Ding! Killed 187Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 2 Reborn in the 1950s: From the Start, I Rule the Arts Scene 重生五零，开局在文艺界扛把子 In her previous life, Chu Yun was killed by a scumbag. Now she is reborn from the apocalypse with a space. Given another chance at life, she leaves the scumbags and their awful ilk in the dust. Using her billions of supplies to good effect, she leads an acrobat troupe around the world and becomes a winner in life through art. 64Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 3 A Republican-Era Farm Girl: I Became a Tycoon with My Pocket Dimension 民国农女：我靠着空间成了金大腿 She was reborn in a parallel-world version of the Republic of China, with a pocket dimension for company. Facing an uncertain future, she had some reservations and made a few small plans. In her new life, she cared more about the warmth of everyday family life. She had never known the love of family in her previous life, but in this one, she would always have it... 51Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 4 Transmigrated to the Republican Era to Make My Way 穿到民国去奋斗 Xiang Xin never expected to transmigrate and find herself orphaned, with wolves circling all around her. What is she supposed to do? When she meets them during the hardest time of her life, which one will turn out to be her destined love? 121Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 5 Grave Robbing Begins with a Courtyard House Youth Sent to the Countryside 摸金从四合院下乡知青开始 He wakes up in a courtyard house, free of troubles, only to be sent to the countryside. On the way, he discovers a descendant of tomb raiders, and his assigned destination turns out to be Niuxin Mountain. His new life begins: hunting in the mountains, farming in the fields, digging through underground tunnels and raiding tombs, lighting candles and seeking treasure. 11Reads8.5Score314d adds
- 6 Transmigrate to 1970 穿越1970 One heroine, a pocket dimension, no System This is the story of a post-90s generation person who transmigrates to the 1970s. Armed with memories of the future, they use their foresight to rise to the top in this perilous era. 421Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 7 Siheyuan: 1949, Fourth Brother Will Take You to the Top 四合院：1949，四哥带你飞 [Pocket dimension + wish-fulfillment + crafty schemer + bluffing + big promises + teasing the birds] Full of antics, no stale tropes, no demonizing, and always taking the initiative. In 2025, Zhen Youcai worked part-time as an insurance salesman, real estate agent, and food delivery rider. While delivering food in a thunderstorm, he was sent flying by the legendary dump truck, and then struck by lightning while still in midair. When he woke up, he had arrived in Beijing in 1949, just after liber 4Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 8 Apocalyptic Woman: Espionage in Republican-Era China 末世女【谍战在民国】 Qingguang woke up to find herself a rookie who had just graduated from a military intelligence training program. Since her family lived in Shanghai, she was assigned to work as a radio operator at the Shanghai station. In the apocalypse, humanity has lost its compassion and the strong rule supreme. Faced with natural disasters, human calamities, and zombies, everyone struggles to survive. But now she's arrived in the Republic of China, a place she'd only ever seen in history and literature books 6Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 9 The 1940s: The Doomsday Woman Runs Wild in a Year of Famine! 四零：末世女在荒年杀疯了！ Su Qing spent ten years struggling to survive in the apocalypse. During a beast horde, she died alongside a mutant beast. When she woke up, she had become Su Qingqing, who was fleeing famine in 1942. This was an era plagued by every kind of disaster, natural and man-made: droughts, locusts, war raging everywhere, and corpses of the starving littering the land. Fortunately, she awakened a sign-in System, and its rewards were incredibly useful! It gave her not only food and clothing, but also weap 273Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 10 I Did Everything I Could to Stay Alive During Wartime 我在战争年代疯狂保命 Shen Ruoshui transmigrates into the body of a traitor’s daughter during the War of Resistance Against Japan. She has just returned from studying medicine in Japan when she witnesses her father die before her eyes. Once a pampered young lady, she suddenly becomes a traitor to the country whom everyone wants to see dead. Shen Ruoshui knows she has to flee. Otherwise, even if the people don’t beat her to death, the Japanese will torture her to death. So she flees all the way, not daring to let anyo 34Reads—Score214d adds
- 11 Country Life in the 1950s 五零年代田园种田生活 Blended family + space + transmigration + farming + fleeing famine + raising children + dual transmigration + embroidery + sweet romance + one-on-one romance Ma Xiaoxiao was born with a congenital heart condition, so from a young age she lived cautiously, taking good care of herself and keeping a laid-back attitude. But she also had a frustrating, infuriating blended family. See how Ma Xiaoxiao, who had watched her modern family fall apart, finds happiness again in the 1950s. Follow her as she l 94Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 12 The Ordinary World: Wang Manyin's Happy Life 平凡的世界之王满银幸福生活 My new work is out! You’re welcome to 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! 449Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 13 Transmigrating into To Live: I Become Xu Fugui’s Younger Brother, Xu Fuqi 穿越活着：成了徐福贵弟弟徐福气 A pocket dimension with a celestial spring, Period setting, famine, war, making money, and a life ablaze with passion. He wakes up one morning as Xu Fuqi, the younger brother of Xu Fugui, a landlord who escaped the purge. Life has left too many regrets. Youqing was bled to death while donating blood to save someone. Fengxia died from postpartum hemorrhage. Jiazhen passed away from a bone disease. Erxi drowned, and even little Kugeng eventually choked to death on beans. That old bastard Yu Hua is 217Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 14 Transmigrating to the Republic of China: I Have a System, So What Could I Fear? 穿越民国：我有系统，我怕谁 [System + cheeky heroine + jerk hero + heroine's dog-training journey + informal writing style] Summary: Li Nanhe is a newbie who has just graduated from high school. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates into a world resembling the Republican era, with a System that comes along for the ride. While completing missions, she encounters an arrogant, self-important man. Men are usually so full of themselves because they've been spoiled. One beating should set him straight, and if it doesn't, give h 1.1kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 15 Making a Fortune in the 1950s 五十年代发家致富 [Transmigration + rebirth + spatial dimension + period setting + slice of life] Yuan Nianchu arrives by accident in the late 1950s. Wrapped in a little quilt, she hears her stepmother outside badmouthing her again! Looking at the date circled on the calendar, she knows she can't stay in the city any longer. She quickly packs her things and follows her grandfather back to the countryside! Leading a group of growing children, she clears land in the mountains and works hard to stockpile food. Even 689Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 16 Back to 1958 with a Pocket Dimension, Turning Every Villain into a Little Turtle 我带空间回五八，反派全变小王八 [Period setting + pocket dimension + pampered by everyone + face-slapping feel-good story + raising children + multiple births + rugged man dotes on his wife] He Zhiyi, a modern female doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated into a book set in 1958, a time of severe shortages, bringing along the pocket dimension in her jade pendant. When she opened her eyes, she discovered that the wild son of some bandit's family had already had his way with her! He Zhiyi was close to tears, but l 133Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 17 1958: Opening an Online Store Across Time 年代1958：跨时空开网店 [Period Setting + Pocket Space + Countryside + Family Life + Everyday Moments + Easygoing] Zhang Xiangbei transmigrated to 1958 and acquired an online store that crossed time and space. He could sell modern-day goods to the world he’d left behind before transmigrating, and buy everyday necessities as well. Knowing how history would unfold, he decided to keep his head down for twenty years, put down roots in the countryside, and wait patiently for the winds of reform and opening up. His life mott 32Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: Hunting with a Gun, Hunting Down Beasts 四合院：持枪狩猎，打猎打禽兽 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Reborn in the Republican Era: The Eldest Miss of the Yin Family 民国重生：鄞家大小姐 In a turbulent age of war and chaos, she went wherever the tide took her, never imagining that someone was scheming against her at every turn until she was left without even a body to bury. Returning against the odds, she takes on the title of the Yin family's eldest daughter and sets out to change her fate. She takes on her uncle, beats up her cousin, and deals with scumbag men with ease... But in this chaotic age, hungry wolves are watching her from every direction... A lecherous young marsh 54Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 20 Clan Leader in 1940s China 在四零年代当族长 [Alternate-history power fantasy + strong heroine + espionage intrigue + golden finger] [Not a rebirth story] In 1940, disaster struck the Ji family. The previous clan leader was brutally murdered, and Ji Zhu, still attending university, resolutely took on the responsibility of leading her family, guiding them through the 1940s. As the foremost ancient family, the Ji family possesses a secret art that is never passed on to outsiders… 804Reads—Score10014d adds
- 21 Reborn in a Bygone Era, Living Well with My Pocket Dimension 重生年代带着空间过日子 Period setting + space + farming + daily life + one female lead (male protagonist's perspective) After living two lives, Shen Xi is still a lazy fish. He farms and plays with the kids, and life is still full of flavor! My writing isn't great, and neither is my temper. If you don't like it, just move on. May good people have a lifetime of peace, and may bad reviewers have nothing go their way. Thanks. 177Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn in the 1940s with a Pocket Dimension in the Years of Famine 重生四零在饥荒年代有空间 Shen Jiaohua lived a happy life until she was eight. As the only girl in the family, she was adored by everyone. Then famine struck, leaving her with nothing and no one. Later, she was fortunate enough to gain access to a pocket dimension. After decades of hard work, she became an entrepreneur, but eventually died of illness. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself fleeing famine. Thankfully, her family was still with her. Reborn into a new life, Shen Jiaohua swore to protect them all. 218Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 23 Restarting 76: Getting Rich by Spoiling My Wife 重启76：从宠妻开始发家致富 Lu Feng, chairman of a trillion-yuan conglomerate, is unexpectedly reborn, with a pretty wife and adorable daughter by his side! The young wife next door, Xu Hongtao, and Xu Qing, a spirited female educated youth with nowhere to go, also turn to Lu Feng for help! In 1976, guns and hunting were not banned. Lu Feng is certain that he can carve out a future with the hunting rifle in his hands! In this life, he'll start getting rich by heading into the mountains to hunt! 509Reads—Score4114d adds
- 24 Transmigrate into a Book Set in a Bygone Era: The Villain and I Stockpile Supplies to Survive a Famine 年代穿书，我和反派囤货过荒年 Xie Zhaozhao transmigrates into a period novel as a doomed supporting character who won't survive three chapters. Her father has just died in the line of duty, and before the compensation money has even warmed her hands, her mother takes the cash and runs off to remarry. In the original story, Xie Zhaozhao dies miserably during a famine, and her stepsister gets the golden finger. To hell with the plot! Eight-year-old Xie Zhaozhao clutches the fortune she painstakingly snatched from her mother, s 1kReads7.4Score10114d adds
- 25 The Strongest Strategist in the Siheyuan 四合院之最强大局观 Follow along with me as we watch a story unfold, without exaggerating, twisting human nature, or taking revenge to extremes. It's grounded in reality! This book tells of what you want to see, and what you never could have imagined! 22Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn: Treasures Abound in the Mountain Village 重生之山沟沟里宝贝多 This book tells the story of a veteran who served in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, then returned to his hometown to farm after leaving the military. After being reborn, Wu Changgeng returns to 1979. At forty-three, he is a middle-aged man whose parents have passed away and whose wife has left him. With only two acres of poor farmland, he hunts in the mountains, mines asbestos, harvests raw lacquer, gathers medicinal herbs, and leases forest land, gradually building a prosperou 210Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 27 Transmigrating to the 1960s: Sign-In for a Perfect Life 穿越六零：签到完美人生 He transmigrated to 1959, the worst year of the famine. While others chewed tree bark, Wen An's sign-in System could conjure food. Starting by reclaiming his father's job, he built up capital through the black market while steadily rising through the supply and marketing cooperative. Acorn flour saved the market, tens of thousands of tons of grain were dispatched to three cities, and the national grain ration coupons were abolished... By coordinating supplies to propel the times forward, he beca 13.7kReads7.5Score87614d adds
- 28 Transmigrated to 1940, I Cleaned Out the Enemy Camp 穿到四零，我搬空敌营 Rebirth + spatial powers + psychic abilities Feel-good story + alternate setting, similar to China in 1942 … Li Luo fights desperately against a zombie horde in the apocalypse, only to be pushed into the mass of zombies by her companions and perish. But when she wakes up, she has transmigrated to the war years and begins her journey of resistance against Japan. Being a spy is no big deal when you've got a golden finger. What, a sniper? Easy. That's my specialty. Infiltration? No problem, as lon 9Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 29 Transmigrating to the 1950s: A Lifetime of Striving 穿越50后奋斗一生 After transmigrating to the 1950s, she faces natural disasters and more than a decade of turbulent times. Luckily, she has a small pocket dimension. Knowing how history unfolds, she carefully makes her way through it all and heads toward a new life. A story about finding an ordinary person and spending a lifetime together. 2.7kReads6.5Score10814d adds
- 30 A Peaceful Life in a Yanjing Courtyard, Beginning in 1945 燕京宅门，1945起的安稳岁月 In 1945, Chen Han of Beiping and his grandfather both dreamed that their entire clan had been wiped out. He activated the ancestral jade bangle’s pocket dimension. He dismantled the workshop, faked bankruptcy, and stockpiled grain and gold. He led his whole family safely past every calamity, lying low until the Reform Era began. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 A Life After Being Reborn in the 1950s 重生五零后的一生 Past fifty, with no children of my own, I cared for my elderly parents until they passed away. With a little money in hand, a space suddenly appeared. What else was there to do? Buy, buy, buy! But after I'd finished shopping, nothing happened. With no other choice, I could only grow old slowly back in my hometown. When I opened my eyes again, I discovered I was a tiny embryo. Only after I became conscious did I learn when I had been born. From then on, I went from Li Nuan to Li Mianmian. A lifet 2.5kReads8.2Score13714d adds
- 32 A Pocket Dimension: A Leisurely Escape from Famine in the 1940s 空间：四十年代悠闲逃荒路 Zhao Xiaojuan has just managed to save a little over a million and plans to buy herself a house. Then, out of nowhere, she gains a pocket dimension and is told she's about to transmigrate to Henan in 1942, with only three hours to prepare. She doesn't even get a chance to take it all in and has no choice but to start getting ready. She thought it would just be a story about fleeing famine, but it turns out her older sister has been reborn too. Zhao Xiaojuan narrows her eyes. This world is gettin 5.2kReads8.5Score29014d adds
- 33 Trading Homes to Return to the Village: Reborn with a Gourd Dimension 换家回村，重生我觉醒葫芦空间 Reborn in the 1960s + space + hunting + one heroine + mild edge + farming and animal husbandry + lighthearted comedy + building wealth Hu Delu is reborn after his stepfather’s accident. In his previous life, he agreed to his step-grandmother’s unreasonable demands so he could inherit a job and marry the woman he was engaged to. This left his whole family starving. His poor younger sister was sent to the countryside, while his older sister was beaten by her husband’s family until she could take n 670Reads7.4Score10514d adds
- 34 Back to 1985, Raising My Kids by Hunting and Fishing 重回85带着孩子上山下海混饭吃 [Reborn] [No System] [No Golden Finger] [Farming] [Raising Children] [Foraging by the Sea] [Gathering Wild Greens] [A Peaceful, Low-Key Retirement Story] [Making Money Slowly and Laying Low] [Letting Things Develop Naturally] After his wife died, the third son of the Mo family wept until he passed out. When he woke up, someone else had taken over his body. The man had returned from the apocalypse, and had thought he was already dead. But when he saw his plump, fair-skinned three-year-old daughte 443Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 35 Reborn in Republican-Era China, and You Give Me a Farming Space? 胎穿民国，您给我种植空间？ Republican era + espionage and resistance + slow burn + pocket dimension + merit store + fantasy Li Xiuyun was born into the Republican era. Faced with a time of upheaval and danger, she couldn't help but ask herself: Could an ordinary person with little education survive here? Yet fate seemed to offer her a glimmer of hope: she acquired a mysterious “temporary farming space,” which became the key to establishing herself in this era. The space was useful, but she had to reach level ten before sh 1.7kReads—Score10014d adds
- 36 Surviving a Famine with a Warehouse 带着仓库过荒年 [No Face-Slapping] Life is unpredictable. Zhang Jie, a cook at a secret research base somewhere in the northwest, is murdered by his own comrades. The base then explodes, and Zhang Jie’s soul transmigrates to the 1960s, bringing everything from the base’s residential area with him. His home is bare, and he has a four-year-old little sister to care for! “What? I actually went back to the 1960s?” “The base’s warehouse came with me too?” “Let me have a cup of coffee to calm down.” “Little sis, here 20Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 37 I Own a Treasure Trove of Wealth 我有一处生财宝地 Ever since we got this money-making plot of land, Mom has never had to worry about me finding a girlfriend again! 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Stockpiling to Survive in the 1970s: The Lucky Little One Has a Pocket Dimension 年代文囤货求生，福宝有空间 [Alternate setting + human calamities + natural disasters + pocket dimension + adorable child + beloved by all + System] Xu Xiaoya is born into a war-torn era, where not only the Japanese invaders but even the story itself demands that she die! To stay alive, she goes to great lengths to persuade her parents to flee back to their hometown. At the ancestral rites, Xu Xiaoya trades a plate of wild fruit with her ancestors for a thick cotton quilt! From then on, the Xu family stops worshipping thei 560Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 39 Reborn in 1983: First, I'll Find My Stepson a New Dad 重生83先给便宜儿子换个爹 Historical era + reborn + pocket dimension + male-oriented + revenge In his previous life, Lu Lingxiao, the son of a high-ranking official, was deceived into raising another man’s child. Reborn into a new life, he swore to crush that family beneath his feet and send them straight to Hell! Then he would drag the parents who had abandoned him off their pedestal! No groveling, no raising someone else’s child, and no getting love-drunk! 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn to Rule 1975 重生之玩转1975 After being reborn, Cao Jianchuan had a simple goal: to lead his family, his village, and his hometown to prosperity, all in peace and safety. Unfortunately, sometimes people can't outwit fate, and once again destiny thrust him into the limelight. Move forward? Backward? Left? Right? Cao Jianchuan made his choice once more... He became a man who could command the winds and rain, standing at the very top of the world and steering one world-changing event after another, shaping the course of the a 622Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 41 Transmigrate to the 1970s: Tang Ershao’s Daily Life as the Family Breadwinner 七零穿越：唐二少养家日常 Tang Shen, the second young master of the Tang family, dies in a car accident. When he wakes up, he has transmigrated to the 1970s in a parallel world and become a member of Tang Gou Village in Fuji Commune. In this era when being poorer is considered more glorious, his wife is pregnant, his younger brother is mentally disabled, and he is the backbone of the family. Tang, who has never known hardship, is absolutely freaking out... 203Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 42 In the 1950s, a New Year’s Picture Doll Rises to the Top with the Help of Her Pocket Space 五零，年画娃娃依靠空间走上巅峰 (No romance + Storage Space + Growth + Everyday Life + Supernatural Abilities) The pacing is slow. Don't compare it with real history. If that bothers you, don't read. Zhu Fanfan was given to another family as a baby, but she won the recognition of the Zhu family's heirloom and unlocked a storage space. From then on, she could farm and raise livestock alike. In the supply-starved 1950s, she thrived. Her maternal grandparents were capitalists, her paternal grandfather was a general, and her grand 546Reads7.7Score11014d adds
- 43 Building Up the Countryside in the 1960s 60年代我在农村搞建设 [Pocket dimension, sign-in, skills, development, 1960s, 1970s] The story mainly follows the path of building up the nation. After his mother died, his scumbag father abandoned the children and became a live-in son-in-law. Yu Mo became the family's breadwinner and took care of his younger sister, but eventually starved to death, leaving everything to the transmigrated Yu Mo, who shared his name. He adored his sweet, obedient little sister from the bottom of his heart. As a lifelong bachelor in hi 524Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 44 My Soul Travels to the Sixties, Where Yu Lu Marries Into a Military Family 魂穿六零，于鹿入赘随军日常 [Period setting + military marriage + raising kids + doting on the husband, brother-in-law, and dad] “This thick, glossy hair deserves proper care. Suddenly transmigrating and never having to work overtime, surely this is a sign that happiness is here...” Yu, a bald programmer, becomes Yu Lu, the grandson of a capitalist in the 1960s. Humming “Plum Sauce,” he thinks: It's time to work toward my dream (sleeping in and spending money freely). First: save himself and his mother from the scumbag fat 84Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: From the Start in 1961, I'm a Genius 四合院：61开局，我是天才 [Courtyard drama + heaven-defying comprehension + giving the scoundrels a hard time + strengthening the nation through science and technology + development] Qin Yu accidentally transmigrates into the world of "Love in a Courtyard". He has barely arrived when Yi Zhonghai wants to sell his own job slot. Can Qin Yu really let him get his way? After Yi Zhonghai gets the better of him, he nurses a grudge and begins plotting revenge. Several members of the Jia family also start scheming against the pr 128Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 46 Mountain-Hunting Dad: Others Raise Pets, I Raise a South China Tiger 赶山奶爸：别人养宠物我养华南虎 This is a great novel. Everyone is welcome to read it. This is a great novel. Everyone is welcome to read it. This is a great novel. Everyone is welcome to read it. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 A Space in the Famine Years 饥荒年代有空间 A modern office worker unexpectedly arrives in a parallel era. Starting out as a baby, she grows up and finds a new family. In a difficult time, they help one another and work hard to study, live, and grow! 493Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 48 Reborn: The Prisoner Who Returned to Rule All 重生归来，铁窗汉权势滔天 In his previous life, Yang Fei was framed and sent to prison. With a severe crackdown underway, he was sentenced to twenty years. While he was serving his sentence, his wife, Zhang Roujing, was violated by someone. Unable to endure the humiliation, she jumped into a deep pool with their five-year-old daughter. Two young lives were lost. His parents and siblings also died in a fire. After serving twenty years, Yang Fei accidentally fell to his death in prison and was reborn. Back in 1975, he look 247Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 49 Back to the 1960s with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间回六零年代 I transmigrated to the 1960s. A period novel with a portable space. The early story mainly takes place in China, with house-buying, antiques, treasures, and spies. In the middle and later parts, the story goes overseas for some action, including things like shopping for free! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 1942: Hunting My Way to a Comfortable Life 1942，我靠打猎丰衣足食 A modern shut-in transmigrates to the famine-stricken year of 1942, when every household lacks food and clothing, and even cornmeal buns are scarce. Yet he makes a comfortable living by hunting, enjoying lavish meals of fish, meat, rice, and fluffy white steamed buns every day. The men think he can’t even farm and is completely useless! The women think he’s capable and knows just what to say! The children think he’s a wonderful person. He always tells them stories and gives them candy! Candy 3.3kReads6.2Score10514d adds
