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- 151 A Laid-Back Dad Raises Kids and Walks His Pets 青山奶爸遛宠带娃 Handcrafted by the author, with no AI: [Reborn] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Caring for a Baby] + [Adorable Pets] + [Working Hard to Make Money] + [Brotherhood] = [Urban Farming + Everyday Life] + [Advanced Martial Arts + Special Abilities + A Touch of the Supernatural] + [Disaster] Ye Tian was a top mercenary and agent before being reborn. In his new life, he raises Niuniu (Ye Tiantian), the adorable daughter of the captain who sacrificed herself to save him. With a few cute pets, a group of friends 57.3kReads8.8Score4.9k14d adds
- 152 The Sixties: There's a Little Shop in My Mind 六零：脑海中有间小卖铺 [Period setting + pocket space + convenience store + family life + leisurely living + hunting + engineer] Li Xuewen transmigrates to the 1960s, where he faces a shortage of clothes, food, and supplies. Luckily, there's a magical little convenience store in his mind, stocked with everything: food, supplies, knowledge... If he can think of it, the store has it. With this magical little store, Li Xuewen's life goes swimmingly... 13.3kReads8.2Score94214d adds
- 153 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 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 16.4kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 154 I Picked Up a Cat, and It Was a Spirit Pet 捡个猫咪是灵宠 I Picked Up a Cat, and It Turned Out to Be a Spirit Pet 5Reads—Score414d adds
- 155 Hunting in the Mountains: The Vast Mountain Range Is My Golden Pasture 赶山，十万大山是我的黄金牧场 [Mountain foraging - mushrooms - pets - tycoon] Adapted from the book Modern Mountain Foraging! Mu Qingshan is a veterinarian. After witnessing a Rottweiler maul a little girl, he intervenes and beats the dog to death. As a result, he is attacked online by extreme dog lovers, some of whom even show up at the veterinary clinic where he works to cause trouble. Forced to quit, Mu Qingshan returns to his hometown in the mountains. On a trip into the mountains to gather mushrooms, he unexpectedly acq 3.6kReads8.7Score30214d adds
- 156 Between Two Worlds: The Rise of Republican China 两界穿梭之民国崛起 Su Tianci failed to take on the Hundred-Ton King head-on. For no apparent reason, he transmigrated to Shanghai in 1936. From the start, he witnessed the arrogant Japanese devils bullying female students. His patriotic blood awakened. He would face the Japanese head-on. 227Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Reborn in 1970, I Awaken a System and Start Hunting 重生70年，觉醒系统从打猎开始 Reborn in the 1970s, an era when people went hungry as often as they ate their fill, and even shopping required ration coupons. His father is a retired soldier, and his mother is raising five children. Su Yu is the third child in the family, with a younger brother and sister, as well as an older brother and sister. He starts changing the family's circumstances by hunting. 29.4kReads8.4Score1.9k14d adds
- 158 Rob the Rich, Ascend to Immortality: Transmigrate to Ancient Times to Steal from Corrupt Officials 劫富升仙：穿越古代盗贪官 Rob the Rich to Become Immortal: Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Rob Corrupt Officials 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Siheyuan: Put Your Personal Decency Aside 四合院：放下个人素质 [Has a family + original character + System story + one heroine] [If you like stories about scraping by on meager meals, this one's not for you. This is a System story.] Twenty-year-old Li Changsheng died before his time because Black and White Impermanence claimed the wrong soul. But he was given a chance to transmigrate, and by some strange twist of fate, he chose the world of Love in the Courtyard. With his golden finger, what kind of life will he make for himself in the courtyard...? 19kReads8.2Score58414d adds
- 160 The Real and Fake Heiresses: Shattered Jade, Perfect Pearls 真假千金，玉碎珠圆 The Real and the Fake Heiress: A Perfect Ending 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 Reborn in 1985 重生在一九八五 Wu Tianyu never imagined that he could be reborn too. He had read countless rebirth novels and dreamed of getting a second life himself. Now it had really happened, and he was back in the 1980s, in the early days of China's reform and opening up. 17.5kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 162 Reborn in 1983: My Carefree Hunting Life in Northeast China 重生83：我在东北打猎的悠闲人生 [Authentic period drama + no pocket dimension, no System + one heroine + devoted husband + hunting with guns + digging for ginseng + business + adorable pets + food + farming] Tang He had spent most of his life rushing from place to place. Just before he died suddenly, he saw once more the vast mountains, forests, and sea of trees in the Greater Khingan Range, along with the girl in the little floral jacket. Life was so exhausting and bitter. If he got another life, he thought, he would like t 9.5kReads8.8Score91314d adds
- 163 Reborn in 1965: I'm the Only Son in the Family 重生六五，我为家中唯一男丁 Alternate history, alternate history, alternate history. Some things are important enough to say three times!!! (A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, and there’s a spatial ability! Completed.) After working hard for ten years, she finally managed to buy a home and a car in a third-tier city. Life was getting better and better... Then one day, she transmigrated into a parallel era where food and clothing were scarce, and she was the only boy in her family. Fortunately, her family didn’t favor 7.5kReads9.0Score42214d adds
- 164 Starlight in the Traffic, a Warm Journey into the New Year 车流里的星光，跨年时的暖途 Starlight in the Traffic, a Warm Journey on New Year's Eve 7Reads—Score514d adds
- 165 When Snow Falls in the Northern Frontier, I Find Warmth and Faraway Places 雪落北疆时，遇见温暖与远方 When snow falls in the northern frontier, she finds warmth and a world beyond 10Reads—Score614d adds
- 166 The Sixties: I Feed My Brothers and Sisters Meat Every Day 六零：我带兄弟姐妹天天吃肉 [Transmigrate + 1960s + from the start + parents gone + everyday life + family matters + siblings + family bonds + spiritual spring space] Shu Tianci transmigrates to the 1960s. His parents are both dead, but he still has five siblings. His eldest brother, Shu Tianyou, became mentally impaired after an accident in childhood, so the whole family’s hopes rest on Shu Tianci. His second older sister, Shu Xianglian, was left with the reputation of bringing bad luck to husbands after her fiancé die 72.2kReads8.5Score3.6k14d adds
- 167 I Woke with a Start and Returned to the Moment My Wife and Daughter Had Their Accident 猛惊醒，重回老婆女儿意外时 [Reborn in the 1980s + no System + a scumbag husband turns over a new leaf + devoted husband + doting dad + farming + one heroine + building a fortune + the capital’s elite circle + a little officialdom] Back on the day his wife and daughter had their accident, Meng Haisheng fights desperately to save them both. One mystery after another from his previous life begins to come to light. It turns out someone deliberately lured him into gambling. It turns out he was actually a young master from the 12.8kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 168 Reborn: A Life of Wealth and Honor 重生：富贵人生 After a half-hearted life, Wang Jianshe dies and is reborn in a parallel world set in the 1960s. Because his identity is sensitive, he takes a group of underlings to Hong Kong. Ning Wei, the cold-blooded killer, becomes his personal bodyguard. Liu Haizhu, a close-combat mage, becomes his enforcer. Silly Zhu, the Four-Sided Courtyard's resident champion, appears to be a cook. The father of Lou Ban Cheng, known as "Half the City of Lou," is recruited as a general manager. Xu Damao... Gao Qiqiang.. 21.9kReads7.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 169 New Year's Eve in the Emergency Room 急诊室里的跨年夜 New Year's Eve in the Emergency Room 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 A New Year Without Flames 无焰的新年 A New Year Without Flame 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 171 Back to 1960: A Grand Life 回到60，壮阔人生 Yang Jianjun returns to the 1960s and gains access to a personal space. He leads his family through the hardest few years. In an era when having enough to eat and warm clothes is all it takes to be happy, Yang Jianjun begins his own life with a cheat-like advantage. 3.6kReads8.5Score20614d adds
- 172 We’re All Reborn, So Who Still Wants to Be Someone’s Lackey? 都重生了谁还拉帮套啊 In his previous life, Cao Chaoyang acted on impulse and chose the path of becoming his sister-in-law’s live-in helper, moving into her home. He worked hard to support his elder brother’s family for twenty years, only for his brother’s legs, crippled for years, to suddenly recover. Thrown out of the house overnight, he had no choice but to get away from people and become a forest ranger. Reborn in 1973, when his sister-in-law once again knelt before him, Cao Chaoyang said firmly, “No!” He would n 17.8kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 173 Siheyuan: A Wild Boar Gets Me a Ten-Mu Greenhouse from the Start 四合院：开局野猪送我十亩地大棚 [Gossip] [Watching the Show] [Period] [Transmigration] [Purchasing Agent] [Invincible] [Witty] [Funny] [Daily Life] [One Female Lead] [Ruthless] PS: The Courtyard House content doesn’t make up a particularly large portion of this story. Most of it focuses on the protagonist’s everyday life. If that’s not your thing, don’t read! PS: The male lead has a pet companion who provides the comedy, but the pet’s role becomes less prominent later on. If you’re not into pets, feel free to skip those part 39.8kReads8.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 174 Moving to the Great Grasslands: From the Start, I Keep the Mongolian Sisters Fed 下乡大草原，开局养活蒙族姐妹花 [Moving to Inner Mongolia] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Educated Youth] [Cultivation] Wang Tiejun transmigrates to the capital in 1968, only to discover from the start that he has become the biggest sucker in a dysfunctional family. He dated his ex-girlfriend for three years without even holding her hand. He cuts ties with his family and heads to the countryside with his friends, leaving the courtyard house behind. He takes on spoiled villains, battles bandits, and meets a pair of Mongolian sister 17.3kReads7.6Score2.2k14d adds
- 175 Live Off the Mountains: Reborn in the 80s, I Keep a Low Profile in the Mountain Village 靠山吃山，重生80后我苟在山村 In his previous life, Li Qingyun's grandmother drugged him and stuffed him into a haystack, all to ruin his reputation so his cousin could take his place in the army. The result was his utter disgrace, the destruction of his family, and the loss of everything! This time, he is reborn in the haystack. He knows what is about to happen there. His eyes turn red… 13.2kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 176 Reborn in 1960: From Bachi Alley to Hongjiagou 重生1960：八尺巷爆到洪家沟 After leaving Eight-Foot Alley, Hong Tiejun found an empty corner and tossed the cornmeal into his pocket dimension. Before he had even made it to the mouth of the alley, he had already wolfed down the cornmeal cake. Feeling the money and ration coupons in his pocket, Hong Tiejun couldn’t help reflecting... Hongjiagou lay at the foot of Dahei Mountain, and it was still a desolate place. Nestled against the mountains and water, Hongjiagou had fields stretching out in every direction... Hong Tie 1.2kReads6.7Score—14d adds
- 177 I Just Married a Young Educated Woman, and Now I Have to Rise from Infancy? 刚娶女知青，让我从婴儿开始逆袭？ [Period setting + educated youth + hunting and farming + rural life + pocket dimension + wish fulfillment] After transmigrating to 1972, Li Yunfeng has just married an educated young woman when he awakens the Baby Comeback System. The System’s missions are rather ridiculous: walk one meter in a minute, and get a solid-gold longevity lock as a reward. Li Yunfeng: “What? One meter in a minute? Even someone with a blood clot in their brain could walk ten meters!” He then sprints half a kilometer. S 906Reads8.5Score14314d adds
- 178 Bow Hunting in Changbai Mountain: The Greatest Hunter King 我，弓猎长白山，最强猎人王 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. 68Reads6.1Score19914d adds
- 179 Siheyuan: Transmigrating to the 1950s and Enlisting to Fight the Americans 四合院：穿越五零年代参军打鹰酱 [Espionage + period setting + courtyard house + from the start + special forces + pocket dimension + transmigration] Modern special forces soldier Yi Xiaotian transmigrates to the 1950s and becomes Yi Xiaotian, the son of Yi Zhonghai. He leads his childhood friends from Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluogu Lane, He Yuzhu, Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu, Xue Jie, and Li Mingfei, onto the battlefield. These passionate young men join the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, fighting the Yankees and defending 1kReads7.1Score—14d adds
- 180 I Became a Good-for-Nothing: The Role-Playing System Helps Me Rise to the Top 穿成废柴：角色扮演系统带我逆袭 Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing: The Role-Playing System Helps Me Turn the Tables 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Tricked into Myanmar: The Road Back from Hell 被骗缅甸，炼狱归途 Tricked and trafficked to Myanmar, her journey back from hell 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 Becoming a County Magistrate in 1949 从1949开始当县长 I’m currently a Grade 6 administrator, holding dual posts within the province. [Power at the Peak]+ [The Founding Years]+ [Farming]+ [Officialdom]+ [Recruitment]+ [Slow-Burn Epic] A model student of the era, a pioneer in prison economics, and an expert at reforming souls and minds. It’s 1949, and the Three Great Campaigns have already been won. I leave the military and transfer to local government to become a county magistrate. I’m 23 years old, with an administrative rank of 12. I devote myself 209Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 183 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 659Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 184 Siheyuan: A Cultivator's Soul Transmigrates Into Yan Jiecheng 四合院：修仙佬魂穿闫解成 [Strike back at your enemies on the spot] [Take the initiative to bully people] [Full of hostility] A rogue cultivator from a fantasy world transmigrates into Yan Jiecheng in the courtyard. To restore his cultivation, he has no choice but to torment the courtyard’s pests and absorb their resentment. 3Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 185 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated to a Year of Famine, and Yang Xiaomi Fell for Me from the Start 四合院：穿越灾年开局杨小密求爱 [One Female Lead, Siheyuan Courtyard, System, Daily Life, Taming the Nasties] Lin Chen transmigrates into the world of a Siheyuan courtyard. From the start, he flees famine and arrives in City 49. Thanks to a single steamed bun, he marries Yang Xiaomi, who looks just like a famous star from his previous life. Because of the System, the couple move into Courtyard No. 95, a place reputed to be full of villains. Their arrival turns the once-peaceful courtyard upside down. Later, he discovers that h 3.4kReads7.1Score12314d adds
- 186 On New Year's Day 2026, I Was Reborn in the Mortal Realm 2026年的元旦，我在凡俗界重生 On New Year's Day 2026, I Was Reborn in the Mortal World 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 187 Why Are You Looking Around with Those X-Ray Eyes Instead of Gambling on Jade? 透视眼不去赌石，乱看什么呢 [X-ray vision + stone gambling + scratch-off tickets + antique appraisal + bargain hunting + tycoon + farming + livestreaming + rags-to-riches comeback] On his way to take out a loan, he was sent flying when a woman driver slammed on the gas and hit him. By sheer luck, he gained X-ray vision. From then on, A stunningly beautiful rich woman chased after him, eager to get close. The campus belle won his heart through his stomach with her cooking, and a breathtakingly beautiful CEO wanted to hand h 5.7kReads8.3Score70914d adds
- 188 Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零：带着妹妹下东北当知青 [Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham 24.4kReads8.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 189 Reborn in 1978: One Coming-of-Age System 重生78：成人礼系统一枚 [1970s setting + reborn + System + scheming + ruthless + power behind the scenes] A modern office worker is reborn in a parallel world in the 1970s. [Ding! Congratulations, Host, for refusing to save someone in mortal danger. You meet the requirements for the System That Rewards Staying Out of Things. Your reward is...] He goes to university, studies abroad, and builds a business empire. Before he knows it, he has become the power behind the world's throne. The Eagle, the Polar Bear, the British 17.7kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 190 A Capitalist Scion Lands in the 1960s: Taking His Pocket Dimension to the Countryside in Search of Treasures 资本少爷穿六零，带空间下乡寻宝 [No AI, entirely handmade] Just got a rating, don't pay attention to it (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + treasure appraisal) Wei Wu transmigrates to the capital in 1968 with a pocket dimension. When he learns that his older brother reported their father, leading to his tragic death in a labor camp, he retaliates by exposing his brother's embezzlement at the machinery factory and gets him locked up for good. Then he clears out the fami 25.1kReads7.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 191 Back to the Late 1970s, I Have a Choice System 重回70年代末，我有选择系统 A modern food-delivery rider was hit by a heavy truck while saving someone and sent back to the 1970s, reborn as an educated youth about to take the college entrance exam. Ding! The choice System has been activated. A choice has been triggered. Choice One: Take the college entrance exam? No way. You can return to the city freely in a year, so stay in the village for another year. Reward: Become the village secretary's live-in son-in-law. Choice Two: The college entrance exam is the only way to c 17.6kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 192 Siheyuan: A Young Hunter’s Arrival in the City 四合院：小猎户进城记 Su San grew up roaming the jianghu, but unexpectedly found himself in the 1960s. In this life, he doesn't want to stir up trouble. All he wants is a warm home with a wife and children. A little wine and meat every day would make it even better. 2.1kReads8.7Score10014d adds
- 193 I Transmigrated to the 1960s, and Now I'm a Refugee? 穿越六零，我成难民了？ Drop your personal standards and enjoy a shameless life. Reject pointless self-torment and go completely off the rails when something happens. Better to make trouble for others than suffer in silence. That was Su Tianci in 2026. He’d only joined a cycling club and wanted to talk about cycling technique. Who could have guessed he’d somehow fall off a cliff? When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the materially deprived 1960s. 1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Siheyuan: I Have Lots of Systems 四合院：我有很多系统 Traveling through multiple TV and film worlds, this is an overpowered, easygoing story with multiple heroines. In the courtyard world, the protagonist stays away from widows and doesn't cause trouble. The protagonist has a Tomato System, a Farm System, a Spirit Spring Dimension, a Traveling Frog, a Bragging System, a Proficiency System, a Simplification System, a Deadly Soldiers System, an Emotion System, ten thousandfold comprehension, heaven-defying comprehension, a lottery System... In a nove 45Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 195 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis. 62.9kReads7.7Score9k14d adds
- 196 Hunting in '86: My Family Feasts on Meat and Wine 狩猎86：我带全家喝酒吃肉 [Short drama with the same title. Search for the protagonist Ma Hu on Tomato or Red Fruit to watch] [Everyday life in the 1980s]+ [Hunting in the mountains]+ [Support System]+ [One heroine]+ [Lighthearted comedy] My name is Ma Hu. Hu as in “careless.” In my previous life, raising dogs left me destitute, and I eventually died at the hands of a wild boar. Reborn in 1986, I face a limping father, a hardworking mother, a dilapidated old house, and my third older sister in her worn cotton jacket. I'v 94.4kReads8.7Score9.4k14d adds
- 197 I Make Paper Offerings in a Period Novel 我在年代文里做纸扎 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 20.7kReads7.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 198 Reborn in the 1970s: Starting as an Educated Youth in the Great Northern Wilderness 重生70年代，从北大荒知青开始 Xu Jinyan transmigrated to 1977 and became an educated youth sent to the Great Northern Wilderness. He entered a fake marriage with Li Wanyu, who was trying to escape harassment from a powerful second-generation heir. Not long after they got their marriage certificate, the college entrance exams were suddenly reinstated, and Li Wanyu was ready to return to the city and resume her life as a pampered young lady. They agreed to get divorced in six months, but Xu Jinyan ended up getting into Yanda U 2kReads7.8Score10614d adds
- 199 Transmigrating to the 1960s: From the Start, I’m Asked to Take in a Dying Man’s Child 穿越六零：开局遭遇临终托孤 [Historical era + Rebirth + System + Pocket Dimension + Light fantasy] After dying, Xu Jianguo was reborn in a parallel world in the 1960s. He happened to save a Taoist master and his apprentice, and as the old Taoist lay dying, he entrusted his three-year-old apprentice to Xu Jianguo's care. With a little sister suddenly in his life, Xu Jianguo began raising a child. Watch as he makes the most of the vibrant 1960s. 10.2kReads8.8Score65314d adds
- 200 The Folks of the Alley: A Carefree Life with Pinduoduo in Hand 小巷人家：手握拼夕夕的潇洒人生 141Reads8.0Score—14d adds
