Novels like 1981: The Good-for-Nothing’s Comeback
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as 1981: The Good-for-Nothing’s Comeback, best match first.
- 1 Back to 1975: My Village Belle Wife Is Named Xiaofang 重回75：我的村花老婆叫小芳 Liu Xingsheng had been treated like a blood bank, drained all his life by his “family.” Then he was reborn, back in 1975... In this life, he would no longer compromise for the sake of a job, sacrifice himself for his “family,” or let them use him as a blood bank! He would return to the countryside and find the love of his life! No golden finger? Being reborn is the greatest golden finger of all! 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Dad in the 1980s: I Leased the Village's Wasteland 八零奶爸：我承包了村里的荒地 In a nutshell: a reborn man in the 1980s dotes on his wife and protects his daughter without limit, while getting rich through farming. Su Jianguo, who had pulled out his own oxygen tube, opened his eyes and found himself back in the 1980s. With decades of memories from the future, the chairman of the Aimei Group was back in action. At this point, his wife and daughter were still alive and well, and no one had driven them to their deaths. At this point, his parents hadn't been angered to death b 125Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 3 1983: It All Began on the Dream of the Red Chamber Set 年代1983：从红楼剧组开始 (Period setting + lighthearted + intelligent protagonist + entertainment industry godfather) After transmigrating to 1983, Lin Xiangyang becomes a sent-down youth returning to the city. When he wakes up, he is on a train heading back to Beijing. A beautiful young woman with an elegant bearing is sitting beside him. “Lin Xiangyang, wake up. Do you have any water? I’m a little thirsty.” “You’re asking me for water, miss? Who are you?” “I’m Chen Xiaoxu. My father asked you to accompany me to the Dr 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 This Life Is a Little Intense 这个人生有点猛 Li Muchen, a migrant worker who spent his whole life struggling at the bottom of society, had achieved nothing even by his thirties. Faced with his parents’ expectations and his friends’ mockery, what should he do? After waking up to find himself back in the year 2000, can Li Muchen make up for the regrets of his previous life? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 The 1970s: Cutting Ties and Moving to the Countryside to Build a Vast Spatial Farm 七零：断亲下乡，建万亩空间农场 [Hunting in the Mountains + Countryside + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Female Educated Youth + Farming + Herding] Ji Yunzhou transmigrates to 1972 and becomes an educated youth sent to the Great Northern Wilderness. He originally just wants to lie flat and do nothing, but then his superiors arrange for him to marry Lin Xiuhe, a female educated youth who wants to kill herself and the daughter of a Yenching University professor. He also gains a super agricultural pocket dimension. “Congra 421Reads6.4Score111Shelves
- 6 A Little Boat Conquers the Ocean 1 一条小船征服大海1 Back to 1982, he begins a journey of redemption. A story of gathering seafood, fishing, earning money to support the family, and dealing with the everyday ups and downs of family life. No System, just hard work, striving onward, and building a fortune. 116Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 7 Back to 1981: From the Start, I Marry a Female Educated Youth 重回1981：开局迎娶女知青 Zhang Lei is unexpectedly reborn, waking up on a morning in 1981: the very day he crawled under the covers with Chen Ping, a young educated woman! His grandfather flies into a rage, grabbing a homemade musket and threatening to kill him in the name of justice. His parents seize a broom and a shovel, ready to beat him to death and apologize to the other family. His older sister is closest to Chen Ping. After pleading and coaxing her for ages, she finally gets the young woman to agree to marry Zha 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Reborn in 1984: Giving My Wife and Daughter a Better Life 重生84：给妻女过上好日子 Xiao Yan, the village’s notorious hooligan, changed overnight after getting completely drunk with a fellow rascal from the neighboring village. He used to laze around, beat his wife, and often drag the village boys his age into gambling and brawling. Now he’s not only polite and hardworking, but can even help the villagers make money. Everyone in the village was baffled. How could a man get so much better after one drunken night? He was practically a model villager. Only Xiao Yan knew the reason 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Wept at My Wife's Grave, Then I Was Reborn 跪在老婆墓碑前痛哭，我重生了 [Period Drama]+ [Plot-Driven]+ [Urban Life]+ [Business Battles]+ [Brotherhood and Loyalty]+ [The Heroine Has an Elder Sister-in-Law’s Grace]+ [Everyday Warmth] The world’s richest man, Shen Qiansan, knelt before his wife’s gravestone, weeping and begging forgiveness. He was reborn at the moment before the tragedy of September 11, 1991, and fiercely protected his wife and daughter, keeping them safe and making up for his regrets. Afterward, relying on the memories, skills, and shrewdness he had g 62Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 10 Zhang Hongjun's Story Begins in 1975 张红军从1975开始 Modern man Zhang Hongjun transmigrates into the body of Zhang Hongjun, a young intellectual sent down to the countryside and living in a communal compound. He begins a life that feels like being reborn. He has cried, laughed, and made a scene, all to cast off his status as the abandoned son and reach the pinnacle of life. 126Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 11 Period: My Girlfriend Is Gong Xue, and the System Sends Me Foreign Currency 年代：女友龚雪，系统给我发外汇 In his later years, Zhang Xian’s greatest pleasure is bragging to his son. “You know your mother, Gong Xue, right? She’s a huge star across the country. But back at the youth corps site, she almost didn’t even make it into the art troupe. If it weren’t for your dad...” Gong Xue pokes her head out of the kitchen, broom already raised in her hand. “Dad, give it a rest!” His son rolls his eyes, assuming his old man has gone senile. Until one day, his son receives a phone call. “Am I speaking with a 357Reads—Score102Shelves
- 12 Reborn in the 1970s: From the Start, I Went on a Blind Date with the King of Daughters 重生70年代：开局相亲女儿国王 [Period] [Feel-Good Story] [Reborn] [Lighthearted] [Literary Talent] [Showbiz] When Chen Cheng wakes up, he discovers he has transmigrated to a county hospital in a parallel world in the 1970s and become a young man sent to the countryside. And the first person he sees is none other than the Queen of the Women's Country, who has come to the county town to help with construction! In his previous life, he was too young to know any better. When he watched Journey to the West, he only cared about th 3Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 13 Reborn in 1984, I Strive for Happiness with My Wife and Daughter 重生84，带着妻女为幸福打拼 Yan Ning was reborn in 1984, on the eve of his wife's and daughter's deaths. A prodigal who turns his life around is worth more than gold. Once a drunk, a gambler, and a no-good loafer, he swore to give the wife and daughter he had failed most a life filled with happiness. 197Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 14 Reborn in 1991: Luck Is Worth Half a Pound Either Way 重生1991：气运半斤八两 (The story spans a long timeline. If you enjoy it, please keep reading.) A fugitive who had always stuck to his principles and lived with a deep inferiority complex was struck by lightning and sent back to 1991, into his seven-year-old self. Reborn, he kept in mind that fate was a fifty-fifty proposition, and Lin Hao gained a life experience unlike the one he'd had in his previous life. Perhaps being reborn wasn't quite what he thought it was... Lin Hao thought he was a tiny butterfly... 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Tricked into Going to the Countryside, I Use Magic to Build a New Rural China in the 1970s 被骗下乡，用法术建设70新农村 A cultivator from another world had his soul transmigrate into Shen Lang, an educated youth who had been tricked into going to the countryside. He used magic to break out of a deadly predicament and the “acupoint-striking technique” to avenge the original owner. After arriving in Heilongjiang Province, he showed off extraordinary hunting skills: driving off wolf packs, raiding wild boar dens, chasing tigers across the mountains, and killing a giant snake in a deep cavern while exploring the hea 14.8kReads7.6Score1.3kShelves
- 16 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Starting with Rural Work in 1979 重生四合院：从1979年下乡种田开始 After transmigrating to the 1970s, into Love in the Courtyard, Li Jianguo obtained a spatial System. The spatial System was a farm System. As he developed it, Li Jianguo's life just kept getting better and better. Just as Li Jianguo was getting ready to eat instant noodles, sausage, and a braised egg, the newly appointed Second Uncle informed him that he was being sent to the countryside as an educated youth. His destination: the Greater Khingan Mountains. 888Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 After a Swordfish Killed Me, I Married a Fallen Heiress 被剑鱼刺死后，我娶了落难大小姐 [No System + Slice-of-Life Coastal Foraging + Rebirth + Fishing] Also known as Reborn in 1982: Foraging by the Sea and Raising a Lovely Wife, A Life Turnaround. Reborn in a Fishing Village: I Picked Up a Rich Beauty as My Wife and Made a Fortune Su Qiming was killed by a swordfish while deep-sea fishing, only to be reborn in the year his cruel fiancée had broken off their engagement. In his previous life, he had been spineless, unambitious, and timid, and that woman had ruined most of his life. 89kReads7.6Score2.9kShelves
- 18 Back to 1989: I Just Want to Make Money and Support My Family 重回1989，我只想赚钱养家 [Period Piece + Making Money + Business Rivalry + One Female Lead] Chen Qiang returns to 1989. His wife is heavily pregnant, his eldest daughter is crying for food, and the family is penniless. He has taken up livestock farming and is deep in debt. With the family at its lowest point, he knows he cannot repeat the mistakes of the past. He must turn things around against all odds, climb from the bottom, reach the pinnacle of the business world, and become rich, growing wildly in this golden age.. 208Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 19 The Great Writer in the Village Chief's Family, 1978 1978村长家的大作家 (Literary plagiarism + reborn + period setting + building wealth + multiple female leads) In the age of literary giants, an unlucky rich kid transmigrates back to 1978 into the body of the fourth son of the Min family. From the start, the village chief’s daughter is pressuring him to marry her. Amid the everyday ups and downs of family life, he leads his whole family to prosperity. 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Are You Crazy? I Just Got Reborn, and You’re Forcing Me to Give My Daughter Away 疯了吧，刚重生就逼我将女儿送人 [Reborn + period setting + farming + doting on wife and daughter + building wealth + gentle, beautiful wife + cozy everyday life] "Mom! I don't want to leave you! I'll even eat grass roots! I don't eat much!" "Dad! Wake up! Hurry and save me! Bad people are taking me away!" The commotion woke Zhou Bin from his deep sleep. Before him was his daughter, wailing, and his wife, already crying her eyes out. His elderly father stood beside them, his temples streaked with white, tears streaming down his 847Reads6.9Score101Shelves
- 21 Back to 1987 重返1987 By a twist of fate, wage slave Zhou Weiguo returned to 1987. All the regrets from his previous life were gone: the house he had been too late to decide to buy, and later couldn’t afford; his fear of starting a business; and the fact that he couldn’t get married because he had no money. With a second chance at life, he chose a different way to live. Riding the tide of reform and opening up with his forward-thinking outlook, he made a roaring success of both love and career. There was just one com 1.6kReads8.1Score149Shelves
- 22 Reborn: The Late 1970s and Early 1980s 重生：七十年代末八十年代初 [Rebirth + Female Educated Youth + Entrepreneurship + Sweet Romance] After one drunken night, Ye Beiping is reborn in 1978, just as the educated youth are preparing to return to the cities. He finds himself back in the middle of an unexpected encounter between himself and the heroine, Su Xinyi. Thinking fast, he gets himself out of a jail sentence and resolves not to let Su Xinyi down. He goes from being a petty hoodlum to a responsible, good man. He outmaneuvers a group of educated youth and ge 399Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 23 1972: A Rural Youth’s Rise to the Top 1972：从下乡知青开始逆袭 [Rebirth + settling scores the same day + one heroine (not sure; maybe a butterfly effect will make her disappear, and if she does appear, it won’t be early on, perhaps) + if I can fight, I absolutely won’t waste time talking] In 1972, Song Xuewen was reborn with the future mall he had built from scratch. In his previous life, he could only watch helplessly as his family suffered during their forced relocation. He was the only one left in the Song family, lonely and full of regret for the rest o 332Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 24 Reborn in 1980: I Eat Meat Every Day and Make the Villagers Drool 重生80，天天吃肉，馋哭乡亲们 [City life + farming + reborn + period setting + repentant scumbag + doting dad + pocket dimension] In his previous life, Li Fugui became addicted to gambling and beat his wife and daughter every day. His wife finally couldn't take it anymore and jumped into the river with their daughter. He later came to his senses, worked hard, and became a billionaire, but losing his wife and daughter remained a lifelong regret. One day, he fell asleep clutching the Longevity Jade Pendant his wife had given h 9Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 25 In the Seventies, I Empty My Enemy's Home, Head to the Countryside to Forage by the Sea, and Marry a Military Beauty 七零搬空仇敌家，下乡赶海娶军花 [Sent to the countryside + beachcombing + military marriage + scientific research + punishing villains + a life comeback] In his previous life, his father was swindled out of his property by his second uncle's family. Qin Xiangyang was forced into the Cai family as a live-in son-in-law and made to raise another man's child. After his family was sent down to the countryside, his mother and younger siblings died miserably, and his father wasted away in grief. Reborn in 1970, he awakens an exchange 4.7kReads8.0Score476Shelves
- 26 I Sign In and Farm in the 1970s 我在七零年代签到种田 Life is like a dream, and dreams are like life. Wang Fugui was shot in the head and transmigrated to the 1970s. It was an era when supplies were scarce. As the saying goes, chickens lay eggs and eggs hatch into chickens, their descendants multiplying endlessly. He farmed, raised chickens and rabbits, and filled the world with students. With his own hard-working hands, he built a fortune and supported his young wife. As the saying goes, there’s nothing like the warmth of everyday life to accompan 73Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn in the 1990s to Save My Wife and Daughter 重生回90年代救回老婆和女儿 Reborn + doting dad + farming + period setting + building a fortune from nothing + no golden finger In his previous life, Tang Guangyao was obsessed with the idea that children would look after him in old age. When his wife couldn't give him a son, he gave up on life completely. He spent his days drinking, gambling, and beating his wife. He abandoned his wife and daughter, then ran off with his mistress, who could bear him a son. Not long after he left, his daughter died of illness. Grief-strick 247Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 28 Reborn at the Dawn of Reform and Opening Up 重生，回到改革开放初 Reborn + wastrel turns his life around + devoted husband + building wealth + no System + one heroine A billionaire is reborn in the 1980s, the era of reform and opening up. In his previous life, he had too many regrets. This time, he is determined to make amends and change things for the better. In this life, he will turn over a new leaf and become a better man, give his beautiful wife a good life, work hard to make money, have a child, and live happily ever after... 251Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 29 From South to North 南来北往 In the late 1970s, aboard a steam train traveling from Ningyang to Harbin, young railway police officer Wang Xin carries out his duties amid the bustling passengers. Mistaking veteran railway policeman Ma Kui for a fugitive, he sets off an unlikely mentor-and-apprentice bond that begins with a fight. Though they initially can’t stand each other, Wang Xin and Ma Kui gradually come to respect one another, fighting side by side on the front lines of railway policing. They catch pickpockets, rescue 166Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 30 I'm Not Going Back to the City: Home with My Wife and Kids Is Better 不回城了，老婆孩子热炕头更香 Li Song was once an educated youth. He abandoned his wife and daughter so he could return to the city, and after settling down there, he regretted it for the rest of his life. After being reborn by accident, he decided not to return to the city. Instead, he would stay in the countryside with his wife and children, enjoying the warmth of home. 132Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 31 Reborn in 1985: Honey, Don't Tear Up the Admission Notice! 重生85：媳妇，你别撕通知书啊！ In his previous life, Fang Tingxu founded the Lanting Group and served as its chairman. Reborn in 1985, he vowed to keep his beloved from getting hurt, avoid disappointing his parents, and make up for the regret he carried from his past life. He solemnly dropped to one knee and said to Jiang Qilan, “Qilan, will you marry me?” Watch as Fang Tingxu turns the tide and rides the wave, using his actions to give his wife and children a happy, fulfilling life. 268Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 32 Reborn in 1987: From the Start, I Stop My Pregnant Wife from Having an Abortion 重生87：开局阻止怀孕媳妇打胎 [Urban rebirth + Reforming a wayward man + Dad life + Devoted husband + Feel-good period drama] "I asked you to use protection and you refused. Now I'm pregnant again!" When Chen Bei opened his eyes again, he found himself back on the night the tragedy began. In his previous life, he went to prison after a drunken brawl ended in an accidental death. With no one to repay the loan sharks, they drove his pregnant wife to despair, and she jumped off a bridge with their two children. After his rel 793Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 33 Reborn in 1970 as an Educated Youth: I Hold Grudges and Lay My Foundations 重生70当知青：睚眦必报立根基 [Synopsis 1] Reborn in 1970, Zhang Jixun gains a System that lets him get revenge on anyone who wrongs him. See how he settles the score with each of his past life's enemies and rises to the top. “Given another chance at life, I'm going to live without restraints!” [Synopsis 2] Betrayed by his best friend, he was forced to go to the countryside. Then that same friend stole his childhood sweetheart, a regret that haunted him for the rest of his life. He never expected fate to give him another cha 213Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 34 Hunting in 1986 狩猎1986 The kids are crying, and the adults are furious: Who on earth… is stewing meat?! In the late 1980s, everyone in Yangjia Village was fed up with Yang Xiaojun, who lived at the east end of the village. The smell of all kinds of meat drifted from his house every day, tormenting the villagers, who were lucky to eat meat once a year: The men frowned, and their wives complained; The kids threw tantrums, and the dogs barked wildly. Amid all the noisy chaos, Yang Xiaojun slung his hunting rifle over his 301Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 35 My RV Came with Me to the Countryside 房车跟着我下乡了 Song Dahu was traveling in his RV when he accidentally transmigrated into the body of an educated youth sent to the countryside in Northeast China in the late 1960s. With no grand ambitions, he somehow became the village guardian of Kaoshantun. Relying on memories from his previous life and the villagers' combined efforts, he turned a small village into a prosperous place the entire country envied. This novel has no saintly protagonist, no gore, no scheming or treachery. It's just ordinary life, 154Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 36 From the Start, I Was Given a Wife: Making My Fortune Selling Popsicles 开局送媳妇，从卖冰棍发家 [Period novel + making money + family life + no System + no golden finger] The village’s notorious good-for-nothing is getting married, and everyone is waiting to laugh at his family. But after the wedding, he seems like a different person. He stops roaming around and gambling, and instead takes on the burden of supporting his family. Little do they know that, on the eve of the wedding, another soul had already taken over his body. After Liu Haifeng falls into a sewer while drunk, he wakes up ut 182Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 37 I Transmigrated Into a 1970s Novel: From the Start, a Rich Beauty Throws Herself into My Arms 穿书七零：开局白富美往我怀里钻 [System + Comedy + Sneaky Schemer + Feel-Good + Sharp Humor + Two Strong Leads] He wakes up one morning and discovers he's transmigrated into a book! And not just anywhere: he's become a good-for-nothing who's about to wind up on the government payroll! What a surprise, huh? Let's see how Ye Fan gets by with his busted System and keeps a low profile while he grows stronger. When his identity is finally exposed, everyone learns that he's been a sneaky schemer all along! 127Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 38 An Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside Returns to the Seventies with a Warehouse 下乡知青，带着仓库杀回七零 [1970s + military marriage + pocket dimension + medical skills] Lin Yuanyuan was an imperial medicinal cuisine expert. Then she was reborn as a doomed side character in a novel set in the 1970s. Her scheming stepsister wanted to marry her off to a wife-beating butcher. Her hypocritical stepmother and faithless father wanted to rob her of her money. Even her youngest brother was secretly trying to ruin her reputation. Lin Yuanyuan promptly sold her stepsister to the abusive butcher, and before le 1.1kReads7.5Score106Shelves
- 39 Reborn in 1985 重生之1985年 Gao Jin, the richest man in the Dragon Kingdom, passed away at fifty-six, only to be reborn in 1985 with regrets and remorse! He vowed to have no regrets this time, to make his family proud and give them a happy life! He would also win back the woman he had loved all his life and never let her down again! 16Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 40 Reborn in the 1980s: I Got My Wife to Have Two Babies in Three Years 重生八零：我让老婆三年抱了俩 In prison, Zhao Yi watched his cousin basking in the limelight outside. “Cousin, do you still remember Liu Ruoyu and that child?” Zhao Yi froze. Thirty years ago, he had personally caused their deaths. “That child was yours, actually,” his cousin said smugly. Blood trickled down from the handcuffs restraining Zhao Yi. The next day, headlines across the country reported that Zhao Yi, chairman of the Zhao Group, had died by suicide after being imprisoned for his crimes. The moment he opened his ey 618Reads8.5Score101Shelves
- 41 I Sent You to the South Seas, Not to Force the Financial Tycoon’s Daughter to Marry You 让你下南洋，没让你强娶财阀千金 Daddy-to-be + pregnant mom + one heroine + building wealth + face-slapping scum + no suffering in silence + clan warfare + power struggles + an immensely powerful background #A gangster heiress forces her love on me and insists on having my child#Making money and falling in love, I’m the best at marrying a young lady by force #Reborn in the 1980s, I battle tycoons and divide up the fortune in Nanyang#Reborn, I refuse to raise someone else’s child, but a gangster heiress forces her love on me #No 240Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 42 Reborn as a Business Tycoon 重生之商界枭雄 Reborn by chance, he now has a beautiful wife and an adorable daughter. With a second life, how could he drift aimlessly through the world? He rides the tide of the times, seizes business opportunities, builds a business empire that ushers in a new era, and forges a legendary career.. 1.1kReads7.9Score105Shelves
- 43 A Leisurely Life: Deep-Sea Fishing with a College Girl 悠闲生活，带学生妹远洋海钓 [Urban farming + everyday romance + fishing and selling fish + building a home] After failing the college entrance exam, Jiang Xiaoyu’s parents divorce. Despairing, he returns to his hometown, a small fishing village on the coast of a southern province. By chance, he finds a golden “Wish-Fulfilling Fishing Hook” by the sea. Starting from a tiny fishing village, he sets sail for the vast blue ocean with a pretty female student by his side... 302Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 44 The Eighties: Can Hunting in the Mountains Really Make You Rich? 八零年代：赶山竟然能致富？ Hao Dashan was reborn! In his previous life, Hao Dashan left the remote mountains of Northeast China, determined to head south and make his fortune so he could escape poverty. But after he achieved success, his wife and daughter died in a car accident back home. Though Hao Dashan was now fabulously wealthy, he spent the rest of his life consumed by longing for them and guilt over their deaths! Given another chance at life, Hao Dashan was no longer enamored with the dazzling world beyond the moun 45Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 45 The Four Sacred Beasts: Bureau 749 四圣兽之749局 A high school freshman unexpectedly joins the mysterious Bureau 749. A black dragon lying dormant A mysterious gourd dimension The Tianji Star, one of the Big Dipper’s nine stars Mountain spirits and wild monsters The baleful aura of soldiers … And those mysterious beings What is guiding the boy along his path? What kind of story lies behind it all? 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Reborn in 1978: From the Start, I Slacked Off and Caught Shrimp 重生1978，开局摸鱼又捞虾 [Period setting, educated youth, countryside, fishing and catching shrimp, city life, no System, no brainless protagonist, clear-eyed about reality, sound logic. Enter at your own risk.] Chuan, a cuckold who spent more than a decade raising the wife and children of the old Wang next door, had just been poisoned to death by the adulterous couple conspiring against him when he arrived in a small mountain village in 1978. In his previous life, he worked diligently and endured every hardship, yet th —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Mourned for Five Years 重生75：开局守孝5年 Yun Zhou transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1970s and activates a sign-in System. While everyone else scrapes by on coarse grain and vegetable gruel, he secretly treats himself to fish and meat. He had planned to lie flat and live like that, but his abilities won't let him. He rises steadily through the ranks, starting at a steel mill. This book is mainly lighthearted, with no hostility. Don't try to reason things out according to the usual rules. Anything is possible in this story. 609Reads7.7Score131Shelves
- 48 The Passionate Years of a Young Educated Youth in Northeast China, 1979 1979小知青在东北的激情岁月 Business tycoon Jiang Minghao dies of overwork after working for 72 hours straight. He opens his eyes to a drafty, ramshackle house, a tearful village beauty, and a toddler who’s afraid of him… He’s returned to 1979, to Jianshanzui Production Team, where he was sent down to work, and to the very day his wife is waiting for him at the brigade office to file for divorce. Divorce? Not a chance! What did he come back reborn for? To make money! To spoil his wife! To dote on his daughter! Make 657Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 49 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 460Reads8.6Score101Shelves
- 50 Dreaming of 1949 梦回1949 After being reborn, Hu Zhenhua resolves to escape poverty. He earns his first fortune by devising a ship-ticket insurance scheme, then targets the foreign trading houses, intent on reclaiming the reparations through a series of brilliant clashes that end in total victory. After that, he leverages numerous historical events to maneuver across the business world, poach technology companies, support the nation's economic development, and amass a fortune worth billions. 770Reads6.4Score101Shelves
