Novels like Siheyuan: I Will Make Our Nation Strong
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- 1 My Winter Flower 我的冬花 My mother is an illiterate country woman, and she's sixty years old this year... I want to use my words to quietly write down, in a corner like this, all the things that have happened between my mother and me. Think of it as a place to pour my heart out! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Valley River 谷河 River of Gu tells the story of the crimes committed by village bullies and school bullies. The River of Gu runs with blood and tears. Gu Daliang's career is sabotaged by the village bullies, while Gu Yu is tormented by school bullies. Gu Yu's mother is beaten to death by the village bullies. When blood splatters across five-year-old Gu Yu's face, she develops a fear of blood. Gu Daliang and Xiao Li are secretly in love, but Gu Daliang ends up becoming her brother-in-law. Song Ke has loved Xiao L 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Hooliganism? My Innocence Must Not Be Defiled 流氓罪？我的清白不容玷污 —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 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
- 5 A Police Officer in the 1970s: Building a Fortune with My Younger Siblings 七零年代当警察，带着弟妹一起发 In an extraordinary era, extraordinary youth and extraordinary passion gave rise to an extraordinary story. Fang Mobao transmigrates to 1969, a time unlike any other. Supporting his four younger siblings and mentally ill mother, he struggles to survive and rides the waves of the times, determined to make an extraordinary life for himself! 228Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 1986: Restarting Life 1986：重启人生 [Reborn + Period Piece + No System + No Stupidity + Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story + Slow Pace + Everyday Farming] Li Haichuan is reborn in 1986, returning to that passionate era. He thinks the first thing he should do is break up with his first love... 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 War of Resistance: I Outplayed the Enemy Across the Whole Map 抗战：全图敌军走位被我秀烂了 In 2025, delivery rider Wang Lin’s soul travels back to the bloody Xiang River campaign of 1934, where he becomes a battalion commander among the remnants of the Rearguard Division, doomed to fight to the death. In the depths of despair, he awakens the [God’s-Eye View of the Battlefield], revealing the entire map and every enemy and ally. When his superiors order him to break through at any cost, he instead saves the captured division commander and outsmarts the enemy at Dao County, turning a de 124Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 8 Dreams of the Green Fields 绿野梦 In a turbulent era, Zhao Gen, who had gone away to train as a mason, brought home a beautiful wife named Yanli. A compulsive gambler, he abandoned her without a word. With no one to rely on, Yanli learned all kinds of farm work just to survive. One day, while gathering firewood deep in the mountains, she met with an accident and was rescued by Chun Gen, a man with an ugly face. Zhao Gen remained missing for years. Out of gratitude, Yanli and Chun Gen eventually got together. Just as they were se 35Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 9 A Biased Father and a Stepmother Who Came Later: I Decisively Split the Family 偏心的爹，后来的妈，我果断分家 [Single Heroine] [Beautiful Educated Youth] [Hunting] [Pocket Dimension] [Making Money] [A Post-00s Protagonist Who Refuses to Put Up with Anything] [Death Doesn't Scare Me, So Bring It On] Lin Chuan woke up to find his whole world falling apart! He was a post-00s young man who had transmigrated to 1977 and taken over the body of a timid fellow who shared his name. He thought it was a dream, but it was real! Even worse, he was stuck with a broken family… No, he was the one who was broken! His bi 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Transmigrating to the Countryside as a Young Educated Youth in the 1970s 穿越七零下乡小知青 No System, no personal space, just an ordinary farming story. Song Zhiyuan wakes up one day and, for no apparent reason, finds himself a high school student in the 1970s. Both his parents are alive, and he has three siblings. Before he can adjust to life in this era, the campaign sending educated youths to the countryside begins. Thus starts Song Zhiyuan's ordinary life, swept along by the tide of the times. 2.3kReads8.4Score108Shelves
- 11 Transmigrating Between the 1950s and the Modern Era with a System 带着系统穿越在五十年代和现代 This transmigration novel blends history and modernity with the Korean War, military technology, science fiction involving time and space, cultivation, and more. The story follows Long Wu, a young man from the modern era of 2010 who unexpectedly obtains a mysterious time-travel System that allows him to travel back and forth between the present and the 1950s. Faced with the difficulties confronting a newly established nation, he decides to use the System to help the country of 1950 develop its e 1.2kReads8.2Score—Shelves
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 Shuhua, 1960 淑华1960 [An ensemble novel where everyone is a protagonist with their own story arc] Spanning from the fiery years of the 1960s to the 2020s, this is a story of three generations. It faithfully recreates the everyday lives, love, and feuds of rural Northeastern China on the stage of history. Through the changing fortunes of several families, this realistic tale of family, friendship, and romance will transport you back to a simpler time. A rural novel chronicling nearly a century of change in the countr 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Back to 1979: I Used My Foresight to Become the Richest Man 重回1979：我先知先觉成首富 In 1979, in Chenjiazhai, a mountain village in western Guangdong. The moment Chen Jiale opens his eyes, he’s back on the morning when he and Su Zijing were set up in his previous life. After getting drunk, the two of them ended up in bed together, while the culprit, Shen Haonan, waits outside with a crowd, gloating... This time, he won’t run away. He’ll take responsibility to the end, leave no regrets, and make sure Su Zijing gets married, has children, and enjoys every day of a happy life! He’ 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Siheyuan: Don't Be Afraid, Silly Zhu, Your Uncle Is Here 四合院之傻柱别怕，舅舅来了 After being given a second life, Cai Chenggong becomes the youngest son of a landowning family. Just as the 49th Army’s bandits pass through, his father kicks the bucket, leaving him no choice but to follow his elder brother, Cai Jizu, to Beiping, where he changes his name and begins a new chapter 9.5kReads7.1Score462Shelves
- 17 Wading Across the River of Life 趟过人生河 Ren Tianxing was born into humble circumstances, yet he defied the odds. Hoping to change his lot in life, he endured hardship after hardship... only to be left with regrets... This novel pays tribute to all those who spend years away from home, working to support their families. You work so hard. Like all of you, the protagonist Ren Tianxing lives far from home, drifting and wandering through a life at the very bottom, yet he keeps striving... —Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 18 The Time-Space Tycoon Takes 1950 by Storm 时空巨子玩转1950 After unlucky Liu Xu accidentally fell into a deep pit, he acquired a System that let him travel freely to the 1950s. Before long, he found himself swept up in this magnificent and passionate era. The stark contrast between his comfortable modern life and the people struggling to survive in those times made Liu Xu swear he would do something for the era. And so the story began... 2.3kReads7.5Score148Shelves
- 19 After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Buy a House and Marry the Village Beauty on My Own 断亲后，我靠自己买房娶村花老婆 [Reborn + Period Setting + No System + One Heroine + Devoted Husband + Everyday Life + Making Money + Raising Livestock + Home and Beyond] Back in 1998, all he wanted this time was to make a good living and provide for his village beauty of a wife. He farmed, bought houses, invested, and acquired land, taking his journey from agriculture to industry, and from the richest man in the village to the richest man in the country. He had only wanted to give his wife and children a home, but before he k 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Period: A House Full of Educated Youths, and the Neighboring Sisters Are Getting Anxious 年代：满屋女知青，邻家姐妹急了 [Reborn + multiple heroines + hunting + mountain foraging + gourmet food + System + family life + cozy everyday moments + feel-good rags-to-riches story] In 1978, the wave of educated youth returning to the cities begins! In his previous life, Zhou Yunfeng did everything he could to curry favor with the educated young women so he could return to the city with them. He even stole all his family’s savings to buy himself a chance, including the money his mother needed to save her life! But as soon 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Reborn in 1980: I'm Going to Be the Richest Man 重生80我要当首富 A tribute to the era, creating a hit period novel [Reborn] + [Underdog comeback] + [Feel-good power fantasy] [Blood soaked through his worn-out shoes. Wang Minghao couldn't open his eyes amid the steel bars in a collapsed construction site. This was the thirty-seventh time the humble laborer had died. But when he opened his eyes again, he was crouching beneath an old wall in the 1980s, his trouser cuffs smeared with coal dust, while Aunt Zhang's shrill voice rang in his ears, calling him a "poor 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn in 1978: Sharpening My Blade Against the Great Powers 重生七八，磨刀霍霍向列强 (Period drama + ruthless action + reborn + System) Chu Xing's military parents were murdered, and his younger sister was sold. Even when he died, he had been unable to avenge his parents or find his sister. Reborn in his fifteen-year-old body, he acquired a System by a twist of fate. In this life, he swore to find his sister and avenge his parents. But these two seemingly simple goals were fraught with danger. And from the very beginning, he had fallen into a carefully laid trap set by the Syste —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Reborn in '83: Pursuing a Successful Life 重生八三：追求成功人生 He woke from a dream to find himself back in that special era. Faced with everything from the past, his family, friends, classmates, and the girl he loved, Yu Lijun couldn't hold back his tears… 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Back to 1976: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth 重回1976，下乡当知青 (Historical setting + farming + smart protagonist + pocket dimension + everyday life + one heroine) After a lifetime of hard work, Yang Jing had finally started to see things get better and was just about to catch his breath when he was unexpectedly reborn, returning to the production team where he had been sent down in 1976. This was an era of a planned economy, when people were feeling their way across the river! When he unexpectedly awakened a pocket dimension, he was overjoyed and filled wit 972Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 25 Period: Dreaming of the Divine Machine, He Got a Cheat 年代：梦入神机他开了挂 Zhao Zhendong is reborn in 1970, with a lifetime of stories unfolding one after another. This time, he even has a pocket dimension, so he can do more and make his new life all the more exciting! He’s one hell of a guy! 2.8kReads7.4Score174Shelves
- 26 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—Shelves
- 27 Back to 1980: Making a Fortune with Chicken Carcasses 重回1980靠鸡架发家 After failing a mission, I accidentally transmigrated to a parallel world in 1980. Heaven has given me another chance, so this time I’ll make my fortune with my favorite chicken frames and build them into a thriving business! 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Reborn as a Forestry Farm Educated Youth: Treasure Hunting in Changbai Mountain 重生林场知青，我在长白山寻宝 In the winter of 1973, in response to the country's call to send educated youths to the countryside, every family had to send one child to join a rural production team. In this turbulent era, Qi Jinghao was reborn as the fifth son of the Qi family, in the dormitory building where the workers' families lived. The Qi family had three sons and two daughters, and he was the least favored. His family “shipped him off” to join a rural production team. Qi Jinghao packed his bags and boarded a train 218Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 29 Reborn in 1978: Starting with Selling Herbal Tea 重生1978：从卖凉茶开始 In his previous life, Chen Fan was a businessman who met a crushing defeat. His family was torn apart, his loved ones were gone, and he was left with nothing but regrets. When he opened his eyes again, he was back at the dawn of Reform and Opening Up, eighteen years old once more. His family was drowning in debt, his mother was gravely ill, his sister's engagement had been called off, and his overbearing uncle was determined to seize the family's last means of survival. In this desperate situat 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 The Great Northern Wilderness in the 1970s: Starting with an Awakened Farm Space 七零北大荒：从觉醒空间农场开始 Lin Tian transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes a farmer in the Great Northern Wilderness! Three months after waking up, he is proposed to by a beautiful educated youth. Unable to refuse her, Lin Tian accepts. Luckily, after transmigrating, he awakens a spatial farm. Providing for his wife is no problem at all! In an era when everyone else struggles to get enough to eat, his family has fish and meat at every meal. After the reform and opening-up, he quickly leases vast tracts of wasteland and bu 3.1kReads6.0Score209Shelves
- 31 Reborn in 1977: Starting Over After Being Dumped 重生1977，从被退婚后开始 [Educated youth in the 1970s + Countryside + Everyday life + Building wealth] In his previous life, Lu Yongnian fell in love with Wang Yaoyao, a girl from the same city, while he was sent down to the countryside. She sweet-talked him into giving up his chance to return to the city. But right after they got engaged, Wang Yaoyao disappeared. When Lu Yongnian rushed back to the city, he discovered she had cheated on him. He drank himself into a stupor and suffered frostbite so severe he nearly lost 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Li Dabao in 1960s Beijing 60年代京城李大宝 Li Dabao, from 2024, transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard house in 1960 and tells a series of funny stories about ordinary life... (No angst, pure comedy. This is not one of those beastly courtyard-house stories: there are no super heroes, no stealing anyone’s heroines, and no causing any trouble.) 43Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 33 Period: My 1978 Mountain Village 年代：我的1978小山村 Also known as I Have a Home in 1978 Zhang Ergou: “First, let’s set a small goal: become the richest man in the village!” For some reason, Zhang Ergou quits his city job and returns to his hometown to open a rural guesthouse. Three years later, business has gone nowhere. He’s not only lost a fortune but piled up a mountain of debt. Hounded by creditors, gossiped about by the villagers, misunderstood by his parents, and shunned by his friends, his guesthouse is on the verge of closing. At this cri 681Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 34 Reborn in 1983, I Ruin My Ex-Wife's Family 重生1983让前世老婆家破人亡 After spending 40 years as a sucker who raised another man’s child, Zong Dawei died and was reborn in 1983. When his wife from his previous life confessed her love to him again, he rejected her on the spot. “I’m sure as hell not raising the kid in your belly as my own.” From the start, he takes control of his future father-in-law and drives his family to ruin. After taking his revenge, he heads south to the special economic zones and north to the capital, where ten thousand yuan can buy a siheyu 311Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 35 By the Shores of Jinji Lake 金鸡湖畔 This is the land of Mars. This is the land of Mars in the year 2224. In Martian politics, there is no love or tender romance, only bloodshed and steely passion. Yangyang was born in 2194 in a small village in the countryside. Many momentous things happened that year. But for this poor family, only Yangyang’s birth was a big deal. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Reborn in 1970: The Village's Educated Youth Beauty Takes Them All in One Swoop 重生七零，知青村花一锅端 [Period Setting + Rags to Riches + Multiple Women + Supermarket Space + Everything Made by Hand] When he wakes up, Wang Qiulin finds himself lying on a small wooden bed in the 1970s. Nearby, he hears his fiancée plotting to sleep with another man, then pin the whole thing on him afterward to extort money. Wang Qiulin knocks them both out. He takes the woman as interest, leaves the blame for the cheating couple to bear, and poses as the victim, using the chance to break off the engagement and rui 27.1kReads6.2Score3.6kShelves
- 37 1978: From the Start, I'm Making the Educated Youth School Beauty a Mom? 1978：开局让知青校花当妈？ (Already adapted into a motion comic, so enjoy without worry!) [One female lead] [Hunting] [Mountain foraging] [Gathering herbs] [Devoted husband] [No System] [No storage space] [Everyday life] Oh no! Lin Mo wakes up, and his world has fallen apart! A post-2000s young man, he dies and transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing nobody from 1978. From the start, he's got two big disadvantages: no father and no mother. And that's not even the worst part! Being an orphan is bad enough, bu 31.7kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
- 38 Siheyuan: In 1960, I Graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology 四合院：六零年，我哈工大毕业 [Tech genius + horse herder + System + light on the angst] Li Aiguo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard as a resident of the courtyard. Both his parents died as martyrs, and he comes from a family with impeccable revolutionary credentials. In 1960, after graduating from Harbin Institute of Technology with a postgraduate degree, he returns to the courtyard and activates the Emotion Value System. It lets him collect emotional points from characters in the story, which he can use 121Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 39 Reborn as the Beast King of the Greater Khingan Range 重生之我在大兴安岭当兽王 A true-to-life story of hunting and trekking through the mountains of the Greater Khingan Range in northeastern China in the 1960s: setting snares, using dogs to surround game, wielding hooked guns, and hunting roe deer with the mountain guides and the hunters known as "Green Hides." And then there is the legendary "ravine jumper," the Siberian tiger. This book pays tribute to the extraordinary years of our parents' generation. 46Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Confess to the Nation That I Transmigrated 四合院：开局向国家坦白穿越者 Transmigrating into a siheyuan at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang in 1951. I wake up to a hopeless situation from the start, locked up by a bunch of beasts, who take all my food! They really want me dead. The first thing Lin Xiao does after breaking free is go to the garrison and confess that he's a transmigrator. Perhaps his golden finger won't change much about this Red-Hot Era if he keeps it to himself. But in the hands of a wise person, it could be more powerful than anyone could imagine. When Lin Xiao 7.7kReads6.8Score259Shelves
- 41 My 1970 我的1970 Thank heaven for giving me the chance to be reborn, but why did I have to go back to when I was seven? I even have to pretend I don't recognize the characters I know. Otherwise, they'll definitely think I'm possessed. Believe it or not, Mother would kill the family's big rooster just so she could secretly invite a spirit medium over to drive the ghost out. Guess I'll just have to lie low! 4.6kReads8.5Score271Shelves
- 42 Transmigrated to the 1970s: The Village Beauty and I Reclaim the Great Northern Wilderness! 穿越70，村花和我开垦北大荒！ [Transmigration + 1970s + Farming + Cozy Daily Life + One Heroine + Food + A Light System] Yang Yiming woke up one morning and found he had transmigrated to the Great Northern Wilderness in the 1970s. He had become one of countless educated youths sent to the countryside. After unexpectedly obtaining a System, he gave up the hard-won chance to return to the city and resolved to put down roots in the Great Northern Wilderness. When people tried to stop him from farming, he decisively planted them 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Reborn in 1970: After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Stockpile Everything and Head to the Countryside 重生70：断亲后囤满空间去下乡 [Mountain Hunting + Northeastern Countryside + Period Setting + Spatial Powers + Female Educated Youth + Fishing] Lin Zhenzhong was reborn in 1971, back on the day a scumbag couple framed him for theft. In his previous life, they had set him up, cost him his factory job, and forced him to go work in a remote border region. This time, he'd make them infamous too, and let them experience the joys of heading to the countryside to haul manure. So Zhou Weidong reported his cousin for theft, sending t 15kReads7.0Score1.1kShelves
- 44 Transmigrating into a Book in the 1980s: The Good-for-Nothing Big Brother’s Comeback 穿书八零：对照组废柴大哥的逆袭 One punch landed, and Shi Huajun, a young man from the modern world, transmigrated into a book. He became the most pathetic side character in a period novel: an unemployed, good-for-nothing older brother who had returned to the city in the 1980s, a laughingstock whom everyone in the crowded courtyard looked down on. In the original story, he was beyond help, slumped in a tiny ten-square-meter room and doing nothing for more than a decade. His wife was used as someone else’s pawn, forced to tak 621Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 45 Transmigrate into 72: I Won't Be the Doormat Male Supporting Character 穿越72：不当怨种男配 [Period novel transmigration] + [schemes and plotting] + [everyone is sharp] + [revenge served on the spot] + [the special space isn’t for farming, it’s for killing enemies] Revenge isn’t limited to killing your enemies. Ruin their reputations and make them infamous; make them wish they were dead. Do-gooders and the morally squeamish, enter at your own risk! The protagonist occasionally goes off the rails. There are no absolute heroes or villains; good and evil often depend on where you stand, a 6.6kReads8.3Score469Shelves
- 46 Period: A Carefree Little Life Starting with Going to the Countryside 年代：从下乡开始的自在小日子 After accidentally transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhou Yunhuai becomes an educated youth about to be sent to the countryside for a stint in the production brigades. But there's no need to worry. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, he might actually find country life more comfortable… 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 A Traveler in Years of Famine 荒年客 A survival epic about ordinary Chinese people. From rural China to the torrents of modern life, three generations of the Hou family are swept along by the tide of history. The grandparents put down roots in the land. Their values, admonitions, and “family scandals” form the family's original identity and its shackles. The parents struggle through a time of transition, inheriting heavy burdens while kindling a desire to change their fate. As someone born in the 1980s, I linger at the divide betwe 137Reads6.6Score105Shelves
- 48 Reborn in 1970: Divided from the Family from the Start 重生70，开局被分家 In the first half of his previous life, the protagonist lived recklessly and did every kind of evil, ending up with his family destroyed... In the second half, he worked hard and diligently. Just when he had finally managed to buy a house in the city, his nephew pulled out his feeding tube... Reborn just before the family split up, Chen Wein 7.6kReads8.2Score502Shelves
- 49 A Miracle Doctor from the Mountain Village 山村乡野神医 Scallop Village is a small coastal village. When the village men went out to gather seafood, an accident left several women widowed and their children orphaned. They make a living by selling scallops and abalone. During one of his own trips to gather seafood, Ye Feng finds a dragon pearl and falls into a coma for three years. He remains unconscious until Lin Xiangyu follows some advice and awakens him with a secret recipe. 7kReads8.4Score510Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: Starting by Pretending to Be a Scientist Returned from Abroad 四合院：从冒充归国科学家开始 [Siheyuan] [Cutting-Edge Technology] [National Rise] [Single Female Lead] [No Excessive Violence] A computer expert from the 21st century accidentally transmigrates into the world of Siheyuan in 1960. Looking at his home in Beiluoguxiang, Wang Zhenxing falls into deep thought. Something about this doesn't seem right. Build power plants, develop the steel industry and computers, and train talent for the country. Help the motherland soar. But some forces don't want him quietly focusing on people's 87Reads7.7Score—Shelves
