Novels like 1978: I Copy Books Just to Feed My Family
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- 151 Golden Eyes: King of Antiques and Gemstone Gambling 黄金瞳：鉴宝赌石王 [Stone gambling] [Rise to power] [Satisfying read] [Tycoon] [Bargain hunting] [Antique appraisal] [Face-slapping] Ye Fan’s life hits rock bottom: he loses his job, falls into debt, and gets abandoned. Then a fragment of a mysterious ancient jade streaks across his eyes. When he wakes, the whole world has changed. In the scrap yard, stones bloom with the radiance of Imperial Green wherever his fingers point. At ghost-market stalls, his sharp eyes reveal a genuine Tang dynasty Buddha hidden in a p 93Reads7.1Score3014d adds
- 152 Making My Fortune in the 1960s 六十年代之我发家致富了 Transmigrated to the 1960s, when even food and clothing are hard to come by? Su He says, “I'm not worried. I've been prepared for this.” What? She's transmigrated into a book set in the 1960s? Su He, a minor character, says, “No problem. I'll just stay on the sidelines and quietly make a fortune.” What? The original heroine wants to fleece her? Su He clutches her secret identity close and says, “I really only have this little bit. No one can find out my big secret.” (Author's disclaimer: This no 3.2kReads7.9Score19514d adds
- 153 Heavenly Eye: King of Stone Gambling 透视天眼：赌石王 [Jade gambling] [Power fantasy] In a single night, his family was ruined, his company went bankrupt, and his father died with a grudge in his heart. He fell from the heights of success and became a lowly apprentice in the jade market, struggling amid endless mockery and despair. Then the jade pendant passed down through his family merged with his eye, unexpectedly granting him the power to see through everything and discern the glow of treasures! From then on, no flawed jade or hidden treasure c 793Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 154 Reborn in the 1970s: Uncle Silly San Is No Longer Silly 重生七零：傻三叔不傻了 [1970s setting + spatial storage + male protagonist’s perspective + Northeast China’s heated kang lifestyle + cozy farming story] Liu Tiezhu spent his whole life doing hard labor for his older brother’s family, only to end up drugged to death and dumped in a mass grave. Given another life, he’ll use the supernatural arts heaven granted him to stand on his own two feet, find the woman who has been longing for him, and live the rest of his life well. 4.1kReads8.9Score30414d adds
- 155 After the Breakup, I Strike It Rich with Jade, and My Ex-Girlfriend Regrets It 分手后，赌石暴富，前女友后悔 [No System + Stone Gambling + Beautiful Women + X-Ray Vision + Tycoon + Bargain Hunting + Everyday Life + Underdog's Rise] After Lin Fan's girlfriend cheated on him with a rich heir, he was left heartbroken. Then a car hit him, and he unexpectedly gained X-ray vision. Without hesitation, he went straight to the rich heir to get revenge. “You stole my girlfriend, so I guess your sister is fair game. She's pretty cute!” 138Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 156 Jade Betting: Wealth and Desire 赌石：财与色 [X-ray vision + beautiful women + stone gambling + antique appraisal + tomb raiding + an ordinary man’s rise] Zhang Tao is an apprentice at an antique shop. While accompanying his beautiful boss to meet a client, he sees the client try to get her drunk. Zhang Tao risks his life to save her, only to be beaten half to death. At the critical moment, he awakens X-ray vision. From then on, he takes the world by storm, gaining both wealth and beautiful women! 310Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 Stone Gambling: Fortune, Power, and Beauty 赌石：权色双收 [No x-ray vision + pure stone gambling + pure antique appraisal] Li Wei saves a stunning beauty from a car accident, only to discover that she is Liu Yufei, owner of an antique shop in Panjiayuan. Liu Yufei was deliberately run off the road by Li Xiao, her business partner and best friend, who wants to take all the shop's shares for herself. After Li Wei saves her, Liu Yufei teaches him how to appraise antiques and gamble on jade stones. Before long, he has mastered both, making his name and win 271Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 158 The 1970s: A Man Who Transmigrated Into a Book Falls in Love with a Young Educated Woman! 七零：穿书男和女知青恋爱了！ From the heroine's perspective: Lin Jiajia was framed by a friend and put on a special train carrying educated youths to the Northeast. The moment she got on, she ran into a pervert who wouldn't stop staring at her. Lin Jiajia glared fiercely at him once, and from then on, she spent her life in the countryside glaring at people nonstop. From the hero's perspective: Ye Yunzhou was a man who had transmigrated into a book. The first time he met the heroine, he just kept staring at her. After gettin 3.9kReads9.0Score32714d adds
- 159 Divine Truth-Eye: You Don’t Know the Joy of Mining for Treasure 神级真眼：挖矿寻宝的快乐你不懂 Poor Zhao An unexpectedly acquires the Eye of Truth, just like the true sight in a certain game. Once he plants it, he can see through every hidden thing and every illusion in the world. So what are they waiting for? Buy lottery tickets, gamble on jade, start companies, dig for gold and gemstones, and uncover all the secret treasures buried across the planet... Zhao An shouts, “It’s mine, it’s mine, it’s all mine!” “What? King Solomon’s treasure, ranked number one in the Western world? Hand it o 8.2kReads8.8Score61914d adds
- 160 The Red Fog Apartment Complex: A Rule Horror Story 红雾小区规则怪谈 Red Mist Residential Complex: Rules of the Strange Tales —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 I Took in a Female Disciple Who Has a Born Daoist Physique 收个女徒是先天道体 Take a Female Disciple, and She Turns Out to Have an Innate Daoist Constitution —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Siheyuan: Cao Yi, a Good Man 四合院之曹义好人 Reborn in a parallel world of courtyard houses, with the resort from his previous life in tow. He may not have a System, but his pocket dimension is powerful, bringing cutting-edge technology from 2024 to this world. The protagonist can be a little too kind, yet he is also decisive and ruthless, making him a complicated character. In short, he's an ordinary person who lives as he pleases in any given situation. There's one female lead, and later on he'll flee to Hong Kong. 393Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 163 At Middle Age, I Turn My Life Around with Jade and Become the World's Richest Man 人到中年，赌石翻身成世界首富 [Stone gambling + bargain hunting + X-ray vision + tycoon + everyday life + feel-good story + underdog comeback] After his divorce, Lin Fan awakens the ability to see through things and sets his sights on the stone gambling market. With precision, he makes his moves, and the jade he cuts out shocks the industry. Wealth, status, and beautiful women come flocking, leaving his former wife, who once betrayed him, far behind. 314Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 164 Treasure-Hunting Livestream: Everywhere I Look, I See Hidden Treasures 直播捡漏：我眼中到处是宝藏 A sudden accident leaves Xiao Ran in an impossible predicament, but also grants him an unbelievable superpower. With this miraculous ability, Xiao Ran sets out on an extraordinary treasure-hunting adventure in a foreign land, finding hidden bargains along the way. This book is also known as "Live-Streaming Treasure Finds: Clearing Out the West's Wealth", "Finding a Bargain Feels Great, and Finding Bargains Forever Feels Even Better", "Scammed by Americans: My Revenge with X-Ray Vision", "Live-St 41.9kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 165 The Red Moon Orphanage: A Rule Horror Story 红月孤儿院，规则怪谈 Red Moon Orphanage: Rules of the Haunted —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 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
- 167 Period: Riding the Wind to Rise in 1976 年代：1976乘风而起 1976: The northern Bear is at the height of its power. 1976: The Western beacon struggles in the quagmire of stagflation. 1976: In the glow of the fiery red era, dawn begins to break for us... 21.6kReads8.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 168 Gambling on Jade: Winning Over the Underworld’s Queen 赌石：从征服黑道女大佬开始 [Stone gambling + treasure appraisal + X-ray vision + divorce + an underdog's comeback + regret + underworld + beauties] His ex-wife took it upon herself to give her younger brother all the savings they'd spent five years building up. Furious, Zhao Yu divorced her on the spot. Then he was hit by a car while crossing the road and gained X-ray vision. From then on, he went from rags to riches and soared to the top! [This is a feel-good comeback story. If it doesn't satisfy you, come tell me off in 41Reads6.5Score10914d adds
- 169 Folklore: The Five Ghosts Carrying Wealth 民间奇闻，五鬼运财 Folklore Oddities: The Five Ghosts Carrying Wealth 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Reborn Campus Belle Is Not to Be Messed With 重生校花不好惹 The Reborn School Belle Is Not to Be Trifled With —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 Transmigrate to the Famine Years: The Everyday Life of a Background Character 穿越饥荒之路人甲的生活日常 [Caution: This is not wish-fulfillment. The characters are all flawed. The tone is dark and realistic, and the setting is an alternate fictional world. Much of the content is invented, so read with care if that bothers you.] [Historical era + Transmigrating into a book + Politics] She transmigrates into a scrawny child during a famine. By the time Xu Lele struggles through childhood and her life starts getting better, you tell her this is a sweet romance about a transmigrator sent to the country 6.3kReads7.4Score24214d adds
- 172 Reborn in 1956: Starting Out as a Factory Doctor 重生1956从厂医开始 The timeline is 1956, and I have a System? I get a goddess for a wife from the start? I can earn all kinds of supplies by studying, treating illnesses, and taking disciples? I have thirty thousand personal disciples and three hundred thousand grand-disciples. Who has the final say in China's medical world? You say this isn't scientific? We have already transmigrated and have a System at our side, and you want to talk to me about science? 445Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 173 A Fisherman Across Time and Space: A Blood-Soaked Fight Against Japan 钓者跨时空：浴血抗日行 In a parallel world, in Heishui Town, Hanjing City, a false nation on the Dark Star, Zhou Jianhua accidentally discovers a time machine created by the previous civilization in its final days in an attempt to save the world. The time machine can take him to worlds from the past, but it cannot reach the future. Inside the machine, Zhou Jianhua obtains the Repentance Fishing Boat, which can be upgraded. The Confession Time Machine itself can also be upgraded, and he can travel through time three ti 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 I Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing Scrap Collector and Rose to Become the Supreme Lord of Myriad Realms 穿越成捡破烂的废柴，逆袭为万界尊主 Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing Scavenger, He Rises to Become the Supreme Lord of All Worlds —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 This Campus Belle Can Tell Fortunes 这个校花会占卜 This School Belle Can Tell Fortunes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Campus Belle’s Ancient Thunder Beast 校花的上古雷兽 The School Belle’s Ancient Thunder Beast —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 Sophora Blossom and the Tough Guy 槐花和糙汉 Locust Blossoms and a Rugged Man —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 The 1970s: You Have Space, So Why Not Hunt and Trade? 70年代：有空间你不打猎倒卖？ [Travel between two worlds ➕ resell supplies ➕ raise hunting dogs ➕ hunt ➕ raise wild animals ➕ fish for rare giant fish ➕ build a wellness resort ➕ bring technical documents for missiles, aircraft carriers, and fighter jets, along with high-yield hybrid seeds, to the 1970s and 1980s] He transmigrates to 1977, an era when guns and hunting are unrestricted and wild animals are unprotected. Yang Guangshu, fifteen Chinese hunting dogs, Tibetan Mastiffs, Xiasi dogs, and East Sichuan hunting dogs, pl 24.6kReads8.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 179 Reborn in the Sixties: I Use My Space to Face-Slap My Way to Fortune 重生六零：我带着空间打脸暴富 [Feel-good story, no saintly heroine, lighthearted, scum-bashing, educated youth sent to the countryside, alternate setting, ruthless and cool apocalypse queen x gentle-looking but ruthless little wolf] Feng Lingyu, a max-level ability user in the apocalypse, chose to die alongside the Zombie King to save humanity. Reborn in an instant, she wakes up in the body of a young woman who has lost her parents in the past. What? Food is scarce in this era and everyone has to tighten their belts? Just wa 13.2kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 180 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Choose to Collect Scrap 四合院： 开局选择收破烂 After transmigrating to the world of The Full Courtyard, how can one live better in this era of scarce supplies? Jia Ping inherits his uncle’s estate and activates a System called Turning Trash into Treasure. As long as any scrap meets the requirements, he can easily restore it. So what’s he waiting for? He’ll trade his job at a state-owned factory for a position at a recycling station. This place is full of things he can restore. This is a courtyard story that doesn’t follow the original plot. 17.1kReads8.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 181 Siheyuan: I Am Yan Jiecheng 四合院：我是阎解成 [One Female Lead] [Everyday Slice of Life] [Not a Feel-Good Story] After transmigrating, Yan Jiecheng becomes a resident of the courtyard compound. He attends technical school, becomes a technician, then joins the Ministry of Industry as an official. Riding the tide of the times, he rises to become a senior leader and helps revitalize the country's industry. (The courtyard compound won't feature much. The story will focus on technology and the political world!) 43Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 182 Tales from an Old Hutong in Northeast China in the 1970s 七十年代东北老胡同里的故事 After struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Hua Qianyue died unexpectedly, only to encounter a blunder caused by a careless underworld official in the afterlife. After a tense negotiation, she failed to return to her body in the apocalypse. Instead, she arrived in a bustling old alley in Northeast China in 1968, carrying her personal space, healing abilities, and the medical legacy of Hua Tuo and the Qing Nang Jing, which the underworld had given her as compensation. She had become an insigni 18.1kReads6.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 183 Finding Treasures in Republican-Era China: From the Start, a Millionfold Profit 我在民国捡漏，开局百万倍利润 Cao Zijian obtains a dual-world travel System. He can travel back and forth between the Republic of China era and the modern world. Using his knowledge of antiques, Cao Zijian makes one incredible find after another in the Republic of China era. Countless dazzling cultural relics are brought by Cao Zijian back to the modern world. Among them are priceless treasures lost to the passage of history, such as Wu Daozi's The Emperor Ming Receiving the Seal, Wang Xizhi's Letter on Looking at the Scener 19.1kReads8.6Score1.6k14d adds
- 184 1974: The White Moonlight's Simp? No, No, No! 1974：白月光的舔狗？退退退 [Short drama released] [Animated series released] In his previous life, Zhou Liwei spent his whole life acting like a lovesick puppy for the woman he adored. A lovesick puppy gets nothing in return. That was the truth of Zhou Liwei’s past life. He gave her all his money, took the blame for her, and ended up behind bars... He spent nearly twenty years in prison, never once visited by the woman he loved. Instead, her man came to mock him by revealing the truth. “The boy isn’t yours. Thanks for bei 13kReads8.9Score1.1k14d adds
- 185 Siheyuan: I’ll Hold This Family Together! 四合院：我要扛起这个家！ After watching the TV series about the courtyard house, Chen Zhixing opens his eyes in a courtyard in 1965. From the start, his father is gone, his mother is ill, and he has a younger sister in middle school. Chen Zhixing has to shoulder the burden of supporting the family. 7.1kReads7.6Score29414d adds
- 186 Period: The Day My Mother Returned to the City, I Chose to Go Up the Mountain 年代：母亲返城当天，我选择上山 [Fateful Choices | Resilience and Survival | Coming of Age in a Turbulent Era | The Pain of Family] The very day modern man Chen Jun's soul transmigrates into the countryside of the 1970s, he learns that his biological mother is returning to the city! This is not a story about complaining! The winds of an era swept away a generation's youth, but there are always people who manage to grow wheat in the cracks! 28.5kReads8.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 187 I'm Liu Dashao, Living in a Siheyuan 人在四合院，我是刘大少 He transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan, becoming Liu Guangqi, the eldest son of the Liu family. All he wanted was to shut the door and enjoy a peaceful life of his own, with a wife and children gathered around the warm kang. But too many people refused to behave. Liu Guangqi: “Let me make this clear: the Jia family’s lack of descendants has nothing to do with me!” 3.7kReads8.0Score12114d adds
- 188 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 394Reads7.4Score9114d adds
- 189 Siheyuan: I Just Woke Up and They Want Me to Transfer to Civilian Work 四合院：刚醒就让我转业 Luo Xingchen, a special forces king in the 21st century, is killed in an ambush while saving hostages. His soul travels back fifty years and enters the body of a 20-year-old veteran company commander in Beijing. After years of combat, his body is badly injured and his physical abilities have severely declined, so his superiors order him to leave the military. On his very first day after leaving the service, his former commander arranges a blind date for him. The house he's assigned turns out to 12.9kReads8.4Score37514d adds
- 190 I Took an Apprentice from the Start, and She's the Female Emperor 开局收徒是女帝 From the Start, My Disciple Is the Empress 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 I Gain the Water God's Inheritance, and Fishing Is No Longer Hard 莸得水神传承，钓鱼不再难 Nan Canghai had his achievements stolen and was fired from his job, so he went out for a walk to clear his head. Caught in a sudden downpour, he happened upon an old, dilapidated Water God Temple by the river. Curious, Nan Canghai ducked inside to take shelter and look around. By a stroke of fate, he merged with the remnant soul of an ancient Water God. Not only did he inherit the Water God's legacy, he also obtained a treasure that controlled water: the Black Tortoise Banner, one of the Four Di 752Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 192 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 990Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 193 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
- 194 Transmigrated to 1960, I Start with Eight Calabash Brothers 穿越60的我开局带八个葫芦娃 [Period Setting] + [Spatial Storage] + [Lighthearted] + [Single Heroine] + [Decisive and Ruthless] He transmigrates to the 1960s. While other transmigrators arrive with both parents, grandparents, and siblings around, Yang Zhiyuan finds himself fleeing famine. And he has eight kids to look after. From the start, he nearly starves to death. Other people start with a bowl and end up with a noose. He starts with a jar and ends up with eight Calabash Brothers and a noose. See how Yang Zhiyuan manage 5.2kReads7.9Score25614d adds
- 195 Luxury Goods Counterfeiter: From the Start, I Have Fake Socialites Wrapped Around My Finger 奢侈品贩子复制，开局拿捏假名媛 Liu Jin and his uncle run a luxury goods resale shop in Hangcheng, with Liu Jin as the new shop owner. His everyday customers include music teachers, beautiful internet celebrities, fake socialites, wealthy men, and wealthy women. He awakens a Replication System. Whenever a deal goes through, he can duplicate luxury goods and antiques! "Jin, could you raise the offer a little? I really need the money. Just add two thousand!" Faced with the music teacher's coaxing, Liu Jin is unmoved. "It's not e 16.4kReads8.1Score13.9k14d adds
- 196 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score10314d adds
- 197 Transmigrate to the 1970s with a Port Warehouse 带着港口仓库穿越七零 Shen Jinran transmigrates to the 1970s. What? The famine years are hard to get through? Don’t worry, don’t worry. She has a golden finger, countless shipping containers at her disposal, and a warehouse stocked with 36,000 square meters’ worth of supplies. What? Her family is full of awful people, and they’re the contrast to the female lead’s family? Impossible, impossible. She’ll let her family shine on their own. She swears she’ll stay out of the male and female leads’ affairs. What? She should 10.5kReads9.2Score1k14d adds
- 198 The Capitalist's Daughter Takes Her Vast Fortune to the Countryside to Join the Army 资本家小姐携巨额家产下乡随军 [A stone-faced military officer with bulging muscles and a complicated mind VS a delicate, radiant heiress from a wealthy family] [Military Marriage] [Light Sci-Fi] [Sweet Romance] [Easy, Satisfying Read] [Light Fantasy] [Goofy Robot] [Combat Pet] [Cards] [Lightning Powers] A word of warning: The heroine talks about keeping a low profile, but doesn’t act like it. If she has a golden finger, she’ll use it. Leng Yunhuan had just won the Grand Slam for Best Actress when she stayed up late playing a 10.1kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds
- 199 Back to 1978 重返1978 Jiang Xiaobai, a university graduate with a degree in economics, was reborn and witnessed the arrival of a new era with his own eyes. It surged forward with unstoppable force, as all things grew unchecked, dust and dawn rose together, rivers converged into mighty streams, and nameless hills rose into towering peaks. For a time, the world stretched boundlessly wide... 2kReads8.8Score21514d adds
- 200 Reborn as a Cow: Ruling the Dark Planet 重生成牛：称霸黑暗星球 Ye Daniu transmigrated and was reborn in the body of an African buffalo that had just been killed by a lion. Using human intelligence, he killed the lion and became the King of the Buffaloes. From then on, the African buffaloes began practicing martial arts and forming battle formations, wiping out prides of lions and packs of wolves. They exterminated the hyenas, unified the grasslands, and became its overlords. When the apocalypse arrived, the King of the Buffaloes led herds of buffaloes, zebr 144Reads—Score—14d adds
