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- 101 A Recent Graduate's Daily Struggle After Being Assigned to the 1960s 应届牲被调剂到六零的奋斗日常 [Daily Life + A Little Golden Finger + Hard Work + Two Male Leads] Wen Yanshi was a lowly fresh graduate trying to juggle civil service exams, public-sector job exams, and graduate school entrance exams. After staying up all night and dying suddenly, he was reborn in 1955, but his memories were hazy. At six, he fell out of a tree and hit his head, awakening his memories of his past life. Born in an era where you couldn't lie flat, Wen Yanshi works hard at his studies in pursuit of his dreams. So 1.3kReads8.8Score11614d adds
- 102 My Ring Is a Gold-Eating Beast 我的戒指是吞金兽 Writing a story that feels realistic and believable is the author's greatest goal. To that end, the author would rather have less wish fulfillment and more “poisonous plot points.” Zhou Huan accidentally obtained a magical storage ring. One day, he discovered that the ring could devour gold and turn it into space. It could also take the protagonist to the worlds of movies. This is not a quick transmigration novel. Everything is done by hand. 9kReads6.0Score56214d adds
- 103 Reborn in 1976: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity 重生76，带领全村吃肉奔小康 Li Xiangdong lived in wealth until the age of sixty, surrounded by children and grandchildren, only for his wife to send him to his death with two horns on his head. When he opens his eyes, he’s back at fourteen. Since he’s been given another chance, he’ll make up for every regret, one by one. His fourth sister, forced into a marriage swap; his third sister, who died young; his younger brother, raised to be good for nothing; and his mother, oppressed by her mother-in-law her whole life. Li Xiang 1.5kReads8.6Score12014d adds
- 104 Returning to the Ten Thousand Paths of Guizang 归藏万途 When he crawled out of a pile of corpses, he was clutching a piece of jade. Ten years later, every faction in the Western Continent would kill for it. The day his master faked his death, he told him to deliver a hard, unyielding fruit to Lingxu Palace within two years. And never take off the jade he had worn since childhood. He thought that was all there was to it. No one told him what the jade was. He thought it was a treasure that could suppress the Ruins, a key to seize power, or a life-savin 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Transmigrating to the 1970s, I Lie Flat! 穿越七零我躺平了！ A 48-year-old man who’d chosen to lie flat transmigrates into the body of 18-year-old Li Changshun! He becomes one of the sent-down youths heading to the countryside in 1973. In Kaoshan Tun Brigade, Dongfang Commune, Dong’an County, Danjiang City, he lies in bed, keeping a low profile as he waits for the new era to arrive. (This is simply a story about the ordinary life of a sent-down youth. The writing is unassuming, and the plot moves at a fairly slow pace. It’s steeped in everyday life, not a 62.6kReads7.0Score4.9k14d adds
- 106 Reborn: From the Start, I Can Hear the Young Intellectual’s Inner Thoughts 重生，开局就偷听女知青心声 [The rating just came out and will keep rising!] [Period rebirth, farming, pure romance, slow-paced and not violent] If you like this kind of story, come take a look! If you don't, head on over to Tomato Book City, where plenty of great books are waiting for you! Su Yun is reborn in 1974 as an educated youth sent to the countryside. From the start, the educated youths' dormitory collapses, so he has no choice but to board with a local family. By chance, he ends up under the same roof as Lin Qing 1.6kReads6.2Score—14d adds
- 107 Listen, Let Me Explain! I'm Really Not a Fetishist! 你们听我解释，我真不是恋物癖！ [Lovecraftian Supernatural] [Not Mindless] [No Repetitive Plot Loops] [No Formulaic Writing] One day, Li Yi opened a door and stepped into a strange world. The good news: supernatural beings exist here! The bad news: the supernatural is seriously messed up! What do you mean, you were stumped, so you opened your skull and reached inside to feel around? What do you mean, studying was too hard, so you tore pages out of a book and ate them? Oh... you're digesting knowledge. Friend, you just farted o 64.2kReads8.6Score10.1k14d adds
- 108 Beneath a Cruel World 恶世之下 Vicious ghosts run rampant, humans and ghosts coexist, and rules become deadly traps... See through the rules, use ghosts to fight ghosts, banish the supernatural, but never underestimate the human heart... The ghosts in this book follow fixed patterns when they kill. Some humanoid ghosts retain the consciousness of the living. It follows the rule that only ghosts can deal with ghosts. Ghosts can be killed, but it's very difficult to kill them... The Headquarters in this book is the most righteo 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 109 My Heaven-Defying Kidney-Tonifying System 我的逆天补肾系统 Han Gao's life hit rock bottom. His marriage was over, and so was his dignity. Just then, a mysterious delivery arrived at his door: an unremarkable thermos. From that moment on, he began quietly growing stronger... 1.5kReads6.3Score10014d adds
- 110 In the 1960s, I Took My Little Sister to the Countryside 人在六零，携妹下乡 Han Mingyu, from the twenty-first century, died... Liu Yuzhu, from the 1960s, died and came back to life... With a stepmother came a cruel father, and Liu Yuzhu’s life was a living hell... A hellish start, but thankfully, he has the transmigration essential: a golden finger, the Happy Farm System. 40.2kReads7.8Score2.1k14d adds
- 111 The Ward Boss Only Wants to Serve the People 坊主大人只想为民服务 Other people cultivate immortality by meditating, refining qi, and slaying demons for their treasures. Ye Guanqing cultivates by fixing public toilets, handing out coupons, and teaching the Eight Brocades. After failing the civil service exam five years in a row in his previous life, he transmigrated and was promptly parachuted in as the head of the shabbiest market town on the Canglan Continent. Faced with a Grade D market town on the verge of closure, dozens of freeloading rogue cultivators, a 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Tycoon Game: The Beautiful CEO Chose Me 富豪游戏：美女总裁选中我 Yang Li was chosen by a beautiful CEO, given ten million, and invited to take part in a life-or-death game. Six players, each with ten million. After one year, whoever has the most assets gets to live. 109Reads—Score414d adds
- 113 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... 21.9kReads8.0Score1.8k14d adds
- 114 Siheyuan: From Hong Kong Island Hoodlum to Patriotic Tycoon 四合院：从港岛混混到爱国大亨 New title: 1950: I Use Smuggling to Support the New China. A period novel, not a Siheyuan story. [No System] + [Not a Saint] + [Multiple Film and TV Worlds] + [Please Don't Mix Up the Characters or Timelines] + [Period Novel] + [Building a Powerful Nation Through Technology] My soul lands in the body of a minor gang boss in 1950 Hong Kong. From the start, I have Kowloon Walled City, and I use smuggling to funnel resources to my homeland! From a low-level gang boss anyone could bully to a red tyc 3.9kReads8.4Score40414d adds
- 115 San Biaozi 三彪子 In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 751Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复 [Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or 2.5kReads9.5Score36214d adds
- 117 The Courtyard's Rebellious Son 大院逆子 This is not a hero's story. It's the story of someone who is alive, living on behalf of those who died. Military life, the Sino-Vietnamese War of Self-Defense and Counterattack, reconnaissance soldiers, brotherhood, father-son bonds, a bygone era, growing up, passion, heartbreak, and tears. 94.3kReads7.6Score6.5k14d adds
- 118 I Transmigrated Into a Book Set in 1974, and Got a Wife from the Start 穿书1974，开局送老婆 Li Shuyang inexplicably finds himself in a strange new world. Before he can figure out what’s going on, he’s forced to split up the family. Once he gets the story, he realizes he has transmigrated into a book. At first, he’s terribly disappointed with life here, but then he discovers he’s been given a wife. For a lifelong bachelor in his thirties, that’s an offer he simply can’t refuse. 7.1kReads8.9Score30414d adds
- 119 Left Behind in the Great Northern Wilderness 留守北大荒 Zhang Hongqi was framed and nearly sentenced to prison for profiteering, but fortunately, a benefactor came to his aid. However, he was still disciplined and was about to be sent to a settlement for educated youth, then returned to the city. Zhang Hongqi faced two choices: return to the city with a disciplinary record, where people would look down on him and his family would suffer for it, or settle in the Great Northern Wilderness and give up his status as an educated youth for good. 86.7kReads8.5Score6.8k14d adds
- 120 1960: Taking Life Easy 年代1960：生活过的悠哉悠哉 A heatstroke while planting rice, then a sudden transmigration. With a space in tow, how can you get by in these difficult times? Find a job and marry a wife. Grow crops, raise fish, go hunting: life is a joy. [Everything in this book is fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] 5.5kReads8.3Score30814d adds
- 121 A Happy Life of Farming 快乐的种田生活 A new story is here: [Transmigration] [Farming] [Urban] [System] [Cultivation]. A top special forces soldier from 2024 transmigrates back to 1959 with a System. Watch Lin Hao use it to plan every move, cultivating while making money. My storage space is huge. Is it really too much to ask to collect an aircraft carrier? Is it too much to ask to go on a free shopping spree overseas? Is it too much to ask for a farm in my System space? Or to raise livestock on it? Is it too much to ask to cultivate 7.9kReads8.5Score71114d adds
- 122 Life in Northeast China in the 1950s and 60s: From Mountains to Seas 五，六十年代我在东北上山下海 After transmigrating to the northeastern countryside of the 1950s and ’60s, he climbs mountains and explores the seas. He witnesses history unfold and experiences life in the revolutionary era. There’s warmth, comedy, tears, and heartbreak. 90Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 123 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score21314d adds
- 124 A Soviet Civil Servant 苏俄公务员 He woke up to find himself transmigrated to Soviet Russia in 1918. That year, the flames of revolution wavered in the cold wind. Abroad, enemies watched hungrily as one war after another loomed on the horizon. At home, factional infighting was just beginning to take shape. Disputes over policy and the economy had not faded with the pressure exerted by foreign enemies, and for the first time, the question of succession was on the table. “Why is everyone looking at me?” In the Moscow Assembly Hall 83.3kReads8.8Score8.8k14d adds
- 125 I Take Trillions of Netizens Back to the Eighties to Rebuild the Nation’s Heavy Industry 带万亿网友回八零，重铸大国重工 [Industrial powerhouse + period setting + livestreaming + no heroine] After transmigrating to the Great Northwest in 1980, Lin Xi didn’t want to spend his life as a mere draftsman. When Mr. Qian tried to recruit him, he replied with astonishing boldness: “I’m not going to the design office. I want to make money at the labor services company!” He knew that without money, wind tunnels would shut down, projects would be cut, and the nation’s master craftsmen wouldn’t even be able to afford a new pa 66.3kReads9.2Score8.9k14d adds
- 126 After Moving to the Countryside, I Became the Village's Favorite 下乡后，我成了村里的香饽饽 [Period drama + educated youth + System + hunting + one female lead] Chen Xiangyang was delivering takeout when an ambulance struck him outside a funeral home, causing him to transmigrate several decades into the Red Era. In the 1970s, his father, Chen Zhicheng, had just been promoted to deputy director, and one of the children in the family had to be sent to the countryside. His stepmother, Su Ahong, claimed it would “jeopardize his father’s future” and demanded that her 17-year-old stepson, Ch 33kReads8.5Score2.2k14d adds
- 127 You Hoard Grain While They Starve, and My System Is Awesome 你们闹荒我囤粮，我的系统就是牛 [Secret Identities] [Low Aggression] [Comedy] [Period Setting] [System] [Male Lead] [Transmigration] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Easygoing] [Black Technology] [Stirring Up Trouble] I was reborn in the 1960s or 70s, with no food and no clothes. Luckily, I have a critical-hit System. Congratulations, Host, you've drawn a chicken drumstick. Critical hit: 100 times. Reward: 100 chicken drumsticks. Oh, finally, I've got something to eat... After eating my fill, I even have to help the country rise to 29.3kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 128 Period: I Built a Fake Immortal's Retreat at the Foot of the Mountains 年代：我在大山脚下修了个假仙 [1980s; glitchy System; reborn into a history gone wrong; married to the wrong woman; multiple heroines; rural romance; getting rich; hunting in the mountains] Reborn in 1981, during the era when educated youths were sent to the countryside, Xu Cheng'an discovers that heaven has played two cruel jokes on him. First, history has inexplicably changed. In this life, he is engaged to his former sister-in-law, Shi Qiuning! No way! The woman I love is her older sister, Shi Qingqing! Second, a System h 12kReads8.4Score1k14d adds
- 129 A Chef at the Machine Repair Factory in the Sixties 六十年代，我在机修厂当厨师 [Sweet Romance + Simple, Peaceful Life + One Heroine + Heartwarming] Is this the world of Man Is Iron, Food Is Steel? Sorry, Cui Dake, Ding Qiunan is mine. If they won't make her a permanent employee, I'll help her get the job. I'll find a solution for her parents' work too. If she wants to take the stage, I'll make it happen. Want to go to college? We'll go straight to graduate school. What can I say? I just love spoiling my wife. 2.5kReads8.1Score10714d adds
- 130 My Uncle Dies from the Start, and I Get This Great Deal? 开局死大爷，还有这好事 On the surface, he is the young owner of a traditional Chinese medicine therapy clinic. In truth, he is a cultivator who has chosen to live in obscurity among ordinary people. If a hospital can treat it, I can treat it. If a hospital can’t, I can still treat it. As long as you aren’t meant to die, I can keep you alive. If you’ve found your way to me, it means you can still be saved. So tell me, what did you do this time? Feng shui can help someone rise to great heights, or leave them plagued by 241Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Transmigrating to 1975 with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间穿越1975 A new story is out! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 5.3kReads7.2Score34214d adds
- 132 Reborn in '93: An Old Man's Youthful Ride on the Tides 九三重生：老朽少年踏浪潮 [Reborn] [Urban Farming] [Soul Transmigration] [Making Money] [Stock Trading] [Urban] [Transmigration] [One Heroine] On July 9, 2026, 64-year-old Di Lei unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1993 while playing mahjong. Drawing on his life experience, he starts over and writes a new chapter in his life. This novel is written in a rough, down-to-earth style. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Reborn in 1979 重活1979 Back in 1979, when everyone else was chasing money, Fang Yuan decided to slow everything down and enjoy time with his family. He caught eels, gathered wild ginseng, earned work points with the production team during busy seasons, and went hunting and foraging in the mountains during the off-season. He doted on his wife and teased his daughter and son. Life was blissfully carefree. 385Reads9.1Score13714d adds
- 134 The 1970s: In Debt by Morning, Winning Big with the System by Night 七零：上午欠债，晚上绑系统躺赢 [Alternate History Setting, Daily Life, Slow Burn, Ordinary Male Lead, Poor Health, Has a Golden Finger but Won’t Become Invincible] With a bang, Wang Siming transmigrated! He opened his eyes in the 1970s, having become Wang Siming, who’d been swindled while looking for a job and lost the family’s entire savings of 300 yuan! His whole family had been eagerly counting on him to become a worker so they could enjoy the good life with him, and now he was saddled with a sudden debt of 300 yuan. He wa 7.5kReads8.3Score64214d adds
- 135 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Snatched the Prodigies' Immortal Ascension Spots 灵气复苏：天骄成仙名额被我截胡 [Tomato Original] [Rags to Riches] [Spiritual Qi Revival] [Longevity Through Caution] [Alternate History] [Handcrafted Details] [Ordinary Protagonist] [Positive Energy] [Xianxia Fantasy] Not a modern urban high-martial-arts story! A true alternate-history setting with an ordinary protagonist. No System, and a slow pace. Readers looking for a quick fix should proceed with caution; seasoned readers, come on in. The dynasty's fleets have established a maritime Silk Road. And just then, spiritual qi 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 On My Brother's Wedding Day, Mom Told Me to Vacate the Master Bedroom 哥哥结婚那天，我妈让我把主卧腾出来 On the Day My Brother Got Married, Mom Told Me to Give Up the Master Bedroom 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Era-Novel Heroine and the Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character's Comeback 年代女主文，炮灰男配的逆袭 [Male Lead Transmigrates into a Book]+ [Female Lead Reborn]; [Period]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [No Stupid Decisions]; [Male Lead System]+ [Female Lead Pocket Dimension] He transmigrates into the female lead's Period novel, becoming a disposable supporting character who is about to be reduced to ashes by her. Chu Yunsheng promptly marries into the female lead's family, winning over the Chosen 4kReads8.7Score31814d adds
- 138 After Dumping the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 抛弃供她上四年大学的男朋友之后 After She Dumped the Boyfriend Who Put Her Through Four Years of College 171Reads—Score214d adds
- 139 I Gave It All My Life, Yet He Was Never in My World 倾尽余生，山河无他 The day Xie Linyuan returned to the capital, willow catkins drifted through the city like a heavy snowfall. He had won the battle, yet knelt to receive the imperial decree. The decree read: “Atone for your crimes through meritorious service.” The court officials accused him of building up his own power, while the common folk called him a traitor. The blood he coughed up was always wiped silently into his sleeve. No one knew that the entire Xie family had been framed, and that he had guarded the 1.8kReads—Score10114d adds
- 140 Reborn in 1960 重生1960 Xie Mian got incredibly lucky and acquired a space. As a fan of apocalypse movies, he woke from a long dream in a panic and swiftly sold all his assets, buying enough supplies to stock ten large supermarkets in preparation for the apocalypse. Unexpectedly, the apocalypse never came. Instead, he found himself in the 1960s. As if going hungry and lacking warm clothes weren't bad enough, he had ended up inside a period novel. In the book, he was a doomed cannon-fodder character who went out of his 2.1kReads8.4Score12414d adds
- 141 Reborn in 1985: A Young Man with a Bright Future 重生1985，少年大有可为 At forty, Shen Mo returned to 1985. The child of educated youths sent to southern Yunnan, he was left behind when his parents returned to Shanghai and divorced. “Dad has a home, Mom has a home, and I'm left all by myself. Am I just in the way...” The lyrics from a TV drama he'd once watched had become his own life. Shen Mo was now an unwanted burden, unloved by both grandmothers, but he still had his second uncle. “Xiao Mo, the city registration fee is nearly four hundred yuan, but your second u 186.9kReads8.6Score16.6k14d adds
- 142 Entering Demonhood Takes Luck, Cultivating Immortality Takes Connections 入魔靠运气修仙凭关系 Hold fast to your original aspiration, and you can see things through. It is easy to find your original aspiration, but hard to hold on to it. The story's beginning was surprisingly mundane. How could a life like that come after it? What should I say? First of all, I will finish writing this. Also, it's handwritten, with no AI. It's a little rough, but I still hope readers will enjoy it. 179Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 143 Hunting in the Mountains in the 1970s: My Divine Hound Rules the Deep Mountains 七零猎山，我带神犬镇深山 The 1970s: A Mountain Hunter and His Dogs Transmigrate? Reborn? A System? None of that! This is a story purely about survival. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China in the 1970s, supplies are scarce and snowstorms cut like knives. He is just a down-and-out stranger from another place, swept by the tide of the times into this vast sea of forest. In his hands is an old rifle polished to a shine; by his side are several hunting dogs who will follow him through life and death. He lives off 3kReads6.3Score25014d adds
- 144 Rebooting 1986 重启1986 Suddenly reborn in 1986, veteran ladies' man Wu Jiangshan slammed on the brakes in time beneath the covers, preventing the tragedy from happening again. Looking at his first love, stripped down to a little white lamb, Wu Jiangshan ground his teeth in secret. Since he had the chance to live a second life, he was determined to take a different path, all so that one day he could bring the whole pot of meat home! 348Reads9.0Score11314d adds
- 145 The 1970s: Someone Switched My Rural Posting Location 70年代：我被人调换了下乡地点 (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + villain reborn + laid-back life + light System elements + wish fulfillment + everyday family life) After transmigrating into a book, Wu Xuan, who had spent his previous life as a workhorse, wanted nothing more than a cozy life with a wife and children. But with a reborn villain, a suffocating family of origin, and scheming educated youths around him, Wu Xuan was forced to start outmaneuvering them. 14.8kReads7.6Score77214d adds
- 146 A Lovebird in Captivity, a Prison of Desire 爱之囚鸟，欲之樊笼 [The rating will go up] [A realistic story] [If you still believe in love] Xu Lin suddenly remembers that today is the anniversary of his wife Zhao Siyan's death. A year ago, his wife Zhao Siyan and his mother-in-law Feng Bailu were in a car accident. Zhao Siyan died mysteriously, while Feng Bailu was left paralyzed in bed. 22.5kReads6.6Score1k14d adds
- 147 After Wandering into a Village of Women, I Became the Hope of the Whole Village 误入女村后，我成了全村的希望 During a hiking trip, Han Hao fell into an underground village of women cut off from the outside world. A group of women who had never left the mountains clung to Han Hao as their only hope, doing everything they could to make him stay. At first, he thought he had simply stumbled into a dead end. But the longer he stayed, the more he realized something was wrong with the village. If he wanted to survive, he had to escape... 1.8kReads—Score17914d adds
- 148 Reborn in 1982: This Rogue Refuses to Become a Street Loafer 重生八二：浪子绝不做街溜子 Chen Weiguo is reborn on October 24, 1982, the day before his family falls apart. In his previous life, he was a no-good drifter: idle and irresponsible. He caused his wife and daughter to die tragically, and after his family was shattered, he had no choice but to leave home. He worked hard all his life, only to die alone. This time, he has the chance to start over. Life may be tough, but he's determined to shake off his reputation as a drifter and give his family a good life. Once despised by e 43.1kReads7.9Score4k14d adds
- 149 The Family ATM Ran Away, and Everyone’s Losing Their Minds 冤种提款机跑了，全家急疯了 Jiang Tiecheng was reborn. All because he drew the lot that gave him the chance to take over his father's job, he ended up with an enormous advantage. He spent his whole life helping his mother raise his younger siblings. He spent his whole life feeling indebted to his second younger brother. So he always gave in to his brother and sister-in-law. He handed over his businesses, and took care of everything for his siblings, from food, clothing, housing, and transportation to marriage and children. 8.4kReads7.5Score60214d adds
- 150 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
