Novels like Back to the Prosperous Years to Live an Ordinary Life
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- 1 Era: Starting from Mountain Farming and Hunting 年代：发家从赶山养殖开始 At sixty, Lin Heng unexpectedly returned to the 1980s, an era when travel was slow, life was hard, but people’s ideals were pure. Living a second life, he had no lofty ambitions. He only wanted to make up for past regrets and give his wife and children a happy life. And it all began when he beat someone else to a big wolfdog, then took his bow and arrows up the mountain to hunt. [Period piece, everyday life, mountain trips, hunting, farming, raising livestock, devoted husband, raising children, 1Votes17.4kRecs135.1kFans
- 2 Fishing and Hunting in the 1980s 八十年代渔猎日常 Reborn, Li Changle looks at his cold-hearted wife, his eldest son who worries about everything, and his sweet younger son, a miniature version of his older brother. In this life, he stops being a fool with his head in the clouds. He rolls up his sleeves, keeps his feet on the ground, and devotes himself to a warm home with his wife and children... By day, he catches giant blue lobsters and big rice fish in underwater caves. At night, he checks his fish traps and finds fish crowding the ponds, cr 352Votes266.4kRecs179.6kFans
- 3 I’m Washed Up, but I Still Have Ambition 过气的我没有格局 After he transmigrates, Li Jie makes a name for himself as a child star by copying others’ work, and ends up with twelve moms. A few years later, he disappears from the screen after supposedly running out of ideas. So this is what it feels like when Heaven takes away your livelihood. But who could have guessed that after being washed up for so many years, he’d start to mutate? All right, then… Don’t ask. If you do, it just means you lack vision! 0Votes109.9kRecs121.5kFans
- 4 A Little Village in 1992: Raising Cars Made Me the Village's Richest Man 1992小乡村，养车成村中首富 [A niche story about raising vehicles, following a man who starts out in the countryside in the 1990s. At first, he raises and repairs excavators, presses, and loaders, and buys secondhand excavators at home and abroad...] Yu Dawei, who spent his whole life losing money, could only support himself by repairing cars. Now he's back in 1992, in a little village without electricity, where nobody can afford a cellphone and every household still uses candles. He intends to get his life back on track, 0Votes14.9kRecs111.5kFans
- 5 The 1950s: Starting with a Storage Ring 50年代：从一枚储物戒开始 He transmigrated to the 1950s with nothing but a one-cubic-meter storage ring. What was he supposed to do? Just as Sun Zhiwei was fretting over it, something even more horrifying happened: his parents were both murdered right before his eyes, and he had a four-year-old sister in his arms. Was this really his starting hand? The fiery years were filled with vivid memories. A modern man who accidentally returned to the past, carrying a tiny storage ring, sets out to retrace the turbulent journey of 152Votes138.2kRecs281.6kFans
- 6 A Gold Rush Beginning in 1984 从1984开始的淘金生涯 In the 1980s, as the ban on gold prospecting gradually eased, countless people with dreams of getting rich overnight poured into the Altai Mountains, famed since ancient times as a mountain of gold. Deep in the mountains lie gold and jade; beneath them are bones consumed by greed. It was a perilous underworld where you lived by the blade. Zhou Jingming returns to 1984 to forge a new gold-rush legend. 10Votes71.1kRecs126.4kFans
- 7 EN Rebirth in 1981: Hunting and Fishing in the Northwest 重生八一渔猎西北 Li Long, carrying many regrets from his previous life, was reborn in 1981. That year, the land hadn't yet been divided among the households. He was still unmarried, his older brother hadn't died in a fall because of him, his sister-in-law didn't yet despise him, and his nephew and niece were growing up healthy. The root cause of all the troubles that would plague the future hadn't happened yet. There was still 96Votes552.9kRecs1.6MFans
- 8 Life's Winner from the Cradle 从婴儿开始的人生赢家 Fang You was reborn in a parallel world as a newborn baby! By achieving growth milestones, he can unlock all kinds of unique talents and get a head start in life! Infancy: Turn over 1,000 times to unlock the talent [Turn Your Life Around]; Toddlerhood: Master 10 ways to fold a paper airplane to unlock the talent [Origami Prodigy]; Adolescence: Win 100 games of Sanguosha to unlock the talent [Going from Strength to Strength]; [Absolute Focus] [Eat All You Want Without Gaining Weight] [Perfect Eye 0Votes55.7kRecs294.4kFans
- 9 A Clan of Immortals Across Two Worlds: Farming and Alchemy 两界仙族从种田炼丹开始 [Over 1,900 average paid subscriptions] [Primarily farming, with alchemy on the side; a slice-of-life focus and little combat] Li Qing, a cultivator of a family clan, activates a fragment of the Heavenly Dimension Gate and begins a journey of transmigration between two worlds. In the world beyond, ordinary plants can produce spirit bugs. These bugs can transform mortal plants into spirit plants, then elevate spirit plants to an even higher level. But they have extremely short lifespans and littl 0Votes21.6kRecs75.9kFans
- 10 1983: Starting Out as a Big-Time Aquaculturist on a Small Island 1983小海岛，从养殖大户开始 [A novel about marine aquaculture in the early 1980s. At first, it’s kelp farming, oyster farming, catching eel fry, and raising swimming crabs...] Back in 1983 on a small island, Li Duoyu risks his life to haul in a net full of large yellow croaker. He thinks he’s about to make a fortune, only to have reality slap him in the face: at the time, large yellow croaker sells for just 40 cents a jin. But Li Duoyu also discovers that far from the coast, dried oysters, dried squid, dried kelp, and drie 0Votes78.7kRecs249.5kFans
- 11 1994: The Vegetable Farmer's Comeback 1994：菜农逆袭 Vegetable farmer Chen Jiazhi returns to 1994. That year, he is 21. He leaves home for Huacheng and begins his first stint as a vegetable farmer. Then the rookie farmer is hit by one disaster after another: the rainy season rots his crops at the roots, torrential rain wipes out his harvest, typhoons bring floods, heat waves bring drought, and then a cold snap strikes... Now he has a chance to start over. For vegetable farmers, terrible weather is both a disaster and an opportunity. (Farming + Dai 29Votes116.3kRecs174kFans
- 12 EN Longevity Cultivation: Starting from Drawing Talismans 长生修仙，从画符开始 [Over 20,000 premium subscribers and an average of 7,000 per chapter. A top-tier Mortal's Journey-style novel. The protagonist has reached the Deity Transformation stage, so read with confidence.] Lin Chang'an transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation, becoming a rogue cultivator who failed to join an immortal sect. With mediocre talent, he cultivates bitterly for twenty years. Just as he's losing hope and preparing to return to the mortal world to enjoy a life of wealth, he awakens a p 459Votes150.8kRecs481.6kFans
- 13 1990: Starting on Baojia Street 1990：从鲍家街开始 (Baojia Street refers to the Central Conservatory, not a band.) Zhou Yan rubbed his eyes and transmigrated from 2023 to 1990, becoming a third-year student at the Central Conservatory of Music. By a stroke of luck, he also joined the music team for the film Raise the Red Lantern. At first, Zhou Yan only planned to take a temporary job and earn an extra 150 yuan a month. But things didn't quite go the way he expected. “You play the flute beautifully. Come play Chen Feipu.” “This piece of yours is 0Votes74.2kRecs229.1kFans
- 14 Wearing It in 1977 穿在1977 Chen Fan performed a rather unorthodox transmigration ritual and, still groggy and confused, plunged headfirst into the tide of the times. 24Votes161kRecs397.3kFans
- 15 EN 1980: The Ebb and Flow of the Tides 1980潮起潮落 [Voice input and manual crafting, a System-free coastal period piece, everyday farming, harvesting dried shrimp, and raising brine shrimp] For Chen Haichao, 1980 was a springtime too. The household responsibility system had yet to be introduced, and the economy was still collectivized. He could only start by selling dried shrimp to save up his first pot of gold, then claim unused non-arable land and develop quietly. Chen Sitian's monthly wages as a temporary worker were 22 yuan, making her the h 3.9kVotes118.6kRecs199.9kFans
- 16 Hello, 1983 你好，1983 Hello, 1983! I'm back! My family, my friends, my hometown: everything will change because of me... 0Votes168.9kRecs241.4kFans
- 17 Back to 1980 to Enjoy the Good Life 重回1980去享福 The first incense offering at the ancestral rites, a family tree entry of one’s own, and a place in the history books: these are a man’s ultimate dreams, and Deng Shirong achieved them all after being reborn. [This book is rich in rural flavor, with realistic prices, solid logic, and a leisurely storytelling style. At 2.27 million words, it still gets over 3,400 readers returning within 24 hours. The quality is excellent, making this a rare gem among period novels. Don’t miss it if you’re passin 0Votes112.6kRecs224.2kFans
- 18 Reborn in 1993 重生从1993开始 Having returned to 1993, Li Dongling is ready to start a new life. This time around, he’s determined to live well and do what he wants. I’m Li Dongling, and this is my 1993! 461Votes260.7kRecs492.4kFans
- 19 EN Feasting on Mortal Incense: Turns Out I'm in the Underworld 飨食人间香火，我这竟是阴间 A Taoist furnace, three sticks of incense. I accept the offerings of all living beings and endure the tribulations of the mortal world, from hell to the immortal realm, weathering calamity among mortals. … Could it be that we’re poor because no one up there is burning paper offerings for us? They say hell is empty, and the devils are all here in the mortal world. Could it be that this place of ours is… the underworld, an endless realm of darkness? That day, I heard murmurs of incense and paper o 0Votes42.2kRecs221.5kFans
- 20 The Ming Dynasty’s Black Sails 大明黑帆 That year, European civilization, laden with silver, silk, and gunpowder, collided in a blaze of passion amid the black tides and monsoon winds. That year, after the disastrous defeat at Sarhu, the Ming Dynasty saw two emperors die in quick succession, leaving the empire battered by storms. For the world, this was the golden age of exploration. For the Ming, it was a golden age of factional strife. In this age of great upheaval, Lin Qian quietly arrived in the Ming Dynasty and became a pirate. W 1.3kVotes104.7kRecs384.8kFans
- 21 Curses of the Mountains and Seas 咒禁山海 In the twenty-eighth year of Zhizheng, the emperor ascended the throne and issued an edict: No one may go out to sea! No one may go out to sea! No one may go out to sea! In the fourth year of Xiaokang, a ghost coffin in the Zhuo River leaped up the Dragon Gate, taking every corpse diver in the river with it. In the eighth year of Xuande, the treasure fleet returned to Liujiagang, but not a single person was aboard... Open the history books, and the waterways of the world, along with the vast eas 6Votes120.2kRecs297.7kFans
- 22 Turbulent 1979! 激荡1979！ This literary giant is no ordinary man! He wears luxury watches, drives expensive cars, lives in a mansion, and is close to several actresses. He shaped not only one generation's childhood, but the childhoods of several generations, and their childhood idols, too. Want to know why he's so bold? Wei Ming: “I was already earning foreign currency back in 1980. The culture I exported on my own was worth about as much as the entire contemporary literary scene. I've spent my whole life writing novels. 358Votes382.2kRecs576.1kFans
- 23 Starting a Business in Late Tang 创业在晚唐 Two hundred and fifty-seven years after the Mandate of Heaven passed to the Li clan. The once-glorious Great Tang, to which all nations had paid homage, stumbled into the winter of the first year of the Qianfu era. That winter, only three months remained before Wang and Huang raised their banners, and just thirty-three years before the fall of the Tang. That same winter, Chang’an’s nobles remained lost in the fading glow of a golden age, while in the southwest of the empire, the petty kingdom of 697Votes162.9kRecs411.9kFans
- 24 EN Ravenclaw is like this 拉文克劳是这样子的 “What is Ravenclaw's most precious treasure?” “Wisdom.” “And what should we use wisdom for?” “Anything we like. If we want to, we can always find kindred spirits in the house. Companions are our second-greatest treasure.” “Excellent, exactly right. We stand together because we share the same ideals. So, what is the most important thing after that?” “Of course, sending some Ravenclaws from the other group to Azkaban.” “Exactly right. That's how we Ravenclaws do things.” 3Votes59.4kRecs159.6kFans
- 25 My 1995 Small Farm 我的1995小农庄 With a pocket paradise in hand, Chen Ling returns from a prosperous future to 1995 and unwittingly creates a secluded utopia... He raises chickens and ducks, plays with the dogs, and tends the cattle. On quiet days, he spends two or three days hunting in the mountains. When work is busy, he sweats in the fields, and gold and silver pile up at home. The honey from the cliffs is delicious, and the fish and shrimp in the streams are a delight. He fishes, picks melons, and plants fruit trees. Tucked 1Votes229.2kRecs296.6kFans
- 26 Back to 1977: Farming and Raising Kids 重回七七种田养娃 Xu Shiyan is reborn forty years in the past, on the second day after his wedding. His lovely new bride has just arrived, and everything is off to the best possible start. He can grow crops, go hunting, and head into the mountains to dig up a giant ginseng root whenever he likes. Life in the 1970s really isn't so bad. He wasn't much to speak of in his previous life, and he has no grand ambitions in this one. He just wants to live happily with his wife and raise their daughters to succeed. His eld 3Votes131.1kRecs363.2kFans
- 27 Period: Starting at the Shanghai Dubbing Studio 年代：从魔都译制片厂开始 Jiang Shan, a media mogul, inexplicably transmigrates forty years into the past and decides to turn a lifetime of experience into his golden finger. He glances at the nine jiao in his pocket, then strides into the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio... 0Votes139.7kRecs233.3kFans
- 28 The Entertainment World's Intel King 华娱情报王 Yan Li, a graduate of the vocational program for the Class of 2000 at Beijing Film Academy, gets the golden finger [Daily Intelligence System] and becomes the entertainment industry’s king of insider information. What? The cast of The Heroes of Sui and Tang is holding auditions for Yuwen Chengdu. That role seems perfect for me. What? The brand’s minimum endorsement rate is three million a year. Damn, my agent quoted too low. Hurry and raise the price. What? A female star plans to use a pinhole c 695Votes444kRecs548.1kFans
- 29 You Don't Know How Much Fun Being a Director Is 导演的快乐你不懂 ★ Book status: Complete! Conquest 108 ★ Born in 1985, admitted to the directing program at the Beijing Film Academy in 2003, went on exchange to the University of Southern California in 2005, and directed his first Hollywood movie in 2006. He became famous overnight! But at the height of his success, Wang Quan announced he was returning to China to pursue his career. The domestic entertainment industry was shaken, and the international scene was stunn 2Votes192.6kRecs495.5kFans
- 30 EN Immortality Starts With Alchemy Dao Grandmaster 长生从炼丹宗师开始 A hermit becomes an immortal, coming and going among the azure peaks. Yin and yang are forged in the furnace; the Great Dao lies within the heart. Luo Chen transmigrates to the cultivation world. With a proficiency panel, he practices alchemy and breathing techniques, studies spells and arts, and advances step by step along the path to immortality. (Skips the Mortal World and begins directly in the cultivation world.) 51Votes97.5MRecs1.4MFans
- 31 Looking North at the Rivers and Mountains 北望江山 A story about a modern person struggling to survive in the late Yuan dynasty, in every sense of the word. 6.2kVotes745.2kRecs592.5kFans
- 32 The Peninsula Asteroid 半岛小行星 I came to become a star. I saw it, and I know I can make it. I conquer... Forget it, this place is too complicated to conquer. I'll just focus on romance instead. 362Votes393.5kRecs255.3kFans
- 33 A Laid-Back Life in the Red-Hot Era After Being Reborn 重生在火红年代的悠闲生活 In that fiery-red era, in that familiar courtyard house, surrounded by neighbors who brought out the greed, jealousy, lust, gluttony, laziness, anger, and arrogance in human nature to the fullest, Li Yuan, after a lifetime of toil, begins to enjoy an easy and leisurely life... 6Votes330.6kRecs764.2kFans
- 34 I’m Already a Superhuman, and the Spiritual Energy Is Only Just Reviving? 我都成超人了，灵气才复苏？ [Paranormal Classification: 001] [Codename: Pangu] [Combat Assessment 1: The target appears to be an ordinary young adult male under normal conditions, but possesses physical strength far beyond biological limits] [Combat Assessment 2: The target may possess an unknown special form??? (Redacted)] [Threat Assessment: Extremely Dangerous!!!] [Note: The target may be the first naturally occurring paranormal entity in the world. The limits of its abilities cannot be estimated. No conventional weapon 281Votes98.7kRecs796.3kFans
- 35 Who Are You Calling a Powerhouse? 骂谁实力派呢 Who are you calling a powerhouse performer? Who are you insulting? Do you have any idea what it means to be one of Asia’s Ten Most Handsome Men? 8Votes264.5kRecs843.1kFans
- 36 A Door in My Mind 脑海带着一扇门 Jiang Xiaochuan transmigrates to another era in a parallel world. In these times of scarcity, he uses his pocket dimension and supernatural abilities to improve life for himself and his family. While everyone else is limited to just six liang of meat a month, Jiang Xiaochuan's family secretly eats their fill. While others struggle to find cotton in winter, he grows it in his pocket dimension. An ageless protagonist returns to the era of ration coupons. He keeps his head down and gets by... Pocke 0Votes476.7kRecs541.1kFans
- 37 The First-Rank Elixir Immortal 一品丹仙 “Are you Wu Sheng, the assassin?” “I am Wu Sheng, the assassin!” “Then why did you become an alchemist?” “Well... because alchemy really pays!” “Then why are you wanted?” “Because... the academy doesn't allow me to sell the pills I make in private.” “So how are you supposed to make money?” “The more they forbid me from selling them, the more profitable they are!” 6Votes478.4kRecs508.9kFans
- 38 I Rewrote My Family’s History 我重写了家族历史 We've all seen stories about modern people transmigrating. But what kind of story would it be if a 120-year-old man living in the 21st century were reborn in his own youth? It was the final years of the Qing dynasty, a time of upheaval. Xu Cong was reborn as a wild fox. As a fox immortal, he began guiding his former self and making up for past regrets... “Great-grandpa, did you ever follow a celebrity? I like Jay Chou. The little yellow flower in the story has been drifting since the year I was 0Votes54.1kRecs105.7kFans
- 39 EN 1984: Starting with a Sichuan Restaurant 1984：从川菜馆开始 Also known as Sichuan Flavors, Human Life [Period piece, food, everyday life, farming] Food blogger Zhou Yan is reborn in 1984. From the start, he takes over a bankrupt Sichuan restaurant. In this era of scarce supplies, he'll give diners a taste of truly exceptional food! Qiaojiao beef, couple's lung slices, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, rabbit cooked in boiling water... Stir-fried, seared, braised, steamed, deep-fried, boiled, marinated, smoked... Sichuan cuisine has a hundred flavors, with 11.3kVotes718.8kRecs1MFans
- 40 EN Rebirth: Daily Cultivation 重生日常修仙 A Nascent Soul True Monarch fails his tribulation and returns to his student days. It's 2013, mobile internet is just taking off, and amid the surging tide of the times, a cultivator goes about his everyday life. [Everyday life] [Student] [Romance] [Internet] [Modern cultivation] [Making money] [Smart protagonist] 36Votes762.2kRecs1.1MFans
- 41 Born with Immortal Talent 天生仙种 Born with a natural aptitude for cultivation, he rises from a humble, impoverished clan and steps onto the path to immortality, advancing one step at a time until he reaches the far shore of eternal life. Hard work brings rewards. For a cultivator, what better golden finger could there be? 0Votes273.2kRecs676.9kFans
- 42 EN Restarting Life 重启人生 When life hits the restart button, it seems like everything will finally go smoothly... Yeah, right! If only I'd been reborn after the college entrance exams. Even going back to my first year of high school would have been fine. What's with being reborn in my senior year? And what the heck, I'm reborn right in the exam room. Guys, how do I solve this math problem? Urgent, waiting for answers online! (Also known as Reborn, So Who Needs Exams? and Reborn, and the Author Still Can't Come Up wi 30Votes981.4kRecs1.3MFans
- 43 Fame and Fortune in America 美利坚名利双收 Get famous early, make money early, and enjoy the good life in America with both fame and fortune. America, Hollywood, business battles, showbiz, stars, and movies. 0Votes305.3kRecs335.9kFans
- 44 EN Reborn 99 Days Before the College Entrance Exam 重生高考前99天 Chen Zhe, a provincial civil servant, unexpectedly returns to the year he was in his final year of high school. Once a wooden, shy student who blushed whenever he spoke to a girl and knew nothing but studying, he suddenly becomes adept at handling people and situations, always saying and doing just the right thing. Not only does he change the course of his life, he also draws more and more attention from girls. Girl: Chen Zhe, what are your strong points? Chen Zhe: I’m honest, and I don’t talk m 4.3kVotes2.7MRecs4.6MFans
- 45 EN Simultaneous Transmigration: Inheriting the Legacies of Myriad Worlds 同时穿越：继承万界遗产 A man in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, transmigrating simultaneously across the Myriad Worlds. Talents and comprehension merge, and combat power stacks without limit. With five times the strength of someone at the same level, you say I'm just an ordinary mortal? I won't take issue with that. But when my strength reaches ten thousand times that of someone at the same level, what will you call me? All my selves across the Myriad Worlds, lend me your power! (Includes worlds from novels, anime 2.9kVotes425.4kRecs783.7kFans
- 46 When Pride Still Mattered 当骄傲仍然重要时 Some people exist proudly, and some struggle proudly. Some compete proudly, and some fail proudly. But few can walk away with pride. By the time you finish reading this, congratulations: you’ve already seen the lives of many players. This passage took shape in Stephen Curry’s words after his 2021 defeat: “Nobody wants to face us next season.” It was Tim Duncan, certain before the 2014 Finals began that they wouldn’t mess it up. It was Kobe Bryant promising at Old Man Buss’s memorial to get the L 5Votes234.7kRecs386.1kFans
- 47 Literary Giant, 1978 文豪1978 After transmigrating to 1978, Lin Chaoyang had planned to lie flat and live as a carefree slacker, making up for all the hard work of his previous life. But before he could put his plan into action, the educated youth who had married him, gotten into university, then disappeared for half a year without a word, suddenly showed up at the production team. “Chaoyang, come to Yanjing with me!” the young woman said. His business venture hadn’t even gotten off the ground, and he was already living off 23Votes562.4kRecs1.7MFans
- 48 EN Ask the Heavens for Eternal Life 阵问长生 Illusion arrays, killing arrays, sword arrays, replication arrays, absolute arrays, grand arrays, immortal arrays: together, they form the myriad paths of arraycraft. Yin and yang, the Three Powers, the Four Symbols, the Five Elements, the Six Lines, the Seven Stars, the Eight Trigrams: from them flow the arrays of the heavens. Prove the Dao through divine sense, comprehend arrays, and ascend to immortality. With a single thought, save all under heaven; seek the Dao and ask for eternal life. 1.4kVotes874.9kRecs1.1MFans
- 49 I Have a Home in 1982 我在1982有个家 Wang Yi gets a key. Open a door in 2022, and it leads to 1982. Open a door in 1982, and it takes him back to 2022. Two vastly different eras lie before him: Plentiful food, advanced industrial products, miracle medicines, and an explosion of information: this is 2022. Simple, honest customs, abundant wild resources, forgotten antiques, and treasures of a bygone age: this is 1982. Traveling between these two eras, Wang Yi has no grand ambitions. He just wants to enjoy a comfortable, fulfilling li 3Votes659.1kRecs510.5kFans
- 50 EN Back to 1982: A Second Chance in a Fishing Village 重回1982小渔村 A fishing-and-seaside-life story set in the 1980s, with an average of 35,000 paid subscribers. The animated series of the same name, Back to 1982: A Small Fishing Village, launched on Hongguo on August 7! [Everyday life in the 1980s: fishing, farming, raising kids, and family squabbles. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read or leave hate!] It’s the same familiar little fishing village, but Ye Yaodong is no longer the young man he used to be. Reborn into the pas 221Votes2.1MRecs2MFans
