Novels like 1994: The Vegetable Farmer's Comeback
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as 1994: The Vegetable Farmer's Comeback, best match first.
- 1 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
- 2 You'll Never Walk Alone! 永不独行！ This is Liverpool. Here, there are mist-shrouded docks, “You'll Never Walk Alone,” a song that never ends, and a sea of red souls who refuse to bow their heads, even after losing everything. This is Anfield. Even if hell goes up in flames, you will never walk alone! 689Votes42.1kRecs143.2kFans
- 3 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
- 4 The Immortal in the Gourd 壶中仙 Transmigrated as an immortal in a pot, he can’t leave the pot for a hundred thousand years. After much effort, he manages to create a divine avatar so he can get some fresh air. But it’s still a low-ranking god in the Divine Court, stuck granting wishes and helping the poor every day. “Outside the Pot-Heaven, you call me the Immortal in the Pot, say I’m a remnant soul bound to the pot who cultivated the Dao. I won’t hold it against you.” “But once you’re inside my Pot-Heaven, shouldn’t you call 0Votes13.8kRecs40.3kFans
- 5 1988: Starting with a Vegetable Greenhouse 1988从蔬菜大棚开始 Li Zhe returned to 1988 with the memories and regrets of his past life. In this golden age, he was ready to set out on a new path... 0Votes80.6kRecs191.6kFans
- 6 How Can You Become a Star Without Money? 没钱怎么当明星 “What matters most when working with celebrities? Talent? Resources? Connections? No, no, no. Cash is what matters most. How can you work with celebrities without money? Money cannot buy acting skill, but it can buy an old veteran actor to carry a production. Money cannot buy talent, but it can buy talented workhorses. Money cannot buy connections, but it can buy traffic and buzz.” “Then why do you insist on cash?” “Because I only accept cash. I do not accept empty promises.” This is a story wit 0Votes48kRecs151.2kFans
- 7 My Lord, You Need to Stand Tall! 主公，你要支棱起来呀 Wei Dong dreams of returning to 1983. The disabled old security guard has no reborn special abilities, but as luck would have it, a local super-god with power that reaches heaven and earth has appeared. Of course he must serve diligently and follow him wholeheartedly, hoping only to rise with him and enjoy the good life. If the god can also arrange a marriage with a celestial beauty, he will be utterly devoted. It is just that this great god seems somewhat different from the legends. You have to 17Votes643.9kRecs138.1kFans
- 8 1980: Hunting and Farming in Bashan 1980巴山猎耕记 The old man said that Bashan stretched endlessly, with countless medicinal herbs and countless birds and beasts in its mountains. As long as you worked hard, stayed bold yet careful, you would reap rewards, eat your fill, dress warmly, and live a prosperous, comfortable life. Lies. Every word of it was a lie! Reborn and walking the road of life once more, Chen An knew all too well: If the mountains were not prosperous, where would there be any leisurely days? After taking up mountain hunting and 2Votes87.9kRecs243.8kFans
- 9 Taking Barren Fields Back to the Past 带着荒田回过去 P.S. Yang Xiaole was reborn in the past after an accident. You need a ration coupon for everything? Grain coupons? Meat coupons? Cloth coupons? No problem. I have half an acre of wasteland in my own space, so I can provide for myself. While everyone else eats meat rationed to just a few ounces a month, Yang Xiaole has already started eating healthy meals. Others drink porridge because it’s all they can afford. Yang Xiaole drinks it to cleanse his stom 0Votes130.7kRecs212.1kFans
- 10 Passionate Years: Fishing and Hunting in Beidahuang 激情岁月：在北大荒渔猎的日子 [The Fiery Red Era] + [Passionate Progress] + [Serving the Motherland] (With 40,000 favorites and nearly 7,000 reviews averaging a high rating, this is a premium read you can enjoy with confidence!) In the early days after Liberation, the country was in desperate need of rebuilding. If you could go back to 1955, what would you do? Jiang Zhaoyang chose to plunge headfirst into the vast wilderness of the Great Northern Wilderness! He would face the boundless black soil and its bounty, as well as t 92Votes70kRecs219.2kFans
- 11 The Top Scholar 巅峰学霸 You may not believe this, but even top students aren't all the same! (No System, high intelligence, a slice-of-life story focused on characterization) This book is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental! 0Votes155.2kRecs509.5kFans
- 12 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
- 13 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
- 14 The Reborn Me Has Big Ambitions 重生的我超有追求 “Grandpa, I'm not going to college. I'd rather find a job sooner.” “How can you just stop studying? You need to have ambition. A college degree gives you the chance to earn a doctorate, and that opens up greater possibilities for your career...” “Grandpa, I don't have any grand ambitions. I just want to start working and earning money sooner.” My name is Zhang Daxiang. I'm reborn, and now my grandfather wants me to start a new branch of the family tree... 793Votes166.4kRecs227.1kFans
- 15 A Record of Survival as an American Cop: Winning Them Over with Virtue 美警生存实录：以德服人 [Bestseller Cop: Everyday Life, No Angst for the Protagonist, Gunfights, Crime Solving] Gunfights every day, land of the free! Once the sirens start blaring, we take it easy: one star, two stars, three stars, four stars, five stars, six stars, seven stars, eight stars... Together, we ride toward the final frontier of freedom! Eric pressed his Glock 17 hard against the suspect’s sweat-drenched forehead, his voice rumbling like thunder: “Who says I don’t know how to win people over with virtue? 555Votes115.6kRecs422.6kFans
- 16 I’m a Lord in India 我在印度当老爷 From the fertile, talent-rich state of Uttar Pradesh to the city of Mumbai, where demons run amok, this wondrous subcontinent is all the promised land of Ron Suer! 0Votes93.8kRecs305.9kFans
- 17 A Dream of the Beiyang Fleet 北洋之梦 After transmigrating into a hopeless student in the Beiyang presidential preparatory class in the fifteenth year of the Guangxu reign, Chang Desheng looked at his classmates, including Feng Guozhang, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, and Wang Shizhen, and made up his mind: I’m going to be president! A new work from Da Luoluo. Read it now, and don’t save it for later! 2.3kVotes159.9kRecs358.8kFans
- 18 EN Cultivating Immortality Across a Hundred Lifetimes 百世修长生 Meng Yuan transmigrated and gained the power to reincarnate a hundred times, starting over after every death. After five lifetimes, Meng Yuan finally found a path to immortality. Refine the heart in the mortal world, attain the Dao over a hundred lifetimes. (Not a simulation story) 1.5kVotes41.6kRecs214kFans
- 19 Back to the Prosperous Years to Live an Ordinary Life 回到红火岁月做俗人 A glutton transmigrates to an era of scarce food and clothing, and strives to live as an ordinary person with plenty to eat and drink. A sensible story, with little brutality and characters who have their wits about them. No multiverse, no double transmigration, no System, no farming space, just a portable warehouse that could starve a mouse to death. No copying, pasting, or plagiarism. Entirely handwritten, not produced by a studio. A slow-paced slice-of-life story that reflects the era. Aside 331Votes210.3kRecs418.7kFans
- 20 Starting as Real Madrid's Defensive Midfielder 从皇马踢后腰开始 At first, he was an utterly ordinary defensive midfielder. Then, by chance, he picked up a little playmaking, learned to drive forward with the ball, and even mastered a few free kicks. And that was when the football world got lively. Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo loved him. He was handsome and had a way with words, but more importantly, he covered for them so they could focus on at 0Votes75.7kRecs459kFans
- 21 At First, I Just Wanted to Make Money 一开始，我只想搞钱 Forget making movies. Making money is what matters! Well, Shen Xudong later realized that making movies was never just about making movies. It was all art! PS: This story is entirely fictional. If it offends anyone, please be generous and let it slide! (Over 8,000 average subscriptions... a career high. Grateful...) 0Votes227.5kRecs287.5kFans
- 22 The Glory of the Red Mansion, Ruling the Realm 红楼芳华，权倾天下 [Set against the true history of the late Northern Song. Over 10,000 subscriptions, one Glory Star, 10,000 words a day, quality guaranteed.] [The Dream of the Red Chamber is featured as a harem drama, so you can enjoy this even if you haven’t read it. A fusion of The Dream of the Red Chamber and Water Margin.] After transmigrating as Ximen Qing, the stunning beauty he encounters is not Pan Jinlian, but Qin Keqing from The Dream of the Red Chamber. The Jingkang Disaster is coming for the Song dyn 1.6kVotes353.9kRecs542.9kFans
- 23 Pillow Blade 枕刀 Resting my head on a blade outside the woodcutter’s gate, listening to cicadas in the evening breeze... It was nothing but a dream of the martial world! (A Gu Long fanfic, set after The Sentimental Swordsman.) 0Votes42.9kRecs240.6kFans
- 24 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
- 25 Twenty Years in the Underworld of Republican-Era China 民国江湖二十年 [Everyday life in the martial world, bandits of the greenwood, and strange folk customs] If someone greets you with “You must be tired,” you know you’re in the martial world. In the late Qing and early Republican era, the nation was crumbling and chaos reigned. Beyond Shanhai Pass, greenwood heroes rose in droves. In the streets of Beijing and Tianjin, extraordinary figures of the martial world emerged one after another. In times like these, every hero ought to have a bit of a bandit in him!!! … 315Votes249.3kRecs237.8kFans
- 26 Reborn in 2008: Diagnosed as a Medical Authority 重生08，我被确诊为医学泰斗 [A career-focused novel with one heroine, averaging 30,000 paid subscriptions] Reborn in 2008, Jiang He holds medical technology twenty years ahead of its time. That year, the medical community was still helpless against the King of Cancer. Minimally invasive surgery was still considered off-limits in oncology, while genetic screening remained a barren wasteland... From revolutionizing the Whipple procedure and stunning the medical world to developing broad-spectrum anticancer drugs ahead of sch 630Votes144kRecs772.2kFans
- 27 Chinese Entertainment: Starting Out as a Male Model 华娱从男模开始 He wakes up in 2015 and enters the entertainment industry as a male model. Don’t tell me about powerful backgrounds, impressive connections, or how corrupt the unspoken rules are. Bai Liang, living a second life, says he’s never suffered much in either one. The worst thing he’s had to stomach is iced coffee, and the heaviest thing he’s ever carried is Valentino. Making it in the industry comes down to two words: Luck! He’s going to find out what this entertainment industry is really like. Some p 39Votes506.1kRecs717.4kFans
- 28 What's Wrong with One More Person Getting Rich Later? 多我一个后富怎么了 He started out studying medicine but never practiced, then sold TVs, ran into Zhou Huihui, and moved into the sharing economy, where deposits went unrepaid. Next came real estate, where he found some success. At last, he picked a prime property, but never got to top it out… In 2008, Yu Xing woke from a dream to find himself back on the eve of the financial crisis, with his investments in the red. That was the year industry giants took shape and capital awoke. He could only struggle to build his 1.7kVotes1MRecs885.5kFans
- 29 EN My Name Is Huang Tian: The Blue Heaven Is Dead, What the Heck? 我名黄天，苍天已死什么鬼？ “Doctor, for the past ten days, whenever I’m asleep, I keep vaguely hearing someone call my name.” “Mr. Huang Tian, you’re experiencing auditory hallucinations.” “I’m certain I heard them.” “Then it’s anxiety manifesting physically.” “Anxiety manifesting physically?” “In any case, there’s nothing wrong with you. Don’t worry. Avoid smoking and drinking, go to bed early and get up early, and try to relax. You’ll be fine.” “…” September 5: I went to see a doctor. He said there was nothing wrong wit 1.3kVotes154.7kRecs733.9kFans
- 30 I’m Really Not Doing My Job as Emperor 朕真的不务正业 On the nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli, Zhu Yijun, sized up the Iron Triangle before him. His first ally looked rather kind. She was the Empress Dowager of the Ming. His second ally was just a eunuch whose job was to kowtow. His third ally was a powerful minister who practically radiated authority. At last, everyone turned their eyes to Us and asked what role We were playing. We looked at Our identity and said: We are The Great Emperor Who Neglects His 129Votes518.6kRecs841.9kFans
- 31 EN Journey to the West: The Roadblock! 西游：拦路人！ Transmigrating into Journey to the West, he awakens the Roadblocker System. As long as he stops Tang Sanzang and his disciples from continuing their pilgrimage at each trial, he can receive rewards. Block them for three days, reward: the Art of Moving Mountains Block them for seven days, reward: Six-Turn Golden Elixir Block them for half a month, reward: True Dragon Pearl Block them for one month, reward: Acquired Spirit Treasure: Five-Flame Divine Fan Block them for one season, reward: Divine A 424Votes179kRecs861.5kFans
- 32 The Whole Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 整座大山都是我的猎场 Reborn in 1986, an era when guns and hunting weren’t banned, wildlife wasn’t protected, and bears and wild boars were even wrecking the fruits of the people’s hard work. The higher-ups encouraged and urged every village to actively hunt. Zhao Jun, a low-ranking soldier in the Yong’antun militia platoon and a member of the local hunters’ squad, slings his rifle over his shoulder and heads into the mountains, where he takes up a life of hunting with dogs. This story is based entirely on true event 2.3kVotes1.3MRecs990kFans
- 33 The Sword Emerges from the Tang Dynasty 剑出大唐 Zhou Yi woke up to find himself in the Taiping Daoist Temple. The Old Heavenly Master said, “Heaven is dead, and the Yellow Heaven shall rise. From now on, you will be the leader of the Taiping Sect.” Zhou Yi said, “What, me?” … In the world of Twin Dragons of Great Tang, a failed art student sets out to bring order to a chaotic martial world! 34Votes743kRecs1.3MFans
- 34 EN Lying Low While Cultivating Immortality in Two Worlds 苟在两界修仙 The fortunes of the years, the turning of spiritual influences, the transformations of yin and yang: these are but minor achievements of the Year Keeper… This is the story of a young man who transmigrates between two worlds to cultivate immortality, and strives to become a Year Keeper… 208Votes701.7kRecs1.3MFans
- 35 The Long Sword at the End of Jin 晋末长剑 As the Tang poet Xu Yin wrote in his poem “The Two Jins”: “Deep schemes across three generations laid the foundations of an empire. What a pity for the widow and orphan. Cheng Ji’s crime brought Heaven’s wrath; the spear that struck a wise ruler is mourned for all eternity.” The Western Jin came to power through illegitimate means and made far too many mistakes, inheriting every ill that had accumulated since the Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms. By the end of the Jin dynasty, the damage had b 123Votes2MRecs2.1MFans
- 36 America, 1982 美利坚1982 He has received the most dazzling praise and the most vicious insults. Every vein in his body pulses with defiance. He is a white kid who will never become a member of high society. He is a young man whom the public sees as a country boy. He is Tommy Hawk. He has been reborn. Welcome to a story whose first half tells the tale of the American Dream and whose second half tells of the American Nightmare. Let's welcome Tommy Hawk to the stage, on a winter's day in 2022. 0Votes302.6kRecs479.2kFans
- 37 EN 1979: The Golden Age 1979黄金时代 This is still a somewhat nostalgic story, hmm… 8.7kVotes3.7MRecs2.5MFans
- 38 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
- 39 Surviving in a Supernatural World 苟在神诡世界 They say there are immortals in this world! Chen Li: Maybe, but there are a lot more monsters and demons! Transmigrated here in a single day, with nothing but confusion ahead; I toil and bustle just to put food on the table. Everyone says cultivating immortality is wonderful, but who has seen bones scattered by the roadside? [The author has a work with over 10,000 average subscriptions, Dawn Era, and a premium work, Giant Serpent of the Deep Forest. Quality guaranteed.] 4Votes286.8kRecs376.5kFans
- 40 Wanli Emperor 万历明君 In the year 1572, seventy-two years remained before the fall of the Ming dynasty and the loss of its lands. At this time, Japanese pirates ran rampant in the southeast, the Tatars battered the northwest passes, local land annexation was growing worse by the day, the military and government were exhausted, the people were suffering, and the Longqing Emperor had just died. Yet at this moment, Shi Yue transmigrated into Zhu Yijun, the Wanli Emperor who would later go thirty years without attending 6kVotes735.4kRecs1.6MFans
- 41 EN Daoist Lord Shennong 神农道君 [Brand-New Setting] [Fully Developed System] When you wake up, you find you've become an official in charge of agriculture in a fantasy game. [Dynasty at Its Height] version: You diligently cultivate the Book of Seasonal Orders, progressing from [Favorable Weather] to [Commanding the Wind and Rain], and from [Bountiful Harvests] to [All Things Flourishing]. You command the four seasons and quietly build your strength. After achieving some success, you join the army on campaign and take charge of 180Votes1.2MRecs2.7MFans
- 42 Xu Yang, Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine 中医许阳 This is an incredibly hardcore novel about traditional Chinese medicine! A true novel about traditional Chinese medicine! After a medical accident gets him fired, a gifted young practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine encounters a rather dimwitted System. It sends him back several decades to study under famous doctors of the era, and he gradually grows into a true practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. This book tells the story of orthodox traditional Chinese medicine healing the sic 12Votes848.9kRecs537.2kFans
- 43 Reborn to Ride the Wave 重生之我要冲浪 Back in the past, Yao Yuan has only one thing on his mind: goofing off… Ahem, I mean surfing! 23Votes1.8MRecs1.6MFans
- 44 Restoring the Song Dynasty 绍宋 To inherit is to continue; to guide is to lead. In 1127, the Northern Song fell. Soon afterward, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amid great expectations, inheriting the Song dynasty and adopting the Jianyan era name. Yet within three months, Li Gang was dismissed as chancellor, Chen Dong was executed, Yue Fei was driven out of the army, Zong Ze was abandoned in the capital, and the plans to resist the Jin in Hebei were scrapped wholesale... After all that eff 1.4kVotes3.6MRecs20.9MFans
- 45 I Really Don’t Want to be Reborn 我真没想重生啊 Who could have imagined that Chen Hansheng, a successful professional and eligible bachelor, would be reborn and wake up as a high school senior? At a crossroads in his life, Chen Hansheng is torn between the treasure of a girl, Shen Youchu, and his first love, Xiao Rongyu. Who should he choose? The pinnacle of urban rebirth fiction, and an essential romance guide for young people! 1.6kVotes4.6MRecs8.3MFans
- 46 EN The Night Watchman of Dafeng 大奉打更人 The physical edition of The Gongsman of Great Feng, Volume One, is now available across all major platforms, including Tmall, Dangdang, and JD.com, as well as in bookstores nationwide. In this world, there are Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, demons, and sorcerers. Xu Qi'an, a graduate of the police academy, awakens to find himself in prison, with exile to the frontier awaiting him in three days… At first, all he wants is to protect himself and, in this society without human rights, become 313Votes9.7MRecs19.8MFans
- 47 EN The Legendary Mechanic 超神机械师 Han Xiao, a veteran power-leveling player in Stellar Sea, was thrown into the transmigration crowd by a mysterious force from the East, or rather, from a certain otaku. With a player interface in tow, he became an NPC and returned to the days before Stellar Sea's open beta. He resolutely chose the highest-difficulty class: Mechanic. Warships sail in formation across the stars, star-powered mechs twist through the heavens like dragons, psychic cannons lay waste to worlds, and an endless mechanica 434Votes9.2MRecs5.5MFans
