
The Farmer's Wife
农妇当家
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 165k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Slice-of-Life Farming
- Updated
- 3y ago
- English
- Request a translation
Synopsis
Stats
64Chapters
450Reads · 30 days
155.9kReads · all time
102Shelves
8.6Score
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I just feel like Gao Youlai is really unlucky. Because he saved the female lead, he was forced to marry her sister, and ended up paralyzed. It wasn't even explained how the female lead helped him at all.
Personally, I think this book is pretty good. I read the reviews before reading it. Some people said the female lead was unfilial to her parents and didn't help her brother. I can only say that people who haven't experienced the hardships others have gone through think their own opinions are correct.
Overall, it's a pretty good short story. The female protagonist is hardworking, decisive, and has strong likes and dislikes. Some say she's unkind to her family, while others say it's unwise to advise someone on kindness without experiencing their suffering. However, I think that in that era, the protagonist giving five taels of silver to her savior after he was injured was already quite good.
The writing is fluent, the plot is tight and doesn't drag, and it's quite inspiring; overall, it's pretty good. Life is what you make it. In the same environment, different people, with different thoughts and actions, will definitely have very different outcomes.
The writing is quite good, but the author loves to change people's names too much. Lichun becomes Lixia, Chen Lao Er becomes Chen Lao San, Liu Guafu becomes Li Guafu, and Huang Shi becomes Xu Shi.
It's pretty good. I also feel that even if the Gao family isn't the male lead, they shouldn't be treated so badly. 🤭🤦
It's alright, but the Gao family saved the female lead, and the ending was a bit tragic.
This is the most perfect book I've ever read. The female lead is capable, intelligent, and not a saint; the male lead is also devoted. Everyone around them gets a good outcome, although there are some messy parts. But because of the female lead's competence and lack of saintliness, there aren't too many troubles. The author's writing is also concise and to the point, making it a comfortable read. Truly excellent! 👍👍👍
It's alright, not bad for killing time. It's like a poor family gradually climbing the ranks to a job, a real-life version of starting from scratch. In reality, it's not that easy; luck plays a big part too. I only watch it when I'm bored.
It's pretty good, quite short, the narrative is smooth and uneventful, and the female lead is amazing. From a peasant girl, with just a few months of guidance from a time-traveling individual, she grows a small business into a large one, and then becomes a high-ranking lady. Amazing!