The Tale of Picking Dew
拾露传
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- Completed
- Length
- 1.6M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Slice-of-Life Farming
- Updated
- 1y ago
- English
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- The Salt Merchant of the Salt Lake盐湖女盐商Alternate title on Fanqie
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Looking for Ensemble Casts, Not One Woman with a Harem of Men. I Want a Cast with Multiple Women and Men.
X can equal Y, anything goes. Just don't make the protagonist in an ensemble cast a male-female lead duo plus their little entourage, and don't make it a male or female lead plus their entourage. The writing should be decent.
For Middle-Aged Readers: Smart Characters, No Goody-Two-Shoes, Decisive and Ruthless, Highly Rated
Urban, System, reborn, fantasy, or gaming novels are all fine, as long as they’re good, the characters are smart, and there’s no saintly protagonist. Bring out any books on your shelf that fit the bill!
Looking for a High-IQ Story Where the Protagonist Plans Ten Moves Ahead
High-IQ Protagonists, Intricate Plots, No Harem, Dark and Scheming, Not Goody-Two-Shoes
Looking for Ancient Settings, Political Intrigue, and a Highly Intelligent Protagonist
A powerful male and female lead, political intrigue, and an ancient setting.
Deep, Thought-Provoking Stories That Feel Like Masterpieces
Something like "The Three-Body Problem", for example.
Another Potential Masterpiece Is Emerging, and It's Only for Readers with Refined Taste
Looking for something like "Illusion Realm Patch". No templates or predictable formulas. You have no idea where the next chapter is going until you finish it. It has an original premise, isn't mindless, and has depth...
Looking for Stories About Ordinary People, Street Life, and Rural Life in Ancient Times
No harems or inner-court stories with emperors, princes, princess consorts, or the like later on. I just want stories about ordinary little people.
Novels With an Average-Looking Female Lead
I'm in a reading slump and want to try something different. I did a quick search and was surprised to find hardly any novels where the heroine is plain-looking but the story is good. Aaaah, please recommend some!
Lao Fanquie Stories!! The Classics from Years Ago! Not Today's Web Novels!
A few years ago, all the novels on Tomato were classics, and I could never get enough. Now I lose interest after a dozen chapters. The plots are so stale I can't keep reading. Please, I'm begging for some classic hidden gems QAQ
Please Recommend a Truly Strong Female Lead
So many novels these days dress themselves up as stories about strong women, but the female lead still ends up relying on a man. She starts off handling things herself for a few chapters, then meets a man even more powerful than the original male lead, and after that it's all kisses, cuddles, and being pampered. Quick transmigration stories do it too. I'm sick of it.
Looking for a Female Lead Who's Very Cautious, Even a Total Couch Potato! No Romance Preferred
Looking for books like The 1960s: I Became the Scheming Female Lead's Stepping Stone. It must be logical, with everyone keeping their wits about them. I prefer cultivation or survival stories.
Looking for a Female Lead Who's Chaotic Evil or Neutral, with No Romance
Read the requirements carefully‼️ Don't make random recommendations!! No awkward writing, please. Any genre is fine, so send me some recommendations.
I Like Stories with No Romance, So Please Make Sure There's No Romance or I'll Report It
Looking for books like The System Grants Me Eternal Life; I'll Eventually Become Invincible. Please help, I'm out of books to read! I want a story with no romance. I'd love to see your recommendations. Thanks in advance, kind strangers.
Stories About Cautious Little Nobodies
Looking for books like Hoarding Supplies in a Natural Disaster: A Socially Anxious Girl Living Alone. It doesn’t have to be about a disaster. I just want a female lead living on her own, with a small golden finger. Just an ordinary, unremarkable person.
Any Stories With a Scheming, Calculating, Coolheaded Female Lead?
Any stories with a female lead who's skilled at political intrigue, extremely calculating, and calm and collected?
Looking for Good Classical Chinese Romance Novels Set Among Aristocratic Families, with Household Intrigue and No Idiotic Characters
Looking for a purely historical romance. The male lead comes from a prominent clan and is ambitious. The female lead is his wise, dignified legal wife. I want a domestic-strife story about the two of them managing the family together.
High-Quality Classical Fiction, No Transmigration or Rebirth
I'm sick of the same old transmigration and rebirth plots.
Ambitious Scope, Female-Oriented Fiction, No Romance!!! Must Have Smart Characters!
I'm really out of books to read lately. I'd love something in this category. Any fellow readers have recommendations?
An Ordinary, Calm, and Clever Female Lead
Any Stories That Aren't Clichéd?
Please, please!
Looking for a Female Lead with a Smiling-Tiger Facade, a Cunning Mind, and Exceptional Strategic Skills
The female lead should be a smiling schemer: always grinning, popular with everyone around her, and able to get along with anyone. She's excellent at managing relationships and sees right through people and situations. She'll do whatever it takes to achieve her goals, is calculating and strategic, and knows how to weigh the pros and cons.
Modern Romance With a Twist: She Thinks She's the Hunter, Unaware She's Already Fallen Into a Trap
I want a male lead who's a roguishly handsome playboy. He approaches the female lead for some reason, but she wins him over and he falls hard for her, never realizing that he's the prey who fell into her trap long ago. I hope the female lead has a strong contrast between her different sides, and that the two leads use and play off each other.
Reading Is a Breeze, Finding Books Takes Brains
Looking for books similar to "The Ninth District". I've read so many books that finding a good one I can get into is really hard.
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It's a good read, with excellent writing and logic. However, I'm easily moved to tears, and it was so heartbreaking to read. I felt so sad for the women and children from the lower classes the author depicted. In feudal society, life was cheap, and suffering seemed endless. What's even more terrifying is that the lives of the lower classes throughout history were far worse...
The story, writing style, and portrayal of human relationships are all top-notch. It vividly depicts the lives of the lowest classes in ancient times, bringing to life the heartbreak, despair, desperate struggle, and the poignant struggle for survival. It's a rare and precious encounter, so thumbs up, keep it up! 👍👍
It's quite good. Mainly, I haven't seen this genre before, so it feels quite novel. The characters' personalities are very distinct, and they feel quite three-dimensional, not like two-dimensional characters.
This is a masterpiece by Tomato, a rare gem in the female-oriented genre that doesn't rely heavily on romance. The female protagonist is incredibly intelligent, almost supernatural, and always plans ahead while maintaining her own strong sense of justice. The women in this story live difficult lives, but I saw their own unique brilliance. Keep up the good work, author!
Absolutely brilliant! Through the story of Chen Yaoniang and her fellow "water ghosts" struggling to survive in Wuxi Slope, we see a true reflection of the lives of ordinary people striving for survival, as well as various human relationships, schemes, and conspiracies—the complexities of human nature are on full display. The story is truly captivating; every character is vivid and relatable.
It's sooooo good! I've read all of the author's books, and I don't understand why so few people are reading it—it's so good! The plot is gripping, the female lead is independent, decisive, intelligent, and pragmatic; she's worldly-wise yet has her own principles. In short, the female lead's personality is incredibly charming!
Tomato's rare gem of a book! The female lead is ordinary-looking but exceptionally intelligent, ruthless yet principled—far more capable than the men! Feng Chi, reborn, had a head start and painstakingly woven a vast web of schemes, yet ultimately strayed onto the path he despised in his past life. Frankly, he's far inferior to Shi Lu.
I've finished the whole book. Let me write my review. First of all, I really think the author's writing is excellent. The story is novel, and the characters and themes stand out in the ancient setting. The framework is complete, with subtle foreshadowing and hidden clues. Every plot point has its purpose.
A rating of 8.9 Is too low! I hope everyone will pay more attention to this book. I've been reading Tomato Novels for years, and although there are always better novels that catch my eye from time to time, *The Tale of Gathering Dew* is number one in my heart! The story truly touched my heart.
This is a rare gem of a book. It avoids using internet slang and doesn't feel repetitive. I believe that even years from now, this book will still be a captivating read. Whenever I see a good article like this one, I feel it's a real shame if it uses internet slang, because internet slang has a very obvious time attribute. If I read some novels from 2022 and they use internet slang like "Chen (brave and generous) Da (hehehehe)," I even feel a bit disoriented.