The Great Qian Dynasty's First Lady Scholar
大乾第一女先生
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 708k Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Slice-of-Life Farming
- Updated
- 8mo ago
- English
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Other names
- Listening Wind Teahouse: Jiang Niangzi's Everyday Life听风茶馆：姜娘子的市井烟火Alternate title on Fanqie
- The Great Lady Scholar of DaqianEnglish name
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Farming Stories With No Romance, No Royal Entanglements, Just a Simple, Peaceful Life
High-Quality Transmigration Novels About Farming, Business, and Food
No melodrama or predictable tropes. I want a story that unfolds at an unhurried pace, with good writing and logically developed, thoughtful characters.
Looking for a Highly Re-readable Novel That Doesn't Make Things Up As It Goes
Everyday Life Among Ordinary People, No Politics
Recently Gotten into Slice-of-Life and Lighthearted Stories
I've recently gotten hooked on slice-of-life and lighthearted stories.
Seeking Ancient-World Transmigration Food Novels: Farming, Street Stalls, and Building a Business
A Calm, Ordinary Slice of Life
Just an ordinary, peaceful life in a warm little home.
Any Stories That Feel True to Life? Please, With Authors Who Use Their Brains!
I don’t want either lead to be stupid. I hope the story has a warm, everyday feel. They don’t have to be rich, but there absolutely shouldn’t be any huge misunderstandings between them. Both should be pure in love, please and thank you. I’ve been reading for years, and so many authors write things that make no sense. Sigh ╯﹏╰
Any Low-Key Novels Focused on Everyday Life?
No System, and not too much face-slapping.
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.
Any Slice-of-Life Farming Stories? Nothing Over-the-Top or Full of Face-Slapping
I like more low-key stories.
Looking for Cozy Shopkeeping Novels with No Brain-Dead Characters. Shopkeeping, Shopkeeping, Shopkeeping!
Looking for books like Tang Dynasty Supermarket: From the Start, Spicy Strips Make Li Shimin Cry. It was okay, but didn't live up to my expectations. I'd still like the protagonist to get involved in things besides running a shop.
I Found a Really Good Book Today.
I want books like Know No Evils: The Poor Scholar Really Is Poor.
Are There Any Foodie Novels on Tomato?
Male- or female-oriented novels are both fine. No harems with three thousand beauties. Either no female lead, or just one. For female-oriented novels, anything goes, since I’m a total hypocrite about this. No brainless characters who get dumbed down!
Ancient Farming, Food, and Infrastructure, With a Harmonious Family and a Cozy Atmosphere
Looking for a Slice-of-Life Story About the Daughter of a Minor Official in Ancient Times, With No Golden Finger
Looking for books like A Small-Town Woman's Everyday Journey to Prosperity in Bianjing.
Looking for Stories With a Female Lead Who Runs a Shop, Sells at a Stall, or Delivers Food, or Stories About Building Infrastructure, With No Romance
I'm looking for stories about running a business. Please recommend some, fellow readers 🙏. I want a female lead who shines on her own.
Management and Shopkeeping Novels With a System, No Post-Apocalyptic Stories (Please Don't Recommend...
Looking for novels about running a business or opening a shop with a System. No apocalyptic settings, please, and preferably female-oriented fiction. It has to be good!!!
Really Good Ancient-Era Farming Novels
Looking for stories similar to "The People at the Foot of the Mountain".
Farming, Food, Everyday Family Life, Cozy and Healing
Looking for a Story About Transmigrating into Ancient Times as an Ordinary Person, Carefully Building Up Strength
An ancient-era transmigration story. I don't want a mindless power fantasy. I've always read stories about princesses, princes, and crown princes, so I'd like to see the everyday lives of ordinary people.
The Simple, Everyday Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Times
Looking for books similar to The Jiangnan Family: Daily Life and Prosperity in an Imagined Ancient China. I don't want princes, heirs, or generals constantly going on about the fate of the nation. I want ordinary people, like a family running a tea stall in a county town and slowly building their business, with everyday life at the center. Something quiet and...
Give Me Some Lighthearted, Funny, Laid-Back Farming Stories
Don't be shy, send them all my way!
Cozy, Comforting Slice-of-Life Stories
No melodrama, no exaggeration. The writing style doesn't matter 🍋
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It feels a bit idealistic. If you like heartwarming stories, you can check it out, but for someone like me who prefers realism and logic, it's a bit too much. If you want to watch it, you can treat it as a fictional world or a period drama with a high standard of living. 😄
It's not bad, but I feel like Xuxu is the female lead. The chemistry between Qin Yu and Xuxu is really there; they should just be renamed "The Cold-Faced Young Master's Beloved Darling" 🤦 [OK] I looked through the book reviews below and it's true, I'm still too soft-hearted. I rarely give Tomato two hearts (a Chinese online book review). [Think about it carefully]
I'm giving it five stars to urge for more updates! This story is a slow-burn, heartwarming one. I didn't read the synopsis and started reading it directly. I thought it was about a schoolteacher, but it turns out to be about a storyteller, and it's not even finished yet! 555 Okay, this story is indeed a bit boring, and I feel the female lead pays them a bit too much.
It's quite good, with a good plot. The story of a storyteller running a shop and encountering a rival causing trouble is common, and the old scholar's disapproval of such situations is typical, but the author's solution is unconventional and refreshing.
Completed on March 18, 2026. This was my first time seeing a storyteller who transmigrates to ancient times, and I was quite curious about what would happen. From initial curiosity about what stories the female lead, Jiang Zhi, would tell, to witnessing the ordinary yet peaceful lives of the characters, I was captivated.
I've caught up to chapter 35. It's an ancient storytelling game, and the enjoyment is actually the same as modern entertainment like singing. It's just that there's less storytelling content. It's clear that later on, when they recruit partners, the female lead will probably go behind the scenes and become a bookstore or something selling books.
I really enjoyed this story. There was no scheming or intrigue, and the plot was very heartwarming. The female lead is a time traveler who, after her divorce, returns to her parents' home with her daughter and makes a living by running a teahouse and telling stories. However, the stories she tells are all from current TV dramas; won't that involve copyright issues? It's a story about a group of women relying on each other to build their careers!
It's so good! It's simple yet heartwarming and lively. They should pair Gu the innkeeper with the female lead; there's no mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflict, they get along well, and they're not short of money. Having someone who understands and cares for her is great. After her daughter gets married, the female lead will be all alone, and the next few decades will be quite lonely. It seems everyone in the teahouse has their destined partner.
The lives of a group of women are told in a gentle and detailed manner, sometimes plain, sometimes passionate, warm yet unrestrained. May all women in the world live freely and unrestrained lives.
A good story deserves good tea, and a good story is like good tea. The plot of the story is as warm as the tea, and the characters in the story can withstand careful reading. It can write about the warmth of everyday life, or it can tell the stories of the minor characters in the book. Each character has their own personality. I hope Tingfeng Teahouse will continue to improve, and that this story will become more and more enjoyable, and that more and more people will come to read it!