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51 我 Farming in Ancient Times, I Married the Village Fool 我在古代种田，嫁给村里那个憨夫 Milky White Isn't White奶白不白Ancient Romance490k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Transmigration + ancient romance + farming + sweet romance + raising children + a simple life + not a power-fantasy comeback story + no bizarre relatives] Chen Jiaojiao's soul transmigrated after a car accident. Her parents were dead, her family was dirt poor, and she had no golden finger, let alone riches and honor. All she had was endless work and a stomach that was never full... Life was simple: growing crops and raising children. But there was something odd about that man from t 1.6kReads8.4Score102Shelves

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[Time Travel + Ancient Romance + Farming + Sweet Pets + Raising Babies + Ordinary + Not a Counter-attack Story + No Weird Relatives] Chen Jiaojiao died in a car accident, her parents died, and her family was completely destitute. She had no golden fingers, no glory and wealth, just endless work and a belly that couldn't be filled... The days were ordinary, farming, raising children, and that was the man in the village who was driven out by her stepmother. Why didn't something seem right... My brother said: He definitely wants to marry you. My sister said: His family is poor and has no land, so he cannot marry. The man said: I can make money. Chen Jiaojiao said: It's not impossible...

58 土 The Tujia Girl 土家妹子 Fire Rabbit Lantern火兔灯Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted My new work is out! Welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your follows motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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Ordinary life is more shining.

60 许 I Promise You a Lifetime, Ruling Together at Home and Abroad 许你一生，共主内外 Cherish Warmth惜暖Modern Romance846k WordsCompleted [Age gap, mutual devotion and support, doting romance with no angst] Twenty-six-year-old Jiang Xuerong met Xie Mingyu through a coworker. They were like parallel lines that should never have crossed, but after one chance encounter after another, they were drawn to each other and came together. Everyone said Jiang Xuerong was a flower planted in a pile of cow dung when she married Xie Mingyu. Only she knew that choosing him was the best decision she had ever made. His tolerant nature and steady t 12.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves

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Age difference, running in both directions + supporting each other, pampering without abuse]. Jiang Xuerong, 26, met Xie Mingyu through a colleague's introduction. Two people who originally had no intersection as two parallel lines attracted each other and came together through coincidental collisions. Everyone said that Jiang Xueerong and Xie Mingyu were like flowers planted with cow dung. Only she knew that choosing him was the right decision. With his tolerant attitude and stable emotions, he provided her with a windless harbor and taught her how to set sail and sail farther. She used her firm choice and gentle consideration to provide him with a soft back so that he could have a place to rest when he was tired. Husband and wife support each other, ride the wind and waves, and both achieve success in their own fields. One day, my colleagues were talking about the newly appointed young and promising leader. After taking a closer look, they discovered that it was Jiang Xuerong's husband.

61 穿 After Becoming a Treacherous Minister’s Wife, the More Trouble I Cause, the More He Dotes on Me 穿成奸臣妻后，我越作他越宠 A Corner of Books in the Mortal World凡尘书隅Ancient Romance268k WordsCompleted The heroine transmigrates to ancient times and discovers that her scholar husband is a great, great, great traitor who will bring chaos to the court and cause the country to fall! From then on, she does everything she can to become the biggest obstacle to her husband earning academic honors. And so... He studies, I tempt him. He prepares for exams, I pretend to be sick. He goes to school, I get pregnant. Husband, wait, what?! How did my husband still pass the exam? 788Reads5.5Score100Shelves

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The heroine wears books and is very cute. The male protagonist is the gentle type. The emotional line between the two of them is so bland. Looks very comfortable.

62 幸 The Meaning of Happiness 幸福的标准 Xue Lanyou雪蓝悠Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted Ye Han and He Junshan are, in everyone’s eyes, the perfect love story from campus to the altar. But how can a marriage keep feelings safe from the wear and tear of everyday life? Even their careers are gradually facing new crises… 126Reads—Score—Shelves

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In this urban novel, the male and female protagonists are ordinary people, and their lives are full of fireworks. It is a warm novel.

63 农 The Eldest Farmhouse Daughter Builds a Prosperous Home 农家长姐当家致富 My Seedling我的禾苗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Two audio versions available: one with a full cast] [No spatial spring System] [Family squabbles + cozy daily life + self-reliance through famine + managing the household and building wealth + fictional dynasty + no lone-wolfing + putting the greater good first] What a shock! A young woman suddenly transmigrates into ancient times as the eldest daughter of a farming family, orphaned by both parents. Her heartless paternal grandparents drive her out, hoping to seize the family property, while he 9.5kReads8.7Score961Shelves

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This article is a pure farming story with no space spiritual spring system. The heroine slowly grows up, the water flows slowly, living in a small town, clearing land, building houses, digging wells, farming, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, various vegetables, raising silkworms, feeding pigs, chickens, and collecting herbs in the mountains.

64 星 The Neighbors on Either Side of Xingyao 星遥的左右隔壁 Sipping Tea Alone in Autumn秋茶独饮Modern Romance39k WordsCompleted Shen Song Xingyao is a girl whose name carries the story of her parents' unusual relationship. She grew up in a unique family arrangement, with her parents living in apartments next door to each other. Her father, Shen Yizhou, is a carefree, laid-back editor, while her mother, Song Qingru, is a meticulous, rational accountant. They never had a marriage in the traditional sense, yet through an unspoken understanding few outsiders could comprehend, they raised their daughter together. From her inn —Reads—Score—Shelves

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These books are all stories that happened in real life.

69 旧 Childhood in the Old Days 旧时光里的童年 The Second Kid in the Old Days旧时光里的小二Urban134k WordsCompleted The author recalls a rural childhood in Wuchang County, Heilongjiang Province, during the 1970s and 1980s. The book describes rural life and the changes brought about by the household responsibility system in the early days of reform and opening up, along with the joys and hardships of the author’s childhood before the age of ten, major family upheavals, and the warmth and coldness of human nature. 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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The article about the era of daily necessities and family life is based on the author's personal experience. It is sad, nostalgic and can make people cry.

70 古 The Struggles of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times 古代农家夫妻奋斗史 min211Ancient Romance643k WordsOngoing (Also known as: The Struggles of an Ancient Farming Couple) [Ordinary Natives of Ancient Times + Farming + Building Wealth + Everyday Family Life + Adorable Beloved Child + Cozy Daily Life + Imperial Exams] A chance encounter at an apothecary gives Wang Wei'an, a young tavern worker just beginning to fall in love, the idea of bringing the little embroiderer Zhao Xiuxiu home as his bride. There is no transmigration, no rebirth, and no System or golden finger. They are both ordinary people born an 28.8kReads8.4Score3.1kShelves

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The family is short-lived, and the gentle flow is very warm.

71 农 Qiu Yue, the Country Girl 农女秋月 Carefree Grass无忧草Ancient Romance308k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Shen Dongxue became Shen Qiuyue, a farm girl from Qingshan Village whose father had died and mother was gone, leaving her to depend on her younger brother. Shen Dongxue figured that since she had transmigrated to another world in her sleep, she must have a purpose there. So she might as well make the best of it! Looking at the drafty thatched hut, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work: farming, setting up a stall, gathering herbs, and opening a shop, gradually lifting h 628Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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There is no space, no cheats, just the warm and ordinary life of a family. It is a short novel. The only drawback is that the author is not very good at using punctuation marks when writing a book for the first time. However, by listening to the book, there will be no such obstacles.

73 穿 I Transmigrated and Picked Up a Five-and-a-Half-Year-Old Husband 穿越捡来的相公五岁半 The Wind Goes Whoosh大风呼呼的Ancient Romance206k WordsCompleted Everyone in the capital knows that the influential Grand Secretary married the older sister who raised him from childhood to repay her kindness, becoming a thoroughly henpecked husband. They say Qin Zhao’s wife is jealous, never lets him take a concubine, and won’t let him go out drinking with courtesans. They say Qin Zhao has a miserable life at home, worse than death. Cao Xi spat out a melon seed shell. They don’t know what they’re talking about. That clingy little pest is practically attached 7.5kReads9.1Score728Shelves

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Cao Xi, who traveled through time and became a child, picked up a child. From then on, the two children ran away together, only to find out later that she had picked up a talkative and clingy young man. The two grew up stumbling over each other, cherishing each other's company. The little chatterbox that Master once said turned into a cabinet bachelor, but he is still the child who is afraid of his sister.

74 飒 The Sassy Sister and Her Rascally Husband 飒姐，痞夫 Udong Dong乌冬东Modern Romance372k WordsCompleted A female surgeon and a male psychologist find their way to each other. At their first meeting, he lets himself into her home and says, “You take care of the outside, and I'll take care of the inside.” She is bold and spirited, but carries hidden wounds. He is a roguish ray of sunshine who openly warms and heals her. You head west to conquer, while I rely on Nan; we seem completely mismatched, going in opposite directions. He had loved her for a long time, through all the days no one knew about. 384Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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It's plain, but very healing. Mature men and women are so suitable for living together, as if they are seeing friends around them.

75 共 Sailing Together 共舟行 Little Mouse Maomao阿鼠毛毛Modern Romance265k WordsOngoing [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 478Reads—Score—Shelves

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76 花 When the Flowers Bloom 花若盛开 In an Old Friend's Heart故人心上Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Farming + Business + Food + Growth-Oriented Career-Driven Female Lead + Growth-Oriented Male Lead + Not a Goody-Two-Shoes + One-on-One Romance] She transmigrates into the twelve-year-old granddaughter of a rural scholar. Her grandmother is long dead, her parents have vanished without a trace, and her grandfather has just died. To escape the unreasonable harassment of unscrupulous clan members, she leaves her hometown with her seven-year- 9.8kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves

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A plain and heartwarming farming story, with no space or golden fingers. The author uses a very delicate writing style to describe the short story of the parents. I like to read this kind of story. The elder sister works hard to make money, the younger brother works hard to become stronger, and the male protagonist is also very awesome. It's beautiful!

77 大 The Courtyard Compound: The Warmth of Everyday Life 大杂院：人间烟火气 Du Xiaore杜小惹Modern Romance546k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family drama + everyday life] If you're young and inexperienced, take this as a warning and steer clear. This book probably isn't for you. It has none of the usual wish-fulfillment tropes and no imaginary cheat powers. It's simply an ordinary story about people in northern China. [No transmigration, no System, no pocket dimension, no being reborn, and none of the modern-novel elements you know.] It records the ordinary life of a northern town in the 1980s, capturing the memorie 8.3kReads9.1Score749Shelves

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Ordinary people's life

78 乌 Hunting in the Ural Mountains 乌拉尔山赶山记 Ten Thousand Coins for a Fight斗十千千Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into the body of a mute slave girl who is being sold. She is bought and married off to a mountain man with no household registration, living deep in the border mountains. The frontier is bitterly cold, and the forests stretch far and wide. Liang Chong's situation is disastrous from the start, but she manages to buy her freedom by foraging in the mountains and farming, eventually living in the Ural Mountains where “a stick brings down a deer, a dipper scoo 1.9kReads9.0Score206Shelves

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In ancient times, there was a mountain system for farming. (It was used to avoid danger, not gold fingers. I personally think it is useless.) From the story of a mute female slave who was sold to how she got rid of slavery and worked hard to live.

81 重 Reborn in the New Millennium: How Do I Return to the Mountains from the Start? 重生千禧年，开局重返大山怎么破 Xu Xu Shi Ye徐徐是也Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Before she was reborn, Shen Xuewei was over thirty. She had been estranged from her family for seven years, and after years of hard work, she had finally built a little home of her own. After being reborn, Shen Xuewei was only six years old, with tiny arms and legs. Her father was taking her to her maternal grandparents’ home in the mountains. Her childhood memories were already hazy, and she had never imagined she would be reborn. Standing outside her grandparents’ home, she watched her father 16.2kReads9.0Score2.1kShelves

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This book is super real. The heroine is very sober. After knowing that she was reborn, she quickly adjusted. And he won't do anything that is obviously beyond his age group. The content is plain and everyday, but there are occasionally funny moments in it.

82 跛 The Gentle Wife of the Lame Young Scholar 跛腿小秀才的温柔妻 Still So Sleepy还是困啊Ancient Romance100k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book, Low-Key, Cozy Farming Story, No Golden Finger, Simple Everyday Life, Short Novel of 100,000 Words] * Lan Ruo transmigrates into a book and becomes a young scholar’s wife. The young scholar is injured in an accidental fall and becomes lame. He’s terribly shy and blushes whenever she teases him. She can’t help herself, always wanting to tease him and watch him turn red with embarrassment. Content warning: The pace is fairly quick because this is a short novel. 3.4kReads8.9Score298Shelves

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This farming article

84 重 Back to the ’90s: A Mother’s Strength 重回九零之为母当自强 Alice Loves Candy爱丽丝爱吃糖Modern Romance740k WordsCompleted A flowerpot falling from upstairs sent Lin Qiu back thirty-two years. Her worldview changed, her appearance changed, and her attitude changed. When life gives you a chance to start over, can a life in shambles finally soar? —Reads—Score—Shelves

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The heroine of this book is reborn. After her rebirth, she and her husband went to Pengcheng to work. With the hard work of the couple, they successfully bought a house and settled down! The whole article is relatively plain, not like other rebirth articles about getting rich quickly, but about going step by step in a down-to-earth manner!!

85 拐 Steal Her Away for a Kiss 拐走亲一口 Big Northeastern Pear东北大鸭梨Modern Romance272k WordsCompleted Puppy-boy romance! The rating is low because the story is new, so please don't be put off by it. “A slow, steady romance + love at first sight for the male lead, who's a lovestruck straight shooter.” Both leads are sexually inexperienced! “Chu the Tease × Lin the Feisty One” Lin Beian was still single at 28, and Guo Xia was more desperate to marry off her daughter than a rainmaker praying for rain. Then she ran into the doctor who had treated her just yesterday at a blind date? Lin Beian never d 2.7kReads8.4Score240Shelves

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The daily articles that flow continuously are really super sweet, huge, huge, huge, huge, beautiful [Adoration][Adoration][Adoration][Adoration][Adoration][Adoration][Adoration]

86 织 The City of Woven Sand 织沙之城 Peach Fierce桃桃凶猛Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [The first online novel set in Nansha District, Guangzhou, the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A 2023 key project supported by the China Writers Association] A heroine’s coming-of-age story + the gentle flow of everyday life + women’s entrepreneurship What is home? What does one’s hometown mean? As the Pearl River rushes toward the sea, Mai Jiaying, a post-90s small-town exam ace, grows tired of her salt-scented, out-of-the-way hometown. All she wants is to fly to the ca 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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The family affection, love and struggle of ordinary people are full of Cantonese flavor~

87 二 Retirement at Twenty 二十岁的养老生活 Ode to Antiquity赋古Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + everyday life + devoted couples + sweet romance] Graduation means unemployment. Unemployed? Then it's time to settle into retirement~ Li An doesn't want to be a corporate cog working nine to five, so she heads to the countryside to live at her best friend's grandmother's place. She buys the old house, tears it down and builds a new one, then sets up a few vegetable patches to grow produce as a relaxing hobby... Villagers: You've set up your vegetable garden like you're playing hous 2.6kReads8.8Score264Shelves

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After the heroine graduated, she went to live in the countryside and met the hero. Although they had just fallen in love, their personalities made them live like an old married couple, in a calm and leisurely way.

88 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 29kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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Period novel, the female protagonist travels through time, the male protagonist is single-minded, plain and simple

89 闪 My Flash-Marriage Husband's Love Has Me Spoiled and Proud 闪婚老公的爱让我恃宠而骄 Mo Bei Yao漠北瑶Modern Romance182k WordsCompleted She, Xu Mengyao, a cool, beautiful woman who was once the goddess of first love in everyone's eyes, planned to marry her boyfriend of four years, Chen Hao, after becoming pregnant. But his mother broke them up. He, Li Yuanjun, a warm-hearted man, met Xu Mengyao, a bridesmaid, at a friend's wedding, and fell for her at first sight. Handsome and sunny, Li Yuanjun eventually won Xu Mengyao over with his sincerity. A month later, they had a whirlwind wedding and registered their marriage. After the 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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It is recommended to read this sweet pet novel about marriage first and love later. Their story is real and ordinary, and has a strong sense of immersion. The story presents inspiring stories of love, hatred and struggle of ordinary people.

90 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance995k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 15.1kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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This book is a period novel. The rating is a bit lower because there are fewer people rating it. It mainly describes the warm daily life of the protagonist's family. It has a strong sense of period. This is the one I have read on Tomato that pays the most attention to the description of the period background. The price is reasonable, the details are exquisite, and there are not too many top-notch products. It feels like you are really living in that era, but the pace is a bit slower. There is not much emotional drama now. It can be read as a period novel➕Tiantian novel

92 六 The 1960s: Sweet Days with My Betrothed 六零：和婚约对象甜蜜蜜的日常 Golden Corn Kernels金黄玉米粒Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + marriage first, love later + love at first sight] After five years of scraping by in the apocalypse, Shen Mucheng blew up a bomb at the last possible moment when her base was overrun by zombies, taking them all down with her. But when she opened her eyes, she found herself in the 1960s. She looked down at her white blouse and red skirt, then heard a woman outside call, “The bride can come out now! The groom’s here to take you to the wedding!” Shen Mucheng stumbled out of the roo 5.6kReads8.8Score302Shelves

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These are all, sweet darling

97 萌 Adorable Baby: Mommy's on a Blind Date, Daddy, Get in Line 萌宝：妈咪在相亲，爹地请排队 Blue Spirit, Purple Charm蓝灵紫韵Modern Romance334k WordsCompleted What's it like to be woken up first thing in the morning by your own daughter pushing you to go on blind dates? Lu Ning says it's torture. Can't a woman just enjoy living alone? Men only slow down how fast she spends her money! Lu Xile: “Having a single mom is so expensive. Ten blind dates cost a whole hundred yuan?” Ling Sijue: “I object!” Lu Xile: “Daddy, get in line for your blind date. There are people behind you! Even my real dad can't cut in line!!!!” Son: “You all left me behind. Hurry ov 17Reads—Score—Shelves

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Life is going badly, and my daughter can't stand it any longer and wants to find a father for herself. However, this father is too lucky, so I'm worried.

98 安 Finding Refuge in the Mountains, Reclaiming Land and Stockpiling Supplies 安居深山避乱世，开荒种田囤物资 Chen Zizi尘子子Ancient Romance589k WordsCompleted [Romance included, but the story takes center stage. The relationship develops slowly and steadily. An ordinary person transmigrates, no golden finger, not a saintly heroine, and a character who grows over time] [Foraging in the mountains + hunting and farming + everyday food] Xia Qingyue transmigrates by accident into a remote mountain wilderness and settles in a sinkhole. She never expected war and natural disasters to follow one after another. To survive, she starts farming and raising livest 5.1kReads8.7Score350Shelves

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A plain and real story about farming in the mountains, without golden fingers or messy princes and nobles. It is just ordinary people living in troubled times, hiding in the mountains to survive, farming and hunting, fishing and catching shrimps.

99 那 The Snowstorm That Night Was Fierce 那一夜的风雪好大 w Nankew南柯Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 11kReads9.2Score1.1kShelves

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Ordinary rural life can be written so vividly and interestingly by the author, making people reluctant to skip a word.

100 穿 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains: Farming, Foraging for Mushrooms, and Selling Herbal Jelly 穿越深山老林，种田捡菌卖冰粉 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Li Xia transmigrated to a remote mountain valley, where the family had barely a roof over their heads and went hungry every day. To make matters worse, the heavens refused to give her any golden finger at all. Raised under the red flag, she had never imagined hunger could feel so awful. She wanted food. A big bowl of rice. And plenty of meat, too. How could someone who knew nothing about farm work or crops achieve this “great ambition” in another world? 8.6kReads8.9Score741Shelves

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Travel through ancient times, farm, pick mushrooms, and sell ice powder