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- 51 Da Sha's Village Life 大傻的山村生活 Idiot + mountain village + farming + living together Wang Dafu has no parents and was born with an intellectual disability. Though he has plenty of strength, he's kindhearted and loves helping others, which also makes him an easy target for bullies. Luckily, a widow takes him in and turns him into the production team's workhorse. He thinks he'll live an ordinary life from then on, until one day he stumbles upon a divine artifact and his life takes a completely different turn. This blurb can't do 10.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
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I Was a Sent-Down Youth 我是知青
This is a strictly realistic novel about educated youth sent to the countryside at Hongqi Commune on the Loess Plateau. It vividly depicts their years in the countryside from start to finish, recreating the simple, arduous realities of everyday life for an entire generation. Readers who love realistic historical fiction set in a bygone era and true-to-life depictions of educated youth life are welcome to read on.
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A Thousand Yuan a Month for Everyone in This Poor County 穷县每人每月给我一千块
Ye Yuan died suddenly at his desk in the urban planning institute of a first-tier city, then was reborn in his hometown, Qinghe County. He was bound to a “Population Dividend System”: every permanent resident in the county earned him 1,000 yuan a month. Qinghe County had 15,247 permanent residents, bringing in about 15.24 million yuan a month. The System had a death threshold: if the population fell below 8,000, it would shut down forever. Want to multiply his income tenfold? Then he would have
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The Century-Old House 百年老宅
An old family home, four generations, a century of upheaval, and an extraordinary love affair. How did a penniless tenant farmer win the hearts of two beautiful daughters of an enlightened landlord? How did an honest, simple peasant seize control of the village Party secretary's post as if it were a throne, then cling to it? How did a devoted lover go from kind and innocent to cynical and world-weary? Read on to discover his tangled, unbreakable ties with four women. Through the nearly century-l
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I'm a Bachelor, Not a Fool 我是光棍汉，不是傻瓜蛋
Told in the words of a lifelong bachelor, this novel depicts a century in the history of an ordinary family from a unique perspective. It reveals the tragic lives of ordinary people at the bottom of society, especially older bachelors who have never married; condemns the selfish and despicable side of human nature; and celebrates sincerity, kindness, and moral character. One of the few literary works in China to focus early on the tens of millions of lifelong bachelors, it hopes to inspire peopl
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Call Me the Dog Saint 请叫我狗圣
Wang Ergou was harmed by villains. By a twist of fate, the Dog Sage possessed him, giving him the ability to understand dogs and command a hundred of them. From then on, he repaid every wrong and avenged every grudge! He soared to the top...
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Fragrance Across the Hills 漫山花香
Dong Dawei spent several years trying to make it out in the world, but never got anywhere. So he returned to Dongjia Village, ready to live an ordinary life in the countryside. Who knew the beautiful rural scenery would lead him to a new discovery? From then on, his life became a whole lot more enjoyable. Follow and add this to your favorites! Take a look before bed, and you'll enjoy a feast for the eyes like no other! Heh heh heh!
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Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税？从养活美娇媳妇开始
[No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa
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The Foolish Doctor of the Countryside, Protecting Sweetgrass Alone 乡野痴医，独护香草
Framed by the village bully and shoved into a deep pool, the simple-minded Er Zhu unexpectedly unlocks his family's ancestral medical arts! With a single hand, he wields miraculous needles to save children and punish troublemakers. He may seem dim-witted in public, but behind the scenes, he is ruthless. In this life, he is determined to protect Xiang Cao. Not one villain will get away!
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- 60 President Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 顾总，请配合治疗 Mr. Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 680Reads—Score—Shelves
- 61 Caught Them in the Act, Then Scalded Someone with Boiling Water 撞破好事，滚水烫人 Caught Them in the Act, Got Scalded with Boiling Water 729Reads—Score—Shelves
- 62 After Wandering into the Changing Room, I Had a Cool Coach Chasing Me Down to Teach Me to Swim 误闯更衣室后，高冷教练追着教我游泳 After Wandering into the Locker Room, the Ice-Cold Coach Keeps Chasing Me to Teach Me How to Swim 614Reads—Score—Shelves
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Years of Quiet Reflection 沉淀的岁月
The story follows the lives of three high school girls from rural backgrounds. In the fall of 1964, the confident, ambitious “top student” Yu Hongying, the warmhearted and forthright “knight-errant” Li Chunfen, and the reserved, introspective lady Yue Shuqian unexpectedly meet in their first-year dormitory, along with the “campus belle” Yang Yuhuan and the “fake Marxist-Leninist” Wu Lihong. This sets off a series of stories, some serious, some amusing, some bizarre, and some full of joy and sorr
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- 64 A Family by the Yishui River 沂水河畔一家人 This book tells the story of a large family over nearly a century, from the late Qing dynasty to the end of the twentieth century, through turbulent changes, banditry and warfare, twists and turns, and eventual reversals of fortune. Led and subtly influenced by the protagonist, several generations endure decades of hardship yet remain upright, united, and determined to improve. In different eras and historical circumstances, they do everything they can, persevering in their efforts to contribute 6.1kReads8.8Score564Shelves
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The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇
[Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl
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I Brought a Billion Home and Now I'm Lying Flat 我带着十个亿，回老家躺平了
At twenty-eight, Lin Chen hits rock bottom in a single day. His company lays him off, his girlfriend of three years dumps him for being broke, then turns around and gets into a rich second-generation heir’s BMW. Even his landlord throws his belongings out of the rental apartment in the middle of the night. Just as he’s at the end of his rope, a bank text suddenly pops up: [1,000,000,000.00 yuan has been deposited into your account] To hell with 996! To hell with buying a house or a car! Lin Chen
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Back in the Village: The Pigs and Fish I Raise Are Almost Spirits 回村赶山：我养的猪和鱼都快成精
After Li Ping'an returns to his village to hunt in the mountains, he discovers that his hometown is a treasure trove: beautiful mountains, beautiful waters, and even more beautiful people. Compared to the bustle of the mortal world, this unspoiled haven is a much better place to live. But after he starts raising livestock, the pigs and fish are practically turning into spirits. What's going on?
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She's Worth Less Than Rice 她比米贱
That year, in exchange for a sack of millet, Yu Xiaofeng's parents promised her to the simple-minded son of the Liu family in the neighboring village. It was a rural village in northern China during the famine years of the last century. The stove was taller than she was. In the bitter winter, she smashed ice to wash clothes, her hands covered in chilblains that festered with pus. She didn't dare cry aloud. At seventeen, she was made to share a bed with Dazhu. He knew nothing, and tied her to a c
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- 69 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.8kReads7.9Score238Shelves
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The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹
This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that
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- 71 The Butcher's Fierce Wife Is My Third Sister-in-Law 卖肉悍妇是我三嫂 When Wang Xiuying was eighteen, she chased two men through the streets with a shoulder pole. Everyone in the village said she was too fierce. Who would dare marry her? And yet my useless third brother insisted on marrying her. On their wedding night, she laid down three rules: from now on, I make the decisions at home; don't let anyone bully you again; wherever I point, you hit. We all thought our third brother had married a tigress and that their life together would be impossible. But who could 968Reads—Score100Shelves
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Water Willow 水性杨花儿
(The rating was just added and will rise. It's already going up!) Neighbor Guo Hongmei ran off with another man? What? That man is Yang Hua'er's husband, Zhao Dashan? Talk about gossip coming right back to bite you. They say nine out of ten people born in the Year of the Sheep are fated to have a hard life, but Yang Hua'er doesn't believe in fate. Even without a man, she can still make a warm and happy life for herself.
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Songs of the Listening Wind Tower 听风楼歌
Why does Xiangju run a business that only loses money and never makes a profit? She treats relationships just as carelessly, elbowing her way to the top of the airport’s Twelve Most Beautiful Women. She has Hong Zhi and Brother Gen fighting over her in a jealous brawl, and instead of being ashamed, she’s proud of it. After her eldest daughter gets into a prestigious university, she works hard and becomes independent. She tutors and models cars in her spare time, and accompanies her professor to
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Spring Sunshine Over the Countryside 暖春照乡野
[Village Life]+ [Period]+ [Rugged Man]+ [Family Life]+ [Angst Before Romance]... Yang Wei’s elder brother, Yang Ming, died unexpectedly, leaving his widowed sister-in-law to raise him all alone! Now that her younger brother-in-law is grown, will Chuntao remarry, choose to spend her life with Yang Wei, or grow old alone? What will Yang Wei decide? What does his father think? What do Chuntao’s parents say? A whole host of questions now stand before them! But those are only minor problems. The real
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- 75 A Song of Life's Sorrows 生命悲歌 [Human nature + family + first person + male and female audiences] (Adapted into an audio drama with real voice actors; a motion comic is in production and coming soon.) Fate is never set in advance, yet it always pushes people toward unknown wilderness when they least expect it. The Ballad of Life uses simple, heartfelt storytelling to unfold a journey through hardship, perseverance, and struggle, revealing the most moving strength found in an ordinary life. There are no earth-shattering legend 10.7kReads9.2Score894Shelves
- 76 The Domineering Village Chief Gets Caught 霸道村长落网记 [Rural] [Period Drama] [Tragedy] Synopsis: The domineering village chief Hu Gang, backed by his family, bullies men, preys on women, and commits every kind of evil. After Hu Ying, the heroine, is abused by Hu Gang and his son, she escapes. With Yang Jun's help, she ultimately brings down the entire Hu family. Yet Hu Ying's tragic fate is only just beginning... (You won't believe it until you read it!) 1.3kReads7.5Score103Shelves
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The Official Road, Starting at Level Three 官道，从三段开始
My name is Bu Qingyun. (I hold a senior government post and have a fortune worth over a hundred million.) Let me tell you a secret. Ever since I was in elementary school, entering politics has been the light of my ideals and the flame of my ambition. It was buried in my heart like a seed, ready to take root and sprout as soon as the soil was right...
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- 78 Adoption into the Family 过继 This is a novel about a man growing up through blood and tears. Along with the cruelty of reality comes the trickery of fate. But if you’re a man, wipe away your tears and face every hardship. Make yourself tough as steel, unbreakable... 29.9kReads9.3Score3.2kShelves
- 79 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 32.5kReads8.4Score2kShelves
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Love Fills Peach Blossom Village 情满桃花村
[Miracle Doctor] [Countryside] [Multiple Heroines] A reborn Immortal Venerable becomes a village doctor, a powerhouse in both martial arts and medicine. He shows no mercy to local bullies, and no one protects the village beauty better than he does. The rich and powerful come to his door seeking treatment, but life or death is entirely up to him. He leads the villagers to prosperity and enjoys a carefree life with a beautiful wife.
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- 81 Those Days on the Production Team 年代，生产队里那些事 Set in the 1970s, this book tells the story of the family life of Wu Changgui and Jiang Xueqin, an ordinary couple from a small village, and their children. In an era of material scarcity, life was simple and unpretentious, yet full of complicated love, hatred, and heartbreak... 41Reads6.3Score—Shelves
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Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生
[Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h
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- 83 The Countryside Village 乡野山村 (Countryside + fool + miracle doctor + farming + cultivation + getting rich) Wang Dazhuang, a college student from Taohua Village, was beaten into an idiot by the village bully over a dispute involving his ancestral home. While gathering herbs in the mountains for his beautiful sister-in-law, he stumbled upon the village chief’s secret affair and accidentally fell down a waterfall. He gained a Qilin physique and inherited the legacy of the Immortal Doctor. From then on, he began his rise to the 3.9kReads8.9Score493Shelves
- 84 All These Years Working Away from Home 外出打工这些年 Ever since Yu Xiaobai married Wu Jiajia, who loved wealth and despised poverty, he hasn’t had a single peaceful day... She turned their home upside down, then teamed up with her first boyfriend to make off with all the money he had worked so hard to earn. He indulged and cherished her in every way, but still couldn’t change Wu Jiajia’s determination to divorce him... After Wu Jiajia asked for a divorce for the umpteenth time, Yu Xiaobai finally chose to leave this absurd marriage and let them bo 176Reads—Score—Shelves
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Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶，我回农村混得风生水起
Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was
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- 86 How to Deal with Annoying Neighbors... 遇到扰人的邻居，就这样办…… This is how to deal with a troublesome neighbor... 1.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Trapped in My Boss’s Office... 被困上司办公室后…… After Getting Trapped in My Boss's Office... 509Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reborn: I Doted on My Wife and Kids and Shocked the Whole Village 重生：我宠老婆孩子震惊全村
[Reborn Romance + Regretful Scumbag + 1980s Dad Life + Devoted Husband, One Heroine + Satisfying Read + Cozy Daily Life + Healing] Chen Sanye, the village's notorious hooligan, suddenly changed after a night of heavy drinking! The idle, foul-mouthed delinquent became polite. He was not only hardworking, but even learned how to make money! He stopped barking orders at his pretty, mute wife and began speaking to her softly and treating her with the utmost tenderness. The neighbors were baffled. Ha
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King of the Wilderness 荒野之王
On the deserted National Highway 318, a beautiful young woman flagged down Cang Yunfeng’s car. Any seasoned driver who regularly traveled through Tibet would know what was going on...
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- 90 Live Off the Mountains: Reborn in the 80s, I Keep a Low Profile in the Mountain Village 靠山吃山，重生80后我苟在山村 In his previous life, Li Qingyun's grandmother drugged him and stuffed him into a haystack, all to ruin his reputation so his cousin could take his place in the army. The result was his utter disgrace, the destruction of his family, and the loss of everything! This time, he is reborn in the haystack. He knows what is about to happen there. His eyes turn red… 12.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
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Peach Village Women 桃村女人花
Old Jiang of Divine Dragon Village fished a young man with amnesia out of the river. After getting him registered in the household records, Old Jiang passed away. The local thug Jiang Dalong tricked Jiang Dazhu, only to be knocked unconscious by the village chief. When he woke up, he had gained a mysterious inheritance. He went on to heal the sick, help the poor and the vulnerable, and make his way to glory.
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When Night Falls, Into Your Arms 入夜，揽怀
[Country Doctor] [Plenty of Beautiful Women] A down-and-out village doctor unexpectedly inherits Shennong's legacy. With peerless medical skills in his left hand, he saves lives and heals the sick; with transcendent immortal arts in his right, he farms and raises livestock. See how an ordinary man uses his astonishing good fortune to lead the villagers to prosperity and climb to the pinnacle of life. The blurb doesn't do it justice. Please read the story for details…
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- 93 The Countryside’s Strange Doctor 乡村怪医 [Traditional Chinese medicine + miracle doctor + countryside + beauties + getting rich + patriotism] Reborn in Shanling Village, Yang Xia obtains a miraculous Chinese medical text, Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold. One of its prescriptions contains a wondrous world called Spirit Medicine Mountain, where precious medicinal herbs grow across the slopes, including thousand-year-old ginseng and ten-thousand-year-old lingzhi. The mountain is also home to Sun Simiao, a Medicine King who h 3.9kReads9.2Score466Shelves
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My Peaceful Life in the Mountains 我的悠然山居生活
A doctor at a top-tier hospital, struggling to make ends meet in a big city, overexerts himself and collapses after coughing up blood. By chance, he receives the favor of the Nature of All Things System. From then on, he gains an affinity with plants and animals. He quits his job and returns to a small mountain village, where he chases dogs, catches chickens, plants an orchard, tends vegetable plots, raises fish, and plays with children. He lives an idyllic life while leading the villagers on th
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A Love Story from Majia Village 马家庄的爱情故事
In a village so ordinary it could not be more ordinary, the hardworking bachelor Li Daqing and his neighbor Er Feng spend every day working in the fields, rising with the sun and resting at sundown. They have no extraordinary talents. With only their hands and their strength, they cultivate the barren land, filling their hardship-filled days with verdant growth in the courtyard and the warmth of everyday life.
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- 96 The Carefree Life of a Country Doctor 乡村医仙好逍遥 To save his older sister, Lin Erzhu, a simple-minded country boy, unexpectedly inherits the ancient legacy of the Medicine God. From then on, he masters martial arts, business, feng shui, and fortune-telling, leading the villagers to prosperity! 2.9kReads8.7Score378Shelves
- 97 Frontier Reclamation: Life in the Village 开荒：屯子里的那些事儿 [Rural Life + Miracle Doctor + Decisive and Ruthless] A young man from the countryside was framed by his vicious girlfriend. Over the next two years, he mastered a whole range of skills, learning martial arts and medicine. The pretty older sister next door needs help. He has to do his good deed! Fan Ying: Su Chen, surely you have time to come help me today? 2.4kReads9.1Score565Shelves
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Moonlit Nights in Jiangwan 江湾风月
Romance and intrigue are everywhere in this world. In Northeast China, around the old bend of the Sanjiang River and its lake, the customs are different, the people are different, and so are the stories of love... And one simple-minded young man stands out even more than most! While others study for college entrance exams, he quits school just before the tests. While others fish and farm in peace, he goes into business. While others move to the city just to earn a wage, he starts a company. Wh
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- 99 Northeast Tales: A Love That Never Wavers 东北往事之情深不悔 No transmigration, no System. A realistic romance set in the countryside of Northeast China. If you cry easily, don’t read this. I’m afraid you won’t be able to stop! Zheng Sichun had a life full of hardship. When she was born, her own grandmother had her thrown into Wolf Ravine, where she was rescued by the drunkard Zheng Bao. At a young age, she narrowly escaped a villain’s clutches. After her brother accidentally killed someone, the siblings fled the home they’d lived in for eight years! At t 11.9kReads9.5Score1.6kShelves
- 100 Love Among the Mountains and Rivers 山水情 (Urban slice of life, inspirational growth, a nostalgic era, rich in detail) The beauty of mountains and rivers, the many faces of humanity, the fickleness of the world. The protagonist, Jiang Nan, knows right from wrong and values loyalty and affection. He grows from a poor boy who suffers humiliation into a fine young man admired by everyone. This story is grounded in real life, with family bonds, friendship, romance, and a deep love for his hometown. He leads the villagers to prosperity, ris 13.7kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
