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Farming Life: A Poor Scholar’s Devoted Wife 种田：寒门状元的宠妻生活
[Transmigration + Farming + Sweet Romance + Heartwarming + Joyful Power Fantasy] After transmigrating, he starts from the ground up in a house stripped bare. Watch as he and the woman he loves build something from nothing and lead their village to prosperity. Before long, the villagers realize that the young woman nobody wanted has been cherished like a treasure, becoming the envy of everyone. At first: “Have you heard? Qi Xiubai offered twenty taels of silver as the betrothal gift.” “Oh my gos
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I Become a Northern Song Uncle and Help My Little Niece Farm and Support the Family 穿成北宋小叔，带小侄女种田养家
The rating has just come out and will keep rising. Updates are guaranteed! [Farming and management, a healing story rather than a wish-fulfillment fantasy + Mid-Northern Song + adorable child + ensemble cast + making a fortune + no System + no romance] When Lu Yu opens his eyes again, he is kneeling before the funeral hall of his elder brother and sister-in-law. From the original owner’s memories, all he knows is that it is the seventh year of Qingli, and he is in Yin County, Mingzhou. But he ca
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Farming in Ancient Times: Living Off the Mountain, I Become the Mountain's Chancellor 古代种田：靠山吃山成为山间宰相
[Alternate world + farming + foraging + hunting + daily life + no awful characters + one heroine + ...] When Su Chang'an opens his eyes, the young man raised under the red flag has become a dim-witted boy in an ancient mountain village. His family has nothing. His closest relatives have run off with all their money, leaving him buried under debts he can never repay. Looking at his eldest sister, whose engagement has been called off, his timid little sister, and his mischievous younger brother, h
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In the Famine Years, I Married an Older Widow and Hit the Jackpot 饥荒年，娶个年上寡妇赢麻了
A farming novel for male readers: he marries a widow, raises fish, burns bricks and charcoal, and builds a grand house. No pocket dimension, no System. Sweet romance and farming, with a slow pace and no frustrating plot points. Lu Dahai transmigrates into the body of a poor bachelor in ancient times. Unable to find a wife, he is looked down on by the whole village. But who would have thought that from the start, he would become engaged to the village’s pretty widow? While everyone else is still
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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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Immortality from the Primitive Age 从原始社会开始永生不死
“What do you mean I transmigrated the moment I got off the bus?” Shen Ming stared at the desert before him, lost in thought. “And what do you mean I can’t die?” Shen Ming stabbed himself in the throat with a small knife and came away unharmed. He decided to find a way to improve his quality of life. What’s done is done. First, let’s find something to eat. Starting in the primitive era, he develops civilization on this alien planet. From wilderness to agriculture, from savagery to civilization, f
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The Road to Survival in the Flourishing Tang Dynasty 盛唐的生存之路
My new work is here! You’re welcome to check it out on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well!
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- 8 Steel and Stardust in the Seventies 七零钢铁与星尘 Steel and Stardust in the Seventies 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 The Silly Wife of the Eighties: After the System Activates, I Stun Everyone 八零傻媳.系统激活后我惊艳全场 The Foolish Wife of the Eighties: I Stun Everyone After My System Activates —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Space in the Sixties: Warm Sunshine for a Poor Family 六零空间：暖阳照贫家 Sixies Space: Warm Sunshine Shines on a Poor Family —Reads—Score—Shelves
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Reincarnated in Ancient Times: From Farmer to Sage 魂穿古代之以农入圣
Soul transmigration, farming, no System. Li Yuntian, an agricultural science student from the twenty-first century, dies unexpectedly and finds his soul transported to the ancient Great Zhou Dynasty in a parallel world. It’s hell mode from the start: his parents are both dead, his family is dirt poor, and all he has are an honest sixteen-year-old older brother, three young siblings crying to be fed, an empty rice jar, and the bitter winter just around the corner. Faced with utter poverty, Li Yun
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The Upheaval of the Five Barbarians: My Mother-in-Law Took Me In 五胡乱华，我被丈母娘捡回家
[Farming] [Building wealth] [Multiple female leads] [Everyday family life] [Warring for supremacy] [Not mindless wish fulfillment] [Warm daily life as the family grows prosperous, alongside ruthless determination to survive in troubled times] In the final years of the Western Jin dynasty, the Rebellion of the Eight Princes leaves the people of Guanzhong destitute. Wang Dachuan is pushed aside by his eldest legitimate brother, and at just thirteen, he angrily leaves home. He ventures deep into th
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Reborn: From Stripped Scholar to High-Ranking Court Official 重生：从除名秀才到位列公卿
[Reborn + imperial examinations + solving cases + farming + daily life + rekindled romance] [An imaginary dynasty] In his previous life, Qin Yunhe angrily divorced his childhood sweetheart and wife. After that, his life took a sharp turn for the worse: his wife and children were gone, his mother died, and his brother passed away. He never recovered. Years later, he finally began to pull himself together with encouragement from an old friend, only to hear that his childhood sweetheart and former
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Since I've Been Reborn, I'll Master Both the Pen and the Sword 都重来了，我当然要文武双全
Set in an alternate early Ming Dynasty, this is a story about a science student who transmigrates. Simple middle-school physics experiments are enough to amaze everyone. He sparks a scientific awakening, founds a new school of thought, and brings materialism into Confucianism to accelerate social progress. You just need a little scientific knowledge. You can do it too, and there’s no golden finger!!
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Reborn, I Study for the Imperial Exams in Another World 重生后，我在异世界读书科举
(Transmigration) + (farming) + (daily life) + (imperial examinations) (no System) + (court politics) Chen Chuyi was reborn into a poor family in Beishui Village, carrying the memories of his past life. At first, he only wanted to earn a little money to improve his family's life. But in this unfamiliar ancient world, he was always afraid someone would take his family's money and eat their food. In the end, he embarked on the path of study and the imperial examinations. He knew that only by changi
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Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来
[No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill →
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Old Zhang's Guide to Getting Rich in Another World 老张异世致富录
A lifelong bachelor transmigrates just after retiring. What else can he do? He might as well live another life in this young body! With a marketplace at his side, he’ll make sure his family has enough to eat and warm clothes to wear. Then he’ll show off a few skills and become a marquis in commoner’s robes…
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I, Sun Shan, and the Imperial Examinations 我，孙山，科举
“Imperial exams + transmigration + farming + exams + no space System” “Romance included, devoted male lead. The female lead is his childhood sweetheart, but she appears infrequently. Romance is not the main plot.” “The male lead rises step by step through hard work and good luck.” “The male lead is no good at scheming, but he gets things done and has technical skills.” “The imperial examination system is based on the Ming and Qing dynasties.” After an accident, he is transmigrated into the womb
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Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！
Li Tianming was done for. He lay motionless in a drafty thatched hut. He was a graduate student researching traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, but after a loose-lipped remark, he tasted an herb and somehow transmigrated into the body of a pauper. Being poor wasn't the problem, and he could even accept being in his thirties. But the body was in terrible shape: its former owner had drunk himself to death, leaving Li Tianming with three children outside, wailing their hearts out! A d
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- 20 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家！鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8kReads7.6Score712Shelves
- 21 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.2kReads8.7Score855Shelves
- 22 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去！真没想搞大事！ Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 778Reads7.3Score108Shelves
- 23 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世！关我穷鬼府兵啥事？ Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.1kReads—Score190Shelves
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Ming Dynasty Imperial Exams: From the Start, I Became the Father of Five Children 大明科举，开局成了五个孩子的爹
(Farming + daily life in ancient times + imperial examinations) A reassuring read. Shen Lin'an inexplicably finds himself reborn in ancient times in the body of a widower, with four sons and a daughter to care for, as well as a mother in her fifties. The original owner was a scholar, but he had never even earned the title of licentiate. He was too weak to shoulder a load or lift a hand, knew nothing of farming, and spent every day in drunken stupors, letting the years slip by. Let's see how Shen
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Transmigrating as the Welding-Warrior Emperor, I Join Hands with My Beloved to Secure the Realm 穿越焊武大帝，携手红颜定江山
In a world torn apart by chaos, life is cheap, and from the start all you have is a pair of welding tongs that can shoot electricity? Lu Mingyuan: “If the world has fallen apart, I’ll weld it back together with my own hands!” Clear land and fertilize it → build an iron-walled fortress → found the Eternal Empire. The road to industrial domination begins! [Upgrade your territory’s buildings: ramshackle thatched hut → brick courtyard → steel fortress!] [Boost productivity: hand forging → hydraulic
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- 26 I Transmigrate to Ancient Times with a Life Not Worth a Dime 穿越古代烂命一条 If you don't like it, don't force yourself. Just pick another book. No nitpickers or self-righteous do-gooders. I've heard enough stories about goody-goodies and don't want to hear any more. I want to try writing one myself. This is my first time writing a novel, so I hope you'll support me and give it a chance. 2.4kReads6.6Score163Shelves
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The Song Dynasty Textile Worker 大宋纺织工
This story takes place in an era very much like the historical Northern Song dynasty. Its physical world is also very similar to Earth as readers know it, composed of the elements on the periodic table. There is no spiritual energy and no ghosts. The only invisible thing is electricity. The protagonist’s golden finger is the ability to gain knowledge, though he needs some kind of medium to obtain it. This is a story with multiple female characters. It explores feelings, but not romance. There is
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The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯
[Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr
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The Commoner Chancellor, Xia Ren 布衣宰相虾仁
After a sudden car accident, Xia Ren, a double PhD in history and literature, transmigrated as a dying seven-year-old peasant child in the Great Jing Dynasty, a realm never recorded in history. His family had nothing, but that couldn't diminish the knowledge and experience he had accumulated over two lifetimes. His memories of poring over ancient texts in his previous life remained crystal clear. The classics, historical records, institutions, and lessons of dynastic rise and decline were all at
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Useless Prince? The Foreign Tribes Hail Me as Their Heavenly Khan! 废物皇子？异族奉我天可汗！
Xu Wenpin was an instructor for the Huaxia Longyan Special Forces. During an overseas mission, he found himself in mortal danger and had no choice but to jump into a freezing underground river. When he climbed back out, he was mistaken for the useless seventeenth prince of Great Liang. And so, the peaceful Round Moon Earth City was thrown into turmoil once more. Three years later, the Crown Prince poisoned the emperor, seized the throne, and sent Xu Wenpin a cup of poison, intending to eliminate
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Mao Hai and Mao Ya 毛孩和毛丫
On the road fleeing famine, ten-year-old Mao Hai and his seven-year-old sister accidentally get separated from the others, only to stumble into a world filled with “treasures.” They survive by scavenging scraps and leftovers that other people have thrown away. To keep their secret safe and avoid the marauding soldiers and displaced refugees, the siblings hide in the mountains. Along the way, they take in an eight-year-old orphan girl. Three children, one shack. They trade for food, clear land, b
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Zhenguan: Using Modern Know-How to Live a Simple Life in the Fields 贞观：我靠现代常识田间过小日子
Shen Mo dreams his way back to the early days of the Tang dynasty, when the new nation is still in its infancy and everything needs rebuilding. He hoped to escape the pressures of reality, but instead finds himself doing backbreaking work, dependent on the weather for his livelihood. There, he meets all kinds of people and rediscovers the meaning of life. A slow-paced story, not a power fantasy, about a man farming on his own. No household infighting or palace intrigue, just country life and a
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A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭
Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea
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Great Ming: Cozy Everyday Life Taking the Imperial Exams After Becoming a Father 大明，喜当爹后的科举温馨日常
[Imperial examinations] + [everyday life] + [lighthearted] Shen Huaijin inexplicably transmigrated into the body of a down-and-out examination candidate in the Ming dynasty, also named Shen Huaijin. He had to deal with: A controlling mother! A scheming second wife! An eldest daughter who loved stirring up trouble! An eldest son who was lazy and greedy! An arrogant, conceited second son! And two little daughters still too young to fend for themselves! Shen Huaijin decided: things had to change. T
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- 35 The Sixties: My Family Waits for Me to Beg, While I Eat Until I’m Stuffed 六零：全家等我求饶，我肉吃到撑 [Frontier Survival + Farming + Animal Husbandry + Hunting + Pets + Building and Upgrading + Easygoing Life] Gu Ang transmigrates into the fiery red era and becomes a tool, exploited like livestock by his stepmother and scumbag father to earn bride-price money for his younger brother. But the tool refuses to put up with it any longer. He awakens the Wilderness Craftsman System and turns the tables on his awful family! He heads into the wilderness alone, builds a wooden cabin and a villa, clears l 14.6kReads7.5Score1.6kShelves
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Tao Dian, the Transmigrator, Is a Little Crazy 穿越的陶巅有点儿癫
[Transmigrated lunatic + no female lead + higher-dimensional black technology + hilarious, wildly satisfying madness + god of slaughter + soul power + time-adjustable space] Tao Dian transmigrates into the body of Nineteen, a bastard son of the Left Chancellor’s household who was nearly killed by his stepmother. He has barely crawled out of a pile of corpses when someone casually sells him as a girl to a brothel. He discovers that his tears can bring the dead back to life and flesh can grow back
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You Look Down on Me for Being a Butcher's Son? The Emperor Calls Me Boss! 嫌我屠户之子？可皇帝叫我老大哎
[Farming and Business] [Teacher and Students Transmigrate Together] [Lighthearted and Funny] Lu Jiang is a teacher at an elite special training school, in charge of eight spoiled rich kids who are nothing but trouble! During an outdoor training exercise, they all transmigrate to an ancient era plagued by famine, where corpses litter the land. From the start, Lu Jiang gets the worst deal of all: he's become the son of a butcher, someone everyone looks down on! Later, he reunites with his students
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The Reversal That Began at Prince Fu's Mansion in the Late Ming 明末从福王府开始的逆袭
After transmigrating to the fourth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Cihua became the most unfortunate eldest grandson of the Prince of Fu in history. His grandfather was a notorious miser, his father did nothing but listen to music, and his two uncles were waiting eagerly for him to fall out of favor. Worse still, he remembered history: ten years later, Li Zicheng would capture Luoyang, and the whole family would become part of a “Fu-Lu Feast.” Rather than wait to die... So eleven-year-old Zhu Cihua start
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Enemy Princess: I Can't Take It Anymore, Princes, Take More Concubines! 敌国公主：受不了，皇子多纳妾吧！
[Harem + Flirting + Struggle for the Throne + Rousing + Political Intrigue + Conquest + No System] Xiao Chen's soul transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing prince. From the start, his older brother frames him, and he ends up sleeping with the enemy kingdom's supposedly hideous princess! But it turns out the princess is a peerless beauty in disguise! His brothers regret it so badly they practically break their third legs slapping them! Forced to marry the princess and exiled to the bitt
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A Hotheaded Bro Takes a Delicate Ancient Beauty to the Throne 暴躁老哥带古代小白花登基称帝
[Two Souls in One Body + Phone System + Connected Across Past and Present + Transmigration + All Kinds of Apps + Alternate World + Ancient Times + Feel-Good Farming] [The phone System activates in Chapter 14, and then the story takes off!!! Things get a little frustrating at first, so please don’t drop it] Male soul, a modern lawyer who loves working out: “If you don’t know the law, this lawyer also knows a thing or two about throwing punches!” Female soul, a frail ancient beauty: “My uncle and
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Saving the Realm: The Great Song’s Prince Who Stood Shoulder to Shoulder with the Emperor 拯救山河之大宋并肩王
[Late Song transmigration | Rise from humble beginnings | Infrastructure and farming | Raising an army to contend for supremacy] A modern engineering prodigy transmigrates into the second year of Xuanhe and becomes He Ku, an orphan from Jiezhou. He begs for a living with his eight-year-old sister, He Qiong. Crushing taxes burden the people, officials run rampant, and commoners wander homeless and starve to death by the roadside. The Zhao court cares only for pleasure, letting the Liao and Jin st
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Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators 皇明土著大战穿越众
Current plot: A newcomer to officialdom enters the inner circle as a pawn, but refuses to settle for mediocrity and wants to break free of his constraints. By chance, he gets caught up in turmoil on the frontier, where three hundred battered soldiers rout thirty thousand northern invaders. Zheng Zhi, a household retainer of the Zhen Ding Guard under the Ming rear army's Governor's Office, dreams of himself sixty years in the future. From then on, the Ming Dynasty gains a peerless talent in both
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- 43 Ancient Farming: From Good-for-Nothing Gambler to the Family's Pillar 古代种田：废柴赌鬼到全家顶梁柱 When he opens his eyes, a creditor is kicking down the door and forcing him to sell his wife to pay off his debts. Zhao Lei is reborn as a hopeless gambler in an ancient farming village. His home is bare, and his children are gaunt with hunger. His biased parents watch coldly from the sidelines, while his older brother and sister-in-law wait for his family to fall apart. In this life, to hell with blind filial obedience! He stands up to his whole family and leaves with nothing, taking only his w 2Reads—Score—Shelves
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