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The Ever-Blooming Flower of Life 生命花不谢
When Zhigao suddenly fainted at school, the couple’s attention was drawn to their son. At the city hospital, they learned he had congenital heart disease and that treatment would cost 100,000 yuan. The two did everything they could for him. Zhigao went away to work, while Xiulian stayed home, first working at a brick factory and then running a chicken farm. One act of kindness… showed them just how deep love could be!
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Xiao Man, Not Quite Full 晓满未满
Xia Xiaoman, a country boy, unexpectedly awakens a System for making up for regrets. He helps countless people rewrite their fates and erase their regrets, turning his life around until he becomes a top philanthropist admired throughout the nation. He can save the world, but not himself. His life is glorious, yet in the end, he carries a regret no one else knows about. With his life slipping away, he boldly stakes the rest of his days on a top-secret time machine experiment, becoming Huaxia's
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Hunting in the Mountains to Protect My Family 赶山打猎守护一家
Reborn, she heads into the mountains to hunt and protect her family. That winter, her family was torn apart, and the little shadow who used to follow her everywhere was gone forever. Now she's back, and she won't let this life be filled with regrets...
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Upholding the Way of the World 扶世道
[Not a Feel-Good Story] + [Thrilling] + [Cunning Protagonist] + [Schemes] + [Mind-Bending] + [Realistic] Though born as insignificant as an ant, one should aspire to soar like a swan. Though life is as fragile as paper, one should have an unyielding heart. He was born into hardship, and a fortune-teller said he was destined for three meat dishes, three vegetable dishes, and ten miles of peach blossoms. Later, he married three times and had countless romantic encounters... The world is harsh, so
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San Biaozi 三彪子
In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke.
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- 106 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 121Reads—Score—14d adds
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When the Plum Blossoms Bloom 正值梅花怒放时
After turning it over in my mind for a long time, I finally picked up my pen and began this heartfelt novel, When the Plum Blossoms Are in Full Bloom. The heroine, Li Sumei, was born into a poor, troubled family in Qinghe Town, Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Hunan. Her father, Li Fengyuan, was a compulsive gambler and drunkard. The family was always short of money, with a cold stove, a leaking roof, and debts piling up. Yet the weight of fate could not crush this Dong girl, whose features wer
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Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花
In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr
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The Three Treasures Pagoda and Purple Gold Mountain 三宝塔与紫金山
The story unfolds slowly between Sanbao Town in southeastern Yunnan and Nanjing, the ancient capital of six dynasties. Yun Kun, a young man from southern Yunnan, dreams of escaping the mountains. Through sheer perseverance, he rises from a poor boy to a faculty researcher at a military academy. Ning Xiang, who lives east of Nanjing, once enjoyed a peaceful, ordinary life, but the tides of the times bring a drastic turn: her household registration is falsified, and she is forced to move to the co
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Reborn in 1960: From Bachi Alley to Hongjiagou 重生1960：八尺巷爆到洪家沟
After leaving Eight-Foot Alley, Hong Tiejun found an empty corner and tossed the cornmeal into his pocket dimension. Before he had even made it to the mouth of the alley, he had already wolfed down the cornmeal cake. Feeling the money and ration coupons in his pocket, Hong Tiejun couldn’t help reflecting... Hongjiagou lay at the foot of Dahei Mountain, and it was still a desolate place. Nestled against the mountains and water, Hongjiagou had fields stretching out in every direction... Hong Tie
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A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生
A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis.
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I Want to Lie Flat, but My Strength Won't Let Me 想躺平，怎奈实力不允许啊
If you like stories that jump straight into fighting and killing, with life-or-death stakes, this one may not be for you. The heroine isn't naturally inclined to seek power or kill. For a long time at the beginning, she enjoys peaceful days filled with family life and everyday trivialities. They are the easiest, most carefree years of her life, and a crucial period for gathering supplies and building the reputation she will need when she later rises up. When natural disasters and human calamitie
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A Cruel Mother, a Broken Home, and Me, Unbroken 狠心的妈，破碎的家，不屈的我
[Male-Oriented, Rural, Family, Comeback, Power Fantasy, Inspirational] Abandoned by his own mother, abused by his stepmother, and struck by his father's sudden misfortune. Su Yang, a poor boy from the mountains, has been left battered by his family's cruelty. With no one to lean on and no support to count on, he can only fight his own way to survival. He studies hard, weathers turmoil on campus, and makes his way in the business world. His heartless relatives come crawling back to latch onto his
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Another Spring of the 1977 College Entrance Exam 1977年高考又一春
[A story-driven take on history. Note: There is no single fixed protagonist. Multiple leads reflect the changes of the era and offer a full picture of the 1977 restoration of the college entrance exam.] [The story focuses on several main characters: Hu Wei and Wang Ting, Pan Xia, and Lu Xiaoyun. Their stories weave in and out according to the timeline. If you prefer to follow one character at a time, you can read their chapters in sequence for a complete biography. The other characters may only
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By the Lotus-Picking Lake 采莲湖畔
[1980s | Rural Coal Mines | The Struggles of an Ordinary Man] In 1991, by the shores of Lianhua Lake in southern Shandong, Zheng Qiang grew up in the countryside. His father worked in the coal mines year-round, while his mother held the family together on her own. The mine's coal dust bore witness to his youth. After graduating from vocational school, he returned home to teach in a village. His meager salary left him facing a choice: Was staying behind in the countryside a way to repay his fami
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Mountain Village Kids: A Rural Family in the Eighties and Nineties 山野儿女八零九零山村一家子
[Southwestern Mountain Village in the 1980s] [Family Life] [Romance] [Realistic] [Ensemble Family Saga] [Family Ethics] In remote Lijia Slope, the two Guan sisters both marry into the Li family. Two couples with very different temperaments raise six children, each with a completely different personality. The tides of change sweep through the countryside. Traditional arranged marriages gradually fade away, while free love begins to take root. The six young people stand at a crossroads in life: s
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Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富
Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He
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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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- 119 Don't Mess with a 42-Year-Old Woman: She's Got All the Evidence 别惹42岁姐姐，她手里全是证据 Don't Mess with This 42-Year-Old Woman, She Has Evidence on Everyone 409Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 My Ex's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Valued at 200,000 前夫哥的智商税：老婆估值二十万 The Ex-Husband's Stupidity Tax: His Wife Is Worth 200,000 452Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 President Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 顾总，请配合治疗 Mr. Gu, Please Cooperate with Your Treatment 680Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 I Found 100,000 Yuan Under the Mattress and Finally Understood My Late Wife's Intentions 床垫下翻出十万块，我才懂亡妻的苦心 I found a hundred thousand yuan hidden under the mattress, and only then did I understand my late wife's painstaking intentions. 585Reads—Score10314d adds
- 123 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—14d adds
- 124 After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Under Her Bed 婆婆中风后，我在她床底翻出了八十万 After My Mother-in-Law Had a Stroke, I Found 800,000 Yuan Under Her Bed 208Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Room 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds 合租302：打工仔逆风洗清家父冤案 Roommates in 302: A Wage Earner Clears His Father's Name Against All Odds 829Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 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—14d adds
- 127 A Date with the Campus Belle 校花有约 A Date with the Campus Belle 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed That Ghost King Nine Times 诡梦缠情：我杀了那尊鬼王九次 Haunted by a Bewitching Dream: I Killed the Ghost King Nine Times 106Reads—Score—14d adds
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That Red Land 那片红色的土地
[Period setting] [Slice of life] [Entrepreneurship] [Family] [Rural life] [No clichés] [Not a power fantasy] [No transmigration] [Slow-paced] [Realistic] [Urban] [Hardships] Trust me, it gets better and better as the story goes on, and it absolutely won't end badly! Writing an original work is no easy task. Every word comes from the heart. Please don't leave a low rating or bad review. A casual three or four stars from you could deal a fatal blow to this niche novel. This novel is neither a cr
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My Elders 我的长辈
In the 1980s, as people flock to the cities, all kinds of stories unfold! Mu Fang suffers from asthma, so many people keep their distance. After several unsuccessful matchmaking attempts, she meets someone on a day when sleet begins to fall. It feels like fate has brought them together, and they fall in love at first sight. Defying her family’s objections, Mu Fang marries her second uncle, who is more than ten years her senior. She never looks down on him for being poor and from the countryside,
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A Golden Marriage 金婚
One is a fool in everyone's eyes, the other a young hoodlum in the village's eyes. Yet fate ties them together. Zhou Xing always thought himself above others, but never imagined he'd marry a fool and fill a whole house with children, boys and girls alike. What's more, in this life and the next, and the life after that, he only wants to be with her. At first, Li Zhi'an was terrified of living under the same roof as Zhou Xing, that bad man. Gradually, she came to accept him. In the end, she decide
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The Tide of the Times: Two Thousand Years of Urban Ups and Downs 时代浪潮：都市浮沉两千年
Through the twenty-year coming-of-age journey of an ordinary young man in the city, this novel paints a sweeping picture of urban development and delves into workplace dynamics, business rivalries, struggles of human nature, and tangled relationships, presenting a vivid and realistic portrait of life in the modern city. Born in a small northern town and a graduate of an ordinary university, he is reserved yet keenly observant. He arrives in a southern metropolis with a dream in his heart. From a
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My Dongguan Dream: Sister Mei 我的东莞梦：媚姐
Sister Mei's advice to me: The women at entertainment venues are just for looking. Don't get serious with them. Sister Mei also said: Don't get any ideas about me, either. [A story about working for a living, perhaps with a little of me, you, and him in it.]
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Love and Lust with a Wild Northeastern Woman 东北女人癫癫的情爱
[Northeast China in the 1980s] [Rural Development] [Romance] [A Fierce Wife Like a Bandit] [A Wild Wife] [The Older Generation's Scandalous Affairs] [A Dashing Past] Zhang Changyao brought home a woman with a child on the way. Had she been defiled, or was there more to the story? The rivalry between an old flame and a new love left the unmarried young men in the little mountain village in agony. The woman seemed harmless, but she turned out to be a hidden master. After ten months, the truth fina
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The Swallow Who Crawled Out of the Dark Abyss 从黑暗深渊中爬出的燕子
Tell me, just how unlucky can one person be? Her own father married four women, and her stepmother treated her like a thorn in her side. In the prime of her youth, she was tricked by a villain and taken away. At long last, she found a little warmth and thought she’d found love, only for it to turn out to be another ill-fated relationship. She got married, thinking she’d found a home, but her life became a complete mess. And that wasn’t the end of it! One by one, all her loved ones disappeared...
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Transmigrate to the 1960s: Planting Trees at Saihanba 穿越60年代：去塞罕坝种树
[1960s]+ [Educated Youth]+ [Transmigration]+ [Farming]+ [Romance]+ [Live-in Son-in-Law]+ [Golden Finger] After Wu Dandan finished defending her thesis, she unexpectedly transmigrated to the Saihanba Forest Farm in the 1960s to plant trees. This is the story of her and a group of educated youths working hard there to pursue their dreams.
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A Way Forward Through Mountains and Rivers 出路之山重水复
[Period setting + Family + Women + Career + Workplace business battles + No romance + Society + An exploration of human nature] No cheat powers, no dramatic comeback. A deep look at the struggles and prospects of 99% of ordinary people! Wish-fulfillment stories are everywhere, but once the excitement fades, only emptiness remains. In the end, we all have to face the grind of daily life and the warmth or coldness of human relationships. This slow-burning work of realism offers no lucky breaks or
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Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村
Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban
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The Thorny Rose Blooms in Silence 带刺的玫瑰静悄悄地开
A beautiful young woman from a remote mountain village goes through several relationships and gradually grows stronger and braver, becoming a rose with thorns. Determined to seize control of her fate, she works tirelessly and perseveres until she finally puts down roots in the city, where she also meets the love of her life. The successive deaths of loved ones and the hardships of life help her mature, and by middle age, she has finally built a remarkable life.
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The Fragrance of Apricots 杏儿飘香
In the 1990s, young people in the countryside underwent sweeping changes in both their clothing and their outlook as the tide of reform and opening-up swept across the nation. Zhai Tianliang, who stayed behind in Xing’er Village, was a first-rate farming expert. He was determined to grow prosperous and pursue his own happiness through tireless effort. He opposed arranged marriages and believed in freedom of love. Zhao Xing’er, the village chief’s daughter, had been secretly in love with Tianlian
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Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始
In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an
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Human Life Lies Deep in the Loess 黄土深处是人间
This is a collection of true stories from the countryside. One book captures a century of life in all its variety on the Loess Plateau. Brotherhood, the warmth and coldness of family, partings in life and death, and the changes of an era: one independent story after another weaves together the fates of several generations. There is hardship, pain, tears, and warmth, portraying the struggles of those at the bottom as well as the resilience of ordinary people. There are no chosen-one advantages an
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- 143 The Qian Family of Taihang: From Rags to Riches 太行钱家，从穷根到首富 At seven, he became the village's great-grandfather. Bald as an egg and so poor that the whole village mocked him! With half a copy of the Herbal Compendium, he saved lives. With sheer courage, he plugged a breach and dug an iron mine! When a drilling accident struck, he jumped down to serve as a human support beam. When the funding ran out, he got down on his knees and begged, determined to rise again! From a hungry, bald kid to a mogul worth billions who built a city! After making five million 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 A Family of the Loess Plateau: The Story of Three Generations 黄土人家，三代人的故事 Two brothers devoted their entire lives to making their younger brother’s life better. One man spent his whole life carrying his family on his shoulders. His stinginess was a facade; holding the family together was the truth. Poverty was his fate, resilience his backbone. The eldest daughter died a tragic death, the youngest daughter was separated from the family, and the only son was sickly. Three generations, a hundred years, a family’s tragic saga etched into the countryside. —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年
Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A
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When the Rice Flowers Bloom 稻香花开
The novel follows the hardships endured by farmers in two villages in Xiangnan County, Dongyuantun and Da’ai Village, from the Republican era through the founding of the People’s Republic of China and on through the people’s commune system, the Cultural Revolution, the household responsibility system, and the Reform and Opening-Up period. The villagers endure one hardship after another and witness the changing times. The protagonists, Zhang Yiping and Zhou Xueyun, are forced to leave school beca
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- 147 Back to 1973: I Have a Sign-In System 重回1973，我有签到系统 A wage slave among wage slaves was summoned to work overtime in the middle of the night. On his way home at dawn, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sent him back to the fervent era. Armed with an incomplete cultivation sign-in System, let's see how he makes his mark in those turbulent times. 16.4kReads6.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 148 Back to the Late 1970s, I Have a Choice System 重回70年代末，我有选择系统 A modern food-delivery rider was hit by a heavy truck while saving someone and sent back to the 1970s, reborn as an educated youth about to take the college entrance exam. Ding! The choice System has been activated. A choice has been triggered. Choice One: Take the college entrance exam? No way. You can return to the city freely in a year, so stay in the village for another year. Reward: Become the village secretary's live-in son-in-law. Choice Two: The college entrance exam is the only way to c 17.6kReads7.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 149 Reborn in 1974: I Take My Space with Me to the Countryside 重生1974年，我带空间去下乡 Li Feng, a wage slave working a 996 schedule, accidentally activated the pocket dimension in the jade pendant his grandfather left him before he died. As a devoted fan of web novels on Tomato, how could he not know what opportunity was coming his way? “Grandpa! Bless your grandson with a chance to transmigrate to an awesome world. I’ll make sure our Li family has plenty of descendants.” The newly unemployed wage slave gathered what little money he had and stockpiled some supplies. Now he waits f 16.4kReads7.8Score67314d adds
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Love in the Spring Mountains 春山之恋
Military marriages are even more tantalizing. If he loves you, he’ll love you even if you’re another man’s wife. If he doesn’t, even bearing his child won’t make his heart yours. True love is priceless. Childhood sweethearts, falling in love at seventeen or eighteen, forced into marriage... A hotel hostess in a wine-red qipao stuns everyone and captivates the passersby coming and going. After enlisting and heading to the city for work, girls from the countryside find their choices in life changi
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