Rural Novels Set in the 1960s and 1970s 六七十年代的乡村小说

1. 151 林 Miss Lin's Unconventional Marriage 林小姐的非常婚姻 Shangguan Dangdang上官当当Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Yaohui once reveled in having women on both arms, but now he is trapped in a painful struggle over love. How far will the temptations of power and desire push a man past his limits? As Lin Huanyan struggles, Chen Yaohui grits his teeth, determined to win back his beloved wife. "Fine, you want a divorce? Then I'll make that man lose everything and die without a grave!" A love affair of mutual torment, tender and torturous, with longing that cuts to the bone. Who will be consumed beyond redem 221Reads7.4Score—14d adds
2. 152 苦 A Red Invitation in Hard Times 苦日子里的红帖 Feng Qinzi风沁子Modern Romance804k WordsCompleted In a poor mountain village in 1968, Shanying, a shy and awkward girl, was cursed by the whole village for remaining unmarried at eighteen. Her parents endured endless gossip. For the sake of a bride price and their reputation, they cruelly forced her to marry Zhang, an old man from the neighboring village who was nearly fifty, hunchbacked, and buck-toothed! She fought back with all her might, but all she got in return was endless beatings and confinement. When a wedding contract three fingers wi 22.2kReads7.4Score2.4k14d adds

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3. 153 母 A Mother's Tragedy 母殇 Ai Jiaqi艾家齐Urban605k WordsCompleted A fortune-teller once said he was destined to be like gold beneath the sea, blessed with a lifetime of food and clothing. But he had a stubborn fate: he brought misfortune not to others, but to himself. Whenever he was close to success, he always seemed to fall just short of a little luck. Perhaps the prediction had come true, or perhaps it was simply fate. He always felt there was a barrier hanging over his head, limiting how far he could go in life. No matter how hard he worked or struggled, h 2kReads8.7Score55714d adds

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   I've unearthed a truly powerful and realistic rural novel! My top recommendation is this first one!!! It's so realistic it's heartbreaking!! You won't be able to shake it off for a long time after finishing it!! A masterpiece, read it without hesitation…

4. 154 重 Back to the 1970s, I Rekindled My Marriage With My Yandere Husband 重回七零，与病娇老公举案齐眉 Bright as the Wind明媚如风Modern Romance3.2M WordsCompleted Gu Xitong of Jingbei City was a successful woman who had it all, both in her career and family life. In her career, Gu Xitong built Huanyu Group from the ground up. The company spanned multiple industries, including healthcare, hotels, finance, and real estate. At home, she and her husband treated each other with respect, and they had an outstanding son. With everything going her way, Gu Xitong never expected to fall from a great height during an inspection of the group. As Gu Xitong lay at deat 16.5kReads9.0Score2.3k14d adds
5. 155 妈 The Seventh Door of Mother 妈妈的第七扇门 Tale of the Literary Star文星传Urban304k WordsCompleted For a long time, I never understood my mother’s past. This was the first time I had looked so deeply back on her life: one generation of women interpreting another. In the 1990s, my eighteen-year-old mother left a small mountain village in Nanyang and headed alone for the glittering city. A scrap of gum wrapper brought her face to face with the calamity of her life: Liu Dawang. And so the door to her fate opened. She made a living in urban villages and hotpot restaurants, leaning on her best fr 678Reads—Score6414d adds

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   The questioner shouldn't just read rural novels from the 1960s and 70s; they should also read about the rural girls who flocked to the city during the urbanization process of the 1990s and struggled to make a living there. Now, their lights are shining in the windows of some high-rise buildings.

6. 156 当 When She Comes of Age 当她长熟时 Huilin Ah惠林啊Modern Romance333k WordsCompleted [Beautiful and Alluring Young Bride] In this day and age, people still marry off brides to bring good fortune to the dying? A bride sent to bring good fortune, and a husband on the brink of death. Hu Juan raised her head and met her mother-in-law's eyes. "Mom, how about you discuss it with the village chief?" Li Xiuying's expression changed instantly. "The village chief? What are you getting at?" Hu Juan didn't flinch. "Mom, I know everything. About that night." Li Xiuying's face turned from red 5.5kReads7.9Score45614d adds

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   A rural novel set in a bygone era, so good you can't stop reading.

7. 157 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 394Reads7.4Score9114d adds

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   He fished, hunted, and farmed during six years of famine, leading his fellow villagers to fish in the river. They kneaded dough to grow rice, cultivated vegetables along the riverbank, and raised rabbits in the valley.

8. 158 日 Paying One Billion in Taxes a Day, and You Call This a Village Collective Enterprise? 日交税十亿，你说这是村集体企业 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban523k WordsCompleted Zeng Fanchao, the richest man in Beihu Province, catches the eye of people who want to seize his family fortune for free. When he refuses, Liu Batian, a prison warden who holds the low ninth rank, sends men to sever his tendons, force-feed him a drug that robs him of his voice, and throw him from a cliff over a hundred meters high. He crashes down onto the land temple beneath the cliff, smashing it to pieces. His own body is shattered, too, but the blood flowing from him is mysteriously absorbed 659Reads6.4Score—14d adds
9. 159 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 14.7kReads8.1Score80914d adds
10. 160 重 Reborn in 1960: The System Helps Me Rule the Hunting Grounds 重生60：系统助我猎界称雄 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban345k WordsCompleted Li Changsheng became a thirty-year mortgage slave after buying a home with no down payment. With housing prices falling and his job gone, he was on his way home when he kindly helped an elderly person who had fallen, only to be extorted by them. So he simply dragged them along to die with him, ridding the world of two bad people. Unexpectedly, he then received a Cloning System and transmigrated, reborn into the body of another Li Changsheng in 1960. See how Li Changsheng uses the Cloning System 990Reads6.1Score—14d adds
11. 161 我 In 1979, I Helped the Whole Village Become Ten-Thousand-Yuan Households 我在七九帮全村成就万元户 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban267k WordsCompleted Chen Sheng and seven good friends explore the Nanshan Cave and obtain the innate spiritual treasure, the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, which lets them travel back and forth to an era thirty years in the future. From then on, they begin a career smuggling goods between the two worlds. Back home, they open brickworks, a sand quarry, clothing factories, and furniture factories. They buy up centipedes and leeches, and become the first in the world to cultivate bamboo fungus commercially. Once every house 615Reads8.0Score—14d adds
12. 162 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 711Reads8.6Score17114d adds
13. 163 何 How to Chase Away Worries? Fish Until Your Cooler Overflows 何以解忧钓鱼爆护 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban744k WordsCompleted Zhang San used to be a street vendor selling leather shoes. When the city launched a campaign to become civilized, street vending was banned. Just as he found himself out of work, his girlfriend betrayed him and ran off with the savings he had built up over six years of selling at his stall. Drunk, Zhang San went fishing by the river and unexpectedly hooked a Shanhe Ring. The ring had been forged by the Primordial Immortal Venerable from fragments of worlds and various heavenly treasures. It con 1.4kReads8.7Score10314d adds
14. 164 钓 A Fisherman Across Time and Space: A Blood-Soaked Fight Against Japan 钓者跨时空：浴血抗日行 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban130k WordsCompleted In a parallel world, in Heishui Town, Hanjing City, a false nation on the Dark Star, Zhou Jianhua accidentally discovers a time machine created by the previous civilization in its final days in an attempt to save the world. The time machine can take him to worlds from the past, but it cannot reach the future. Inside the machine, Zhou Jianhua obtains the Repentance Fishing Boat, which can be upgraded. The Confession Time Machine itself can also be upgraded, and he can travel through time three ti 55Reads—Score—14d adds
15. 165 莸 I Gain the Water God's Inheritance, and Fishing Is No Longer Hard 莸得水神传承，钓鱼不再难 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban300k WordsCompleted Nan Canghai had his achievements stolen and was fired from his job, so he went out for a walk to clear his head. Caught in a sudden downpour, he happened upon an old, dilapidated Water God Temple by the river. Curious, Nan Canghai ducked inside to take shelter and look around. By a stroke of fate, he merged with the remnant soul of an ancient Water God. Not only did he inherit the Water God's legacy, he also obtained a treasure that controlled water: the Black Tortoise Banner, one of the Four Di 752Reads8.6Score—14d adds
16. 166 重 Reborn as a Cow: Ruling the Dark Planet 重生成牛：称霸黑暗星球 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban113k WordsCompleted Ye Daniu transmigrated and was reborn in the body of an African buffalo that had just been killed by a lion. Using human intelligence, he killed the lion and became the King of the Buffaloes. From then on, the African buffaloes began practicing martial arts and forming battle formations, wiping out prides of lions and packs of wolves. They exterminated the hyenas, unified the grasslands, and became its overlords. When the apocalypse arrived, the King of the Buffaloes led herds of buffaloes, zebr 144Reads—Score—14d adds
17. 167 逃 After Escaping Her Adoptive Parents, Her Life Goes into Easy Mode 逃离养父母家后，她的人生开挂了 Xi Wenjin席文锦Modern Romance4.6M WordsCompleted [Period drama] + [Mutual devotion] + [Modern romance] + [Two top students] + [Everyone's darling] + [Modern romance with a cute baby] She's the adopted daughter the Su family took in, a beauty and a top student. Her adoptive parents want to keep the family fortune in their own hands, so they force her to quit school and marry their son. When she learns the truth, she runs away in the middle of the night. After escaping, she meets a business tycoon, and her extraordinary life begins. With help fr 8.4kReads8.3Score86714d adds

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    These are excellent books and stories. They are both wonderfully written, with dramatic plots and are exemplary of period dramas, CEO romances, and military marriage/rebirth stories.

18. 168 重 Reborn with a Child, I Married a Cold Military Doctor from a Prestigious Family 重生后，带娃嫁世家高冷军医 Xi Wenjin席文锦Modern Romance603k WordsCompleted [Reborn + adorable child + military marriage + true love + revenge + face-slapping] After being reborn, Su Ying’s first move is to divorce her husband. Her scumbag husband, Du Zhenyong, wants to have the best of both worlds and refuses to let her go. She takes her 38 yuan and chases after him to the military base, where she meets the aloof military doctor Gu Nanchen. With his help, Su Ying gets away from her scumbag husband. But the prestigious Gu family refuses to let Gu Nanchen marry a woman w 22.5kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
19. 169 小 After My Sister-in-Law Unexpectedly Got Pregnant, I Decided to Divorce My Husband 小姑子意外怀孕后，我决定和老公离婚 Bride Rabbit新娘兔10k WordsCompleted After My Sister-in-Law Unexpectedly Got Pregnant, I Decided to Divorce My Husband 1.7kReads—Score—14d adds
20. 170 古 A Love Story from the Antique World 古玩江湖情 Qian Baohao乾宝浩Urban2.3M WordsCompleted Recognize your innate wisdom and complete your character. The martial world isn’t just about fighting. It’s about human relationships and the ways of the world. A buried history, a story, a reflection, a voice, a responsibility... Books cannot express everything, and words cannot convey every thought. This book will bring you a different kind of “fireworks,” along with the hopes and private musings of the heart. Life is a dream. I’ll pour a cup to the moon over the river... 420Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Be positive, don't let sorrow steal your happiness.

21. 171 根 Foundation 根基 Qian Baohao乾宝浩Urban626k WordsCompleted All the wandering, struggling, and searching in a person’s life ultimately point to the same answer: roots. They may be the homeland in one’s blood, family values etched into one’s very bones, an unwavering faith that holds firm in hardship, or the confidence that lets a person make a life for themselves in this world. Through the lives of ordinary people, this novel explores the confusion of growing up, the pain of difficult choices, and the clarity that comes with time. Some lose themselves 3Reads—Score—14d adds
22. 172 谁 In Whose Name 谁的名义 Qian Baohao乾宝浩Urban1.1M WordsCompleted With no one to help me reach for the skies, I’ll trudge through snow and climb to the summit alone. For whom, and in whose name? Perhaps it is the voice of a dream, an eternal strength, by my side for a lifetime… Words cannot say it all. May the spring breeze brush your face, and may fallen blossoms nourish the flowers. Drive out evil; generation after generation, heroes of China emerge. The righteous path of this world is forged through hardship… 5Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 173 捉 Lan the Demon Hunter 捉妖人蓝 White-Haired, Light-Step, Carefree Immortal白发身轻散淡仙Mystery705k WordsOngoing This world is home to demons, ghosts, and true cultivators. A top cultivator died at the hands of a tree demon that should never have been able to kill him. The bodies of seven drowned students all pointed with their right hands toward the same spot beneath the water. In a desolate mountain, the powers of the Earth God, Mountain God, River Goddess, and City God all answered to the same woman. Lan Yifang had seen plenty of things like these. Before dealing with anything strange, he always made 13Reads6.3Score—14d adds

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    It's great. The language is fluent, the writing is good, and it's a very enjoyable read.

24. 174 乡 A Strange Spring Outing in the Countryside 乡村奇踏青遇记 Bamboo Wishes You Well竹你Urban2.0M WordsOngoing One village, different families, all kinds of people. Strange stories, extraordinary lives. Join us as we enter a very different world of rural life. Don’t miss it. 61Reads6.5Score10514d adds

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    This novel is so good! 🥰

25. 175 傻 Sha Gen Isn't Foolish at All 傻根一点也不傻 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Urban1.4M WordsCompleted After his father and eldest brother die, his mother goes mad and soon passes away as well. All that remains is Shagen, a mentally challenged young man. His beautiful sister-in-law, Pan Yuting, still takes on the responsibility of caring for him. To keep the Li family line from ending, Pan Yuting secretly makes up her mind... She won't leave. She'll work hard together with Shagen...! Part Two: Overseas Development. The Xingdao forces gradually rise... They discover an ancient race among the ruins 159Reads6.8Score10214d adds
26. 176 来 Laibao 来宝 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Urban314k WordsCompleted Zhang Laibao is the only girl in the Zhang family of Wangshan Village. Her parents, grandparents, and four older brothers dote on and protect her as she grows up carefree, innocent, lively, adorable, and clever. Then, at the age of six, she meets a mute boy, the man who will make her heart skip, ache, and break for the rest of her life! He has crossed time and space from the previous century, following her for the sake of their love in a former life...! Together, they embark on a poignant, earth 5Reads—Score—14d adds
27. 177 北 Peiping Is at Peace: Complete in Three Volumes 北平无战事：全3册 Liu Heping刘和平Historical746k WordsCompleted In 1948, as the Kuomintang and the Communist Party prepare for their decisive clash, undercurrents swirl beneath the seemingly calm surface of Beiping. The Kuomintang’s young reformist faction, led by Chiang Ching-kuo, suddenly entrusts Fang Meng’ao, an ace Kuomintang Air Force pilot suspected of sympathizing with the Communists, with a major assignment. His flight squadron is reorganized as the Ministry of National Defense’s Economic Inspection Brigade and sent to Beiping to investigate corrupt 1kReads9.5Score23314d adds

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    Sometimes I think it's great that society is progressing; mobile phones have enriched our entertainment options. Other times I think it's bad; relationships between people are becoming increasingly cold and complicated.

28. 178 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: Pregnant and on the Run in the 1970s, I’m Chased by a Cunning Young Officer 穿书年代带球跑，腹黑军少追妻忙 Village Chief Fish鱼村长Modern Romance639k WordsCompleted Transmigrate Into a Book + Pocket Dimension + Superpowers + Medicine + Military Marriage + Both Pure + Golden Finger After the apocalypse’s strongest fighter, Yan Luoxue, died in battle, she transmigrated into a period novel as the male lead’s cannon-fodder ex-wife, a character barely mentioned in the story. The original owner was a brainless little cannon fodder with a miserable fate. Her father ignored her, her stepmother emotionally abused her, her scumbag fiancé schemed against her, and she 2.1kReads8.1Score19014d adds

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    I don't like those drawn-out stories. This female lead is really cool. She didn't want to marry the male lead from the beginning. She raised her child on her own and was able to deal with her enemies.

29. 179 弃 The Abandoned Child 弃儿 Jing Ran Antang婧冉安棠Modern Romance491k WordsCompleted She was destined to be a mistake from the moment she was born. Being born the wrong sex brought her a life of misfortune. Hu Sanmei was the most pitiful woman I had ever met. Raised under the oppression of feudal thinking, she struggled against her fate, yet Heaven never once looked kindly upon her, abandoned by her parents at birth. Her mother's experiences and her older sisters' advice made her believe that getting married and having a son would bring her a happy life. But one failed marriage 9.2kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds

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    My own book doesn't have any absurd or wild ideas; it's all written in simple, unpretentious language. If you like realistic rural literature, you should read it; you won't be disappointed.

30. 180 自 Since Ancient Times, Forbidden Affairs Have Ended in Death: A Fateful Bond 自古奸情出人命之孽缘锁 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted A Fateful Bond: Where Forbidden Affairs Have Always Led to Bloodshed 8.6kReads—Score13714d adds

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    I'd like to recommend some short stories.

31. 181 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Bestiary of Strange Beasts 山海经.异兽录 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Mystery6k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Record of Strange Beasts 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
32. 182 春 A Spring Breeze Brings Beauty 春风渡佳人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Spring Breeze Carries a Beauty Across 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
33. 183 我 Those Years I Spent in Dongguan 我在东莞那些年 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted My Years in Dongguan 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
34. 184 上 Ancient Legends 上古传说 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭13k WordsCompleted Ancient Legends 369Reads—Score—14d adds
35. 185 大 Bone Maiden of the Great Wilderness: I, a Mortal, Subdue Gods and Demons 大荒骨女：我以凡躯镇神魔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭17k WordsCompleted Daughter of the Great Wilderness: I Hold the Gods and Demons at Bay with a Mortal Body 251Reads—Score—14d adds
36. 186 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: With a Mortal Heart, I Subdue Ten Thousand Demons 山海经：我以凡心镇万妖 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: I Hold Back Ten Thousand Demons with a Mortal Heart 80Reads—Score—14d adds
37. 187 虎 The Tiger Carries His Beloved Home! 虎驮良人归！ Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭6k WordsCompleted A Tiger Carries the Good Man Home! 66Reads—Score—14d adds
38. 188 青 The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 青乌秘录之风水师 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted The Secret Records of Qingwu: A Feng Shui Master 84Reads—Score—14d adds
39. 189 烬 Crimson Finery Amid the Ashes: The Pursuit of His Wife 烬余红妆之追妻 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭14k WordsCompleted Crimson Finery Amid the Ashes: The Pursuit of His Wife 38Reads—Score—14d adds
40. 190 旧 Lanterns of the Old Alley 《旧巷灯笼》 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted Lanterns in the Old Alley 36Reads—Score—14d adds
41. 191 我 My Silly Girlfriend, Little Rabbit 我的傻子女友小兔 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance175k WordsCompleted My Girlfriend Is a Sweet, Naive Fool… 279Reads—Score—14d adds
42. 192 被 After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Expose a Shocking Scam by a Top Tycoon Family 被全网唾骂后，我曝光了顶级豪门的惊天骗局 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭7k WordsCompleted After Being Vilified Across the Internet, I Exposed a Shocking Scam by a Top-Ranking Family 246Reads—Score—14d adds
43. 193 巷 The Old Key at the End of the Alley 巷尾的旧钥匙 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Modern Romance8k WordsCompleted The Old Key at the End of the Alley 30Reads—Score—14d adds
44. 194 大 The Great Sage Returns: I Just Sealed the Demon Ancestor, and the Jade Emperor Made Me Emperor 大圣归：我刚镇魔祖，玉帝就封禅 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Eastern Fantasy127k WordsCompleted Sun Wukong shattered his own divine bones to forge a lock, sealing the Demon Ancestor Rahu as he tried to break through the Chaos. The Jade Emperor descended with the gods and Buddhas of the heavens. Facing Pangu’s remnant soul, returned from the void, and Nuwa’s sacred statue, he claimed to have slain the Demon Ancestor with the Haotian Mirror. In his previous life, Wukong exposed the truth in anger, only for Heaven to accuse him of “slandering the Supreme One.” They locked him in the Golden He 133Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 195 辞 After Quitting, I Crush Workplace PUA and Make a Million 辞职后，我踹烂职场PUA狂赚百万 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭9k WordsCompleted After Quitting, I Crushed Workplace PUA and Raked in Millions 61Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 196 我 My Overbearing Wife 我的老婆霸道大人 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Marriage & Romance12k WordsCompleted My Wife, the Overbearing Lady 182Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 197 山 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 山海经·大荒归墟 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭Female-Channel Fanfiction16k WordsCompleted The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Return to the Great Desolation 118Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 198 天 Heavenly Profound Venerable Beyond the Heavens: Every Disciple I Take Is Supreme in the Three Realms 天外玄尊：我收的徒弟都是三界至尊 Jin Wuming of the Celestial Secrets Institute天机院的金无铭8k WordsCompleted Mystic Exalt from Beyond the Heavens: My Disciples Are All Supreme Beings of the Three Realms 65Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 199 南 Leaving on the Journey South 南下归途离开 Shanjiu's Home杉玖家Urban371k WordsCompleted Every so often, a generation leaves home to make a living, leaving its youth behind on construction sites and streets far from home. Our fathers left the mountains with worn-out woven-plastic bags on their backs, heading south to find work. They knew nothing of polished talk. They only knew to keep their heads down and work hard, relying on brute strength to feed their families. They lived in cramped shacks, endured grueling day and night shifts, and swallowed their homesickness and grievances. 27Reads—Score214d adds

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    The mountains couldn't hold back livelihoods; a long road south carried the fate of a generation. Yuan Shoushan bid farewell to his hometown in northern Guizhou, heading south to construction sites with meager funds. Surrounded by steel bars and dust, and accompanied by a deep longing for home, he poured his youth into the towering buildings. His parents guarded the land, paying taxes and struggling to maintain their homeland; he wandered far from home, carrying a heavy burden, single-handedly supporting his entire family. The city changed rapidly, its prosperity unfolding before his eyes, but the hardships of countless builders faded into the past. There are no dramatic legends, only the real joys and sorrows of ordinary people at the bottom of society. Half a lifetime of toil, a body riddled with injuries, those unspeakable grievances and hopes are all written in this book. Understand the silent lives of millions of migrant workers heading south, lives that go unheard.

50. 200 我 I Am the Paper Doll Offered as a Sacrifice 我是被献祭的纸人 Pale Yisu苍白一夙Modern Romance139k WordsOngoing [A Slow-Burning, Carefully Savored Story | Fated by the Era | Entangled Feuds | A Devastating Aftermath] In the twentieth year of the Republic, Meixi Town in Jiangnan suffers a hundred days of drought, leaving thousands of miles of barren land. To consolidate its power and reassure the people, the powerful Chen family revives a century-old evil sacrificial rite. Seven-year-old orphan Shen Yangzi is treated as a stand-in for the drought demon. Bound like a paper effigy, she is sunk into the deep —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A tragic, fateful novel set in the Republican era. The story leaves readers breathless after reading it. Seven-year-old Shen Yangzi is turned into a paper effigy and drowned alive in a dry well as a sacrifice. Old customs devour people, a chaotic world unfolds, and grudges intertwine for half a lifetime. The writing is somber and poignant, the plot twists and turns, the sense of destiny is overwhelming, and it will leave you heartbroken. A must-read for anyone looking for something to read! You won't be able to shake it off for a long time after finishing it…

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