A Blend of Period Fiction and Farming, I'm Tired of Reading Period Fiction on Its Own 年代+种田文的组合， 自己看年代文已经审美疲劳

1. 1 重 Reborn in 1975: The Benefits of the Era 重生七五之年代红利 A Nan, Novel-Crazed Demon阿南小说狂魔Urban1.3M WordsCompleted In my previous life, my weakness and selfishness led to all twelve members of my family being devoured by a pack of wolves. Guilt tormented me for the rest of my life. I spent every day consumed by self-blame and regret, drifting through life in a daze. Reborn into a new life, I’ll protect my family this time and never let them come to harm again. 1.7kReads8.1Score113Shelves

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   Wonderful historical writing, highly recommended

2. 2 重 Reborn in 1986: Hunting My Way to Financial Freedom 重生1986，打猎实现财富自由 Ten Suns in the Sky十日凌空Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [No System + no pocket dimension + authentic period setting + hunting + ginseng gathering + cute pets + one heroine + lighthearted daily life] Liu Qingshan returns reborn, armed with more than ten years of hunting experience from his previous life. Living off the mountains, he builds a fortune through hunting. When he has nothing else to do, he takes the dogs for a stroll up the mountain and goes hunting, taking down wild boars, black bears, lynxes, and Amur leopards alike. 21.9kReads8.2Score1.7kShelves
3. 3 重 Reborn in 1983: I Prepared Dowries for My Sisters 重生83，我为姐姐们准备嫁妆 Squid Is a Fish鱿鱼是鱼Urban790k WordsCompleted No System, no golden finger. Just making an honest living, supporting a family, and dating the school beauty. At fifty-five, Zhang Yu accidentally discovers that the son he has raised for forty years is actually the child of his ex-wife and her current husband. By the time he realizes what happened, they have swindled him out of every last cent. Overcome with rage, he faints. When he wakes, he finds himself back in 1983. Now that he is reborn, he decides to lead his six older sisters on the road 353Reads6.5Score—Shelves
4. 4 重 Reborn in 1976: I Hunt in the Deep Mountains to Feed My Family 重生1976：我深山打猎养活全家 Broken Sword Chasing the Wind残剑追风Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Si Mingyuan transmigrates to 1976 and, from the start, finds his wicked mother-in-law forcing his younger sister to marry an old man from the village. To support his sick mother and sister, Si Mingyuan takes his grandfather's gun and ventures deep into the mountains. Drawing on his experience from his previous life, he expertly hunts wild animals and accurately gathers rare medicinal herbs. While others are still worrying about having enough to eat and wear, his family enjoys fish and meat at ev 795Reads7.2Score104Shelves
5. 5 不 I'm Not Going Back to the City: Home with My Wife and Kids Is Better 不回城了，老婆孩子热炕头更香 AI Cat Who Eats FishAI吃鱼的猫Urban4.3M WordsCompleted Li Song was once an educated youth. He abandoned his wife and daughter so he could return to the city, and after settling down there, he regretted it for the rest of his life. After being reborn by accident, he decided not to return to the city. Instead, he would stay in the countryside with his wife and children, enjoying the warmth of home. 161Reads7.3Score—Shelves
6. 6 重 Reborn in 1976 as a Sent-Down Youth, I Got Rich Selling Tofu 重回76当知青后靠卖豆腐致富了 Jiayang's Little Kitchen加洋小厨Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Reborn Educated Youth + One Heroine + Everyday Life + Building Wealth] On his deathbed, Song Qingfeng regretted most that, in his youth, his insecurity and foolishness had led him to reject a marriage proposal twice, costing him the person he loved most and condemning him to a lifetime of regret. He never imagined that when he opened his eyes again, he would be back just before the second time he turned her down! When the woman who had haunted his dreams appeared before him once more, Song Qing 7.8kReads8.7Score401Shelves
7. 7 重 Reborn, I Refuse to Be a Sap: From the Start, I Put My Mother-in-Law in Her Place 重生不当接盘侠，开局打脸丈母娘 The Stone Will Grow石头会长大Urban3.9M WordsCompleted In his previous life, everyone envied Zhao Guoqing for marrying a woman from the city. Not long after she moved in, she gave him a big, chubby baby boy. She was beautiful and had a salary, yet didn’t look down on him for being from the countryside! Only Zhao Guoqing, reborn, understood that his calculating wife was looking for someone to raise another man’s child! She’d picked him because his rural family was honest and easy to manipulate, hoping to find a cheap dad for the bastard in her belly! 28.2kReads8.1Score2.5kShelves
8. 8 七 In the 1970s, I Won't Be Anyone's Fool: I Head to the Countryside, Hunt the Hills, and Marry the Village Beauty 七零不做冤大头，下乡赶山娶村花 Pecking Clouds, Cradling the Moon啄云扶月Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Creatures + Hunting in the Mountains + Playing the Fool] His own mother and older brother schemed to get Xiao Zhendong fired. He raised a bastard child and spent his whole life giving everything to his family, only for that same son to pull out his oxygen tube when he was on his deathbed. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1972. Xiao Zhendong sold his job and set his whole family up. He kicked his scumbag father and slapped his vile mothe 47.8kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
9. 9 你 Hello, 1974 你好1974 Shark Fin Who Doesn't Eat Cats不吃猫的鱼翅Urban915k WordsCompleted Everyday Life in the 1970s + Educated Youth + One Female Lead + Supplies + Buying a House A 21st-century landlord takes his golden finger with him as he charges into the 1970s. His little sister was young and a bit of a schemer. Fine! Tang Yucheng decided to give her his job and head to the countryside as an educated youth. He thought he could sleep under the open sky and live off the land, hunting roe deer with a stick and catching fish by hand. He never expected that, despite wanting nothing m 721Reads6.8Score111Shelves
10. 10 8 80s Hunter: From Laying Low to Ruling the Ocean 80猎人，从猥琐发育到制霸海洋 Wind Blows on the Iron Tree风吹铁树Urban3.1M WordsCompleted 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… 20.8kReads9.2Score2.3kShelves
11. 11 年 1976: Taking My Pocket Dimension to the Countryside 年代1976：带着空间下乡 Treading Snow Beneath the Setting Moon落月踏雪Urban659k WordsCompleted (Historical setting + farming + smart protagonist + pocket dimension + everyday life + one heroine) After a lifetime of hard work, Yang Jing had finally started to see things get better and was just about to catch his breath when he was unexpectedly reborn, returning to the production team where he had been sent down in 1976. This was an era of a planned economy, when people were feeling their way across the river! When he unexpectedly awakened a pocket dimension, he was overjoyed and filled wit 1.1kReads6.5Score—Shelves
12. 12 八 Eighties Island Life: My Rugged Husband Is Kissing Me Silly 八零海岛：糙汉老公被亲懵了 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance248k WordsOngoing Transmigrate into a book, sweet romance, 1970s setting, age gap, veteran, rugged man and sweet young woman, gathering seafood, delicious food, mutual flirting After transmigrating into a book, she looks at the tough guy who has come to break off their engagement. Xiao Wanqing says: Since I've transmigrated into a book, how could I let a catch like him get away? And besides, I'm coming for that seafood feast! 3.9kReads—Score476Shelves

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    Era Sweet Pet Farming

13. 13 重 The Reborn Prosperity-Bringing Bride: A Sweet Second Life for a Returned Educated Youth 重生旺家媳：重生知青有点甜 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Modern Romance141k WordsCompleted Period setting, reborn, doting romance, sweet romance, building a fortune, rough-edged man and educated city girl After hearing the truth, she finally understood how terribly wrong she had been! Her husband died by suicide, her child drowned, and her family was destroyed. She opened her eyes and was reborn in 1980! The System activated, and she gained a pocket dimension. She rushed back to the countryside that very night! Weeping, she cried, "I'll never leave you again!" In this life, she'll che 949Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 14 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Won't Rely on My Nephew to Support Me in Old Age 重生七零：不再靠侄子养老 Little Horse, Charge Ahead小马向前冲Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [1970s setting + spatial storage + male protagonist’s perspective + Northeast China’s heated kang lifestyle + cozy farming story] Liu Tiezhu spent his whole life doing hard labor for his older brother’s family, only to end up drugged to death and dumped in a mass grave. Given another life, he’ll use the supernatural arts heaven granted him to stand on his own two feet, find the woman who has been longing for him, and live the rest of his life well. 2.9kReads8.9Score187Shelves
15. 15 苦 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance588k WordsCompleted 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 2kReads8.8Score393Shelves
16. 16 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.2M WordsOngoing During the years Liu Haibo spent in the countryside as an educated youth, he fell in love with Yang Xiuqing, a girl from the village. When he eagerly asked Yang Xiuqing's parents for her hand in marriage, they refused. He fled Shibantian Village and returned to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he married a woman named Wu Jie and prepared to start a new life, Yang Xiuqing came to his door... 39.1kReads8.4Score2.1kShelves
17. 17 重 Reborn: Back in the 1980s to Make My Fortune 重生：回到八零当富翁 Frenzied Banana发飙的芭蕉Urban1.8M WordsCompleted A rebirth story set in a bygone era, with no mindless wish fulfillment, a single heroine, no courtyard-house drama, and a warm, everyday feel. Xu Erlong is reborn, returning to the eve of the day his family forced him to haul bricks at a black kiln to pay for his cousin's university education. Why should his cousin get meat while he has to make do with bran? Why should his cousin go to university while he is forced to haul bricks? Xu Erlong refuses to put up with it any longer and decisively 22.6kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    Good-looking and very contemporary

18. 18 穿 Transmigrate as the Farmer's Most Hated Sister-in-Law, and Flee Famine with the System 穿越极品小姑，带着系统去逃荒 When Hungry, Drink the North Wind饿了喝北风Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Ancient-Era Flight from Famine + System + Farming and Business + Building Wealth + Family Life + A Heroine Who Makes Money with Her System] After transmigrating into a book, Song Nan became the “villainous” younger sister-in-law in a farming novel. In the story, “Song Nan” was falsely accused by her reborn niece, who was not related to her by blood, of pushing someone into a river. To make it up to the niece, the whole family indulged her in everything. On the road fleeing famine: Her second 4.4kReads8.0Score420Shelves

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    It's a good-looking novel about escape. The heroine has no CP. She was 12 years old when she traveled back in time and had a daily life. The heroine was alone in the end and became the richest man in that country. To be broad, to be broad, to push [blowing kiss] [blowing kiss]

19. 19 穿 Transmigrated to a Chaotic Era: Fleeing Famine, Farming, and Becoming a Grain Tycoon 穿越乱世之逃荒种田大粮商 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Alternate world, no pocket dimension or System, fleeing famine, farming, no romance for now.] “Have you heard? That fool from the Zhou family is cured!” “Really? She's been a fool for eight years, and now she's better? Looks like that old monk was right when he said she was blessed. Maybe that was true after all!” Zhou Guo was born into a farming family in another world and spent eight muddled years there. As soon as she comes to her senses, half the sky falls in on her family. The family's onl 12.9kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves
20. 20 家 A Family with Kids in Ancient Times 家有儿女在古代 Early Spring in March晓春三月Ancient Romance860k WordsCompleted After years of marriage without children, a couple runs into trouble aboard a plane headed to a major hospital in another city for IVF. When they wake up, they find themselves with a family of four, a son and a daughter. The two are both shocked and overjoyed. But having transmigrated from modern civilization to an ancient world without electricity or internet, how are they supposed to get by? They still have to sit the imperial exams, since they have no desire to be drafted for labor or militar 9.2kReads9.2Score857Shelves
21. 21 我 I, Sun Shan, and the Imperial Examinations 我，孙山，科举 Ximen Qizi西门七仔Ancient Romance4.6M WordsOngoing “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 52.8kReads8.8Score3.3kShelves
22. 22 七 The 1970s: Keep the Child, Leave the Father? The Rugged Veteran Won’t Agree 七零：去父留子？退伍糙汉不同意 Afternoon Milk Tea午后奶茶Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted Just after graduating from college, Jian Chuyi has no idea which great power has smiled on her, but she somehow gets swept up in the transmigration craze, landing right at the moment when the original owner has to choose between three options. Jian Chuyi figures, with a golden finger, a job, and a man, what's there to hesitate about? Just leave the man behind and raise the child on her own. Then she can be a beautiful young widow, caring for her baby by day and keeping a young hottie company at 5.3kReads8.6Score477Shelves
23. 23 回 Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子 Broken Little Toe骨折得小脚趾Urban2.8M WordsOngoing In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married. 14.7kReads8.5Score944Shelves

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    In the 1930s, the country was in turmoil and foreign invaders invaded. Let's see how the Northeastern hunters survived in this adversity.

24. 24 魂 Reincarnated into Another Body: Dad Dies from the Start, and My Brothers Want to Split Up the Family 魂穿：开局爹死，大哥二哥要分家 Nie Xiaoqian's Ancestor聂小倩的祖宗Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Farming + No golden finger + No storage space + Everyday family life + Not a self-sacrificing heroine] Xie Jiaojiao was a wonderful young woman from the 21st century. Little did she expect that one day she would transmigrate into the body of a foolish, mentally ill woman in ancient times. The poor thing had been sick for years, and her brothers and their wives had long been sick of her. While their father was ill and their mother had her hands full caring for him, the two couples sold 14.3kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
25. 25 重 Back to the 1980s: Turning My Life Around Through Fishing and Hunting 重回80年代，靠渔猎跑山逆袭 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted 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 22kReads8.2Score2.3kShelves

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    Fishing, hunting and growing mushrooms, no system, no space, no best products, no golden fingers

26. 26 新 Jilted on My Wedding Night, I Bond with the Grand Agricultural Official System 新婚夜被鸽后我绑定了大司农系统 Zucchini Is on the Pumpkin Team西葫芦是南瓜派Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Women in government + farming and infrastructure + satisfying revenge with light comedy + career-focused with a little romance + male lead in a supporting role + beloved by everyone + romance after an arranged marriage] Lin Ran transmigrates to a fictional dynasty and gains a grandmother obsessed with chanting sutras, a father who brings bad luck to his wives, a bookish second younger brother, a wastrel third younger brother, an influential family by marriage, and a misfit System that hounds he 14.3kReads9.4Score2.3kShelves
27. 27 邻 Between Neighbors 邻里之间 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban163k WordsCompleted Distant relatives are not as dependable as close neighbors, and close neighbors are no match for the folks across the street. But life is full of contradictions: without conflict, there is no struggle, and without struggle, there is no progress. Neighbors don’t always get along, either. As the saying goes, a neighbor is like a set of scales: they hope the other neighbor stays poor. 254Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    Tears of a mountain village woman

28. 28 穿 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.2M WordsCompleted 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 25kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves

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    The first new book recommendation, being updated steadily, a must-read book every day

29. 29 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted 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 12.4kReads8.7Score1kShelves
30. 30 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: Building a Happy Life with My Lame Wife 赶山：带跛脚媳妇过上幸福生活 Garfield Isn't a Cat加菲不是猫Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [A Grounded Period Novel + No Pocket Dimension, No System + Wife and Sister-in-Law + Animal Companions + Hunting + Food + Business + Farming + Gathering Herbs] Xu Yi, a modern-day wage slave, accidentally takes the wrong medication while being treated for depression and dies. He transmigrates into the body of Xu Yi, a man with a severe intellectual disability in a mountain village in the early 1980s. To his surprise, he has a beautiful, fair-skinned wife who limps, as well as an adorable six-yea 23.8kReads7.8Score2.8kShelves

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    These are all considered farming articles.

31. 31 赶 Hunting and Fishing in Northeast China: My Granaries Overflow with Food and Meat, and I Protect My Family 赶山：渔猎东北，粮肉满仓护全家 Step by Step to Greatness步部高升Urban134k WordsCompleted In his previous life, Zhao Bin was framed by his worthless friends and spent eight years in prison. His parents died from worry, while his elder brother went into the mountains to dig for ginseng to earn money and pull strings for a reduced sentence, only to be killed by a bear with a single swipe. His sister-in-law, nephews, and nieces all came to hate him. By the time he got out, his wife had worked herself to death, and his children no longer recognized him. He was left utterly alone, living 1.2kReads—Score100Shelves
32. 32 重 Reborn in 1980: Treasure Hunting by the Sea Is a Blast 重生1980：赶海捡宝爽翻天 Billionaire富甲亿方Urban1.4M WordsCompleted (Reborn in a bygone era + fishing village + lighthearted + daily life + beachcombing + fishing + farming + pocket dimension) Xu Mo died on the operating table. When he opened his eyes, he was back forty-five years earlier, at the moment Li Qingyue asked him to marry her. In his previous life, his cowardice and refusal to take responsibility led to all five sisters dying, while his parents wasted away in grief. In the end, he too passed away with a heart full of regret. This time, the chance to m 6.5kReads7.6Score338Shelves
33. 33 因 I’m So Rich, the Emperor Won’t Even Pay My Salary 因为我太有钱陛下就不给发俸禄 Lin Xuan from Niuqian Village牛牵村的林煊Historical846k WordsOngoing Yang Jingyun was born into the Great Qian dynasty. He never expected to find himself in a family packed with brothers, where every day was a struggle of schemes and calculations. Hoping to build a better life for himself, Yang Jingyun began setting up workshops to make sugar, brew liquor, and produce candles and soap, leading his clan to prosperity. Unexpectedly, he caught the emperor’s attention and earned the emperor’s favor. Not only was he granted noble status, but his whole family was ennob 537Reads7.0Score135Shelves

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    Farming literature + systematic + time travel + no rebellion + making money + hunting + no holy mother + summoning + groups of brothers. Yang Jingyun accidentally traveled to the Daqian Dynasty. He had a large family and groups of brothers. They barely had enough food and clothing for a day. If the family hadn't been able to hunt, they might not have been able to feed the children. Yang Jingyun thought that hunting the Yang family was not a long-term solution, so he started to build a workshop, making sugar, wine, candles, soap, and leading the tribe to make a fortune~~

34. 34 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s, Married the Wildest Tough Guy, and Came Out on Top 穿书七零闪婚最野糙汉后我赢麻了 Little Face脸崽Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance + Period Setting + Rugged Hero + Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + 1970s + Male Lead Is Love-Struck + Raising Kids] When she opened her eyes, a man who seemed made for her was right in front of her. Ruan Niannian thought her mother had arranged everything, and hurriedly promised she would take responsibility... Once she came to her senses, she realized she had transmigrated into a novel set in the 1970s that she had read. She had become the love-struck supporting fem 55.1kReads9.4Score6.2kShelves
35. 35 揣 Pregnant with Twins, Remarrying a Hunter, Bringing the Husband’s Family to Wealth and Eating Meat 揣双胎改嫁猎户，带夫家暴富吃肉 Little Brother Jin小金哥儿Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing [Cozy farming and everyday life + adorable baby + devoted couple + doting husband + family matters + spirit-pet space that lets her understand animals] [Charming young wife * steady, reserved, devoted male lead] Fencing athlete Qiao Wantang transmigrates one day, only to have her whole family pressure her into remarrying a rough hunter! It’s all because her cousin schemed against her, leaving her unexpectedly pregnant with the hunter’s child. Her cousin steals her engagement and marries the elde 21.1kReads8.5Score1.7kShelves

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    Take a look at this book. The female protagonist is sober and not depressed, the male protagonist is affectionate and dedicated, and a small family lives an ordinary life. The female protagonist leads her husband's family to become rich step by step with her wisdom and wisdom, and survive the lean years.

36. 36 六 The 1960s: The Little Kid Who Gave the Heroine a Space Is Done with It 六零，送女主空间的小崽崽不干了 Clear Breeze of a Thousand Years千载清风Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted When she opens her eyes, Miao Qing has become a random supporting character in a period novel. The scene is about to shower the heroine with gifts and hand her a golden finger, but Miao Qing kicks off a life completely different from the plot with a loud, piercing wail. Who would have guessed that after she'd just finished training her underlings, Miao Qing would suddenly learn that the commune she's in is called Hongqi Commune, with Qingshan Brigade, Hongxing Brigade, and Kaoshantun Brigade nea 13.7kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    Not bad, you can keep watching

37. 37 稻 When the Rice Flowers Bloom 稻香花开 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted 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 156Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    Different kind of smoky mountain village heroine farming story

38. 38 百 The Century-Old House 百年老宅 User36859979用户36859979Modern Romance161k WordsCompleted 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 649Reads—Score102Shelves

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    A long historical novel and classic rural literature. A romantic love story with a poignant and touching plot. An old rural house with a century-old history. Starting from the first year of the Republic of China, the epidemic will not end until it is over. The seniors love and hate, and the juniors have emotional entanglements. A cynical and scumbag man, a self-indulgent and resentful woman. A wonderful palace fight drama with a suspenseful climax. A very nice romance novel! A contemporary version of "White Deer Plain"!

39. 39 我 I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者 Evergreen Greens长青菜菜Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsCompleted The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. … 1.8kReads—Score108Shelves

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    This book is introduced to you

40. 40 站 At the Crossroads of Fate 站在命运的十字路口 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban243k WordsCompleted This book explores Standing at the Crossroads of Fate through five major sections. 1. Fleeing for Their Lives: This section recounts how the protagonist Sun Shigui’s grandparents left their landlord’s household to make a life of their own amid the hardships of the old society, and how, after enduring countless trials during the War of Resistance Against Japan, they fled all the way from Nanjing to Shiqi Village and finally settled there. 2. A Life of Hardship: This section follows the many hards 53Reads—Score—Shelves

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41. 41 镜 Awakening from a Mirror Dream 镜梦觉 Zhang Guofu张国富Urban119k WordsCompleted What is a dream? Is it an illusion, an extension of reality from the tangible to the intangible, another “distorted” reflection of life, or perhaps all of these? And what is a mirror dream? I think it is a process of introspection: by observing, examining, and reflecting on dreams, one comes to an understanding and is then able to see what kind of person “I” ought to be. This book explores the theme “See as it is, think as it is, act as it is” through three main sections: Mirror Dream, Looking 30Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 4.2kReads9.0Score541Shelves
43. 43 巴 The Hunting King of Bashan 巴山猎王 The Straw-Cloaked Traveler of Bashan巴山蓑衣客Urban1.5M WordsOngoing A transmigration tale set in a bygone era, brimming with rugged mountain spirit and the warmth of everyday life. Armed with memories from his past life and everything taught by his master, the King of Hunters, he wields a hunting rifle, trains mastiffs, and fights wolves. In the 1980s, he sets up a cooperative, builds roads, and buys vehicles, determined to find a way forward for a poor village deep in the mountains. From venturing alone into deadly wilderness to find a life-saving old ginseng r 140Reads7.2Score—Shelves
44. 44 被 Fired and Cheated On, I Become a Chengdu Sensation with a Magical Spring 被开除又被绿，我靠灵泉火遍成都 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Modern Romance572k WordsOngoing The Legend of Xiaoman: From Street Stall to a Trillion-Yuan Empire A mysterious old well brimming with the miracle of life, and a comeback that begins at the edge of despair: this is the extraordinary life of an ordinary girl, Su Yuqing, formerly known as Zhao Xiaoman, as she rises from a night-market stall to become a business legend. Down on her luck, she unexpectedly discovers that the ancient well at her old home hides a “spirit spring.” Its water nourishes all things and gives food a soul 1Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 荒 Sold in a Desolate Village, She Swings a Hoe to Smash Patriarchy 荒村被卖女：握锄头砸烂重男轻女 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance794k WordsOngoing A deed of sale casts Zhao Xiaoman, a modern agricultural student, into a remote village in another world, where the sun never shines. When she opens her eyes, she smells rotten pig slop, her family seems like a nest of demons, and she is nothing but a “sacrifice” at her elder brother’s wedding. If Heaven will not make room for me, I will carve out a world of my own! Armed with the deed to half an acre of sandy wasteland, she burns the contract, cuts ties with her family, and walks barefoot into 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 被 After Being Cast Out, She Farms to Survive in a Broken Courtyard 被休后，她守着破院种田求生 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing A letter of repudiation demoted her from the Chen family's eldest daughter-in-law to a cast-off wife with no household registration. The torrential rain washed away more than the wooden hairpin that held up her hair. It swept away sixteen years of the rules that a woman must obey her father before marriage and her husband afterward, half a sack of mold-blackened wheat hidden in a ruined kiln, and the shackle carved into her bones: a woman is virtuous only if she is uneducated. Li Qinghe crouche 1Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 被 After Being Cast Aside, I Found the True Taste of Life 被休后，清白人间味 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance736k WordsCompleted After My Divorce, My Pickles Made Me Famous The day she was cast out, the bitter winter wind slapped the divorce papers against Shen Weiwan's face. Her mother-in-law accused her of being barren, unaware that her husband and his concubine had caused her unborn child’s death. Clutching her three-year-old son, An'er, and dressed in nothing but thin clothes, she was thrown out through the vermilion gates. **To survive, she had to claw food from the dirt.** She went hungry in her parents' woodshed wh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 48 荒 The Fierce Bride of the Desolate Village 荒村辣媳 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Rural Life747k WordsOngoing Zhao Xiaoman, a modern soul, opens her eyes to find herself a poor village bride whose own mother is forcing her to sign a contract selling her daughter. At the stove, she gets a share of bran-filled gruel while her father and brothers eat white-flour buns. In her despair, she touches the earth and awakens a mysterious golden finger: the Heart of the Earth! She can sense the soil, make crops grow faster, and improve seed varieties. With every advance in her abilities, a mark of the earth is bran 1Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 古 Farming in Ancient Times: From Spoiled Brat to the Pillar of the Family 古代种田：从败家子到全家顶梁柱 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Historical478k WordsOngoing Reborn as a Farmer’s Castoff: Zhao Lei, a modern office drone, opens his eyes and finds himself as Zhao Sanlang, the third son of an ancient Zhao family, a man who drank, gambled, visited brothels, and beat his wife and children. The original owner was beaten to death over gambling debts. What Zhao Lei is left with is a drafty shack, a silent wife, Liu, a hungry little son, Xiaoshitou, and a pack of awful relatives who constantly call girls “money-losing burdens”: parents who favor sons over dau 9Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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