The Heroine Is a Senior Maid and the Hero Is a Farmer’s Son; Together They Raise Kids to Pass the Imperial Exams 女主是大丫鬟，男主是农家子，男女主培养崽子科举

1. 1 自 I Sold Myself into Servitude! From Little Maid to First-Rank Madam 自卖为婢！从小丫鬟到一品夫人 Nan Yiyi南漪漪Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Born into a new life + maid + ensemble cast + cozy everyday life + slow and steady pace + light harem intrigue A few caveats: not a strong female lead, no golden finger, and an ensemble cast. Lin Sui'an was born into a poor farming family in ancient times. Before she could use the knowledge from her past life to help her family prosper, the harsh realities of life forced her to sell herself. She ended up as a young maid in the Pingning Marquis's residence. Lin Sui'an thought she would never see 34.5kReads8.8Score3k14d adds

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   The female lead is a maid, the male lead isn't from a farming family, the writing is good, and the plot is exciting. 🍉

2. 2 古 The Daily Life of an Ancient Couple Making Money and Raising Kids 古代夫妻赚钱养娃日常 Zhuang Sheng Mi庄生迷Ancient Romance735k WordsCompleted A local ancient couple's everyday struggle to save money and raise their child! The village's most beautiful embroiderer × a clever, capable accountant × their smart, well-behaved son! See how this family rises from humble farming roots and climbs the social ladder! The story of Chen Qiuyue and Zhao Huaiyu, a couple born and raised in ancient times, who work hard to save money and pay for their child's education after starting a family. They succeed in raising their child to excel, and their fa 7.3kReads8.6Score53814d adds

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   I think it's somewhat suitable, and not bad.

3. 3 退 A Retired Palace Maid's Laid-Back Life 退休宫女的躺平日常 Bright Green Persimmon绿澄澄的柿子Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted [No golden finger, ordinary people, slow-burn story, a gentle unfolding, peaceful daily life, lightly sketched setting] An alternate-world historical romance. All the worldbuilding is the author’s own invention, so don’t overthink it! One couple, sweet romance, mutual devotion, solid careers, and cozy everyday life. A wage slave in her previous life and a palace maid in this one, Wang Youran opens her eyes to an unexpected early retirement. Her life plan is clear: find a beautiful place with hil 2.7kReads7.6Score25114d adds
4. 4 从 From Maid to Magistrate’s Wife: A Native Woman’s Journey 从丫鬟到官夫人，土著女子奋斗史 Zhuang Sheng Mi庄生迷Ancient Romance769k WordsCompleted [Native-born leads, no space, no System, no golden finger] Strong, beautiful maid Ren Qingmiao x unlucky, sickly, handsome scholar Lin Yanchu Ren Qingmiao's hometown was struck by disaster when she was young, and she was sold into slavery. Her intelligence and strength won her master's favor. By chance, she saved the unlucky scholar Lin Yanchu, and the two became entangled from then on. She learns a trade and trains her body, becoming self-reliant and strong. After leaving the manor, Ren Qingmia 5.1kReads8.9Score54114d adds
5. 5 农 Eldest Sister of the Farm: I Spoiled My Five Younger Brothers 农门长姐：我娇养了五个大佬弟弟 Chanel Isn't Fragrant香奈儿不香Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The domineering CEO Tang Qi personally brought tens of billions’ worth of supplies to a disaster zone for relief, only to transmigrate and find her mother dead from the start. Her father had gone missing after being conscripted, and her grandparents, uncles, and aunts were all trying to sell her baby brother for food. Tang Qi raised a broom and beat her awful relatives senseless. After resolving the crisis, she looked at her three little brothers and the baby in swaddling clothes, rolled up her 2kReads8.1Score36614d adds

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   Give it a try, it's pretty good.

6. 6 我 I Ran Into My Long-Deceased Parents in Ancient Times 我在古代偶遇已故多年的双亲 Feiyang XuyueLi18飞扬絮月Li18Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted Ji Xue takes one tumble and ends up in ancient times. She gets three adorable triplets for free, along with loving parents and an older brother who dotes on her. As a top modern-day saleswoman reborn into a merchant family, she has the perfect chance to put her skills to use. Her goal is to become the richest person in the Great Shang Dynasty! While out enjoying herself, she meets the prefect and his wife. Why do they look so much like her parents, who passed away years ago? “Mom! Dad!” Ji Xue c 3.7kReads9.3Score70914d adds
7. 7 为 To Avoid Planting Rice, I Work Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams 为了不插秧，努力考科举 Three Layers of Belly Fat三层肚腩Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing, 22.8kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
8. 8 富 The Wealthy Little Maid 富贵小丫鬟 Huaqing Xue花青雪Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted She wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a little maid at the Duke of Tang's mansion. In the wealthy and comfortable manor, Yun Shu begins a leisurely life, growing up sheltered by riches and splendor. She sets out to earn more money and buy lots of farmland, all so she can become a little landowner someday and enjoy a happy, comfortable life. But that dull-witted general just doesn't know when to give up. Once he gets his hands on something he wants, he refuses to let go, and now he won' 4.6kReads9.0Score68614d adds
9. 9 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: The Cannon Fodder Heroine Gets Rich 穿书科举文，炮灰女配忙致富 Mang Xi芒习Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zhou Qiuyu transmigrates into an imperial-examination novel as the male lead's malicious first love. In the book, she repeatedly bullies her cousin, who likes the male lead, and ultimately earns his hatred. On her way home, she's harassed by a village hooligan, falls into a river, and drowns. The transmigrated Zhou Qiuyu says, “What's so great about a scumbag? Isn't making money much better?” So Zhou Qiuyu goes on a money-making spree, opening a chain of restaurants that spreads across the count 45Reads—Score—14d adds
10. 10 抄 After Her Family Was Ruined, the Poor Maid Spoiled Her Powerful Husband 抄家后，寒门小丫鬟娇养权臣相公 Shanshan at Nightfall夜阑珊珊Ancient Romance908k WordsCompleted Liu Qiao'er, who lived in the apocalypse, transmigrates one day and is sold by her family for five taels of silver to work as a maid in the county magistrate's residence. All she wants is a peaceful, comfortable life. But then the magistrate's household is raided, and not only can she no longer live peacefully, she has to support the magistrate's three children as well. The eldest son, Lu Yunzheng, is especially dangerous: handsome and scheming, he spends every day plotting rebellion and revenge 166Reads5.1Score—14d adds
11. 11 在 Ruling the Academy in Ancient Times 在古代的书院称王称霸 Little Salty Fish Is Ready to Turn Things Around小咸鱼要翻身了Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Shu Xiaoxiao accidentally transmigrated to ancient times. First, she gained the golden finger of being able to communicate with plants, then she befriended an ancient ginseng spirit. With all that going for her, who would still want to be some man’s first wife? Shu Xiaoxiao packed her things. She was heading to the biggest academy. She’d spent over a decade studying in the modern world and never been more than an average student. Now that she had a chance to start over, she was going to make the 1kReads8.6Score11714d adds
12. 12 一 The First-Rank Lucky Girl and Her Maid 一品福女小丫鬟 Endless Splendor万千风华Ancient Romance685k WordsCompleted [Farming · Easygoing · Clear-Headed Heroine] When she wakes up, she has transmigrated into the body of a pitiful orphan with no father or mother. She expects life to be miserable after selling herself into the prince’s residence, but the household turns out to be wealthy and comfortable, with a kind old madam, supportive young ladies, and a brother who dotes on her. There’s even workplace life in ancient times. Jian Xi saves up money, buys a house, and acquires farmland, all to build a better li 2.2kReads8.4Score15514d adds
13. 13 悠 Youran’s Transmigrated Life 悠然的穿越生活 White Jade Cherry白玉樱桃Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, she ended up in the body of a maid. The pay was good and the benefits were great, but what could she do about having no freedom? Fortunately, after carefully keeping her head down in the marquis's household for several years, the original owner's mother and younger brother came to buy out her contract. She returned home and spent two years living a peaceful country life before marrying a man from a family of equal standing. She thought life would remain calm and cozy like t 1.9kReads8.6Score13914d adds
14. 14 穿 Reborn as a Marquis's Maid, I Spend Every Night Singing on the Road to Exile 穿成侯府小丫鬟，流放路上夜夜笙 A Persimmon Tree一棵柿子树Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + pocket dimension + stockpiling + transmigrate from the present to the past + feel-good story + fleeing disaster and famine + sweet romance + doted-on heroine] Shu Lanxun had scraped by for three years in the apocalypse. She had only just awakened her pocket-space ability and hadn’t even had time to level it up before she transmigrated into the body of a lowly maid in a marquis’s household. Her “tenacious vitality” somehow caught the madam’s attention, and she received so many rewards 4.5kReads8.6Score43314d adds
15. 15 脱 After Gaining Her Freedom from Slavery, the Eldest Sister Returned Home to Farm 脱离奴籍后，长姐回家种田了 A Tangyuan汤圆一只Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other, one-on-one romance, farming, business] After going to great lengths to free herself from her status as a slave, Li Qiuchi traveled thousands of miles back to the countryside. What she found was a dilapidated thatched cottage and a struggling family. Even though they worked the fields like old oxen, they could barely feed everyone. With the help of her pocket dimension, Li Qiuchi planted grain in wasteland and raised plump chickens, ducks, and pigs. The 2.1kReads8.4Score15414d adds
16. 16 周 The Maid of the Zhou Residence 周府丫鬟 Clear and Salted Scholar清咸书生Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted After Qiu Yue fell into the water, she transmigrated into the body of a maid named Qiu Yue. She escaped her status as a slave, returned to her hometown, and happened upon her true love. The couple supported each other and built a happy, peaceful life together. Her husband proved himself, passing the provincial and metropolitan examinations. When his superior sent him a beauty, she hurriedly accepted her: the more beauties, the better, since her embroidery room was short on hands. Then his superi 442Reads6.7Score—14d adds
17. 17 开 A Rough Start: The Imperial Consort Rises Through the Ranks and Has a Baby with Her Red Packet Group 开局不利，娘娘靠红包群升职生包子 Treading the Stars in the Void虚空踏星Ancient Romance818k WordsCompleted Modern office drone Yue Lingyue inexplicably transmigrates into the body of an unfavored palace lady. She wishes she could immediately hang herself from a branch in the southeast and transmigrate back. With Consort Ying making things difficult for her and the Empress, the ultimate boss, secretly plotting against her, how can she survive to the end? Yue Lingyue: With the Red Packet Group at my fingertips, I can lie around and still get promoted, make a fortune, and have babies. And that’s not eve 1.1kReads8.6Score12714d adds
18. 18 逃 Stockpile Grain and Meat Before Fleeing the Famine, and Live Well in Chaotic Times 逃荒前囤粮买肉，乱世生活美滋滋 A Li Doesn't Eat Scallions阿离不吃葱Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Magic space + fleeing famine + supernatural golden finger + family life + food + natural disasters) This book fell apart. Don’t read it, please don’t read it, it’s awful! Bai Huanxi, a ninth-level lightning ability powerhouse from the apocalypse, was exhausted after completing a mission. She drank too fast, choked, and died! When she wakes up, she discovers she’s become the female lead’s foil in a novel! The female lead, Bai Linglong, is the county magistrate’s legitimate daughter. Born blessed 5.3kReads7.8Score45614d adds
19. 19 带 I Married the Sickly Chief Minister with a Farming System, and He Flirts with Me Every Day 带种田系统嫁病娇首辅，日日被撩 Jiang Qiuqiu姜秋秋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Zhaozhao, head of a family of merchants, accidentally gets bound to a farming System that brings her into a lucky-charm farming novel called The Imperial Consort of the Peasant Household. There, she becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies as soon as she appears. When she opens her eyes, she has to choose between two newlywed husbands. She faces a greedy, vicious mother-in-law, th 38.6kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds
20. 20 带 I Transmigrated to an Era of Famine and War with a Few Acres of Land 带着几亩地，穿越到饥荒战乱年代 A Simple Life平淡生活Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Alternate history + spatial powers + fleeing famine and war + fighting for the throne + decisive and ruthless + a little palace intrigue) Ye Yutong has transmigrated! She's landed in a novel once written by her college roommate, set in an unknown dynasty during a time of famine and war. In the original story, the heroine is her cousin, while Ye Yutong is the wicked supporting character who competes with her for the male lead. Not only does she get thoroughly humiliated, her family is dragged do 21.1kReads9.2Score2.1k14d adds
21. 21 农 The Farmer's Little Daughter: Foraging in the Mountains, Scavenging the Sea, and Tending the Fields 农门小女娘，赶山淘海种田忙 Lin Fengmian林枫眠Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + gathering and hunting + coastal foraging + System + adorable kids + mostly everyday life + satisfying story + no romance] Song Anning transmigrates and becomes the notorious troublemaker of an ancient village. Her father and older brother have gone missing in the mountains, her mother has gone mad, her younger siblings are still little, and her grandparents are getting on in years. Song Anning cries out, “Mom, I want to go home...” Fortunately, Heaven gives her an adorable System that 9.9kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds

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22. 22 丫 Little Tao the Maid's Escape from Famine in a Chaotic Era 丫鬟小桃乱世逃荒记 Running in October十月在奔跑Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted When Xiaotao was six, her parents sold her to a broker for one mu of land. In the filthy broker’s den, she seized every chance to learn skills that would help her survive, while never losing her kind heart. When disaster struck, she fled thousands of miles from home and turned her life around through sheer perseverance. From a refugee girl to a successful scholar’s wife, she changed the fate of women at the bottom of society with her own hands! (Not a transmigration story, not a rebirth story, 16.8kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
23. 23 穿 I Became the Tycoon's Dark Moonlight 穿成大佬的黑月光 Three Demons三妖Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted What do you do when your husband commits murder right in front of you? Asking for advice online. It’s pretty urgent! Xu Ning wakes up in the body of a poor girl whose father doesn’t care about her, whose mother doesn’t love her, and who has been abandoned by a scoundrel. To get revenge on him, she uses a trick to marry a lame scholar from Qingshui Village. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her husband, the one she married by mistake, smashing someone’s head with a rock, blow after blow. Re 68.5kReads9.2Score9k14d adds
24. 24 全 The Whole Household Was Stunned: The Little Maid Gave Birth to the Marquis’s Heir 全府震惊，小丫鬟生了侯府继承人 Yu Wanwan余晚晚Ancient Romance606k WordsCompleted Qiu Jin transmigrates into the body of a young maid who was sent to become a bedchamber maid, only to be rejected and sent back. Because of her beauty, a fortune-teller said she was born under a lucky star. The old madam sent Qiu Jin to serve as a bedchamber maid to her troublesome eldest grandson, hoping she would bring him good fortune and help him pass the imperial exams with flying colors. The original owner used her beauty and voluptuous figure to flirt with the young master, unaware that h 5.8kReads9.0Score63014d adds

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25. 25 努 I Strive for the Imperial Exams, But My Slacker Dreams Never Change 努力考科举，咸鱼梦想从未改变 A Little Green Ear一只绿耳Historical1.8M WordsCompleted [Imperial exams + everyday life + lighthearted] Lu Yang, a rich second-generation heir, wakes up one day as the youngest and most cherished son of the Lu family. This youngest son is a scholar, yet selfish and self-centered, turning a blind eye to his family's sacrifices and caring only about his own future. Lu Yang may be a slacker with little conscience, but he knows who's good to him. He keeps his dream of being a slacker tucked away and works hard to pass the imperial exams, hoping to become 17.6kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds

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    The male protagonist travels back in time to ancient China to take the imperial examinations. 🍉🍉 [Got it]

26. 26 迎 After Marrying a Sweet Young Wife, I Worked Hard and Took the Imperial Exam 迎娶小娇妻后，我奋发图强考科举 Flying Cow 98会飞的牛98Historical1.1M WordsCompleted One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A thorough understanding of the world is knowledge, and social savvy is good writing. Ren Junjie, a history graduate, suddenly finds himself in an unfamiliar world as the eldest legitimate son of the richest family in Xinchang County. A former wastrel, he turns over a new leaf and marries a lovely young wife. He rests every other day and works on the days in between, studying harder and striving to improve. With his deep knowledge of history, he purs 8.9kReads8.8Score70314d adds
27. 27 拒 After Refusing to Rejoin My Clan, I Became a Great Scholar Through the Imperial Exams 拒绝认祖归宗后，我靠科举成文圣 Lonely Lamp in the Night Rain夜雨孤灯Historical482k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + wish fulfillment + imperial examinations + court politics + face-slapping + no System) He transmigrates to ancient times, only to find himself an illegitimate son who has never been acknowledged by his family. Su Shijin wants to change his fate through knowledge, but despite having mastered high school Chinese and graduated in applied mathematics, he can barely make sense of classical Chinese. Then he obtains a writing brush. From that day on, he earns the red mark on his foreh 2.2kReads9.0Score18614d adds
28. 28 农 The Imperial Tutor's Road to the Civil Service Exams 农门帝师的科举之路 Ju He雎禾Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Imperial Examination, One-on-One Romance After an accident, a young man from the modern era transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty. Looking at his family’s dilapidated brick house, Qi Wenyu wondered how he would make a living from then on... 21.8kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
29. 29 寒 The Poor Scholar's Rise 寒门贵子 Beyond the Mountain山的那边Historical2.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of a penniless scholar, Jiang Feng thought about how his computer science degree from his previous life was utterly useless here… Then it occurred to him: “Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. I’ll just have to grit my teeth and take the imperial exams!” He kept going, and when he suddenly looked back, he had risen to the highest offices, expanded the empire’s borders, and built an unprecedented legacy! P.S. The new book, A Poor Scholar of the First Rank, 34.6kReads9.1Score3.4k14d adds
30. 30 农 An Ambitious Country Boy's Life in Ancient Times 农家小子的古代上进日常 The Hibernating Donkey冬眠中的驴Historical6.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the body of a farmer's son in ancient times, a poor student had no choice but to embark on the long road of the imperial examinations to improve his family's life. He sought neither wealth and status nor a high salary or lofty office in this life. All he wanted was to protect his family and give them a peaceful life. 40.2kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
31. 31 这 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 The Foundation of One's Life立身之本Historical2.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 50.9kReads8.9Score6.3k14d adds

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