Novels like The People and Stories of Our Village
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- 151 The Cold-Faced Officer's White Moonlight 冷面军官的白月光 That night, they sat on the steps outside the photography studio, eating wontons. The July heat in Shanghai was stifling as a steamer, and cicadas poured their cries from the plane trees’ canopies, spreading them across the ground. Shen Zhi prodded a wonton with her chopsticks, then suddenly asked, “How did you get by during those two years in Yemen?” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.5kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
- 153 After the Divorce 离婚之后 [An animated series based on this book is coming soon. If you enjoy Qiuqiu's work, please keep an eye out for it!] This story tackles a subject close to real life, one I've always wanted to write about but never dared to. After writing a few feel-good power fantasies, I found myself returning to this subject, with an even stronger urge to express what I wanted to say. And so this book was born… Yang Zhixuan was a full-time homemaker who was divorced after fifteen years of marriage. On a snowy ni 10.6kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 154 A Guide to Restarting Life in a Small Town 小镇重启指南 A Guide to Restarting Life in a Small Town 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Through the Trials 走过劫难 Disaster strikes a once-happy family of five. After suffering a heartbreak so piercing it feels like ten thousand arrows, how will a mother who has only just reached middle age, and is already frail and sickly, lead her three underage children through hardship and toward the future...? 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Tiezhu's Fate 铁柱的命 In the 1990s, the twenty-year-old Tiezhu, whose given name was Gao Fei, was handsome, dashing, and well educated. He studied hard, hoping to change his fate through knowledge and escape the countryside. But fate kept playing tricks on him, making him fail time and again. Disheartened, he found the courage to face life again with encouragement from Yanhua, the village beauty. His excellence always won him admirers. After meeting different women, he gradually realized who loved him most. Sadly, by 5.2kReads6.8Score20714d adds
- 157 A Complete Guide to Bazi 八字通晓 Eight Characters Made Clear is really just two names put together. Whose names are they? Tan Bazi, a man, and Jiang Tongxiao, a woman. At Tangfeng Cave, Guan Jixu and Fang Zhinan received the true teachings of Immortal Masters Xu and Guan, among others. They founded the Taihua East Peak School of Destiny Studies, enthroning as its patriarch and as deputy patriarch. From then on, Tangfeng Cave and Taihua East Peak became two important forums for destiny studies. The st 999Reads8.1Score22014d adds
- 158 My Doctor Lin 我的林医生 [A blend of sweetness and heartbreak + slow burn + delicate prose + a working woman’s growth + episodic format] Radiologist Lin Xiaoya can see every bone in the human body, yet she can’t read the heart of the person in front of her. Other people’s love is a two-way journey, but theirs is a tale of mutual misunderstanding... 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 12.7kReads8.9Score78814d adds
- 160 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3kReads8.0Score12714d adds
- 161 My Wife's Secret Past 妻子的秘密往事 Zhang Xixi, the wife of Chen Sijie, worked late into the night, then came home drunk with a hickey on her back. Was she cheating, or was there another explanation? As Chen Sijie investigated, he uncovered a shocking secret… 5.1kReads8.6Score31814d adds
- 162 Snowfields and Seaside City: A Female Cadre from the Sanmen Has Her Springtime Too 雪域与海城：三门女干部也有春天 Su Man was on top from the start, beginning her career as a deputy section chief, only to plummet to rock bottom at breakneck speed. Her new boss sent her to a grassroots office, where she got a harsh lesson in the art of human relationships. On her journey back from rock bottom, she had the ever-present strategist Luo Ziqing by her side, offering advice and teaching her how the official world operates. She also had Ji Zizhou, a highly skilled career mentor who protected her from the open and hi 15.9kReads9.4Score1.7k14d adds
- 163 You Tore Up My Critical Condition Notice, So I'll Cut Off Your Group's Lifeline 你撕我病危通知，我断你集团命脉 You tore up my critical condition notice. I’ll cut off the lifeline of your entire conglomerate. 207Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Reborn, I Let My Fiancée and Her Lover Stay Together for Good 重生后，放手让未婚妻和奸夫牢牢锁死 Reborn, I let my fiancée and her lover bind themselves together for good. 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 They Laid Off the Group Chairman's Heir 裁员裁到集团太子爷 They Laid Off the Group's Heir 885Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Guo Xiaoqi’s Love Story 郭小七的爱情 Guo Xiaoqi was born into a rural family obsessed with having sons. She had little schooling, but was very beautiful. As an adult, she was pursued by a married man. The two did everything they could to finally get married, but married life was not as wonderful as they had imagined, and she endured all kinds of hardship. After many twists and turns, she finally understood that she could rely on no one but herself. 509Reads8.9Score3714d adds
- 167 My Daughter Calls His Best Friend Dad, and My CEO Ex-Husband Regrets It Bitterly 女儿认他好兄弟当爸爸，总裁前夫肠子都悔青了 His daughter calls his best friend Dad, and his CEO ex-husband is consumed with regret. 396Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The Retired Soldier King and His Sweet Southern Girl 退役兵王糙汉与南方娇软妹子 (Mutually faithful, one-on-one romance: a rugged former special forces soldier and a sweet, gentle girl from the south) Cheng Ye was once the king of the special forces. He was wild-looking and lived a rough, carefree life. After leaving the military, he started a renovation crew. Ruan Ruan was just like her name: sweet-looking and gentle by nature. What kind of story will unfold when a soft-spoken southern girl meets a rough northern man? Former Special Forces Soldier × Heiress to a Pastry-Ma 280Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 Adopted Son, Part Two 过继二 [Wealth + power plays] [Reality + perseverance] [Life + passion] [Love + living] A man must be as tough as iron, but also as resilient as steel. Only then can he face the harshness of reality and the twists of fate, and rise to meet new challenges. I'm Zhao Erhai, and here's my story... 4kReads9.3Score47414d adds
- 170 Dad, Have You Changed? 爸爸，变了吗？ Dad, have you changed? 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 171 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 我知道她的秘密后，她却带我去了民政局 After I Learned Her Secret, She Took Me to the Civil Affairs Bureau 1.5kReads—Score3314d adds
- 172 The Sky Is Still Blue 天，依然蔚蓝 The sky is still blue 79Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 The Beautiful First Half of Her Life 美艳的前半生 The story takes place in a rural village in Hebei in 1999. Meiyan has been sweet, beautiful, and clever since childhood, and everyone in the village agrees she's the local beauty. After failing her university entrance exams on her second attempt, she has no choice but to face the path fate has laid out for her. Swept up by Li Gangqiang's relentless pursuit, she gives him everything. But on the very day he steps through the gates of college, he gets together with another woman. Betrayed, Meiyan s 8.9kReads7.1Score18314d adds
- 174 Half a Lifetime of Missing Qiu 念秋半辈子 [Everyone’s favorite + farming + building wealth + family squabbles + strong heroine] Shen Nianqiu’s husband died. He was stabbed to death by the husband of his lover. Because Shen Nianqiu is beautiful, shapely, intelligent, and capable, she is very popular. A rural doctor whose wife has died gradually falls for her; A butcher from the neighboring village has been secretly in love with her for a long time. A teacher assigned to the countryside admires her beauty and intelligence, and vows to mar 18.2kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 175 Sunny Skies Above the Humble Life 鸡毛之上有晴天 [Marriage and love] [Heartbreak] [Betrayal] [Comeback] [Redemption] [The truth about marriage] [Urban romance] [Realistic relationships] [Healing] A broken marriage has worn away every last trace of warmth, leaving two lives utterly out of step! He fought his way up from being a low-level technician at a chemical plant, only to have his own brother steal his hard work and stab him in the back! His former lover suffers through pregnancy; old love and hatred entangle them, betrayal cuts deep, devo 1.2kReads8.1Score10414d adds
- 176 Young and Promising 年少有为 How deeply does one's family shape them? Some grow up insecure, timid, and lacking confidence; others become violent and end up behind bars; still others see their marriages torn apart, losing their spouses and children. After countless heartbreaking realizations, some people spend their whole lives healing from childhood, while others are healed for life by their childhood. 21.3kReads9.0Score2.8k14d adds
- 177 A Love Story from Majia Village 马家庄的爱情故事 In a village so ordinary it could not be more ordinary, the hardworking bachelor Li Daqing and his neighbor Er Feng spend every day working in the fields, rising with the sun and resting at sundown. They have no extraordinary talents. With only their hands and their strength, they cultivate the barren land, filling their hardship-filled days with verdant growth in the courtyard and the warmth of everyday life. 9.7kReads8.7Score53514d adds
- 178 A-Lian in the Mountains 大山里的阿莲 A Lian had been married for three years, but her husband was impotent and she still hadn't gotten pregnant. She had a foul mouth but a soft heart. Later, she married Old Wang next door. Old Wang died in an accident, leaving A Lian a widow. Later, she was jailed for tomb robbing, but got out two years before him. Her life with Xiao Chen started out as one disaster after another. A Lian cursed and grumbled, but little by little, she came to think of this man who had served time as one of her own. 329Reads7.5Score11514d adds
- 179 The System Forces Me to Be a Star's Personal Bodyguard. Is She Going to Offer Herself to Me? 系统逼我当女明星的贴身保镖，她要对我以身相许？ The System forces me to be a famous actress's personal bodyguard. Is she going to offer herself to me in return? 7Reads—Score114d adds
- 180 A Murder-Mystery Game Binds Me to a Goddess Cashback System, but She Won't Add Me on WeChat. What Do I Do? 剧本杀绑定女神返现，她不加我微信啊怎么办 She Binds to a Script-Killing Game and Gets Goddess Cashback. What Should I Do If She Won't Add Me on WeChat? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Good Grief, Mr. Cen! 要命呢！岑先生 Oh, Mr. Cen! 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 182 A Blood-Oath Journey 血誓征程 This book follows the protagonist Yang Yi as he grows through combat during the Red Army's campaigns, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation. It unfolds like a magnificent panorama, as stirring as a grand anthem. In those years of raging flames and bloody battles, countless outstanding sons and daughters of China gave their lives with honor for national liberation, and for the peace and security of their country. They fearlessly fought the despicable enemy, defending the 9.7kReads9.1Score77814d adds
- 183 Prince, a Brothel Isn't a Study Hall! 王爷，青楼不是自习室！ Your Highness, a Brothel Is Not a Study Hall! 218Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 Working Down South: Those Wild Years 南下打工，风流的那些年 This is a story about Dongguan. After graduating from college, I couldn’t find a job. My cousin was working in the south, so I went to stay with him. My cousin was a carefree sort who dressed like a gangster every day. He took me to internet cafes, played pool with me, and treated me to late-night snacks. Life in the south was slow and easygoing. My cousin was my mentor. He found me a job and showed me how to eat, drink, and enjoy life. My cousin and I had a great time fooling around, but then h 322Reads7.5Score6614d adds
- 185 Come on, Let’s Have Some Fun! 来快活呀！ Wang Yan, a girl from a remote rural village, decides to change her life after enduring a series of experiences shaped by ignorance, backwardness, and poverty. Through dedicated study, lifelong learning, and hard work, she strives for the life she ultimately wants: financial security, modest prosperity, a civilized way of life, a loving partner who understands her, one son and one daughter, and no worries about aging or illness. From a frail little girl onward, she faces one pivotal crossroads a 5kReads8.4Score39914d adds
- 186 My Days at the Real Estate Sales Office 我在售楼部的日子 As a member of the post-80s generation, I’ve witnessed this industry’s rise and fall. I’ve ridden the wave, reaped the rewards, felt the bubble, and watched it go from flourishing to decline, its fortunes ebbing away... There was fate’s hand, society’s shaping, and the trials of life... All these true stories will be recorded in full as a mark of our times. 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 In the Name of Partnership 以合伙人之名 In the Name of Partnership 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 The Age of Turmoil 折腾时代 Life is all about taking chances! In that restless age, Li Anran works in a big city, and her dream is about to come true. But when she returns to Qinzhou for a funeral, she's practically put under house arrest and told to stay and work in the small city. Zhang Huifei has the talent to get into one of China's top universities, but he unexpectedly fails the college entrance exam. To make sure his sister Li Anran can stay in Qinzhou without worries, he starts stirring things up... As a result, Li 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 The Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 仵作娘子采茶记 A Coroner's Wife's Tea-Picking Journal 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 This Guy Is a Bit of a Rascal 这个家伙有点坏 [No formulaic plot][Not a wish-fulfillment story][No cheat abilities][Traditional][Realistic][Period][Countryside][Hardship] A boy who is both bad and good, a family made up of people with no blood ties, a difficult yet sweet golden age, and a story full of humor and warmth... Beginning in the 1980s, this novel spans forty years and strives to recreate the changes of the times, telling the story of one person's growth. Above all, this is a realistic story, with both sweetness and heartbreak. Rea 69kReads9.3Score7k14d adds
- 191 Lady Meng Doesn't Feel Like Making Soup Today Either 孟婆今天也不想熬汤 Meng Po Doesn't Want to Make Soup Today Either 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 After Losing My Job, I Took Odd Jobs in Xiaoqi 失业后，在小气打零工 His wife betrays him, and his career hits a dead end. Ye Feng becomes a part-time massage therapist. After his first client arrives, Ye Feng's life takes a strange and unpredictable turn. There is no System in this book...! 8.2kReads6.8Score49814d adds
- 193 When She Comes of Age 当她长熟时 [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 2.9kReads7.9Score33214d adds
- 194 Falling for You 沦陷 Fallen 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Inn's Secret: The Death of Liu Bai, the Waiter 客栈的秘密：店小二柳白之死 The Inn's Secret: The Death of Liu Bai, the Waiter 15Reads—Score114d adds
- 196 From the Start, I Met a Gorgeous Blind Date? I Turned Around and Shocked the Punk Girl 开局遇见极品相亲女？我转身震惊精神小妹 From the Start, I Meet a Gorgeous Blind Date? I Turn Around and Shock the Punk Girl 25Reads—Score114d adds
- 197 I Transmigrated Into a Rich Heir's Body, and My Wife Is a Bitch 穿书到富二代身上，妻子是个渣女 I Transmigrated into a Rich Second-Generation Heir, and My Wife Is a Horrible Woman 61Reads—Score114d adds
- 198 The City Has Run Out of Food? But I Can Travel to the Modern World 城中没粮食了？可我能穿梭现代啊 The city has run out of food? But I can travel to the modern world. 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 199 I Gathered the Seven Dragon Balls and Summoned Shenron. What Three Wishes Should I Make? 集齐七颗龙珠召唤神龙，我该许三个什么愿望？ If I gather all seven Dragon Balls, I can summon the dragon. What three wishes should I make? 13Reads—Score114d adds
- 200 The Emperor Accused Me of Rebellion? I Slaughtered a Million Enemies With Just a Gun 皇帝说我造反？我一人一枪杀敌百万 The emperor says I'm rebelling? With just a gun, I can slay a million enemies. 5Reads—Score114d adds
