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  1. 51 Beyond the Walls, Where Do We Go? 围墙之外,何去何从 Modern Romance342k WordsCompleted [No fixed couples, and readers with strong moral qualms should stay away! This novel loves pairing people in unexpected ways, and the ex-husband eventually becomes the son-in-law!] [All kinds of tangled relationships, mutual scheming, love and hate, but in the end everyone gets a happy ending!] [Everyone’s status gets reshuffled, and each person finds their own path to happiness! Hahaha~~] She watches her husband give her the green hat, then returns the favor in kind. Life is this thrilling, and 31Reads—Score—14d adds
  2. 52 Transmigrating to Farm and Raise Children 穿越之种田养崽 Ancient Romance322k WordsOngoing [Farming + Nurturing + No portable space + Few terrible people + No golden finger] [Career] When Shi Xinyu wakes up, she finds herself at the very moment she is being sold off as a child bride after transmigrating? Looking at her frail body and ragged clothes, she roars, “Heavens, how did I end up with such a disastrous start again?” This dilapidated home is dirt poor, and there’s a scrawny little chick of a child peeking at her from behind the door? With all the answers in hand, how could she p 94Reads—Score—14d adds
  3. 53 Reborn in the ’80s: In My Next Life, I Won’t Be Born a Woman 重生八零之来世不为女儿身 Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted When she was young, Hua Yueyin defied her parents and resolutely married an only son who was tall and handsome. She never imagined that he was a beast in human skin, or that in her old age, she would be killed by her own three sons and her husband! As Old Madam Hua lay dying, she remembered the earnest advice her parents had given her, and was filled with regret. “If I could live my life over, I would absolutely listen to my parents. I’d marry a beggar or a cripple if I had to, but I’d never mar 12Reads—Score—14d adds
  4. 54 Li Ergou and the Landlord’s Women 李二狗和地主家的女人们 Urban1.8M WordsOngoing (Good news! The comic drama adapted from this novel, The Courtyard of War, is now online. Check it out!) Li Ergou is a penniless nobody who happens to enter a landlord’s manor. Through a twist of fate, he becomes its steward and gets caught up in a number of stories with the landlord’s women. After the landlord dies, Li Ergou becomes the manor’s de facto master. He actively supports land reform, leads everyone in fighting the Japanese invaders and rooting out traitors, and throws his support beh 37.6kReads8.2Score2.3k14d adds
  5. 55 The Newlywed Young Widow 新婚小寡妇 Modern Romance636k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1976, Li Yanmei was newly married when her husband died. Branded a “husband-killing” jinx, she was pregnant when her cruel in-laws threw her out with nothing. On a stormy night, she gave birth in a melon shed. Starving and freezing, she swallowed the slur “loose woman” along with her tears. For the little one in her arms, she wiped away her tears and turned humiliation into a stepping stone. She went from selling goods at a black-market stall to reclaiming land for farming, from 1.6kReads6.5Score11014d adds
  6. 56 Ma Dao's Failed Attempt 马稻不成功 Modern Romance403k WordsCompleted In the eyes of refined scholars, the countryside is a place of poetry and picturesque dreams, a source of inspiration for verse and visions of faraway places. But for those born and raised there, it means the weary lot of facing the earth from dawn till dusk, and the countless absurdities that accumulate over the years. The ugly faces forged by hardship, the secrets hidden before the sun sets: Ma Dao handles them all with ease! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  7. 57 Rural Chronicle 乡村纪实 Urban260k WordsCompleted The little details of life, all those everyday moments, come together to paint a picture of a changing countryside. Generation after generation pursues its dreams, working hard in the mountain valleys. They make it through the winter, then the hills turn green in spring. Summer crops blanket the mountains, and autumn is always a season of joy. 235Reads8.4Score1414d adds
  8. 58 The Butcher's Fierce Wife Is My Third Sister-in-Law 卖肉悍妇是我三嫂 Modern Romance624k WordsCompleted When Wang Xiuying was eighteen, she chased two men through the streets with a shoulder pole. Everyone in the village said she was too fierce. Who would dare marry her? And yet my useless third brother insisted on marrying her. On their wedding night, she laid down three rules: from now on, I make the decisions at home; don't let anyone bully you again; wherever I point, you hit. We all thought our third brother had married a tigress and that their life together would be impossible. But who could 986Reads—Score10514d adds
  9. 59 I Transmigrated to the 1960s and Became the Aunt Who Died Young 穿越六零,我成了早夭的三姨妈 Modern Romance945k WordsOngoing [Transmigration, 1960s setting, golden finger, a touch of ensemble cast, cozy everyday life] A university counselor transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the third aunt who died young in her previous life. In an era full of both opportunities and challenges, she firmly believes education can change one's fate and insists that her whole family study hard! When hardships arise, the family faces them together. When opportunities come, they pull together, ultimately finding lives completely differe 139Reads7.2Score—14d adds
  10. 60 A Realistic Life for a Family in the 1970s 七零一家人的写实生活 Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [A rural story set in Suzhou] [No transmigration, no wish fulfillment, and an unhurried pace] [A down-to-earth farming story set in a bygone era] [An ensemble cast] Liang Qiuhua is the third child in the family. Perceptive and sensible, she takes an interest in embroidery, becomes an apprentice, and gradually blossoms into her own life. Liang Dahua, the eldest, is the family's best-looking member and a good-hearted pushover. Liang Erhua, the second child, is a street loafer who dreams of making 50Reads8.3Score—14d adds
  11. 61 A Flower in a Little Village 小村里的一朵花 Ancient Romance173k WordsCompleted [No Transmigration + No Rebirth + Beloved by Everyone + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Sisters Supporting One Another] Yue Ming is the village beauty. Her parents dote on her endlessly, even though one is a cripple and the other is mute. But she's no delicate flower. A peasant girl doesn't have to follow all those rules. Dare to bully her family? Then she'll fight to the bitter end! As Yue Ming works to become self-reliant, she also supports her sisters and friends. Life is hard, but they absolutely 74Reads6.5Score—14d adds
  12. 62 The Century-Old House 百年老宅 Modern 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 34Reads—Score10214d adds
  13. 63 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年,1974从悔婚开始 Urban171k WordsOngoing In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 113Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 64 Chunhua's Happiness 春花的幸福 Modern Romance208k WordsCompleted Period drama + countryside + political intrigue A woman from a mountain village believes only love can save everything. In her dictionary, poverty is nothing to fear, having no power is nothing to fear, and having no money is even less of a worry. But life's cold rain repeatedly douses her gentle heart, and she learns that money and power can indeed take precedence over love and marriage. The moment her boyfriend appears with the woman he loves, she realizes that the one she needs to save is her 43Reads—Score—14d adds
  15. 65 I Accidentally Transmigrated into My Late Aunt 一不小心,穿成了我那早死的姑姑 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Fang Qingqing transmigrates as an aunt who died young. She vows to help her family become among the first to get rich, and to give them hope. Somehow, she ends up catching the attention of a man who will become a bureau chief in the future. She feels bad about holding back his career, but he keeps pursuing her at every turn. Note: In her world, her aunt died young. 3.6kReads8.2Score33114d adds
  16. 66 Reborn in the 1950s: Granny Guan’s Comeback Against the Odds 重生五零:关老太的逆风翻盘 Modern Romance159k WordsCompleted (Slow-paced + reborn in a bygone era + strong heroine + winning back his wife + getting rich) Nearly eighty-year-old Grandma Guan was reborn, returning to 1951, when she was seventeen. In her previous life, she had always played the role of a good daughter, a good wife, and a good mother. For her family, she gave up more and more of herself, spending her whole life caught up in the daily grind, until she finally died in agony from cancer. Now that she had been given another chance at life, sh 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  17. 67 Home on a Unicycle 独轮车上的家 Modern Romance116k WordsCompleted The novel follows Liu Shouren and his family from the late 1970s to the present day. As society changes and the countryside is transformed, they weather a tumultuous journey. Through stories from in and around the village, it portrays the lives, resilience, struggles, and growth of countless ordinary rural families across China... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  18. 68 My Parents, Brother, and I: From the Deep Mountains to Fertile Land 爹娘弟和我,从深山到沃土 Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted Lin Youyou woke up to find herself transmigrated to a remote mountain region. Looking at the bare walls of her home, she could hardly imagine anyone poorer. To make ends meet, she had no choice but to learn how to forage for wild vegetables. Scene one: Lin Youyou bends over, gathering wild vegetables. Scene two: Lin Youyou squats down to gather wild vegetables. Scene three: Lin Youyou stoops to gather wild vegetables. As she found herself going further and further down the path of foraging, 504Reads6.8Score—14d adds
  19. 69 Our Lost Love Rekindled 逝去的爱又复燃 Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted Wang Xiaorong and Wang Guangming were childhood sweethearts, but their love was full of twists and hardships. After each married someone else, married life brought them not happiness, but endless pain. Once Wang Xiaorong and Wang Guangming had both emerged from the shadows of their tragic marriages, their love rekindled. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  20. 70 The Great Pagoda Tree at the Village Entrance 村口那棵大槐树 Modern Romance374k WordsOngoing The 1960s: too few clothes and too little food! In remote Tianshui Village, everyone was struggling to stay alive! Every character is a vivid reflection of that era. They have no golden fingers and they don't transmigrate... so they can only fight tooth and nail against life and fate just to survive! Girls especially had a harder time of it in those days. Listen to the names: Dai Xiao, Huan Xiao, Zhaodi... You can tell at a glance they were named by parents hoping for a son. Back then, many girl 62Reads—Score—14d adds
  21. 71 Love Debts 情债【李幼斌主演的电视剧】 Female-Channel Fanfiction450k WordsCompleted Also known as The Peach Blossom Luck of Sister-in-Law Jiang Qi. A lost paradise in Northeast China, a little mountain village in the Changbai Mountains: the Abandoned Village. Journey beyond a life of hardship and let this story sweep you away. The tangled affairs between men and women in the countryside, and the everyday love and hatred that bind them. So many debts of passion, so many heartbreaks. 7kReads8.4Score52214d adds
  22. 72 There’s a Rainbow in the Sky After the Rain 雨后的天空有彩虹 Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted When the college entrance exams were reinstated, Zheng Hongmei left her three-year-old son, Wenge, behind in the countryside. Wenge always dreamed of studying hard, getting into college, and finding his mother. Fifteen years later, on the very first day his adoptive father took him to college, he ran into her. His mother was a professor at the university, but he no longer recognized her. His adoptive father was the one who told him she was his mother. But his mother coldly told him not to distur 1.9kReads—Score12714d adds
  23. 73 A Peaceful Family Affair in 1979 平安家事1979 Rural Life224k WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Countryside] [Hard Work] [Ordinary Life] [No Golden Finger] [Neither Rebirth nor Transmigration] [Told in warm, down-to-earth prose, a story about an ordinary life filled with warmth] Ji Ping'an always wanted to escape the countryside, turning his "unwillingness to settle" into "having no regrets." But even after the parachute tower stood weathered and abandoned, he was still trapped on his hometown's soil. Ji Manling always said she would repay her family's devotion, yet she r 13Reads—Score—14d adds
  24. 74 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨,我和小三换夫改命 Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 16.9kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
  25. 75 A Shooting Star Streaks By, Leaving Traces on the Years 流星划过,岁月有痕 Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted This is a powerful work that deeply portrays the intertwined paths of growth for the post-80s generation and the changes of the times. The story follows its protagonist, Zhao Fei, from his green and innocent days in middle school, through the passionate years of university, and into the struggles and discoveries of life after graduation. It delicately depicts how Zhao Fei and his generation search for themselves and realize their worth amid the currents of the times, while also reflecting the sw 11Reads—Score—14d adds
  26. 76 After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Married the Poorest Man in the Village 退婚后,我嫁给了全村最穷的男人 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Shen Xiulan’s engagement was broken off, an acquaintance arranged for her to marry Zhao Dajiang, a farmer from the neighboring village who was too poor to find a wife. She was a mild-mannered young woman her family considered an embarrassment. He was an honest, inarticulate man whose parents had died when he was young. They had no whirlwind romance or grand ambitions. They simply learned to make a life together in a shabby earthen house. Shen Xiulan cooked, mended clothes, grew vegetables, 9.9kReads7.5Score82614d adds
  27. 77 Liu Zhihao's Years of Youth 刘志豪的芳华岁月 Urban223k WordsOngoing [Period novel + workplace + family + society] The story takes its time to unfold, growing richer the further you read. It is grounded in reality, depicting social life, education, love, careers, officialdom, and rural life in the 1990s, offering a sweeping portrait of everyday life in that era. After graduating from university, the protagonist, Liu Zhihao, is assigned to teach at a middle school in his hometown. From then on, his life enters a new phase as he witnesses the development of educati 25Reads—Score114d adds
  28. 78 Rural Sisters-in-Law 农村妯娌 Modern Romance739k WordsCompleted This is a story of war and peace between two women, and also a miniature epic chronicling the transformation of rural China from collectivization to the modern era. When the well in Liuxi Village was filled in and running water reached every home, the women who had once argued, wept, and whispered secrets beside that well proved through their lives that time can bury old grudges, and that a resilient spirit can blossom in the soil. 2.3kReads7.1Score26214d adds
  29. 79 The Blood-Tear Tung Blossoms 泣血油桐花 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted In the 1970s, Zhao Zhicheng was an older bachelor. Because he had one disabled leg and came from a dirt-poor family, the women from the surrounding villages all refused to marry him. In the end, he married Yan Wenyin, a woman of similar age who also had one disabled leg. From then on, the fates of these two determined people, each with a physical disability, were bound tightly together! That year, he said, “My left leg is lame, and Xiaoyin’s right leg is lame. Put us together, and don’t we make 2.6kReads6.6Score30414d adds
  30. 80 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 116Reads8.2Score—14d adds
  31. 81 Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零:我成了外婆的妹妹 Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing [When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand —Reads—Score—14d adds
  32. 82 Three Meals, Four Seasons, Two Hearts 三餐四季一双人 Ancient Romance521k WordsOngoing The Marquis's household is in ruins? Don't worry! Li Suxin takes her daughter and begins a life on the run! Shh! Her daughter is now called Deng Yazhen... After crossing three thousand li and finding hope after hardship, they arrive in Shanshui Village. The "older widow" Li Suxin remarries for the first time, bringing her daughter along. Farming, growing vegetables, raising chickens, ducks, donkeys, and sheep... Everything is a fresh start. They say three women make a whole show. After remarr 145Reads8.0Score—14d adds
  33. 83 My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills 我的九四,从漫山野菜开始 Urban754k WordsOngoing Xu Shouyi was an outstanding modern farmer of the 21st century. After serving as village chief for 20 years, he went to a neighboring village to advise them on a new planting method. Then, caught in a sudden downpour, his car plunged off a cliff… When he woke up again, he had returned to 1994. There was still time to set things right. In his previous life, he’d drifted through life and only come to his senses in middle age. This time, he would use his knowledge to lead his kind-hearted neighbors 501Reads—Score10014d adds
  34. 84 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 22Reads—Score—14d adds
  35. 85 Reborn in the Northwest: An Eight-Year-Old Boy Becomes the Family's Pillar 重生西北八五八岁小哥挑起顶梁柱 Modern Romance189k WordsOngoing [Northwest China + 1985 + rural life + reborn + realistic + not especially feel-good + light ensemble + everyday family life] The protagonist is only eight, so giving him a rebirth setup provides at least a little of a golden finger. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t stand a chance. After He Jianjun and his wife died, they left behind four young children. Their uncle and aunt sold them all for money. Some died, some went mad, and not one of them met a happy end. Fortunately, the eldest son was rebor 79Reads7.5Score114d adds
  36. 86 It's Only Fifty 不过是五十而已 Modern Romance207k WordsCompleted An inspirational, unyielding story of midlife crisis, workplace struggles, bank managers and tellers, married life, and everyday urban life. This book tells the story of Huang Wenxue, a bank manager facing a midlife crisis. She is at that awkward age when she is considered too old to find a new job, yet still too young to retire. How will she answer the unavoidable questions surrounding her career, marriage, family, children, and caring for her aging parents? Even in middle age, even when confro 429Reads8.9Score—14d adds
  37. 87 The Hidden Wife 隐妻 Urban5.0M WordsCompleted [The comic adaptation is now available! Tap “Adaptation Theater” in the lower-right corner of any page of this book to watch instantly. The original novel and short drama each have their own appeal. Share it with your friends!] No rebirth, no transmigration, and no System golden finger, just the true golden years of an entire generation! Having fled an arranged marriage, he joins the tide of migrant workers heading south. In a southern metropolis brimming with both opportunity and challenges, he 790Reads6.2Score10014d adds
  38. 88 My Five Sisters Raised Me, So I Bought Each of Them a House 五个姐姐养大我,我送每人一套房 Urban341k WordsOngoing When I was seven, Mom and Dad were gone. My five older sisters took turns raising me. The eldest dropped out of school to work a sewing machine. The second scavenged rotten vegetables at the market. The third earned money competing in tournaments. The fourth never had an entry labeled “for herself” in her ledger. The fifth cut off her long braids and sold them for eight yuan to pay my tuition. Chen Zi'en lived next door. He was the school bully, feared by everyone. He'd never lost a fight, but 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  39. 89 San Biaozi 三彪子 Modern Romance729k WordsCompleted In 1980, in Kaoshan Village on the banks of the Songhua River, the Gao family’s fifth child is born. Dubbed “San Biaozi” because he is a bit dim, he grows up amid poverty and gossip. His mother bears the painful memory of having been assaulted, while his father quietly shoulders the burden of their broken family. San Biaozi drifts through life in a daze, but after a string of fires, people begin to suspect him of arson. While working the night shift guarding the grain depot, he learns to smoke. 751Reads—Score—14d adds
  40. 90 Lady He Xiang 荷香娘子 Ancient Romance154k WordsCompleted I wrote this to earn coins. I don’t have an outline, so I’ll just make it up as I go. They won’t approve it unless it’s at least fifty characters, so what can I say to pad it out? Handsome guys and lovely ladies passing by, have you ever dreamed of living in the countryside? 54Reads8.3Score—14d adds
  41. 91 There Was a Girl Named Xiaohua 有个女孩叫小花 Modern Romance420k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! This book captures some of the culture and food of rural northern Fujian in the 1980s and 1990s. Follow Xiaohua and her family as they work hard and lead warm, ordinary lives. No exaggeration, melodrama, or foolish antics. It’s not a feel-good power fantasy, and there’s no rebirth or transmigration. There’s no golden finger, just 33Reads8.9Score—14d adds
  42. 92 Transmigrating to a Year of Famine: Living Off the Mountains to Feed the Family 穿越荒年,靠山吃山养全家 Ancient Romance518k WordsOngoing With a father doing forced labor and a seriously ill mother, transmigrated Cao Yunxuan has to support the whole family. She has no System or golden finger, but as the youngest female botanist in the modern era, at least she has a wealth of knowledge in her head. She gathers herbs in the mountains and earns her first pot of gold. She severs ties with the ancestral household to carve out a way for her family to survive. She raises seedlings and farms the land, helping the villagers get through the 759Reads8.3Score—14d adds
  43. 93 The Brash Stepmother from the Eighties Becomes a Nobody 八零泼妇养母成了路人甲 Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Liu Peiyun was ready to enjoy a quiet retirement, but instead transmigrated into a book as Lu Xuebi, a village girl whose engagement had been broken off in the 1980s. Since she was already here, Lu Xuebi decided to make the best of it. She studied for college entrance exams while leading her whole family to seize the opportunities of the times. Only later did she learn she had transmigrated into a book: she was the heroine’s shrewish adoptive mother, an obstacle on the heroine’s road to wealth a 646Reads5.8Score11614d adds
  44. 94 My Village, My River 我的村庄,我的河 Urban514k WordsCompleted [Contemporary Fiction + Rural Literature + Rural Revitalization + Great for Middle-Aged and Older Readers] Zhang Banshao, a poor student, is always unlucky in love. After saving Wang Xiaohui by chance, he falls head over heels for her. Armed with kindness and integrity, he makes an incredible comeback. Seeing his hometown full of elderly people left behind, he feels a stir in his heart. He returns to the village to become its chief and lead the rural revitalization effort. Together, they transfo 50Reads8.3Score714d adds
  45. 95 The Orphan Girl and the Scholar 孤女和秀才 Ancient Romance300k WordsCompleted [Traditional farming life + Orphaned at three + Her sweetheart breaks off their engagement + Takes down the wicked + Marries a penniless scholar + Devoted husband] Qinglian’s father was a scholar in Qingxi Village, and her mother was a renowned beauty. Sadly, fate took both of them too soon, and they died in an accident when Qinglian was three, leaving their daughter Wan Qinglian an orphan. Brother Hai was betrothed to Qinglian from the time they were in the cradle. Unfortunately, his sharp-tong 125Reads8.1Score—14d adds
  46. 96 1982: I'm Really Not a Good-for-Nothing 年代1982,我真不是二流子 Urban978k WordsOngoing [Rebirth + period setting + entrepreneurship + social savvy + everyday life + largely an ensemble cast] The rating has just appeared and is climbing. The audiobook and animated series are now available. Give them a try! Back in 1982, Lu Zhigang decided to make up for his regrets and give his family a better life. But why did none of them believe him...? He took over a brickworks, opened a food factory, and led Lujia Village racing down the road to prosperity. 12.9kReads8.3Score49914d adds
  47. 97 An Elder Sister Is Both a Mother and a Father! 长姐如母,亦如父! Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [A story set in a bygone era, with no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger. Family life, rural romance, and a hard road to growing up.] Zhou Zimei thought she would soon marry her childhood sweetheart and fiancé. Then an accident happened, and she became what people called an old maid. Her younger siblings' tuition taught her everything she hadn't known how to do. The hardships of rural life, the warmth and coldness of human nature, and the struggle to keep growing... 43.7kReads8.2Score1.7k14d adds
  48. 98 I Open a Farm Back Home 我在老家开农场 Urban155k WordsOngoing After losing his job and being betrayed by his girlfriend, Ye Qiuming is utterly disheartened and returns to his rural hometown. By chance, he activates a fake jade pendant he bought at an antique market and gains access to a farm space. From there, he transforms his hometown and turns it into the world's most renowned rural resort. 73Reads—Score—14d adds
  49. 99 Surviving Without Cheats: The Country Girl Cuts Ties and Reclaims the Wasteland 无挂求生,小农女断亲开荒记 Ancient Romance327k WordsOngoing [Play the pig to eat the tiger + no cheat powers + farming story + coming-of-age + no romance + family and village life] A mature modern woman’s soul lands in the body of a fourteen-year-old farm girl. The original girl was exploited by her awful relatives. You might put up with that, but I won’t! I’m flipping the table in a fit of rage! My grandparents are old and bedridden, and everyone else treats them like garbage. I’ll care for them tenderly. After all, an old person in the family is a trea 30Reads—Score—14d adds
  50. 100 A Lovely Lady Amid the Smoke of the Four Seasons' Cooking Fires 四时炊烟有娇娘 Ancient Romance322k WordsCompleted [One-on-one romance + ancient-era farming + adorable child + cozy family life + rough-around-the-edges hero + slow burn + no court politics + food] An alternate-world historical romance. Everything is the author's own creation, so don't overthink it! After an accident, Wen Wan is born into the family of a minor official. She finally gets used to this unfamiliar dynasty and spends sixteen years living by the rules. Then one day, she wakes up four years in the future, with a sweet, adorable little 2.4kReads7.3Score30014d adds

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