Novels like The Everyday Lives of Ordinary Folk
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- 101 Every Family in the Village Fends for Itself 村庄儿女各当家 [A fictional setting, ensemble cast, family and village life + a slow, steady pace + no rebirth or transmigration] Village children and little stories of farm life, simple and heartwarming, with no awful characters. When a man comes of age, he marries; when a woman comes of age, she weds. Zhou Baochun is about to leave her family home and become a wife. Her in-laws have “a bad reputation,” but the marriage was arranged long ago. Life with her mother-in-law, the neighbors, and the fields. There a 10.5kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 102 Pingyang Prefecture in the Sunlight 阳光下的平阳府 During the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jinfu, a soldier from the South City Guard in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi (now Linfen and Yuncheng in Shanxi Province), left the military and became a constable in Pingyang Prefecture. Over the next twenty years, he shared both hardship and fortune with Zhao Jian, a chief officer in the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and Mo Yaozu, a merchant, as their fates rose and fell. Nearly a hundred characters reveal the lives, inner worlds, and faces of off 2.6kReads9.2Score40714d adds
- 103 Let Time Be Our Matchmaker, and My Life Be My Vow 时间为媒，余生为聘 Childhood Sweethearts + Bratty Kid + Married Life (This isn't a wish-fulfillment story or a sugary romance. The entire novel is about the petty details of everyday life, so please think twice before reading if that's not your thing.) Before Zheng Xiao was even born, her mother had arranged a betrothal for her with a close friend from her hometown. As a result, Zheng Xiao married Huang Zhengyi as soon as she graduated from college. They soon had a child, but because they never lived on their own 3.9kReads8.7Score36714d adds
- 104 Hunting in the Ural Mountains 乌拉尔山赶山记 She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into the body of a mute slave girl who is being sold. She is bought and married off to a mountain man with no household registration, living deep in the border mountains. The frontier is bitterly cold, and the forests stretch far and wide. Liang Chong's situation is disastrous from the start, but she manages to buy her freedom by foraging in the mountains and farming, eventually living in the Ural Mountains where “a stick brings down a deer, a dipper scoo 1.2kReads9.0Score17514d adds
- 105 Love at First Sight: The Farmer's Daughter and the Landowner 爱了爱了，农女的员外郎 [Slice of life, no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, a slow and steady story about imperial exams and getting rich. Here, “yuanwailang” is simply a colloquial term for a rich man.] The Su family of Zao Shu Village had nothing to their name. Su the eldest and Su the second were both old enough to marry, but because their family was poor, no one would consider them. One day, the matchmaker brought good news: Song, a wealthy man from town, was willing to offer ten taels of betrothal mon 5.2kReads8.9Score70814d adds
- 106 The 1970s: A Background Character's Gossiping Life After Transmigrating into a Book 七十年代：穿书路人甲的吃瓜日常 [Educated Youth + Daily Life + Beachcombing + Gossip + A Little Golden Finger + Falling in Love After Marriage] A low-level office drone transmigrated into the 1970s as a girl whose parents played favorites to an extreme, always favoring sons. The original host had secretly passed the exam to become a train attendant, but her parents found out. They wanted to give the job to their eldest son, so they signed her up to go to the countryside instead. The furious original host died, while Ren Min ha 2kReads8.4Score12314d adds
- 107 Life in a Little Courtyard 小院儿生活 When Taohua married into the family, her mother told her that the Xiao family would most likely split up. But Taohua never expected it to happen so soon. (No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger: just working hard to live and striving to make a life.) 20.1kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 108 Sweet Romance in the 1970s: The Mountain Man Treats Me Like Royalty 七零甜婚：山里汉把我当祖宗宠 After the Xu family girl tries to hang herself, she's carried to the Cheng family's home. The Xu family says, “In life, you belong to the Cheng family; in death, you'll be their ghost!” The Cheng family's young carpenter is kindhearted: “Once you enter my family, I'll treat you like royalty!” The Xu girl, who transmigrated here, is happy to take him up on it. A few flirtatious glances, a few tender sighs, and the young carpenter is lovestruck. You farm, I'll work as a carpenter. You manage the h 3.1kReads9.0Score34014d adds
- 109 I Jumped Off a Building, and You Tell Me the System Just Arrived? 跳楼了，你告诉我系统来了？ [System] + [Getting Rich] + [Single Heroine] + [Everyday Life] + [Travel] + [Gourmet] + [Ensemble Cast] The day he found himself ten million yuan in debt, Chen Jun leaped from a rooftop. “Ding! Loan Repayment System binding...” A translucent panel appeared out of nowhere before his eyes, clearly displaying a single line: Every time the Host borrows money, the full amount, principal and interest, will be returned to the Host’s account when the loan is repaid. From that day on, he started borrowin 466Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 You Retired Too? What a Coincidence, So Did I! 你也退休了？好巧，我也是！ [Romance included; historical romance; there may or may not be awful relatives (I haven’t written any before, so I’m still working them out)] Xie Yu was an ordinary palace maid who became an ordinary female official. She longed to leave the palace, and at last her dream came true. With the savings she’d earned during ten years of palace work and her battered old bundle on her back, she returned to the hometown she’d been away from for so long. Her dream was to build a little home, open a small s 1.2kReads8.8Score10614d adds
- 111 We Agreed to Go to a Junior College Together, So How Did You End Up at a 211 University? 说好一起大专，怎么你上211了 When life hit the reset button, Chen Jing returned to 2009 and found himself standing once more at a crossroads. The memories of his past life were still vivid, a life of failure that had followed him all the way to the end. Now Heaven had given Chen Jing another chance to choose. On one side was a friend who dragged him down; on the other was his childhood sweetheart, utterly disappointed in him but still hoping he would change. This time, Chen Jing wouldn’t choose wrong. In this life, he would 17kReads7.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 112 What's So Bad About a Quiet Life in the 1960s? 六零之平淡点有什么不好？ [Everyday life + period setting + System + no rivalry between women + no sent-down youth] The Shen family is one of the few households in the steel mill’s residential compound with no sent-down youths. The family gets along harmoniously, but in this extraordinary era, they face one upheaval after another. Let’s see what choices they make... 1.1kReads6.7Score10514d adds
- 113 A Conscience-Driven Liquor 良心酒 Honest Liquor 20Reads—Score114d adds
- 114 After Tricking My Husband into a Divorce, I Was Fleeced for a Million by a Puppy-Like Boy 骗夫离婚后，我被小奶狗掏空百万 Urban suspense + sham marriage + a gentle trap + younger puppy-like man + a battle of wits Her marriage was cold, her life suffocating. Liang Qiuyue struggled through half her life, asking only for a peaceful existence. Then the gentle, warm-hearted Jiang Zhihao appeared, doting on her, protecting her, and helping her support the family. Believing she had found salvation, she bravely divorced and was reborn. Little did she know... He seemed mild-mannered and harmless, but behind the scenes he 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 South Mountain Beyond the Garden Fence 篱笆院里见南山 This is at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, in a cottage behind a bamboo fence. Li Zhu is a refugee who fled from who knows where. Her clothes are tattered, her face is gaunt and yellow, and her hair is cropped to her ears. When she first arrives in Nanshan Village, the villagers think she's a man who doesn't know any better. Who else would cut their hair so short? It shows no respect for one's parents. Li Zhu says her husband's family cast her out. She was a second wife, and after her husband's d 682Reads7.6Score10914d adds
- 116 The Child Bride in Our Home 家有童养媳 [No rebirth, no transmigration, a chance encounter in troubled times, and a family blessed by heaven] When Xiangsui was eight, her father died. A rebel king had risen up, taxes were increasing, and life was unbearably difficult. Xiangsui's mother was a frail woman. Seeing that her mother couldn't possibly raise her and her younger brother, Xiangsui decided to make sure they could all survive. She sold herself to the Cheng family as a child bride, in exchange for a sack of wheat and twenty taels 2.6kReads8.9Score31914d adds
- 117 Transmigrated as a Lowly Maid, I Got Rich Selling Spicy Strips 穿越粗使丫鬟，我靠卖辣条暴富了 [Also known as The Bondservant’s Escape from the Estate] No romance. A mostly ensemble-cast story with a light touch of food and domestic intrigue. A quick heads-up for readers who might want to avoid those themes. From fifteen cups of wine to Panglin fish, mugwort rice dumplings, honey-braised mud crabs, frosted jade peaks, and Li cakes, the story features a whole range of traditional dishes. Wang Yan was born into servitude at the Marquis An’s estate, a noble household in the capital. When she 1.1kReads8.5Score10214d adds
- 118 A Family in a Little Village 小村人家 [Farming + Food + No System + No Romance + Building a Career] When Li Yun wakes up, she is still Li Yun, but not quite the same Li Yun anymore. She has been reborn as Li Yunniang in Anyang Village. Her father dotes on her, her mother loves her, and her older brothers and sisters-in-law spoil her. She has plenty to eat and drink, but not a penny to her name. No matter. Let's see how Yunniang leads her family in farming and storing grain, then makes delicious food to sell at a stall. She builds wo 242Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 119 After Kicking Out My Scumbag Husband, I Became the War King’s Most Cherished One 踹开渣夫后，我成兵王心尖宠 [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Military Marriage + Light Ensemble Cast + Reborn + No Golden Finger] [Bold, Spirited Go-Getter + Devoted, Straightforward Man] Everyone in Xingping Village had heard the news: Chai Yubing, the youngest daughter of the Chai family, who had been cherished beyond measure, was dating a self-employed businessman who had served time in jail. Those who were jealous of the Chais, resented them, or were on bad terms with them were secretly waiting for the family to 1.3kReads8.4Score13414d adds
- 120 Transmigrating into the Mountains: A Farmer Widow’s Easygoing Life 穿越深山，农家小寡妇的悠哉日常 (No romance, farming, no golden finger, no imperial power struggles, no awful relatives, building a fortune, everyday family life, livestock raising) Wen Li woke up one day in the body of a young widow. Well, she got to be a mom without the labor pains, and there was no man in the picture. Not bad. Looking at her family of frail and elderly relatives, their home practically bare, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work. She led them in farming, selling medicinal herbs, curing persimmons, and g 1.2kReads8.8Score11114d adds
- 121 Transmigrate and Flee the Famine, Farming to Bring Good Fortune to the Whole Family 穿越逃荒，种田旺全家 [No Pocket Dimension + No Awful Relatives + Fleeing Famine + Farming + Everyday Family Life + The Whole Family Working Together Toward a Better Future] A PhD in agricultural science wakes up in the body of a farm girl. Nestled between mountains and water, her village is hit by both drought and earthquakes. Her family is loving, and there are no awful relatives. The thousands-of-miles journey to escape famine is fraught with danger. She farms and does business, leading her whole family to a bette 3.6kReads8.3Score32014d adds
- 122 The Wang Family in the 1990s 老王家的九十年代 (Period setting + courtyard homes + ordinary folks + small businesses) After reading Reborn in the 1960s: Back at the Factory as a Cook, you can treat this book as a sequel, but it also works fine on its own. Against the backdrop of state-owned enterprises going into decline in the 1990s, the everyday lives of a young couple serve as the thread connecting a colorful cast of ordinary people and their bustling neighborhood. There are local police officers, state-enterprise employees, people with r 3.4kReads8.9Score25714d adds
- 123 A Young Woman from a Humble Family in Bianjing Makes Her Fortune 汴京小户女致富日常 Ling Niang thought she was a happy child. In her dreams, there was a fairy auntie who could make milk tea and all kinds of drinks! The fairy auntie also liked watching TV! Ling Niang watched lots of shows along with her in her dreams! And learned all sorts of things! Most importantly, she learned how to make money! She lived in Bianjing. Her father was a live-in son-in-law and a city patrol officer, while her mother was a gentle, unassuming woman. They lived in a shabby old home within Bianjing' 1.8kReads8.8Score22714d adds
- 124 A Record of the Oxen and Horses of Chang’an 长安牛马实录 [Winner of the Best Historical Legacy Award in the “Explore Ancient Texts, Discover History” Writing Contest] [Print edition in publication] (This novel has a romantic pairing. Neither lead is perfect, and both grow over time. They can be selfish to a degree. The male lead is a brawler! The supporting characters won’t inexplicably lose their wits. This is neither mindless wish fulfillment nor a conventional mystery.) “Though the road is perilous, my heart remains steadfast.” Jiang Shangxian tran 7.7kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 125 The Tale of Picking Dew 拾露传 Chen Yaoniang’s dream: Handsome men all around, massaging her shoulders and pounding her back! So much money she could bury several graves with what she couldn’t spend. With one grand sweep of her hand, she’d command the room. If she wanted someone dead by the second watch, then even being a single breath late would be disrespectful to her~~ Chen Yaoniang’s reality: Not enough clothes or food, the sky for a roof and the earth for a bed, with people chasing her and beating her from behind. If she 1.6kReads9.0Score25014d adds
- 126 Reborn in the Eighties: No More Being a Doormat! This Is So Satisfying 重生八零，不再当受气包！爽翻天 [1980s setting + plot-driven + slow burn + reborn + making money + entrepreneurship + daily life + heartwarming + steady and gradual + family matters + building wealth + one-on-one romance + happy ending] In her previous life, Chen Baorong worked herself to the bone to support her family. Eventually, she fell ill from overwork. She had no children, and only before she died did she discover her scumbag husband’s affair with her younger sister. When she opened her eyes again, Chen Baorong had retu 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Laid-Back Days in Miststone Forest 雾石森林的悠哉日常 [Healing]+ [A life like Stardew Valley]+ [Slow-paced] [No cheap tricks, no melodrama. This book is for everyone who hasn't yet had the chance to truly live.] Important note: No CP, no CP! I wasn't going to spoil anything, but then I noticed Tomato had tagged this as “Ancient Romance” and “Fantasy Romance,” which left me baffled. There are men in the story, and some of them develop feelings for the heroine. Isn't that perfectly natural? But it doesn't mean they're a couple. At the age of seventy 3.4kReads6.6Score47914d adds
- 128 The Struggles of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times 古代农家夫妻奋斗史 (Also known as: The Struggles of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times. The animated drama The Little Farming Couple is now streaming. Come watch!) [Native-Born Ancient People] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [Everyday Family Life] [Adorable Beloved Child] [Cozy Daily Life] [Imperial Examinations] A chance encounter at an apothecary gives Wang Wei'an, a lovestruck young man working at a restaurant, the idea of bringing Zhao Xiuxiu, a young embroiderer, home as his wife. Neither of them transmigrated or 18.1kReads8.4Score1.6k14d adds
- 129 Hey, Sis, Don't Kill Me! I'll Go Through with This Marriage 老妹儿，别杀我，这桩婚事我从了 Transmigration + multiple heroines + household intrigue + wild ideas + making money + play the pig to eat the tiger + live-in son-in-law + a wife-chasing road to ruin. A modern office worker transmigrates into the body of a live-in son-in-law being forced into marriage! The heroine’s father has just died, and her relatives are eyeing the family fortune, eager to swallow it whole. They’re marrying me into the family just to keep me quiet and take the fall. I thought she’d be a terrifying shrew, 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 They've Got It All Under Control Ta手拿把掐 Shen Qing has no grand ambitions. She’s young, but all she wants is to take it easy. She doesn’t really care whether her guesthouse makes money, as long as she has enough to eat, warm clothes, and a good night’s sleep. That is, until she meets Xu Wang in a town called Zaosheng, where there isn’t a single jujube tree. He can do just about anything under the sun... The first time they meet, he’s a tricycle driver giving people rides, and his bizarre driving nearly throws her out of the vehicle. Th 547Reads8.7Score11214d adds
- 131 Quick Transmigration: The Green Apricot Space 快穿之青杏空间 [Republican Era] [Period] [Apocalypse] [Cultivation] Four stories that stand alone yet are connected, following the female lead’s gradual growth. If you’re looking for a power fantasy, this one isn’t for you. Lin Zizai taught herself to cultivate from a young age and developed a cubic spatial dimension. She had an extraordinary memory, but no one to teach her how to handle people and navigate the world. One day, her supposedly beloved grandmother, who had ulterior motives, possessed her, setting 2.6kReads8.7Score25614d adds
- 132 Deskmate, How Do You Solve This Problem? 同桌，这道题怎么做 Someone started a poll on Weibo: If you were given one million yuan, would you go back to high school? Lin Qingyao, an overworked office worker who'd been on the job for a year, chose “Yes” without hesitation. Then she transmigrated into a novel she'd read not long ago, as a background character who didn't even have a name, just as she was about to start her second year of high school. Lin Qingyao: ... Could it really be that easy? But what was done was done. What else could she do? She'd just h 547Reads8.6Score10614d adds
- 133 Transmigrated into a Book in the 1970s: Stay Away from Me! 穿书七零，你们不要过来啊 After transmigrating into a book set in the 1970s, Zhao Nuannuan just wants to scrape by with what little she has and improve her living conditions. But why is this world riddled with transmigrators? The male and female leads are everywhere, stirring up trouble. Stay away from me! I don't want to become cannon fodder!!!! 1.4kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 134 The Tofu Seller's Daily Life as Head of the Household 豆腐娘子的掌家日常 [Everyday Street Life]+ [Family Matters]+ [Daily Life]+ [Farming and Business] P.S. No golden finger. The female lead was transmigrated into a body before birth. Content warning: The leads are not each other's firsts. If that bothers you, don't read! A tall, strapping prison clerk and a fair-skinned, beautiful tofu seller with a fiery temper. One is domineering and uninhibited, while the other seems delicate but is actually covered in thorns. See how this ordinary family fights hard to carve out 9.9kReads8.9Score87114d adds
- 135 Reborn in 1990: My Parents Are Both Dead from the Start 重生90：开局父母双亡 Chen Qi is reborn. The moment he opens his eyes, both his parents are dead and creditors are at the door demanding repayment. He sighs to himself. Other families are busy getting rich, while his parents were busy having children. Even beggars passing by their house would give them a couple of handfuls of rice. How are they supposed to get by? Looking at his young siblings, he quietly makes up his mind. As the eldest brother, he must take on the responsibilities of a father. Since he has the chan 651Reads8.2Score10914d adds
- 136 The 1990s: This Hoodlum Has a Sweet Side 九零年代，这个混混有点甜 [Good Girl VS Big Gangster] Gu Pan is a household name as a top student in the making, while Luo Chuan is a notorious local hoodlum. Only Gu Pan dares to get close to Luo Chuan, but being close to him comes at a steep price. The clothes, watch, flashlight, pager, and all the other things the gangster gives her are things Gu Pan would never dare show her parents. She's at her wit's end, repeatedly trying to refuse him. “Brother Luo Chuan! We're just neighbors. Neighbors don't act like this. I nee 341Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 137 Reborn in 1970: My Rough-and-Ready Family Dotes on Me 重生70年：糙汉一家都宠我 After enduring the most horrific abuse, she finally understood how absurd her life had been. As she lay dying, she watched the rough-hewn man she'd wronged rush in. She had been wrong about everything. Given another chance, she would never again pin her hopes on her birth family. She didn't have to treat the people who had ruined her life as her closest kin. Heaven had given her a chance to make things right, and she couldn't let it slip by. She would be a good daughter-in-law, a good mother, an 753Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 138 With a Start This Bad, I'm Not Taking the Loss 开局这么烂，吃亏我不干 Born under a peach-blossom fate, where it’s me or him: flirtatious men and women, face-slapping, and putting scumbags in their place. On a snowy night, in an earth cellar, on a heated kang in the Northeast, in a remote mountain village, poor Liang Laonian sees something he shouldn’t. Under immense pressure and with no one to turn to, he can only keep quiet. Later, Liang Daqing is born, his bloodline a mystery. As a child, he was lazy, sly, greedy, and slippery. As a teenager, he was rebellious 772Reads8.4Score10514d adds
- 139 The Gentle Wife of the Lame Young Scholar 跛腿小秀才的温柔妻 [Transmigrate into a Book, Low-Key, Cozy Farming Story, No Golden Finger, Simple Everyday Life, Short Novel of 100,000 Words] * Lan Ruo transmigrates into a book and becomes a young scholar’s wife. The young scholar is injured in an accidental fall and becomes lame. He’s terribly shy and blushes whenever she teases him. She can’t help herself, always wanting to tease him and watch him turn red with embarrassment. Content warning: The pace is fairly quick because this is a short novel. 3.2kReads8.9Score27714d adds
- 140 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: A Garden in Full Bloom 穿越古代之翠色满园 Tian Yuan, a modern illegitimate daughter, transmigrated to ancient times. Her father was bedridden, her mother was dead, and she had younger siblings to care for. What was she supposed to do? At least the family hadn’t lost everything, and their patch of vegetable garden gave them hope. The first time she saw Xu Chenjia at the end of East Market Street, his peerlessly handsome profile made Tian Yuan forget where she was. As Xu Chenjia walked past her, he drawled, “What a silver tongue!” Tian Yu 967Reads7.7Score10114d adds
- 141 Fleeing to the Mountains in a Chaotic World, My Family Feasts Even in Famine 乱世逃进深山，荒年我全家都吃肉 [Black-Bellied, Adorable Zombie King + Hunter Ex-Boyfriend + Speaks Animal Languages] Qiao Xiyan transmigrates into the body of a young woman who was cheated out of all her money by a scumbag and then died by smashing her head against a wall. As the saying goes, putting up with it gives you breast hyperplasia, and taking a step back gives you ovarian cysts. She grabs an axe and storms over to make the scumbag cough up everything he took! Who could have guessed that along with her zombie king ex- 1.5kReads8.8Score14514d adds
- 142 Wang Benye's Dreamspace 忘本爷的造梦空间 [Spatial fantasy + modern-day imaginative fiction + suspense + everyday family life + brotherhood + a nobody awakens + no brainless wish fulfillment + no invincibility + terrible father] Penniless and down on his luck, ignored by all; two souls dream of vengeance beneath the snow. Back from the dream realm, he becomes a hero. Who doesn’t know this ungrateful man? It all comes down to one dream, turning the tables when things seem most hopeless Friends, let me ask you something: “Do you believe 914Reads9.6Score10714d adds
- 143 Middle-Aged in Shanghai: I’ve Hidden My Medicinal Wine Ability for 20 Years 上海中年：我藏药酒异能苟20年 In 2006, Shanghai was swept up in a wave of reform. Large numbers of veteran workers at state-owned enterprises were laid off, and a lifetime of stability vanished overnight. At forty, Zhang Jianguo saw his eighteen years of service wiped out. His buyout compensation was slashed, and in middle age he had no one to rely on while raising a young daughter. To feed his family, he took grueling construction jobs, did backbreaking labor, suffered wage deductions, and endured bullying, struggling eve 88Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Guarding Summer, Meeting Spring 守夏逢春 [Reunited after years apart, both sexually inexperienced, sweet with angst, realistic, healing and growth, happy ending] [Warm yet commanding veteran police captain & gentle, resilient “little fox” therapist] Ten years ago, Yang Tianze was a disciplined, sensible, quiet top student who seemed mature beyond his years. Xia Zhu swept into his life unexpectedly, wearing a dazzling smile. They shared a desk for two years and were together day and night. Like a radiant sun, she drove away all his gloo 706Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Young Couple 小两口儿 [Kind, Capable Chubby Girl × Straight-Laced Bootlicker Li Dabao] [Historical Romance + Premium Novel + Farming + Sweet Romance + Married Life + Countryside + Humble Living + The Husband’s Long Road to Winning Her Back] Pang Ya’s parents arranged a match for her with Li Dabao, a man from the neighboring village who had just been jilted. Pang Ya was secretly delighted. She had been quietly in love with Li Dabao since she was very young. After they married, Pang Ya honored her parents-in-law, treat 4.3kReads9.2Score38314d adds
- 146 The Award-Winning Nanny Reborn with a Professor's Book Collection! 金牌保姆带教授藏书重生啦！ [Reborn + family bonds + everyone’s favorite + healing + mystery] The main story is complete, with some bonus chapters in the works. Feel free to dive in. Lin Chuyi was a top-tier caregiver who spent more than a decade looking after an elderly professor and his wife. They treated her like their own daughter. Before they died, they left her an inheritance and a jade pendant, which sent her back to the age of eighteen. The pendant is a key, and the library is a space connecting her past and future 501Reads9.2Score10014d adds
- 147 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 17Reads—Score11414d adds
- 148 A Beautiful Farming Life in Another Body 身穿之美丽种田记 (No System, no golden finger, just an ordinary person with sound values) This isn’t a get-rich-quick wish-fulfillment story, nor is the heroine a lone beauty who needs no one. She has a grand vision for her family: one flower alone doesn’t make spring, but a hundred flowers in bloom fill the garden with spring. After taking part in a Hanfu event, Zhao Meili unexpectedly found herself in ancient times, where she was rescued by Guo Ping, a hunter. With no household registration, Zhao Meili couldn 2.3kReads8.9Score22114d adds
- 149 The Foolish Scholar’s Fortunate, Plump Wife 傻状元的福运胖妻 [Flexible Setting + Cozy Farming + Everyday Family Life + Slow and Steady + Devoted Couple, No Messy Drama] A friendly reminder: This is a fictional setting, not serious historical fiction. Relax and enjoy the story, and don't overanalyze the historical details. Zhen Mier had been chubby since childhood, the fattest girl for miles around! Gu Tingzhi had been exceptionally clever since childhood, known throughout the area as a top-scorer-in-the-making. The chubby girl had never slimmed down, whi 7kReads9.2Score58314d adds
- 150 The Strongest Educated Youth in the 1970s 七零大力女知青 Su Zhu is the family member best suited to go to the countryside, so she volunteers. Keeping her family's advice in mind, she gets along famously in the village with her passionate enthusiasm and natural strength. It's just that one male educated youth looks at her in a very strange way... 6.8kReads7.7Score52714d adds
