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- 101 A Proper Exam Candidate, and You Want Me to Have More Children, More Blessings? 正经科举人，你让我多子多福？ Imperial exams + System + Brother Cao + Comedy + Court politics + Struggle for supremacy Gu Zhengchuan had it rough. He was a delivery driver who got hit while rushing to finish his orders, and transmigrated to ancient times. He soon discovered that this was a society that valued civil officials far more than military ones, and the imperial exams were the only way for an ordinary person to rise in the world. But how was a vocational-school graduate like him supposed to pass the imperial exams? T 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 A Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in Ancient Times: My Frail Husband Works His Way Up to Grand Secretary 中医穿古代：病弱夫君卷成首辅了 [A romance-averse, emotionally steady physician of traditional Chinese medicine x an unlucky, beautiful, fragile scholar] [Transmigration + System + Medicine + Imperial Examinations + Heartwarming + No awful characters] Li Nanxing transmigrated as an ancient girl with the same name as her own, and even got bound to a medical System. Thanks for asking. I'm in ancient times, just transmigrated, and from the start I've been given a “skinny dog” of a fiancé. His father died young, his mother died of 2kReads8.8Score28714d adds
- 103 Everyday Transmigration with My Sucker of a Brother 我和冤种兄长的穿越日常 “Transmigration + farming + brothers + officialdom + making money + comedy” Zhou Jiahe and Zhou Jinhe, a pair of modern-day unlucky brothers, are joking and horsing around when a bolt of lightning suddenly sends them back to ancient times! All they see is a house stripped bare, empty pockets, and a bunch of awful relatives waiting to laugh at them. After three seconds of hugging each other and crying, the brothers roll up their sleeves and get to work! So they’re starting out as farmers. They’ve 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Scholar's Spicy Little Bride 秀才家的小辣媳 After transmigrating to ancient times as a little girl, Jin Niang faced being sold by her own parents to a brothel on her very first day. Luckily, a young man who had come to the village with his widowed mother paid to buy her. Everything about her new family was wonderful. The only problem was that they were all far too kind. Jin Niang couldn't help thinking that without her, their resident firecracker, the mother and son would be eaten alive by the villagers! The young man, Su Moyan, became 253Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 105 Transmigrated as a Merchant’s Daughter, I Fled the Famine, Opened a Shop, and Supported the Future Prime Minister 穿成商户女，逃难开店养首辅 By a twist of fate, Du Lanyue ends up in another world and, through another stroke of chance, marries a hardworking, ambitious farmer’s son. Her in-laws are diligent, practical, and kindhearted, and her husband’s studies are going wonderfully. But they live in a time of chaos, and who knows when danger might strike? With no other choice, the family packs up and flees. They cross mountains and rivers, climbing over mountains and fighting wolves along the way. The husband and wife work together, l 1.2kReads8.6Score11714d adds
- 106 Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Man in a Broken Engagement Face-Slapping Story 穿成退婚打脸文里的炮灰男 [Imperial Exams, One-on-One Romance] [Not a Power Fantasy] (The rating just came out, so it might go up later?) At first, Lu Heming thought he had transmigrated, or perhaps there had been water in Granny Meng’s soup, allowing him to be reborn with memories of his past life. It wasn’t until he turned six that he realized he had transmigrated into a women’s novel about a broken engagement and face-slapping revenge. But he was neither the male lead who would join hands with the heroine and reach th 608Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 107 Bound to the Dutiful Son System During the Famine, the Wicked Mother-in-Law Turns Over a New Leaf 荒年绑定孝子系统，恶婆婆洗白了 Farming + pocket dimension + flight from famine + a life full of blessings Wang Yi, a workaholic who has always been single, transmigrates into a book and suddenly becomes a thirty-seven-year-old mother of seven sons and four daughters-in-law. She comes with a farming System, but even providing for the whole family is a struggle, and Wang Yi is ready to give up. Then the System reveals that filial piety points can be exchanged for silver. With a deal this good, she has to keep working with them. 567Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 108 Fleeing Famine in a Year of Disaster, I Raise a Child Alone in the Mountains 灾年逃荒，我在山里独养娃 Bai Xing transmigrates into the body of a newlywed bride in ancient times. Unfortunately, her husband is a scholar who can read but can't farm. They have nothing but four bare walls and are desperately poor! No matter, she has special abilities and a pocket space, so she's sure to make a good life for them. Just as things start to improve, war breaks out. Amid the chaos, disaster strikes too, leaving the fields barren. The villagers begin fleeing south to escape the famine... Her scholar husband 761Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 109 The Imperial Exams Are No Easy Feat, So I’ll Take My Whole Family to the Azure Sky 科举不易，我携全家共青云 Lin Shu opened his eyes and found himself reborn as a newborn in a farming family in Xiaolin Village, Great Yong. In his previous life, he was alone, bedridden and sick. In this life, his family gathered around him, their home warm with lamplight. His frail mother embroidered money for books by lamplight. His silent father used his own back to open the way for him to study. His gentle older sister poured her girlhood into the soup she made for him. Even the eggs his grandparents secretly slipped 17kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 110 After Raising the Obsessive Male Lead, He Won't Let Me Leave 把偏执男主养大后，他不让我走了 Please give this a five-star rating, dear readers (❁´ω`❁) [Farming + rebirth + business + everyday life + hardworking, sunny heroine + extremely possessive hero + both pure + happy ending] After Song Guining stayed up all night reading a novel and dropped dead, the System brought her into a revenge romance novel. Her mission was to find the male lead, Duan Yu, a little beggar, raise him, and make him the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. But after the lousy System pointed out the child f 367Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 111 The Road to Success Through the Imperial Examinations 科举之青云路 In his previous life, Lu Sheng was a spoiled rich kid. After being born into a farming family, he regains his memories at the age of three when his cousin pushes him to the ground over two pieces of pork crackling. Among the four paths of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, working for someone else is out of the question. With his poor knowledge of farming, he couldn't even support himself, so it looks like the imperial examinations are his only way to change his fate. From then on, Lu S 1.8kReads7.7Score12414d adds
- 112 Transmigrating to Ancient Times, I Lead My Entire Clan to Success Through the Imperial Exams 穿越古代我靠科举带飞全族 [Imperial examinations + Female transmigrates into a male body + Farming] [There is a romantic pairing, and the male lead is devoted to one person.] In the modern world, she was an overworked 996 employee with a degree from a top-tier university. In ancient times, she became a man! Born to a farming family, he doesn’t want to spend his whole life farming, nor become a low-ranking merchant’s apprentice. With no particular skill to rely on, the only path to changing his fate and his family’s fate 808Reads7.1Score12014d adds
- 113 The Imperial Exam: Top of the Six Tests, Reshaping the Workplace 科举，六元及第整顿职场 (No System, no golden finger, one female lead) (A slow-burn story) In the 21st century, the only person in Tianhai University’s history to earn master’s degrees in both the arts and sciences suddenly transmigrates into the body of a poor farmer’s son in ancient times. Looking at the bare walls of his home and the family who place all their hopes in him, Wang Ping can only gaze at the heavens in speechless resignation. Since all other pursuits are inferior and only scholarship is esteemed, he wi 944Reads7.5Score10714d adds
- 114 The Imperial Exams: A Poor Scholar's Journey 科举，寒门读书郎 [Imperial examinations + lighthearted + everyday life + one heroine] Li Chengping transmigrated to Daqian, a strange dynasty. He had planned to live off his family in a scenic spot by the mountains and water, but the backbreaking labor service of ancient times terrified him. If he didn't want to work, he'd have to find another way to live. This is the story of a farmer's son who studies for the imperial examinations. Zhang Erniang: “If you could put in the effort to memorize your books while eat 6Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 115 Life in Ancient Times, Starting as a Cowherd 从放牛娃开始的古代生活 After transmigrating to ancient times, Zhao Xiaoshan doesn’t become a prince or a royal lord. Instead, he ends up a village boy tending cattle. He stares at the sky in dismay. Fine, if he can’t go back, he might as well roll up his sleeves and get to work. So what if they’re poor? He has his wits about him! See how he leads his whole family to earn money and make a fortune in ancient times! [Farming + business + lighthearted + everyday family life] No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finge 3.7kReads7.9Score25214d adds
- 116 Starting My Civil Service Exam Journey After Being Kicked Out of My Home 科举从被赶出家门开始 An accident turned Gu Yuan into the third son of the Gu family in ancient Qing Shui Village. His father had died young, and his mother showed him no affection. His family was reasonably well-off, but he didn’t get a single cent of it after being kicked out. Just as he had finally found hope for life, a System suddenly appeared and told him he’d die if he didn’t take the imperial examinations. Fine, then: he’d sit the exams and make a living. Let’s see how he builds a future for himself, one step 240Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 117 Fleeing Famine: Four Sons Are Eating Their Family into Poverty 逃荒：啊，四个儿子快把家吃穷了 [Older woman + famine + System + easygoing daily life + farming and business] He Wanqing wakes up to find herself the mother of four little ones in a refugee caravan. Though she presents herself as easygoing, she’s really just lazy and has no desire to put herself through a lot of trouble. But things don’t go her way. The kids can really eat, so she has no choice but to change her mind and get to work. Starting out by selling jelly noodles, she makes a fortune selling cakes. In Shangliu Village, 1.6kReads8.8Score21814d adds
- 118 The Young Scholar's Wife Is Fighting People Again 小秀才的娘子又和人干架了 In her past life, she was sickly and died young. After accidentally transmigrating to ancient times and being reborn, she became a strongwoman! Make money! Make money! And make more money! She wanted to become a rich woman, but accidentally ended up as a high-ranking official's wife. All you need is strength, and before you know it, you're a master! She wanted to be a femme fatale, but the common folk all said she was kind-hearted and beautiful inside... And then there was the young scholar she 1kReads9.0Score11814d adds
- 119 Rising from Poverty: From the Imperial Exams to the Officialdom 寒门崛起，从科举入仕开始 (The rating just came out, so it's normal for it to be a little low. Don't worry, enjoy!) [Farming + Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Ancient Setting] After an accident, Wang Bo, a farmer's son in ancient times, absorbed the memories of his previous life. The good news: His mind held thousands of books from the twenty-first century, and he had a photographic memory. The bad news: His family was so poor they lived on bran, and they still had to scrape together every last bit to fund hi 2.1kReads8.5Score18514d adds
- 120 A Strategist's Handbook: Me and My Hapless Emperor 谋臣养成手册：我和我的冤种皇帝 [Dual transmigration + two powerful leads + both devoted to each other + comedy + everyone is lovable except the villains] Two hapless science students find themselves staring at each other in another world. 01 Shen Hang has just become a proud graduate student when he transmigrates into the body of a dissolute emperor. Shen Hang hasn’t attended a single history class since his second year of high school. He muddles his way through with the faint memories he has of ancient governments from middl 36Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 121 Taking My Father’s Place in the Imperial Exams, Starting at Six 替父科举！从六岁开始 No corvee labor, no land tax. Crossing the class divide feels amazing! No wonder my father was willing to do anything to pass the imperial exams! The exams broke the aristocratic clans' monopoly on official careers under the Nine-Rank System, which had been in place since the Wei and Jin dynasties. With examinations at their core, they gave ordinary scholars a way to rise above their station. The appeal of the exams went straight to the heart of people's everyday concerns. Once scholars passed t 700Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 122 Transmigrating to Live a Good Life 穿越之我要过好日子 Yang Xiaomi, a modern soul, transmigrates to an unfamiliar dynasty and begins a new life, finding family, love, and friendship there. This is a story about Yang Xiaomi growing through constant exploration and reflection, and finding happiness. 109Reads6.9Score11014d adds
- 123 I Became a Biased, Wicked Mother-in-Law, but I Use My Supermarket to Support the Whole Family 穿成偏心恶婆婆，我带超市养全家 [No Female Lead] [No CP] [Transmigrate Into a Book] [Space] [Everyday Family Life] [Build Wealth] [Farming Life] Lin Wan opened her eyes and found herself transmigrated into the body of a notoriously biased old woman. Biased? Not on her watch. The eldest son, a lazy schemer: she would discipline him. The honest, hardworking second son: she would cherish him. The third son, who had left home in despair: she would indulge him. The smooth-talking fourth son: she would teach him a lesson. And the d 4.1kReads—Score29214d adds
- 124 Even Bad Bamboo Can Grow Good Shoots, An Ge Got into High School! 歹竹出好笋，安哥高中了！ [Imperial examinations + family life + bringing glory to the family + single heroine, appearing later] In the modern world, Li Xing'an was just a struggling comic artist who had never achieved much. He worked himself to death from exhaustion. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn as a poor boy in a remote backwater. The ramshackle mud-brick house leaked whenever it rained. His unreliable father was a useless layabout, and his mother was so furious she stood with her hands on her 2kReads7.3Score13414d adds
- 125 The Humble Scholar-Poet 寒门小诗仙 [Lighthearted + Transmigration + Alternate History + Imperial Examinations + Martial Arts + Detective Work] What do you do when your wife goes missing from the start? Help! Urgent! Waiting for replies online. Chen Rong had spent half his life writing novels, but never imagined that the truck he’d used countless times to send his protagonists transmigrating would send him off too. Couldn’t you at least have given me a System? I don’t know how to do a damn thing… That familiar trope of starting ou 21Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 126 A Farm Boy's Road to Turning His Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 农家少年科举翻身路 In his previous life, Hang Yan had always been a top student, but he never managed to make anything of himself. He went from being a beloved prodigy to a wage slave everyone pitied. People said good grades were useless, but then he was reborn in the womb and returned to an era when studying could change your fate. A dilapidated home, a doting family, I, a genius boy, will pass all six imperial examinations and rise to power over the whole court. Go ahead and tell me studying is useless again. I 129Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 127 He Actually Transmigrated Along With Me 他竟然跟着我穿越了 The two of them weathered over thirty years of life together. One liked staying home and enjoying a quiet life, while the other loved lingering in restaurants and teahouses. Finally, one day, it all boiled over. One died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and the other was so frightened that he took medicine. They had both sworn before they died that they never wanted to see each other again, yet in another world they became husband and wife once more, and even had two sons. Since they were already there 5.2kReads9.2Score57514d adds
- 128 The Poor Scholar's Imperial Exams: Six Top Scores in a Row 寒门科举，连中六元 [Imperial exams + transmigration + System + not a power fantasy + everyday life] One moment, Wang Yuanqing transmigrates, and the next he's the only son in a farming family in Wangjia Village, Great Yuan, with seven beautiful older sisters. His family has next to nothing, and in an era when everything else is considered inferior to scholarship, Wang Yuanqing must climb the ranks step by step to protect his family. 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Transmigration: The Daily Life of an Ancient Imperial Exam Candidate, Son of a Peddler 穿越：商贩之子的古代科举日常 [Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Everyday Life in Ancient Times + Building Wealth + Slow-Burn + Coming of Age] In his previous life, Lin Xiang’an lost his parents at a young age and grew up dependent on others. After getting into college, he took a leave of absence to serve as a conscript. When he returned from the military and resumed his studies, he started a few businesses and gradually made his fortune. He achieved success at a young age, and his business kept growing. Then, one 2.5kReads7.9Score18314d adds
- 130 I Bled My Family Dry in My Past Life, Now Six Yuan Makes Me a God 前世吸光全家血，今生六元来封神 [Farming]+ [Imperial examinations]+ [Making a fortune]+ [Power fantasy]+ [Lighthearted comedy] Lin Yunzhou spent half his life working his way up to the rank of interstellar marshal. He never expected to transmigrate to an ancient era with not a trace of technology... The good news: He went from being an orphan to the most doted-on youngest son in the family, and fell in love at first sight with a young lady. The bad news: His parents play favorites, his brothers are blindly filial, and his olde 5.9kReads8.0Score42314d adds
- 131 The Imperial Examination: I’m from a Humble Family 科举：我是寒门子弟 After an earthquake, modern college student Chen Xiao transmigrates to the fictional Great Zhou dynasty, becoming the son of a poor farming family. He has a widowed mother, a virtuous wife, and a child who is four months away from being born. Looking at his family’s utter poverty, Chen Xiao decides to take up the original owner’s ambition of passing the imperial examinations and lead the whole family toward a bright future... 1kReads7.7Score10514d adds
- 132 A Poor Scholar's Road to the Top Scholar Title 寒门子弟的状元之路 He was an ordinary university student, but a chance encounter transmigrates him to ancient times. Follow his journey as he rises from humble beginnings, studies hard for the imperial examinations, earns the title of top scholar, and sets out on the path to becoming chief minister. 50Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 133 The Marquis Dotes on His Concubine and Neglects His Wife, So I Take Him Out Myself 侯爷宠妾灭妻，我直接灭了他 Bai Jing transmigrated into the body of the old madam of the Marquis of Wuwei's household. Just as she was ready to lie flat and enjoy life, her good-for-nothing son brought a woman before her and declared that she was his true love. He even complained that his wife was neither gentle and virtuous enough nor beautiful enough, and wanted his beloved to take her place. His wife wept and pleaded on her knees, begging Bai Jing to give her justice. If her son was a lost cause, then she would raise he 877Reads7.6Score10114d adds
- 134 Transmigrated Into a Terrible Old Woman, She Takes the Whole Family in Hand and Lives It Up 穿成极品老太，拿捏全家爽翻天 After transmigrating, she finds herself in the body of an awful old woman. Surrounded by terrible children and grandchildren, she’ll show them how to keep the whole family in line and live the good life. Study? Their most basic values are already twisted. What’s the point of studying? Go home and farm. Don’t care about your wife and daughters? A beating will fix that. If one isn’t enough, make it two. Not acting like a proper big brother? Time for another lesson. 1.3kReads8.1Score10114d adds
- 135 The Ruthless Minister from a Humble Family 寒门枭臣 Li Mao transmigrates into the Northern Song dynasty as a down-and-out scholar from a poor family. In an age when everything is inferior except studying, and the realm is on the brink of ruin, he changes his fate step by step through hard work, rises to the pinnacle of life, and brings peace to the world for generations to come. This story has not only clashes of steel and the thunder of battle horns, but also beauty and romance, alongside the struggles and striving of ordinary people. 1.7kReads8.4Score18714d adds
- 136 The Whole Village Supports Me, a Seven-Year-Old, in the Imperial Exams 全村供七岁的我考状元 [The rating is low because the book just came out. It’ll rise.] Modern engineer Chen Liyan transmigrates into the body of a seven-year-old boy in Shanghe Village, the poorest place in the Great Xia Dynasty. Here, getting an education is an unreachable dream. Then a sudden natural disaster nearly wipes out the village’s last hope. At this desperate moment, Chen Liyan draws on knowledge far ahead of its time to propose a way to fight the disaster and turn the tide. He also improves the tea-making 537Reads7.4Score10614d adds
- 137 A Commoner Boy: Disciple of the Son of Heaven 布衣少年：天子门生 The novel finally received its rating on July 5. The rating has just opened, so it will rise later. [Young political intrigue | Redemption for all | Reform for the people | Women's awakening | Passionate ensemble cast | Imperial examinations | Xu Zhiyan] The Great Jing court was rigidly stratified. For a hundred years, no commoner from a humble family had risen to the top overnight and caught the emperor's attention. Xu Zhiyan was the first. He came from Xu Family Village in Huzhou, Zhejiang. 4kReads8.1Score29214d adds
- 138 A Top Scholar Rises from a Humble Family 寒门出了个状元郎 A graduate student in finance from a top Chinese university transmigrates overnight. His home is bare, his stomach is empty, and everyone is scheming against everyone else. Are kings, nobles, generals, and ministers born to rule? 2.9kReads8.4Score18814d adds
- 139 I Changed Gender to Take the Civil Service Exam 我换性别考科举 This novel has no CP, and the protagonist does not inherit the original owner's marriage or bratty stepchild; Disguised as a man + no CP + strong female lead + satisfying revenge + pocket dimension + treacherous official Cui Yu wakes up as a hapless woman whose stepson has bashed her over the head, while her in-laws are plotting to strip her of everything... Cui Yu: Soft on the outside, twisted on the inside, an enthusiast of violent aesthetics who loves watching blood spray over dinner and c 697Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 140 Reborn as a Farmer, I Built My Fortune Gathering Wild Goods 穿成农夫，我靠采山货起家 [One Female Lead] [Farming] Modern man Zhao Lang transmigrates into the body of Zhao Dalang, a villager from Zhao Village. In his previous life, he was a lifelong bachelor, but here he suddenly has a wife and an adorable daughter. Just as he curses Zhao Dalang for abandoning them and leaving him to raise his wife and child, he discovers that his new family is on the verge of starving to death! What can he do? Find them something to eat, of course. But... He lifts the lid of the rice jar. Not a s 895Reads9.0Score12814d adds
- 141 I Should Have Topped the Imperial Exams, but Instead I Became a King on the Battlefield 本该金榜提名，我却沙场封王 In his previous life, elite special forces soldier Bai Wei died while carrying out a mission. He was reborn as a baby in the Great Jing Dynasty. The country had only just emerged from years of war, and the Jing Dynasty had signed peace treaties with its neighboring nations. Looking at his poor but loving family, Bai Wei decided to live a peaceful life this time around. He planned to start a business when he was older and improve their living conditions. Five years later, a sudden conscription sh 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Imperial Examination: Starting by Talking My Parents into Splitting Up the Family 科举，从忽悠爹娘分家开始 Li Yunzhi was born in a province known for its fierce competition in the civil service exams. Millions of people sat the exams every year, and under his parents' urging, he kept taking them year after year. At last, he stood out from the crowd and secured a civil service post. But before he could tell his parents, he was in a car accident and transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Wei. Looking at his family of impoverished peasants, their bare cupboards, and several downright awful relatives, L 3.2kReads7.9Score22414d adds
- 143 Build a Fortune and Pass the Imperial Exams 发家致富考科举 [No System or golden finger, one heroine, not a wish-fulfillment story, realistic] Xie Fan is a hopelessly single exam nerd, a useless graduate of a top university, and a slacker at a major organization. He enjoys a carefree life of choosing to lie flat. After an unexpected death, he returns to a parallel world in the Ming Dynasty, reborn as the son of a landlord. But life in a landlord’s household turns out to be no easier. To make ends meet, he sets out on the path of the imperial examinations 1.1kReads8.6Score10314d adds
- 144 The Poor Scholar's Young Master 寒门小郎君 He can host a banquet, cook a meal, write an essay, and keep his cool when trouble strikes. Even a poor scholar can have a lovely wife, invent a few things, and earn some silver. The middle-aged man Zhu You has become a destitute young scholar. The scoundrel has had a beautiful wife for four years and still hasn’t touched her! Absolutely not! We’re consummating the marriage on our very first night. 29Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 145 The Daily Life of the Old Lady of the Loyal and Righteous Marquis of Taian's Household 忠毅泰安侯府老太君日常 (The opening is a little slow-paced, and this blurb doesn't do the story justice. Please read the book.) (Some details may be inaccurate. The book is already complete, so I can't revise them. Please understand.) After falling asleep, Han Xiangyun, chairwoman of a Fortune Global 500 company, never woke up. Well, she didn't wake up in her old body. Instead, she woke up in the body of the Marchioness of Tai'an. After spending several days eating vegetarian meals and reciting Buddhist scriptures, Ha 221Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 146 In Quick Transmigration, You Have the Protagonist’s Aura, but I Have an All-Powerful Grandma 快穿你有主角光环我有全能奶奶 Who says cannon fodder can only have a bad ending? Once they have a powerful granny backing them, getting rich, becoming beautiful, and reaching the peak of life takes no time at all. Liu Xu, a veteran of the quick transmigration bureau, takes on this mission and becomes the powerful granny to cannon-fodder characters in countless period novels. 1. The granny of a village belle from the 1970s is a rice expert 2. The protective granny of a vicious younger sister-in-law from the 1970s 3. The grann 407Reads6.5Score10114d adds
- 147 The Number One Son-in-Law: From Child Bridegroom to Powerful Minister 第一赘婿：从童养夫到权臣 [Farming and imperial examinations + warm and relaxing + alternate ancient setting] [The male lead seems sweet and simple but is actually cunning and doting toward his wife; a story of growth × the female lead seems frail but is actually domineering and cold-hearted] Villagers: “That little fool from the Fang family carries Pear Girl around everywhere all day. What a bargain that child bride turned out to be!” Song Zhun: “Do you think I want to carry her? If I don’t humor that lazy girl, she say 733Reads8.4Score10314d adds
- 148 In the Famine Years, I Lived Freely and Recklessly 饥荒年我逍遥又猖狂 In a year of famine, the protagonist, Zeng Zhou, transmigrates into a chaotic age. First he makes his fortune, then marries and has children, working hard to farm and grow stronger, until at last he contends for the world. The story of an ordinary man who grows little by little, until one day the great roc rises with the wind and soars ninety thousand miles. Striving to survive and improve his lot, he learns that to enjoy riches and honors before others, one must endure hardship behind the scene 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 The Old Country Scholar: Reborn as the Father of Four 农门老童生:穿成了四个娃的爹 One heroine, no System An old book never tires the reader, even after a hundred readings. Read it closely and ponder it, and its meaning will reveal itself. Lin Mingyuan transmigrates to Great Chu, just over a decade after its founding, and becomes an old licentiate in a small mountain village. At the ripe old age of thirty-five, he is the father of four, with a beloved wife he thinks of constantly. The imperial examinations, suspended amid the wars at the end of the previous dynasty, are now be 3.8kReads9.0Score27014d adds
- 150 A Farmer's Son, the Imperial Exams, and Officialdom 农家子，科举，做官 [Born into the womb + imperial examinations + farming + daily life + public works and infrastructure, with a couple, little romance] [No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] [He starts looking for a teacher in Chapter 38. If you’re short on patience, you can start reading there.] Shen Huai is born into an ancient world and becomes the only boy in his family. The good news: he can take the imperial examinations. The bad news: they’re poor, very poor, desperately poor. Born into a 5kReads8.5Score38814d adds
