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- 51 The Princess Looks Up, and the Prince Bows His Head 王妃抬眸王爷低头 Zhou Yuening and Zhao Ke are childhood sweethearts (or so it seems). Whenever Zhou Yuening runs into him, she is almost always at her most wretched. Zhao Ke: She caused my mother to be confined in the Cold Palace for ten years. Why should she get to grow up safe and sound, dressed in fine clothes and eating well, smiling warmly at other young men? Why should someone come to propose to her with a bright future in hand when she comes of age? He refuses to let her have her way. The Crown Prince 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 A Happy Life After Transmigrating to Ancient Times 穿到古代的幸福生活 [Both leads are devoted only to each other, one-on-one romance + sweet pampering] Hua Sijin, a modern young woman, unexpectedly transmigrates to the unknown Great Yuan Dynasty. She never intended to change anything; she just wants to live a happy, carefree life. Soon after marrying into her husband’s family, a misunderstanding leads to a clash with her young husband, Gao Nianyuan. Both are proud, and they argue constantly. Fortunately, they like each other, and the misunderstanding is soon resol 900Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 53 The Hunter’s Adorable Bride 猎户家的小娇娘 A wealthy young woman who refuses to be controlled by her family, and a young hunter who keeps his distance from others because he believes he brings misfortune to his parents. The two had nothing to do with each other, but fate pushes them together, and they carve out a new life for themselves in the remote mountains and forests. 473Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 54 The Capital's Number-One Playboy and His Mischief-Making Wife 京城第一纨绔作妖夫妇 [Vicious Female Lead] [Unhinged and Mad] [Tears Apart Hypocrites and Torments Scum] [Clear-Headed, Not Love-Brained] [Sweet Romance] Yan Zhi became the vicious female lead in the original story, destined to drink poison and meet her end. She landed in a desperate situation from the very start: after a night of entanglement, she lost her virginity and stabbed her biological father with a hairpin. She secretly swore to track down that man and make him pay dearly! But when they met again, she was t 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The Country Girl’s Road to Success 农女青云记 After transmigrating, Huo Xiaoyue became Huo Dongyue, one of the many poor peasants in Yunshan Village. Her parents were gone, and she had a little brother at home. She figured that if fate had arranged things this way, perhaps it was all meant to be. Here, she had new family who cared for her, cherished her, and truly had her best interests at heart. So she decided to make the best of it and stop dwelling on the past. From now on, she was Huo Dongyue. The village was terribly poor. No matter, t 1.1kReads9.0Score10214d adds
- 56 So Much Joy in Ordinary Days 寻常岁月多欢喜 [A Country Girl’s Everyday Growth + Family Life + Food + Local Color] The everyday life of Sun Jiabao: Playing with cats and dogs, running around everywhere. Eating, sampling food, and chatting about everyday things. Her life is full of all kinds of flavor, with plenty of everyday joys. 138Reads—Score1514d adds
- 57 A Bountiful Farm: A Country Girl Becomes a Landowner 锦绣桑田：农女当家做地主 [Ancient Farming] [Alternate Dynasty] [Neither Lead Is Reborn, Transmigrated, or Has a Pocket Space or Golden Finger] [Rural Life in Ancient Times, Slow and Steady] [Marriage Before Love] The initial rating has just come in. Let's see if it can climb from here. Please leave lots of comments! This story has no lords and ministers, no courtly intrigue. It is about the everyday lives of ordinary people, not a face-slapping power fantasy. The main story follows a farming couple as they work the la 2.1kReads6.4Score19414d adds
- 58 Farming in Ancient Times, I Married the Village Fool 我在古代种田，嫁给村里那个憨夫 Synopsis: [Transmigration + ancient romance + farming + sweet romance + raising children + a simple life + not a power-fantasy comeback story + no bizarre relatives] Chen Jiaojiao's soul transmigrated after a car accident. Her parents were dead, her family was dirt poor, and she had no golden finger, let alone riches and honor. All she had was endless work and a stomach that was never full... Life was simple: growing crops and raising children. But there was something odd about that man from t 775Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 59 Transported to a Remote Mountain Village, I Make a Living Farming and Gathering Herbs 穿至深山农门，我靠种田采药发家 [Cozy mountain farming + everyday family life + gathering herbs and selling mountain produce + building wealth + no golden finger + no pocket dimension + no romance] Li Jiaojiao transmigrates into the body of a nine-year-old girl, the eldest daughter in a family of ancient rural farmers! She opens her eyes just as her birth mother has finished giving birth. Before her lie a shabby thatched hut and layers of mountains, while two little girls cry sadly and use lotus leaves to shade her from the su 126Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 60 The Moon's Longing 心月迢迢 (1v1) Both are devoted only to each other. Jiang Xinyue’s childhood sweetheart and husband went off to war one day and was never heard from again. She held the family together alone, cared for the elders, raised their young child, and opened an embroidery shop. Then one day, she suddenly learned that her husband was not only still alive, but had become a celebrated general and was about to marry a beautiful woman and join the imperial family. He had completely forgotten her and their child. Jian 1.2kReads8.4Score12214d adds
- 61 My Lady, Your Secret Identity Is Showing, and Your Husband Is Your Secret Identity 娘子你马甲掉了，夫君是你的马甲 The rating has just been posted and is bound to rise [A luckless princess of the prince's household hiding beneath the guise of a village girl VS the richest man's son, a prince living among the people, hiding beneath the guise of a penniless scholar] [Secret identities + male lead falling for her on his own + female lead plagued by misfortune + mutual salvation + traditional historical romance + happy ending + both leads' first love] When they first met, Jiang Jinjin was a country girl, and Wen 772Reads6.4Score10714d adds
- 62 I Became the Eldest Sister-in-Law of a Farm Family and Led Them to Prosperity 穿成农家长嫂，我带领全家致富了 Transmigration + Farming + No Golden Finger + No Harem Intrigue + No Princes, Emperors, or Concubines There are no golden fingers in this story. The male and female leads are ordinary people with no special identities, and their journey to prosperity unfolds at a steady pace. Li Zhenzhen, who was unloved by her parents in her previous life, transmigrates to an ancient farming household and unexpectedly gains a wonderfully loving mother-in-law, a rough-looking but thoughtful husband, and several 568Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 63 A Farmer’s Daughter’s Blissful Life as a Hunter’s Wife 农家女嫁给猎户的被宠日常 Farming, no golden finger, original heroine, cozy, mutual devotion, a little gourmet food Chuntao's birth mother died early, and her stepmother made her work herself to the bone and used her to earn money. Now that Chuntao was old enough to marry, her stepmother wanted to sell her off for money. Her choices were a widower who had beaten his wife to death, or a cripple who had nearly ruined her life years ago. Fortunately, her stepmother only cared about money, and Chuntao had already found a w 700Reads6.8Score10414d adds
- 64 The Scholar’s Sweetheart 秀才家的小娇娘 Song Xintong was in a car accident on a business trip and transmigrated. The original owner was also named Song Xintong. She was fourteen, just three months away from turning fifteen, and the eldest child in the family. Since her father died of illness a year earlier, she had taken on the responsibility of caring for her twin younger brothers. They lived in a humble thatched cottage, and life was hard. Her parents died young, leaving her with two little brothers to raise. Transmigrating as their 824Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 65 My Parents, Brother, and I: From the Deep Mountains to Fertile Land 爹娘弟和我，从深山到沃土 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
- 66 The Young Assassin Picks Up a Delicate Princess and Treats Her Like His Ancestress 少年杀手，捡个娇娇公主当祖宗 The main story is complete. [No transmigration, rebirth, or System. Pure historical romance. A stormy love-hate relationship at first, then a life on the run. He tries to win her back, but there’s no chance of redemption.] Princess Fu'an Jiang Mingchao of Great Wei was Emperor Wei's only child, cherished above all others and truly second to none. She was as beautiful as an immortal, and everyone said she was gentle and kind by nature. The only time she ever defied convention was when she brough 40.7kReads8.9Score6.2k14d adds
- 67 A Retired Maid's Everyday Life Raising Children 退休丫鬟的养娃日常 [No pocket dimension + no System + adorable children + ordinary, cozy daily life] Gu Xiaoyu is a little embroiderer from a wealthy household. She has survived for years by keeping her head down and has no ambition to climb the social ladder. When she leaves the estate, she chooses the best all-around match among her many suitors: a young physician. Ji Ziyan spotted a little maid at the estate while making a house call with his master. When he later realized he had a chance, he acted quickly and 5.1kReads7.3Score43914d adds
- 68 The Farm Girl Is Reborn and Won’t Serve Her Ex-Husband’s Family Anymore 农女重生，前渣夫一家她不伺候了 Reborn + farming + business + divorce + fleeing famine + no golden finger + no space + face-slapping + splitting up the family + not saintly Song Tianxi was a farmer’s daughter. In her previous life, she married a county scholar, and everyone said she was lucky! But no one knew that the Gu family was dirt poor. They looked prosperous from the outside, but were already struggling to make ends meet. They married her only because they’d heard her parents had prepared a generous dowry for her. After 2.7kReads8.3Score32314d adds
- 69 The Farmer’s Doting Daughter Has a Space 农门娇女有空间 After spending six years preparing for the apocalypse, Li Chunzhi, a woman from the 23rd century, accidentally transmigrated into the body of a twelve-year-old village girl in ancient times. From the start, she was about to be forced into marriage by a coffin-dodger in his fifties. Fortunately, the village chief generously came to her rescue. The surprise was that the Li family was honest, kind, and decent. There was no wicked aunt or grandmother like in farming novels, and Li Chunzhi turned out 986Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 70 Moonlight on the Spring River 月映春江色 [Sweet historical romance, devoted couple, a brave and clever heroine with strong principles who never lets herself be mistreated] (No transmigration, rebirth, or System) [1v1] The hero is devoted, and the heroine is independent and self-assured. [Beautiful, clever, cool-headed noblewoman vs. devoted, wife-doting general] In the fifteenth year of the Jiazhao era, victory comes at the border, and General Yan Yunmo returns in triumph. At court, he asks the emperor to arrange his marriage to Jiang 140Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 71 Red Palms and Green Claws 红掌与绿爪 [Spirited Noblewoman Cai Banban vs. Cold-Faced Military Governor Zhou Yize] Someone asked General Zhou what kind of woman the Third Lady Cai of Qinghe was. At the mention of Cai Sanniang, the general’s fierce gaze softened. He tilted his head in thought, then replied, “As beautiful as a red palm, as bold as a green claw.” When he tilted his head, the person noticed the scratches on General Zhou’s neck and asked curiously, “How did you get those injuries, General Zhou?” General Zhou replied, “Fro 1.2kReads9.3Score22414d adds
- 72 Want to Inherit My Family's Wealth? I'll Tear My Clan Apart, Farm, and Become a Tycoon 想吃绝户？我手撕亲族种田当首富 No System, no transmigration, no golden finger. A traditional farming story, crafted by hand. Youth, an ensemble cast, companionship, and growth. A group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds, each down on their luck in their own way and each with their own ambitions, grow from innocence to maturity and from weakness to strength. They go from struggling to find food and survive to standing together and striving for a better life. There’s bitterness and sweetness, tears and laughter. Dear readers, se 36Reads—Score314d adds
- 73 A Flower in a Little Village 小村里的一朵花 [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
- 74 The Farmer's Embroiderer 农家绣娘 Lin Zhiyun is famous across the surrounding villages as a lazy, greedy, dim-witted girl. Yet she has a promising match: she and the current scholar Xu were betrothed as children. Her eldest cousin Lin Xiuyue, meanwhile, is renowned as a clever, capable young woman, but she has a bad match: she was betrothed as a child to Shen Junchuan, a limping village thug. People often say the sisters should switch matches, and on the day they marry, the Lin family elders actually sneakily swap the brides. B 1.1kReads8.3Score10114d adds
- 75 The Farming Girl's Rise to Fortune Really Came from Her Dreams 农女种田逆袭，真靠做梦暴富啦 [Farming + Food + Cozy Daily Life + Building Wealth + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scumbags + Family Life] A worker cursed out her boss, then a car accident sent her transmigrating to ancient times, where she became a farm girl being sold. A hellish start: She opened her eyes to find a human trafficker selling her. She had no money and wasn't even registered in the household records. A barefoot person has nothing to lose! She fought her way out of their clutches and was lucky enough to be resc 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Farewell to the Phoenix Throne on a Peony Couch 牡丹榻上辞凤阙 Shen Wanning had lived in the secluded depths of the Shen residence for as long as she could remember, growing up alongside her half-brother, Shen Huaijin, the chief grand secretary. He always treated her with the distance and severity of an elder brother, convinced she was the daughter of his father's mistress, hidden away in the household, a stain on the family's honor. It was only when the decree accusing the loyal of treason arrived that the truth behind the massacre of her military family w 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Notes from the Countryside 归田记 To be an emperor does not necessarily mean to be noble; to be a commoner does not necessarily mean to be lowly. The difference between nobility and baseness lies in the goodness or evil of one’s actions. Meng Po’s soup was spilled halfway through, leaving the drinker with hazy memories. This life is ordinary, but there is nothing to fear in being ordinary. With hard work and one’s own two hands, life can still be made good. The young master of the Han family: “My wife may come from a poor family 33Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 78 The Prime Minister's Child Bride Is Quite the Flirt 首相大人的童养媳，有点撩 [A few warnings: 1. They don’t take over someone else’s body; their souls switch places. 2. The child bride identity is for her protection.] Jiang Yu transmigrated into a book! But she had no System, no golden finger, and she wasn’t the heroine or a supporting female character. She’d become a child bride who appeared in just one panel of a comic, and all you could see of her was her back! Ack… She was just an ordinary little office worker. In this ancient world where the birds didn’t even bother 1.3kReads8.8Score10114d adds
- 79 Chengning 承宁 [Historical romance / Love at first sight / Mutual devotion / Healing each other / A touch of court intrigue] Ning Chuchu: They all say I look like my elder sister, the Empress, but I have no desire to enter the palace. Above the clouds, untouched by the mundane world, with spirit in his eyes and beyond anyone’s reach: that is the kind of young man I like. One glance was all it took for me to fall. I’m rebellious to the core. I only pretend to be a delicate young lady so I can get close to him w 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Yandere Prince Is Actually a Cat Lover 病娇王爷竟是猫控 [Female assassin + devoted prince + reunion after a long separation + revenge + one-on-one romance + heroine’s growth] She’s the top catlike female assassin in the Great Liang, yet she keeps falling into the hands of her first love. Her assassination attempt fails. Instead, he erases her memories and forces her into a relationship with him, and she suddenly finds herself the Princess Consort of Prince Jing’an. But life as a princess consort isn’t easy either. The prince has a twisted older broth —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Reincarnated as an Ancient Maid, I Take the Young Master to Escape the Famine 穿成古代丫鬟带着小少爷去逃荒 A slow-paced story, mainly about the heroine’s life in an imaginary dynasty. [Farming + no golden finger + imaginary dynasty + wilderness survival + not a self-sacrificing saint] The heroine transmigrates in the ordinary way, with no golden finger. She relies on the knowledge she gained in modern life to survive in the wilderness, and uses what she learned about staying alive in the apocalypse to avoid danger and seek advantage, doing her best to survive disasters and human calamities. Gu Qing s 320Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 82 My Cousin Has Ambitions 表妹野心有点大 Pure historical romance + scheming, calculating legitimate daughter + winning her back + forced marriage + political intrigue The hero is the emperor, ten years older than the heroine. Jiang Shi should have been a noble young lady of the capital, but her grandaunt came to seek refuge with the Jiang family and ended up in her father's bed. Afterward, her father favored his concubine over his wife, and the Jiang family tried to seize everything from Jiang Shi's mother. After her mother divorced an 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 Sister-in-Law, Bless You a Thousandfold 嫂嫂万福 [Reborn, No Fixed Point of View] [Ordinary Female Lead Who Grows] [Family and Country] [Forbidden, Immoral Romance] [No Female Rivalry] [Traditional Historical Romance] In her previous life, Xiao Jing was merely a palace maid in the Cold Palace, deeply indebted to the empress. After the empress, her beloved white moonlight, died in the Cold Palace, Xiao Jing was trapped in a cycle of death. Then one day, reborn in the body of the empress as a young woman, she retraces the empress's path. On her 696Reads9.0Score10614d adds
- 84 The Treacherous Minister's Wife Gets Spoiled Every Day 奸臣夫人的甜宠日常 Lord Zhao has lost three wives in a row. A wise man tells him that he is cursed by an evil star, and that only a fourth wife of low birth and exceptionally strong fate can keep it at bay. Luo Baozhu lost her father at three, her mother at four, and even her only uncle at five. She grew up eating at the tables of kind neighbors, making her a perfect match for the description of someone low-born and strong of fate. So Lord Zhao married Luo Baozhu. This is a wish-fulfillment romance. The heroine 919Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 85 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
- 86 The Marquis’s Daughter Can Fly 侯府千金她会飞 Though Lin Xi was born into a marquis’s household, she grew up among the martial world. On her maternal grandmother’s sixtieth birthday, she bid farewell to her master and traveled alone to the capital to pay her respects. Unexpectedly, she stumbled upon the scene of a prince being murdered. Terrified, she put her one real talent, an escape technique, to extraordinary use and fled all the way back to the capital with a secret in tow. Once home, she dutifully took up her role as the young lady of 1.2kReads8.8Score14414d adds
- 87 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
- 88 A Thousand Miles of Longing Beneath the Moon of Home 千里相思故里月 Pure historical romance + marriage first, love later + cozy country life + some political maneuvering later on 1v1, both devoted to each other and each other’s first and only love; a slow burn, sweet at first and angsty later (only a little angst, emotional rather than physical) Jiang Xiaoyu was only fifteen when she married Lu Yin. He was dirt poor, with nothing but the clothes on his back. On their wedding night, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. “How long do I have to wait?” she asked, 99Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 89 A Match Made in Heaven 佳偶天成 Beijing headlines, coming soon: The hotshot young Lord Lu, the talk of the town, is actually seeking the hand of a notorious rich girl! Jiang Yuruo, the so-called spoiled heiress: Is he blind, or am I incredibly lucky? Lu Chenyuan, the so-called immortal: I have feelings for you. As a member of the Jinling Lu clan, Lu Chenyuan has known his duty since childhood: serve a wise ruler, discern right from wrong, and uphold justice. For ten years, he shut himself away in a forbidden sanctuary, cultiva 190Reads9.3Score3714d adds
- 90 The Northern Princess's Love for Song: Father and Son 北国公主情系大宋父与子 [Female-led coming-of-age story + princess + marrying into the wife's family + one woman and two men + older woman, younger husband] “Fine, then go!” “From now on, we're through. I, Yelü Fengxue, am no longer your wife.” ... ... “Why won't you marry me?” “Because I was once your father's woman.” “But the person you love now is me!” “If I didn't love you, perhaps I wouldn't be in so much pain.” 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn as a Poor Girl in Lingnan, I Lead My Family to Prosperity 穿成岭南贫户女，我带全家走富路 When Zhou Ling opened her eyes, the coarse texture of a dry, hard corn bun still lingered in her mouth. The thatched hut was drafty. Her younger siblings were so hungry they were chewing on their fingers, her mother wept endlessly, and her father had fainted in bed after giving the family his share of the food. This was an obscure village somewhere in Lingnan. She was the eldest daughter of a poor family, so destitute that even the mice had moved out. But Zhou Ling’s mind held the world of more 16Reads—Score114d adds
- 92 The Delicate Beauty Is Hard for the Powerful Minister to Spoil 娇娇美人，权臣难宠 [Both leads are devoted to each other + sweet romance + household intrigue + pure historical romance + rekindled love after a breakup + the husband’s long road to winning his wife back] The wealthy Bai family of Yunzhou was wiped out overnight. When their only daughter, Bai Mengjiao, was abducted, she fell off a cliff and injured her head. When she awoke, she had forgotten everything about her past… Pei Huaizhi brought her back to the marquis’s residence, telling everyone she was his younger sis 85Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 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
- 94 Late Nights in the Deep Estate 深宅晚 Her husband, Song Hemian, died young, leaving Jiang Wanyin alone in a desolate mansion, surrounded by endless gossip. Her late husband's younger brother, Song Heran, returns from afar. He is refined and handsome, yet reserved and inscrutable, treating her with a tenderness that constantly oversteps the bounds of propriety. As they spend their days together, Jiang Wanyin gradually realizes that this “younger brother-in-law” is nothing like the Song Heran her husband described, in either his habit 2kReads7.3Score19414d adds
- 95 Our Whole Neighborhood Is Exiled to the Southern Wilderness, So I Build a Peach Blossom Haven and Stockpile Food 全小区流放南荒，我建桃花源囤粮 [Mountain and Sea Foraging] [Reclaiming and Farming] [Beast Taming] [Mass Transmigration and Ensemble Cast] [Infrastructure and Management] [Building Wealth] [Romance] [Just started getting ratings, and they’ll go up~] Overnight, Shu Qiao transmigrated to the southern border of the Da Sheng dynasty, bringing her entire residential compound with her. All three thousand residents came along, as did the apartment buildings, ground-floor shops, and underground parking garage. Outside the compound la 69.1kReads8.4Score12.6k14d adds
- 96 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 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
- 97 Elder Brother, You Mustn't 兄长不可 Shen Yanci is the envy of everyone in the capital: the refined and upright heir of the Shen family, with a bright future ahead. Yet his family also takes in Su Wanqing, an orphan girl with no one to rely on. An elder's words, "Raise her by your side and treat her as your own younger sister," become an invisible shackle between them. He watches her grow from a timid little girl into a graceful young woman, cherishing and protecting her at every turn. But as they spend day after day together, he d 4.5kReads8.1Score51314d adds
- 98 The Days I Spent Farming in the Village 在村里种田的日子 The rating is low because it was just released. Give it a try if it sounds like your thing. Sang Wan, a maid in the Li residence, offended one of the household's esteemed guests and was handed over to a slave broker. He took her from Jiangzhou Prefecture on a winding journey, and by a twist of fate, sold her to a rough soldier who had just returned home to the Du family. The eldest son, Du Yu'en, had coarse features and a fierce look in his eyes. He spoke in a gruff voice, and whenever he shoute 889Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 99 A Tough Farm Girl: Find a Husband and Farm Together 农门悍妻：相个夫君来种田 Zhong Jin, the landlord’s younger son, has a miserable life because he can never win an argument with his two older brothers. So he decides to marry a feisty woman. Guan Pan’s betrothed, a recommended scholar, has dumped her, and she’s eager to get married, so she’s casting her net far and wide, meeting one suitor after another. In the sea of people, she comes across a man named Zhong Jin, rolls up her sleeves, and helps him fight his brothers and claim the family fortune. 1.1kReads8.8Score11814d adds
- 100 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: From Pearl Diver to Ruler of the Seas 穿越古代从采珠女到海上霸主 Yu Xiufeng, a modern-day meteorologist, drowned in a tsunami. When she wakes up, she finds herself in ancient times as a pearl-diving girl. From the start, she's about to be sold to a brothel, while her younger sister is being forced to become the twelfth concubine of a pearl merchant's wastrel son. The pearl merchant even wants to bind the whole family into generations of slavery, where they would be oppressed and humiliated. As a modern woman, she refuses to put up with such a miserable life. 46Reads6.7Score—14d adds
