Novels like Road to the Clouds
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Road to the Clouds, best match first.
- 51 New Tales of the Strange: Feng Sanniang 聊斋新编之封三娘 Based on a tale from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Feng Sanniang tells the story of Fan Shiyi, who defies feudal morality and bravely pursues love, while Feng Sanniang remains steadfast in her sisterly devotion. In the end, the lovers find their way to each other. 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Yifang Ci 宜芳辞 [Serious Drama] [No Mindless, Clichéd Angst] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Story] [Carefully Crafted] [Slow Burn] She is the widowed daughter-in-law of the prestigious Pingchang Marquis household. Brought into the family with a marriage contract, she suffers neglect and scorn. Though skilled at arranging flowers and as lovely as a pearl or jade, she becomes a stepping stone for the Marquis household's second young lady to win a reputation for herself. He is nearly thirty and holds the highest minister 3.8kReads—Score365Shelves
- 53 Empress of Hongwu: From Orphan Girl to Empress of the Ming Dynasty 洪武皇后之从孤女到大明皇后 The Empress of Hongwu | No System, No transmigration, Based on Official History When she died, he held her hand as it changed from warm to lukewarm, then cold. The historian wrote: The emperor wept bitterly and never appointed another empress. Thirty years earlier, he was a poor young man with missing teeth on the streets of Haozhou. When he lifted her bridal veil, he fumbled and spilled wine all over her. “One day, I’ll make you a pair of soft-soled shoes. I could tell you were in pain when y 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 My Best Friend and I Transmigrated to Ancient Times: We’ll Lead the Whole Village to Prosperity 我和闺蜜穿到古代：带全村奔小康 [Farming + food + no awful relatives + no golden finger + easygoing everyday life + no palace or household intrigue + not a power fantasy] Two orphans, one with a PhD from an agricultural college and the other a jewelry designer, set off on a spontaneous trip to celebrate their thirtieth birthdays. The journey takes Jiang Ruyi and Jiang Fangfei to an alternate dynasty, where they open their eyes to find creditors at the door. Their good-for-nothing father has squandered the family's savings and 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Marquis Is Hard to Woo 侯爷不好撩 Ruan Xiaoli had always thought He Jin was simply born cold and indifferent. So even when he treated her with aloofness and harshness, she never took it to heart. But when Bai Yuning appeared, she realized she had been wrong. He Jin wasn’t incapable of tenderness; he just wouldn’t give any to her... 234Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 56 Dropped into a Farming Family: I Help My Parents Reclaim a Fortune Beyond Measure 天降农家，带爹娘找回泼天富贵 The prime minister's legitimate daughter was separated from her family and raised by farmers, suffering constant scolding and abuse. The future top scholar was oppressed by his stepmother and forbidden to study. He had also been left with a lame leg. A little boy with the makings of a great general was mistreated by his step-grandmother. He was starved, poorly clothed, and painfully thin, and had to go up the mountain every day to gather firewood. The heroine, Cheng Suisui, was born with immense 76Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 57 General, Your Concubine Is About to Run Away! 将军，姨娘要跑了！ [Pure historical romance, one devoted couple, both virgins] Gu Qingsi was the most beautiful woman in the imperial capital, but was thrown into prison for a crime. To get out, she gave herself to the great general of Western Qin as a concubine. She protected her grandmother, fought the second branch of the family, and searched through the case records to overturn the verdict. Her one lifelong wish was to uncover the truth behind the Gu family’s injustice and clear her father and brothers’ names. 52Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 58 Tales from the Inner Chambers (2-Book Set) 深闺记事（套装共2册） At six, she and her mother were confined to a nunnery, where she developed a broad and open-minded nature. At twelve, after her mother died, she returned to the family home. Above her was an aunt who hid a sharp tongue beneath a gentle manner; below her was a domineering, spoiled cousin. She had learned all too well that one must never harm others, but must always guard against being harmed. That year, marriage proposals came from two sides. One was her childhood friend, a gentleman known for hi 802Reads9.0Score156Shelves
- 59 I Picked Up a Princess for a Wife 捡个公主做夫人 [Historical romance + sweet indulgence] [A gentle, upright official x a stunning princess with amnesia] When Shen Xiangzhi, Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, returned from investigating a case, he brought back a lovely wife with amnesia. The capital was shaken! How had the aloof, jade-like Lord Shen come to have a warm, fragrant beauty by his side? Everyone was curious about the origins of his breathtaking wife. Even Shen Xiangzhi himself wondered. He had just left the capital u 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 I, Fuzi, Was Born to Be a Villain! 我，福子，天生反派！ A modern-day office drone wakes up as Fuze, a doomed minor character in Empresses in the Palace. To stay alive, she has to find a way to fight for her life. I originally wanted to write a story about a modern person transported to a precarious life in ancient times, going mad and taking everyone down with her. But as I wrote, I realized that with Fuze’s status and the abilities I gave her, she couldn’t take anyone down at all. She could only stay alive by currying favor with Consort Hua. But rel 504Reads8.3Score102Shelves
- 61 The Miracle Doctor Chef: A Good-for-Nothing Village Girl Turns Her Life Around with a System 神医小厨娘：废柴村姑靠系统翻身 [System + Space + Farming + Cuisine + Divine Medicine + Business + Traditional Chinese Medicine | Fictional Setting, Strong Female Lead] Graduate student Lu Sheng opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of a useless village girl despised by the entire village. Her father was conscripted into the army and his fate is unknown. Her mother coughs blood and is bedridden, while her brother is so thin he looks like a stalk and gets bullied. As for the original owner, her fiancé broke off their eng 5Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 62 After Marrying My Nemesis, We Shared a Bed and a Dream 嫁给死对头后我们同床亦同梦 [Marriage first, love later: conflict at first, sweetness afterward, and both have exes] After a sudden upheaval, the upright and honorable father of Song Chaoge, the most talented young woman in the capital, is sentenced to exile at the frontier. She is forced to marry her sworn enemy, the Third Prince, Zhao Musheng. She stays in the capital, enduring humiliation while gathering evidence to clear her father’s name. To take on their common enemy, the former adversaries become allies. After an 342Reads—Score109Shelves
- 63 Pregnant and Leaving the Child Behind, I Thought My Husband Was Dead, but He Returned to Settle the Score 揣着孕肚去父留子后，亡夫回来算账了 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 47Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 After the Divorce, She Brews Tea and Wine, While Her Ex’s Family Falls into Chaos 和离后煎茶酿酒，前夫家鸡飞狗跳 Everyone thought Song Wanning must have had her brains glued shut with paste to give up on Zhang Yunzhang, such a promising catch. Song Wanning couldn't wait to escape the Zhang family, a pit so deep that life there was simply unbearable. After their divorce, she brewed tea and wine, leisurely watching her former husband's family descend into chaos. If you want a super-satisfying story where the heroine steamrolls everyone without a single setback, this isn't for you. The first volume in a serie 1.2kReads8.1Score121Shelves
- 65 Cherished in Her Emerald Skirt 娇宠翠裙腰 He was afflicted with a love poison, and so fell deeply in love with her. She, too, was hopelessly caught in his web of affection. But one day, the woman who had poisoned him appeared, only to discover that she had paved the way for someone else. Once the poison was cured, the husband who had once cherished her above all else stood before her, his eyes stripped of tenderness and affection, filled only with coldness and indifference. He asked icily, “Who are you?” 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 The Realm as My Betrothal Gift: The Cold Emperor's Beloved 江山为聘：冷面帝王的心尖娇 The year Shen Zhiwei entered the palace, all she wanted was to be invisible. Her father said that since the Shen family came from a merchant background, being chosen as a palace consort was already a tremendous imperial favor. She hid her wealth of literary knowledge and put on an act of meekness and dullness, only to stumble upon Consort Chen's earth-shattering secret. "Sister, have you heard where the former dynasty's imperial seal is hidden?" Consort Chen's prayer beads brushed against her fi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 Ashes of the Realm: The Phoenix Rises in the Southern Sea 山河烬：凤起南溟 [Protection, political intrigue, betrayal, and renewal. From palace lady-in-waiting to founding empress, she heeds Heaven's mandate, ushers in a new era, and brings peace to the land. The story of an extraordinary empress's rise!] The Yan clan of Nanming has, for generations, guarded the hidden spiritual leyline that sustains the dynasty's fortunes. As dynasties rise and fall, the new emperor, Xie Lanzhou, sweeps across the realm with an iron fist, yet remains conspicuously silent about the Yan —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 68 Transmigrated as a Hunter's Daughter in a Chaotic Era, I Lead the Whole Village to Survival 穿成乱世农门猎女，我带全村求生 (Strong Female Lead + Space + Divine Pets + No Romance) Lin Xi, heir to a family of traditional medicine practitioners, served as a special forces soldier for eight years. During a mission, she took a bullet and was gloriously transmigrated to the Great Xia Dynasty, where she became a thirteen-year-old girl hunter. She was strong, skilled at hunting, a master of medicine and poison, and had extensive experience with jungle warfare. Her father hunted to support the family, her mother was gentle a 2.1kReads8.9Score196Shelves
- 69 Sold Off, I Opened a Noodle Shop and Made a Fortune 被发卖后，我开面馆逆袭成富婆 [Complete + fictional setting + cozy farming + everyday village life + prosperity through hard work] A friendly reminder: This is a fictional setting, not a serious historical novel! Don’t overanalyze it! Read to relax, and if you’re not enjoying it, feel free to stop. No need to make things hard on yourself, thanks! Here’s the official synopsis: When Xie Xing’er was eight, her own father sold her to a slave broker. The broker told him that a ten-year living contract would fetch only five taels 762Reads6.7Score104Shelves
- 70 After Becoming a Widow, I’m Doted on by a Lovesick Powerful Official 守寡后，被恋爱脑权臣宠上天了 [Sweet, innocent heroine vs. seemingly gentle but secretly ruthless, love-obsessed hero] [The heroine is not chaste; the hero is. Old-school flavor, forbidden love] ☆Traditional historical romance, slow burn, intensely sweet push-and-pull romance, heroine grows over time * After waking from a drunken stupor, newly widowed Du Yun discovered that a handsome young man was lying beside her. Horrified, she finally managed to flee his side, only to discover that he was… … Someone reminded Du Yun, “You 1.3kReads8.9Score178Shelves
- 71 I’d Be Content to Serve at Her Feet: I’ll Make My Lord Empress 愿为裙下臣之奉主为帝 Political intrigue + romance (the leads aren’t each other’s first, and there are no obstacles in the way. This is definitely not a road to kindergarten). The sweetest romance ever!!! She teases him, and he tells her she has no manners or shame. Then she stops pursuing him, and he panics. 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 The Crown Prince Raised a Dragon 太子他养了条龙 The Crown Prince woke up one morning to find an egg beside him. In the blink of an eye, it hatched into a little black dragon. The dragon was soft and cuddly and loved to act cute, but whenever she looked at him, her eyes held three parts indifference and seven parts disdain. All he knew was that he was raising a little tyrant. He pampered her with spirit fungus and spread cloud brocade beneath her. Even when she tore the roofs off Yulan Capital, he let her do as she pleased. Until the night of 8Reads—Score106Shelves
- 73 Reborn in a Desolate Village: Farming to Feed the Whole Community 重生之流落荒村，种田养活全村 [Farming + Reborn + Business + System + Adorable Kids] Zhou Xiaodie, the only daughter in a modern family, gets drunk one day and accidentally transmigrates to an era of famine, becoming the weak third daughter of a poor farming family in a desolate village. In a year of famine, hunger is everywhere. The family has run out of food, her relatives are frail and emaciated, and every day is a struggle. Luckily, she awakens a trading mall System that lets her exchange for supplies at will, turning th 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 74 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 202Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 75 Field Notes from Village Life 野村生活手札 [Food + raising children + gathering + business + farming + fictional setting. A slow-paced rural life, with a female protagonist who has no golden finger and improves her life through her own wit and hard work. There is a romance, but it doesn’t get much attention. She isn’t love-struck, but clearheaded and independent.] Yang Sisi, a modern-day food lover, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of a seventeen-year-old girl of the same name in Shipozi. She discovers that the orig 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 Are You Kidding? You Call Her a Little Farm Girl? 疯了吧，你管这叫小农女 After being humiliated, Xiang Wanshu finally woke up to who she was! She collected manure to make fertilizer, planted corn, and rallied the whole village to join her. She set up a barbecue stall that even attracted the county magistrate, and taught a group of refined scholars the proper way to eat skewers! She bought a bully’s mansion and turned it straight into a barbecue restaurant, making it a popular local hot spot. She carved out a world of ice and snow by hand, drawing visitors from far an 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 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 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 Gold from the Start: The System Keeps Us Safe Through the Famine 开局捡金子，荒年全靠系统保平安 Main characters: Huo Xiuniang and Huo Gui Geng [Farming + Feel-Good Story + System + No Romance + Transmigration] Li Xiaolan was an ordinary modern young woman, but after waking up, she found herself transformed into Huo Xiuniang, a villager from Huo Family Village. Her family was the poorest in the whole area. By chance, she discovered gold in the hills behind the village. Before long, the villagers were scrambling over it, and the place was buzzing with activity. After transmigrating, she gain 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 The Crab Girl of the Countryside 农门蟹后 Her grandfather favors others, her grandmother bullies her, and her aunts and uncles look down on her? No problem! Just watch Ye Xiaoxie make a comeback and slap every one of you in the face! Her parents are weak-willed, and her family is being exploited? Why should she put up with that? Watch her whip her spineless parents into shape and pile up mountains of gold and silver until you’re crushed beneath them! What? You think crabs are ugly, poisonous pests? What a waste! What a crime against nat 725Reads8.0Score108Shelves
- 80 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains: Sisters Busy Growing Vegetables 穿越深山之姐妹种菜忙 [No romance + sisters transmigrate together + two personal spaces + growing vegetables and hunting in the mountains] After finishing her college entrance exams, Lin Chunyi took her younger sister Lin Lanshan, who had just finished her high school entrance exams, back to their hometown for a visit. Not wanting school to start early, Lin Lanshan complained, “We might as well transmigrate to some remote mountain forest and farm...” Her words came true: the sisters transmigrated! No golden finger? N 178Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 81 My Wife Is from Four Hundred Years in the Future 家妻来自四百年后 High-Energy Genius Doctor and a Censor Who Has Only One Bar of Blood [Not a feel-good power fantasy, not set in an alternate world, no face-slapping, no rivalry between women, no clichés, no System] A Few Things About My Wife and Me: 1 My wife says she could never fall in love with someone from the Ming dynasty. She comes from the modern world, four hundred years in the future. She’s a surgeon, and she says she’s a genius, too. This woman is full of lies. She’s forgotten that in every one 9.5kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
- 82 Hard, So Hard: A Maid’s Path to Survival Through Layered Defenses 难，难，难，婢女的叠甲求生之路 [Survive a Deadly Trap + Nobody Is Normal + Saying One Thing and Meaning Another + Alternate Setting + No Golden Finger + Not Reborn] A disastrous start: my family was wiped out, and I, a lowly maid, had nowhere left to go! No matter. The butler, my father, escaped with me and the young lady. We were still alive, and we could seek refuge with the family’s main branch. Father died. What now? Protect the young lady. We have to survive, so we endure! Then the young lady died too... Fine. It’s bette 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 83 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 343Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 84 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—Shelves
- 85 Farming and Supporting the Family: Reborn as a Hunter's Young Wife 种田养家：穿成猎户家的小娘子 Transmigrate to ancient times + no golden finger + farming + raising children + getting rich + a cozy pastoral life Lin Wu was a food video blogger. After being bitten to death by a zombie, she transmigrated into ancient times and woke up in the body of Lin Wuniang, a woman who looked just like her. She found herself in a hunter's home, with a fiancé to boot. Li Qingshan came home in the middle of the night. The moment he stepped through the door, someone mistook him for a thief and clubbed hi 148Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Oh No! The Princess Ran Away with Her Young Guard! 不好啦！公主和小侍卫私奔啦！ [This book leans toward wuxia adventure.] [One-line summary: The jianghu adventures of a little princess and her young bodyguard as they travel south in search of her mother.] The only princess of Da Qi has run away! In broad daylight, she crawled out through a dog hole! And she took the best martial arts bodyguard in the palace with her. Princess: Why do you like money so much? Young Bodyguard: Don't you like money? Princess: Well... money is just a worldly possession! After bandits steal h 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 Bound by Gold 缚金枝 [A bandit-born general + a royal princess] Princess Chu Yingluo gets married three times in her life. The first time, she is married off to Northern Rong after her country loses a war. The second time, Northern Rong’s throne changes hands, and the new king takes both the throne and her. The third time, her homeland’s army invades Northern Rong. Not long after returning home, she marries Helian Jing, a fierce general who was born a bandit. 583Reads8.4Score121Shelves
- 88 Where My Heart Finds Peace, the Phoenix Jade Awaits 吾心安处凤凰珏 [Alternate history, palace intrigue, deep romance, transformation without rebirth, major twists] Yue was once an ancient nation of powerful aristocrats, but now it has fallen into decline, reduced to preserving the royal family's dignity by marrying its princesses off to foreign powers. Peiyun, once a carefree princess of Yue, suddenly loses her elder sister and younger brother to murder, and her mother dies unexpectedly of illness. Clinging to her dream of marrying a wandering swordsman, she ha 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 Reborn as an Abandoned Child, She Runs Wild in Lanling 重生成为弃子后她在兰陵杀疯了 [Reborn + devoted couple + princess consort + princess sent away for a political marriage finds redemption + sweet romance] From the start, she is reborn at the age of fifteen. Just as in her previous life, she chooses without hesitation to become the Great Xia court’s abandoned pawn, a princess sent away for a political marriage. But this time, how could she let others walk all over her? After being reborn, she gives the haughty princess a brutal beating. She agrees to the political marriage on 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 90 Cinnabar Calamity: The Bone-Chess Chronicles of Yujing 朱砂劫：玉京弈骨录 When modern-day forensic doctor Shen Yi dies, her soul transmigrates into Wei Zhao, the daughter of a convicted official in the Great Yin dynasty. To protect herself, she must rely on her astonishing autopsy skills, carefully navigating the bloody chess game unfolding in the treacherous city of Yujing. With a scalpel in her left hand, she cuts open corpses to uncover the truths the dead have to tell. With a cinnabar brush in her right, she pens deadly footnotes into secret records of political i 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Skilled at Singing 善吟 [Purely historical setting, no rebirth or transmigration] Everyone said that the eldest son of the Zhou family was a gentleman who cared nothing for money or power. But Shen Shan knew he was a bastard, and one who could wreak havoc on a woman’s heart… 2.5kReads8.9Score232Shelves
- 92 Don't Panic in Another World: Take Your Pocket Dimension and Flee into Exile 穿越异世别慌，带着空间流放逃荒 [Transmigration to another world + space + exile and fleeing famine + natural and man-made disasters + building wealth + infrastructure development, no romance] Xia Qiao was reborn as a member of the Shen family, the empire's foremost merchant clan? And she opened her eyes on the road to confiscation and exile... After enduring hunger and narrowly escaping death along the way, she finally got on good terms with the guards, and life started to get a little easier... Then the new emperor ascended 105Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 93 My Dear 檀郎 Yun Nixi is implicated when her relatives’ estate is confiscated and becomes a slave. Sold to the Huan household, she serves as a personal maid to Huan Xi, a young nobleman from a distinguished family. Using the family’s inherited knack for pretending to be a spirit medium, Nixi makes money by sticking close to the young master, all while secretly admiring her cousin Shen Chong. She plans to buy her freedom, reclaim her grandfather’s farmland, and return to a life of independence. As the politic 2.4kReads8.9Score343Shelves
- 94 The Pretty Widow: Yuniang 俏寡妇之玉娘 Farming + dual protagonists + historical romance Yu Niang was the illegitimate daughter of the county magistrate. Because her mother was exceptionally beautiful and alluring, the madam was always looking for a chance to make trouble for them. At last, the madam found her opportunity when Yu Niang's mother fell gravely ill and never recovered. The county magistrate gradually grew distant from his withered concubine, who eventually died with bitterness in her heart. With her last breath, she warne —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Phoenix Beauty 凤娇 Su Feng, the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Su family, is betrothed by the Empress Dowager to Yuan Chenghao, the third young master of Prince Rui’s household. She has no choice but to bid farewell to her beloved grandmother and marry into the prince’s household with her family’s blessings. Yuan Chenghao is a notorious playboy in the capital. Though handsome and charming, he spends his nights carousing among women. Unhappy with the arranged marriage, he argues with Su Feng on their w 4.8kReads8.5Score434Shelves
- 96 Forcefully Marrying the Top Scholar: The Whole Family Joins In 强娶状元郎，全家一起上 A princess and a gentle, frail top scholar, a young lord and a fearless woman general: their everyday lives are full of humor and charm. They can enjoy sweet romances and stand together for their country. This is a lighthearted, sweet story with no angst, guaranteed! To prevent a war, the heir of Prince An's manor is ordered to marry a brave woman general. When the threat of another arranged marriage arises, Prince An and his wife secretly resolve that their daughter's marriage will never again 543Reads8.9Score100Shelves
- 97 Transmigrate: Watch Her Make the Most of Life in the Deep Mountains 穿越，看她玩转深山 A 21st-century wage worker transmigrates to a farm deep in the mountains of Southwest China. See how the young farmer girl Lin Maisui leads her family up the mountains and down to the rivers to work the land. It turns out that life in the mountains is the idyllic rural dream Lin Maisui longed for in her previous life but could never attain. 118Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 The Tough Girl Farms and Counts Her Money by the Stack! 悍女种田，哐哐数钱！ (A famine-era tale of hard work, farming, making the best of life, and growing stronger little by little!) On the road fleeing famine, she came across a family of invalids! Piao Miaomiao was fleeing famine when bandits attacked along the way. Her family was scattered, and she was the only one who escaped. A bowl of wild-greens porridge saved her life. But the people who saved her were all sickly and frail. Yunniang was blind. Bashun was lame. Their house let the wind in from every side. No matte 32Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 Ancient Times: I’m Only Eight, and You Want Me to Be Clan Leader? 远古，我才八岁，你让我当族长 [Transmigration + farming + strong female lead + primeval forest + no romance + infrastructure building] There are plenty of farming stories out there, but what about farming in prehistoric times? Su Su gazed at the endless forest and fell into deep thought all by herself. She had imagined transmigrating, but never expected to end up in prehistoric times. The moment she opened her eyes, her tribespeople were all going “aba aba,” complaining that they were hungry. Meanwhile, her position as the t 887Reads8.0Score104Shelves
- 100 The Splendid Matriarch System: The Heir Can Hear My Thoughts 锦绣主母系统：世子听到我心声 (Sweet romance with an old-school feel + maid rises through the ranks + System golden finger + hears people’s thoughts + palace and household intrigue + a little political scheming + 1v1 + both leads are devoted to each other) (Don’t overthink the logic or bring your brain. The setting borrows from history but is entirely fictional, so don’t compare it to actual history.) (The male lead appears late. The heroine grows over time; she isn’t an invincible powerhouse from the start.) After transmigr 59Reads8.3Score—Shelves
