Novels like A Modest Family in Ancient Times
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- 1 Reborn as a Fool, I Won Over the Big Shot with Snacks 穿成傻子后我靠零食抱上大腿 An upbeat, spirited young woman × a germaphobic, narcissistic young gentleman Dou Sui was a simple-minded girl whom everyone bullied. Yet she was pretty, with delicate features, and was known as the beauty of the surrounding villages. The year she came of age, her lazy, gluttonous father wanted to marry her off to the son of the village landlord, a fat, ill-tempered cripple. Under cover of night, her mother fled Doujia Village with her. Who would have thought that after the simple-minded girl ca 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 The Li Family’s Eldest Daughter: Daily Life as the Breadwinner 李家长女养家日常 [Alternate History + Reincarnated in the Womb + Family Life + Business and Prosperity + No Golden Finger] Li Jinzhu is reincarnated in the womb as the eldest daughter of a scholar in the city of Shuzhou, in the Great Yu Dynasty. Watching her unreliable parents grow more and more outrageous while the family’s finances dwindle, she decides to take control of the household purse strings. With the little silver the family has left, Li Jinzhu takes them to set up a small stall in bustling Shuzhou. 916Reads7.2Score107Shelves
- 3 The Little Tailor's Leisurely Life in Ancient Times 小裁缝的古代悠闲生活 She has an incredibly handsome father, a gentle mother, and a sweet little brother. Shen An'an thinks her life after transmigrating is truly wonderful. She never has to worry about food or clothes, and when she has time to spare, she can lead the way in setting new trends. Catching butterflies on the eastern hill, riding a cow on the western hill, she accidentally catches the eye of a hungry wolf of a man. What is she supposed to do? 34Reads5.6Score121Shelves
- 4 A Busy Life Farming in an Ancient Village 古代农家种田忙 [Pure Farming, Slow-Paced, Down-to-Earth Country Life + Family Chatter + All Kinds of Delicious Food + No Over-the-Top Villains] A resourceful village beauty and a rough-edged man who loves his wife more than life itself Picking mushrooms, harvesting bamboo shoots, raising chickens and ducks, raising pigs, cooking delicious food, catching fish, growing melons and beans, family chatter, neighbors and friends, the daily business of raising children Three meals a day, firewood, rice, oil, and salt, 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Scholar’s Youngest Daughter and Her Humble Life 秀才家小女儿苟且人生 Just as she had settled into a carefree life, Ms. Tian suddenly finds herself on a different path, furious and helpless. Even though she brought millions of supplies with her, and even though she had groomed her childhood sweetheart from a young age, she still can't let go of her regrets. But, as they say, since she's already here, the wronged and resentful young lady of the Tian family has no choice but to protect herself in this wretched feudal society and live out her life as comfortably as s 4kReads8.1Score389Shelves
- 6 The Amnesiac Young Master I Picked Up Became My Handyman 捡来的失忆贵公子，成了我的帮工 | Cloth Shop Owner × Amnesiac, Jealous Helper | Angsty Push and Pull | A Bustling Neighborhood Cloth Shop | Love Grows Over Time | The Everyday Lives of Ordinary People in an Ancient City On a country path, Lin Wanfu found and rescued the gravely wounded young master of the Pei family. As fate would have it, he had lost his memory. This once-privileged son of heaven had fallen into her hands. The clever little owner of the cloth shop put on an act and coaxed him into believing he had once lef 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Spring Plowing, Autumn Harvest 春耕秋收 Xiang Guo comes from the modern world. She has no magic spring and no cheat abilities. Relying only on memories of her past life, she works steadily to make a living. She researches earthworm farming and chicken raising, makes soap by hand, and starts in a small courtyard, gradually building a warm and thriving life. At last, she fulfills the promise she made to herself long ago: turning barren hills into orchards and poor villages into prosperous ones, with chickens roaming in flocks, fruit wei 918Reads6.5Score110Shelves
- 8 My Father Leads the Whole Family in Taking on My Mother-in-Law 我爹带领全家斗我婆婆 Mama's boy + daddy's girl + family squabbles + satisfying wish fulfillment + lighthearted fun + gossip everywhere Ge Jumei, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's household, has four older brothers and is a famous daddy's girl in the capital. Ji Ping'an, heir to the Duke's household, has four older sisters and is a famous mama's boy in the capital. An accident forces the two to get engaged. With a doting father who treats his daughter like a treasure and a mother-in-law who fiercely protects h 20.8kReads8.7Score2.9kShelves
- 9 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Play Blind Box Games 穿越古代玩抽盲盒游戏 Bai Yun, the youngest daughter of the village head in Baijia Village, is getting married! Her husband's family is the Lin family in Linjia Village, ten li from her home. She is marrying the Lin family's Sixth Son, a scholar famed throughout the area. The groom is also the youngest in his family. He has three older brothers, two older sisters, and a younger sister. His brothers are all married and raising children, and with his parents, the household numbers nearly twenty people. Faced with su 941Reads8.1Score106Shelves
- 10 After I Married, I Helped My Husband’s Family Gain Their Freedom and Grow Rich 嫁人后，我带着夫家脱籍奔小富 (The male and female leads are ordinary people from ancient times, with no secret identities. The whole family leaves their life as servants in the Marquis’s household behind and works hard to build a life of their own.) Lin Panqiu had always dreamed of marrying into a family where she could eat her fill and wear nice clothes. She never wanted to go back to a life where every meal left her only half full. So when her eldest cousin returned to her parents’ home to arrange a match for her second c 4.9kReads8.2Score499Shelves
- 11 Gourmet Delights of the Northern Song: I Made a Fortune Through Food 北宋珍馐录，我靠美食发家赚万金 [No romance + alternate Northern Song setting + native-born heroine + food + ensemble cast and everyday life + gradual, steady pacing + building a fortune] A new eatery has opened in Daming Prefecture. Its proprietor is a young woman of fourteen or fifteen, always greeting everyone with a smile. People all say she’s kind. But Chen Heniang doesn’t think she’s a good person. Growing up in a family that favored boys over girls, she stole eggs from the neighbors at seven, learned to cry and lie at e 21.1kReads8.6Score3.2kShelves
- 12 A Leisurely Life in Ancient Times: Bonus Chapters 古代悠闲生活番外 For some inexplicable reason, I transmigrated to ancient times and had only my older brother to rely on. I spend my days growing flowers and tending the fields, living a leisurely life. For some inexplicable reason, I transmigrated to ancient times and had only my older brother to rely on. I spend my days growing flowers and tending the fields, living a leisurely life. 701Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 She Married a Poor Soldier, and the Xie Family’s Sickly Son Recovered 嫁给寒门军卒，谢家病秧子痊愈了 (A slice-of-life story + no transmigration or rebirth, with some family intrigue + farming + food + life on the frontier) The heroine is a native of the ancient world with no golden finger. See how Xie Linlang turns things around in the face of adversity and builds a colorful life for herself. Xie Linlang is the daughter of Xie, a vice minister of revenue. In the capital, where the streets are full of powerful nobles, she still counts as a young lady from a wealthy family. But fate has dealt her 29.1kReads8.6Score1.4kShelves
- 14 The Little Foodie Marries a Hunter: Cat Changdong Eats Meat at Every Meal 小吃货嫁猎户猫长冬顿顿吃肉 [No System, no space, no golden finger. Family squabbles, human warmth, everyday food, farming, no court politics. A cozy, healing tale of ordinary life: the happiness of having enough to eat, drink, and wear. A fictional setting inspired by the Song and Ming dynasties. The troublesome characters only appear at the beginning, and rarely show up later.] To avoid being sold off, Taohua takes her little brother Xiaobao to the Li family courtyard in Baihua Cave. High mountains surround Baihua Cave, 142Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 15 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: My Local Husband Spoils Me Rotten 穿越古代：被本土夫君宠翻啦 Modern-day darling Zhou Shuying transmigrates into the body of Huayu, an exceptionally beautiful maid who was sold off to a remote mountain village out of her mistress's spite. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself locked in a cage like livestock, on sale. A crowd of plainly dressed men stands before her, sizing her up like a piece of merchandise. Shuying really wants to die. But wait, why is there a... handsome guy among them? And he's staring at her like a predator, as if she already belo 717Reads8.2Score132Shelves
- 16 My Whole Family Was Banished to the Wasteland, but Farming Made Me Rich 全家发配荒山，我靠种田家财万贯 [Reclaiming Wasteland + Gathering and Farming + Food + Business + Everyday Family Life + Building Wealth + Ensemble Cast + No Golden Finger] When Lin Xiaotao opened her eyes, she found that she had transmigrated to ancient times. She was now part of a land-reclamation team, heading south with them to clear the wilderness. From the start, she was on the road. She had no pocket dimension and no golden finger, and her whole family had been sent to the mountains to reclaim wasteland. Their house and 382Reads—Score120Shelves
- 17 The Young Heiress 小户千金 Everyone says she’s a lucky charm, and a fortune-teller even predicts that one day she’ll help her father and brothers rise to success. She’s practically become a bringer of good fortune! But being so popular is a problem too: three families have come to propose marriage all at once, and every one of them is determined to win her hand. Oh, she can’t exactly take three husbands like a man with “three wives and four concubines,” can she? The fortune-teller says she should toss an embroidered ball. 23Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 18 Transmigrated to a Farmhouse, Raising a Son to Pass the Imperial Exams 穿越农家，养儿考科举 A modern unmarried man past his prime transmigrates to ancient times, where he has no strength to even wring a chicken’s neck and finds himself on a battlefield from the start. The good news is that the war is about to end, and he’ll soon be able to go home. The bad news is that before he can make it home, the authorities force him into an arranged marriage. He’s barely in his twenties, yet he’s considered an aging bachelor in this ancient world. If he doesn’t marry, he’ll have to pay a head tax 2.9kReads7.0Score192Shelves
- 19 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 197Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 20 I Opened a Food Shop in Bianjing 我在汴京开食铺 Su Tang opens an eatery on Majia Street in Bianjing. Every day, she's either experimenting with new dishes or going out to visit friends. In autumn, there's tea brewed over a brazier, osmanthus sweet-bean paste dumplings, and roasted milk tea with osmanthus honey dumplings. In winter, there's plum-blossom soup noodles, plum-blossom honey, boiled meat and vegetables, and candied hawthorn skewers. In spring, there's osmanthus cake, spring platters, wontons with bamboo shoots and bracken, green ric 736Reads—Score101Shelves
- 21 Transmigrating to the Northern Song: A Wet Nurse’s Daughter’s Life in the Kitchen 穿越北宋：奶娘女儿的厨娘日常 [Farming and Food] [Everyday Street Life] [Slice of Life] A modern girl woke one day in the Northern Song dynasty as the daughter of a wet nurse in an official's household. She watched the scheming around the county magistrate's legitimate daughter, the girl her mother had nursed, the tenth daughter of the Li family. Now called Tan Yawen, with the childhood nickname Wenjie'er, the little girl thought it over and over. Become the tenth young lady's personal maid, as her mother wanted? No, no. Ser 1.3kReads8.1Score119Shelves
- 22 Transmigrate to the Countryside: A Tough Farmer’s Daughter and Her Adoring Scholar Husband 穿越之农门悍妻，秀才夫君他超爱 (One-on-One Romance + Mutual First Love + Transmigration + Historical Farming + Food + Sweet Romance + No Golden Finger) Shen Ning transmigrates to ancient times as a strong but timid, insecure farm girl whose mother and father are both dead. With her seventeenth birthday approaching, she bravely blocks a scholar on the road and picks herself a handsome husband, hoping to avoid being forcibly matched by the authorities. The scholar is said to bring misfortune to his relatives, so the villagers 1.7kReads8.8Score192Shelves
- 23 Transmigrated as a Maid, I Get Rich by Doing Hair and Makeup to Buy My Freedom 穿成小丫鬟，靠梳妆赎身暴富 Reading Guide: [Not a wish-fulfillment story + alternate Northern Song setting + a touch of ensemble cast + everyday commerce + a touch of household intrigue + family life + slice of life] Lin Fengsui transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty as an eight-year-old girl, and lands the position of a hereditary servant in the prefect’s residence. Her mother is a cook in the kitchen, her father is a junior clerk in the accounts office, and she has an older sister who is an embroiderer, two years her 85.9kReads9.1Score13.6kShelves
- 24 At the Widow's Door 寡妇门前 Since ancient times, life has been hard for women, and harder still for widows. Liao Qingge never expected to transmigrate only to find herself saddled with such a headache of an identity. Remarrying is a must, so she’ll have to keep her eyes open and choose the best of a bad lot. Luckily, she finds a widower. They’re both honest, decent people. They start a new family, plant a few acres of land, brew some vinegar on the side, and build a happy, comfortable life together. 972Reads8.8Score108Shelves
- 25 Breaking with My Toxic Family, Buying Mountains and Land to Make Us All Prosper 分家断亲踹极品，买山买地旺全家 [Transmigration] [Marriage Swap] [Farming and Getting Rich] [Face-Slapping] [Devoted Husband] [Fighting Over Her] Li Wanqing, who came from the modern world, transmigrates into the body of Huya, a child bride in ancient times, on her wedding night. She arrives just in time for a dramatic scene of catching an adulterer, and the worst part is that she is the one being caught. Before she can figure out what's going on, she's told her husband has been swapped, and her new groom is the scholar younge 1.4kReads8.2Score133Shelves
- 26 The Legendary Story of the Yun Family 云老二一家的传奇故事 So what if he was kicked out with nothing? Yun Laoer, who had refused to accept his fate since childhood, lets loose completely. All he has left is a house full of sons, but he heads to the wilderness without a care in the world and settles down there. He insists on sending his sons to school and, through hard work and a generous helping of luck, gets into plenty of hilarious scrapes. In the end, he makes his fortune, his son succeeds in the imperial examinations, and they both reach the pinnacl 10.4kReads8.6Score609Shelves
- 27 The Little Landowner Takes a Husband 小地主娶夫婿 The Zhao family had a hundred mu of good farmland and one beloved daughter, Zhao Xuanxuan. Their clan relatives were like wolves and tigers, eyeing the family fortune and waiting to seize it once the household was left without an heir. Zhao Xuanxuan had to protect her family's wealth, and was forced to take the only path left: find a live-in son-in-law! But her relatives obstructed her at every turn. Every promising match Zhao Xuanxuan carefully chose was ruined in the end. Her betrothed was eit 3.6kReads8.9Score396Shelves
- 28 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' 1.8kReads8.8Score227Shelves
- 29 Little Notes from Pocheng 婆城小记 One-sentence synopsis: After transmigrating to a small town, she sells wine to support her family and rises through the imperial exams, bringing the Ming dynasty to life as husband and wife build a humble, lively life together. Chen Jian and Qin Yueyuan, along with their two children, unexpectedly transmigrate to the Jiajing era of the Ming dynasty. Faced with an unfamiliar world, the couple struggle to survive at first, then gradually settle into everyday life among the townsfolk. Drawing on h 3.2kReads8.8Score410Shelves
- 30 Transmigrate to Farm the Land: A Farmer’s Daughter and a Hunter Make Ends Meet 穿越种田，农女和猎户的养家日常 (Transmigration, farming, no golden finger, a slow and steady pace, love growing over time, a simple and cozy life, and everyday family affairs.) * Also known as: Springtime in the Fields * The story stays in a small mountain village. There will be no trips to big cities or the capital! * The heroine is no peerless beauty, just an ordinary person. * Ji Wenhe, an ordinary office worker, wakes up one day to find she has transmigrated. Their poverty is beyond words: a cold, bare cave, not a decent 355Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 31 Du Guo'er and Han Laojiu 杜果儿和韩老九 I’m Du Guo’er, one of the many people who were involuntarily transmigrated. Sorry to disappoint everyone, but I didn’t get a golden finger or snag a pocket dimension. I can only grit my teeth and do whatever it takes to keep myself fed. Gold shines wherever it goes, and even glass can reflect light. So surely I, Du Guo’er, can manage to... get by. Sob, I’m so poor! 3.9kReads8.4Score401Shelves
- 32 The Farm Girl Next Door Has a Little Patch of Land 农家青梅有点田 An ordinary girl from a farming family, Gu Moli met a tragic end in the inner chambers of a wealthy household. Even a year after her death, she still couldn’t understand why the mistress of the household had wanted her dead. After her childhood sweetheart from next door gathered her remains, Gu Moli opened her eyes and found herself back at the moment she had been asked whether she would go to the capital or take some silver and return home. This time, Gu Moli chooses to take the old madam’s rew 861Reads8.9Score101Shelves
- 33 A Farmer's Mother: Raising Seven Kids and Getting Rich Through the Imperial Exams 农门娘亲：养七娃，考科举发大财 After dying horribly in a plane crash, Gu Qinghe opens her eyes to find herself in ancient times, inhabiting the body of a lonely, destitute sixteen-year-old girl. Just as she's getting used to her new identity, her family drags her into a desperate mass flight amid the chaos of war. She gnaws on tree bark, dodges marauding soldiers, and crosses fields of corpses in search of a way to survive. With her modern knowledge, she struggles through a year until a new dynasty is finally established and 4.5kReads7.9Score327Shelves
- 34 Making a Living in Chang'an 穿到长安城养家糊口 The Qiang flute plays bright melodies, while Hu music stirs dancers to their feet. The streets of Chang'an teem with carriages and horses, and visitors crowd together like a woven tapestry. An Tanyin arrives from another world and becomes the eldest daughter of the An family, a Han-Hu family in Chang'an. All she wants is to live peacefully in this vast city with her younger brother and sister. Both her parents are dead, yet even her meager inheritance draws covetous eyes. She lives by the princi 735Reads8.8Score100Shelves
- 35 Forest Blossom 林朵 Lin Duo transmigrated and became a little girl in a poor mountain village, unloved by both her father and mother and at the bottom of the family pecking order. Her life is hard and full of setbacks. Watch her make a life of her own... 1.8kReads8.2Score132Shelves
- 36 The Road After Transmigrating into a Book: The Passerby Who Just Wants to Go Home 穿书之路人甲一心想回去 (Transmigrate into a book + farming + elderly woman + no CP + a touch of spatial magic) Turns out saving a life really does bring good fortune. She transmigrates into a book and becomes an elderly woman with children, grandchildren, and four generations under one roof. Good news: Her husband is dead, and her son is a marquis. Bad news: She’s just arrived, and her son is stripped of his title. Good news: They aren’t exiled. Bad news: The whole family is driven back to their hometown. Good news: T 837Reads7.0Score118Shelves
- 37 A Cozy Life in an Ancient Farming Village 古代农家温馨日常 The everyday struggles of a local couple, warm and sweet, with no nasty relatives. It’s all about ordinary working people striving to build a good life. A pretty, capable young woman from Li Village marries a hardworking, ambitious young man from Wang Village. 1.8kReads8.7Score101Shelves
- 38 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 2.1kReads6.4Score188Shelves
- 39 A Handbook for Raising Kids in Chaotic Times 乱世养崽手札 Ji Xiang transmigrates into the body of Ji Wanxiang, a wicked mother. The original owner's two little ones, both her biological children, are always trying to knock her out and sell her to a child trafficker for money to buy stuffed flatbreads, the kind with meat filling. · She intends to devote herself to raising the children and serving her mother-in-law. But after four years on the run, her good-for-nothing husband returns home to escape the war, bringing the original owner's younger sister a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Whole Village Thrives Thanks to Its Beloved Little Lucky Star 团宠小福星，种田基建旺全乡 [Fictional World] [Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Cherished by the Whole Family] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [Infrastructure Development] In the modern world, Su Nian'an was plagued by illness and spent her whole life confined to bed. She watched countless videos about intangible cultural heritage crafts, but never got the chance to try them herself. One day, her soul returned, and she became the fifth daughter, a foolish girl adopted by the Su family of Shiqiao Village. A red thread binds 34Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Everyone Else Chews Tree Bark in the Famine, While My Family Devours Meat by the Mouthful 荒年家家啃树皮我家咔咔炫大肉 (Ancient-era farming + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + transmigration + space System + family squabbles + building a fortune + devoted to each other) Yiduo transmigrates to an impoverished mountain village in ancient times with her mother. It’s a year of famine, and on top of that, a creditor shows up demanding repayment. If they can’t pay what they owe, she’ll be forced to marry the landlord’s sickly son. After the village head goes to great lengths to mediate, both sides agree that the de 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 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 18.6kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
- 43 Low-Ranking Clerk: Just to Eat Half a Bowl More of Noodles 胥吏：只为多吃半碗面 As the frail, useless third son of a small landowner, he isn't even allowed an extra half-bowl of noodles, so he has to find his own way in life. No System, no golden finger. All he can do is make a living as a peddler. But people have their eyes on his business, and he's powerless to fight back. If you can't beat them, join them. From a hanger-on named Bai Shu to a clerk in charge of official records, he only wants to climb step by step to the highest position... among the clerks. Good or evil 2.5kReads8.3Score248Shelves
- 44 The Orphan Girl and the Scholar 孤女和秀才 [Traditional farming life + Orphaned at three + Her sweetheart breaks off their engagement + Takes down the wicked + Marries a penniless scholar + Devoted husband] Qinglian’s father was a scholar in Qingxi Village, and her mother was a renowned beauty. Sadly, fate took both of them too soon, and they died in an accident when Qinglian was three, leaving their daughter Wan Qinglian an orphan. Brother Hai was betrothed to Qinglian from the time they were in the cradle. Unfortunately, his sharp-tong 120Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 45 The Concubine’s Daughter Takes Her Place: The Regent’s Beloved Princess Consort 庶女替嫁，摄政王的娇宠王妃 [Historical Romance]+ [Marriage Before Love]+ [The Regent Prince Dotes on His Wife] Rumor has it that Regent Prince Qin Jingxiao brings death to his wives. Three princess consorts have already died in succession. Now he is to marry again, and an imperial decree arrives at the home of a low-ranking official of the fifth rank. The legitimate daughter refuses to marry at any cost, so the official’s family dares to pass off a concubine-born daughter as legitimate. To save her mother, who is a servan 1.4kReads—Score139Shelves
- 46 A Transmigrant’s Rise from Humble Beginnings 穿越小门小户发家史 A money-loving, sunny chef heroine VS a reliable, resilient, handsome constable Just after winning the Culinary Association’s “Golden Chef Award,” a chef transmigrates to the Great Ji Dynasty... Li Qiao’an says her greatest talent is cooking, and the thing she loves most is food! Poor? No problem! With a spatula in hand, the world is mine! And maybe I’ll snag a handsome husband to play house with! Crab roe noodles, boiled fish, sweet-and-sour ribs, caramel milk tea, whole roasted lamb... She’ll 215Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 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. 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Daily Life in the Countryside 农家田园日常 Tian Qingqing, a young woman from the Tian family in Xiaohe Village, married Zhao Shitou from the neighboring village. Zhao was twenty and had never married. By a twist of fate, he fell for Tian Qingqing, and a matchmaker brought the two together. After marrying, the young couple worked as a team and built a peaceful, cozy life together. (Please note: This is not a wish-fulfillment story or a story about a strong female lead. It's simply about a young couple in an ancient farming village, pickin 944Reads7.0Score100Shelves
- 49 Small-Town Life After Retiring from Maid Service 当丫鬟退休后的小县城生活 (Completed) [Food-stall heroine + storybook-writing hero + fictional setting + no golden finger + gentle, everyday life] Fifteen years after leaving the He household in the capital, Jiang Yu, a retired maid, returns to Daliu Town with her daughter. She buys a small courtyard and sets up a food stall at the mouth of an alley. In Sweetwater Alley lives a successful candidate who writes storybooks instead of doing anything respectable. Cheng keeps odd hours, sleeping by day and staying up at night. 3.6kReads8.9Score349Shelves
- 50 The Heiress of the He Family 贺府千金 Good heavens, somebody save her! She's only eleven years old! And yet four families have come to ask for her hand: the Minister's residence, the Marquis's manor, the General's household, and even a young prince from a neighboring country. She can't offend any of them! In the middle of the chaos, the young general from the General's household solemnly announces, “Brothers, I'm twenty-one, the perfect age to marry. Today, I'm bringing my bride home!” The suona horns blare as the bridal sedan arriv 653Reads9.1Score101Shelves
