Novels like A Modest Family in Ancient Times
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- 151 Reborn in the 1980s: Starting with Selling Noodles 重生80年代，从卖面条开始 [Made Entirely by Hand] [Period Novel + Food + Cozy Everyday Life + System + Farming] Jiang Jue unexpectedly is reborn in 1989 and takes over his family’s restaurant from the start! In an era short on good food, he’ll give diners a taste of culinary wonders! Noodles with shredded pork and green peppers, noodles with fried pork, Yangzhou fried rice, sea cucumber braised with scallions, Wensi tofu, squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, mapo tofu, dry-fried rice noodles with beef, ginger duck... From nort 150Reads—Score10514d adds
- 152 Growing Melons, Vegetables, and Crops 种瓜种菜种田 The silly girl from the Shi family suddenly isn’t silly anymore. And trailing behind her are five nearly grown boys, who turn out to be her own brothers. The girl leads them to plant melons in the sandy field behind the village. The yard-long beans climb all over their trellises, the greens are tender and fresh, and the grain hangs heavy on the furrows. The neighbors may gossip and bicker, but luckily there’s the open-minded Grandma Shi to keep things in check. They plant in spring and harvest i 8.2kReads8.0Score72214d adds
- 153 From the Start, I Changed My Fate by Selling Braised Meat 开局分家，我靠卖卤肉改命 [Farming + Widow's sister-in-law + Feel-good story + Strong heroine + Building wealth + Putting scumbags in their place, no romance. The male lead is her brother-in-law, but their relationship is familial. The male characters have very little page time, and the heroine's story takes center stage.] Li Yu transmigrated from being a modern handicrafts and food blogger into the life of a poor woman in ancient times whose husband died on their very first day of marriage. To survive, Li Yu split the f 3.2kReads8.5Score29214d adds
- 154 A Maid in Feudal Society 封建社会的丫鬟 Qiu Qi, a million-follower content creator, dies in an earthquake and is reborn in ancient times. After her soul is shaken by the experience, she spends eight years as a fool. When her parents return to their hometown, they abandon her, and she falls into the hands of a procurer, who sells her as a maid to a wealthy household. From then on, Qiu Qi becomes Qiu Qi... 2.5kReads9.1Score21914d adds
- 155 The Day the Chef Left, the Diners Wept Until Their Tears Ran Dry 厨子跑的那一天，食客老泪都流干 Xu Yuan never expected that, as a recent college graduate, he would one day get bound to a System. The System said, “As a chef, your job is to let diners experience delicious food.” Then it added, “But as the creator of delicious food, how can you let work tie you down?” And so... “Ding! This month’s mission: Apply for a job as a restaurant chef, then quit after working for half a month to claim your System reward...” Xu Yuan: “You little schemer!” And so it went. Restaurant owner: “I’m not brag 8.8kReads8.5Score80214d adds
- 156 Farming in Ancient Times: From Debt to Raising... 古代种田：从欠债到养 Note: This story has no golden finger, no System, no spatial realm, and no protagonist aura. It focuses on the real struggle for survival faced by the male protagonist, Li Shitou, whose modern soul transmigrates into another body. Centered on farming, making a living, and family conflicts, it emphasizes the struggle to get by in ordinary life. There is no sudden fortune or wish-fulfillment payoff, only a focus on realism. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Prince's Manor Has a Skilled Cook, and the Young Heir Is Wrapped Around Her Finger 王府厨娘手艺好，小小世子拿捏 [Sweet romance + food + heroine building her career + business management + a little melodrama] [Sweet, clever little chef vs. seemingly innocent but secretly calculating young lord] Ye Zhiwei had just competed in the national cooking championship. After overcoming every challenge, she finally won first place. Before she could even get home to brag to her father, she was hit by a car while helping an old lady cross the street. When she woke up, she had become a little kitchen maid tending the fi 2.7kReads8.4Score29214d adds
- 158 Transmigrate and Flee the Famine, Farming to Bring Good Fortune to the Whole Family 穿越逃荒，种田旺全家 [No Pocket Dimension + No Awful Relatives + Fleeing Famine + Farming + Everyday Family Life + The Whole Family Working Together Toward a Better Future] A PhD in agricultural science wakes up in the body of a farm girl. Nestled between mountains and water, her village is hit by both drought and earthquakes. Her family is loving, and there are no awful relatives. The thousands-of-miles journey to escape famine is fraught with danger. She farms and does business, leading her whole family to a bette 3.6kReads8.3Score32014d adds
- 159 Wherever My Heart Is at Peace, That Is Home 吾心安即吾乡 A few acres of fields, a few children, and chickens, ducks, pigs, and cattle to call my own. -- “Could we go to your home in our next life?” “Are you silly? This is my home! You, the children, and everything else... This is the only place I call home.” 2kReads8.4Score11714d adds
- 160 This Game Was Set Up for You 此局为卿设 This Trap Was Set for You 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 161 The Jilted Eldest Sister Gets Busy Reclaiming the Wilderness 退亲长姐开荒忙 Jilted from the start. He Hua knows this plot all too well. So be it. She couldn’t be happier to call it off. Free of a betrothal and unburdened, He Hua turns around and takes her younger siblings to reclaim wasteland. The barren hills nobody believes in become mountains of gold and silver in her hands. 270Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The General Wants to Lay Down His Armor 将军要卸甲 Before transmigrating, Lin Qi was the owner of a private company. Somehow, she ended up in the Great Qian dynasty, an alternate historical world ravaged by years of war, where the people were suffering and famine had struck. See how she turns her circumstances around and rises to the top… 5kReads9.0Score49714d adds
- 163 On the Upbringing of Noble Daughters 论贵女的养成 [No rebirth or transmigration, a light ensemble cast] [The first part focuses on the everyday family life at the heroine’s maternal home, the Marquisate of Wuyang. The second volume focuses on everyday family life at her husband’s home, the Prince of Xinning’s residence.] Shen Lening is very happy with her life. She never has to worry about anything. Her only daily concerns are what to wear, what to eat, and what to accessorize with. (I’ve written several stories where the heroine’s mother is a 8.1kReads6.3Score74314d adds
- 164 The Lucky Little Princess 福气小王妃 Jiang Muxue: “It's strange. How did I get noticed by the Prince Yu's household after just one trip to a temple?” Before they met, Li Jingheng: “This is ridiculous. I've somehow been engaged without even knowing how it happened.” After they met, Li Jingheng: “This engagement isn't so bad after all.” After they married, Li Jingheng: “Imperial Uncle, I don't want to take any concubines.” Jiang Muxue's ideal life was to have a little money and grow trees and flowers. But she unexpectedly became eng 12.8kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 165 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 73kReads9.3Score7.4k14d adds
- 166 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, the Top Assassin Retires to Farm 穿到古代，顶级杀手她退休种田 Li Yao, a retired assassin ready to enjoy her golden years, wakes up to find she has transmigrated to ancient times and become a notorious shrew. Hands on her hips, howling like a banshee. The villagers call her a terror, and even the dogs take a detour to avoid her. She has four children, her husband is dead, and a famine has struck. They’re so poor they can barely scrape by. Fortunately, Hewan Village lies at the foot of a mountain, and it seems to have everything: pheasants and wild boars, wo 7.1kReads9.1Score58514d adds
- 167 Everyday Ways to Prosper on the Farm 农家致富日常 [Farming + Street Stalls + A Gentle Pace + Everyday Family Life] This is a warm and cozy farming story with no outrageous villains. It's a warm, funny daily-life story about a family focused on making money. There are no villains and no golden fingers. The main characters are ordinary people without any golden fingers, and the whole family works together to build a better life, with a focus on the gentle rhythms of everyday life. At daybreak, smoke rose from the chimneys of many homes in Peach B 13kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 168 Farming in Ancient Times: From Spoiled Brat to the Pillar of the Family 古代种田：从败家子到全家顶梁柱 Reborn as a Farmer’s Castoff: Zhao Lei, a modern office drone, opens his eyes and finds himself as Zhao Sanlang, the third son of an ancient Zhao family, a man who drank, gambled, visited brothels, and beat his wife and children. The original owner was beaten to death over gambling debts. What Zhao Lei is left with is a drafty shack, a silent wife, Liu, a hungry little son, Xiaoshitou, and a pack of awful relatives who constantly call girls “money-losing burdens”: parents who favor sons over dau 10Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 169 Fired and Cheated On, I Become a Chengdu Sensation with a Magical Spring 被开除又被绿，我靠灵泉火遍成都 The Legend of Xiaoman: From Street Stall to a Trillion-Yuan Empire A mysterious old well brimming with the miracle of life, and a comeback that begins at the edge of despair: this is the extraordinary life of an ordinary girl, Su Yuqing, formerly known as Zhao Xiaoman, as she rises from a night-market stall to become a business legend. Down on her luck, she unexpectedly discovers that the ancient well at her old home hides a “spirit spring.” Its water nourishes all things and gives food a soul 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 The Farmhouse Cook: Her Built-In Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty 农家厨娘：自带商店惊艳全朝 [Complete] [Also known as: The Farmhouse Chef: Her Shop Amazes the Entire Dynasty] (Historical romance + sweet romance + food + fleeing famine + adorable child + satisfying read + building a fortune) (A warm family with no troublesome relatives, so enjoy without worry) Jiang Qingqing transmigrates from the 21st century to an impoverished ancient era, where life is incredibly hard. Luckily, she has an adorable little one, a loving family who dote on her, and an all-purpose magical shop! With her 1.1kReads8.9Score10314d adds
- 171 The Gentle Wife of the Lame Young Scholar 跛腿小秀才的温柔妻 [Transmigrate into a Book, Low-Key, Cozy Farming Story, No Golden Finger, Simple Everyday Life, Short Novel of 100,000 Words] * Lan Ruo transmigrates into a book and becomes a young scholar’s wife. The young scholar is injured in an accidental fall and becomes lame. He’s terribly shy and blushes whenever she teases him. She can’t help herself, always wanting to tease him and watch him turn red with embarrassment. Content warning: The pace is fairly quick because this is a short novel. 3.2kReads8.9Score27714d adds
- 172 The Whole Village Knows She's the Grand Secretary's Darling! 全村都知道她是首辅掌上明珠！ Does transmigrating to an ancient village mean you get to enjoy a beautiful pastoral life? No way. Absolutely not. Zhang Zhuzhu had spent years in Zhangjia Village since transmigrating there, living a hard and frugal life. Every so often, she also had to use her wits against her stingy father and dreadful relatives. Zhang Zhuzhu looked up at the bright moon, then down and longed for modern life, often weeping into the wind. One day, a family surnamed Li arrived in Zhangjia Village. The Li family 8.5kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 173 Exiled to the Northern Frontier? I’ll Reclaim the Wasteland with My Reborn Husband 流放北疆？我带重生夫君开荒 [No System, no pocket dimension, transmigrated woman vs. reborn man] [If you want an overpowered golden finger, this isn't for you] [There are children, but if you want a story focused purely on raising kids, this isn't for you] [No political scheming! No household intrigue! No palace intrigue! Not a power fantasy about a strong female lead!] [Some chapters end with short skits where the male lead transmigrates to the modern world; proceed with caution if that's not your thing] Tan Yun transmig 2.2kReads6.3Score29114d adds
- 174 After I Transmigrate, I Build a Fortune with My Stingy Old Dad 穿越后，带着抠门老爹发家致富 [Farming + Beloved by the Whole Family + Daily Life + Food + Alternate World + Transmigration] Liu Changning was transmigrated into her mother’s womb. Her father is miserly to an extreme. Her mother is very open-minded. She is the youngest daughter in the family, with four older brothers. The Liu family is dirt poor. Their house is so shabby they can see the stars through the roof... But ever since this youngest daughter arrived, Old Liu has noticed that the family’s life keeps getting better an 3.2kReads8.6Score25214d adds
- 175 Chen Sanbao's Daily Struggles in Ancient Times 陈三宝古代奋斗日常 A modern-day hoodlum transmigrated into an unknown era and became Chen Sanbao, a member of the Chen family in Chenjia Village, at the foot of the Beilu Mountains! No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no protagonist’s halo. All he has is the everyday struggle of an ordinary person at the bottom of society! The protagonist is far from perfect. He’s impulsive and quick-tempered, has no advanced education or exceptional intelligence, longs for family affection, and feels compassion for the disadva 10.2kReads8.7Score76714d adds
- 176 I Remarried with Mom and Went from Tough Girl to Cutie 跟着娘亲改嫁，我从猛女变萌女 [Transmigration + blended family + everyday family life + growth + cherished heroine + heartwarming + historical romance] No golden finger! This isn’t a power fantasy, just the growing-up story of a clever young girl who transmigrates and follows her mother into a new marriage, learning to build a peaceful life in a blended family in ancient times. In her previous life, Song Lingjun grew up in a modern border-town orphanage, where she was a bit of a handful. Every day, she focused on keeping her 17kReads9.4Score2.2k14d adds
- 177 Abandoned During the Escape from Famine, Her Family Regrets It After She Makes Her Fortune 逃荒被弃，发家后爷奶悔不当初 [Complete] [Fleeing Famine + Spatial Storage + Farming + Building Wealth + Sweet Romance] After Gu Qianqian completed her organization’s final mission, she planned to retire to the mountains and live an ordinary life. Unexpectedly, she died in a plane crash. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in an unknown dynasty and become a pitiful girl whose grandparents were dragging her along the refugee road to trade for food. Her father and brothers were missing, and her frail mother and thr 3.8kReads8.9Score63314d adds
- 178 The Foolish Prince Takes a Bride, and His Wife Is Expecting 傻王娶妻，夫人她鸿孕当头 Chen Xiaoyan’s father, Chen Erniu, found a boy with limited intelligence on the street and brought him home. After a few days at the Chen house, the boy started calling Chen Xiaoyan’s parents “Mom” and “Dad,” and calling her his wife. The Chen family began thinking about having the boy marry into their family, but who could have guessed he was actually Prince Cheng’an? The Chens gave up on the idea, but the prince wouldn’t hear of it. He clung to his wife, always begging her to cuddle him. And t 4.5kReads9.1Score49014d adds
- 179 The Butcher Hated by the Whole Village Spoils Me Rotten 被全村嫌弃的屠户，把我宠上天 Transmigrated orphan girl vs. burly butcher, a striking size difference, an instinctive attraction, mutual flirtation, a pocket dimension, and a journey to wealth. Su Nian: I thought this was just something I had to do, but I never expected to be paired with such a top-notch man. Zhou Ye: Why does my whole body heat up whenever I see her!? 2.1kReads—Score32114d adds
- 180 The Young Couple 小两口儿 [Kind, Capable Chubby Girl × Straight-Laced Bootlicker Li Dabao] [Historical Romance + Premium Novel + Farming + Sweet Romance + Married Life + Countryside + Humble Living + The Husband’s Long Road to Winning Her Back] Pang Ya’s parents arranged a match for her with Li Dabao, a man from the neighboring village who had just been jilted. Pang Ya was secretly delighted. She had been quietly in love with Li Dabao since she was very young. After they married, Pang Ya honored her parents-in-law, treat 4.3kReads9.2Score38314d adds
- 181 A Joyful Gathering 欢喜聚 The joys and sorrows of a blended family in ancient times. [A fictional setting: family life and affection that grows over time] An older half-brother who shares the same father. A younger half-sister who shares the same mother. An older sister they took in. A stepsister and stepbrother with no blood ties, after their mother remarries. Yang Xiyue is somehow thrust into a family with a full set of siblings. Life is hard, and people are complicated. Let’s see how this big family eventually finds a 15.5kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
- 182 Pregnant with Twins, She Remarries a Hunter and Leads His Family to Wealth and Plenty 揣双胎改嫁猎户，带夫家暴富吃肉 [Cozy farming and everyday life + adorable baby + devoted couple + doting husband + family matters + spirit-pet space that lets her understand animals] [Charming young wife * steady, reserved, devoted male lead] Fencing athlete Qiao Wantang transmigrates one day, only to have her whole family pressure her into remarrying a rough hunter! It’s all because her cousin schemed against her, leaving her unexpectedly pregnant with the hunter’s child. Her cousin steals her engagement and marries the elde 13.2kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 183 Transmigrating to Ancient Times, Surrounded by Children and Grandchildren 穿越古代儿孙满堂 It's been adapted into a short drama on the Tomato platform. Come watch! The quality is good, and it's a great viewing experience. I tried it myself! Zhao Qinghu transmigrates to an ancient rural village and becomes a middle-aged man with a house full of children and grandchildren! But his parents favor one child over the others, while his younger siblings bleed him dry! As a fine young man of the modern age, how could Zhao Qinghu let others treat him like a beast of burden? He already has a who 20kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 184 A Small-Town Family Dares to Marry Up? Her Father Deserves a Place in the Imperial Ancestral Temple! 小门小户高攀？她父亲配享太庙！ [Sweet Romance + Transmigration + Devoted Couple + Everyday Life + Protective Husband + Powerful Male Lead] Jiang Mingyue got married. Her husband was talented, exceptionally handsome, able to farm and cook, and possessed every virtue imaginable. He also attracted women wherever he went. At the palace banquet, noblewomen glared at her coldly from one side, while a princess on the other side hoped she would die soon. Jiang Mingyue could barely sit still. “I don’t think I can handle this.” Xie Yu 27.8kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds
- 185 The Childhood Sweethearts Had an Adorably Mischievous Little One 青梅夫妻生了个乖皮小崽崽 [Gentle, Sweet Wife VS Rough, Devoted Tough Guy + Sweet, Well-Behaved Little Rascal] Xiao Qingwan had known since she was old enough to understand that she wasn’t her parents’ biological child. Her birth parents had abandoned her, but she later found adoptive parents who cherished her. She also married the man who had loved her since childhood, and finally had a real home. Scene One After they married, his buddies watched him stick to his wife all day, grinning like a fool. Anyone who didn’t kno 8.4kReads8.9Score55514d adds
- 186 The Escort Agency Heir’s Bookkeeping Husband 镖局少东家的账房小夫郎 The main story is complete [Historical danmei + mutual chastity + the sweet everyday life of a bodyguard agency’s young master and his clever accountant husband] Wolfdog gong × savvy shou + life in an ancient city + a story about a husband who is a xiao-ge'er. Everyone is a native of this world. No System, no golden finger. Cui Liang is a headstrong xiao-ge'er who inherited his adoptive father’s knack for figures. He was born to be a living abacus. Unfortunately, his adoptive father died suddenl 6.3kReads8.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 187 The Sweet Yet Fierce Young Hunter 又奶又狼小猎户 [The main story is complete. The out-of-character sections mentioned in some reviews have all been deleted and rewritten. If you love sweet, doting romance, dive right in!] Warm and affectionate, lighthearted and funny. A younger puppy-like guy who puts all his energy into his big sister. The heroine transmigrates into another body and dotes on a young hunter. The young man drops to his knees before his brother and sister-in-law. “Big Brother, Sister-in-Law, I want her. Please let us be together 2.1kReads7.9Score16614d adds
- 188 I Sold Myself into Servitude! From Little Maid to First-Rank Madam 自卖为婢！从小丫鬟到一品夫人 Born into a new life + maid + ensemble cast + cozy everyday life + slow and steady pace + light harem intrigue A few caveats: not a strong female lead, no golden finger, and an ensemble cast. Lin Sui'an was born into a poor farming family in ancient times. Before she could use the knowledge from her past life to help her family prosper, the harsh realities of life forced her to sell herself. She ended up as a young maid in the Pingning Marquis's residence. Lin Sui'an thought she would never see 34.5kReads8.8Score3k14d adds
- 189 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世！关我穷鬼府兵啥事？ Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.1kReads—Score18814d adds
- 190 Transmigrated as a Pitiful Little Girl in Ancient Times, I Flee to the Mountains to Farm 穿成古代小可怜，逃到深山去种田 [Farming] [Lighthearted] [Infrastructure] [Spatial storage] [Spirit spring] [Transmigration] [Fictional setting] After a car accident, Leng Jing transmigrated into the body of a five-year-old little waif. The moment she woke up, she heard her original body’s aunt and uncle planning to sell the children so they could flee from famine. Leng Jing wasn’t exactly calm about that. Fortunately, there was good news: her older brother and her twin younger brother had transmigrated with her. The bad news? 12.5kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds
- 191 The Blacksmith and the Tofu Maker 大铁匠与豆腐娘 [Farming story + everyday life + food + raising a child + cozy + no pocket dimension or System for the protagonist + seemingly fierce but actually endlessly worrying, devoted dad-like man x free-spirited pampered sweetheart + face-slapping satisfaction] (The leads are both natives. They'll keep living their own quiet lives and won't suddenly become marquises, prime ministers, or emperors.) Of the three hardest livelihoods, there's boat hauling, ironworking, and selling tofu. Mian, a tofu seller 13.1kReads9.3Score1.4k14d adds
- 192 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家！鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8.1kReads7.6Score74614d adds
- 193 Little Tao the Maid's Escape from Famine in a Chaotic Era 丫鬟小桃乱世逃荒记 When Xiaotao was six, her parents sold her to a broker for one mu of land. In the filthy broker’s den, she seized every chance to learn skills that would help her survive, while never losing her kind heart. When disaster struck, she fled thousands of miles from home and turned her life around through sheer perseverance. From a refugee girl to a successful scholar’s wife, she changed the fate of women at the bottom of society with her own hands! (Not a transmigration story, not a rebirth story, 16.8kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 194 Daily Life with the Army in the Early Tang Dynasty 初唐随军日常 [Completed, No Rebirth, No Special Powers, Slow Pace, Includes a Wife] As a woman who had transmigrated, Ming Luo arrived with lofty ambitions. Unfortunately, reality was stronger than she was. The feudal jewel she had once looked up to, the so-called Zhenguan Era, turned out in the end to be nothing more than a glorious age that devoured its people. 9.9kReads8.6Score79914d adds
- 195 Random Stallkeeping: The Fake Legitimate Daughter Gets Tormented by a Rotten System 随机摆摊，假嫡女被烂系统坑惨了 (A very different random-stall story, with a funny and witty style and no angst at all.) Yu Zhizhi got horribly tricked by a terrible System. She closed her eyes and transmigrated into the body of a spoiled, domineering young noblewoman in ancient times. To top it off, she was a fake legitimate daughter. Things went badly from the start, but she was lucky enough to get a System. Then she realized it was a terrible System. Each time, the System only gave her a random location for setting up a sta 11.6kReads8.8Score77614d adds
- 196 Qingshi Pass, Pear Tree Grove 青狮口，梨树林 The Green Lion’s Mouth, the Pear Orchard follows Zhang Yunxi’s life as its narrative thread, setting it against the vast backdrop of a century of change in rural China. In Qingshikou Village, in the land of Xiangchu, it unfolds as an epic etched in the rings of the earth. From the many wars of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, to the farming and pioneering spirit of the early Republican era, to protecting homes and forests during the War of Resistance Against Japan, from collective labor i —Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 197 Reborn in 1987: Hosting Banquets in the Countryside 重生八七：我在农村做大席 I’m the best banquet chef in Rehe Township. Hire me for your feast and I’ll make you look good! A chef and food blogger in the age of big data, he returns to the 1980s to cook village banquets. In a word... nailed it! Don’t look down on village banquet chefs. There’s money to be made, meat to eat, and no end of lively happenings to watch. Li Chun is living a full and happy life. Don’t believe me? Then come on in and see for yourself... 62.8kReads8.7Score3.5k14d adds
- 198 A Lowly County Office Clerk with Kids at Home and No Rice to Cook 穿成县衙小吏，家有儿女等米下锅 [A clerk is no official, and the desk is a mountain of blades] [No errors in the ledger, every stroke of the brush decides joy and sorrow] The male lead had only just transmigrated when someone cracked him over the back of the head. After missing work for three days, he nearly got struck off the rolls. His father thought he was saddled with two useless dependents. His older brother thought he was too inflexible to make money. His fourth younger brother feared his lowly clerk's status would tarni 166.2kReads9.2Score22.8k14d adds
- 199 The Fierce Bride of the Desolate Village 荒村辣媳 Zhao Xiaoman, a modern soul, opens her eyes to find herself a poor village bride whose own mother is forcing her to sign a contract selling her daughter. At the stove, she gets a share of bran-filled gruel while her father and brothers eat white-flour buns. In her despair, she touches the earth and awakens a mysterious golden finger: the Heart of the Earth! She can sense the soil, make crops grow faster, and improve seed varieties. With every advance in her abilities, a mark of the earth is bran —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去！真没想搞大事！ Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 796Reads7.3Score10814d adds
