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- 101 At 23, I Graduated and Went Straight Back to the Village to Farm 23岁的我，一毕业就回村种田 (Lighthearted + Leisurely + Laid-Back + Farming + Everyday Life + No Hostility + No Terrible People) Life isn't just about scraping by. There's also... poetry and the countryside. Grow tea and vegetables, pick fruit in the fields, climb trees to raid birds' nests. Walk the cat, play with the dog, gather mushrooms in the mountains, catch crabs in the river. This novel moves at a slow pace and focuses on everyday life in the countryside. 730Reads6.5Score10514d adds
- 102 The Little Farmhouse in the Mountain Village 山村小农家 [One heroine + farming in a remote mountain village + a mischievous rascal who needs a good beating + magical space + hunting in the mountains + everyday life + lighthearted atmosphere + inheritance of intangible cultural heritage] Go to work? Business trips? Being worked like an ox? Not a chance. Even a dog wouldn’t do it! A sudden plane crash brought Xu Qingmu to the brink of death. By chance, he unlocked the secret of his ancestral square-patterned pendant: hidden inside was a pocket realm, 203Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 103 I Lost the PK, So the Whole Internet Is Livestreaming My Punishment: A Blind Date PK输了，全网直播惩罚相亲对象 [Lighthearted humor + satisfying everyday life + village doctor + invincible pocket dimension + helping the whole village get rich] A young man from the countryside hoped to make money through livestreaming and help support his family. By chance, he met a wealthy young woman from the city. One wanted to escape her family's pressure to marry, while the other saw an opportunity in his wealth. They hit it off and started a business in the village. It began as a small venture, but after the pagod 136Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The First Book by Duan Tianlang, Who Loves Chime Bells 喜欢编钟的段天朗的第一本书 After graduating from university, he returns to his mountain village and inherits the family trade, becoming the village doctor. He spends his days loafing around and neglecting his duties, until a stroke of luck reveals a secret. His life becomes colorful, and happiness comes knocking... 14Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 105 The Strongest Little Divine Farmer 最强小神农 Lintian went up the mountain to gather herbs for his mother and found a mysterious pearl, gaining a portable dimension. At first, all he wanted was a simple life: farm, earn money, give his family a better life, and find a pretty girl to marry. But events kept taking unexpected turns, and one mystery after another began to unfold… 1.5kReads8.2Score16814d adds
- 106 The Carefree Little Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村逍遥小医 Miracle Doctor + Countryside + City Life + Revenge! Three years ago, Huang Dachuan was rescued by the villagers after suffering a head injury that left him mentally impaired. Luckily, Wang Xiangyu took him in. An accident led Huang Dachuan to inherit the legacy of the Chaos Medical Immortal, and from then on, he began investigating the mystery of his origins... 149Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 107 Period: A Centenarian Time-Traveler Storms Tomato in 1955 年代：1955百岁老登闯番茄 [Fully stockpiled, no missed updates] [Period] [Lighthearted] [No fan fiction] [Slow-paced] [Everyday life] A hundred-year-old man kicked the bucket and returned to an era that had left him with so many regrets. He saved his younger sister from an untimely death and cured his battle-hero father. He rescued his third younger brother's bright future and helped his mother live happily. And then there was the woman he'd been thinking about for eighty years. I won't let you down again. See how Yu Hua 77.3kReads7.6Score5.6k14d adds
- 108 Starlight Farm: Growing My Way to Billionaire Status! 星熠农场：种植种出个亿万富翁！ Huang Xingyi should have had a bright future, but he was struck by lightning during a class outing before graduation. He was unconscious for half a month and lost the good job he had already signed a contract for. While recovering back in his village, Huang Xingyi resolutely chose to make his fortune by raising snails. Watch as he overcomes every obstacle and builds his own Xingyi Farm! 440Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 109 Livestreaming with Grandma 我和姥姥一起做直播 After divorcing, Wen Huilin returned from the capital to her hometown in the Northeast. She started streaming cooking with the grandmother who raised her, documenting everyday rural life and sharing endless fun. Over time, her fans grew dissatisfied and urged her to start a company selling agricultural products. Wen Huilin came up with all sorts of excuses to turn them down, and so began the tug-of-war between streamer and fans! 282Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 110 A GDP of Ten Trillion, and You Call This the Countryside? GDP十万亿，你管这叫农村？ [Rural Development]+ [Cutting-Edge Tech]+ [Rural Revitalization] After graduating from college, Yang Chen lost a million yuan after mortgaging his home to start a business. Unexpectedly, he activated the Village Entrepreneur System. But the System said Yang Chen had to get his parents' permission and convince them to let the Host start a business in the village. Yang Chen immediately refused. But the System's rewards were just too good: it would pay off his million-yuan debt and give him a Diamo 147Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 A Rich Heiress Woke Up in the Body of an Ordinary Working-Class Girl 豪门千金一觉醒来魂穿草根普女 A mishap sends Yao Jinling, a wealthy heiress, into the body of an ordinary woman from humble beginnings who is struggling to make ends meet. What seems like the start of a nightmare also marks the beginning of her legendary comeback. At work, she fights her way from an oppressed intern to someone who proves her worth and shatters prejudice. In love, she decisively dumps her “toxic” boyfriend, then stays true to herself amid a tangled love triangle. On her entrepreneurial journey, a lack of fun 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Back in the Village to Farm: My Bracelet Holds a Pocket Dimension 回村种田：我的手镯带随身空间 [Livestreaming + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Rural Prosperity + Slow Burn + Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure] Right after graduation, Jiang Zhi found herself in a nightmare scenario from the start: her mother was hospitalized for surgery, and she hit a wall at every turn in the big city. She made up her mind: No more rat race! She'd go back home, take over fifty mu of wasteland, and become a carefree farm owner! She thought she'd be stuck in a backbreaking life with her face to the soil and her 2.8kReads6.8Score33414d adds
- 113 Desert Transformation: Shocking the Whole World 沙漠改造之震惊全世界 (Farming) (System) (Desert) Wang Beichuan wins 240 million in the lottery and, by a twist of fate, activates the Desert Reclamation System. Determined to be the protagonist, he spends a fortune leasing 100,000 mu of desert. 403Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 114 Men and Women in Seclusion 隐居男女 Florist Xiao Xue is making her own way in the city. Life is sometimes sweet and sometimes a complete melodrama. As she gets older, the dream deep in her heart grows stronger: to find a soulmate and build a secret garden for the two of them in the countryside or the mountains, where they can live in seclusion. It has been Xiao Xue’s dream since childhood. Before long, she meets Mu Tong, a musician. Can they find happiness in a secluded life together? 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Then I'll Go Back to the Village and Farm 那就回村种地 After the workplace devoured her, she used a hoe to make her whole village famous. She entered the workforce full of hope, only to run headlong into a cold reality. A well-connected colleague easily snatched away the position she had fought so hard to earn. Her sleazy boss’s harassment clung to her like a curse, and she nearly ended up being offered to a client as a “gift.” Just as she was giving in to despair, news that her beloved uncle back home, who had cared for her like a father, had sudde 1.6kReads8.7Score14614d adds
- 116 Tales of a Bandit Woman from Northeast China 东北乡女匪事 The story begins at the Chen family mill A steadfast, valiant bandit chief; a bold and easygoing rogue who seduces a pretty widow; a sinister, scheming dwarf fairy maiden; two daring, sharp-tongued female bandits; a meek child bride who is also a poison doctor; a loyal and ruthless casino owner; a glamorous undercover agent who charms Japanese officers; a spirited mother and resistance fighter... These vivid lives tell the story of how ordinary people struggled against the cruelty and devastat 251Reads7.0Score10114d adds
- 117 Stories of the Farmers 农民那些事 [Modern city + period setting + farming] Xing Ruyi is an ambitious young man who refuses to accept a life of poverty and backwardness. He leads the people to prosperity by farming, raising fish, opening factories, and building businesses. Through hard work and perseverance, he overcomes every obstacle and ultimately rises to great heights, becoming utterly unstoppable. 1.1kReads9.0Score23714d adds
- 118 Starlight Over Yunling 云岭星光 After popular actress Ning Xin is betrayed by her boyfriend Lin Rui and her public image falls apart, her manager sends her off to the remote mountain village of Qijia Courtyard B&B to lie low. There, she falls in love with the owner over time, while becoming involved in rural revitalization, raising children, and a series of other stories… 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 After Twenty Years of Toil, I’m Done Being Your Family’s Workhorse 操劳二十年！不再当你家的牛马了 [Reborn in the 1970s + Feel-Good Revenge + No Golden Finger + Everyday Life + Ordinary People + Family Affairs] In her previous life, Ye Yating was naive and clueless. Her adoptive mother married her off to a remote backwater, and Ye Yating spent years believing her husband's honeyed words and thinking he truly loved her. No matter how badly her mother-in-law tormented her or how often her husband beat her, a few sweet words from him were enough to make her forgive him without complaint. Even af 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Family on the Cliff 崖上人家 [Farming + Hunting + Taking Refuge in the Mountains] The struggle of ordinary people to survive in a tumultuous age. After a string of natural disasters strikes the north, masses of refugees head south, and taxes rise in the south. The seven counties of Qingjiang Prefecture are hit by the calamity of forced labor: men are gone from every household, and white mourning banners hang at every door. When refugees arrive as well, countless families flee into the mountains. 56.6kReads8.3Score3.8k14d adds
- 121 The Carefree Soldier King in the Countryside 逍遥兵王混乡村 A peerless soldier king returns to the countryside, where all the young villagers have left to work elsewhere, leaving vast tracts of farmland abandoned. Starting from nothing, he clears the land and grows crops, using mystical arts to cultivate vegetables and discover new business opportunities. His superb medical skills save lives, too. Who says young people can’t farm? Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, he is reborn. The day the soldier king returns is the day his battle sword is reforged. 2.2kReads8.5Score26914d adds
- 122 Shenzhen, 1996: The Glamorous Life of a Migrant Worker 96深圳：风流打工人生 [1990s urban life + rags-to-riches rise + entrepreneurial business wars + highly intelligent heroines + beautiful women by his side + airtight logic] In 1996, Qin Lang, a retired special forces king, heads south to Shenzhen and seeks out his childhood sweetheart, Lin Wanqing. He starts out as a security guard at an electronics factory. From the factory gate and rework materials to Huaqiangbei, Hong Kong businessmen, foreign trade, startups, and going public, every step is full of opportunity. Al 3.1kReads7.2Score23914d adds
- 123 The Countryside: The Village Young Master's Extraordinary Life 乡村：村少的妖孽人生 A country boy despised by the village chief's wife gets involved with a wealthy young man's woman in town. When the affair is exposed, he has no choice but to flee the town in the dead of night and seek his fortune elsewhere. Will he live in obscurity from then on, or fight his way to a life of wealth and glory? 15.5kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 124 The Deadly Rose: Love, Hate, and Revenge 夺命玫瑰之爱恨情仇 [Rural]+ [Period]+ [Romance]+ [Revenge]…. In the 1990s, college student Yin Meigui gave up her promising future and willingly married Zhang Sheng, a simple, honest farmer. Ever since she arrived in the village, villagers who had come into contact with her began dying one after another in mysterious circumstances, without warning or a trace left behind. The police were at a loss, and the whole village was gripped by panic. Everyone suspected she was the killer, yet no one could find a shred of ev 262Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 125 The Wild Boy of the Countryside 山野浑小子 Lin Sheng, a country boy, was knocked into a lake by the vicious village chief. He thought he was doomed, but instead he encountered a fallen Medicine God. Not only did he gain the Medicine God’s golden body, he also fused with a rare treasure from the Three Realms. From then on, the country bumpkin began his incredible comeback! Got an injustice to settle? Go to Brother Sheng, who loves beating up the children of villains. Having a hard time making ends meet? Go to Brother Sheng, and he’ll put 183Reads9.1Score11414d adds
- 126 The Top-Ranked Streamer's Comeback 榜一逆袭 Lin Yuan is a college graduate from a farming family. With no job after graduation, he reluctantly becomes a delivery courier. On his very first day taking orders, someone kicks him hard. Later, after being betrayed in love, he scrimps and saves to spend money tipping a livestreamer, becoming her top supporter. After struggling through it all, he successfully combines modern logistics with rural e-commerce, going from a courier who gets kicked around to the person his whole village needs most. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 I Activated the Emperor System and Was Attacked by Ten Ex-Girlfriends 激活帝王系统，被十个前女友围攻 [System] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Rural Development] + [Cultivation] + [Contributing Everything to the Nation] Mu Chen spent five years breaking up with ten girlfriends, all to activate the ridiculous System that came with his transmigration. Who knew it would turn out to be a ridiculous “Emperor System,” requiring him to bind himself to an imperial palace and unify the world! Unify the world? Even Yuan Datou’s coffin lid can’t hold him down! Forced to flee back to his island hometown, he discov 210Reads—Score12014d adds
- 128 The Little City Villager 都市小村民 A young man from a mountain village unexpectedly obtains the ancient divine artifact, the Map of Mountains and Rivers. Inside it are a pool of immortal water and two acres of spiritual fields. Growing vegetables, raising fish, and selling ginseng make wealth and prestige easy to come by. Searching for treasure, going on adventures, and charming beauties make for a carefree life full of fun! Leaving behind the bustle of the city, he finds freedom and contentment in the countryside! 1.7kReads8.4Score16214d adds
- 129 After My Husband's Death, the Domineering CEO Fell for Me, a Mom With a Child 亡夫后，霸道总裁爱上了带娃的我 At thirty-eight, Yang Mengmeng is a widow who stands on her own two feet. She shoulders the burden of raising her two children by herself. Perhaps because she cannot forget her late husband, she never remarries. Instead, she goes into the mountains to gather and trade wild goods. Only she knows how hard it is for a young woman to run a business. Then one day, she accidentally enters the wrong hotel room, and everything changes... 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 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 125Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 131 Modern Countryside: My Idyllic Country Life 现代田园：我的悠然田园生活 After an accident, the heroine decides to find a beautiful, peaceful place where she can live the countryside life she has always dreamed of, working from sunrise to sunset. She'll raise a few little animals, do the things she loves, and enjoy a leisurely, carefree life. (This story is entirely fictional. Please don't take it seriously.) 174Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 The Miracle Doctor Returns to the Village and Helps His Mentor's Wife Get Rich 神医回村，带师娘发家致富 Lin Xiaochuan, a village doctor, is framed by the local tyrant. His family is destroyed, and he himself spends three years in prison. After his release, he returns to the village to take revenge on the tyrant. Using his extraordinary medical skills and other talents, he makes a fortune and leads the women of the village to prosperity. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 A House or Two by the Flowing Waters 流水声中一两家 The story spans the 1940s through the year 2012. It follows an outsider through famine and displacement, the Cultural Revolution, the Sino-Vietnamese self-defense counterattack, and more, alongside the tragic fate of an ordinary rural woman. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Reborn in 1988: Building a Fortune with Crawfish 重生1988：从小龙虾开始致富 Comedy + everyday life + one female lead + family squabbles + farming and livestock + business rivalry + nostalgic memories of the post-80s generation Zhang Jiang is reborn and refuses to be anyone's fool. He raises crayfish, chickens, and ducks, and plants a few fruit trees. Then he adds 100 million in savings. He leads the whole village to prosperity and a better life. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 A Couch Potato's Post-Disaster Farming Journal 咸鱼灾后种田记 Post-disaster farming + food + adorable pets + pocket dimension. A lighthearted, feel-good farming story, with a sweet, healing tale of cute pets that's perfect to read before bed. There is a male lead, but the romance doesn't get much attention and develops quickly (fair warning, please don't complain!). Disaster strikes, and the city collapses in an instant. An unknown global virus causes humans to mutate, dividing them into New Humans, Old Humans, and Mutants. Everything people eat and drink 395Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 136 Ling Yuntian's 2nd Book 翎云天的第2本书 A new work is here! Everyone can head over to Tomato Novel to read my stories. I hope you'll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1.2kReads8.9Score16814d adds
- 137 Flowers Bloom in the Mountains 山间花开 Xu Ergou, a good-for-nothing from a poor mountain village. But he firmly believes that poverty is nothing to be ashamed of, and that a true man must know when to bend and when to stand firm. He gathers wild produce and mushrooms, opens a restaurant that becomes a huge hit, and gets down to business. With the neighbor, the village doctor, and the policewoman, he weaves a web of connections. At the same time, a secret dating back a hundred years suddenly comes to light, completely changing his lif 64Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 138 I Turned My Hometown Into a Model Village for the World 我把家乡打造成全球模范村 After graduating, Lu Qiqi of Longquan Village unexpectedly binds herself to the Rural Revitalization System. Ding! The Host has been awarded 1 billion in cash. Ding! The Host has been awarded a bionic human. Ding! The Host has been awarded Wolong Grand Canyon. Ding! The Host has been awarded Longquan Rice Industry. With the System's support, Lu Qiqi embarks on a grand undertaking to give back to her fellow villagers and build up Longquan Village. Mutual devotion, one male and one female lead, fe 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Back to the 1970s with a System: First a Village Doctor, Then a Boxer 带着系统回七零：先当村医再练拳 Adapted for screen by Tomato Real Person! [Period] [Cute pets] [System] [Spirit Spring] [One female lead] [Feel-good power fantasy] Reborn in the resource-scarce 1970s, Lu Han unexpectedly bound himself to a System space. Its Spirit Spring nourished crops, its black soil yielded abundant harvests, and its shelves were stocked with supplies. On one hand, he used the space's treasures to improve his family's life, building a brick house and stockpiling grain to make their days prosperous. On the o 3.3kReads7.9Score22814d adds
- 140 A Village Doctor with a Pocket Dimension: Cultivating Immortality, Farming, and Walking the Dog 小村医空间在手，修仙种田遛遛狗 [Countryside + Pocket Dimension + Everyday Life + Miracle Doctor + Prosperity + Invincible] Han Weidong divorces his wife, loses his job, and plans to return to his village and lie flat. Then, by chance, he inherits the legacy of a Great Emperor. The day after he gets back, his ex-wife’s younger sister suddenly shows up... “Brother Weidong, I heard you got divorced?” “My mom said you’re a great son-in-law. She doesn’t want a replacement!” 106.2kReads7.9Score6.7k14d adds
- 141 Divine Healer, Max-Level Menace! 神医，满级凶猛！ (Rural wish fulfillment + invincible dual cultivation + every heroine joins his harem + complete, top-quality read. Binge it for a satisfying ride!) A bizarre past, a mysterious stroke of fortune, and a life-changing opportunity draw female assassins, A-list superstars, mysterious organizations, and many others into the fold as Ma Qiulong's life takes off... Thanks to him, every household in Peach Blossom Village becomes worth over a hundred million. He single-handedly transforms economically ba 32.5kReads8.6Score4.1k14d adds
- 142 The Divine Farmer of the Mountains 山野神农 Lin Nan, a country boy from a mountain village, is framed by others but unexpectedly gains an ancient inheritance. Not only does he acquire miraculous medical skills, he also learns how to make a fortune and lead the villagers down the road to prosperity. As Lin Nan ventures farther into the world, he uncovers a shocking secret about himself... 2.5kReads9.1Score35614d adds
- 143 The Eccentric Little Miracle Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村妖孽小神医 [For adult readers only + a completed, top-quality novel to binge in one sitting] After Zhao Wuji gains the legacies of medicine and martial arts, his life takes off. He leads every household in the village to prosperity. He’s a good-hearted man, but also someone you really don’t want to offend… 3.1kReads8.8Score42414d adds
- 144 After Quitting My Job and Returning to the Village, the Big Shot Next Door Carried Me Home 辞职回村后，被隔壁村大佬抱回家 [A CEO Returns Home to Invest + A Carefree Little Bunny Seeking a Peaceful Retirement + The Slow, Gentle Pace of Rural Life] Jiang Zao was a hard-working wage slave. After graduating, she spent three years working as a substitute elementary school teacher in Z City. It looked like she worked from seven in the morning to six at night, but she was swamped with work and paid a pittance. She promptly quit and returned to her hometown. There, she discovered that the village heartthrob next door was i 9.2kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 145 What the Village Beauty Can't Say 村花不能说的事 The village beauty is the dream goddess all the men in the village adore. What secrets will she experience after she gets married, the kind no one can talk about? She's so beautiful. Will married life bring her happiness and bliss? 1.7kReads6.6Score12514d adds
- 146 I Returned to the Village and Found a Daughter: The Village Guardian Makes a Million a Day 回村捡个女儿，守村人一天一百万 [Tycoon]+ [Infrastructure Building]+ [Doting Dad]+ [Rural Life] Chen Zhuo returned to his village for a funeral. When he adopted a little girl, he triggered the Village Guardian System. As long as he stays in the village, the System rewards him with one million yuan every day. If he contributes to the village by increasing its population, raising its profile, or building public facilities, he earns contribution points that can be used for prize draws. The prize draws can grant all kinds of skill 387Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Tomato-Fried Peanuts' Fourth Book 番茄炒花生的第4本书 [Rural Miracle Healer + Get Rich + Build a Hidden Paradise + Irresistible Charm + Punish Evil] With a divine hoe in hand, the world is mine! Dig a little every day, and find treasure galore! Gain hordes of followers, and plenty of adoring fans! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Lameyue 腊月儿 A man at the very bottom of society. An ordinary story about an ordinary person. He is right there beside you. He might even be you. Life is like a glass of liquor. The longer it sits, the richer it becomes. Light a cigarette, lift your glass, and let's savor it slowly. 4.7kReads8.9Score37214d adds
- 149 The First Book by Langli Xiao Long 浪里小龙的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2.6kReads8.9Score28314d adds
- 150 Country Life: I Turned My Hometown into a Peach Blossom Paradise 山野村夫：我把家乡打造成桃花源 [Comeback and demon-slaying] + [rural farming] + [Qilin pet] + [spatial spirit talisman] + [fantasy in the middle] + [fictional modern setting] + [rooting out evil] Yu Fei accidentally finds a spatial stone talisman. The spiritual water in its pocket dimension can speed up the growth of vegetables and medicinal herbs! Yu Fei uses the spiritual water to grow vegetables and herbs, and soon his family is on the road to prosperity. As his operation expands, Yu Fei rents farmland from many villagers 10Reads—Score—14d adds
