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- 101 A Maid’s Daily Life in the Northern Song Dynasty 北宋丫鬟日常 [Slice-of-life + ensemble cast + a little family intrigue + slow burn + no romance] Mingzhu transmigrates and discovers she has arrived in a family of officials in the Northern Song dynasty. Her father is the chief steward of the outer household, her mother manages the inner household, and her elder sister is a first-class maid in the eldest young lady’s rooms. She has plenty to eat and wear, and people to wait on her. Among the servants, she has one of the best backgrounds. Mingzhu had planned 8.2kReads7.2Score97714d adds
- 102 Two Beauties in a Chaotic Age: A Maid's Survival Guide to the Inner Household 乱世双姝：丫鬟的后宅生存录 Keywords: Maid, Sisters, Surviving in Troubled Times, Household Intrigue Author’s Note: I’m preparing to run a book test soon. The platform is giving my book some exposure, but it’s driving me crazy. They’re keeping it on life support with a measly hundred or two hundred views. These next few days will decide everything. If the book takes off, I’ll stick to the original plan and write a long novel of around a million words. The original setup spanned four generations. The two heroines would rise 237Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 103 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 5kReads8.2Score52314d adds
- 104 Gourmet: Starting with Selling Braised Dishes in the Countryside! 美食：从下乡卖卤味开始！ [System Golden Finger + Gourmet + Everyday Business + Farming] Ji Yanming quits his job and returns to his village to care for his elderly grandfather and start a business, never expecting to bind to a Gourmet System. The god-tier braised-food recipe he gets in the beginner’s gift pack sends him soaring right from the start. So Ji Yanming begins selling braised food in the countryside, traveling from village to village and becoming a favorite with adults and children alike. Before long, his fame 789Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 105 The Dowry Maid: The Powerful Minister's Heir Dotes on Her and Takes Her as His Wife 陪嫁丫鬟，权臣世子强宠为妻 One true pairing, both untouched. Jiang Ling’s Story Jiang Ling was born into the declining Duke Lu’s household as a little maid. The family’s fortunes were fading, its ranks crowded, and the masters sold off their surplus servants every year to cut costs. Jiang Ling didn’t want to become a piece of merchandise passed from owner to owner. So she worked hard to become the best maid there was. She achieved outstanding results as a maid, only for the household to suddenly rise to prominence after b 676Reads7.3Score10314d adds
- 106 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... 1.6kReads8.2Score12014d adds
- 107 The Young Master Heads North 公子向北 A story about transmigrating into an alternate dynasty, with a Ming Dynasty setting. Maid + personal growth + exile + a small pocket dimension. A heartwarming story, not a power fantasy. Includes adorable kids and close friends. Jiang Xiaoman transmigrates as a little girl being sold during a famine. She witnesses people eating one another to survive the hunger. Looking at her small frame and pretty face, she doesn’t dare run away and is sold to the Duke’s mansion. Once she arrives, she starts t 1.7kReads8.2Score19514d adds
- 108 The Trial Bride: The Abstinent Heir Spoils Her Without Restraint 试婚丫鬟，禁欲世子独宠无度 On the day of the grand wedding at the Duke's residence, Song Cuiyue took the prime minister's daughter’s place and shared a bed with the heir. After just one night, he couldn't get her out of his mind. After her family was destroyed by the prime minister's household, she went to great lengths to become one of their maids. For years, she endured humiliation and hid her hatred as she served them, all so she could begin her revenge in earnest on this day... She used the prime minister's daughter' 287Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 109 The Fat Woman Fights Back and Makes a Fortune, Just You Wait! 肥婆翻身把钱赚，要你好看！ What?! A beauty who just slimmed down to 88 jin has transmigrated into a huge 160-jin woman?! Her fiancé looks down on her for being fat and ugly, humiliates her, and breaks off their engagement. No matter. This chubby girl can shine all on her own! She can lose weight and make money at the same time, trading life as an illustrator for work in ancient times. She transforms in style, leaving scumbags and fake sweethearts in the dust. Come one, come all, noble ladies and young misses! My slimming 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Little Yan's Springtime: Warm, Simple Joys on the Farm 【小燕逢春，农家清欢暖】 The hardships of life wore away her innocence, and a lifetime of tribulations shattered her tenderness. A fleeting dream of a butterfly sent her spirit soaring away on feathered wings. She escaped the countless pains of the mortal world and shed the scars it had left behind. In the end, she abandoned its turmoil and suffering, following the longing in her heart to reunite with her loved ones and find a home filled with warmth and the comforts of everyday life. There would be no more bullying, no 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 Getting Rich Selling Glutinous Rice Balls in Another World 在异世界卖糯米饭暴富 [Business + food + transmigration + Western fantasy + low magic + ensemble cast + nonhumans + 1v1] Lin Wenyi inherits her grandmother’s breakfast shop and unexpectedly gains the ability to travel between the real world and another world. She decides to open a shop and do business there. A devoted admirer of good looks, she hires one gorgeous employee after another: a handsome fish-man who can sing, a cat beastman who’s a great cook and fighter with the nurturing instincts of a househusband, and 144Reads—Score10114d adds
- 112 The Sold Maid Redeems Herself but Doesn’t Go Home 被卖小丫头赎身不回家 Bai Huanxi, a farmer’s daughter, was sold by her parents to be a maid when she was little. She endured hardship after hardship and fought with all her might to leave the household, asking only for a quiet, ordinary life. But life doesn’t go as planned! She thought escaping her status as a slave would mean a fresh start. Who could have guessed that the moment she stepped out of the household, she would instead be swept into one struggle after another...? 30Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 113 A-Hao the Maid's Life of Wealth and Comfort 小丫鬟阿好的富且贵日常 When Guan Jiu was born, the sky was filled with rosy clouds. The midwife said she was a bringer of good fortune. When she was five, a flash flood destroyed her village and killed her family. To save her friends, she sold herself into servitude, and a matchmaker sold her to the Duke of Weiguo’s residence in the capital. She became the senior maid who attended to the Fourth Young Master, Lu Mingzhi, in his study, the secret author of Anjing’s bestselling storybooks, and a successful businesswoman. 2.4kReads9.0Score26014d adds
- 114 A Retired Maid's Everyday Life Raising Children 退休丫鬟的养娃日常 [No pocket dimension + no System + adorable children + ordinary, cozy daily life] Gu Xiaoyu is a little embroiderer from a wealthy household. She has survived for years by keeping her head down and has no ambition to climb the social ladder. When she leaves the estate, she chooses the best all-around match among her many suitors: a young physician. Ji Ziyan spotted a little maid at the estate while making a house call with his master. When he later realized he had a chance, he acted quickly and 5.1kReads7.3Score43914d adds
- 115 Empresses in the Palace: From Lowly Maid to First-Rank Palace Maid 甄嬛传：从粗使婢到一等大宫女 A die-hard fan of Empresses in the Palace suddenly dies and transmigrates into a slave trader’s den. The person who comes to buy servants for the master’s household is actually surnamed Nian? To stay alive, she becomes the lowliest maid in Miss Nian’s household. With the Nian clan destined to fall, Wu You can only climb the ranks while carving out a way to survive. 1.8kReads8.2Score14414d adds
- 116 Transmigrated into a Maid, I Became the Duke of Zhenguo's Beloved 穿成小丫鬟，我被镇国公独宠了 After transmigrating, Su Yan becomes a low-ranking maid in the marquis’s household. Fortunately, hers is the kind of position she can buy her way out of. To earn enough money for her freedom, she works her way up to become the personal maid of Yu Siwei, the marquis’s legitimate daughter, and accompanies her when she marries into the Duke of Zhenguo’s household. There she meets Shen Yi, the Duke of Zhenguo, and the two develop feelings for each other. But their stations are worlds apart, and he i 4kReads9.1Score32714d adds
- 117 Sold by Her Stepmother into a Secluded Household, She Clings to the Mistress of the House 被继母卖进深宅，她抱紧主母大腿 Having a father who doesn’t love you isn’t scary. Being sold off by your stepmother isn’t scary either. What’s truly terrifying is stepping into a grand household and becoming a little girl with no one to depend on! Beatings, scoldings, and cold stares are all part of everyday life. But so what? Everyone says this is fate, but Manyue refuses to believe in fate. Follow the heroine’s difficult journey from an innocent little maid to the capable and shrewd head steward serving the mistress of the h 567Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 118 A Hundred Million from the Start, Then I Transmigrated into a Marquis’s Maid 开局一亿巨款，穿成侯府丫鬟 Jiang Yunrong is rich, with a hundred million from her previous life; beautiful, the most beautiful woman under heaven; and blessed with a golden finger that lets her enjoy Pinduoduo anytime, anywhere. There’s just one problem: she’s become the personal maid in the study of the illegitimate eldest son of the Marquis of Yongyi in the Great Wei dynasty. She has no property rights and no right to life, and in this grand mansion, any of her masters might drag her into a room and force themselves on 3.4kReads8.8Score38614d adds
- 119 The Fortunate Maid Is Forced to Climb the Ranks 有福侍女被逼一路高升 [Historical political intrigue, a woman’s growth, a rise from the bottom, palace intrigue, a career-focused story with little romance, satisfying reversals, a steady pace, and a strong female lead] A fictional world The extraordinary life of Lin Wei, an orphan in the Great Yao Dynasty. At six, amid a famine, she sells herself into the Duke’s manor as a servant. Thanks to her quick wits, she rises step by step from a lowly maid, earning the Old Madam’s trust. At fifteen, she refuses to become a c 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Unemployed? The Gourmet System Takes Me Straight to the Top 失业？美食系统直接带我飞 [Gourmet System + Golden Finger + Ordinary Person Quietly Making a Fortune + No Romance] Li Beibei is an utterly ordinary university student, and her transition from graduation straight to unemployment goes perfectly smoothly. After yet another failed job application, Beibei gets on her knees and begs every god in sight to grant her a job. She knocks her head so hard that, with a clang, heaven drops a Gourmet System and a small, upgradable shop into her lap. Before she can even celebrate, she di 103Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 I’m Lin Yi’s Born-In Servant, but She Refuses to Accept Her Fate 我是林弋家生子她不认命 Historical romance + Memories from birth + Family intrigue + Pampered by the whole family + Exceptional martial arts + Woman general In her previous life, her parents abandoned her, but she was fortunate enough to become a special forces soldier. Then, during a mission to save one of her subordinates, she lost consciousness for good... When she opened her eyes again, she was a cherished young lady with both parents and doting older brothers, yet she faced the fate of being born into a servant fa 483Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 122 The Young Lady Is the Empress Dowager, and She’s Got My Back 小姐是太后，她罩我 Yu Yan, a transmigrator from another world, was unlucky enough to become a maid, but fortunate enough to serve a kind family. She and her young mistress, Su Fenglan, grew as close as sisters. Yu Yan shared her modern, independent outlook with Su Fenglan, encouraging her to seek freedom and equality. Together, they dreamed of making a living through business and traveling the world. However, imperial interference shattered their peaceful lives. Faced with the harsh reality of being selected to e 29Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 123 Reborn as a Market Town Girl, I Open a Shop and Make a Fortune 穿成市井小娘子开店发家记 [Humble Life + Time Travel + Food + Opening a Shop + Power Fantasy + Lighthearted] Set in an imaginary dynasty, so don’t worry about historical accuracy. Food takes center stage, with the plot playing a supporting role. The story is cozy and mellow throughout, with no dramatic ups and downs. It’s about everyday life and making a better living. The plot and characters are fairly ordinary, so it’s a good read when you’re bored. In her previous life, Jiang Yao lived alone through five years of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The First-Rank Lucky Girl and Her Maid 一品福女小丫鬟 [Farming · Easygoing · Clear-Headed Heroine] When she wakes up, she has transmigrated into the body of a pitiful orphan with no father or mother. She expects life to be miserable after selling herself into the prince’s residence, but the household turns out to be wealthy and comfortable, with a kind old madam, supportive young ladies, and a brother who dotes on her. There’s even workplace life in ancient times. Jian Xi saves up money, buys a house, and acquires farmland, all to build a better li 2.2kReads8.4Score15514d adds
- 125 The Soft and Beautiful Woman Reborn in the 1980s 娇软美人重生八零 [Slice of life + slow burn + reborn + sweet romance + rugged man + farming + period setting + 1980s + prosperity + raising children + small restaurant] Overnight, Su Tiantian is reborn in the 1980s. With fair skin, exquisite looks, a slim waist, and long legs, she’s the prettiest soft-spoken beauty for miles around. Yet at her in-laws’ home, she’s bullied mercilessly, and she and her two children barely have enough to eat. Su Tiantian thinks she can’t go on living like this! She packs her things 287Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 126 After the First Minister Was Exiled, I Ran Off with Him 首辅流放后被我拐跑了 A tale of exile and farming, with no woman pursuing a man and no rivalry between women. After transmigrating overnight, Su Wanwan felt she had drawn the shortest straw. She had ended up in the body of a maid being exiled alongside a powerful minister, forced to embark on a bitter journey to the far north of Beishuo. Xiao Jue, a cool and aloof disgraced official, had been punished and badly injured. With her cooking skills, care, and tenacity, she found a way to survive in the face of despair. La 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Became a Maid. What Now? 穿越到古代，成了丫鬟怎么办？ Mutual firsts, love that grows over time, maid and young master As a lifelong wage slave, Qiangwei only wants to make a little extra money. Why do all these young masters keep picking on her? Get lost, you men reeking of romance! Other people transmigrate and become princess consorts, imperial consorts, or princesses. At worst, they’re daughters of concubines. They even get a System, special powers, and every golden finger imaginable. But when she transmigrates, she becomes an ordinary common 134Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 128 Help the Villain Steal the Heroine 帮助反派抢女主 ✔️ Wang Yan'er × Han Wen (mutual love) couple ↑ Liu Yun (villain) breaks up the couple Xiyao helps him do it ✔️ Liu Yun × Xiyao ✔️ Secondary couple: Chaoxuan × Xiyao She (Xiyao) actually helps the villain (Liu Yun) steal the female lead! She only does it because he once saved her, and she wants to repay him. (Male lead: Sorry about this!) Don't assume she's just an ordinary maid. She's exceptionally eloquent, and the villain really likes her personality. She always stands up fo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 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 Dynasty] [A touch of ensemble cast] [Street life and commerce] [A touch of household intrigue] [Family and everyday life] [Slice of life] Lin Fengsui transmigrates to the Northern Song Dynasty and becomes an eight-year-old girl, fortunate enough to be born into the household of the prefect as a hereditary servant. Her mother is a cook in the kitchen, her father is a clerk in the accounts office, and she has an older sister, t 83.2kReads9.1Score13k14d adds
- 130 The Professional Code of a Maid 作为婢女的职业素养 Soul transmigration + multiple male love interests + identity reversal + everyone dotes on the heroine + a touch of court intrigue + fictional setting The heroine's soul travels to ancient times, where she becomes a maid in a wealthy merchant's household. Taking the attitude that she should make the best of wherever she ends up, she never forgets her lowly status as a servant and only wants to do her duty diligently. But why do all the young masters keep flocking around her? And what about that 35Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 131 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 2.9kReads7.0Score18114d adds
- 132 Reborn as the Villainous First Wife, I Rely on the Mountains to Feed My Family 穿成恶毒原配，我靠山吃山养家 [Farming + Everyday Life + Making a Fortune + Slow and Steady + No Golden Finger] A word of warning: This isn’t the kind of story where she suddenly gets rich and buys fields and shops. There’s the occasional bit of delicious food. During a quick nap at lunch, Guan Ning somehow snoozes herself into becoming the vicious, insufferable first wife in a novel. As soon as she opens her eyes, she’s discussing with her mother how to drug a man and sleep with him. They’re dirt poor, yet she dreams of bec 66.8kReads8.8Score7.4k14d adds
- 133 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? 34Reads5.6Score12114d adds
- 134 Breaking News! The Junior Judge of the Court of Judicial Review’s Concubine Has Run Away 惊闻！大理寺少卿的小通房跑路了 Traditional historical romance [Both devoted to each other] + [Running away while pregnant] + [Forced possession] + [Groveling pursuit] + [Rekindled love] A traditional historical romance with a few mystery-solving scenes that help move the plot along. There aren’t many, but readers who don’t like them should proceed with caution. A lovestruck, sweet-natured young concubine + a dignified, self-controlled heir to the throne Qin Ruyi began serving Su Xuanzhi, the Prince of Jing’s heir and a junior 1.6kReads6.9Score23814d adds
- 135 The Beloved Daily Life of the Senior Maid 大丫鬟娇宠日常 As the powerful court official's personal maid, Yuetan can host guests and cook, fend off romantic advances and manage the household finances. Her master needs her to attend to him personally, and the young master needs careful guidance… Luckily, before long, she becomes the lady of the manor and the most cherished person in the hearts of two generations of powerful officials! 30Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 136 An Eighties Military Marriage: From Socially Anxious to Social Butterfly 八零军婚，社恐爆改社牛的日常 Chang Xin, a modern-day overworked wage slave, wakes up in the 1980s as Chang Xin, a shy bookworm. She’s got herself a child and becomes a mom without the pain... The System requires her to talk in order to earn points. She chats about gossip and daily life, rediscovering her long-buried desire to share. Before she knows it, the people around her have grown more and more fond of her. After she takes her child back to the countryside, her inner anxiety finally fades away. Work from sunrise to sun 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 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 918Reads6.5Score11014d adds
- 138 From Maid to Noblewoman: I Refuse to Be a Concubine 从丫鬟到贵女：我不为妾 (The rating just came out, and it's slowly climbing~) [An ambitious heroine + the heroine isn't a saint] What do you do if your older sister is destined to become the infamous empress in the future? Si Yu's answer: stay alive. After transmigrating into a farm girl who has just been sold into servitude, the most important thing is learning how to be a good maid. After all, if you don't survive, how will you get to enjoy the poisoned blessings waiting for you in the future? Spoilers, take note: 1. 62.7kReads8.8Score10.5k14d adds
- 139 Transmigrated to the 1980s: Every Dish at My Restaurant Is in High Demand! 穿越八零：我的饭馆一菜难求！ When Tang Ruanyuan woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated to the 1980s. At the time, Danchuan Village had just implemented the household land contract system. Her family consisted of a father with a bad leg and a seven-year-old younger brother. Looking at their dirt-poor tile-roofed house and the nearly empty rice jar, Tang Ruanyuan rolled up her sleeves and started doing what she knew best, selling food, with her little brother at her side. In the gold-rush decade of the 1980s, Tang Ruan 53Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 140 After Giving Up the Rat Race, I Took Up Leisurely Farming, and I Love It 放弃卷之后，悠闲种田，真香 To land a good job after graduation, Yan Xia pushed herself to outdo everyone else. Whenever she didn't know how to do something, she learned it, until she became the kind of child other parents wished they had. But while job hunting, she missed her interview because she was saving someone. Fortunately, she unexpectedly gained a golden finger. Yan Xia decides to return to her hometown and be with her parents, grow vegetables and fruit, and live a carefree life. Whoever wants to work a 996 schedu 229Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 141 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, and My Betrothed Came Knocking! 穿越古代，娃娃亲找上门！ After an accident, Chen Feng transmigrates to an ancient era that never existed in history. His parents died young, he lives in a bare-walled house, he barely has enough to eat, and his uncle's family constantly bullies him. Before he can even get his bearings, his childhood betrothed arrives, having fled famine, along with her younger brother. Just as Chen Feng is at his wit's end, the System Shop binds to him. As long as he tops up with shop credits, he can buy modern supplies. No food? There' 273Reads7.4Score16514d adds
- 142 Qingzhou Beauty Parlor: The Eldest Sister's Business Diary 青州丽人坊：长姐的经营日记 Farming, nurturing, entrepreneurship and wealth, independent women, everyday life in ancient times Chu Li, a top modern beauty therapist, transmigrates into the past and becomes a destitute young woman running a rouge shop in Qingzhou City of the Great Zhou Dynasty. She has just been jilted, recently lost her mother, and has a six-year-old younger sister to care for. With a dilapidated shop ahead of her, an adorable little sister to look after, and only a few dozen taels of silver to her name, C 207Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Maid Wants to Climb the Social Ladder 通房丫鬟要爬墙 Reborn in another world, she becomes a lowly maid in a marquis's manor. What? The marquis and his wife are waiting to eat because my cooking is so good? Meng Wei: Depends on my mood. Even the old marquis takes notice. He wants to make me his concubine to win me over? Meng Wei: Depends on my mood. Even princes often visit the manor, just to eat the food I make? Young Marquis: Someone shut the gates! From now on, no handsome men are allowed in! 44Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 144 The Ruyi Gallery 如意馆 [Beautiful Innkeeper vs. Bookish Accountant] [Historical Romance + Food + A Touch of Angst + Xianxia and Strange Tales + Deep Devotion] In an alley by Taiping Bridge in the south of the city stands a restaurant called Ruyi House. Its dishes are novel and delicious. The proprietress, Yaoniang, was once the Fate Keeper of the Ninth Heaven, in charge of the Book of Destinies. One day, she caused a grave disaster, earning the wrath of the Jade Emperor. As punishment, she was sent down to the mortal 253Reads9.3Score—14d adds
- 145 The Jiang Family Restaurant: A Day-to-Day Story 江家食肆经营日常 Jiang Zi opened her eyes and found herself a village girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing; her mother was bedridden and frail, her older brother worked himself to the bone to earn money, and her youngest brother was only five, thin and weak. At least they had no awful relatives, and the whole family was doing their best to get by. What was there to fear about being poor? A person with a skill could make a good life anywhere. They earned money, built a house, bought farmland and shops, a 1.1kReads6.5Score15114d adds
- 146 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. 3.5kReads8.9Score36214d adds
- 147 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 741Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 148 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 10.3kReads8.6Score59214d adds
- 149 From Kang Bed to Kitchen Stove: My Clever Wife Makes Her Way as a Farmer 炕上灶下：娘子妙手跃农门 A chef accidentally gets reborn as a farm girl? Her house is drafty on all sides, and they’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! Food is a problem, her reputation is in tatters, and she has to support her mother and younger siblings! Food is life, and she’ll use her incredible cooking skills to win everyone’s palate over and lead her whole family out of poverty! Little does she know that just as her purse starts to fill, someone sets their sights on her... 115Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 150 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 467Reads8.3Score10214d adds
