Novels like The Imperial Exams: A Country Boy Becomes a Pillar of the Nation
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- 101 A Farmer's Rise: From Gathering Rice to Becoming Prime Minister 农家逆袭：从捡稻谷到当宰辅 Shen Yanzhi, a postgraduate history student, opens his eyes to find himself in the body of a country boy in ancient times named Goudan, the only child the Li family had waited ten years for. His great-grandfather once held high office, but so what? After being exiled to Lingnan, the whole family still had to rely on farming to survive. Just as he gets used to life in an ancient village, he’s bound to a bizarre System. Other transmigrators get Systems that help them conquer the world, but his tas —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 My Wife Is Ten Years Older Than Me. So What? 我老婆比我大十岁，我骄傲了吗？ Otaku Wang Yongji transmigrated too. If only he’d known, he wouldn’t have stayed up all night! But if I had to transmigrate, becoming a young master would’ve been fine. Why did I have to become a dim-witted young master? I went to college, for heaven’s sake! Oh, and I have a wife too. But does she really have to be almost ten years older than me? Well, she’s pretty good to me! What? My dad wants to kick me out? Is he kidding? I’m his son. Even if I’m a fool, I’m still his son! Fine, if that’s ho 1.9kReads7.9Score17714d adds
- 103 The Imperial Exam: A Transmigrator's Road to Reversal 科举，穿越人的逆袭之路 [Everyday Farm Life | Exam-System Comeback | Court Intrigue | No System] After a car accident, a modern soul is reborn as Sun Dingyun, a two-year-old boy in an ordinary farming family in ancient times. The only grandson in the family, he is cherished by his parents and protected by his elders. His family is well-off, and there are no nasty relatives stirring up trouble. He has no System, no photographic memory, and no golden finger. He is just an ordinary person. With his whole family backing 3.5kReads7.8Score22514d adds
- 104 A Country Boy's Road to the Imperial Examinations 乡下小子的科举路 (Transmigration + Farming + Imperial Examinations) Wu Wei is an art student in the modern world. He never expected that an accident on the day of his art school entrance exam would send him back to ancient times, where he becomes the second son of the third branch of the Wu family in Wu Family Village. His name is still Wu Wei, just like in his previous life. He figures that wherever he lives, he can make the best of it, but life in ancient times is nothing like he imagined. The entire Wu family 1.8kReads8.1Score13814d adds
- 105 Your Majesty, the Top Scholar Is Slacking Off Again and Again 启禀陛下，状元郎他又又又开摆了 [Imperial Exams and Farming]+ [Family Matters]+ [Building Wealth]+ [Scheming]+ [Alternate Ancient Setting] Lu Qilin, a modern enthusiast of intangible cultural heritage, unexpectedly transmigrated. When he woke up, he had become an eight-year-old village boy with a dim mind, whose mother had died young and whose father had disappeared. Fortunately, his grandparents and uncle and aunt truly loved him, and his two older cousins genuinely cared for him. It wasn't the worst start imaginable. Unfortu 12.4kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 106 Poor-Born Child Prodigy: At Five and a Half, I Face-Slap My Entire Clan in the Imperial Exams 寒门神童：五岁半科举打脸全族 [Genius child from the start, satisfying comeback, putting every skeptic in their place!] Xu Fei is a five-and-a-half-year-old farm boy who was born into an ancient era, yet is treated as a “nobody” by his family. His biased grandmother makes him work and feed the chickens, while every egg goes to his thirty-year-old uncle, a licentiate who has yet to pass the imperial exams, and his “child prodigy” cousin! Xu Fei is furious: Pretend to be a prodigy? I can do that, too! He recites poetry in publ 4.5kReads8.0Score32614d adds
- 107 I Only Wanted to Get By, but I Passed the Imperial Exams Six Times in a Row and Shocked the Emperor 本想混口饭，科举连中六元惊陛下 (Alternate history + imperial examinations + heartwarming + everyday family life + one heroine) He Mingfeng transmigrated. The good news: The knowledge in his head was his golden finger. The bad news: He’d become the village idiot. His family was dirt poor, and his grandmother looked at him like he was a burden. A hellish start? No worries! The village idiot suddenly “came to his senses,” leaving the whole village stunned. He caught fish and set up a stall, and had just started making a little m 6.3kReads8.2Score57214d adds
- 108 My Daily Quest to Get Rich in the Great Moon Kingdom 我在大月国的致富日常 [Ancient Farming + Alternate World + Everyday Cuisine + Business and Prosperity + Identifying and Gathering Medicinal Herbs + Imperial Examinations] Xu Yueyao opened her eyes to a nightmare from the start: her father did not love her, her mother did not care for her, her two older sisters treated her like a servant, and her ten-year-old younger brother was the apple of the entire family’s eye. Fortunately, she had a modern agricultural encyclopedia in her head and secret recipes from her previou 103Reads6.6Score1814d adds
- 109 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
- 110 Reborn as a Cannon-Fodder Man in a Broken Engagement Face-Slapping Story 穿成退婚打脸文里的炮灰男 [Imperial Exams, One-on-One Romance] [Not a Power Fantasy] (The rating just came out, so it might go up later?) At first, Lu Heming thought he had transmigrated, or perhaps there had been water in Granny Meng’s soup, allowing him to be reborn with memories of his past life. It wasn’t until he turned six that he realized he had transmigrated into a women’s novel about a broken engagement and face-slapping revenge. But he was neither the male lead who would join hands with the heroine and reach th 608Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 111 A Humble Scholar in Commoner's Clothes 布衣小书生 He went up the mountain to look for a sheep, accidentally fell off a cliff, and woke up to find himself reborn as a baby in an unknown dynasty. He looked around and discovered that his family was dirt poor: they had too little to eat, too little to wear, and lived in a mud house where rain poured outside and dripped inside. He had an older sister and a younger sister. He had thought that, with his modern soul, he could surely make a brilliant life for himself, but he never expected fate to deal 905Reads7.4Score11214d adds
- 112 Imperial Exams: Nine Generations of Butchers, and Then One Scholar 科举：九代屠户，出了个读书人 [Imperial Exams + Farming + Ancient History + History + No System + Alternate History + Transmigration] The Lin clan was a family of butchers. For nine generations, every man had slaughtered pigs. They were all so fearsome-looking that they could stop children from crying at night. The Lin family tombs must have had smoke curling up from them, because somehow they produced a delicate little scholar with a head full of knowledge. At first, the villagers all said the murderous aura around Butcher 7.7kReads7.9Score58814d adds
- 113 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Still Reached the Pinnacle of Life 穿越古代照样走上人生巅峰 Li Fengnian gets hit by a car and is sent straight to the ancient world to start his life over. In this life, he is born into a peasant family. They are poor, but at least his parents love him and his grandparents dote on him. Along with his own shamelessness, that makes for a pretty decent life. The only problem is that farming is exhausting! He just can’t do it. Luckily, his father is dependable: he divides the family’s property and sends Li Fengnian to school. Hoping to make life easier for h 1.4kReads8.4Score11714d adds
- 114 A Scholar from a Humble Family in the Zhu Household 朱门寒士 A family of scholars, but who deserves a bowl of chicken soup? Climbing out of poverty: how many can fit on that narrow path? During the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming, the Zhu family hall in Zhuhe Village hosted a silent contest every night. The chicken soup's oily sheen floated only in the bowl of the eldest grandson, Zhu Yawen. The whole family tightened their belts to support a promising young scholar who had struggled for more than a decade without even passing the county-level examinatio 216Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 115 Transmigrate to Ancient Times and Die First 穿越古代先死为敬 [Nothing but the everyday troubles of village life] [A feel-good story about rural life in ancient times] [Slow-paced] [A farming novel where the characters really do the work] The further the story goes, the more everyday it gets. You can't please everyone, and writing a book isn't easy, so please be kind with your comments. If you enjoy it, leave a good review. If it's not for you, let's pick another book. No need to make things hard for yourself. 2.5kReads—Score12514d adds
- 116 The Road to Success Through the Imperial Examinations 科举之青云路 In his previous life, Lu Sheng was a spoiled rich kid. After being born into a farming family, he regains his memories at the age of three when his cousin pushes him to the ground over two pieces of pork crackling. Among the four paths of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, working for someone else is out of the question. With his poor knowledge of farming, he couldn't even support himself, so it looks like the imperial examinations are his only way to change his fate. From then on, Lu S 1.8kReads7.7Score12414d adds
- 117 Rising Through the Imperial Exams: Changing My Family's Fate 科举兴家：带着全家改换门庭 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + farming + no golden finger] [Romance included. The male lead is devoted to one woman. The heroine appears less often, and romance is not the main plot.] [The male lead is talented, but he still has to work hard. He climbs the ranks one step at a time.] A top student who had just graduated suddenly transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son in ancient times. Determined not to spend his whole life farming, he embarks on the long road to the imperial exa 9.7kReads6.9Score71914d adds
- 118 Transmigrating to Ancient Times, I Lead My Entire Clan to Success Through the Imperial Exams 穿越古代我靠科举带飞全族 [Imperial examinations + Female transmigrates into a male body + Farming] [There is a romantic pairing, and the male lead is devoted to one person.] In the modern world, she was an overworked 996 employee with a degree from a top-tier university. In ancient times, she became a man! Born to a farming family, he doesn’t want to spend his whole life farming, nor become a low-ranking merchant’s apprentice. With no particular skill to rely on, the only path to changing his fate and his family’s fate 808Reads7.1Score12014d adds
- 119 Reborn: From Stripped Scholar to High-Ranking Court Official 重生：从除名秀才到位列公卿 [Reborn + imperial examinations + solving cases + farming + daily life + rekindled romance] [An imaginary dynasty] In his previous life, Qin Yunhe angrily divorced his childhood sweetheart and wife. After that, his life took a sharp turn for the worse: his wife and children were gone, his mother died, and his brother passed away. He never recovered. Years later, he finally began to pull himself together with encouragement from an old friend, only to hear that his childhood sweetheart and former 1.7kReads8.8Score19514d adds
- 120 Please Accept My Love for the Rest of Our Lives 余生请笑纳 When love takes root, it runs deep. In that age of war and chaos, love was all the more precious. Xingzi and Xia Jiushi's encounter was both fate and destiny. If I don't leave, and you don't give up on me, then please accept the rest of my life with a smile. 2.7kReads9.1Score25714d adds
- 121 Ancient-Era Drought: I Have a Farming Space 古代旱灾，我有一个种田空间 It was a year of chaos, compounded by drought. The people lived in destitution, and starving refugees fleeing famine filled the land. On the very first day after transmigrating, Su Yang was robbed. His last bit of food was stolen, and he was on the verge of becoming a refugee. Fortunately, he had a god-tier management System to help him build a prosperous dynasty. Build a residence and recruit tens of thousands of refugees every day to establish a dynasty. Cultivate farmland, for food is the fou 481Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 122 I Transmigrated into a Poor Family and Turned My Fate Around Through the Imperial Exams 穿越寒门，我考科举逆袭 [A clever tale of power and strategy] Su Wen, a university student majoring in Chinese literature, transmigrates to ancient times and is born into a poor family. Relying on the brilliant poetry and literary culture of China, he makes a stunning comeback and passes the imperial examinations as the top scholar. A princess of the imperial family, a chancellor's daughter, a wealthy merchant's daughter, the top courtesan in the pleasure quarters, a charming maid... all admire his peerless talent. “ 18.4kReads8.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 123 Rising from Poverty: From the Imperial Exams to the Officialdom 寒门崛起，从科举入仕开始 (The rating just came out, so it's normal for it to be a little low. Don't worry, enjoy!) [Farming + Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Ancient Setting] After an accident, Wang Bo, a farmer's son in ancient times, absorbed the memories of his previous life. The good news: His mind held thousands of books from the twenty-first century, and he had a photographic memory. The bad news: His family was so poor they lived on bran, and they still had to scrape together every last bit to fund hi 2kReads8.5Score17014d adds
- 124 Zhao Wulang's Struggles in Ancient Times 赵五郎古代奋斗史 Zhao Xin transmigrates to the unfamiliar Great Qian Dynasty! His family has borrowed money from all over to save him, but when he wakes, his creditors are already at the door demanding repayment. See how Zhao Xin saves his family. Watch Zhao Xin use bread to lead the villagers to prosperity. 164Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 125 Transmigration: From the Imperial Exams to Chief Grand Secretary 穿越：从科举开始的内阁首辅之路 An ordinary university student transmigrates into the son of a small landowner in ancient times. He takes the imperial exams and enters government service under the Great Feng dynasty, rising through the ranks step by step. Of all pursuits, study is supreme. “What? Young Master Wang has passed the county-level scholar exam!” “Young Master Wang really is impressive!” “Scholar Wang has passed the provincial exam and become a juren!” “I hear Wang, the top scholar in the provincial exam, passed the 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Taking My Father’s Place in the Imperial Exams, Starting at Six 替父科举！从六岁开始 No corvee labor, no land tax. Crossing the class divide feels amazing! No wonder my father was willing to do anything to pass the imperial exams! The exams broke the aristocratic clans' monopoly on official careers under the Nine-Rank System, which had been in place since the Wei and Jin dynasties. With examinations at their core, they gave ordinary scholars a way to rise above their station. The appeal of the exams went straight to the heart of people's everyday concerns. Once scholars passed t 668Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 127 After Rewriting the Family Tree, Smoke Rose from the Ancestors' Graves: I'm Rich! 重开族谱后祖坟冒青烟，发家啦！ [Business] [Imperial Exams] [Alternate Setting] [Everyday Life] [A Touch of Romance] Modern intangible cultural heritage video editor Li Yanning is in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of Li Yanning, a frail five-year-old boy. His biased grandfather and sharp-tongued step-grandmother are ready to let him die! Luckily, his reliable birth parents go all out to protect him. So touching... But after the family splits up, they're left with nothing. His parents are bullied, and his greedy 3.6kReads8.6Score32714d adds
- 128 Even Bad Bamboo Can Grow Good Shoots, An Ge Got into High School! 歹竹出好笋，安哥高中了！ [Imperial examinations + family life + bringing glory to the family + single heroine, appearing later] In the modern world, Li Xing'an was just a struggling comic artist who had never achieved much. He worked himself to death from exhaustion. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn as a poor boy in a remote backwater. The ramshackle mud-brick house leaked whenever it rained. His unreliable father was a useless layabout, and his mother was so furious she stood with her hands on her 2kReads7.3Score13414d adds
- 129 The Imperial Examinations: Rising to the First Rank of Officialdom 科举之官居一品 Synopsis: A scholar in the morning, admitted to the imperial court by night. The protagonist begins as a young scholar from a farming family and rises step by step through the imperial examination system. In the end, he earns a place on the honors list, becomes a jinshi, and enters the ranks of officials. After becoming an official, he works his way up through the bureaucracy until he reaches the highest rank and governs the realm as chief minister, guiding Chinese civilization to become the mos 1.9kReads7.6Score10114d adds
- 130 I Became the Eldest Sister-in-Law of a Farm Family and Led Them to Prosperity 穿成农家长嫂，我带领全家致富了 Transmigration + Farming + No Golden Finger + No Harem Intrigue + No Princes, Emperors, or Concubines There are no golden fingers in this story. The male and female leads are ordinary people with no special identities, and their journey to prosperity unfolds at a steady pace. Li Zhenzhen, who was unloved by her parents in her previous life, transmigrates to an ancient farming household and unexpectedly gains a wonderfully loving mother-in-law, a rough-looking but thoughtful husband, and several 568Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 131 After Transmigrating, I Take the Imperial Exams, and the Emperor Wants to Retire as a Team 穿越后科举，皇帝竟想组队退休 [Imperial examinations, transmigration, an alternate setting. No System, no pocket dimension. Focused on earning a living through the examinations and passing down family values. No harem, no womanizer protagonist.] Just as Xia Wenlou had finally achieved his dream of lying flat, a car accident transported him to ancient times. For the record, he had absolutely no desire to transmigrate. And to make matters worse, it happened just as he'd made a name for himself and was starting to enjoy life. N 4.7kReads8.1Score57914d adds
- 132 Imperial Exam Comeback: From Farmer’s Son to First-Rank Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：从农家子到一品阁老 A modern young man transmigrates overnight and becomes a farm boy, descended from generations of farmers. Other people who transmigrate get a golden finger or a System. But when he takes a look at himself, he has nothing at all and is one of the lowest-ranking people of this era. He wants to invent things and change the age, but he's hopeless with his hands. He wants to master Neo-Confucianism and stand above the world, but, well, he knows nothing... Sigh, he'd better face reality. After thinkin 4.7kReads8.8Score36014d adds
- 133 My Whole Family Supports My Imperial Exams, and I Rise to Great Heights 全家供我科举，而后青云直上 One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A bird must flap its wings before it can soar; a person must study before they can get ahead. Huang Zhiwen unexpectedly gets another chance at life, bringing the memories of his previous life with him as he slowly adapts to this new world. Here, he finds new people to care about and a new family. The Huang family is warm and close-knit, and they will do everything they can to support Huang Zhiwen in the imperial examinations. That leaves all the pres 800Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 134 The Lazy Little One from a Farming Family Takes the Imperial Exams 农门懒娃娃考科举 Dogwa had terrible luck in his previous life. He worked hard all his life and had nothing to show for it. It was all for nothing. In this life, he just wants enough to eat and drink, and to lie flat until the end. Who knew the Lai family already had a layabout: Dogwa's own father. There was no room for a second one. So Dogwa can only be pushed into improving himself and working hard. (Original title: The Lazy Farm Boy Takes the Imperial Examinations) 651Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 135 The Imperial Examination: I’m from a Humble Family 科举：我是寒门子弟 After an earthquake, modern college student Chen Xiao transmigrates to the fictional Great Zhou dynasty, becoming the son of a poor farming family. He has a widowed mother, a virtuous wife, and a child who is four months away from being born. Looking at his family’s utter poverty, Chen Xiao decides to take up the original owner’s ambition of passing the imperial examinations and lead the whole family toward a bright future... 1kReads7.7Score10514d adds
- 136 A Bountiful Harvest in the Great Qi 穗满大启 [Farming and Business + No System + Building Wealth + Two Best Friends Transmigrate Together + Feel-Good Infrastructure Building + Strong Female Lead Focused on Her Career] An agricultural science expert transmigrates into the body of a poor widow in the Great Qi dynasty and fights her way to a living, step by step, starting from a broken house and barren fields. My name is He Sui. I was born with a name that goes hand in hand with grain. I built a shelter from waste wheat stalks and grew fresh 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Getting Rich with My Reborn Parents 我和重生的爹娘一起发家致富 Farming × Rebirth × Transmigration × Alternate History The heroine's perspective: Miao Sang Sang was transmigrated into the womb of a peasant woman in ancient times. She thought she was doomed to a hard life, but it turned out her parents weren't at all what she'd imagined. It was one thing for them to be super nice to her. They were also incredibly hardworking farmers. The reborn couple's perspective: In their previous life, the couple had been exploited all their lives by their biased parent 9.4kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 138 Transmigrated as a Lucky Carp of a Country Girl, Bringing Prosperity to Her Family and the World 穿成锦鲤农家女，旺家，旺天下 (Complete) (If you like it, please leave a five-star review ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑,) (Ancient setting + sweet romance + pocket dimension + transmigration + farming + no awful relatives) Mi Tiantian transmigrated on her twentieth birthday, becoming the daughter of a farming family in ancient times. Luckily, her new family didn't favor sons over daughters and doted on her. On the very day she transmigrated, her engagement was broken off. The excuse was that her reputation was ruined after she fell into th 629Reads7.6Score10914d adds
- 139 Transmigrated to Ancient Times: The Little Farmer Girl Takes Charge of the Family 穿到古代，小农女当家做主顶门立 [Female lead farming + everyday family life and getting rich + no golden finger + no generals or princes] She transmigrates to a tiny village tucked away in the mountains! A nightmare from the start: her father was drafted and died in battle, leaving behind a frail, inexperienced mother and a five-year-old little brother. As soon as she wakes up, she outwits her selfish, hypocritical grandmother. She splits the household and becomes the backbone of the family! No golden finger, no pocket dimensi 82Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 140 The Imperial Exam System: The First Female Chancellor 科举系统之第一女相 At long last, she had finished her postgraduate entrance exams. Who knew she’d suddenly die and wake up bound to the imperial examination System? Her father was dead, her mother was weak, and she was sickly. From the very start, her clan bullied her. At least she was a man, so getting things done would be convenient. Wait, why was she a woman? Never mind. Dressing as a man wasn’t a problem. Just watch her outwork all her classmates! 145Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 141 A Farmer's Daughter Disguises Herself as a Boy to Take the Imperial Exams 农家子女扮男装考科举 Zhao Jingsong transmigrated and became the only child in the third branch of the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family's third branch had died. If she hadn't transmigrated in time, the first and second branches would have gobbled up the entire inheritance. 270Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 142 A Farmer's Son, the Imperial Exams, and Officialdom 农家子，科举，做官 [Born into the womb + imperial examinations + farming + daily life + public works and infrastructure, with a couple, little romance] [No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] [He starts looking for a teacher in Chapter 38. If you’re short on patience, you can start reading there.] Shen Huai is born into an ancient world and becomes the only boy in his family. The good news: he can take the imperial examinations. The bad news: they’re poor, very poor, desperately poor. Born into a 5kReads8.5Score38814d adds
- 143 On the Imperial Exams, Who Knows Who'll Be the One Sweating? 论科举，谁卷谁还不知道呢 In his previous life, he was visiting Dujiangyan with his mentor to draw up reinforcement plans when one misstep cost him everything. When Zhang Shi’an opened his eyes again, he was holding a little stick, facing a golden field of rice. The rice looked unusually small, though. Before he could figure out what he was doing, he spotted several sparrows feasting on the rice. His hands reacted even faster than his mind. He raised the stick and swung it at them. The thieving sparrows soon flew up into 483Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 144 The Imperial Exam: Top of the Six Tests, Reshaping the Workplace 科举，六元及第整顿职场 (No System, no golden finger, one female lead) (A slow-burn story) In the 21st century, the only person in Tianhai University’s history to earn master’s degrees in both the arts and sciences suddenly transmigrates into the body of a poor farmer’s son in ancient times. Looking at the bare walls of his home and the family who place all their hopes in him, Wang Ping can only gaze at the heavens in speechless resignation. Since all other pursuits are inferior and only scholarship is esteemed, he wi 943Reads7.5Score10714d adds
- 145 I Took a Master, Then Rose to the Highest Office Through the Imperial Exams 拜了个师父，我靠科举位极人臣 Ma Chengli was born into the Ma family, a clan of veterinarians, and grew up in the womb before being born into this world. Then, one day, the newly founded Great Ying dynasty suddenly announced that it would resume the imperial examinations, just eight years after its founding. His father, Ma Dawei, suddenly discovered: “Could my son really have the makings of a child prodigy?” His mother, Lady Zhang, declared with confidence: “My son has been clever and bright since he was little. He should ta 396Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 146 The Imperial Examination Path of a Lazybones in Ancient Times 咸鱼古代的科举路 In the modern world, Gu Qin spent every day exhausting himself over work, slaving away for his company until one day he suddenly died at his desk. But what he never expected was that he would be reincarnated. In his new life, his grandparents doted on him, his parents cherished him, and his older sister looked after him. Gu Qin only wanted to lie flat. Luckily, his family was well-off, so he figured he could just take it easy this time. Unfortunately, misfortune can strike at any moment. To avoi 127Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 147 Making a Fortune as a Farmer’s Son in Ancient Times 穿成古代农家子发家致富 Zhao Yan, a modern Chinese medicine practitioner, suddenly finds himself in ancient times in the body of a fifteen-year-old boy preparing for the imperial examinations. The imperial exams? He's no good at those! And his family is full of oddballs. A cold grandfather, a harsh grandmother, a taciturn father, an honest mother, and a frail younger sister. Zhao Yan feels like he's about to fall apart. He has no choice but to pick up his old skills and make a living from the land. Mushrooms and medici 3kReads7.7Score24014d adds
- 148 A Wild Monk and a Stinky Cook? No! He's the New Top Scholar 野和尚臭厨子？不！他是新科状元 [Family life] [Imperial examinations] [Farming] [Lighthearted] Jiang Zhuo transmigrates and becomes a young monk kicked out of the monastery by the abbot. With no other choice, he returns home and resumes secular life. But the moment he steps through the door, he’s confronted by an entire family of oddballs. A spineless father, a meek mother, grandparents who play favorites, and a brother who loves to show off... Jiang Zhuo: Fine, fine! This messed-up transmigration life boils down to one t 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 I Should Have Topped the Imperial Exams, but Instead I Became a King on the Battlefield 本该金榜提名，我却沙场封王 In his previous life, elite special forces soldier Bai Wei died while carrying out a mission. He was reborn as a baby in the Great Jing Dynasty. The country had only just emerged from years of war, and the Jing Dynasty had signed peace treaties with its neighboring nations. Looking at his poor but loving family, Bai Wei decided to live a peaceful life this time around. He planned to start a business when he was older and improve their living conditions. Five years later, a sudden conscription sh 91Reads—Score314d adds
- 150 A Farm Boy’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 农家娃的科举生涯 Li Shan is born into ancient times with memories from before, but he has amnesia. Even so, the belief that he must study, despite growing up poor, is etched into his bones. In the end, this impoverished family, mocked by everyone, really does produce an official. He brings prosperity to the community and grows into a great figure renowned throughout the history books... A heads-up: The author came up with many of the settings, systems, and so on on the spur of the moment. Readers who care about 228Reads6.5Score—14d adds
