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- 101 Jiang Xiaohua 姜晓花 In the bitter winter of 1976, Jiang Xiaohua was sixteen. Her family had almost nothing; her father was gravely ill, her mother weak-willed, and her younger brother still a child. Desperate for food, she was forced into a bride swap and nearly sold off, struggling on the brink of life and death before finally marrying into the Chen family, the most quarrelsome and favoritism-ridden family around. Her sisters-in-law ostracized her, her mother-in-law mistreated her, her husband stumbled, her childr 866Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Village's Finest Little Immortal Doctor 山村极品小仙医 Li Dazhu is the village fool of Taohua Village. Though a little dim-witted, he is kindhearted and honest, and is often bullied by the local tyrant. By a twist of fate, he receives his ancestors’ legacy. From then on, he takes on the village bullies, makes money, and builds his fortune, living as if he has a cheat code for life. 1.6kReads7.8Score22614d adds
- 103 Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village 山村野百合 An eighteen-year-old village beauty married a thirty-three-year-old simpleton. A month after their wedding, her husband drowned, and she was branded a woman who brought death to her husband… This story offers a true-to-life account of the loves and hatreds, joys and sorrows of ordinary rural people. It faces the ugliness and greed of human nature head-on, while reflecting on the sincerity and warmth found in this world. 272Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 Wildflowers in Bloom 野花生香 Born the strongest and most handsome young man in the village, he is not only capable but also kindhearted. Everyone in the village loves and respects him. With his guidance and help, Mumi Village has grown into a beautiful rural community with convenient living conditions and prosperous residents. 8.9kReads9.0Score92014d adds
- 105 A Little Village in the Countryside 乡野小村 Wang Tiezhu is the village simpleton, alone and helpless since childhood. After getting injured in an accident, he inherits the legacy of his ancestors. He grows medicinal herbs, starts a company, and puts his medical skills to use, embarking on a life full of surprises! 2.2kReads9.0Score29714d adds
- 106 Chang'an County 长安县 “Golden Zhouzhi, silver Huxian, Chang’an County is where they kill and burn...” goes a saying in Shaanxi. The author takes you into Chang’an County, where they kill and burn. This panoramic portrait of the customs and local life of Chang’an County, Xi’an, Shaanxi, depicts rural life in all its unvarnished authenticity: an ancient village, a great burial mound rising from the earth, and four clans descended from the tomb guardians... A secret buried for a thousand years, the scheming and rivalrie 4.4kReads9.2Score42414d adds
- 107 My Days Living with a Flight Attendant 空姐与我同居的日子 After getting dumped, I went to a bar to drink my sorrows away, only to be “rescued” and taken home by a flight attendant… 2.2kReads8.4Score22614d adds
- 108 Chunhua's Happiness 春花的幸福 Period drama + countryside + political intrigue A woman from a mountain village believes only love can save everything. In her dictionary, poverty is nothing to fear, having no power is nothing to fear, and having no money is even less of a worry. But life's cold rain repeatedly douses her gentle heart, and she learns that money and power can indeed take precedence over love and marriage. The moment her boyfriend appears with the woman he loves, she realizes that the one she needs to save is her 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Inside Ku Mei’s five-year-old body lived the soul of someone who had died with a heart full of hatred. Reborn, she faced a spiteful grandmother who beat and berated her, a cold grandfather who enabled the abuse, and a mother who could only weep helplessly. Ku Mei concealed her boundless hatred and memories of her past life, pretending to be timid as she carefully plotted her every move. She outsmarted her relatives and broke free of her shackles, starting with a bottle of chili sauce from the mi 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 A Village Hiding Beauties 乡村藏娇 His aunt vanishes under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a priceless treasure. From then on, an ordinary village doctor becomes a mighty cultivator. He makes a fortune in the countryside and even wins the heart of the beautiful village chief. But that still isn't enough! A man's true peak is wealth, power, and women. 149Reads7.6Score10314d adds
- 111 After I Transmigrated, I Fell in Love with a Female Eighth Route Army Soldier 穿越后，我爱上了女八路 This is a war filled with smoke and flashing blades. Secret codes, disguises, surveillance, counter-surveillance: every second means walking the line between life and death. But Lin Yue and Su He possess trump cards no enemy can replicate: a psychic bond spanning four hundred years, a wordless understanding, and peerless martial arts forged by The Boundless Universe and Soaring Through the Nine Heavens. When every escape route is sealed and the enemy thinks victory is within reach, the Azure Sp 1.6kReads—Score16214d adds
- 112 Cordyceps Flower 虫草花 A woman with a bad reputation and an upright grassroots official: rumors cut like knives. Amid the scorn of the world, can they grasp the happiness that belongs to them? A forbidden love that breaks free of its shackles, and a flower that blooms in a woman's darkest hour. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 My Novel Is Also My Third Book 我的小说也的第3本书 2kReads7.4Score28314d adds
- 114 Love Between Two Generations: An Inescapable Bond 两代情之逃不出的羁绊 A bloody maelstrom was set in motion by a marriage swap in the late 1980s. One bride died, and the other fled. The humiliation Hua'er endured on her wedding night is enough to make anyone blush with shame, while the hardships Zijun faced as she fled her marriage are deeply moving. Though the story is named for two generations, it is really about three generations and the sweeping changes in their views on love, marriage, and life. It also shows China's tremendous economic boom and the profound s 5.4kReads9.0Score74014d adds
- 115 Xiao Man, Not Quite Full 晓满未满 Xia Xiaoman, a country boy, unexpectedly awakens a System for making up for regrets. He helps countless people rewrite their fates and erase their regrets, turning his life around until he becomes a top philanthropist admired throughout the nation. He can save the world, but not himself. His life is glorious, yet in the end, he carries a regret no one else knows about. With his life slipping away, he boldly stakes the rest of his days on a top-secret time machine experiment, becoming Huaxia's 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The Cultivation Trickster Who Made It into 749 修仙小神棍，修进749 Liu Dabao was an orphan picked up by Liu Changgen of Wolong Village. Known as a “half-immortal,” Liu Changgen was famous for miles around and nicknamed “the old quack.” Besides treating headaches and fevers, he was especially skilled at gynecology and other difficult ailments. Liu Dabao graduated from a traditional Chinese medicine university, but not only could he not find a job, his girlfriend also left him for a rich heir with a Land Rover. After returning to the village to inherit his mentor 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Rural Chronicle 乡村纪实 The little details of life, all those everyday moments, come together to paint a picture of a changing countryside. Generation after generation pursues its dreams, working hard in the mountain valleys. They make it through the winter, then the hills turn green in spring. Summer crops blanket the mountains, and autumn is always a season of joy. 212Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 118 The Village Idiot! 村里傻子！ [Countryside + Divine Doctor] Wang Laoshi sold everything he owned to pay a 200,000-yuan bride price and find his son a wife. He never expected his daughter-in-law to run off with Li Fugui on their wedding day, only to be spotted by Wang Dazhuang. Dazhuang tried to call for help, but Li Fugui beat him unconscious. When he woke, Dazhuang inherited ancient medical arts, healed the sick and saved lives, made a fortune, and rose to the pinnacle of life. 18.4kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
- 119 The Village Girl Who Went to College 山村女大学生 [Workplace romance] [Modern romance] [Countryside] Li Wanqing and Zhao Qingshan were classmates at the provincial medical university and a couple. After graduation, Li Wanqing returned to her hometown to build a career, while Zhao Qingshan stayed in the big city to pursue greater opportunities. They began a long-distance relationship. After spending so much time apart, their relationship ran into trouble, and their years of love came to a complete end. Back home, Li Wanqing thought she had fo 237Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始 In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Second Young Lady Is Spoiled Rotten by Her Alluring, Chaste Bodyguard 娇撩禁欲系保镖，二小姐被宠上天 [Mutual devotion, happy ending, a cold-hearted heiress who values profit and power x an abstinent, scheming bodyguard] Lu Yilan, the woman at the helm of the Lu Group, was decisive and formidable in business, but privately she was an emotional ice queen. She never fell for anyone easily, until she rescued a man with amnesia: Shen Tuo, the only son of E Country’s richest man. Shen Tuo became her personal bodyguard, watching over her day and night, but a secret neither of them knew lay hidden betw 150Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 122 Happy Nail's 24th Book 快乐的钉子第24本书 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what drives me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 90Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 123 Dust in the Wind: The Days of Sharing a Job 生如尘埃：打工搭伙的日子 In a bustling city, how many people shine brightly, and how many struggle just to survive? The two protagonists in this book represent two very different kinds of lives. Only after going from innocence to worldly wisdom and enduring life's hardships can they slowly come to their senses amid the mundane world. 10.8kReads9.1Score88814d adds
- 124 The Unhinged Woman of the 90s: I Started Getting Rich Working in Dongguan 九零女疯批：致富从东莞打工开始 A realistic story set in the 1990s, with no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger. Everyone in Anziping knows An Xiaowu is a total psycho. She's not only crazy but vicious, picking fights that turn into life-or-death struggles at the drop of a hat. But no one expected her to be so ruthless that she wouldn't spare even her own family. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, she fights her father for her life. "What's so special about New Year? If you mess with me, I'll dig you out of your cof 10.8kReads8.6Score98214d adds
- 125 A Marriage of Spies 婚战谍中谍 This book contains toxic material. Readers who are not emotionally mature should read it with a guardian. Married readers should read it alone while their spouses are away. This story is entirely fictional, and all events are dramatized for the plot. Please don’t compare them to your own experiences, and remember to cultivate sound values, a healthy outlook on life, and a proper worldview. 15.7kReads8.6Score2k14d adds
- 126 The Little Earthen Tower Family 小土楼人家 They say there’s no one better than a mother, and a child with a mother is treasured like a precious gem. But for Yu Jian, it’s that there’s no one better than a grandmother, and a child with a mother is like a blade of grass. One earthen building, one world, smoke curling from the chimneys. A lifetime of love, a lifetime of warmth in the heart. 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Where the Spring Tide Rises, Falling Blossoms Fly 春潮起处落花飞 [Urban Life + Countryside + Campus + Period Setting + Modern Romance + Childhood Sweethearts + Family + Marriage and Romance + Youthful Inspiration + Strong Female Lead + Building Wealth] Love and hate flow east with the river; partings and reunions scatter like falling flowers. Ice and fire, blood and tears, humiliation and glory, failure and success: every flavor of life can be found in "Where the Spring Tide Rises, Falling Flowers Fly"... Set from the 1970s through the turn of the century, ag 8Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 128 Getting Rich After the Family Splits: Five Uncles Regret It Too Late 分家暴富：五个舅舅悔不当初 [Transmigration + No System + Farming + Street Vending + Family Separation and Comeback + Everyday Family Life] I transmigrate into the body of a farm girl. The Lin family is large and full of strife. My uncle is weak and useless, and my aunt is mean and greedy. On the day the family splits up, my uncle’s household objects to a married-out daughter claiming any land. Fortunately, my grandmother stands up for us. The whole family pulls together and protects the foundation we need to make a life f 48Reads—Score614d adds
- 129 Three Kingdoms: Emperor Xian of Han and His Heroines 三国：汉献帝和那群女英雄们 [Three Kingdoms + transmigration + conquering the world + harem] The Emperor Xian of Han is transmigrated by a modern person. While other people love generals, he loves beautiful women. Different tropes, a different Three Kingdoms. There’s no point saying more. Just read it... 1.3kReads8.8Score17914d adds
- 130 Immortal Venerable, Please Stop Teasing Me 仙尊，求你别逗了 (An insanely satisfying story, with romance, humor, and a playful tone.) By sheer chance, Tang Dou obtained the Laughing Spirit Immortal Pearl. Its artifact spirit, Xiaoxiao, was mischievous and loved playing pranks. It grew stronger by collecting feelings of joy. While exploring a secret realm, Tang Dou met the fox spirit Su Meier. With her and Xiaoxiao’s help, he passed the trial of the Heaven-Shaking Tower and inherited the legacy of the Wind and Thunder Sect, the overlord of the Eastern Regi 521Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 131 Wild Village Rose 野村玫瑰 In the late 1990s, the village beauty Rose’s marriage story began with Huang Lei, who had been in love with her for a year but only wanted to possess her. After Li Gang stirred up trouble, Rose and Huang Lei parted ways, and eventually Li Gang married Rose. But Rose never became pregnant. Li Gang’s mother despised her as a barren hen, and the family pressured Rose to return to her parents’ home. When Huang Lei, who was working in Guangdong, learned that Rose had gone back, he thought his chance 1.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 132 A Middle-Aged Woman's Reckless Years 中年荒唐的女人 The story is about Yang Liu, an ordinary woman from the bottom of society. Hardworking and capable, she refuses to settle for an ordinary life, but ends up making a complete mess of things, surrounded by chaos and constant commotion... 2.7kReads8.6Score22414d adds
- 133 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 [Period Drama] [Countryside] [Married Life] Set in the early 1980s, this novel tells the story of four families, the Lins, Wangs, Lius, and Chens, in an unremarkable village on the Loess Plateau in the Great Northwest. They scheme and struggle against one another, while brothers and sisters-in-law within each clan bear their own grudges and grievances. But it is better to resolve enmity than let it fester. Lin Junjie is the first young man in the village to get into college, bringing honor to th 56Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 134 Fireworks on the Islet, Where People Make Their Homes, Starting in the 1970s 洲上烟火有人家，从七十年代开始 [Rural Romance] [Family Life] [Educated Youth Teacher] [Neighborly Disputes] [Eerie Shadows in the Village] [Country Living and Laughs] This book has no pocket dimension, no System, and no transmigration or rebirth. It tells only of ordinary people’s rural lives and the hard-won warmth and bustle of everyday life through years of hardship. The story begins in the 1970s and follows several families living in the countryside. Among them are educated youths sent to work in the villages, militia mem 109Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 135 The All-Around Little Divine Doctor 全能小神医 [Countryside]+ [Urban Cultivation] In a remote mountain village cut off from easy travel, a fugitive fleeing for his life sets off a series of bizarre and absurd events. Here, people cling to feudal ideas, and women outnumber men. Watch how a young man calmly handles it all... As his cultivation advances, he accidentally unlocks a miraculous X-ray vision skill. With his peerless divine needles, he battles Demon Lords and Ghost Kings, searches for the path to the heavens, and becomes invincible b 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 The Carefree Life of a Country Doctor 乡村医仙好逍遥 To save his older sister, Lin Erzhu, a simple-minded country boy, unexpectedly inherits the ancient legacy of the Medicine God. From then on, he masters martial arts, business, feng shui, and fortune-telling, leading the villagers to prosperity! 2.8kReads8.7Score37014d adds
- 137 The Carefree Little Miracle Doctor 快活逍遥小神医 [Countryside + Divine Doctor + Farming + Flirtation] College student Su Xiaobao was blinded by someone, then unexpectedly inherited his ancestor's legacy. From then on, the blind man became a divine doctor and embarked on a path to turn his life around. He rides a divine steed to grow fruit and leads his fellow villagers to prosperity. With the divine doctor inside him, he saves the world, then marries a beauty with his peerless good looks. His culinary skills are unmatched, so he opens a restau 764Reads7.7Score10014d adds
- 138 I Saved Thousands of Female Prisoners Alone and Won the Empress’s Heart 我一人拯救万千女囚，俘获女帝 Not a wish-fulfillment novel. No System. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China lies a village where every woman is breathtakingly beautiful, yet none can ever leave. Chen Daming only went on vacation, but wound up wandering into a haunted place, eating two and a half jin of expired immortal pills, and gaining a heap of useless superpowers. The seemingly worthless protagonist takes on the responsibility of protecting patriarchal civilization as the matriarchal civilization that ruled Earth for 1.4kReads8.9Score18714d adds
- 139 My Five Sisters Raised Me, So I Bought Each of Them a House 五个姐姐养大我，我送每人一套房 When I was seven, Mom and Dad were gone. My five older sisters took turns raising me. The eldest dropped out of school to work a sewing machine. The second scavenged rotten vegetables at the market. The third earned money competing in tournaments. The fourth never had an entry labeled “for herself” in her ledger. The fifth cut off her long braids and sold them for eight yuan to pay my tuition. Chen Zi'en lived next door. He was the school bully, feared by everyone. He'd never lost a fight, but 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 I Won Over My Junior in White Stockings From the Start, and I Have No Humanity When It Comes to Money 开局拿下白丝学妹，我壕无人性 [Underdog comeback + Tycoon lifestyle + Multiple heroines + Living life on his own terms] After graduating from college, Gu Yang worked diligently for a year, going from an ordinary corporate drone to an outstanding corporate drone! He never got the chance to change his destiny through knowledge, but he did get a system for living life on his own terms. Spend money on beautiful women and get cashback. He was making a fortune. Folks, who understands the joy of never having to worry about money ag 12kReads6.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 141 Dongguan: A Dusty Romance 东莞尘缘 Dongguan is a city full of memories, holding the youth and stories of countless young men and women. You’re only young once, so do you still remember the women who appeared in your youth? 4.6kReads7.8Score38314d adds
- 142 Technician No. 88: The Saintess of Yaochi 88号技师瑶池圣女 [Heavenly Orbit, Part Two] [Comedy] [Corruption] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyone Is Evil] [Sin and Calamity] In this world, every sin has its price, and every calamity has its master. And every calamity stems from a sin that can never be repaid. Hello, sir. Technician No. 88, the Holy Maiden of Yaochi, is delighted to serve you... 199Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Taste of Life 人间味道 This is a collection of short stories about family, friendship, love, and devotion to one's country. Life has no answer sheet; it is a journey. Every ordinary story celebrates the brilliant moments of ordinary people. My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Human Life Lies Deep in the Loess 黄土深处是人间 This is a collection of true stories from the countryside. One book captures a century of life in all its variety on the Loess Plateau. Brotherhood, the warmth and coldness of family, partings in life and death, and the changes of an era: one independent story after another weaves together the fates of several generations. There is hardship, pain, tears, and warmth, portraying the struggles of those at the bottom as well as the resilience of ordinary people. There are no chosen-one advantages an 116Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 Period: I Bound Myself to a System That Meddles in Everyone's Business 年代：我绑定了多管闲事系统 People transmigrate every year. This year, it happened to be my turn. Li Xiang never dreamed he’d hit the jackpot and transmigrate to the 1960s, becoming Li Xiangbei, the village’s notorious little troublemaker. A shabby house, ragged clothes, and food that scraped his throat: he begged every god in the heavens to let him go home. If he couldn’t go home, couldn’t they at least give him a golden finger? And so he really did get one. He ought to have been thrilled, but what was this “Mind Your 242Reads7.1Score10814d adds
- 146 Rural Love: The Marriage Swap 乡村爱情之换亲 The village looks peaceful, but undercurrents churn beneath the surface. Love, family affection, and illicit affairs intertwine to create a sweeping portrait of life. The beautiful village flower is forced to marry the poorest man in the village, and their story begins... 5.6kReads8.8Score46014d adds
- 147 After Dark, Letting Loose 入夜，放纵 Also known as: Yin Yang Harmony Art [Country Doctor] [Fool's Rise to Power] [Invincible Immortal Cultivation] [Nonstop Wish Fulfillment] Chen Yang, a top university student, was beaten into a fool and sent back to Peach Blossom Village, where he depended on his adoptive older sister for support. Then, as if things weren't bad enough, the village bully set him up and knocked him unconscious at a ruined temple in the wilderness. Fortunately, he awakened an immortal cultivation legacy. From then on 47.8kReads8.4Score4.6k14d adds
- 148 The Village's Eccentric Little Miracle Doctor 山村妖孽小神医 [Countryside + Divine Doctor + Building Wealth + Feel-Good Story] Original titles: The Wicked Little Divine Doctor of the Mountain Village, The Country Woman His elder brother died unexpectedly, leaving behind a sweet, pitiful sister-in-law and a pair of boy-girl twins… After five years in the military, Dong Fei returned to his hometown, Yemao Village, a poverty-stricken village known far and wide. Under his leadership, the villagers gradually found their way to prosperity. 2.3kReads9.2Score28414d adds
- 149 Transmigration: I’m Crushing My Scumbag Ex in a Parallel World 穿越：我在平行世界爆虐渣男前夫 (Soul transmigration and a creative premise + healing from childhood family trauma) One morning, Tang Wanwan wakes up and discovers she has transmigrated... The wounds inflicted by your birth family must be healed within that family. Love is a kind of redemption, a light that gathers lost time. Somehow, it was all destined to be. She is financially independent, beautiful, and sophisticated. He is handsome and wickedly charming, but hopelessly addicted to gambling. It was love at first sight. She 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The Peerless, Carefree Little Miracle Doctor 绝世逍遥小神医 [Rural life + urban cultivation + building wealth + plenty of heroines] The fool Zhao Tiezhu was thrown into an ancient well after rescuing Li Mei'e, a village woman being bullied by the local tyrant. By chance, his blood awakened the remnant soul of a Dragon Maiden inside the well, and he inherited her legacy. With secret medical arts, he heals the sick and saves lives, builds his fortune, cultivates immortality, and grows stronger. From then on, he rises to the pinnacle of life! 12Reads6.7Score—14d adds
