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  1. 1 Love in Those Days 那年爱情 Luo Nanyue洛南月Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted I was born in the countryside in the 1970s. This book recounts my extraordinary upbringing, followed by all the ups and downs of getting married, starting a family, and raising children. At its heart is the clash between my generation’s outlook and that of my parents, whose views on marriage, love, and life were shaped by their era, as well as the clashes with my own children’s generation. Life is an experience we pass through, with no right or wrong. People in every era have their own beliefs, 337Reads8.6Score10214d adds
  2. 2 The Rise of a Little Beggar 小乞丐的逆袭史 Little Daisy Is Blooming小雏菊开花了Modern Romance234k WordsCompleted In the late 1960s, Dongxue is out begging with her mother when Zijian’s mother buys her for two dan of rice. In her new home, Dongxue not only finds the warmth of a family, she is also pampered like a princess. Her older brother’s promise, “Anything I can do for you...,” makes her dream of learning to sew come true. Her love of tailoring and reverence for cultural heritage make her as resilient as rushes. She continues to grow through adversity, ultimately becoming a renowned fashion designer t 4Reads—Score—14d adds
  3. 3 The Warmth of the Human World, Those Years 人间烟火，那些年 Big Fat Orange大肥桔子Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted Realistic fiction, mostly based on true events. The rough life of an ordinary woman in the 1990s: a difficult mother-in-law, too many children, fines and having her home searched, scraping by to make a living, and surviving two brushes with death. Even so, she never loses hope for the future... Her wedding is just around the corner when the matchmaker interferes, keeping her from spending her life with the man she loves. Forced to marry the suitable match her parents picked, she hears her mother 1.7kReads6.5Score12114d adds
  4. 4 Smoke from the Kitchen Rises Like a Blade 炊烟如刀 Zuo Pan左泮Urban428k WordsCompleted Wu Dasheng keeps having one child after another, all for the sake of having a son who can avenge him, even in an era when family planning is a basic national policy... Wu Tong is called a bastard and a son of a bitch from childhood. Zhao Sanxing always stands up for him, but the villagers’ gossip inflicts deep wounds on the young boy’s heart... 163Reads—Score—14d adds
  5. 5 The Scumbag Takedown 擒渣记 Spicy-Mouthed Poison Mushroom辣嘴毒蘑菇Modern Romance502k WordsCompleted Based on a true story: a woman escapes a marriage marred by infidelity, defeats the shameless homewrecker who knowingly became the other woman, and goes on to live life with her head held high. No golden finger, no miraculous help from above. She wins through her own efforts! 326Reads6.8Score—14d adds
  6. 6 Spring and Autumn in the Courtyard: My Wife Isn’t the Sharpest Tool in the Shed 小院春秋：我的媳妇不太聪明 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance543k WordsCompleted [Historical Fiction] [Everyday Family Life] [Marriage Before Love] In the autumn of 1965, Lin Xiuxiu, who had been simple-minded for eighteen years, fell into a river while chasing after her fiancé, who had gone to the city to work at a factory. When she woke up, memories of another lifetime had appeared in her mind. She was still not very clever, but she was no longer a fool. Once clearheaded, Xiuxiu saw through her childhood sweetheart’s callousness and resolved to make the most of her life. S 6.4kReads7.2Score48914d adds
  7. 7 After Becoming a Wicked Mother-in-Law in the 1980s, the Whole Village Vies to Spoil Me 穿成八零恶婆娘后：被全村争着宠 Late August八月之末Modern Romance120k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate Into a Book in the 1980s + Transmigrated Woman vs. Reborn Woman + Everyday Family Life + Devoted Husband] Fang Ruyan, a 21st-century PhD with dual degrees in traditional Chinese medicine and agriculture, was so infuriated by the frustrating plot of a novel she was reading that she died. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into the body of Fang Ruyan, a character in the book who shared her name. In the original story, Fang Ruyan was a woman in the 1980s who was fo —Reads—Score—14d adds
  8. 8 Reborn, I Brought My Husband and the Beautiful Young Educated Woman Together 重生后，我成全丈夫和漂亮女知青 Lucky Green吉祥绿Modern Romance11k WordsCompleted Reborn, I Let My Husband Have the Pretty Educated Youth 1.7kReads—Score2014d adds
  9. 9 The Legend of the Xie Family 谢家的传奇 The Wind's Kiss Leaves No Trace风吻无痕Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted A love that endures every hardship without losing sight of its original promise, and a couple who overcome countless twists and turns to finally be together, holding fast to their future and fate amid the tides of a changing era. Fifty years bring sweeping changes and two generations of joys and sorrows. See how a beautiful, kindhearted country girl makes a comeback, realizes her self-worth, and wins the wholehearted devotion of a young man from a prominent family. 31Reads8.1Score714d adds
  10. 10 Fireflies in Daylight 荧火虫的白昼 Autumn Pond, Spring Water秋池春水Modern Romance227k WordsOngoing A great period drama. Ignore the awful title: this realistic work comes from a seasoned writer, about a woman from out of town living in Shanghai, in the vein of Blossoms Shanghai. Neighborhood gossip and jokes that hit you right in the heart. No mystery, no wish-fulfillment, no fantasy, nothing added. Just the daily grind: food, rent, petty squabbles, and family affairs. 8Reads—Score114d adds
  11. 11 The Loves of Women 女人们的爱情 So Jiangyin很江阴Modern Romance101k WordsCompleted Women’s Love: Family Memories Across Time is a long-form work of documentary fiction by Hen Jiangyin. Based on true stories from the author’s own family and enriched by extensive interviews with local people, it focuses on the Zhang, Xia, and Li families, vividly tracing the lives of the four Li sisters, the six Xia siblings, and the three Zhang brothers. Their stories are full of twists and turns and deeply moving moments, leaving a lasting impression. The women’s love stories are especially st 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  12. 12 The Neon Lights of the 1980s 80年代的烟火 Someone Who Dreams with Their Heart走心入梦的人Modern Romance269k WordsOngoing The Firelight of the 1980s On summer nights in the 1980s, fireflies swarmed through the grass in the factory workers’ housing compound. Children chased crickets with glass jars, loaches caught in the ditch thrashed in enamel basins, and wind-up tin frogs went clack-clack in circles. These rustic pleasures were so vivid that children of later generations could never quite grasp them, even when they heard the stories. Deep in Qiuju’s drawer lay the silver tweezers he had sent her through someone 5Reads—Score—14d adds
  13. 13 After Becoming the Villainess, I Was Spoiled by the Factory Director Husband 穿成恶毒女配后，厂长老公宠上天 Chasing Dreams on the Road to Stardom星途逐梦大明星Modern Romance122k WordsOngoing In the 21st century, Jiang Niannian unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Jiang Niannian, a nineteen-year-old rural-born supporting female character in 1985. With her pretty face and excellent grades, the original Jiang Niannian got a job as a department-store sales clerk after graduating from high school. She met Ye Wanhua, the male lead's mother, who often came to shop. Seeing how generous Ye Wanhua was with money, she made inquiries and learned that her son ran a factory and was unmarri 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  14. 14 Smoke and Fire in the Northern Lands 北国烟火事 Wen Bocheng文波成Urban124k WordsCompleted The winter of 2000 in Northeast China. He was Wang Jianjun, a laborer at the bottom of society, covered in dust but full of sincerity. She was Liu Jiajia, radiant and determined, from a well-off family. One chance meeting, and a love neither dared to hope for. Their families were worlds apart. Their relatives pressured them to marry, and reality weighed heavily on them. Forced apart, they loved each other with all their hearts but could only let go in pain. He swallowed his grievances and fought 4Reads—Score—14d adds
  15. 15 Dreams of the Green Fields 绿野梦 Little Straw麦杆儿Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted In a turbulent era, Zhao Gen, who had gone away to train as a mason, brought home a beautiful wife named Yanli. A compulsive gambler, he abandoned her without a word. With no one to rely on, Yanli learned all kinds of farm work just to survive. One day, while gathering firewood deep in the mountains, she met with an accident and was rescued by Chun Gen, a man with an ugly face. Zhao Gen remained missing for years. Out of gratitude, Yanli and Chun Gen eventually got together. Just as they were se 35Reads9.2Score—14d adds
  16. 16 The Victor Becomes King, the Loser a Bandit: The Story of Today 成王败寇话今朝 Little Lamb Travels the World小绵羊游天下Urban371k WordsCompleted This book tells the story of three generations from the Chen and Liu families of Chenjiashan, Liuyang County, in northern Sichuan, from 1958 to 2007, tracing how their fortunes rose and fell amid the country’s development and changing times. Through the eyes of two ordinary families, it records the migration of people brought about by rural urbanization, beginning with the First Five-Year Plan. It recounts the course of reform, from the rural household responsibility system and the contracting o 7Reads—Score—14d adds
  17. 17 Women on the Wasteland 荒土上的女人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance634k WordsCompleted In the winter of 1985, Liu Shuhua married into the Zhao family. On the third day after the wedding, she flipped her father-in-law’s dining table and declared in front of the whole village, “My husband may be slow-witted, but from now on, I’m in charge of this family.” No one dared cross this sturdy, sharp-eyed shrew. But misfortune struck: her husband, Zhao Daqiang, was left paralyzed after a truck accident while hauling goods. Creditors blocked the door, her brother-in-law stole her belongings 175Reads6.7Score—14d adds
  18. 18 Our Long River of Years 我们的岁月长河 Tide Over the Ocean汐洋汐上Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted Our Long River of Years is divided into three parts. Following the ordinary lives of three generations of Zhao Jiafu’s family, railway workers, it spans from the 1950s to the 2020s. It recounts the joys and sorrows, happiness and heartbreak, and everyday troubles experienced by the three generations of the Zhao family and the ordinary people around them over the long river of time. It depicts the turbulent lives of ordinary people as the times change and society develops. Time flows like a river 180Reads—Score—14d adds
  19. 19 The Three Madwomen in the Village 村里的三个疯女人 Growing Lotuses种荷花Modern Romance430k WordsCompleted [Completed] Three women in Fang Family Village have been branded “crazy.” Three women, three different kinds of “madness,” and three very different lives and fates. The futures of their children quietly take shape amid their mothers’ lives, whether muddled, broken, or clear-eyed, and turn out entirely different. 76Reads7.0Score—14d adds
  20. 20 Tales of Qingshiyu 青石峪往事 Crimson Snow's Song绛雪吟Urban204k WordsCompleted The story follows nearly half a century of change in Qingshiyu, a village in the Yimeng Mountains. As the mountain countryside is transformed, it portrays the full journey of rural China from the final years of collectivization to the new era of rural revitalization. It tells the stories of life in and beyond the village, exploring tradition and modernity, staying and leaving, survival and growth, and the profound tension between individual destinies and the tides of the times... 9Reads—Score—14d adds
  21. 21 Reborn in the ’80s: In My Next Life, I Won’t Be Born a Woman 重生八零之来世不为女儿身 Shui Wenqiu水问秋Modern Romance364k WordsCompleted When she was young, Hua Yueyin defied her parents and resolutely married an only son who was tall and handsome. She never imagined that he was a beast in human skin, or that in her old age, she would be killed by her own three sons and her husband! As Old Madam Hua lay dying, she remembered the earnest advice her parents had given her, and was filled with regret. “If I could live my life over, I would absolutely listen to my parents. I’d marry a beggar or a cripple if I had to, but I’d never mar 12Reads—Score—14d adds
  22. 22 The Flirtatious Girl of 1992 Gets Caught Up in Romance as She Makes Her Way to the County Seat 1992俏妞情乱闯县城 Bright Years岁岁昭明Modern Romance73k WordsOngoing In 1992, Chen Xiu'e had failed the college entrance exam several times. Her boyfriend, who had passed the exam and gotten into university, coaxed her into coming to the county town, promising they would build a life together. But soon after arriving in the city, he changed his mind and dumped her. Then another letter came from home: they wanted to sell her to a crippled man from another village for bride money to help her brother get married. Xiu'e had a younger sister, and the thought that her 28Reads—Score—14d adds
  23. 23 The Man with Six Marriages 六婚男人 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance301k WordsCompleted A marriage spanning half a century, full of ups and downs, and one man's six sorrowful, blood-stained journeys into wedlock. In the late 1970s, at a state-owned coal mine in Northeast China, Kim Dazhuang, an ethnic Korean Chinese who had returned from Korea, was tall and burly, with a fiery temper. He sweated through his work amid the roar of steam locomotives. Over the course of his life, he went through six marriages. Each time, he entered with hope, only for almost every one to end in heartbr 22Reads—Score—14d adds
  24. 24 Life Afloat on the Riverbank 江岸浮生 Snake Eats People蛇吃人Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Contemporary realism + period chronicle + rural ensemble cast + women’s struggles] Spanning half a century of rural China, this book tells the story of three generations of women on the Jianghan Plain. Caught in the tides of history and the shackles of their families of origin, each struggles against fate in her own way and faces her inner demons, ultimately learning to live for herself. (I’m only here to tell the story as it is. I won’t give the characters perfect personalities. I’ll portray h 541Reads8.5Score10614d adds
  25. 25 The Sixties: A Top Student Woos a Man and Raises Her Kids 六零：学霸撩汉养崽崽 Zen-Minded All-Rounder佛系八面玲珑Modern Romance146k WordsOngoing [Period novel] + [sweet romance] + [a realistic portrayal of everyday life] + [based on the author’s personal experience] She was only six and a half. She’d merely turned around and happened to see his… well, she’d seen it, so what? But then its little owner started hounding her! From then on, he intercepted her on the way to school, protected her on the way home, and lectured her whenever she so much as resisted. Even more surprising, the little owner turned out to be the son of a famous profes 13Reads—Score—14d adds
  26. 26 The Candied Hawthorn Skewer Pierces Through 冰糖葫芦竹签儿穿 Devoted and True-Hearted痴志丹心Modern Romance249k WordsCompleted My new book is out! Everyone is welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. The story is based on real experiences. I'm writing it carefully, and the process has been smooth, without writer's block or made-up details. These experiences are like candied hawthorn skewers: the bamboo sticks pierced my body, yet became the backbone of my life. I hope this honest, heartfelt story brings you joy. Reading brings insight, and I hope you find your own independent perspective along the way. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 27 Sanxi: From Village Beauty to Village Bully 三喜：从村花到村霸 Zuo Pan左泮Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted A beautiful country girl marries in a daze, only for upheaval to strike her family. She goes from depending on others to growing strong on her own, but in the end, desire consumes her and leads her to ruin. In her final moments, she realizes that human nature cannot be controlled… 136Reads—Score10114d adds
  28. 28 Back on My Feet: I Paid Off 500,000 Yuan in Online Loans with My Own Hands 上岸：我靠双手还清五十万网贷 Nine Defeats九败呀Urban398k WordsCompleted On a farm in Northeast China, Wang Chen, a 33-year-old married farmer, falls deeper and deeper into online-loan debt as he struggles to pay for his daughter's medical treatment and keep his agricultural business running. This is the story of how he eventually turns his desperate situation around. —Reads—Score—14d adds
  29. 29 Old Huang and Old Hei 老黄与老黑 Shan Ye Yiyuan山野艺媛Urban430k WordsOngoing [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
  30. 30 Tales of Xizhou in the 1980s 80年代西州往事 Silk Road Comics丝路漫画Urban235k WordsCompleted This is a story about youth, and a story about growing up. It is filled with passionate brotherhood, the innocent love of childhood sweethearts, clashes of steel in the streets and alleys, and the struggles and choices people face in the tides of a changing era. Most importantly, it captures the warmth unique to that time: the unreserved sincerity between people, a purity that seems almost like a luxury today. 13Reads—Score—14d adds
  31. 31 A Bitter Girl’s Rebirth 苦妹之涅槃重生 Little Pear Blossom O小梨花OModern Romance487k WordsCompleted 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
  32. 32 Memories of a Small Town 小镇记忆 Nan Zhu楠铢Urban212k WordsCompleted A story of ordinary life in a small town in Northeast China, charting the town's changing fortunes over the thirty years of reform and opening up. No detail is too small to matter. Joys and sorrows come together in a song. A vivid portrait of the town's many residents and a lifelike panorama of life in a changing era slowly unfold. 115Reads—Score—14d adds
  33. 33 Our Lost Love Rekindled 逝去的爱又复燃 Dawn over the Forest Sea林海晨曦Modern Romance129k WordsCompleted Wang Xiaorong and Wang Guangming were childhood sweethearts, but their love was full of twists and hardships. After each married someone else, married life brought them not happiness, but endless pain. Once Wang Xiaorong and Wang Guangming had both emerged from the shadows of their tragic marriages, their love rekindled. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
  34. 34 Village Chief, Don't Mess with Me 村长，别来惹我 Chen Erdong Laughing Up at the Sky仰天大笑的陈尔东Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Liang Yuzhen is a widow in the village, beautiful and kindhearted. The village chief is a local bully, but seeing that Liang Yuzhen has no man to rely on, he often stops by to help her with whatever he can, putting on a show of being a good Samaritan. 94Reads7.1Score—14d adds
  35. 35 Running Toward the Exit 寻着出口奔跑 Devoted and True-Hearted痴志丹心Modern Romance321k WordsCompleted In life, everyone has to grow sharp horns and iron hooves, and put on armor. Even if you’re weak, you have to try to become stronger. There are too many things in this world that can hurt you. Even if you never learn to hurt others, you must learn to protect yourself, so you can protect the people you care about. No matter how many difficulties you face, don’t back down. Summon every last bit of fighting spirit and make sure those who have always wanted to see you fail never get the satisfaction 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  36. 36 So What If She's a Bit of a Jerk? She Doesn't Want to Be a General's Wife 缺点德咋了？她又不想当军少夫人 Ten Herbs十味草药Modern Romance231k WordsCompleted [1960s] [Beloved by Everyone] [Devoted Couple] [Pocket Dimension Supplies] [The heroine isn't a self-sacrificing saint and doesn't beat herself up] [Knows when to lose it, with a few flaws] [The hero's wife-chasing road to ruin] [Shopping service at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative] Si Ning transmigrated into a book! She landed in the resource-scarce 1960s, as a lazy, gluttonous cannon-fodder supporting character. To get enough to eat, the original owner cozied up to a powerful man and stage 76Reads6.1Score—14d adds
  37. 37 Wading Across the River of Life 趟过人生河 Mountain Dewdrop山野露珠Urban507k WordsCompleted Ren Tianxing was born into humble circumstances, yet he defied the odds. Hoping to change his lot in life, he endured hardship after hardship... only to be left with regrets... This novel pays tribute to all those who spend years away from home, working to support their families. You work so hard. Like all of you, the protagonist Ren Tianxing lives far from home, drifting and wandering through a life at the very bottom, yet he keeps striving... —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
  38. 38 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 He Xinhe何心荷Modern Romance593k WordsCompleted [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
  39. 39 Xue Mei's Story 雪梅的故事 Mountain Dewdrop山野露珠Modern Romance176k WordsCompleted Bare, barren loess hills. Ravines and ridges wind their way into the distance. This is where the story’s heroine, Xuemei, spent her childhood, grew into a shy young woman, and endured until she became a mature wife. She works hard, cultivating this poor yellow earth, and sings the praises of the diligence and simplicity of rural women in the new era. 148Reads—Score—14d adds
  40. 40 The Young People of Chemen Courtyard 车门院里的年轻人 Hermit of the Ink-Growing Mountain砚耕山人Modern Romance283k WordsCompleted This is a symphony of destinies spanning generations. In a small courtyard in northern China in the 1970s, several families struggle and drift with the tides of the times. Lei Shaxiao, an orphan whose parents died young, falls in love with Aiai, another orphan from the neighboring courtyard. They were an ordinary couple, but amid the raging currents of the era, Shaxiao rises to become a renowned lawyer who commands the room. Money, power, and desire come one after another. He loses himself in th 35Reads—Score314d adds
  41. 41 A Season of Green, with Drizzling Rain 见青时节疏雨绵绵 Xiaoxiao Fishing Song潇潇渔歌Modern Romance241k WordsOngoing The first time Guo Shuyu, the daughter of a landlord, saw Xu Jianqing, the beggar, he was beating his wife, a hulking man like a black bear. Guo Shuyu thought any man would be better than that black bear. Better to be anyone’s wife than Xu Jianqing’s. How pitiful to be scolded and beaten every day. But life is full of surprises, and the Matchmaker in the Moon muddles the red threads. Some inexplicable stroke of bad luck sent everything awry. Like a thunderclap from a clear sky, Guo Shuyu married 49Reads—Score—14d adds
  42. 42 The Pure Wife Awakens 纯妻觉醒 Big Angry Sunshine暴躁大太阳Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [Romance]+ [Family and everyday life]+ [Self-awakening and ambition]+ [Urban life] Pure-hearted Liu Zi married Yu Feipeng, a classmate she'd had a crush on for years. She thought their marriage was solid, but her masseuse, Xiao Ling, had her eye on her husband. Yu Feipeng fell deep into Xiao Ling's gentle trap and went out of his way to trample on and humiliate Liu Zi… When Liu Zi finally fought back, she discovered that the pure, innocent flower her husband saw in Xiao Ling was actually filthy 40Reads—Score—14d adds
  43. 43 Slightly Downcast: Deleting My Love-Brain 轻颓：删除恋爱脑 Drinking Until Tipsy喝至微醺Modern Romance232k WordsCompleted [Period Novel] [Realistic Fiction] [Women’s Growth] [Family Life] [Literary] Northeast China at the end of the last century. Su Qing (Qing), a 26-year-old cashier at a state-owned enterprise, is burned badly by her obsession with romance: blind dates bring one oddball after another, and her husband cheats on her. Her in-laws find fault with everything she does, the state-owned enterprise undergoes restructuring and offers buyouts of years of service, and she faces constant trouble at work. In th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  44. 44 Spring Stirs in the Countryside 农村的春潮涌动 Northwesterner西北人Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted Since the reform and opening-up began, the Zhao family in Ganquan Village has undergone tremendous changes. Jianping and Jian'an started a brick factory and a home-renovation company. What stories will they encounter, and what of their love lives? Which of them will strike it lucky in the business world? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
  45. 45 The City of Woven Sand 织沙之城 Peach Fierce桃桃凶猛Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [The first online novel set in Nansha District, Guangzhou, the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A 2023 key project supported by the China Writers Association] A heroine’s coming-of-age story + the gentle flow of everyday life + women’s entrepreneurship What is home? What does one’s hometown mean? As the Pearl River rushes toward the sea, Mai Jiaying, a post-90s small-town exam ace, grows tired of her salt-scented, out-of-the-way hometown. All she wants is to fly to the ca 6Reads—Score—14d adds
  46. 46 Married Off in 1985: Shen Lan's Bittersweet Life in the Countryside 换亲1985农家沈兰的悲喜人生 Wen Zhi Yi'an闻之易安Modern Romance580k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Rural Life + Farming + Family Matters + No Golden Finger + No System] The years flowed gently, until old dreams faded; time stretched on, leaving one to sigh at the loneliness. Shen Lan, a kind and resilient country girl, once dreamed of a modest but peaceful life. But fate played a cruel joke on her. For her brother's future, Shen Lan honored her father's dying wish and arranged a marriage swap for him. She married into a poor, backward mountain village, beginning a life full 231Reads8.5Score—14d adds
  47. 47 Transmigrate Into a Book: A Male Educated Youth Comes to the Village 穿书之村里来了个男知青 July Brings the Cool of Autumn七月染秋凉Modern Romance816k WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaohan has found herself inside a book she just read, as an unnamed passerby. The male lead is a cold and aloof man who, to help his elder sister get revenge, schemes to marry a foolish village girl. Zhang Xiaohan is that foolish girl's sister-in-law, and she dies of illness right at the beginning of the story. Because of the male lead, the foolish girl is killed by one of his classmates. When he learns the truth, he does everything in his power to avenge her, then lives out a turbulent l 128Reads6.7Score—14d adds
  48. 48 There’s a Rainbow in the Sky After the Rain 雨后的天空有彩虹 Fire Rabbit Lantern火兔灯Modern Romance243k WordsCompleted When the college entrance exams were reinstated, Zheng Hongmei left her three-year-old son, Wenge, behind in the countryside. Wenge always dreamed of studying hard, getting into college, and finding his mother. Fifteen years later, on the very first day his adoptive father took him to college, he ran into her. His mother was a professor at the university, but he no longer recognized her. His adoptive father was the one who told him she was his mother. But his mother coldly told him not to distur 1.9kReads—Score12714d adds
  49. 49 Flowers Born of the Earth 土生花 Ci Er La Chu次尔拉初Modern Romance375k WordsCompleted The land is silent, yet it can hold all the hardships endured by three generations. On the barren yellow earth, three generations of women are pressed into the mud by fate, bound hand and foot by patriarchy, and slowly tortured by life. They have no choices and nowhere to turn. They don’t even dare to cry aloud. All they can do is endure the darkness, bear the despair, and keep going through days that have been ground to dust, sustained by sheer will. Yang Jinlian is deaf and stutters. All her 1Reads—Score—14d adds
  50. 50 She Outlived the Other Woman, Then Was Reborn 熬死小三，她又重生啦 Meow, Meow猫啊咪啊Modern Romance621k WordsOngoing [Not a palace-intrigue novel, not a farming novel: the heroine's growth and the redemption of a life.] Bai Chunyu had a miserable life in her previous life. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to the 1970s, before any of those tragedies had happened! She decisively cut ties with her family, severing them once and for all. She would protect her genius little daughter with her life. Her family's ancestral silver bangle concealed a pocket dimension, stocked to the brim with supplies. S 281Reads7.7Score—14d adds

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