Novels like I’ll Lie Flat After Passing the Provincial Exam
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- 151 After My Spatial Powers Awakened, the Shen Family’s Ninth Daughter Went on a Rampage 空间觉醒后，沈家九娘杀疯了 Transmigration · Pocket Dimension · No Romance · Farming · Building Wealth · Female Growth · Slow Burn The whole village was stunned on the day the ninth daughter of the Shen family was made a princess. Before she turned eight, she was a little girl who gathered wild vegetables by the field ridges. After she turned eight, she became a transmigrator who awoke with a pocket dimension. She builds schools, offers up grain seeds, saves the heir to the throne, opens restaurants, and builds mountain 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 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 12.8kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves
- 153 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 4.5kReads8.0Score326Shelves
- 154 A Northern Song Dynasty Guide to Climbing the Official Ladder 北宋升官手册 The ratings just opened. They'll go up later. [Historical Transmigration] [Imperial Examinations] [Officialdom] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [No System] What were the regrets of the Northern Song Dynasty? Was it that Liu Yong's lyrics were sung throughout the land, while he himself spent half his life in disappointment? Was it that Fan Zhongyan cared deeply for the realm, yet his Qingli Reforms were abandoned halfway through? Or was it the unfulfilled ambition to pacify the Rong, amid the nort 1.3kReads7.2Score117Shelves
- 155 I Reincarnated as a Fake Widow in a Farming Family, and This Man Is So Clingy 穿成农家伪寡妇，这个男人太黏人 After Zhao Weiran, an older unmarried woman in modern times, was found dead on the street with her throat slit, she transmigrated into the body of Zhao Dani, a pretend widow. She planned to gather herbs, farm the land, raise a child, and follow the ultimate path to happiness as a heroine with land, money, and a kid. But she never expected her husband to come back from the dead and treat her with such patience, tenderness, and care. Well, she wasn’t one to be coy. If she was in love, she’d admit 169Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 156 Married Off to a Lame Hunter, I Eat Meat at Every Meal During the Famine 被嫁给瘸腿猎户，饥荒年顿顿吃肉 [Transmigration + farming + medicine + hunting + herb gathering + System + shop + space] P.S. No capital city, court politics, princes, or generals. Just a simple, cozy farming life with a small ensemble cast. Ling Xi had suffered from heart disease since childhood. Her father never cared for her, and neither did her mother. After finally making it through her probationary period as a doctor, she suffered another attack and died. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Lin Xi, a girl sold 38.6kReads8.4Score3.7kShelves
- 157 Farming in Ancient Times: From Debt to Raising... 古代种田：从欠债到养 Note: This story has no golden finger, no System, no spatial realm, and no protagonist aura. It focuses on the real struggle for survival faced by the male protagonist, Li Shitou, whose modern soul transmigrates into another body. Centered on farming, making a living, and family conflicts, it emphasizes the struggle to get by in ordinary life. There is no sudden fortune or wish-fulfillment payoff, only a focus on realism. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 The Commoner Who Became Chief Minister 寒门首辅 When Gu Changliu wakes up, he has become a country scholar. He has no grand ambitions: he just wants to pass the provincial examination, become a minor official, put down roots, and spend his life in harmony with the woman he loves. But the officialdom is no easy place to get by. He had hoped to be a lazy nobody, but the political infighting leaves him no choice but to press forward with all his might. If he can't be a carefree salted fish, then he will take flight like a great roc, rising ninet 3.1kReads8.6Score215Shelves
- 159 Since I've Been Reborn, I'll Master Both the Pen and the Sword 都重来了，我当然要文武双全 Set in an alternate early Ming Dynasty, this is a story about a science student who transmigrates. Simple middle-school physics experiments are enough to amaze everyone. He sparks a scientific awakening, founds a new school of thought, and brings materialism into Confucianism to accelerate social progress. You just need a little scientific knowledge. You can do it too, and there’s no golden finger!! 1.7kReads6.5Score101Shelves
- 160 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 1.8kReads7.7Score124Shelves
- 161 The Days I Spent Farming in the Village 在村里种田的日子 The rating is low because it was just released. Give it a try if it sounds like your thing. Sang Wan, a maid in the Li residence, offended one of the household's esteemed guests and was handed over to a slave broker. He took her from Jiangzhou Prefecture on a winding journey, and by a twist of fate, sold her to a rough soldier who had just returned home to the Du family. The eldest son, Du Yu'en, had coarse features and a fierce look in his eyes. He spoke in a gruff voice, and whenever he shoute 889Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 162 I'm a Seven-Year-Old Prodigy, and I'll Earn Six Honors in the Imperial Exams 我七岁神童，科举路上六元及第 In his previous life, Su Mingli was a genius with a photographic memory. In this life, he was born into a poor family in the Great Zhou Dynasty and awakened the wisdom of his past life at age seven! Just look at this family: bran porridge every day, an honest older brother and sister-in-law working themselves to the bone, a good-for-nothing cousin, Su Mingzhi, who has failed the children's imperial exam six times, and parents nearly driven mad by the imperial examinations! Su Mingli: ...I can't 34Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 163 Farming While Watching My Three Exes Fight 边种田，边看三位前任打架 There weren’t many readers because too much was happening at home, and I stopped updating for over half a year. It’s now complete. Thank you for reading! [Not AI-written + farming + romance + transmigrate + reborn + System + spatial dimension + not a wish-fulfillment story] Su Ye was an agricultural science doctor from the 23rd century. Her boyfriend, coveting her research, poisoned her to death. Afterward, she transmigrated 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 Eunuch Su's Road to the Imperial Exams 苏公公的科举之路 Chief eunuch Su Weisheng had finally endured his way to retirement, only to die unexpectedly. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a five-year-old child a century later, and all his enemies were dead! His relatives were unkind, and his parents were weak. Su Weisheng consoled himself: At least in this life, I won't have to be a eunuch. I can live with that! He takes on the worst of the family, manages the household, and studies for the imperial examinations. Only after achieving fame and 9kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
- 165 The One Who Returned Home 返乡的人 An ordinary young man with no education, connections, or family background, going from the countryside to the city and then back again. We are the ones born in the seventies and eighties, running as fast as we can... The accident seemed to have been foretold, but so much still took us by surprise. For example: losing our jobs... 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 166 Best Friends Transmigrate Together: One Husband Is Reborn, the Other Dotes on His Wife 闺蜜双穿：夫君一个重生一个宠 Transmigrate to ancient times and become sisters-in-law alongside your best friend! One marries a reborn hunter and is spoiled rotten; the other marries a gentle scholar and is cherished above all. Grow crops, make money, deal with awful relatives, have children, and strike it rich... From a dilapidated shack to a grand house with blue-brick walls; from going hungry to becoming a business magnate. A house full of children, a loving couple, sisters-in-law who stand together, this is the peak of f 248Reads—Score—Shelves
- 167 The Poor Scholar: From the Start, I Was Matched with Twin Brides 寒门状元：开局分配双胞胎娘子 This is a dynasty where men rule and women are inferior, and men are extremely scarce. As soon as Yang Jing transmigrates here, the authorities force him to take two wives. They’re twins, both fair-skinned beauties with long legs. Yang Jing admits they’re a treat for the eyes, but there isn’t even enough food in the house to last the night. He simply can’t afford to feed them! There’s no other choice! To improve his family’s life, he has to take the path of studying, learning martial arts, passi 79Reads7.8Score—Shelves
- 168 Su Chen'an's Journey Through the Imperial Exams 苏辰安的科举之路 Su Chen'an, a master of Chinese painting, had finally wrapped up an exhibition. Just as he walked out of the building, a flowerpot full of sunflowers came flying at him. He died on the spot. When he woke up again, he was almost starved to death inside his mother's womb. Every day, he teetered on the brink of starvation. He felt that if he absorbed even a little more nourishment from the amniotic fluid, his mother might die. But if he absorbed even a little less, the embryo that was him would pro 10.5kReads8.3Score912Shelves
- 169 The Jilted Farm Girl Makes a Comeback, Taking Her Husband on the Road to Riches 退亲农女要翻身，携夫走上致富路 The chuunibyo woman Fang Xiaoning transmigrated! Her father is heartless, shameless, and ill-mannered. Her mother is a weepy little flower, and the family is dirt poor with three children. Fang Xiaoning has it worst of all: her fiancé is a scumbag, and her future in-laws are shameless. Just when she finally manages to break off the engagement, her awful father sends her into the room of the man who once saved his life... Fang Xiaoning grinned. She’d been wondering how to get out of the engagemen 1.6kReads8.4Score168Shelves
- 170 I Was Already Eight When Grandpa Finally Passed the Provincial Exam 我都八岁了爷爷才中举 The transmigrator has a smaller role in the early chapters. The protagonists are Liu Lin and the transmigrator Liu An. I, Liu An, have been transmigrated for eight years, and only now has Grandpa passed the provincial civil service examination! In the thirteenth year of the Wanli era of the Great Ming, forty-two-year-old Liu Lin passes the provincial examination. Years later, Liu Lin gazes at the plaque reading “Four Jinshi from One Family” and falls into deep thought. Follow the protagonist’s g 2.8kReads6.9Score224Shelves
- 171 If I Don’t Take the Imperial Exams, Should I Just Farm? 不科举，难道种地？ The new novel Sequence: Creator is currently being serialized. Give it a read! It's a story about surviving the apocalypse. Thank you 🙏. [Alternate History] [Imperial Examinations] [Plagiarist] [Political Scheming] [Farming] [No System] The barbarians on all four frontiers: anyone who dares invade will see their nation destroyed, their people wiped out, and their descendants cut off. I want this golden age to be exactly as I envision it. History is long, but I need only make the slightest effort 5.7kReads8.6Score392Shelves
- 172 I Came First in the Imperial Exams and Became a Just Official in Ancient Times 科举成状元，我在古代当青天 An ordinary female college student is reborn in an imaginary ancient dynasty, where she becomes a man. As he struggles to adapt to this era, he sees the hardships of the common people, the extravagance of the powerful elite, the integrity of scholars, and the opportunism of politicians. This is a society ruled by a brutal class system. Unluckily for him, he has been reborn here, and all he wants is to live with dignity. Study, take the imperial examinations, become an official. At first, he only 1.2kReads8.5Score101Shelves
- 173 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: A Garden in Full Bloom 穿越古代之翠色满园 Tian Yuan, a modern illegitimate daughter, transmigrated to ancient times. Her father was bedridden, her mother was dead, and she had younger siblings to care for. What was she supposed to do? At least the family hadn’t lost everything, and their patch of vegetable garden gave them hope. The first time she saw Xu Chenjia at the end of East Market Street, his peerlessly handsome profile made Tian Yuan forget where she was. As Xu Chenjia walked past her, he drawled, “What a silver tongue!” Tian Yu 967Reads7.7Score101Shelves
- 174 Country Life in Ancient Times: Jiang Yue, the Farmer’s Daughter 农女姜月的古代田园生活 [No Romance + Farming + Food Business + Animal Husbandry + Family and Village Life + Slow-Burn] Jiang Yue, a farmer's daughter with an unusual fate, was divorced and sent home. She fell ill and died. Jiang Yue, a modern single woman past her prime, was caught in a flash flood while traveling. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Jiang Yue, a seventeen-year-old divorcée abandoned in ancient times. Her family is desperately poor, but they stick together through thick and thin, and the 76Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 175 The Civil and Martial Arts of Song 文宋武略 A 996 overworked employee at an electronics company transmigrates to the Northern Song. He uses modern knowledge to develop the salt industry, then draws on his knowledge of later history to anticipate Wang Jun’s rebellion and prepare for it in advance, intervening in the course of history. He also puts his knowledge of the later imperial examinations to use, entering officialdom through the child prodigy exam. He develops the economy, creates military equipment, and reorganizes the army, leadin 23Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Transmigrate to a Farming Family, Aim for the Imperial Exams 穿越农家，科举为上 Wang Xi had a heart condition as a child and was abandoned at an orphanage. He worked odd jobs to put himself through college and finally landed a pretty good job. After three years of working diligently, just as he was finally able to give something back to the orphanage where he grew up, he suddenly died while working overtime one night. Reborn into a farming family, Wang Xi is now a little boy named Li Shuanzi. He knows all too well that if he wants a better life, passing the imperial exams i 3.5kReads8.9Score220Shelves
- 177 Born into a Farmer's Family as Their Late-Born Son, I Change Our Fortunes Through the Imperial Exams 胎穿农家老来子，靠科举改换门庭 [Imperial Examinations + Daily Life + No Golden Finger] Just after passing the civil service exam, Song Xi was sent by a cement truck trying to meet its quota to an ancient dynasty called Great Qi. He was reborn as a farmer's son, and his mother gave birth to him at an advanced age, drawing plenty of ridicule from those around them. His family owned nothing but four bare walls, and they could afford meat only once or twice a year. Fortunately, his family loved him, and he had something to look f 19.7kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
- 178 The Imperial Exams: I Conquered the World with Poetry 科举，我靠诗文名动天下 [Imperial examinations + no romance + alternate world + poetry and prose + fortune-telling by characters + sixfold honors in the imperial examinations + infrastructure + political intrigue] An imperial-examination story. Sheng Yu transmigrates to ancient times as a three-and-a-half-year-old child. He begins his studies right away, enters the finest academy in Jiangnan, then advances through the prefectural school and a tribute recommendation to the Imperial Academy. Step by step, he grows up and 1.1kReads8.4Score102Shelves
- 179 Faked My Death and Stayed Away for Years, Now I'm Leaving with My Child After a Divorce 假死多年不回家，带娃和离跑路啦 [Chaotic Times + Satisfying Revenge + Putting Scoundrels in Their Place + Pocket Dimension + Historical Romance + No Romance] The moment Gu Jiao opened her eyes, she found herself a widow. Her sister-in-law’s in-laws were a family of shameless bullies, demanding compensation for the husband who had died on the battlefield so their son could take a concubine. Fortunately, her sister-in-law was neither blind nor foolish. She swiftly divorced the scoundrel and returned to her family home. Gu Jiao h 80Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 180 Farming in Ancient Times: From Spoiled Brat to the Pillar of the Family 古代种田：从败家子到全家顶梁柱 Reborn as a Farmer’s Castoff: Zhao Lei, a modern office drone, opens his eyes and finds himself as Zhao Sanlang, the third son of an ancient Zhao family, a man who drank, gambled, visited brothels, and beat his wife and children. The original owner was beaten to death over gambling debts. What Zhao Lei is left with is a drafty shack, a silent wife, Liu, a hungry little son, Xiaoshitou, and a pack of awful relatives who constantly call girls “money-losing burdens”: parents who favor sons over dau 10Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 181 Fired and Cheated On, I Become a Chengdu Sensation with a Magical Spring 被开除又被绿，我靠灵泉火遍成都 The Legend of Xiaoman: From Street Stall to a Trillion-Yuan Empire A mysterious old well brimming with the miracle of life, and a comeback that begins at the edge of despair: this is the extraordinary life of an ordinary girl, Su Yuqing, formerly known as Zhao Xiaoman, as she rises from a night-market stall to become a business legend. Down on her luck, she unexpectedly discovers that the ancient well at her old home hides a “spirit spring.” Its water nourishes all things and gives food a soul 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 In a Famine Year, Grandma Sun Stockpiles Grain to Survive 荒年，孙老太囤粮度饥荒 [Family life + farming + slow and steady progress + not a power fantasy + drought + no romance] “Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, give me one month. If you still want to split up the family then, the eldest won’t have to support me in my old age either!” Qiao Yu has become the biased old woman in a book. She looks down on girls as money-losing burdens while treating her own daughter like a treasure. To keep her son-in-law from divorcing her daughter, she even considers selling her 331Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 183 I Became a Billionaire with Jianying: Everyone in My Village Is Worth Ten Billion 我靠剪映成首富：全村人均一百亿 [Farming to Build Wealth + Developing the Village + Transforming His Hometown] Xu Guan is framed and faces a prison sentence, but then he gains the ability to modify the genes of plants and animals. First, he grows fast-maturing vegetables, making quick money and helping the villagers escape poverty. Then he raises fast-growing fish, complaining when they gain less than a hundred pounds in a year. He plants coconut trees in the temperate zone, bringing tropical scenery to the borderlands. His he 595Reads7.2Score111Shelves
- 184 A Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Tough Daughter-in-Law of the Alley 年代军婚，小巷里的彪悍儿媳 Transmigration + 1970s Setting + Points for Punishing Villains + Tough Heroine + Treasure Hunting + Sweet Romance While other people had one foot in Tsinghua and the other in Peking University, Su Wanwan slipped on both feet and ended up in the countryside, where she was immediately pressured into marriage... What? The guy's a greasy old man, and he beats his wife? A man like that doesn't deserve to get married. Su Wanwan was furious. She beat up the wife-beater and took care of her horrible sec 57Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 185 If Peach Blossoms Promise You, Dear Yanxi 桃花若诺卿兮颜 [Multiple heroines + Farming + Business + Adventure + Sweet romance + Funny everyday life] All you have to do is watch with a smile from start to finish! Come ship some couples! Wait, what? The heroine is a jinx? Will the hero abandon her? Can he bear to let go of her hand? The plot is so exciting! A super-sweet, super-funny life after transmigrating! And so many different couples to choose from. Which pairing do you like best? "Peach Blossoms Send My Love" Rosy cheeks and red makeup, our first 73Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 186 Transmigrated as a General's Concubine, She Only Wants to Keep Male Favorites 穿成将军府的姨娘，她只想养面首 All I did was visit a museum and ask, “What handsome men could there have been in ancient times?” Then the heavens tossed Zhang Yunyun into a dilapidated general's residence, where she became an unfavored concubine whom everyone had shoved into a neglected corner because of her frail health. Luckily, she had the original owner's memories and found a box of silver notes she'd stashed away in a corner. “That unlucky Xiao Dingyuan died on the battlefield. There's not even a mouse left in the genera —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 I Made My Way to Prosperity Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举奔小康 There are awful people. No golden finger (Though being a modern person who transmigrates might be the biggest golden finger of all!) After transmigrating, Song Zhixue wants only to change his life of toiling in the fields from dawn till dusk. 20.1kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
- 188 After Bankruptcy, My Ancestors Forced Me to Farm and Reclaim Wasteland 破产后，祖宗逼我种地开荒 After Chen Yu goes bankrupt, he's forced to sell off the family assets and return to his hometown in the countryside. By chance, he inherits a legacy from his ancestors and is made to farm and reclaim wasteland for planting trees. Unexpectedly, in the process of farming through both hardship and joy, he carves out an entirely new path. From then on, he embarks on another entrepreneurial journey and leads the people of his hometown to prosperity. 364Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 Transmigrated to the Countryside, I Happily Became a Farmer 穿越之甘心做农女 The house was bare, her father was missing, her mother had just passed away, her grandmother was old, her eldest sister was of marriageable age, and her younger siblings were still small. Thinking of all this, Gao Xue closed her eyes. Even after transmigrating, she had no desire to keep living. As she teetered on the brink of death, the three siblings shared an egg, one bite at a time. For that little bit of warmth, for the family love she had always lacked, Gao Xue gritted her teeth and accepte 1.5kReads8.9Score134Shelves
- 190 A Million Armored Men in Troubled Times, and You Call Them Beggars Scrounging for Food? 乱世带甲百万，你说是流民乞食 [War + passion + history + anti-cliché + no System] Qin Tian, a university graduate, transmigrates into a vagrant in a land torn apart by war. From the start, he’s fighting a wild dog over half a piece of bread. No System, no golden finger, and he can’t even understand what people are saying! Bandits want to sell him, soldiers want to arrest him, and the city is full of starving corpses and danger at every turn. While others endure humiliation, he grabs a shard of pottery and fights back; while 104Reads—Score—Shelves
- 191 To Avoid Getting Beaten, I Started Studying for the Imperial Exams 为了不挨打，开始考科举 One day, Shen Qingyun becomes the youngest son of a farming family and thinks he can spend his whole life as a freeloader. But then disaster strikes, and he faces a dire predicament: His eldest brother went off to take a temporary job, but came back dead, wrapped in a straw mat; Other families in the village have several sons, but the Shen family has only him, their sole heir; His shrewish, favoritism-prone mother, his mistreated nieces, and his stooped, adopted father all depend on him; Bearing 1.4kReads8.6Score149Shelves
- 192 The Imperial Exams: They All Say I'm the Star of Literature Reborn 科举，他们都说我是文曲星下凡 (This book blends elements of the imperial examinations, romance, court politics, bureaucratic intrigue, warfare, and more.) Zhao Lin was the youngest professor of classical Chinese literature in Huaxia. After transmigrating, he becomes a young scholar in the Great Zhou, celebrated as a “star of literary talent” and a “child prodigy.” But the Grand Examiner declares him “frivolous by nature, destined to achieve nothing.” With his reputation on the verge of collapse, he draws on the extraordinary 1.4kReads8.7Score166Shelves
- 193 Hunter in a Year of Famine: I Stockpile Grain and Become King by Killing a Tyrant 荒年猎户：从杀恶霸开始屯粮称王 Hunter + farming + conquest + stockpile grain and bide your time before claiming the throne After transmigrating into a year of famine, Su An had barely opened his eyes when his own father nearly killed him. His dad thought he was possessed by a ghost! “Since I’m here, I’d better survive first!” A bully killed his original body to take the village beauty? He raised a crossbow to the bully’s forehead, and the man didn’t dare make another peep. Freezing in the bitter night? He spent the night repa 727Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 194 The Imperial Exams: From Poor Scholar to Shocking the Entire Court 科举：从寒门书生到惊爆满朝文武 (Imperial examinations + farming + no System + transmigration) (Has a CP; the male lead is devoted and never flirts around) Though Landowner Lin's family is fabulously wealthy, every member of the clan is short, plump, and sturdy, looking like they were born lucky! But his son, Lin Bei, is strikingly handsome, tall and elegant, and stands out in any crowd. Gazing at his reflection in the water, Lin Bei couldn't help sighing: A man who isn't charming in his youth has wasted it. His wet nurse 728Reads—Score111Shelves
- 195 The Commoner Chancellor, Xia Ren 布衣宰相虾仁 After a sudden car accident, Xia Ren, a double PhD in history and literature, transmigrated as a dying seven-year-old peasant child in the Great Jing Dynasty, a realm never recorded in history. His family had nothing, but that couldn't diminish the knowledge and experience he had accumulated over two lifetimes. His memories of poring over ancient texts in his previous life remained crystal clear. The classics, historical records, institutions, and lessons of dynastic rise and decline were all at 336Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 The Imperial Exam Path to Success 科举助吾上青云 After transmigrating into a family of farmers who also valued education, Bai Zimu had grandparents, parents, uncles, and aunts to support, as well as seven older sisters whose dowries had to be prepared. To escape the fighting on the border, the entire family moved back to their hometown. Along the way, they lost two of his sisters, and he himself nearly died. He wasn't strong enough to carry heavy loads or even lift much. In this underdeveloped world, Bai Zimu thought it over and realized that 3kReads9.0Score236Shelves
- 197 The Whole Family Transmigrates, and the Villains Start a Rat Race in Ancient Times 全家穿越，极品竟然在古代搞内卷 Shen Mingzhu and her entire family transmigrated to an alternate ancient world. They had become the awful characters in a farming novel, and even worse, they were destined to be cannon fodder in the story. Her father was a professor at a prestigious university, her mother inherited the art of Su embroidery, her older brother chaired a publicly listed company, her grandmother was a country doctor, and even her scholarly grandfather got in on the action. Shen Mingzhu discovered that her whole fami 2.6kReads8.7Score224Shelves
- 198 Graduation Means Unemployment: The Joys of Growing Melons in the Countryside 毕业即失业：农村种瓜乐趣多 From the start, it's “hell mode”: Huang Pu suffers one job-hunting defeat after another in the city, crushed by the label “unemployed upon graduation.” Rejecting the rat race, he flees back to the countryside with nothing but his diploma, declaring that he'll grow “premium-priced melons” on farmland and build a landscaped melon farm. But village bully Han Erhu makes trouble at every turn, while the villagers look on coldly. With no resources or connections, how can Huang Pu defy the odds and cha 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 A Farmer's Son at Dawn, an Emperor's Courtier by Dusk 朝为农家郎，暮登天子堂 (There's family drama, petty squabbles, rural life, outrageous oddballs, life in government, and much more.) After spending nearly ten years in a daze as an idiot, Tang Wenfeng fell into the water one day and finally came to his senses, now with a modern mind inside him. To avoid taxes, make a fortune, lie flat and enjoy himself, and secure a carefree life for the future, Tang Wenfeng decided to sit the imperial examinations. Who knew that an unexpected turn of events would put him on the 6.2kReads8.4Score415Shelves
- 200 The Eldest Farmhouse Daughter Builds a Prosperous Home 农家长姐当家致富 [Two audio versions available: one with a full cast] [No spatial spring System] [Family squabbles + cozy daily life + self-reliance through famine + managing the household and building wealth + fictional dynasty + no lone-wolfing + putting the greater good first] What a shock! A young woman suddenly transmigrates into ancient times as the eldest daughter of a farming family, orphaned by both parents. Her heartless paternal grandparents drive her out, hoping to seize the family property, while he 10.5kReads8.7Score882Shelves
