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- 1 Transmigrated to a Little Ancient Village: Farming, Raising a Family, and Becoming a Dad 穿越古代小村，种田养家成奶爸 Li Danian, a retired army cook, transmigrates to a small village in ancient times. A rundown tiled house and a farmhouse courtyard are all his family owns. He clears land, hunts game, grows fruit and vegetables, and raises livestock. With his wealth of skills, Li Danian leads his whole family onto the road to prosperity. 170Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 2 The Imperial Exams? I Have Sons and Grandsons Everywhere, Across the Court 科举？老子儿孙满堂，遍布朝野 Transmigrate to another world and become a dad? [Farming + Face-Slapping + Imperial Exams + Everyday Life] Song Yuanting is a perfectly respectable associate chief physician, yet he suddenly dies and wakes up as an old farmer in the Great Yu dynasty? And that’s not all. He even has grandchildren! A house full of children and grandchildren may sound like a bargain, but he’s ended up in the Song family, where people get devoured without a trace. You want me, Song Yuanting, to toil so someone else 401Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 3 After I Transmigrated, QQ Farm Became My Golden Finger 穿越后QQ农场成了我的金手指 My new story is out! You’re welcome to read my work 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! 2.3kReads—Score215Shelves
- 4 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 921Reads7.4Score110Shelves
- 5 Reincarnated in Ancient Times: From Farmer to Sage 魂穿古代之以农入圣 Soul transmigration, farming, no System. Li Yuntian, an agricultural science student from the twenty-first century, dies unexpectedly and finds his soul transported to the ancient Great Zhou Dynasty in a parallel world. It’s hell mode from the start: his parents are both dead, his family is dirt poor, and all he has are an honest sixteen-year-old older brother, three young siblings crying to be fed, an empty rice jar, and the bitter winter just around the corner. Faced with utter poverty, Li Yun 8.1kReads7.6Score547Shelves
- 6 The Imperial Exams: Daily Life of a Young Farmer in Ancient Times 科举：古代农家小子生活日常 [One Female Lead] + [No System] + [Farming] + [Everyday Life] + [Romance] + [Family Matters] The everyday life of a man from the bottom of society in ancient times. To avoid being bullied, wear silk, live in a big house, have a beautiful wife and concubines, own fine horses, and farm without paying taxes, he strives to pass the imperial examinations. And more… Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. He had only just graduated, yet he threw himself into the imperial examinations. Though it was 1.1kReads6.2Score109Shelves
- 7 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 3.2kReads7.7Score259Shelves
- 8 Bound to the Dutiful Son System During the Famine, the Wicked Mother-in-Law Turns Over a New Leaf 荒年绑定孝子系统，恶婆婆洗白了 Farming + pocket dimension + flight from famine + a life full of blessings Wang Yi, a workaholic who has always been single, transmigrates into a book and suddenly becomes a thirty-seven-year-old mother of seven sons and four daughters-in-law. She comes with a farming System, but even providing for the whole family is a struggle, and Wang Yi is ready to give up. Then the System reveals that filial piety points can be exchanged for silver. With a deal this good, she has to keep working with them. 590Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 9 Transmigrated to a Farmhouse, Raising a Son to Pass the Imperial Exams 穿越农家，养儿考科举 A modern unmarried man past his prime transmigrates to ancient times, where he has no strength to even wring a chicken’s neck and finds himself on a battlefield from the start. The good news is that the war is about to end, and he’ll soon be able to go home. The bad news is that before he can make it home, the authorities force him into an arranged marriage. He’s barely in his twenties, yet he’s considered an aging bachelor in this ancient world. If he doesn’t marry, he’ll have to pay a head tax 2.9kReads7.0Score192Shelves
- 10 After I Transmigrated, I Became a Worthless Burden Worth Two Taels of Silver 穿越后，我成了2两银子的赔钱货 Modern office worker Lin Wei opens her eyes and finds herself in an ancient, remote mountain village, sold to the Shen family for two taels of silver as a “money-losing burden.” Her mother-in-law, Wang Cuihua, yanks her by the hair and calls her a jinx. Her eldest brother-in-law watches coldly, while the second spits out, “You’re a bottomless pit.” The only one on her side is her new husband, Shen Qing, a sickly man coughing as if he might stop breathing at any moment, unable to get a complete s —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 A Farmer’s Son’s Daily Struggle to Succeed in the Imperial Exams 农家子科举奋斗日常 Born into a farming family in an unknown dynasty, Zhao Jue looked at his tiny arms and legs and thought, Farming was out of the question. In this age where scholars ranked above farmers, artisans, and merchants, and learning was considered the noblest pursuit, he’d better work hard at his studies… 226Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 12 An Ancient-Era Farmer's Road to Prosperity 古代农家子的致富路 (It gets even better the more you read! Be patient and give it a try.) A farming story told from the male lead's perspective, with a modest golden finger. A simple story about food, farming, and getting rich. No shop to open; he just wants to be a wholesaler. Buns, flower rolls, big steamed buns, hawthorn rolls, sour pear vinegar, and ginger to start things off! He helps his wife's family and the people in the village get rich together, lifting their village out of extreme poverty. The heroi 207Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 13 The Works of Heaven and Earth: Raising My Wife and Children in Ancient Times 天工开物，我在古代养妻儿 Li Ming, a modern man, wakes up after his soul travels through time and finds himself in ancient Ning, reborn as Zhang Dashan, a forty-year-old dirt-poor farmer in Qingshi Village on the frontier! He faces a home with bare walls and eight hungry children, a wife worn out by hard work and helpless with worry, and parents so hopelessly biased they see him as a burden. His younger brother and sister-in-law are lazy, greedy, sharp-tongued parasites, too! And to make matters worse, he's forced to spl 1.7kReads7.7Score148Shelves
- 14 Life in Ancient Times, Starting as a Cowherd 从放牛娃开始的古代生活 After transmigrating to ancient times, Zhao Xiaoshan doesn’t become a prince or a royal lord. Instead, he ends up a village boy tending cattle. He stares at the sky in dismay. Fine, if he can’t go back, he might as well roll up his sleeves and get to work. So what if they’re poor? He has his wits about him! See how he leads his whole family to earn money and make a fortune in ancient times! [Farming + business + lighthearted + everyday family life] No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finge 3.8kReads7.9Score258Shelves
- 15 Transmigrated to Ancient China's Loess Plateau: Farming and Family Life 穿越古代黄土高原种田养家日常 (Northwest Loess Plateau + unmarried life + no awful relatives + no melodrama + no ennoblement or high office + everyday family life + Northwestern dialect + warm, rustic atmosphere) Ji Yongling, a medical master’s graduate, transmigrates into a farming family in the impoverished ancient Northwest Loess Plateau, where people live on bran and wild greens. Her only choice is to grow crops, potatoes, and medicinal herbs, and to plant trees, so she can lead her family and the villagers to a life wit 384Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 16 A Farmer's Mother: Raising Seven Kids and Getting Rich Through the Imperial Exams 农门娘亲：养七娃，考科举发大财 After dying horribly in a plane crash, Gu Qinghe opens her eyes to find herself in ancient times, inhabiting the body of a lonely, destitute sixteen-year-old girl. Just as she's getting used to her new identity, her family drags her into a desperate mass flight amid the chaos of war. She gnaws on tree bark, dodges marauding soldiers, and crosses fields of corpses in search of a way to survive. With her modern knowledge, she struggles through a year until a new dynasty is finally established and 4.5kReads7.9Score327Shelves
- 17 The Imperial Exams: A Country Boy Becomes a Pillar of the Nation 科举：农村娃成了国家顶梁柱 (Imperial examinations + farming + cuisine + infrastructure) Wang Xue'an wakes up in an ancient farming village, forced to chew wild greens day after day. He finally flips the table in a rage: this is no way to live! So he puts the knowledge he learned in another world to use, taking the imperial exams, building infrastructure, and creating delicious food... He cultivates superior seeds, boosts productivity, and builds an agricultural powerhouse. He develops new military technologies, expands th 2kReads7.4Score173Shelves
- 18 In the Famine Years, I Lived Freely and Recklessly 饥荒年我逍遥又猖狂 In a year of famine, the protagonist, Zeng Zhou, transmigrates into a chaotic age. First he makes his fortune, then marries and has children, working hard to farm and grow stronger, until at last he contends for the world. The story of an ordinary man who grows little by little, until one day the great roc rises with the wind and soars ninety thousand miles. Striving to survive and improve his lot, he learns that to enjoy riches and honors before others, one must endure hardship behind the scene 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Woman in a Man's Body: A Country Boy's Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男：极品农家小子的科举 [Female-to-male transmigration + farming + imperial examinations + changing her fate + everyday family life] Liu Shu was on his deathbed when he transmigrated into the body of a little boy. His father was crafty, his mother slippery, his older brother simple-minded, and his older sister fiery. He was both lazy and greedy, so he had two flaws to his name. By chance, he learned that his family was the eldest branch's human ATM, the kind they would grind to the bone and still squeeze dry. This... T 4Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 20 Low-Ranking Clerk: Just to Eat Half a Bowl More of Noodles 胥吏：只为多吃半碗面 As the frail, useless third son of a small landowner, he isn't even allowed an extra half-bowl of noodles, so he has to find his own way in life. No System, no golden finger. All he can do is make a living as a peddler. But people have their eyes on his business, and he's powerless to fight back. If you can't beat them, join them. From a hanger-on named Bai Shu to a clerk in charge of official records, he only wants to climb step by step to the highest position... among the clerks. Good or evil 2.5kReads8.3Score248Shelves
- 21 Hunter King: White Steamed Buns and Meat at Every Meal During the Famine 猎人王，饥荒年顿顿白馒头加肉 The moment business tycoon Gu Zhouyuan opens his eyes, he finds himself in a famine-stricken village as the local “spendthrift.” His family has nothing, his little nephew is on the brink of starvation, and the neighbors have begun exchanging children to eat. From the start, the difficulty is hellish. Luckily, he gets bound to the Everything Trading System: wild greens can be traded for coarse grain, wild boars for fine flour, and even locusts for life-saving jerky. Starting with getting his fam 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn in the Countryside: My Fate Is Mine to Decide 重生农家：我命由我不由天 Reborn into a Farming Family: My Fate Is Mine to Decide In his previous life, he was the sickly son least favored by the Zhou family. His wife and daughter were dragged down with him and died miserably amid insults calling them “money-losing burdens.” In this life, he is reborn with his memories intact. He opens his eyes to an empty home and bitter strife with his brothers’ wives. Zhou Chengyuan sneers: “Since Heaven has given me another chance, I’ll decide my own fate!” From having a mouthful —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 I Just Want a Bite of Meat, So Why Make Me Take the Imperial Exam? 只想吃口肉，非要让我考科举 A lighthearted, humorous slice-of-life story. Shen Qingyun transmigrates into the body of a poor farm boy in Qingshan Village, Great Qian, whose family can barely keep food on the table. Instead of using his adult wisdom to turn his life around, he devotes it all to figuring out how to get meat to eat. He tricks his cousin and schemes with the neighbor kids. Other people get beaten up, while he gets to satisfy his cravings. When Grandpa suggests sending a grandson to school, Grandma shows her “k 42.2kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves
- 24 Starting My Civil Service Exam Journey After Being Kicked Out of My Home 科举从被赶出家门开始 An accident turned Gu Yuan into the third son of the Gu family in ancient Qing Shui Village. His father had died young, and his mother showed him no affection. His family was reasonably well-off, but he didn’t get a single cent of it after being kicked out. Just as he had finally found hope for life, a System suddenly appeared and told him he’d die if he didn’t take the imperial examinations. Fine, then: he’d sit the exams and make a living. Let’s see how he builds a future for himself, one step 250Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 25 Fleeing Famine: Sign-In for a Spatial Farm from the Start 逃荒：开局签到空间农场 Tags: Space / System / transmigration / fleeing famine / food / cultivation / sign-in / farming / natural disasters He has barely transmigrated when drought strikes. The crops are on the verge of total failure, and the northern enemy kingdom is poised to invade. A traitor joins forces with them from within, and they attack the northern frontier. Natural disasters, human calamities, and war all arrive at once, so he has to flee for his life from the start! Fortunately, he has a sign-in System. 8.1kReads6.9Score622Shelves
- 26 The Complete Version of All Things Grow 生万物完整版 Set in Tian Niu Miao Village in the Yimeng Mountains, Life Upon Life follows the life of Ning Xiu Xiu, the eldest daughter of the Ning family. Spanning nearly a century, from 1927 through the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, it tells the story of a woman bound deeply to the land, her family, and her times, portraying the sweeping changes in China’s countryside and farmers’ profound attachment to the land. At the start of the novel, Xiu Xiu is a wealthy young lady. After bein 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 27 A Zhuangyuan Emerges from a Farming Family Through the Imperial Exams 科举农门出了个状元郎 After finally making something of himself as an orphan, he opened his eyes in the darkness and found himself a five-year-old idiot in ancient times. From the start, the Husky System tricked him into going deep into the mountains, telling him to be independent and figure out how to survive there alone. To hell with that! I have a home and a family. There’s just one problem: this family is dirt poor! No worries. Getting rich and passing the imperial exams are well within his abilities! This is a s 365Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 28 Transmigrate to a Chaotic Era and Hide in the Mountains with My Little Sister 穿越乱世带着妹妹躲入深山 After transmigrating into a chaotic era, she takes her younger sister into the mountains to escape danger. They live in a cave, dig for wild vegetables, and hunt. No golden finger, no storage space, no System, and no romance. Writing isn’t easy. If you don’t like it, please don’t be rude. 4.4kReads8.2Score540Shelves
- 29 After I Stopped Being a Doormat, the Sect's Saintess Went Crazy 不当舔狗之后，宗门圣女急疯了 [Fantasy + pocket dimension + immortals and mortals living together + no System + cultivation-minded, slow-paced daily life] After fawning over Song Sihan for eighteen years, Jiang Liu finally won her hand. To make sure his wife and son had enough resources to cultivate, he devoted himself to business and became a wealthy supplier of spiritual herbs. Song Sihan used a drug to control his mind, making him completely forget his family. His father was framed and killed, his mother died of illness, 504Reads7.1Score106Shelves
- 30 They Called Me Sickly, So I Turned Around and Made a Name for Myself in the Imperial Exams 说我病殃子，我转身科举争光 [Farming + Alternate Ancient Setting, Imperial Exams, but Not a Conventional Exam Novel, Romance] My new book, [Reborn with the Appearance of an Eighteen-Year-Old, While My Children Are Already Twelve], is now updating. Please give it your support. Wang Erxiao was in the prime of his life when he transmigrated, born into the body of a farm boy named Wang Erxiao in the Great Liang dynasty. The Wang family now has three generations living under one roof. Counting his biological and cousin sisters, 26.4kReads7.2Score2.4kShelves
- 31 A Woman in a Man’s Body: The Farmer’s Son Works Everyone to Tears 女穿男之，农家小子把人卷哭了 Wah! When Liu An’an opened her eyes, she discovered she’d become a baby. What? Not only had she become a baby, she’d also changed sex and become the only boy in the family, Liu An. Her family doted on him, but they were so poor that even getting enough to eat was a problem. Well, seeing how much his family loved him, Liu An decided to put the advantages of his previous life to use, work hard, and lead the whole family to a better life. 844Reads8.5Score100Shelves
- 32 A Chaotic Era: I Have a Space-Time Warehouse 乱世开局：我有一座时空仓库 The Great Wu has suffered drought after drought. When Lin Zhuishan awakened a space-time warehouse, it came stocked with powerful crossbows, thunderbolts, building materials, and high-yield seeds. As war erupted and northern enemies invaded in force, he mass-produced firearms, opened up vast stretches of farmland, and gathered a million displaced people. Armed with powerful tools to protect the realm, he fought internal rebellion and foreign enemies, carving out a safe haven for ordinary people. 189Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Art Never Ages: Painting Beauties in Ancient Times 丹青不老，我在古代画美人 [No System, No golden finger, No Powerful Backing | Multiple Female Leads | Business-Building | Northern Song, Xuanhe Era] Shen Mo transmigrated to the Northern Song dynasty during the Xuanhe era and took over the body of a down-and-out scholar. With no special abilities or fortuitous encounters, he started from scratch, relying on ordinary livelihood skills and his talent for painting. He slowly built up a business and formed sincere, openhearted bonds with the women around him. He moved betwee 8.5kReads7.2Score895Shelves
- 34 Farming Didn’t Work Out, So I Made My Fortune Through the Imperial Examinations 种田不成，只好科举发家 After being transmigrated into a womb, Song Yingzhi was reborn too. In his previous life, Song Yingzhi had been born into the body of a child in a dirt-poor farming family. During the day, he worked in the fields with the men of the household. At night, he slept in the pigsty. When he was sixteen, his grandmother decided to sell the family’s pigs so Song Yingzhi could marry a wife, then cleaned out the pigsty and turned it into his bridal chamber… After getting married, Song Yingzhi became even 3.9kReads7.4Score455Shelves
- 35 The Court Arranged My Marriage, So How Did I End Up with Three Widows? 朝廷赐婚，我怎么分了三个寡妇 Jiang Lang, a master of his generation, transmigrated to a dynasty where the court assigned wives to men. A poor commoner with nothing but bare walls at home, Jiang Lang chose the three most beautiful widows as his wives. He would pursue a career in government, conquer the business world, make his mark in love, fight his way through the jianghu, and battle on the field! Plots, traps, flirtation, slaughter, and cruelty! To find a way back to his own time, Jiang Lang had no choice but to excel in 749Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 36 Getting By in Ancient Times 我在古代混日子 Qin Feng, a mediocre university student from the 21st century, was driven by necessity to participate in an experiment involving “digital memory transplantation.” The experiment failed, and he transmigrated to ancient times with countless memories. From then on, he began an extraordinary journey in another world, 6.1kReads8.5Score486Shelves
- 37 A Young Scholar in Great Zhou 大周童生 [Multiple heroines! Empress! System! Gacha! Invincible! No angst! If you don't like multiple heroines, stay away!!!] Qin Anning had a dream that she was born in a place called Earth. There, the streets were bustling with traffic, food and drink were plentiful, and there were countless beautiful young women. When she woke up, she was still dirt poor... When her parents were alive, Qin Anning's dream was to rise through the ranks, make a fortune, and bring honor to her family. After they died 1Reads7.5Score—Shelves
- 38 Transmigrated to Ancient Times as a Handsome Farmer, This Special Forces Soldier Wants to Cry 穿越古代成农夫小鲜肉特种兵想哭 On his way home from an elite special forces competition, his plane is struck by lightning, and he transmigrates to another world. A young bachelor in the prime of his life becomes an old farmer of grandfatherly age, and is left close to tears when faced with so many mouths to feed. How can he lead this bunch of adopted kids to a better life? Only through hard work. Drawing on the martial arts passed down through his family in his previous life, as well as his maternal family's renowned Huizhou 3.6kReads8.6Score312Shelves
- 39 Transmigrating to Ancient Times to Put Down Roots 穿越古代落地生根 Zhao Qingyan grew up in an orphanage in her previous life. When she unexpectedly unlocked a pocket dimension, she began stockpiling supplies. After she’d spent all her savings, an accident transmigrated her to a small village in ancient times. From the start, a long drought brought her family to the brink of fleeing their home. Luckily, just when things seemed hopeless, rain poured down from the heavens. The women of the Zhao family rolled up their sleeves and worked hard to earn money. The men 4.7kReads8.9Score420Shelves
- 40 Farming in Ancient Times: A Wife, Children, and a Warm Bed 古代种田，老婆孩子热炕头 The short drama has launched: “Farming in Ancient Times, the Imperial Court Finds Me a Wife” Zhou Cheng transmigrates into a house with nothing but bare walls, with a wife and daughter to his name. His parents play favorites; his second younger brother seems simple-minded but is actually an expert at setting traps; his third younger brother is selfish and self-serving; and his little sister is arrogant, vain, domineering, and unreasonable. As for him… he’s a gambling addict who beats his family 6.4kReads8.2Score460Shelves
- 41 From Little Kid to Top Scholar, I Cheat My Way to the Top 从幼童到状元，我一路开挂 [Alternate-history fiction + imperial examinations + slice of life + no golden finger] Here, clan ties are more important than life itself, and clan rules take precedence over the law. When Qin Haoran was three, his father was killed in a bloody fight over water rights. According to clan rules, the entire clan was supposed to raise the family that had lost its breadwinner. But fate's cruelty was far from over. Three years later, his young mother, unable to bear a life of loneliness and widowhood 59.6kReads8.6Score4.5kShelves
- 42 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. 20.2kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
- 43 Fleeing Famine With a Pocket Dimension: Our Souls Transmigrate to Ancient Times to Build a Business 逃荒有空间，全家魂穿古代搞事业 A quick word of caution from the author: The space golden finger will eventually let the whole family enter, The male and female leads have a ten-year age gap, and this is a long, slow-burn story. Recipe: an ensemble cast and infrastructure-building story, with 60% farming, construction, sweat, and tears; 30% sweet family and romance; and 10% suspenseful political intrigue and corruption. Please leave more comments asking for updates and share your good reviews. Love you all, mwah~ In the third 9.1kReads8.4Score1.2kShelves
- 44 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 4.7kReads8.0Score334Shelves
- 45 Farming Life: A Poor Scholar’s Devoted Wife 种田：寒门状元的宠妻生活 [Transmigration + Farming + Sweet Romance + Heartwarming + Joyful Power Fantasy] After transmigrating, he starts from the ground up in a house stripped bare. Watch as he and the woman he loves build something from nothing and lead their village to prosperity. Before long, the villagers realize that the young woman nobody wanted has been cherished like a treasure, becoming the envy of everyone. At first: “Have you heard? Qi Xiubai offered twenty taels of silver as the betrothal gift.” “Oh my gos 1.1kReads8.9Score106Shelves
- 46 While Others Take the Official Exam, I Farm: Saving Myself Decades of Detours 别人考官我种田，少走弯路几十年 Song Buci transmigrated, but he wasn’t born into a wealthy family or a high-ranking household. Instead, he became Song Fuyu, a nine-year-old farm boy and young scholar from Songjia Village! He thought his journey would take him into the cutthroat world of court politics, full of intrigue and betrayal. But before he could even set out, consumption laid him low, his family was destitute, and he was going hungry. Did all of them want him dead? Thunder boomed beneath a moonless sky, and a wild boar 3.5kReads8.9Score292Shelves
- 47 A Sack of Rice a Day: Sheltering Ten Million Beauties in Famine Years 一天一袋大米，灾年收留千万美人 {Loads of beauties + peaceful farming + keep your head down and don’t show off + wine and poetry + richer than a kingdom} {The protagonist is smart} {Light System} Zhao Yingnan believed the hype about the blessings of 996. After working overtime for too long, he finally dropped dead at his desk. To his surprise, when he woke up again, he found he had transmigrated to a place called the Great Moon Kingdom. Worse still, he had become the poorest person in the entire country. The Great Moon Kingdo 5kReads8.3Score461Shelves
- 48 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 2.8kReads6.9Score221Shelves
- 49 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 3.7kReads8.6Score321Shelves
- 50 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 2kReads7.6Score101Shelves
