Novels like Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Wild Lilies of the Mountain Village, best match first.
- 101 The Little Bridge Cave Family Compound 小桥洞家属院 [Period Setting] [Ensemble Cast] [Everyday Life] The results came out a few months after it was completed. This novel is fantastic! Zhang Yan and Deng Yang were born in the Xiaoqiaodong factory compound and grew up beneath the chimneys of the State Chemical Plant. There was no glamour or respectability here, only the bustle of daily life, sweat, arguments, and warmth. In 1997, as firecrackers exploded to celebrate Hong Kong's return, they still thought their parents would wear their work uniform 645Reads8.1Score10214d adds
- 102 After the Seventies-Era Officer Returned, He Had a Son and a Daughter 七零军官回来后，儿女双全了 [1970s + military marriage + space] Hua Jiuling transmigrated to the 1970s overnight. Her husband, Gu Beiming, was called away on an urgent mission right after their wedding. Months passed with no word from him. Her parents-in-law gave her a hard time, her sister-in-law cursed her, and her sisters-in-law schemed against her. With her pregnant belly, Hua Jiuling picked up a kitchen knife, fought back, split the family, and moved into the hunter’s little house by the village committee. Fortunately 19kReads8.3Score2.5k14d adds
- 103 Love Debts 情债【李幼斌主演的电视剧】 Also known as The Peach Blossom Luck of Sister-in-Law Jiang Qi. A lost paradise in Northeast China, a little mountain village in the Changbai Mountains: the Abandoned Village. Journey beyond a life of hardship and let this story sweep you away. The tangled affairs between men and women in the countryside, and the everyday love and hatred that bind them. So many debts of passion, so many heartbreaks. 6.8kReads8.4Score51914d adds
- 104 In 1975, I Went to the Countryside to Escape Disaster 1975年我下乡避祸 This is not a feel-good power fantasy. There is no pocket dimension, no System, no rebirth, and no transmigration. The times are turbulent, and the road ahead is uncertain. To protect Li Chengxiao, his family bears the pain of sending him to the countryside for an assigned rural posting, away from danger. Alone, he puts down roots in the village, enduring hardship and lying low with quiet resolve. With his unique insight and steady temperament, he establishes himself amid adversity, discreetly b 87.8kReads8.5Score10.6k14d adds
- 105 Xia Guangnuan's First Book 霞光暖暖的第1本书 [Period Setting + Realistic Rural Life + Family Matters + Adultery + Beloved by Everyone + A Woman’s Growth] Hong Xing is a village doctor, twenty-three years old, and the mother of two daughters. Only after her husband dies unexpectedly does she discover that the man who always seemed so honest and quiet, a man who could hardly get a word out even if you beat him with three sticks, had betrayed her. Her whole world collapses. She had always followed the rules of a virtuous wife, respected her p 1.3kReads7.9Score13514d adds
- 106 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 23Reads—Score114d adds
- 107 The Rugged Man Next Door Is Too Wild, and the Village Beauty Blushes in His Embrace 隔壁糙汉太野，村花害羞怀里娇 [Rugged Hero + Pure Romance + Marriage Before Love + Sizzling Chemistry + Sweet Married Life + Building a Fortune] [Delicate Village Beauty VS Cold, Rugged Neighbor] The night Song Qingshan returned to the village, he heard cries coming from next door before he had even entered his own home. He climbed onto a haystack and stole a peek. Poor Wen Sui was bent over a millstone, being beaten. She trembled with pain and sobbed pitifully, looking utterly heartbreaking. The sight set Song Qingshan’s bl 18kReads6.5Score63614d adds
- 108 The Guanshan Saber 关山刀 On the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascended to Heaven. Yan Feilong's father did not come home. Three days later, his mother was found dead in the village temple, a wound in her stomach. The twelve-year-old boy slipped a chipped knife into his clothes and walked into the salt flats, looking for a man: tall and thin, with a mole on his chin. He found him. Three strikes. One for his father, one for his mother, and the last so he could go on living. His revenge was d 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 Marrying a Playboy in the 1980s 八十年代嫁纨绔 [Period setting]+ [no golden finger]+ [both leads are chaste] This is the story of my parents. These days, it would be called a classic hero-rescues-beauty, straight-out-of-a-romance-drama kind of romance. Back then, it was the kind of pairing that left everyone speechless, and made them sigh that a beautiful flower had been stuck in a pile of cow dung! My mom: beautiful, kindhearted, and long-legged. My dad: tall, and otherwise just fierce. My mom: one of the first college students after the na 4.2kReads9.0Score37014d adds
- 110 The 1970s: The Difficult Top-Tier Star Is the Cold-Faced Officer’s Allergy Cure 七零作精顶流是冷面军官的抗敏药 [Period setting + transmigrate into a book + devoted couple + personal space + raising children + sweet romance + military marriage + winning his heart] [Fussy top-tier star heroine VS outwardly cold, inwardly warm officer] Few truly awful characters, with a fairly cozy feel. When she opened her eyes, Su Chinuan, a top-tier star of the twenty-first century, had transmigrated into a period novel as a thankless, ungrateful cannon-fodder character. Her parents had been sent to a farm for hard labor 2.7kReads8.4Score28314d adds
- 111 Don’t Play with People’s Hearts 不要拿捏人心 Don't Play with People's Feelings 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 The Lingering Warmth of the Earthen Bed 土炕上的余温 The quarry in the hills behind Laojing Village buried the men from half the village. All that remained were a village full of widows and children crying from hunger. Thirty migrant miners moved into the workers' barracks, all strapping bachelors. The widows cursed men to their faces, then dug out their floral jackets at night and deliberately walked past the barracks. Each of the three widows had her own reasons: one wanted a protector to help raise her child, one hoped to get some rice and flou 13kReads8.9Score83214d adds
- 113 My Mother, Wang Juzhen 俺娘王菊珍 [Based on real life + hardship + historical era + the struggles and perseverance of ordinary people at the bottom of society] This is not a feel-good power fantasy. The protagonist of this book is my beloved and respected great-grandmother, a poor old woman who struggled through the surging tide of an era. Wang Juzhen never had an easy life. Her parents starved to death while fleeing famine, her own sister sold her for a mouthful of grain, and a landlord lusted after her. Only Wang Long gave her 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 The Charming Village Girl Doesn't Give Her Heart Away 俏村花她不走心 People say that a widow’s doorstep invites trouble, but Chunfang isn’t afraid. She goes out of her way to surround herself with men. After years of struggling in the dirt, she’s seen through it all: you can’t rely on a man’s heart, but you can rely on his money and connections. So she smiles as she plays several men against one another. One helps her come up with the cash, another finds her a market for her goods. The villagers call her shameless. Chunfang sneers. “How much is a reputation worth 21.5kReads8.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 115 The Woman with Five Marriages 五婚女人 Among contemporary Chinese literature's portrayals of rural women's lives, Zheng Guozhen's story grips readers with its astonishing realism and tragic depth. Through an ordinary rural woman's five failed marriages, this novel sketches the hardships of rural women's lives and inner worlds during China's social transformation in the 1990s. From an arranged marriage imposed by her parents to a self-serving union built on dependence on power, from an emotional wasteland scarred by violence to a brie 1.9kReads7.9Score23814d adds
- 116 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 240Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 She Went to Heal Her Broken Heart, but Came Back with a Huge Surprise? 女生疗情伤，疗出个大雷？ On the eve of her wedding, bank supervisor Li Xiaoqi catches her fiancé cheating with her best friend. The next day, nude photos of her go viral across the internet. They were taken when online lenders coerced her into posing for them in college so she could pay her tuition. Pregnant with the cheating man's child, she flees to Huazhai, deep in the Dabie Mountains. Her neighbor, Wanxia, who cannot have children, promises, “You give birth to the baby, and I'll raise it.” During her pregnancy, she 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The Long-Suffering Younger Sister 苦妹 This is a bloodcurdling, suffocating epic of female suffering. It tells the tragic story of a woman called Ku Mei, whose life was mercilessly crushed by fate over more than half a century, from the early 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. In 1960, during a famine-stricken winter, she was born the second daughter in her family and named Pan Di, “Hoping for a younger brother.” From then on, her grandmother saw her as a “jinx” and branded her Ku Mei, “Bitter Girl.” In a family that 3.7kReads8.8Score43214d adds
- 119 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 307Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 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 224Reads7.1Score10814d adds
- 121 I'm a Bachelor, Not a Fool 我是光棍汉，不是傻瓜蛋 Told in the words of a lifelong bachelor, this novel depicts a century in the history of an ordinary family from a unique perspective. It reveals the tragic lives of ordinary people at the bottom of society, especially older bachelors who have never married; condemns the selfish and despicable side of human nature; and celebrates sincerity, kindness, and moral character. One of the few literary works in China to focus early on the tens of millions of lifelong bachelors, it hopes to inspire peopl 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 Aunt Mei 媚姨 Male Lead: Ding Yuan Female Lead: Liu Meiyi No one is reborn, and there is no System. This is an era of struggle belonging to the older generation! That year, Ding Yuan earned top marks in the imperial examinations, only to have his life stolen from him when his stepmother conspired with her family to switch his results. His father, unaware of the truth, set out on a rainy night to sell goods in the mountains and raise money for Ding Yuan to retake the exams. But the tractor overturned in a ravi 5.6kReads8.8Score48014d adds
- 123 The Head of the Household in the 1950s 五零年代当家主妇 Bai Baozhu awoke from a dream in a daze. In it, her children had died or been scattered, none of them had found a happy ending, and the whole family had met a tragic fate. It all began when the family was branded with that fatal class background. Waking with a start, Bai Baozhu trampled her enemies, crushed her foes, and step by step escaped their schemes, making sure her family would never suffer the same tragedy as in her dream. But who could have guessed that the deadbeat husband who never ap 4.8kReads8.7Score30114d adds
- 124 Liu Cheapskate’s Daily Life 刘抠门的日常生活 [Period drama, not reborn, no transmigration, no golden finger] Liu Xiaoyun has been stingy since she was little. Her family is poor, but not so poor that they can't afford food. She's the stingiest one in the family, and her mother dreams of marrying her off. Better to have her make life difficult for someone else's family than their own. Read on to see how Liu Xiaoyun makes married life a roaring success. 12kReads8.6Score1k14d adds
- 125 It's Only Fifty 不过是五十而已 An inspirational, unyielding story of midlife crisis, workplace struggles, bank managers and tellers, married life, and everyday urban life. This book tells the story of Huang Wenxue, a bank manager facing a midlife crisis. She is at that awkward age when she is considered too old to find a new job, yet still too young to retire. How will she answer the unavoidable questions surrounding her career, marriage, family, children, and caring for her aging parents? Even in middle age, even when confro 429Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 126 The Family's Hidden Guards 家族暗卫 A story about rural revitalization, bringing a family back together and creating an ideal life. Before the Spring Festival in 2025, my second uncle asked me to return to the village to meet him. He handed me a black stone passed down through our family and told me to inherit the duty of the family’s secret guards, protecting our family’s development from the shadows. I also inherited a fortune passed down through the family, along with the friendship of eight families who had been close to o 7.8kReads—Score1k14d adds
- 127 Memories of a Small Town 小镇记忆 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
- 128 A Motherless Child, Cared for by His Sister-in-Law 没妈的孩子，嫂子疼 [Period drama + No System or storage space] After my adoptive parents died in a car accident, my older brother Zhang Dakui and I depended on each other. Ever since Dakui brought my sister-in-law Liu Chunmei home, our lives changed. And so did my life... 92Reads6.2Score2914d adds
- 129 The Courtyard Compound: The Warmth of Everyday Life 大杂院：人间烟火气 [Period setting + family drama + everyday life] If you're young and inexperienced, take this as a warning and steer clear. This book probably isn't for you. It has none of the usual wish-fulfillment tropes and no imaginary cheat powers. It's simply an ordinary story about people in northern China. [No transmigration, no System, no pocket dimension, no being reborn, and none of the modern-novel elements you know.] It records the ordinary life of a northern town in the 1980s, capturing the memorie 8.8kReads9.1Score76714d adds
- 130 Song of Red Mountain 红山之歌 Told through the perspectives of A Meng and Sha Na, this book, originally titled Song of Hongshan, follows two generations of Hongshan healers as they save lives, and tells the stories of the generations of Hongshan people around them as they face birth, aging, illness, death, and struggles against fate. Through these stories, it also reveals the Hongshan people's simple kindness and their resilience in the face of hardship. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Reborn as a Fool: The System Really Understands What Men Want 傻子重生：系统真懂男人心 The Fool was once a dim-witted child from a wealthy family, but after certain events, both of his parents died. From then on, the Fool lived alone in a dilapidated earthen house. Fortunately, the kind mother and daughter next door helped him time and again, allowing him to start a new life... See how the Fool deals with his enemies. 137Reads6.5Score914d adds
- 132 Day After Day 日子一天又一天 In the 1980s, two families lived across the street from each other: the Sun family, led by Sun Lanying, and the Chen family, led by Chen Guangtian. On a snowy morning, a teacher from Zicheng No. 1 High School arrived at the Sun family’s home, disturbing their usual peace. The eldest daughter, Ding Hong, ran away with Gao Yong, a married man, and her younger sisters were drawn into the fallout… Across the street, Chen Guangtian suddenly died of a heart attack. His wife, Liu Jinfeng, clashed with 8.7kReads9.3Score89314d adds
- 133 Reborn in the 1960s: I Became Grandma’s Little Sister 重生六零：我成了外婆的妹妹 [When an ordinary person is reborn in a rural village in the 1960s, forget about getting ahead or making grand plans. First, stay alive.] [1960s rural life + family and neighborhood affairs + education and growth + ensemble cast] [Not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story, not a wish-fulfillment story. Please don't read if that's not your thing. Thank you.] When Zhu Yan wakes up in the body of her grandmother's second-youngest sister, who died young, she vows to change her grand —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Things That Happened When I Was a Kid 我小时候的事 I really don't have much talent for writing novels. I simply pieced together people and events from my childhood, along with scattered fragments of memory and everyday trivialities, as best I could. It's like sewing a patchwork garment out of scraps of floral fabric: from a distance it looks colorful and busy, but up close the seams are obvious, and it never quite comes together. Even so, I weighed every word and poured my passion and love into it, because I wrote it for my daughter. 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 A Love Triangle in Marriage 婚姻里的三角恋 [Contemporary realistic fiction + the married life of ordinary people in Beijing + love triangles in marriage + real struggles] Bai Xue and Wang Yang are a young married couple living in Beijing. Wang Yang is a typical “phoenix man,” a country boy who made it big in the city. After ten years of marriage, he cheats on her. After they divorce, Bai Xue meets another man, and her new life begins… What makes this book special: A woman faces betrayal in her marriage, but after the hardship comes 1.6kReads8.8Score15514d adds
- 136 Stubborn as a Mule 硬颈种 [Not a Power Fantasy, No Cliches, No Stupid Characters, Mutual Devotion, Striving for a Better Life, Realistic Growth] In Hakka, someone stubborn to the core is called a "hard-necked sort." When Wang Lili was ten, she snatched a big chicken leg at the dinner table. Her father ordered her to give it to her younger brother. She said, "I won't." When Zhao Ruxun was ten, he was forced to let his mother beat him fifteen times in public for protecting his younger brother. He gritted his teeth and didn 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 The Domineering Village Chief Gets Caught 霸道村长落网记 [Rural] [Period Drama] [Tragedy] Synopsis: The domineering village chief Hu Gang, backed by his family, bullies men, preys on women, and commits every kind of evil. After Hu Ying, the heroine, is abused by Hu Gang and his son, she escapes. With Yang Jun's help, she ultimately brings down the entire Hu family. Yet Hu Ying's tragic fate is only just beginning... (You won't believe it until you read it!) 1.3kReads7.5Score10314d adds
- 138 Zhao Ergou, a Left-Behind Youth in the Countryside 乡村留守青年赵二狗 [Countryside + Farming + Miracle Doctor + Modern Romance] This is absolutely worth reading. If you read the first chapter and don’t like it, follow the internet cable and come hit me. Zhao Ergou and Qingshan Village share an unbreakable bond. After graduating from university, he returned to the village to become its village doctor. By a stroke of luck, he gained mysterious powers and led the entire village to start businesses and get rich... 3.3kReads7.0Score25614d adds
- 139 Transmigrated to 1983: I Became the Strongest Ugly Woman 穿到1983，我成了最强丑妇 If you’re under twenty, I suggest you look at the title and move on. If you’re in your thirties, just read the first few chapters. If you’re in your forties, I suggest starting with the chapters titled “Three Years Later” or “Five Years Later.” If you’re in your fifties, be sure to read the whole book carefully. The story is lively, but what it tells is life itself. This book is for people like me, growing old and looking for love and companionship. If you’ve loved and hated, and haven’t lost fa 393Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 140 The Beautiful Educated Youth and Her Stylish Mom 漂亮知青，时髦妈 [Period Setting + Educated Youth + Sweet Romance + Everyday Family Life] In 1979, Jiang Jingshu returns to the city with the last group of educated youths, going back to Tongxiang County, a place both familiar and strange. After years away from home, she expects an emotional reunion. Instead, she is met by awkward, distant parents, an indifferent older brother, and a younger sister who treats her with hostility... There is no place for her in the family anymore. Even her room has been taken over 3.9kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 141 Shi Shun's Growth 石顺的成长 About Growth At the foot of the Dabie Mountains, a young man named Shi Shun journeys forward, one step at a time. Over the first half of his life, he experiences sincere family affection, treasures friendships forged through hardship, encounters tender love, and strives to build an ordinary career. He grows from a naive, awkward youth into a steady and responsible man, tempering his character amid the everyday bustle of life and coming to understand what life means through the companionship of 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 142 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 4.8kReads8.0Score27214d adds
- 143 The Sizzling Days of 1970 七零滚烫日子 Yang Tao was born in a small mountain village to a family so poor they had nothing. She had two older brothers waiting to trade her for bride price, and her parents were already preparing to find her a match: a lame widower in the village behind the mountain, a good-for-nothing from the neighboring village... She didn't want to spend the rest of her life trapped in poverty. Then, suddenly, a young man came into view. The county of Lijiang was building a bridge across the river, and Song Yan, a p 4.6kReads8.8Score55714d adds
- 144 Between Neighbors 邻里之间 Distant relatives are not as dependable as close neighbors, and close neighbors are no match for the folks across the street. But life is full of contradictions: without conflict, there is no struggle, and without struggle, there is no progress. Neighbors don’t always get along, either. As the saying goes, a neighbor is like a set of scales: they hope the other neighbor stays poor. 339Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 145 Reborn as a Northeastern Fool: Fools Really Are Lovable 东北傻子重生：傻子真是招人爱 [Multiple Heroines + Revenge + Farming + Scheming] Chen San is from the 1940s and lives in the mountains of Northeast China. In his previous life, he was a fool. Before he died, he watched as both his sisters-in-law were taken away, then starved to death in a dilapidated earthen house. Reborn after death, this time he will make sure his sisters-in-law have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear, and protect them forever as they live together with him in the mountains. 215Reads6.5Score1614d adds
- 146 After Kicking Out My Scumbag Husband, I Became the War King’s Most Cherished One 踹开渣夫后，我成兵王心尖宠 [Period Setting + Strong Female Lead + Military Marriage + Light Ensemble Cast + Reborn + No Golden Finger] [Bold, Spirited Go-Getter + Devoted, Straightforward Man] Everyone in Xingping Village had heard the news: Chai Yubing, the youngest daughter of the Chai family, who had been cherished beyond measure, was dating a self-employed businessman who had served time in jail. Those who were jealous of the Chais, resented them, or were on bad terms with them were secretly waiting for the family to 1.3kReads8.4Score13714d adds
- 147 Spring Dawn in a Small Village 小村春晓 Li Village is backward in its thinking, with deeply entrenched male chauvinism and a strong preference for sons over daughters. Women have low status, and village rules forbid them from taking husbands into their families. As a result, families without sons are effectively left without descendants and must also endure many forms of unfair treatment. Li Guoqing used to work at an arts and crafts factory in the city. Later, he returned to the village and became its head. With the help of his wife, 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Absurd Goings-On in Yeling Village 野岭村的荒唐事 All kinds of ridiculous things happen in Yeling Village, nestled among barren mountains. By chance, Ma Xiaomao comes into possession of a heavenly book and gains ancient medical skills. He makes his mark in medicine and pharmacy, devotes himself to healing the world, wins the village chief's daughter's heart, and becomes famous for punishing evil and promoting good! 4.4kReads9.0Score49614d adds
- 149 Reborn in 1993: Helping My Family Grow Rich 重生93：我助家人发家致富 Alternate title: My Whole Family Supported My Engagement After I Was Reborn in the 1990s Ye Lan, suspected of having caught the flu, suddenly dies at work and is reborn in her middle school days. She reunites with the man who was her husband in her previous life, and they fall in love, get engaged, and marry. But using her knowledge of the future, she chooses a different path in life. She helps her family grow fruit and agarwood, making them rich. She skips grades to attend university, then buys 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 A Romance at a Shenzhen Factory 深圳工厂情缘 My new story is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3kReads8.9Score21814d adds
