Novels like The Swapped Brides: Whose Fault Is It?
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- 101 Reborn in the 1960s: I Find Myself a Stepmother 重生60年代：我给自己找后妈 When Chen Guoping died of lung cancer, his mother was busy having a grand old time gossiping with the neighborhood women! In his previous life, she had kept him under her thumb since childhood: she wouldn’t let him take the college entrance exam, forced him to hand over his wages, and criticized every woman he wanted to marry. Ignoring the nature of his work, she insisted that he and his wife risk having a third child. In the end, he was fired for exceeding the birth quota, and his family of fiv 21.5kReads8.4Score1.3k14d adds
- 102 Green Vine 绿萝 This book is for everyone who has ever waited. This is a novel about all the things left unsaid: not saying you like someone, not saying you are waiting, not saying whether it was worth it. But all those unspoken words are tucked inside candy wrappers, hidden in a tin box, and buried in the beeping sounds of a phone booth. The bravest thing Lin Dong ever did was not repairing that imported machine or saving enough for a down payment on a house with a courtyard. It was telling Su Xiyue, “It's t 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Reborn in the Nineties: The Alluring Beauty Snares the Cold, Abstinent Tycoon 重生九零，钓系美人拿捏禁欲大佬 [Two powerful leads, an intense game of push and pull, building a strong technological nation, business warfare in a bygone era, alternate setting] The untouchable beauty VS the fully leveled black lotus This is a battle between equals, as well as the legend of a great power's rise in industrial technology. In 1992, Jiang Wan was reborn into a desperate situation. At first, she set her sights on Shen Yichuan, a tech expert with vast capital at his disposal, in order to take revenge. What began a 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 My Husband Cheated, So I Swapped Husbands with His Mistress to Change Our Fates 老公出轨，我和小三换夫改命 A new novel currently being serialized, with its rating just posted! [Not a wish-fulfillment story] [Period setting + remarriage + devoted husband + marriage first, love later] [Some ensemble cast elements] [No System] [No pocket dimension] [Realistic everyday life] In the height of summer in 1977, Xu Nan, a temporary worker at a machinery factory, caught her husband, Cheng Peng, having an affair with Liang Yan Min, an employee at the same factory. To protect his reputation and prospects, Cheng 16.9kReads8.4Score1.2k14d adds
- 105 Spring Waters Flow 春水泛泛 The sweet everyday life of a quirky, spirited girl and a cold, aloof crown prince. The heroine, Lin Shuang, crosses through time and space to form a fated bond with the male lead, His Highness the Crown Prince. Their hearts flutter, just as destiny intended. Sometimes love is like that: nothing earth-shattering, just you looking at me as spring waters ripple, and me happening to be looking back at you. 2.8kReads—Score19114d adds
- 106 My Second Brother: Two Young Men Venture into the Northeast 我的二哥之二小闯东北 My second older brother ran away from home when he was twelve, heading northeast with a child from the neighbors’ family. The two of them endured countless hardships to make it there, only to find themselves in the wolf’s den and the tiger’s lair. And so began a story no one could ever forget. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Back to 1975, and Everything Is Just Right 重回1975，一切刚刚好 "I transmigrated!" The good news: I got a second chance and returned to the day I would regret for the rest of my life. The bad news: I came back to avoid misfortune and lie flat for the rest of my life. You only get one life, and a beautiful life is hard-won. The only way to do myself justice is to enjoy it. But with all those money-making ideas in my head, I just can't sit still. My poor wallet, I've won the people's hearts, so I have to do right by them and help them all get rich and prosper. 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 After My Biological Brother Was Reborn, the Real Heiress Returned 亲哥重生后，真千金回归了 Lin Yanhui is miserable. Her paternal grandparents favor boys over girls, her father is taciturn, and her mother has a sharp tongue and a sharper heart. And now her name is Huang Zhaodi. In the middle of her chaotic life, she never imagined that one day a group of people would show up at her home and tell her she was their biological daughter! Lin Yanhui: !!! - It wasn’t until three days before Lin Rui died in the line of duty that he learned his family had raised someone else’s child. When they 36.4kReads9.0Score4.2k14d adds
- 109 From Village to City: Their Lives Swept Along by the Tide of the Times 从村到城，她们在时代洪流里沉浮 Their fates seem to repeat across generations. Three generations of women all grew up under the shadow of fathers who left or divorced their mothers. Raised in households with only their mothers, the women share similar traits: resilient and adaptable, dignified and self-assured, hardworking, and devoted to living life well. From the countryside to the city, women of the new era have finally welcomed a spring of their own. Their lives have become richer and more colorful, full of endless possibi 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Happiness, or the Lack of It 幸福不幸福 If memories were a game, Happiness would have died many times over. If reality were a game, Happiness would often be left battered and bruised. She wanders the streets of memory, where every shop is shuttered. It seems this world has no room for Happiness. Even as she scrapes by, enduring harsh words and cold looks, she still isn’t ready to give up... 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 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. 7kReads8.4Score52214d adds
- 112 Kisses on a Beijing Night 京夜有吻 The rating was just posted, so don't worry about it! [Unrequited Love | Mutual Pining After Reunion | Powerful Family Background] Xiao Ning had received praise her whole life. She came from a good family, did well in school, had a successful career, and had the face of everyone's first love. With her parents' protection and support, as well as her own hard work, she rose higher and higher, with nothing but smooth sailing ahead. The one place she hit a wall was marriage, which plunged her into de 11.3kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 113 A Military Officer Was Forced to Marry a Village Woman, but Their Arranged Marriage Turned to Love 七零军官被迫娶村妇，先婚厚爱 No transmigration + not reborn + no space + no golden finger + relies on her own abilities With nowhere left to turn, Shen Yining jumps into a river to kill herself, but the passing officer Ji Zhonglin pulls her out. She rolls her eyes and latches onto him, insisting he did something improper to her. Ji Zhonglin: “...” He must have gotten up too soon and pulled her out too soon. Before she jumped into the river, he pissed in the wrong place. Before they are forced to marry, Ji Zhonglin says 50.4kReads8.9Score6.3k14d adds
- 114 Dusty Tales from the 318 Sichuan-Tibet Highway 318川藏线上的风尘往事 Broke female travelers + Highway 318 + Sichuan-Tibet route + hitchhiking + road trip + finding a wife My company was laying people off, and I was one of them. As if things weren't bad enough, my wife ran off with someone else. Down in the dumps, I headed west toward Tibet. This is the story of a beat-up camper van, the Sichuan-Tibet stretch of Highway 318, and more than thirty women with nowhere else to turn. Every one of their stories is more exciting than my miserable life. 33.6kReads8.2Score2.2k14d adds
- 115 You're the Only One I Favor 我只偏心你 [One-on-One, Both Chaste + Love Grows Over Time + Healing, Sweet Romance] [Spoiled Little Princess & Rough Country Boy] When Cheng Yi first met her fiancé, she nearly burst into tears. He was crude in his manners, sharp-tongued and hard-hearted, like a piece of iron worn rough by life. Apart from his handsome face, he had no idea how to be romantic. But for the sake of her inheritance, Cheng Yi gritted her teeth and launched her husband-training plan. Perfect husbands are made, not born! Sh 46.2kReads9.1Score6.5k14d adds
- 116 The Delicate Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside Is Spoiled by a Rugged Mountain Man 娇气知青下乡，被山里糙汉宠坏了 [Delicate Young Educated Woman VS Rugged Country Man]+ [A Striking Difference in Build] “If you eat my food, you become my wife. Try to run, and I'll break your legs!” On a night of raging snow, for half a sack of white flour, Su Man tremblingly crept into the forest ranger's cabin at the end of the village, a man who terrified the whole town. The man stood bare-chested, a hideous scar slashing across his chest, his eyes as fierce as a wolf's. Su Man trembled with fear, the corners of her eyes r 3.1kReads6.4Score24814d adds
- 117 The Rugged Man’s Overwhelming Love: His Sweet Little Wife Falls for Him 糙汉强势爱，娇软小媳妇沦陷了 Originally titled “A Lonely Bed Is Hard to Bear, While the Rugged Neighbor Scratches at Her Wall Night After Night” [lonely nights / maximum sweetness / period setting / delicate beauty / devoted love / slow-burn romance / building wealth / glimpses of an ensemble cast / love at first sight / close proximity / sisters-in-law as foils] Delicate young wife × iron-willed, rugged man Hua Xiaoyue is left alone in an empty bed, the long nights hard to endure. Her family scolds her, her in-laws berate 9.3kReads8.5Score56314d adds
- 118 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 5.3kReads8.0Score30914d adds
- 119 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 91.3kReads8.5Score11.1k14d adds
- 120 A Marriage Swap! The Soft, Sweet Wife Left Dazed by a Rough-Hewn Man 换亲！被糙汉亲懵的白软甜妻 [Period setting + marriage before love + secret love turns mutual + older man + size difference + slow-burn romance + earnest striving] ★ Sweet, gentle village schoolteacher x taciturn, lustful, stern, rugged hunter Qiao Qingyan’s stepsister seduces her fiancé, and Qingyan unexpectedly discovers that she can hear her stepsister’s vicious inner thoughts. If she refuses to take her stepsister’s place and marry into the Xiao family, will they sell her to a disgusting old bachelor? Desperate to esca 58.8kReads8.7Score4.9k14d adds
- 121 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! 3kReads8.9Score21714d adds
- 122 Granny Lin Is Reborn, Takes Control of Her Whole Family, and Goes on a Rampage 林老太重生，拿捏全家杀疯了 [The rating is low because the book just came out, but it’ll rise later. Dear readers, please don’t worry.] [Reborn] [The 1980s] [Ensemble cast] [Feel-good revenge] [Everyday life] [Ordinary people] [Family squabbles] The hardworking Lin Fengying raised seven children and helped bring up her grandchildren. She devoted her whole life to her family, but in her twilight years, she and her elderly husband had no one to look after them. While her husband’s body was barely cold, her cold-hearted ch 4.1kReads8.0Score22714d adds
- 123 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 103.5kReads7.8Score9.4k14d adds
- 124 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 4.3kReads9.0Score38814d adds
- 125 Love, Hate, and Old Feuds Between Two Generations 两代人的爱恨情仇恩怨 She is determined to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death, but her stepmother and stepsister frame her, plunging her into danger time and again! She escapes certain doom, and is fortunate to meet business tycoon Qin Haonan, who falls for her at first sight and pursues her… People reveal different sides of themselves when it comes to love and family, and a single thought can lead to heaven or hell! Good and evil both get what they deserve, and fate always comes full circle! Those who commi 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Granny Zhang Reborn: Kill, Kill, Kill, Kill, She's Gone Berserk! 张老太重生：杀杀杀杀，杀疯了！ Granny Zhang thought she was a good mother and mother-in-law. When she was young, she had no one to help her. Determined to keep her children from going through the same hardships, she did everything she could for them, giving money when it was needed and pitching in whenever they needed help. She never held back. She helped all six of her children build families and careers, then raised several grandchildren. When she was in a car accident near the end of her life and received three million in 261.7kReads8.9Score19.4k14d adds
- 127 The Pretty Widow of Peach Blossom Creek, Loved by a Young Man 桃花溪的俏寡妇，小年轻爱上她 The night twenty-two-year-old Li Yuchuan returned to his village, he stumbled upon a woman bathing by Peach Blossom Creek. In the moonlight, her skin glowed white. Water slid from her collarbone to the small of her back. She tipped her head back to toss her hair, then flicked out her tongue to lick a drop of water from the corner of her mouth. That one little movement nearly made his soul fly away. Later, he learned she was the “jinx” everyone in the village talked about. Jiang Yuwei. Thirty-fiv 3kReads—Score17114d adds
- 128 The Swallow Who Crawled Out of the Dark Abyss 从黑暗深渊中爬出的燕子 Tell me, just how unlucky can one person be? Her own father married four women, and her stepmother treated her like a thorn in her side. In the prime of her youth, she was tricked by a villain and taken away. At long last, she found a little warmth and thought she’d found love, only for it to turn out to be another ill-fated relationship. She got married, thinking she’d found a home, but her life became a complete mess. And that wasn’t the end of it! One by one, all her loved ones disappeared... 102Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The Great Pagoda Tree at the Village Entrance 村口那棵大槐树 The 1960s: too few clothes and too little food! In remote Tianshui Village, everyone was struggling to stay alive! Every character is a vivid reflection of that era. They have no golden fingers and they don't transmigrate... so they can only fight tooth and nail against life and fate just to survive! Girls especially had a harder time of it in those days. Listen to the names: Dai Xiao, Huan Xiao, Zhaodi... You can tell at a glance they were named by parents hoping for a son. Back then, many girl 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Century-Old House 百年老宅 An old family home, four generations, a century of upheaval, and an extraordinary love affair. How did a penniless tenant farmer win the hearts of two beautiful daughters of an enlightened landlord? How did an honest, simple peasant seize control of the village Party secretary's post as if it were a throne, then cling to it? How did a devoted lover go from kind and innocent to cynical and world-weary? Read on to discover his tangled, unbreakable ties with four women. Through the nearly century-l 34Reads—Score10214d adds
- 131 A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970s 七十年代女配的吃瓜日常 After learning she has transmigrated into a historical-era novel as a pawn meant to whitewash the protagonist's group, Jiang Yanqiu first steals half of the original heroine's golden finger, then gives away half of the transmigrated heroine's golden finger. Then she keeps her head down, stays away from the protagonist's group, and enjoys the show. With nobody at the educated youth station willing to talk to her, bored Jiang Yanqiu has nothing to do but gossip to pass the time. She has to admit, 1.9kReads6.2Score10214d adds
- 132 The Night Is Hungry, and There’s No Escaping His Possessiveness 夜色贪婪，逃不开他的占有 After her fiancé and best friend joined forces to take everything from her, Su Xiaoran fell from the clouds into the mud. In her moment of despair, she stumbled into Gu Haifeng's arms. The man gripped her chin and said in a low voice, “From today on, you're mine.” The scumbag and the bitch? She'll make sure they lose everything and end up disgraced! As for this powerful tycoon? Su Xiaoran only wants to run, but he pins her in a corner, possessiveness overflowing. “Running? Where do you think you 614Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Those Years Working in Lingnan 岭南打工那些年 This work is a realistic urban novel based on my own experience of heading south to Guangdong for work in the late 1980s. It might be more accurate to call it a memoir of migrant work than a novel. The characters are all based on my colleagues, fellow villagers, and friends I knew well! I chose to write in the first person so that everyone in these pages would feel vivid and real, with a soul of their own. I hope readers will find the voice warm and familiar as they read or listen in their spare 18.5kReads9.3Score1.7k14d adds
- 134 I Became a Billionaire, but They Sent Me to a Mental Hospital 成了亿万富翁，我却被送进精神病 In the early 1980s, Dugu Feng's father lost his iron rice bowl, and the family was so poor they could barely put food on the table. With no other choice, Dugu Feng gritted his teeth and took his whole family out to do backbreaking labor, starting by taking on the small construction jobs no one else wanted from contractors. He was an honest man who never cut corners, and his work was excellent. Little by little, he made a name for himself in the trade. From a small-time contractor to founding a 253Reads7.7Score12414d adds
- 135 Middle Age, and My Marriage Is an Empty Shell 人到中年，婚姻只剩空壳 From innocent young love to an unexpected pregnancy before marriage, she blundered into a marriage she’d never truly wanted. Before the wedding, her mother-in-law schemed constantly and was stingy, refusing to give even a penny in bride price. From the moment she entered the family home, she felt wronged and began to harbor resentment. After the wedding, her husband proved to be a complete mama’s boy: mediocre, unambitious, and incapable of taking responsibility. He did whatever his mother told 3.4kReads—Score16814d adds
- 136 Reborn in the Nineties: A Country Girl's Rise to Riches 重生九零，农女逆袭当富婆 Reborn + a rural woman's rise + making a fortune + taking down scumbags At the entrance to a garment factory, reborn Wu Xiaolan's grape juice stand becomes a hit. Her rivals cut prices? She launches a new product: cold skin noodles. Management makes things difficult? She leads the way in securing the first license for a mobile food stall. Short on workers? She brings together a feisty girl who sells eggs on the black market, a quick-witted young woman who works at a snack shop, and the village c 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Reborn 20 Years Ago: From Street Tough to Upstanding Young Man 重生20年从顽主到四有青年 [Reborn] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [Everyday life] [Business rivalry] [Romance] [Martial world] Does being reborn count as rebirth if you have no memories of your past life? In 2024, business tycoon Chen Yuanping is framed and sent back to the autumn of his nineteenth year. A completely different life begins... At the foot of the imperial city, in Liulichang. A group of young people born in the sixties and seventies leave the crowded courtyard houses in the hutongs, carrying their dreams 4.2kReads7.5Score21314d adds
- 138 Kicked Out After My Second Marriage, I Thrive Back in the Countryside 二婚被赶，我回农村混得风生水起 Strong Female Lead, Feel-Good Modern Fiction, Period Setting, Building a Career, Comeback, Livestream Commerce, Getting Rich Zhou Xiaoya is forced by her in-laws to have an abortion during her second marriage. Her ex-husband marries someone new, and she leaves with nothing but her daughter, returning to her village. Everyone thinks she'll starve on the streets. Instead, she makes a fortune selling goods through her livestream, and even helps the whole village get rich. How did the woman who was 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 When the Rice Flowers Bloom 稻香花开 The novel follows the hardships endured by farmers in two villages in Xiangnan County, Dongyuantun and Da’ai Village, from the Republican era through the founding of the People’s Republic of China and on through the people’s commune system, the Cultural Revolution, the household responsibility system, and the Reform and Opening-Up period. The villagers endure one hardship after another and witness the changing times. The protagonists, Zhang Yiping and Zhou Xueyun, are forced to leave school beca 233Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 140 Transmigrated to the 1980s as the Village Tigress, I Call the Shots 穿越80母老虎，全村上下我做主 Devoted husband, lighthearted comedy, doted-on heroine, and building a fortune. Su Xiaomo transmigrates to a rural village in northern Shaanxi in 1985. The name of this poor little village tells you everything: it must be desperately poor! The original owner was the village's notorious shrew, feared by everyone. Luckily, her family all dotes on her. She also has a handsome husband. But since she's transmigrated, this reputation could work to her advantage. Should she play along, or turn over a n 872Reads—Score11514d adds
- 141 Everyone Called Me an Idiot, Until I Earned My Professional Title 都说我傻，直到评上职称那天 Before starting work, Jia Sha had a dream. He dreamed of a mighty river, broad and shrouded in mist. On the opposite bank stood a towering ceremonial arch with three large characters on it: Ziyuan Pass. The river teemed with fish, all swimming upstream. Farther up stood a towering Dragon Gate spanning the water. Some fish leaped right over it. Others fell and were swept away. Some jumped hundreds or thousands of times, losing every scale, yet still kept leaping. Some were lifted up by people, th 137Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 142 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 27.2kReads8.3Score2k14d adds
- 143 A Deadly Romance 致命情缘 In the 1990s, a stream of villagers headed south to find work on construction sites. The pain of leaving home, the hardship of being alone in a strange place, and the tangled ways of the human heart were all crammed into tiny workers’ sheds. Li Guixiang escaped after her husband used her to pay off a debt, while Chen Jianjun left his family and everything he owned behind to earn a living. Two people, each burdened by their own troubles, met and kept each other company, thinking they were only of 2.6kReads—Score18414d adds
- 144 Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭 In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him... 491Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 145 Remarried to the Rough-Hewn Neighbor, the Young Bride Is Spoiled Rotten 改嫁隔壁糙汉，小媳妇被宠上天 Original title: "Left Alone at Home, the Neighboring Roughneck Has His Eye on Her" [1980s | Countryside | Realistic | Devoted Couple | Possessive Favoritism | Age Gap | Love Rival Showdown] In 1980, Li Chuntao is married off in exchange for her older brother’s marriage. But on their wedding night, her groom elopes with his old flame. Overnight, she becomes the village’s target of scorn, branded a woman who brings bad luck. Her mother-in-law calls her a jinx, while a pack of old bachelors eye 38.1kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
- 146 Somebody Somewhere in the Crowd 行走在人海中的某某某 There is only one true heroism in the world: to see life as it is and still love it. Whether it’s the wind blowing through a valley, clouds drifting over the sea, poplar trees by the roadside, foxtail grass on a hillside, or people, Zhao Xiaoqiu thinks they’re all much the same, aren’t they? 2.1kReads9.2Score12214d adds
- 147 A Love Story from Majia Village 马家庄的爱情故事 In a village so ordinary it could not be more ordinary, the hardworking bachelor Li Daqing and his neighbor Er Feng spend every day working in the fields, rising with the sun and resting at sundown. They have no extraordinary talents. With only their hands and their strength, they cultivate the barren land, filling their hardship-filled days with verdant growth in the courtyard and the warmth of everyday life. 9.7kReads8.7Score53514d adds
- 148 Sailing Together 共舟行 [Small-Town Fiction | Slow Burn | 1v1, Both Leads Chaste | Ensemble Growth | Working-Class Struggles | Realistic | Period Setting] “Across a thousand miles, the boat speeds on; a letter of love rides home on the wind.” A small town in southern China in the 1990s A young man holds an unremarkable bouquet of roses And lays his feelings bare beneath the night sky From scraping by with a street stall to finding a way forward together Through wind and rain, they share life's many ups and downs This i 2.4kReads—Score13714d adds
- 149 A Sweet Flash Marriage in the 1970s 七零闪婚甜蜜蜜 [A cozy married life in a bygone era, sweet and slice-of-life, few nasty characters, with a golden finger] Storyline One: When Jiang Wan was at her wits’ end, she proposed marriage (asked for help) to the man she had just met, the man who had saved her. Cheng Yao was drawn to her eyes and casually rescued her. He never expected her to turn around and propose to him (set him up). Jiang Wan: “Are you married?” Cheng Yao looked completely baffled. “??” Jiang Wan tried to work up her courage. “Or do 2.5kReads9.0Score20314d adds
- 150 The Many Flavors of Life, Part One: A Snowy Night of Lost Souls 百味人生第一部：失魂风雪夜 Family, love, and adultery. This small mountain village seems peaceful, but undercurrents run deep, and human dramas of sorrow and joy unfold every day. On a bitterly cold, snowy night, a young and beautiful mother is assaulted and becomes pregnant. Afterward, she lives every day in fear and pain, desperately trying to keep the secret. When the truth comes to light, the demon who has appeared in her dreams countless times has never really gone away. What will the mother do? This book offers a 14.5kReads9.2Score1.5k14d adds
