Novels like The Rugged Man Returns, and the Widowed Village Goes Up in Flames
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- 51 Lost in the World of Mortals 迷乱红尘 [Miracle Doctor + Urban Life + Twists and Turns + Suspense Unraveled Layer by Layer + Not for the Easily Offended] A young man from a small town who never finished college is mistakenly accused of murdering his girlfriend and sentenced to death. He is thrown into prison. One lovely, captivating beauty after another enters his life. He swears to uncover the real killer, both to do right by his girlfriend and to find peace of mind! But as the truth slowly comes to light, the facts grow ever more b 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 The Extraordinary Life of Chen Ergou, the Miracle Doctor 神医陈二狗的妖孽人生 The simple-minded Chen Ergou was injured by village chief Liu Datou while trying to save his sister-in-law, Qin Yuya. By chance, he inherited the legacy of the Desolate Lord and rose to greatness overnight. Practicing in the nine-story Ancient Desolation Pagoda, he made astonishing progress day by day, and his skills soon made him peerless beneath heaven. He bought luxury cars, lived in mansions, and powerful elites from all walks of life rushed to curry favor with Chen Ergou. From then on, he l 165Reads6.9Score6114d adds
- 53 The Little Country Doctor 乡野小小神医 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 529Reads7.3Score13214d adds
- 54 A Single Man's Worries 单身男的烦恼 Yang Zhuang moves from the city back to the countryside. In an era when men outnumber women, the 26-year-old has weathered many hardships before finally marrying a beautiful wife. He also starts a business. But life is full of surprises. The people and events around him keep influencing him, and he and his friends create one extraordinary story after another amid the fields and wide-open countryside... 293Reads7.8Score10514d adds
- 55 Obsession Reborn in 1982: The Changbai Mountain Hunting King Provides for His Whole Family 执念重生82：长白山猎王养全家 Zhang Jianjun, a lifelong bachelor, is reborn in 1982. His family had once been happy, but in his previous life, disaster struck, leaving the family broken and its members dead. In his previous life, he worked as a forest ranger all his days. He hunted in the mountains, fished in the rivers, and dug for ginseng and gathered herbs in the wilderness. He knew the ins and outs of the forest like the back of his hand. Returning to the time before tragedy strikes, he is determined to protect his famil 120.8kReads8.3Score9.7k14d adds
- 56 The 11th Book by Putao Hen Haochi 葡萄很好吃第11本书 [Miracle Healer + Countryside + Farming + Getting Rich + Invincible + Ruthless] Zhang Xiaofan is an orphan taken in by an old hunter from Taoyuan Village. He grows up eating meals provided by the villagers and wearing clothes donated by them. By chance, misfortune turns to fortune when he receives an astonishing inheritance. From then on, he cultivates both medicine and martial arts, and the poor mountain village becomes a secluded paradise. 74Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 57 Silly Dachun Is Blessed with Good Fortune 傻大春洪福齐天 Wang Dachun, a graduate of a top university, had a bright future ahead of him. But an accident turned him into a simpleton. Everyone thought he would spend the rest of his life muddling along like that. Then one day, the Immortal Venerable of the Six Paths bestowed his legacy upon Wang Dachun, and he obtained the Immortal Spirit Art. From then on, Wang Dachun began an extraordinary life in Peach Blossom Village. 371Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 58 The Beauty of a Small Village 小村佳人 Beaten into a fool and subjected to every humiliation, he obtains the inheritance of the Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor three years later, beginning a whole new life. He smiles as he saves people and turns cold when he kills. He cares for his fellow villagers and leads them to prosperity. He builds roads and factories, and grows spiritual fruit and raises immortal birds. He has only one wish: to turn Peach Village into a paradise on earth. 384Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 59 Northeast China: Tales from 1975 1975年的东北往事 Adapted from a true story set in Northeast China, with a touch of romanticism. The characters are mostly drawn from real life, yet rise above it. They are ordinary people who work hard. In them, we see reflections of our grandparents, our parents, and even ourselves. 10.4kReads7.6Score71014d adds
- 60 Li Xiaolong, the Foolish Miracle Doctor 傻子神医李小龙 The story is set in a small mountain village, where a fool named Li Xiaolong lives. The whole novel follows his extraordinary medical skills and all the strange adventures he has. Leaving book reviews and chapter comments as you read can help inspire the author. Thank you all for your support. Your encouragement keeps me writing. Thank you! 21Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 61 Nine Heavens, Ninefold Sky 九霄九重天 Fast-paced! Lin Chen was born without a spiritual root, which meant he could never become a martial artist. Yet somehow, he obtained the Nine Heavens Cultivation Art that every martial artist would go mad for. After falling off a cliff and losing his memories, he began to go wild… 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Laibao 来宝 Zhang Laibao is the only girl in the Zhang family of Wangshan Village. Her parents, grandparents, and four older brothers dote on and protect her as she grows up carefree, innocent, lively, adorable, and clever. Then, at the age of six, she meets a mute boy, the man who will make her heart skip, ache, and break for the rest of her life! He has crossed time and space from the previous century, following her for the sake of their love in a former life...! Together, they embark on a poignant, earth 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Village Doctor Goes Rogue Across the Myriad Worlds 村医逆行诸天万界狂医王 When the dust in the cave rose for the last time, Lin Feng had no idea that the glowing medical tome would turn him from a village doctor treated with contempt into someone no one in the Myriad Worlds should ever dare provoke. He had once struggled to survive in the mud, mocked by the villagers as a good-for-nothing, until the lingering effects of an accident sent him plunging into the abyss. But he did not give up. He gritted his teeth and pulled through. A wrong turn while gathering herbs led —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Village's Little Medical Sage 乡村小医圣 He was only peeking out of curiosity, but was forced to fall into a huge trap. The small-time farmer Zhang Tianbao happens upon an ancient medical text and unlocks his genius. Face-slapping is just a side benefit; making money and getting rich is what matters. So, are you convinced? Come see me, the countryside’s little miracle doctor! 27Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 65 The Qian Family of Taihang: From Rags to Riches 太行钱家，从穷根到首富 At seven, he became the village's great-grandfather. Bald as an egg and so poor that the whole village mocked him! With half a copy of the Herbal Compendium, he saved lives. With sheer courage, he plugged a breach and dug an iron mine! When a drilling accident struck, he jumped down to serve as a human support beam. When the funding ran out, he got down on his knees and begged, determined to rise again! From a hungry, bald kid to a mogul worth billions who built a city! After making five million 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 X-Ray Eyes on the Road to Healing 透视眼医途 After a car accident gives high school graduate Wang Zhicheng the ability to see through things, he realizes that this power would be perfectly suited to practicing medicine. With his outstanding score on the college entrance exam, he is admitted to a medical university. Armed with his “divine eyes,” which can spot the source of an illness, and driven by relentless effort, Wang Zhicheng works one miracle after another in the medical world. As he battles a vast medical conspiracy in a fight to th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 For a Better Life 为了生活更美好 Set in contemporary times, this novel explores the effective transition from poverty alleviation to rural revitalization. Against the backdrop of a great era, an imbalanced population, the preference for sons over daughters, and a mass influx of migrant workers into the cities have left many young men in the countryside unable to find partners. Sun Jiawei is one of them. Hoping to find a girlfriend, he goes to Shanghai for work, only to suffer the miserable ordeal of having his engagement broken 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 The Carefree Little Doctor of the Mountain Village 山村逍遥小医 Miracle Doctor + Countryside + City Life + Revenge! Three years ago, Huang Dachuan was rescued by the villagers after suffering a head injury that left him mentally impaired. Luckily, Wang Xiangyu took him in. An accident led Huang Dachuan to inherit the legacy of the Chaos Medical Immortal, and from then on, he began investigating the mystery of his origins... 149Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 69 The Carefree Divine Doctor in the Mountains 山野里的逍遥神医 (Fool's Comeback + Mountain Village Miracle Doctor + Business Fortune + Passionate and Invincible + Down-to-Earth Story) -- A mountain village miracle doctor novel with a truly down-to-earth story! Click in and try a few chapters. If you don't like it, the author will cut off his own kidney as an apology! -- The abbot of a certain temple secretly made the wishes of his devotees come true for himself, and got himself into serious trouble. The fool could no longer stay at the temple as a lay disci 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Red Queen’s Ghostly Healer 红桃诡医 Fenghuang Town, Hongtao Village. Lin Yang stopped Zhao Fugui from assaulting a mentally disabled young woman, only to be kicked into a bottomless abyss. But against all odds, he survived. At the bottom of the river, he encountered the remnant soul of Shennong, who gave him astonishing techniques: Drunken Fist, the Hundred Herbs Scripture, the Primordial Spirit Spring, the Sumeru Space, and more. Reborn in blood and returning as a king, he finds that the village bully who once tormented him is no —Reads—Score114d adds
- 71 The Little Miracle Doctor of the Countryside 乡村山野小神医 A short drama adaptation of this book, From Fool to Savior, is now available. Go check it out. Taoyuan Village is a small mountain village where people make a living off the land. An accident left many widows and orphans in the village. Forced to retire from the military, Lin Tian returned to his old hometown, Taoyuan Village, with all his skills intact. He used his abilities to help the villagers get rich, opening hotels and businesses and making his way back to the top, one step at a time. In 3.8kReads8.4Score40414d adds
- 72 Divine Doctor Zhao, the Old Man from Apricot Blossom Village! 杏花村神医赵老汉！ Fifty-two-year-old Zhao Dazhu had been a bachelor his entire life. With no one to rely on in his old age, he was mocked by the villagers and bullied again and again by the village tyrant. He thought that was how his life would end, but he unexpectedly obtained a mysterious inheritance and mastered peerless medical skills. From then on, his life became a series of cheat-like victories! Anyone who took from him would have to pay back double. Anyone who bullied him would have to kneel before him, k 6.3kReads8.0Score56014d adds
- 73 Liu Wangcai’s Carefree Life 刘旺财的逍遥人生 The young troublemaker was sentenced to five years in prison for saving his girlfriend. The day after his release, he attended her wedding and unexpectedly gained an extraordinary ability. From then on, he made his fortune and rose to the top. His gold-digging ex-girlfriend begged him to forgive her. The countryside was full of wildflowers, but I wasn't going to waste my time arguing with you... 6.2kReads8.4Score63314d adds
- 74 The Village Martial Doctor 山村武医 [Multiple Heroines] [Business Comeback] [Urban Cultivation] The foolish Ye Xiaochuan unwittingly saves Lin Cuicui, the village beauty from the neighboring village who ran away from an arranged marriage, and hides her away. The neighboring village’s tyrant comes looking for him and injures Ye Xiaochuan, but as a result, Ye Xiaochuan gains an inheritance. Mastering martial arts, cultivation techniques, and medicine, he beats the tyrant to a pulp and leads the villagers to prosperity, thriving at e 21Reads—Score10214d adds
- 75 The Little Divine Doctor of Taoyuan Village 桃源村的小神医 To protect Bai Yuetian from being bullied, the simple-minded Wang Dachun is beaten brutally by Lin Jinhu and thrown into the gloomy, terrifying Demon Cave. But the cave holds no demon: it holds the White Lotus Immortal Emperor. To get Wang Dachun to help her return to the Heavenly Court, the female immortal emperor passes her cultivation to him. With this inheritance, Wang Dachun cuts through every obstacle and begins his rise. He gains immense wealth and peerless medical skills and martial arts 32.1kReads7.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 76 Tian Xiaofang, the Village Beauty at Eighteen 十八岁村花田小芳 🔥 Rural Life in the 1950s | A Rough Farmhand Secretly Loves the Village Belle Wang Mancang is the poorest farmhand in Wangjia Hollow. His parents died young, he can barely read, his skin is dark and his hands are covered in calluses, and he lives in a drafty mud-brick house. He secretly admires the village belle, Tian Xiaofang. Knowing he has nothing to his name and can't afford even a fraction of the bride price, he can only bury his feelings deep in his heart. Who could have expected trouble t 189Reads—Score13814d adds
- 77 Are You Crazy? You Call This Country Bumpkin a Good-for-Nothing? 疯了吧！你管这叫农村二流子？ All-rounder + miracle doctor + countryside + multiple heroines A scientific genius was reborn in the body of a country bumpkin. After escaping a deadly drowning, he used his sensory System to stir up the world and amass wealth beyond measure. The villagers who once looked down on him now competed to curry favor with him. From then on, Wang Ergou became a god beyond their reach. He also met the woman of his dreams and lost himself in a life of blissful romance. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Wang Dazhu’s Springtime 王大柱的春天 Wang Dazhu was abandoned by his parents as a child because he had a limp. Adopted by foster parents, he lost them in an accidental fire when he was ten, and half his face was badly scarred. His younger sister was blind and mute, and from then on the two depended on each other, enduring the village bully's abuse. Then, one day, he unexpectedly gained Superpowers and embarked on a path toward a better life… 786Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Fool Returned to the Village and Mistook His Kindhearted Older Sister for His Wife 傻子回村，错把好心姐姐当媳妇 [Unhinged country life + playing dumb while practicing medicine + getting rich and face-slapping] The village holds two secrets: first, a curse that means no man survives past thirty; second, Chen Dalong, the village fool by the entrance, can change people's marital fate just by taking their pulse! When he grows priceless medicinal herbs with the Shennong Herbal Canon, a red thread appears around his wrist. “Dalong, only you can treat this illness...” From then on, Chen Dalong becomes famous far 1.4kReads7.9Score19114d adds
- 80 Urban Cultivation: Terminally Ill from the Start, I Turn the Tables and Crush Everyone! 都市修仙：开局绝症，反手碾压！ Chen Jianghe is fifty-six years old, with terminal lung cancer and only three months left to live. The ungrateful children he raised for over a decade refuse to save him. Instead, they team up with thugs to force him to hand over his house! Just as all hope seems lost, his blood stains the ancestral jade pendant, unexpectedly awakening a god-tier cultivation inheritance! He obtains the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon Art and a supreme medical tome. His terminal illness is cured on the spot, and his b 65Reads6.6Score1314d adds
- 81 Book 17 by Gaowo Bei 高卧北第17本书 Zhang Fugui is the village idiot, often mocked and bullied by others. When his neighbor Lin Yue’e is abused by the local tyrant Zhang Debiao, Zhang Fugui risks his life to save her and unexpectedly inherits his ancestors’ legacy. Not only does his mind clear, he also gains extraordinary skills: peerless medical arts, farming classics, mastery of music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and mixed martial arts… A happy life begins now! 50Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 82 Laughter and Spring Breezes in the Countryside 乡野笑春风 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.3kReads7.9Score28814d adds
- 83 Peach Blossom Mountain, Peach Blossom Hermitage, and the Peach Blossom Physician 桃花山，桃花庵，桃花小医仙 [Rural medicine, satisfying riches, farming and development] Qin Feng is half blind and also has a limp. After working himself to the bone to put his girlfriend through college, he is betrayed. By chance, he gains an ancestral inheritance: peerless medical skills, the art of the strange gates and armor, feng shui and mysticism, talisman techniques... And that's not all: his eyes are no longer blind. The village belle: “Brother Feng, are you looking for a wife? I can be yours.” He uses his medica 7.5kReads8.4Score51714d adds
- 84 The Carefree Little Farmer 逍遥小农夫 Ma Xiaole is a fine country boy. With his quick wit, he gets along with everyone and makes a comeback by working the land. He steadily expands his career and makes his way toward a life of thrilling success... 7.4kReads7.7Score70614d adds
- 85 Tenderness in the Countryside 乡野温柔 [Urban cultivation + village doctor + fool's comeback + all the beauties + growing crops and getting rich] I used to be a doctor. Because I refused to get involved with evil people, I was set up, beaten into a fool, and dumped back in my village! By a stroke of luck, I obtained a cultivation legacy. From then on, I became the king of my own little domain, with everything I could want, free and at ease. What a wonderful life! 34.2kReads8.5Score3.2k14d adds
- 86 The Village Belle Blooms 村花朵朵开 With his clever mind, Lu Xiaole makes a success of himself in the village and enjoys one stroke of good luck after another. As he gets rich, he also leads the villagers onto the path to shared prosperity. 4.5kReads7.5Score40914d adds
- 87 Warm Blossoms of the Eighties 八十年代的暖花 Lin Wanxing was known throughout the surrounding villages as a delicate young woman, too frail to carry or lift anything. After she married, she wouldn't so much as touch a farm chore. But no one knew she'd transmigrated into an 1980s military-wife novel, becoming a supporting character with the same name who had jumped into a river to win the male lead's heart. The man who rescued her was Shen Yandong, the toughest man in the neighboring village, and the future golden finger of the book's heroi 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Book 11 by Doufu Niang 爱吃豆腐酿第11本书 My new work is here! You can find it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 The Wild Boy of the Countryside 山野浑小子 Lin Sheng, a country boy, was knocked into a lake by the vicious village chief. He thought he was doomed, but instead he encountered a fallen Medicine God. Not only did he gain the Medicine God’s golden body, he also fused with a rare treasure from the Three Realms. From then on, the country bumpkin began his incredible comeback! Got an injustice to settle? Go to Brother Sheng, who loves beating up the children of villains. Having a hard time making ends meet? Go to Brother Sheng, and he’ll put 183Reads9.1Score11414d adds
- 90 The 1970s: The Delicate Beauty Crooks a Finger, and the Rugged Man Falls 七零:娇气包勾勾手，糙汉沦陷了 [Period setting + rugged hero + sweet, flirtatious romance + delicate, clever heiress × battle-hardened, desperate tough guy] Wen Qiao transmigrates. She opens her eyes in a red silk dress and high heels, stranded deep in the mountains in 1975. From the start, it's hell mode: wild beasts ahead, no way back. Just as she's about to despair, a heavy truck emerges through the fog. The driver is a dangerous man named Zhao Che. All muscle and ferocious eyes, he's the “Living King of Hell” of these mou 597Reads8.7Score10414d adds
- 91 Sparks Among the Waves of Wheat 麦浪里的星火 In 1983, in Liushutun, on the Jizhong Plain, the winds of reform swept into this isolated village. Seventeen-year-old Lin Qiusui was facing the hardest choice of her life. The household responsibility system brought more than the division of land; it also stirred up hidden currents within the three-generation Lin family. The sparks from Grandpa Lin Mancangs pipe as he tapped it against the edge of the kang, her father Lin Jianguo’s hunched back in the family’s assigned fields, and her little sis 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Happy Village 幸福乡村 Zhao Ergou had been struggling to make a living away from home, and in the end he had no choice but to drag his heavy luggage back to Yuyan Village. While working away from home, he'd bought a piece of jade for next to nothing, never suspecting it had a remarkable history. Through the jade, Zhao Ergou met the mysterious woman Bai Qiong and promised to help her find her lost soul fragments and restore her body. In return, Bai Qiong taught him the wondrous cultivation techniques of the Great Wilde —Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 93 After Returning to the Village, I Help My Cousin’s Wife Get Justice 回村后我帮表嫂讨公道 The night I returned to the village, I saw my cousin's wife sneaking out in the early hours of the morning. The whole village called her immoral, pointing fingers and abusing her without mercy. No one knew she was secretly investigating the “accidental” death of my cousin! The landslide three years ago was no accident. It was Zhao Defu, the village tyrant, who deliberately killed him to seize the family property! He thought five thousand yuan would be enough to settle things quietly and perman 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 By the Lotus-Picking Lake 采莲湖畔 [1980s | Rural Coal Mines | The Struggles of an Ordinary Man] In 1991, by the shores of Lianhua Lake in southern Shandong, Zheng Qiang grew up in the countryside. His father worked in the coal mines year-round, while his mother held the family together on her own. The mine's coal dust bore witness to his youth. After graduating from vocational school, he returned home to teach in a village. His meager salary left him facing a choice: Was staying behind in the countryside a way to repay his fami 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Village Beauty Du Juan Is Untamed 村花杜鹃就是野 [Boxing Champion Transmigrates] [Strong Female Lead] [Feel-Good Story] [Farming] [Face-Slapping] [Getting Rich] [Family Reconciliation] [Rural Comeback] [Widow Heroine] Du Juan, a modern female boxing champion, gets into a car accident. When she opens her eyes, she has transmigrated to ancient times and become Du Juan, a widow in Dahe Village with a terrible reputation. The original owner behaved badly, and the whole village gossiped about her behind her back. Her in-laws hated her, and even h 76Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 The Little Divine Doctor of Huang Temple 黄庙小神医 [Fool's Comeback + Wild, Thrilling Drama + Invincible Dual Cultivation] Chen Hao was a fool for three years, suffering every hardship the village had to offer. Then, one spring day, a chance encounter awakened an immortal inheritance within him. He unlocked the Nine Yang Physique and began cultivating the Everlasting Spring Scripture. From then on, he used his miraculous healing skills to turn his life around... 91Reads—Score13314d adds
- 97 Those Things That Happened in the Mountain Village 山村里的那些事儿 A young man from a mountain village leads the villagers on the road to prosperity. With the help of the women by his side, he overcomes every obstacle, makes his mark on the world, and ultimately rises to wealth and success. 207Reads8.9Score10514d adds
- 98 The Village Doctor: Xu Xiaofan Rules the Countryside 乡村神医，徐小凡纵横乡野 Xu Xiaofan, a fourth-year medical student, is unexpectedly blacklisted by the hospital and expelled from school. After returning to Taohua Village to work as its village doctor, he happens upon the legacy of the Golden Toad Immortal. From then on, his medical skills reach the heavens and his fortunes soar, carrying him to the pinnacle of life. One day, after achieving fame and success, Xu Xiaofan gazes at the moon and sighs, “People in Taohua Village may scheme against one another, but we’re tru 7.7kReads8.1Score57014d adds
- 99 Death Penalty Rose 死刑玫瑰 A revenge story, rural romance, life as a migrant worker, the tricks of the city, and the good and evil in human nature. Rose was a country girl. At eighteen, she went away with a relative to find work, only to be sold. From then on, her life was full of twists and turns. She missed out on true love, fell into a den of wolves, and wished she were dead. When Rose disappeared, Chen Shuang searched frantically for her, but never found the woman he loved. Following one small lead nearly got him beat 11Reads—Score214d adds
- 100 The Little Village Doctor of the Countryside 乡野山村小村医 Zhang Tieniu, the village idiot of Shanhe Village, was despised by the villagers. Luckily, Sister-in-law Cuiping took him in for a few years. By a twist of fate, Zhang Tieniu ate a medicinal rabbit and awakened an inherited legacy. From then on, he was free to soar, and even a little mountain village could produce a hero. 472Reads6.9Score12114d adds
