Novels like The Melon Fields and the Li Family
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Melon Fields and the Li Family, best match first.
- 1 Going with the Flow 顺流而上 (Old novel. Read with caution.) The orphaned daughter of a convicted minister spent ten years living in seclusion in the mountains. Then one day, she came down from the mountains and made a stunning impression. But a tree that rises above the forest is battered by the wind, and a bank that towers above the river is eroded by the current. Yuan spread her hands. “Well, I guess I don’t have a choice...” Lu You says: I’ve started a new novel, "Spring Comes to Fish and Water", about a carp spi 0Votes405Recs2.7kFans
- 2 The Frail Beauty Is Not to Be Bullied 美人羸弱不可欺 At their first meeting, Du Qingtan was being dumped and flew into a rage. She threw a vicious left hook, but her weak body couldn’t keep up, and she fainted... Dugu Buqiu helped call a doctor. His fee was "Five Ways to Throw a Left Hook". At their second meeting, Du Qingtan went to call off an engagement. She acted pitiful and coughed up blood at the slightest disagreement, smoothly earning a hundred taels of gold. Dugu Buqiu took five taels as his share just for being there. At their third meet 1Votes62.3kRecs37kFans
- 3 Tales of Farm Life 农家田园记事 Chun Qiu grew up an orphan with no great ambitions. All she wanted was enough food and clothes, and a comfortable, carefree life. Who knew Heaven would play a trick on her one day? She transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a farm girl. Most absurd of all, she’s a little girl! At least she has a simple life now, but what happened to having enough to eat and wear? Chun Qiu stares at the dingy walls and screams inwardly... Since she’s here, she might as well make the best of it. So what if the 0Votes7.3kRecs9.5kFans
- 4 You’re an Invisible Big Shot, but Your Persona Is Crumbling 隐形大佬你崩人设了 My new book, What Use Is This Chaotic World to Me?, is now being serialized! After more than a decade surviving in an icy apocalypse, Jian Ning returns to an era of four distinct seasons. She opens her eyes to a life of poverty and gets a notice that her freeloading fiancé, now successful, wants to break off their engagement. Jian Ning: “Sure. He can leave, but the food stays.” Oh, and this broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged, handsome, resolute man is your future husband. Please sign 0Votes10.8kRecs8.4kFans
- 5 Tales of Farming 种田记 An ordinary young couple living in the city unexpectedly comes into possession of a mysterious space, and then... They gather chrysanthemums beneath the eastern fence and gaze serenely at the southern mountain. Far from the hustle and bustle of the city, they farm and find happiness. 0Votes23.3kRecs11.7kFans
- 6 Glory 荣焉 At just eighteen, Gu Yan died after a long battle with illness, her life ending in misery. Reborn as a child, with all her worldly cares washed away, she wanted nothing more in this life than a peaceful, stable existence. 0Votes33kRecs22.1kFans
- 7 Just an Ordinary Woman 一介匹妇 The orphan Tie Muqing was reborn into the body of a ten-year-old girl after saving a woman who tried to jump from a building. With a loving blacksmith father by her side, she peacefully accepted life in another world. Her neighbor was a childhood sweetheart. When he made the imperial examination honors list, she was cast aside. They could share poverty, but not prosperity, so Tie Muqing resolutely walked away. The world was vast, and everywhere could be home! With two greatswords and a soft bow, 0Votes225.9kRecs52.4kFans
- 8 After the Makeup, a World Transformed 妆罢山河 A top mercenary from the 21st century transmigrates into an age of chaos. Will she fish in troubled waters, return to her old trade, make a fortune, and live carefree? Or will she wield the long sword in her hand to cleave through the darkened sky and dance with the land beneath her feet? 0Votes60.9kRecs61.6kFans
- 9 The Art of Divorcing Your Husband 休夫计 In her previous life, she’d had enough of getting up earlier than a chicken and going to bed later than a dog, only to be ordered around by her sister-in-law, criticized by her mother-in-law, and finally thrown out with nowhere to go. Reborn, she’s been granted a miraculous treasure by heaven. In this life, she just wants to be a good doctor, raise a good little dumpling, and live a good life. But all of that depends on divorcing him. Though, in truth, she’ll do whatever it takes to get him to d 0Votes3.5kRecs21kFans
- 10 Reborn: Jade Destiny 重生玉缘 Her maternal grandfather, a veteran of three reigns, was suddenly charged with treason. The Crown Prince committed suicide, the Empress was imprisoned, and her two uncles were exiled, their lives hanging in the balance. Her mother also fell ill and died at this time. Wei Qingting, who had just arrived in another world, was locked with her younger brother in an abandoned courtyard, where they struggled to survive. Because of a bracelet left behind by their mother, her younger brother unlocked the 0Votes914Recs10.3kFans
- 11 The Road to the Azure Clouds 青云路 Worse than transmigrating into a life of utter poverty is transmigrating into a life of utter poverty and discovering that your head is also saddled with a huge, melodramatic mess 0Votes184.3kRecs32.4kFans
- 12 The Doctor's Charm 医娇 I’ll open a little shop, treat the sick, and enjoy the goings-on while I’m at it. Chunxin thinks this simple little life is peaceful and secure. 0Votes53.7kRecs52.6kFans
- 13 Cleverness Beneath the Embroidery 绣外慧中 She becomes a little orphan and is taken in by a marquis’s household, where the madams and young ladies constantly pick on her. She puts up with it. At least she has food and clothes, and can attend a private school. But why accuse her of having an affair with a fierce, unreasonable tyrant? The Dowager Consort and the Princess Consort snort in unison. “As if you’d want that! My son is going to marry his cousin.” The tyrant grins. “My little lady, if we can’t take the main road, let’s sneak aroun 0Votes234.9kRecs182.8kFans
- 14 Reborn: Blossoms Bloom, the Moon Is Full 重生之花好月圆 Shui Youhan is reborn in another time and space, in the body of a woman with the same name. Framed and thrown out of her home, she soon discovers that she is pregnant. She thought she posed no threat to anyone and could leave her past behind to live a quiet, peaceful life. But no matter how much she longs for peace, trouble keeps coming. People provoke her time and again, until she can no longer run or endure it. If that's how it is, then she'll take back everything that was hers to begin with. 0Votes43.9kRecs120.5kFans
- 15 Reborn as a Little Baker 重生之小小烘焙师 Xia Tian transmigrated, had a child out of wedlock, and fell into a love-hate relationship with Qiao Yuandong. This is the story of a girl from the 1990s who transmigrates twenty years into the future and fights hard to pay for her seriously ill father's treatment and raise her two sons. If you love cake, be sure to check this out. By the time you finish reading, you'll be a little baker yourself! 0Votes4.1kRecs4.6kFans
- 16 The Excellent Physician 金玉良医 A modern doctor becomes a bride brought in to bring good fortune, and she and the concubine-born son who marries her can’t stand each other. Lu Man: “My hand’s a bad one, but I’ve got great medical skills. You don’t have to suffer either. I’ll set you free, and I’ll be free too.” The aggrieved concubine-born son: “My dear, we can forget about that contract, can’t we?” 0Votes162.4kRecs82.5kFans
- 17 Healing with Brocade 医锦还厢 Young Marquis, you were the one who divorced me back then, and now you want to marry me again? Ever heard that a good horse doesn’t eat the grass it’s already passed? Have you no shame? I’ve spent so long being a good horse that I’m sick of it. This time, I’m going to be a bad horse. Damn, I really want to sing “Love’s Transaction” to him. What should I do? The author may be good at finishing books, but she’s always made things up as she goes. In the spirit of kindness and 0Votes62.1kRecs50.6kFans
- 18 The First-Rank Farm Girl 一品农妃 My new book, Country Life and Spoiling: The Power-Wielding Princess Consort, is now underway. It's a one-on-one romance with a devoted couple, so come check it out! Modern-day special agent Liu Huaxuan has the misfortune of transmigrating into the body of a thirteen-year-old farm girl in Liujia Village, Tianyang. She and her mother and younger sister are cruelly thrown out of their home. Fortunately, she discovers she has a pocket dimension. She sets out to make her mark and build a thriving cou 0Votes14.3kRecs25.3kFans
- 19 The Mountain Moon Knows Nothing of the Heart 山月不知心底事 Under the mountain moon seventeen years ago, he said, “We’ll never be apart.” Of course, he left anyway. Xiang Yuan always thought it was time, distance, and life’s uncontrollable twists and turns that drove them apart. Only later did she learn that even if she had kept Ye Qianze by her side, one day, when he met Ye Ling, he would still have fallen in love with her. Could she change fate, but not the heart of the man she loved? The mountain moon’s clear light had long since faded. All she had le 0Votes13.7kRecs25.3kFans
- 20 Transmigrating to Raise Children Is No Easy Task 穿越之养儿不易 With a clear spring at her side, making a fortune is easy, but raising a child is another story. See how Jiang Youmei becomes both father and mother, leading her son out of poverty and toward a brighter future. 0Votes71.5kRecs68kFans
- 21 Spring at the Qin House 秦楼春 Her grandparents are old, her parents are both dead, and her uncle and aunt are cruel. Faced with this melodramatic, miserable life, Qin Hanzhen, who transmigrated here, can only try her best to make her life a little better. If she has no opportunities, she'll make them herself. Clothing, food, shelter, travel... and men and marriage, too. But... She's starting to think she may have tried a little too hard... 0Votes597.4kRecs98.2kFans
- 22 A Brocade Crown for All Under Heaven 锦冠天下 The young master of the Shen family is so handsome that Qiao Yunran thinks he is far too flashy. The Qiao and Shen families arrange a marriage, and Qiao Yunran happily watches her sisters put on a show. It never occurs to her that she might be the one to marry into the family. 0Votes97.1kRecs17.1kFans
- 23 Longing for Spring’s Return 念春归 She opened her eyes again and found herself back in that year. There was still time to start over. She would secure a lifetime of peace for herself and her family. May the years be peaceful, and may spring return in its own time! 2Votes123.5kRecs89kFans
- 24 The Iron Lady 铁娘 She came from the apocalypse to the populous Jin family. As the youngest daughter of the Jin family, she received far more than the others. Jin Yun looked at the rare egg in her hand and made up her mind! She would use the most unique blacksmithing techniques to lead the Jin family to the highest peak! 0Votes82.6kRecs52.6kFans
- 25 The Second Wife 继妻 With the help of her legitimate mother and elder sister, Chang Runzhi gets divorced. But after the divorce, her grandmother, who has an excellent eye, decides to arrange a second marriage for her. The old lady has set her sights on her brother-in-law’s younger brother, a prince with no mother, no power, and no money: a “three-nothing” prince. Chang Runzhi decides that with such a good hand, she’ll play it better than the original owner did! 0Votes39.8kRecs53.9kFans
- 26 A Peaceful World 安乐天下 She died at sixteen and was reborn at ten. Ji Xiaotang has only one simple wish: to live a long, peaceful, and happy life. However, she gradually discovers that a shocking secret lies buried beneath it all. Her simple wish turns out to be an impossible dream. “Perhaps you could consider marrying me.” “Now you have no choice but to marry me.” 0Votes75.8kRecs39.5kFans
- 27 Reborn: The 1970s Comeback Plan 重生七零逆袭计划 Chen Yan was reborn after being betrayed by both her best friend and her husband. She returned to the late 1970s, a time she knew nothing about, and even the two snakes in her life had been reborn with her. What infuriated her most was that her treacherous best friend was now her biological younger sister, while her scummy husband was still her fiancé. In this life, she would keep her eyes open, kick the scumbags to the curb, and build a fortune. 0Votes9.9kRecs8.8kFans
- 28 It’s Hard Being the Eldest Sister 长姐难为 Han Xue, a raft-rafting farmer’s daughter, gazes at the bare walls of her home and the seemingly endless Yalu River, on the verge of tears. Her family is struggling to make ends meet. Her father works rafting logs downriver and died in an accident. Her mother died in childbirth. They left behind a family of younger siblings, all weak and helpless. Han Xue says being the eldest sister is no easy job. A daughter can 0Votes1.7kRecs7.2kFans
- 29 Nanny Loves You 奶妈疼你 Everyone says big breasts mean no brains. Nonsense! I have big breasts and plenty of brains. Not only that, I have no idea where my son is or who my husband is. So for now, I can only sneak into a grand household to make a living. It would be a shame not to put my natural assets to use. People who waste them are disgraceful! As for all those earth-shattering secrets, I'll figure them out one at a time. No rush. And you, you two big perverts. No matter how high your status or how great your abili 0Votes141.2kRecs271.2kFans
- 30 Reborn: A Handbook for Keeping My Husband in Line 重生调夫手册 My new book, Quick Transmigration: Roll Away, Scumbags, has been uploaded. It’s exciting and satisfying, so give it a read. ----- Every seemingly perfect and happy marriage is more complicated than it looks. It takes the shared effort and commitment of both spouses to make it work. This is a heartwarming story about a sunny young woman from the new century who is reborn in the 1970s and leads a wooden, taciturn man toward a happy life. 0Votes3.3kRecs11.8kFans
- 31 The Fragrance of Good Food 食味生香 Food is essential to the people. No one can go a day without three meals. In a nutshell: this story has a lot of idle chatter and rambling. (Hey, hey, don't go!) Her father is dead and her mother is gone, so A Qing opens a little eatery to support her younger brother. One day, her brother goes up the mountain to hunt rabbits and comes back with a troublesome stranger. From then on, A Qing's life is one problem after another, and peace is a thing of the past... 0Votes210.7kRecs35.9kFans
- 32 Flowers Flourish in Spring 花繁春正茗 She is a tea ceremony prodigy renowned throughout the world. When the new emperor ascends the throne, she is forced to become a palace official and has nowhere left to escape. The new emperor is arrogant and domineering, and he also has a burden in tow. Most importantly, he is actually her second senior brother, the very man she abandoned in the past... 0Votes80.5kRecs61.1kFans
- 33 Yan Nan Returns 燕南归 At least, in the worst of all lives, I had you at your best. P.S. This is a fictional setting, so historical accuracy buffs beware. 0Votes64.1kRecs58.4kFans
- 34 The Farmer’s Daughter’s Splendid Life 农女锦绣 After transmigrating as a little farm girl, I find that my father is dead and my mother is mentally unsound. Facing a helpless family, Qian Yixiu remains calm. Turning their fortunes around will take skill, as well as the luck she had when she was a wandering ghost. With a little brother by her side, she builds their fortune with one hand and protects her beauty with the other... 0Votes94.1kRecs108kFans
- 35 A Beauty's Dream in Troubled Times 乱世红颜梦 The Warring States era: a bloody, dazzling, glorious age. The heroine, with a modern consciousness, arrives in this time and becomes a plaything in the hands of competing powers. When she cannot even keep her life, how can she hold on to her true self? In an age where the strong are everywhere, she refuses to be manipulated at will and embarks on a one-way road to stand alone against the world. 0Votes103kRecs454.6kFans
- 36 Ensnared Heart: Published Title, Palace 迷心记——出版名 宫 Plain-language blurb: Her ultimate goal is to become a virtuous consort like the one from the previous dynasty. She studies the classics, etiquette, filial piety, and righteousness, and regards The Admonitions for Women as her sacred text. She strives to be a role model for women everywhere! This is her greatest dream, and nobody is going to stop her. Not even the emperor. Chaotic version: How do you secure a place for yourself in a harem where competition for positions is so fierce? How do you 0Votes31.6kRecs264.6kFans
- 37 The Qing Dynasty's Down-to-Earth Man 清朝经济适用男 The paperback edition of "The Economical Husband of the Qing Dynasty" is now available! The new release comes in two volumes: Volume One: "The Sharp-Tongued Wife of the Great Qing" Volume Two: "The Economical Husband of the Qing Dynasty" A must-read for newlyweds, married couples, and anyone curious about marriage! The Qing Dynasty's sharpest guide to love and marriage! A wife who can't defeat the “other woman” and protect her husband's career and ambitions isn't a good wife! A husband who can't 0Votes60.5kRecs404.5kFans
- 38 The Springtime of the ’70s 七零春光正好 Reborn in the late 1970s, Luo Manjing was determined to forge a bright future this time around. She’d be a top student and master both medicine and saving lives. She’d set her sights high and find new ways to make even contract farming flourish. And before housing prices went up, she’d get ready to start buying property. 0Votes18.5kRecs33kFans
- 39 A Refined Lady of Medicine 药窕淑女 She’s the legitimate eldest daughter of a family that made its fortune as imperial merchants, but her father doesn’t care for her and her stepmother is cruel. There’s nothing but infighting in a prestigious household! You want to fight me again? Again? Keep it up, and I’ll get rid of you! What? I saved someone, and now I have to marry him? For a token of affection, I’ll send something valuable but easy to carry. If things don’t work out, I’ll just grab my dowry box and make a run for it! My new 0Votes692.9kRecs303.9kFans
- 40 The Chronicle of Ronghua 容华录 The notorious Xu Qirong uses despicable means to marry into a wealthy family. Her husband is a gifted scholar of impeccable character. As expected, the match is ill-suited, and even Heaven can’t stand it: she’s branded a runaway and dies a tragic death in front of a ruined temple. What? She has to do it all over again? No problem. Watch her take on the most awful people, earn a good name, expose conspiracies, settle old scores, and carve out a life of wealth and glory! 0Votes29.7kRecs35.8kFans
- 41 The Healing Touch 药手回春 In this life, she’ll live it to the fullest. All she wants is to be happy, watching with a cold smile as that family falls from the heights of power. 0Votes125kRecs168.3kFans
- 42 The Perfect Daughter-in-Law 佳媳 When she was reborn, her parents were dead, her elder sister had been crippled, and her half-brother had been exiled to the frontier. Her grandmother's modest affection and trust could not withstand the world's cold indifference. Was her future husband to be a cruel widower or a wastrel, sickly and near death? There was no peace to be found in this life, and storms were brewing. Gu Mingxuan sneered. She had already died once. What was there left to fear? All she wanted was a smooth life and peac 0Votes110.3kRecs104.5kFans
- 43 Pearl 宝珠 She died a tragic death in her previous life. Reborn, Huanyan returns with an incredibly powerful ancient wood bead. A magical space and a proud guardian beast. The dazzling variety of fortune beads and misfortune beads reveals a colorful new side of the world. Under pressure from ancient clans and provoked by an infuriating feng shui master, she fears nothing! She'll make everyone who wronged her family pay back every last bit! Supernatural powers, one-on-one romance, happy ending 0Votes96.7kRecs83kFans
- 44 The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World 天下第二美 Many years later, someone asks the first common-born empress of Great Yan how she would sum up her legendary life. Mei Niang: Make a fortune! Min Bai: ...Thank goodness I inherited the throne through my family’s good looks, not by winning a wife with my face. Mei Niang: No, you did. 0Votes60kRecs35.6kFans
- 45 Transmigrating to an Ancient Mountain Forest 穿越古代山林 After transmigrating to a remote mountain wilderness in ancient times, how can she survive? Food, clothing, shelter, and transportation have all become major problems! Fortunately, fate left her a way to live. She found a cave and fixed it up so it was fit to live in. But with nothing to her name, she couldn’t just starve to death, so she had to keep finding ways to survive! As they say, you’ll never go hungry if you live off the land. Work hard, and you can even have a surplus! She rescued a li 0Votes9.3kRecs22.7kFans
- 46 The Rebirth of Han Yuxi 嫡女重生记 At home, she was invisible; after marriage, she was merely a decoration; in the end, she died in a sea of flames, leaving not even a trace of her remains. This was the story of Han Yuxi's previous life. Reborn into a new life, Han Yuxi worked hard to improve herself, wishing only never again to be a foil or a pretty vase. Then she would find an ideal husband and live a life of peace and prosperity. Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. She married a man burdened by a blood feud, and Han Y 0Votes135.2kRecs72.3kFans
- 47 The Little Landlord of the Farm 农家小地主 They were twin sisters. One stayed with the main family and enjoyed wealth and glory, while the other was sent to a farming household. Her adoptive parents doted on her, and she got along harmoniously with her brothers and sisters, but then natural and man-made disasters struck, forcing her to leave her homeland and start over from scratch. Born of the same root, yet their fates were worlds apart! 0Votes3.3kRecs18.6kFans
- 48 In the Spring Sunshine 春光里 After transmigrating, she becomes a household-born servant. Should she settle for the safe, comfortable life of a servant in a wealthy household? Or choose a free life full of hardship and danger? She’s a flame unlike any other, destined for an extraordinary life! 0Votes411.3kRecs357.2kFans
- 49 The Golden and Jade Bride 金玉娇妻 After transmigrating, she botched her opening act? No problem. Fortunately, she has a good boss to hold the stage together. Fang Caiwei, the heir's wife who considers herself part of the gold-collar class, works diligently to run the rear courtyard of the Marquis's Residence, this “company,” while accumulating capital in preparation for “going independent” in the future. When the winds of change rise, I will leave in style and make my mark in the vast world. There is even a handsome man who refu 0Votes102.7kRecs30.5kFans
- 50 Fortune Comes Calling 福运来 A Fu feels that in this life, she has an unbreakable bond with being substituted for others. Whenever something good happens, someone takes her place. Whenever something bad happens, she has to take someone else's place. One substitution after another, she ends up in the imperial palace. == Her wish is to see less, hear less, and say less, then safely endure her time until she can leave the palace, find an honest, obedient man to marry, and live out the rest of her life in peace. Her modest wish 0Votes98.9kRecs282.4kFans
