Novels like Elder Sister
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- 1 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
- 2 A Bountiful Harvest: The Embroidered Farm Girl 锦绣农女种田忙 The ugly, fat, and foolish Yang Ruoqing is mocked by everyone in the village and forced by the man to whom she was betrothed as a child to jump into the river. When she wakes up again, her body is occupied by the soul of a top agent. Facing a family reduced to utter poverty, she leads everyone in working hard to farm, starting from the smallest things, and gradually builds a prosperous life. While striving to farm, she also heals her hidden injuries, improves her figure, and becomes a great be 33Votes64.4kRecs35.2kFans
- 3 Summer Luo 夏洛 How did the world turn into a dreamy, picturesque desktop when I woke up? That green sail is a leaf, that white parachute is a dandelion, and a single petal can serve as a mattress. Phew! Heaven suddenly let out a huge breath, and a gust of wind lifted my house into the air and sent it traveling. Sigh~~~ I wonder if my journey’s destination will be where you, my dear, are… … To join, give the name of a character from any book. (Administrators clear out lurkers from time to ti 0Votes214.5kRecs52.7kFans
- 4 At Last, a Home in the Countryside 终归田居 There’s no food, no clothes, and we’re dirt poor. That would be bad enough, but why is she so little? Her two older brothers are helpless, too, and the villagers bully them as they please. Luckily, she has something to rely on. Watch as the heroine and her brothers depend on one another and carve out a life of their own. But, um... why does he keep showing up right in front of me? My new book, The Daily Life of a Second-Generation Rich Kid Cultivating Immortality, is now underway. Please check i 0Votes57.7kRecs99.3kFans
- 5 Reborn: When the Paulownia Blossoms 重生梧桐花开 Ye Wutong returns to the early 1980s, when an old-fashioned ice pop costs five cents and watching a video costs twenty... Meanwhile, the curtain is slowly rising on a momentous era... There is no such thing as fate, only different choices. This is the story of the people who live in the Wutong Courtyard during a great era. 0Votes42.8kRecs23.7kFans
- 6 The Family Business (Original Novel of the TV Adaptation) 家业（同名影视原著） The original novel for the television drama Family Legacy, starring Yang Zi and Han Dongjun. To make the family business thrive and keep the family in harmony, hard work is essential! Li Zhen, a modern inheritor of Li Ink, transmigrates into the body of Li Zhenniang, the youngest daughter of the eighth branch of the Li family in Huizhou during the Ming dynasty. The family is struggling to make ends meet, and the Li Ink trade is on the verge of collapse... This is the legendary tale of Li Zhe 0Votes152.4kRecs159.8kFans
- 7 The Immortal's Treasure-Seeking Acupoint 财迷仙窍 Cultivation has three great perks: freedom, immortality, and a full stomach. Han Yin grew up alone and destitute, and eagerly joined an immortal sect, only to discover... A sidelong glance: her cunning, carefree martial uncle. A look to the right: her coldhearted senior brother, who has attained immortality. Even the magical treasures eat better than she does... 0Votes262.6kRecs84kFans
- 8 A Perfect Match 极品夫妻 She transmigrates straight into a situation where a Noble Consort entrusts her with her child. Shiniang feels the pressure. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The cover was lovingly created by an adult. Isn't it cute? 1Votes101.8kRecs145.6kFans
- 9 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
- 10 Summoning the Demon Lord 召唤恶魔大人 Who says demons only know how to fight and kill? This one in my house can do the laundry and cooking, too! At the risk of being hunted down, a sixteen-year-old girl summoned a high-ranking demon. And so the “low-key” magical adventure of a loli summoner and a demon pretending to be a shota began with a pig's trotter... Book group: 153121185 (Entry question: the name of the “little brother” Alpha pretends to be. The answer is in Volume Two.) My new book, Tremble, Mecha Boys, is now 0Votes138.7kRecs48.2kFans
- 11 Beautiful Fields 秀色田园 Reborn into a farming family overnight, with streams winding past green hills, I thought I’d found a happy life in the beautiful countryside, but I hadn’t counted on all those distant relatives and nosy neighbors. One side quiets down, and the other starts a fuss. They squabble over every little thing. It all comes down to being poor. Watch this young woman lead her whole family to prosperity! My completed novel, Tales of Farming, is also available. You can count on me to finish what I start 0Votes267.2kRecs116.7kFans
- 12 A Dai 阿黛 Wang Dai transmigrated! Next door, Ning Caichen has just brought Nie Xiaoqian home. Across the way, Xu Xian's older sister is calling for him to buy soy sauce. Their meeting at Broken Bridge will have to wait for another day. At home, her father is gravely ill in bed, her mother is full of complaints, her older brother is idle, her sister-in-law is greedy and lazy, and her second older sister is constantly at odds with her. She looks up at the sky. From this day forward, her fierce life needs no 0Votes154.5kRecs44.3kFans
- 13 Immortal Life, Please Log On 仙生请上线 Delete my account? Gladly! Looking for me? I'll play dead! One, two, three of you... Are you ever going to stop? Immortal, log in already! Clean up the mess you made! 0Votes349.6kRecs70.8kFans
- 14 Reborn in the Pocket Dimension 重生空间守则 An ancient reborn woman with a spatial treasure faces a modern transmigrator with one In her previous life, she was the legitimate eldest daughter of a three-dynasty Grand Secretary and the first wife of Chu Huajin, Marquis of Ningyuan. She had a son and a daughter. As she lay bedridden with illness, a strange twist of fate drew her soul into the spatial treasure of her transmigrated half-sister. Two years later, she was reborn as He Ningxin, the legitimate daughter of Hanlin Academician He Sip 0Votes126.4kRecs115kFans
- 15 Chronicles of a Farming Family 农家记事 A farming family makes its home in the mountains, with three parts mountain, one part water, and six parts fields. Within a snail shell, they build a splendid sanctuary; a harmonious family and thriving livelihood bring good fortune and health! A farming tale: raising silkworms and weaving, but mostly farming! 0Votes49.8kRecs24.8kFans
- 16 The Red Apricot Stirs in the Spring Light 红杏闹春光 Music, chess, calligraphy, and painting: she couldn’t do a single one. Singing and dancing: not a chance. Chemistry and physics: she never learned them properly. History and politics: she was utterly hopeless… A good-for-nothing like her had no choice but to tidy up, change her clothes, and get to work in the kitchen. She would use good food to create an entirely different life. ❤ The title comes from Song Qi’s “Spring in the Jade Tower: Spring Scenery”: Beyond the misty willows, dawn’s chill is 0Votes93.1kRecs458.4kFans
- 17 The Easygoing Life of a Fake Taoist 伪术士的悠闲生活 When fortune comes, iron turns to gold. When fortune leaves, gold turns to iron. Bai Caicai was reborn and unexpectedly gained a jade talisman skill. It could not only nurture rough stones into fine jade, but also bring her all kinds of fortune and blessings. And so, she began a leisurely life as a pretend mystic, nurturing jade, farming, and using feng shui to dispel misfortune. 0Votes282.8kRecs140.6kFans
- 18 Reborn as a Farmer's Wife 重生娘子在种田 Mu Yangling was reborn into a family of hunters. She thought she could live a simple, happy life, but a war nearly destroyed her family. Her father was classified as a military farmer, and the whole family had to go with him to work the fields. The trouble was, they couldn’t even tell the seedlings of the five staple crops apart. Seeing her mother and little brother on the verge of tears, Mu Yangling puffed out her chest and said, “It’s all right. I have plenty of strength.” She also had some ag 0Votes27.7kRecs37.4kFans
- 19 Hello, Miss Kitty 哈喽猫小姐 Female lead: Luo Jiang, cat servant to the tyrannical little cat Luo Xiaoqi, is at her wit’s end. “I’ve given you all my love, so how am I supposed to find a partner?” Luo Xiaoqi says: “Leave finding you a partner to me~” Male lead: With Xiaoqi’s paw in one hand, he has happiness in the other. You have to believe that love is only ever a cat’s length away. 0Votes80.5kRecs12.4kFans
- 20 Heavy Strings 重笙 The gentle young lady Gu Wensheng hanged herself, and the unconventional Ninth Miss Gu of a prestigious family transmigrated into her world. In the world of musicians, mastering a musical instrument meant mastering power, wealth, and the lives and deaths of others. Ninth Miss Gu was skilled at the qin and painting. Whatever she wanted, she was determined to obtain, even if she had to roll across a mountain of blades to get it! However, what she wanted was completely different from what the vast 0Votes164.8kRecs42.1kFans
- 21 Falling on the River 洛临 It’s a Western fantasy game, so why am I playing a character from an Eastern race?! And not just any character, but the only one of my kind, a race that shouldn’t even exist?! There’s the cold, handsome guy who massacres an entire city over a minor annoyance, and the “beauty” who keeps hanging around me, claiming to be my fiance... Fine, I can put up with all that. But why do even my so-called family members have to get involved?! Fine! Since I’m here, I’ll make the best of it... Except I can’t! 0Votes246.7kRecs346.9kFans
- 22 Painted Fields Everywhere 画满田园 Xuan Miaor was a modern-day painter who transmigrated into the home of a poor farming family in ancient times. But that's all right: as long as she has a brush in hand, she needn't worry about earning silver. With her brush: She paints a vast land of mountains and rivers, a flourishing countryside, a house filled with gold and jade, and a harmonious pair bound by love. 0Votes343.5kRecs78.4kFans
- 23 Country Life for the Young Lady 田园闺事 She transmigrates into a farming family, only to find that her parents favor sons and her eldest sister-in-law is the apple of everyone's eye. As for her, she's just a weed in everyone's eyes. Even a weed can stand tall in the garden. Find a good husband and bring home treasures. A humble weed can turn into a golden treasure. 0Votes148.6kRecs104.3kFans
- 24 Everyday Life After Transmigration to Ancient Times 古代穿越日常 Li Luan'er, a woman from the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a farm girl who was cast out by her husband. She has a dim-witted, timid older brother, a hot-tempered, strong-willed younger sister, and a clan of relatives eyeing them covetously. Most importantly, her family is dirt poor. Faced with all this, the exceptional combat skills she honed over more than a decade in the apocalypse finally come in handy. Li Luan'er believes that no matter where you are, decisive action and good se 0Votes94.3kRecs77.5kFans
- 25 Egg Girl 蛋娘 Her sharp-tongued adoptive father is secretly a peerless master? That glowing pendant actually has an egg inside! Why does she have to work so hard to hatch it?! It's not even her egg!! She just wants to quietly be a beautiful girl. That's all. The Empire's future greatest general and aspiring egg-hatching expert... Is currently sprinting for her life. 0Votes284.6kRecs45.3kFans
- 26 The Wicked Emperor and Empress 不良帝后 My new book, The Mystic Ancestor Is Read by Her Family, and They’re All Obsessed with Playing the Villain, is now available. Come check it out! Li Zhao was born into a family in ancient times. Drawing on what she had learned about “sociology,” she opened a luxury jade shop and lived a comfortable, happy life. Things were going swimmingly. Unfortunately, her cousin was a glamorous, scheming woman who had been reborn. In her previous life, she was chosen to be empress and died full of resentment. 0Votes71.9kRecs65kFans
- 27 The Great God Won't Leave Me 大神甩不掉 Shen Yuexue bravely saves someone and transmigrates! Damn it, she’s ended up in a world of cultivation. Even worse, with her useless aptitude, she can only be an invisible nobody. Who would have thought that her cooking skills could win her the favor of a top-tier powerhouse? It really pays to be a foodie. Stop right there! Hand over your immortal pills, magical treasures, and secret manuals! What, you won’t? Close the door and unleash the powerhouse! This is the story of how a dazed foodie 0Votes109.4kRecs76kFans
- 28 Reborn as a Little Landlord 重生小地主 [The original novel behind the hit drama Farming Life] She wants to protect her loved ones from being bullied again, help her family work hard and prosper together, and live a cheerful, happy, comfortably well-off life! Book group 18162717 (full). Two more groups have opened. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord, group number 37443900. All readers are welcome to join. To get in, use the name of any character from any of Ruoyan's works as your password. Group name: Reborn Little Landlord 2, group n 0Votes674.2kRecs908.9kFans
- 29 Winning Over the Worst 攻略极品 Picking fights with wicked relatives? No! Our motto is: Take the wicked ones' path and leave them nowhere to go! 1Votes293.9kRecs114kFans
- 30 The Phoenix's Boundless Moon 凤月无边 Lu Wen's voice came from behind. “I can play 'Phoenix Seeking a Mate' on a bamboo leaf. Would you care to listen, A Lu?” Her voice was low and rich, clear and crisp, like ice striking jade, a mountain stream, the moon rising over a deep ravine, or wind passing through a bamboo grove... It was so lovely, so elegant, so full of feeling, and yet such a subtle declaration of her intentions... Liu Jiang frowned slightly and took a few unhurried steps away. Without turning back to face Guo Yun, he ask 0Votes194.4kRecs143.4kFans
- 31 Reborn: Wen Wan 重生之温婉 After being reborn in ancient times, she not only became mute and unable to speak, but was also disliked by her grandmother, unloved by her father, tormented by her stepmother, and branded an inauspicious person who brought misfortune to her father, mother, and entire family. Faced with all kinds of hardships and difficulties, she rose to the challenge and resolved them one by one. Poisoning, assassinations, and framing followed one after another, yet she remained fearless. She had originally wa 0Votes339kRecs131.5kFans
- 32 Memoirs of a Cannon Fodder Cultivator 炮灰修仙记事 A transmigrated heroine and a reborn supporting female character. Just these two phrases are enough to tell you what kind of clichéd melodrama is in store. Jing Ge, caught in the middle, was extremely depressed. She seriously suspected that she had taken a wrong turn when she transmigrated. Why had she ended up in the world of a cultivation novel? She had even been reborn as the first and most aggrieved cannon fodder in the novel… She had originally planned to hide to one side and watch the 0Votes19.5kRecs34.4kFans
- 33 The Lost Jade of the New Tang Dynasty 新唐遗玉 Without a father, I still have a mother. Life goes on, and Chang'an is mine to roam! (Transmigrate into an alternate historical setting; no painstaking historical research required.) For my new project, head over to The Princess Consort Has Returned. 0Votes533.7kRecs210.7kFans
- 34 Fake Song Assassin's Journal 伪宋杀手日志 Overnight, she becomes a young lady of a prestigious family. Should she seek a new path, or sink into a life of wealth and comfort? The Mei family has a century-old reputation and limitless riches. She thought her luck had finally turned, only to discover that every Mei child dies young! The clan school has strict rules: do poorly, and life is miserable; do well, and it’s even worse? No problem. Find a big tree to shelter under. (Published under the title The Great Song’s Female Assassin, 0Votes162.3kRecs62.7kFans
- 35 A First-Rank Wife 妻居一品 This is the story of a supporting female character who gradually becomes the heroine. After an unexpected ending, just as the older sister who was supposed to take a bow and leave the stage claims all the family property and heads off toward a happy new life, she transmigrates. She becomes a supporting character who covets wealth and status. No one can choose their birth mother, but everyone can choose their own path. What does it matter if she's trapped in a desperate situation? She'll decide h 0Votes250.9kRecs133.2kFans
- 36 The First Wife's Handbook 原配宝典 Du Hengshuang is a native heroine who has neither transmigrated nor been reborn. By a twist of fate, she sees through the Luminous Mirror the utterly tragic life she once lived after a transmigrator took over her body. After reflecting bitterly on her past, she decides to fight these monsters to the very end! The problem is, she has finally escaped the fate of being transmigrated into, so how has that transmigrator been reborn?! Du Hengshuang calmly declares: Whether you are reborn and then tran 0Votes598.3kRecs117.9kFans
- 37 You Were Born to Be Free 卿本风流 She helped him attain wealth and status, yet when he held overwhelming power, he drove her to her death. Reborn in the past, she will plan carefully at every step, use the influence of that breathtakingly handsome man, and secure a life of wealth and leisure for herself. A faint smile, her hands tucked into her sleeves; in the blink of an eye, she turns the world upside down. ## Gu Bo, author of "Splendor of the Imperial Court", returns with a new novel, "Protect the Emperor". There’s a direct 0Votes272kRecs169.3kFans
- 38 Springtime Among the Noble Families 名门春事 After being reborn, she picked up a clay pot and smashed it over that bastard's head. From then on, Cui Lang was just another stranger. This is the story of a food-loving heroine's life as a farmer. As they work the land, they unearth a tremendous secret. 0Votes127.3kRecs120.2kFans
- 39 Murder in a Distinguished Family 名门闺杀 In her previous life, she was born into an aristocratic family. Her frail health meant she was well protected, and she gradually grew into a dignified, gentle young woman. In this life, she was born into a distinguished family, but her mother died young, her father ignored her, her stepmother tormented her, and her grandmother was cold toward her. Everyone said Third Miss Wang was gentle and generous, never knowing that she had once been the darling of the family, sharp-tongued and domineering, 0Votes138.1kRecs229.9kFans
- 40 Ugly Girl Ju 丑女如菊 After transmigrating into the body of Juhua, an ugly farm girl, she pays no heed to the scornful or sympathetic looks people give her. Like a wild chrysanthemum blooming with abandon, she quietly blossoms in the fields, flaunting her vigorous life in the bleak autumn wind! When youth grows as reserved as a chrysanthemum, love, too, quietly watches from the sidelines... 0Votes261.5kRecs260.1kFans
- 41 Phoenix Reborn in the Apocalypse 末世涅凰 New book: My Parents Show No Mercy, So I Sever Our Ties and Ascend to the Immortal Realm 0Votes487.9kRecs133.9kFans
- 42 The Reborn Supporting Actress 重生女配 After transmigrating into a novel as the supporting heroine, Ning Yunhuan suppresses her true nature to change the character's fate. The heroine is a white lotus saint, so Ning Yunhuan strives to be even more sincere, kind, and virtuous than her! But even after changing her destined ending, she still can't escape the fate of a supporting character. Reborn and back again, she stops pretending, cherishes her life, and stays away from the scheming man. But she never expected that her fear of him wo 0Votes27.2kRecs213.3kFans
- 43 The Phoenix's Glory 将门凤华 The new novel "Clothes That Hide the Sky" is now out... Reborn once more, all she wants is a pound of beef and three bowls of wine, and to have even the dogs tremble when she glares at them. [The author has already completed three historical romance novels, so dive in with confidence.] 1Votes176.3kRecs116.9kFans
- 44 Lord Cui Arrives 崔大人驾到 Synopsis: Her sect suddenly suffers a devastating catastrophe, and she inexplicably becomes the legitimate second daughter of the Qinghe Cui clan. Not only must she hurriedly deal with countless rules and regulations, she also has to unravel the many mysteries surrounding her… (An old unfinished project has resumed updating. 0Votes307.7kRecs95.7kFans
- 45 A Capital Full of Nobles 冠盖满京华 Reborn into a marquis household in the capital, with a wicked uncle in charge and an orphaned girl and her younger brother forced to depend on others, how hard can life get? In this brand-new dynasty founded by people reborn into the past, the days of driving the Yuan barbarians north, sailing the seas, and inventing all sorts of things are already over. Chen Lan thought that once she turned her fortunes around and settled her marriage, she could finally rest easy, but trouble kept coming. Since 0Votes969.8kRecs225.2kFans
- 46 Captivating the Lords 媚公卿 She insisted on marrying him, and in the end, burned herself to death. Reborn in the Wei-Jin era, where family status and personal honor rule, she rises from humble beginnings, armed with schemes and ambition… 1Votes200.5kRecs366.3kFans
- 47 The Transmigrated Top Student Is Blessed with Good Fortune 穿越学霸福气满满 The author's three-part period-drama series: Transmigrating and Turning My Life Around in the Eighties, Reborn: Stories from the Nineties, and The Nineties Continued: Their Story, as well as the historical farming novel My Whole Family Transmigrated. This is an era when there is nothing to be had, and even drinking milk counts as stealing from the socialist state. No worries! She has a grandpa who hides eggs in his sleeves for her, a grandma who secretly slips her fabric coupons, and parents who 0Votes154.9kRecs110.8kFans
- 48 The Steward 掌事 She was a craftsperson’s daughter, just a little higher in status than a merchant, and just a little better at shipbuilding. She hid away in a mansion as a maid, working hard to become a steward. She thought her ambitions were modest and the task wouldn’t be too difficult, but then she met someone And so, as she walked this road, it suddenly branched off... Her completed VIP novels, The Feng Family’s Daughter and Reborn to Build the Perfect Home, are proof of her reliable writing record. 1Votes471.9kRecs171.2kFans
- 49 The Melon Fields and the Li Family 瓜田李夏 The orphan Xia Zhi transmigrates. Her father: a scholar... henpecked by his wife (someone should take away his medicine). Her mother: beautiful and capable... favors sons over daughters and constantly helps her own family (beyond help). Xia Zhi: I'm not marrying an idiot! 0Votes343.1kRecs90.9kFans
- 50 The Brocade Spring 折锦春 Qin faces spring, but spring turns away from Qin. In her previous life, the entire Qin family was executed. Qin Su was covered in filth and endured humiliation for half her life. She always believed that was fate. Only after being reborn did she understand: it wasn’t fate, but a trap. Can she break free and survive, turning the spring she has broken into a tapestry of beauty? In a nutshell: This is a story about redemption. A special note: This is a 3Votes241.4kRecs137.1kFans
