Novels like The Water Town Folk
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Water Town Folk, best match first.
- 1 The Best Kind of Happiness 最佳幸福 Being a daughter-in-law in an eminent family is hard: your husband doesn't love you, and his mistress is always around. No special powers, no rebirth. All this Cinderella has is her intelligence and her own two hands. Watch her set things right and find the happiest ending. This is one woman's extraordinary story, a beautiful romance, and an encounter she never thought possible. Following Marrying the Scion of a Powerful Family, this story brings you the romance between an heir to an eminent fam 0Votes58.3kRecs16.3kFans
- 2 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
- 3 Nothing Small in the Countryside 田园无小事 This place is nestled between mountains and water, with rich soil and sweet water. The only problems are that the house is a wreck, there’s no food or clothing, and there’s a little tagalong to support. Still, the area seems to have plenty of resources and all kinds of plants and animals. Little bean, you poor thing. Come on, big sis will teach you how to farm! Thanks to Xiao Wu (The Ring Finger’s Restraint) for the cover. Also, I’ve started a group for this book. Anyone who likes it 0Votes47.4kRecs148.6kFans
- 4 A Love of Fruits and Vegetables 果蔬青恋 A sequel to An Ugly Girl Like Chrysanthemum, telling the stories of Juhua's children and serving as the prequel to the Four Spirits of Great Jing: the Azure Dragon King, White Tiger King, Vermilion Bird King, and Black Tortoise King. 0Votes107.2kRecs41.3kFans
- 5 Prosperity Like Brocade 富贵如锦 After getting a second chance at life, Jiang Rujin understands one thing: happiness is something you have to fight for. Work hard, and you can build a happy life! 0Votes4.7kRecs8.4kFans
- 6 The Distinguished Daughter of a Military Family 将门贵秀 The transmigrated woman next door is living an easy life and making her fortune, a shining flower among the capital’s noblewomen. But after being reborn, she opens her eyes and immediately sets out to save her mother, protect her younger sister, and find her elder brother. She vows to fight to the end to turn her upside-down life around. Let them see that a daughter of a family of generals is no pushover! Watch this tiger of a general’s daughter prove that women are every bit as capable as men, 0Votes19.5kRecs19.1kFans
- 7 The House of Healing Fragrance 医香门第 What a blessing it would be for a female doctor who can carve peonies out of radishes with a scalpel to find herself in a time when women aren't allowed to practice medicine! Ming Yunge pursed her lips, unimpressed. What's the use of being rare? Being rare just makes you a monster. So she kept her claws tucked away and settled into life as a noble young lady of a marquis's household. Except... there's the stepmother who schemes against her at every turn, the stepsister who constantly tries to ru 0Votes8.9kRecs19.1kFans
- 8 Springtime Returns 庆春归 Her husband goes missing, then her clan members divorce her. You Ran's peaceful life gets off to a melodramatic start. Enough, enough!!! Forget all that chaos... A husband is just a passing cloud... But what's with this bowl? Is it some kind of portable-space treasure? Sure enough, when Heaven closes one door, it opens a window... Little Stone, let's go live with Mom, farming the fields among flowers and wine... 0Votes25.2kRecs117.9kFans
- 9 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
- 10 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
- 11 Fate in the Fields 田缘 Dujuan tumbles into a wilderness in another time and space, taking the place of a newborn baby girl who was abandoned at birth. Her adoptive mother finds her and takes her home, where she grows up as Huang Dujuan in an ancient village deep in the mountains. With a simple, taciturn father, a strong-willed mother who never knows when to bend, and three sisters, her life is full of entanglements and strife. Watch Dujuan turn the tables with a deft touch, live a peaceful country life, and continue t 0Votes110.8kRecs47.2kFans
- 12 Transmigrating as the Eldest Sister 穿越之长姐难为 Li Ziyu's soul crossed into another world, and she woke up as an eleven-year-old girl in the Great Ye Dynasty, with the same name as her own. But there were five little ones of various ages to look after, all orphaned, dressed in rags, and looking half-starved. Of their three thatched huts, one had collapsed, and their food sack was nearly empty. They had no land, no money, and no silver, but there were five mouths to feed. No, six, since she had to eat too, didn't she? All right, if she wanted 2Votes47.5kRecs24.1kFans
- 13 Paulownia Blossoms in Spring 桐花春自开 She wakes up in another world on the very first day of her marriage. Husband: “I had no choice but to marry you.” Bridesmaid: “I had no choice but to come with you.” Heroine: “Who am I, anyway?” Husband: “You still don't know who you are?” Bridesmaid: “You're the young lady your family didn't want.” Heroine: “So I'm a mute.” She's seen all kinds of strange things in her many lives, but nothing this shocking. Her father eloped, her mother doesn't love her, and this beautiful young woman has someh 0Votes38kRecs138.5kFans
- 14 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
- 15 The Merchantess of the Noble House 贵女奸商 Shang Jinxiu thought she was certain to die, but her soul transmigrated from the apocalypse into an alternate ancient era, where she became a five-year-old little child. Her grandmother is a horrible woman, her uncles and aunts are greedy, and a reborn woman keeps watching her like a tiger eyeing its prey. Shang Jinxiu is not worried. She has superpowers and supplies, and can teach those scum 0Votes24.8kRecs32.8kFans
- 16 Sun and Moon Shine Together 日月同辉 The heroine vows to marry a husband and bring him home to guard the house, while helping him father a big family. To find her ideal husband, she keeps growing stronger, but he keeps growing stronger too. In the end, they face off in the clouds: Hero: “Marry me.” Heroine: “No, you marry me!” So, who's marrying whom? 0Votes368.6kRecs76.3kFans
- 17 The Reborn Cannon Fodder Strikes Back 重生炮灰要逆袭 At twenty-two, Yaoguang, a Fang family assassin, dies protecting Song Yuyan, the Fang family heir’s fiancée. She is reborn as her twelve-years-younger self, Xia Yao. Drawn by chance into the tangled affairs of the Fang, Song, and An families, she uncovers a mystery about her birth that has been hidden for decades. See how Xia Yao, reborn, takes on scumbags and scheming rivals, and lives a life utterly different from the one she had before. 0Votes8.6kRecs14.2kFans
- 18 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
- 19 The Ancestral Precepts 祖训 By chance, she arrives in Great Qi, where time and space are in disarray, and becomes the daughter of Zhao Yiniang, the fifth concubine of Master Li. For no apparent reason, she is made to take her legitimate elder sister's place in a wedding meant to bring good fortune, marrying into the Xiao family, one of Great Qi's great houses, as the legitimate wife of its next head... All she wants is to keep a low profile as the young mistress and find a place to call her own in the Xiao household. But s 0Votes216.8kRecs347kFans
- 20 A Woman's Worth 妇贵 Yesterday, she was a white-collar professional fighting her way up the career ladder. In the blink of an eye, she became the legitimate granddaughter of the Duke of Anguo’s household and the wife of a top scholar... 0Votes99.8kRecs71.1kFans
- 21 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
- 22 Married to the Worst Prince 嫁给极品太子 At the lowest point in her life, she meets him. From then on, whether in online games or the real world, this outstanding man pulls out every trick to keep her by his side. Though she falls in love, she remains cool-headed and self-possessed. Using her intelligence, she climbs step by step toward the pinnacle of life and finds a dazzling, happy future. In a nutshell: The sparrow rises from the ashes to become a phoenix, winning both fame and a husband. 0Votes176.8kRecs232.4kFans
- 23 Xiao Yi's Farming Journal 小乙种田记 This is the story of an ordinary woman who transmigrates to the ancient countryside, grows a little food, gets a little richer, makes a little money, and finds herself a husband. 0Votes33.8kRecs17.4kFans
- 24 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
- 25 A Concubine in the Qing Palace 清宫妾妃 Younisi's new Qing-era transmigration novel, "The Consort Yu's Carefree Days", is now out. From the start, she becomes Geng, a concubine in Prince Yong's household, pregnant with Hongzhou, and goes next door to help Niu Hulu give birth to Hongli. (First published on Yunqi; also available on QQ Reading and Qidian.) Hello, everyone! I'm Younisi, the author who flopped spectacularly the moment I tried to change genres. Now I've dutifully picked up the Qing-era transmigration novel again... There is 0Votes159.2kRecs62.9kFans
- 26 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
- 27 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
- 28 The Joys of Country Living 田园农家乐 The shut-in Wen Zhu was reborn as the village girl Wen Lüzhu, with a bun in the oven before she was even married. She was stuck in a remote, dirt-poor village full of bachelors, where poverty, harsh conditions, and vicious rumors made life unbearable. She learned the local dialect and new skills, then opened a farm stay, working hard to escape poverty. Just as she’d saved up a little money and wanted to find a young, handsome man to marry into her family, the child’s father showed up. 0Votes46.1kRecs39.4kFans
- 29 Ride the Dragon 乘龙 [Three Thousand Loves, One Fatal Drop; A Beauty Makes Heroes Bow] Complete An old saying goes: “Heaven envies beautiful women, and the strong are easily broken.” So for someone as resolute, talented, and breathtakingly beautiful as her, the first lesson in life is to keep a low profile and act weak, doing her best to make herself look like a harmless, delicate little flower. She overdoes the act and gets casually carried off home by some villain. Bah! She should be the one punishing him on Heave 0Votes491.3kRecs70kFans
- 30 Twin Brocade 双生锦 (The new book The Emperor Must Die is now out. Come explore a different world with us ^_^) With a devoted father who protects her in every way, and powerful ministers and treacherous officials from her past life becoming her husbands, she can make the most eccentric villains vanish with a snap of her fingers! At last, she gets her wish, earning the envy of every beauty. (Zhouzhou's completed 2.17-million-word novel, Rebellious Red Makeup, is a companion to this book, so new readers can dive in w 0Votes40kRecs25.4kFans
- 31 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
- 32 Reborn: Mastering My Husband in the ’80s 重生八零驭夫有道 The new novel, The Beauty of the Seventies Is Stolen as a Bride, Then Marries the Great Villain, has begun. In her previous life, she trusted a scumbag and ended up being sold. After being reborn, her eyes were wide open, and she swore to change the fates of herself and her family. Unexpectedly, her stone-hearted husband from her previous life had become a warm and caring man. He was healthy, skilled in bed, and even his legs had recovered. But as one little dumpling after another was born, He P 0Votes11.8kRecs33.7kFans
- 33 The Charming Doctor Is Poisonous 娇医有毒 A modern woman from a family of perfumers was reborn in an ancient farming family and became the mother of two newborns, soft and plump like steamed buns. She wore silk and brocade, but had no memories. Who knew which household’s young madam she was, lost and waiting to be claimed? She waited and waited. Her wet nurse arrived. Her fiancé arrived too. Then came a notice that her marquis father had been thrown into prison. Everything was meant to accomplish one thing: force her to return home and 0Votes12.9kRecs68.2kFans
- 34 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
- 35 Back to Twenty Years Ago 重返二十年前 [New book: "Sweet Military Romance in the 1990s"] In her previous life, she had been violated before her wedding. On their wedding night, before they could even enter the bridal chamber, her husband ran off with someone else. Four years later, she was not only divorced, but her in-laws had also sold her son and daughter. Cast out with nothing, she had nowhere to turn… For twenty years, she never gave up searching for her children, enduring every hardship life could throw at her. At last, she saw 0Votes14.7kRecs15.8kFans
- 36 Master of Men 御人 As a virtuous young woman with ideals, ambitions, sound values, and a successful career, Bai Fuling feels that what she needs is a loyal puppy of a man whom she can torment and bully, not a scheming man who takes pleasure in tormenting and bullying her! Faced with a ferocious demon lord whom she can neither offend nor evade, she can only display her mastery of controlling people, matching wits with him and fighting to the bitter end. …◆◆◆ The queen’s way is to rule her subjects ◆◆◆… A lighthea 0Votes535.7kRecs208.1kFans
- 37 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
- 38 A Joyous Match 喜良缘 Reading people's expressions and getting along with everyone? That's our strong suit! Playing dumb and pretending to be a fool while secretly outsmarting everyone? That's our specialty! So what if I transmigrated into the body of a lowly, unloved concubine's daughter? I'll borrow the east wind, secure a match as precious as gold and jade, and live a life of glory and freedom! 0Votes236.1kRecs197.3kFans
- 39 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
- 40 The Nobleman's Darling 权贵娇 Reborn and returned, she was still the legitimate eldest daughter of a powerful family. Only, in this life, She had already experienced blades, blood, and deadly slaughter. How could she possibly fear the secret schemes of the inner household? She advanced step by step through blood and carnage. Fortunately, she still had the deep bonds of family. 0Votes107.6kRecs52.2kFans
- 41 The Cannon Fodder Bride Takes Charge 炮灰媳妇当家 Liu Xiaping spent her whole life giving in and enduring. In the end, she still couldn’t satisfy her maiden family’s ever-growing appetite. Her husband died, and then she, too, passed away, leaving behind a son with no one to rely on... When she opened her eyes again, had she returned to the crossroads where she once had to choose her path in life? Looking at her still-biased parents and selfish younger sister, she thought, No matter what, I won’t give in again in this life! 0Votes63.5kRecs72.5kFans
- 42 The Reborn Cannon Fodder Turns Her Life Around 重生炮灰大翻身 Qiu Ye lived for more than thirty years in her previous life, and learned one thing: money is better in your own hands than in anyone else's. In her previous life, she had no money, and when she was young, she pretended to be above it all and treated money like dirt. After getting married, she could only grit her teeth and live with her mother-in-law, swallowing every grievance. Her family fell into discord, and her marriage grew strained. At last, Heaven took pity on her and gave her the chance 0Votes41kRecs108.2kFans
- 43 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
- 44 Reborn: My Wife Fights Back 重生之媳妇逆袭 Jian Mingyue was weak by nature, and her husband was cowardly. All her life, she was controlled by her formidable mother-in-law, not only working like an ox and a horse for the family, supporting her younger brother-in-law through school and university, and building a house and finding a wife for her elder brother-in-law, but even allowing her youngest son to be given to the elder brother-in-law as his own. Separated from her flesh and blood, she then lost her eldest son to human traffickers. Ji 0Votes6.4kRecs27.3kFans
- 45 The Spring Renewal Clinic 回春坊 Legend has it that Guanyin’s white-jade vase can hold an entire sea of water! Legend has it that when the water from the white-jade vase falls upon the mortal world, the earth turns green and barren trees bloom again! A mysterious email and a cheap imitation of the Pure Water Vase brought Ji Mo Qinglian an entirely different life! And so the legend began… 0Votes294.1kRecs273.2kFans
- 46 Reborn: When the Pomegranate Blossoms 重生石榴花开 A twenty-eight-year-old modern office worker transmigrates into the body of a fifteen-year-old girl named Shiliu in Peach Blossom Village. As if arriving there weren’t bad enough, she becomes an orphan. She may look like a delicate little rabbit, but everyone wants to take advantage of her. With no special space or golden finger, she has to face harsh conditions and all kinds of ill-intentioned people. See how she handles each challenge with quick wits and wins herself a wonderful life! 0Votes17.4kRecs24kFans
- 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 A Transmigrator’s Life as a Widow’s Maid 穿越之寡妇丫鬟 On a graduation trip to Huangshan, she unexpectedly transmigrates to the Great Zhou dynasty. The well-behaved Lan Yi becomes a little maid fleeing with a young master in tow. After evading assassins and escaping the inner household, she travels a thousand miles to settle in a small mountain village. Then, as if one good thing weren't enough, she takes in another adorable little one. From then on, the three live happily together, raising chickens and ducks, clearing fields, and growing peonies. S 0Votes68.9kRecs52.9kFans
- 49 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
- 50 The Immortal Plant Spirit Manor 仙植灵府 Lin Qingyao thought this was simply how her life would be. She never expected the heavens to drop an enormous opportunity right into her lap! Shedding her mortal body and cultivating immortality! Cultivation is like climbing a sheer cliff. Below lies an abyss stretching ten thousand feet, where body and soul are annihilated. Above, clouds drift through the heavens, shrouded in immortal aura. Huaxia, Canglan… She had never once turned back along the way! 0Votes184.4kRecs69.3kFans
