Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

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The people of Dafang village all say, the personality of the Lian family’s eldest daughter changed dramatically after her engagement was cancelled by her fiance’s family. She became extremely forceful and unreasonable.

After hearing this, Lian Fangzhou secretly thought: Forceful? My parents are dead, my little brothers and sister are still young, with no one lending a helping hand, there are too many people looking to bully us showing up at my door! There’s still the most shameless pair of uncle and aunt eyeing our few acres of land, and even scheming to sell me off as a concubine! Treating my siblings as servants at their beck and call! If I was not forceful, how would we be able to live in peace? Don’t tell me that I should act like the previous Lian Fangzhou and die from extreme anger?

In order to quell this bunch of demons, break out a wide path to walk on, angelic faces are useless, only the tricks used by malevolent spirits are the way to go!

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Village Girl as Family Head : picked up a general for farming
农女当家:捡个将军来种田
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Kurai Oji-Sama
Kurai Oji-Sama rated it
August 16, 2021
Status: c350
4 cause its a good story. I can relate to the story. All characters are relatable no matter how shitty they are.

Story is pretty slow but it is enjoyable. I consider a novel successful if the author manages to get readers to invoke strong feelings for the story, the characters, and the anticipation for the future.

Now I myself hate it when all the antagonists and side characters share the same motive, plot, and overall behavior. For example, if further down the story the author introduces characters with the same personality,... more>> plans, and word choices of the existing antagonists than the story has become shit. It just means the story should have ended a lot sooner as the author has run out of ideas for the antagonists. If there are people still complaining about lack of character development for side characters, no offense, but you have lived a blessed and sheltered life. Im kind of envious.

that being said there are character development for the main characters to include the characters that appear the most besides antagonists. Hell, even the main antagonist experience character development, albeit in a amore antagonist way. Which is the most important.

The fact remains that there are people out there that act like all the antagonists. So to me there is no point b*tching about character development of the side characters as there are people irl that act this way if not even more ret*rded, greedy, selfish no matter how many people talk to them and how much time passes. <<less
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Su Jin
Su Jin
July 23, 2021
Status: c330
I really liked this story. our protagonist starts at the hard level of people who wake up in another dimension.

Unfortunately, I read some spoilers and I was disappointed with the development. I read until the moment when ML recovers its memories, returns to the capital and resumes its position. but that was also the watershed. ... more>>
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His personality changes, he becomes, in my opinion more s*upid. The fourth sister and the first brother fall short as their character grows.

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the second sister, our FL, hey how can she not get tired of some things? there's always the white lotus and white-eyed wolves around, the shameless families like vultures in their money and fame... arhg tiring

the character I liked the most was the third aunt, she was a surprise, but super faithful and great character.

and the second character I liked was the young master of the Cui family. he noticed his shortcomings and didn't push the foward, currently vomited with sadness during his beloved's wedding but did not retaliate, and continued to support. <<less
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Janndreamer
Janndreamer rated it
May 25, 2021
Status: c219
I like it so far but I think I won’t continue reading this. I got disappointed with the siblings character development from the spoilers. Cool story though 😎
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keitachan
keitachan rated it
March 7, 2021
Status: c227
Ugh. I second everything @chibiheaven said. Wish I had seen her review before I went down the rabbit hole.

Started off well but all the repetitive chapters of jerk characters just left me feeling annoyed and frustrated. Without the ridiculous drama, the story would have been interesting.

I feel I lost some brain cells reading this as I kept hoping the writer would stop fooling around with trying for some sort of adventurous (read overly dramatic) storyline. Reminds me of all those makjang Korean dramas.
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Hualian800
Hualian800 rated it
October 5, 2020
Status: c520
Seriously side characters & relatives in this novel are so irritating than any other novels I hv ever read... Also MC is kinda s*upid sometimes which makes ppl irritate 😒

And most frustrating thing is that MC is so s*upid enough to fall in the same trap again and again with same disgusting people.. Also there are big series of relatives who keep on knocking their doors to take advantage of their wealth 🤷🏻‍♀️ All side characters are two dimensional, , , so annoying.... Now I'm starting to regret reading... more>> this..... 🙄

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OfficePony
OfficePony rated it
November 29, 2017
Status: c34
If it wasn't for the horrendous grammar I would probably be enjoying this story much more. The author sets up suffering very well but doesn't seem to resolve anything thus far. Most characters are two-dimensional though, they either are trying to completely screw over the MC and family or are trying to unconditionally provide support, with the only exception being bribery by the MC to some of the less favorable characters.
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theludicroushatter
theludicroushatter rated it
September 25, 2017
Status: c32
Spoiler

The MC transmigrates from the modern world to some place in Ancient China. We can clearly see that she transmigrated because she uses modern day arithmetic, agriculture, and etc. To solve her problems.

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The MC is courageous and she deeply cares about her family. She puts her siblings first before her, and she can be quite mischievous.

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Like the time when she told her uncle that her mother would haunt his family until he returned the harvested crops he stole from them. When in reality, she did something to make the uncle's pigs seem lethargic.

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Onna31
Onna31 rated it
June 3, 2017
Status: c32
I would recommend go to Radiant Translations if u want to read the full version of the story.

This is a great.. no.. brilliant story! The FMC not only difference from other story but she start of frm poor family!

Oh u have to read for yourself! I wish I can be patient! She still have not met the MMC yet and its already interesting how she.., (u have to read ur self!)

I wish it updated soon. I am grinding my teeth to not click the bookmark everyday hoping for new... more>> update. I am holding myself for 50 updated chapter so I can enjoy the story development. (I didn't ask much... just 50 new chapter evey few days! (+_+))

But thank you for translating this wonderful story! <<less
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Yokishko
Yokishko rated it
October 22, 2022
Status: c9
There’s just too much face slapping done with a lot of jabbering, I got so dizzy from all the ‘shameless this’ and ‘shameless that’ without much of any real excitement for me.

So unless you’re into verbal squabbling and word play this story will fall kinda flat for you, like it did me.

I’ve read many transmigrated to the past into a rural farm life, with and without any supernatural cheats; and both Het (on rare occasions I make exceptions for harems) and BL have little difference to me in this, and... more>> like always many of them have relatives or neighbours who took advantage of the person the MC replaced, so then the MC has to do lots of face slapping and yapping and drama.

About one for every three stories like this, I will continue reading but for the remainder I drop them. Sadly this story also falls into my dropped list.

I just can’t get into it, I’m only in chapter 9 and I’ve been trying to read this story for 2 hrs now but my attention just keeps drifting away. Maybe someday I’ll return but for now, into my dropped list it goes.

kudos to the translator though ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ <<less
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timma
timma rated it
April 21, 2022
Status: c140
The aunt and uncle are beyond my threshold for annoying character. They are used too often in what I've read so far. I thought after they separated I wouldn't have to read about them, but here's another 10 chapters where they lie and make a scene killing any plot progression. Very frustrating to read. I might try again, seeing as it won't be hard to pick back up.

Hardly any sibling care.

Hardly any romance or plot progression with ML.

... more>> Very little actual farming.

Too much on land transactions, like we didn't need to follow her around for this, they could have mentioned it after the fact, it was just filler and wasn't believable anyways.

Someone should read this and note the chapters with worthwhile plot, I can for sure see giving an abridged version a shot.

Spoiler

All that's happened so far is:

    • she took out a loan to farm a boatload of cotton.
    • No relationship progress.
    • Separated from aunt and uncle as a result of that attempt to sell her as a concubine.
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SuikodenIV
SuikodenIV rated it
March 28, 2021
Status: c55
I probably should have made the rating lower, but considering I did genuinely enjoy reading to around chapter 48, I don't want to give a bad rating. The reason I'm dropping is a mix of:

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1) no character development with the sh*tty side characters (they still have the same petty/greedy/jealous thoughts even when the MC has very obviously helped them (looking at you, Third Aunt and Mrs. Zhao (the helpful neighbor's money grubbing daughter-in-law))

2) the condescension towards MC from the male characters that the MC is on good terms with that she just let's roll right off because 'they have good intentions' (they're behavior is understandable for the time, but for it to have no effect on her emotions at all is kind of ridiculous)

3) I feel like the romance won't go anywhere until the ML gets his memory back, and with the number of chapters... I couldn't even try to guess. And I really want some romance right now LOL

But like I said, I did enjoy it to a point. The charcoal arc is where it started giving me that feeling that nothing good was going to happen for MC for a while, and it's getting a little too stressful for me to want to continue reading.

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Also I think they're inserting a honey-pot type character with a maid trying to get Ah Jian to work for her mistress/master and that is just not something I want to read even though it's likely a failed plot on the maid's side. I prefer when there are people chasing after MCs rather than the ML/FL characters because at least the reader gets their direct thoughts about it. It's just something I personally don't enjoy. I can deal with any kind of drama except relationship drama.

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Zemmiaphobia
Zemmiaphobia rated it
October 4, 2020
Status: c112
I can see why some people might find the beginning a bit boring but I quite like it! First off, so far there isn't any major antagonists, just some greedy family members and awful neighbors. No high drama or dramatic political schemes, which may be what people are looking for. That said, I love it! The tension isn't in the high drama, its in the realistic struggle of how to deal with annoying people in a culture with strict rules about what you can do and how you can do... more>> it. It's a bit more slice of life that way, at least so far! <<less
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So_Far_Away
So_Far_Away rated it
December 22, 2019
Status: --
This book is pretty good. The MC is likeable, capable, and hard-working. I also must praise her for not mu*dering those annoying people from her village, because after the second provocation I certainly would. The book is quite slow and it doesn't get a bit repetitive, but as you read on you may find it quite worthy.
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Ks
Ks rated it
February 10, 2019
Status: c67
It's really an interesting novel, I like the MC she's realistique not like the other MCs who ran after revenge or after somme s*upid mens. She's got a good head on her shoulders and really care fo here littel siblings.

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i really like when she broke her engagement

she's a really shameless relatives (elders) but she always take care of them with some funny tricks.

Ah jian's really a righteous and nice person he have amnesia so he didn't know his past or his identity but I'm sure he's the general since he's strong and know Martial arts, he lives withe the MC and her siblings + third aunt and help them a lot.

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Homeless_One
Homeless_One rated it
September 22, 2017
Status: c32
Very well written! The translation is nicely done as well. The story engages me greatly. The MC is not helpless, and isnt Overpowered, or have an easy lifestyle, but plans ahead and improves her situation steadily. The story leaves me eagerly awaiting more and I do hope it continues. My only complaint is that there are so few chapters out so far. Hope the translator steadily continues to do an amazing job.
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Twingkle_82
Twingkle_82 rated it
November 25, 2023
Status: c730
I am learning a lot in this novel. I don't just read it as a novel that will entertain me only, I also want to use it as a guidelines for myself. I think there are some good pieces here that can be apply to daily life. For example:

    • how to CALMLY interact with people even knowing that they just want to take advantage of you
    • how to be generous without people abusing you
    • how to make your subordinates obey and respect you whenever someone challenges your authority
I also like the way how the protagonist handled the situation when....

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... her personal servant (Bi Tao) suffered an injustice while there are outsiders watching. Eventhough the protagonist thinks that it is not fair that Bi Tao got scolded by her husband, she did not argue with her husband in front of outsiders. I agree that it won't be beneficial to their relationship if she argue with her husband in front of other people because she will embarrass her husband. That can cause for their relationship to fall out.

But when they cleared the misunderstanding later in the night, she still punished her husband by making him sleep in the study, haha. In my 16 years of marriage, I learned that embarrassing your husband in front of other people is the action that you should never do if you want to achieve a harmonious marriage life. But I learned from the protagonist of this novel that even if the misunderstanding had been cleared, I should still punish my husband privately whenever I suffered injustice from him, haha.

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I like the way how the protagonist use her shortcoming (being a villager) to troll the rich and noble people who tries to look down on her, haha. She pretends to be a s*upid villager and say real things that the high society doesn't usually express because it is taboo.
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