
Golden Yams and Silver Beans
金薯银豆
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 3.1M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Slice-of-Life Farming
- Updated
- 21h ago
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See allLooking for Cozy Historical Stories About a Small Household Building a Better Life Through Farming
Looking for stories similar to A Small Household's Survival in Ancient Times. You can recommend books like the two below. This one is still being serialized.
Farming! Farming! Bring Me All the Good Farming Novels
A peaceful, carefree life in the countryside.
Looking for Down-to-Earth Food Novels: A Skilled Chef Serving Affordable Cuisine
Looking for Good Farming Stories With Smart Characters
Why do farming novels always have princes, heirs, and royal sons? Can't we have something cozier, without a prince or heir as the male lead, and without him constantly having to save people?
Farming, Hunting, Mushroom Foraging, and Cooking, No Villains or Golden Fingers
No spoiled rich kids, just village life.
I'm into Farming Novels Lately. Preferably with a Pocket Dimension, Completed, and Not Angsty
Looking for stories about farming, raising children, and building wealth, with few scheming women and a strong, fiercely protective female lead. Ideally set in ancient times.
Looking for Food-Themed Stories Rated 9.0 or Above, with Upright Values
If there are any set in prehistoric times, that would be even better, something like Transmigrating to the Beast World: A Foraging Journal.
Any Good Historical Romance About Everyday Family and Neighborhood Life in an Ancient Town?
Ancient-Era Farming Stories About Buying Servants and Building a Cozy, Comfortable Life
Any genre is fine. I just want a story where the protagonist can build houses, buy land, and hire servants in ancient times, then live a happy, cozy life as a little landlord. I especially love when they hire servants who feel they've found a wonderful master! Fellow readers, please send me recommendations.
Looking for Foodie Stories (Street Stalls and Shopkeeping)
Any Ancient-Era Farming Stories Where the Female Lead Gathers Mushrooms and Wild Vegetables in the Mountains?
A System, a pocket dimension, or even a spiritual spring dimension are all fine. I want a strong female lead, and it has to be completed.
Looking for a Food Novel About Simply Cooking, Opening a Shop, and Everyday Family Life, With No Scheming
Ordinary Life, With Down-to-Earth Leads and Everyday Warmth
Looking for Farming or Refugee-Escape Stories With Sound Logic. Don't Treat Readers Like Idiots
Give Me Some Food Fiction About Street Stalls or Opening a Shop. No Starting Out With a Kid
No more child-rearing plots. I'm so sick of them. If it's a food story, just make it about food.
Are There Any Foodie Novels on Tomato?
Male- or female-oriented novels are both fine. No harems with three thousand beauties. Either no female lead, or just one. For female-oriented novels, anything goes, since I’m a total hypocrite about this. No brainless characters who get dumbed down!
Looking for High-Quality Farming Novels, From a Veteran Reader With Picky Taste
Recommendations, please!
Looking for Stories with a Female Lead Who Can Cook All Kinds of Delicious Food. Thanks!
The female lead can cook all kinds of delicious food, a bit like Chinese Hero. She can explain each dish as she cooks. It doesn't have to be about competing with others or picking fights through cooking; running a restaurant or something is fine.
Rural Novels About Simple, Everyday Life
Looking for stories like Village Dad's Busy Farming Life. No stories about idiots, and no business-focused stories. So many start out as one thing, then turn into urban stories after just a few chapters. I don't want the protagonist to make a little money and then send his wife to school, make her a star or a model, or start a company, or any other nonsense. I want stories written with the mindset of a normal person.
Food Stories, But No Absurd Pricing: No Selling a Scallion Pancake for a Fortune!
Food-themed stories, good food-themed stories. Please, I'm in a reading slump.
Farming Stories Where the Heroine Raises Large Pets
Farming Stories With No Romance, No Royal Entanglements, Just a Simple, Peaceful Life
Food Fiction with Detailed Descriptions. I’m Starving!
Modern or historical settings are both fine~
Food-Themed Stories, Ideally with a Restaurant, Set in the Modern Day. Please!
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A Bountiful Barn in Lean Years: I Farm to Feed My Family
I Started Out in the Mountains Amid Chaos, So What Have I to Fear with My Peach Blossom Haven?
The Youngest Daughter of the Wen Family
Driven Into a Ruined House During Famine: Farming My Way to Fortune
The Orphan Girl and the Scholar
Reborn as a Beautiful Young Wife: Farming My Way to Fortune
Transmigrating to the Past to Farm: I Use My Phone to Cheat
The Farmer’s Daughter: Leading the Whole Family to Prosperity
A Happy Life After Transmigrating to Ancient Times to Find a Husband
I Started Out as a Side Consort and Won the Crown Prince Over with My Cooking
The Four-Season Farming Life of a Young Wife in Lotus Village
Exiled for Three Thousand Miles by a Transmigrator, the Princess Returns on a Rampage
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I enjoy reading these farming-themed novels. The characters are well-developed, the story is interesting and not melodramatic, and the female lead is independent with her own ideals and pursuits. I love the fast update schedule—three chapters updated every day!
It's a farming and food novel where the female protagonist travels back in time and gets rich with her family. They start by digging wild yams and wild ginger, then move on to planting potatoes, sweet potatoes, and chili peppers. They start by solving the family's basic needs, then move on to feeding more people. They start by setting up a stall and then open a chain store.
🌟 I've read a few chapters. The family split up quickly, but the original owner was sold at a young age, redeemed, and then pushed and fell to her death... Where did the money from the sale go? The person who pushed her wasn't punished and was even "kicked out," basically getting nothing. 🤔 Then the female lead transmigrates to continue paying off the debt... How frustrating! 🙂
It's written in great detail, depicting the daily life of a family. It's a very typical farming novel, suitable for readers who enjoy slow-burn stories. There are three chapters updated every day. I love it!
The author excels at writing in such detail that it makes the reader feel as if they are there, easily drawing them into the story. It's a slow-burn novel, updating three chapters daily—a truly enjoyable read. The female protagonist uses her abilities to help those around her develop, gradually growing and maturing.
It's a tie! The warmth of everyday life is the most comforting thing. The female lead is great, and the author is fantastic. Keep it up!!!
Real life without cheat codes or spatial abilities. Hoping the time-traveling woman can boost productivity in the surrounding area.
Good, good. Multiple developments are fine, but the timeline shouldn't be so tight. All the achievements from the beginning to now seem to have taken at least a year, haha, just my personal opinion. Please don't criticize if you disagree.
It's a very good book, but the title is poorly chosen, which is a shame. Otherwise, its score should be even higher.
The writing is good, I'd give it four stars. But the original female lead's third uncle, his wife, and son are like starving ghosts who pounce on food the moment they see it… The author should hurry up and write this family out of the story! 🤦