Any No-CP Farming, Business-Building, or Food Stories? 有没有无CP的种田、经营、美食文？

1. 1 兄 Bro, Are You Some Kind of Human Incubus? Fluffy Creatures Are Chasing You Everywhere 兄弟你人类魅魔啊？毛茸茸追着跑 Yue Jian Ying月见莺Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [This book has been signed for print publication] [Light livestreaming + Animals + No romance] Lu Xiao, a professor of botany and zoology, quits his job and heads alone to the Kunlun Mountains to gather research material, becoming a solitary yet vibrant mountain guardian. During his first winter in the mountains, he says he wants a cat. The very next moment, his dog brings him a snow leopard cub abandoned by its mother. Dog, this isn’t what I meant by a cat. This is a little too hardcore. He thi 99.4kReads9.6Score8.7k14d adds

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   This one! No romance. I've been following it for two years now. In my opinion, it's one of the best books on Tomato (a popular author), the author's concept and writing are excellent. Most books get boring towards the end, but this one is different; you can never predict the plot! Currently, I'm not using any substitutes.

2. 2 不 No Joke, Even the Dogs in My Homeland Know How to Farm 不开玩笑，我种花家的狗都会种田 No Skipping Today今天不咕Modern Romance594k WordsCompleted Female lead, no romance, farming, System, livestreaming Just before she dies from overwork, office drone Xiao Man wishes that in her next life, she won’t have to be human again. Then she’s reborn as a dog. Being a dog isn’t so bad. Her human’s family has fields, farmland, and an orchard, making it a perfect place for a dog to live. And so Xiao Man begins a carefree life in the countryside. Until one day, an accident leaves her human’s family with a glut of unsold crops, plunging the whole house 549Reads9.3Score10514d adds

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   🍋🍋No romantic pairing, a farming story where the main character is a puppy 🐶. The hardworking puppy is even cuter, and it brings its friends along to help with the work. 🔥🔥🔥Before Xiaoman died suddenly in her previous life, she wished she would never be human again in her next life, and she was reborn as a dog—a Chinese rural dog. Bound to the Shennong System, the dog begins its life of live-streaming farming and selling agricultural products…

3. 3 毛 Furry Friends Farm the Gobi and Build an Animal City 毛茸茸在戈壁种田打造动物城 Loves Coconut爱吃椰子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No Romance + Wolf's-Eye View + Farming + Building a Community + Gobi Animals + Cute and Cheerful + Begging Along the Road] Xia Shi'an, a yao cultivator, dies protecting her master in a great battle. When she wakes again, she finds herself in an unfamiliar world, transformed into a wolf. Losing all her cultivation is bad enough, but now she's in a wretched state. Her fur is matted, her belly is flat with hunger, and she's so skinny she barely has any meat on her bones. Looking at the barren Gobi 15.3kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds

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   No CP [heart] Infrastructure building [heart] Food [heart] Management [heart]

4. 4 深 A Widow’s Busy Night-Market Food Stall in Bianjing, and She Won’t Remarry 深夜食摊搞钱忙，汴京寡妇不嫁人 A Fish from the South南边一只鱼Ancient Romance502k WordsCompleted Reader’s guide: [ensemble cast + food business + heartwarming everyday life of ordinary people + no romance + fictional Northern Song setting] Wang Chunhua and Zhang Taonian were “mortal enemies” at the same company, bickering every day. After an accident, the two find themselves in Bianjing, the Northern Song capital, a thousand years in the past. And they become sisters-in-law in a family of street vendors at Zhouqiao Night Market!? The original family was devastated by swine fever. All the me 6.8kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds

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   This is amazing! It's so full of life. What surprised me was that, unlike most time-travel novels that focus on the time traveler's perspective, this one opens up the world from the grandmother's point of view. You can also see that the wisdom of the ancients is not as ignorant as we imagine. Moreover, the author has consulted a lot of historical materials, and every single one matches up. It reads in a classic style, but it's not too obscure. Although it's a serialized novel, it's really good!

5. 5 架 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 Rain on Riverside Flowers汀花雨Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 73.1kReads9.3Score7.4k14d adds

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   No romantic pairing (since it's an unfinished story, the early parts are without a romantic pairing, and I didn't continue reading because I wanted to build up the story further, so I don't know if there's a male lead later on) + slice-of-life + career-oriented + no melodrama or scheming + heartwarming + the female lead is a child + the ensemble cast's memories of their past lives are watered down (really watered down) - they haven't completely forgotten their memories, they're still young, they like to focus on their careers and make money, there's no scheming or backstabbing, and the female lead's whole family is incredibly lucky.

6. 6 科 Nobody Wants This High-Tech Food, So I Took It to the Past and Sold It Like Crazy 科技狠活没人吃，拿去古代卖疯了 Clear Light Shines on You Alone清光独映君Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy] [Transmigrating between two worlds] [Trading goods] [Building wealth] Just after Xia Yunshu escaped from the parasitic family of her good-for-nothing father, a loud clang heralded the arrival of her power to transmigrate between two worlds. Modern zongzi so sickeningly sweet that nobody wants them? She trades them for wild vegetables in the other world, then sells them for 388 yuan a pound outside a mansion! Even dogs turn their noses up at these starch sausages, but in 42.5kReads7.8Score3.5k14d adds
7. 7 我 I Wear the Stars to Come See the Sun and Moon 我披星辰，来见日月 Zhang Paopaopao张泡泡泡Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn, System, making money, working hard! Not a romance. There are no romantic scenes in the main story. This is a story about a strong female lead, but she grows over time and isn't invincible from the very beginning. After returning to the time she graduated from junior high, Su Shiyi decides to break free from her heartless family for good. She'll study hard and train in combat, with one goal: to become a better version of herself, learn to protect herself, and never be manipulated again! D 12.2kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
8. 8 电 Elevator Survival: I Open Any Door, and Supplies Pile Up Like a Mountain 电梯求生：我开任意门物资堆成山 Dream Little Fishx梦小鱼xMystery702k WordsCompleted [No CP + Infinite Flow challenges + stockpiling supplies + all-out survival + a little golden finger + heroine's growth] The whole world has fallen into a deadly elevator survival game! Everyone else opens doors by blind guesswork and rations supplies so miserably they barely know how to use them, only to end up empty-handed in the end~ But Xia Wanning is different: with elevator buttons at her fingertips, she has supplies in abundance! One tap, and the elevator goes wherever she wants. No wait 12.3kReads8.8Score2k14d adds
9. 9 假 After Faking Nobility, I Became a God 假冒贵族后我成神了 A Scholar Through and Through书生本色Fantastical Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Fake aristocrat + true queen + secret identities + everyone’s favorite + nation-building + personal growth] Luo Wei transmigrates into the body of a lowly commoner who passed herself off as a noble girl to enroll at school. Her identity is about to be exposed, and she’ll be despised and cursed by the entire school before being hanged at the gallows in the marketplace. Luo Wei: What’s there to be afraid of? I just have to pretend to be a noble. As someone from the twenty-first century, I can act 127.9kReads9.5Score13.9k14d adds
10. 10 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Lived Alone Deep in the Mountains 穿越后我在深山老林独居 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted Yan Le was riding her Wuling Mimi when a donkey knocked her into a ditch. Who knew she'd transmigrate? It looked like she couldn't go back, so she might as well settle down and live her life: working from sunrise to sunset. She harvested in autumn and stored food for winter. All in all, life was pretty good. 917Reads6.9Score—14d adds
11. 11 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds
12. 12 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 17.4kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
13. 13 新 Jilted on My Wedding Night, I Bond with the Grand Agricultural Official System 新婚夜被鸽后我绑定了大司农系统 Zucchini Is on the Pumpkin Team西葫芦是南瓜派Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Women in government + farming and infrastructure + satisfying revenge with light comedy + career-focused with a little romance + male lead in a supporting role + beloved by everyone + romance after an arranged marriage] Lin Ran transmigrates to a fictional dynasty and gains a grandmother obsessed with chanting sutras, a father who brings bad luck to his wives, a bookish second younger brother, a wastrel third younger brother, an influential family by marriage, and a misfit System that hounds he 9.3kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
14. 14 馔 The Golden Feast Chronicles: A Traitor's Daughter Opens a Private Kitchen to Revive the Nation's Fortune 馔金记：罪臣女开荒私厨养国运 Yuanzhu元珠Ancient Romance121k WordsOngoing [Slow-Burn Growth] [System Farming] [Food and Business Rivalry] [Historical-Style Entrepreneurship] [Golden Finger] [Everyday Family Life] Reborn as the daughter of a convicted official, I was exiled to Wuzhou from the start. My only resources were three mu of saline-alkali land and twelve starving refugees. Lan Tingying unexpectedly bonded with the Divine Farmer Food System. Others farm by relying on the weather. She relies on her golden finger. Others cook by relying on experience. She relies 284Reads—Score—14d adds

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    So good! [Laughing emojis]

15. 15 开 From the Start, I Changed My Fate by Selling Braised Meat 开局分家，我靠卖卤肉改命 He Qi何绮Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + Widow's sister-in-law + Feel-good story + Strong heroine + Building wealth + Putting scumbags in their place, no romance. The male lead is her brother-in-law, but their relationship is familial. The male characters have very little page time, and the heroine's story takes center stage.] Li Yu transmigrated from being a modern handicrafts and food blogger into the life of a poor woman in ancient times whose husband died on their very first day of marriage. To survive, Li Yu split the f 3.2kReads8.5Score29214d adds

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    Yes, it's the second installment, I don't know if there's a couple yet.

16. 16 和 After Returning Home Divorced, I Led the Whole Village to Prosperity 和离归家后，我带着全村发家致富 Misty Place雾处Ancient Romance410k WordsCompleted [Farming + System + Feel-Good Fiction + Family Life + No Romance] When Jiang Zhizhi opened her eyes, she discovered she had become a married woman. In an instant, she had gone from single to married. The original owner had also been a lovestruck fool, letting her in-laws take advantage of her and bleed her dry. After touching the wound on her forehead, she turned around and smashed the head of the culprit with a hoe, then kicked the scumbag who had used her dowry to keep his mistress, his cousin 378Reads8.6Score—14d adds

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    All three are completed, non-romanced, female-centric, and business-themed novels. The writing is excellent. The third book strongly emphasizes female-centric ideas, with the female protagonist establishing women's academies, women's factories, and so on, gradually guiding ancient women to break free from the constraints of being "virtuous wives and loving mothers," allowing women to have their own choices and shine in that era.

17. 17 我 Running a Women’s Federation in Ancient Times 我在古代办妇联 Exquisite Delicacies珍馐美馔Ancient Romance734k WordsCompleted [No CP + business and farming + infrastructure building + strong female lead + feel-good story] Zhu Ling spent a happy hundred years lazing around at the Time-Space Bureau... only to end up six hundred million in debt! To pay it off, she was forced to bind herself to a Debt Collection System and begin her grueling repayment journey. Thus, Zixiao Kingdom gave rise to a legendary female tycoon. They say she started out selling tofu, struck it rich with konjac, and then parks, supermarkets, chain h 2.1kReads9.3Score26714d adds
18. 18 穿 After I Transmigrate, I Build a Fortune with My Stingy Old Dad 穿越后，带着抠门老爹发家致富 The Red Bean Bun Has No Filling红豆包没有包Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [Farming + Beloved by the Whole Family + Daily Life + Food + Alternate World + Transmigration] Liu Changning was transmigrated into her mother’s womb. Her father is miserly to an extreme. Her mother is very open-minded. She is the youngest daughter in the family, with four older brothers. The Liu family is dirt poor. Their house is so shabby they can see the stars through the roof... But ever since this youngest daughter arrived, Old Liu has noticed that the family’s life keeps getting better an 3.2kReads8.6Score25214d adds

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    Check out this one, no romantic pairing, and it's actually quite funny [smirk]

19. 19 我 I Opened a Restaurant in My Hometown, and People from Ancient Times Lined Up to Work for Me 我在家乡开餐厅，古人排队来打工 Where Did the Chestnuts Go栗干甚去了Modern Romance745k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine’s level-up journey + no romance + career-focused + all-female ensemble + System + food business and infrastructure building] Reader advisory: 1. No male lead, romance, or lovesick characters. Everyone is focused on their careers. 2. Firmly women-centered, not traditional romance. Please read with care. 3. A feel-good progression story. The heroine goes into business, while the supporting heroine builds infrastructure and creates a new order. Two powerful women join forces. They c 1.7kReads8.8Score23614d adds

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    A truly platonic, no-romance romance novel! An all-female team! Even the children born to the female supporting characters all take their mothers' surnames! The first book is very well-written; there aren't even any nameless NPCs, who are all peasant women. All the important characters are female, making it extremely female-centric. There are no male characters with prominent roles, and even the children born to the supporting characters are female heirs. This is the first book that has never disgraced women; it's a beautifully written ensemble piece about mutual redemption.

20. 20 老 Granny Returns to the ’80s: Dumping Her Scumbag Husband and Making a Fortune Selling Pickles 老太重回八零：踹翻渣男咸菜发家 Calm Winds and Still Waves风瓶浪静Modern Romance710k WordsCompleted (No romance + divorce + street vending + making money + no golden finger) She’s reborn, and her younger daughter is about to be thrown into a living hell! Qin Sui’an was a timid old woman who had lived a miserable life. When she opens her eyes, she’s back in the 1980s, right at the scene where her younger daughter is being tricked into a marriage! This old woman has had enough! After exposing the scoundrel who arranged the fraudulent marriage and kicking her useless husband to the curb, Qin Sui’ 6.1kReads9.1Score97814d adds
21. 21 您 You Have a New Thirst-Quenching Drink Order 您有新的渴了么订单 Braised Wings of the Great Peng大鹏炖翅Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Character development + business simulation + infrastructure building + healing + no romance + a touch of court intrigue] They say the emperor was corrupt and incompetent, and Heaven sent down divine punishment. Not a drop of rain had fallen on this land for nearly twenty years, and countless people had died of thirst. Then, all of a sudden, a milk tea shop opened in the desert. In spring, there were all kinds of ice-cold fruit juices, along with seasonal drinks like cherry blossom and lychee b 13.4kReads9.4Score1.9k14d adds

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    I absolutely have to highly recommend it! [Already hooked!] [A masterpiece from Sparrow Food!]

22. 22 被 After Being Kicked Out of the Residence, I Changed the Dynasty by Writing Novels 被赶出府后，我靠写小说改变朝代 Zhong Zhui Xue钟坠雪Ancient Romance642k WordsCompleted Ye Yuwu transmigrates into an alternate dynasty and gains a golden finger that lets her “search” for things. Unfortunately, just after arriving, her identity as a fake heiress is exposed, and she’s thrown out of the family estate. Luckily, her birth parents, who have since passed away, left her a bookstore and some money. But the bookstore is in such poor shape that nobody buys books, and it’s on the verge of bankruptcy. With no other choice, she returns to her old trade and starts writing s 6.5kReads8.6Score75714d adds

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23. 23 穿 Transmigrated as an Orphan, I Lay Low Until the Disaster Ends 穿成孤女，在古代苟到天灾结束 Qing You Momo倾幽沫沫Ancient Romance225k WordsCompleted The author’s new book, Calamity-Ravaged Apocalypse: An Orphan Girl Flees Alone with Her Pocket Dimension, is currently being serialized. If you like the author’s style, go check it out ❤️❤️❤️ [No romance + refugee journey + wild imagination + pocket dimension System + socially anxious heroine + wealthy merchant + food] A 28-year-old woman who loves extreme sports and has social anxiety unexpectedly transmigrates through the golden bracelet on her hand into the body of Lin Yuanyuan, a thirteen-ye 993Reads7.1Score10014d adds

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    The first book is about fleeing famine and doing business; the second book is about living in caves deep in the mountains.

24. 24 现 Stockpiling in the Modern Era, Spending in Ancient Times: I Lie Flat in the Mountains During the Apocalypse 现代囤货古代花末世我苟深山躺平 Qing You Momo倾幽沫沫Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted [Calamities in ancient times + no romance + no princes + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow pace + no saintly heroine + reclaiming farmland in the mountains + food + cozy family life] Lin Ge grew up in a modern orphanage. After finally graduating from college, she got a job and saved a little money, then unexpectedly acquired a pocket dimension. Plagued by nightmares every night, she was a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories and immediately began stockpiling supplies in preparation for the end 755Reads6.7Score10214d adds
25. 25 靠 Running an Inn with Gacha Draws 靠抽卡经营旅馆 Moon Over Heaven月关天Modern Romance614k WordsCompleted [Business Management + Card Draws + Food + No Romance] Unable to find a job, Su He takes over her family's small hotel, which is on the verge of closing. Luckily, Su He binds herself to a card-drawing System! The Princess and the Pea's bed, delicacies from Dream of the Red Chamber, a magical vine elevator… all kinds of wondrous items appear. The maids from Dream of the Red Chamber want to kowtow to Su He three times. Su He says, “We're all equal in modern society. We don't do that anymore.” The 3.9kReads8.8Score42114d adds

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    1️⃣ Female-oriented, no-CP novel, running a hotel✅. The female protagonist can draw cards from various books, including character cards and item cards, and can also build various fantastical buildings, such as a magic vine elevator, the Princess and the Pea's bed, etc. 9.0 Points. 2️⃣ Female-oriented, no-CP, mobile food stall novel✅. It will even be sold to interstellar space. Don't read it at night, or you'll get hungry! 🤤 3️⃣ New book, no-CP, card-drawing and island management✅. Very good!! The female protagonist builds a fishing ground, tea plantation, hotel, etc. On the island. A daily life management novel. You won't regret reading it! 4️⃣ No-CP, amusement park management✅. I read this when I was looking for something to read. The writing is average, but I really like the concept. A dragon roller coaster, a cloud Ferris wheel. I like the feeling of gradually perfecting it. 5️⃣ Do you read male-oriented novels? No-CP, running a guesthouse + system✅. A novel with a wild imagination. I really like reading about developing different products or buildings according to the characteristics of each world. Good~ 9.0 Points!

26. 26 只 As Long as the System Pays, I'll Work 996 to the End 只要系统出得起，996也干到底 The Last Gleam of a Dream梦尾流光Modern Romance524k WordsCompleted [Food-focused (not purely a food story) + a touch of interstellar flavor + no romance + extremely laid-back and ambition-free] Lu Wei graduated from a mediocre university and found a nine-to-nine, six-days-a-week job. After working overtime for far too long, she eventually died suddenly from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in a strange world and become bound to a peculiar thing called the Food System. “Starting today, Host must go to the area beside Hope Elementary Sc 1.2kReads8.7Score10214d adds
27. 27 继 Inherited an Island in Ruins? No Problem, I Can Draw Cards 继承的岛太破？没关系我会抽卡 Picking the Moon拣月亮Modern Romance408k WordsCompleted (No romance, just letting loose) With no parents to rely on, Lin Qingxu worked herself to the bone for over twenty years. She thought she had finally made it through the hard times and was about to land a stable public-sector job. But she hadn’t realized she’d misjudged someone. Her awful ex, a real dead weight, dragged her down again. She was reported and lost her eligibility. Fortunately, there’s always a way forward. Out of nowhere, she inherited the estate of a distant aunt: a small island. 583Reads7.4Score10414d adds
28. 28 我 I Opened an Amusement Park and Turned a Fourth-Tier County into a First-Tier City 我开游乐园，给四线县城干成一线 Cocoa Crumbs可可碎片Modern Romance421k WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead]+ [System]+ [Business]+ [Gourmet]+ [No Romance] Song Shi unexpectedly inherited an amusement park game System. And so she made her fortune through the amusement park. Recently, an amusement park has taken the whole internet by storm. All sorts of strange claims have started spreading. You say riding the cloud-shaped Ferris wheel lets you experience what it’s like to soar through the sky like an immortal? You say this perfectly ordinary roller coaster suddenly turns into a di 479Reads7.0Score10614d adds
29. 29 开 I Opened an Inn and It Became a Safe Haven for All Worlds 开个民宿，成了万界安全屋 Just Love Lolis就爱萝莉Urban259k WordsCompleted [Business Management] [No CP] [Feel-Good Story] [Lighthearted] [Everyday Life] Burned out from working himself to the bone, Lin Yi decides to lie flat and return to his hometown to open a homestay. His neighbors shake their heads and sigh: “The kid worked so hard to get out of here, only to come right back. What a waste!” “Open a homestay? Who’s going to visit a remote mountain village like this?” But Lin Yi’s homestay starts attracting guests from all kinds of different worlds. There are litera 2.8kReads8.8Score22414d adds
30. 30 在 I Made a Chinese Restaurant a Huge Hit in the Apocalypse of Another World 在异世界末世经营中华餐厅爆火 Ice Cola Drink Substitute冰可乐代喝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.6M WordsCompleted [Apocalypse] [Business Management] [System] [Gourmet Food] [Farming] [No CP, Ensemble Cast] After Ling Jing died, she became bound to a business management System and was randomly dropped into an apocalyptic world where plants and animals had mutated. The System asked her to name her restaurant. After thinking for a moment, she typed: Chinese Restaurant. In this mutated apocalypse, every plant and animal had become an enemy. When starving humans on the brink of death caught the scent of roaste 95.4kReads9.4Score13.9k14d adds

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    This is a food-themed novel, not a farming story. It's set in a post-apocalyptic world, features an invincible female lead, no romantic pairings, and focuses on an ensemble cast. There are no ambiguous romantic scenes; everyone is striving to survive and save their home. Humanity has no villains and is united. It's incredibly good, starting slowly but improving significantly. (No substitute found.)

31. 31 在 Getting Rich by Setting Up a Stall in a Psychiatric Hospital! 在精神病院摆摊，暴富！ Tang Di汤抵Modern Romance153k WordsCompleted One heroine + food + no romance Li Xier is an orphan. To pay her rent and electricity bills, she sets up a food stall on the street outside a psychiatric hospital. Her dazzling variety of delicious dishes draws every diner nearby, and passersby stop to join the queue. Tourists and influencers from across the country and abroad flock to her stall. As her business grows bigger and better, Li Xier uses her culinary skills to launch a chain of restaurants and become a successful business owner, r 113Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Recommended for viewing.

32. 32 满 My Whole Family Cultivates the Great Dao, While I'm the Only One Stir-Frying 满门修大道，唯我在颠勺 Paper Tiger纸老虎Fantastical Romance693k WordsOngoing [Unconventional cultivation, plot-driven, ensemble cast] Jiang Yan was born into a cultivation family with a history of ten thousand years. Her mother died young, her father was a wicked cultivator, and she had no spiritual roots. She also bore the blame for an ominous curse. After requesting to leave her clan, she forcibly picked up a dilapidated sect. The Bridge of Helplessness lay at the foot of the mountain, a mass grave behind it, and a crumbling temple stood between them, its roof leaking 10.2kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds

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    Strong female lead, no romantic partner, slow-burn romance with cultivation and gourmet food.

33. 33 北 Gourmet Delights of the Northern Song: I Made a Fortune Through Food 北宋珍馐录，我靠美食发家赚万金 I've Met the Cat King见过猫猫大王Ancient Romance843k WordsOngoing [No romance + alternate Northern Song setting + native-born heroine + food + ensemble cast and everyday life + gradual, steady pacing + building a fortune] A new eatery has opened in Daming Prefecture. Its proprietor is a young woman of fourteen or fifteen, always greeting everyone with a smile. People all say she’s kind. But Chen Heniang doesn’t think she’s a good person. Growing up in a family that favored boys over girls, she stole eggs from the neighbors at seven, learned to cry and lie at e 21kReads8.6Score3.2k14d adds

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    This is quite good. It's a Northern Song Dynasty food-themed novel with no romantic pairing, depicting the everyday lives of ordinary people in the city. The female lead is a local native who is vengeful. She was sold by her parents and escaped on her own, gradually earning money by selling food at a stall and eventually opening a food shop. It's all about the quiet, steady progress of ordinary people from the lower rungs of society.

34. 34 流 Exiled Three Thousand Miles, She Builds Up the Wilderness 流放三千里，她到蛮荒搞基建 Xianjing咸京Ancient Romance337k WordsOngoing The tags are wrong. This isn't historical romance. There's no romance at all. It's an ancient-style tale of human life and imagination. From an age of prosperity to an age of chaos, from surviving exile to taking part in the struggles of a chaotic world. [Female lead's growth + no CP + exile to the wilderness + infrastructure and farming + pocket dimension] [An alternate world blending historical elements] The emperor is heartless. Even after deposing the crown prince, he still isn't satisfied a 23kReads8.6Score6.1k14d adds
35. 35 山 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 107.1kReads9.0Score9.7k14d adds

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    This is a romance novel without a romantic pairing, but it features many female characters and is a very heartwarming story. 😘

36. 36 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 68.1kReads9.4Score7.6k14d adds

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    Farming novel: No romance. The female protagonist transmigrates to ancient times during a famine and uses her modern knowledge to lead the villagers to prosperity. She develops a multitude of skills, including digging irrigation ditches, making ice jelly and soap, and developing rural tourism. The author has an exceptionally strong knowledge base; highly recommended! High-quality story!!! No melodrama or absurdity!!

37. 37 我 My Pet Beast Sanctuary: Everyone’s Desperate to Get a Spot 我的宠兽疗养院，入住名额被疯抢 Coconut Is Singing椰子在唱歌Modern Romance587k WordsCompleted No CP, lighthearted, healing What's the best thing about running a pet beast recovery center? Su Xiaotang: Obviously, getting to pet all kinds of fluffy animals whenever I want! After binding to the Gold Medal Recovery Center System, Su Xiaotang became a happy pooper-scooper~ Best of all, the poop she scoops can be exchanged for System points! There are so many good things she can redeem with those points~ To make sure every pet beast staying at the center can poop happily... Su Xiaotang is givi 3.9kReads9.2Score51314d adds
38. 38 承 I Farmed Earth’s Land and Fed the Entire Interstellar World 承包地球种田，我养活了整个星际 Carrot Sandwich夹心胡萝北Sci-Fi & Apocalypse669k WordsCompleted [Interstellar farming + no romance for the heroine + wood-based supernatural ability + running a shop + infrastructure development] With a disastrous start, Lin Chixia was abandoned by her family on Earth, a discarded wasteland planet filled with radiation and smog, and afflicted with a severe genetic disease. Lin Chixia: Don't worry, don't worry. I brought the golden finger from my last world with me! A spirit spring in her pocket dimension could cure illness, her wood-based ability could grow 2.2kReads8.5Score28214d adds
39. 39 就 You Call This a 10A Tourist Attraction? 就你这景区是10A啊 Lucky Little Pig小猪旺财Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure] [Building Tourist Attractions] [No Heroine] Xu Jing inherited a scenic area in a barren mountain range. You say it's so rundown that nobody visits? Then he'll turn it into a Level 10A attraction! A sacred mountain teeming with life, ruins beneath the lake, a place of pilgrimage... Countless people poured into this obscure little city and stared in bewilderment at the floating island overhead... You call this just a tourist attraction? 92.4kReads9.4Score8.7k14d adds

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    It's a management simulation game, and it's super fun! [Heart][heart][heart]

40. 40 雾 Laid-Back Days in Miststone Forest 雾石森林的悠哉日常 Castle Gate, Castle Gate, Egg Cake城门城门鸡蛋糕Ancient Romance535k WordsCompleted [Healing]+ [A life like Stardew Valley]+ [Slow-paced] [No cheap tricks, no melodrama. This book is for everyone who hasn't yet had the chance to truly live.] Important note: No CP, no CP! I wasn't going to spoil anything, but then I noticed Tomato had tagged this as “Ancient Romance” and “Fantasy Romance,” which left me baffled. There are men in the story, and some of them develop feelings for the heroine. Isn't that perfectly natural? But it doesn't mean they're a couple. At the age of seventy 3.4kReads6.6Score47914d adds

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    Yes, there are. It's a slice-of-life, heartwarming story, a fairytale-like tale about life in Stardew Valley, a forest of giants. If you're feeling overwhelmed by life, you might enjoy a read that offers a moment of relaxation.

41. 41 穿 I Become a Northern Song Uncle and Help My Little Niece Farm and Support the Family 穿成北宋小叔，带小侄女种田养家 Shao Linyuanhai邵临渊海Ancient Romance520k WordsOngoing The rating has just come out and will keep rising. Updates are guaranteed! [Farming and management, a healing story rather than a wish-fulfillment fantasy + Mid-Northern Song + adorable child + ensemble cast + making a fortune + no System + no romance] When Lu Yu opens his eyes again, he is kneeling before the funeral hall of his elder brother and sister-in-law. From the original owner’s memories, all he knows is that it is the seventh year of Qingli, and he is in Yin County, Mingzhou. But he ca 2.1kReads8.2Score14414d adds

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    No romantic pairing, purely farming and management, interspersed with food, not a mindless wish-fulfillment story, but a healing one, a group portrait of everyday family life, quite touching.

42. 42 我 My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心 Bone-Leak Gua Wen骨漏呱闻Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor 56.5kReads9.3Score5.3k14d adds

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    Both of these are non-romance (no romantic pairing) ✨① The first one is from the male protagonist's perspective and is a base-building novel, somewhat related to the types you mentioned [laughing emoji]. This one is quite good, highly recommended. ✨② The second one is from the female protagonist's perspective. It focuses a lot on food in the early stages, but overall it's also a base-building novel about building the Qin Dynasty.

43. 43 秦 Who's Best at Qin Dynasty Infrastructure? The Food System Is Here to Help 秦朝基建哪家强美食系统来帮忙 Yu Shuo予说Ancient Romance340k WordsCompleted Note: The female lead has no romance. The central idea of this story is the proper use of a food System: selling food, no; building infrastructure for the Qin Empire, yes. [In our country, "sir" is a gender-neutral form of address. The System has no gender, so it has been addressed with the neutral term "sir." If you think that because foreign men have been translated as "sir" in modern times, the word means male, and thus the System should not be called "sir," please avoid this story.] [As for 2.5kReads9.2Score31014d adds
44. 44 厨 God of Cooking System: Is the Restaurant Open Today? 厨神系统：老板今天营业了吗？ Invite the Wind to Drink Wine约风煮酒Modern Romance164k WordsOngoing [No romance + food + transmigration between planes + sincere heroine + cheat powers + saving the world + lawfully good heroine] The heroine isn't a lone wolf or the type to kill without hesitation. On the night Jiang Lingyun quits her job to open a restaurant, she unexpectedly awakens the God of Cooking System. She is the heir to a tradition of imperial chefs. The God of Cooking System lets her exchange points for recipes, a stasis space, a time-stop training ground... and even the ability to t 24Reads—Score11114d adds

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    Recommended! No romantic pairing. The female lead is reliable and calm. Her daily life consists of cooking and running a restaurant in modern times. When she opens a restaurant in an ancient mountain, she encounters a princess who has been separated from her family and a time traveler. The system even rewards her with the cultivation technology of five-colored chives and rouge rice. The female lead then turns around and goes back to contracting farmland to grow vegetables.

45. 45 末 Random Stalls in the Apocalypse, Snapped Up by Every Major Base 末世随机摆摊，我被各大基地疯抢 Sweet Peach Cheese Iced Tea甜桃芝芝冰茶Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted [Female-oriented] [Apocalypse management + invincible, no romance + top-tier hotties + lighthearted] Natural disasters + zombies A food-focused business story. Not fully automated in the early stages! Not a superpowered heroine! * Xie Purou had just finished her last mission and hadn't even had a chance to enjoy herself when the System dumped her into the apocalypse. She has to draw cards just to unlock food? From the start, all she has is a run-down little inn and a food truck, and she has to g 19.1kReads8.8Score2.8k14d adds

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    No romantic pairing, the female lead is beautiful on her own.

46. 46 赶 Tide-Chasing System: I Get Rich Fishing by the Sea 赶海系统：我靠赶海钓鱼暴富 Rain Falls Over Jiangnan江南雨纷纷Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (System + Coastal Foraging + Island Life + Fishing + Relaxed Daily Life) A cheerful everyday life of coastal foraging and fishing, with a slow-paced, immersive feel. Digging for razor clams and picking up octopuses on the beach, catching big green crabs on the rocky shore, finding trapped groupers, catching sea eels, and heading to uninhabited islands to forage and hunt for treasure, or going out to sea to fish for big ones… After quitting her job, Chen Zhiyao unexpectedly obtains a coast 7.9kReads9.1Score73014d adds

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    This is a very heartwarming book. The female protagonist returns to her small fishing village from the big city and awakens a beachcombing system. She spends her time beachcombing, fishing, and later goes out to sea to fish. Back home, she enjoys various seafood delicacies with her family. The key point is! There are no awful characters in this story, the neighbors are very friendly, and there are no scenes of borrowing money or causing trouble. It's a truly heartwarming read. The main story has no main couple or male lead, but there is a romantic subplot in the epilogue.

47. 47 穿 I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Got a Delivery Station That Restocks Automatically 穿到荒年，我有快递站能自动补货 Old Monster of Flower-Fruit Mountain花果山老妖Ancient Romance794k WordsOngoing The rating is low because it was just released. It will go up later. [Farming + adorable kids + pocket dimension + feel-good triumph + cozy business-building + family darling + a touch of ensemble cast] [Heads-up: The female lead was reborn in her mother's womb and only awakened memories of her past life and her golden finger at age four. The family she has in this life is her family. She has not taken over anyone else's body or displaced its original owner.] After overworking herself with overt 17.3kReads7.7Score2.5k14d adds

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    This book is so good! The female lead is a reincarnated character with the advantage of working at a delivery station, opening blind boxes every day. She's pampered by her whole family, has no difficult relatives, and the characters are very well-developed. It's a "raising" story where the whole family gradually improves. The female lead's family farms and sells snacks, which is so heartwarming.

48. 48 寒 A Bride Raised in Poverty: I Farm to Support the Heir 寒门童养媳：我靠种田发家养世子 Xiuyun Zhi岫云织Ancient Romance474k WordsCompleted Transmigration + farming + imperial examinations + face-slapping the worst sort of people + a mystery about her origins + storing grain for years of famine This novel has no romance, no romance, no romance. The heroine just wants to retire, lie flat, and keep 180 male models! Agronomy PhD Shen Qingci transmigrates into the body of a twelve-year-old child bride. The moment she opens her eyes, she is being sold to an old widower who beat his wife to death. She turns the tables on the scoundrel, ta 944Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    No romance, pure farming! My first book, don't let the low rating fool you, it's really readable. It's about genuine farming, pharmaceutical production increases, improving farm tools and planting methods, collaborating with others to get rich and lead the whole village to prosperity, and spending time gathering herbs, wild vegetables, and mushrooms in the mountains to cook delicious food. Along the way, it includes hilarious and satisfying daily life of utterly beating up awful relatives. My second book is about leading my family to prosperity! Hilarious daily life.

49. 49 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3k14d adds
50. 50 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: Three Women, Countless Dramas 穿越古代：三个女人N台戏 A Lamp in the Twilight一灯阑珊Ancient Romance6.1M WordsOngoing [Ensemble cast + group transmigration + farming and commerce + military service and medicine + self-reliance and perseverance, an uplifting and satisfying story, slow burn, everyday slice of life] A car accident sends three women transmigrating to the unfamiliar Great Wu Dynasty, where they land in a bandit’s den from the start. Zhu Mingyue: “Watch me make a fortune with two deadweights in tow.” Duan Xiaotang: “Watch me bring stability to every corner of the realm with two teammates.” Lin Wanwan 27.9kReads9.4Score2k14d adds

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    None of the three women have a romantic relationship, there's no ambiguity, no rivalry, it's an ensemble piece, and there's no village intrigue, family feud, or palace intrigue. The development is serious, step by step, and clear-cut. There's no rush to open a perfume shop from an unassuming garden, nor is there any pretentious or opportunistic growth. Aside from the initial restaurant, none of their other businesses are similar to those of the era; they're all markets they've created themselves. Recommended.

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