Farming, Hunting, Mushroom Foraging, and Cooking, No Villains or Golden Fingers 种田，打猎，采蘑菇，美食，不要极品，没有金手指

1. 651 九 The Orphan Girl of the 1990s: Helping Grandma Build a Better Life 九零年代小孤女，带着奶奶奔小康 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Modern Romance478k WordsCompleted After the grandmother who raised her fell and was left bedridden, everyone wondered whether eleven-year-old Li Lulu could keep up with school while taking care of the household. No one expected that little Lulu could not only manage on her own, but also nurse her ailing grandmother back to health until she was plump and rosy-cheeked. After Lulu's father went missing, everyone said he would never come back. What were the grandmother and granddaughter of the Li family supposed to do now? It looked 141Reads8.4Score100Shelves

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   A completed historical fiction story about getting rich without any cheat codes or special abilities.

2. 652 年 A Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Tough Daughter-in-Law of the Alley 年代军婚，小巷里的彪悍儿媳 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted Transmigration + 1970s Setting + Points for Punishing Villains + Tough Heroine + Treasure Hunting + Sweet Romance While other people had one foot in Tsinghua and the other in Peking University, Su Wanwan slipped on both feet and ended up in the countryside, where she was immediately pressured into marriage... What? The guy's a greasy old man, and he beats his wife? A man like that doesn't deserve to get married. Su Wanwan was furious. She beat up the wife-beater and took care of her horrible sec 57Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   In ancient times, a small mountain village in Yue was hit by natural disasters and wars, and a family hid in the deep mountains to cultivate the land.

3. 653 穿 After I Transmigrate, I’m Swamped With Farming 穿越后：种田忙翻天 Green Maplel青枫lAncient Romance252k WordsCompleted [Transmigration to a Mountain Village | Silk Flower Hairpins | Gourmet | Land Reclamation] Lin Yue, a designer with a modest reputation, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of a little girl named Yueya. She also finds herself in an era absent from the historical records: the Da Rong Dynasty! There, she designs jewelry, cooks delicious food, cultivates orchards in the mountains, raises fish in mulberry groves, and more. She leads the entire village to prosperity and finds lasti 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   1. A designer transmigrates into a village girl, without any special abilities or cheat codes. She leases a mountain to plant fruit trees, digs ponds to raise fish, and experiments with various foods. Leading the villagers in a down-to-earth approach to production, her simple, steady life is incredibly comforting. 2. Transmigrating into an ancient mute slave, the female protagonist has no cheat codes. She changes her registered residence in a mountain village to establish herself. She goes up the mountain every day to gather mushrooms and hunt, figuring out farming and animal husbandry. She lives harmoniously with her neighbors, and together with her teacher, she turns hardship into sweetness. 3. Transmigrating deep into the mountains, she is destitute, without any support or cheat codes. She learns farming and hunting from the villagers, gathers wild mushrooms to cook, and uses her own hands to make her hard life vibrant and fulfilling—a realistic and heartwarming story.

4. 654 退 The Jilted Eldest Sister Gets Busy Reclaiming the Wilderness 退亲长姐开荒忙 Writing Stream写作溪流Ancient Romance202k WordsOngoing Jilted from the start. He Hua knows this plot all too well. So be it. She couldn’t be happier to call it off. Free of a betrothal and unburdened, He Hua turns around and takes her younger siblings to reclaim wasteland. The barren hills nobody believes in become mountains of gold and silver in her hands. 253Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a lighthearted, simple rural story. There are no cheat codes or overpowered characters; all you'll find is heartwarming everyday life in the countryside.

5. 655 乌 Hunting in the Ural Mountains 乌拉尔山赶山记 Ten Thousand Coins for a Fight斗十千千Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into the body of a mute slave girl who is being sold. She is bought and married off to a mountain man with no household registration, living deep in the border mountains. The frontier is bitterly cold, and the forests stretch far and wide. Liang Chong's situation is disastrous from the start, but she manages to buy her freedom by foraging in the mountains and farming, eventually living in the Ural Mountains where “a stick brings down a deer, a dipper scoo 1.3kReads9.0Score167Shelves
6. 656 山 The Mountain Hunk Spoils Me Without End 山中糙汉无限宠 Raise a Glass to Li提酒璃Ancient Romance188k WordsOngoing Farming + food + sweet romance + no awful relatives “What do you mean the corvee labor is too much, refugees are running wild, and Zhangjia Village ostracizes outsiders?” Lianyue has no choice but to take her parents up into the mountains. She only hopes they can scrape together enough to eat. But then she runs into her benefactor, Ashu, and meets her grandfather, a doctor. Soon, both families are living the simple farming life they always dreamed of, hunting game and gathering wild greens. It’s 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A new story, very heartwarming, with a bittersweet emotional rollercoaster between the male and female leads.

7. 657 买 The Husband I Bought Keeps Crying 买来的夫郎哭唧唧 The Fox with the Stubby Tail秃尾巴的狐呆呆Two Male Leads997k WordsCompleted Bai Zhu, a young man of the ge'er, was bought by Zhang Mingxi to be his husband. The ge'er was dark, skinny, ugly, and in poor health. What use was he? Could Zhang Mingxi be a fool? The ge'er had been beaten and cursed at since childhood, leaving him with deep emotional scars. Around men, he was like a mouse facing a cat. How could he possibly face his own tall, strapping husband? The ge'er smiled when he saw Zhang Mingxi's younger brother, but hid whenever Zhang Mingxi showed up. It broke Zhang 2.2kReads8.9Score299Shelves

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   Good farming novels are less likely to move readers if they are plain and simple, with a slow and steady pace.

8. 658 田 The Country Girl’s Road to Prosperity 田园农女：致富之路 Tu Tu You图图呦Ancient Romance235k WordsOngoing (Transmigration + farming + building wealth + foodie + stockpiling) Overnight, she transmigrates to the Great Zhou Dynasty in a parallel world. Her family is dirt-poor, and she becomes a destitute farm girl. To survive, Ling Xue sets out on the road to making a fortune... After living out her days in the ancient world, who could have guessed she would transmigrate back to the modern era! 31Reads—Score—Shelves

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   After transmigrating, the female protagonist makes all kinds of delicious food and eventually becomes wealthy by selling food and recipes.

9. 659 山 The Family at the Foot of the Mountain 山下人家 Secretly in Love with the Other Shore Flower暗恋彼岸花Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted Big news swept through the little mountain village. They said Su Zi of the Su family had been jilted, and in her shame had hanged herself from a crooked tree by the mountain. Luckily, the village’s only hunter saved her. But because another man had touched her, the barely surviving Su Zi had no choice but to marry the hunter, Li Qingshan. Some villagers secretly felt sorry for her, while others took pleasure in her misfortune. They all said Li Qingshan had been born under an unlucky star. His mo 1kReads8.9Score104Shelves

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   🌾 *The Mute Girl's Ancient Life Diary* A mute girl transmigrates to another world, orphaned and alone, yet relies on her skillful hands to farm, gather mushrooms, and master culinary arts. From nothing to wealth, she lives a life of poetry! No cheat codes, just wisdom and resilience—who can understand the satisfaction of this down-to-earth farming life! 🌾 *A Leisurely Farm Life: The Little Farm Girl's Fierce Farming Skills* Transmigrating into the body of a little farm girl, while others struggle for survival, she's already leading her family hunting, clearing land, and developing side businesses! With a fiery yet intelligent personality, she embodies the spirit of "farming fiercely," rising through the ranks to become a farming tycoon—a story both inspiring and heartwarming! 🌾 *Mountain Dwellers* Transmigrating to a small village at the foot of the mountains, far from the strife, she tends to her land and forests, hunting, gathering mushrooms, planting in spring and harvesting in autumn, transforming a simple rural life into a paradise. The pinnacle of heartwarming farming novels!

10. 660 穿 Beast World Transmigration: It Hurts! Fox Husband, Spare Me! 穿越兽世：疼！狐夫饶了我 The Fox with the Stubby Tail秃尾巴的狐呆呆Ancient Romance438k WordsCompleted Ji Momo, a nineteen-year-old university student from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, accidentally falls off a cliff while hiking with her classmates and transmigrates to the Beast World. Hu Much en is the Fox King's eldest son. His birth mother wants her second son, born to her and her lover, to inherit the chieftain's position. She tricks Hu Muchen into eating a sleep-inducing herb, breaks both his legs, and throws him off a towering cliff. Ji Momo, who has transmigrated 124Reads8.8Score—Shelves
11. 661 穿 After Reincarnating as a Scumbag, I Spoil My Beautiful Husband 穿成渣男后独宠美夫郎 Rong Yu榕榆Two Male Leads156k WordsCompleted Two Male Leads + Transmigration + Gourmet Food + Farming + Raising a Child Tian Chuan is a food blogger. After attending his company’s annual party, he gets into a car accident on his way home and wakes up in an unknown era. He has transmigrated! No golden finger, no portable space. A dilapidated house, drafty walls, and most importantly, who is this adorable young man? He even has a child! Taking things as they come, Tian Chuan puts his talents to use: setting up a stall, opening a shop, doting 347Reads8.7Score103Shelves

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    These are all stories featuring two male protagonists, a farming theme, mutual affection, heartwarming daily life, a slow and steady romance, and a sweet and peaceful happiness.

12. 662 乱 I Started Out in the Mountains Amid Chaos, So What Have I to Fear with My Peach Blossom Haven? 乱世开局进深山，我有桃源怕啥？ Ji Li季砾Ancient Romance156k WordsOngoing [Pure Farming + Family Life + No System + Fleeing Famine in a Time of Chaos + Infrastructure Building + Transmigrate into a Book + Business + Stockpiling Food] Tian Xiaomai was a newly minted office drone from the 21st century who devoted her life to her desk. When she opened her eyes again, a twist of fate had turned her into a child bride bought by the He family to bring good fortune. Once she adjusted to her new surroundings, everything began to seem familiar. Wasn't this the plot of a novel 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    They went deep into the mountains to clear land and farm; the whole family received special treatment, they weren't NPCs.

13. 663 空 The Beloved Farm Girl Wins by Doing Nothing on the Road to Escape 空间：团宠农女她在逃荒路上躺赢 Qiqi Mu七七木Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted As natural disasters and human calamities struck, barbarians invaded and warfare raged without end. The old Shen family joined the villagers on the road to escape famine. But hunger and cold were no concern: the Shen family had a beloved good-luck charm who brought them blessings. Wild boars came knocking, pheasants and rabbits ran right into their cooking pot, and game could be gathered in droves. She knew medicine and had a pocket dimension, and she saved children and cured the sick. But why d 11.4kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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    Farming novels, they're really good!

14. 664 穿 After I Transmigrated, My Sickly Husband Refused to Let Go of the Kids 穿越后病夫带娃不放手 Knowing What You Know知知为知之Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted How is my transmigration different from everyone else's? I just went to sleep and woke up in another world! They're saying I mistreat the children and sleep around? They're saying I'm a lazy, greedy shrew? Then why is my sickly husband clinging to me and refusing to let go? "I want to leave!" "I won't let you!" "I'm so good to you. Why don't you love me?" "Come on, brother, who says 'I love you' after only two or three months together?" "Then I'll wait!" "Fine, wait as long as you like." Huh? Wh 18Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    Farming, mushroom picking, fishing, cooking delicious food, family harmony, everyone working hard to get rich.

15. 665 小 The Little Chef's Guide to Feeding Her Family With Ancient Cuisine 小厨娘古代美食养家日常 Berry Soda Water莓果气泡水Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Qin Rong is a food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to a waterside town in the Great Liang Dynasty. The original owner’s mother is looked down on by her shrewish mother-in-law and sisters-in-law for having three daughters. Meanwhile, the original owner’s father has been fooling around with another woman and wants to divorce his wife. But the original owner’s mother has a backbone, and takes her three daughters with her as she asks to leave the marriage. When Qin Rong wakes up, she can hard 7.9kReads8.8Score736Shelves

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    Wearing a modern persona in ancient times, with a great family, a mother with modern ideas, low in romantic appeal, and mostly delicious food.

16. 666 嫁 I Married a Lazy Mountain Man, So How Did He Become the Crown Prince? 嫁个山里懒汉子，他咋就成了太子 Mu Yihua Ting木易华庭Ancient Romance471k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted to each other + playing the fool to catch the tiger] [Modern special agent + down-and-out crown prince] [Sweet, sassy, or angsty] [Medicine + career + face-slapping + punishing scumbags] The heroine, Yu Shanshan, wakes up after arriving in ancient times to find herself sold to a young man three years her junior. He's seventeen, she's twenty. What kind of sparks will fly between them? Just when Yu Shanshan thinks she'll live a quiet, ordinary life, a stranger suddenly tu 12.4kReads9.0Score1.5kShelves

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    A unique take on classical Chinese literature—this is exactly what you've been looking for! A new book recommendation: a female agent transmigrates into ancient clothing and marries a fallen prince. The sweet, sassy, ​​hilarious, and heart-wrenching plot will give you a truly satisfying read. This book is definitely worth having! [Shy]

17. 667 异 Another World: I Carry a Pocket Dimension, Gather a Team, and Build a Farm 异世界，揣空间拉队伍搞种田 AuthorSugar作者SugarAncient Romance264k WordsCompleted Volume One: Laying the Foundations in a Troubled Age She transmigrates into a turbulent world, adrift amid chaos. Ye Wanlan arrives in another realm with a mysterious pocket dimension. Faced with demons lurking in the shadows and war breaking out everywhere, she chooses to conceal her chance at immortality and establish herself among ordinary people. Starting with a patch of barren land, she uses the pocket dimension’s spirit spring and her knowledge far ahead of its time to improve crops, gathe —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The writing is delicate, the scenes are rich, and the main theme is farming, with plenty of highlights including herb cultivation, infrastructure building, shop opening, animal husbandry, and fishing. As the story unfolds, involving outwitting village bullies and bandits, and training and improving the team members, the underlying theme of cultivation gradually becomes clear. It's packed with exciting moments, and the main and supporting characters are well-developed, making it a worthwhile read!

18. 668 家 The Minister I Brought Home: My Wife Is a Feast for the Eyes 家养权臣：娇妻秀色可餐 Li Muyan李沐颜Ancient Romance1.9M WordsOngoing Song Yu knew that Shen Sanlang, who seemed frail and sickly to outsiders, would one day rise to high office and wield power over the court. She didn't care how rich or powerful he might become. She only hoped he wouldn't torment her to death like he did in the original book. After transmigrating into a book, she didn't squander his family's fortune, drive his mother to her grave, or sell off his younger siblings. She even helped grow the Shen family's restaurant business. So, once he earned his 741Reads8.7Score105Shelves

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    The female protagonist is a modern chef skilled in all kinds of cuisine, while the male protagonist is a scholar who gradually rises through the imperial examinations to become a powerful minister. It's a peaceful and heartwarming story, without any cheat codes or systems. The book is a bit long, but you can listen to it if you don't want to read it. The multi-narrator voices are all very pleasant (in my opinion). Overall, it's a slow-burning, warm, and gentle story. You might want to check it out.

19. 669 边 Farming and Going Crazy, I Make My Husband Drink Poison 边种田边发疯，我喂夫君喝毒药 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted Su Wei transmigrated into the Shen family’s new daughter-in-law in Nanqiao Village. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an old woman holding a bowl of murky poison for her penniless husband to drink. The man on the bed glared at Su Wei in fury. “You poisonous woman! I won’t let you get away with this, even as a ghost...” Su Wei: “...” No, no, it wasn’t me. It was the old woman... The old woman turned to her. “What are you standing there for? If he doesn’t die, how are you supposed to marry Y 16.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    ✨Su Wei, who has been reborn as a cheap bride, is completely stunned to find herself caught in a "poisoning" scene the moment she opens her eyes. An old woman is serving her poisoned soup, her husband calls her a "poisonous woman," and even tries to force her to remarry. She rolls up her sleeves to earn money to support the family, but her husband's thought process is bizarre: "Eating? You want to poison me; wearing clothes? You want to make me die of heatstroke." From bickering and misunderstandings to working together to survive, the entire cast is full of cunning and suspense, with humor hidden within the mystery and a satisfying farming experience—you simply can't stop watching!

20. 670 被 Bought Home by a Rough Country Man, the Sweet Wife Brings Him Endless Luck 被糙汉买回家，娇软媳妇超旺夫 This Cutie Is Called Guagua本萌叫呱呱Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance + devoted to each other + marriage first, love later + no awful relatives] [Cozy farming + adorable child + alternate world + pocket dimension] Luo Ge, a petite and soft-hearted food blogger who blushed easily, unexpectedly transmigrated. As an unregistered nobody, she found it impossible to get by in this unfamiliar ancient world. To survive in this era, she found herself a husband on the cheap. She only meant to stay alive, but never expected to gain an unexpected happiness. Who 10.3kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    These are good.

21. 671 穿 The Wife the Hunter Picked Up 穿成猎户捡来的娘子 The Ordinary of This World凡世的平凡Ancient Romance184k WordsCompleted An older single woman in modern times gets criticized by her boss at work, then drowns her sorrows in alcohol and goes on an epic rant. When she wakes up, she discovers she's somehow transmigrated. Yu Huan is struck as if by lightning. Good heavens, you don't have to be so considerate of me! I was just saying, and you sent me here? Fine, you sent me, but couldn't you at least have picked somewhere decent? This mass grave is really too much. Yu Huan tried to move so she could get up and leave, bu 451Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is a hunter, and the female lead is just an ordinary girl. Neither of them has any special status; they're just ordinary people. It's a marriage of convenience that blossoms into love; both are virgins. The female lead becomes a successful businesswoman, and their lives get better and better. [Admiration][Admiration][Admiration]

22. 672 开 A Pocket Dimension from the Start, My Best Friend and I Lead the Whole Village to Wealth 开局有空间，我和闺蜜带全村暴富 Cheng Yu程雨Ancient Romance365k WordsOngoing [Pocket Dimension + Farming + Fleeing Famine + Military Conscription + Best Friends Transmigrate Together + Imperial Examinations] Trust is what matters most between best friends, and Ji Tang believes Shen Qingning can make her rich. The two transmigrate at the same time into the bodies of ordinary people, becoming sworn sisters registered in the same household. They have no choice but to work hard. They want to earn money, get rich, and eat their fill, so they put all their intelligence to use 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Two best friends transmigrated into a book together. Their spaces contained scientific experimental fields; they farmed, made money, and hunted in the mountains.

23. 673 穿 Reborn as a Brother-Doting Sister, I Leave My Family Behind and Lead Everyone to Prosperity 穿成扶弟魔，远离娘家带全家致富 Winter Grass冬日草Ancient Romance440k WordsOngoing [System + no romance + farming and business + everyday life in an ancient village + mountains as a source of support + gathering medicinal herbs + picking wild vegetables + awful relatives + strong female lead + personal space] Lin Dongyue unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a widowed farm woman. The original owner has a son and a daughter, and is also a devoted sister who always puts her younger brother first. See how Lin Dongyue outsmarts her awful relatives on her maiden family's sid 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is pretty good! It's about farming, food, and everyday family life.

24. 674 重 Back to '82 to Hunt, and Enjoy a Carefree Life 重回82打猎，享受悠闲人生 Jin Baicai今白财Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Completed at over one million words, not adapted, available for adaptation] [Set in the 1980s + One heroine + Slow-paced + Everyday life + No System + Hunting + Farming + Cozy] Lu Jun unexpectedly comes back reborn in 1982, an era when guns are not banned, hunting is allowed, and wild animals are not yet protected. Drawing on the hunting experience he accumulated in his previous life, Lu Jun hunts huge wild boars and black bears in the mountains, making a very prosperous life for himself. Every 7.2kReads8.2Score395Shelves

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: An army soldier is reborn in 1982, before gun control was implemented, allowing for free hunting. Using his past life's hunting experience, he enjoys hunting in the deep mountains. 🐻 He takes down bears and cannonballs, and life is prosperous and fulfilling. 🐶 He hunts with great enthusiasm as the sun rises over the mountains, gathering fish and shrimp from the lakes. 🐺 He lives a carefree and unrestrained life, enjoying his reborn world. 🌈🌈

25. 675 六 The 1960s: Escaping from the Start to Build a Hidden Utopia 六零，开局逃亡开辟世外桃源 Milk Foam and Cheese奶盖与芝士Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Yi Ke, a modern woman, transmigrated into the body of a poor young woman in the 1960s. She fled into the mountains to survive, only to be forcibly married by a mountain man. The miserable life she'd expected never came to pass. The two of them had been fated to be together for two lifetimes. The mountain folk had no fields to farm? No problem, Yi Ke had plenty of land! They had no oxen to plow their fields? No problem, Yi Ke would catch wild oxen in the mountains! They had no fertilizer for thei 43Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist has no cheat codes; she transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl, escapes to the deep mountains to farm, hunt, and gather mushrooms.

26. 676 重 Reborn in 1978: I Start Hunting and Become a Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household 重生1978，万元户从打猎开始 Gong Yicun恭一村Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Lin Yang is reborn and returns to a small mountain village in 1978, just as the private economy is about to take off. In his previous life, his educated-youth wife deceived him. He abandoned his parents and moved to the city, then raised his cousin Lin Qi’s son for forty years. In this new life, Lin Yang only wants to stay by his parents’ side! While he’s at it, he plans to ride the wave of the times and become the village’s first ten-thousand-yuan household. My new book, "Demon Hunting in 1979: 2.9kReads8.3Score196Shelves
27. 677 李 Chronicles of Li Daniu's Country Life 李大妞的农家生活纪事 Wandering Little Bottle流浪小瓶子Ancient Romance153k WordsCompleted She transmigrates to the countryside and becomes a village girl whose parents have both died. With a younger brother in tow, no money, and nowhere to live after being driven out of her home, she has to earn a living and outwit her eccentric relatives. Making use of whatever the mountains and rivers provide, Li Daniang makes ice jelly and pickles, then cooks crayfish and river snails. Later, she grows sugarcane and makes brown sugar. Not only does she keep their little family afloat and give her 16Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    The life depicted in this book is exactly like what I experienced in the countryside when I was a child. It's a farming novel, super engaging, and very story-driven. You won't find it boring at all.

28. 678 六 The Sixties: There's a Little Shop in My Mind 六零：脑海中有间小卖铺 Ah Hei Isn't White阿黑不白Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Period setting + pocket space + convenience store + family life + leisurely living + hunting + engineer] Li Xuewen transmigrates to the 1960s, where he faces a shortage of clothes, food, and supplies. Luckily, there's a magical little convenience store in his mind, stocked with everything: food, supplies, knowledge... If he can think of it, the store has it. With this magical little store, Li Xuewen's life goes swimmingly... 13.5kReads8.2Score950Shelves
29. 679 年 Period: 1960, Finding Fortune in the Mountains 年代：1960，靠赶山财富自由 Not a Tomato不是西红柿Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Zhang Hanshui transmigrates to the foot of Changbai Mountain in the 1960s. In an era of famine and shortages, food is hard to buy even if you have money, but if you have food, you’re absolutely number one. With food in hand, you can have anything. He has a pocket dimension, and after inheriting the Medical Canon, he also knows medicine. He barters, forages for wild vegetables in the mountains, picks mushrooms, catches fish and shrimp in the river, digs up century-old ginseng, hunts, farms, lives 8.4kReads8.3Score531Shelves
30. 680 重 Reborn in 1979: Hunting in the Mountains and Marrying an Educated Youth 重生1979，赶山狩猎娶知青 Pray for Rain During Military Training军训求雨Urban474k WordsOngoing Good news: I’ve been reborn! Bad news: My family is so poor that all we have left is a pair of underwear... Zhang Weidong sets his sights on the treasure-filled Changbai Mountains. Hunting in the mountains, becoming a ten-thousand-yuan household, then marrying a beautiful educated youth... And letting life slow down... 143Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: Li Ze is reborn and recalls the past. His father made a fortune digging wild ginseng. Scammed out of his bride price, his family fell into poverty. In the dead of night, he reflected on his actions and was applauded. 🌿🌿Reborn today, he understands right and wrong. If not now, when? In the forests of Northeast China in the 1980s, treasures await discovery. 🐅🐅Wild game is rare elsewhere; the opportunity to make a fortune is fleeting. While others go into business, he goes into the mountains. He doesn't envy those seeking urban residency. Rural residency is desirable, but Li Ze's fists are as hard as iron. 🌈🌈

31. 681 1 1986: Old Tales from Northeast China 1986：东北旧事 Half a Cup of Strong Tea半盏粗茶Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Chen Tiezhu, a top surgeon at the provincial hospital, is reborn in a small mountain village in Northeast China in 1986. Everything is so unfamiliar, so new. Hunting in the mountains, catching shrimp in the river, and dividing the land under the household responsibility system. A stick to knock down roe deer, a gourd to scoop up fish, pheasants flying right into the cooking pot. Long-buried memories slowly unfold before him... 1.6kReads8.5Score113Shelves
32. 682 农 The Farmer's Little Lucky Carp: I Fell in Love with a Fool 农门小锦鲤：我和傻子谈恋爱了 Like Green Smoke本若青烟Ancient Romance228k WordsCompleted [Pure farming + food] In her previous life, Lin Yue died young without even getting the chance to fall in love. In this life, she was given a handsome husband from the start. He was a little dim-witted... but! She was a beauty fanatic, after all. Why turn down a good thing? In her previous life, she was terribly unlucky. In this one, she’s a lucky little koi fish. She thrives in business, earns more and more money, and enjoys a better life every day. Her sisters-in-law become her best friends, h 10Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    Mushroom picking, delicious food, self-sufficiency, no exceptional items.

33. 683 靠 Live Off the Mountains: Reborn in the 80s, I Keep a Low Profile in the Mountain Village 靠山吃山，重生80后我苟在山村 Wind Blows on the Iron Tree风吹铁树Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Li Qingyun's grandmother drugged him and stuffed him into a haystack, all to ruin his reputation so his cousin could take his place in the army. The result was his utter disgrace, the destruction of his family, and the loss of everything! This time, he is reborn in the haystack. He knows what is about to happen there. His eyes turn red… 12.6kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
34. 684 穿 An Ordinary Road to Wealth After Transmigrating to Ancient Times 穿越古代的平凡致富之路 Chosen One23天选23Ancient Romance612k WordsCompleted I've endured more than enough hardship in the modern world, but Beichen has never bowed his head, no matter how difficult things got. His parents' deaths became the final blow that crushed him. One sudden transmigration, and who knows whether it's a blessing or a curse? Either way, all he can do is keep living! An ordinary, down-to-earth little life in a farmhouse courtyard. Maybe he'll cultivate immortality, maybe he won't. That's the initial idea, at least. Without readers, everything is just 188Reads—Score—Shelves
35. 685 三 A Mom of Three Transmigrates With Her Bathroom 三胎宝妈带着厕所穿越了 Graceful Beyond the Clouds云外亭亭Ancient Romance215k WordsOngoing Zhao Wanwan, a mother of three, transmigrates to the Xia Dynasty as a peasant girl and is furious. Other people transmigrate with a golden finger: all kinds of Systems, pocket dimensions, spiritual springs... She, on the other hand, comes with a whole portable toilet. This is just absurd. From the start, she’s fleeing famine, separated from her family, and robbed. With no other choice, she makes do, farming while searching for relatives and old friends. After finally finding her family, she over —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Growing garlic sprouts, making preserved plum watermelon seeds, spiced peanuts, maltose, etc.

36. 686 哭 The Tearful Young Husband Reforms the Landlord’s Little Brat 哭唧唧小夫郎改造地主家小恶霸 Chosen One23天选23Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted A young man fleeing famine transmigrates to a mountain village in another world, where men far outnumber women and there are no husbands at all. Every household hopes to have a boy who can become a spouse, since they are the most likely to awaken special abilities. The village is short on plants, and almost nothing will grow. People can only trade other goods at designated places for dry vegetables, rice, and the like. Then a beautiful young husband, as captivating as a demon, suddenly drops fro 38Reads—Score—Shelves
37. 687 从 Immortality from the Primitive Age 从原始社会开始永生不死 Luo Kai, Who Loves Mo-Style Braised Pork爱吃莫氏红烧肉的罗凯Historical1.5M WordsOngoing “What do you mean I transmigrated the moment I got off the bus?” Shen Ming stared at the desert before him, lost in thought. “And what do you mean I can’t die?” Shen Ming stabbed himself in the throat with a small knife and came away unharmed. He decided to find a way to improve his quality of life. What’s done is done. First, let’s find something to eat. Starting in the primitive era, he develops civilization on this alien planet. From wilderness to agriculture, from savagery to civilization, f 8.8kReads8.0Score611Shelves

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    I recommend this book to you.

38. 688 与 A Cozy Farming Life with a Mountain Man 与山里汉的温馨种田日常 Job's Tears and Pumpkin薏米与南瓜Ancient Romance208k WordsCompleted Xia Xing and the child transmigrated together into a remote mountain wilderness. They dug up wild vegetables, lived in caves, hunted, caught fish, and picked mushrooms. Just when Xia Xing thought they would spend their whole lives in this desolate place, they met him. In this fictional dynasty, wars had raged year after year, and now the realm had fallen into chaos. The male lead fled with his people into the vast valley where Xia Xing lived. From then on, they enjoyed a peaceful country life, r 219Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Farming, hunting. A peaceful and uneventful life.

39. 689 乡 The Village Midwife 乡村妇医 Beneath the Flowers and Moon花前月下Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Countryside + miraculous doctor + building a fortune] Zhao Xiaofan was once bright, but after his parents died in an accident, grief and a high fever damaged his mind, turning him into the village idiot of Taoyuan Village. Seeing how pitiful he was, Li Xiuni took him in, and the two depended on each other. One day, the village bully got drunk and tried to assault a widow. Zhao Xiaofan risked his life to save her, but the bully beat him to death and threw him off a cliff. By a twist of fate, Zha 719Reads9.0Score116Shelves

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    Dirt roads transformed into asphalt, dilapidated houses upgraded into rural mansions, full 5G signal coexisting with peach blossoms covering the mountains—the collision of traditional rural life and modern infrastructure offers a refreshing, novel, and exciting experience.

40. 690 重 Reborn: I Open a Farmhouse Restaurant and Support My Husband 重生之我在农家开饭馆养夫郎 Chicken Wings That Love Spicy Hot Pot爱吃麻辣香锅的鸡翅Two Male Leads355k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Food + Homesteading + Rebirth + Career + Raising a Child + Cozy Daily Life] Tian Ye had just competed in a culinary competition when an accident took his life. But he was unexpectedly reborn in an ancient village, with a husband and son waiting for him. Seeing how thin and pitiful the father and son looked, Tian Ye took on the responsibility of providing for his family. Fortunately, he had mastered the culinary arts. Let's see how he transmigrates to another world, uses food to 7Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    The male lead transmigrates, and the story revolves around a young man and his wife's farming and food-themed adventures. The couple enjoys activities like mushroom picking and chestnut gathering, and the story is heartwarming, sweet, and very heartwarming and enjoyable.

41. 691 荒 Hunter in a Year of Famine: I Stockpile Grain and Become King by Killing a Tyrant 荒年猎户：从杀恶霸开始屯粮称王 At First, I Didn't Understand the Meaning of the Book初读不知书中意Historical244k WordsCompleted Hunter + farming + conquest + stockpile grain and bide your time before claiming the throne After transmigrating into a year of famine, Su An had barely opened his eyes when his own father nearly killed him. His dad thought he was possessed by a ghost! “Since I’m here, I’d better survive first!” A bully killed his original body to take the village beauty? He raised a crossbow to the bully’s forehead, and the man didn’t dare make another peep. Freezing in the bitter night? He spent the night repa 697Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Farming, hunting, no cheat codes.

42. 692 乱 A Million Armored Men in Troubled Times, and You Call Them Beggars Scrounging for Food? 乱世带甲百万，你说是流民乞食 At First, I Didn't Understand the Meaning of the Book初读不知书中意Historical162k WordsCompleted [War + passion + history + anti-cliché + no System] Qin Tian, a university graduate, transmigrates into a vagrant in a land torn apart by war. From the start, he’s fighting a wild dog over half a piece of bread. No System, no golden finger, and he can’t even understand what people are saying! Bandits want to sell him, soldiers want to arrest him, and the city is full of starving corpses and danger at every turn. While others endure humiliation, he grabs a shard of pottery and fights back; while 89Reads—Score—Shelves
43. 693 流 After Her Exile, She Takes Down the Villains and Leads Her Family to Fortune 流放后，她干翻极品带全家暴富了 Blue Snow Pear Blossom蓝雪梨花Ancient Romance688k WordsCompleted She was born into a concubine branch of the family as its legitimate daughter, only to be sent into exile. Her father was a pushover, her mother was a pushover, her two older brothers were pushovers, and she was a pushover too! But from this day, from this moment on, the pushover's heart changed. No one could push her around anymore. Not only would she stop being a pushover, she would make sure her parents and brothers stopped being pushovers too! If they looked down on them for being born to co 1.7kReads9.0Score200Shelves

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    With a career, expectations, and a devoted husband who only has eyes for her, she is truly content. She can't wait to begin her new life! (The End)

44. 694 野 Field Notes from Village Life 野村生活手札 The Living Little Snail活着的小窝牛Ancient Romance157k WordsCompleted [Food + raising children + gathering + business + farming + fictional setting. A slow-paced rural life, with a female protagonist who has no golden finger and improves her life through her own wit and hard work. There is a romance, but it doesn’t get much attention. She isn’t love-struck, but clearheaded and independent.] Yang Sisi, a modern-day food lover, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of a seventeen-year-old girl of the same name in Shipozi. She discovers that the orig 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Slow-paced, with no obscure elements, it's all about picking mushrooms, gathering wild vegetables, fishing, and cooking – definitely worth watching.

45. 695 寒 The Tough Wife from a Poor Family: A Legendary Rise to Wealth 寒门悍妻：逆袭致富传奇 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted This is the legendary tale of Lin Weiwang, a modern CEO and master chef who transmigrates into the past as a bride sent to bring good fortune. With her intelligence and abilities, she leads her struggling family to turn their fortunes around despite their poverty, ultimately finding success in both her career and love. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    These three books—two food-themed farming novels and one food-themed palace intrigue novel—are all great! 👍

46. 696 寒 The Humble Origins Chef 寒门厨娘 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance359k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of the lowest-ranking palace maid in the Imperial Kitchen, A He only wants to slack off, lie flat, and survive to a ripe old age. But the head steward skimps on the palace rations with moldy rice, then serves spoiled food to the elderly maids. She quietly brings out the culinary skills she won in her previous life as “Little Master of Chinese Cuisine”: A dish of cabbage boiled in clear broth shocks the Imperial Food Bureau, while three spoonfuls of crab-stuf 54Reads6.1Score—Shelves
47. 697 农 The Farmer's Daughter Is Blessed, Sweet, and Beautiful 农家福女娇又美 When Clouds Warm, Flowers Bloom云暖花开Ancient Romance2.9M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Healing Peasant Girl] + [Beloved by the Whole Farming Family] + [Devoted Man] Fu Ning woke up as a young village woman who had been dumped by a scumbag. She had barely woken up before her wicked granny tried to sell her off, so she had no choice but to transmigrate and get married. At least her new husband was handsome and educated. But once she left her parents' home, she realized her new husband couldn't stand her at all!!! Fu Ning rolled her eyes at the sky. Fine, just don't regret 1.1kReads9.0Score148Shelves

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    These books all involve activities like mushroom picking, wood ear fungus gathering, herb gathering, and hunting in the mountains. 🌻✨ First book: To ensure her mentally challenged older brother and three younger brothers have enough to eat and wear, she works hard at farming. 🌻✨ Second book: Well, she wakes up to find herself a village girl dumped by a scumbag boyfriend. Then she's forcibly sold by her wicked grandmother, forcing her to transmigrate and marry. Farming. 🌻✨ Third book: Well, one second she's in a post-apocalyptic world, the next she's a little baby in an ancient farming family. Space. 🌻✨ Fourth book: The female protagonist has all sorts of modern items and uses her space to lead her family to wealth. 🌻✨ Fifth book: She transmigrates into the body of an ugly peasant woman who, while not a womanizer, gambles heavily. She initially wants to get rich and support a gigolo, but instead falls into one trap after another. 🌻✨ Sixth book: Well, this female protagonist initially goes to the mountains to gather herbs and hunt to earn food and support her family.

48. 698 周 Zhou's Food Shop 周记食肆 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance323k WordsCompleted When Zhou Youwei opens her eyes, she faces utter poverty, a sick mother, and a younger brother still too young to fend for himself. She has no foresight from being a transmigrator and no cheat like a magical spring realm. All she has are the heavy responsibilities resting on her fourteen-year-old shoulders, along with a local’s keen appreciation for food and an unwavering dedication to it. The river crabs everyone else scorns become “crab roe butter,” worth its weight in gold, in her hands; Ord 2Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 699 农 The Sweetest Little Darling from a Farming Family 农家崽崽是个小甜宝 Chai Bao柴宝Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Historical Fantasy Writing Contest] One moment, Zhao Xiangyou was fighting zombies in the apocalypse. The next, she had become a baby girl in an ancient farming family, with dozens of embroidery needles hidden inside her body. She spent three years exhausting her powers to remove the needles, only to be pushed down a hillside and nearly die! In her despair, a little wolf cub carried Zhao Xiangyou home. The cub, Qin Shaoan, was considered a jinx by the villagers. Anyone who got too close to him 6.6kReads9.3Score957Shelves
50. 700 穿 I Transmigrate to Ancient Times with a Life Not Worth a Dime 穿越古代烂命一条 Just Having a Couple of Drinks没事喝两口Historical319k WordsCompleted If you don't like it, don't force yourself. Just pick another book. No nitpickers or self-righteous do-gooders. I've heard enough stories about goody-goodies and don't want to hear any more. I want to try writing one myself. This is my first time writing a novel, so I hope you'll support me and give it a chance. 2.5kReads6.6Score169Shelves

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