Low-Key Farming Stories Without Showing Off or Face-Slapping 不装逼打脸，低调的种田

1. 1 小 The Little Landowner Takes a Husband 小地主娶夫婿 Yu Ai Ershun Yuke渝爱二顺渝可Ancient Romance4.5M WordsCompleted The Zhao family had a hundred mu of good farmland and one beloved daughter, Zhao Xuanxuan. Their clan relatives were like wolves and tigers, eyeing the family fortune and waiting to seize it once the household was left without an heir. Zhao Xuanxuan had to protect her family's wealth, and was forced to take the only path left: find a live-in son-in-law! But her relatives obstructed her at every turn. Every promising match Zhao Xuanxuan carefully chose was ruined in the end. Her betrothed was eit 3.7kReads8.9Score410Shelves

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   Quietly cultivating the land, growing slowly

2. 2 冷 The Handsome Husband of the Stone-Faced Hunter 冷面猎户家的俏夫郎 Catch a Strawberry拦住一颗草莓Two Male Leads651k WordsCompleted The rating has just come in. [Two male leads + farming + devoted couple + fictional ancient setting + natives of the world + sweet romance + food] Gu Zheng, the hunter from Xinghua Village, is famous for being cold and aloof. People say he lost his parents when he was young and still carries a place in his heart for his fiancée, who died early. He’s probably destined to remain a bachelor for the rest of his life. Then, one spring, he found a dusty little sparrow at Gongshan Shrine. Su Qiao was a 1.4kReads8.4Score126Shelves

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   A simple, everyday life of a native farmer, filled with sweet and heartwarming moments.

3. 3 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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   Farming novel, two male protagonists, no time travel, no cheat codes, no system.

4. 4 糙 The Rough-Hewn Man’s Sweet Little Husband 糙汉的乖仔小夫郎 Joy Knows No Joy乐不知乐Two Male Leads435k WordsCompleted [Both leads are devoted only to each other] [No golden finger, no pocket dimension, just everyday family life. Come on in, ladies and gentlemen!] Shen Xia was sold off by his own family, to the poorest household in the poorest village. Tian Zhuchuan bought himself a little husband, a rather feisty and willful one who barely reached his chest. The poor little husband was doted on by his new family, but they couldn't just go on living like this forever. They had to find a way to make money. So the 1.1kReads8.9Score108Shelves
5. 5 猎 The Hunter's Sweet, Handsome Husband 猎户家的乖乖夫郎好貌美 Listening to the Falling Rain听落雨Two Male Leads466k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + farming-life story] Watch two husbands build a happy, prosperous life together. On the winter solstice, his stepmother sends Hemiao out to gather firewood. He gets lost in the mountains and happens to meet Lu Xing'an, a hunter who has also lost his way. So the young man and the hunter spend the night warming themselves by a fire in a ruined mountain hut. Word of it soon spreads through the village. Hemiao's stepmother never wanted him around in the first place. So she seizes th 7kReads9.3Score790Shelves
6. 6 深 A Hunter’s Home in the Deep Mountains: His Spunky Little Wife Has a Pocket Dimension 深山猎户家：空间小媳火辣辣 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance318k WordsCompleted [Transmigration in person + pocket dimension + rugged hunter + sweet farming romance + wholesome relationship] She takes a bath and ends up in the arms of a rugged man in ancient times... Mmm, what a great physique. Time to flirt! Flirt for all she's worth! 13.1kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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   Sweet and heartwarming farming life, enjoy your own life.

7. 7 被 The Butcher Hated by the Whole Village Spoils Me Rotten 被全村嫌弃的屠户，把我宠上天 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance217k WordsCompleted Transmigrated orphan girl vs. burly butcher, a striking size difference, an instinctive attraction, mutual flirtation, a pocket dimension, and a journey to wealth. Su Nian: I thought this was just something I had to do, but I never expected to be paired with such a top-notch man. Zhou Ye: Why does my whole body heat up whenever I see her!? 1.9kReads—Score274Shelves

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   Sweet and heartwarming farming story, no awful characters, everyday family life, and the path to wealth.

8. 8 饿 After I Fainted from Hunger, the Cold-Faced Hunter Took Me Home 饿晕后，被冷面猎户捡回家 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance247k WordsCompleted No space, no System, no transmigration into another person's body. Both are virgins. Farming and living a simple, peaceful life. She transmigrates to a poor mountain village and from the start faints from hunger beneath a wild persimmon tree, without any of the usual transmigration perks. Facing a hell-mode start, she works hard to stand on her own: farming, gathering mushrooms, and picking up a hunter along the way to marry. 2kReads6.6Score201Shelves
9. 9 月 A Full Moon Turns Me into a White Rabbit, and I Bring Luck to a Doomed Man 月圆化白兔，天煞衰男靠我转运 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance176k WordsCompleted Historical farming romance, sweet love, family darling, fantasy, healing, hunter. Xiao Xiaotu was born with a strange yin-affliction. On the fifteenth of every month, her heart burns with pain and she turns into a white rabbit. Lu Ji, a jinx shunned by the whole village and plagued by bad luck, is the only cure for her. And he, plagued by misfortune, finds that everything goes smoothly only when he is near Xiaotu. On one mountain, the two of them become each other's source of peace and good fort 30Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrate and Fight First, Then Find a Lovesick Man to Marry 穿越就开打，找个痴汉嫁 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance252k WordsCompleted After dying, I transmigrate straight into an ancient family that favors sons over daughters, where I'm supposed to marry a violent man. From the start, I fight back, then find a way to cut ties with my birth family and begin a new life in ancient times with my space and spirit spring. 1.9kReads8.1Score163Shelves
11. 11 穿 Transmigrating to Farm: I Became a Landlord in Ancient Times 穿越种田：我在古代当地主 Zi Mu Fang Hua梓木芳华Ancient Romance705k WordsCompleted He Li, a junior real estate agent in the modern world, worked for years to buy a car and a house. Then an accident sent her transmigrating to a new world, where her new home is bare as a cupboard, her elder brother is frail, and her mother is a widow. At least her family is close-knit and loving. With no golden finger, no protagonist’s destiny, and no incredible luck, she can only work hard, one step at a time, and ultimately turn her fortunes around. She’ll make her dream of becoming a great la 1.7kReads9.1Score157Shelves

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    It's a great read, a female-centric story where the male lead only appears by chance. This transmigration farming novel has no cheat codes or spatial abilities, and prices aren't outrageous. The female lead leads her family to wealth step by step, without any difficult relatives. The family is united and progresses together towards prosperity.

12. 12 四 Joy All Year Round 四季常欢 Wild Dreams Year After Year狂想年年Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted Chang Huan transmigrated. Before transmigrating, she had been an ordinary office drone in the modern world, living a peaceful, uneventful life. But she never expected the apocalypse to arrive out of nowhere and shatter her quiet existence. Though she had a plant-based ability, it was pretty useless in the early stages, and life in the apocalypse was far from easy. Whenever she went out to search for supplies, she had to stay on guard against zombie hordes and watch out for betrayal by her compan 854Reads8.1Score109Shelves

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    It's a simple and heartwarming story, without any royal or aristocratic elements or frequent face-slapping plots. The female lead is a time traveler, and the male lead is a native. Together, they strive to become wealthy. The writing style leans towards slice-of-life, featuring delicious food, raising children, and the main characters are all people trying to live their simple lives well.

13. 13 糙 The Rugged Man's Beautiful Young Husband 糙汉子的貌美小夫郎 Listening to the Falling Rain听落雨Two Male Leads470k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, lighthearted slice-of-life farming, guaranteed sweetness, both are each other's first and only, with a child!] When he had nowhere else to turn, Su Yunjin married the country man Yang Chuan for a reason of his own. At first, he was anxious and uneasy. Yang Chuan knew Su Yunjin had used a little trick, but didn't care at all. He thought, Whatever his reason, now that he's married into the Yang family, he's mine. I'll cherish him, love him, and respect him. Su Yunjin used to feel 9.2kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    These are all simple and heartwarming farming novels, telling the story of the protagonist's family working together as one (the whole village working together to resist natural disasters), and the everyday life of chickens and dogs in the village, which is like a gentle stream nourishing the heart.

14. 14 青 A Cottage Amid the Green Hills 青山可结庐 Zeng Pig Milk Tea曾猪奶茶Ancient Romance297k WordsCompleted The rating is low because this novel just came out, dears. The tags are wrong: it's historical romance and farming. In the first year of Tianyuan, something extraordinary happened in Lijiazhuang, a small village under Fengshui Township. The family of Li Zhijin was actually asking for the hand of Xu Lansi, the second daughter of the neighboring Xujiacun. The Xu family had two daughters, but the elder, Xu Jinxiu, was the real beauty, both talented and lovely, with suitors coming one after another. 3.1kReads8.9Score336Shelves
15. 15 那 That Village, Those People, That Fool 那村那人那傻瓜 Lucky Treasure福宝Ancient Romance174k WordsCompleted One field, one home, and two people: a simple life shared for a long time is what really matters! A hardworking, kindhearted country girl vs. a devoted, doting husband who treats her like a loyal puppy. A warm and simple story of everyday family life! This story takes place in a small village. Hehua, the eldest daughter of the Li family in the west of the village, married Changsheng, who lived in the east... Changsheng never spoke to anyone and couldn't recognize his neighbors. He didn't even kn 31.6kReads9.6Score3.7kShelves
16. 16 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 85.9kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves
17. 17 吧 One Little Kiss, and the Rugged Man Goes Wild, Sweet-Talking Me into Coming Home 吧唧亲一口，糙汉疯了诱哄我回家 Little Bun小面包Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A story about poverty alleviation, perfect for readers interested in civil service exams and public-sector jobs! [Energetic sweet girl & rugged man who’s crazy about sugar] [Transmigration + Farming + Substitute Marriage + Making a Fortune + Pocket Space + Rural Revitalization] She spends her very first day in another world getting married, and her rugged husband is studying an illustrated manual right in front of her?! What a wild start. Lin Baochu says, “I can’t take this. I really can’t!” A s 4.2kReads8.5Score407Shelves

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    A group portrait of daily life in farming! The female protagonist transmigrates to a lawless exile county. She leads the literate people in the county to reorganize household registration, fight poverty, solve poverty village by village, farm, raise shrimp, and get rich, shocking the court and the public!

18. 18 异 Busy Farming in Another World: Pick Me Up, I Can Still Farm 异世种田忙：扶我起来我还能种 It's Dayuanzi是大元子啊Sci-Fi & Apocalypse510k WordsCompleted [No romance! Fictional setting! Living alone in the mountains + pocket dimension + adorable pets + mild natural disasters] [Content warning: No male lead! No kids to raise! A laid-back farming story!] Suihe survived the apocalypse with her pocket dimension, only to die after getting a vaccine shot. Her soul transmigrated into the body of a young girl in another world. Living alone in the mountains, she gathered supplies, organized and stockpiled them, and braved the winter with her adorable pets 5.4kReads9.1Score517Shelves

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    Book 1: No romance, farming in the mountains, with a spatial ability, cute pets, no male lead, no children, no awful characters. Even if there are bad guys, the female lead quickly resolves them. A simple farming story; the female lead is intelligent and capable. Book 2: A simple and heartwarming farming story, no awful characters, no royalty. The male lead is a gentle village teacher. The female lead always makes him blush. It's very good, but too short.

19. 19 跛 The Gentle Wife of the Lame Young Scholar 跛腿小秀才的温柔妻 Still So Sleepy还是困啊Ancient Romance100k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book, Low-Key, Cozy Farming Story, No Golden Finger, Simple Everyday Life, Short Novel of 100,000 Words] * Lan Ruo transmigrates into a book and becomes a young scholar’s wife. The young scholar is injured in an accidental fall and becomes lame. He’s terribly shy and blushes whenever she teases him. She can’t help herself, always wanting to tease him and watch him turn red with embarrassment. Content warning: The pace is fairly quick because this is a short novel. 3.4kReads8.9Score294Shelves
20. 20 花 When the Flowers Bloom 花若盛开 In an Old Friend's Heart故人心上Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Farming + Business + Food + Growth-Oriented Career-Driven Female Lead + Growth-Oriented Male Lead + Not a Goody-Two-Shoes + One-on-One Romance] She transmigrates into the twelve-year-old granddaughter of a rural scholar. Her grandmother is long dead, her parents have vanished without a trace, and her grandfather has just died. To escape the unreasonable harassment of unscrupulous clan members, she leaves her hometown with her seven-year- 13.6kReads8.7Score1.7kShelves

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    This is a well-written time-travel business and administration novel. There are no overly powerful plot devices; everyone grows and improves step by step. Nothing in life, marriage, or work can be achieved overnight. Only when the right people work together, learn from each other, are considerate, support each other, and strive for mutual growth can they all improve together.

21. 21 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 3.5kReads8.6Score262Shelves

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    No special abilities, no cheat codes, just earning money through hard work—it's quite funny, you should check it out! [Smirk]

22. 22 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

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    Low-key farming, these are all [heart emojis].

23. 23 流 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Xia Zhizi夏栀子Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 9.5kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
24. 24 篱 South Mountain Beyond the Garden Fence 篱笆院里见南山 Qian Jin na千谨naAncient Romance432k WordsCompleted This is at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, in a cottage behind a bamboo fence. Li Zhu is a refugee who fled from who knows where. Her clothes are tattered, her face is gaunt and yellow, and her hair is cropped to her ears. When she first arrives in Nanshan Village, the villagers think she's a man who doesn't know any better. Who else would cut their hair so short? It shows no respect for one's parents. Li Zhu says her husband's family cast her out. She was a second wife, and after her husband's d 713Reads7.6Score109Shelves
25. 25 八 An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂，雪域高原种菜忙 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte 2.7kReads9.0Score220Shelves
26. 26 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. 968Reads6.9Score—Shelves
27. 27 茶 Every Day Is a Fine Day at the Tea Garden 茶园日日是好时 Miss Potato洋芋女士Modern Romance328k WordsCompleted Su Nian is already 30. After struggling her way to a sales representative position at a major company, she earns a million yuan a year and appears to outsiders to be a glamorous city woman. In the sweltering summer heat of Shanghai, the greater pressure that comes with her promotion leads to a conflict with headquarters. She resigns, swiftly completes the paperwork and handover, then returns to Chayuan Village with her two cats. Her hometown is a place she remembers from when she was very litt 984Reads8.4Score119Shelves
28. 28 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 557Reads9.3Score105Shelves
29. 29 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
30. 30 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 73.4kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves
31. 31 乔 Qiao Ge’er’s Farming Life 乔哥儿种田 Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted A gentle, everyday warmth that soothes the heart. [Full-cast audio drama now available. It's great, so go listen!] [Devoted couple + husband doting + cooking and farming + building wealth + healing daily life + slow-burn romance] One day, Qiao Yu transmigrates into the body of Qiao Yu, a male consort, and his stepmother knocks him unconscious with a stick and marries him off to a fierce hunter who supposedly brings death to his wives! He spent thirty years in his previous life without even havin 10.3kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    It's a heartwarming story, without any backstabbing or cutthroat competition, a simple life where you can climb to the top. There's no scheming or drama involved.

32. 32 从 Starting from Scratch in a Primitive Tribe 从零开始穿越原始部落 The Cannon Fodder Has No Memories炮灰没有回忆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Note: A versatile, strong heroine with extensive knowledge and practical skills + no romance + early story focused on building up a primitive tribe. When Han Zhi wakes up, she finds herself in a primitive matriarchal society. She eats sour, bitter wild fruit, drinks icy stream water, and lives in a dark, damp cave. She doesn't even have clothes to cover herself! Han Zhi weeps into the wind. “Is this any way for a person to live?” Other people transmigrate with pocket dimensions or Systems, s 56.1kReads8.9Score5.7kShelves
33. 33 你 You Retired Too? What a Coincidence, So Did I! 你也退休了？好巧，我也是！ Qian Jin na千谨naAncient Romance340k WordsCompleted [Romance included; historical romance; there may or may not be awful relatives (I haven’t written any before, so I’m still working them out)] Xie Yu was an ordinary palace maid who became an ordinary female official. She longed to leave the palace, and at last her dream came true. With the savings she’d earned during ten years of palace work and her battered old bundle on her back, she returned to the hometown she’d been away from for so long. Her dream was to build a little home, open a small s 1.2kReads8.8Score106Shelves
34. 34 解 Returning to Farm Life to Dote on My Childhood Sweetheart 解甲归田独宠竹马小夫郎 Dreaming of Ease梦安闲Two Male Leads560k WordsCompleted [Farming story + two male leads + sweet childhood friends romance + gentle and gradual + slow-paced story about natives] Three meals a day, four seasons of peace and joy. Song Jia looked up at Lu Ning, working nearby. The bamboo shed kept the sun out. Inside, Lu Ning was shaving a piece of wood, sending shavings fluttering onto his hands and legs. A breeze brought a hint of coolness. The sky screen was deep blue, with a few white clouds drifting past now and then. A puppy slept nearby, snoring, 3.3kReads9.1Score374Shelves
35. 35 猎 The Simpleminded Husband of a Hunter's Family 猎户家的憨子夫郎 Lu Anmu陆安沐Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigration + sweet romance + farming + everyday family life. The gong transmigrates, has special abilities, and there are kids! Our adorable little ge’er is a sweet, lovable airhead and will not recover! Check whether this hits any of your squicks.] Since I couldn’t continue the story as a single volume, it has three volumes in total: Volume One: Shen Lin and Qing Yun Volume Two: Modern Apocalypse Volume Three: Son Yanqi You can read them as separate arcs; the details are o 8.5kReads9.4Score912Shelves

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    "The Hunter's Silly Little Wife": Song Qingyun's life is full of hardships. After his grandmother's death, he becomes simple-minded and his life is miserable. Unexpectedly, he is bought by Hunter Lu and begins a farming life. Hunter Lu may seem cold and aloof, but he dotes on Song Qingyun, buying him whatever he wants. The story unfolds with a warm and slow-paced life, kind neighbors, sweet interactions between the two male leads, and a fast-paced, engaging plot, offering a lighthearted and heartwarming tale of rural life.

36. 36 农 The Farmer’s Daughter: Leading the Whole Family to Prosperity 农门娇女：带着全家奔小康 Fat Cat on the Night Prowl肥猫夜行Ancient Romance524k WordsCompleted [Farming + food + mutual affection + cozy] After being reborn, Tian Jiaojiao found herself in an unfamiliar era. They were weak and poor, so she would lead her family to prosperity and a comfortable life. The whole family would work together to make a little money! With wealth and good fortune, romance was on the way too~ 77Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    The first book is really good. It's a farming novel where the female protagonist works hard to earn money and lead her family to wealth. The life is relatively peaceful. Those who like farming novels should check it out 👀 No system.

37. 37 农 A Country Girl's Journey to a Moderately Prosperous Life 农女的小康生活奋斗记 Zone Out for 1 Second放空1秒Ancient Romance297k WordsOngoing A simple, down-to-earth farming story, with no pocket dimension, no golden finger, and no spoiled villains. She somehow finds herself in an ancient village, but at least her family is kind and reasonable. Since she's here, she may as well make the best of it. Unable to return home, she can only gradually improve her living conditions and work hard for a better life. 797Reads6.7Score—Shelves
38. 38 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 808Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    No romance, farming novel. My first book just came out. It's about farming, picking mushrooms, gathering herbs, gathering wild vegetables, cooking, doing business, running a farm, and also hilarious daily life of beating up awful relatives. It's really good, if you don't like it, come and hit me!

39. 39 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.6kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
40. 40 穿 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains: Farming, Foraging for Mushrooms, and Selling Herbal Jelly 穿越深山老林，种田捡菌卖冰粉 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Li Xia transmigrated to a remote mountain valley, where the family had barely a roof over their heads and went hungry every day. To make matters worse, the heavens refused to give her any golden finger at all. Raised under the red flag, she had never imagined hunger could feel so awful. She wanted food. A big bowl of rice. And plenty of meat, too. How could someone who knew nothing about farm work or crops achieve this “great ambition” in another world? 6.1kReads8.9Score522Shelves

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    🍒A slice-of-life farming story, no princes or anything like that. The female protagonist transmigrates to an ancient rural village where her family is destitute and she's always hungry. She doesn't even have any cheat codes [shocked]. Fortunately, there are plenty of wild vegetables and fruits on the mountain, so she picks mushrooms and sells them to make a living.

41. 41 悠 Peaceful Farm Life: Sweet Romance in a Traditional Role 悠然农家：男耕女织也很甜 Potato Head Who Loves Seafood爱吃海鲜的土豆脑袋Ancient Romance259k WordsCompleted [Ancient farming + slow burn + hunting + growing crops + food + a tiny bit of coastal foraging + a low-key pocket dimension + the whole family working together toward a better future + no awful characters (I don't think they're awful, though some readers do)] Modern Chinese medicine practitioner Jiang Yuanman transmigrates to a small village at the foot of Cloudmist Mountain in the Great Xia Dynasty. The village is blessed with beautiful scenery and clear waters, friendly neighbors, and a close- 6.4kReads9.2Score525Shelves
42. 42 农 Eldest Daughter of a Farming Family: Fleeing Famine and Growing a Prosperous Life 农家长姐：逃荒种田过红火小日子 Yan Shu棪树Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A birthday cake turns Sun Lele from modern times into Zhou Taohua of the Great Yu Kingdom. To make sure her foolish older brother and three younger brothers have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear, she works hard at farming! But something seems off about this village. Aren’t they all being a little too nice to her? She has no parents, no golden finger, and no influential background. But she can have a fiancé: you teach, and I’ll farm. See how Zhou Taohua grows vegetables and grain and raises 8.3kReads9.3Score756Shelves
43. 43 灾 Famine Year! A Little Blessing Falls from the Sky Before the Whole Family Perishes! 灾年！全家团灭前，天降小福宝！ The Blooming Season Is Late花期迟迟Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted In a year of disaster, the young and old of Tai Family Village struggle to survive. The family of Sixth Uncle Tai is beset by one misfortune after another. Just as they’re about to be wiped out, their little darling, who has been foolish for three years, suddenly comes to her senses! From then on, they catch fish in a river without a single water plant in it! They hunt pheasants on a mountain stripped bare of leaves! In town, she stumbles upon good fortune; whenever she goes out, she meets benef 9.2kReads9.4Score1.3kShelves
44. 44 山 A Year-Round Farming Life in a Mountain Village: One Acre, One Village 山村种田一亩地一村人一年四季 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance677k WordsCompleted Farming + transmigration + slow burn + building wealth + everyday family life + no romance + no horrible relatives + beloved by her family + a wonderful grandma In Dahe Village, the rich live in blue-brick houses, while the poor live in mud-brick huts. The two groups never mix. After some children got into a scuffle, the Zhao family shoved Zhou Xiaoman down and injured the back of her head, then turned around and shamelessly denied it. When she woke up, she was still in the body of a ten-year-o 11.4kReads8.0Score1.3kShelves

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    I've been reading this book lately; it's about a large family farming in a mountain valley, and the everyday stories of how a village got rich.

45. 45 于 Yu Gui’s Little Everyday Life 于归的小日子 Peach Blossom Little One桃夭小小Ancient Romance680k WordsCompleted Yu Gui entered a blind marriage and was wed to a hunter. She thought she was in for a hard life, separated from her family, but unexpectedly, her husband doted on her like she was the most precious thing in the world. This is a sweet, gentle story about the ordinary rhythms of life in ancient times. Life is already hard, so let's not make it heartbreaking too. 2.3kReads8.2Score258Shelves

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    No showing off, no big shots, no cheat codes!!

46. 46 吾 Wherever My Heart Is at Peace, That Is Home 吾心安即吾乡 My Left Eyelid Keeps Twitching左眼皮跳啊跳Ancient Romance439k WordsCompleted A few acres of fields, a few children, and chickens, ducks, pigs, and cattle to call my own. -- “Could we go to your home in our next life?” “Are you silly? This is my home! You, the children, and everything else... This is the only place I call home.” 2kReads8.4Score117Shelves
47. 47 身 A Beautiful Farming Life in Another Body 身穿之美丽种田记 Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Ancient Romance817k WordsCompleted (No System, no golden finger, just an ordinary person with sound values) This isn’t a get-rich-quick wish-fulfillment story, nor is the heroine a lone beauty who needs no one. She has a grand vision for her family: one flower alone doesn’t make spring, but a hundred flowers in bloom fill the garden with spring. After taking part in a Hanfu event, Zhao Meili unexpectedly found herself in ancient times, where she was rescued by Guo Ping, a hunter. With no household registration, Zhao Meili couldn 2.4kReads8.9Score223Shelves

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    No cheat codes, no melodramatic plot twists, just relatable everyday life, the daily routine of ordinary people.

48. 48 穿 Transmigrated as a Rich Young Lady, I Enjoy Life While Working Hard 穿成富家小姐，边享受边奋斗 In an Old Friend's Heart故人心上Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + One-on-One Romance A cozy slice-of-life story about building a fortune Meng Nanxi goes from being a “triple-nothing” nobody with no home, no car, and no job to the wealthy daughter of an ancient-era merchant. She thinks she's hit the jackpot: goodbye, 996 workdays! Goodbye, taking the bus everywhere! Goodbye, that urban village rental where the plumbing springs a leak or gets clogged every other day! But before she can finish celebrating, 2kReads8.2Score198Shelves
49. 49 爹 Loved by Mom and Dad! A Happy Life in Ancient Times After Being Born There 爹疼娘爱！胎穿古代幸福生活 Apples Never Run Out苹果不会少Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The animated series The Great Xia Pearl Chronicle is here! [Fictional Setting + Ancient Times + Rural Farming + Infrastructure Building + Lighthearted and Healing + Everyday Family Life + No Romance + A Heart of Gold] A domineering CEO's... assistant dies of overwork and transmigrates to the small village of Songjiatai in the Great Xia Dynasty, becoming a little farm girl who rolls around in the mud. Her name is Song Daya. Having spent her previous life striving to be the best, Song D 8.9kReads9.0Score857Shelves

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    I've only read the first 200-odd chapters and haven't finished yet, but so far it's good. One person changes a family, and a family changes a whole group of people. The author's writing is excellent! [Laughs]

50. 50 大 The Mighty Goddess Conquers Ancient Times with Delicious Food 大力神女用美食闯古代 Green Goose青鹅Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted (Cozy farming, getting rich through food, family squabbles, System shop) They say that in Lengzhan Village there was a girl named Leng Yuan, born with tremendous strength, yet so foolish she didn't recognize her own relatives or know the difference between the five grains. “Hey, have you heard? That silly Leng girl has gotten better lately!” Everyone was astonished. “Wasn't she a fool for nearly ten years? How did she suddenly get better?” “Ah, I heard she saw blood and suddenly passed out. Whe 667Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    This book tells the story of an ordinary, impoverished family. After the female protagonist transmigrates into their world, the family works together to farm, raise livestock, set up stalls, and sell food to get rich.

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