Looking for Farming Novels: No Palace or Household Intrigue, and No Princes, Royals, or Powerful Male Leads 求种田文，不宫斗不宅斗，不遇王爷皇子大佬男主

1. 101 靠 I Became a Cultivation Master's Mentor by Growing Vegetables and Raising Fish 靠种菜养鱼我成了修仙大佬的师父 Great Tianpeng大天蓬Ancient Romance334k WordsOngoing Yang Sanyue transmigrates with a System to a world where immortals and mortals coexist. She is determined to become an outer disciple of the Qingshan Sect, but keeps hitting a wall because she has no spiritual roots. After being rejected for the 101st time, she finally gives up. She figures she can grow vegetables and raise fish in her village instead. A quiet, carefree life sounds pretty nice, too. Then one day, she discovers that the old man who keeps begging at her door is actually the former 25Reads7.7Score—14d adds
2. 102 逆 Defying Heaven's Cute Beast: The Peerless Demoness Rules the World 逆天萌兽：绝世妖女倾天下 First Day, Seeing the Moon初一见月Ancient Romance6.2M WordsCompleted [Print Edition of One Thought, Ashes Return to the Mountain: Preorders Open September 27 at 7 p.m.] Her own sister ripped out her phoenix bone, stole her talent, and tossed her into the Demon Rift like a dog! But against all odds, she survived and became the little demon girl cherished in the palms of the monsters living in the Demon Rift! The monsters of the Demon Rift: “Anyone who lays a hand on Niannian declares war on our entire demon clan!” She returns to the Five Continents, cuts down her 146.8kReads9.6Score18.9k14d adds
3. 103 小 A Family in a Little Village 小村人家 Fei Qing妃卿Ancient Romance283k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + No System + No Romance + Building a Career] When Li Yun wakes up, she is still Li Yun, but not quite the same Li Yun anymore. She has been reborn as Li Yunniang in Anyang Village. Her father dotes on her, her mother loves her, and her older brothers and sisters-in-law spoil her. She has plenty to eat and drink, but not a penny to her name. No matter. Let's see how Yunniang leads her family in farming and storing grain, then makes delicious food to sell at a stall. She builds wo 242Reads7.1Score—14d adds

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   A story about food and farming, starting a business at a street stall and gradually building wealth. No one has a noble status; they are all ordinary people in the village.

4. 104 皇 Ming Dynasty Natives Versus Transmigrators 皇明土著大战穿越众 Would You Dare Say Yes?叫你敢答应吗Historical3.7M WordsOngoing Current plot: A newcomer to officialdom enters the inner circle as a pawn, but refuses to settle for mediocrity and wants to break free of his constraints. By chance, he gets caught up in turmoil on the frontier, where three hundred battered soldiers rout thirty thousand northern invaders. Zheng Zhi, a household retainer of the Zhen Ding Guard under the Ming rear army's Governor's Office, dreams of himself sixty years in the future. From then on, the Ming Dynasty gains a peerless talent in both 170Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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   The Ming Dynasty is a growth-oriented entity.

5. 105 穿 Transmigrated as a Farmer’s Daughter, I Called Off the Engagement and Became an Imperial Merchant 穿成农家女，退亲后逆袭变皇商 Kui Yu葵屿Ancient Romance242k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + business and prosperity + mutual devotion] Jiang Yunhe, a skincare formula specialist, transmigrates into the body of a poor farmer’s orphan. Her father is dead, her stepmother has run off with the family’s money, and all she has left is her little brother. Before she’s even married, she realizes her betrothed scholar isn’t what he seems. She promptly breaks off the engagement. Whoever wants him can have him: she has money to make. Isn’t building a career much more —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This book has no princes or royalty; the female lead becomes wealthy through business, and the male lead is a scholar—a slow and steady relationship.

6. 106 糙 The Rugged Man Dotes on Her, and the Farm Girl Smiles from Ear to Ear 糙汉轻轻宠，农女笑弯了腰 Zijin Red Leaves子衿红叶Ancient Romance166k WordsOngoing Lin Yueqiu transmigrates, but not into royalty or nobility. She ends up as a lowly village girl, only to be told by her family that she’s to marry a butcher from the neighboring village. They say the butcher has two sons. The elder is ugly and fierce, while the younger is handsome and fair-skinned, and their parents’ favorite. With such absurd parents, Lin Yueqiu has no way out. She thought she was marrying the Jiang family’s second son, but it turns out she’s marrying the eldest! With eccentric —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This book is about daily life in a farming setting.

7. 107 咸 I Quietly Became the Whole Village’s Favorite While Farming as a Slacker 咸鱼种田的我默默成了全村团宠 Little Fish Bones鱼骨朵朵Ancient Romance180k WordsOngoing [Farming + cozy healing + family life + no magic storage space + doting romance + alternate world + food] Say no to overwork. Start with me. Jiang Jiaoniang, worked to death by modern-day rat race culture, transmigrates. She’s the unluckiest transmigrator of all: no magic storage space, no System, no magic spring. She can only rely on herself. That’s fine. She’s an all-around food blogger, after all. She can weave baskets and cook. Roll up her sleeves and get to work, and soon she’ll have money —Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This is a farming-themed novel. The male and female leads are of ordinary backgrounds. The story unfolds slowly in the beginning, and the female lead's greatest passions are making money and farming. There are no special abilities or advantages; the female lead relies entirely on herself. There aren't many truly exceptional characters either.

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