Looking for Farming, Retirement, and Infrastructure-Building Novels 求书种田养老基建小说

1 农 A Feisty Farm Wife Who Loves to Till the Land 农门辣妻喜耕田 Cola Chicken Wings可乐鸡翅Ancient Romance2.6M WordsCompleted A certain pampered tiger, born into luxury and lying low to escape trouble, crosses paths with Gu Wenyin, who transmigrates here and vows to overcome poverty, grow prosperous, and build a better life. The fierce tiger becomes a dog, and if anyone dares lay a hand on his little wife, he’ll bite them without hesitation! Little wife Gu Wenyin, when are you going to bite me?! 2.3kReads9.0Score265Shelves

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These are farming articles that I have read and thought were good...

5 我 I Made a Pact with a Fox, and the Cold-Hearted Iron Tree Insists on Blooming 我和狐狸画押，黑心铁树非要开花 Eighty Degrees八十度Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted [Both leads are faithful, lots of food, adorable pets, a sharp-tongued, scheming but decent CEO, and a heroine who isn't naive] Feng Ling gets a big villa with a spacious yard! She loves growing vegetables, having graduated from agricultural college, and there's more produce in her yard than she can eat. Even the strawberries and tomatoes come in all sorts of colors, pretty to look at and delicious to eat. She gets talked into buying a chatty parrot, then picks up a stray kitten on a rainy day. 169Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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Nowadays, I grow melons and vegetables. In the early days, I had one person, one bird, one cat, and one dog. There was a big house and a big yard, and there was a small farm not far from the house. The vegetables were grown at home, and the meat was freshly killed on the farm. A pot of big beef bones was simmered over firewood from morning to night, and the soup was fragrant and rich.

6 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- 10.4kReads8.7Score1.5kShelves

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A business article about farming, food, and business. It is a well-written time travel business administrative article. There is no golden finger. Everyone grows better and better step by step. Nothing in life, marriage, and work can be achieved overnight. Only the right people work hard to learn to get closer to each other, think about each other, support each other, and let themselves move up together with them.

8 天 Disaster Game: Leading All of Humanity to the Finish Line 天灾游戏：带领全人类活到最后 Qiao Qiao Pickled Vegetable Yu乔乔酸菜瑜Modern Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Irreverent disaster survival + hoarding supplies + goofy comedy + one-on-one romance with a male lead + food + settlement building] A game becomes reality. There are no zombies, only different disasters that arrive with the twenty-four solar terms. A polar night during Awakening of Insects, oxygen intoxication at the Spring Equinox, and somehow the Clear and Bright Festival and Grain Rain merge into thirty straight days of relentless rain. Unlucky Shu Lingyi and her lucky roommate are dropped 5.6kReads9.0Score612Shelves

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I feel like every update is not enough... Recommended star rating: 9

9 荒 In the Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark, but My System Fills My Storeroom with Meat 荒年全村啃树皮，我有系统满仓肉 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. 94kReads9.4Score12.1kShelves

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How could a book about infrastructure escape be missing these few books? The first book [Love] This is the first book that made me fall in love with farming. A single young woman transforms into a mother of four children. She has no CP and focuses on infrastructure construction and family development. She goes from caring for herself to benefiting the world. It's great. The second one [laughs] This one is really funny. What is it like to have a golden finger in the whole family? It's best when the family works together for a goal. This article is warm, natural and fast-paced. The rest are basically escaping infrastructure, and they are all pretty good.

14 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse455k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 13.9kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves

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This book is very consistent and highly recommended, a post-apocalyptic island farming article. It's ordinary, no top quality, no superpowers, just the heroine farming on an isolated island. Work hard every day for three meals a day. The heroine can make red wine, make salted peach meat, knit straw shoes, and carve wooden birds. The future will also be beautiful. The male protagonist changed from a boss to a handyman, helping her chop wood, carry water, and mend fishing nets, which was a pleasure.

15 穿 Transmigrating to Build an Ancient Paradise for the Elderly 穿越后打造古代养老圣地 Pan-Fried Mantou Cubes香煎馒头块Ancient Romance155k WordsCompleted [Farming + Everyday Life + Easygoing + Building Wealth + Infrastructure + No Male Lead] At long last, she’s retired, and her granddaughter has started elementary school. She’s ready to enjoy her golden years, but then she gets caught in a shipwreck during a senior group tour and transmigrates to an ancient rural village with absolutely nothing. Looking at her hungry grandchildren and her gaunt son and daughter-in-law, she can’t help wondering: Why is it so hard to just enjoy a peaceful retiremen 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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These are novels about farming and pension infrastructure. ① Farming + getting rich + infrastructure, no male protagonist; ② Farming and retirement story; ③ The female protagonist has space and can pass on from generation to generation; ④ Farming and retirement, 1v1

19 进 After Moving to the City to Farm, Every Powerful Tycoon Wants Me as Their Master 进城种地后豪门权贵都想拜我为师 Cat Who Loves Houttuynia折耳根的猫Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Everyone’s Favorite] Jiang Mengyun is a young woman who absolutely loves farming. From the countryside to the city, from luxurious mansions to mysterious research bases, there’s no patch of land she can’t turn into a field! Mansion owner: My multimillion-dollar mansion! It’s covered in loofah vines! School administrator: My rooftop garden! It’s full of giant radishes! Senior from her sect: My medicinal herb garden! I have to search through cabbages to find the herbs! Lu Jingyua 12.1kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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It is a modern food novel that I have reread many times. The heroine is very powerful and beautiful. She loves growing vegetables and cooking. She inspired the owners of an entire community to grow vegetables. The descriptions of the food are very detailed. I made me hungry when I read it. I couldn't stop watching Jimei. It's super beautiful.

20 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 5.9kReads7.5Score397Shelves

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Develop spiritual fields, plant rice, and brew spiritual wine; establish workshops, open markets, and schools! No system, no heroine, just be honest. Infrastructure for farming, scientific cultivation of immortality. …

21 全 The Big Shots of the Entire Galaxy Are All My Children 全星际大佬都是我的崽 Nian Xiaoyu年小鱼Modern Romance315k WordsCompleted [No romance + raising kids + interstellar + max-level powerhouse] When the interstellar mermaid queen puts on her crown, she confesses on the Star Network: “The person I love most is my mom…” When the handsomest general in the stars becomes the supreme commander: “I’m so grateful to my mom…” The interstellar mecha designer, both bold and brilliant, bursts into tears upon receiving a coveted certificate: “Mom, thank you. I did it!” The number one potion maker in the stars turns to the camera w 903Reads9.1Score140Shelves

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Let's forget this [laughs and cries]

22 六 The Sixties: From Total Wimp to Neighborhood Watch Hero 六零：小趴菜秒变朝阳群众 The Chubby Guy Who Loves to Write爱写作的小胖Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (This story is entirely fictional and focuses on everyday life. The heroine is the type who fights back when challenged, while the hero is the fussy, meddling type. Writing isn’t easy, so please be kind. If you don’t like it, please don’t leave a bad review.) Shi Xi agreed to trade a year of her life with someone on a moment’s impulse of compassion, and nearly regretted it until she was sick. After finally making it back, her one wish was to avoid being sent to the countryside. To achieve that, 4.9kReads9.0Score417Shelves

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[Top post] Highly recommend these period novels

29 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 124.3kReads8.9Score25.8kShelves

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Infrastructure-related novels [Note] They are all in a primitive tribe. They must have started construction from scratch. The heroine was a child in time travel. She used modern knowledge to become a witch doctor. The patriarch is a strong woman. She watched the tribe go from not having enough food and clothing to being strong and slow. It's growing slowly, and it's really good to grow up. (I'm following the serialization of Lala. I really like this novel. I want to push for more updates here. Maybe the author can see [full] [full] [full] [full].)

30 穿 Reincarnated as an Ancient Maid, I Take the Young Master to Escape the Famine 穿成古代丫鬟带着小少爷去逃荒 Mango Lover爱芒果Ancient Romance307k WordsCompleted A slow-paced story, mainly about the heroine’s life in an imaginary dynasty. [Farming + no golden finger + imaginary dynasty + wilderness survival + not a self-sacrificing saint] The heroine transmigrates in the ordinary way, with no golden finger. She relies on the knowledge she gained in modern life to survive in the wilderness, and uses what she learned about staying alive in the apocalypse to avoid danger and seek advantage, doing her best to survive disasters and human calamities. Gu Qing s 164Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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In this book, you survive in the wilderness in the early stage, and escape to farm in the later stage. The heroine just wants to farm and retire, so that she can live a fulfilling life!

31 带 I Returned to the Modern World with a Secret Realm, and I Don’t Want to Work Hard Anymore 带着秘境回到现代，我不想努力了 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted This novel is also known as: Everyone Online Is Begging Me to Livestream Tong Ranhua transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent a hundred years there, only to die unexpectedly while exploring a secret realm. She returned to the modern world, bringing with her the cultivation world’s specialties: a secret realm and its spirit. On the very day her boyfriend cheated on her with the company president’s daughter and she was fired, Tong Ranhua, who had spent a hundred years grinding away in the 16.2kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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This is nice, you can take a look

32 穿 Transmigrated as a Spoiled Noblewoman, She Was Exiled to a Poor Mountain Village 穿成娇蛮贵女，她被发配到穷山沟 Heavenly Wind Gou v天风姤vAncient Romance483k WordsOngoing Zhao Liang died, and Zhao Liang woke up in another world. She had become the notorious, domineering, and utterly unhinged young lady of the capital. With a reputation in the capital so foul that no one could stand her, she had no choice but to obey her family and retire to the impoverished mountain village where her family originated. Zhao Liang: I’m leaving behind the backbreaking life I had in my previous life. I’m going to be a happy freeloader and lie flat in retirement! Long live lying flat 140Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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Farming + infrastructure, funny time travel stories, unbeatable and easy to decompress! The heroine took her thousands of tenants from poverty to the road of happiness! The heroine has no CP, no system, no space, and no golden fingers!!!

33 恶 A Tyrannical Mother-in-Law Takes Charge: Buy Us a House or Get Out 恶婆婆当家：逼买婚房不嫁就分 Mark Subia马克苏比亚Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A touch of ensemble cast + Family life + Raising kids + Secretly everyone's favorite + A wealthy woman's life] In the eyes of her peers, Zhou Hongyu was an oddball: she insisted on enjoying a life she hadn't earned, was arrogant and overbearing, and was always in a league of her own when it came to being unhinged. One day, she had a dream. After enjoying a lifetime of comfort, she'd have two sons and two daughters, yet end up homeless, living off whatever she could scavenge from the trash! Her 2.9kReads7.6Score200Shelves

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Era ➕ Farming ➕ Abusing scum ➕ Raising cubs Zhou Hongyu is the best in the eyes of her peers. She is arrogant and domineering, and her mental state is far ahead. It depends on how she does her job to enjoy the happiness. Lightning protection, the heroine is pure and top-notch, no whitewashing

34 最 I Turned the Poorest Border City into the Center of the World 最穷边城，被我砸成世界中心 Mr. Angry Bull愤怒的公牛先生Urban737k WordsOngoing Su Ye quits his job in Shenzhen after nearly working himself into a heart attack and returns to a remote desert town on the northwestern frontier, a place so barren even birds wouldn’t bother to shit there. He awakens a System: all thirty thousand townspeople give him 100 yuan each per day, earning him three million a day! The money can only be spent in town. The mayor is worried about attracting investment? Su Ye buys up an unfinished building and turns it into a full-immersion esports center. 575Reads—Score—Shelves

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This one seems to be in line with

35 逃 No Panic in a Famine Escape: My Special Spatial Powers Will Carry the Whole Village 逃难不慌，我有异能空间带飞全村 Qi Zhi栖栀Ancient Romance269k WordsCompleted [Farming + pocket dimension + supernatural powers + sweet romance + a warm family with no awful relatives] Cui Yuwan lived in the apocalypse and died after detonating her powers in a suicide blast that took the zombies down with her. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she had transmigrated to a dynasty that had never existed in history. It was a chaotic age of famine and war. She had barely transmigrated before the turmoil forced her to flee. Cui Yuwan felt that Heaven had treated her gene 120Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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Mainly farming

45 暖 Born into Warmth 暖暖而生 Sikong Zhiyu司空执与Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After an ordinary woman dies, she transmigrates to another world. She is no self-sacrificing heroine! No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger, and no awful relatives! There is a romantic pairing! This is a story of struggle built on her own experience and hard work, with farming and business management. The pace is unhurried, and life is slow. If that's not your cup of tea, please don't flame me! Any resemblance to other works is purely coincidental! 2.1kReads8.9Score144Shelves

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Farming, farming, no golden fingers

46 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 14.6kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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No golden fingers, just farm and breed in a down-to-earth manner

47 从 After Returning from the Immortal Realm, I Made a Fortune Through Farming 从仙界穿回来后我靠种田发家致富 Riding a Donkey and Lighting a Lamp骑驴点灯Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No spatial dimension, no System, a slight golden finger, spirit-spring farming, reclaiming the hills behind the house, cozy food and everyday life. There is a couple, but the male lead doesn't get much screen time. Big shots gradually enter the story later.] A spirit jade brought back from the immortal realm changed Xu Xia's life as an overworked office drone. When the jade dew flows, gold and silver follow. She'd finally been reborn. Who would be a workhorse now? Only a fool! Xu Xia immedi 50.5kReads9.2Score5.2kShelves

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In his previous life, Xu Xia died suddenly due to overtime work and traveled to the world of immortality. He worked hard to grow vegetables in the spiritual garden for three hundred years. Unexpectedly, he was kicked back to modern times by the Qilin Beast. After finally coming back, who is the cow and horse and who is the dog! Huh? The personal jade also came back, and there is jade dew in it! Xu Xia immediately packed up and returned to the countryside. In a disaster year, the back mountain is destroyed and there is no harvest? No problem, Xu Xia said that he can still save one. Opening up wasteland, raising bees, picking roses, refining essential oils, and making hydrosols, Xu Xia lived a happy life of fighting cocks and running dogs, eating and drinking. In her spare time, she could help her relatives fight against scumbags, and help her sisters to reach the top of their careers. Customers who have eaten the fruits and vegetables grown by Xu Xia said, "Xu Xia, don't sleep! Get up and plant vegetables!" The ladies who have used the rose hydrosol and essential oils produced by Xu Xia said, "Don't sleep, Xu Xia, get up and pick flowers!" The bosses who have been to Xu Xia Houshan said, "Xu Xia, don't sleep, it's time to eat!"

48 疯 Are You Crazy? Our Whole Family Transmigrated with a Supermarket 疯了吧！我们全家带着超市穿越了 Ke Luo可罗Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Would you believe it? Just because they complained about a novel, the whole family was transmigrated into a farming story, supplies and all! A useless father, a shrewish mother, and a selfish, nasty eldest daughter? They beat up the male lead’s father, scratched the female lead’s mother, and tore up the female lead’s new clothes? Everyone in the village knows the Ye family is so poor you can hear the wind whistling through their pockets. Even mice that wander into their house shake their heads 37.3kReads9.3Score2.8kShelves

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It was relatively relaxed, and the whole family traveled across the country to farm.

49 七 The 1970s: The Tough Truck Driver’s Shy Little Wife Steals His Heart 七零，货车硬汉的骗心小怂妻 Clouds Upon Clouds一朵朵云Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The main story is complete. You can read the bonus chapters first and then the main story, or read them in order. [Marriage first, love later + fussy heroine + devoted relationship + both leads are each other's only ones + previous marriage and hidden hang-ups, don't read if that bothers you. An extremely imperfect cast! Definitely not a romance-obsessed heroine!] Clearheaded, beautiful, delicate woman + rugged, scheming man with off-the-charts EQ and IQ She loves putting on a show, he loves mak 7.1kReads8.9Score542Shelves

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Very well written, I read it several times