Looking for Completed Historical Farming Novels About the Imperial Exams, with a Transmigrated or Reborn Lead 求古代科举考试类种田文 ，穿越或者重生需要完结

1. 251 回 Back in the Capital, the Brilliant Miss Is Famous Across the Land 回京后，神算大小姐名满天下 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance741k WordsCompleted [No romance + metaphysics + fortune-telling + satisfying read + secret identity + ghost-catching + lighthearted, no angst~] Yun Zhuo of the Xiao family was abandoned as a child. When her relatives come looking for her, she decisively returns to the capital to become a thorn in their side. Her birth mother says she’s uncouth and illiterate? But in the blink of an eye, she’s welcomed into the capital’s circle of master scholars, discussing poetry and prose and interpreting the fate of the world. T 154kReads9.6Score20.1kShelves
2. 252 家 Who Gets It, Guys? The First Emperor Snatched My System 家人们谁懂啊，系统被始皇截胡了 Endless Journey迢迢不休Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Main story has no romance, and is set in an alternate Great Qin. Not everything is historical: a mix of history and comedy] "The final bonus chapter is for readers' satisfaction and has a hint of romance. If that bothers you, feel free to skip it" Good news: Li Jiang transmigrates to the Qin dynasty and gets to see her idol in person. At last, she lays eyes on the legendary ancestor, nearly two meters tall, with thick brows and big eyes. She gets to watch the First Emperor unify the Six Kingdom 28.8kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves
3. 253 空 Spirit Spring in My Space: Reborn to Win Back My Wife 空间灵泉：重生追妻 The Center Seat at the Dinner Table饭桌C位Urban800k WordsCompleted [Reborn + devoted dad + farming + romance] [Two completed novels of over a million words each, so you can count on the author to finish this one] After wasting half his life, Li Yao managed to ruin a winning hand completely, losing his triplet babies forever and breaking up his family. Only when he was trapped in a sea of flames, and the wife he'd divorced years ago rushed into the fire without hesitation to die alongside him, did he realize that she had loved him more than anything... When he o 11.5kReads9.3Score1kShelves
4. 254 八 A 1980s Military Marriage with Twins: The Scorned Ex-Wife Turns Her Life Around 八零军婚有双宝：炮灰前妻洗白了 Schoolgirl女生徒Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigrate into a book + period setting + military marriage + adorable kids + everyday family life Qin Xiaoqiao's husband is the male lead in a period novel. He's from a wealthy family and is an army officer, destined to rise to great heights and make a name for himself. Unfortunately, she's not the heroine. She's merely the male lead's doomed ex-wife, a fat, lazy glutton who, in the author's version, wreaks havoc and gets her family and children killed. In the end, she dies miserably with not 13.1kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves
5. 255 重 Reborn: Back to 1983 to Become a Tycoon 重生：回到1983当富翁 Half Gratitude, Half Grudge恩怨各一半Urban3.4M WordsCompleted (The print edition is now available on JD.com! The text has been carefully revised and is even more exciting. There are plenty of discounts right now, so if you're interested, go grab a copy!) Zhou Yufeng, a corporate CEO, unexpectedly returns to 1983, an era of planned economies and feeling one's way across the river by touching the stones. With his lovely wife wanting a divorce and his younger brother and sister struggling to get by, watch as he turns the business world upside down and changes 134kReads9.3Score16.4kShelves
6. 256 重 Rebooting 1986 重启1986 Li Xiangxiang李想想Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Suddenly reborn in 1986, veteran ladies' man Wu Jiangshan slammed on the brakes in time beneath the covers, preventing the tragedy from happening again. Looking at his first love, stripped down to a little white lamb, Wu Jiangshan ground his teeth in secret. Since he had the chance to live a second life, he was determined to take a different path, all so that one day he could bring the whole pot of meat home! 354Reads9.0Score121Shelves
7. 257 丁 A Child-Free Couple Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Raises Eight Kids 丁克夫妻穿越古代养了8个娃 Xi Yu犀渔Ancient Romance560k WordsCompleted Chen Xuening and Zhai Kun had been a loving middle-aged couple for over twenty years. Both had grown up in an orphanage, where even having enough to eat was considered a blessing. They struggled through childhood with too little food and clothing, then worked hard to build a comfortable family fortune. But it seemed Heaven had no intention of rewarding their efforts: after twenty years of marriage, they still had no children. Eventually, they accepted their fate. They thought that if Heaven was 5.8kReads9.2Score849Shelves
8. 258 开 Exiled from the Start: My Wife Turns Our Fate Around with Farming 开局流放：我家娘子靠种田逆袭了 Brown Sugar Dumpling黑糖小丸子Ancient Romance179k WordsOngoing Luo Jiujiu, a graduate student at an agricultural university, is caught in severe turbulence while flying on a research trip. When she opens her eyes, she discovers she has transmigrated into the body of an ancient woman whose family has been confiscated and exiled. This… is practically pushing her into a dead end! Other people fleeing famine or facing exile have a pocket dimension, a System, and a golden finger. All she has is a packet of seeds she was carrying. No need to panic! With high-qual —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A top student travels back in time to ancient times and uses modern planting techniques to farm.

9. 259 报 Your Majesty, the Tyrant Can Read Minds 报告娘娘，暴君他有读心术 Three Two Five三二五Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After she touched the tyrant’s skull, which had been polished into a wine bowl, she unexpectedly transmigrated into the empress who died the most gruesome death in history. Every day, she plotted to kill the tyrant and become empress in her own right, unaware that he could read minds. When the tyrant fell gravely ill, she wept and begged Heaven to let her trade her own years of life for his safety. The tyrant was deeply moved, until he suddenly heard her thoughts: [If he’s so sick, hurry up and 6kReads9.3Score996Shelves
10. 260 老 The Old Ancestress Doesn't Want to Follow the Plot 老祖宗她不想走剧情 End of the Winter Month冬月末Ancient Romance552k WordsCompleted Only after she died did Old Madam Huang learn that she had been living in a book. In the story, she was foolish, ignorant, and all looks with no brains. Her younger son, a high-ranking official, should have been the one she relied on, yet she had somehow become obsessed with protecting her eldest and second sons. In the end, she let their two households cause a terrible disaster, dragging the whole family into confiscation and exile. During the journey into exile, her eldest and second sons foun 545Reads8.3Score100Shelves
11. 261 和 After the Divorce, the Medical Daughter of a Military Family Is Spoiled Night After Night by the Ascetic Chief Minister 和离后将门医女被禁欲首辅夜夜宠 Mang Zhi氓之Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Reborn + Sweet Romance + Revenge Against Scumbags + Mastery of Both Medicine and Poison] Her resentment won’t fade, and the King of Hell won’t accept her. She thought she had been reborn through Heaven’s mercy, never knowing that he had gone to extraordinary lengths to defy fate and change her destiny. In her previous life, she gave her heart to the wrong man and met a tragic end. In this life, she turns back before it’s too late. After a bold divorce, she marries the Grand Secretary, infuriati 1.2kReads9.3Score277Shelves

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    Who says women are inferior to men! [Cool] Women can still take imperial examinations, become officials, help the world, and create their own wonderful lives!!! Don't miss out! Highly recommended, you won't regret investing! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

12. 262 七 From Seventh-Rank Official to the Top: The Strongest Female Chief Minister 七品逆袭：最强女首辅 Fine Night良宵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A woman disguised as a man in an ancient political intrigue story) Qin Yuan first met He Lin in the summer of Jingli Year 29. The cicadas shrilled in the trees, and the heat was suffocating. In a dark, filthy prison cell, she sat in a corner, her face smeared with blood. Without a word, he left her a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her forehead. When they met again outside the prison, she was no longer in such a wretched state. Dressed in a vivid red official robe, her bright eyes blazing, 3.6kReads9.1Score480Shelves
13. 263 我 I Changed Gender to Take the Civil Service Exam 我换性别考科举 Dwarf Lettuce矮脚生菜Ancient Romance889k WordsCompleted This novel has no CP, and the protagonist does not inherit the original owner's marriage or bratty stepchild; Disguised as a man + no CP + strong female lead + satisfying revenge + pocket dimension + treacherous official Cui Yu wakes up as a hapless woman whose stepson has bashed her over the head, while her in-laws are plotting to strip her of everything... Cui Yu: Soft on the outside, twisted on the inside, an enthusiast of violent aesthetics who loves watching blood spray over dinner and c 730Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    This undergraduate novel is unconventional and doesn't follow any set formulas. Highly recommended, it's about to finish.

14. 264 赤 A Pure Heart Climbs the Ranks 赤子登阶 A Youngster Riding the Wind稚子乘风Historical551k WordsOngoing [Alternate World + Reincarnated as a Baby + Imperial Exams + Martial Arts + Everyday Life + No Golden Finger] Yang Yuan never imagined he’d wake up one day as a swaddled baby in ancient times. He never imagined that in this strange world, with no System, no pocket dimension, and no golden finger of any kind, he’d have to rely on himself, one step at a time: rolling over, crawling, standing, then memorizing the Thousand Character Classic. He began his studies at three, learned martial arts at fou 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a novel about a protagonist who is reborn into a family to take the imperial examinations. There are no cheat codes or systems, no superhuman talent for reading ten lines at a glance, and no repetitive steps like making salt, ice, sugar, glass, or cement. The protagonist relies entirely on his diligence day and night to pass the imperial examinations and enter officialdom.

15. 265 大 Great Ming: The Village's Little Top Scholar, Whom Old Zhu Absolutely Adores 大明：乡村小状元，老朱贼稀罕我 Scholar Who Wins a Marquisate封侯书生Historical2.0M WordsCompleted During the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Qiniu, an ordinary four-year-old farm boy, accidentally comes across a silver bell. From then on, he dreams every night of entering a room filled with books: the Thousand Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, the Four Books and Five Classics, collections of successful candidates’ exam essays from every dynasty, and more. With his golden finger and relentless effort, he becomes the top scholar before the age of ten. Beloved by Old Zhu, Litt 18.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves

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    The first book, "Leech Bites Leg," is about striving for self-improvement and studying hard. The second book features a male protagonist who is a eunuch who transmigrates—it's very funny. The third and fourth books, by authors from "The Other Side of the Mountain," are truly worth reading. One protagonist fails the imperial examination, but see how he, Sun Shan, carves out a path for himself in ancient times.

16. 266 重 Reborn in Dream of the Red Chamber as Jia Huan, the Concubine’s Son 重生红楼之庶子贾环 A Fisherman's Son Who Can't Swim不会游泳的渔民子弟Historical2.6M WordsOngoing A doctor transmigrates into the Jia household of the Jia family in Dream of the Red Chamber, becoming Jia Huan, the most useless son born to a concubine. Follow his efforts as he rises step by step, blooms like a lotus, escapes his predicament, and makes up for the story's many regrets. 69.3kReads9.1Score4.9kShelves
17. 267 一 The First-Rank Female Top Scholar 一品女状元 Dancing for You Amid the Falling Snow雨雪霏霏为君舞Historical791k WordsCompleted No brainless protagonist + no System + imperial examinations + political intrigue + comedy + ancient setting + woman disguised as a man + history + transmigration After unexpectedly dying, a modern university student transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the daughter of a once-wealthy but now ruined family. Faced with poverty and bullying from outsiders, she decides to turn her fortunes around through the imperial examinations and restore her family. It is destined to be a grueling and extr 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    How about a female top scorer?

18. 268 寒 A Poor Scholar: I Got a Long-Legged Bride-to-Be for Free 寒门书生：白捡逆天长腿童养媳 Red Lamb Wolf红羔狼Historical500k WordsCompleted This is a story that begins in a mountain village. Reborn in a single day, I find that a sudden upheaval has occurred on my wedding night. Everyone says that the poor can no longer produce great men, but I am determined to break that rule. I will drink with beauties in my arms and wake to command the power of the world, raising my impoverished family to greatness once more... 1.3kReads7.1Score130Shelves

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    [Smirking][Smirking]

19. 269 开 From the Start as a Caveman: Survive Evil Spirits by Reading 开局山顶洞人，遇邪祟要读书保命 Xu Da虚大Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted [Genius protagonist + invincible protagonist + imperial examinations + dragon-like fortune + super genius + no System + talismans that suppress evil + lawless aristocratic clans] After transmigrating to a world overrun by evil spirits, Liu Ci discovers that studying is his only way to survive. Other people take the imperial exams to earn fame and rank. He takes them to stay alive. Others rely on their families and connections. He relies on the study techniques he remembers from his past life as 1.8kReads8.5Score160Shelves
20. 270 农 The Farm Boy Prodigy Got Rich, Then Found Out His Scumbag Dad Was a Palace Exam Laureate 农家神童暴富后，发现渣爹是探花 Chengxi承熙Two Male Leads333k WordsOngoing [Farming] [Slow and steady] [Family life] [Imperial examinations] [Father and son love and hate each other] [Officialdom] After a high fever, seven-year-old Lin Qingyan gains the ability to see the unseen. He teaches the villagers to gather snails from foul-smelling ditches, and a pot of spicy stir-fried snails becomes a hit across the county! He takes the children to catch crayfish along the riverbank, and his thirteen-spice recipe makes even the county magistrate drool! He even turns duck part 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the early stages, you farm, sell spicy crayfish, ice jelly, duck products, and fried chicken. Later, you engage in a love-hate relationship with your own father during the imperial examinations.

21. 271 逆 Defying Fate to Become Queen: My Archenemy Is Always Trying to Flirt with Me 逆命成凰：死对头整天想撩我 Xian Mulan Chou弦沐蓝愁Ancient Romance237k WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, court intrigue, mystery-solving, career, face-slapping satisfaction, romance with a partner of her own choosing] In her previous life, Liang Wanning, the Shadowless Pavilion's ace assassin, died a tragic death before she could even identify her killer, sealed inside the Soul-Locking Well. Given another chance at life, she resolves to turn the tide and change her fate. When her half-sister hurts and harms her, Liang Wanning repays her in blood and makes her wish she were dead. Wh —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The most captivating palace drama I've ever watched; highly recommended.

22. 272 农 A Farmer's Son's Road to the Imperial Exams in Ming Hongwu's Reign 农家子在大明洪武科举之路 Dragon Battle at the Stone Cauldron龙战石鼎Historical156k WordsOngoing [Imperial examinations + transmigration + no System + one heroine] An engineer unexpectedly transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, taking over the body of a farmer's son from the Jiang family in Qingshui Village, De'an County, Jiujiang Prefecture. Looking at his family's dilapidated thatched hut, bare of all furnishings, Jiang Xiangwen quietly considers his options. In an age when "all pursuits are inferior to studying," how can he change his fate through education and achieve the 1Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 273 怎 Miss Zensheng 怎生姑娘 Yu Qiuli玉秋鲤Ancient Romance767k WordsCompleted Yu Zengsheng casually saved Nie Mo, who turned around and bought her into his household as a concubine. Zengsheng thought he was repaying kindness with treachery, but Nie Mo believed he was composing a thrilling love song with his own prime years, bright future, and dazzling life, all to win her heart. But that was only the beginning. Zengsheng's mysterious origins and Nie Mo's many twists and turns in planning the wedding he wanted were not easy to sort out. For Yu Zengsheng, playing leaf cards 427Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    Take a look at these... ❶ It feels quite different from typical time-travel novels. ❷ Articles that avoid getting entangled with awful relatives for too long ❸ Uphold positive energy, love your country, love your family, and love life. ❹ Similar to an ordinary housewife, too kind-hearted

24. 274 福 The Leisurely Life of Fuqi Mianmian 福妻绵绵的悠然生活 White Jade Cherry白玉樱桃Ancient Romance826k WordsCompleted Mianmian always thought she was incredibly lucky. After graduating from university, she unexpectedly obtained the legendary portable space. She became a village girl and made a fortune selling fruit online, becoming a famous rich woman after a few years. But before she could enjoy her wealth for long, she suddenly transmigrated to a little mountain village cut off from transport, short on supplies, and steeped in old-fashioned customs! When an unlucky young scholar meets a lucky country girl, hi 1.6kReads8.7Score128Shelves
25. 275 首 The First Councillor’s Beloved Little Wife 首辅家的小娇娘 Puppet布偶Ancient Romance2.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Xiaoqiu worked diligently for over a decade, only to be repaid with endless lies and exploitation. She died without a shred of dignity. Now she’s back, and everyone who wronged her will never get another thing from her! She breaks free of her awful family and makes a fortune with her skilled hands, only to find herself captivated by a little cripple. So what if he’s crippled? Jiang Xiaoqiu wants to protect her little crippled husband and live a peaceful life with him. But who could have gu 750Reads8.5Score102Shelves
26. 276 杏 Spring Fills the Apricot Grove 杏林春满 Around Frost's Descent This Year今年霜降時分Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Tang Qingluan, a graduate student in internal medicine at a university of traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated as the daughter of the Imperial Medical Academy’s director. She could still continue researching medicine and treating patients, living a quiet life and doing what she loved. But after accidentally diagnosing a pregnancy, she was dragged into the fierce struggle for the imperial succession. She finally managed to escape by latching onto a powerful patron. But, my lord... where ar 1.3kReads8.8Score129Shelves

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    Book 1: Responsible, yet vulnerable. Book 2: Educating children starts with small things; the foundation of a tall building is the most important. Book 3: Running around for her husband's health

27. 277 农 The Farmer's Medicinal Daughter: Fortune Comes Calling 农家药女：富贵临门 Remembering Cold Fragrance冷香忆Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted A female military doctor is reborn as a country girl. Their life is poor and simple, but warm. To make sure her family has enough to eat and wear, she leads them to prosperity: their thatched cottage becomes a brick house, she helps her parents manage the household, teaches her paternal uncle’s son to cook, and sends her brothers to school. She uses her medical skills to save lives, earning a reputation as a miracle doctor while still young. Her cooking skills astound the region, and when she co 3.7kReads8.9Score390Shelves
28. 278 书 A Novel-Trapped Side Character Who Only Wants to Farm 书穿女配她只想种田 The Cat Who Doesn't Steal Fish猫儿不偷腥Ancient Romance837k WordsCompleted When Gu Miaomiao wakes up, she has transmigrated into a book and become a tragic cannon-fodder supporting character. A substitute bride? Not happening! She just wants to stay away from the heroine and tend her fields in peace. What's not to love about fertile land and delicious food? Wouldn't it be wonderful to find a good husband and enjoy a wealthy life in the countryside? Her fiancé is sickly? No problem. He's a future golden ticket, so holding on tight is the way to go! 1.5kReads8.9Score125Shelves
29. 279 科 The Road to the Imperial Examinations Begins as a Student 科举之路从童生开始 Hardworking Chicken-Raising Expert努力赚钱的养鸡专家Historical407k WordsOngoing Lin Ying transmigrates. He had been researching the history of the imperial examination system at a research institute, but one careless moment sends him to ancient times, where he becomes the son of a farming family on his way to sit the exams. What else can he do? For the sake of a better life, he can only give it everything he’s got! On the long road to success in the imperial examinations, Lin Ying sets himself a small goal: first, pass the entry-level exam and become a student! 452Reads9.0Score—Shelves

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    Dear readers, don't miss this! (ﾉωﾉ) Ten years of poverty went unnoticed, but one day I was transported to ancient times. So what if I'm poor? Watch as I build my wealth, rise through the ranks in the imperial examinations, don an official robe, stand proudly in the court, and stir up the winds of change.

30. 280 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 146Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    Imperial examination, growth-oriented

31. 281 宠 Dote on the Wife, Crush the Concubines: The Mad Emperor Personally Teaches Me Palace Intrigue 宠妻灭妾！疯批皇帝亲自教我宫斗 Moonlit Waters水月流光Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Sweet and angsty + stunning heroine + the first male lead is an emperor + the second male lead and heroine both transmigrate, having been reborn in this world from birth + the first male lead's long road to winning back his wife] Not long after her divorce, Zhao Jingshu was reborn in ancient times as a member of a princely house with a different surname. Her father, Zhao Rui, held command over two hundred thousand troops and ruled as a prince in Luoyang. The emperor wanted to form an alliance 475Reads9.1Score—Shelves

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    This book has palace intrigue, political maneuvering, and sweet romance!

32. 282 前 Regretting My College Entrance Exam in My Past Life, I Fulfill My Wish in the Imperial Exams This Life 前世高考之憾，今世科举得愿 A Gentle Breeze Helps You Fly轻风助飞Historical353k WordsCompleted No System, no golden finger, and no womanizing. A soul disillusioned with modern life is reborn in a body in the Great Xia Dynasty. In his previous life, he made a living delivering food; in this one, he intends to give this decaying dynasty a chance at rebirth. The dynasty's institutions closely resemble those of the late Ming. Its deep-rooted ills are compounded by corrupt officials wreaking havoc within and powerful enemies circling beyond its borders. Chaos reigns, and the people suffer. Wit —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A slow-burn story about the imperial examination system; the later parts are even more exciting!

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