A Whole Basket of High-Quality Farming and Period-Era Novels 高质量的种田、年代文，来一箩筐

1. 151 六 The 1960s: The Walk-On Character Made Her Fortune Through Divorce! 六零：路人甲她靠离婚发家了！ I Want to Be a Landlord我想当房东Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Period setting + satisfying revenge + strong heroine + transmigration + multiple male leads There’s a different male lead in every phase of her life, and the heroine won’t stay for anyone. She’s selfish. She has a pocket dimension, but she’ll have to steal to get it. Rather than deal with awful people, the heroine would rather make them furious. P.S. This story includes an unconventional romance. Please read with caution if that bothers you. After dying suddenly, the embittered office worker Zho 11.4kReads9.3Score1.5k14d adds

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   A medium-length historical novel featuring a self-reliant and ambitious female protagonist.

2. 152 六 The Sixties: The Supporting Actress Works Herself to the Bone and Outshines the Lucky Female Lead 六零，对照组女配卷死锦鲤女主 Moonless Young Master无月公子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + comedy + pocket dimension + punishing scumbags + troublemaker heroine + face-slapping + satisfying read + goofy humor + romance] A chaotic, hilarious career story, not a formulaic one. The heroine is cunning, scheming, unhinged, and becomes an official. It’s hell mode from the start: the original host was beaten to death by her awful grandmother, and less than two minutes after transmigrating, she was kicked into the hospital by her awful father. Cheng Miaomiao opens and close 64.7kReads9.1Score7.6k14d adds
3. 153 七 In the Seventies, I Awakened to a Copy Space 七零之觉醒后我有个复制空间 Misty Rain, Misty Rain烟雨朦胧朦胧烟雨Modern Romance671k WordsCompleted An Ran had a dream: everyone around her was a male or female lead, while she and her child were nothing but stepping stones for them all. But now, what man? What nieces and nephews? They could all get lost. With her Copying Space, she could get whatever she wanted. Even without a man, she could raise her child just fine. Only later did she discover that those three books had been written by an author who must have drunk an unbelievable amount of fake liquor. 3.6kReads7.2Score15514d adds
4. 154 穿 A Carefree Life After Transmigrating to the 1970s 穿越七零年代悠闲生活 Splendor in the Mirror镜里风华Modern Romance710k WordsOngoing Qi Mingyue wakes up to discover that she’s become a girl with the same name, the cherished daughter of a factory director in the 1970s. She’s gone from a struggling modern-day office worker to a rich, beautiful heiress, and from a thirty-year-old back to a youthful eighteen-year-old. Has a windfall finally fallen into her lap? Qi Mingyue can’t help thanking the heavens, but her joy lasts less than three seconds. The windfall is poisoned! … The original Qi Mingyue really knew how to make trouble 21Reads6.5Score—14d adds
5. 155 姐 After My Sister Joined the Army, Her Cannon-Fodder Sister-in-Law Finally Got Her Break 姐随军后，炮灰小姨子熬出了头 Jing Zhan京盏Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Cute Baby]+ [Everyone's Darling]+ [The 1970s]+ [Period]+ [Farming]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Countryside]+ [+Military Marriage]+ [Humorous] A cannon-fodder transmigrates into a book. The basic survival strategy is to act like a dog. Want to stay alive? Keep your head down every day. (⊙﹏⊙) In her previous life, she and her older sister became cannon fodder from the start. In this life, she transmigrates into a book and decides to keep the two cannon-fodder sisters alive by laying low first. It all s 518Reads8.6Score10314d adds
6. 156 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: Showering Him with Sweetness, Driving Him Crazy, and Winning His Devotion 七零军婚：撒糖发癫，糙汉宠上天 Dragon Soars, Rabbit Blazes龙腾兔焱Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 1970s + military marriage + supernatural abilities + spatial cultivation + special forces + adorable mouse + lighthearted comedy Xie Wan has barely arrived in this world when she’s caught having an illicit affair. Her reputation is ruined, and everyone turns against her. Then she kisses the soldier who gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and gets branded a shameless harlot, suffering the ultimate public humiliation. She struggles to save herself, clings to the male lead and follows him into 9.6kReads8.8Score1.3k14d adds
7. 157 七 My Handsome Husband in the 1970s: Love at First Sight 七零娇夫之我见色起意 Painting a Mortal Life画浮生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Seventies]+ [System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Apocalypse Big Shot]+ [Female-Dominant World, Puppy-Like Man]+ [Family Life]+ [Lighthearted Comedy] A female soldier with a rough streak and a heart dulled to love by the apocalypse transmigrates into a story set in an era of shortages. She becomes the fake heiress, switched at birth and now returned to her family. In an era when labor is considered the greatest virtue, she teases cats and dogs, lies under trees and slacks off at work, becoming the villa 7.4kReads9.0Score84714d adds
8. 158 下 A Nobody Among the Educated Youth Sent to the Countryside: I Refuse to Strive 下乡知青路人甲，不思进取就是我 The Shrimp Invited Me for Tea虾子请我去吃茶Modern Romance571k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + lighthearted + sweet romance + biological daughter + college entrance exams + getting rich later] Yan Zhenzhen transmigrates and is delighted to get a Life System. All she wants is to be a carefree, rich third-generation heiress. But she never expected to transmigrate right as she was being sent down to the countryside. No need to panic! She still has her System. She opens it and takes a look! What! It actually makes her do quests! But all she wants is to slack off. Lu 876Reads7.7Score11214d adds
9. 159 快 Quick Transmigration! From the 1930s to the New Millennium, I Outdid Everyone 快穿！从三零到千禧我卷赢所有 July Sunrise七月朝阳Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Period setting + devoted couples + sweet romance + no fixed pairing + pocket dimension + reborn + transmigration + revenge + face-slapping + comeback + calculated self-interest + fictional period setting + note that there are male supporting characters + tragic supporting characters] Note: This story is entirely fictional. In Star Calendar Year 3300, Jiang Qingqing was born in an interstellar orphanage and left unclaimed. To survive, Jiang Qingqing takes only an old, battered robot discarded by 5.8kReads8.4Score31814d adds
10. 160 快 Quick Transmigration: The Ordinary Passerby in a World of Mary Sues' Guide to Slacking Off 快穿之万人迷路人甲摆烂攻略指南 Ze Le则乐Ancient Romance2.8M WordsOngoing [Everyone's Favorite + A Useless College Student's Slacker-Style Conquest + Wild Imagination + No Fixed Male Lead + Love at First Sight] The hopeless Yu Qiao gets bound to a brand-new conquest System. Watching the System confidently tell her to conquer high-quality men in different worlds, Yu Qiao smiles. She thinks it's time to show the System what college students are really capable of. World One: She becomes a doomed palace consort who is bestowed upon a cuckolded man in a story about a ruler 93.3kReads9.0Score6.9k14d adds
11. 161 身 She Was Exposed as a Transmigrator in the 1970s, So She Used Her Space to Serve the Motherland 身穿七零暴露后，她携空间效祖国 Drunk Catnip醉猫薄荷Modern Romance401k WordsCompleted [Historical era + military marriage + sweet romance + both virgins + pocket dimension + devotion to the nation] Gu Sui'an was an undercover police officer. After years in deep cover, she finally completed her mission and avenged her family. Having killed her enemy, she was badly wounded and fell off a cliff. Certain she would die, she unexpectedly transmigrated to a parallel version of the 1970s. But can someone tell her why she was exposed on the very first day after transmigrating? At least he 4.8kReads9.1Score54214d adds
12. 162 猎 The Hunter's Five Daughters 猎户家的五朵金花 Zhi Ban You止办右Ancient Romance517k WordsOngoing [Female lead, no CP, no golden finger, farming, fleeing hardship, ensemble cast, slow pace] (If you like fast-paced wish-fulfillment stories, please don't read. Writing isn't easy, so please be kind.) The fourteenth year of the Dali era, in a small village in northwestern Qinzhou. After an accident, Lin Miao transmigrates into the body of Lin Chunmiao, the eldest daughter of a hunter's family. It's hell mode from the start. Her father was bitten to death by a wolf. Her heavily pregnant mother i 7Reads5.9Score—14d adds

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    These are all novels I'm currently reading. First, *The Hunter's Family's Five Golden Flowers* features well-developed and distinct characters. The main family truly earns their living through hard work, step by step. Everyone is united; although there are minor frictions, they are honest and genuinely loving, a loving family without internal strife. It's a heartwarming story of everyday family life, a peaceful and idyllic rural existence. Second, *Worthy of Being a Commoner's Concubine*, which I mainly listen to. It's suitable for listening to while doing housework. The plot isn't very fast-paced, and the female lead is very inspiring. She knows exactly what she wants, has clear goals, is logical, and isn't weak or a saint. The other characters are also distinct and well-developed. The only downside is that the female lead's mother makes my teeth ache. Third, *A Grassroots Female Cultivator's Difficult Path to Cultivation*, which I highly recommend! The female lead is a working-class person who accidentally transmigrates to a cultivation world and diligently earns money to exchange for cultivation resources. It's very realistic, without any cheat codes, and feels very much like an ordinary person's transmigration. While it's called a cultivation novel, it's essentially a farming story disguised as a cultivation novel. The fourth book, *Exiled, a Little Maid Supports the Entire Marquis's Mansion*, honestly, I only read half of it. I couldn't keep going after the beginning. The beginning was really good and very moving; the female lead suffered terribly, a mere maid supporting the entire Marquis's mansion, serving them, and even being threatened by the second male lead. It made me both heartbroken and angry. Later, when the female lead finally escaped the Marquis's mansion and started her own business, she was rewarded with an ungrateful wretch—that really infuriated me! I felt the writing style changed drastically after the female lead escaped the Marquis's mansion; it was infuriating to read. For those interested, I suggest you carefully consider whether you want to continue reading; the beginning was really quite good.

13. 163 穷 A Poor Girl’s Daily Life as a Rogue Cultivator 穷鬼女散修的修仙日常 Dancing Lightly in the Mortal World红尘轻舞Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted Xiao Han never imagined that she, an ordinary working girl who hadn't even finished middle school, would transmigrate one day. Fine, she transmigrated. But she had neither a pocket dimension nor a System, let alone a handy golden finger. She got none of the perks or welcome gifts that usually came with transmigration. That would have been bad enough, but other transmigrators took over someone else's body and fit right into local society. She, however, arrived in her own body, unable to speak the 49.5kReads9.2Score7.1k14d adds
14. 164 摆 After Escaping Her Maidservant Status, She Became Obsessed with Making Money 摆脱通房丫鬟身份后，她沉迷搞钱 Behave Yourself好好当当Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Complete + no transmigration or rebirth + winning back his wife + slow-burn romance + political intrigue and business rivalry + pure-love devotees] She was a farmer’s daughter. After her father died, she was sold and became a kitchen maid in a marquis’s household. By a twist of fate, she was forced to follow the marquis’s family into exile for a heinous crime. She endured countless hardships and suffered many injuries to keep the whole family fed, all because the young marquis had made a solemn 76.8kReads9.2Score8.3k14d adds
15. 165 嫁 Married to a Dragon 嫁龙作夫 Yangyang殃殃Mystery505k WordsCompleted The year I was born, a dragon fell from the sky and landed in the mountains behind our village. Eighteen years later, my grandmother hanged herself from the crooked locust tree at the village entrance with a length of rope. The villagers all said the Dragon King was taking a bride, and that my grandmother had defied him and suffered retribution. After the entire village nailed me into a black coffin and buried me alive, that thing violated me. Only then did I realize that things were far more co 1.7kReads9.0Score18914d adds

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    Very good, few pitfalls, those who like it can give it a try.

16. 166 重 Reborn in the 1980s: I Transmigrated Into the Villainess and Won by Doing Nothing 重生八零，穿成恶毒女配后躺赢 Stars and Seas星辰大海Anime Fanfiction603k WordsCompleted Lin Yangyang opened her eyes to find that she had transmigrated into a book and become the original heroine’s stepping stone, the girl she was meant to be contrasted against! Now that her identity as a fake heiress had been exposed, she was forced to marry the disabled male lead and bring along her troublesome little brother! What a hellish start! Without the heroine’s halo, she decisively decided to cling to the male lead and steal him away! She could always get divorced once things settled dow 18.6kReads9.0Score87914d adds
17. 167 知 The Educated Youth Years: Starting with an Escape from the Village 知青年代，从村子里逃亡开始 Lone Shepherd独牧人Urban3.3M WordsOngoing 1976. Liu Haibo, a sent-down youth, falls in love with Yang Xiuqing, a village girl. Her family vehemently opposes his proposal, forcing him to flee Shibantian Village and return to Haicheng, a thousand miles away. Just as he is preparing to start a new life with Wu Jie in Haicheng, Yang Xiuqing suddenly shows up at his door, stirring up an emotional entanglement that spans the years. 2023. Seventy-year-old Liu Haibo is driving an Audi with Yang Xiuqing to Shibantian Village when they are involv 33.8kReads8.4Score2.1k14d adds
18. 168 重 Reborn: King of the Era 重生：时代之王 Fragrance Gatherer采香者Urban246k WordsCompleted Reborn in 1989, impoverished teenager Lin Ming sets out on a completely different path in life. From buying and selling treasury bonds on his bicycle to building a trillion-yuan business empire, from breaking through technological barriers to competing on the global stage, this is the story of one man resonating with his times. He seizes every opportunity, all so that more ordinary people can shine in their own era. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This one is fine.

19. 169 直 Livestream: My Laid-Back Life in the Mountain Village 直播：我的悠闲山村生活 The Center Seat at the Dinner Table饭桌C位Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [System + livestreaming + rural farming + devoted dad] Tired of city life, Jiang Chen returns to his mountain village hometown after breaking up with his girlfriend. After four years in seclusion, he unexpectedly gets a loot-box System, becomes an internet celebrity, and starts livestreaming. He thought he’d simply open boxes every day, draw a few prizes from the System, and livestream his ordinary, down-to-earth life. Then one day, his ex-girlfriend, the famous gaming streamer Xiao Tuantuan, sh 5.4kReads9.2Score47614d adds

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    I've finished reading both of these [Note]. The first one is a system + live streaming + rural farming + stay-at-home dad. Jiang Chen, tired of city life, returns to the countryside until one day his four-year-old daughter, Xiao Tangyuan, comes to his door. Only then does he realize that his ex-girlfriend, a famous live streamer named Xiao Tuantuan, has given birth to four children for him [Eating melon emoji]. The second one is a farming novel/single female lead/leisurely rural life/cute kids and pets. A fearsome Chinese soldier king and an international top goddess superstar have a child. The male lead activates a mysterious space due to a brain injury on the battlefield. If I could transmigrate into a book, this would be the one I most want to go to. I want the abilities of the old man, the male lead, and the little whale.

20. 170 返 Back Home to Be a Dad: My Farm Has a Spirit Spring 返乡当爹：我的田园有灵泉 Su Muyu稣木鱼Urban5.1M WordsCompleted (A picturesque farming story + one heroine + laid-back country life + adorable kids and pets) He was a formidable Chinese soldier, feared by all. She was an international superstar, a top-tier goddess! The two unexpectedly had a child together. “My son is Chinese!” Qin Yungen took his son back to Qin Family Village. From then on, he and his son began a life of picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence and going live online. Using his mysterious pocket dimension, he simply grew some vegetables 151.8kReads9.2Score9.9k14d adds
21. 171 七 The 1970s: The Commander’s Daughter Is Betrothed to Me 七零：首长家千金跟我是娃娃亲 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance309k WordsCompleted Period setting + transmigration + grounded, everyday life Shi Yue never imagined that she would find love and family in another timeline, and enjoy a happy, fulfilling life. After testing positive for COVID, Shi Yue transmigrates to the parallel timeline of the 1970s, bringing along a hereditary pocket dimension. She plans to make a little money by taking advantage of the college entrance exams and the wave of reform, then settle down to a peaceful life. But it turns out she is the long-lost dau 259Reads8.4Score—14d adds

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    These are all time-travel novels set in the 1970s. The writing is delicate, the plot is engaging, and the stories are heartwarming and simple, making them enjoyable and worth reading.

22. 172 穿 A 1970s Wedding, Then Love 穿到七零，先婚后爱真香了 Bells on the Horizon天边风铃Modern Romance630k WordsCompleted A period-life experience package somehow sent An Hao to the legendary 1970s, where she became a pitiful girl relying on a favor to seek shelter with her future in-laws. To save herself, An Hao signed an agreement with a man: they would divorce in two years, and then she could spread her wings and fly. Lin Feng was the military district’s most popular young officer. After one trip home, he became a married man. Supposedly, it was an arranged childhood betrothal. But was the little potato in front 73Reads—Score—14d adds
23. 173 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 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. 68.1kReads9.4Score7.6k14d adds
24. 174 落 A Down-and-Out Marquis’s Heir? Perfect, I’ll Take Him Home as My Husband 落魄侯门世子？正好扛回家做相公 Qin Xiaomi秦小米Ancient Romance594k WordsCompleted (Transmigrated into a book + farming early on + political intrigue later + immensely strong heroine who fiercely protects her own + scumbag reborn to make amends) Lin Wan, heir to a family of ancient physicians, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes the male lead's ill-fated original wife. Her parents died young, her grandparents favor the other children, and her uncles are eyeing the family fortune. On top of being dirt poor, she also has a little brother to care for. Lin Wan says 1.2kReads8.6Score10714d adds

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    Two excellent farming novels. The male and female leads are very well-developed, with no awful characters. The plots are tight and well-connected, and the writing style is also great. I love them! [Heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart]

25. 175 被 After Being Sold to a Blind Scholar, She Took the World by Storm 被卖给瞎眼秀才后她大杀四方了 Song Sanniang宋三娘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She can’t even step outside without having an accident, and after transmigrating, she’s broke as can be. Song Ran looks up at the sky in exasperation. Is anyone more unlucky than her? As it turns out, there’s no such thing as the unluckiest person. There’s only someone even unluckier! It’s bad enough that her buyer is poor, but he’s stingy too! And if being stingy weren’t enough, he’s blind as well! What the hell! She gets up before dawn and works until dark to earn silver, running around and de 9.5kReads9.2Score92114d adds
26. 176 假 The Fake Young Master Was Sent Back to the Countryside, Where He Turned His Life Around with His Wife and Children 假少爷被赶回农村带妻儿逆袭人生 Beautiful Spring Day春光明媚Urban1.8M WordsCompleted When Xie Zhao opened his eyes, he was back in 1983. That year, the richest family in Huxian County, the Chen family, found their real son and sent the impostor, Xie Zhao, back to Shishui Village. He couldn’t believe that the parents who had once treasured him like their own flesh and blood no longer wanted him. Had all the love they’d shown him over eighteen years been a lie? He went to ask them, but they wept and cursed him as a curse upon the family. They said he had made their biological son 19.9kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds

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    🎉🎉🎉 Xie Zhao was reborn. He was originally the youngest son of Chen Donghai, the richest man in Hudong County. However, he was suddenly told that he had been switched at birth and was sent back to his family in the countryside. The child in that family, Chen Qiming, was taken back to the Chen family. His former life of luxury turned into hunger and deprivation. How could Xie Zhao bear it? After being rejected by the Chen family when he went to find his parents, he was reborn. After his rebirth, he will treat his biological parents and wife with all his heart!

27. 177 七 The 1970s' Mad Village Girl: From the Start, She Beats Up an Entire Gang of Human Traffickers 七零疯批村姑，开局锤爆人贩一窝 Qiu Ming of Nanyang Ancient City南阳古城的仇明Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted [Farming + Period Piece + Feel-Good Story + Love Grows Over Time + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Building Wealth] Jiang Sui is reborn, armed with a cleaver and ready to put every troublemaker in their place. Want to sell the three siblings? She’ll have them all thrown in jail. Want to take advantage of her? First, see if the cleaver in her hand agrees. Ruin her reputation? What reputation? Oh my, she actually has a reputation? With a pocket dimension at her disposal, Jiang Sui 18Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Farming novel, with a rather overpowered cheat ability.

28. 178 想 I Want to Lie Flat, but My Strength Won't Let Me 想躺平，怎奈实力不允许啊 Big Boss Norma诺玛大大Ancient Romance637k WordsCompleted If you like stories that jump straight into fighting and killing, with life-or-death stakes, this one may not be for you. The heroine isn't naturally inclined to seek power or kill. For a long time at the beginning, she enjoys peaceful days filled with family life and everyday trivialities. They are the easiest, most carefree years of her life, and a crucial period for gathering supplies and building the reputation she will need when she later rises up. When natural disasters and human calamitie 715Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Positive values, grand vision, slow pace, peaceful early days followed by chaos later, female protagonist transmigrates to an ancient farming family, and her intelligence is not diminished.

29. 179 天 Oh My! You Really Transmigrated to Farm and Gather Seafood! 天呐！你真穿越去种田赶海了呀 Where Are My Fish Balls?木有鱼丸咩Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Transmigration, farming, gathering seafood, battling awful relatives, getting rich, feel-good fiction, lighthearted comedy, a trading space, and everyday family life Gu Lili, a hugely popular modern-day internet celebrity, accidentally transmigrated into the body of a village girl after a misstep. Before she could even open her eyes, they were about to dress her in funeral clothes and marry her off to a dead man. Her younger brother had just driven away their heartless uncle and aunt, and now th 1kReads8.9Score16414d adds

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    This is absolutely amazing! It's on my personal reading list. If you're looking for historical fiction, food, or beachcombing, this is a must-read!

30. 180 八 Crazy in the 1980s: The Island Beauty Is Fiercely Savage 八零疯疯疯，海岛美人她过分凶残 Night-Blooming Cereus夜昙Modern Romance479k WordsCompleted The story has only just received a rating. Once there are more chapters and the ladies leave likes and comments, the score will climb in no time! [Alternate Period Setting + Sweet Romance + Island Life + Military Marriage + Delicious Food] Chu Yao had just woken up when she realized she'd transmigrated again. This time, she'd landed in the role of a cannon-fodder supporting female character. The female lead, Chu Ruyan, stole the original owner's personal jade pendant and used it to live a life o 6.1kReads9.0Score65614d adds
31. 181 六 In the Sixties, the Demon Lord Transmigrates Into a Book and Breaks Character Every Day 六零，魔尊穿书后每天都在崩人设 Listening to Fish in Mengli孟里听鱼Modern Romance528k WordsCompleted [Space + Beloved by Everyone + Book Transmigration + Light Fantasy + Quirky and Playful + Everyday Life + The 1960s] Night Qi, the Demon Sovereign of the Demon Realm, transmigrated into a book. She landed in Reborn: A Life Swapped, a period novel she had been reading. She wasn’t the heroine or even a supporting female character. She was just the foolish daughter of a supporting character. Now that she was here, she absolutely wouldn’t let anyone trade away her mother’s life. What good was being 1.8kReads9.2Score27814d adds
32. 182 重 Reborn in the Eighties, I Struck It Rich by Fishing the Tides 重生八零，我靠赶海暴富了 Two Taels of Shaodao Liquor二两烧刀子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A food blogger transmigrates to a small fishing village in the 1980s and wakes up as a stunning young widow! Then she discovers that her husband faked his death on their wedding day and already had another family. She escapes her in-laws’ home and makes a living gathering seafood along the shore. Spicy whelks, steamed sea urchin egg custard, sea grapes with dressing, salt-and-pepper mantis shrimp, vermicelli casserole with garlic oysters... Business is booming, but then she crosses the local gan 36Reads6.9Score1014d adds
33. 183 八 My Whole Family Can Hear My Thoughts in the ’80s: We Snack on Gossip, Change Our Fate, and Crush the Scum 八零全家读我心，吃瓜改命虐渣渣 Liang Mo Yun Zhou凉沫云舟Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Ridiculous comedy + the whole family can hear thoughts + transmigrate into a period novel + pampered family favorite rises to the top] Qiao Mai transmigrates into a book, where her whole family are doomed cannon fodder in a period novel. Qiao Mai watches her mother forage for wild greens. [Mom, you’re scraping by on gruel while your husband, away working, has already started a second family!] Her mother rises up like Wang Baochuan! [Big brother, your best friend married your childhood sweethear 376Reads7.0Score—14d adds
34. 184 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 → 6.2kReads7.5Score40414d adds

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    No system, no female lead, just infrastructure building, farming, and scientific cultivation. Reclaiming wasteland, gathering people, promoting education, enriching the people through workshops, accumulating wealth through markets, innovating and developing... Progressing step by step! No cheat codes, no money-making machine, only your own hard work!

35. 185 我 I Became a Butcher, and You Say I'm the Real Heiress? 我成杀猪匠了，你说我是真千金 Su Miaomiao苏苗苗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Beloved by the Whole Family + Making a Fortune + Strong Female Lead] Su Miaomiao had slaughtered pigs for eighteen years when she was suddenly told she was the daughter of a high-ranking officer. She was so shocked she nearly dropped her butcher's knife. Then, as soon as she got home, she was told she was going to be sent down to the countryside. Well, she hadn't enjoyed a single day of good fortune, yet all the misfortune had landed on her. At least her family doted on her. He 74.4kReads8.7Score5.9k14d adds

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    It's really pretty.

36. 186 寡 A Widow’s Life 寡妇的一生 Luo Xiu Qing Qing罗袖倾卿Modern Romance63k WordsCompleted A middle-aged widow with three underage sons faces one difficult hurdle after another, making her way through a life full of twists and turns. Set against a backdrop rich in the character of its era, her story highlights the struggles women face and the strength of those who refuse to surrender to fate. 43Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's really nice to look at.

37. 187 有 There Was a Girl Named Xiaohua 有个女孩叫小花 My Little Warm Jackets我的小棉袄们Modern Romance420k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! This book captures some of the culture and food of rural northern Fujian in the 1980s and 1990s. Follow Xiaohua and her family as they work hard and lead warm, ordinary lives. No exaggeration, melodrama, or foolish antics. It’s not a feel-good power fantasy, and there’s no rebirth or transmigration. There’s no golden finger, just 33Reads8.9Score—14d adds

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    A pure, simple farming story set in a bygone era. High-quality, unexaggerated, not melodramatic, and not mindless. It's a warm, peaceful slice-of-life story about family and everyday life, unfolding gently and steadily. [Heart][heart][heart]

38. 188 流 After Exile, the Single Mom and Her Adorable Child Run Into Their Deadbeat Dad 流放后，单亲萌宝偶遇亲渣爹 Lemon Sweetie柠萌甜甜Ancient Romance3.7M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + miracle doctor + power fantasy + adorable children + farming + exile, both leads are sexually pure] Shi Xi transmigrates into a book, and, as luck would have it, into the body of the Shi family’s legitimate daughter, who shares her name. She’s even a “celebrity” in the capital. Well, a “celebrity” who’s brought shame on the whole family. The Shi family’s daughter, Shi Xi, had a child before marriage: twins, a boy and a girl, whose father was unknown... Being a “celebrity” wou 17.3kReads8.7Score3.1k14d adds

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    A satisfying farming novel with constant leveling up; very enjoyable!

39. 189 重 Reborn: After My Sister Stole My Life, I Was Delighted 重生被阿姐抢走人生后，我乐了 Picking a Bowlful of Stars摘碗星星Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Faithful couples + building wealth through business + nurturing a powerful figure + feel-good story + beloved by the whole family] The sisters A Fu (the heroine Yun Fu) and A Yao are both reborn. A Fu and A Yao are twin sisters. After their parents abandoned them, they were adopted by two different families. In their previous lives, A Fu was adopted by the Song family and became the daughter of an official. When she grew up, she married Xiao, the young heir of a marquis’s household, and was gra 34.2kReads8.9Score5.7k14d adds
40. 190 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 86.1kReads9.5Score9.8k14d adds

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    [Admiration][Making a face][Admiration] Yang Niannian, transported to the 1980s, opens her eyes to a barrage of marriage-urging words from her mother. She's being pressured to marry the man her sister rejected. Having seen through her so-called "mother's" scheme, she packs her bags and boards a train to join her husband's military unit! 😍😘😍 Upon arriving at the unit, she discovers her husband is no ordinary man. He also has a young child, the orphan of a fallen comrade. 🔥🔥 She transforms into the enviable wife of a military officer. A large gold bracelet on her left wrist, a designer watch on her right. Her sister regrets her decision and wants to steal him away? Did you even ask my husband??

41. 191 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. 270Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A lighthearted, simple farming story: clearing land, building terraced fields, and raising fish.

42. 192 重 Reborn in 1960: From Bachi Alley to Hongjiagou 重生1960：八尺巷爆到洪家沟 The Chosen One王者之选Urban407k WordsCompleted After leaving Eight-Foot Alley, Hong Tiejun found an empty corner and tossed the cornmeal into his pocket dimension. Before he had even made it to the mouth of the alley, he had already wolfed down the cornmeal cake. Feeling the money and ration coupons in his pocket, Hong Tiejun couldn’t help reflecting... Hongjiagou lay at the foot of Dahei Mountain, and it was still a desolate place. Nestled against the mountains and water, Hongjiagou had fields stretching out in every direction... Hong Tie 1.2kReads6.7Score—14d adds

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    High-quality historical fiction!

43. 193 流 Exiled to the Northern Frontier? I’ll Reclaim the Wasteland with My Reborn Husband 流放北疆？我带重生夫君开荒 Meatball with a Fried Egg煎蛋的肉肉Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted [No System, no pocket dimension, transmigrated woman vs. reborn man] [If you want an overpowered golden finger, this isn't for you] [There are children, but if you want a story focused purely on raising kids, this isn't for you] [No political scheming! No household intrigue! No palace intrigue! Not a power fantasy about a strong female lead!] [Some chapters end with short skits where the male lead transmigrates to the modern world; proceed with caution if that's not your thing] Tan Yun transmig 2.2kReads6.3Score29114d adds

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    One book on farming and one on historical themes are enough to keep you entertained for a long time.

44. 194 一 1987, Before Spring Arrives 一九八七，春未至 Meatball with a Fried Egg煎蛋的肉肉Modern Romance827k WordsCompleted This is a novel you won’t forget, especially its heroine, Li Shan! [No System, no pocket space, no transmigration, no rebirth] Period-setting comeback story + single mother builds a career Li Shan joyfully brings her college acceptance letter home, only for her parents to tell her the family has no money and she can’t go. Through her brother-in-law’s connections, she gets a job as a textile factory worker and works her way into the office as a translator. Then the factory goes bankrupt. Her pare 346Reads—Score—14d adds
45. 195 邻 Between Neighbors 邻里之间 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban163k WordsCompleted Distant relatives are not as dependable as close neighbors, and close neighbors are no match for the folks across the street. But life is full of contradictions: without conflict, there is no struggle, and without struggle, there is no progress. Neighbors don’t always get along, either. As the saying goes, a neighbor is like a set of scales: they hope the other neighbor stays poor. 345Reads6.5Score—14d adds

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    Rural novels from Northwest China are here.

46. 196 穿 After Becoming the Original Wife in a Period Novel, I Divorced Him at Once 穿成年代文原配后，我火速离婚 Reluctant to Let Go念念不舍Modern Romance250k WordsCompleted [This story is anything but normal. Not a single character is normal, so don't read if that bothers you!] Jiang Banyue is a twenty-second-century pastry chef who accidentally transmigrates into a military romance set in the past. The hero, Shen Yunhe, is her husband, while she is his first wife, destined to die young. As soon as Jiang Banyue opens her eyes, she feels her barely showing belly. There are three babies inside. Great, she gets the babies without having to deal with the man. Jiang Ba 4kReads8.2Score16214d adds
47. 197 陌 Life Alone in a Strange World 陌生世界的独居生活 A Salaryman Who Hates Working不爱工作的上班族Modern Romance395k WordsCompleted [Farming and stockpiling supplies · extreme weather · no golden finger · no romance · slow-paced] Lu Siyue never imagined that she’d wake up in a strange world. Her familiar family was gone, and the surroundings were unfamiliar too. How would a helpless young woman, unable to lift a hand against even a chicken, manage to survive? A plain, everyday survival story. No dark side of human nature, and no wish-fulfillment scenes about getting rich and beautiful overnight! Life here is like living in t 458Reads6.7Score—14d adds

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    Pure farming and hoarding story, realistic and mundane, no space.

48. 198 重 Reborn in the 1980s: My Wife Is a Little Spicy 重生八零：媳妇有点辣 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Modern Romance5.0M WordsCompleted Her parents died young, her family was poor, and she was plain-looking. Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a terrible hand, but after nearly twenty years of hard work, she became an executive at a multinational corporation and finally put her life back on track... Then she wakes up to find herself reborn in the 1980s, as another Xia Xiaolan, this time with a face capable of bringing a kingdom to ruin. The original Xia Xiaolan had been dealt a winning hand, but chose to take her own life under the pressu 44.4kReads9.5Score5k14d adds

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    After thirteen years of reading, this novel still ranks in my top three. I've already read it three times, and it's definitely worth reading.

49. 199 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 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds

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    There's no palace intrigue or family feud; it's just an unlucky guy who transmigrates into the body of a grandmother and leads the villagers through a difficult journey from simply having enough to eat to becoming wealthy.

50. 200 簪 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6k14d adds

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