Looking for Genuine Farming Novels. No Pretending to Farm While Not Growing a Single Grain 求真正种田文，不要打种田文幌子的一颗粮食也不种

1. 451 禁 Fortune-Telling Is Forbidden! 禁止算命！ Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩22k WordsCompleted Fortune-telling is prohibited! 11Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 452 穿 Reborn as a Wicked Foster Mother: I Raised the Villainous Tyrant All Wrong 穿成恶毒养母：把反派暴君养歪了 Blue Sky over Mountains and Rivers山水蔚蓝天Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + teaching + adorable kids + farming + building wealth + infrastructure] A warm, slice-of-life story Zhang Ziruo transmigrates into the role of the evil adoptive mother of a tyrannical villain, destined for a tragic end. She plans to win the villain’s favor while he is still young, only to discover that he has been reborn... Taking stock of her new circumstances, she decides to open a school and become a teacher! She’ll raise the villain to be a virtuous, capable, open-minded, and po 15.3kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
3. 453 寒 The Poor Man’s Stepmother: A Special Forces Doctor’s Journey of Fleeing Famine and Farming 寒门后娘，特种医师的逃荒种田路 Loves Little Nian Beasts爱吃小年兽Ancient Romance206k WordsCompleted The story follows the path from survival to development, rise, and legacy. It blends farming, infrastructure building, military affairs, politics, technology, and more. Si Yin, the chief military doctor and combat instructor of a modern special forces unit, has her soul transmigrate into Di Xiaoyue, a nineteen-year-old bride married off to bring good fortune. Three days after the wedding, her husband, Zhao Dashan, meets with an accident while hunting in the mountains. She has a sharp-tongued but 406Reads8.0Score106Shelves
4. 454 东 Tales of the Northeast: Women Who Climbed Over the High Walls of Grand Estates 东北往事之翻过深宅高墙的女人们 Midnight Woodpecker午夜啄木鸟Modern Romance859k WordsOngoing In 1946, on the black soil of Northeast China, Chunxiang, daughter of tenant farmer Wang Mazi, marries Liu Laogen, the landlord's son. Her father receives several acres of good farmland and dozens of silver dollars as a handsome betrothal gift. She thinks she has married into wealth and will live a secure life as a young madam, but Liu Laogen has a hidden ailment, and their marriage proves to be one in name only. Chunxiang is determined to escape the prison that has trapped her, but her greedy f 53.6kReads8.7Score3kShelves

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5. 455 金 A Golden Branch Falls to Dust, Yet the Clear Wind Still Comes 金枝坠尘，自有清风来 Plum Valley梅谷Modern Romance145k WordsOngoing He Ya was a beloved heiress from a wealthy family, but a sudden upheaval brought her household to ruin. Her fiancé called off their engagement, his words cutting and cruel: “You have nothing now. You’re no match for me. Stop deluding yourself.” His gleaming leather shoes brushed past He Ya... 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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6. 456 都 Urban Demon Martial Arts: Where Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 都市妖武：武道和妖怪共存 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩28k WordsCompleted Urban Demons and Martial Arts: Martial Arts and Monsters Coexist 5Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 457 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 16.7kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves

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   🌈Attention all farming novel lovers! Here are some gems of farming novels to recommend. 🥰A blend of food, cultivation, and livestreaming elements, guaranteed to bring you joy! ✨"After Moving to the City to Farm, the Fallen Heiress Wins Big": Jiang Mengyun, the female lead, goes on a farming spree, turning her mansion and research base into "farmland," leaving everyone both exasperated and captivated. 😂 🌱"Returning to Modern Times with a Secret Realm, I Don't Want to Work Anymore": The female lead, returning from cultivation, relaxes and farms, doing livestreams, transforming a poor village into a wealthy one. Fans beg her to promote products, but the streamer is a laid-back, unreliable streamer.

8. 458 种 Farming? I Farmed My Way to Immortality, Freedom, and an Easy Life! 种田？种出个长生久视逍遥自在！ Book Eggplant 4096书茄4096Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsOngoing [True Farming] [Prosperous Cultivation World] [Mortal Cultivator] [Cultivating from the Start] [Plant-and-Tree Demons] Good news: I transmigrated into the cultivation world! And not just anywhere, but to a peaceful, prosperous cultivation market district! Time to start a business and make a fortune! Bad news: Glass, gunpowder, and soap are all impossible to sell! Luring a saintess with cola and tempting magical beasts with barbecue don't work either! Why is the productive capacity of the cultiva 43.4kReads8.1Score4.9kShelves

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   Although it's not large-scale farming, the cultivation of spiritual plants is still quite beautiful.

9. 459 六 The Six-Year-Old Kid Carries the Team Through the Refugee Journey 六岁崽，逃荒carry全场 Loves Little Nian Beasts爱吃小年兽Ancient Romance462k WordsCompleted Soul transmigration + System + doted-on-by-everyone + farming + fictional dynasty + comedy + original story I transmigrate into the body of Bai Ling, a timid six-year-old peasant girl. My wicked grandmother favors the boys, and my bizarre relatives walk all over me. But in my previous life, I was an overachieving special forces soldier and a miracle-working doctor. I come with a villa space, and its basement is stocked with all kinds of melee weapons. Splitting up the family, fleeing famine, dea 23Reads—Score—Shelves
10. 460 坊 The Three Scoundrels of the Market 坊市三贱客 Just Writing for Fun in My Spare Time闲时写着玩17k WordsCompleted The Three Scoundrels of the Market 5Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 461 开 From the Start with a Spirit Spring, I Turn My Hometown into a Peach Blossom Paradise 开局灵泉，我把老家打造成桃花源 Soft And Fiercely Adorable糯糯奶凶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension and spirit spring + country life + raising pets + mutual healing, lighthearted and heartwarming] Her mother had cancer, her scumbag boyfriend was cheating on her, and he and his mistress had stolen her designs. Then she was fired from her company. With her life at its bleakest, An Nuan planned to take her mother back to their hometown to spend her final days there. Then she unexpectedly unlocked a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Working herself to the bone for a pittance 33.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    🌈Attention all farming novel lovers! Here are some gems of farming novels to recommend. 🥰A blend of food, cultivation, and livestreaming elements, guaranteed to bring you joy! ✨"After Moving to the City to Farm, the Fallen Heiress Wins Big": Jiang Mengyun, the female lead, goes on a farming spree, turning her mansion and research base into "farmland," leaving everyone both bewildered and captivated. 😂 🌱"Returning to Modern Times with a Secret Realm, I Don't Want to Work Anymore": The female lead, returning from cultivation, relaxes and farms, doing livestreams, transforming a poor village into a wealthy one. Fans beg her to promote products, but the streamer is a laid-back, unreliable streamer.

12. 462 穿 I Landed in a Farming Novel, but Got a Palace Intrigue System 穿到种田文我却拿到了宫斗系统 Chu Jiangyue楚江月Ancient Romance155k WordsOngoing [No romance + System] Shen Yun was an utterly ordinary office worker. After a freak accident on her way home from work, she opened her eyes to find a man squeezing her throat with all his strength! After barely surviving, she discovered that she had transmigrated. Her family was dirt poor, and all she could do each day was drink enough water to feel full. But the biggest problem was her starting scenario. What good was a palace intrigue System supposed to do for me, oh heavens?! Later, she reali 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Fans of realistic rural time-travel stories shouldn't miss this one. The female protagonist nearly loses her life at the beginning, bound to a palace intrigue system completely mismatched with her identity. Merit is hard to accumulate, and items are expensive, so she's basically without any cheat codes in the early stages. All her comebacks rely on her own intelligence and skillful hands. Her embroidery skills improve rapidly, and the scenes of her going to the city for medical treatment, purchasing fabric, and buying food are all realistically depicted within the consumption levels of lower-class farmers in ancient times. The confrontation scene involving the annulment of the engagement is logically sound and doesn't deliberately create melodramatic conflicts.

13. 463 刚 Just Divorced, I Take My Son Back to the Village to Become a Deadbeat 刚离婚，我带儿子回村当负二代 October Old Cat十月老猫Urban254k WordsOngoing After My Divorce, I Took My Son Back to the Village and Became a Rich Second-Generation Heir [Max-level powerhouse + no System + overwhelming superiority + father-son daily life + pure wish fulfillment] Who says leaving the big cities means you've failed? Watch as a max-level corporate drone returns to his hometown and becomes the undisputed king of a small county! “I busted my back in Shenzhen for fifteen years, and now you want to take three million to buy out my years of service and go back t —Reads—Score—Shelves
14. 464 理 Lili, Don’t Be Mad at Me 理理你别气 Sui Zai岁宰Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Also known as: The Amazing Plants That Made Me Famous Across the Stars Sen Lili is an F-class good-for-nothing with a weak constitution. She spends all her savings to inherit a depleted planet from a relative. She decides to make a success of things there and prove she's not really a good-for-nothing! Who knew she'd accidentally grow rare energy plants never before seen anywhere in the stars? Fiery red tomatoes, sweet tomatoes, bitter grapes... She starts an agricultural company, partners with m 1.9kReads8.8Score191Shelves
15. 465 全 After the Whole Internet Mocked Me, I Transmigrated and Made My Fortune Farming 全网嘲后我穿越靠种田发家 Orange's Orange Tree橘子的橘子树Ancient Romance511k WordsOngoing Lin Nuo, a country girl who stages costume photoshoots and is mocked across the internet as someone who "wouldn't survive a single episode after transmigrating," is electrocuted during a livestream and truly transmigrates into the body of a 36-year-old widow. In ancient times, she has been widowed for ten years and is leading her whole family as they flee famine. No male lead, no romance, no golden finger. With practical farming skills, she clears land and farms, builds houses and controls flood 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One is farming, farming, and more farming.

16. 466 糙 The Rugged Man's Beautiful Young Husband 糙汉子的貌美小夫郎 Listening to the Falling Rain听落雨Two Male Leads470k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, lighthearted slice-of-life farming, guaranteed sweetness, both are each other's first and only, with a child!] When he had nowhere else to turn, Su Yunjin married the country man Yang Chuan for a reason of his own. At first, he was anxious and uneasy. Yang Chuan knew Su Yunjin had used a little trick, but didn't care at all. He thought, Whatever his reason, now that he's married into the Yang family, he's mine. I'll cherish him, love him, and respect him. Su Yunjin used to feel 9.2kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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    Just take a look, it's a simple and ordinary farming story.

17. 467 我 I Am the Chief Helmsman 我係总舵主 Zi Sang Xiaoyu子桑小鱼Ancient Romance144k WordsOngoing Zhang Ling used to work at a university. One nap later, she woke up in an ancient home that was utterly impoverished. The household consisted of an old man and seven little children, including her. There was no one to hold the family together. Young Zhang Ling led her family in selling food to earn enough to eat. And so she set up a stall to make money, farmed the land, and gave the village children paid lessons to teach them to read. Later, she wrote one book after another. Through storytellers —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No pig offal, no spices, no ginseng digging! No spatial abilities, no system, no superpowers, no cheat codes—intelligent, logically sound, and refusing to lower your intelligence! A refreshing blend of farming and imperial examination novels! A strong female lead with a romantic partner. The female lead is a career-driven, free-spirited woman. The male lead is her constant companion, a clingy type. There's no strong female lead and an even stronger male lead; the female lead is the absolute best! From beginning to end. Not royalty, not high-ranking officials. Read with confidence.

18. 468 万 A Thousand Years for All the People 万民成岁 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事Historical449k WordsCompleted Can nine sacks of seeds topple a dynasty? With 117 living people written into the death registers, Xin Ye flees into the White Salt Wasteland and takes up the path of cultivation through farming once more. By farming with his own hands, he glimpses the earth's ley lines. When many people farm together, the furrows become an array. He wants the iron cavalry coming to collect grain to see that the ridges beneath their feet can trap an army, the hundred wells in the village can suspend rivers, and 33Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Hidden Gem in Farming Fiction | On barren wasteland, cultivate peace and prosperity for all people year after year 🔥 Correction! It should be "" (wanmin cheng sui), not "" (chen shu), meaning "all people are asleep." It should be "" (cheng sui) to signify "accomplishing things," and "" (sui) to signify "years."

19. 469 农 The Farming Girl's Rise to Fortune Really Came from Her Dreams 农女种田逆袭，真靠做梦暴富啦 Loves Cilantro and Taro Paste爱吃香菜芋泥Ancient Romance130k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Cozy Daily Life + Building Wealth + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scumbags + Family Life] A worker cursed out her boss, then a car accident sent her transmigrating to ancient times, where she became a farm girl being sold. A hellish start: She opened her eyes to find a human trafficker selling her. She had no money and wasn't even registered in the household records. A barefoot person has nothing to lose! She fought her way out of their clutches and was lucky enough to be resc 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Farming, improving farm tools, and cooking

20. 470 穿 I've Been Farming Ever Since I Transmigrated 穿越后一直在种田 Koutian Yifan口天一凡Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Wu Xiao never liked farming, even as a child. So what if transmigrating gave her a golden finger? She's still forced to farm both inside and outside her space!] Wu Xiao is an ordinary nobody who's been having the same dream every night lately: endlessly farming in different places! A time-traveling soldier accidentally sends her back to ancient times, where she becomes Yang Mingxi, a village girl. Seeing her caring family go hungry, she rolls up her sleeves and starts farming for their sake. Af 2.4kReads9.2Score184Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates to the village and first cultivates land for her own family, then leads her uncles and aunts in land reclamation and farming, until the entire village is engaged in land reclamation and farming. When the male protagonist's family is demoted, she leads him in land reclamation and farming. She possesses a special ability: everything she grows can only be used as seeds because it all sprouts! Thus, the female protagonist is now farming both inside and outside her own virtual world.

21. 471 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.4kReads8.7Score871Shelves

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    Great book, highly recommended! You won't regret reading it! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Smile][Smile]

22. 472 钓 Fishing My Way to Riches: Starting by Feeding a Spirit Cat 钓鱼暴富：从投喂灵猫开始 This Daoist Is Yuyang贫道渔洋Urban685k WordsCompleted [Fishing + laid-back farming at a ranch + decisive, mature rich woman + gamer girl + an utterly hooked Mulan] With no one to rely on, what could be more than a strange opportunity fate has given me? Alone and without help, this is the hidden moment to turn the tide. Yin and yang together make the Way. When hope and delusion both fade into nothing, a predicament that seems hopeless becomes the perfect moment for rebirth. The turmoil of the world rises and falls like waves. Only by shedding it and 6.5kReads8.8Score402Shelves

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    Both books are by the same author, and the first and second explain interpersonal relationships and social dynamics quite clearly. You can read them with your brain engaged.

23. 473 重 Reborn: I Turned the Tables by Farming with My Pocket Dimension 重生后，我用空间种田逆袭 Tu Feng Yunhe土风允禾Ancient Romance178k WordsOngoing Farming + making a fortune + reborn + pocket dimension + alternate setting. (The romance will probably come later. There won't be any princes or young noble lords; the heroine will be the strong, dominant one, while the hero will simply be her capable, supportive partner.) In my previous life, my second aunt sold me to a widower for two taels of silver. I died on a snowy day. Reborn, the first thing I did was split from the family. With a pocket dimension at my disposal, I watered the fields 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is definitely a farming/development story. It includes some everyday family life and career building. It's told in the first person, with a rebirth theme, focusing on getting rich and having a spatial ability.

24. 474 天 Heavenly Dao, Prove Yourself 天道，请自证 The Little Dolphin's Story小海豚的故事Eastern Fantasy252k WordsCompleted You saved them, but he was the one enshrined in gold. After he has basked in the incense of countless worshippers, even your name will be erased without a trace. Su Yan is determined to tear down that golden statue. He tempers his bones with the dust of monuments, opens a realm with an old inkstone, and reveals the truth through white stone. Carrying fragments of masterworks, he uses evidence to break divine powers and strips away, layer by layer, the merit stolen by the powerful. From reclaimin 54Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 475 村 The Village Fool 村野傻子 Please Read My Book请看我书Urban391k WordsCompleted [Countryside + City Life + Feel-Good Fiction] He Xiaobai was hit by a car while saving someone and was left with a mental disability. His parents abandoned him, and the villagers looked down on him! One day, he dug up a peerless miraculous pill in the mountains, and from then on, he was no longer a fool. 5.2kReads7.1Score317Shelves

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    This is the best farming novel I've ever read, everyone should check it out!

26. 476 被 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家！鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life363k WordsCompleted Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8.3kReads7.6Score738Shelves
27. 477 农 A Country Girl Transmigrates to Become an Extra, Feeding Her Family with Boxed Meals 农女穿越当群演，盒饭养活一家人 A Little Disco Cat at Home家有蹦迪小猫Modern Romance282k WordsCompleted The moment she opens her eyes, Su Xiaoyu is flung from an ancient world ravaged by war and famine into a modern film set. While others transmigrate as princes and ministers, she transmigrates as an undocumented extra who can't even afford a boxed lunch. In the past: her family has nothing, her grandmother is frail, her younger siblings are starving, and the whole village teeters on the brink of famine. In the present: a dazzling world of phones, computers, and skyscrapers, where everyone has 197Reads8.0Score105Shelves

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    I've recently been reading these two books and they're quite good. The second one is still being serialized, so proceed with caution.

28. 478 耕 A Family of Farmers and Scholars 耕读人家 Qiu Mi楸米Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Female lead transmigrates + male lead is reborn, no pocket dimension, no System, no supernatural powers] Gao E transmigrates into the body of a heavily pregnant woman with four sons. From the start, she's supposed to sell her children to pay for her husband's imperial exams. The good news is, she arrives in time to save her eldest son. The bad news is, she nearly gets caught by her husband when he returns after turning back from the exam journey. Gao E gives up her need to prove herself and jus 8.3kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves

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    "Medicines in Every Mountain" | Super Good!!! No system cheat codes, no spiritual springs or super-powerful buffs—this farming novel relies on the heroine's solid professional knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and her hard work! There are no dramatic plots, only the warm and ordinary rural life, making ordinary days feel healing. What's even better is that every plant mentioned in the text is accompanied by detailed illustrations and knowledge points, allowing you to unlock tidbits of traditional Chinese medicine knowledge while reading, making it a veritable "plant science manual in farming novels."

29. 479 穿 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去！真没想搞大事！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical376k WordsCompleted Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 778Reads7.3Score108Shelves
30. 480 弃 The Abandoned Wife Returns with Her Child: Mom's Everything Emporium Is Now Overpowered 弃妇带娃：娘亲的万象坊开挂了 Dou He豆禾Ancient Romance232k WordsCompleted Transmigration + Rebirth + System + Golden Finger + Farming + Lighthearted Comedy On the day she was divorced, her ex-husband said, “You gave birth to two daughters. What face do you have left to stay with the Lin family?” Shen Qinghe, who had transmigrated into this world, smiled and moved into a dilapidated temple with her two girls. That very night, she bound herself to a Plane Store. Her eldest daughter could read minds, so she knew exactly what her ex-husband was thinking. Her youngest 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Doing business, farming, raising children, and cultivating medicinal herbs.

31. 481 四 Food for Every Season 四季有粮 Olive榄角Ancient Romance743k WordsCompleted [Transmigration to an alternate historical setting + pure farming story + cozy everyday life + no cheat abilities + no generals or royalty + romance appears late + little focus on the romance + illustrated guides to plants and animals, including mushrooms, food, and handicrafts] Main characters: Li Dongzhi, Li Qiuyuan, a loud goose, and a talking myna The story follows the premise in the synopsis, with everyday farming, plenty of details, and lots of educational information. Not your cup of tea? 3.9kReads8.8Score509Shelves

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    The author from Guangxi likes farming novels, making northerners want to travel there. The female protagonist is currently only 13 years old and isn't alone; she has kind villagers and neighbors, her third cousin and his wife, her eldest sister's family (who, though not successful in the imperial examinations, are now county magistrates), and her younger brother who has already started school—a thriving community. The only downside is her third cousin's parents, who have already reclaimed their land, and her brother has already divided the family property. Her father's sisters try to take advantage of her, wanting her geese and chickens, but she refuses.

32. 482 兵 Marching Out of the Ten Thousand Mountains to Reclaim Our Homeland and Expand Our Borders 兵出十万大山，复故土拓新疆 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Historical885k WordsOngoing Liu Yongfu went up the mountain to gather firewood. In a dream, an old man told him that he was a mighty general who should defend his home and protect his people. When he woke, he also had a new set of memories from the future. Liu Yongfu decided that, besides defending his homeland, he should find the Han people a place to settle, help them survive more than a decade of war and natural disasters, and fight against imperialism... [Some parts of this story take liberties with history, or happen 5.4kReads—Score385Shelves

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    The male protagonist is reborn and leads his fellow villagers and soldiers out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, creating a new world for the Han people.

33. 483 开 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世！关我穷鬼府兵啥事？ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life348k WordsOngoing Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.3kReads—Score200Shelves
34. 484 云 The Legendary Story of the Yun Family 云老二一家的传奇故事 A Chilling Azure Cocoon一道森冷的天苍茧Historical2.6M WordsOngoing So what if he was kicked out with nothing? Yun Laoer, who had refused to accept his fate since childhood, lets loose completely. All he has left is a house full of sons, but he heads to the wilderness without a care in the world and settles down there. He insists on sending his sons to school and, through hard work and a generous helping of luck, gets into plenty of hilarious scrapes. In the end, he makes his fortune, his son succeeds in the imperial examinations, and they both reach the pinnacl 10.4kReads8.6Score633Shelves

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    I believe it will catch your eye; this is a film I've watched three times.

35. 485 回 After the College Entrance Exam, I Used My Foresight to Become a Tycoon 回到高考后，利用先知成富豪 The Twenty-Five-Thousand-Li Long March二万五千里长征路Urban841k WordsCompleted By a twist of fate, Chen Feiyu returns to the day after his class reunion, held after the college entrance exam. Using his information advantage, he makes up for past regrets. From the start, he sets his sights on the Brazil World Cup to earn his first fortune, then uses his expertise and memories to grow his money in the stock market. He also keeps in touch with his high school crush and his senior from university, wins the hearts of both beauties, and becomes a winner in life! 2.6kReads—Score107Shelves
36. 486 七 The Seven Stars Transmigrated: The Marquis’s Daughter Farms Her Way to Winning Over the God of Coastal Defense 七星穿越，侯女种田拿下海防战神 Jin Ruoyun金若允Ancient Romance166k WordsOngoing Group transmigration + legitimate daughter of a noble marquis's household + agricultural science and farming + devoted one-on-one romance + light political intrigue Ning Zhao looks up and sees Ling Gu standing in a parasol tree. She asks in confusion, “General, what are you doing up there?” The General Who Pacifies the North, once commanding a powerful coastal defense force and slaughtering pirates like a wrathful demon, lowers his head. For once, he is disarmingly sincere and at a loss for wor —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male lead is incredibly innocent yet very proactive; he proposes the very next day after entering someone's room [laughs]. I absolutely love the character. This is a group-transmigration ancient romance novel, where seven modern people come to ancient times to change the world [shy]. It's great! (✧∀✧) The female lead is an agricultural science expert.

37. 487 重 Reborn to Buy a Husband and Have a Child 重生之买个汉子生孩子 Miao Xiaorui喵小蕊Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion + Devoted to Each Other + One-on-One Romance + Farming] Wen Qiaoyun was born and raised a farmer, and she had been one in her past life too. Her greatest wish was to own a vast stretch of land where she could make all the decisions herself. So even after she bought herself a prince for a husband, and even after she gave birth to a young heir and a little princess, her wish remained unchanged. New book: Farming: The System-Wielding Widow of the Farmhouse, pen nam 1.2kReads9.0Score100Shelves

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    This is a realistic farming novel. The modern female protagonist was a patriarchal peasant girl in a small mountain village before she transmigrated. She became an orphan, but she was happy to be able to make her own decisions. She worked from sunrise to sunset every day. Although the male protagonist was a prince, he didn't have any of those frivolous affairs; he spent his time living in the small mountain village and farming with the female protagonist.

38. 488 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 494kReads9.7Score70.5kShelves
39. 489 假 The Fake Heiress Is Sweet and Charming, and Her Five Brothers Dote on Her 假千金又软又撩，五个哥哥宠上天 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Su Wan transmigrated into a book, she took one look at her character's setup and ending and fell into deep thought. She could have coasted to victory, but instead she had to court death. Was this really the standard ending for a vicious supporting female character? To change her fate, she decided to return to the countryside and cling to her five older brothers. After all, they would all become big shots one day. Her eldest brother would become a third-rank official at court. Her second br 26.9kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves

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    Good farming novels

40. 490 学 A Top Student's 50-Million-Year Survival Journal 学霸的五千万年求生手记 Three Thousand Troublesome Threads叁仟烦劳丝Sci-Fi & Apocalypse225k WordsOngoing When Mi Tian opens his eyes again, the familiar moon is gone. A shattered ring of stars hangs overhead. The time: fifty million years after 2025 CE. The place: Earth, a “pressure cooker” ruled by extreme heat, humidity, and gigantic creatures. Human civilization has all but vanished. All that remains is a thin, hard-to-degrade “plastic stratum” buried in the rock layers. Subways have become fossils on cliffs, skyscrapers have turned into reefs beneath the water, and cell phones are the only sou 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No system, no superpowers, no savior. Here are only three high school students from the 21st century: a science whiz who can solve any engineering problem; a biology fanatic who drools over mutated creatures; and a skilled, top-tier scout who never holds anyone back. The entire class is transported to Earth in the year 2025. Earth, a "pressure cooker" ruled by high temperatures, high humidity, and giant creatures. Human civilization, once vibrant, is now nothing more than a thin fossilized layer in the rock; skyscrapers have become underwater reefs. From crafting a composite bow by hand to skinning crocodiles to forge fangs to fight prehistoric behemoths, Mi Tian pushes up his nose, his spear pointing north: "Don't panic. According to the laws of physics, its current kinetic energy can't kill us." In short: Civilization is dead, but in my hands, it will be restarted.

41. 491 崛 The Rise of a Clan 崛起的家族 Years and Days on Paper纸上的岁月年华Historical1.3M WordsCompleted This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. There's no transmigration, and no golden finger. It's a story about a family, or rather, about our ancestors. I wanted to write down what they went through. The stories in this book are all things I heard my elders talk about in casual conversation, so there may inevitably be omissions. The family records have also been lost, and some things can't be verified. I want to portray the stories as truthfully and objectively as possible, but my abilities are limite 7.6kReads9.3Score911Shelves
42. 492 本 I’ve Transmigrated to a Famine Year. If You Need Me, Burn Some Paper Offerings 本人已穿荒年，有事记得烧纸 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Dongyue transmigrated. The good news: She gained access to a strange pocket dimension. The catch was that the unreliable space only worked if her old friend You Sijia made daily “offerings” to it. The bad news: She had transmigrated into the body of a woman as burly as a mountain and as fierce as a tigress. Her family was poor, and on top of that, she had to deal with the “mess” her missing husband had left behind, as well as support her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Luc 7.8kReads9.3Score831Shelves

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    The god of farming, granting all your wishes 👍👍

43. 493 闺 My Daughter's Words Become Law, and Her Mad Mother Lies Back and Becomes a God 闺女言出法随，癫娘躺赢成神 Hungry Goose大鹅饿饿Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Qin Youyou has an incomplete soul and is reborn as a good-for-nothing orphan in a fantasy world, with only a farming System to her name. She lives tucked away in a small mountain valley, until one day she returns to her family. She has to care for her deranged mother, feed her good-for-nothing older brother, and support her declining family. She rolls up her sleeves and keeps working hard to grow vegetables and feed her family. Until... Her useless older brother drinks her tea and smashes a hund 13.6kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
44. 494 泼 The Fiery Farm Girl: Growing Crops and Getting Rich 泼辣农家女，种田又致富 Neurotic White Iron神经白铁Ancient Romance212k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate] [Deal with Awful Relatives] [Scavenge and Farm] [Get Rich Through Food] [No Pocket Dimension or Superpowers] After transmigrating into the body of a little girl in ancient times, Wu Ying has to deal with her awful mother and stepfather from the start. Then she stumbles upon a bat cave in the mountains behind her home, securing her first fortune! Dipping sauce, fish balls, and one idea after another... Farming, cooking, and running a stall: making sure her family has enough to eat 47Reads—Score105Shelves

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    You should give this book a try; it's very down-to-earth and not unrealistic.

45. 495 斩 Cutting Spring 斩春 Chinese Loropetalum in the South南有檵木Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 19.8kReads9.5Score3kShelves

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    I love this novel so much! It's a slow and steady read. The female lead is amazing—so free-spirited and intelligent. And the author must have a strong literary foundation; the writing is beautiful, reminiscent of reading a novel by Wang Zengqi. It makes me so hungry! The greatest joy in life is simple pleasure.

46. 496 胎 Born into Ancient Times During a Famine, I’m Playing It Safe! 胎穿古代逃荒，很苟！ Su Guo Who Loves Ham Porridge爱吃火腿粥的苏果Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it seems completed novels no longer gain points! [Born into a new life + fleeing famine + wartime chaos + low-profile pocket dimension + farming + small-scale ventures + no handouts + not a power fantasy heroine] No royalty! No high-ranking officials! The heroine isn’t omnipotent. She’s just an ordinary person who transmigrates, with limited life experience, and grows little by little. This is about the hard struggle for survival faced by the poorest farmers. It’s an en 12.3kReads8.8Score808Shelves
47. 497 农 An Ambitious Country Boy's Life in Ancient Times 农家小子的古代上进日常 The Hibernating Donkey冬眠中的驴Historical6.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the body of a farmer's son in ancient times, a poor student had no choice but to embark on the long road of the imperial examinations to improve his family's life. He sought neither wealth and status nor a high salary or lofty office in this life. All he wanted was to protect his family and give them a peaceful life. 41.3kReads9.2Score3.1kShelves

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    I've read more than half of it, and there are very few flaws: 1. Lots of knowledge about traditional Chinese medicine; 2. A family of three travels back in time to an ancient rural area to farm; 3. Farming combined with...

48. 498 大 The Transmigrated Life of a Mighty Woman 大力女的穿越人生 A Green-and-Red Chili Pepper一颗青红辣椒256k WordsCompleted Xu Jin transmigrates to ancient times and becomes Xu Duozhu, the third daughter of the Xu family. She discovers that her family is so poor they eat wild greens every day. Her grandparents and parents are not at all biased toward sons, but with four daughters in a row, the family is branded as one without an heir. They work hard to earn money, and as the days go by, they somehow end up with a tiger they call Mimi and a cat they call Big Yellow. They sell fish balls, make mosquito-repellent incens 191Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    This one! Farming and business, the cheat code is just superhuman strength!

49. 499 愉EN Happy Pokémon, Stronger Me? Guess I'm Not a Trainer Then! 愉悦精灵就变强？那不当训练家了 Nineteen, Just One十九一只Anime Fanfiction3.1M WordsOngoing [Pokemon + Pokémon + Joy System + everyday farming + battles + invincible + laid-back + beautiful female Pokemon and handsome male Pokemon...] After transmigrating to a parallel Pokemon world, Lin Feng spent eighteen years there. At a turning point in his life, the Joy System arrived. All he had to do was make Pokemon happy to earn rewards. After receiving the top-tier Breeder profession and top-tier Aura of the Vale, Lin Feng chose without hesitation to take over his parents’ Pokémon Day Care a 33.6kReads9.3Score2.6kShelves

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    There's not much to say; I personally think it's top-tier among Pokémon slice-of-life stories.

50. 500 山 Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers 山河志 A Dao阿刀Urban1.9M WordsCompleted His beautiful mother was nearly assaulted by a village lout, but she tearfully begged the man who rescued her not to call the police. Young Gao Yuan couldn’t understand why at the time. Only when he reached his thirties and looked back on the past, with those scenes flashing through his mind, did he realize that the lives of countless rural people together form a chronicle of the mountains and rivers of China! 84.2kReads9.6Score9.2kShelves

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    Highly recommended, especially "Medicine in the Mountains"—both are the pinnacle of farming fiction! 🔥🔥🔥

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