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. 551 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.5kReads—Score192Shelves

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   There are good books even with low ratings. Has anyone read these?

2. 552 当 Be a Princess Consort? I’d Rather Farm 当王妃？不如去种田 Luosifen with Yuba螺蛳粉加腐竹Ancient Romance233k WordsCompleted [No CP + pure farming + System + everyday life] Shen Qing was a corporate wage slave. After being exploited by her unscrupulous boss, she cursed him out a few times, then got hit by a car on her way home from work. She transmigrated into the body of the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's family, a girl whose mother was gone and whose father favored none of her. Unwilling to get dragged into household schemes, Shen Qing fled all the way to Peach Blossom Village and began a farming life. 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a pure farming novel, no cheat codes, just a peaceful and stable farming life. I highly recommend it. There's no romance, it's a female-centric novel where the female lead's only thought is making money, raising chickens and ducks, cutting grass and feeding cattle!

3. 553 穿 Transmigrated as a Foodie Saint: I Just Want to Farm and Eat 穿成吃货圣母，只想种地干饭 Bo, Two-Faced on the Inside伯表里不一Ancient Romance100k WordsOngoing [Historical farming + building wealth + junkyard + putting awful relatives in their place] The day Xiang Chishui won the lottery, a sign fell on her and killed her. She transmigrated into the body of a fake saintly woman who sold out her younger brother for personal gain. Compared to her pampered younger brother and green-tea older sister, the original owner was hopeless. She ate and drank her fill, then gave away all the food in the family home, earning the hatred of her own family and the laug 1Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 554 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.4kReads6.4Score304Shelves
5. 555 刀 Kill the Male Lead, Build Infrastructure! She's the Evil God of the Beast World 刀男主，搞基建！她在兽世当邪神 Give Your Lord a Meow给爷喵一个Ancient Romance376k WordsCompleted [Beast World] + [Infrastructure Building] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Superpowers] + [Romance, One-on-One] + [Full-Body Transmigration] Yu Yueya blows up a laboratory and transmigrates to a world of beastfolk. When the System orders her to redeem the male lead and help him become the Beast God, she turns around and kills him, then swallows the Resurrection Pill. She suffered so much without ever being saved. Why should she go save someone else? Just as Yu Yueya is waiting to die, a warm, golden tige 2kReads8.9Score296Shelves

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   [Heart] Farming and infrastructure building novel, building a large city, it's really, really good, the male and female leads pamper each other [Learned it][Bookshelf added][Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Admiration][Admiration][Already added][Bookshelf added][Admiration][Flying kiss][Sending heart][Licking screen] The female lead is stronger than the male lead, it's a super refreshing novel, really refreshing, really interesting, the story is very good, the plot is full of ups and downs, the content is very novel, super sweet and super good, super refreshing and refreshing and good, really, really interesting, the female lead is super invincible.

6. 556 逃 Fleeing Famine: My Four Perfect Children, Their Mother’s a Killer 逃荒：满级四宝，娘亲杀疯了 Nan Xing Writes Stories南星写故事Ancient Romance364k WordsOngoing Three years of drought have left the land strewn with corpses. Lin Wanqing, a modern expert in both agricultural science and combat, transmigrates into the body of a widow who starved to death in ancient times, with four burdensome children thrown in for good measure. The eldest is a reborn young marquis, already a schemer at eight, armed with memories of his past life and determined to expose corrupt officials. The second was born with the ability to read minds, so the schemes of their awful r —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The mugwort in front of the burial mound was blown askew by the wind. A refugee muttered, "What's so great about picking up dead people's bones?" Uncle Zhao turned around and slammed his cane heavily on the ground: "These people were soldiers. Without them, your ancestors would have been slaughtered by the Northern Barbarians long ago. The place where you're standing in line for porridge is the very gate they once guarded." #BookRecommendation #DefendingTheLand #Patriotism

7. 557 芋 The Yu River Immortal Clan: Building a Clan by Growing Potatoes 芋河仙族：打造仙族从种土豆开始 Laughing Lord笑君侯Eastern Fantasy2.8M WordsCompleted Wu Guohua transmigrated into a poor farming family in a remote village in the Great Liang. His grandfather kept the whole extended family together, including his father and two uncles, but they still never knew where their next meal was coming from. At eight, Wu Guohua began helping his family farm the land and awakened a talent for agriculture. Starting with potatoes, he steadily developed his family until he led the Wu clan of Yuhé Valley to become the mightiest immortal clan in the Myriad Wor 319Reads6.9Score148Shelves

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   These two books fit the bill; they're both about farming!

8. 558 战 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.4M WordsOngoing “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.2kReads5.9Score192Shelves
9. 559 光 All Beings Beneath the Light 光遇众生 The Quiet Duke静谧的公爵Anime Fanfiction976k WordsOngoing Adventure + high-IQ showdowns + suspicious, scheming characters + no female lead + ensemble cast + slow pace + revelations about the world’s truth, layer by layer (A Sky: Children of the Light fanfiction) After transmigrating into the world of Sky: Children of the Light, the Duke becomes a Light Child manipulated by the ancestors. “Go make an offering,” they say. “It is your supreme glory.” He believes them and fights his way forward with his companions, only to discover the horrifying truth aft 157Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Trust me, if you're looking for something to read, this is a guaranteed surprise! The premise is absolutely brilliant, the world-building is incredibly interesting, it's niche but of exceptionally high quality.

10. 560 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: The Eldest Daughter of the Farmhouse Keeps the Family Fed 逃荒种田，农门长姐养家忙 Clouds Above the Clouds云上之云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no space, is not a feel-good power fantasy, and its famine-flight scenes are adapted from historical accounts of ordinary people fleeing famine in different periods. The heroine is only eight years old, so escaping with her whole family in tow is very hard, incredibly hard. If you’re looking for a feel-good power fantasy, please move on. Don’t read to the end, decide the main characters have suffered too much, feel bad, and then leave a negative review. Writing is hard, so please 33.9kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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    Farming novels; those who like stories without spatial abilities or a system might enjoy this one.

11. 561 大 Great Ming: Please, Just Insult Me to Death! 大明：求求你骂死朕吧！ Great Pixiu大貔貅Historical2.3M WordsOngoing Just after Zhou Chen learned that his dad was a secret billionaire with a trillion in family assets, he was inexplicably whisked away by a System and transmigrated to the barren Ming Dynasty. The System warned him that if Old Zhu beheaded him, he would lose the System and be sent back to his dreary life. So Zhou Chen, whose spirits had just crashed because of his transmigration, found himself with fresh motivation and a new goal... Lose the System? Get lost already! What’s so hard about getti 1.1kReads8.7Score108Shelves
12. 562 抗 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.1kReads8.7Score603Shelves
13. 563 斩 Slay the Gods: Climbing the Ranks Like a Dung Beetle in the World of Slay the Gods! 斩神：我在斩神世界苍蜣登阶！ Fan He凡河Male-Channel Fanfiction991k WordsCompleted [Slay the Gods + comedic fan fiction + Huozige's golden finger] (Just turn your brain off and enjoy! No idea if it's good, but it's definitely crazy and hilarious. Some original-world details have been altered, so don't take them too seriously.) Chen Li transmigrates into the world of Slay the Gods and waits for eighteen long years. At last, the System arrives, and the protagonist, Lin 10.6kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    Chen Li, who transmigrated to the world of Godslayer, waited seventeen long years and finally got a system, and the protagonist Lin Qiye was in the class next door. But even though he finally got the Myriad Realms Novel Protagonist System, which allowed him to choose a novel protagonist and extract their abilities, something unexpected was about to happen. Chen Li originally wanted to bind with Chen Ping'an, but with the divine assistance of his good friend Li Zhonghua, he chose Huo Zi as his binding protagonist! 'Great Thousand Records', 'Sitting in Oblivion', 'Heart Essence', 'Cultivation Techniques', 'False Cultivation Techniques', 'Illusory and Real Separation', 'Fire Robe True Scripture Healing Technique'... Chen Li looked at these abilities and fell into deep thought. +!

14. 564 穿 Transmigrate into a Book as a Blessed, Wicked Mother-in-Law, and Lead My Good-for-Nothing Kids to Wealth 穿书福运恶婆婆，带渣崽崽们暴富 Ballball the Soon-to-Be Millionaire暴富的大球球Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming, family squabbles, building wealth, a woman transmigrates into a book as an older mother-in-law] After staying up all night reading a novel, I opened my eyes and found myself transmigrated into a book. Talk about bad luck. Of all people, why did I have to become her? I ended up as the silly, sweet heroine’s stepmother, the villainess’s biological mother, and a wicked farm wife with a whole brood of useless kids. Zhang Jing complained, “Well, this is great. No more nagging me to get 691Reads8.9Score107Shelves
15. 565 全 My Whole Clan Is Exiled? I'll Get Rich Through Farming 全族流放？我靠种植发家致富了 Orange Orange Orange Orange橘橘橘橘子Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Male lead, golden finger, lighthearted, exile and farming] Ji Changying was a walking encyclopedia of plants. Her remarkable abilities caught the attention of an experimental research base. They spent two years and sent ten skilled fighters to capture her. In the end, she blew up their base, but something went wrong, and she died too. When Ji Changying opened her eyes again, she had become the little fool of the Ji family in Lianhua Village. Her parents were loving, and her family was harmoniou 25.9kReads9.2Score3.5kShelves

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    ① What's a farming novel without this? A walking botanist comes to farm, solving problems like pests and diseases. During her exile, she even helps a local county government cure crop diseases, earning preferential treatment and laying the foundation for future large-scale production! ② The female lead is very sharp-tongued, and the characters are very well-developed. The whole book revolves around the female lead's mother's wrongful conviction, and the story is quite fast-paced. I personally think it's worth reading!

16. 566 铁 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 The Colors of Songcheng Fireworks宋城烟火色Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.2kReads6.4Score293Shelves
17. 567 十 A Billion Cultivators Train for Me: Ascending to Immortality Is a Piece of Cake 十亿修士替我修炼，飞升易如反掌 It's Big Chai是大柴啊Eastern Fantasy312k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can 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! 21Reads7.0Score—Shelves
18. 568 现 A Modern-Day Wage Slave’s Peaceful Life in Ancient Times 现代牛马在古代的安稳日子 Egg Mom Loves Durian蛋妈爱吃榴莲Ancient Romance298k WordsCompleted There is a space. If you don't like that, don't read. No palace or household infighting, just family squabbles and the everyday lives of ordinary people. If that's not your thing, don't read. There is a male lead, but he appears quite late. Tang Yuan, a modern-day overworked wage slave, dies suddenly after working overtime for a whole month and transmigrates into the body of Tang Yuan, a poor village girl in ancient times whose parents are both dead. From the start, she runs into awful relatives 3.9kReads8.3Score423Shelves

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    Highly recommend it, this farming novel is especially good.

19. 569 玄 The Metaphysics Master Only Wants to Farm 玄学大佬她只想种田 Jiang Yaor江窈儿Ancient Romance843k WordsCompleted Jiang Tong transmigrates into a little girl in ancient times. Her father is a treacherous minister, and she is indirectly responsible for her brothers' mother's death. To make matters worse, the family is seized and exiled as soon as she arrives. She is bullied, starved, and frozen, and her enemies plot against her. Luckily, she still has her pocket dimension and her abilities, so she can strike back without drawing attention. By day, she acts clueless. In her spare time, she tells fortunes, tre 839Reads8.9Score105Shelves
20. 570 穿 After Transmigrating and Fleeing the Famine, I Made a Fortune Through Farming 穿越逃荒后我靠种田发家致富了 Sticky Rice Rice Rice糯米饭饭饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine + golden finger + no romance + building wealth + farming + plot-focused + completed] Liu Xu died at the hands of zombies and woke up to discover that she had transmigrated. Her family had no land and relied on hunting to make ends meet. To top it off, her father's leg was broken. Luckily, it could be treated, but they were short on money. Just as the whole family was about to hit a dead end, Liu Xu received a gift from Heaven: a golden finger that gave her limitless strength. She 2.4kReads8.4Score186Shelves
21. 571 三 Delta Force Descends on the Real World: I Have an Unlimited Secure Storage Box 三角洲降临现实：我有无限安全箱 The Greedy Little Flying Bird贪吃小飞鸟Anime Fanfiction1.2M WordsOngoing (Quick note: You can enjoy this even if you haven't played the game.) When the resource zones from a video game appeared in the real world, humanity entered an era where everyone went in with nothing but a knife. Xiao Yun transmigrated to a world where everyone started with three standard beginner tickets and had to find all their resources by searching. He became an eighteen-year-old GTI trainee. When the familiar scenery of Zero 2.4kReads7.9Score446Shelves
22. 572 黄 A Love Letter in the Loess 黄土情书 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban263k WordsCompleted In 1982, a severe drought grips northern Shaanxi. Thirty-year-old village teacher Wang Pu squats on a cracked field ridge, clutching the betrothal money his mother has wrapped in red cloth. The last unmarried man of his age in the village has no idea his life is about to change that very night. When he rescues a young woman in a Lenin suit from a collapsed grain depot, the English copy of Jane Eyre in her suitcase tears open his stunted emotional world. When a village teacher’s love for a “troub 35Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It looks so good! So cool!

23. 573 拒 I Refuse to Be a Corporate Drone, and My Zombies Never Work Overtime! 拒绝社畜我的僵尸从不加班！ Sucking on a Pacifier, Thinking Up a Nickname叼着奶嘴想昵称Eastern Fantasy173k WordsOngoing In my last life, I worked 996 until I dropped dead. In this life, I just want to lie flat. Chen Yan, a burned-out office worker, transmigrates into the body of the good-for-nothing fifth young master of Duke Kairen's household in the Blackrock Empire. He can't cultivate battle energy or learn magic. Even the territory assigned to him lies on the grounds of a legendary ancient necromancer, cursed so that everything planted there dies. Barren hills, ruined villages, and ten households of villagers —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story of a good-for-nothing young master and a shrewd housekeeper. The protagonist, who cannot cultivate martial arts or learn magic, uses zombies to successfully build his own zombie empire amidst the spying of surrounding nobles, the suppression of the imperial duke, and the oppression of the Holy See.

24. 574 农 A Fierce Farmer’s Wife: My Wife Is a Force to Be Reckoned With 农门悍妻：我娘子超凶 Big West Chicken大西几Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When the apocalypse arrives, Mo Xue, an ordinary passerby, is unlucky enough to become a low-level zombie. But she doesn't let that get her down. She fights, bites people, and devours flesh with such determination that she manages to become a little zombie captain, only for a giant cannon to come out of nowhere and blast her to smithereens. She thinks she's done for, but instead, she transmigrates to the Great Jin dynasty and becomes a little farm-family dumpling named Mo Tingxue. Her grandmothe 89Reads8.4Score—Shelves
25. 575 官 A Trap Within a Trap in the Halls of Power 官场局中局 Spring Breeze Leaves No Trace 007春风了无痕007Urban537k WordsCompleted [Political intrigue + power struggles + influential figures + suspense + workplace drama + deduction] Cao Zili, head of the Phoenix Mountain project, falls to his death. Rumors claim a suicide note was found at the scene, but its intended recipient is a mystery, and the case is full of unanswered questions... Was it suicide or murder? And what was the motive? The body cannot be found, making the case difficult to solve... The provincial task force arrives, sending the political scene in Huzhou i 1.3kReads8.7Score128Shelves
26. 576 古 Everyday Farming in Ancient Times: My Husband Is So Gentle 古代种田日常，我家夫郎超温柔 A Little One Who Loves Cilantro爱吃香菜的小毛毛一枚Two Male Leads501k WordsCompleted Hey, everyone! The rating is low right now because it was just posted and ratings have only just opened T﹏T It’ll go up after a while. You’re already here, so why not take a look before you go?~ After dying from overwork, Lin Sang opened his eyes and found himself in the body of the poorest man in ancient times. His home was bare, he had nothing to his name, and he nearly starved to death as soon as he arrived. Luckily, his neighbor was a man named Su Wan. People said he was cursed and brought 662Reads8.2Score105Shelves

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    It's a great book, a new discovery, mainly about food. If you want to know more, you can check out my book review!

27. 577 惊 Shocking! After I Started Farming, a Yandere Chief Minister Sprouted Up 惊了！种田后，长出病娇首辅 Demon Pet妖宠Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming to fortune + sharp-tongued, unhinged heroine + laugh-out-loud comedy + civil and military examinations + devoted couple] A genius heroine with unmatched intelligence and martial prowess, whose thought process is anything but normal. She wields the finest blades against the wicked and pounds scoundrels into the ground. Luo Xi, a doomsday war goddess, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated to a rural village in ancient times, where she has become a notorious menace who dresses as a 386Reads9.4Score114Shelves
28. 578 王 The Princess Consort’s Snack Shop 王妃的零食铺子 The Kitten Doesn't Eat Oranges小猫不吃橙子Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Food + Princess Consort + Marriage First, Love Later + No Pocket Dimension + Heartwarming] Su Lele owns a snack shop. One day, she transmigrates to ancient times into the family of an official. With a harmonious family and a comfortable life, she decides to return to her old trade and start making snacks, beginning with retail sales. Her goal is to open snack shops all across the Great Yun Kingdom. Hawthorn rolls, potato chips, fish balls, grilled shrimp, little dried fish, pin 4.3kReads8.9Score341Shelves
29. 579 极 The Fabulous Little Village Girl 极品小村姑 Half a Mile to the Bridge at Qingxi青溪半里桥Ancient Romance951k WordsCompleted After Ge Sanniang arrives in Gejia Village and becomes an out-and-out country girl, she takes one look at the Ge family’s bare-walled house, her pale and gaunt siblings, and her worried parents, and feels the pressure mount. But she isn’t afraid. Every fortune starts from nothing, and if they work hard, surely they can climb out of poverty. She leads her family out of hardship and toward prosperity, rising from a penniless village girl in an alternate world to a first-rank noblewoman whom everyo 212Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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    With over 6000 hours of reading experience, I'm quite picky about books. This one is a fast-paced, enjoyable story within the farming genre. See if it's what you're looking for.

30. 580 人 In the Beast World, Burn Paper If You Need Anything 人在兽世，有事烧纸 Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Cozy Vibes] [Food] [Farming] [Raising Kids] [Light Infrastructure Building] [Power Couple] Gray Wolf gong x White Deer shou (You’ve never heard the legend of the Gray Wolf and White Deer?! ಥ_ಥ) Outdoor streamer Bai Fan transmigrates into a beastfolk world after a livestreaming accident, becoming a rare sub-beast. He thought he had transmigrated, but in truth, his soul had returned to its rightful place. The moment Bai Fan opens his eyes, he is captured by another tribe and sold into slavery a 18.6kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves
31. 581 化 Chemical Empire: A Reversal of the Times, Starting at the Design Institute 化工帝国：从设计院开始的年代逆 I Come from 2998我来自2998Urban555k WordsOngoing In this smokeless industrial battlefield, technology is the highest form of cultivation! With sixty years of memories at his fingertips, Lu Ran embarks on his path to 'chemical-industry ascension.' Starting from a run-down design institute with just thirty employees, he'll build a trillion-yuan empire on this barren land! Research career progression: Trainee Technician → Industry Leader → Head of a Multinational Conglomerate → Global Chemical Industry Pope! Development blueprint: Shabby Bungalow —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Standing atop a hundred-meter-high distillation tower, Lu Ran looked down at the steel jungle below. In this life, he vowed to make the name of Huaxia Chemical resound throughout the heavens and earth, saving the world. 😴❤️🌸✨😴🤩🌸

32. 582 傻 Once the Silly Girl Smartens Up, the Wen Family’s Ancestors Must Be Smiling from Their Graves 傻女不傻后，老闻家的祖坟冒青烟 Ink-Dyed Green Wound Tears墨染圊殇泪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + food + farming + sweet romance + doted on by the whole family + devoted husband + badass heroine + no golden finger] In her previous life, Wen Zhenyi was a top chef in public and a bounty hunter in secret. After a car accident, she transmigrated into the body of a dim-witted young woman in an alternate dynasty. She thought she had transmigrated to another world, but it turned out her soul had simply returned to its rightful body. Her family had spent everything they had and pil 6.8kReads9.0Score640Shelves
33. 583 将 The General's Wife Only Wants to Farm 将军夫人一心想种田 Rolling Bitter Melon滚动的苦瓜Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted A farming story turned into an educational account of Zhao Kuangyin, founding emperor of the Early Song. This melon is so drunk. Apart from the protagonist's family and relatives, who are fictional, most of the people in the story are real. Even the personalities of minor soldiers, as well as the characters, events, and policies, are all documented in official histories. For sources, see the Song History on Hancheng.net. Historical fact-checkers welcome. A few caveats before you dive in: First, 25.9kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves

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    Excellent farming novels. These are the few I finished reading and even rated well [thumbs up][winking face]. Many I couldn't finish and dropped, so I didn't even want to give a review [facepalm]. Some I wanted to curse after reading only half of them 🤬

34. 584 我 My Rabbit-Like Little Husband 我那兔子般的小夫郎 Fairy Realm Anzhula Baby仙界安猪拉北鼻Two Male Leads323k WordsCompleted Two male leads+both virgins+farming+family life+the imperial examinations and war+mutual salvation Shen Xiao “forcibly marries” a delicate young man who is as timid as a rabbit. He assumes he’ll be the one sheltering his spouse from every storm, only to discover that his spouse is so capable that Shen Xiao is the one who gets to “win without lifting a finger”... Shen Xiao: Quite “proper” at first, then completely lets loose and becomes a shameless gong. Chu Mu: A sweet, clever little rabbit at f 101Reads8.0Score—Shelves
35. 585 全 My Whole Family Transmigrated to the Road to Exile, and I Burst Out Laughing 全家穿越到流放路上，我笑了 Love Goes Along爱相随Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The whole family transmigrates + the whole village gets rich + farming and business + cozy and heartwarming, no awful characters + infrastructure] Zhi Qing transmigrates with her parents and becomes part of a respected family of grassroots village officials in ancient times. She even brings along the research database in her head. Whatever information she needs, one quick tap and the whole world is at her fingertips. Soon they have a flower garden, a vegetable garden, and an orchard, as well as 815Reads9.1Score101Shelves
36. 586 农 The Whole Family Dotes on Their Little Lucky Star 农门团宠：家有萌宝小锦鲤 Yi Yanyun易烟云Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted The Old Tan family had struggled for most of their lives, until they adopted a little girl abandoned by the county magistrate’s family. Everything changed. Their old hen, which had never laid an egg, suddenly filled the courtyard with them. The barren fields began producing crops no matter what they planted, and the harvests multiplied. Their eldest son began to make something of himself, and their second son was no longer foolish. Their third son recovered from his illness, while their fourth a 15.7kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
37. 587 彪 The Tough Little Husband and His Tyrant Spouse 彪悍小夫朗，和他的恶霸夫君 Song in the Sky天上謡Two Male Leads494k WordsCompleted New book: The Big Tiger’s Sweet and Soft Little Husband. Author: Nan Shou De Xing Xing. Two male leads, devoted to each other, farming, sweet romance, and everyday family life. Wen Yan is handsome and tall, but his temperament is far too fierce, earning him a fearsome reputation. On top of that, he doesn’t want to marry a stranger described by other people whom he’s never even met, so even at seventeen, his marriage has yet to be arranged. Though he was born in a feudal era where marriages are d 1.3kReads9.0Score176Shelves

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    A short, completed ancient-style farming story featuring two male protagonists.

38. 588 穿 Transmigrating to Little River Village, I Lead My Family to Prosperity 穿越小河村，我带全家致富 A Man一只曼Ancient Romance286k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + Farming + Prosperity + Cozy Daily Life] With an outrageous start, she transmigrated into a poor farming family. Though their home was bare and others made things difficult for her, she handled it all with ease and turned the tables at every step! Attach herself to the powerful? She wouldn’t stoop to it. Fall in love? She had no time for that. Mysterious origins? She’d set them aside for now! Never mind where the mysterious benefactor came from or what tang 21Reads—Score128Shelves

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    🍃 A super heartwarming, slow-paced farming romance novel! After transmigrating, the female protagonist, Lin Wan, doesn't try to climb the social ladder or get involved in romance; she focuses solely on raising her family well. The small courtyard is gradually renovated, life slowly improves, and the whole family lives in harmony and happiness—gentle, peaceful, and reassuring. It'll leave you feeling warm and comforted.

39. 589 穿 After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Spoil the Villainous Regent 穿书后，我娇养了反派摄政王 Orange Noodles桔子面条Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Rugged Hero + Villain + Adorable Kids + Stepmother + Lucky Charm + Everyone’s Favorite] Tang Li transmigrated into a book and became a cannon-fodder female side character, sold to a wild, burly man in the mountains as his wife and made stepmother to three burdensome children! But as it turned out, the rugged man was actually the ruthless main villain from the book! And those three burdensome children were future villains in their own right. In the end, they would be executed by a thousand cuts 6.5kReads9.2Score950Shelves
40. 590 重 Reborn in 1958: From Fool to Mountain Hunter 重生1958：从傻子到山林猎人 Empty Your Emptiness放空你的空Rural Life913k WordsOngoing A King of Soldiers is reborn in 1958 as a village fool who was nearly beaten to death. One blow from a club jolts him awake. His blood feud remains unsettled, and now another attempt on his life is underway. He flees into the mountains and takes over a place said to be cursed. An educated youth reports him? His enemies try to kill him? He sneers. In these lawless mountains, he makes the rules. 11.3kReads7.2Score855Shelves

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    It includes farming and hunting; I hope you like it.

41. 591 我 I Am A Husband Curser, And You Are A Wife Curser 我克夫，你克妻 Baby Wants Wealth宝宝求财Two Male Leads412k WordsCompleted Two male leads + an ancient-world slice-of-life story + constable and his husband, both pure [No transmigration or rebirth] Xiang Xi is a young man who became a widow before he even married. Just after his engagement was arranged, his fiancé died in an accident, leaving him branded as a husband-killer. Yang Tongchuan is a constable at the county yamen. Last year, he married a new bride, but she mysteriously disappeared less than a month after moving in. Some said he beat her to death, others sai 12.3kReads9.0Score2kShelves

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    Both are ancient urban novels featuring two male protagonists, without any cheat codes; all are about local young men raising children.

42. 592 穿 Transmigrated to Prehistory: My Mom Burns Incense and Makes Offerings to Me Every Day 穿到原始：我妈天天给我烧香上供 Plum Blossom K梅花小KAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Farming + Infrastructure Building + Ancient Times + No Romance + Serving the Motherland + Apocalypse] Household Guardian! Please keep my daughter safe and bring her home! Jiang Xiuyun reverently placed three sticks of incense in front of the shrine. After going hungry for three days in primitive society, Jiang Hua grabbed a huge steamed bun that had suddenly appeared and took a bite! The Household Guardian has answered her prayers! When 10.2kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves

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    These are truly pure farming novels, quite enjoyable. The first one features a female protagonist who grows vegetables and grains, raises pigs and sheep. The second one has a fresh theme; the female protagonist leads her people in farming and building houses. The third one features a female protagonist who transmigrates to ancient times and has a system. She grows tomatoes, garlic, etc.

43. 593 乡 Four Seasons in the Countryside 乡居四时 Zhiyi yuki知意yukiTwo Male Leads492k WordsCompleted [Ancient setting + farming + two male leads + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts + a gentle, gradual love story] [Steady, doting hunter Lu Chensheng ✖️ adorable, delicate young man Lin Qingshi] No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger or System. At the foot of green mountains, beside clear waters. Lu Chensheng and Lin Qingshi of Linjia Village fulfill the childhood betrothal arranged for them long ago. Childhood sweethearts become husbands, and their love grows gently over time. 3.7kReads8.7Score489Shelves
44. 594 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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    What makes this novel most precious is its refusal to gild suffering! The protagonist, with only an elementary school education, can't articulate grand principles, yet she reveals astonishing wisdom in every choice she makes. She doesn't accuse, she doesn't resist, she simply lives, like wild grass on a field ridge, growing anew after each harvest. The perseverance of ordinary people is, in fact, the most breathtaking story. It shows us how those nameless women, overlooked by history, forged their own dignity and warmth with their own hands.

45. 595 我 My Life: Saving Myself 我的人生，渡己 A Country Person一个农村人Urban241k WordsCompleted I moved from the countryside to the big city when I was twenty. On my first day at the factory, I was five minutes late. Those five minutes felt like a slap in the face, waking me up and changing my life. More than ten people crammed into one dorm room. For breakfast, I could only bring myself to buy a tea egg and soy milk. Watching others eat fried rice noodles, I secretly vowed to work hard and make a solid place for myself in the city. There was no sudden wealth and no romance, just a country 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    📚 [No Faking It! Two Truly Decent "Daily Life" Novels] Tired of all those wish-fulfillment novels that use the "farming" guise? Check out these two! Completely free of melodrama, systematic plots, and blatant plot twists, they simply tell the story of ordinary people's lives in a peaceful and reassuring way: 1️⃣ *My Life, Self-Salvation* A first-person perspective story about a person slowly coming to terms with themselves in the city. No dramatic comebacks, just genuine confusion, growth, and healing—it's incredibly heartwarming. 2️⃣ *My Life with Her* A slice-of-life story set in a rural area, depicting two people's lives from youth to old age. It's simple yet realistic, like watching a slow-paced period film. If you're looking for unpredictable, action-packed stories, these two are the perfect choice!

46. 596 穿 Transmigrated to Prehistoric Times, the System Teaches Me to Farm 穿到远古，系统教我种田 Chi Xiaoyan赤小焱Ancient Romance390k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + farming + rugged man + doting romance] The homebody Xing Yue accidentally transmigrates to prehistoric times and gets bound to a survival System. She clears land and farms, grows grains, raises fish, shrimp, and crabs, and makes bricks, tiles, and houses. Her golden finger is fully powered up! She helps everyone in the tribe enjoy a wonderful life with plenty to eat and drink! The chieftain Bartel takes a liking to Xing Yue and, through coaxing and trickery, brings 650Reads9.0Score101Shelves
47. 597 被 Forced into Marriage, I Found Happiness Through Farming 被迫出嫁后，我靠种田过上好日子 A Basket of Little Fish一箩小鱼Ancient Romance343k WordsCompleted [Alternate ancient setting + cozy farming + building a fortune + devoted spouses] [Mainly farming. The heroine falls in love after marriage, while the hero’s longtime secret crush comes true.] Her father suspected Su Linluo wasn’t his biological daughter. After indulging her stepmother’s efforts to deliberately spoil her, he bundled Su Linluo off to marry into the dirt-poor Jiang family. He never expected that once Su Linluo left the grand family estate, she would immediately let loose. She cli 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves

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    This is beautiful.

48. 598 我 A Lifetime for Her and Me 我和她的这一生 A Country Person一个农村人Urban245k WordsOngoing In 1992, at the age of twenty, I left my hometown. My family was crippled by illness and poverty. We were on the verge of starving to death. If I stayed, we would all be trapped on that patch of barren soil. If I left, there might be a way for them to survive. The southern wind, laden with cement dust, swept into that big city filled with construction sites. This place had no name, only countless steel bars, scaffolding, and faces waiting to sell their labor. We came here to fight for our lives. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 599 穿 I Became the Tycoon's Dark Moonlight 穿成大佬的黑月光 Three Demons三妖Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted What do you do when your husband commits murder right in front of you? Asking for advice online. It’s pretty urgent! Xu Ning wakes up in the body of a poor girl whose father doesn’t care about her, whose mother doesn’t love her, and who has been abandoned by a scoundrel. To get revenge on him, she uses a trick to marry a lame scholar from Qingshui Village. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her husband, the one she married by mistake, smashing someone’s head with a rock, blow after blow. Re 71.4kReads9.2Score9.4kShelves

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    This book is really good!!! Especially the stories written by the female lead, they're absolutely amazing!!!

50. 600 暴 The Violent Fake Heiress Returns to the Village, and Her Terrible Family Panics 暴力假千金回村，极品家人慌了 Soybeans Sprouting黄豆生芽Ancient Romance357k WordsCompleted [Transmigration, farming, fake and real heiresses, starting a business and getting rich, turning the family around, everyday family life, medicine, devoted couples] [Original title: The Fake Heiress Returns to the Village and Puts Her Terrible Family in Their Place!] (A slow-paced story, not pure wish fulfillment!) Gu Zhiyin transmigrates. She becomes the fake heiress kicked out of the Li household! Back with her birth parents, she faces a meek mother, a gambling-addicted father, an eldest broth 1.5kReads8.6Score143Shelves

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    A true farming novel, filled with everyday family life, heartwarming daily moments, and written with a scholar's delicate touch. The descriptions are realistic and vivid.

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