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. 251 荒 With Famine on the Way, I Lead My Down-and-Out Family to Stockpile Grain in the Mountains 荒年将至我带破落户全家屯粮进山 Between Waking and Sleeping醒与睡中间Modern Romance141k WordsOngoing [Fleeing famine] [Reborn] [Pocket Dimension] [Devoted 1v1] [Cultivation] [Deep mountains] Lin Ye was reborn three months before the famine began. Her father had been struck down while saving a neighbor, his leg broken, and he was barely clinging to life. Her mother was frail and seriously ill, her young brother and sister were so hungry they were skin and bones, and only a little gruel was left in the pot. Her aunt was even scraping it out. In her previous life, after her father died, her uncle 1.8kReads—Score257Shelves

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   It's really good! The male lead is cunning and keeps revealing his true identity, while the female lead's reborn space becomes increasingly powerful. It's super sweet and has no melodramatic tropes.

2. 252 农 The Sweetest Little Darling from a Farming Family 农家崽崽是个小甜宝 Chai Bao柴宝Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Historical Fantasy Writing Contest] One moment, Zhao Xiangyou was fighting zombies in the apocalypse. The next, she had become a baby girl in an ancient farming family, with dozens of embroidery needles hidden inside her body. She spent three years exhausting her powers to remove the needles, only to be pushed down a hillside and nearly die! In her despair, a little wolf cub carried Zhao Xiangyou home. The cub, Qin Shaoan, was considered a jinx by the villagers. Anyone who got too close to him 6.6kReads9.3Score957Shelves

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   Scavenging through the farming novel charts, these 8 are the true pinnacle of farming fiction! A seasoned bookworm has been scouring farming novels for ages, only to find them all misleading? NO NO NO! These 8 books I unearthed today are pure farming stories, no filler, brimming with the flavor of everyday life, land reclamation, and wealth creation. I stayed up all night reading them and they were absolute gems! 1. *Reborn Farm Treasure with a Space* A farming combination of space and rebirth, no fancy power struggles, just relying on the space to cultivate crops and improve the family's circumstances. A highly acclaimed novel with 13,000 followers, the soul-transmigration setting adds a fresh element. 2. *Selling Pig Offal at the Market, Making the Whole City Drool* The down-to-earth atmosphere of butchering pig offal at a market is absolutely amazing! A sweet but not cloying husband-doting storyline, farming to make money + the daily life of a young couple, a farming novel certified by 14,000 readers, watching the heroine build a successful small business is incredibly satisfying! 3. *Marrying the Village Bully and Building a Big House, the Vicious Foster Mother Regrets It*: The male lead is a fiercely protective husband, while the female lead builds her career through farming and house construction. The satisfying plot of tearing apart the wicked is a hit with 29,000 readers. The clean-living couple setting resonates with many! 4. *The Little Chef's Ancient Culinary Life*: A little chef transmigrates to ancient times and uses her culinary skills to survive. The food descriptions are mouthwatering. A slow-paced daily life of farming and food. 3958 Readers have finished the entire book. The details are incredibly realistic about ancient life. 5. *After Understanding Beast Language, I Carry Sacks into the Mountains to Pick Up Money*: The beast language cheat is used in a very down-to-earth way. The protagonist goes into the mountains to dig for wild produce and relies on strange beasts to help with farming. A serialized novel with 70,000 followers, it's full of the quaint and rustic farming atmosphere! 6. *After Retiring from the Entertainment Industry, I Farm and Raise Kids in a Mountain Valley*: A modern romance novel with a wildly imaginative premise! A female celebrity retires from the entertainment industry to farm and raise children in a remote mountain village. This top-tier farming novel, with 254,000 readers, features a charming contrast between raising children and farming. 7. *Special Forces Transmigration: Invincible with a Space*: A special forces soldier's hardcore farming method, using his space and combat skills for production, ruthlessly slapping down villains. A fast-paced, enjoyable farming novel with 25,000 readers, staying true to the core farming theme. 8. *Deep Mountain Reclamation: Eldest Sister Eats Meat Every Meal with Mountain Goods*: The eldest sister leads her family to reclaim wasteland in the deep mountains, realistically escaping poverty through mountain produce. A "pragmatic" farming novel, the details of reclamation, hunting, and animal husbandry are incredibly realistic! Summary: These 8 books avoid forced palace intrigue and political maneuvering, offering pure farming, money-making, and daily life. Veteran readers have personally tested them and know they're worth it—bookmark them now!

3. 253 团 The Jiang Family's Beloved Little Daughter Can Work Immortal Magic 团宠之蒋家小女会仙法 March in Fragrant Bloom三月含芳菲Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Space + Cultivation + Farming + Beloved by the whole family + Medicine Big news! Big news! The people of Qingzhou spread the word far and wide. The Jiang clan of Xijindu, where no girl had been born in two hundred years, had welcomed a baby girl. They say the little girl was born blessed with tremendous good fortune. On the day she was born, rain fell from the heavens upon the land, which had suffered a prolonged drought. A few days after her birth, the family elders went hunting in the mountain 58.6kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

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   [Sending hearts][Sending hearts][Sending hearts] The female protagonist in this novel is wholeheartedly dedicated to the people and their well-being. She uses her knowledge of Western medicine to benefit humanity and her special abilities to solve the people's food problems. One line in particular is excellent: "The nation is founded on its people, and the people depend on food for survival. Food is the cornerstone of a country." I highly recommend this farming novel.

4. 254 公 After My Company Went Bankrupt, I Returned Home to Farm with a Spirit Spring 公司倒闭，手握灵泉回家种田 Little Lazy Lazy小懒懒懒Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted Two male leads + livestreaming + spirit spring + farming + everyday life + no female lead + going off the rails from Chapter 160 After his company goes under, Jiang Lin decides to spend 500,000 yuan on an orchard and become a farmer. Working for someone else is out of the question. He’s going to be his own boss. A laid-back urban farming story: no outrageous characters, no domestic chaos. Just one person, one house, and a cup of tea, settling into a slower pace of life. 712Reads8.8Score126Shelves

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   The company went bankrupt, so we bought an orchard back home and farmed. The two of us, a house, and a cup of tea—a slow-paced life.

5. 255 被 After My Golden Core Was Stolen, I Awakened the Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth 被夺了金丹后，我激活了天地灵根 Trouble at Chize池泽生变Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted Sequel: Bad News! My Dad Married Into Another Family, and I Became a Carefree Rogue Cultivator [Survivalist Cultivation + Not a Power Fantasy + Daily Life + Farming + No Female Lead + Ruthless + Old Schemer + System + Dark + Lone Wolf + Rogue Cultivator] Chen Si had a single Wood Spiritual Root, and his master, Daoist Changsheng, poured everything into cultivating him as a supreme elixir. On the day Chen Si formed his Golden Core, his master took it for himself. After escaping with a Void-Evasio 18.7kReads8.1Score1.2kShelves

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   This cultivation-farming novel is worth checking out. It features farming from beginning to end, with various spiritual plants, herbs, and medicines. The protagonist's cheat ability is also related to spiritual plants.

6. 256 带 I Brought My Pocket Dimension When I Married the Village Bully, and My In-Laws Dote on Me 带空间嫁村霸相公，被婆家团宠了 Jiujiu Candy啾啾糖Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Communicates with animals + comedy + building wealth + pocket dimension, food, and medicine] Yu Suihuan transmigrates alongside a treasure-hunting crow, and she can understand all kinds of animals. Before long, she has gathered a whole family of honorary relatives: her honorary father is the Golden-Beaked King, a giant eagle; her second uncle is the Golden-Eyed King, a tiger; and her aunt is a giant python. From the start, her wicked adoptive mother takes her dowry and kicks her out, claiming 4.6kReads9.2Score594Shelves
7. 257 从 Seeking Immortality by Growing Spirit Rice 从种灵稻开始长生 The Flying Mad Cow会飞的疯牛Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming] [Lighthearted] [Otherworldly Primordial World] [System] Zhao Mo had been cultivating for twenty years and was still stuck at the first level of Qi Refining. He was ready to lie flat, but then he awakened the Farmer System... “You transplanted spirit rice seedlings. Experience +10.” “You finished removing pests from your spirit fields. Experience +10.” “After a year of hard work, your spirit fields have yielded a bumper harvest. Reward: Spirit Rice Hybridization Techniques. Experien 6kReads7.9Score357Shelves

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   🍎🍎The protagonist was originally an ordinary person, but he unexpectedly transmigrated to a mysterious and grand fantasy world. Here, he should have struggled to survive like an ant, but the gears of fate quietly turned, and with his love for farming and unique understanding of it, he embarked on an extraordinary path of cultivation, determined to become a Dao Ancestor.

8. 258 丹 Art Never Ages: Painting Beauties in Ancient Times 丹青不老，我在古代画美人 A Certain Nobleman某家大官人Rural Life515k WordsOngoing [No System, No golden finger, No Powerful Backing | Multiple Female Leads | Business-Building | Northern Song, Xuanhe Era] Shen Mo transmigrated to the Northern Song dynasty during the Xuanhe era and took over the body of a down-and-out scholar. With no special abilities or fortuitous encounters, he started from scratch, relying on ordinary livelihood skills and his talent for painting. He slowly built up a business and formed sincere, openhearted bonds with the women around him. He moved betwee 8.5kReads7.1Score886Shelves

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   They didn't grow a single grain of rice, but they were genuinely poor. Despite this, development didn't collapse, and they even had quite a few female protagonists.

9. 259 我 Growing Fruit Among the Stars 我在星际种水果 I'll Grow Tomatoes and Raise You种番茄养你Modern Romance545k WordsCompleted [Interstellar] [Farming] [Livestream] [Gourmet] Bai Yu, who came from the apocalypse, woke up to find herself transmigrated into the body of a pitiful girl whose parents had died in battle and who had been cut off and thrown out by her uncle’s family. She thought she’d gotten the worst possible start, but it turned out she was a wealthy heiress with a private planet. Just as she was planning to develop the planet, she realized things were even worse than she thought: she had no money in her acco 5.5kReads8.8Score447Shelves

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   The female protagonist grows fruits, flowers, and rice on a desolate interstellar planet, transforming it into a paradise, and even incorporates live-streamed food shows.

10. 260 小 The Little Chef's Life as a Gourmet in Ancient Times 小厨娘的古代美食人生 Jierno, Who Loves Mixed Casserole爱吃什锦沙锅的吉尔诺Ancient Romance374k WordsCompleted Lin Wei, a top food blogger, never imagined that after diligently reviewing all kinds of food, she would meet her end after one fragrant bite of an undercooked wild mushroom. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Su Wanniang, a poor young woman in ancient times whose family had nothing, whose debts were piling up, and who had just struck her head against a pillar in a desperate attempt to die. A slave by status and dependent on others, she lacked food and clothing and faced a grim situa 6Reads6.5Score—Shelves
11. 261 别 While Others Fly on Swords, I Use Fertilizer to Grow Spiritual Herbs 别人御剑，我用化肥种灵药 Unleash Your Edge尽锋芒52k WordsCompleted While Others Fly Swords, I Grow Spirit Herbs with Fertilizer 7Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 262 失 After Losing My Job, I Became an Online Sensation Through Farming 失业后，我靠种田爆红全网 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted This novel is also known as: Everyone Online Is Begging Me to Livestream Tong Ranhua transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent a hundred years there, only to die unexpectedly while exploring a secret realm. She returned to the modern world, bringing with her the cultivation world’s specialties: a secret realm and its spirit. On the very day her boyfriend cheated on her with the company president’s daughter and she was fired, Tong Ranhua, who had spent a hundred years grinding away in the 12.3kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    Farming novels absolutely have to include Sister Hua! She's universally acknowledged as the number one female lead in farming novels! [Eating melon emojis]

13. 263 听 After Understanding Animal Language, I Carried a Sack into the Mountains to Pick Up Money 听懂兽语后，我扛麻袋进山捡钱 Zhu Family 416朱家416Ancient Romance4.2M WordsOngoing (Xie Shiyu, sharp-tongued and hard-fisted, versus Xia Ling, a cunning, venomous-tongued hypocrite) To force Xie Shiyu to marry a fool in exchange for a hefty bride price, her grandparents drove her father to his death, then refused to buy him a coffin or give him a proper burial! With no other choice, Xie Shiyu went to borrow money from her childhood sweetheart, who supposedly liked her too. Instead, she overheard him and his mother plotting to ruin her and marry her without spending a penny! If 11.8kReads8.6Score633Shelves
14. 264 毕 After Graduation, I Went Home to Become the Clan Chief! 毕业后回家当族长！ Hair Loss or No Hair Loss脱发不脱发Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted What would you do if you suddenly won a fortune? Su Qiao had never imagined something so unbelievably lucky could happen to her. She’d always worked part-time jobs to earn money, until one day, on a whim, she bought a lottery ticket and won. Su Qiao quietly claimed the prize without hesitation, packed her things, and headed straight home. “Dad, we’ve got a bridge now!” Everyone who knew Su Qiao knew she was beautiful but had no interest in romance. All she cared about was making money. When she 6.2kReads8.1Score564Shelves

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    In rural entrepreneurship stories, you can see the female protagonist going up mountains and down to fields, slaughtering pigs and selling meat, catching chickens and chasing dogs.

15. 265 带 I Brought a Spatial Dimension and Traveled to Ancient Times to Farm 带空间，穿到古代去种田 Smiling at the Passing Years笑看流年Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Pocket dimension + farming + transmigration + putting scumbags in their place + face-slapping + female physician + strong heroine and hero] Xia Shuiling, a special forces soldier with a pocket dimension, has an accident during a mission and transmigrates into the body of a female physician. As if transmigrating weren’t enough, she encounters a badly wounded prince in a cave while taking shelter from a storm. After coming down the mountain, she also has to deal with awful relatives. Sh 15.6kReads9.3Score2.3kShelves
16. 266 穿 Transmigrate to a Chaotic Era and Hide in the Mountains with My Little Sister 穿越乱世带着妹妹躲入深山 Little Fish Fifteen小鱼十五Ancient Romance887k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a chaotic era, she takes her younger sister into the mountains to escape danger. They live in a cave, dig for wild vegetables, and hunt. No golden finger, no storage space, no System, and no romance. Writing isn’t easy. If you don’t like it, please don’t be rude. 4.4kReads8.2Score536Shelves

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    Hmm... For those experiencing a reading slump, I highly recommend these. They're all non-romance-based novels, mostly female-centric cultivation stories. A few don't have a senior sister, but I guarantee there's absolutely no misogynistic or love-male-hate-female romance. The farming/farming genre is also very well-written. I read a wide variety of books, so you can find the type you want here. If you don't like them, feel free to give me feedback, and I'll refresh the page and provide more detailed recommendations. #ReadingShortage

17. 267 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. 253Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Spring planting and autumn harvest, terraced rice paddies, rice-fish co-culture, silkworm farming, and beekeeping.

18. 268 吧 One Little Kiss, and the Rugged Man Goes Wild, Sweet-Talking Me into Coming Home 吧唧亲一口，糙汉疯了诱哄我回家 Little Bun小面包Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A story about poverty alleviation, perfect for readers interested in civil service exams and public-sector jobs! [Energetic sweet girl & rugged man who’s crazy about sugar] [Transmigration + Farming + Substitute Marriage + Making a Fortune + Pocket Space + Rural Revitalization] She spends her very first day in another world getting married, and her rugged husband is studying an illustrated manual right in front of her?! What a wild start. Lin Baochu says, “I can’t take this. I really can’t!” A s 4.2kReads8.5Score407Shelves

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    Real farming! Real working in the fields! The female protagonist transmigrates to a penniless exile county. She goes up the mountain to pick mushrooms, goes down to the fields to plant rice, and builds a vegetable garden in the backyard. Together with the rough and tough male protagonist, she gets rich and transforms the exile county!

19. 269 穿 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains: Farming, Foraging for Mushrooms, and Selling Herbal Jelly 穿越深山老林，种田捡菌卖冰粉 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Li Xia transmigrated to a remote mountain valley, where the family had barely a roof over their heads and went hungry every day. To make matters worse, the heavens refused to give her any golden finger at all. Raised under the red flag, she had never imagined hunger could feel so awful. She wanted food. A big bowl of rice. And plenty of meat, too. How could someone who knew nothing about farm work or crops achieve this “great ambition” in another world? 6.1kReads8.9Score522Shelves

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    These two are the best farming novels by Tomato, purely about farming. The first one is about making tofu and growing ice jelly, and the second one is about buying land and growing cotton.

20. 270 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times, Surrounded by Children and Grandchildren 穿越古代儿孙满堂 Fishing in the Snowy Cold River钓雪寒江Historical1.2M WordsCompleted It has been adapted into a short drama on the Hongguo platform. You’re welcome to watch it. The quality is good and it’s an enjoyable watch. I’ve seen it myself! Zhao Qinghu transmigrates to the countryside in ancient times and becomes a middle-aged man with a large family of children and grandchildren! But his parents above him play favorites, while his younger siblings below him leech off him! As an upstanding young man of the new era, how could Zhao Qinghu let others treat him like a workhors 20.9kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    A true farming story, no female lead, interspersed with some family drama and comebacks. Highly recommended.

21. 271 误 Lost in the Hundred-Thousand Mountains 误入十万大山 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼91k WordsCompleted Lost in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 1.5kReads—Score—Shelves

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    Spatial teleportation

22. 272 我 My Superpower Is Maxed Out. Of Course I’m Good at Farming 我满级异能，种地厉害不很正常 Xi Xixi Xi西嘻溪兮Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted [The rating is low because it just opened, but it'll go up] [Farming + Marriage Before Love + Elemental Powers + Divine Beast + Pocket Space + Two Powerful Leads + Reborn + Transmigration + Healing] [Transmigrated female lead who commands every element VS reborn powerful official, a wolf in sheep's clothing and a hopeless romantic] [Female lead: A thousand-year-old monster from her previous life, clueless about love and very direct.] [Male lead: A ruthless, dark schemer pretending to be an innoc 5.3kReads6.5Score936Shelves

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    I recently watched it and thought it was pretty good.

23. 273 沙 Windblown Traces on the Sand Dunes 沙脊上的风痕 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼11k WordsCompleted Traces of Wind on the Sand Ridge 1Reads—Score—Shelves
24. 274 断 After Cutting Ties with My Family, I Took a War God Prince as My Husband 断亲后，我捡了个战神王爷当夫君 Drunk, I Pluck a Flowering Branch醉酒折花枝Ancient Romance317k WordsOngoing [Wilderness Homesteading] [Family Life] [Six Sisters All Ascend to Immortality] [No System or Pocket Dimension] [Strong Female Lead] [Male Lead as a Tool] The Li family of Qingxi Village favors sons over daughters, sending their girls away one after another to save up for their sons' betrothal gifts. When their daughter-in-law, Chen, gives birth to a sixth girl, the grandparents decide to give her away too. The original owner of the body fights desperately to stop them, but is shoved to the grou 3.2kReads—Score292Shelves

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    Without any special space or system, the female protagonist is a wilderness survival champion with exceptional practical skills. She improves the soil, hunts, grows chili peppers, and makes sausages to sell. Later on, the entire clan begs her for favors.

25. 275 穿 Transmigrating to the Han Dynasty: Survival in the Wilderness 穿越大汉之绝地求生 Han Xidi寒兮帝Ancient Romance754k WordsCompleted Other people farm, run businesses, happen to meet powerful people, and have everything go their way. Why is it that when she farms, she's struggling to survive and nearly starving to death? Oh no, what is she supposed to do after transmigrating when she doesn't have any farming skills? Help me, little brother! How do you get enough to eat after transmigrating? Asking online! Urgent! 2kReads8.9Score179Shelves

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    Why does no one mention this book when I see recommendations for farming novels? It's a pure farming novel!

26. 276 白 White-Collar Worker Qing Xuan: Cultivating to Immortality in the City 白领青玄，都市修仙飞升 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼42k WordsCompleted Bai Ling Qing Xuan: A City-Dwelling Cultivator's Ascension 3Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 穿 I Become a Northern Song Uncle and Help My Little Niece Farm and Support the Family 穿成北宋小叔，带小侄女种田养家 Shao Linyuanhai邵临渊海Ancient Romance507k WordsOngoing The rating has just come out and will keep rising. Updates are guaranteed! [Farming and management, a healing story rather than a wish-fulfillment fantasy + Mid-Northern Song + adorable child + ensemble cast + making a fortune + no System + no romance] When Lu Yu opens his eyes again, he is kneeling before the funeral hall of his elder brother and sister-in-law. From the original owner’s memories, all he knows is that it is the seventh year of Qingli, and he is in Yin County, Mingzhou. But he ca 2.1kReads8.2Score138Shelves

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    I recommend this one—a heartwarming and healing story of farming and raising children. There's no system cheating, no overnight riches, and no unexpected twists in the imperial court. The story follows an uncle and his niece as they steadily cultivate the land, grow vegetables, run a small business, and slowly build a good life together with their neighbors. It features adorable children, delicious food, and the lively everyday life of the countryside. If you enjoy this kind of down-to-earth charm, give it a try!

28. 278 六 The Sixties: I Feed My Brothers and Sisters Meat Every Day 六零：我带兄弟姐妹天天吃肉 A Little Jie Jie一枚小洁洁Urban3.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + 1960s + from the start + parents gone + everyday life + family matters + siblings + family bonds + spiritual spring space] Shu Tianci transmigrates to the 1960s. His parents are both dead, but he still has five siblings. His eldest brother, Shu Tianyou, became mentally impaired after an accident in childhood, so the whole family’s hopes rest on Shu Tianci. His second older sister, Shu Xianglian, was left with the reputation of bringing bad luck to husbands after her fiancé die 72.3kReads8.5Score3.7kShelves

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    Then you definitely have to take a look at these two books.

29. 279 灵 The Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 灵气之源，月灵传承 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼50k WordsCompleted Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 29Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 280 重 Reborn, Selling Fish and Shrimp, and Making a Fortune! 重生卖鱼又卖虾，我赚麻了！ A Little Jie Jie一枚小洁洁Urban3.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday life][1980s][Making money][Rebirth][Family] In his previous life, Shu Zhiqiang married the village beauty, only to discover that none of his three sons were his. To marry her, he dragged his whole family down and let down everyone who had ever treated him well. Perhaps it was karma that made him die of a serious illness at fifty. But to his surprise, he was reborn on the day he got engaged to his previous-life wife. When faced with his future mother-in-law’s aggressive demands, he 6.4kReads8.3Score518Shelves
31. 281 穿 After Transmigrating as a Terrible Stepmother, She Gets a Cheat Skill 穿越成极品后娘后她开挂了 Mango Allergy Sufferer芒果过敏患者Ancient Romance256k WordsOngoing Farming + feel-good triumphs + System + adorable kids + fleeing famine On the night of her retirement, Gong Chen is struck by lightning and wakes up in ancient times as Gong Chenshi. She arrives in a home so destitute it’s bare to the walls, and becomes a mother painlessly, all at once, to four children. Even more astonishingly, all four are notorious villains from the history books! Watch her clear their names and set all four kids on the right path! Natural and man-made disasters come one afte 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Oh, the female protagonist grows rice, tomatoes, and potatoes, and later she'll grow even more modern products. Don't ask me how I know, because the author recommended it himself [facepalm].

32. 282 深 Echoes of the Abyss: A Tale of Deception 深渊回响，被骗记 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted Echoes of the Abyss: A Record of Deception 1Reads—Score—Shelves
33. 283 那 Years on the Road, Fires Burning Bright, a Warm Journey Home 那些车轮上的岁月，烟火长明，归途暖心 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼25k WordsCompleted Those Years on the Road: Fireworks Burning Bright, a Heartwarming Journey Home 1Reads—Score—Shelves
34. 284 空 The Spatial Divine Ring: The Whole Village Is Counting on Me to Cultivate Immortality 空间神戒：全村指望我修仙 Sanjiang Liu三江流Eastern Fantasy501k WordsOngoing After arriving in the poorest village in the cultivation world, Li Changsheng has only a spatial divine ring to his name. Old Wang at the village entrance says, "The whole village is counting on you. If you can't cultivate to immortality, the sect beyond the mountain will take us all as mine slaves." Li Changsheng looks at the one and a half acres of immortal farmland in his ring. "... All right. I'll grow spirit rice, look after the villagers, build up the village, and cultivate to immortality 327Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The entire village develops together through farming, spiritual fields, and spiritual springs; there's no fighting or killing, which makes it less predictable.

35. 285 逃 Abandoned During the Escape from Famine, Her Family Regrets It After She Makes Her Fortune 逃荒被弃，发家后爷奶悔不当初 Qian Guoguo钱果果Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Fleeing Famine + Spatial Storage + Farming + Building Wealth + Sweet Romance] After Gu Qianqian completed her organization’s final mission, she planned to retire to the mountains and live an ordinary life. Unexpectedly, she died in a plane crash. When she opened her eyes again, she had arrived in an unknown dynasty and become a pitiful girl whose grandparents were dragging her along the refugee road to trade for food. Her father and brothers were missing, and her frail mother and thr 4.1kReads8.9Score676Shelves

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    The first book features a female protagonist without any special abilities. She and her mother are transported to an exile area, where they spend their days gathering seafood and medicinal herbs in the mountains, living off the land and leading the male protagonist's family to prosperity. It's a story of everyday life and family drama. If you don't like stories with special abilities, you might enjoy this one! The second book also features a female protagonist without any special abilities. She is transported to a rural village and becomes a teenage girl. Using her intelligence and skills, she helps the villagers learn about mushrooms, create various delicacies from them, and use unfamiliar ingredients to make delicious meals. She also becomes wealthy. There are no difficult family members; it's a story of everyday life and family drama. It's a good read and highly recommended! The third book has some special abilities. After being traded for food during a famine, the female protagonist and her family leave their original group and join another group. They settle in a different village, confront scheming women, find their relatives, and lead the villagers to wealth. It's quite good and worth checking out! The fourth book features a woman who transmigrates into the body of an old woman, relying on the land to make a living and using her knowledge of ingredients to become wealthy despite her lack of knowledge!

36. 286 八 An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂，雪域高原种菜忙 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte 2.7kReads9.0Score220Shelves

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    Farming and harvesting, [sending heart] Absolutely farming. [Heart] 1. Transmigrated into the sister-in-law of a benefactor, growing vegetables on the snowy plateau in the 1980s. [Heart] 2. A county magistrate with a system during a famine year, transmigrating into a famine year, don't panic, watch me yield a thousand catties of rice per mu. [Heart] 3. A mute girl in the early stages, with a system, but it's not very useful, almost useless. The female lead farms and harvests, and has a CP. [Heart] 4. Escaped marriage to farm, manually clearing wasteland. A broken house doesn't matter, I have hands; no food doesn't matter, I clear wasteland. What! You want to take my land? I also have a little strength, you're asking for a beating. [Heart] 5. Mother and daughter both transmigrate, what, exiled to Hainan. One is a doctor, the other a seafood harvesting streamer, the female lead: Heaven is helping me!

37. 287 穿 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, but My Brother Seems Even More Like a Transmigrator Than I Do 穿越古代我哥比我还像穿越者 Pavilion by the Pond池上楼台Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Alternate World / Ancient Era / Farming / Imperial Exams After a plane crash, Chen Jingming transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a farmer's son. His family is split up because they need to pay for his medical treatment, and his older brother goes missing. Later, the eldest brother returns from a long journey and sends him to school. Eldest Brother: “Little brother, our family's honor rests entirely on you!” But later, as he watches the family estate grow, Chen Jingming realizes that the 15.5kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

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    I've been looking at a lot of these lately, so I've listed them all here for you to find.

38. 288 雪 Buried in Snow: Survive at All Costs 雪葬，绝地求生 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼8k WordsCompleted Buried in Snow, Fighting for Survival —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 289 娇 The Darling Bride and Her Rough-Hewn Husband: The Retired Officer Can't Keep His Hands Off Her 娇娇嫁糙汉：退伍军官天天掐腰宠 Shen Yunbai沈云白Modern Romance301k WordsCompleted [Face-Slapping] [Taking Down Scumbags] [Putting Arrogant Villains in Their Place] [Two Strong Leads] [Both Pure] [Reborn in the 1980s] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Mutual Devotion] In her previous life, Su Wanhe spent eighteen years as the cherished daughter of a county-town family. Then the truth came out, and her adoptive parents ruthlessly cast her out. Back in the countryside, her greedy uncle's family saw her as prey, forcing her to marry for a bride price. A scumbag man took advantage of 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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40. 290 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 17.7kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
41. 291 恶 The Vicious Big Sister Runs the Household: With Thick Enough Skin, There's Meat at Every Meal 恶姐当家：只要脸皮厚顿顿都吃肉 I Don't Have Any Money Anyway反正我没钱Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted With dual powers at her command and no shortage of food and drink, this must be Zhou Sisi's consolation prize after her teammates blew her up in the apocalypse! Being reborn as a fiery-tempered farm girl suits her just fine. She doesn't have to pretend to be anyone else, and it's the best feeling ever. From the start, it's the usual story: the heavens decide to rain, and her mother decides to remarry. No stopping them, though she never planned to. Her mother can get married if she wants, but she 23.5kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
42. 292 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times as a Handsome Farmer, This Special Forces Soldier Wants to Cry 穿越古代成农夫小鲜肉特种兵想哭 Wild Sands Veil the Moon狂沙掩月Historical4.4M WordsOngoing On his way home from an elite special forces competition, his plane is struck by lightning, and he transmigrates to another world. A young bachelor in the prime of his life becomes an old farmer of grandfatherly age, and is left close to tears when faced with so many mouths to feed. How can he lead this bunch of adopted kids to a better life? Only through hard work. Drawing on the martial arts passed down through his family in his previous life, as well as his maternal family's renowned Huizhou 3.8kReads8.6Score328Shelves
43. 293 后 The Durian Tree in the Backyard 后院的榴莲树 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Marriage & Romance6k WordsCompleted The Durian Tree in the Backyard 2Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 294 年 Enjoying Retirement While Still Young 年纪轻轻就过上了养老生活 Dian Momo点默默Ancient Romance400k WordsCompleted Also known as Who Wouldn't Want This? A Slow Life in the Mountains After transmigrating, she gains an entire mountain range and gets busy growing grain and gathering wild produce. Who knew that while climbing the mountain, she would find a man lying in a ravine? Her common sense tells her not to pick him up. Never pick up a man by the roadside, or you'll be unlucky for half your life. But later... well, she can't resist! After learning in advance that a severe drought is coming, she heads deep i 2.4kReads8.4Score192Shelves

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    These are the only few I remember; they'll definitely keep me busy farming! [Laughing][laughing][laughing]

45. 295 流 Exile? No, I’m Here to Hand Out Money to the World 流放？不，是去给万国发钱 I'm a Hami Melon我是哈密瓜Historical4.0M WordsCompleted Li Zhao, the ninth prince of the Wu Kingdom, has spent years frequenting brothels, earning the disfavor of the current emperor, Wu Huang. Before the struggle among the nine princes for the throne has even begun, he nearly gets his engagement broken off by the most talented woman in the capital. Faced with the crown prince’s relentless pressure, Li Zhao stops drifting through life. Threshing machines, windmills, and curved-beam plows make their debut one after another. Granaries overflow, and 37.4kReads8.8Score4.3kShelves
46. 296 乌 Hunting in the Ural Mountains 乌拉尔山赶山记 Ten Thousand Coins for a Fight斗十千千Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted She opens her eyes and has transmigrated into the body of a mute slave girl who is being sold. She is bought and married off to a mountain man with no household registration, living deep in the border mountains. The frontier is bitterly cold, and the forests stretch far and wide. Liang Chong's situation is disastrous from the start, but she manages to buy her freedom by foraging in the mountains and farming, eventually living in the Ural Mountains where “a stick brings down a deer, a dipper scoo 1.3kReads9.0Score167Shelves
47. 297 末 Apocalyptic Beast Tamer: Taming the Calamity Wolf King from the Start 末世御兽：开局驯服灾厄狼王 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼25k WordsCompleted Beast Taming in the Apocalypse: Taming the Calamity Wolf King from the Start 1Reads—Score—Shelves
48. 298 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Lived Alone Deep in the Mountains 穿越后我在深山老林独居 I Am a Butcher's Knife我是一把杀猪刀Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted Yan Le was riding her Wuling Mimi when a donkey knocked her into a ditch. Who knew she'd transmigrate? It looked like she couldn't go back, so she might as well settle down and live her life: working from sunrise to sunset. She harvested in autumn and stored food for winter. All in all, life was pretty good. 968Reads6.9Score—Shelves
49. 299 天 Disaster: From the Start, One Mountain to Call My Own. Stockpile? Farm! 天灾：开局一座山，囤货？种田！ Ji Ying寄英Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.1M WordsCompleted This is a farming story. [Natural disasters + farming + hunting + fishing + food + grasslands + deep mountains + herding + healing + a nontraditional apocalypse + seclusion + daily life + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts] Just two people living in seclusion in the forest (emphasis on just two!). The whole story focuses on cozy, everyday details: growing vegetables and crops, raising chickens and geese. No golden finger, just hard work and self-reliance. Warnings: There is a romantic pairin 8kReads9.0Score757Shelves

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    These are the only few I remember; they'll definitely keep me busy farming! 🤭🤭🤭

50. 300 穿 Reborn as a Farmer, I Built My Fortune Gathering Wild Goods 穿成农夫，我靠采山货起家 A Cabbage Leaf一片白菜叶Historical751k WordsOngoing [One Female Lead] [Farming] Modern man Zhao Lang transmigrates into the body of Zhao Dalang, a villager from Zhao Village. In his previous life, he was a lifelong bachelor, but here he suddenly has a wife and an adorable daughter. Just as he curses Zhao Dalang for abandoning them and leaving him to raise his wife and child, he discovers that his new family is on the verge of starving to death! What can he do? Find them something to eat, of course. But... He lifts the lid of the rice jar. Not a s 887Reads9.0Score130Shelves

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