Looking for a Simple, Ordinary Farming Novel 求普普通通的种田文

1. 1 穿 I Transmigrate to Ancient Times with a Life Not Worth a Dime 穿越古代烂命一条 Just Having a Couple of Drinks没事喝两口Historical319k WordsCompleted If you don't like it, don't force yourself. Just pick another book. No nitpickers or self-righteous do-gooders. I've heard enough stories about goody-goodies and don't want to hear any more. I want to try writing one myself. This is my first time writing a novel, so I hope you'll support me and give it a chance. 2.4kReads6.6Score163Shelves

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   Take a look at this book.

2. 2 女 A Woman’s Kingdom: The Little Carpenter’s Everyday Life Spoiling Her Husband 女尊之小木匠的宠夫日常 Tan Tong2333谭瞳2333Ancient Romance204k WordsCompleted Please follow, add the book to your shelf, and leave a comment. One tap for all three. Lin Wan is a modern office drone, working overtime every day and struggling to breathe under the weight of life. Reliable and capable, reserved and steady, and highly skilled with her hands, she takes things as they come and has no interest in competing with others. She transmigrates to an ordinary farming family in a matriarchal world. The family is not well off, and her honest, hard-working parents have more 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   🥰🥰🥰[Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure][Under pressure] A female-dominated world story about farming. The female lead is a carpenter, and the male lead is the son of a hunter. They are childhood sweethearts and have never been apart.

3. 3 穿 Back in Ancient Times to Farm: My Best Friend and I Become Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law! 穿回古代种田，我和闺蜜变婆媳！ Mai Xiaoman麦小满Ancient Romance214k WordsOngoing [Hunting in the Mountains] [Farming] [Pocket Dimension] [Romance] [Comedy] [Ensemble Cast] One day, after working herself to death from overtime, 26-year-old Zhao Yueshuang transmigrates and becomes a farmer in an ancient village. The good news: no more unpaid overtime. The bad news: she's become a twice-married village woman. Her husband and stepson have gone off to war, leaving her and her frail daughter-in-law to scrape by in the village. Looking at the dilapidated house before her, Zhao Yues 287Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Heartwarming and funny, a group time-travel story, featuring the protagonists' "space" cheat ability, but the main characters are unambitious, content to simply cultivate their land and occasionally hunt or do handicrafts to earn a little extra money.

4. 4 柳 Liu Er Ya's Journey from Poverty to Prosperity Through Farming 柳二丫的脱贫种田生活 The Orange That Broke Free破茧的橙子Ancient Romance240k WordsCompleted [Female lead transmigrates + slow-paced daily life + food + family squabbles + farming] Liu Qing was a modern office drone who loved watching wilderness survival videos whenever she had free time. She never expected that after staying up late to finish a proposal, she would wake up in a different body: Liu Erya, a seven-year-old girl from the Liu family in the ancient Great Liang dynasty. Her parents were both lazy good-for-nothings. Every morning, Liu Qing woke to the thatched roof overhead and 359Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   Beautiful, realistic, ordinary, warm, plain yet not bland

5. 5 穿 After I Transmigrate, I Build a Fortune with My Stingy Old Dad 穿越后，带着抠门老爹发家致富 The Red Bean Bun Has No Filling红豆包没有包Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [Farming + Beloved by the Whole Family + Daily Life + Food + Alternate World + Transmigration] Liu Changning was transmigrated into her mother’s womb. Her father is miserly to an extreme. Her mother is very open-minded. She is the youngest daughter in the family, with four older brothers. The Liu family is dirt poor. Their house is so shabby they can see the stars through the roof... But ever since this youngest daughter arrived, Old Liu has noticed that the family’s life keeps getting better an 3.4kReads8.6Score264Shelves

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   Check out this one! It's all about farming, ordinary daily life, and it's pretty funny too 🤭

6. 6 农 A Poor Farm Girl's Endless Good Luck 农家苦女好运连连 Author Meng Jinping作者梦金平Ancient Romance82k WordsCompleted Poor Jiang Sanniu never gets enough to eat or warm clothes at the Jiang family’s home. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her family often beats and scolds her. By a twist of fate, a married couple from the Zheng family buys her to be their daughter. From then on, her luck keeps improving, and in the end the Zhengs dote on her like she’s the most precious thing in the world. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 7 身 A Beautiful Farming Life in Another Body 身穿之美丽种田记 Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Ancient Romance817k WordsCompleted (No System, no golden finger, just an ordinary person with sound values) This isn’t a get-rich-quick wish-fulfillment story, nor is the heroine a lone beauty who needs no one. She has a grand vision for her family: one flower alone doesn’t make spring, but a hundred flowers in bloom fill the garden with spring. After taking part in a Hanfu event, Zhao Meili unexpectedly found herself in ancient times, where she was rescued by Guo Ping, a hunter. With no household registration, Zhao Meili couldn 2.4kReads8.9Score224Shelves

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   Warm and cozy, without any petty squabbles or melodramatic plot twists, just the ordinary life of an ordinary person.

8. 8 四 Joy All Year Round 四季常欢 Wild Dreams Year After Year狂想年年Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted Chang Huan transmigrated. Before transmigrating, she had been an ordinary office drone in the modern world, living a peaceful, uneventful life. But she never expected the apocalypse to arrive out of nowhere and shatter her quiet existence. Though she had a plant-based ability, it was pretty useless in the early stages, and life in the apocalypse was far from easy. Whenever she went out to search for supplies, she had to stay on guard against zombie hordes and watch out for betrayal by her compan 880Reads8.1Score109Shelves

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   This is a completed farming novel. There are no princes or generals, no power struggles or conspiracies, only ordinary people and ordinary lives. The female protagonist transmigrates to another world and, to escape her troubled family, seeks out the male protagonist to live with. They eventually fall in love, become husband and wife, and work together to build their home, enjoying a peaceful and tranquil life. The writing style is slice-of-life, featuring delicious food, raising children, gardening, and a warm and simple atmosphere.

9. 9 一 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 Hedge Shadow篱影Modern Romance582k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.6kReads8.9Score810Shelves

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   Very close to real life, just finished updating

10. 10 穿 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Li Tianming was done for. He lay motionless in a drafty thatched hut. He was a graduate student researching traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, but after a loose-lipped remark, he tasted an herb and somehow transmigrated into the body of a pauper. Being poor wasn't the problem, and he could even accept being in his thirties. But the body was in terrible shape: its former owner had drunk himself to death, leaving Li Tianming with three children outside, wailing their hearts out! A d 21.6kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves

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    Ordinary and close to real life

11. 11 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 10.2kReads8.7Score855Shelves
12. 12 穿 Back to the 1970s as an Educated Youth 穿回70年代当知青 Smiling Little Rapeseed微笑小油菜Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no female lead, slow burn] Beneath the waves of grain lies a struggle for survival deeper than the harvest itself. The land and agriculture need more devoted protection to yield a bumper crop. In this world of cooking smoke rising into the sky, there is a group of silent guardians. They are not gilded clay idols in the halls of power, but farmers bent over the fields, craftsmen working amid roaring flames, and brave souls guarding the frontier. With cracke 30Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    A farming story! Ordinary daily life, but very realistic and enjoyable!

13. 13 穿 Reincarnated as an Ancient Maid, I Take the Young Master to Escape the Famine 穿成古代丫鬟带着小少爷去逃荒 Mango Lover爱芒果Ancient Romance307k WordsCompleted A slow-paced story, mainly about the heroine’s life in an imaginary dynasty. [Farming + no golden finger + imaginary dynasty + wilderness survival + not a self-sacrificing saint] The heroine transmigrates in the ordinary way, with no golden finger. She relies on the knowledge she gained in modern life to survive in the wilderness, and uses what she learned about staying alive in the apocalypse to avoid danger and seek advantage, doing her best to survive disasters and human calamities. Gu Qing s 343Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book, very realistic, without any cheat codes. The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of a maid, has no relatives, and the story begins with survival in the wilderness, followed by fleeing famine and farming. It's a food-themed and heartwarming story.

14. 14 我 My Cat and I Transmigrated: My Golden Finger Is a Cat 我和我的猫一起穿了之金手指是猫 Sleepy Yun Yao困困云瑶Ancient Romance158k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + gathering herbs and hunting in the mountains + pocket dimension + slow-paced life + street stall + spirit pet] Jinxiu transmigrates into the body of a dirt-poor country girl. Their home is bare as can be (Jinxiu’s thoughts: It’s not actually that bad, okay!) The family has a few mu of fields and her grandparents, who depend on each other for survival. At least her cat came along too. Kun Kun is a Ragdoll cat with a sharp tongue. When they go up the mountain to gather herbs 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There were no influential figures or outrageous plot twists.

15. 15 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: A Country Girl's Struggle to Support Her Family 逃荒种田，农家女娃养家忙 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Ancient Romance257k WordsCompleted Fleeing famine in the early stages, farming and gathering herbs later on. Mingyue dies in a car accident and transmigrates just as a drought strikes. Her gentle mother says, “Xiaoyue, eat this poached egg.” Her father looks at her expectantly too. “Come on, eat up. You'll need the strength for the journey.” Her doting older brother brings it to her lips. Touched by the love of her parents and brother, she feels her heart stir. A young man gazes at her with deep affection in his handsome eyes. “Y 1.3kReads8.0Score—Shelves

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    A typical farming story where an ordinary person transmigrates and starts from scratch.

16. 16 穿 Transmigrated as a Burden, I Can Both Run a Business and Farm 穿成拖油瓶，经商种田两不误 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Ancient Romance505k WordsCompleted She transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl who was strangled to death by her own father. Fortunately, her mother risks her life to protect her. Her maternal relatives take them in, but the sight of their home with nothing in it is heartbreaking. Jing Shu grits her teeth and gets to work: she builds a house, starts a business, and rolls up her sleeves to lead the whole family. Just as they’ve managed to save a little money, a handsome young man abducts her to the mountains. Jing Shu’s eyes 829Reads8.2Score—Shelves
17. 17 开 From the Start, I Go Hungry for Three Days Straight, Then Make a Fortune Everyone Envies 开局三天饿九顿，发家致富招人馋 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Ancient Romance583k WordsCompleted Liu Siyu wakes up to discover that she has transmigrated. Above her is a sharp-tongued stepmother, below her a brother as thin as a skeleton, and around them are three shabby thatched huts. With barely enough food to last from one meal to the next, she raises an eyebrow, rolls up her sleeves, and gets to work. What? That wicked old wolf of a step-grandmother wants to sell her to an old man as a good-luck bride? How can she put up with that? She grabs a kitchen knife and starts swinging... The vi 949Reads8.7Score—Shelves
18. 18 种 Duck Farming 种田鸭鸭 Ning Yaoovo宁姚ovoAncient Romance163k WordsCompleted A pure farming story, with a gentle pace, everyday family life, and no over-the-top villains. Mai Yaya was an orphan in her previous life. After finally graduating from college, she transmigrates to a mountain village, ending up worse off than before liberation. With a foolishly filial father and mother, a biased grandmother, and a grandfather who keeps silent, can Mai Yaya turn things around and live life on her own terms? 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is fine; it's the kind of story that involves everyday family matters and a gentle, flowing relationship.

19. 19 丑 Ruo Lan, the Ugly Girl 丑女若兰 Xiao Yunshu晓云舒Ancient Romance286k WordsCompleted In her previous life, she had nothing and no one to hold her back. Overnight, she transmigrated into a fat, ugly, insecure young girl. In this life, she has her big brother's love and protection. Watch her transform in seventy-two ways: lose weight, become beautiful, grow stronger! Build a fortune, take on the scheming women, save lives, and win the heart of a powerful man. Life is hard for women in ancient times, and even harder for an ugly woman who wants to be independent! Another transmigrat 156Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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    Although the rating is not high, it is a heartwarming and simple story with a fresh feel, making it worth watching.

20. 20 长 It’s Hard Being the Eldest Sister: I Farm the Mountain to Pay Off Our Debts 长姐难为，我靠大山种田还债 Cao Hehe草禾禾Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming story + no System + no pocket dimension + no awful relatives + building a career + heartwarming] Song Zhi transmigrates into a destitute farming family with bare walls and enormous debts. The moment she opens her eyes, she’s faced with: A father killed in battle, a mother who died in childbirth, a sickly little brother, and a family on the brink of collapse under crushing pressure. With all those hardships piled on, her predecessor had grown sensitive and short-tempered. Misled by other 9.1kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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    This is a farming novel without any cheat codes. The female protagonist transmigrates into a debt-ridden farming family. She first earns her initial income by selling food, then promotes forsythia tea, weaves wool clothing, and leads those around her to prosperity in a heartwarming story.

21. 21 穿 Transmigrating to a Year of Famine: Living Off the Mountains to Feed the Family 穿越荒年，靠山吃山养全家 Sleepless Night in September's Cool Autumn凉秋九月夜不能寐Ancient Romance518k WordsOngoing With a father doing forced labor and a seriously ill mother, transmigrated Cao Yunxuan has to support the whole family. She has no System or golden finger, but as the youngest female botanist in the modern era, at least she has a wealth of knowledge in her head. She gathers herbs in the mountains and earns her first pot of gold. She severs ties with the ancestral household to carve out a way for her family to survive. She raises seedlings and farms the land, helping the villagers get through the 738Reads8.3Score—Shelves

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    It's an ordinary farming story, but it's very enjoyable!

22. 22 老 Old Liu and His Daughter 老刘和他的女儿 Old Du Soup老杜汤Modern Romance108k WordsCompleted Lao Liu is an ordinary, down-and-out farmer with nothing to be proud of. But his ideas about raising his children are completely at odds with the mainstream. After 18 years of perseverance, his daughter has given him his proudest reason of all. Is he happy or unfortunate? Everyone probably has their own answer. 591Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The mundane daily life story of a farmer educating his children in a way that challenges their values and worldview; an extremely obscure topic.

23. 23 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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    Indigenous people, living their lives in peace and contentment.

24. 24 嫁 Every Day After Marrying a Rugged Man Is Pure Bliss 嫁给糙汉后每天都真香 Not for You不予尔Ancient Romance204k WordsCompleted 1v1. Both leads are devoted only to each other. Jiang Nian is a sweet, gentle, clever heroine who isn’t self-righteous, while Fan Pingye is a taciturn hunter who dotes on his wife without restraint. At 17, Jiang Nian follows her father’s arrangement and marries Fan Pingye, the hunter feared by everyone in the village. She trusts that her father wouldn’t harm her, but she is still an inexperienced young woman, and everyone knows Fan Pingye’s fearsome reputation. The villagers say he killed count 1.2kReads6.8Score102Shelves

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    A heartwarming farming story, filled with everyday family life: digging for vegetables, picking mushrooms, raising pheasants, hunting, and the doting, rough-around-the-edges Fan Pingye versus the delicate, intelligent, and not-so-saintly Jiang Nian. Fan Pingye: "My wife is always right, I'll listen to her." No officialdom, no cheat codes.

25. 25 冷 The Handsome Husband of the Stone-Faced Hunter 冷面猎户家的俏夫郎 Catch a Strawberry拦住一颗草莓Two Male Leads651k WordsCompleted The rating has just come in. [Two male leads + farming + devoted couple + fictional ancient setting + natives of the world + sweet romance + food] Gu Zheng, the hunter from Xinghua Village, is famous for being cold and aloof. People say he lost his parents when he was young and still carries a place in his heart for his fiancée, who died early. He’s probably destined to remain a bachelor for the rest of his life. Then, one spring, he found a dusty little sparrow at Gongshan Shrine. Su Qiao was a 1.4kReads8.4Score126Shelves

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    Living a simple and peaceful life, farming like an indigenous person.

26. 26 蜀 Shu Han's Grain Supply: Farming and Sericulture in the South for the Chancellor 蜀汉粮秣：我在南中替丞相兴农桑 Water Coconut水底椰Historical334k WordsOngoing Chen Ji, an agricultural science student, pays his respects to the chancellor at the Wuhou Shrine. He dozes off and transmigrates into a Shu Han garrison soldier, trapped in the desperate lands of Nanzhong. Armed with practical agricultural expertise, he gathers refugees, battles corrupt officials, burns limestone to amend the red soil, builds chain pumps to develop irrigation, makes compost, and uses traditional methods to produce fertilizer. He introduces high-yield crops from the future, such 18Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A hardcore farming novel, without any system panels or cheat codes, making up for the regret of the prime minister's northern expedition.

27. 27 农 A Tough Farm Girl: Find a Husband and Farm Together 农门悍妻：相个夫君来种田 The Moon Hangs Over the West Tower明月挂西楼Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Zhong Jin, the landlord’s younger son, has a miserable life because he can never win an argument with his two older brothers. So he decides to marry a feisty woman. Guan Pan’s betrothed, a recommended scholar, has dumped her, and she’s eager to get married, so she’s casting her net far and wide, meeting one suitor after another. In the sea of people, she comes across a man named Zhong Jin, rolls up her sleeves, and helps him fight his brothers and claim the family fortune. 1.1kReads8.8Score118Shelves

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    After Guan Pan got engaged to Xiucai, he abandoned her after passing the imperial examination. She then went on a blind date. Zhong Jin, the youngest son of the Zhong family, whose family owned a lot of land, wanted to find a woman who was feisty and quick-witted. The two had a long-lasting and loving relationship, supported each other through thick and thin, had good values, and lived a simple and happy life.

28. 28 穿 Reborn as a Widow and Mother, I Raise Four Kids with My System! 穿成寡妇娘，靠系统养大四个崽！ Tang Tang Judy唐唐朱迪Ancient Romance391k WordsCompleted > The heroine is fierce and formidable, her family members are all capable, and the whole village turns its fortunes around together through hard work and prosperity! > [System-assisted farming + no romance + happy child-rearing + ensemble cast grows rich together + doing business in many places + devoted to building a career] At 33, modern-day master chef Su Liyue opens her eyes and finds herself turned into a widow with children in ancient Qinghe Village! A lifelong single, she has suddenly be 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very ordinary farming novel

29. 29 邻 Between Neighbors 邻里之间 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Urban163k WordsCompleted Distant relatives are not as dependable as close neighbors, and close neighbors are no match for the folks across the street. But life is full of contradictions: without conflict, there is no struggle, and without struggle, there is no progress. Neighbors don’t always get along, either. As the saying goes, a neighbor is like a set of scales: they hope the other neighbor stays poor. 349Reads6.5Score—Shelves

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    The Love Life of Women in Mountain Villages

30. 30 我 My First Love 我的初恋情人 Recluse Qingxu清虚散人Modern Romance164k WordsCompleted I met Yu on an early spring day. It was overcast and windy. He was passing by my house just as I came out of the yard. Our eyes met, and his lit up at once. He stopped in his tracks. My face flushed, and I lowered my head to look at my old cloth shoes, with my toes poking out. My family was so poor that my clothes were covered in patches. Yu didn’t seem to care about my shabby clothes. He kept walking, glancing back at my face. I didn’t know who he was or what he was doing in our village. But a 118Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 寒 The Humble Village Girl Who Can Cook 寒门小厨娘 Dongzi of the Northern Song北宋的东子Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted This is a farming novel. Shen Qingci transmigrates into another world. There is no System and no golden finger. Her original self’s parents are disliked by her grandmother, and she is timid. She also has a younger brother. When Shen Qingci first transmigrates, she takes him into the mountains to dig up wild greens and find bird eggs, then cooks for him. Later, she even buys pig offal at the market. Somehow, little by little, she builds a fortune and achieves a comfortable life, eventually buildi 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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    No cheat codes, no system, no generals, no princes—it's simple, funny, and heartwarming! Come check it out!

32. 32 我 My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills 我的九四，从漫山野菜开始 Bookworm from a Stone Box石合子出来的书呆子Urban754k WordsOngoing Xu Shouyi was an outstanding modern farmer of the 21st century. After serving as village chief for 20 years, he went to a neighboring village to advise them on a new planting method. Then, caught in a sudden downpour, his car plunged off a cliff… When he woke up again, he had returned to 1994. There was still time to set things right. In his previous life, he’d drifted through life and only come to his senses in middle age. This time, he would use his knowledge to lead his kind-hearted neighbors 485Reads—Score100Shelves

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    Farming stories, about ordinary people doing ordinary things, cultivating the land.

33. 33 恶 The Vicious Wife Takes Charge: The Whole Family Begs Her to Stop Overworking Them 恶妇当家：全家跪求别卷了 Little Huasheng小华生Ancient Romance516k WordsCompleted Shen Huakai was notorious in Dajiang Village as a vicious shrew who threw her weight around, loved to eat, and hated to work. Six months after marrying into the Pei family, she had emptied their rice jar and beaten everyone in the household, young and old. Now she had taken all the family’s money to run off with another man, only for her sickly husband to crack her over the head with a stick in the middle of the street. After transmigrating, Shen Huakai looked at her pretty face in the m 381Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist is down-to-earth and leads her family to wealth; you can't stop watching!

34. 34 山 A Year-Round Farming Life in a Mountain Village: One Acre, One Village 山村种田一亩地一村人一年四季 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance677k WordsCompleted Farming + transmigration + slow burn + building wealth + everyday family life + no romance + no horrible relatives + beloved by her family + a wonderful grandma In Dahe Village, the rich live in blue-brick houses, while the poor live in mud-brick huts. The two groups never mix. After some children got into a scuffle, the Zhao family shoved Zhou Xiaoman down and injured the back of her head, then turned around and shamelessly denied it. When she woke up, she was still in the body of a ten-year-o 10.9kReads8.1Score1.3kShelves

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    Farming in the fields, a large family living a peaceful life, the everyday stories of village life. The village has its good and its bad, but the main theme is truly farming.

35. 35 种 Growing Melons, Vegetables, and Crops 种瓜种菜种田 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The silly girl from the Shi family suddenly isn’t silly anymore. And trailing behind her are five nearly grown boys, who turn out to be her own brothers. The girl leads them to plant melons in the sandy field behind the village. The yard-long beans climb all over their trellises, the greens are tender and fresh, and the grain hangs heavy on the furrows. The neighbors may gossip and bicker, but luckily there’s the open-minded Grandma Shi to keep things in check. They plant in spring and harvest i 8.4kReads8.0Score723Shelves
36. 36 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, I Keep My Head Down and Grow Up 穿到古代苟着长大 Sikong Zhiyu司空执与Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After an ordinary woman dies, she transmigrates to another world. She is no self-sacrificing heroine! No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger, and no awful relatives! There is a romantic pairing! This is a story of struggle built on her own experience and hard work, with farming and business management. The pace is unhurried, and life is slow. If that's not your cup of tea, please don't flame me! Any resemblance to other works is purely coincidental! 2.3kReads8.9Score135Shelves

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    How about just ordinary farming? 🤭

37. 37 娶 Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税？从养活美娇媳妇开始 Last Night's East Tower昨夜东楼Historical1.8M WordsOngoing [No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa 26.9kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves

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    Historical fiction + alternate history + farming + hunting + power struggles – this book is definitely worth following! A noblewoman becomes a political sacrifice, assigned by the court to a poor hunter's family to pay taxes. Faced with their abject poverty, she opens a school to teach children, while the hunters relentlessly venture into the mountains to hunt nuts, ferrets, and even snow leopards to protect their prey. Despite facing difficulties from the villagers, the two manage to build a home amidst the snowstorms. This plot is so captivating and highly recommended! 🤭

38. 38 穿 I Transmigrated to a Farmhouse and Married a Rugged Hunter for a Comfortable Life 穿越农家，嫁糙汉猎户过舒心日子 The Second Miss, Living a Peaceful Life岁月静好的二小姐Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + farming + food + devoted couple + satisfying power fantasy + hunting + foraging in the mountains + everyday family life + no space + no golden finger + no awful relatives) Shen Anning transmigrates into the body of a country bumpkin who’s considered a fool. Her family is so poor they can barely scrape by, but luckily they all love her, so she doesn’t have to worry about awful relatives. No problem! So what if they’re poor? At least she’s a modern person from the future. Surely 2.6kReads8.7Score218Shelves

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    There are no overpowered characters or cheat codes; it's purely about farming, hunting, and gathering resources—a fairly ordinary, heartwarming, and comfortable experience.

39. 39 爹 My Parents, Brother, and I: From the Deep Mountains to Fertile Land 爹娘弟和我，从深山到沃土 A Big River一条大何Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted Lin Youyou woke up to find herself transmigrated to a remote mountain region. Looking at the bare walls of her home, she could hardly imagine anyone poorer. To make ends meet, she had no choice but to learn how to forage for wild vegetables. Scene one: Lin Youyou bends over, gathering wild vegetables. Scene two: Lin Youyou squats down to gather wild vegetables. Scene three: Lin Youyou stoops to gather wild vegetables. As she found herself going further and further down the path of foraging, 534Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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    This should be correct, right? 🤭

40. 40 闺 Best Friends Transmigrate Together: One Husband Is Reborn, the Other Dotes on His Wife 闺蜜双穿：夫君一个重生一个宠 Guti in Plain Sight and in Secret明里暗里的古蒂Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted Transmigrate to ancient times and become sisters-in-law alongside your best friend! One marries a reborn hunter and is spoiled rotten; the other marries a gentle scholar and is cherished above all. Grow crops, make money, deal with awful relatives, have children, and strike it rich... From a dilapidated shack to a grand house with blue-brick walls; from going hungry to becoming a business magnate. A house full of children, a loving couple, sisters-in-law who stand together, this is the peak of f 198Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Best Friends Transmigrate Together: One Husband is Reborn and the Other Pampers Him," a heartwarming and ordinary farming novel with a slow and steady pace; highly recommended.

41. 41 清 Qingshui Village Farmstay 清水村农家乐 The Butterfly Bone Rings蝴蝶骨响Modern Romance463k WordsOngoing When you've reached a dead end, go home, back to the vast fields and farmland. Help your parents sell peaches, grow vegetables in greenhouses, and run a farmstay. Then lead the villagers of Qingshui Village to prosperity and forge your own path as a new-generation farmer! 2.5kReads—Score167Shelves

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    This book is worth checking out; it's about modern farming and selling vegetables, and handcrafted farms.

42. 42 穿 Transmigrate with the Whole Family and Feast on Meat 穿越之全家一起吃肉 Hong Sanmu红三木Ancient Romance201k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + farming + food + building wealth + slow-burn, character-growth story] When Wu Lan first transmigrated, her family was so poor their pockets were empty. Her family split up, illness struck, heavy snow sealed off the mountains, the village chief stood in her way, and she was kidnapped and sold. Drawing on memories from her previous life, she ventured deep into the mountains and sold wild goods, saving up money bit by bit. As Wu Lan eats spicy chicken and reminisces about those time 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ordinary farming novels truly deserve the word "ordinary".

43. 43 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse474k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 2.9kReads8.4Score377Shelves

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    This one fits the bill perfectly, highly recommended! It's a post-apocalyptic island farming novel. It's simple and peaceful, with no extraordinary characters or superpowers, just the female protagonist farming alone on a deserted island. She works hard every day just to make ends meet. She can weave straw sandals, fishnets, pottery, and carve wood—a true craftswoman in the apocalypse. The male protagonist can climb trees, dive, and shoot arrows. Both are highly skilled, have perfect teamwork, and don't get involved in any power struggles.

44. 44 七 The 1970s' Mad Village Girl: From the Start, She Beats Up an Entire Gang of Human Traffickers 七零疯批村姑，开局锤爆人贩一窝 Qiu Ming of Nanyang Ancient City南阳古城的仇明Modern Romance553k WordsCompleted [Farming + Period Piece + Feel-Good Story + Love Grows Over Time + Both Reborn + Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Building Wealth] Jiang Sui is reborn, armed with a cleaver and ready to put every troublemaker in their place. Want to sell the three siblings? She’ll have them all thrown in jail. Want to take advantage of her? First, see if the cleaver in her hand agrees. Ruin her reputation? What reputation? Oh my, she actually has a reputation? With a pocket dimension at her disposal, Jiang Sui 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A farming-themed novel, truly about farming.

45. 45 揣 Pregnant with Twins, She Remarries a Hunter and Leads His Family to Wealth and Plenty 揣双胎改嫁猎户，带夫家暴富吃肉 Little Brother Jin小金哥儿Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Cozy farming and everyday life + adorable baby + devoted couple + doting husband + family matters + spirit-pet space that lets her understand animals] [Charming young wife * steady, reserved, devoted male lead] Fencing athlete Qiao Wantang transmigrates one day, only to have her whole family pressure her into remarrying a rough hunter! It’s all because her cousin schemed against her, leaving her unexpectedly pregnant with the hunter’s child. Her cousin steals her engagement and marries the elde 13.2kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    A rugged fox hunter dotes on his wife, the female lead is charming and intelligent, and there's no feeling of being stifled. The male lead is deeply devoted and loyal, and the story is filled with heartwarming everyday moments. It's a slice-of-life farming novel with realistic character portrayals. The female lead also possesses a spirit pet space and leads her husband's family to gradually prosper and survive famine years. Those interested can give it a try.

46. 46 穿 Transmigrated as a Rich Young Lady, I Enjoy Life While Working Hard 穿成富家小姐，边享受边奋斗 In an Old Friend's Heart故人心上Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + One-on-One Romance A cozy slice-of-life story about building a fortune Meng Nanxi goes from being a “triple-nothing” nobody with no home, no car, and no job to the wealthy daughter of an ancient-era merchant. She thinks she's hit the jackpot: goodbye, 996 workdays! Goodbye, taking the bus everywhere! Goodbye, that urban village rental where the plumbing springs a leak or gets clogged every other day! But before she can finish celebrating, 2.1kReads8.2Score201Shelves

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    A simple farming story, realistic and natural, without exaggeration, that keeps you reading. No supernatural powers, no cheat codes, just a gradual process of self-improvement. No saintly figures, no naive girls. I love this kind of slow-paced, enduring story.

47. 47 神 The Genius Doctor Girl Travels to Ancient Times and Helps the Frontier Prosper! 神医少女游古代！边疆百姓富起来 Wai Yisi歪一丝Ancient Romance133k WordsOngoing [Present Meets Past + Past Meets Present] [Medicine] [The Physician Consort] [Farming] [Sweet Romance] [Cozy Daily Life] Gifted beyond compare, she is a genius girl from a family of physicians! With the college entrance exams just around the corner, she finds a genuinely sickly prince! After she transmigrates to ancient times, a twist of fate turns her into a goddess! She has no interest in becoming a physician consort. She's the beloved woman even the prince can't keep. After all, what's the f —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is so beautiful! The more I look at it, the more beautiful it becomes! 😢

48. 48 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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    She transmigrates into the body of an ancient peasant woman, where the eldest sister leads her younger siblings to reclaim wasteland, cultivate terraced fields, gradually accumulate grain, and move towards a better life.

49. 49 有 There Was a Girl Named Xiaohua 有个女孩叫小花 My Little Warm Jackets我的小棉袄们Modern Romance420k WordsOngoing My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! This book captures some of the culture and food of rural northern Fujian in the 1980s and 1990s. Follow Xiaohua and her family as they work hard and lead warm, ordinary lives. No exaggeration, melodrama, or foolish antics. It’s not a feel-good power fantasy, and there’s no rebirth or transmigration. There’s no golden finger, just 30Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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    A story set in the indigenous era, featuring heartwarming family life and mundane everyday tales. It's not exaggerated, melodramatic, or mindless; it's neither time-travel nor reincarnation. ❤️❤️❤️

50. 50 画 The Painter's Journal: Smoke and Dust over Bianliang 画匠记：汴梁烟尘 Warm Spring Breeze 8680暖春风8680Historical178k WordsOngoing Immerse yourself in the bustling everyday life of the Great Song, a gallery of lives across the ages, transmigration, poverty and prosperity. A rewarding read, with a slow-burn rise from humble beginnings, lighthearted moments, and meticulous attention to social detail. A modern cover designer and painter who worked with dry-cell batteries, he couldn't escape being laid off. He transmigrated into the body of Lin Yuan, a poor child in Hedong Circuit in the Northern Song who survived by chewing on 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The film captures the essence of everyday life, with meticulous attention to detail and historical elements seamlessly integrated into the protagonist's journey of growth, offering a lighthearted and enjoyable experience.

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