No Romance, Farming, An Ordinary-Looking Female Lead, and Helping the Whole Village Get Rich 无Cp+种田++非绝色美女+带领全村一起发家致富

1. 1 荒 Beloved by the Whole Village in a Year of Famine, She Leads Everyone to Prosperity on the Outskirts of the Capital 荒年团宠，带领全村在京郊致富 Wen Qingcheng温倾城Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted [Farming + Fleeing Famine + No Romance, Pure Catharsis] In a year of war and famine, a simple-minded farm girl suddenly comes to her senses and leads the whole village north to escape the famine. The former zombie king, who has both a space and psychic abilities, plays dumb while staying one step ahead. Now and then, she improves her family's meals, goes on a rampage, and beats people up. She makes the journey lively and full of good cheer, and successfully leads the whole village to settle in X 349Reads8.6Score100Shelves

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   🍀🍀A farming story, no male lead, about getting rich... 🍀🍀The female lead was a conscious zombie in her previous life [stunned][stunned] She spent her days hiding among zombie hordes [laughing][laughing] and finally became the Zombie King [cool][cool] But Earth exploded before she could find it [shocked][shocked] She was blown to ancient times and became an idiot [what][what] But her parents told her she was a returnee [awkward][awkward] Okay, she had to accept reality and continue hiding, playing dumb to outsmart others... The female lead has a space, a spiritual spring, dual-elemental abilities, is the youngest daughter in her family, is pampered, a famine relief story, no male lead...

2. 2 穿 After Becoming a Wicked Grandmother, I Build a Fortune and Raise the Kids 穿成恶毒祖母后，发家致富养崽崽 Demon Blade of the First Day初一的妖刀Ancient Romance503k WordsCompleted [Farming + Spirit spring + Pocket dimension + Infrastructure + Food] A startup CEO transmigrates into a book as a vicious, awful old woman. Her whole family is doomed to a miserable fate as cannon fodder, and she herself is left exposed in the wilderness for wild dogs to devour! Qin Lanlan won’t stand for it! If the house is bare, she’ll roll up her sleeves and earn money to support the family! If the children have problems with their personalities, she’ll set each of them straight! She’ll open 330Reads8.8Score—Shelves
3. 3 农 The Fierce Farmer's Wife: Getting Rich Through Farming 农家悍媳：致富从种田开始 Bai Zhizhi白栀栀Ancient Romance280k WordsCompleted [Cozy farming, no toxic characters, no romance] Qin Jinxia had cultivated for eight hundred years, but while undergoing her tribulation, she was struck down into the body of a farmer’s wife in ancient times whose husband had died young. Looking at the shabby house, two bawling children, a timid mother-in-law, a blind grandmother, and a sickly younger brother-in-law, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work! She bought land and cleared the hills, planting crops, vegetables, and fruit trees. And 175Reads9.0Score103Shelves
4. 4 农 A Country Woman's Path to Wealth 农门婆婆的发家致富路 Potatoes and Spuds土豆加洋芋Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Alternate Setting + Family Life + Cozy Everyday Moments + Building a Fortune + The Whole Family United + No Romance, No CP] Before she opened her eyes, she was an unmarried thirty-year-old with a million followers, a short-video creator specializing in country life. She filmed videos and took advertising gigs now and then, living a relaxed, comfortable life full of flavor. After she opened her eyes, she was a forty-year-old widow with four sons, two daughters, and grandchildren as far as the ey 2.5kReads8.0Score236Shelves

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   It's watchable!!!

5. 5 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
6. 6 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 86kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves
7. 7 爹 Loved by Mom and Dad! A Happy Life in Ancient Times After Being Born There 爹疼娘爱！胎穿古代幸福生活 Apples Never Run Out苹果不会少Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted The animated series The Great Xia Pearl Chronicle is here! [Fictional Setting + Ancient Times + Rural Farming + Infrastructure Building + Lighthearted and Healing + Everyday Family Life + No Romance + A Heart of Gold] A domineering CEO's... assistant dies of overwork and transmigrates to the small village of Songjiatai in the Great Xia Dynasty, becoming a little farm girl who rolls around in the mud. Her name is Song Daya. Having spent her previous life striving to be the best, Song D 9.2kReads9.0Score893Shelves

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   This book teaches children how to make wooden lunchboxes and figurines, how to cook various foods, and how to lead villagers to prosperity.

8. 8 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

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   Ordinary people's life in a small village

9. 9 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
10. 10 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
11. 11 种 Farming and Business: I Just Want to Make Money, Pay Off My Debts, and Lie Flat 种田经商：我只想赚钱还债后躺平 A Bubble of Foam一个泡泡沫Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming] [Getting Rich] [Everyday Family Life] [Cozy Daily Life] [Gourmet] [Slow-Paced] [No Awful Relatives] [No Imperial Authority, Just Ordinary People's Lives] Xia He had just paid off her mortgage and bought a new car when a sudden car accident sent her into the body of a peasant girl in ancient times. From the start, her family had nothing but bare walls, and they were deep in debt from paying for her medical treatment. Fortunately, her grandparents doted on her, her parents spoiled her, a 8kReads8.2Score695Shelves

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    Although both books have couples, the romance is minimal. The first book is about a family struggling to make money and pay off debts; there are no awful characters. The second book is about a family eking out a living in the mountains during a famine.

12. 12 穿 Transmigrated to a Famine Year, I Stockpile Supplies Like Crazy 穿越荒年之我疯狂囤物资 A Bubble of Foam一个泡泡沫Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Complete, come and read! Also known as How I Hoarded Supplies Like Crazy During the Famine Years [Natural Disasters + Hoarding + Daily Life + Food + Hunting + Farming + No Awful Relatives + No Royal Connections + Warm and Healing, They Stay in the Mountains at First] A word of warning: There's little romance. She has spatial storage, but no ridiculous golden finger. The space is just for storing and hoarding things. When Xu Han woke up, she discovered she'd transmigrated and been sold by her awf 3.5kReads8.2Score229Shelves
13. 13 背 Making a Fortune with Good Food, Backed by the Mountain 背靠大山，靠美食发家致富 Sweet Peaches Must Be Crisp甜桃子必须脆的Ancient Romance394k WordsCompleted [Farming and Food + Making Money + No Romance + No Villainous Relatives + Everyday Life + Healing + Building a Fortune] In the modern world, Chu Wanning worked as an assistant to a food blogger. One night, she died suddenly from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a farm girl in a fictional dynasty who shared her name. In this resource-poor village in the middle of nowhere, many people can barely get enough to eat, let alone stay warm. With only the family’s tiny plot of land to rely on, 336Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    This is a super good-looking novel with no romance, no plot twists, and featuring farming and food!

14. 14 大 The Great Qian Dynasty's First Lady Scholar 大乾第一女先生 Bright Green Persimmon绿澄澄的柿子Ancient Romance708k WordsCompleted A new story. The System is just a tool and doesn't appear much~ A cozy, everyday tale, mostly about women. Jiang Zhi gets divorced, takes her daughter, and leaves her ex-husband's family in utter chaos. Back in Jiangzhou, she opens a curious teahouse. The pastries here are unlike anything people have seen, the rules are unusual, and the stories she tells... are even more unheard-of! A monkey causes havoc in Heaven? A scholar falls in love with a female ghost? And a dark-faced judge named Bao can 3kReads8.5Score329Shelves

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    It's not about farming in the village, but it's a good story!

15. 15 不 I Accidentally Transmigrated, and the Girl Became a Grandmother. I Can Take It 不小心穿越了，少女变祖母，我忍 Laughing Xixi大笑茜茜Ancient Romance590k WordsCompleted Lin Yueya, a tattoo artist, opens her eyes after an accident to find herself a rural woman in ancient times, nearly forty years old. Her sons and daughters-in-law are kneeling all around her, calling her “Mother” again and again. Her vision goes dark, and all she wants is to transmigrate straight back to her own time. It seems the heavens can’t hear her cries. She spent over twenty years single in the modern world, in the prime of her life, only to suddenly become more than a decade older. And i 142Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    This is an ancient Chinese farming novel featuring an elderly woman who isn't a beautiful woman, has a spatial ability, children, no male lead, absolutely no romantic pairing, and absolutely no ambiguous relationships. She makes money along the way, leading her family and villagers to prosperity. It's a particularly good book and highly recommended!

16. 16 穿 Transmigrating to the Countryside: The Wicked Grandma Won't Follow the Script 穿越农家，恶毒奶奶不按剧本来 Yun Hu BU Xi云胡BU喜Ancient Romance371k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + Alternate History + Farming + Escaping Poverty and Getting Rich + Family Life + System + Golden Finger] Lin Zhiyi, a PhD in agricultural science, transmigrates into the body of a pitiful farm girl. A thatched hut, a plank bed: she opens her eyes straight into hell mode. Her biased grandmother serves her a bowl of coarse rice and scolds her. "You little money pit, finish eating and get back to work!" Lin Zhiyi looks down. Why are there eggs and meat, too? Something's not right wit 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's a good story. The female lead transmigrates and has a cheat ability, but it's not very useful. There's no romantic partner, and it's not about selling food; the main focus is on farming.

17. 17 穿 Transmigrated to a Year of Famine, the Substitute Mother Stockpiles Food to Raise the Kids 穿越荒年，替身娘亲靠囤粮养崽崽 Shiitake Leaf香菰叶Ancient Romance531k WordsCompleted Fleeing famine + farming + food + raising kids Gu Xinyue is pulled into a book to pay off a debt. In the original story, the male lead, Song Yi, is a bona fide walking disaster. His parents have gone missing, his first wife died young, and his two children are about to starve and freeze to death. After Gu Xinyue transmigrates into the book, the adorable children grow plump and healthy, his parents return after being missing for years, and even his sickly body is nursed back to robust health. Gu 3.3kReads9.2Score459Shelves
18. 18 穿 After Reincarnating as a Terrible Mother-in-Law, I Raise Kids and Hustle My Way to the Top 穿成极品婆婆后，带崽卷成首富 Gentle, But Not So Gentle温婉不温婉Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration + ensemble cast + no romance + widow’s comeback + System + reforming awful family members + family squabbles + making a fortune Not a mindless wish-fulfillment story “Smack!” Ye Wen slapped her abusive eldest son to the ground. “Lay another hand on your wife and I’ll break your legs!” After waking from a deep sleep, modern executive Ye Wen found herself transmigrated into the body of a notoriously awful old woman in ancient times, and bound to a [Reformation System]. If she could 6.1kReads7.7Score631Shelves
19. 19 带 I Transmigrated to an Era of Famine and War with a Few Acres of Land 带着几亩地，穿越到饥荒战乱年代 A Simple Life平淡生活Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Alternate history + spatial powers + fleeing famine and war + fighting for the throne + decisive and ruthless + a little palace intrigue) Ye Yutong has transmigrated! She's landed in a novel once written by her college roommate, set in an unknown dynasty during a time of famine and war. In the original story, the heroine is her cousin, while Ye Yutong is the wicked supporting character who competes with her for the male lead. Not only does she get thoroughly humiliated, her family is dragged do 21.3kReads9.2Score2.1kShelves
20. 20 穿 The Transmigrated, Beloved Farm Girl Reclaims Her Space and Kicks Her Scumbag to the Curb 穿越团宠小农女抢回空间脚踹渣男 Rabbit Watching the Snow看雪的兔子Ancient Romance634k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + space + farming + lucky star + special abilities + getting rich) Yun Nian'an was a top-tier wielder of three kinds of abilities in the apocalypse. To help her homeland rebuild, she and the Zombie King died together. Unexpectedly, when she opens her eyes again, she has transmigrated into a book! She has become the ten-year-old simpleton in a farming novel who is given a space. The heroine, jealous of her, pushes the original girl into a river. After the girl dies, the Yun family 2kReads8.1Score245Shelves
21. 21 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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    It's great! Highly recommended! [Heart][heart][heart][heart][heart][heart]

22. 22 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
23. 23 穿 Transmigrating to the Countryside: The He Family Courtyard in Hetian Village 穿越农门，和田村里何家院 Cloudy with Glasses带眼镜的云儿Ancient Romance336k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [No Romance] Li Feifei woke up one day to discover that she had transmigrated into the body of an old peasant woman. She had gone from being a twenty-four-year-old young woman to a thirty-six-year-old matron, with children of her own and grandchildren old enough to run errands. Since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. If Heaven had brought her to this unfamiliar family, then she would have to make a good life for herself. Now let's s 101Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [No romantic pairing, completed] Farming and business, heartwarming daily life, no awful neighbors, no royalty.

24. 24 穿 I Reincarnated as a Toxic Relative and Made a Fortune with My Eight Sons 穿成极品，带着八个儿子发家致富 Demon Lotus妖荷Ancient Romance594k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Raising Kids + No Romance + Shop] Lan Cuicui opens her eyes to find herself a terrible old mother. She has given birth to eight sons, yet somehow made a complete mess of their lives. To put her precious eldest grandson on the path to the imperial examinations, she bleeds the whole family dry. Watching her sons grow estranged and facing food that scrapes her throat, Lan Cuicui rolls up her sleeves and gets to work! How can they be starving when they live right beside a mountain? 2.2kReads7.7Score216Shelves

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    An old woman's daily life of farming, absolutely no romantic pairing, heartwarming and healing, no awful characters. The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of an old woman, leading a group of laborers to dig bamboo shoots, plant sweet potatoes, cook food, and set up a small stall. Occasionally, they catch some wild game to earn some unexpected wealth. Life gets better and better, a slow and steady rise and fall.

25. 25 西 The Li Family of Xishan 西山李家 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The once-prosperous Marquis’s Estate was so destitute it could barely afford its next meal. Then, overnight, she transmigrated into the body of the estate’s Old Madam. No household intrigue or palace scheming for her. She was a skilled farmer, ready to take on the world. She reclaimed barren slopes, planted watermelons, expanded her sweet potato fields, and turned wasteland into a treasure trove. Others laughed at her ridiculous schemes, but with her farming know-how, she raised the entire estat 6.3kReads8.1Score706Shelves

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    Read this story of a modern-day old lady who transmigrates into the body of an ancient lady. She becomes wealthy by growing seedless watermelons and leads the nearby villagers in cultivating high-yield grains. She doesn't engage in palace intrigue; she focuses solely on farming. It's definitely worth reading.

26. 26 大 The Strong Widow and Her Children of Every Shape and Size Flee the Famine 大力寡妇与高矮胖瘦的儿女在逃荒 Ximen Qizi西门七仔Ancient Romance4.7M WordsOngoing [No romance + widow + butcher + the whole village flees famine + farming + space + building wealth] Some people are killed by cars, others by people jumping from buildings, but Cheng Guqing is crushed to death by grain in a granary! Then she transmigrates. She wakes up as a 45-year-old widow, 180 centimeters tall and weighing 200 jin, whose husband has just died and who’s astonishingly strong. She goes straight from being an unmarried older woman to a grandmother, gaining a pile of children, in- 13.7kReads8.8Score811Shelves

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    She transmigrated into the body of a female butcher, suddenly gaining a bunch of children and grandchildren. She led the whole village to escape famine, and then became rich. During the escape, not a single person died, and the number of people even increased, which can be considered a unique feature of the famine escape world.

27. 27 穿 I Transmigrated as a Stepmother, but I'm Done with This 穿成后娘我不干了 Who Is Lu Ziye?谁是鹿子野Ancient Romance803k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it just came out) (Daily life + won't take in strays + always gets even + natural and man-made disasters) Li Xiaomai's mother was always telling her to enjoy life while she could. Then one day, Xiaomai enjoyed herself a little too much and transmigrated into a second wife in Jiang Family Village, Ping County, a stuttering workhorse of a woman. The original owner had sacrificed everything for love, leaving behind a huge mess: a sharp-tongued mother-in-law, a petty sist 5.4kReads8.3Score600Shelves

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    [Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss][Flying kiss]

28. 28 穿 Transmigrated as an Ancient Widow, I Torment Scum, Go Mad, and Become the Grandmaster 穿成古代寡妇，虐渣发疯做师祖 Ji Shao吉少Ancient Romance611k WordsCompleted A true farming novel. No male lead, just a woman standing on her own! No pocket dimension, no supernatural powers, no lucky breaks, just a sharp mind and hardworking hands. By the time you finish reading, you'll feel like you can do it too. Mei Youyou is an agricultural sciences student who wants to earn a second degree, but a bolt from the blue sends her to ancient times, where she becomes a widow with four children. Her in-laws treat her and her children like dirt and drive them out with nothi 5Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    This book meets all your requirements. The pacing is brisk, the female protagonist has clear goals, refuses to waste time on scumbags, strives to rise above her circumstances, and becomes someone worthy of respect!

29. 29 深 Reclaiming the Wilderness: Chun Zhi the Widow's Farming Life 深山开荒，寡妇春枝种田记 Chen Jia Weishuang沉葭微霜Ancient Romance374k WordsCompleted [Mountain farming, no romance, family life, business and fortune-building, raising children, a slow and steady pace] Gu Chunzhi falls out with her in-laws, putting an end to years of swallowing her grievances. Holding eight-year-old Xiao An by the hand and leading three-year-old Niuniu with the other, the woman her in-laws considered a burden turns and walks into the barren mountains behind the village. She has no golden finger, no influential benefactors, only a hoe, a woodcutter's axe, a few s 736Reads7.4Score—Shelves
30. 30 寒 A Bride Raised in Poverty: I Farm to Support the Heir 寒门童养媳：我靠种田发家养世子 Xiuyun Zhi岫云织Ancient Romance474k WordsCompleted Transmigration + farming + imperial examinations + face-slapping the worst sort of people + a mystery about her origins + storing grain for years of famine This novel has no romance, no romance, no romance. The heroine just wants to retire, lie flat, and keep 180 male models! Agronomy PhD Shen Qingci transmigrates into the body of a twelve-year-old child bride. The moment she opens her eyes, she is being sold to an old widower who beat his wife to death. She turns the tables on the scoundrel, ta 876Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    No romance, a great farming story! Gathering wild fruits, picking mushrooms, hunting, gathering wild vegetables, farming to get rich, running a farm and doing business, and incidentally, hilariously beating up your awful relatives! My absolute favorite!

31. 31 穿 I Became a Farm Girl, but No Fear: I Get Rich by Roasting People 穿成农女不怕，我靠吐槽打脸暴富 Zhan Yu盏雨Ancient Romance178k WordsOngoing [Farming + putting scumbags in their place + building wealth + devoted, sweet romance] The moment overworked office worker Shen Suisui opens her eyes, her childhood sweetheart shows up to break off their engagement. She’s baffled. What makes this pretty boy think he can do that? After all, the original owner was so beautiful and so eager to throw herself at him that anyone would call it unbelievable. Her childhood sweetheart liked pretty things, so she sold all the rice and flour at home to buy 14Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story begins with the female protagonist being jilted by a gigolo, but she kicks the scumbag to the curb and, full of energy, sets up a stall, supplies goods, and opens a workshop. Under her leadership, her entire family prospers, becoming incredibly wealthy and reaching the pinnacle of success! The whole village escapes poverty and achieves a comfortable life, with meat at every meal.

32. 32 穿 Transmigrated to the Early Tang, I Want Wealth, Not Romance 穿在初唐，不想恋爱只想发家 Eats Garlic Like Rice大蒜当饭吃Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted (Farming + food + transmigration to the early Tang dynasty + infrastructure + making a fortune) After transmigrating to the world under Li Shimin’s rule, who could resist making a little difference? Knit sweaters and sew padded coats to keep Li Shimin, who already has a heated brick bed, even warmer and help him live a little longer. Reinforce the city walls with cement and add vermicelli to the army’s rations, making the eastern campaign against Goguryeo a little easier. A soap business can 125Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This!! Now she's in ancient times!! She gets rich and powerful, and doesn't forget to share the benefits with everyone around her. She's somewhat of an idealist in a utopian society, no drama, no idiocy, no romantic pairing, and even in death, she dies as a princess buried with Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin).

33. 33 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.7kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves

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    This one's fine... I've read all of Tomato's farming novels, and there aren't many I could actually finish... This one's quite well-written.

34. 34 虐 After Crushing My Scumbag Husband and Wicked Son, I Got Rich Farming 虐翻渣夫逆子后，我靠种田暴富了 Velvet Sleep绒眠Ancient Romance302k WordsCompleted [Transmigration / Wish-Fulfillment / No Romance / Strong Female Lead / Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place / Everyday Life / Building a Fortune] A satisfying story about never forgiving and never looking back Yang Qing had lived a miserable life. Her husband, Old Li, was violent and would beat her at the slightest provocation. Her children were cold and selfish, paying her no mind, and even her beloved youngest son had died on the battlefield. In despair, she ended her life with a 917Reads8.5Score—Shelves

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    This book is super good!

35. 35 荒 In a Famine Year, Grandma Sun Stockpiles Grain to Survive 荒年，孙老太囤粮度饥荒 North Wind Laughs北风笑Ancient Romance558k WordsCompleted [Family life + farming + slow and steady progress + not a power fantasy + drought + no romance] “Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, give me one month. If you still want to split up the family then, the eldest won’t have to support me in my old age either!” Qiao Yu has become the biased old woman in a book. She looks down on girls as money-losing burdens while treating her own daughter like a treasure. To keep her son-in-law from divorcing her daughter, she even considers selling her 356Reads7.4Score—Shelves

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    This is a slice-of-life story about farming and family life, not a wish-fulfillment novel, but one that subtly brings about change. It has moments of warmth and friction, with the early stages focusing on farming and the later stages on escaping famine.

36. 36 和 After Returning Home Divorced, I Led the Whole Village to Prosperity 和离归家后，我带着全村发家致富 Misty Place雾处Ancient Romance410k WordsCompleted [Farming + System + Feel-Good Fiction + Family Life + No Romance] When Jiang Zhizhi opened her eyes, she discovered she had become a married woman. In an instant, she had gone from single to married. The original owner had also been a lovestruck fool, letting her in-laws take advantage of her and bleed her dry. After touching the wound on her forehead, she turned around and smashed the head of the culprit with a hoe, then kicked the scumbag who had used her dowry to keep his mistress, his cousin 392Reads8.6Score—Shelves
37. 37 穿 I Transmigrated to a War-Torn Famine and Used a System to Raise Four Children 穿到战乱荒年靠系统养活四个崽崽 Moon-Covering Drizzle Tower遮月微雨楼Ancient Romance325k WordsCompleted [Farming life, System, transmigration, adorable children, food, communicating with animals, building a fortune] Su Xiaoxiao falls into the water and thinks she’s done for. When she opens her eyes, she discovers she has transmigrated to an ancient era plagued by war and famine. And she’s a wicked mother, too? What? She’s suddenly got four kids, without even the pain of childbirth? They line up from tallest to shortest, looking like a row of phones picking up a signal, and all call her “Mom.” Su X 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A farming novel where the protagonist leads the entire village to prosperity. Those interested can check it out.

38. 38 大 The Mighty Old Lady Transmigrates Into a Book, Farms, and Takes Out Her Whole Family Without Favoritism 大力老太穿书种田后平等创死全家 Little X from the Mountains山里来的小叉叉Ancient Romance624k WordsCompleted [Farming + space System + satisfying revenge + punishing scumbags + an old lady] Fu Qingfeng dies in a zombie horde at the end of the world and transmigrates into a book. But she’s not the heroine. She’s the vicious old neighbor who gets tortured to death by the heroine, and from the start she’s bound to a low-level System. The day she transmigrates into the book, the heroine also transmigrates with a high-level System in hand. Fine. We’ll each do our own thing, and stay out of each other’s way. 47.4kReads8.7Score7.1kShelves

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    Ancient farming novel series, where you get rich and live a wonderful pastoral life ٩(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)ᵒᵏᵎᵎᵎᵎ

39. 39 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Wanted to Farm My Way to a Life of Lying Flat 穿越后，我想靠种田过上躺平生活 Liang Qian凉浅Ancient Romance536k WordsCompleted [Farming + no pocket dimension + no System + building from nothing + growing flowers + growing melons + growing rice + fighting back against scum + no romance] She transmigrates into a famine year. Her mother is killed by her scumbag father and his widow lover, and her newborn brother is crying for milk. Her father is no help, while her paternal grandparents and maternal relatives all eye her land and property with greedy intent. She must use her modern knowledge and skills to earn a living in t 2.3kReads8.5Score233Shelves
40. 40 古 Everyday Shrimp Farming in Ancient Times 古代养虾日常 Red and White Jasmine红白茉莉Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Other people transmigrate with pocket dimensions, spirit springs, Taobao, or a System. Su Hanyu transmigrates with a... half-dead crayfish. Just look at the dilapidated thatched hut and low-lying fields she's been given, then look at her family: her parents are gone, her brother is paralyzed, one younger sibling is blind and the other foolish. Her fiance has gotten involved with her cousin, and now a scoundrel is harassing her. The kind of misfortune most people wouldn't encounter once in a life 85Reads8.0Score—Shelves
41. 41 没 I'm Too Broke to Buy a Cover 没钱买封面哦 Too Broke to Buy a Cover没钱买封面哦Ancient Romance278k WordsCompleted Qingfeng has had terrible luck. It was bad enough to transmigrate to a famine-stricken year, but she also ended up in the body of an underage girl. She has to watch out for her scheming eldest aunt, raise her younger siblings, and deal with a biased grandmother. Her father is dead, and her mother gets bullied every day for their sake. Qingfeng just wants enough to eat and a big house to live in. Why is that so hard...?! At least she knows how to make fried chicken and roast mutton skewers! No po 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I'm too busy farming and supporting my family! I don't have time for dating/romance!

42. 42 穿 I Became a Divorced Farmhouse Wife and Raised Kids and Crops to My Heart's Content 穿成农家和离妇带崽种田爽翻天 Ai Shan艾善Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted No CP [Farming + Business + No Golden Finger + Light Flight from Famine + Raising Kids + Family Life + Slow-Paced Story] At twelve, Ye Zhen is traded by her parents to the Lin family as a child bride for five jin of coarse flour during a famine. Not long after she marries the Lin family’s third son, Lin the Elder, the head of the household, dies. The family is plunged into chaos by Granny Liu, and poor Ye Zhen struggles to get by in the turmoil. After enduring hardship to support her husband thr 1.6kReads8.3Score165Shelves

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    Farming, no romance, no cheat codes

43. 43 古 Farming in Ancient Times: From Debt to Raising... 古代种田：从欠债到养 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Historical392k WordsOngoing Note: This story has no golden finger, no System, no spatial realm, and no protagonist aura. It focuses on the real struggle for survival faced by the male protagonist, Li Shitou, whose modern soul transmigrates into another body. Centered on farming, making a living, and family conflicts, it emphasizes the struggle to get by in ordinary life. There is no sudden fortune or wish-fulfillment payoff, only a focus on realism. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 荒 Sold in a Desolate Village, She Swings a Hoe to Smash Patriarchy 荒村被卖女：握锄头砸烂重男轻女 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance794k WordsOngoing A deed of sale casts Zhao Xiaoman, a modern agricultural student, into a remote village in another world, where the sun never shines. When she opens her eyes, she smells rotten pig slop, her family seems like a nest of demons, and she is nothing but a “sacrifice” at her elder brother’s wedding. If Heaven will not make room for me, I will carve out a world of my own! Armed with the deed to half an acre of sandy wasteland, she burns the contract, cuts ties with her family, and walks barefoot into —Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 被 Fired and Cheated On, I Become a Chengdu Sensation with a Magical Spring 被开除又被绿，我靠灵泉火遍成都 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Modern Romance572k WordsOngoing The Legend of Xiaoman: From Street Stall to a Trillion-Yuan Empire A mysterious old well brimming with the miracle of life, and a comeback that begins at the edge of despair: this is the extraordinary life of an ordinary girl, Su Yuqing, formerly known as Zhao Xiaoman, as she rises from a night-market stall to become a business legend. Down on her luck, she unexpectedly discovers that the ancient well at her old home hides a “spirit spring.” Its water nourishes all things and gives food a soul 1Reads—Score—Shelves
46. 46 荒 The Fierce Bride of the Desolate Village 荒村辣媳 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Rural Life747k WordsOngoing Zhao Xiaoman, a modern soul, opens her eyes to find herself a poor village bride whose own mother is forcing her to sign a contract selling her daughter. At the stove, she gets a share of bran-filled gruel while her father and brothers eat white-flour buns. In her despair, she touches the earth and awakens a mysterious golden finger: the Heart of the Earth! She can sense the soil, make crops grow faster, and improve seed varieties. With every advance in her abilities, a mark of the earth is bran —Reads—Score—Shelves
47. 47 古 Farming in Ancient Times: From Spoiled Brat to the Pillar of the Family 古代种田：从败家子到全家顶梁柱 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Historical478k WordsOngoing Reborn as a Farmer’s Castoff: Zhao Lei, a modern office drone, opens his eyes and finds himself as Zhao Sanlang, the third son of an ancient Zhao family, a man who drank, gambled, visited brothels, and beat his wife and children. The original owner was beaten to death over gambling debts. What Zhao Lei is left with is a drafty shack, a silent wife, Liu, a hungry little son, Xiaoshitou, and a pack of awful relatives who constantly call girls “money-losing burdens”: parents who favor sons over dau 10Reads7.0Score—Shelves
48. 48 古 Farming in Ancient Times and Outwitting My Terrible In-Laws 古代种田，和极品婆家斗智斗勇 Little Liu Muzi小小刘木子Ancient Romance127k WordsOngoing A death notice saying she fell in battle is the worst possible start for Shen Nan after she transmigrates. Behind her are shameless relatives watching like hungry wolves, eager to devour her alive. Before her are two young children crying for food. No golden finger, no savior. She is just an ordinary widow pushed to the brink. From farming until the skin on her fingers splits, to setting up a stall on a bustling street corner, to running a little shop through stormy times, every step is soaked 27Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 被 After Being Cast Aside, I Found the True Taste of Life 被休后，清白人间味 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance736k WordsCompleted After My Divorce, My Pickles Made Me Famous The day she was cast out, the bitter winter wind slapped the divorce papers against Shen Weiwan's face. Her mother-in-law accused her of being barren, unaware that her husband and his concubine had caused her unborn child’s death. Clutching her three-year-old son, An'er, and dressed in nothing but thin clothes, she was thrown out through the vermilion gates. To survive, she had to claw food from the dirt. She went hungry in her parents' woodshed wh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 被 After Being Cast Out, She Farms to Survive in a Broken Courtyard 被休后，她守着破院种田求生 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsOngoing A letter of repudiation demoted her from the Chen family's eldest daughter-in-law to a cast-off wife with no household registration. The torrential rain washed away more than the wooden hairpin that held up her hair. It swept away sixteen years of the rules that a woman must obey her father before marriage and her husband afterward, half a sack of mold-blackened wheat hidden in a ruined kiln, and the shackle carved into her bones: a woman is virtuous only if she is uneducated. Li Qinghe crouche 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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