Management and Shopkeeping Novels With a System, No Post-Apocalyptic Stories (Please Don't Recommend... 经营类、开店类+系统的小说，不要末世文（不要推

1. 151 种 Farming and Cultivation: I Achieve Immortality by Upgrading My Sect's Buildings 种田修仙：我靠升级宗门建筑长生 Da Da Da Da Mu大大大大木Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted [Daily life + farming + sect development + longevity + no female lead + cautious + management] After transmigrating, Li Yunjing became the leader of a down-and-out little sect. Fortunately, he awakened the Sect Farming System. [Spirit Field Lv. 1: Crop growth time -30%. Within a radius of three zhang, cultivation techniques of the wood and earth attributes absorb spiritual energy 15% faster.] [Main Hall Lv. 1: Condenses 10 units of pure spiritual energy each day. While the sect leader is present 345Reads6.6Score106Shelves
2. 152 异 Otherworldly Shop System 异界商店系统 341 People341人Eastern Fantasy5.2M WordsCompleted The animated comic I Have an Invincible Shop is now available on Hongguo. The plane where the Tianchen Continent is located was originally a world of martial artists. After a shop suddenly arrived, the world began to change little by little. The shop contained items that people in this world yearned for, as well as facilities that could help martial artists advance to higher realms. Gradually, the spiritual energy of this world transformed into energy suitable for cultivating immortality. Spirit 9.9kReads8.3Score781Shelves
3. 153 御 Beast Taming: I Really Just Want to Run a Peaceful Restaurant 御兽：我真的只想安稳的开饭店 The Fish Who Loves Writing Books爱写书的鱼Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Food + opening a shop + everyday life + lighthearted fun + beast taming + System] Also known as: “The Stories I Couldn't Tell About Me and the System,” “A Leisurely Life with Three Little Ones,” “I'm Unbeatable in My Restaurant, So Do Whatever You Like,” and “Shocking! My Three Pet Beasts Are All Big Shots” Foodie Jiang Ming drinks a century-old, top-quality Daughter Red and unexpectedly transmigrates to a parallel world called Blue Star, where he gains a Spirit Chef System. At first, Jiang Min 16.1kReads8.8Score2.5kShelves
4. 154 玄 Xuanhuan: My New Supermarket Multiplies Its Products’ Value a Hundredfold 玄幻：新店开业，我的超市商品百倍增幅 Nine-Leaf Tree九叶木Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsCompleted Can running a supermarket really let you thrive in another world? Whether you believe it or not, I do. The amazing supermarket is open for business, and all kinds of bizarre products are here. A cashier? No need. Even a dog can handle that, so why bother hiring anyone... 570Reads—Score—Shelves
5. 155 玄EN Fantasy: The Ultimate Store Manager 玄幻：神级大店长 The Witch's Bride魔女的新娘Eastern Fantasy4.9M WordsCompleted On the Tianlan Continent, there’s a miraculous shop called the Origin Mall. Its cola can instantly restore you to full health; its spicy strips let you fight opponents above your level; its games can raise your cultivation; and its novels can help you comprehend techniques... The shop has countless products, including leisure, entertainment, dining, and cultivation goods... Oh, and remember one thing: never cause trouble in the shop, because its owner is incredibly powerful... 7.4kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
6. 156 神 God-Tier Shopkeeper: Billions of Spirit Pets Evolve in Seconds 神级大店长：亿万灵宠秒速进化 Singing of Evening Across the River隔江唱晚Eastern Fantasy904k WordsCompleted On the Tianshui Continent stands a magical pet shop called Heavenly Dao. Here, divine-grade enhancement fruits can make anyone invincible in an instant, able to kill with a single move. Here, pet eggs with legendary potential can hatch divine-bloodline pets. The Flameburning Divine Cat unleashes endless fire across the void! Here, divine-grade fusion pills bring together the bloodlines of divine pets, enough to create the strongest pet of all! Spiritual qi revival? An unexpected transmigration? 477Reads7.8Score—Shelves
7. 157 拍 Auction Rebates Multiplied by a Billion, and I Became the Ancestor of Humanity 拍卖返利亿万倍，我成了人族老祖 The Martial God Has Arrived武神降临Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted [Ten-Thousandfold Cashback + System + Faction Building + Lighthearted Fun] Su Hao transmigrates to another world and inherits the Haoran Auction House in Qin City, home of the Xia Clan. From the start, he binds himself to a god-tier auction system. Whenever an item he auctions is sold, he receives a reward worth up to tens of billions of times its value! “Ding! Congratulations on successfully auctioning the low-grade first-tier cultivation technique, Eight Extremes Collapse. A tens-of-billions-f 1.9kReads7.9Score207Shelves
8. 158 夏 Xia Zhi's Interworld General Store 夏枝的万界杂货铺 Gentle Breeze Ting Ting清风亭亭Modern Romance119k WordsOngoing (Transmigrating to another world, I earn money by completing quests) After three years of cutthroat competition, exhausted in body and mind, Xia Zhi decisively quit her job and returned to her hometown to open a little shop and enjoy a laid-back retirement. She thought she would spend the rest of her life in peaceful, uneventful comfort. Who could have guessed that the System would suddenly activate! Open a shop and take orders to unlock god-tier craftsmanship; Travel between planes and scoop 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In another world, they earn money by completing tasks and making a profit.

9. 159 系 The System Panicked and Took Me Straight to Ancient Times to Open a Shop 系统一急，直接带我去古代开店 Shui Shui, Three Drops of Water水水三点水Ancient Romance245k WordsOngoing [Past and Present + System + Shopkeeping + Invincible + Everyday Life + Homebody] Fresh out of college, Jiang He planned to spend some time lazing around at home. Then one morning, after admiring her own beauty for a moment, she fainted. When she opened her eyes, she was somewhere else. Ah She screamed inwardly, howling in protest The culprit was a newly activated System. Jiang He got mad for a moment, then started negotiating compensation with it… Because of the System, Jiang He transmigrat 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The shop is all about warmth and coziness. The female lead is invincible, the system is incredibly powerful, but after being bound to the wrong host, the system decides to just sit back and watch the drama unfold! The female lead has a split personality; her personality can change drastically from one second to the next [facepalm]. There are also some adorable animals [smirk].

10. 160 灵 The Daily Life of the Spirit Peak Innkeeper 灵峰客栈掌柜日常 Demon Cult Saint Tomato魔教圣女果Modern Romance571k WordsOngoing Lingfeng Inn, a themed hotel in the Lingfeng Mountain scenic area, has long since passed its heyday of bustling crowds. On an ordinary day, it has only two or three guests. Then one day, a steady stream of strange new guests began arriving. Armed with sharp weapons and mounted on fine horses, they come in a hurry and leave just as quickly. They stay at the inn for only a short while, yet leave behind countless stories. Everyday stories about a modern hotel owner and the wandering heroes who hav 5.5kReads8.8Score541Shelves

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    I just saw a book, it's just a bit short.

11. 161 放 I Went Home for the Holidays and Got Pressured to Marry, So I Got Rich Through Blind Dates 放假回家被催婚，我靠相亲暴富了 Nighttime Sun夜朝阳Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [Alternate universe + System + everyday life + one-on-one romance + mutual secret crush] Not long after graduating, Xia Chenyue’s mother arranged a blind date for her. Unexpectedly, she obtained a Blind Date System. Whenever a date made a request, she would receive a corresponding reward. “Mr. Chen, what are you looking for in your future partner?” “My standards aren’t high. I’ve already bought a house, so I hope she can buy a car worth around 200,000 yuan, earn at least 5,000 yuan a month, and 6.6kReads8.5Score809Shelves
12. 162 拒 I Refuse to Join the Rat Race: I'm Opening a Resort in the Cultivation World 拒绝内卷，我在修仙界开度假村 Zhuo Erbai镯二白Fantastical Romance106k WordsOngoing [Cultivation]+ [Business Management]+ [1vN]+ [A Touch of Ensemble Cast]+ [All Male Leads Are Chaste] The most irreverent business-management novel in the Cultivation world. Su Si only wants a vacation, but the System dumps her into the Myriad Beasts Wasteland in the Cultivation world. No spiritual roots, no cultivation, and nothing but a shabby cave resort! While everyone else meditates, makes pills, and rushes to morning classes at three in the morning, she puts up a sign. Yunmengze Resort: bat —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The story is set in a cultivation world. The female protagonist is a pure mortal who is absolutely invincible in her cultivation realm. There are also all sorts of male protagonists who come to the cultivation world to pursue her.

13. 163 摆 Selling Egg Fried Rice at a Street Stall, Wielding My Spatula Until the Wok Smokes! 摆摊卖蛋炒饭，抡得锅铲都冒烟！ Riding a White Dog骑只白狗Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Food + Games + Challenges + Comfort Food + Heartwarming + Showbiz + No Romance After her contract expires, Shi Yi chooses to leave showbiz. By chance, she is selected by a food game, which requires her to take a little three-wheeled cart out to sell food every day. Level One: Sell ten-yuan boxed meals and throw in a bottle of water! The customers can’t believe what a bargain it is! “Boss Shi, I’ll have an order of braised ribs!” “Oh my gosh, you’ve even got king crab?!” “Boss Shi must be running 3.9kReads7.5Score407Shelves

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    The first and fourth stories are both random stall-setting types. The first one features a female lead without a romantic partner, and the second one features a male lead without a romantic partner; the plots are similar. The second is a new story, not many in number, and it's the kind where the protagonist uses materials from another world to build their own business. A similar example is JJ's *I Have a Zoo/Plantation* (I think that's the title). The third story, compared to the first and fourth, isn't about random stalls or system-rewarded money. It's about going to a beast world to obtain highly nutritious ingredients to sell, a step-by-step story. The fifth story is about a female protagonist who is reborn and returns to the past, then leads her family out of poverty and into wealth. The sixth story isn't very much a farming/development story; the romance aspect is quite prominent. If you like a combination of romance and farming/business, you might want to try it, but the prices might be a bit questionable. The seventh story is about a female protagonist who transmigrates to interstellar space and opens a roast duck restaurant; it's also quite good.

14. 164 让 I Sent You to Kindergarten, and You Say You Can Cook Six Dishes? 让你上幼儿园，你说能炒六个菜？ Tinpot Guokui铁皮锅盔Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Su Wan transmigrated in the most bizarre way imaginable. In her previous life, she was a chef. Now she's the director of a kindergarten on the verge of closing down. She also received a Food System, and from then on, the whole kindergarten's atmosphere changed completely. Mom: Son, what did you learn at kindergarten today? Son: I don't want to talk about work after I get home. Dad: Sweetie, did you have fun with your friends at school? Daughter: How should I put it? They don't know how to pitch 10.4kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Books one through five run a company; books six through eight open a food stall or restaurant; book eight runs a kindergarten. Keep pushing!

15. 165 拜 Goodbye, I'm Going Home to Run a Stall 拜拜了您，我回家摆摊了 Miss Steak牛扒小姐Modern Romance503k WordsCompleted [Gourmet + Slice of Life + No Romance + Heartwarming] Shen Huan was an ordinary office worker. The company was rife with cutthroat competition, and her direct boss kept making things difficult for her. After working diligently overtime for half a year, she'd finally had enough of his torment and quit. Who cared about this lousy job? In a fit of anger, Shen Huan quit without another job lined up, packed her things, and went back to her hometown. When she decided to start a street food stall, she 3.3kReads8.6Score243Shelves
16. 166 吃 Eat, Eat, Eat! Come and Eat! 吃吃吃，都来吃 Hua Zhengrong花峥嵘Modern Romance621k WordsCompleted [Unconventional Food Story + Improving the Nation’s Health + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + System Pocket Dimension. Chasing Dreams, and the Heroine Means Business!] Wu Shuang, who grew up in an orphanage, had just graduated from college when a speeding car sent her flying. The good news: she was in great shape and wasn’t hurt. Even better news: she got a food System and a pocket dimension! Wu Shuang sighed: at last, the thread of her fate had grown thicker!!! From then on, Wu Shuang’s hot pot res 228Reads—Score106Shelves
17. 167 我 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ Call Me Teacher Bao叫我爆老师Modern Romance181k WordsOngoing [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 18Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 168 美 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 One Bite of Pan-Fried Buns一口生煎包包Modern Romance336k WordsOngoing [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.4kReads—Score406Shelves
19. 169 明 I'm a Culinary Genius, So Why Does Everyone Call Me a Heretic Cultivator? 明明厨艺天才，怎么都叫我邪修？ Reckless Fury肆意狂澜Urban434k WordsCompleted [Gourmet] [Comedy] [Slice of Life] Lin Xiaoyan is a rookie food blogger who, in an age when food bloggers are locked in a fierce struggle for clicks, has opened up a new path by learning as she cooks. But Lin Xiaoyan's videos never go the way you'd expect. She gets every step wrong, yet somehow the finished dishes turn out brilliantly! “Wait, if you don't know how to caramelize the sugar for red-braised pork, you can just use cola instead? And it still comes out so glossy and red. Are you sure 4.5kReads8.9Score318Shelves
20. 170 说 I Was Promised a Gourmet System, So Why Am I Possessed by a Ghost? 说好的美食系统，怎么是鬼上身 Guess, Guess, Guess, I Can't Figure You Out, Sir猜猜猜不透君Modern Romance314k WordsOngoing Lighthearted comedy + food + running a business + rural revitalization + fake System (No suspense or horror, just everyday life and food.) When Xiang Yunduan was broke and about to sleep on the street, a voice appeared in her mind, claiming to be a “System.” System: Go bow three times in front of the “I Miss You So Much at xx” road sign, and I’ll make you rich! Xiang Yunduan: Are you nuts? The next second, Xiang Yunduan dropped to her knees. “Are three enough? If not, I’ll do thirty. System, ple 28.8kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves

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    A very heartwarming and funny food-themed story, nothing weird, the female lead has a really nice and humorous personality.

21. 171 我 I Open a Supermarket in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐开超市 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Historical2.1M WordsCompleted Lin Shen transmigrates to the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty and gets bound to a divine-level supermarket System. He opens a supermarket in Chang’an, and his very first customer is Princess Changle. With the System’s help, Lin Shen quickly makes a name for himself in the Tang Dynasty. Princess Changle: “Boss, I’ll take all the lipstick you have. You can give the matches to my father.” Princess Chengyang: “If I call you a good big brother, will you give me a few boxes of chocolate?” Li Er: “I’l 6.9kReads8.5Score476Shelves

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    They are all books like this

22. 172 厨 I'm a Chef, Yet Somehow I'm Li Er's Son-in-Law 厨师的我，竟是李二的女婿 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Historical2.0M WordsCompleted Yin Xuan transmigrates to the seventh year of the Zhenguan era in the Tang dynasty, where he becomes the owner of a tavern and awakens the Myriad Realms Cuisine System. From then on, his life changes completely. A plate of tomato and egg stir-fry leaves Cheng Yaojin and his two sons singing its praises, while a bowl of wine gets Li Shimin dead drunk. Every dish he makes sets trends throughout the Tang dynasty. Cheng Yaojin: Little brother, how about we become sworn brothers? We don’t have to be 14.8kReads8.9Score1.4kShelves
23. 173 魂 Reborn in My Senior Year, Doubao Takes Me Back to 2014 魂穿高三，豆包带我杀回2014 Lemon Duck Eats Candy柠檬鸭吃糖Modern Romance388k WordsOngoing [Soul Transmigration] [AI Golden Finger] [Campus Entrepreneurship] [No CP] [Healing Slice of Life] While everyone else transmigrates with a System, Shen Ningsui transmigrates with a Doubao. It's the same AI that got her fired. It gives her seven expert consultations a week, and resets the count right at midnight on Sunday, without even letting her save half of one. At the start of the week, she says: Save, save, save! Split one expert consultation into three uses! At the weekend, she says: Spen 2.2kReads—Score301Shelves

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    Female-oriented, no romantic pairing, the female protagonist transmigrates and starts by selling milk tea at a street stall.

24. 174 失 After Losing My Job, I Got a Barbecue System and Now Earn Millions a Year 失业后获得烧烤系统，我年入百万 A Foodie's Appetite吃货的吃Urban761k WordsOngoing [Late-Night Gourmet] [Mouthwatering] [Easygoing Daily Life] On the eve of his barbecue shop’s closure, Su Yan binds himself to the [Barbecue King System]. Top-tier Ningxia Yanchi Tan sheep plus spices supplied by the System: the aroma of the skewers drives the whole street wild... Lamb skewers for 18 yuan each draw a line so long the traffic police have to close the road, and the owner of the neighboring barbecue shop comes over in tears to steal his secrets! A loan shark comes to collect and 634Reads—Score109Shelves

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    Food, barbecue, running a business, making money, making my mouth water 😭

25. 175 我 The System Gives Me Back Every Penny I Spend! What a Blast! 我花多少钱系统给我多少！爽爽爽 Master Little Sang小桑大人Modern Romance432k WordsCompleted [Golden Finger + Farming and Poverty Relief + Cultural Confidence + No Romance] Qi Xu has worked her way through ninety-nine quick-transmigration worlds and has finally earned her retirement. The System asks how she wants to spend her retirement. She casually replies, “Find somewhere to retire.” The System scans its database and finds the keywords most closely associated with “retirement”: growing flowers, planting vegetables, and sunbathing. It asks Qi Xu skeptically, “Are you sure?” Qi Xu 494Reads8.1Score102Shelves

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    This one? It should meet the requirements.

26. 176 穿 I Opened a Farm in America, and Somehow Started a Love Triangle Too 穿到美国开农场，顺便也开修罗场 Moonlit Evening夕眠月Modern Romance196k WordsOngoing [Everyone’s favorite + world cuisine + Western-style farming + slice of life + around-the-world travel] A modern equestrian champion transmigrates into the body of a stunning mixed-race beauty in the 19th century. Her looks attract so many suitors that she gets fed up with them. Then the United States passes the Homestead Act: If you’re an adult, go west and claim 160 acres. Live there for five years, build a house and grow some crops, and the land is yours! No money required, just your time! Gr 75Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Traveling across America to establish a farm, managing all aspects of farming, animal husbandry, and agricultural product processing, gradually building a multinational rural industry. The money-making process is clear and straightforward, with continuous upgrades to the business. This is a contemporary fantasy story, but the author's updates are somewhat inconsistent. The author prefers stories that combine farming and shop management with a system and ensemble cast elements for a direct and engaging narrative.

27. 177 这 This Boss Is So Sneaky, He Takes His Street Stall Everywhere 这老板真苟，摆个地摊还到处走 Selling Egg Burgers!卖鸡蛋汉堡咯Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [The print edition of Random Gourmet Stall is now available on major platforms] [Gourmet] [No romance] [Everyday life] [Comedy] [Comfort food] [Cozy] [Healing] After transmigrating to a parallel world, Lin Zhou unexpectedly binds himself to a Random Gourmet System. Every week brings a random location, random food, and different customers. He sells buns at the park entrance, century egg and lean pork congee on a mountaintop, and candied hawthorns outside a school. Every dish is mouthwatering and 83kReads9.5Score8.1kShelves

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    Although some of the plot points felt repetitive and became a bit tiring to watch, it was still quite enjoyable.

28. 178 随 Random Street Stalls: I Use Food to Lure Snakes Out of Their Holes 随机摆摊：我用美食引蛇出洞 AAAA Prosperous BloomsAAAA花开富贵Urban889k WordsOngoing [Food + undercover work + comedy + catching criminals + System + no heroine + no romance] Also known as Food: The Undercover Cop Sets Up a Street Stall, and Fugitives Beg Him to Get Back to Work Xiao Lan transmigrated into the body of a police officer in a parallel world and was assigned to pose as a street-food vendor while keeping an eye on a suspect. As it happened, he’d been a cooking genius in his previous life. This was right up his alley. The next day, a tricycle loaded with top-tier food 9.9kReads9.4Score869Shelves
29. 179 老 How Did an Honest Straight Guy Make the Cruel Young Master Cry with a Kiss? 老实直男怎么把恶劣大少爷亲哭了 Cloud Brocade Collection云锦集Two Male Leads351k WordsOngoing [Two Male Leads + Top + 1v1] A straightforward, honest top × an arrogant, ill-tempered young master bottom Cheng Zhu was an honest, straight man who made a living selling breakfast from a street stall. Then, in an accident, he kissed an arrogant young master who had been drugged. The next morning, Cheng Zhu became bound to a Random Street-Stall System. His first mission: sell Eight-Treasure Congee outside a proctology hospital. And there he ran into the young master, who had come to the same hos 2.9kReads8.1Score149Shelves
30. 180 为 To Snag a Village Entry Slot, Rich Women Worldwide Hurl Billions at It 为抢进村名额，全球富婆怒砸百亿 Old Meow Mister老喵先森Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Fishing by the Sea] [Tycoon] [Countryside] [Fishing] [Livestream] Zhou Yang, whose net worth was over a hundred million, lost everything overnight, and his wife ran off. Just as he was about to step onto the rooftop, he suddenly acquired the strongest Countryside Upgrade System. After upgrading his family’s fish pond, it actually turned into the sea. From then on, things quickly got out of hand. All kinds of rare sea fish appeared, drawing in all sorts of fishing enthusiasts. From that day on, 3.4kReads7.3Score231Shelves

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    This book will definitely captivate you; the writing is excellent, updates are consistent, and the author is clearly a veteran!

31. 181 穿 Hunted After I Transmigrate: A Six-Year-Old Prodigy Takes on the World 穿越被追杀，六岁萌娃闯天下 bernice400Ancient Romance329k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + alternate world + System + infrastructure development + growth + business management + no romance] Chen Yue transmigrated and was forcibly bound to a shady System called [Live and Die Together]. [Live and Die Together]: If she dies in this world, her parents and body in her original world will die too. The System will also be punished, bringing the total death toll to five. When she opened her eyes, all seventy-eight villagers had died protecting her. Just after she left the vi 27Reads—Score119Shelves

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    Based on Mohist philosophy, combined with the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and incorporating modern technological elements, we extract the essence and discard the dross. We gradually pursue reform and transformation, aiming to conquer other countries and strengthen our nation. I swear this is truly a project focused on farming, infrastructure, and business management.

32. 182 从 Starting with a Milk Tea Shop, I Become a Food Tycoon in Another World 从奶茶店开始，成为异界美食大亨 Sixteen and Little Noodles十六和小面Modern Romance324k WordsOngoing [Lighthearted Comedy + No Romance + Otherworld + Business + Realistic] Zhang Tian had worked hard to save up enough money to take over a little milk tea shop. Just as she was getting ready to open, she discovered that construction barriers for a subway project had completely blocked the storefront. She'd handed out flyers, put up the sign, and stocked the supplies, but there were no customers. The merciless barriers had cut off all foot traffic... Just when she thought her Cat Milk Tea Shop had 807Reads8.7Score102Shelves

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    This is definitely the one! The female protagonist runs a bubble tea shop and can trade with beastmen transformed from animals from another world, slowly making money along the way. Most importantly, there's no romantic pairing! [Kissing emoji]

33. 183 在 Is There Something Wrong with Being a Landlord in the Sixties? 在六零当房东是否有大病 Jiu Chen Yihe九陈一禾Modern Romance387k WordsCompleted [1960s + No CP + No Male Lead + Business Management + Landlord Simulator + Management Sim + Guilt-Free Power Fantasy] Pen Linglong transmigrates to the 1960s and is tasked with becoming a landlord. She refuses at first, but the System’s offer is just too good to pass up. And so… Studio apartments, two-bedroom apartments, vegetable stalls, delivery stations, neighborhood clinics, bus stops, family apartments, seaside villas… all sorts of facilities are built. Thanks to the arrival of Pen Linglong 2.6kReads8.3Score370Shelves
34. 184 是 It's Sesame. He Added Sesame 是芝麻，他在加了芝麻 Beef with Rice Noodles肠粉加头牛Eastern Fantasy469k WordsOngoing [Cultivation World + Food + Ensemble Cast + No Toxicity + Lighthearted Comedy + No Female Lead + No Harem + No Angst] After transmigrating into a cultivation world as a menial disciple of the Wudao Sect, he awakens the Culinary Dao System. The entire sect goes crazy competing for a taste of his cooking. From menial disciples and outer- and inner-sect disciples to personal disciples, elders, and ancestors, everyone gets involved. Their tricks are endless. No one is more shameless than the next. T 484Reads—Score102Shelves

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    This is a hilarious fantasy cultivation and food novel, with everyone being a bit of a goofball. Although the author only earns a few cents a day, he promises to update until completion, exceeding a million words, and he's a responsible writer. The author updates daily and reads his own work from beginning to end, correcting any mistakes. Have you ever seen a cultivator using Doraemon's bamboo copter? This book has it. Have you ever seen a cultivator playing a dance machine? This book has it. Everyone's a bit of a goofball, everyone's funny. The author gets more and more unrestrained as the story progresses, so read with confidence. Especially chapters 78, 87, and 88—the author laughed for two hours while writing them before he could stop himself from continuing. Imagine, even the author himself was amused; this book must be incredibly funny and a cure for all unhappiness.

35. 185 娱 A Ray of Light in Showbiz: The Rise of a Tycoon Queen 娱乐圈的曙光：神豪女王的崛起 Su Chenzhou酥沉舟Modern Romance521k WordsCompleted [Also known as The Get-Rich System Helps Me Save the Entertainment Industry and The Dawn of the Entertainment Industry: The Rise of a Tycoon Queen] Shu Ling is reborn and gets a get-rich system. The System says, “You had such deep resentment toward the entertainment industry before you died, so I’m giving you a chance to save it. But I can give you nothing except money.” Shu Ling sees that she can get a hundred million just for signing in each day, plus a lottery with prizes like buildings, prop 715Reads8.8Score100Shelves

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    Entertainment Industry Management

36. 186 失 After Losing My Job, I Made a Fortune Trading with People from the Past 失业后，我和古人做生意致富逆袭 Jin Sisi锦思思Modern Romance680k WordsCompleted [Connections Between Past and Present + Business and Prosperity + Cozy Daily Life, Romance Included; Mostly Daily Business Management, with a Subtle Romance That Isn't the Main Plot] To save money for her grandmother's medical treatment, Tang Li moves back to her grandmother's farmhouse and unexpectedly discovers that its courtyard connects to ancient times. Unemployed Tang Li starts doing business with people from the past, selling them the village's unsold produce, modern snacks, milk tea, fru 3.3kReads7.8Score303Shelves
37. 187 假 The Fake Heiress Falls on Hard Times? The Powerful Flock to Her Restaurant 假千金落魄？权贵挤满她酒楼 Also Known as Dui Dui别名怼怼Ancient Romance481k WordsCompleted [Food + 1v1, mutually devoted, System missions, building a career, ensemble cast] (A quick heads-up: There are many couples in this story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing. It mixes romance with BL, so please steer clear if you dislike that. This is a light, wholesome food-themed romance with multiple pairings, and its overall tone is warm and cozy. It is not a strong-female-lead story, so please steer clear if that's not your thing.) Synopsis: ↓ Yun Zhiyue, the president of a ca 1.9kReads8.8Score203Shelves
38. 188 开 A Villainess from the Start? I'll Turn the Tables With Gourmet Food 开局恶毒女配？我靠美食逆风翻盘 Please Call Me Classmate Xiao He请叫我小何同学Ancient Romance979k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + rebirth + food + sweet romance + wish fulfillment + nation building] Shen Tianjiao wakes up one morning and gets slapped. What? She's the youngest daughter of a general's household, doted on since childhood. Why is she being hit? What? Her fiancé, Crown Prince Qi Chenyu, has just broken off their engagement in front of everyone? Fine, fine! So that's how you want to play it! From that day on, the mood in the capital changes. Shen Tianjiao gives up her lovesick-puppy act: Breaki 11.1kReads7.3Score861Shelves
39. 189 深 Midnight Feasts: I Fed the Entire Imperial Court Until They Got Fat 深夜放毒：我把满朝文武喂胖了 Little Flying Snow飞雪小小Ancient Romance582k WordsCompleted #Food + Sweet Romance + Transmigration + Satisfying Revenge + Bickering Couple + Business# [Imperial Banquet Chef VS Picky, Arrogant Young Marquis with an Eating Disorder. Food Heals, Sweet Romance with No Angst] Jiang Zhiwei transmigrated into a kitchen maid about to be sold off by the marquis's estate. Seeing the kitchen full of top-quality ingredients being wasted, she grabbed the ladle in a fury! A bowl of braised pork cured the old matriarch's eating disorder, and a pot of braised pig offal 525Reads6.7Score102Shelves
40. 190 寺 Selling Barbecue Outside a Temple, I Get Chased Across the Country by Foodies 寺庙门口卖烧烤，吃货追着我全国 Loves Red Yeast Tartary Buckwheat Tea爱吃红曲苦荞茶Urban264k WordsOngoing [A new city every week, forced to set up a random food stall!] [Food + everyday life + comedy + comfort food + no romance + healing] Chen Mo accidentally binds to a random food-stall System. Every week, he transmigrates to an unfamiliar city and has to sell its local snacks. The results... He sells extra-spicy grilled skewers outside a thousand-year-old temple, juicy scallion pancakes by West Lake, and ice-and-fire pineapple buns at the foot of a snowy mountain! In every city he has “wreaked ha 226Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book looks pretty good, quite interesting and humorous, you might want to check it out. "Selling Barbecue at the Temple Gate, Foodies Chase Me All Over the Country"—He's randomly assigned to a city each week, forced to set up a stall and satiate foodies across the country! He sells super spicy skewers at the gate of an ancient temple, juicy scallion pancakes by West Lake, and icy pineapple buns at the foot of a snow-capped mountain! In every city he "ravages," foodies go crazy: Location needed! Buy it for me! Boss, don't run away! From then on, his food stall became an unsolved mystery in the culinary world, with foodies nationwide, maps in hand, clamoring: "Where has this 'human food bomb' landed this week? Quick! Buy tickets and follow him!"

41. 191 求 Looking for Wealth, Children, and Good Health? But I Run a Milk Tea Shop 求财求子求安康？可我这是奶茶店 The Science Rabbit Loves Farming科学兔爱种地Urban126k WordsCompleted [Multiple Heroines + Luck-Boosting Milk Tea + Cutting-Edge Technology + System + Lighthearted, Exhilarating Fun] Wen Tianshu's Ruyi Milk Tea Shop is the highest-level strategic partner of Longguo's enterprises, and the business most despised by provincial lottery centers. People go to Ruyi Milk Tea Shop to make wishes even more often than they go to temples. Have a cup of Fortune-Bringing Milk Tea, and you'll win the lottery jackpot tonight. Have a cup of Brilliant Ideas Milk Tea, and inspiratio 28Reads—Score161Shelves

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    I recommend this book, it's good.

42. 192 每 1.3 Million a Day, and I Can Only Spend It in the Village 每天一百三十万，只能在村里花 Ye Big Mouth叶大嘴嘴Urban198k WordsOngoing [Slow-paced] [Farming] [Lightly satisfying] [Rural revitalization] [Infrastructure development] Lu Ran is tricked by his parents into returning to his village for a blind date, where he unexpectedly binds to a System that gives him money based on the local per-capita disposable income. But he can only spend the money in the village. Outside it, it is just a string of digits in his bank account. To make it out of the mountains again as soon as possible, Lu Ran throws himself into developing his h 292Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This has a system, it's managed. [Laughs]

43. 193 仙 The Immortal Realm's Worst-Rated Courier: I Deliver Packages to the Gods 仙界差评王：我给神仙送快递 Kitty Who Eats Mustard吃芥末的猫猫Modern Romance359k WordsCompleted Lin Xiaobei is a legend in the delivery business: three jobs lost in three days, three complaints, and a nickname to match: “King of Bad Reviews.” On a stormy night, he found a package outside an apartment block. It was palm-sized, wrapped in kraft paper, and tightly sealed. On the back, a line of calligraphy read: “To Taibai Jinxing at the Southern Heavenly Gate.” A black-and-gold panel immediately appeared on his phone: “Karma Delivery System activated. First delivery: Taibai Jinxing’s horseta —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 194 穿 Transmigration: The Cat Demon's Café in Another World 穿越：猫妖的异界猫咖 Kitty Who Eats Mustard吃芥末的猫猫Fantastical Romance288k WordsCompleted After failing her tribulation, a cat demon transmigrates to another world and opens a cat cafe. Every “stray cat” she takes in turns out to be a magical beast, elf, or dragon. The Beast God of the Beast Forest transforms into a big cat and sneaks in undercover, but after she gives its ears a single rub, it can never bring itself to leave. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 195 开 I Founded a Cultivation Academy, and I'm Done Being Human! 开办修真学院，我不当人了！ Cucumber Claw青瓜爪Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No main romance, with one-sided feelings] [A slow-paced modern cultivation academy story. The early stages focus on building the foundations, and the later stages on growth. The System isn't an all-powerful expert; the heroine is the real powerhouse, and even she has to teach the System. They grow together. Peaceful exchanges between you, me, and everyone else, as we build a wonderful cultivation school together.] In the age of declining cultivation, spiritual energy is gradually fading away. S 2.9kReads9.0Score307Shelves

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    These are some of my favorite farming/management novels with no romantic pairing and a strong female lead. Except for the second one, the others all have a system.

46. 196 拒 After Rejecting the Rat Race, I Opened a Farm in the Cultivation World 拒绝开卷后，我在修仙界开农场 Loves Fried Rice Cakes爱吃炒米果Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book and Cultivate] [Funny Everyday Life] [A Touch of Ensemble Cast] [Running a Farm] [Feel-Good Growth Story with a Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Friendship] Yuan Wu is born into the world of a cultivation novel as an insignificant passerby. On the day she reaches Foundation Establishment at fifteen, the long-dormant System suddenly wakes up and demands that she open a farm in the cultivation world... Faced with this sudden assignment, Yuan Wu would much rather keep sla 2.5kReads9.0Score384Shelves
47. 197 宇 Cosmic Invasion: I Rebuild Blue Star Through Food and Business 宇宙入侵：我靠美食经营重振蓝星 The Wind of Xiao Feng Zi小风子的风Sci-Fi & Apocalypse580k WordsOngoing [Food] [Business Simulation] [Wasteland] [Infinite Worlds] [Rules-Based Horror] [System] One food cart from the start, and customers chase me for eight whole blocks! Jiang Yao transmigrates to Blue Star in the year 4026. People here survive entirely on nutritional soil, but she awakens a food business System! With premium ingredients from the shop and recipes for cuisines from the twenty-first century, she will rescue the wasteland Blue Star from its culinary desert! An invasion from the whole u 29Reads—Score103Shelves

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    Management + dungeons, very rich.

48. 198 带 A General Store Arrives in Another World with Me 带着杂货铺降临异世界 Loves Frozen Chestnuts爱吃冰冻板栗Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted Lin Shuang, an ordinary college student, accidentally binds herself to a System and opens a general store in another world, buying and selling goods for profit. Making money is only secondary to her goal of making a name for herself in other worlds and experiencing their diverse cultures and landscapes. The other worlds confirmed so far include an ancient world, a galactic world, a cultivation world, an infinite-flow world, a modern world, the Western Middle Ages, and a Western magical world. Le 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A female college student starts a cross-border general store business, sourcing goods online and using a currency that can be exchanged in both directions. She begins in a remote area, gaining her first loyal customers with instant noodles and flashlights. As her relationship with other countries improves, she unlocks travel privileges, allowing her to journey to the capital and continue selling modern goods to make money.

49. 199 咪 Holy Moly! The Bankrupt Heiress Takes the Internet by Storm with Her Ability to Talk to Animals 咪的天！破产千金靠兽语火爆全网 Wei Tang Guo煨棠菓Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (Completed) [Transmigration + spatial powers + livestream trending topics + animal speech + raising fluffy animals + running a zoo + healing + everyone’s favorite] (cat-and-dog-loving bankrupt heiress vs. aloof, low-key veterinarian) Si Yao transmigrates into the body of a bankrupt heiress in a parallel world, with only a few dozen yuan to her name! When she spots an old news story on her phone about “the Si heiress buying a bankrupt zoo,” her eyes light up. Isn’t that a ready-made way to make a 3.1kReads9.0Score527Shelves

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    Business-related, backed by the motherland

50. 200 大 The Mighty Goddess Conquers Ancient Times with Delicious Food 大力神女用美食闯古代 Green Goose青鹅Ancient Romance509k WordsCompleted (Cozy farming, getting rich through food, family squabbles, System shop) They say that in Lengzhan Village there was a girl named Leng Yuan, born with tremendous strength, yet so foolish she didn't recognize her own relatives or know the difference between the five grains. “Hey, have you heard? That silly Leng girl has gotten better lately!” Everyone was astonished. “Wasn't she a fool for nearly ten years? How did she suddenly get better?” “Ah, I heard she saw blood and suddenly passed out. Whe 653Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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