No Couple, Just Stories About Ordinary People's Lives, Farming, and Infrastructure Building. Please! 无cp，讲讲百姓生活的种田基建文，求求了

1. 1 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 8.2kReads8.0Score72214d adds

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   Both are farming novels, and both feature a seed shop as a cheat code. The first book is lighter and more interesting, with many scenes of farming. The second book, which focuses on growing seedless watermelons, has a stronger storyline.

2. 2 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 6.3kReads8.1Score72714d adds
3. 3 农 Beloved by the Whole Village: My Hybrid Rice Stuns the Imperial Court 农门团宠：我的杂交水稻震惊朝野 Half Mu半畝Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted A food blogger with tens of millions of followers opens her eyes and finds herself transmigrated into the body of a tiny girl in an ancient farming household. When she sees the watery gruel her family eats, she’s furious! Chili peppers are houseplants? No one picks the mushrooms? Fried chicken and barbecue haven’t even been invented? How can she stand it?! Braised snacks, fried chicken, and Zibo-style skewers? The villagers ask, “Can this stuff really taste better than pickles?” Soon, the who 794Reads8.7Score10014d adds

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   I highly recommend this book. It beautifully portrays the hardships of cultivating rice seedlings and the villagers' trust and resilience. Unlike other books where everything is a guaranteed success on the first try, this one doesn't have that overly convenient, wish-fulfillment plot. Don't let the ratings deter you!

4. 4 大 A Great Drought Is Coming, and I've Become the Village's Guardian God 大旱将及，我成了村里的保护神 Come with Spring慕春而来Ancient Romance140k WordsCompleted A story about a faith-incense System, farming, and grand ambitions. Chen Yu, a college student, transmigrates to an ancient, otherworldly realm after a car accident and becomes a statue in a temple. One day, the village households offer incense, and Chen Yu discovers that he has gained a little faith value. His abilities can now reach anywhere within the village, and the entire village has become his followers. 130Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Farming novel, no romance.

5. 5 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—14d adds

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   Villagers, village affairs, and the joyful laughter of farm children.

6. 6 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 967Reads8.7Score—14d adds
7. 7 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 856Reads8.2Score—14d adds
8. 8 明 Late Ming: For All the People of the Realm 明末：为了天下万民 Mister Donglin东林先生Historical1.0M WordsOngoing [Late Ming + Farming + Ensemble Cast + Chongzhen + Rebellion + Business + No System] In the eighth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhou Huaimin transmigrates to Zhoujiagou, Gong County, Henan. Drought and locust plagues ravage the land, refugees are everywhere, rebel bands pass through, and bandits are as thick as weeds. To protect their homes and their people, the protagonist organizes a peasant association. He leads the villagers in a desperate struggle to survive between rival factions and natur 1.6kReads8.7Score16114d adds

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   This is a slow-paced and simple depiction of the farming life and reform movement during the late Ming Dynasty, specifically the Chongzhen era. The protagonist establishes a farmers' association, giving rise to a diverse cast of characters from all walks of life, including potters, prostitutes, actors, chicken farmers, weavers, manure carriers, tofu vendors, and scholars. Amidst the turbulent and oppressive climate of the late Ming Dynasty, marked by drought, locusts, and excessive taxes, they embark on a new path to life. Smoke rises from every village chimney, actors gain dignity, girls wear new clothes, scholars establish new schools, children receive compulsory education, Confucianism is innovated, newspapers reach every household, and improved music, archaeology, clothing, local customs, and cuisine emerge like mushrooms after rain. Through collective wisdom and effort, the people unite to build roads and bridges, improve their lives, and usher in a new era of reform.

9. 9 一 One Person, One House, One Mountain 一人一屋一座山 Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted (This is a sentimental book, written for my own enjoyment. If you’re looking for dramatic conflict or feel-good stories about lying flat, you can stop here.) After growing tired of city life and marriage, Wang Nan decided to stay in the mountains and live alone after arranging his grandmother’s funeral. From then on, it was one person, one house, three meals a day, and all four seasons: farming and good food, with a calm and unhurried life. 5.4kReads9.1Score48514d adds

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   Returning to my hometown to farm according to the solar terms and make seasonal delicacies

10. 10 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, 504Reads6.8Score—14d adds

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    No romantic pairing, pure farming story. Every day is spent farming and running a stall. Warm family life, no scheming or intrigue.

11. 11 种 Farming: I Turn My Whole Family into Overachievers 种田，我让全家成卷王 Pink Fairy粉仙Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional setting, many original details, System, transmigrate into a book, no male lead, just enjoying the original leads’ romance without getting involved] Wang Qingman, a PhD in agronomy, devoted her life to developing high-yield, delicious crops. But at the age of twenty-nine, she collapsed at work from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes, the world she knew had changed. She had transmigrated into a novel called The Top Scholar’s Wife, becoming the female lead’s older sister, who 1kReads9.0Score13314d adds

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    This is a book that made me fall in love with the female protagonist's career [kiss]. The female protagonist has a sign-in system, but it doesn't play a big role; she mainly learns and grows on her own. Initially, her thoughts were limited to simply changing her current situation to make herself happy. Later, because she faced criticism everywhere due to her gender, she witnessed the hardships women faced in society at the time and decided to change their circumstances. She gradually rose from a minor official to the Left Prime Minister, helping women slowly emerge from oppression and become independent, from working for themselves to working for the community, from studying to becoming an official. It was a very arduous and difficult journey. Of course, she alone couldn't change the course of history, but with millions of women working together, their power could… [kiss][almost crying][almost crying][almost crying][crying][crying]

12. 12 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 944Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    A farming novel with a rating of 9.5 Or higher. It's about farming, getting rich, and achieving a comfortable life, while also taking down those awful relatives—funny and satisfying! If you don't like it, come at me!

13. 13 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3k14d adds
14. 14 穿 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 31.1kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds
15. 15 本 I'm a Fake Official, Yet I've Won the Crown Prince's Heart 本官是假货，却哄得太子倾心了 Wen Lang文朤Ancient Romance298k WordsOngoing [Transmigration and nation-building | Woman disguised as a man | Court intrigue | Farming and famine relief | Feel-good rise to power] Li Yanhe takes over another person's identity and becomes magistrate of Pingwu County. Disaster is everywhere, refugees are on the move, and the treasury is empty... At the grand court assembly, officials from every prefecture report disasters, leaving the entire court at its wit's end. One report from the Commissioner of Administration sends shock waves through 5.4kReads6.5Score56014d adds

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    That divine lord Li Yanhe is absolutely amazing.

16. 16 我 After Reaching Max Level in the Wasteland, I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became Empress 我在废土满级后，穿越荒年当女帝 Zhuye竹野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted A satisfying infrastructure-building power fantasy, not a matriarchal-world story. Ruan Xiang, ruler of the largest base in the wasteland, transmigrated into one of the refugees fleeing famine in ancient times. Finding water, irrigating fields, building filtration ponds, making bricks and building kilns, teaching people to read, pressing oil… To survive better, Ruan Xiang gathered every worker she could. Until she discovered that the imperial court was growing weak, the ministers were afraid 9.2kReads9.1Score1.1k14d adds

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    This book focuses on the lives of ordinary people under the female protagonist's jurisdiction.

17. 17 穿 Transported to a Year of Famine, I Hunt the Hills and Seas and Farm 穿到荒年，赶山赶海又种田 Stars Falling Softly星落袅袅Ancient Romance367k WordsCompleted (The rating is low because it just launched. More reviews will bring it up.) [Hunting in the mountains and gathering from the sea + hunting and farming + traditional Chinese medicine + lighthearted comedy + System cultivation and upgrades + making money + fictional setting] Qin Shu brought the Mountain and Sea Search System with her when she arrived in an ancient fishing village during a famine. From the start, she was starving to death, and her family's health stats were nearly at zero! This wa 374Reads8.7Score—14d adds

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    All are uncouples

18. 18 都 Everyone’s Cultivating Immortality, So Isn’t It Fair for Me to Livestream Selling Spirit Vegetables? 都修仙了，我直播卖灵菜很合理吧 Naturally Wild and Free自是清狂Modern Romance670k WordsCompleted [No CP + Cultivation + Farming + Livestreaming] Jian Xixi was buried in debt. After a car accident, she transmigrated to a cultivation world, charging through her cultivation journey with a fiery temper and earning herself the title of the Irritable Ancestor. Who could have guessed that just as she was about to overcome her tribulation and ascend, she’d be struck back into the modern world? The bad news: she failed her tribulation! The good news: she’s back again! And the really bad news: her cr 503Reads8.7Score10214d adds
19. 19 流 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Xia Zhizi夏栀子Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood 8.8kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
20. 20 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 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds

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    The female protagonist transmigrates into a book during a famine-stricken era, and has a nephew who will kill her in the future. She's a shrew in the village. When soldiers arrive, she has to hide in the mountains. Watch how she supports her family and becomes wealthy. It's a farming, famine-stricken, no-romance story.

21. 21 天 Fleeing Disaster: Our Whole Family Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Survive 天灾逃荒：全家穿到古代求生存 One Meal a Week一周一饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romantic pairing + farming + infrastructure development + exile + famine migration, a pure plot-driven novel] Ji Xingran never imagined that simply climbing a mountain would result in their family of three transmigrating. They even transmigrated into a group of exiles headed toward a bitterly cold land. Fortunately, all three family members' backpacks became spatial storage, and Ji Xingran also gained special survival skill points that allowed them to predict the weather, gather wild fruit, 13.1kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
22. 22 我 I Become a Hit on a Wilderness Survival Reality Show Thanks to Farming 我在荒野求生综艺靠种田爆火了 Sugarcoat糖衣衣Modern Romance349k WordsCompleted [Goofy + Shameless Power Fantasy + Comedy + Livestreaming + Female Lead Focused on Building Her Career] Shi Qi, a farming expert from the cultivation world, transmigrates into the body of a D-list actress with the same name. To survive, Shi Qi has no choice but to join a wilderness survival show so unpopular it’s fallen off the edge of the earth. At first, the viewers say: “Shi Qi looks so delicate and weak. She’ll definitely be in tears and quit on the very first day!” Later… They watch as Shi 597Reads8.8Score10114d adds
23. 23 辞 I Quit My Job and Got Famous Selling Vegetables and Running a Guesthouse 辞职后，靠卖菜开民宿火了 Sleepy Peach困困桃Modern Romance326k WordsCompleted (Farming + Spirit Spring Secret Realm + B&B + No Romance + Cute Pets) After working herself to death from staying up late, Sang Yu transmigrates to the cultivation world and spends several hundred years there. But during a tribulation to advance her cultivation, she gets struck by lightning and sent back, stripped of all her powers. Luckily, the guardian beast contracted to her returns with the secret realm in tow. As soon as she gets back, her boss calls to demand that she come to work. Sang Y 928Reads8.7Score10214d adds
24. 24 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, the Genius Doctor Makes a Fortune Selling Tea 穿越古代，天才医生卖茶发家 Eight-Treasure Longan八宝桂圆Ancient Romance527k WordsCompleted Farming + Heartwarming Family + No Romance + Easygoing Daily Life + Medicine + Building Wealth Through Business (The golden finger isn't powerful. The story mainly relies on the characters themselves and has a relaxed feel.) Li Ruyi, who had cancer, thought her life was over. Who could have imagined she would transmigrate! Now she was healthy and young again! Just twelve years old~ But who expects to deal with superstition the moment they transmigrate? Luckily, she has an encyclopedia on hand. W 243Reads8.7Score—14d adds
25. 25 黑 There’s a Bone Spirit in Black Wind Stronghold, and Her Fearsome Reputation Precedes Her! 黑风寨有只白骨精，她凶名在外！ Zhuozhuo着着Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [No Romance + System + Farming + Absurd Comedy] When Shen Tao transmigrated, her father, Old Shen, had just kicked the bucket. Shen Tao took over as the boss of Blackwind Stronghold. Worried she might get herself killed, Shen Tao tried desperately to put these newly recruited bandits on the straight and narrow. The people of Blackwind Stronghold were so uneducated that they watched Shen Tao call a promissory note an extortion letter and nodded along in agreement. Only magic can defeat magic. To 9.1kReads9.3Score1.3k14d adds
26. 26 穿 Bullied After Transmigration: If I Can't Divorce Him, Then I'll Make Him a Widower 穿越被欺：休夫不成，那就丧夫吧 Worry-Free Blossoms花开无忧Ancient Romance462k WordsCompleted [Wish fulfillment and putting scumbags in their place + farming + raising kids + building a fortune + everyday life + an insanely powerful golden finger + strong heroine, no romance] When Jiang Hongdou opens her eyes, she has become a farmwoman who is abused by her husband and has three daughters. The first thing Jiang Hongdou does after waking up is demand a divorce. If he refuses, she’ll beat him until he agrees. After she leaves her husband’s family, the Zhangs and the village hooligans all t 908Reads8.8Score10514d adds
27. 27 快 Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Just Wants to Farm in Peace 快穿，大佬她想安静种田 Fox Beneath the Green Mountain青山下的狐Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [No Romance] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Farming] Qing Ling is the ancestor of all demons, blessed with an immortal body. She is also the wife of Wujue Xianjun, an immortal from the celestial realm. To pursue the supreme Dao, Wujue Xianjun kills his wife to prove his way. In a fit of rage, Qing Ling cuts off his path to enlightenment. After cultivating herself in the underworld for a hundred thousand years, she returns to the human realm and encounters a newly launched In 5.6kReads9.2Score52714d adds
28. 28 踹 After Dumping the Trash Man: Farming, Building Wealth, and Raising Kids 踹掉渣男后：种田发家养娃娃 Yu Qi玙七Ancient Romance267k WordsCompleted A few things to know before reading: [No golden finger + no spatial realm + no romance + pure farming story + building wealth] Designer Jiang Fu is hit by a car while saving a stray dog and transmigrates to a small ancient village. She lands right in the middle of a fight, facing divorce from her scholar husband, with four scrawny girls beside her calling her “Mother.” From the start, things are a bit of a mess. But who is she? Is that all they've got? First, she'll divorce him, cut ties with hi 614Reads8.7Score10214d adds
29. 29 末 Doomsday Farming: From Breaking Ground to the Best Under Heaven 末世种田：开荒到天下第一 Takagi by the Water水边高木Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted [Post-apocalyptic world + farming and rebuilding + spiritual energy revival + strong female lead + expansive world, no romance, with one-sided crushes on the heroine] Three hundred years into the wasteland apocalypse, she transmigrates into the body of a girl who can't make the top five on her exam and is sure to die of radiation if she ventures outside to reclaim land! What? You have to take an exam just to go reclaim land? Fine, I'll take it. The top five get new protective suits, so surely I 112Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Recommended farming, infrastructure building, and lifestyle

30. 30 哥 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 Book Silkworm书蚕虫Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsOngoing [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.2kReads7.5Score40414d adds

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    Develop spiritual fields, plant millet, brew spiritual wine; establish workshops, open markets, and run schools! No system, no female protagonist, just a life of survival. A story of infrastructure development, farming, and scientific cultivation.

31. 31 我 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医，你们让我当女皇？ I'm Starving我超饿Ancient Romance965k WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 10kReads9.5Score2.3k14d adds

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    So cute! *:ஐ٩(๑´ᵕ`)۶ஐ:*

32. 32 穿 Transmigrating into a Chaotic Age, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation Through Robbery 穿乱世，疯癫公主她靠抢劫建国了 Turning Ink into Ink点墨成墨Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others 147.3kReads9.5Score18.2k14d adds
33. 33 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! 2.3kReads8.9Score14114d adds

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    They have a romantic pairing, but it doesn't affect anything. They're both focused on their own efforts, on different paths.

34. 34 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 331Reads7.4Score—14d adds

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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.

35. 35 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: I Became a Peasant Woman Beaten to Death by Her Family 逃荒种田：穿成被家暴致死的农妇 Zhu You1竹由1Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + fleeing famine + strong heroine + pocket dimension] Li Zhao transmigrates. The good news is that she died as thoroughly as anyone could in a car accident, so getting a new lease on life and becoming a few years younger is a win for her. The bad news is that the body she’s transmigrated into is not only married, but has three children. Her husband is an abusive man on his third marriage, her youngest son is a six-fingered child treated as a freak, and her sharp-tongued mother-in-law is 4kReads8.3Score40314d adds

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    It's great even without a romantic pairing; the more you watch, the more interesting it becomes.

36. 36 穿 Transmigrating to Flee Famine and Farm 穿越之逃荒种田记 Starting to Escape开始逃离Ancient Romance379k WordsCompleted No romance. Zhao Mei, a struggling modern-day office worker, transmigrates into the body of Zhao Taohua, a village woman in the ancient Great Zhou Dynasty. With the help of her pocket dimension, she raises three children, makes a good life for herself, avoids famine, and works hard to build a thriving livelihood. 299Reads—Score10014d adds

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    This one fits the bill quite well.

37. 37 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 17.4kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds

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    Highly recommended, all are non-romantic pairings.

38. 38 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 9.5kReads9.0Score95614d adds
39. 39 山 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance2.0M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 107.1kReads9.0Score9.7k14d adds
40. 40 位 Quick Transmigration Across Planes: I Own a Little General Store 位面快穿，我有一间小杂货店 Pipi Loves Tangerines爱吃橘子的皮皮Modern Romance4.1M WordsOngoing [No romance + no male lead + general store + ensemble cast + doing business in various novel worlds, including storylines where the heroine gets help] [Main characters: Su Ling + a calico cat] After waking up one day, Su Ling finds that her general store has bonded with a planar trade System, and she transmigrates into a book. First book world: a lucky heroine in a story set during the era of rationing. A general store suddenly appears on the hill behind Dawang Village. It has more goods tha 52.3kReads9.3Score4.7k14d adds
41. 41 别 While Others Take the Official Exam, I Farm: Saving Myself Decades of Detours 别人考官我种田，少走弯路几十年 Chi Zhaozhao池朝朝Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Song Buci transmigrated, but he wasn’t born into a wealthy family or a high-ranking household. Instead, he became Song Fuyu, a nine-year-old farm boy and young scholar from Songjia Village! He thought his journey would take him into the cutthroat world of court politics, full of intrigue and betrayal. But before he could even set out, consumption laid him low, his family was destitute, and he was going hungry. Did all of them want him dead? Thunder boomed beneath a moonless sky, and a wild boar 3.4kReads8.9Score30714d adds

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    The first book has no special abilities, no system, and no romantic pairing. The female lead transmigrates into the body of a woman, experiencing a painless motherhood. It's a heartwarming, rural story. [OK] The second book has the male lead transmigrating into the body of a nine-year-old child. It also has no romantic pairing, but the content regarding the imperial examinations isn't very accurate. If you mind that, please avoid it. [Caution] The third book has the female lead and her family of three transmigrating into the bodies of an exiled family. The female lead has a system. Then, in the exile area, she leads the villagers to prosperity and infrastructure development. [Cool]

42. 42 全 My Whole Family Transmigrated to the Road to Exile, and I Burst Out Laughing 全家穿越到流放路上，我笑了 Love Goes Along爱相随Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [The whole family transmigrates + the whole village gets rich + farming and business + cozy and heartwarming, no awful characters + infrastructure] Zhi Qing transmigrates with her parents and becomes part of a respected family of grassroots village officials in ancient times. She even brings along the research database in her head. Whatever information she needs, one quick tap and the whole world is at her fingertips. Soon they have a flower garden, a vegetable garden, and an orchard, as well as 813Reads9.1Score10114d adds
43. 43 穿 Reborn as a Wicked Foster Mother: I Raised the Villainous Tyrant All Wrong 穿成恶毒养母：把反派暴君养歪了 Blue Sky over Mountains and Rivers山水蔚蓝天Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + teaching + adorable kids + farming + building wealth + infrastructure] A warm, slice-of-life story Zhang Ziruo transmigrates into the role of the evil adoptive mother of a tyrannical villain, destined for a tragic end. She plans to win the villain’s favor while he is still young, only to discover that he has been reborn... Taking stock of her new circumstances, she decides to open a school and become a teacher! She’ll raise the villain to be a virtuous, capable, open-minded, and po 15.2kReads9.5Score2.2k14d adds
44. 44 打 Face-Slapping the Worst Relatives: This Country Girl Is No Pushover 打打打脸极品亲戚，小农女不好惹 Mo Sezi墨涩子Ancient Romance229k WordsCompleted Main characters: Shen Qingyue and Su Jinniang [Farming + power fantasy + food + transmigration + famine + raising children + building wealth + dealing with awful relatives] Shen Qingyue transmigrates into the body of a peasant girl in ancient times. Before she can even open her eyes, an awful relative slaps her hard across the face. “You lazy brat, still sleeping? How come the wolves didn’t kill you? If the village head hadn’t found you, I wouldn’t have bothered with you… You’re just wasting fo 443Reads—Score—14d adds

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    No romantic pairing required, feel free to jump in! It's all about everyday life.

45. 45 开 Gold from the Start: The System Keeps Us Safe Through the Famine 开局捡金子，荒年全靠系统保平安 Mo Sezi墨涩子Ancient Romance226k WordsCompleted Main characters: Huo Xiuniang and Huo Gui Geng [Farming + Feel-Good Story + System + No Romance + Transmigration] Li Xiaolan was an ordinary modern young woman, but after waking up, she found herself transformed into Huo Xiuniang, a villager from Huo Family Village. Her family was the poorest in the whole area. By chance, she discovered gold in the hills behind the village. Before long, the villagers were scrambling over it, and the place was buzzing with activity. After transmigrating, she gain 39Reads—Score—14d adds
46. 46 重 Reborn in a Desolate Village: Farming to Feed the Whole Community 重生之流落荒村，种田养活全村 Mo Sezi墨涩子508k WordsCompleted [Farming + Reborn + Business + System + Adorable Kids] Zhou Xiaodie, the only daughter in a modern family, gets drunk one day and accidentally transmigrates to an era of famine, becoming the weak third daughter of a poor farming family in a desolate village. In a year of famine, hunger is everywhere. The family has run out of food, her relatives are frail and emaciated, and every day is a struggle. Luckily, she awakens a trading mall System that lets her exchange for supplies at will, turning th 16Reads—Score—14d adds
47. 47 女 Girl Transmigrates into a Boy: The Fake Young Master Just Wants to Return Home and Farm 女穿男：假少爷只想返乡种田 Aqi Sleepwalks梦游的阿七Ancient Romance395k WordsCompleted (Female-to-Male + No CP + Modern-to-Ancient Alternate World + Fake and Real Young Masters + Some Early Political Scheming + Farming Later On + Has a Golden Finger + Maybe a Quick Transmigration Big Shot Was Here?! ) Chen Qing is a child from the twenty-first century who grew up in an orphanage. One night, just before falling asleep, he casually complained: "If I were a boy, wouldn't life be so much easier?" And just like that, she got her wish: she became a boy, specifically a rather pretty ten- 22Reads—Score314d adds

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    No romantic pairing, some political intrigue in the early stages, and a focus on farming in the later stages.

48. 48 穿 Transmigrated as a Spoiled Noblewoman, She Was Exiled to a Poor Mountain Village 穿成娇蛮贵女，她被发配到穷山沟 Heavenly Wind Gou v天风姤vAncient Romance483k WordsOngoing Zhao Liang died, and Zhao Liang woke up in another world. She had become the notorious, domineering, and utterly unhinged young lady of the capital. With a reputation in the capital so foul that no one could stand her, she had no choice but to obey her family and retire to the impoverished mountain village where her family originated. Zhao Liang: I’m leaving behind the backbreaking life I had in my previous life. I’m going to be a happy freeloader and lie flat in retirement! Long live lying flat 312Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    A farming and infrastructure-building themed, humorous ancient time-travel novel with a rustic writing style. The female lead isn't naive; it's incredibly lighthearted and stress-relieving. No romantic pairing, no system, no cheat codes, and no spatial abilities. Highly recommended for those who enjoy this genre!

49. 49 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. 68.1kReads9.4Score7.6k14d adds

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    None of them have a romantic pairing, and the descriptions of ordinary people's daily lives are exquisite. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

50. 50 全 The Whole Village Digs for Wild Vegetables, While I Lead My Family to Prosperity! 全村挖野菜，我带家人奔小康！ Half-Cooked Bun半生不熟的包子Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted No romance + magical space + farming and business + building wealth She transmigrates overnight, only to wake up facing a house with bare walls, where they have to fill their stomachs with water? Her husband divorced her and remarried, her in-laws won't help, and she can't return to her parents' home? Is that all? Getting the whole family rich is thinking too small. Let's start by boosting the economy of the entire town. Farming, doing business, building houses and roads: come on, let's get rich 1.9kReads8.7Score22914d adds

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