Rural Living, Retirement, Something Fresh, and a Grand Old Estate 乡下，养老 ，新颖，有古宅大院

1. 1 娱 The Entertainment Industry’s Top-Tier Star: I Made a Fortune Through Farming 娱乐圈顶流：我靠种田发家致富 Walnuts Beneath the Walnut Tree核桃树下有核桃Modern Romance289k WordsCompleted Lin Yuefei was finally free from the obnoxious System that had forced her to complete missions to become the entertainment industry's top-tier star. She was suddenly like a wild horse off its reins, letting herself go. Looking at the orchard before her and the contract in her hand, she secretly rejoiced that she had finally become a landlady. Her fans all threatened to leave the group. The landlady wasn't fazed: Go ahead, leave. Once you're all gone, I'll have some peace and quiet. I'll farm in 992Reads8.9Score104Shelves

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   🍒The first book features a female protagonist who returns to the countryside to farm and build a courtyard house with a pond and a pavilion, allowing her to enjoy both retirement and farming [a masterpiece by Que Shi]. The second book features a female protagonist whose family goes bankrupt, so she takes her grandfather back to the countryside to retire. Her father has already built a villa for her, along with a mountain.

2. 2 开 Bankrupt from the Start: I Took Grandpa Back to the Countryside to Farm 开局就破产：我带外公回乡种田 Yue Yue A悦悦阿Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No CP, no cultivation, pure farming) Mu Mu, the undisputed champion of grinding herself to the bone in the Azure Star Domain, died during her tribulation to ascend to immortality. She opened her eyes, reborn on Blue Star, where spiritual energy was scarce. She didn’t want to work herself to the bone anymore, so she took her grandfather back to the countryside to farm. The mountain village was poor? No problem. She’d gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish the land. The villag 1.3kReads8.7Score151Shelves
3. 3 空 Farming in My Pocket Dimension: The Heroine Retires Early by Selling Fruit 空间种田：女主靠卖水果提前退休 Ge Maoning葛猫宁Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + space + other worlds + infrastructure building + cultivation + transmigration + urban fantasy] No romance. Male characters are just tools for the plot. The author can’t write romance, and the protagonist is always on the front lines of building her career. After Cen Xing was laid off, she unexpectedly acquired a space that could connect to other worlds. By transmigrating between them, she had all kinds of unbelievable experiences. She led the villagers to prosperity and revitalized he 567Reads7.0Score100Shelves
4. 4 不 I'm Done Competing. I'm Going Home to Explore the Mountains and Seas 不卷了，回去看山海 Kai Wuwu开呜呜Urban1.7M WordsCompleted All that hard work gets you nowhere, and then you get laid off? By the time you regret it, I’ll be lying flat by the sea, feeling the breeze, watching the sunset, and feasting on seafood. I’ll watch the wind brush my face and the willows droop along the riverbank, and listen to raindrops patter from the eaves. 10.3kReads8.4Score572Shelves

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   A rural novel worth reading.

5. 5 我 I'm Just a Village Doctor, Is It Really So Strange That I Know the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles? 我一个村医会鬼门十三针很合理吧 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After his grandfather died, Chen Mo returned from the city hospital to his village and became its new barefoot doctor. Who says a barefoot doctor can’t amount to anything? Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, with no nine-to-five grind or mortgage, he can turn his hometown into a paradise. Northeastern customs, everyday stories, and local life: it’s all here. Urban daily life, one heroine, no System, just little stories to enjoy over tea. This book is also known as The Years I Served as 14.9kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
6. 6 空EN With a Pocket Dimension in Hand, Farming and Walking Dogs 空间在手，种田遛狗 God-Tier Passerby神级过客Urban4.9M WordsCompleted [Male-oriented opening: Get a spiritual spring space, go home to farm and raise dogs. Male-oriented ending: Sweep every race across the Myriad Worlds into the trash] A rural farming story set in a mountain village. The protagonist stumbles upon a fortuitous opportunity and figures out cultivation on his own. A laid-back cultivation novel with no System, but with a space. Later on, it has two male leads, a father and son, and changes maps after about a thousand chapters. Ye Huan, who works in a b 27.2kReads9.1Score2.5kShelves
7. 7 逍 Carefree Farmer of the Countryside 逍遥山野农夫 This Daoist Is Yuyang贫道渔洋Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Mature Beauty + Mountain Foraging + Mushroom Farming + Rural Daily Life] Three mountains, one river, and a few acres of farmland. The farmer's spring water tastes a little sweet. There's land to plant and till, plus a stretch of woodland where you can pick mushrooms. Every mother-in-law loves a son-in-law like this. 15.3kReads9.1Score930Shelves
8. 8 娇 The Sweet Young Lady Returns to the Countryside, and Her Lovesick Admirer Is Shocking 娇娇小姐回乡村，痴汉手段太惊人 Yi Shuilan易水岚Modern Romance549k WordsCompleted [Both leads’ first love + a domineering CEO from the southwest goes rural + intense romantic push and pull + quiet devotion gets a response + realistic, sweet romance] A gentle, abstinent old flame × a stunning, pure and alluring little white rabbit City girl Chen Man returns to the countryside to care for her grandmother and discovers that her neighbor is an incredibly handsome, domineering CEO. In outsiders’ eyes, Chen Man is refined and elegant. But no one has ever seen her other side. In 149.2kReads9.5Score20kShelves

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   This is currently one of the better books I've read about retiring to the countryside. It's very rich in content, and both the male and female leads are virgins. Highly recommended.

9. 9 下 Sent to the Countryside: I Bring My Sister to Save the Five Tibetan Beauties 下乡知青，带妹救赎藏族五朵金花 Jiuyexi九叶溪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Two comic adaptations are in production] [Ensemble cast + multiple heroines + treasure hunting and inheritance + instant revenge + rural comeback + fiercely protective and scheming + everyday family life] Lu Chuan is reborn in the capital in the 1960s as a capitalist's son, despised by everyone. With his family in shambles, he quickly takes his younger sister to the grasslands to join the rural resettlement program and start his life over. He only meant to get by and look for the treasure his a 16.9kReads7.3Score1.6kShelves

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   These are some good books. They depict people going to the countryside and border regions (Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang), settling down on the grasslands, hunting, herding sheep, digging for caterpillar fungus, marrying beautiful wives, and leading a rich and colorful life.

10. 10 下 After Moving to the Countryside, the Capitalist Young Master Becomes the Village Favorite 下乡后，资本少爷成村里的香饽饽 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [No AI, Entirely Handwritten] Don't pay attention to the newly posted rating (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + treasure hunting + space + multiple female leads) Li Wu's soul travels to the 1960s, where he arrives in the capital. Because his grandfather was a capitalist, his uncle and cousin reported him and had him denounced, leaving Li Wu no choice but to go to the countryside. Before leaving, he strips the treasures his grandfather left him bare, and t 18.2kReads7.6Score1.6kShelves
11. 11 下 Moving to the Great Grasslands: From the Start, I Keep the Mongolian Sisters Fed 下乡大草原，开局养活蒙族姐妹花 Jiuyexi九叶溪Urban2.2M WordsCompleted [Moving to Inner Mongolia] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Educated Youth] [Cultivation] Wang Tiejun transmigrates to the capital in 1968, only to discover from the start that he has become the biggest sucker in a dysfunctional family. He dated his ex-girlfriend for three years without even holding her hand. He cuts ties with his family and heads to the countryside with his friends, leaving the courtyard house behind. He takes on spoiled villains, battles bandits, and meets a pair of Mongolian sister 14.1kReads7.5Score1.6kShelves
12. 12 资 A Capitalist Scion Lands in the 1960s: Taking His Pocket Dimension to the Countryside in Search of Treasures 资本少爷穿六零，带空间下乡寻宝 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [No AI, entirely handmade] Just got a rating, don't pay attention to it (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + treasure appraisal) Wei Wu transmigrates to the capital in 1968 with a pocket dimension. When he learns that his older brother reported their father, leading to his tragic death in a labor camp, he retaliates by exposing his brother's embezzlement at the machinery factory and gets him locked up for good. Then he clears out the fami 24.6kReads7.6Score1.7kShelves
13. 13 下 Sent to the Northwest Countryside, I Hunt to Feed Uyghur Triplets 下乡大西北，狩猎养活维族三胞胎 Amazing Fried Rice厉害了炒饭Urban331k WordsCompleted [No AI, entirely handwritten] (period setting + educated youth + hunting + sent down to the countryside + pocket dimension + antique appraisal) Modern office worker Yi Xin is furious when a friend borrows money and refuses to pay it back, so he decides they should die together. Unexpectedly, he is reborn in 1968 in the body of a man in the capital with the same name. From the start, he is reported for associating with an old Taoist and is thrown into a cowshed. At his lowest point, he awakens a 6.4kReads7.3Score410Shelves
14. 14 中 I Won Ten Million! I Quit on the Spot and Went Home to Farm 中奖一千万！我直接辞职回家种田 True Lord Jiuyang九阳真君Modern Romance373k WordsCompleted [The animated comic adaptation is now available] [No awful characters + Rural life + Farming + Slow-paced + Male lead marries into the female lead's family + Male lead is lovestruck] P.S. The male lead appears around chapter twenty. Song Ying hits the jackpot: she buys a lottery ticket and wins 15 million! She takes home 12 million after taxes. A fortune has fallen from the sky! Song Ying chooses to lie flat and return home to farm. She spends five million buying several apartments in the city, 19.3kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    The storyline of this book is really good. The female lead is a five-star hotel chef who wins the lottery and returns to her hometown to build a house, a hotel, and a guesthouse. Her family has a lot of land, sheep, and a large house in Horqin. The slow-paced writing style is very healing and I personally found it very relaxing. Aside from the fact that it's not finished yet, there's nothing wrong with it. [Smirk]

15. 15 开 From the Start with a Spirit Spring, I Turn My Hometown into a Peach Blossom Paradise 开局灵泉，我把老家打造成桃花源 Soft And Fiercely Adorable糯糯奶凶Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension and spirit spring + country life + raising pets + mutual healing, lighthearted and heartwarming] Her mother had cancer, her scumbag boyfriend was cheating on her, and he and his mistress had stolen her designs. Then she was fired from her company. With her life at its bleakest, An Nuan planned to take her mother back to their hometown to spend her final days there. Then she unexpectedly unlocked a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Working herself to the bone for a pittance 33.7kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves

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    A magical spring in a secluded spot, idyllic rural life, pets—a relaxing and therapeutic read. This book is quite enjoyable.

16. 16 回 After Returning to the Village, I Live a Reclusive Life in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 回村后，宅在十万大山享受生活 Young Patrick Star少年派大星星Urban478k WordsCompleted A single heroine, with a lighthearted, everyday farming story. After graduating, Li Xiangdong returned to his hometown and spent a year holed up at home. He went from being the promising kid everyone talked about to a jobless layabout who lived off his parents and became the subject of local gossip! Then one day, while accompanying his father to their old Miao village to pay respects to their ancestors, Li Xiangdong unexpectedly acquired a mysterious totem tattoo… From then on, his life was lik 1.2kReads7.5Score100Shelves

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    Beautiful, very beautiful

17. 17 修 Three Unwavering Ways to Cultivate the Mind 修心三【不】曲 Xiao Ming in First Grade一年级的小明315k WordsCompleted A new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 9Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 重 Back to 1982: My Nine Daughters Are Stunning 重回82：我九个女儿美炸了 The Cat Watches the Flowers花猫子看花Urban1.5M WordsCompleted People say that reaching seventy is a rare feat. But at Tang Jiancheng’s seventieth birthday banquet, the guests were truly rare! Apart from the yellow dog at his feet, not a single person showed up! And yet, he had once been the father of nine daughters! Lost in painful memories, Tang Jiancheng drank himself unconscious. When he woke again, he had somehow returned to 1982, ten days after the birth of his ninth daughter... This time, he swore to protect his daughters and make sure not one of the 10kReads9.2Score1kShelves
19. 19 重 Reborn in 1976: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity 重生76，带领全村吃肉奔小康 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Li Xiangdong lived in wealth until the age of sixty, surrounded by children and grandchildren, only for his wife to send him to his death with two horns on his head. When he opens his eyes, he’s back at fourteen. Since he’s been given another chance, he’ll make up for every regret, one by one. His fourth sister, forced into a marriage swap; his third sister, who died young; his younger brother, raised to be good for nothing; and his mother, oppressed by her mother-in-law her whole life. Li Xiang 1.5kReads8.6Score123Shelves
20. 20 重 Reborn in 1984: A Warm Home with My Wife and Kids 重生1984老婆孩子热炕头 Big Fat Tangerine大肥橘Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [Authentic period drama + No space, no System + One female lead + Devoted husband and father + Hunting + Ginseng digging + Business + Cute pets + Food + Farming] Xu Dahai, a wealthy bachelor worth over a billion yuan, is reborn in Northeast China in 1984, on the very day his wife and daughter died! It’s a race against time: he must save them! In this life, he’ll make up for all the regrets of his previous one and give his wife and daughter twice as much love and care. He’ll make sure they live w 24.1kReads9.2Score1.5kShelves
21. 21 回 Back to 1982, Before the Sadness 回到悲伤前1982 Brew a Cup of Tea泡杯清茶Urban1.2M WordsCompleted In 1982, everyone was poor and starting from scratch. If you had the chance, what kind of life would you choose? With ten thousand people, you’d probably get ten thousand and five different answers! Read this book and meet Zheng Jiangnan! See how he leads his hometown out of poverty, step by step... And how he grows, step by step, to a level he never would have dared to imagine. Years later, Zheng Jiangnan has only one ultimate dream. That is: for there to be only one China in the world! (You k 4kReads8.5Score291Shelves
22. 22 每 888 a Day: Plenty to Retire on in a County Town 每日888，县城养老很够花 I Eat Fruit Salad我吃水果沙拉Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Financial Freedom] [Everyday Life] [Multiple Heroines] [Lighthearted, No Angst] At thirty, life treats you worse than a dog. Laid off and utterly disheartened, Bai Ye finally gave in and decided to return to the small county town where he was born and raised. But on the train home, he discovered that he had bound himself to a System called Life Assistant. [With the System at your side, unemployment is nothing to fear! Receive an 888-yuan daily unemployment benefit!] [Worried about your health? 26.8kReads7.8Score1.2kShelves
23. 23 我 I Became a Speculator in 1960 我在1960当倒爷 A Soft Spot for Period Novels偏爱年代文Urban699k WordsCompleted Zhang Shuguang, a struggling 21st-century author, spent years staying up late to write, until he finally dropped dead from exhaustion and became one of the transmigration crowd. But Zhang Shuguang was far from pleased with the era he had transmigrated into or the identity of the original owner of his body. With the odds stacked against him from the start, he was fortunate that the standard System for transmigrators arrived, helping him thrive in an era where food and clothing were scarce! 11.4kReads8.3Score646Shelves
24. 24 6 The 1960s: A Daily Blind Box and a Carefree Life 60年代：每日盲盒，悠闲生活 Being Backsolved被倒推Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Period + System + Countryside + Lighthearted + Family Bonds + Hunting + Inventions + Getting Rich] After awakening memories from a parallel timeline, he discovers that it's the 1960s, and there's no food or clothing! He originally plans to use his newly awakened memories to give his family a better life, but who could have guessed that the Daily Mystery Box System would bind itself to him! Day One: “Mystery box opened. Reward: 30 Shaxian-style braised duck legs!” Day Two: “Mystery box opened. R 1.1kReads8.3Score161Shelves
25. 25 好 The Art of Eloquence: Building a Road to Success 好口才，铸就成功之路 Xiao Ming in First Grade一年级的小明71k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 4Reads—Score—Shelves
26. 26 你 Your Wise Life 你的智慧人生 Xiao Ming in First Grade一年级的小明220k WordsCompleted Life is like a flower. Some people are wildflowers in the mountains, blessed with tremendous vitality. No matter how harsh their surroundings, they seize every chance to survive, put down roots, grow branches, bloom, and bear fruit. They understand that to survive and thrive, they have to rely on their own hard work. Life is like a flower. Some people are flowers in pots, born into wealthy and powerful families. They grow up wanting for nothing, living carefree lives in a position others look u 48Reads6.9Score—Shelves
27. 27 低 80 Details on How to Conduct Yourself with Humility 低调做人的80个细节 Xiao Ming in First Grade一年级的小明224k WordsCompleted My new work is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 41Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 互 The Future of the Internet 互联网的未来 Xiao Ming in First Grade一年级的小明80k WordsCompleted A new work is here! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 提 Ways to Improve Your Self-Control 提高自控力的几个方法 Xiao Ming in First Grade一年级的小明164k WordsCompleted Have you ever struggled with things like these? You put off the work your boss assigned until the last minute, then barely finish it. Every night before bed, you tell yourself it's time to sleep, but keep scrolling on your phone until three in the morning. You put an exercise plan on the wall, then stop noticing it after less than three days... Even worse, you know the root of all this is a lack of self-control, yet you can only muddle along and envy other people's lives! What is self-control? I 13Reads—Score—Shelves
30. 30 二 Life Reflections at Twenty-Eight 二八岁的人生感悟 Xiao Ming in First Grade一年级的小明22k WordsCompleted Welcome, everyone, and thank you for reading my work. I'm a new author, so I hope you'll be patient with me. There's a lot I don't know how to handle, so I can only write down some of my own thoughts and feelings. After all, everyone thinks and feels differently. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
31. 31 重 Reborn in 1983: The Little Woodshed 重生1983之杳窝棚 Xiao Xichun萧喜春Urban926k WordsCompleted This is a slow-paced story. The protagonist is reborn on Blue Star, a parallel world. Yaowo Village is a small village in Heilongjiang Province. At first, the protagonist keeps a low profile there, living a life that is ordinary yet extraordinary. Later, he brings his family and friends along as they gradually embark on the path of cultivation. 130Reads6.5Score—Shelves
32. 32 重 Reborn in 1960: My Happy Life in the Mountain Village 重生1960，我在山村的快乐生活 Happy Life开心生活Urban496k WordsCompleted Back to 1960, Liu Erzhu once devoted himself to studying, hoping to escape the countryside, only to become a stepping stone for the big city. This time, he decides to spend more time with his family. He never expected to thrive, helping his family live a better life while becoming a miracle-working doctor respected by countless people… 961Reads8.2Score102Shelves
33. 33 重 Reborn in 1961: I Built My Fortune Starting with Hunting 重生1961：我从打猎开始发家致富 Maple Speaks枫说Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Chen Fan, a top soldier of the 21st century, was reborn in 1961 as an ordinary villager in the forests along the northeastern frontier. Poverty and famine made an already hard life even worse. The original owner’s father had been injured while hunting in the mountains a year earlier and died in agony. He left behind his mother, Chen Fan, and a ten-year-old younger sister to fend for themselves. His uncles and other relatives not only refused to help, but took advantage of their misfortune. His w 5.2kReads8.1Score341Shelves
34. 34 逃 Fleeing Famine to the City, Conquering the Era 逃荒进城，征服年代 Misty Rain in a Quiet Mountain Village寂静山村烟雨蒙蒙Male-Channel Fanfiction398k WordsCompleted A former elite soldier is reborn in the body of a thirteen-year-old refugee, with his six-year-old sister on his back. After a long, arduous journey, they reach the capital and pass by a courtyard house, where he unlocks a pocket dimension. There, he lives a very different life. 22.1kReads8.9Score780Shelves
35. 35 九 Getting Rich Through Demolition in the 1990s, My Whole Family Kicks Back and Enjoys the Show 九零拆迁暴富，全家躺赢吃瓜忙 Lu Qixia鹿七夏Modern Romance691k WordsCompleted The God of Wealth is here, the God of Wealth is here, good deeds bring good fortune... La la la la la! In 1994, to the tune of “The God of Wealth Is Here,” Happy Village is demolished! Xu Ran’s family of three becomes rich overnight. With a huge pile of compensation money in hand, they buy houses, shops, plots of land, then more houses and a gold mine. The more they buy, the richer the family gets. One stack after another of red property deeds comes home with them. And they get to enjoy all the 26.1kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves

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    These books are good, especially the last one.

36. 36 离 Leave the Mountains? No, I Want to Stay 离开山区？不，我要留下来 Du A都啊Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Reborn] [Sign-In System] [Left-Behind Child] [Tycoon] [Building His Hometown] In a daze, he returned to 2004, to the days when his parents sneaked off south in the middle of the night to find work. Dawn had just broken. His little sister, Lu Yuanyuan, searched the whole house for their parents. She felt as if the sky had fallen. She stood in the courtyard and began to cry with all her heart. Lying in bed, Lu Cheng heard her heart-wrenching sobs, his own heart twisting painfully. He thought 9.1kReads7.5Score609Shelves
37. 37 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. 5.6kReads9.1Score487Shelves
38. 38 山 The Leisurely Hermit in the Mountains 山间闲人 Seeking the Wind, Waiting for Rain寻风等雨Urban612k WordsCompleted I only wanted to be a quiet, wealthy man, but somehow ended up with nothing to do. A wooden couch for a pillow, incense burning, bitter tea to sip, a qin to play, a jug of wine, and clouds drifting over a stream… 939Reads7.0Score100Shelves
39. 39 我 My Husband Has a Spirit Spring Space 我的老公有灵泉空间 No Shiitake Mushrooms不吃香菇Modern Romance526k WordsCompleted Female lead: After returning from her slow-paced transmigration, Zhao Han takes her cat and moves back to the countryside, where her grandparents built her a utopia. She tends the garden and orchard and makes things every day, accompanied by adorable pets. Though she sometimes gets exhausted, her inner world is deeply fulfilled. Male lead: After the pandemic ends, Xiang Zheng discovers a spiritual spring dimension, something previously found only in legends and novels, during a company retreat. 473Reads9.1Score102Shelves
40. 40 神 Tycoon: The Poor Girl's Journey to Becoming a Rich Beauty 神豪：小可怜的白富美成长之路 Please Give Me a Lanzhou请给我一支蘭州Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Tycoon System + Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Personal Growth + No Idiocy + Sound Values] Bai Tang, a poor little thing, never imagined that after her mother died, her deadbeat father ran off, and she’d lived on her own for five years, a huge gift would suddenly fall into her lap. Who says money can’t fall from the sky? What kind of dazzling life will unfold when a damaged System, broken by a temporal disturbance, collides with a sweet, determined girl who has nothing but ambition? From then o 42.4kReads9.0Score3.3kShelves
41. 41 我 My Peaceful Life in the Mountains 我的悠然山居生活 Quiet Little Snail静静的蜗牛Urban518k WordsOngoing A doctor at a top-tier hospital, struggling to make ends meet in a big city, overexerts himself and collapses after coughing up blood. By chance, he receives the favor of the Nature of All Things System. From then on, he gains an affinity with plants and animals. He quits his job and returns to a small mountain village, where he chases dogs, catches chickens, plants an orchard, tends vegetable plots, raises fish, and plays with children. He lives an idyllic life while leading the villagers on th 1.8kReads6.1Score—Shelves

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    This is a great read, a pure farming novel. It includes reservoirs and wasteland for growing fruits, vegetables, and medicinal herbs. Build your own estate, raise pets, and experience the warm and relaxing rural life!

42. 42 直 Livestream: A Father's Peaceful Life in the Mountain Village 直播：奶爸山村悠闲生活 Nine-Tailed Phoenix九尾始凤Urban1.7M WordsCompleted Just livestreaming, fishing, and farming. Life is pleasant and easygoing. I love blue skies, green mountains, clear waters, and the vast, surging sea most of all. Walk the dog, play with the cat, and raise some rare and exotic creatures. I have it all here. His unexpected daughter, little Nuannuan, came into Su Jie's life. To treat his illness and take better care of her, Su Jie put his studies and city life on hold for the time being and returned to his hometown, Qingshan Village. Su Jie never 5.3kReads9.0Score354Shelves
43. 43 乡 Rural Livestream: From the Start, the Adorable Kids Are Having a Blast 乡村直播：开局萌娃嗨翻天 Fellow Daoist道友Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Pure farming + lighthearted comedy + livestreaming + countryside + adorable kids + cute pets] Tired of the fast-paced hustle and bustle of city life, Li Yiming quits his job and returns to his hometown of Heliu Village. He unexpectedly binds himself to the Countryside Livestream System, beginning a leisurely career as a rural streamer. His very first livestream is a huge hit thanks to an adorable child with hair tied up in two spiky tufts, giving him a perfect start. He streams silly dogs climb 3.2kReads8.7Score231Shelves
44. 44 退 After Leaving the Army, I Returned to the Mountain Village to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad 退伍后，回到山村当奶爸 Huang Yi煌依Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Feng, a veteran of a special forces unit and a man widely hailed as an invincible God of War, returns to his village only to discover that he has a daughter who just turned one. And her mother is a beautiful CEO of a multinational corporation? If someone else is earning money to support the family, then isn’t it only natural for me to stay home and be a dad? “Daddy, Daddy, wake up! My soup is ready~” “Daddy, that bad guy is blocking our front door. I’m going to teach her a lesson!” “Daddy, 11.2kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves
45. 45 战 War God Dad: A Laid-Back Life in the Mountain Village 战神奶爸：悠闲的山村生活 Huang Yi煌依Urban2.0M WordsCompleted The Easygoing Mountain Village King The God of War Dad: A Relaxed Life in the Mountain Village (A Laid-Back Daily Life with a Dad Raising His Child) Chen Mu quietly returns to a small mountain village in the southwest. All he wants is to raise his daughter and be a laid-back dad. Farm, fish, and catch crabs. Play with cats, walk the dog, and grow a few flowers. He has a mysterious space with a spiritual spring of countless uses and a divine tree bearing fragrant, wondrous fruit. To his surprise, 22.8kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
46. 46 桃 The Little Fisherman of Peach Blossom Spring 桃源小渔夫 Yun Girl芸丫头Urban2.2M WordsCompleted The city was too noisy and flashy. Wang Tianhui was sick of it all, so he returned to a small fishing village, where he unexpectedly acquired a System. His life as a humble fisherman took off. “Xiaohua, you good-for-nothing cat! Did you steal my spirit mud again?” “Wukong, how could I, your master, have any bad intentions? Working 996 is so irrational. 007 is the way to go. Now be a good monkey and go brew some monkey wine!” “Dabai, come on. Let’s go for a spin in the Mariana Trench today... Wha 1.3kReads8.7Score100Shelves
47. 47 说 I Set Out to Farm, So How Did I Become the Commander’s Wife? 说好种田，我怎么成了首长夫人 Where the Forest Deepens, Jing Appears林深见京Modern Romance567k WordsCompleted Wen Nuan's dream was simple: Escape her life as an overworked wage slave, buy a little house with a yard, grow vegetables and flowers, and live a leisurely life as a landlady. Who could have guessed that being reborn would come with a cheat space, complete with a spirit spring, land, mountains, and water? She could already picture the beautiful life she'd build by turning things around, so she returned to her village, rented a place, started farming, and became a vegetable seller. Who knew a 3.5kReads8.8Score501Shelves

    Reader note

    ① The female protagonist had just won several million yuan in the lottery when she was unexpectedly reborn. Her eight million yuan returned with her, and she also obtained a spiritual spring space. She sold the vegetables grown in the space, bought an old house in the countryside, rented dozens of acres of land, and lived a life of retirement. She also encountered the seriously injured male protagonist and saved his life.

48. 48 灵 Spiritual Vegetables at Sky-High Prices? Sorry, Even the Rich Have to Queue 灵蔬天价？抱歉，有钱也得排队 A Carefree Sword Immortal悠哉悠哉一剑仙Modern Romance1.7M WordsOngoing Originally titled "I Can't Help It If I Can't Grow Enough Vegetables to Sell" [A pure farming story, no System, cozy everyday life + gradual development + selling vegetables online + ecological farm] [Featuring an aloof chef, a quick-witted assistant, a hugely popular celebrity, and a gluttonous village secretary] [No male lead] Lu Yihan accidentally transmigrated to the cultivation world in her previous life, and now, through a twist of fate, she's transmigrated back. Having figured everything 4.7kReads7.6Score310Shelves
49. 49 离 After Leaving the Rich Family, She Settles in the Mountains to Grow Vegetables and Flowers 离开豪门后，她安居山间种菜养花 Tracking Through the Mountains山林寻踪Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The four seasons in the mountains + a healing little courtyard + delicious food and beautiful scenery + a touch of showbiz] Ying Songshi was the real heiress, switched at birth by a wealthy family's matriarch. Because a fortune-teller said she would “bring misfortune to the family business,” she was abandoned and sent to a farming family in a county town. Her adoptive father was an alcoholic, and her adoptive mother left home. Fortunately, she still had her master, who cared for her, and two ol 17.1kReads8.9Score2.6kShelves

    Reader note

    She was the real heiress, but her family didn't love her. They favored the fake heiress. So be it, she chose to return to the mountains to inherit the old house and the mountains left to her by her master.

50. 50 双 Tale of Two Capitals 双京记 Youyou Fish由由鱼Modern Romance465k WordsCompleted Thirty-five years old, a hundred thousand in savings, a run-down little home, and farming for fun. The child was an accident, and so was the child's father. A leisurely daily life of growing vegetables, raising a child, fishing, and feeding chickens... 13.3kReads8.2Score1.3kShelves

    Reader note

    This book depicts the leisurely daily life of the female protagonist after she quits her job and returns to her village, enjoying gardening, raising children, and fishing. It's devoid of awful characters or melodramatic plot twists, and is very heartwarming. The beginning is unremarkable, but it gets better and better as it goes on.

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