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

1. 51 审 An Auditor’s Daily Life Back in the Village, Living Off His Parents 审计狗回村啃老日常 You Li右黎Modern Romance256k WordsCompleted [Healing country life + everyday moments + sweet romance + anti-hustle culture + childhood friends] Looking at a health check report with more abnormal results than an audit, Li Ruisheng suddenly burst out laughing. This wasn't a health report at all, it was a workplace edition of Death Note! In a daze, Li Ruisheng seemed to see Grandpa lounging in a rocking chair beneath the grapevines. The sweet aroma of grapes from her memories wafted over, and the recollection of a gentle summer day filled 1.4kReads8.3Score120Shelves

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   This one fits the bill perfectly: the countryside, an old house, and a large yard.

2. 52 病 After the Frail CEO Moves to the Countryside, a Little Farm Girl Spoils Him Rotten 病弱霸总下乡后，被小农女娇宠了 Zhi Ying枝莺Modern Romance422k WordsCompleted Li Sui'an is a poor farm girl with no parents. All she wants is to find a husband willing to marry into her family and settle down to a cozy life with a man, children, and a warm bed. But every man she meets is a scumbag. Then one day, she sees the new neighbor. He has a slim waist and long legs, and he's delicate and handsome, a rare beauty among men. Li Sui'an falls for him at first sight. Smitten by his looks, she decides to marry him and bring him home. He can be the pretty one, while she ea 14.1kReads9.3Score1.8kShelves

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   These two are worth buying; you won't regret it! [Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece][Sparrow's Masterpiece]

3. 53 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 Romance1.9M 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- 107.2kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves

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   1. Highly recommended! The female protagonist's manor hires ancient workers, and the ancients go crazy buying salt and sugar for just a few dollars. The daily farming life is hilarious and heartwarming; I read dozens of chapters in one go! The pinnacle of farming novels that bridge ancient and modern times! Ancient people go crazy hoarding cheap brown sugar and refined salt, and everyone works to build a business. It's lighthearted, without any angst, and a great stress reliever! The setting of a secluded manor + ancient employees is so novel! Salt was incredibly expensive in ancient times, but it's just a few dollars in modern times. The scenes of ancient people scrambling to buy salt are endlessly entertaining!

4. 54 懒 A Lazy Retirement Begins with Learning to Lie Flat! 懒懒的养老生活从躺平开始！ Lazy Loves Shredded Duck懒懒喜欢手撕鸭Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lalan is an abandoned baby, taken in and raised by Granny Wang, a widow living at the foot of the mountain. She is extremely clever but remarkably lazy, earning her the name Lalan. Granny dies when Lalan is nineteen, leaving her a little courtyard and a vegetable stall at the market in town. So Lalan packs her bags and returns to the small village at the foot of the mountain, where she settles into a carefree life at nineteen: growing vegetables, raising chickens and ducks, and fishing! But why 2.7kReads7.9Score272Shelves
5. 55 敬 Is It Really So Strange for a Nursing Home to Have a Few Big Shots? 敬老院有几个大佬很合理吧？ Red Bean Chocolate Ice Cream红豆巧克力雪糕Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [A little comedy + a little fantasy + everyday life + romance + System] [There is a couple! There is a couple! There is a couple! If you prefer stories without couples, read with caution.] [Try not to relate the story to real life. The setting and story are entirely fictional.] [Several plotlines may seem unrelated, but they are all connected, so things might get confusing.] Su Xinghui was on her way to meet a client and sign a contract when she got into a car accident and died unexpectedly. Reb 335Reads9.1Score100Shelves

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   This book is about elder care; it's very good and original.

6. 56 在 Farming in the Mountains, I Snagged a Good Man 在山上种田，拐到一个好男人 Erbao Er二宝二Modern Romance320k WordsCompleted When Lu Shuyi turned thirty, she had saved up one million yuan. She quit her job without a second thought, returned to the mountains of her hometown, and began her “retirement life.” Her days of eating, drinking, and farming catch the attention of a little yellow dog, and, by extension, its owner. From then on, her days are filled with eating, drinking, farming, and a little flirting. 3.9kReads9.1Score335Shelves
7. 57 摆 I'm Quitting Showbiz! The Nobody's Vegetable Garden Goes Viral 摆烂退圈！小糊咖菜园子火上热搜 SixSix Cutie六六小可爱Modern Romance501k WordsCompleted Yan Sui was forced to work for the Space-Time Bureau to keep herself alive. When she returned from her mission, she had become a devoted fangirl of a top-tier star and movie emperor. The more people dug into her scandals, the more they found. Her memorial portrait was everywhere. Yan Sui decisively quit the entertainment industry. “Fine, I’ll come clean. My parents are billionaires.” In the blink of an eye, she was told, “You’re not our biological daughter.” Yan Sui: “Then I’ll stop pretending. 10.8kReads8.0Score1.8kShelves

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   Originally intending to retire in the countryside, she inadvertently led the entire village to prosperity. She's good at arguing but avoids internal conflict. Pretty good.

8. 58 佛 The Easygoing Girl's Pop-Up Restaurant 佛系小丫的不定时餐厅 Mu Fan睦梵Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted At twenty-two, Jian Dan grew tired of office life, quit her job, left the big city, and returned to a beautiful village. There, she began a pastoral life: herding geese, playing with pets, going up into the mountains and down to the sea, working from sunrise to sunset. 12.2kReads9.3Score1kShelves

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   The female protagonist quits her job and returns to the countryside to farm and retire. She has a group of funny and quirky pets who love to eat all sorts of delicious goose eggs

9. 59 三 Turning Thirty, I Went Home to Retire and Became a Martial Arts God 三十而立，回老家养老到武道通神 The Long Night Stretches On, Dust of Ages长夜漫漫万古尘Rural Life803k WordsOngoing At thirty, Cao Yong and his wife are both laid off. Looking at the little over a million yuan left in his bank account, Cao Yong takes his wife and child back to their hometown of Orange Village, planning to spend the rest of his life there in retirement. Then, while practicing the Eight-Part Vajra Exercise one morning, a panel appears before his eyes: [Eight-Part Vajra Exercise: Beginner 1/100] He thinks it must be a joke. How could a health exercise turn into anything special? Ten days later, 10.6kReads—Score1.1kShelves

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   Quite enjoyable, with minimal face-slapping scenes! The protagonist returns to the countryside to retire, inexplicably unlocking a martial arts panel. He spends his days gathering herbs in the mountains, using them to temper his body, and relentlessly practicing the Yi Jin Jing to frantically increase his cultivation. The villagers all think he's just an old farmer, completely unaware of how terrifying he truly is. As his cultivation breaks through, he slowly discovers that the world is not as simple as it seems, hiding a huge secret. The combination of rural life and high-level martial arts revelations, along with the "playing dumb to fool others" trope, is incredibly satisfying to watch!

10. 60 这 This Farmer Is a Ten-Tool Player 这个农民十项全能 Hibernating Notes冬眠音符Urban660k WordsOngoing [Reborn, Countryside, Pocket Dimension, Everyday Life, Entrepreneurship] Li Xinghe served in the military for eight years in his previous life. After his discharge, he had no home left! This time, after being reborn, his first thought was to go home! He would stay by his family, tend his little plot of land, and make a living farming! 551Reads6.6Score130Shelves

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    What makes you yearn for rural life? What kind of persistence makes you want to return to the countryside? The answer might be in the book, go and take a look!

11. 61 雾 Laid-Back Days in Miststone Forest 雾石森林的悠哉日常 Castle Gate, Castle Gate, Egg Cake城门城门鸡蛋糕Ancient Romance535k WordsCompleted [Healing]+ [A life like Stardew Valley]+ [Slow-paced] [No cheap tricks, no melodrama. This book is for everyone who hasn't yet had the chance to truly live.] Important note: No CP, no CP! I wasn't going to spoil anything, but then I noticed Tomato had tagged this as “Ancient Romance” and “Fantasy Romance,” which left me baffled. There are men in the story, and some of them develop feelings for the heroine. Isn't that perfectly natural? But it doesn't mean they're a couple. At the age of seventy 3.5kReads6.6Score491Shelves

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    A forest retreat story, not a grand old house or mansion, but something like hollowing out a giant mushroom to use as a house? A Stardew Valley-like lifestyle.

12. 62 回 I Came Back to the Village to Lie Flat, but My Shamate First Love Won’t Leave Me Alone 回村躺平的我被杀马特初恋缠上了 You Li右黎Modern Romance236k WordsCompleted [Farming + healing + infrastructure-building + everyday life + a touch of ensemble cast + no awful characters + cozy + sweet romance + rekindled love] What's it like to win a million at a concert? Meng Jinhuan's answer: quit her job, block her boss, and buy a ticket back to the village that very night. A little courtyard with gray tiles and brick walls, a few rows of vegetables, and chickens and ducks to watch while she pets the dog. She'll live like a happy, lazy fish. But as soon as she got 1.6kReads—Score193Shelves

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    I guess this one counts; it'll be finished in about ten chapters.

13. 63 从 After Returning from the Immortal Realm, I Made a Fortune Through Farming 从仙界穿回来后我靠种田发家致富 Riding a Donkey and Lighting a Lamp骑驴点灯Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [No spatial dimension, no System, a slight golden finger, spirit-spring farming, reclaiming the hills behind the house, cozy food and everyday life. There is a couple, but the male lead doesn't get much screen time. Big shots gradually enter the story later.] A spirit jade brought back from the immortal realm changed Xu Xia's life as an overworked office drone. When the jade dew flows, gold and silver follow. She'd finally been reborn. Who would be a workhorse now? Only a fool! Xu Xia immedi 29.3kReads9.2Score2.6kShelves

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    🌾"Reborn and returning to his hometown to cultivate the land, Xu Xia grows incredible spiritual plants with the help of spiritual jade! All sorts of big shots go crazy for food and start making a killing. No angst + hilarious daily life. Farming novel lovers, hurry up and check it out!"

14. 64 吾 My County Magistrate Boyfriend Is Growing Up 吾家县长男友初长成 Wan Qian, Who Loves Cantonese Soup爱吃广府汤的万千帝主Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Rural revitalization · Workplace maneuvering · Intellectual romance · Family warmth] [Healing] [A gentle, steady pace] [Leaves a lasting impression] [Public sector] [Contemporary realism] Here, you’ll find: √ How a highly intelligent male and female lead pursue their careers while falling in love √ Solid, compelling depictions of rural revitalization and the political landscape √ Warm, witty, and insightful family life and intergenerational communication √ The respectful, restrained, profound 1.3kReads8.0Score131Shelves

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    A modern female protagonist returns to the countryside. The rocking chair under the grape trellis represents the dream of city dwellers, an ideal life of poetry and distant places. A high-quality "realistic romance." The story is substantial, warm, and comforting.

15. 65 相 The Chancellor's Legitimate Daughter Transmigrates to the 1970s 相府嫡女魂穿七零 Sunset Rainbow落日彩虹Modern Romance277k WordsCompleted [Historical era + transmigration into another body + pocket dimension + doted on by the whole family + military marriage + sweet romance + raising children] In the Great Qing Dynasty, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household was burned after a brush with death. She transmigrates into the 1970s as a country girl, doted on by her family, and accidentally falls into the water. She can do it all: farm, use her pocket dimension, play music, play chess, paint, write, and handle all th 2.1kReads9.0Score171Shelves

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    The female protagonist transmigrates from ancient times to the 1970s. She has a spatial ability, is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and makes money by selling goods.

16. 66 回 I Returned to the Village and Found a Daughter: The Village Guardian Makes a Million a Day 回村捡个女儿，守村人一天一百万 Idle Chatterbox闲闲絮叨叨Urban366k WordsCompleted [Tycoon]+ [Infrastructure Building]+ [Doting Dad]+ [Rural Life] Chen Zhuo returned to his village for a funeral. When he adopted a little girl, he triggered the Village Guardian System. As long as he stays in the village, the System rewards him with one million yuan every day. If he contributes to the village by increasing its population, raising its profile, or building public facilities, he earns contribution points that can be used for prize draws. The prize draws can grant all kinds of skill 385Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Then we have to talk about this one. The protagonist is an older, unmarried man. He returns to his village to attend the funeral of a village guardian, where he encounters a little girl the old man adopted who has no one to care for her. He decides to adopt her, thus activating the village guardian system. After activation, the system sends him 1 million every day as long as he's in the village. He takes his grandmother, who is disliked by his uncle, into his home and raises her. He then decides to build a mansion in the village, demolishing the old house and replacing it with a luxury one. Realizing he can't leave the village, he also builds a school. Because he has so much money, he goes on a buying spree, eventually creating a supermarket. Next, he wants to find a cook, so he hires a food blogger. He provides him with filming locations, and all he has to do is cook for him every day. After that, he acquires a construction team specifically for village redevelopment.

17. 67 只 All I Can Do Is Grow Vegetables and Cook, Yet I Became Cultivation World's Top-Tier Star 只会种菜做饭，却成了修真界顶流 Mr. Impenetrable不透君Modern Romance637k WordsCompleted [Hilarious and Heartwarming + Food + Farming + A Touch of Modern Cultivation] She inherited a cultivation legacy, and her innate talents were cooking and growing vegetables. She became the leader of a sect, but living in poverty was the norm. From the start, all she had was a ramshackle building, a patch of wasteland, and half a mountain forest. A leader with no great ambitions and four idle disciples. Sect leader Jiang Tingyun said, “In modern society, spiritual energy has dried up. Cul 23.9kReads9.5Score3.4kShelves

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    This is a modern farming and food novel with minimal cultivation elements. The female protagonist inherits a cultivation sect and a mountain, awakens her planting and spiritual cooking skills, and enjoys her daily life farming and running a restaurant at the foot of the mountain! You might want to take a look! 👀

18. 68 重 Reborn with a Pocket Dimension: I Return Home to Farm in Peace 重生回来后带着空间回家悠闲种地 Bitter Mint Candy苦苦的薄荷糖Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Tan Wei died, then came back to life. In her previous life, she worked herself to the bone, ruining her health and losing her family, love, and friendships. Given another chance, she now has a space of her own. She gives up work and decides to go home, farm, and enjoy a leisurely retirement. Back in her hometown, Tan Wei makes a thriving success of farming and meets a man she likes. They farm and fall in love, and in the end, she finds happiness with her family and the dream life of having both 477Reads6.7Score104Shelves

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    👍👍👍👍👍

19. 69 黑 The Scandal-Plagued Actress Retires to Farm and Astonishes the World 黑红影后退圈种田惊艳了世界 Pomelo柚子Modern Romance125k WordsCompleted After leaving behind a collection of legendary films, Xu Qishu adopted the name Su Qi, quickly retired, and vanished without a trace. Some say she was blacklisted. Others say she became someone’s kept woman. Some claim she secretly married and had a child. And somehow, there are even people saying she went home to farm. A pastoral variety show starring celebrities begins filming in a remote village with beautiful scenery. Once the show airs, the trending searches explode: Who’s that passerby hoe 147Reads—Score—Shelves

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    🌸✨The female lead quickly retired after leaving behind legendary works in the film industry. A variety show about celebrities' idyllic lives began filming, choosing a beautiful, remote village as the location! 🌿After its premiere, sharp-eyed netizens spotted her passing by...

20. 70 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, 3.7kReads7.3Score240Shelves

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    This book is a disappointment due to its title; it's well-written, with good prose and stable updates. I'm giving the author a shout-out! If you're looking for something to read, check it out! 6

21. 71 别 Don't Mess with the Vegetable Seller, Her Backing Is Unstoppable 别惹那个卖菜的，她背景通天 Tang Xin唐芯Modern Romance2.3M WordsOngoing [Farming + selling vegetables + cozy daily life + healing + romance] “Your dad has terminal stomach cancer.” With those words, Shen Ruotang went from being a cultivation-world overachiever to a modern-day corporate drone. She quit her job, returned to her hometown, started farming, and set out to save her dad. Things got off to a rough start, though: Her portable pocket dimension wouldn’t open, she had no cultivation, and she had to rely on her own two hands. She was called a crook for charging 15.3kReads8.1Score1.8kShelves
22. 72 回 Back in the Village to Slack Off! The Capital’s Top Heir Begs Me to Marry Him! 回村摆烂！京市太子爷求我嫁！ Chattering Away多多嚷嚷Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Her childhood sweetheart, Chu Tianming, protects the rich woman at his side to climb the social ladder, letting his mistress smear Gu Jin's name. Once, Gu Jin was full of love and wept over every slight. Now, inside that body is a battle god who has returned from the bloodshed of the apocalypse. Gu Jin raises a hand and tears up the engagement contract. Her voice is calm and even. “The engagement is over.” After selling Chu Tianming for ten million, she turns her back on this gilded cage, buys a 46.3kReads8.9Score3.7kShelves
23. 73 十 The B-list Actress Retires from Showbiz and Returns to Her Hometown to Raise Kids and Farm 十八线女星，退圈回乡带娃种田记 Online Wage Slave在线打工人Modern Romance380k WordsCompleted Su Yan, a spiritual cultivator in the cultivation world, failed to withstand the final lightning strike during her tribulation and was reborn in another world in the body of a B-list actress. The once-promising young actress had her opportunities stolen and was constantly squeezed out. The old ancestor couldn’t take it anymore, so she simply quit showbiz and returned to the countryside to farm. On the way home, she got a call from her elderly father. What?! He was in poor health and didn’t have 1.5kReads8.5Score140Shelves
24. 74 睁 Awakening in the 1980s: I Have a Child with the Infamous Village Tyrant 睁眼八零：和凶名在外村霸有崽了 Sunflower Ah Hua向日葵啊花Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted When Hu Yao woke up, she found a mischievous yet well-behaved son and a scoundrel of a man beside her. Shocked and bewildered, she heard from the neighbors she knew that four years earlier, she'd hit her head so hard she was left simple-minded, and her mother had sold her. Over those four years, she had not only gained a husband but also a mischievous child who fiercely protected her. The bastard of a man was always putting his hands on her, and he was exceptionally fierce and unreasonable. Terr 38.7kReads9.2Score3.3kShelves

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    The countryside is novel and quite nice.

25. 75 乡 The Village's Domineering Divine Doctor 乡村霸道神医 She Dao佘刀Urban6.0M WordsCompleted With university graduation just around the corner after four years of study, Li Mubai suffered a double blow. His girlfriend cheated on him with a rich kid, who then hired people to break one of Li Mubai’s legs and used his father’s position as a university trustee to get him expelled. Disheartened, Li Mubai returned to the countryside, where people nicknamed him “Iron Crutch Li.” But fate took a turn. By chance, he inherited the true Iron Crutch Li’s legacy, and from then on he practiced both 20.2kReads8.9Score2kShelves
26. 76 乡 Rural Beast-Taming Miracle Doctor 乡村御兽神医 She Dao佘刀Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [Countryside, farming, miracle doctor, one heroine, decisive and ruthless.] Zhang Fan was beaten by the village bully and turned into a fool. His mother's leg was broken, and his maternal grandparents were literally driven to their deaths. Fortunately, he inherited the Mountain God's knowledge and skills in geomancy, medicine, fate reading, divination, physiognomy, formations, alchemy, talismans, artifact crafting, and animal training. He had planned to keep pretending to be a fool, but when he 8.3kReads8.6Score924Shelves
27. 77 失 After Losing My Job, I Became an Online Sensation Through Farming 失业后，我靠种田爆红全网 Ran Xi Xi染习习Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted This novel is also known as: Everyone Online Is Begging Me to Livestream Tong Ranhua transmigrated to the cultivation world and spent a hundred years there, only to die unexpectedly while exploring a secret realm. She returned to the modern world, bringing with her the cultivation world’s specialties: a secret realm and its spirit. On the very day her boyfriend cheated on her with the company president’s daughter and she was fired, Tong Ranhua, who had spent a hundred years grinding away in the 12.3kReads9.2Score1.2kShelves

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    In the countryside, people grow vegetables, build large houses, and sell their produce until they can't buy it anymore.

28. 78 空 Daily Life on the Farm with a Spatial Divine Healer 空间神医开农庄日常 The Stars Remain星辰依然Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + farming + medicine + starting a farm + cultivating immortality + food + romance] Li Guo'er unexpectedly acquires an ancestral pocket dimension and from then on enjoys a leisurely life as a miracle doctor, running a farm, growing crops, and cultivating immortality. 3kReads8.9Score291Shelves
29. 79 被 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Dragon's Toothwort龙芽草Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 38.5kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
30. 80 二 Retirement at Twenty 二十岁的养老生活 Ode to Antiquity赋古Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + everyday life + devoted couples + sweet romance] Graduation means unemployment. Unemployed? Then it's time to settle into retirement~ Li An doesn't want to be a corporate cog working nine to five, so she heads to the countryside to live at her best friend's grandmother's place. She buys the old house, tears it down and builds a new one, then sets up a few vegetable patches to grow produce as a relaxing hobby... Villagers: You've set up your vegetable garden like you're playing hous 2.2kReads8.8Score210Shelves

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    It feels great to be enjoying my retirement life in the countryside with my best friend.

31. 81 青 A Laid-Back Dad Raises Kids and Walks His Pets 青山奶爸遛宠带娃 God-Tier Passerby神级过客Urban1.7M WordsOngoing Handcrafted by the author, with no AI: [Reborn] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Caring for a Baby] + [Adorable Pets] + [Working Hard to Make Money] + [Brotherhood] = [Urban Farming + Everyday Life] + [Advanced Martial Arts + Special Abilities + A Touch of the Supernatural] + [Disaster] Ye Tian was a top mercenary and agent before being reborn. In his new life, he raises Niuniu (Ye Tiantian), the adorable daughter of the captain who sacrificed herself to save him. With a few cute pets, a group of friends 60.3kReads8.8Score5.3kShelves

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    Recommended [Thinking][Laughing][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

32. 82 灵 A Rural Retirement Plan for a Spirit Plant Master 灵植师的乡村养老计划 Three Mu of Mulberry Mist三亩桑烟Modern Romance266k WordsOngoing Lin Shen struggled to survive in the world of cultivation for a hundred years, eventually becoming a mighty cultivator in her own right. But she grew tired of endless rivalry and bloodshed. After an accident, her soul returned to her hometown, back to the modern world before she was reborn. Her soul had returned to her body, and less than a tenth of her power remained, but her mind still held a vast store of cultivation knowledge. Seeing her elderly relatives, barren fields, and a hollowed-out v 9Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Book 1 - A powerful cultivator returns to the modern world, tending to his ancestral courtyard and three acres of meager land, using his spiritual power to grow fruits and vegetables imbued with spiritual energy. Book 2 - An unemployed woman gains a magical planting space, transforming her dilapidated courtyard into a popular retirement haven. Although it's a modern courtyard, the "restoring the old as it was" renovation process has a strong sense of ancient charm, and the clash between interstellar technology and traditional farmhouses is particularly interesting. Book 3 - A female protagonist who transmigrates twice returns to the modern countryside with knowledge from the cultivation world, turning farm life into a healing daily routine. Although there's no typical ancient house, the descriptions of old house renovations and traditional cuisine are full of life. Book 4 - A combination of a spiritual spring space and ancient planting methods allows the female protagonist to turn her ancestral home into a popular guesthouse. The book's descriptions of the old house's renovation and courtyard layout are detailed, and the addition of live-streaming elements is innovative. Book 5 - A female protagonist who unexpectedly gains a spiritual spring space returns to her ancestral home to retire, only to find it becomes a gathering place for reclusive masters. Although it focuses on modern farming, the ancestral home serves as an important setting throughout the book.

33. 83 灵 Irrigated My Vegetable Garden with Spirit Spring Water and Made My First Fortune 灵泉浇灌菜地，我赚到了第一桶金 Gu Nuange顾暖歌Modern Romance385k WordsOngoing [Farming, no System, selling vegetables + healing daily life + food, a warm and cozy story, male lead, one-on-one romance] [A simple, leisurely story focused on everyday warmth, with almost no awful characters] Cui Jiahe transmigrates from the modern world to the world of immortal cultivation, then transmigrates back to the time when she is preparing for civil service and public institution exams. With a magical spring in hand, why bother going to work? It's more satisfying to build your own iro 2.1kReads—Score138Shelves
34. 84 空 Farming in My Space: My Retirement Farmhouse Goes Viral 空间种田，我的养老小农院爆红了 Quietly Watching Tea暗中观茶Modern Romance291k WordsCompleted [One-on-One Romance, Alternate Setting + Pocket Dimension + Farming + A Relaxed Retirement] After graduating, losing her job, and failing interview after interview, Fang Xiaoyi happens upon Xiao Li, a food-loving System, and gains a magical farming dimension. From then on, she upgrades her space while tending crops and flowers, feeding the food-loving System to score high-tech blueprints from the interstellar age, and occasionally filming her laid-back retirement in the beautiful countryside. Be 377Reads8.8Score—Shelves
35. 85 回 Back in the Village to Farm, I Made My Hometown Go Viral 回村种田，我带老家火上热搜了 Cola with Ice可乐加冰块Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Spirit Spring Space + Rural Life + Livestreaming + Pet-Raising + Cultivation] After learning that her mother has cancer, Chen Xi quits her job without hesitation and returns to her hometown. There, she is unexpectedly struck by a falling pebble and discovers a spirit spring space. The spirit spring water has many benefits. It cures her mother's illness and helps plants grow faster and taste better, so Chen Xi decides to stay in her hometown and build a future there. She leases a mountain to pla 647Reads6.1Score101Shelves
36. 86 随 Portable Space: A Laid-Back Retirement in the Countryside 随身空间：我在乡下佛系养老 Nannan Loves to Eat囡囡爱吃Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Modern girl An Qingdai accidentally opens a pocket dimension, and there's even a little puppy inside... Oh, wait, it's the spirit of the dimension? What? You can sense jadeite? I'm rich! I'm rich! With no grand ambitions, An Qingdai immediately waves her hand and decides to return to her hometown to retire! What, a snake bit you? No problem, just eat a blade of grass and you'll be fine! What? A miracle doctor? No, no, no, that's not me. I just want to grow flowers, drink tea, and walk my dog. Ca 1.1kReads8.7Score132Shelves
37. 87 墨 Sweet Potatoes Stewed in Ink 墨汁炖红薯 Li Liangliang凉凉李Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted [Brooding, possessive man + warm and healing romance + sweet enough to make you feel like an auntie] He suffers from severe depression and has been rescued after three suicide attempts. He fears crowds and hates the sunlight. All he wants is to hide in his dark world until the day he can finally be free. But that changed when he followed the family driver to the countryside. “Pig, want a sweet potato?” “Good, mean chicken.” “Ah, that goose bit me!” He stared wide-eyed in fright and turned to run 4.6kReads9.2Score522Shelves

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    This is a rural, retirement-themed novel with a good rating and engaging content. The first and third books both feature characters with depression; while the second book doesn't, family relationships are still strained. Ladies who are interested, grab your books now!

38. 88 咦 Oh? There's a Little Farmhouse Here 咦？这里有个农家小院 The Bodhisattva Is Annoyed菩萨烦Urban635k WordsOngoing [Slice of life + slow-paced + no cultivation + raising pets and farming + rural development] Li Xie thought that getting a System would soon change his life, so he resolutely quit his job in the provincial capital and returned to his hometown, determined to become a modern-day local benefactor who would help Xia'ai Village get rich and then bring prosperity to others. But when he got back, he discovered that someone else had stolen his part. Was he destined to be nothing but a bystander? Also kn 671Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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    The plot progresses very slowly, making it suitable for leisurely viewing even in retirement.

39. 89 不 I’m Done Serving You! I’m Going Home to Farm! 不伺候了！回家种地去！ Linjiu麟玖Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted (System + no romance + farming + food + pastoral life + everyday country living) My mom lives a thousand miles away, earns a salary of just 4,000, and still expects me to treat her nicely? No way! I only got one day off for National Day! I’m done putting up with this! I quit, and I’m walking out right now! By chance, I activate the All-Purpose Farming System! I’m starting a life of farming. I want to make money, get rich, and become beautiful and slim! Wow~! 232Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist leaves the city, quits her job, and returns to the countryside, living a simple, self-sufficient life by farming, raising chickens, ducks, and fish.

40. 90 重 Reborn in the 1960s: Sent to the Countryside from the Start 重生60年代，开局就上山下乡 A Solitary Stone孑然的石头Urban3.8M WordsOngoing [Period]+ [Reborn]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Single Female Lead] Ye Hao transmigrates to a parallel world in the 1960s. Just as he is about to starve to death, he awakens an ancient treasure passed down from antiquity: the Azure Lotus Mystic Jade! Watch as he lives it up during the famine, improving his own life while also doing his part to help this country rebuild from the ground up! Our goal is the stars and the sea! 1.9kReads8.8Score239Shelves

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    🔥🔥🔥🔥Novel Synopsis: "Chen Mo, I only realized how good you were to me after being away for six months..." Chen Mo interrupted Wu Jingjing's words, "Do you think this is a 4S dealership? The top dog only cares about driving and not maintenance!" Tired of the city's hustle and bustle, Chen Mo just wanted to be a leisurely village doctor. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

41. 91 7 The 1970s: Someone Switched My Rural Posting Location 70年代：我被人调换了下乡地点 Fengjue风觉Urban2.1M WordsCompleted (Period setting + transmigrate into a book + villain reborn + laid-back life + light System elements + wish fulfillment + everyday family life) After transmigrating into a book, Wu Xuan, who had spent his previous life as a workhorse, wanted nothing more than a cozy life with a wife and children. But with a reborn villain, a suffocating family of origin, and scheming educated youths around him, Wu Xuan was forced to start outmaneuvering them. 14.8kReads7.6Score753Shelves
42. 92 重 Back to '82 to Hunt, and Enjoy a Carefree Life 重回82打猎，享受悠闲人生 Jin Baicai今白财Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Completed at over one million words, not adapted, available for adaptation] [Set in the 1980s + One heroine + Slow-paced + Everyday life + No System + Hunting + Farming + Cozy] Lu Jun unexpectedly comes back reborn in 1982, an era when guns are not banned, hunting is allowed, and wild animals are not yet protected. Drawing on the hunting experience he accumulated in his previous life, Lu Jun hunts huge wild boars and black bears in the mountains, making a very prosperous life for himself. Every 7.2kReads8.2Score395Shelves
43. 93 重 Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life. 44.2kReads9.3Score3.9kShelves
44. 94 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: The Vast Mountain Range Is My Golden Pasture 赶山，十万大山是我的黄金牧场 Cangyun Army苍云军Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Mountain foraging - mushrooms - pets - tycoon] Adapted from the book Modern Mountain Foraging! Mu Qingshan is a veterinarian. After witnessing a Rottweiler maul a little girl, he intervenes and beats the dog to death. As a result, he is attacked online by extreme dog lovers, some of whom even show up at the veterinary clinic where he works to cause trouble. Forced to quit, Mu Qingshan returns to his hometown in the mountains. On a trip into the mountains to gather mushrooms, he unexpectedly acq 3.4kReads8.7Score288Shelves
45. 95 赶 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海：开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Mountain Peak山峰Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 130.1kReads9.4Score12.3kShelves

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    It's so good, I've read it so many times, the first one is perfect.

46. 96 邱 Secretary Qiu's Marriage 邱秘书的婚事 Water Leaves No Trace水不留痕Modern Romance240k WordsCompleted The short drama of the same name is available on Hongguo and Fanqie. The animated drama Help, My Boss Says One Thing and Means Another is available on Hongguo. Qiu Yu is the secretary to Ji Xiangdong, the owner of a real estate company. She’s a chubby little foodie who’s both hardworking and has a hearty appetite. Her parents have always hoped their daughter would marry a son-in-law who enjoys good food and won’t judge her. Though the road to love has been full of twists and turns, she eventuall 52kReads9.5Score5.7kShelves
47. 97 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves

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    It's really beautiful!

48. 98 辞 I Quit My Job and Returned to My Hometown to Build the Most Beautiful Home 辞职回老家，建设我的最美家乡 Fruit Peel果子皮Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Daily Life] [Unity] [Development] [Farming and Helping the Whole Village Get Rich] [No Scheming or Cheap Tricks] [Heartwarming] On his very first trip into the mountains, he discovers five wild ginseng roots that are a hundred years old! By chance, he also finds wild Longevity Grass, a "man's gas station," which sells for ten thousand per root! Then he stumbles across wild black goji berries, worth five thousand per pound! A pet that understands human speech, and a protagonist who can talk to a 7.8kReads8.9Score724Shelves

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: Chen Ming, a graduate of agricultural university, returned to his hometown instead of seeking employment. He stayed in his ancestral home in a quiet mountain valley, contentedly cultivating the land. 🌿🌿Growing vegetables, raising flowers, and accompanied by a dog, he enjoyed a peaceful and happy rural life. He reclaimed wasteland for new crops, producing a unique grain that was rare in the world. 🌈🌈

49. 99 我 I Turned My Hometown into a Paradise 我把家乡打造成人间仙境 Carp Teasing Cat鲤戏猫Urban5.1M WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name, "I Turned My Hometown into a Paradise on Earth," is now available. Leave behind the hustle and bustle of the city and return to a quiet, beautiful mountain village to live the leisurely life of a small-time farmer. Build mountain roads, grow good vegetables, build a new village, and watch city workers head home. The mountains are full of rustic charm, and there are plenty of adorable animals, too. Cultivate immortality, tend the fields, make some money, and 14.7kReads8.8Score1.3kShelves

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    [Admiration][Heart][Admiration] Those suffering from a reading slump are in luck! These masterpieces have absolutely stunning premises! The imagination is simply off the charts. The authors have constructed a grand and meticulously detailed world, brimming with intricate details—book lovers absolutely cannot miss them!

50. 100 重 Reborn in 1975: From the Start, I Tore Up the Order to Return to the City 重生1975：开局撕毁回城调令 Great Cangyue大沧月Urban4.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Yang, an unrivaled patriot who devoted his whole life to his country, was reborn and returned to the remote mountain village where he had been sent down to work in 1975! Looking at the transfer order in his hand, this time he didn't hesitate. He tore it to shreds! In his previous life, he'd been blinded by greed and abandoned his wife and daughter to return to the city, watching helplessly as Li Youwei and her daughter met tragic deaths. Reborn, all Zhou Yang wanted was a warm home with his 160.6kReads9.5Score17.8kShelves

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