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

1. 101 回 After Returning Home to Farm, I Bound Myself to the Rich Beauty System 回家种田后，我绑定了白富美系统 Soft, Sweet, and Adorable软萌淑甜Modern Romance579k WordsCompleted [The heroine only wants to farm, no romance, a cozy everyday story] Lin Anshu is an ordinary, lowly office drone. Her company is rife with cutthroat competition, and her boss loves docking pay and dangling empty promises. She spent a whole year working in fear and trembling, only to find she owed the company 1,800 yuan when she checked her year-end bonus. She’d be better off going home to farm. Whoever wants this lousy job can have it. In a fit of anger, Lin Anshu fired her boss on the spot, pac 4.2kReads9.1Score382Shelves

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2. 102 我 I Was Forced Onto a Rural Reality Show. What's Wrong with Keeping It Chill? 我，被逼上田综，佛点怎么了？ Xiaoxiao Listens to the Rain潇潇听雨Modern Romance228k WordsCompleted [No CP + Reborn + Livestreaming + Farming] Agricultural expert Su Yue has a peculiar quirk! She loves everything about the countryside. Leafy greens are adorable, chicks are adorable, piglets are adorable. Everything is adorable! After earning her doctorate, she smoothly joined the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. By 25, she had become a leading expert there, dreaming of retiring early and returning to her village to enjoy her old age. Unexpectedly, she was murdered and woke up back in the coun 157Reads6.8Score—Shelves

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   [Top Post][Top Post][Top Post] Back to the countryside to retire! [Kiss] ① Lazy inherited Grandma Wang's small courtyard and a market stall. After graduating from university, she returned to her hometown to start her retirement life. She grows vegetables and fishes. Starting her retirement life at 19, who's envious? [Crying][crying][crying] She has a space and a spiritual spring. ② Cultivating immortality and transmigrating, her family owns a mountain (contracted). After her family went bankrupt, Mu Mu took her grandfather back to the countryside to farm, grow vegetables, and raise birds—how leisurely and carefree! [Thumbs Up][Thumbs Up][Thumbs Up] [Please Follow][Please Follow][Please Follow] Follow me to give your bookshelf more choices! [Kiss][Kiss][Kiss]

3. 103 空 With a Pocket Dimension, I Lie Flat and Enjoy a Leisurely Retirement 空间在手，悠闲生活躺平养老 Chestnut Yaya栗子吖吖Modern Romance556k WordsCompleted After losing in love but winning big at the casino, Luo Yunyan wins a 400-million lottery jackpot and accidentally unlocks the space inside her Phoenix Ring. She leaves her grueling 996 work life behind, returns home, and takes over a barren mountain and a thousand mu of fertile land, ready to live out her days as a happy slacker. But the handsome escort she met at a bar for one night turns out to be the heir to Kyoto’s Su family! And who can explain why the clingy man stuck to her like glue is 1kReads7.8Score120Shelves
4. 104 拒 No More Burnout, Back to the Village to Retire 拒绝内耗，回村养老 Seven and the Moon七与月Modern Romance110k WordsCompleted After more than twenty years of mental turmoil, Ye Wangyou's life has been nothing like her name, which means “forget your worries.” The place she wanted to escape from as a child has now become a memory she can't forget. Quit my job, pack my things. Whether I have money or not, I'm going home for the New Year. No, I'm going home to retire! Jiang Sui is just like his name: easygoing. At noon, a gentle breeze brought a hint of coolness to the scorching summer air. Lying beneath the shade of a tre 37Reads—Score—Shelves

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   🔥①The female protagonist, Ye Wangyou, is tired of the mental exhaustion of city life. She quits her job and takes her pet dog back to her hometown in the mountains to retire. She goes into the mountains to pick wild fruits and vegetables and starts a simple new life.

5. 105 回 I Returned to My Hometown and Found My Happy Retirement 回到老家，我实现了退休养老 Mouse Who Loves Money爱钱的鼠Modern Romance82k WordsCompleted After Chen Wanying's colleagues stole the fruits of her labor, she decides to return to her hometown, where her parents are waiting for her. Back home, Chen Wanying discovers a different kind of life. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 106 全 Everyone in the Book Is Crazy, but the Transmigrated Villainess Only Cares About Survival and Wealth 全书疯批，穿书女配只苛命苛富贵 Eighty Degrees八十度Modern Romance308k WordsCompleted Jiang Mingshu transmigrated into a book, a deranged story filled with lunatic men and crazy women, physical and emotional abuse, and husbands desperately trying to win their wives back. There was also the transformation of a treasured first love into a mere fling, along with a world of decadence and promiscuity! She was a cannon-fodder character who didn't make it past chapter three! Web novels that are fun to read become a nightmare when you transmigrate into them. Cannon fodder characters tend 38Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonist owns a mountain forest; she practices traditional Chinese medicine and grows medicinal herbs there. In her old house, Emperor Kangxi's medical records are also discovered.

7. 107 庄 Pride and Prejudice: A Guide to Running the Estate 【傲慢与偏见】庄园经营指南 Heavenly Palace True Delight天宫真嬉Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted The overworked corporate grinder opens her eyes after dying from working overtime and finds herself in late eighteenth-century England, a strange new world. She has become Flora Fields, a pitiful orphan whose parents are both dead. Her beloved father was cruelly taken by illness, and her inheritance went to her brother, who never got along with her. Poor Flora falls from being a gentleman’s daughter to having nowhere to live. Fortunately, Mr. Fields made careful arrangements for his daughter wel 1.1kReads5.2Score116Shelves

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   A young woman travels back in time to the 18th-century English countryside to inherit an old manor and integrates modern thinking into its management. A Darcy Manor-like English estate, with its idyllic daily life of planting roses and raising sheep, fulfilling all your fantasies of a classic manor.

8. 108 豪 The Fake Heiress's Daughter Awakens! So What If She Gives Up? 豪门假千金女儿觉醒！摆烂又怎样 Sichuan Pepper Braised Winter Melon藤椒焖冬Modern Romance312k WordsOngoing [Farming + Livestreaming + Spiritual Qi Revival + Feel-Good] Li Yuexi transmigrates into a novel as a disposable daughter. Her biological mother is a vicious fake heiress, and her biological father is a scumbag with the confidence of a chosen one! Just after awakening the memories of an ancient moon goddess, she turns around and calls the police to have her father arrested, then marries the richest man's son on a whim to settle a debt. Who knew that on the very day they got their marriage certif 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female protagonist retires to her 6,000-acre mansion in the countryside, where she livestreams farming and selling goods. She's very capable.

9. 109 团 The Beloved Junior Sister Returns to Save Her Entire Sect of Grudge-Bearing Villains 团宠师妹归来，拯救满门怨种反派 Dust-Forgotten Wine忘尘酒Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Signed for publication, under the title “Clear Day, Boundless Light.” Strong female lead + light ensemble cast + everyone’s darling + putting scumbags in their place] On the brink of death, Ji Qingzhou regains the memories of her past life and learns that she has transmigrated into a tragic cultivation novel, where she is the male lead’s doomed first love. Ji Qingzhou: I have no interest in becoming part of some jerk’s tragic romance. The plot is about to kill her, and she is about to breathe h 53.9kReads9.5Score8.3kShelves

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10. 110 师 Senior Sister, Drop the Act. You're the Tight-Lipped One in the Whole Sect 师姐别装了，整个宗门数你嘴严 Garlic Bamboo Shoots蒜香竹笋Ancient Romance717k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + ensemble cast + stronger woman/ weaker man + 1v1 + sweet romance] [Max-level reborn Nether Ancestor Soul Master × arrogant, cheeky young master of the Fox Clan] Everyone knows that the eldest direct disciple accepted by the master of Dragon Transformation Peak in the Lingxiao Sect is a peerless genius of this age, with terrifying talent. She is also respectful toward her master and devoted to her fellow disciples. Every disciple in the Lingxiao Sect admires her wholeheartedly and 34.2kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
11. 111 全 Everyone in the Sect Is Love-Brained, Except Me, a True Lunatic 全宗门都是恋爱脑，唯我是真疯批 Paper Tiger纸老虎Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The complete print edition of A Double Crossing is now available on all platforms. Relationship blogger Lin Du died of a broken heart after being driven crazy by hopeless romantics. After death, she transmigrated into a tragic romance cultivation novel, becoming the beautiful, powerful, yet doomed junior uncle who paved the way for the protagonists' great love with her own ashes. After reading the script, she slowly typed a question mark. “Have they dug up every wild vegetable on this sect's mou 235.3kReads9.7Score27.5kShelves
12. 112 修 After Returning from Cultivation: I Made a Fortune Growing Spirit Plants 修仙回来后：我靠种灵植发家致富 Fate Knocks宿命敲Modern Romance564k WordsCompleted In the early stages, he takes over a mountain, farms, and builds infrastructure. In the middle and later stages, spiritual energy returns and he cultivates immortality. Mount Fuyun becomes a supplier of spiritual energy! [No Romance + Farming + Modern Cultivation + Ensemble Cast + Satisfying Power Fantasy] After a thousand years of immortal cultivation, Xu Xinghuan returns with a spirit spring, only to discover that her younger sister has been struggling in the entertainment industry while carin 5.8kReads8.7Score594Shelves
13. 113 5 The 1950s: Starting Out as a Wanderer, I Make My Home in the Deep Mountains 50年代：隐居深山从流浪开始 Born of the Dao's Rhyme道韵生Urban7.8M WordsOngoing Tags: (farming + reclusive life + family saga + harem + science fiction + interstellar + universe) (Entirely hand-written, no AI) (Author’s note at chapter 3480: I’ve been writing this book for over three years. Its rating went from 9.4 to 8.9, and its readership has fallen from several hundred thousand to forty or fifty thousand. It was once a huge hit, and then it faded into obscurity. Many readers have probably come across it more than once, but very few have made it to the later chapters. (S 34kReads8.9Score2.4kShelves

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    After his grandfather passed away, Chen Mo returned to his village from the city hospital and became the village's barefoot doctor. Who says barefoot doctors have no future? Nestled amidst beautiful mountains and rivers, without the hassle of a 857 bus or a mortgage, he transformed his hometown into a paradise. Northeast folk customs, everyday stories, local traditions—everything you want to see is here.

14. 114 开 From the Start, I Become an Old Geezer and Make a Young Spirit Girl Lose It 开局成为老登让精神小妹崩 180 km/h Tricycle180码的三蹦子Urban409k WordsCompleted He gets a Show-Off System that rewards him whenever he shows off in front of a woman. Showing off to an old, wrinkled spinster: five-star hotels, Ferraris, a huge villa, a fortune worth hundreds of millions, and the domineering CEO lifestyle... Showing off to a young party girl: Boss, put a duck leg, grilled sausage, braised egg, and dried tofu in my chicken-leg rice... On one side is a wrinkled old spinster demanding a car and a house; on the other is a girl so young and fresh that a 20-yuan re 2.4kReads7.3Score242Shelves
15. 115 乡 Retiring in the Countryside: This Old Man Can't Keep a Low Profile 乡村养老：老夫没法低调 Fireworks No. 22号焰火Urban142k WordsCompleted A mysterious big shot is recreating reality based on this book! [ Farming + retiring to the countryside + making the whole village prosperous + leisurely life + golden finger + no romance + no harem + light ensemble cast + handmade goods] Lin Dashan, who had reached the Golden Core stage, is sent flying back to Earth by a powerful enemy. He lands outside a hospital, where a kind doctor saves him, mistakes his Golden Core for a kidney stone, and breaks it apart, sending him back to the Foundation 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    My Dao heart has shattered; I've tried it, but readers still prefer the fighting, the thrill and excitement. [Crying emoji]

16. 116 程 Programmer Returns to the Village to Farm: A Spiritual Spring Space from the Start 程序员回村种田，开局灵泉空间 Jiangdong Ox and Horse江东牛马Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Male protagonist] [No CP] [Hardcore farming] [Upgradeable pocket dimension] [Business management] [Rural community] [Development] [No cultivation, no fame] Chen Qiang, an overworked programmer on the verge of a breakdown, argued with his boss and jumped into a river to save someone. By chance, he awakened a pocket dimension with a small spiritual spring! Diluted spring water grows ridiculously valuable fruits and vegetables, while spiritual enlightenment turns adorable pets into a divine beast 57Reads9.2Score—Shelves

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    The story is devoid of intense conflicts and melodramatic plots, focusing instead on the idyllic life of "three mountains, a river, and a few acres of land": the protagonist tends to his own fields, ventures into the mountains to hunt for wild game and pick mushrooms, enjoys the sweet mountain springs and fertile soil, and vividly and beautifully depicts the simple farming and rural life.

17. 117 云 Cloudside Town: The Happy Little Life of a Small-Time Landlord 云边小镇：小地主的幸福小生活 Madman-Eating Flower发癫食人花Urban112k WordsOngoing Fed up with the rat race in the big city and the grueling daily grind on construction sites, Li Chengyuan decides to return to the countryside, lie flat, and enjoy life. Living off the mountains, he can find an endless supply of mountain delicacies in the hills around Cloudside Town all year round: termite mushrooms, August gourds, Chinese toon, prickly ash shoots, fiddleheads, fleeceflower root... As long as you have a keen eye, having a mountain at your back is all you need to make a comfortab 2Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 118 医 Doctor, You Can Save Lives and Kill Japanese Invaders Too 医生，不仅看病救命还可以杀鬼子 Foodie Lao San吃货老三Male-Channel Fanfiction501k WordsOngoing Huang Shangshu, a native of Jizhou in the land of Yan and Zhao, saw his family fall on hard times after his father lost their fortune. When disaster struck his hometown, he had no choice but to drift to the capital. By a stroke of luck, he acquired a house in the Siheyuan. Let's see how Huang Shangshu watches the courtyard's fortunes ebb and flow. 239Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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19. 119 京 Beijing: Hello, I've Been Here! 京城：你好，我来过！ Foodie Lao San吃货老三Urban230k WordsOngoing I gained something in Beijing, and lost it there too! The high walls and red tiles could not offer me a place to rest, and the glittering nightlife left no moment of peaceful sleep. Some things feel so familiar, yet there's nothing we can do. We can see the beginning of a story and guess how it will end, yet still we have to live through it. Two people who promised to grow old together are kept apart for some inexplicable reason. After all the twists and turns, they will always realize that you 72Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 120 四 Seventy Years of Laying Low in the Siheyuan 四合院苟生七十年 Foodie Lao San吃货老三Male-Channel Fanfiction1.2M WordsCompleted Gao Xiaowai's way of life is to keep his head down. He does it until it becomes a habit, until it becomes second nature. Just when Gao Xiaowai sees no hope of keeping his head down forever, fate plays a joke on him. Maybe he dreamed too sweetly, because when he wakes up, he's been thrown seventy years into the past. Gao Xiaowai's heart sinks. How is he supposed to survive now! 8.7kReads8.6Score282Shelves
21. 121 回 After Coming Back to Life, the Fruits and Vegetables I Grow Are Flying Off the Shelves 回魂后，我种的果蔬卖爆了 Xi Er熙尔Modern Romance1.1M WordsOngoing [Farming] [Modern Setting] [Cozy Daily Life] [Spirit Spring] [No Toxic Relatives] [Romance] [Getting Rich] Ning Zhao unexpectedly transmigrated to the cultivation world and devoted herself to intense training. Then, because "Ning Zhao" accidentally fell down a flight of stairs, she transmigrated back to the modern world. Back with her wood-element origin and spirit spring, Ning Zhao vows to build a successful life of her own and promptly returns to the countryside to farm. Her hometown has mount 4.5kReads6.5Score342Shelves
22. 122 女 The Villainess Is Obsessed with Farming, and the Unhinged Antagonist Loses Control 女配沉迷种田，疯批反派失控了 Wen Qiqi温柒柒Modern Romance536k WordsCompleted [Just started getting ratings, they'll go up later] Wen Chuqi transmigrates to the cultivation world and spends hundreds of years there. After failing her tribulation, she returns to the modern era. Only then does she learn she's living inside an angsty novel, where she's the vicious supporting female character who gets her heart and liver cut out before being tossed into international waters as shark bait! Wen Chuqi: “...” Even a dog wouldn't be this vicious supporting female character! Her par 6.3kReads8.4Score652Shelves
23. 123 被 After Dying from Exploitation, I Strike It Rich Farming with My Three Kids 被潜规则死后，我带仨娃种田暴富 A Bubble of Foam一个泡泡沫Modern Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Farming] [Raising Kids] [Livestream] [Selling Vegetables] [Gourmet] [Cozy] [Family Life] [Daily Life] [Male Lead Appears Later, Romance Is Minimal] The author's terrible at coming up with titles, but the completion rate is high. It's a safe bet!!! Su Yimo, a top spirit-plant cultivator in the apocalypse, transmigrates and becomes a mother painlessly, with the bonus of triplets: a boy and two girls. She can't spend another day working like a corporate drudge. She goes straight to her boss and de 11.2kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves
24. 124 全 Wanted by the Entire Internet! The Little Farmer's Fruits and Vegetables Are Sold Out Again 全网求购！小农女的瓜果又断货了 Fried Chicken Presses Down the Galaxy炸鸡压星河Modern Romance507k WordsCompleted [A Touch of a Golden Finger + Cozy Food + Everyday Healing + Getting Rich in the Countryside + Romance] The rating has only just come in. It’ll go up later~ As the first college graduate in the Jiang family, Jiang Xinlu’s decision to return to her hometown and farm drew nothing but skepticism. “We’ve farmed our whole lives and never made anything of it. How could a skinny little girl like you possibly manage?” Jiang Xinlu: “Of course I can!” And so, in just a few short years, she went from h 1.2kReads7.2Score133Shelves
25. 125 药 The Medicine King Valley’s Junior Sister Travels to the Modern Era to Farm 药王谷小师妹穿到现代忙种田 Little Dab of Mud泥巴点儿Modern Romance643k WordsCompleted Transmigration from ancient times to the modern day, with romance and a touch of imagination As the junior sister of the Valley of the Medicine King, Tang Qiu never learned to treat patients, but she did learn how to make medicinal dishes and use tea as therapy. Just when she thought she would spend her whole life as a cook in the valley, she unexpectedly transmigrated to the modern world. With no memories of the person whose body she now inhabits and nowhere to go, what can she do? Faced with c 2kReads8.9Score214Shelves
26. 126 穿 After Transmigrating into a Book and Returning to the Village to Farm, Powerful Figures Come to Retire with Me 穿书回村种田后各方大佬都来养老 Xiaozhe's Mom小哲妈Modern Romance661k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate Into a Book + Farming + Raising a Child + System + Livestreaming + Slice of Life + Mutual Firsts] [The male lead seems abstinent and taciturn on the outside, but has a lot going on in his head. He has fewer scenes early on, but gets more once he finds his wife.] Tang Xuemei had an indescribable dream. When she woke up, she discovered she had transmigrated into a book and become the male lead’s ex-wife. Remembering the original character’s tragic fate and the familiar figure in her 5kReads8.9Score657Shelves
27. 127 直 After I Started Livestreaming My Farming, the Whole Internet Begged Me to Share the Link 直播种地后，全网跪求我上链接 Liao Liao Yu Zhi了了予之Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + Business + Farming + Romance + Pastoral Life + Super Satisfying + Golden Finger + Daily Life + Slow Burn] Tang Jinhe starved to death after going on an extreme diet, then accidentally transmigrated to the world of immortal cultivation. After a thousand years of struggle, she obtained the Immortal Abode's Jade Dew, only to be murdered. Having escaped death by a hair and returned to the modern world, she resolutely went back to the countryside to farm. Armed with Jade Dew that can 7.1kReads8.0Score843Shelves
28. 128 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 849Reads8.7Score100Shelves
29. 129 废 The Discarded Heiress Just Wants to Grow Crops and Flowers in a Mountain Village 废弃千金只想在山村种田养花 Young Master Shuo公子硕Modern Romance356k WordsCompleted [Completed] [Rural farming + building wealth + slow and steady + family life + idyllic living + golden finger + fictional setting] Lin Maimai died in the apocalypse. When she opened her eyes, she discovered she'd been transported into the body of a village girl. Then she realized her water-based ability had come with her! She had planned to use her spiritual spring to farm and raise chickens when busy, tend flowers and walk the dog in her free time, and help the simple village folk achieve a mor 325Reads8.7Score—Shelves
30. 130 我 I Have a Penglai Immortal Island 我有一座蓬莱仙岛 Peach Creek Wilds桃溪野Modern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Also known as: After Finding a Divine Artifact, She Became Famous Through Her Fishing Livestreams A theme park called Nevernight suddenly becomes famous across China. It features the “Penglai Realm,” protected by a seventh-tier grand formation; the “Sea Monster Castle,” where mermaids are rumored to live, with glass tunnels leading straight down into the deep sea; the mysterious and eerie “Yellow Springs Road”; the opulent “Divine Capital”... Everyone who visits even once starts questioning real 7.9kReads9.2Score890Shelves

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    The first book is highly recommended, but it includes a plot about representing the country in the Olympics later on. The second book is about going to the city to farm, the opposite of what you'd expect. The third book involves returning home and raising many pets, each with its own spiritual energy. The fourth book is the same as the synopsis; read it yourself.

31. 131 灵 Spirit Spring Space 灵泉空间 Xiao Xiao Loves Lychees小小爱吃荔枝Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + lie flat + food + adorable pets + cozy, no awful characters] A leisurely life, a slow-paced retirement story, with no anger or awful characters throughout. The protagonist, Zhao Mingyu, likes drinking tea, catching eels, digging up bamboo shoots, picking mushrooms, fishing for big carp, growing watermelons, roasting tea leaves, and enjoying all sorts of delicious food. His five-year-old younger sister, Zhao Wanyu, the village dog Heilong, and the adorable cat Baozi. Watch flowers b 2.4kReads7.0Score129Shelves

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    🔥🔥Farming + Relaxing + Delicious Food + Adorable Pets + Heartwarming Moments🔥🔥Book Summary: Zhao Mingyu, a carefree countryman, enjoys tea tasting, eel catching, bamboo shoot digging, mushroom picking, fishing, melon planting, tea frying, and savoring all the world's delicacies. 🐶🐶 His younger sister, Zhao Wanyu, is only five years old, innocent and carefree; his country dog, Heilong, is loyal and protective; and his cat, Baozi, is adorably clumsy. 🌿🌿Living in the countryside, watching flowers bloom and fade, clouds drift and gather, he is leisurely and content, finding great joy in life. As the saying goes, "Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence, I leisurely gaze at the southern mountains."🔥🔥

32. 132 林 Lin Fusheng: A Student’s Everyday Life in the ’70s 林福生，70年代读书日常 Corn Breakdance玉米扒舞Urban525k WordsCompleted A period novel about building wealth and strengthening the nation. In his previous life, the male lead was a master surgeon who also knew a thing or two about traditional Chinese medicine. He worked himself to death, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in the middle of a mud fight. Getting pelted with mud brought back the memories of his past life. 842Reads7.3Score101Shelves

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: Xu Fan wakes up to find himself a wealthy farmer, owning a vast estate and surrounded by mountains, rivers, and seas. 🌿In the fields, he toils tirelessly, reaping the rewards of his labor; his small plot of land holds boundless vitality. 🌿Deep in the mountains, he lives alongside wild animals, outsmarting and hunting rare delicacies, enjoying nature's bounty to the fullest. 🌈🌈

33. 133 重 Returning to the Mountain Village to Farm 重返山村去种田 Seventh Uncle of the Guo Family郭家七叔Urban5.1M WordsCompleted [Urban] [Farming] [Space] [Stay-at-home Dad] [Mountain Village] [Livestream] In the city, skyscrapers tower above streets lit up with neon; After years of grueling work and hardship, ordinary workers still struggle to make a life in this bustling metropolis. Xiaobao faces obstacle after obstacle at work, and when his beautiful wife vanishes without explanation, she leaves behind their one-year-old daughter, crying for food. Father and daughter are left facing one another in the city, with n 6.1kReads8.5Score644Shelves
34. 134 返 Back Home to Be a Dad: My Farm Has a Spirit Spring 返乡当爹：我的田园有灵泉 Su Muyu稣木鱼Urban5.1M WordsCompleted (A picturesque farming story + one heroine + laid-back country life + adorable kids and pets) He was a formidable Chinese soldier, feared by all. She was an international superstar, a top-tier goddess! The two unexpectedly had a child together. “My son is Chinese!” Qin Yungen took his son back to Qin Family Village. From then on, he and his son began a life of picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence and going live online. Using his mysterious pocket dimension, he simply grew some vegetables 134.5kReads9.2Score8.9kShelves
35. 135 重 Reborn Sign-In: The Busy Farmer Dad 重生签到：乡村奶爸种田忙 Gentle as Morning Clouds婉似朝芸Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [The short drama adaptation of the same name is now streaming. Please show Yawan some support, and see whether the drama's portrayal matches your idea of Yawan.] [Search for Reborn Sign-In: The Country Dad's Busy Farming Life on the Tomato or Red Fruit short-drama apps to watch.] [Heartwarming everyday life, one heroine, adorable kids, male lead turns over a new leaf] After dying of illness, he opened his eyes again to find a little toddler weeping and saying, “Daddy, don't hit me. My butt still 4.5kReads9.3Score296Shelves
36. 136 桃 Peach Blossom Valley Period-Style Livestream: A Giant Panda Started Following Me from the Start 桃源古风直播，开局被大熊猫跟踪 Ah Xue是阿薛啊Modern Romance673k WordsCompleted [Laid-back country life + frail, stunning male lead + sweet romance] Tang Su had been able to hear animals' thoughts since she was little. After transmigrating to a parallel world, she quit her job and returned to her hometown, where she started livestreaming traditional Chinese clothing. "Hello, wildlife sanctuary? A national treasure is following me. Come take it away!" The national treasure tilted its head adorably, then innocently licked an icicle. Its tongue stuck fast. "! So you're just go 1.9kReads9.0Score271Shelves

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37. 137 修 Cultivating Immortality by Raising a Horde of Monsters: What Are You All Panicking About? 修仙，我就养群妖怪，你们慌什么 Last Night's Tea昨夜的茶Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Transmigration! Reborn! Lighthearted + lively + satisfying + funny + leveling up and fighting monsters!] Lin Chuyi failed her tribulation and was reborn in a tiny mountain village where they ate just two meals a day. With her soul damaged, she spent years in a daze. Then she suddenly rose to prominence, leaving everyone dumbfounded! She raises spirit beasts, takes in monsters, and leads her family in leveling up as they fight monsters! When her adoptive father returned from the army, he stared 54.3kReads9.5Score7.8kShelves
38. 138 辞 I Quit My Job and Opened a Farm for Immortals 辞职后，我开了家神仙农庄 Plucking the Moon摘月亮Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [System + farming + one-on-one romance, both devoted] After refusing workplace sexual harassment and slapping the offender on the spot, Lin Yunxiu came across the song “Resignation March” while scrolling Douyin. She unexpectedly acquired a farming lottery System and resolutely quit her job to return to her hometown. Now that she had a System, why keep being a corporate drone? Of course she was going to farm, drink tea, tend flowers, and live a peaceful life in the countryside! To complete the Sy 6kReads9.2Score530Shelves
39. 139 乡 A Fortune in Rural Seclusion 乡村隐居有财运 Captivating引人入胜的Urban1.2M WordsCompleted Ye Meng arrived in Kaoshui Village, rented a few little houses, and planned to lie flat in seclusion. Who knew a mysterious energy would appear inside him? In this little village, his fortune began to soar! 47Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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40. 140 修 The Little Immortal Cultivator Village Chief 修仙小村长 Hengling Xiaodong横岭小东Urban3.5M WordsCompleted Dumped, got drunk, and somehow ended up as the village chief. The village is beset by trouble from within and without, and life is hard. What to do? I can cultivate immortality. Just watch me build a peaceful haven. 446Reads7.5Score—Shelves
41. 141 假 The Fake Young Master Was Sent Back to the Countryside, Where He Turned His Life Around with His Wife and Children 假少爷被赶回农村带妻儿逆袭人生 Beautiful Spring Day春光明媚Urban1.8M WordsCompleted When Xie Zhao opened his eyes, he was back in 1983. That year, the richest family in Huxian County, the Chen family, found their real son and sent the impostor, Xie Zhao, back to Shishui Village. He couldn’t believe that the parents who had once treasured him like their own flesh and blood no longer wanted him. Had all the love they’d shown him over eighteen years been a lie? He went to ask them, but they wept and cursed him as a curse upon the family. They said he had made their biological son 20.9kReads9.0Score2kShelves
42. 142 零 Post-00s Dad Livestreams Parenting: Dad, Why Are You Crying Louder Than the Baby? 零零后直播带娃：爹咋哭的比娃响 Attending the Banquet Without Paying a Gift吃席不交份子钱Urban1.4M WordsCompleted As people pay more and more attention to their children's education, a live reality show called Fatherly Love Is a Mountain gets underway. The production team randomly selects one dad born in the 1980s, one born in the 1990s, and one born in the 2000s. The dad born in the 1980s is an all-rounder when it comes to childcare, looking after his daughter with meticulous care and tenderness. Viewers: “A father's love is like a mountain! This dad really shields his daughter from every storm!” The dad b 17.2kReads9.5Score1.7kShelves

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    🌨🌨🌨A blessing for those suffering from a reading slump! These masterpieces boast incredibly stunning premises! The imagination is simply off the charts. The authors have constructed a grand yet meticulously detailed world, brimming with intricate details—book lovers absolutely cannot miss them!

43. 143 跑 Mountain Running: Contracting Fierce Beasts and Taking Over the Entire Mountain 跑山：契约猛兽，承包整座大山 Eat, Eat, Fool吃吃痴Urban2.7M WordsCompleted (Now complete and ready to binge) [Everyday life in the 1980s + hunting + lighthearted + pets] A lonely old forest ranger is reborn in 1984. From the start, he stirs up a hornet’s nest and unexpectedly activates the Beast Servant System. He contracts hornets as beast servants. No beehive on the mountain can escape their tracking! As their master, Shi Lin reluctantly follows behind them to collect the honey. He contracts a sable as a beast servant. Wild rabbits, pheasants, cuckoo birds... There’s 81.1kReads9.0Score5.3kShelves
44. 144 赶 Mountain Foraging: From the Start, I Broke Up a Fight Between a Golden Tabby and a Panda 赶山：开局劝架金渐层和熊猫 Meat Lover, Can't Live Without Meat爱吃肉无肉不欢Urban566k WordsCompleted [Forest ranger] [Mountain foraging] [Livestream] [System] [One female lead] [Alternate world] After Lu Feng died in the line of duty, he was reborn before enlisting in the army. This time, he chose to take over his father's job as a forest ranger. In his previous life, not long after Lu Feng enlisted and was selected for special training, terrible news came from home. His father had been brutally murdered by poachers while patrolling the forest! In this life, Lu Feng will take over his father's 5.3kReads9.1Score446Shelves
45. 145 重 Reborn, I Run a Taoist Temple 重生后我经营一座道观 Kindergarten Grandpa幼儿园大爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted From the start, Wang Dashan killed a bandit, saved his grandfather, and then set out on a path from hunting to becoming a tycoon who would help restore his country. In 2023, 58-year-old Wang Dashan, alone in the world, was reborn in the Taoist temple where he had lived at age fifteen. To save his grandfather, who had been killed by bandits while protecting the villagers, and make up for the regret of having wanted to care for his parents only after it was too late, he picked up a knife and kille 19.1kReads9.0Score2kShelves
46. 146 乡 Rural Livestream: 100,000 Acres from the Start 乡村直播：开局10万亩地 Night of the Fish鱼之夜Urban3.1M WordsCompleted Bound to the Manor Owner System, he receives 100,000 mu of land from the start! He decisively chooses to become a great manor owner, farming, raising livestock, fishing, making use of the lush mountains and clear waters, and earning a fortune. Faced with all the wondrous items in the System Shop, An Ge also starts livestreaming. Who would have thought he’d gain tens of millions of fans? Fine food, fine wine, beautiful women, stunning scenery, luxury cars, villas, airplanes, skiing, mountain clim 14.6kReads8.9Score954Shelves
47. 147 兄 Bro, Are You Some Kind of Human Incubus? Fluffy Creatures Are Chasing You Everywhere 兄弟你人类魅魔啊？毛茸茸追着跑 Yue Jian Ying月见莺Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [This book has been signed for print publication] [Light livestreaming + Animals + No romance] Lu Xiao, a professor of botany and zoology, quits his job and heads alone to the Kunlun Mountains to gather research material, becoming a solitary yet vibrant mountain guardian. During his first winter in the mountains, he says he wants a cat. The very next moment, his dog brings him a snow leopard cub abandoned by its mother. Dog, this isn’t what I meant by a cat. This is a little too hardcore. He thi 100.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
48. 148 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零：带着妹妹下东北当知青 Yuxi Is Not a Creek玉溪不是溪Urban8.0M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham 26.1kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves
49. 149 挖 I Dug a Fishing Pond, and Anglers Across the Country Hailed It as a Sacred Site 挖了个鱼塘，全国钓鱼佬奉为圣地 Lone King's Play孤王戏Urban2.5M WordsCompleted Farming + everyday life + family and village affairs + comedy + development + fishing + no female lead (focused on work). A leisurely pace, starts slow and builds momentum, so dive in without worry. After three years drifting in Beijing, Li Fan unexpectedly obtained a fishing-ground System after a night of drinking at a club. He returned to his hometown, Ligang Village, dug fish ponds, and opened a fishing park. Starting with one small fish pond, Li Fan gradually built his business up step by st 36.1kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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    A hilarious farming adventure + infrastructure-building frenzy + fishing maniac's ecstasy! After three years of being scammed by a club while working in Beijing, Li Fan, bound to a fishing system, returns to his hometown and unearths a magical fishpond with a single shovel! 💥 [Fishing Map] ✓ A 100-pound grass carp floating on the water ✓ Arapaima dancing at night ✓ Alligator gars wreaking havoc. The entire village's old men grab their fishing rods: "This incredible wealth is finally ours!" PS: No female lead/Focus on making money/Raking in 100-pound behemoths. Friendly reminder: Fishzilla has evolved in the waters of Ligang Village; those who don't win big should proceed with caution! 🎣

50. 150 穿 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains: Farming, Foraging for Mushrooms, and Selling Herbal Jelly 穿越深山老林，种田捡菌卖冰粉 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Liu Li Xia transmigrated to a remote mountain valley, where the family had barely a roof over their heads and went hungry every day. To make matters worse, the heavens refused to give her any golden finger at all. Raised under the red flag, she had never imagined hunger could feel so awful. She wanted food. A big bowl of rice. And plenty of meat, too. How could someone who knew nothing about farm work or crops achieve this “great ambition” in another world? 6.1kReads8.9Score522Shelves

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    In the first book, the male protagonist transmigrates to an ancient rural area and farms. It's a year of famine. In the second book, the female protagonist doesn't have any special abilities; she's married off to a remote mountain village and raises her family to be well-fed and clothed. She then provides for them in their old age.

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