Ancient-Era Famine Escape Story Told From the Male Lead's Perspective!!! 男主视角古代逃荒文！！！

1. 201 荒 Hunter in a Year of Famine: I Stockpile Grain and Become King by Killing a Tyrant 荒年猎户：从杀恶霸开始屯粮称王 At First, I Didn't Understand the Meaning of the Book初读不知书中意Historical244k WordsCompleted Hunter + farming + conquest + stockpile grain and bide your time before claiming the throne After transmigrating into a year of famine, Su An had barely opened his eyes when his own father nearly killed him. His dad thought he was possessed by a ghost! “Since I’m here, I’d better survive first!” A bully killed his original body to take the village beauty? He raised a crossbow to the bully’s forehead, and the man didn’t dare make another peep. Freezing in the bitter night? He spent the night repa 727Reads6.2Score—14d adds

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   This is an ancient famine escape story told from the male protagonist's perspective. The protagonist transmigrates into a hunter's family and begins by hunting in the mountains.

2. 202 将 The General's Abandoned Daughter Flees the Famine with Her Adorable Child 将门弃女：拖着萌宝去逃荒 Jin Huohuo锦火火Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted New title: “Plane-Space Adventures: I Crossed Over with a Light Sniper Rifle.” It’s another strong female lead farming story: gentle and heartwarming at first, then wildly satisfying later on. Meng Qingluo, a special forces ace, is blasted into the sky by a villain’s bomb while rescuing hostages. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in ancient times, in the body o 15.8kReads9.4Score2.6k14d adds
3. 203 饥 Famine from the Start: The Ones Who Die Are Always the Ones with Food 饥荒开局：惨死的都是有粮的 Bai Mule白沐勒Historical707k WordsCompleted In times of famine, making it through life is an almost impossible challenge for ordinary people at the bottom of society. The protagonist is reborn, nearly starves to death, and is lucky enough to claim a big starter pack the System had forgotten about. After surviving the famine, he finds himself facing war. With no choice, he raises an army to save those around him. But as the fighting goes on, something suddenly seems off. Why have Di Qing, Yue Fei, Wei Han Shixiao, Wu Song, Lin Chong, Lu Zh 332Reads5.6Score—14d adds

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   The first book is relatively simple, focusing solely on the escape from famine. The second book also begins with the escape from famine and later involves battles with various historical figures.

4. 204 胎 Born into Ancient Times During a Famine, I’m Playing It Safe! 胎穿古代逃荒，很苟！ Su Guo Who Loves Ham Porridge爱吃火腿粥的苏果Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it seems completed novels no longer gain points! [Born into a new life + fleeing famine + wartime chaos + low-profile pocket dimension + farming + small-scale ventures + no handouts + not a power fantasy heroine] No royalty! No high-ranking officials! The heroine isn’t omnipotent. She’s just an ordinary person who transmigrates, with limited life experience, and grows little by little. This is about the hard struggle for survival faced by the poorest farmers. It’s an en 12kReads8.8Score79014d adds
5. 205 搬 Move It! Empty the Corrupt Officials’ Storehouses Before Fleeing the Famine 搬搬搬！逃荒搬空贪官库房 Little Little Little Maruko小小小丸子Ancient Romance624k WordsCompleted [Fleeing Famine + Satisfying Revenge + Taking Down Scumbags + Interdimensional Trading + System + Pocket Dimension + Strong Heroine] Chu Jiaojiao transmigrates to an alternate dynasty and finds herself fleeing famine from the start. To make matters worse, her grandmother favors the boys, her father is blindly filial, her mother is a pushover, her brothers are oblivious, and her fiancé is a hypocrite. What kind of hell mode is this! Luckily, she has a System that can connect her to various small 2.4kReads8.7Score25614d adds

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   I absolutely love reading famine relief stories! But there are so few from the male protagonist's perspective! [Crying][crying][crying] These few are all from the male protagonist's perspective, the first one is especially good, don't be fooled by the low rating, the content is awesome!

6. 206 每 A Daily Fortune, Hunting and Stockpiling More Food Than I Can Eat in a Famine 每日一卦，荒年打猎囤粮吃不完 Century-Old Antique百年老古董Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Family Saga + Farming + No System + Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Disaster + Marriage and Children] A great drought brings famine, and corpses litter the land. Chen Qing transmigrates into the body of a poor young man from Qingniu Mountain. His parents are dead, and his aunt pressures him to marry and split off from the family. After his wedding night, a family tree appears inside Jiang Qing’s body. When his wife first becomes pregnant, the tree grows thirty feet taller and sprouts divinati 3.9kReads7.1Score30114d adds
7. 207 点 Click a Link and Transmigrate to 1960 点个链接，穿越到1960 Good Rain Comes at the Right Time好雨知时Historical386k WordsOngoing An old classmate he hadn’t seen in over a decade sent him a Pinduoduo link and asked him to help get a discount with a single cut. Little did he know that making that cut would send him transmigrating to 1960. He never imagined that in 1960, Pinduoduo would become a lifesaving treasure: not only could he snap up all kinds of supplies for a penny, he could also upload goods to the site and sell them. Even more astonishing, while he was in 1960, his products could be sold to people in 2025... 52Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Life is tough, farming is even tougher, but the author has a really wild imagination, so just read it without thinking and follow along.

8. 208 乱 Chaos and Famine: My Daily Divinations Fill My Storehouse with Food and Meat! 乱世荒年：我每日一卦粮肉满仓！ Rising From the Abyss风起于渊Historical2.0M WordsOngoing Hunter + farming + stockpiling grain before making a move + rebellion and conquest + ten kingdoms, countless beauties [Current fate star: Mountain dweller] [Today's fortune: Blessings and misfortune intertwined] [Great fortune: At the northern foothills of Second Black Mountain, a deer has died of old age in the mountains. Go there to claim its entire hide and carcass.] [Fair: At the foot of Little Black Mountain, a pheasant is caught in the brambles. Hurry over and you might find something extr 291.7kReads8.3Score23.7k14d adds
9. 209 异 A Powerful Outsider on the Road to Escape the Famine 异世大佬，逃荒在路上 Yi Zhi You Lan一致幽兰Ancient Romance612k WordsCompleted Cheng Jin, a cold-blooded assassin who transmigrated from another world, must figure out how to survive with the Cheng family in an ancient rural village. When foreign invaders arrive to kill, burn, rob, and pillage, she leads the whole village on a desperate flight. Along the way, she crosses towering mountains, ventures into dense forests, fights wolf packs, falls in love, and deals with a few despicable characters. This assassin’s quiet little life is the envy of everyone around her... 475Reads7.5Score—14d adds

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10. 210 综 Film and TV Crossover: No More Unfulfilled Longings 综影视之拒绝，意难平 Charcoal-Grilled Rabbit Paws碳烤兔爪Female-Channel Fanfiction939k WordsOngoing The main theme is saving characters whose stories ended in heartbreak. Some worlds will have two male leads, while others will be romance. I hope you enjoy them. 12. The Legend of Yun Qian: Gong Shangjue * Gong Yuanzhi [In progress] 11. The Legend of Yun Qian: A Wu * Gong Yuanzhi; Shangguan Qian * Gong Shangjue 10. Fangs of Fortune: Female lead * Zhuo Yichen; Zhu Yan * Li Lun 9. The First Shot: Liang Jiaju * Jiang Xiaohai; Zheng Bei * Gu Yiran 8. The First Shot: Jiang Wu has no romantic pairing. 796Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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    In years of drought, the earth cracks, rivers dry up, and devastation is everywhere. [Farming, Space, Building a Dynasty, Famine Relief]

11. 211 乱 Fleeing War and Famine: I Train with Guns in Years of Disaster 乱世逃荒，我在灾年舞枪弄炮 Huang Tingjie’s Five黄婷婕的五Historical256k WordsCompleted Fan Yun transmigrated into the body of a fool fleeing famine. He faced a year of poor harvests and the ravages of war, and his parents starved to death. Along the way, others called him a fool, and he called them idiots. The whole family had just one ox cart and a few shabby clothes and blankets, while his grown-up younger sister looked after his food and clothing. Fan Yun had arrived with a golden finger... 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A novel that perfectly fits the requirements 🔥🔥 The male protagonist transmigrates into the body of an old man, inexplicably gaining ten years of age, and has three foolish and wicked sons. Sometimes the male protagonist really doesn't want these three sons anymore. Then, a year of famine arrives, and the protagonist obtains a system space.

12. 212 重 Reborn with Billions of Supplies to Flee the Famine 重生：带着亿万物资去逃荒 Hong Xiao Mi20洪小米20Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted (Completed) [Alternate History + Fleeing Famine + War + Farming + Space + Sweet Romance + Getting Rich + Infrastructure + Founding a Dynasty] A female assassin chokes to death on a grape. When she opens her eyes, she finds herself in an alternate dynasty. In an age of famine and war, she has no choice but to take her foolish older brother and young younger brother and flee for survival. The road is fraught with danger, but after much hardship, they finally settle down. Yet imperial authority rei 2.6kReads8.9Score26714d adds

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    Ancient famine relief texts

13. 213 穿 On My First Day After Transmigrating, I Picked Up a Little Girl and Fled the Famine 穿越第一天捡个女娃去逃荒 Goodness Is the Original Aspiration善是初心Historical365k WordsCompleted [Historical what-if + lighthearted daily life + pocket dimension + transmigration to a parallel Tang dynasty] Lu Xiaolu was an orphan from Blue Star in the twenty-first century. He grew up with no parents and plenty of hardship. After returning from military service, he eagerly joined the ranks of delivery drivers. On his very first day in uniform, he became a hero, at the cost of his own life. He regretted it beyond measure. Why had he put on that uniform? Wouldn’t being a chef have been better 4.3kReads8.8Score21014d adds
14. 214 吾 I Sing the Song of Mortals for You 吾为君吟凡人歌 Six Sons of Qingfeng青峰六子Historical552k WordsCompleted [Male-Oriented, Transmigration, Fictional Setting, Farming, Everyday Life, Imperial Examinations, No System, No Golden Finger, Rural Life, Rustic Setting, One Heroine, Not a Power Fantasy] Lin Zezu, an ordinary nobody from Blue Star, transmigrates to the fictional Wu Kingdom. He arrives just as the original body's father, a scholar, dies of illness. Since the original body's birth mother was a brothel girl, his stepmother and eldest half-brother in the Lin family never treated him well. After Ma 2Reads6.4Score—14d adds

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    Come on, let's get the food ready. Stop running away! Hungry? Let me upgrade your meal. Check out this book; it'll make you hold your pee. Anyone disagree? I'm waiting for you. The author's writing is fluent. And their intelligence is on point.

15. 215 穿 I Transmigrated to a Famine Year: Fleeing with My Laid-Back Dad 穿越荒年，我和老六爹的逃荒路 Sunflower in the High Tower高阁向阳花Ancient Romance515k WordsCompleted [No romance + fleeing famine + farming + pocket dimension] Note: Don't compare this novel to reality. It's not a documentary. No romance, no romance, no romance. Important things must be said three times. The first novel starring Chang'an and Gu Laoliu. If you don't like it, close the page and go read something you do like. Don't leave nasty comments. Writing isn't easy, so please be respectful. Thank you! When she opened her eyes, Gu Chang'an had transmigrated from an apocalypse, where she had 13.7kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds

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    I found a few ancient famine escape novels told from the male protagonist's perspective. The ratings are pretty good, the writing is good, and the themes are time travel, famine escape, farming, infrastructure construction, and everyday family life.

16. 216 穿 A Transmigrator's Guide to Surviving Exile 穿越流放自救指南 Cold Soy Milk冷豆浆Two Male Leads375k WordsCompleted [Farming, male protagonist on the receiving end of the romance, lots of exile and animal husbandry] Feng Chen never expected that after transmigrating, he’d end up as a concubine-born son whose family had been confiscated and who was being sent into exile. He already had to take care of his birth mother, and now he had to help his useless father support the whole family, too. Feng Chen waved a hand. “It’s just a barren wasteland. Developing the economy and raising kids happily will be no problem 182Reads8.4Score—14d adds
17. 217 流 The Exiled Prince Builds a Modern Technological Empire 流放皇子，打造现代科技帝国 Fortune Cat's Fish招财猫的鱼Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Synopsis [Alternate history, transmigration, no System, farming, slow burn.] Nothing is more ruthless than the imperial family! In the struggle for the throne, fathers and sons, brothers and sisters turning on each other is commonplace! He is a loser: his father has abandoned him, and his older brother wants him dead! His fief is a living hell, where he must outwit corrupt officials! When you lack power, you can endure humiliation. Once you grow strong, strike decisively! As the saying goes, “A 3.1kReads8.6Score21814d adds

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    The most ruthless are those in the imperial family. He was a loser, abandoned by his father and betrayed by his brother. Exiled to his fiefdom, he fought wits and courage against corrupt officials, became embroiled in various factions, resisted foreign enemies, developed his fiefdom, and step by step brought modern civilization and technology, building a powerful and glorious modern civilization nation.

18. 218 臣 I Was Born a Commoner 臣本布衣 Wu Liang Ye武梁耶Historical1.2M WordsCompleted [Adapted into a comic-drama: Cast aside despite my great achievements, I build my own royal court] [Adapted into a short drama of the same name + I was once a commoner] [The emperor’s jealousy + never looking back + heading south to capture the dragon + immensely satisfying] Li Zhen transmigrates to an ancient continent! He assists the newly enthroned emperor of Dayu in bringing order to the court. But before his great undertaking is even halfway done, the emperor grows suspicious of him out of 22.3kReads8.1Score3.8k14d adds
19. 219 穿 Transmigrated as a Pitiful Little Girl in Ancient Times, I Flee to the Mountains to Farm 穿成古代小可怜，逃到深山去种田 Northern Gate Commander北门提督Ancient Romance483k WordsCompleted [Farming] [Lighthearted] [Infrastructure] [Spatial storage] [Spirit spring] [Transmigration] [Fictional setting] After a car accident, Leng Jing transmigrated into the body of a five-year-old little waif. The moment she woke up, she heard her original body’s aunt and uncle planning to sell the children so they could flee from famine. Leng Jing wasn’t exactly calm about that. Fortunately, there was good news: her older brother and her twin younger brother had transmigrated with her. The bad news? 12.5kReads9.0Score1.4k14d adds

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    From the male protagonist's perspective, the first book is about three siblings who time-travel to ancient times and their first priority is survival.

20. 220 一 Fleeing a Famine Alone? No Worries, I Have a Sign-in System 一人逃荒？不怕，我有签到系统 fl Workerfl民工Ancient Romance325k WordsCompleted [Sign-in System + no romance + refugee flight] By some inexplicable twist, I transmigrate into a novel I’ve read, becoming a passerby who isn’t even important enough to be cannon fodder. The good news is I don’t have to get caught up in the original story’s melodrama. The bad news is that I arrive just as everyone is fleeing famine. With a Sign-in System and plenty of strength, of course I’m going to travel alone. I can eat and drink well on the road while restocking my supplies. I treat fleeing 3.4kReads7.0Score26614d adds
21. 221 惊 What?! I Transmigrated into a Farmer's Son from the Start, and Now He Wants to Take the Imperial Exams 惊了！开局穿成农家子，他要科举 Luo Yi落矣Historical802k WordsCompleted [Famine + transmigration + System + farming + imperial examinations + daily life] Shen Yu woke up one morning to find that he had transmigrated. It was bad enough for a science student to end up in ancient times, but he’d arrived in the middle of a famine, with his family having nothing to their name. Luckily, he unlocked a red packet group. Without it, how could he possibly survive in this strange world? The Shen family had one daughter after another. At last, the third son’s family had a bo 1.3kReads8.3Score10714d adds
22. 222 食 The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢 Watching Gulls in the Deep Mountains深山看鸥Ancient Romance209k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another. 203Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Is the female lead's perspective acceptable?

23. 223 四 Siheyuan: A Penny to Slay Them All, and a Home Full of Supplies 四合院：一分钱秒杀，物资送了家 Mo Qi and A Jiu墨七和阿九Male-Channel Fanfiction577k WordsCompleted Zhao Youfu transmigrates to the Siheyuan, where he can buy supplies for a single cent each. He only meant to keep his head down and get promoted, but from the start, he acts a little too recklessly. … Thanks to everyone who clicked to read. Let me give you a heads-up first. I only wrote this book because I couldn't find anything else to read. I'm not fond of characters arguing and trading insults, or mocking and humiliating one another. That's why I ran out of things to read. So this book has a 1.1kReads5.8Score10314d adds
24. 224 逃 Fleeing Famine With a Pocket Dimension: Our Souls Transmigrate to Ancient Times to Build a Business 逃荒有空间，全家魂穿古代搞事业 Wine Cloud酒朵云Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted A quick word of caution from the author: The space golden finger will eventually let the whole family enter, The male and female leads have a ten-year age gap, and this is a long, slow-burn story. Recipe: an ensemble cast and infrastructure-building story, with 60% farming, construction, sweat, and tears; 30% sweet family and romance; and 10% suspenseful political intrigue and corruption. Please leave more comments asking for updates and share your good reviews. Love you all, mwah~ In the third 11.6kReads8.4Score1.8k14d adds
25. 225 年 The 1960s: Ten Minutes Back in the Modern World Every Day 年代六零，每天穿回现代十分钟 Bao Shengguan包升官Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a book set in the 1960s, she can return to the modern world for ten minutes a day, but the location is random. What can she bring back? A junkyard? No problem. Scrap metal, broken glass, even bone fragments can all be sold in the 1960s. If she lands in a cold-storage warehouse, she’ll bring back a hundred pig heads. The aroma of pork head meat will win over everyone in the courtyard in no time... 4.4kReads8.3Score39814d adds
26. 226 种 Farming Life: Starting with Nothing but Empty Walls 种田记从家徒四壁开始 Fourth Brother An Nan安南四哥Historical718k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + business + war and famine + alternate history + no System + devoted husband + everyday life] From the start, Xie Xiaofan gets a sweet young wife for free, only to discover that he is a scumbag who beats his wife and sells his sister-in-law! Just as he prepares to turn over a new leaf and use his transmigrator's foresight to build a fortune, he discovers that a transmigrator named Wang Mang appeared hundreds of years before him! Wang Mang, also a transmigrator, has alr 11Reads7.0Score—14d adds

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    I've never seen a transmigrator more miserable than this!! He starts off with a beautiful wife, only to discover he's a scumbag who beats his wife and sells his sister-in-law! Just when Xie Xiaofan is about to turn over a new leaf and use his transmigrator's foresight to get rich, he discovers that other transmigrators beat him to it hundreds of years ago!

27. 227 特EN A Special Era: Only One Yuan for Checking In Every Day? 特殊年代：每天签到才领一元？ Eggplant Bun茄子包Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Liang Xin figured that since he’d transmigrated, a golden finger was only to be expected. Having a System was a good thing. He could sign in every day and collect money and supplies! But what could one yuan a day possibly get you? Oh, it’s a special era. Rice costs thirteen cents a pound? Pork is only seventy cents? To marry a wife, all you need is two towels, a basin, and a thermos? That actually sounds pretty good! Regular workers toil themselves to the bone for just ten or twenty yuan a month 150Reads7.9Score—14d adds
28. 228 末 In the Apocalypse, I Awakened My Ancestors' Legacy 末世之我觉醒祖宗传承 Wild Thoughts on a Rainy Night雨夜狂思Sci-Fi & Apocalypse128k WordsCompleted The protagonist is an ordinary man who has been battered by life. One day, the apocalypse arrives, and he awakens an ancestral inheritance. Just as he thinks he can turn the world upside down, he discovers that spiritual energy is scarce. With no other choice, he frantically hoards supplies and keeps a low profile while building up his strength. Along the way, he rescues beauties, takes dragons for a walk, explores the seas, and leads his companions in discovering an unknown world… (It gets 14Reads—Score114d adds

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    The villain's memories include fleeing famine; check out the high-explosive content in the mid-to-late game. [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

29. 229 灵 A Spiritual Herb Space: Is Cultivating Immortality Really That Hard? 灵药空间，修仙真的很难吗 Ximen Woxue西门卧雪Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted (Mortal cultivation, no System, cultivation and farming) The cultivation world is a jungle society structured like a pyramid. Those at the bottom have to claw their way upward to win a chance to catch their breath. Xiao Fei accidentally transmigrates into the body of a displaced refugee. On the verge of starving to death, he discovers a mysterious space hidden within him, gradually changing his fate as he rises from the very bottom of society… 18.1kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds

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    Farming and Cultivating Immortality. The story begins with a famine that nearly kills the protagonist. He then obtains a Jade Disc of Creation, opens a space for farming, heals his injuries, defeats a tyrant among the famine victims, and unexpectedly acquires cultivation techniques, thus embarking on the path to becoming a powerful being...

30. 230 古 Ancient-Era Drought: I Have a Farming Space 古代旱灾，我有一个种田空间 Blow, Wind, Blow吹风吹Historical649k WordsCompleted It was a year of chaos, compounded by drought. The people lived in destitution, and starving refugees fleeing famine filled the land. On the very first day after transmigrating, Su Yang was robbed. His last bit of food was stolen, and he was on the verge of becoming a refugee. Fortunately, he had a god-tier management System to help him build a prosperous dynasty. Build a residence and recruit tens of thousands of refugees every day to establish a dynasty. Cultivate farmland, for food is the fou 482Reads5.5Score—14d adds
31. 231 七 At Seven Years Old, I Took Leave to Return to My Village and Officiate at Funerals and Weddings 七岁的我，请假回村主持红白事 Happy Little Crawler幸福的爬爬虫Urban2.0M WordsCompleted Zhou Chen is a grandmaster of feng shui and Taoist arts, one of the country’s foremost feng shui masters and Taoist adepts, and heir apparent to the title of Celestial Master of the Taoist sect! One day, Zhou Chen… suddenly transmigrates into the body of a little boy. And the boy’s seniority in the family is unbelievably high. He visits the village during summer vacation, and everyone from the eighty-year-old men and women down to the three-year-old brats has to respectfully call him Great-Uncle 7.6kReads9.1Score83614d adds

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    🍀The first book has a system shop where you can exchange for food and lead your family to safety and escape famine.🍀The second book involves transmigrating into the body of a young boy from an ancestral family, just as a variety show starts airing in the village.

32. 232 魂 Soul Transmigration to Primordial Times 魂穿原始 Likes to Take It Easy喜欢闲Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Shi Ming transmigrates to a primitive tribe, but instead of feeling dejected, his mind is full of thoughts about getting a wife and having children. Shi Ming knows that in any era, power and strength are necessary to maintain the life one wants. With no sense of security in this savage world, he can only raise a lion as his mount and lead the Shi tribe to greatness. 1.1kReads7.5Score10314d adds

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    This should have involved a bit of fleeing famine, since the tribe migrated due to drought.

33. 233 神 The Charlatan Stirs Up Heaven 神棍搅天 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMMystery301k WordsCompleted Master says disciples of the Way of the Sublime must not marry. But Master has a whole harem of lovers. At just eighteen, this young Taoist is cursed with irresistible charm. Beautiful women of the mortal world, seductive ghosts from the underworld, and celestial maidens keep him constantly occupied. Watch him get face-slapped by reality as he transforms from a simple, honest man into a shameless Taoist. He plays at life, and toys with people, ghosts, and immortals. Have a laugh, and don't take 1.6kReads6.6Score15614d adds

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    An incredibly hilarious and satisfying read!!!

34. 234 开 Picking Up a Girl from the Start, My Beast Horde Sweeps the World 开局捡妹，我的兽群横扫天下 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMHistorical771k WordsCompleted [Rousing power-ups + farming and conquest + an invincible beast horde + an overprotective big brother] Lin Fan wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the body of a borderland boy nicknamed “Dirt Lump.” His parents are both dead, and all he has left are two scrawny little sisters. Just as the cavalry of the Khanate descends on their village, the [Beast-Taming System] awakens in his moment of despair! He starts by communicating with sparrows and rats, then learns to command packs of wol 1.8kReads9.0Score14914d adds
35. 235 民 Warlord of the Republic: I Turned Shanghai’s Nightlife Upside Down 民国枭雄：我掀了夜上海的天 Dirt Clod ZM土疙瘩ZMHistorical1.3M WordsCompleted When Chen Mo wakes up, he has returned to the age of fifteen, facing the hellish slums of Shanghai. In his previous life, he lived an unremarkable life and died in humiliation. This time, he’ll overturn this world that devours people! Armed with the [Warlord System], his fists draw blood and his blade takes lives. Starting in Fangualong, he recruits followers, seizes territory, and gathers wealth... He swears to become the greatest warlord in all of Shanghai’s pleasure quarters! The underworld i 10.8kReads7.0Score60714d adds
36. 236 倒 What Bad Luck! I Transmigrated Straight Into Exile With the Crippled Crown Prince 倒霉，刚穿越就要跟残废太子流放 The Paper Doll's Freedom纸片人的自由Ancient Romance360k WordsCompleted [It’s getting a comic adaptation. Come check it out when it’s released!] After catching her boyfriend cheating, Ji Qingqing downed a bottle of erguotou. When she woke up, groggy, she heard wailing outside. Rubbing her head, she stepped out and froze. A crowd of people in ancient robes were shouting, “The Crown Prince’s rebellion has failed! We servants are all finished!” The moment Ji Qingqing heard that the rebellion had failed, she jolted awake with fright. She had no time to think. She rushed 70kReads9.0Score10.9k14d adds
37. 237 逃 Fleeing Famine: My Whole Family Is Reborn 逃荒，我全家都是重生的 Mo Mo Is Master Mo墨墨是墨爷Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Dreams of the Future + Whole Family Reborn + No Romance] In her previous life, Su Yin, her mother, and her aunt were brutally killed by rioters. In the blink of an eye, the three of them were reborn together. Before the rioters stormed their village, they took refuge in Xinghua Village, where their uncle lived, and fled in advance. On the road as refugees, they ran into Su Yin’s abandoned, blindly filial father. They thought he’d be dead weight, but it turned out he could see the future, and hi 68.5kReads9.4Score8.1k14d adds
38. 238 女 A Woman in a Man’s Body: Foreseeing Disasters and Fleeing Famine 女穿男，预知天灾去逃荒 Life Beneath the Floating Moon浮月人生Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [golden finger] + [ancient natural disasters] + [not a self-sacrificing heroine] One night, Sun Yinan wakes up and finds herself transmigrated into the body of Sun Yinan. Other people transmigrate as princesses or daughters of officials, with comfortable lives and plenty to eat. So who can tell her why she’s become a man? And not just any man, but a farmer’s son. She thinks being transmigrated as a man is bad enough, but then she dreams that natural disasters are coming, just 300Reads6.6Score—14d adds

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    🌸Qin Beibei died, then she came back to life, and transmigrated into a man! He had just accepted this reality when he suddenly found himself in a tragic female-centric novel, and he was the deceased father of this tragic heroine. But that wasn't the most frustrating part. What truly baffled him was the locust plague, drought, earthquake, extreme cold, floods, and then, war. To ensure his family's survival, he had no choice but to flee with the villagers. However, as more and more people followed him, his situation grew increasingly dire. What to do?! 🍀Follow Xiao Li, and you'll never be short of books to read!

39. 239 穿 Transmigrated to 1942: From the Start, All I Have Is a Handful of Grass 穿越1942，开局一把草 Warm Sunshine in Spring春天里的暖阳Urban851k WordsCompleted During the Republic of China era, warlords run amok, foreign enemies invade, and natural disasters strike! When staying alive becomes a pipe dream, survival, and finding a way to live better, become the protagonist's only motivation. See how Hou Xiaoge, an older single man from the new century, transmigrates to the Republic of China and stirs up a storm. 17.6kReads8.4Score64214d adds

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    Originally, I wanted to eat away my sorrows one bite at a time, but instead, I ended up eating myself into a fat man. - Zhu Bajie

40. 240 网 Netizens Petition: Did I Transmigrate to Ancient Times to Farm and Flee a Famine? 网友请愿，穿越古代种田逃荒了？ Radiant Glow霞光四溢Two Male Leads386k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + male omega + two male leads + the golden finger is the knowledge in his head.] In the 21st century, Shen An, a blogger specializing in traditional handicrafts, is goaded by his online followers and accidentally transmigrates into the body of a troublesome rural male omega with a husband and child. He discovers chili peppers and potatoes, earns his first fortune selling sugar-roasted chestnuts, and then becomes a little rich after successfully making soap. With his fre 176Reads8.2Score—14d adds

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    Here are 20 ancient Chinese famine escape novels told from the male protagonist's perspective, covering a variety of genres. ① The story begins with the country collapsing and iron cavalry about to slaughter the enemy. The male protagonist transmigrates into the body of a commoner and leads his family to flee into the deep mountains. After a period of arduous infrastructure construction, they emerge from the mountains and seek refuge with a powerful local figure…

41. 241 逃 On the Run: Is It Really Okay to Empty the National Treasury? 逃亡：搬空国库合适吗 A Furnace of Absurdity一炉荒唐Historical1.0M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, “A Fallen Nation, a Slain Family: A Life of Passion on the Road to Restoration,” is now streaming. Chu Tian has just transmigrated into the body of the Seventh Prince when rebels storm the palace and slaughter the imperial family. As the only surviving male member of the royal family, Chu Tian is ordered to escape through a secret passage. At that very moment, he awakens an invincible sign-in System. His first sign-in rewards him with an infinite storage space. He emp 2.5kReads8.3Score29014d adds
42. 242 重 Reborn in the Siheyuan: Fleeing Famine in 1942 重生四合院：从42年逃荒开始 Big Mountain Doesn't Drink大山不喝酒Male-Channel Fanfiction618k WordsCompleted Li Qingfeng, an orphan from the twenty-first century, was delivering food during his junior-year summer break when he died in a traffic accident. The jade pendant around his neck carried his soul into Love in the Courtyard, a parallel world. Now, let's see how a young man from the modern era builds a new family during a time of war. (If you dislike Qin Huairu, don't read this.) 34.8kReads8.2Score1.1k14d adds
43. 243 娘 My Beautiful Wife and Her Dotting Hunter Husband 娘子绝色，猎户夫君娇娇宠 A Viral Hit一只爆款Ancient Romance370k WordsCompleted Bo Yanshan, a twenty-eight-year-old hunter from Hexia Village, is a hulking, fearsome man with muscles like cords and thighs thicker than the waists of other men’s wives. All he wants is a wife, a child, and a warm bed by the hearth. Unfortunately, his fearsome reputation precedes him. Today he kills a tiger, tomorrow a wolf, and the day after that, anyone who passes him gets a couple of slaps. With a man like that, forget hardworking young women who keep busy around the house. Even families w 1.8kReads8.8Score17414d adds

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    I highly recommend these books!!!

44. 244 穿 Transmigrating While Fleeing Famine 穿越逃荒 Don't Forget the Sower While Eating and Drinking吃喝不忘播种人Historical313k WordsCompleted After Fatty Li Hao is rejected and scorned by the goddess of his dreams, he accidentally transmigrates… and gains an all-purpose shop. Meat? Eat as much as he wants. Poetry? Memorize whatever he likes. Martial arts manuals? Learn them at will. The art of war? Running away is the best strategy! But when the time comes to flee a famine, he’ll still have to do it… 16Reads5.9Score—14d adds
45. 245 逃 I Have a Spatial Tower on the Road to Escape the Famine 逃荒路上，我有一座空间塔 Crazy Bones疯狂的骨头Historical300k WordsCompleted [Spatial powers + farming + war] When the emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty dies, his princes turn on one another in a struggle for the throne. Drought and locust plagues make matters worse, driving crowds of refugees onto the roads. To escape famine and war, Lin Feng and his family embark on a grueling journey to find safety. After bandits steal their last bit of food, the whole family can only wait quietly for death. But at this critical moment, Lin Feng accidentally opens a spatial tower. Insi 1.2kReads8.6Score13014d adds
46. 246 大 A Powerful Figure Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Dotes Only on His Poor Little Husband 大佬穿越古代独宠可怜小夫郎 Chosen One23天选23Two Male Leads483k WordsCompleted (Transmigration, supernatural abilities, food, farming, devoted romance, 1v1, sweet romance) Han Mo transmigrates with supernatural abilities and starts from the bottom, with an empty house and just a few acres of poor farmland. His master has even arranged a poor husband for him. What can he do? He’ll take care of him! With his wood-type powers, he’ll make a fortune. Let them look down on us: we’ll show them how well we can thrive. 786Reads—Score—14d adds

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47. 247 穿 Transmigrating Through Famine, I Fled the Wasteland and Became a Royal Merchant 穿越灾年逃荒逃成了皇商 The Aunt Next Door隔壁大姨Historical40k WordsOngoing Hu Yifan, an engineering-minded man, transmigrates to ancient times, where one disaster follows another: droughts, blizzards, and invasions by foreign enemies. In the end, he has no choice but to flee with the refugees. But once he gets outside, he discovers that this isn’t the human world at all. It’s hell. Luckily, he has a pocket dimension and a brilliant mind. He earns money as he leads his people through the refugee trek. Once the journey is over, Hu Yifan and his clan become the emperor’s 12Reads—Score—14d adds
48. 248 穿 An Ordinary Road to Wealth After Transmigrating to Ancient Times 穿越古代的平凡致富之路 Chosen One23天选23Ancient Romance612k WordsCompleted I've endured more than enough hardship in the modern world, but Beichen has never bowed his head, no matter how difficult things got. His parents' deaths became the final blow that crushed him. One sudden transmigration, and who knows whether it's a blessing or a curse? Either way, all he can do is keep living! An ordinary, down-to-earth little life in a farmhouse courtyard. Maybe he'll cultivate immortality, maybe he won't. That's the initial idea, at least. Without readers, everything is just 181Reads—Score—14d adds
49. 249 重 Reborn: A Survival Journey Through Famine in Another World 重生之异世逃荒求生路 Rice in the Basket篼篼有米Two Male Leads160k WordsCompleted My new BL novel is now underway. If you enjoy this kind of story, be sure to add it to your bookshelf! Tan Yu, a ghost who died young, is reborn as a man worked to death. His parents find him a cheap wife, but on his wedding day he discovers that his bride has run away, leaving behind only a penniless young brother-in-law. The brother-in-law becomes the wife, and the brother-in-law's husband becomes the husband. It's enough to make you laugh in exasperation. Tan Yu reluctantly accepts his fate, 120Reads6.5Score—14d adds
50. 250 哭 The Tearful Young Husband Reforms the Landlord’s Little Brat 哭唧唧小夫郎改造地主家小恶霸 Chosen One23天选23Two Male Leads150k WordsCompleted A young man fleeing famine transmigrates to a mountain village in another world, where men far outnumber women and there are no husbands at all. Every household hopes to have a boy who can become a spouse, since they are the most likely to awaken special abilities. The village is short on plants, and almost nothing will grow. People can only trade other goods at designated places for dry vegetables, rice, and the like. Then a beautiful young husband, as captivating as a demon, suddenly drops fro 35Reads—Score—14d adds

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