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1. 1 穿 I Became a Terrible Farmer’s Wife, but I Only Want to Raise My Kids 穿成极品农妇我只想养娃 Chen Er'er Ya陈二二芽Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted “Great Transmigration God, please grant me a golden finger!” Chen Mingyue stood in front of a dilapidated thatched hut that looked ready to collapse at any moment and couldn’t help praying silently. All she’d done was get into a car accident after answering a phone call while driving. Who could have guessed that when she opened her eyes, she wouldn’t be in a hospital room, but transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty, a kingdom that had never existed in history, as a spectacularly unlucky farming 10.9kReads8.8Score1.5kShelves

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   [Please Follow] I transmigrated into a dirt-poor family with kids to raise! What am I going to do?! [Please Follow] Waaaaah, I transmigrated into an old farm woman. My family was poor and our house was leaky. Just when things were finally getting better, a natural disaster struck, forcing me to flee with my children. Where is home?! [Please Follow] I transmigrated into a tree, unable to speak, and still have to fight monsters and level up! This is so hard! [Please Follow] The last book has a male lead and is a transmigration novel, but I highly recommend it. It's really good, very funny, and the plot logic is perfect!

2. 2 怎 How Can We Flee Before We’ve Even Started Living? 怎么还没生活呢？就逃荒 Big Goose Eats Little Shrimp大鹅吃小虾Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted No romance + no golden finger + farming + fleeing famine + business + slow development (A slow-burn story that takes its time and lets things unfold naturally.) One day, Li Shulan wakes up to find she has become a farm wife. Her original self was quite a handful, and she has no golden finger or influential connections, so she has to rely on herself for everything. After working hard for over half a year, she’s finally on the verge of a better life, only for a snow disaster and war to hit. To sur 357Reads7.6Score—Shelves
3. 3 全 Humanity's Beast Transformation: Evolving from a Willow Tree 全民兽化：从柳树开始进化 Eggplant in the Woods林子里的茄子Urban2.0M WordsCompleted “Spiritual qi revival will begin in three months, and everyone will transform into beasts or plants!” “At the same time, the ancient ferocious beasts native to Blue Star will emerge from beneath the earth. The poles will reverse, and humanity will be in danger!” Reborn three months before the era of spiritual qi revival arrives, Bai Liang transforms into a willow tree ahead of time. By creating divine signs, he is revered by Zhongzhou as the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu! The nation frantically feeds B 528Reads8.3Score123Shelves
4. 4 重 Heroic Wife Reborn 重生之悍妻 Mei Guo梅果Ancient Romance2.6M WordsCompleted On her first day as the eldest princess, Yu Xiaoxiao, a military instructor from the apocalypse, marries Gu Xinglang, a young general who has been wrongfully imprisoned and tortured, and has hit the lowest point in his life. From then on, a tough woman from the apocalypse who only knows how to eat, sleep, and kill zombies finds herself bound by fate to a brave general who is loyal to his sovereign and country, stern and taciturn. The country is weak, powerful enemies loom, and the court is full 7.2kReads9.2Score978Shelves
5. 5 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: The Eldest Daughter of the Farmhouse Keeps the Family Fed 逃荒种田，农门长姐养家忙 Clouds Above the Clouds云上之云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no space, is not a feel-good power fantasy, and its famine-flight scenes are adapted from historical accounts of ordinary people fleeing famine in different periods. The heroine is only eight years old, so escaping with her whole family in tow is very hard, incredibly hard. If you’re looking for a feel-good power fantasy, please move on. Don’t read to the end, decide the main characters have suffered too much, feel bad, and then leave a negative review. Writing is hard, so please 33.5kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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   A post-apocalyptic ancient Chinese famine escape story, featuring a strong, evolving female protagonist, no romantic pairing, no overpowered abilities, no sudden bursts of power, and no Mary Sue/saintly character. Highly recommended.

6. 6 穿 Transmigrated into an Ancient Apocalypse, I Use My Family Fortune to Build Infrastructure 穿进古代末世，靠着家底搞基建 Jiucai Huaye玖菜花叶Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Strong Heroine + Natural Disasters + Zombies + Infrastructure Building + No Superpowers + No CP] Wei Xiyin transmigrates, born into a noble family as its legitimate daughter. She thought she'd been handed the script for a family power struggle, but who could have expected a zombie outbreak on the way back to her hometown? Then plants and animals begin to mutate, and extreme weather sets in. Her entire worldview collapses in an instant. There are no cars, no canned food, no high-tech weapons, an 11.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
7. 7 手 With the System in Hand, the Poor Simpleminded Girl Makes Her People Rich and Her Country Strong 手握系统，贫家傻女使民富国强 Ancient Great Chun上古大椿Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Farming + System + Shop + Pocket Dimension + More] A doctor who saves lives transmigrates in her sleep after a night shift, only to become the eldest sister in a family so poor they can't even afford to eat. She'd also spent years acting like a fool. Why are there so many little radishes crowding around me? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Good heavens, how many little brothers and sisters do I have?! The children are clamoring to be fed, but luckily, I have a System. Unl 603Reads8.9Score110Shelves

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   These three are about fleeing famine, and they're quite good. No romance. 😳😳

8. 8 开 Fleeing Famine from the Start, I Have a Blind Box System 开局逃荒，我有盲盒系统 Exhausted Fish累死的鱼Ancient Romance902k WordsCompleted [Reincarnated from birth + Blind Box System + Early Flight from Famine + Fantasy + Minor Realms] No romance. An imaginative ancient-style story with a powerful golden finger. If that's not your thing, don't read. Su Zhenzhen had no desire to live after witnessing the apocalypse begin and her family die in a meteor strike. But fate showed her mercy, and she was born again. She was... bewildered. She had blood relatives once more. She was both Su Zhenzhen and Su Zhenzhen. On the road fleeing famin 1.1kReads8.9Score100Shelves
9. 9 荒 The Whole Family Flees the Famine, and I Have a System That Gives Us Meat Every Meal 荒年全家去逃荒，我有系统顿顿肉 Nai Naiyi奈奈一Ancient Romance507k WordsCompleted [Famine migration + farming + System + no romantic pairing + feel-good wish fulfillment] The moment she opened her eyes, Jing Yin transmigrated from a post-apocalyptic world of mountains of corpses and seas of blood to a famine migration route littered with starving corpses. Not only did she receive a sign-in System, she also got an entire family of lovable fools. System: Ding! Sign in to receive spatial storage, sign in to receive supplies~ Jing Yin produced rice and meat. Granny Jing: My 4.9kReads9.2Score547Shelves
10. 10 农 A Farmer's Son's Road to the Imperial Exams, His Achievements Shining Across the Land 农家儿郎科举路，勋名耀山河！ August in July七月的八月Historical852k WordsCompleted [Imperial Examinations] [A Farmer’s Son Changes His Fate Through the Exams] Zhou Xu opens his eyes and finds himself in another era! Determined to make his mark in this new age, he looks down at his patched trousers and the endless fields stretching to the horizon. Zhou Xu decides he’d better study. Education can change your fate! His eldest aunt spits and says, “A country bumpkin thinks he can study?” Zhou Xu passes the county-level examination. His second aunt says enviously, “That’s as far as 28.9kReads8.5Score2.6kShelves

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    The content is detailed and has no flaws.

11. 11 开 My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟，女扮男装科举忙 Jiang Suiwan江岁晚Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o 12.1kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    No romantic pairing, imperial examination novel

12. 12 穿 I Transmigrated into a Little Beggar, but Don't Panic! I Have a Pocket Space 穿越成了小乞丐，莫慌！我有空间 Immortal Under the Moon无仙月下Ancient Romance368k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + space + farming + not a one-on-one romance + fleeing hardship + stockpiling goods + delicious food + cozy daily life] During the apocalypse, Meng Ping'an struggled to survive all alone. In the end, she still couldn't escape the brutality of the looters. As she fought them over supplies, she grew utterly disillusioned with this devastated world. At last, she hardened her heart and chose to die with them all. Who could have guessed that when she opened her eyes again, she had tra 1.3kReads8.4Score117Shelves

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    Imperial Examination, Spatial History

13. 13 替 Taking My Father’s Place in the Imperial Exams, Starting at Six 替父科举！从六岁开始 Dreaming Back to Childhood Songs梦回童歌Historical366k WordsCompleted No corvee labor, no land tax. Crossing the class divide feels amazing! No wonder my father was willing to do anything to pass the imperial exams! The exams broke the aristocratic clans' monopoly on official careers under the Nine-Rank System, which had been in place since the Wei and Jin dynasties. With examinations at their core, they gave ordinary scholars a way to rise above their station. The appeal of the exams went straight to the heart of people's everyday concerns. Once scholars passed t 697Reads7.3Score100Shelves
14. 14 歹 Even Bad Bamboo Can Grow Good Shoots, An Ge Got into High School! 歹竹出好笋，安哥高中了！ Forgetting Alt忘却阿尔特Historical568k WordsCompleted [Imperial examinations + family life + bringing glory to the family + single heroine, appearing later] In the modern world, Li Xing'an was just a struggling comic artist who had never achieved much. He worked himself to death from exhaustion. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself reborn as a poor boy in a remote backwater. The ramshackle mud-brick house leaked whenever it rained. His unreliable father was a useless layabout, and his mother was so furious she stood with her hands on her 2.1kReads7.3Score133Shelves
15. 15 首 The Chief Minister's Road to the Imperial Examinations 首辅的科举之路 Adoring You at Dawn and Dusk朝暮倾卿Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [No golden finger + No pocket dimension + Heartwarming family + No ridiculous characters] [The male lead works hard and climbs the ranks one step at a time through his own efforts] [The male lead is devoted; the female lead appears fairly late. The story begins with the imperial examinations and later moves into officialdom] [No forced stupidity, no self-righteous saint, and no fake innocent heroine] Xu Xingfeng, a county-level civil servant in a twenty-first-century town, suddenly finds himself 6.7kReads8.9Score616Shelves
16. 16 卷 An Ordinary Life for a Workaholic in Ancient Times 卷王在古代的普通人生 Chi Chi, Keep It Up尺尺加油Historical525k WordsCompleted Chen Rui, an agriculture student in the modern era, transmigrates to the fictional Great Xia Dynasty and becomes the great-grandson of Chen Wang, a former company commander who has retired from military service to farm. With his family’s help, he enters officialdom through the imperial examinations and uses his knowledge to make sure the people under his jurisdiction have enough to eat. A heads-up: this isn’t a conventional power fantasy. It has a laid-back, slice-of-life feel, and the male lead 1.9kReads8.3Score145Shelves
17. 17 科 The Imperial Exam Path to Success 科举助吾上青云 Glory Returned荣归Historical1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a family of farmers who also valued education, Bai Zimu had grandparents, parents, uncles, and aunts to support, as well as seven older sisters whose dowries had to be prepared. To escape the fighting on the border, the entire family moved back to their hometown. Along the way, they lost two of his sisters, and he himself nearly died. He wasn't strong enough to carry heavy loads or even lift much. In this underdeveloped world, Bai Zimu thought it over and realized that 3kReads9.0Score229Shelves
18. 18 穿 The Long Road to the Imperial Exams as a Farmer's Son 穿成农家子的漫漫科举路 Yuedi月棣Ancient Romance3.7M WordsOngoing He dies unexpectedly, but by Heaven's grace, Zhang Ze is given a new life and born into the womb of a peasant woman. At just five years old, Zhang Ze solemnly tells his parents, “Father, Mother, your little Ze wants to go to school...” Living a decent life in ancient times is incredibly difficult. A simple chill can take your life, not to mention the crushing taxes and forced labor. Zhang Ze understands better than anyone that only earning an official degree can improve his family's life. Even t 2.6kReads7.3Score143Shelves
19. 19 我 I Passed the Imperial Exams and Made the Honor Roll in Ancient Times 我在古代考科举金榜题名了 Xuan Yan暄妍Ancient Romance681k WordsCompleted Zhao Qiaoyue, an ability-user from the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book as Zhao Qiaoyue, the ill-fated, illegitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the Great Rong Dynasty. She and her birth mother, Xia Niang, are banished by the Zhao family to a small village. Xia Niang loves her daughter and wants to secure her future, so she sends her to study for the imperial examinations. But when someone schemes against her, Zhao Qiaoyue fights back by giving them a taste of their own medicine! The Zha 140Reads8.5Score—Shelves
20. 20 科 The Imperial Examination: Starting by Talking My Parents into Splitting Up the Family 科举，从忽悠爹娘分家开始 Clear Blossoms Reflect a Cool Face清花照凉颜Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Li Yunzhi was born in a province known for its fierce competition in the civil service exams. Millions of people sat the exams every year, and under his parents' urging, he kept taking them year after year. At last, he stood out from the crowd and secured a civil service post. But before he could tell his parents, he was in a car accident and transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Wei. Looking at his family of impoverished peasants, their bare cupboards, and several downright awful relatives, L 3.3kReads7.9Score229Shelves
21. 21 团 The Beloved Little Darling of a Farming Family 团宠农家小奶包 Jiang Yuanyuan姜圆圆Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Everyone in Xixiang Village knows that the Zhao family recently found a little girl. She’s three years old, chubby and fair-skinned. Everyone says a girl is a burden, but the Zhao family treasures the little one. Later, Zhao Heng, who had been blind, regained his sight. Zhao Xuan, who had been poisoned, was cured. And the Zhao family, nearly ruined by the cost of medical treatment, became a wealthy household. Some people grew envious and snuck over to the Zhao home at midnight to eavesdrop, hopi 8.4kReads9.2Score788Shelves

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    The female protagonist in this simple farming novel is super cute.

22. 22 姜 The Jiang Family Restaurant 姜氏饭馆 October Camellia拾月山茶Ancient Romance285k WordsCompleted Jiang Xiaoyue died suddenly in the modern world, then woke up in an ancient alternate world. Her parents were both dead, and she had a younger brother who was a little slow on the uptake. Fortunately, she had no awful, overbearing relatives. She worked hard and saved money, then opened a restaurant with her brother. She spent her days cooking delicious food and taking it easy, but the restaurant only grew more and more famous. Once she had enough money, all she needed was to find a man she liked 164Reads5.3Score—Shelves
23. 23 末 When the Apocalypse Came, Even My Dog Awakened Superpowers 末世来临，我家狗都进化出了异能 Dive into the Five Oceans to Catch Turtles下五洋捉鳖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse247k WordsCompleted [Apocalypse + Zombies + Great Escape + Spatial Storage + Spirit Spring + Superpowers] P.S. There’s a bit of an ensemble cast, but the heroine is the main character! Lin Yuesheng was reborn in a parallel world. Twenty years later, her memories returned, and she discovered she was the tiniest, most insignificant cannon-fodder villainess in an apocalyptic novel! The book’s world is overrun with zombies, plants and animals mutate, and disasters strike one after another. It’s practically a living hel 3.9kReads8.6Score478Shelves
24. 24 胎 Born with Memories, I Make a Living Gathering Seafood: A Food Blogger's Guide 胎穿赶海，美食博主了解一下 Kiss the Mute's Sweet Lips猛亲哑巴好嘴Ancient Romance233k WordsCompleted [Raising children + food + fisher girl] Xu You, who is considered a fool, marries Xing Jianian, who was exiled here. Faced with the need to make ends meet, the once high-and-mighty young master is forced to work as an accountant at a restaurant, barely keeping the family afloat. When Xing Jianian learns he’s married a foolish wife, he figures he might as well treat it as having one more child to raise. But one day, when he comes home, he finds his two young nephews crouched expectantly outside t 244Reads7.2Score—Shelves
25. 25 将 The General’s Cherished Country Doctor 将军的心尖宠农家小医女 Remembering Cold Fragrance冷香忆Ancient Romance407k WordsCompleted Farming + medicine + light comedy + business + faithful couples + mild palace intrigue + women in government. Li Yue, a village girl born and raised, has medical skills in one hand and a talent for cooking in the other. Her big family splits up. Villagers: They say taking a loss is a blessing. Li Yue: Pah! I don't want to take a loss. Give back what you took from me. If you ate what was mine, don't bother spitting it out; swallow it along with the teeth I knocked out! Our family are the villains 528Reads9.2Score109Shelves
26. 26 开 Exiled from the Start, I Become the Beloved Darling of Evil Valley 开局流放，我在恶人谷当团宠 Yin Man茵漫Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Strong heroine, pairing with Bai Yu] She was a test subject at a secret underground research facility in the twenty-first century, designation Zero. She could retrieve objects from thin air and had no empathy. One day, she was reborn and transmigrated to an ancient farming household. A natural disaster struck right after she was born, and her whole family was exiled when she was barely a month old. Everyone around her said she was a harbinger of disaster. Grandma Su let out a cold laugh, hoist 19kReads9.5Score3.6kShelves

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    I found these books on my bookshelf; they're all pretty good, each with its own unique charm. Of course, one of them is a cute little piece by the author. 😳 Don't be put off, maybe you'll like them. [Learned something new]

27. 27 末 Apocalypse Fairy Tale: Tsundere Kitty Vs. Loyal Dog 末世童话：傲娇喵VS忠诚旺 How Come the Food Never Runs Out?咋吃不完呀Modern Romance493k WordsCompleted [Female elf + male beast demon + cultivation in a world created from scratch + no cliches + no invincible protagonist + no System + no brainless characters + not a wish-fulfillment novel + no atheism...] An old folk saying goes: a chicken becomes a spirit after six years, a dog after eight, and a cat after ten. Can animals really no longer become spirits after the founding of the nation?! In the apocalypse: a Singles’ Day shopper reborn into the body of a cat who is almost ready to become a spir 2Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 28 寒 The Poor Scholar's Rise 寒门贵子 Beyond the Mountain山的那边Historical2.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of a penniless scholar, Jiang Feng thought about how his computer science degree from his previous life was utterly useless here… Then it occurred to him: “Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. I’ll just have to grit my teeth and take the imperial exams!” He kept going, and when he suddenly looked back, he had risen to the highest offices, expanded the empire’s borders, and built an unprecedented legacy! P.S. The new book, A Poor Scholar of the First Rank, 34.2kReads9.1Score3.4kShelves
29. 29 流 Exiled, the Little Divine Doctor Saves the Entire Duke's Household 流放，神医小娇妻救了国公府满门 Wu Bai Wan伍佰豌Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Space + Female Doctor + Strong Heroine + Satisfying Read + Taking Down Scumbags + Building Wealth + The Whole Family Exiled and Fleeing Famine, Capable Heroine with Space as Support] A military doctor transmigrates to ancient times and, on the very day she arrives, marries Mo Jiuyue, a great hero from the history books. According to historical records, the Mo family was renowned for its loyalty, yet their achievements aroused the emperor’s suspicion. On the second day of the newlyweds’ marriage 88.8kReads9.4Score80.4kShelves
30. 30 带 I Married the Sickly Chief Minister with a Farming System, and He Flirts with Me Every Day 带种田系统嫁病娇首辅，日日被撩 Jiang Qiuqiu姜秋秋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Zhaozhao, head of a family of merchants, accidentally gets bound to a farming System that brings her into a lucky-charm farming novel called The Imperial Consort of the Peasant Household. There, she becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies as soon as she appears. When she opens her eyes, she has to choose between two newlywed husbands. She faces a greedy, vicious mother-in-law, th 38.8kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves

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    This book has a romantic pairing, but it's really good!!!

31. 31 末 Apocalypse: I Cultivate Immortality with My Parents 末世：我带着父母一起修仙 Wang Family's Handsome Lad王家小帅Sci-Fi & Apocalypse484k WordsCompleted [Cultivation + Space + Leveling Up + Founding a Sect + Zombies + Superpowered Humans + Superpowered Zombies + Marine Life + Beasts + No Romance] Fifteen days before the apocalypse, the original owner, reborn in this life, died by suicide out of fear of the coming catastrophe. After an epic battle with the Demon God, Bixiao Shangxian of the Xianze Continent fell. The last wisp of her divine soul drifted through countless worlds until a powerful force drew it into the original owner, allowing her 113Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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    These are all novels without romantic pairings, and all have ratings starting at 9.3.

32. 32 国 National Destiny Livestream: Reporting the Dragon Nation's Player for Cheating 国运直播：举报龙国选手开挂 Helan Qing贺兰倾Modern Romance500k WordsCompleted [Livestream + strong female lead + no goody-two-shoes heroine + feel-good power fantasy + no romance] He Jiu: “Oh my goodness, what kind of world have I landed in?” Heaven’s Will of Blue Star: “...A world on the verge of destruction!” (Weak, pitiful, helpless, and on the verge of tears.) He Jiu: “Send me back. I don’t want to transmigrate.” Heaven’s Will of Blue Star: “You can’t go back. Since you’re here, you might as well make the best of it.” He Jiu: “...” (You can’t just force someone into t 8.8kReads9.2Score653Shelves
33. 33 女 A Female Cultivator Transmigrates to the Era, Finds Treasure, and Goes to the Countryside 女修穿越年代收了宝藏下乡了 The Times Are Everlasting时代久久Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Note: No romance, fantasy, spatial powers, transmigration, System “The second volume, set in the Immortal Realm, is now out.” Cheng Junyi’s path to immortality had been smooth sailing, but for reasons unknown, she transmigrates to the era her mother once described, when you needed ration coupons to buy anything. So be it. She doesn’t mind; she can get by anywhere. She just didn’t expect to transmigrate into the identity of a capitalist’s daughter. For various reasons, she has no choice but to 91.4kReads9.2Score6.6kShelves
34. 34 雪 In the Year of the Great Blizzard, I Became the Big Sister Raising Five Little Ones 雪灾年，我穿成五个崽的包子姐姐 Qibao Tuantuan柒宝团团Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Empress + ensemble cast + farming and infrastructure + strong female lead power fantasy + an insanely powerful golden finger!!!!] Lin Jiahe transmigrates into a book and binds to a multiverse livestream System. Her entire family are cannon fodder whose fortunes were stolen by the original story’s heroine. The harder they work, the more miserable their lives become, while the heroine grows ever luckier! Blizzards bury the roads. Drought and famine leave corpses strewn everywhere. Lin Jiahe is sh 2.7kReads9.3Score375Shelves
35. 35 猎 Hunter King: White Steamed Buns and Meat at Every Meal During the Famine 猎人王，饥荒年顿顿白馒头加肉 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Eastern Fantasy507k WordsOngoing The moment business tycoon Gu Zhouyuan opens his eyes, he finds himself in a famine-stricken village as the local “spendthrift.” His family has nothing, his little nephew is on the brink of starvation, and the neighbors have begun exchanging children to eat. From the start, the difficulty is hellish. Luckily, he gets bound to the Everything Trading System: wild greens can be traded for coarse grain, wild boars for fine flour, and even locusts for life-saving jerky. Starting with getting his fam 1Reads—Score—Shelves
36. 36 古 Farming in Ancient Times: From Spoiled Brat to the Pillar of the Family 古代种田：从败家子到全家顶梁柱 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Historical478k WordsOngoing Reborn as a Farmer’s Castoff: Zhao Lei, a modern office drone, opens his eyes and finds himself as Zhao Sanlang, the third son of an ancient Zhao family, a man who drank, gambled, visited brothels, and beat his wife and children. The original owner was beaten to death over gambling debts. What Zhao Lei is left with is a drafty shack, a silent wife, Liu, a hungry little son, Xiaoshitou, and a pack of awful relatives who constantly call girls “money-losing burdens”: parents who favor sons over dau 10Reads7.0Score—Shelves
37. 37 荒 The Fierce Bride of the Desolate Village 荒村辣媳 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Rural Life747k WordsOngoing Zhao Xiaoman, a modern soul, opens her eyes to find herself a poor village bride whose own mother is forcing her to sign a contract selling her daughter. At the stove, she gets a share of bran-filled gruel while her father and brothers eat white-flour buns. In her despair, she touches the earth and awakens a mysterious golden finger: the Heart of the Earth! She can sense the soil, make crops grow faster, and improve seed varieties. With every advance in her abilities, a mark of the earth is bran —Reads—Score—Shelves
38. 38 重 Reborn in the Countryside: My Fate Is Mine to Decide 重生农家：我命由我不由天 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Historical418k WordsOngoing Reborn into a Farming Family: My Fate Is Mine to Decide In his previous life, he was the sickly son least favored by the Zhou family. His wife and daughter were dragged down with him and died miserably amid insults calling them “money-losing burdens.” In this life, he is reborn with his memories intact. He opens his eyes to an empty home and bitter strife with his brothers’ wives. Zhou Chengyuan sneers: “Since Heaven has given me another chance, I’ll decide my own fate!” From having a mouthful —Reads—Score—Shelves
39. 39 被 Fired and Cheated On, I Become a Chengdu Sensation with a Magical Spring 被开除又被绿，我靠灵泉火遍成都 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Modern Romance572k WordsOngoing The Legend of Xiaoman: From Street Stall to a Trillion-Yuan Empire A mysterious old well brimming with the miracle of life, and a comeback that begins at the edge of despair: this is the extraordinary life of an ordinary girl, Su Yuqing, formerly known as Zhao Xiaoman, as she rises from a night-market stall to become a business legend. Down on her luck, she unexpectedly discovers that the ancient well at her old home hides a “spirit spring.” Its water nourishes all things and gives food a soul 1Reads—Score—Shelves
40. 40 被 After Being Cast Aside, I Found the True Taste of Life 被休后，清白人间味 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance736k WordsCompleted After My Divorce, My Pickles Made Me Famous The day she was cast out, the bitter winter wind slapped the divorce papers against Shen Weiwan's face. Her mother-in-law accused her of being barren, unaware that her husband and his concubine had caused her unborn child’s death. Clutching her three-year-old son, An'er, and dressed in nothing but thin clothes, she was thrown out through the vermilion gates. To survive, she had to claw food from the dirt. She went hungry in her parents' woodshed wh 2Reads—Score—Shelves
41. 41 古 Farming in Ancient Times: From Debt to Raising... 古代种田：从欠债到养 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Historical392k WordsOngoing Note: This story has no golden finger, no System, no spatial realm, and no protagonist aura. It focuses on the real struggle for survival faced by the male protagonist, Li Shitou, whose modern soul transmigrates into another body. Centered on farming, making a living, and family conflicts, it emphasizes the struggle to get by in ordinary life. There is no sudden fortune or wish-fulfillment payoff, only a focus on realism. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
42. 42 生 The Complete Version of All Things Grow 生万物完整版 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Female-Channel Fanfiction446k WordsOngoing Set in Tian Niu Miao Village in the Yimeng Mountains, Life Upon Life follows the life of Ning Xiu Xiu, the eldest daughter of the Ning family. Spanning nearly a century, from 1927 through the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy, it tells the story of a woman bound deeply to the land, her family, and her times, portraying the sweeping changes in China’s countryside and farmers’ profound attachment to the land. At the start of the novel, Xiu Xiu is a wealthy young lady. After bein 14Reads6.5Score—Shelves
43. 43 穿 After I Transmigrated, I Became a Worthless Burden Worth Two Taels of Silver 穿越后，我成了2两银子的赔钱货 Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess祢猜我猜你猜不猜Ancient Romance233k WordsOngoing Modern office worker Lin Wei opens her eyes and finds herself in an ancient, remote mountain village, sold to the Shen family for two taels of silver as a “money-losing burden.” Her mother-in-law, Wang Cuihua, yanks her by the hair and calls her a jinx. Her eldest brother-in-law watches coldly, while the second spits out, “You’re a bottomless pit.” The only one on her side is her new husband, Shen Qing, a sickly man coughing as if he might stop breathing at any moment, unable to get a complete s —Reads—Score—Shelves
44. 44 快 Quick Transmigration: The Big Shot Just Wants to Farm in Peace 快穿，大佬她想安静种田 Fox Beneath the Green Mountain青山下的狐Modern Romance1.6M WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration] [No Romance] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Farming] Qing Ling is the ancestor of all demons, blessed with an immortal body. She is also the wife of Wujue Xianjun, an immortal from the celestial realm. To pursue the supreme Dao, Wujue Xianjun kills his wife to prove his way. In a fit of rage, Qing Ling cuts off his path to enlightenment. After cultivating herself in the underworld for a hundred thousand years, she returns to the human realm and encounters a newly launched In 5.5kReads9.2Score514Shelves

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    This is about a female protagonist who's a powerful figure who unexpectedly gets bound to a system, and ends up farming and profiting from it all...

45. 45 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. 67.7kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves

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    It looks really good.

46. 46 魂 Transmigrated into Ancient Times: A Lone Orphan Thrives Against All Odds 魂穿古代，一介孤女混的风生水起 Hua Yuerong花月容Ancient Romance308k WordsCompleted Ye Qingzhou was an orphan in the modern world, adopted and raised from childhood by a successor of the Emei Sect. Blessed with extraordinary talent, she mastered the sect's martial arts by the age of twenty-two. After her master passed away when she was twenty-three, she left Mount Emei and returned to modern life. Six years later, an accident sent her soul into the body of an ancient girl who shared her name, Ye Qingzhou. She had no memories of her life as this Ye Qingzhou. From the villagers, 31Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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    This is a farming and business novel without a romantic pairing. The female protagonist is an orphan who transmigrates to this world. Her biggest dream is to earn enough money to travel all over China. In the process of making money, she makes a group of very loyal friends.

47. 47 战 War and Chaos? The Ruthless Supporting Actor Is Worried About How to Get His Family Through the Crisis 战乱？狠辣男配愁如何带家人破局 Luo Qingcheng洛倾城Two Male Leads498k WordsCompleted He transmigrates into a handsome scholar caught in a time of war. His grandparents dote on him, his parents spoil him, and his clan looks up to him. He is the apple of everyone's eye, yet he's narrow-minded, domineering, and arrogant, and insists on competing with the male lead from the book. When his fiancee breaks off their engagement because she falls for the male lead, he turns completely evil. He uses every trick in the book and acts ruthlessly, so his tragic ending is only to be expected. 558Reads7.9Score103Shelves

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    I'm recommending this book, humbly asking for your support. Please don't be offended 😄💕 Thank you 🙏 Thank you for your likes and support. [Top Post]

48. 48 本 I Only Wanted to Be a Petty Landowner, but I Was Forced to Flee the Famine and Become a Warlord 本想做个小地主，被迫逃荒成霸主 The Deer Who Loves Pickled Beans爱吃酸豆角的鹿Ancient Romance210k WordsOngoing I transmigrated to ancient times and was taken in by a farming family. Everyone else was a young lady from a wealthy family, while I was a seven-year-old girl??? Fine, fine! Since I'm here, I'll make the best of it. I'll live quietly and become a little landowner! Who could have guessed that after three peaceful years, torrential rain would strike and burst the river levees? With no other choice, we fled to my aunt's home, only for a plague to break out. The county magistrate had run away??? The —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are no cheat codes or special abilities; it's just a pure famine relief story. It's quite good and worth reading.

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