Ordinary People Fleeing Famine, No Princes or Nobles, No Overpowered Golden Finger 普通老百姓逃荒文，不要王府侯孙金手指大得离谱

1. 1 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 12.3kReads8.8Score808Shelves

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   This story of refugees is so heartbreaking; it's incredibly sad. The female protagonist and her family were separated by a flood. The seven-year-old protagonist, along with her two-year-old sister and two-month-old brother, floated on the water in a bathtub for seven days. "Fourth Uncle? Is that Fourth Uncle?" A familiar, childish voice reached Lin Siyong's ears, and his heart skipped a beat. He turned sharply and saw a little girl dressed in faded, tattered clothes, her hair disheveled. She carried a baby on her back, and another little girl, similarly dressed in tattered clothes, stood beside her.

2. 2 开 Fleeing Famine from the Start, I Keep a Low Profile and Become a Powerful Figure in Troubled Times 开局逃荒，苟在乱世做权贵 When Young, I Didn't Know Leopards Were So Great年少不知豹豹好Historical504k WordsCompleted Lin Rui, who’d gone back to his hometown to loaf around, transmigrates into a chaotic era: warlords fight for power, foreign tribes invade, the emperor is weak, and the people are displaced. The foreign cavalry is about to reach the capital, and the emperor and officials have already fled. Unfortunately, Lin Rui has transmigrated into a poor commoner, with barely a copper to his name. Fortunately, his mansion has come along too. Its functions are stingy and pretty useless, but at least it keeps 10.3kReads8.6Score780Shelves

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   Personally, I preferred the first book's depiction of the famine escape, especially since it had no romantic subplot. The male protagonist, a transmigrator, had a minor but significant advantage. He led his family on their escape, initially hunting in the mountains, but later facing drought and widespread poverty outside the mountains. The protagonist's family also tightened their belts, living cautiously. Their advantage only became apparent after they settled down, changing the course of the famine. The second book, however, had no such advantage; it was simply the story of an ordinary group of people from the lowest rungs of society fleeing famine, surviving, supporting each other along the way, and eventually becoming a large and influential family.

3. 3 穿 I Became a Terrible Mother-in-Law, So I’m Supporting the Whole Family by Street Vending 穿成极品婆婆，我靠摆摊养活全家 Little Donkey11小毛驴11Ancient Romance489k WordsCompleted [No CP, focused on building a career, farming + setting up stalls + running a business, the down-to-earth struggle of a farm family] Overnight, He Sui transmigrated and became a formidable old woman exiled to Lingnan. Her thatched hut leaked wind and rain. The family had nothing to their name and was so poor the cupboards were bare. The pot held a pot of bitter wild greens, and she had three "burdens" to support. Her youngest son was lazy and greedy, her eldest daughter-in-law was constantly wor 1.9kReads8.2Score217Shelves

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   No romantic pairings, no royalty or wealth, just the lives of ordinary people.

4. 4 后 The Stepmother Is All Rebellion! She Flees the Famine with the Kids and Feasts on Meat at Every Meal 后娘一身反骨！带崽逃荒顿顿吃肉 Chewing Grass咬草Ancient Romance106k WordsOngoing [Farming, transmigrate into a book, adorable kids, fleeing famine] Lin Qingtang transmigrated into a famine-escape novel, becoming the wicked stepmother who would later be hacked to pieces by her seven villainous stepsons. The moment she opened her eyes, her shameless sister-in-law was urging her wicked mother-in-law to sell her children for food. Lin Qingtang was ruthless and didn't waste words. She grabbed a knife and chopped off her sister-in-law's hand on the spot! Her mother-in-law kept pus 995Reads—Score112Shelves

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   The female protagonist flees famine with her baby

5. 5 乞 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒，不死就行 Fish Who Talks Too Much鱼多嘴Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score651Shelves
6. 6 天 Fleeing Disaster: Our Whole Family Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Survive 天灾逃荒：全家穿到古代求生存 One Meal a Week一周一饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romantic pairing + farming + infrastructure development + exile + famine migration, a pure plot-driven novel] Ji Xingran never imagined that simply climbing a mountain would result in their family of three transmigrating. They even transmigrated into a group of exiles headed toward a bitterly cold land. Fortunately, all three family members' backpacks became spatial storage, and Ji Xingran also gained special survival skill points that allowed them to predict the weather, gather wild fruit, 13.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
7. 7 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: Taking Mom and Dad on the Run 全家穿越，带着爸妈去逃荒 Moon Above the Sparse Curtain月上疏帘Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This is a slow-burn, light power fantasy that falls somewhere between male-oriented and female-oriented fiction. No horrible relatives, no mistresses or innocent white lotuses, and no palace or household intrigue. The male lead is a discharged soldier and low-ranking local official. He transmigrates with his wife and son, his in-laws, and his sister-in-law’s family. As soon as they arrive, they have to flee famine. The male lead builds a group from his clan along the way, turning the tables on b 9.9kReads9.1Score788Shelves

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   A hilarious time-travel famine escape story, this section makes up more than half of the entire novel. The whole family of over ten people travels back in time, the whole village flees famine, and they rob a bandit along the way. It's the kind of story that will make you laugh until you can't breathe; I'm currently rereading it.

8. 8 恶 After Being Exiled, the Villain's Wicked Wife Finds Her HE 恶毒女配流放后和反派夫君he了 Jin Ersan San今二三三Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Exile + wilderness survival + farming + transmigrate into a book (TV drama) + both virgins, one-on-one sweet romance] Lu Ye, a wilderness survival enthusiast, transmigrates into a hit TV drama she once watched. The drama features a hugely popular villain, Fu Shuangzhi. A man of unmatched talent and strategy, Fu Shuangzhi is falsely accused and exiled along with his entire family. After his exile, he loses every last one of his loved ones. The gentleman once as lovely as jade becomes a vengeful 6.4kReads8.8Score835Shelves

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   So good! 🌈❣️❣️ Finally, I've seen a novel where the female lead transmigrates, but instead of constantly trying to win over the male lead even though she knows he'll be a villain who kills her, she stays away from him and his family in the beginning—a kind of exile novel.

9. 9 敏 Minmin’s Life in Ancient Times 敏敏古代生活 My Blood Pressure's Up高血压了Ancient Romance270k WordsCompleted Minmin was an ordinary woman who rode an electric scooter without a helmet and ended up crashing to her death. She transmigrated into ancient times as a lowly maid. But when her employer's family was condemned and stripped of their property, the emperor ordered her to the border to marry a soldier. From then on, she lived happily ever after with her husband. 985Reads8.5Score103Shelves

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   🥰🥰 She transmigrated into the body of a maid in a wealthy family. She was gradually improving herself, becoming the young lady's second-class maid. Then, the family's property was confiscated, and all the maids were sent to the border to marry soldiers. At the border, she met a good man who cared for his family, loved her, and thought of her. She earned merit and rose in status.

10. 10 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 33.9kReads9.4Score4.1kShelves

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    The first book was really good. The female protagonist and her friends were from the countryside. They faced natural disasters and man-made calamities, and just when things were finally settling down, more man-made calamities struck. The female protagonist's "golden finger" (a special ability to predict the future) wasn't too strong; it was about precognitive dreams. The second book didn't have any "golden finger"; it was about a group of beggars fleeing famine and man-made calamities, living a simple life until they got married and had children. The third book was about a female protagonist who transmigrated into the body of a widow with a son and a pregnant wife. Instead of fleeing, she went to the mountains. The fourth book had a "golden finger" but it was still about ordinary people fleeing famine, depicting the female protagonist's growth. There was no romantic pairing. The third book also didn't have a romantic pairing, and I think the fourth one didn't either! I forgot.

11. 11 穿 I Became a Fussy Old Lady: While Everyone Else Fled the Famine, I Reclaimed the Land 穿成作精老太，别人逃荒我开荒 Fragrant Tangerine橘香袭人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted (No space, no System, no romance. A short drama with the same name has already been released. A warm, rustic story. Everyone says they wouldn’t survive three episodes after transmigrating into a chaotic era. Read this book, and you’ll survive ten more!) She transmigrated into a book, becoming the villainous aunt who abused the protagonist in a male-oriented novel, and was destined to be killed off. Jiang Zhi didn’t cling to the protagonist. She left him behind and relied on her extensive knowled 85.9kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves
12. 12 福 Blessed Farm Life: My Family Thrives on the Road to Escape 福运农家：逃荒路上我家躺赢了 Spring Breeze at Dawn春风晓晓Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + fleeing famine + pocket dimension + doted on by the whole family + farming] An eldest brother with a knack for jinxing people, a second sister with incredible strength, a foodie little brother, a sharp-tongued and shrewd mother, a father who blushes and stammers whenever he sees his wife, and a young woman who transmigrated with a farming pocket dimension but somehow brought along a streak of bad luck. With this bunch of oddballs together, watch them coast to victory on their jou 3.9kReads8.6Score396Shelves

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    A crow-mouthed older brother, a super-strong second older sister, a gluttonous younger brother, a feisty and shrewd mother, a blushing and stuttering father who saves his mother, a transmigrated girl with a farming space but inexplicably unlucky—this family of oddballs fleeing famine, winning without lifting a finger along the way, but their escape goes awry.

13. 13 逃 Fleeing Famine? Then Let's Get Out of Here! 逃荒？那就逃呗！ The Exterminating Little Nun灭绝小贫尼Ancient Romance248k WordsCompleted (Reborn + transmigration + tiny pocket dimension + hell-level refugee flight + no romance + not saintly + ruthless heroine who is all action and few words + no awful teammates) Yan Ruyu? No. The girl who suffered for eighteen years has long since vanished. The one living now is Yan Ruyu! Though her life was brief in her previous life, she faced death calmly, with only a few regrets. She had never experienced family affection, friendship, or love. She had always been alone. Reborn into another li 5.8kReads8.6Score503Shelves

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    The female protagonist's "golden finger" in this novel isn't particularly powerful; she only has a small spatial ability with limited storage and no other functions. Her journey is incredibly arduous and realistic, a constant escape from famine, with people dying throughout. Unlike other stories where people flee south, this novel focuses on the northwest. The scenery along the way is described beautifully and realistically. There's no male lead, no ambiguous relationships, and no awful characters or saintly figures. The female protagonist is even somewhat ruthless. She doesn't initially show kindness by being soft-hearted, but only after others repeatedly attack her does she act as if saying, "You forced me to do this." Often, things are nipped in the bud by her ruthless cruelty.

14. 14 那 Hey You, How About We Keep Each Other Company on the Road? 那谁：路上就个伴呗 One Shot to Win the City一发倾城Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted Li Hua transmigrated one day and became... that woman. Her former husband gritted his teeth when he saw her, wishing he could eat her alive or strangle her to death. Her son didn't know who she was and called her a “slut” along with everyone else. Li Hua rolled her eyes and shut out the world. To save her own life, she stuck by them and followed them everywhere... Du Mingyue crossed mountains and rivers, still hating that woman. Who could have known that the ruins of what once seemed indestructi 7.9kReads9.0Score693Shelves

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    The female protagonist wakes up to find she has a son and a husband, and has been abandoned after running off with a male mistress. She faces a famine alone, eating rats, and has a miserable start. She meets her husband on the way to escape the famine, gets beaten up, and has a sweet ending.

15. 15 灾 Fleeing Famine: This Farm Girl Is Eating Fish and Meat? 灾年逃荒，农家孤女吃鱼又吃肉？ Brave Snow Rabbit勇敢的雪兔Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted [Storage space + farming + famine escape + natural disasters + turbulent times + no romance] After years of struggling to survive in the apocalypse, Jiang Li transmigrates into a chaotic era plagued by natural disasters. The villagers call her a jinx who killed her parents. After the old couple drives the original owner to her death, they think she’s still the same workhorse who eats little and works hard, and order her to cook. She knocks out the whole family with a pot of drugged porridge, sta 7.2kReads8.5Score617Shelves

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16. 16 古 Natural Disasters in Ancient Times: Surviving Alone in a Chaotic Era 古代天灾：乱世独自逃荒日常 Chen Zizi尘子子Ancient Romance524k WordsCompleted [If you want to read about a heroine who does good deeds, plays the good person, and saves the world, this one's not for you!!!] [No romance + Not a saint + Stockpiling supplies + No handouts + Doesn't meddle in other people's business] [Heroine: Survived the apocalypse + Raised by an assassin = I leave others alone if they leave me alone. If trouble comes my way, I make sure there are no loose ends. She's really, really ruthless.] Song Qingling has barely transmigrated when she's faced with 9kReads8.4Score705Shelves

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    An ordinary person fleeing famine travels alone, not with shady characters, remaining clear-headed and cautious, and refusing to help others indiscriminately.

17. 17 穿 Transmigrated to a Famine Year, the Fake Heiress Fights Her Way Back 穿荒年，假千金她杀回来了 Dream Eater喰梦者Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Historical transmigration | Strong heroine, political intrigue | Fleeing famine and farming “Good news: I transmigrated into the body of a rich young lady. Bad news: I opened my eyes just as bandits were planning to make me their emergency rations!” The moment Song Yu opened her eyes, she found herself in the body of the Shen family's fake heiress in the Great Ye, whose secret identity had been exposed. The original owner had behaved atrociously, so her parents sent her back to the countryside t 13.8kReads8.9Score1.5kShelves
18. 18 天 The Apocalyptic Disaster: A Farm Girl Fends for Herself on the Run 天灾末世：农家孤女独自逃荒 Three-String Qianji三弦牵机Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Space + Natural disasters + Apocalypse + Turbulent times + Fleeing famine + No romance + Strongwoman + Lone wolf] Su Xia spent years struggling to survive in the apocalypse before a meteorite struck her. In an instant, she transmigrated to a turbulent era plagued by natural disasters. There had been no rain for a long time, and every household in the village was struggling to make ends meet. Her father worked himself to death, her mother remarried, and her granny made her work without letting h 13.7kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
19. 19 天 Natural Disasters and the Apocalypse: An Adopted Bride's Daily Life in Ancient Times 天灾末世：童养媳的古代生存日常 Zheng Huaixi郑怀夕Ancient Romance3.2M WordsOngoing Adapted as a comic and an audio drama with a live cast [Ancient-era disasters + fleeing famine + spatial storage + no helping the poor + a touch of ensemble cast + farming] A few things to know before reading: 1. An ordinary person transmigrates and faces hard-mode survival while fleeing from a series of disasters. Her golden finger isn’t much, just spatial storage. 2. The journey is full of danger and excitement, and the story is long, nearly 500 chapters. (If you love famine-escape stories, co 22kReads8.5Score2.1kShelves
20. 20 穿 Transmigrated to an Ancient Era of Chaos, I Flee the Famine Alone to Escape Disaster 穿越到古代乱世，独自逃荒避祸乱 Xi Ran西染Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No CP + Space + Flight from Famine + Natural Disasters + Lone Wolf + No Saintly Protagonist + Stockpiling] Jiang He is ambushed by zombies at the end of the world, but transmigrates into a story about fleeing famine amid the chaos of an ancient era. The original owner was beaten to death by the entire village. They even sprinkled dog blood over her corpse and dumped it in the wilderness, cursing her to never be reborn. The first thing Jiang He does after waking is avenge the original owner. Not 5.3kReads7.8Score532Shelves
21. 21 云 The Legendary Story of the Yun Family 云老二一家的传奇故事 A Chilling Azure Cocoon一道森冷的天苍茧Historical2.6M WordsOngoing So what if he was kicked out with nothing? Yun Laoer, who had refused to accept his fate since childhood, lets loose completely. All he has left is a house full of sons, but he heads to the wilderness without a care in the world and settles down there. He insists on sending his sons to school and, through hard work and a generous helping of luck, gets into plenty of hilarious scrapes. In the end, he makes his fortune, his son succeeds in the imperial examinations, and they both reach the pinnacl 10.4kReads8.6Score633Shelves

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    He started out fleeing famine, leaving with nothing but his wife and children. He slowly developed his life in the wasteland, neither becoming king nor tyrant, but simply living a down-to-earth life.

22. 22 大 The First Duke of the Great Ming 大明第一公 Time Thief岁月神偷Historical2.3M WordsCompleted I am Li Jinglong. This is my story, and the story of the Great Ming. 130kReads9.2Score14.1kShelves
23. 23 崛 The Rise of a Clan 崛起的家族 Years and Days on Paper纸上的岁月年华Historical1.3M WordsCompleted This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. There's no transmigration, and no golden finger. It's a story about a family, or rather, about our ancestors. I wanted to write down what they went through. The stories in this book are all things I heard my elders talk about in casual conversation, so there may inevitably be omissions. The family records have also been lost, and some things can't be verified. I want to portray the stories as truthfully and objectively as possible, but my abilities are limite 7.6kReads9.3Score911Shelves

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    Without any special advantages, they fled famine, settled down, and started their own families.

24. 24 冒EN Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊 Eastern Zhou Young Master Nan东周公子南Historical1.6M WordsOngoing (Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho 494kReads9.7Score70.5kShelves
25. 25 少 Keep Moving Forward, Young Man 少年且前行 Li Xiangxiang李想想Urban1.6M WordsCompleted Bearing the hopes of his disabled parents and supported by every uncle and elder in Kaoshan Village, Wang Yan arrived in Binhai carrying a fertilizer sack full of the future. He stepped onto campus and began his journey toward changing his life… 61.9kReads9.5Score6.1kShelves
26. 26 铁 Ironblooded Late Ming 铁血残明 Ke Shanmeng柯山梦Historical2.5M WordsOngoing In the late Ming dynasty, Spain and Japan gradually restricted the outflow of silver, reversing the capital inflow that the Ming had enjoyed since the early sixteenth century. The commercial and smallholder economies that coexisted under the Ming were both hit by deflation. Combined with the effects of the Little Ice Age, one domino after another fell, plunging the realm into chaos. In the eleventh month of the sixth year of the Chongzhen reign, the roving rebels crossed the river south of Mianc 104.5kReads9.4Score11kShelves
27. 27 逃 After Fleeing Famine, My Sister and I Married the Brothers Next Door 逃荒后，我和阿姐嫁给隔壁兄弟 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine + family life + farming + slow-paced and steady + heartwarming] A devastating flood that swallowed the south left the Su sisters homeless and orphaned. To protect themselves on the road as they fled famine, the two peerlessly beautiful sisters chose to disguise themselves as ugly servants. After traveling a thousand li to Longnan, they were settled by the local authorities, and a matchmaker arranged their marriages. Faced with a life-changing decision, the sisters spoke in unison 9kReads8.1Score869Shelves

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    It describes how the two sisters worked hard to make ends meet after fleeing famine.

28. 28 抢 Fighting Over Men? I'll Send You All Off to Flee the Famine! 抢男人？全给我穿去逃荒！ Only Envy the Immortal Lord只羡仙君Ancient Romance414k WordsCompleted 1.3kReads9.1Score144Shelves

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    This is a more humorous famine relief story; if you're used to traditional famine relief novels, you might want to check this out.

29. 29 穿 Transmigrated to a Chaotic Era: Fleeing Famine, Farming, and Becoming a Grain Tycoon 穿越乱世之逃荒种田大粮商 Cheng Siyuan橙思源Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Alternate world, no pocket dimension or System, fleeing famine, farming, no romance for now.] “Have you heard? That fool from the Zhou family is cured!” “Really? She's been a fool for eight years, and now she's better? Looks like that old monk was right when he said she was blessed. Maybe that was true after all!” Zhou Guo was born into a farming family in another world and spent eight muddled years there. As soon as she comes to her senses, half the sky falls in on her family. The family's onl 12.2kReads8.3Score1.2kShelves

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    The female protagonist is reborn into ancient times, living a difficult life as an ordinary farming family fleeing famine. The entire family takes turns pushing a cart, traveling from south to north. Without a system or spatial ability, it's a truly difficult journey. There are no troublesome relatives; the family relies on each other for support. The journey is so arduous that the protagonist is so hungry she can only think about eating meat. Watching it made me crave some barbecue or grilled meat too.

30. 30 逃 Fleeing Famine and Farming: My Golden Finger Is a Trash Can 逃荒种田：我的金手指是个垃圾桶 Zhu You1竹由1Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted (Transmigration + fleeing famine + building something from nothing + a touch of ensemble cast) (The early story is about fleeing famine, the later story about farming. A slice-of-life tale of family and village affairs, with a romantic pairing that shows up further in.) On an utterly ordinary day, Fang Li went out to throw away the trash, only to be struck dead by some thoughtless idiot dropping something from a height. When she woke up, she had become a six-year-old girl with the same name as h 31.4kReads8.3Score4.8kShelves

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    ✨The female protagonist transmigrates to a famine-stricken area and is on the verge of starvation. Luckily, the neighborhood's trash cans also transmigrated with her. So, by emptying the trash cans every day and finding whole bowls of white rice, cakes, and milk chocolates... Her family successfully survives to the end...

31. 31 下 The Sewers: A Scrap-Picking Life for Plastic Siblings 下水道：塑料兄妹的捡破烂人生 Little Mistress Is Blessed小主超有福Modern Romance1.3M WordsOngoing Not a wish-fulfillment story: ordinary people struggling to survive in extreme conditions, young ones helping one another, and tiny glimmers of hope amid hardship A slow-burn survival story about the everyday struggle to stay alive in the sewers On the surface, the gambling city glitters in gold all night long. Neon weaves an endless night where revelry never stops. Fine dining is whisked away as soon as it reaches the silver platter. A tomahawk steak with barely a few cuts taken from it is toss 19.5kReads8.7Score1.6kShelves
32. 32 穿 Transmigrated: I'm the Most Cautious One on the Road to Escape Famine 穿越之逃荒路上我最苟 Lanyue Pavilion岚月轩Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn in a period novel + military marriage + pocket dimension After years of hardship, Zhang Yufei, an overworked wage slave, finally saved enough to buy a secondhand apartment. On her very first day in her new home, she was unexpectedly transmigrated to 1959 by a refrigerator that had a faulty electrical connection, an era of scarce supplies and raging famine. Faced with the threat of starvation, Zhang Yufei knew she couldn’t just sit back and wait to die, so she resolutely set out on a despe 5.9kReads8.0Score484Shelves

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    1️⃣ No cheat codes, an ordinary person's journey of fleeing famine, time travel, stockpiling goods, farming, opening a martial arts school, working as a (escort agency), and supporting their family. 2️⃣ A historical fiction story about fleeing famine, featuring a space-time element, military marriage, and seeking a glimmer of hope in a desperate era. 3️⃣ Ancient Chinese famine escape, no cheat codes, close to reality, later focusing on farming and building wealth. 4️⃣ A system-based famine escape story, where the protagonist transmigrates and has four adopted sons, becoming the head of the family and ensuring their survival.

33. 33 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 67.1kReads9.4Score7.6kShelves
34. 34 逃 Fleeing Famine: After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Starts a Female Household and Takes in a Son-in-Law 逃荒：退亲后，她改立女户招赘婿 Moonset, Clear and Calm月落清浅Ancient Romance600k WordsCompleted [1V2 + Establishing a Woman-Headed Household + Farming + Getting Even with Scumbags + Fleeing Famine + Pocket Dimension + No Saintly Do-Gooder] She, Xu Zhiyi, has transmigrated! The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself caught in a staged adultery scandal. Her fiancé and best friend have set her up to break off the engagement. Fine, she'll make sure their scheme backfires! After absorbing the original owner's memories, Xu Zhiyi is stunned. The original owner had just been reborn, but the 5.6kReads8.8Score683Shelves

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    ①🌸The female protagonist, despised by her patriarchal relatives, no longer silently endures it. She cuts ties completely with her scumbag fiancé, 🐯 distances herself from those awful relatives, takes in two sons-in-law, establishes a female household, frantically hoards supplies, and flees the famine. ②She has had precognitive dreams for several days in a row, dreaming of a vicious old woman abandoning her granddaughter and of her family members leaving one by one on the road to escape famine. 💦A few days later, she transmigrates into the body of the wicked old woman in ancient times, reforming her lazy and greedy family members and enabling them to become self-reliant. On the road to famine, she tries her best not to abandon any family member except for the ungrateful ones, sharing food with each family member, 💫 encouraging them to work hard and strive to survive. ③💰🐮A woman transmigrates from the apocalypse to ancient times, becoming a man with a bad reputation for petty theft and domestic violence. 👑The original owner of this body had a bad reputation in the village from childhood, being a petty thief. Aside from his parents, everyone in the village hated him. He even schemed to marry a beautiful girl from a wealthy family, and after they had two daughters, he remained incorrigible, beating his wife and children. The female protagonist transmigrated into the male protagonist's body, becoming a cannon fodder character who had already died in the book. But since she had already transmigrated, she accepted the reality, worked hard to change her situation, and became a loving wife, loving child, and respectful parent. ④🥰💦While changing a light bulb at the supermarket, she fell and transmigrated into the body of a village woman murdered by her mother-in-law and scumbag husband. Luckily, she had a portable supermarket and escaped with her children from her husband's house. ✨Back at her parents' home, they were heartbroken and wanted to flee the famine. Her sister-in-law disagreed with her staying and instead married her off to a hunter in the village, so she could flee the famine with his family.

35. 35 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 12.6kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
36. 36 女 A Woman Transmigrates into a Man to Flee the Famine: I’m the Tragic Novel’s Heroine’s Father 女穿男去逃荒，我是虐文女主的爹 Life Beneath the Floating Moon浮月人生Ancient Romance606k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Fleeing Famine] [Natural Disasters] [Space] [One Female Lead] (The protagonist has a wife and children. After transmigrating, he stays with his original wife. If that bothers you, please don't read.) Qin Beibei died. She was cooking when a gas canister exploded and killed her. But then she came back to life. After surviving ten years in the apocalypse, she found herself in ancient times. That's right, Qin Beibei had transmigrated. Not only that, she had become a man. And the 2.9kReads8.1Score259Shelves
37. 37 逃 Fish, Meat, and Grain on the Run from Famine: My Scumbag Husband’s Family Regrets It to Their Core 逃荒路上鱼肉粮，渣夫一家悔断肠 Qian Juanjuan钱卷卷Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Marriage First, Love Later + Fleeing Famine and Farming + Face-Slapping Comeuppance + The Husband Chases His Wife to the Crematorium, but She Never Looks Back] Li Yue transmigrates into another world. The good news: she has a supermarket in her personal space. The bad news: she has to get married and flee a famine. No need to panic, she has her space. While everyone else flees on meager gruel, short on food and water, she feasts on meat and fish with supplies to spare. Her scumbag husband and h 2.9kReads8.5Score501Shelves
38. 38 带 Reuniting in Ancient Times with My Mom, Who Died Young, and a Convenience Store 带小卖铺和早亡的妈在古代相遇了 The Moon Is Bright Moon West月是明月西Ancient Romance268k WordsOngoing [Farming + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + Stockpiling] Sold off by her biased old grandmother the moment she arrives in this world? Xu Qinghe sells the old witch right back. Having no desire to live in ancient times, she had planned to eat one good meal and then hang herself from a branch facing southeast. But just as the thought crossed her mind, her original body's mother appeared before her. She looked exactly like the mother she had lost young. Xu Qinghe instinctively called out, 4.6kReads6.7Score554Shelves

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    In this book, the female protagonist is an ordinary person with a modest but not overly powerful cheat ability: her small shop can be upgraded, and it only sells very common items, serving a supporting role. Now that the shop has upgraded from level one to level two, she's been rewarded with a small storage space.

39. 39 说 We Agreed to Flee the Famine Together, So Why Do You Want to Marry Me? 说好的搭伙逃荒，你居然想娶我？ Eight-O'Clock Commuter早八人Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Song Qing had done reasonably well in school and had a happy family. All she wanted was to find a stable job after graduation, coast through life, and wait for death. Who could have guessed she would inexplicably transmigrate onto a refugee trail and begin a life that was the complete opposite? She couldn’t even start a fire, and now she had to face starving refugees who would eat people and a drought so severe that there weren’t even any wild vegetables to be found. What could she do with a dis 17.8kReads8.0Score2.5kShelves

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    It's incredibly good and very realistic. Just when I thought the male and female leads were settling down and reaching their peak, life would throw another huge wave at me, which was truly heart-wrenching.

40. 40 空 The Beloved Farm Girl Wins by Doing Nothing on the Road to Escape 空间：团宠农女她在逃荒路上躺赢 Qiqi Mu七七木Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted As natural disasters and human calamities struck, barbarians invaded and warfare raged without end. The old Shen family joined the villagers on the road to escape famine. But hunger and cold were no concern: the Shen family had a beloved good-luck charm who brought them blessings. Wild boars came knocking, pheasants and rabbits ran right into their cooking pot, and game could be gathered in droves. She knew medicine and had a pocket dimension, and she saved children and cured the sick. But why d 11.4kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves

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    Natural disasters and man-made calamities, barbarian invasions, and constant warfare forced the Shen family to flee with the other villagers. Hunger and cold were no longer an issue; they were ready to work miracles with sheer force.

41. 41 鸡 A Useless Pocket Dimension: Transmigrate Through Famine Without Fleeing 鸡肋空间，穿越灾年不逃荒 A Fine Gentleman Comes from the Fields陌上玉人来Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing Rookie police officer Lu Yuanyuan has transmigrated in the strangest way! What? You want to know how? I don't want to talk about it. Let's just say I got struck by lightning! I really want to curse the heavens! But... Rumble! Crack... All right, all right, I'll shut up! You're the heavens, so you're the boss! So I've transmigrated. I'll just have to make the best of it! But other people who transmigrate get a System or a pocket dimension, or become empresses, princesses, or rich young ladies. Wh 1.4kReads9.0Score164Shelves

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    They're all ordinary people fleeing famine; the beginning is truly earth-shattering, the plot is quite good, the characters are well-developed, and it's a good read for those looking for something to read.

42. 42 农 The Farm Girl Flees into the Mountains, but the System Abandons Her Halfway 农家女逃进深山，系统却半途跑路 You Hai宥海Ancient Romance625k WordsCompleted (Original title: A Farm Girl Flees into the Mountains, but Her System Abandons Her Along the Way) [No romance + farming + cunning + stockpiling supplies + fiercely protective + no saintly heroine + no princes or generals] Fu Lianxue has had a hard life. When she was five, her mother caught her father in bed with another woman and took her own life in shame. Her stepmother beat and berated her, while her father and the entire village turned a blind eye. At last, when she turned fifteen and got he 1.5kReads8.6Score154Shelves
43. 43 我 Alone on the Run from Famine in Ancient Times 我在古代独自逃荒 Pepper Salt Qingli椒盐清璃Ancient Romance383k WordsOngoing (No romance) After surviving for three years in the apocalypse, Xiang Rong transmigrates into a disaster-ridden ancient era and has no choice but to flee from famine. She endures drought, extreme heat, and plague. At long last, she finds a place to settle down and enjoys a brief stretch of peace, only for floods, snowstorms, and warfare to follow one after another. She has no choice but to flee once more. 4.6kReads9.1Score360Shelves
44. 44 你 You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田，塑料夫妻闯荒年 Bai Jiuhuan白久欢Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an 48.9kReads8.9Score3.5kShelves
45. 45 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: Enjoying Gossip and Shows Through the Famine 穿越六零，吃瓜看戏度荒年 Tomatoes Love Green爱吃绿的西红柿Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Period drama + fleeing famine + pocket dimension) Gu Xiaolan wakes up to find that her whole family has transmigrated to the 1960s. Oh, dear! They could hardly be more distraught. In this unusual era, even with a pocket dimension, you have to keep your head down; if you want meat, you have to sneak it; if you have skills, you have to hide them. Whatever you do, don't get carried away. Stay calm! Watch the drama unfold, enjoy some face-slapping and scumbag-bashing... No, wait, that's not it. The 2.9kReads8.6Score213Shelves

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    Ordinary people fleeing famine have space, but it's all limited.

46. 46 穿 Transmigrate and Flee the Famine, Bringing the Whole Family's Country-Style Feast into the Mountains 穿越逃荒，全家带着农村大席进山 Tomatoes Love Green爱吃绿的西红柿Ancient Romance384k WordsCompleted "Fleeing Famine, Farming, Transmigration, Spatial Realm" "This Is No Peach Blossom Utopia, and This Is No Story of One Family Thriving Alone" Shen Yuying and her family transmigrated into a novel as a cannon-fodder foil family, abandoned by others while fleeing famine and forced to take refuge in the mountains. Thankfully, their belongings came with them, but those supplies wouldn't last long. If they wanted to survive, they'd have to work hard! 511Reads8.2Score—Shelves
47. 47 太 Great-Grandma, We Meet Again 太奶，又见面了 Butcher Zheng Who Loves Garlic Scapes喜欢蒜苔的郑屠户Ancient Romance512k WordsCompleted Ye Lan dreamed that her great-grandmother was suffering in ancient times. It happened just before she woke up. After waking, she touched the ancient bronze coin her great-grandmother had given her while she was alive. A flash of green light appeared, and in an instant she woke up in the past. When she came to, she discovered that the person watching over her was her great-grandmother. Before she could even feel happy, she was told that the enemy was attacking. So Ye Lan carried her great-grandmo 202Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    1. Ye Lan dreamt of her great-grandmother suffering in ancient times. Upon waking, she touched the ancient bronze coin her great-grandmother had given her, and a flash of blue light instantly transported her back to ancient times. She found her great-grandmother beside her. Before she could even rejoice, she was told that the enemy was attacking. So Ye Lan carried her great-grandmother and began a journey of escape with the villagers. 2. The iron cavalry of the foreign tribes was about to enter the capital, and the emperor and officials had already fled. Unfortunately, he transmigrated into the body of a poor commoner, with only a pittance. To avoid being slaughtered and enslaved by the foreign tribes, Lin Rui decisively led his family to flee, plunging into the mountains to begin their survival in the wilderness.

48. 48 我 After Reaching Max Level in the Wasteland, I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became Empress 我在废土满级后，穿越荒年当女帝 Zhuye竹野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted A satisfying infrastructure-building power fantasy, not a matriarchal-world story. Ruan Xiang, ruler of the largest base in the wasteland, transmigrated into one of the refugees fleeing famine in ancient times. Finding water, irrigating fields, building filtration ponds, making bricks and building kilns, teaching people to read, pressing oil… To survive better, Ruan Xiang gathered every worker she could. Until she discovered that the imperial court was growing weak, the ministers were afraid 9.6kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves

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    Ordinary people fleeing famine, no powerful figures, no powerful figures, no powerful figures. Don't be fooled by the book title; the whole thing about the empress has absolutely nothing to do with her.

49. 49 娶 Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税？从养活美娇媳妇开始 Last Night's East Tower昨夜东楼Historical1.8M WordsOngoing [No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa 26.6kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves

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    Transmigrated into the body of a penniless hunter, a casual joke unexpectedly brings him a beautiful bride! The imperial court's "marrying a wife to offset taxes" policy suddenly appears, and he not only gains tax exemption but also the blessing of a fallen official's daughter. In the dead of winter, he shoulders his hunting bow and heads into the mountains, all to ensure his little wife has a hot bowl of porridge. Their slow-burning, sweet, farming-themed daily life is so addictive, I'm definitely watching!?

50. 50 穿 Reborn as a Foolish Girl, I Start by Beating Up My Wicked Mother-in-Law! 穿成傻女，就从暴揍恶婆婆开始！ The Apples Are Ripe苹果熟了Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Amazing System + stockpiling supplies in a pocket dimension + fleeing famine across a thousand miles + devoted couple] Zhao Yan, a special police officer, died alongside a serial killer while rescuing a hostage. She transmigrated into the body of an idiot from ancient times who had the same name as her. Her useless husband had been sent to perform labor service five years ago and had not been heard from since. Her vicious mother-in-law wanted to sell the original owner’s daughter, whom she ha 2.5kReads8.6Score315Shelves

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    Ancient tales of people fleeing natural disasters are absolutely excellent.

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