Looking for Books Like Cheng Wanyun: Transmigrating Through a Famine and Rising Through the Ranks 求像程弯弯这种的书，穿越荒年一路升官

1. 1 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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   These books are somewhat similar to those in the Taiwanese fiction genre. Except for the second one, which is still being serialized, you can confidently jump in on the others. Hopefully, they're what you're looking for.

2. 2 穿 I Became a Horrible Mother-in-Law, and Now I Earn Two Hundred Thousand Taels a Day 穿成极品恶婆婆，每天赚二十万两 Cicadas Chirp at Midnight半夜鸣蝉Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Strong Female Lead, Farming, Feel-Good, Adorable Kids, No Romance] Meng Ying died in the apocalypse and opened her eyes to find herself transmigrated into a 32-year-old peasant woman in ancient Osmanthus Village. A single young woman had skipped straight past marriage and childbirth, becoming a mother-in-law with three sons and a daughter. Though it was quite a leap, she was still pretty satisfied to have escaped the despairing world of the apocalypse. The peasant woman had been a piece of work 1.1kReads8.5Score101Shelves
3. 3 穿 Transmigrated as a Farmer’s Old Wife, I Lead My Children and Grandchildren to Flee the Famine 穿成农家老妇，我带着儿孙去逃荒 Meow Meow Gets Rich暴富的喵喵Ancient Romance500k WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine + adorable children + daily life + feel-good story + dimensional space + years of disaster] Shen Yulan, a mature woman who never married, decides to follow the latest trend and transmigrates into an elderly peasant woman in ancient times. She may be only thirty-four, but she already has four children and four grandchildren, and her entire village is fleeing famine. Luckily, her sprawling hundred-mu agritourism estate comes with her. While the villagers eat grass on the journey, h 1kReads8.9Score110Shelves
4. 4 穿 I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law, but My Son-in-Law Helped Me Win at Life 穿成极品丈母娘，女婿带我躺赢了 Ink-Dyed Green Wound Tears墨染圊殇泪Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Two People Transmigrate + Feel-Good Story + Sweet Romance + Wish Ring + Space + Comedy] Qin Jiaonu transmigrated into a woman with the same name, a terrible mother-in-law whose husband had disappeared. She also ended up with four daughters and a live-in son-in-law. Luckily, her wish ring had come along with her. Looking at her four daughters, she decided to find husbands for the rest of them and live as a carefree slacker herself. Eldest son-in-law: “I used to be an honest, decent guy. Then I b 4.3kReads9.3Score683Shelves
5. 5 穿 After Reincarnating as a Terrible Mother-in-Law, I Raise Kids and Hustle My Way to the Top 穿成极品婆婆后，带崽卷成首富 Gentle, But Not So Gentle温婉不温婉Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration + ensemble cast + no romance + widow’s comeback + System + reforming awful family members + family squabbles + making a fortune Not a mindless wish-fulfillment story “Smack!” Ye Wen slapped her abusive eldest son to the ground. “Lay another hand on your wife and I’ll break your legs!” After waking from a deep sleep, modern executive Ye Wen found herself transmigrated into the body of a notoriously awful old woman in ancient times, and bound to a [Reformation System]. If she could 6.1kReads7.7Score631Shelves

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   This is the most Cheng Wanwan-like character I've ever seen! It's absolutely amazing! [Shy][shy][shy] She has a system, but uses it very little; she relies entirely on her brains. [Shy] It's really fantastic! Come and see!

6. 6 穿 Transported to a Year of Famine, I’ll Feed My Whole Family Meat, Not Tree Bark 穿到荒年，啃啥树皮我带全家吃肉 Sugarcane Is Too Tough to Chew甘蔗嚼不动Historical3.1M WordsOngoing This book has been adapted into short dramas: The Hunter King: Steamed Buns and Meat at Every Meal During the Famine; The Whole Village Chews Tree Bark in the Famine, While I Gorge on Meat with My Family; No Food After the Locust Plague, but My Granary Is Piled High. [Farming + Power Fantasy + System + Lighthearted Comedy + Cozy Daily Life] Gu Zhouyuan opened his eyes to find himself as the third son of the Gu family in ancient Datong Village. Lazy, gluttonous, and good for nothing, he was hated 36.6kReads8.5Score2.7kShelves

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   This is a male-oriented novel, a rare true farming novel in Tomato's male-oriented genre. It doesn't involve rebellion, titles, or the three highest honors in the imperial examinations. It's about simple farming life, where the protagonist uses a cheat ability to ensure the whole family has enough to eat and wear. If you like heartwarming daily farming novels, come and enjoy!

7. 7 恶 The Villainess Redeemed! The Family She Ruined Can Be Saved 恶女洗白！被祸害的一家人有救了 Firework Tree烟花树Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Signed for print publication [farming + transmigration + medicine + family life + building wealth + fleeing disaster + devoted romance] Clear-headed heroine vs. loyal, devoted hero Lu Qingqing, who holds doctorates in both Chinese and Western medicine, transmigrates into the body of a wicked woman. She bullies the elderly, beats children, and even kicks sick old dogs on the roadside. Because of her, her father loses the general store he spent his life working for. For her sake, her eldest brothe 78.1kReads8.9Score9.3kShelves

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   I'm super picky, trust me, this is seriously good!! I think it's worth a 9.5!! It's just that it's still ongoing, so I can't get enough of it [crying]

8. 8 穿 I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became a Widow, So I Raise Kids with My Pocket Dimension 穿到荒年成寡妇，我靠空间养娃 Feng Tianxiang凤天祥Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + Famine + Adorable Kids + Pocket Dimension + Infrastructure + Grand Ambitions] (The story hits its stride after chapter 15) After years of being single, Shen Qingyun wakes up to find she's become a married woman in ancient times, with three sons of her own! Worst of all, famine has struck. Not a blade of grass grows, and corpses litter the land! Eldest son: “Mom, this is the last of our money!” Second son: “Mom, this is the last pound of millet in the house!” Youngest son: “Mommy, here 4.4kReads9.0Score570Shelves

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   This book is about farming, rising through the ranks, raising children, and leading the entire village to prosperity.

9. 9 中 You Dumped Me After I Passed the Scholar Exam, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Rich? 中秀才就休妻，我暴富你又哭什么 Yaoyao Ruoshui妖妖若水Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The moment Ye Caiping opened her eyes, she found herself a divorced woman, with her sister-in-law back home sharpening a knife against her. It wasn't that her sister-in-law was unreasonable. The original owner of this body was simply too awful! How awful? Here, take a look: Whenever her husband's family needed to build a house, if there was even a single grain of surplus food at her parents' home, she'd come sniffing around like a mad dog and take it all. So her mother-in-law could eat meat ever 33.6kReads9.3Score5kShelves

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   I've already read Cheng Wanwan's novel twice. Of all the books I've read, besides Cheng Wanwan's farming novels, this is the only one I've finished without picking out any chapters. You can give it a try. Except for the somewhat rushed ending, the rest is fine!

10. 10 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 12.7kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    Same style!!!

11. 11 新 Jilted on My Wedding Night, I Bond with the Grand Agricultural Official System 新婚夜被鸽后我绑定了大司农系统 Zucchini Is on the Pumpkin Team西葫芦是南瓜派Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Women in government + farming and infrastructure + satisfying revenge with light comedy + career-focused with a little romance + male lead in a supporting role + beloved by everyone + romance after an arranged marriage] Lin Ran transmigrates to a fictional dynasty and gains a grandmother obsessed with chanting sutras, a father who brings bad luck to his wives, a bookish second younger brother, a wastrel third younger brother, an influential family by marriage, and a misfit System that hounds he 9.4kReads9.4Score1.4kShelves

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    Similar to Chen Wanwan, reading this kind of novel is very rewarding, haha. Both are well-written, far superior to low-brow novels; you can tell by the ratings. The first book is about a farming system where you complete tasks and rise step by step from a minor official to the Grand Minister of Agriculture. The second book is about the imperial examination system, where you're bound to a system of famous ministers and start studying for the imperial examinations at age three, eventually becoming the top scholar and rising from a minor official to the Grand Secretary.

12. 12 手 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves
13. 13 穿 Reborn as a Farmer's Little Lucky Charm, I Cheat My Way Through the Famine Escape 穿成农家小福宝，逃荒路上开挂了 The Blooming Season Is Late花期迟迟Ancient Romance2.6M WordsCompleted The Li family has a whole brood of boys, and at last they’ve had a little girl! Too bad it happened while they were fleeing famine… Granny Li: What are we going to do? Our precious little darling has no milk! Jiayin blows a spit bubble and waves her tiny hands: Don’t worry, I have a space and food of my own! And so… Fourth son Li: Ma, I found a nanny goat by the road! Fourth son Li’s wife: Ma, this rabbit ran right into a tree by itself! Third son Li: Ma, I went to fetch water, and a huge fish j 27.7kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves

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    📍I highly recommend these books; they're all great. Although some have a "golden finger" element (a plot device where characters have extraordinary abilities), the stories lean more towards the gradual, step-by-step process of building wealth and achieving a comfortable life.

14. 14 穿 I Reincarnated as a Toxic Relative and Made a Fortune with My Eight Sons 穿成极品，带着八个儿子发家致富 Demon Lotus妖荷Ancient Romance594k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Raising Kids + No Romance + Shop] Lan Cuicui opens her eyes to find herself a terrible old mother. She has given birth to eight sons, yet somehow made a complete mess of their lives. To put her precious eldest grandson on the path to the imperial examinations, she bleeds the whole family dry. Watching her sons grow estranged and facing food that scrapes her throat, Lan Cuicui rolls up her sleeves and gets to work! How can they be starving when they live right beside a mountain? 2.2kReads7.7Score216Shelves

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    An old woman farming story, slice-of-life, heartwarming and healing, no awful characters. The female protagonist transmigrates into the body of an old woman, leading a group of laborers to dig bamboo shoots, plant sweet potatoes, cook food, and set up a small stall. Occasionally, they catch some wild game to earn some unexpected wealth. Life gets better and better, a slow and steady rise in popularity.

15. 15 六 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ Xia Chen夏沉Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 25.2kReads9.3Score3kShelves

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    This book is amazing, highly recommended. I think it's a substitute for Cheng Wanwan's story; it doesn't involve becoming a big boss, just ordinary family life.

16. 16 穿 Reborn as a Wicked Foster Mother: I Raised the Villainous Tyrant All Wrong 穿成恶毒养母：把反派暴君养歪了 Blue Sky over Mountains and Rivers山水蔚蓝天Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No romance + teaching + adorable kids + farming + building wealth + infrastructure] A warm, slice-of-life story Zhang Ziruo transmigrates into the role of the evil adoptive mother of a tyrannical villain, destined for a tragic end. She plans to win the villain’s favor while he is still young, only to discover that he has been reborn... Taking stock of her new circumstances, she decides to open a school and become a teacher! She’ll raise the villain to be a virtuous, capable, open-minded, and po 15.2kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves

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    These are all farming novels, and none of them have a romantic pairing.

17. 17 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 86kReads9.5Score8.2kShelves
18. 18 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
19. 19 断 After Cutting Ties and Getting Rich, My Awful Family Is Losing Its Mind with Regret 断亲致富后，极品家人后悔疯了 Cool Belt Noodles酷带面Ancient Romance161k WordsOngoing [No Romance + Farming + System + Getting Rich + Face-Slapping and Putting Scumbags in Their Place + A Steady, Slow-Building Story] Shen Qingyuan, a modern office worker, transmigrates into the body of a poor girl with the same name in the ancient Great Yan Dynasty. The original owner’s parents are selfish and harsh, valuing profit over family. To pay off their debts, they’re preparing to sell their thirteen-year-old daughter to an old widower. Enough is enough. She decisively separates from her 28Reads—Score183Shelves
20. 20 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The Butterfly Doesn't Want To蝴蝶不愿意Ancient Romance3.1M WordsCompleted The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3kShelves

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    This is amazing! The four seasons are depicted so realistically. A family travels through time together, working hard to solve their basic needs and eventually become wealthy. [Thumbs up]

21. 21 团 The Jiang Family's Beloved Little Daughter Can Work Immortal Magic 团宠之蒋家小女会仙法 March in Fragrant Bloom三月含芳菲Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Space + Cultivation + Farming + Beloved by the whole family + Medicine Big news! Big news! The people of Qingzhou spread the word far and wide. The Jiang clan of Xijindu, where no girl had been born in two hundred years, had welcomed a baby girl. They say the little girl was born blessed with tremendous good fortune. On the day she was born, rain fell from the heavens upon the land, which had suffered a prolonged drought. A few days after her birth, the family elders went hunting in the mountain 56.6kReads9.5Score5.1kShelves

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    This is a reincarnation story. The female lead's father passed the imperial examination and returned to his hometown to become an official. He was later promoted again because of his excellent farming skills. The entire family rises through the ranks afterward. It's a pretty good read, a story about a doting family.

22. 22 不 You Won’t Let My Daughter Sit at the Table? Fine, Then Nobody Eats! 不让女儿上桌？行，那就都别吃！ Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Raising kids + building everything from scratch + feel-good story] Shui Qing opened her eyes to a dilapidated house, half a black wheat bun, and five pale, undernourished children looking at her with concern. Her sister-in-law said coldly, “Second sister-in-law, Sanzhu only bumped into you by accident. He's just a child. Why hold it against him?” “Your daughters are old enough to be sold off to marry their cousin and carry on the Fan family line. It's their good fortune.” Her biased mother-in-l 12.4kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    These are some of my absolute favorite books; they're perfect in every way.

23. 23 穿 I Transmigrated into a Farmer's Wicked Daughter, and the System Made Me a Tycoon 穿成农家小恶女，我靠系统成首富 Ning Qiran柠七染Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + Feel-Good Read + System] She transmigrates into the body of a nasty girl everyone hates, and wakes up just in time to be dumped by her fiancé. Shen Yue shouts, “I'm the one calling off the engagement! Brothers, sisters-in-law, get to work! Grab anything you like. Our family paid for all of it, so we're not letting the Lin family get a free ride. Big brother, take the roof apart too!” … When she gets home, her seven older brothers all keep their distance. Shen Yue doesn't mind. With Z 3.8kReads9.0Score462Shelves

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    This is a lighthearted story featuring seven handsome older brothers, a mischievous female protagonist, and a food-themed ensemble cast.

24. 24 重 Reborn: Growing Corn in Northeast China 重生之我在东北种苞米 Worth a Billion腰缠亿万贯Modern Romance128k WordsCompleted Hehe, take a look at the intro video first! A quiet life in Northeast China. This book is about the ordinary lives of people in Northeast China: simple, peaceful days, with no angsty romance and no nasty relatives. A romance born in a cornfield in Northeast China: rustic as cornmeal porridge, but hearty enough to fill you up. A woman's rise to success begins with shucking corn and ends with keeping all the powerful men of Beijing's elite circle at her side. The male lead is a quietly flirtatio 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This rebirth and farming novel is totally my cup of tea! After being reborn, the female protagonist focuses on building her career and protecting her family, ruthlessly tearing apart awful relatives, and managing to farm and make money at the same time. There's no melodramatic or heart-wrenching stuff, just warm and everyday family life, full of warmth and humanity. It leaves you feeling cozy and happy after reading it—definitely a hidden gem among farming novels!

25. 25 带 Fleeing Famine with My Family and a Space Full of Grain 带着全家去逃荒，我有空间满仓粮 Bai Yi Yi柏一意Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Fleeing Famine] [Space] [Everyone's Darling] [Feel-Good Story] [Making a Fortune] [Later: Nation-Building] Du Youling was originally a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from a farming village in ancient times. Born with extraordinary good fortune, she was nevertheless killed in her previous life after her cousin stole her luck. In this life, she has returned with a max-level System! The story opens with a drought, forcing her family to flee. Whether it's drought, locusts, or snow, this lucky littl 6.9kReads9.0Score625Shelves

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    Completed after a million words! A farming and food-themed novel, featuring business ventures and a food stall. A story of adorable siblings! Five older brothers become the top scholar, the third-ranking scholar, the prime minister, a general, and the number one chef in the land—super heartwarming and incredibly enjoyable!

26. 26 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 47kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves

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    ① The male lead is reborn, and the female lead transmigrates. They meet in the underworld at the beginning, which is quite interesting. Later, there are plots about clearing land in the deep mountains and building a career. It's also a food-themed novel, which always draws me in. ② The female lead is a reincarnated character. Her father loves farming and rises through the ranks by cultivating various crops and developing farm tools. It's quite a good read.

27. 27 开 From the Start, I Was Jilted: The Pitiful Girl Fights Back with Her Space 开局被退亲：小可怜携空间携起 Hua Mo Ci花莫辞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + a pocket space + building a fortune + taking down villains + sweet romance] After a car accident, Su Hua wakes up as a thirteen-year-old village girl with a mental disability in Shanghe Village, Great Yu. Her family has nothing. Everything goes wrong: nothing grows when she plants it, and everything she raises dies. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself in the middle of a scene where her fiancé is caught cheating and calls off their engagement. Her scumbag fiancé says, “I’m 1.3kReads8.9Score223Shelves
28. 28 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 11.3kReads9.4Score1.1kShelves
29. 29 恶 The Wicked Woman Hit Her Head, Got Back Up, and Found Her Conscience 恶妇撞了头，爬起来后良心发现了 Heartbeat心跳Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space + transmigration + everyday life + not a power fantasy] Su Ruyi is the infamous wicked daughter-in-law of Xinghua Village. At home, she throws her weight around, lazes about, and loves her food. She respects neither the old nor the young, and even knocked her own son into an idiot. One day, Su Ruyi takes the family’s money, planning to run off and live it up with her lover. Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law catch her red-handed. Su Ruyi bangs her head... When she gets back up, Su Ruyi h 10.8kReads9.1Score1.5kShelves
30. 30 寒 A Bride Raised in Poverty: I Farm to Support the Heir 寒门童养媳：我靠种田发家养世子 Xiuyun Zhi岫云织Ancient Romance474k WordsCompleted Transmigration + farming + imperial examinations + face-slapping the worst sort of people + a mystery about her origins + storing grain for years of famine This novel has no romance, no romance, no romance. The heroine just wants to retire, lie flat, and keep 180 male models! Agronomy PhD Shen Qingci transmigrates into the body of a twelve-year-old child bride. The moment she opens her eyes, she is being sold to an old widower who beat his wife to death. She turns the tables on the scoundrel, ta 876Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A farming novel with a rating of 9.5 Or higher. It's about farming, getting rich, and achieving a comfortable life, while also taking down those awful relatives – hilarious and satisfying! Promotions and wealth come by chance; if it's not funny, come and punch me!

31. 31 穿 After Becoming a Country Grandma, I Claimed the Mountain as My Own 穿成农村老妇后，我占山为王了 Shan Tao224山桃224Ancient Romance225k WordsOngoing [No Male Lead + System + Farming and Infrastructure-Building + Power Fantasy + Claiming a Mountain and Founding a Nation as Its Empress] How does a young woman suddenly become a woman over fifty? Is this a distortion of human nature, or a collapse of morality? Guo Puying transmigrates into the body of a terrible old country woman. The old woman's life is bitter as gall: her husband died after being drafted, her eldest son was drafted and disappeared, her second son fell ill while doing forced la 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This one is also a farming novel, a bit more logical than the one by Wanwan, but it's lighthearted and funny. Anyway, I really like it.

32. 32 穿 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 Every Inch Is Gold寸寸金Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 31.1kReads9.4Score4.3kShelves

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    It was excellent, and I was still wanting more.

33. 33 揣 Pregnant with Twins, She Remarries a Hunter and Leads His Family to Wealth and Plenty 揣双胎改嫁猎户，带夫家暴富吃肉 Little Brother Jin小金哥儿Ancient Romance1.7M WordsOngoing [Cozy farming and everyday life + adorable baby + devoted couple + doting husband + family matters + spirit-pet space that lets her understand animals] [Charming young wife * steady, reserved, devoted male lead] Fencing athlete Qiao Wantang transmigrates one day, only to have her whole family pressure her into remarrying a rough hunter! It’s all because her cousin schemed against her, leaving her unexpectedly pregnant with the hunter’s child. Her cousin steals her engagement and marries the elde 13.2kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves

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    This heartwarming and healing farming novel follows the male and female protagonists as they gradually build their wealth and fortune, with the female protagonist eventually becoming a noblewoman and her whole family enjoying a prosperous life.

34. 34 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 70kReads9.4Score8.4kShelves

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    Superb! The author's writing is excellent, the plot is ingenious, and the entire story flows smoothly. Unlike some transmigration/reincarnation novels where the female lead has an invincible cheat ability and easily resolves everything, in this story, the female lead relies solely on a precognitive dream; the rest of the time, she and her team overcome dangers, making it incredibly captivating.

35. 35 穿 Transmigrated as a Madwoman in the Countryside, I Raise Kids and Enjoy Life 穿越农门疯妇，带孩子享乐人生 Flying A Ba A Ba飞翔的阿吧阿吧Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted A physically powerful heroine + getting rich through hard work Zhou Qiong was only trying to save someone from drowning. Who could have guessed that one plunge into the water would turn a modern, upstanding young woman into a crazy woman in ancient times who bites everyone she sees? Luckily, only her mother is crazy, not her father. Looking at the two lonely, sensible children who’ve been worn down by life, her heart aches. If she’s their mother now, then she’ll make sure they’re fed and clothed 31.5kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    No romance, farming novel. My first book just came out. It's about farming, picking mushrooms, gathering wild vegetables and herbs, cooking, running a business and a farm, and also hilarious daily life of beating up awful relatives. It's really good, if you don't like it, come and hit me!! This is my second pure farming novel!

36. 36 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 17.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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    Transmigrating through a famine-stricken era and rising through the ranks 🍒 The female protagonist, Shen Zheng, opens her eyes to find herself as a newly appointed female county magistrate. The county government office is so poor that the walls are crumbling, and the granaries are so empty that even rats don't bother with them. Backed by a system, she leads the small county towards prosperity and strength.

37. 37 种 Who Starts Farming by Sending Three Piglets as a Gift? 种田谁家男主开局送礼送三只猪崽 Green Robe青裳Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Completed. Dive in without worry! (Farming + No golden finger + Family life + Romance + Building a fortune + Cozy + No awful characters) No System! No pocket dimension!! No golden finger!!! No awful characters!!!! (We’ve said it three times because it’s important. The male lead appears late. The story focuses on building a career, with romance as a side plot x3.) Baihua Cave is a village deep in the mountains, home to nearly a hundred households. Everyone says it’s a poor and remote backwater. S 23kReads9.0Score2.5kShelves
38. 38 农 Delicious Country Cooking: The Little Chef Is Beautiful and Adorable 农门佳肴：小厨娘她美又娇 Tong Xijun童夕君Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Sweet Romance + Farming + Food + Mutual Devotion] Shen Jiayao, a young chef in her previous life, didn't let her skills go to waste after she transmigrated to a small mountain village. Life in the village was hard, but her father doted on her, her mother loved her, and her older brother protected her. Most importantly, she had a childhood sweetheart who'd grown up alongside her. When he became an official one day and planned to marry a noblewoman, Shen Jiayao wielded her big ladle and knocked h 4.7kReads9.0Score557Shelves
39. 39 簪 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6kShelves

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    This... This!!! From the moment she learned about the time travel, she walked cautiously step by step, afraid that her secret would be discovered!!! Until he entered her heart, gradually applying the knowledge in her mind to that world, truly embodying the principle of "when poor, cultivate your own virtue; when successful, benefit all under heaven"!!!

40. 40 怎 What Do I Do? Grandma Keeps Trying to Sell Me Off! 怎么办？我奶她天天想卖我！ A Little Something有点小意思Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration] [Face-slapping] [Pocket dimension] [Flight from disaster] [Getting rich] [No romance] Yang Wan transmigrates into a zombie novel. She has just stocked her pocket dimension full of supplies and is ready to lie flat until the zombie outbreak, when she transmigrates again, this time bringing herself and her pocket dimension to a remote, impoverished village. She pushes open the coffin lid, climbs out, and curses all the way home. Her grandmother, who sold her off for a ghost marria 6.9kReads9.0Score933Shelves
41. 41 军 Military Marriage by Proxy: I Win Big by Reforming My Horrible In-Laws 军婚替嫁，靠改造极品婆家赢麻了 Yi Yi咿伊Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Whole-Family Retribution + Great Famine of the 1960s + Substitute Marriage + Reforming a Toxic In-Law Family + Military Marriage + Family Life + Making Money + Ensemble Cast] In her past life, Xu Manyue threatened to kill herself rather than marry in her cousin's place. During the flight from famine, her entire family and her childhood sweetheart, who was also her fiancé, abandoned her, leaving her to die a miserable death. Reborn, she wants nothing more to do with any of them: her cold, biased 4.1kReads8.1Score448Shelves
42. 42 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, 13.3kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    These are the few books I'll list; all of them are non-CP (couple pairing) and involve escaping famine.

43. 43 穿 Transmigrated as an Elderly Woman in Exile: I Take My Family on the Run with My Space 穿成流放老妇：带着空间拖家逃荒 Firelight炉火Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Older woman + flight from famine + adorable kids + pocket dimension + farming + not historically accurate] After being single for thirty years, a woman suddenly transmigrates into the body of a thirty-five-year-old widow, just as her whole family is being exiled. This from the start isn’t the worst part. It gets worse when they run into refugees fleeing famine who try to rob them! Luckily, she has a hospital pocket dimension stocked with supplies, and even the trash in its waste room can come i 3.1kReads9.2Score421Shelves
44. 44 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set During a Famine and Became Invincible Through Cultivation 穿书荒年，我靠修仙无敌了 Nai Naiyi奈奈一Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Space + farming + no romance + wealth + feel-good revenge] [The animated adaptation is now available. If you’re interested, check it out!] Qiao Qi transmigrated into a book and became the vicious female supporting character. The good news: Her medicinal garden space came with her, and she could cultivate and level up to her heart’s content. The bad news: The male lead had just stabbed her to death. ☸ 1. A ridiculously powerful golden finger, a feel-good story, ruthless decisiveness, and ov 46.7kReads9.2Score6.3kShelves
45. 45 兄 Bro, Are You Some Kind of Human Incubus? Fluffy Creatures Are Chasing You Everywhere 兄弟你人类魅魔啊？毛茸茸追着跑 Yue Jian Ying月见莺Urban3.5M WordsOngoing [This book has been signed for print publication] [Light livestreaming + Animals + No romance] Lu Xiao, a professor of botany and zoology, quits his job and heads alone to the Kunlun Mountains to gather research material, becoming a solitary yet vibrant mountain guardian. During his first winter in the mountains, he says he wants a cat. The very next moment, his dog brings him a snow leopard cub abandoned by its mother. Dog, this isn’t what I meant by a cat. This is a little too hardcore. He thi 99.8kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves
46. 46 穿 I Was Reborn in a Farming Novel, but I Don't Want to Pass the Imperial Exams on Talent 穿进种田文里，我不想靠才华科举 Autumn Has Always Been Here丛来是秋Historical1.6M WordsCompleted Su Congli transmigrated. To stay alive, he studied day and night and threw himself into the imperial examinations. Who could have guessed? At the provincial exam: “What are you staring at, chief examiner?” At the metropolitan exam: “Why do these examiners all seem so strange?” At the palace exam: “Oh! Isn’t that guy sitting in the throne hall the one who stares at me every night?” Emperor Qiyuan prided himself on being a wise ruler of his age, blessed with extraordinary fortune. Who knew he’d ru 11.3kReads8.9Score949Shelves
47. 47 穿 Transmigrate Into a Book: Escape from Famine 穿书之逃荒记 Xiao Baorong小宝绒Ancient Romance488k WordsCompleted Note: No romantic pairing The setup: Chu Yanting, a notoriously bad writer whose novel was left unfinished, transmigrates into her own story as the unfortunate heroine who dies in childbirth. According to the plot, she has 30 days left to live. With disasters striking one after another and war breaking out, she has to care for a family of elderly people, children, and women. Yet the transmigration god only gives her a miniature pocket dimension measuring 0.1 square meters… Request: Please give t 3.6kReads9.2Score328Shelves
48. 48 惊 What?! The Vicious Old Lady Strikes It Rich Thanks to Her Lucky Granddaughter 惊！极品老妇她靠锦鲤小孙女开挂了 Coconut Jelly Bits椰果粒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [A fabulous old woman + a blessed granddaughter + building a fortune + raising children and crushing scoundrels + no romance] Yang Mei transmigrates into an unfinished farming novel, becoming the wicked, over-the-top grandmother of the little heroine, who is destined to turn evil. The original owner favored boys over girls, was stingy to a fault, and never listened to reason. Her granddaughter has an extraordinary background, and the villain is in for trouble. A ruined character image is no big 106Reads7.5Score—Shelves
49. 49 我 Running a Women’s Federation in Ancient Times 我在古代办妇联 Exquisite Delicacies珍馐美馔Ancient Romance734k WordsCompleted [No CP + business and farming + infrastructure building + strong female lead + feel-good story] Zhu Ling spent a happy hundred years lazing around at the Time-Space Bureau... only to end up six hundred million in debt! To pay it off, she was forced to bind herself to a Debt Collection System and begin her grueling repayment journey. Thus, Zixiao Kingdom gave rise to a legendary female tycoon. They say she started out selling tofu, struck it rich with konjac, and then parks, supermarkets, chain h 2.2kReads9.3Score264Shelves
50. 50 直 Livestreaming My Escape from Famine, I Spread the Faith Between Two Worlds 直播逃荒，我在两个世界传道 Fujiwara Tofu藤原豆腐Ancient Romance548k WordsCompleted [Interdimensional livestream + fleeing famine + cultivation for all + global disasters] Nanh Li, a cultivator undergoing tribulation, heads to the disaster-ravaged Sui Dynasty with an interdimensional livestream to accumulate merit. Little did she know she'd run into a plague as soon as she arrived. With no other choice, she joins her entire clan in fleeing for their lives. What do you do when you're cold and hungry on the road? Don't panic! I have an interdimensional livestream System, and it c 306Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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