Farming Stories, but No Constant Wild Boars and Rabbits, No Inviting People to Dinner, and No Red-Braised Pork 种田文，不要动不动就野猪兔子请人吃饭也不红烧肉

1. 1 种 Growing Melons, Vegetables, and Crops 种瓜种菜种田 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted The silly girl from the Shi family suddenly isn’t silly anymore. And trailing behind her are five nearly grown boys, who turn out to be her own brothers. The girl leads them to plant melons in the sandy field behind the village. The yard-long beans climb all over their trellises, the greens are tender and fresh, and the grain hangs heavy on the furrows. The neighbors may gossip and bicker, but luckily there’s the open-minded Grandma Shi to keep things in check. They plant in spring and harvest i 8.6kReads8.0Score764Shelves

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   These two books are pure farming novels; they both depict real farming life, especially the first one, where the whole family works in the fields and gets rich through farming.

2. 2 西 The Li Family of Xishan 西山李家 Walking Pebble行走的石头子Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted The once-prosperous Marquis’s Estate was so destitute it could barely afford its next meal. Then, overnight, she transmigrated into the body of the estate’s Old Madam. No household intrigue or palace scheming for her. She was a skilled farmer, ready to take on the world. She reclaimed barren slopes, planted watermelons, expanded her sweet potato fields, and turned wasteland into a treasure trove. Others laughed at her ridiculous schemes, but with her farming know-how, she raised the entire estat 6.4kReads8.1Score708Shelves
3. 3 宗 My Sect Ordered Me to Marry, So I Activated an Infinite Exchange System 宗门强令娶妻，激活无限兑换系统 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.6M WordsCompleted [“Good-for-nothing’s comeback” + “System exchange” + “Marriage and growth” + “Play the pig to eat the tiger”] The sect orders an old man in his seventies to take a wife, and he activates the Marriage and Longevity System! A different kind of System, a different kind of thrill! While everyone else has to grovel to survive and grow, the protagonist insists on fighting back, soaring through the skies on his sword. Immortality is no longer a dream. 3.4kReads6.4Score304Shelves

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   Come and see if there's war or cultivation!

4. 4 没 Guess What? She Really Does Have Two Axes! 没想到吧？她还真有两把斧子！ And Halfway Up the Mountain, Mist Like a Sash而半山居雾若带然Ancient Romance115k WordsOngoing [A cast full of lovable weirdos + the male lead falling for her on his own + an outrageously powerful heroine + male lead reborn + heroine transmigrates + lighthearted laughs + a true-love romantic + super-sweet everyday romance] Shen Xiaoxi had just won a million yuan when she got hit by a car? When she woke up, she found she had transmigrated and become a poor country girl with nothing to her name, constantly bullied by everyone? Never mind, her unhinged antics would carry on as usual!!! Whoev 366Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This book is!!! Super good!

5. 5 八 An Eighties Gofer Marries into a Family of Lovers 八零工具人嫁入恋爱之家 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance899k WordsOngoing I was one of the heroine’s many useful sidekicks, the one who walked three thousand kilometers to bring back a stone for her. If the heroine thinks it looks nice and wants it, she can have it. If that’s not enough, I’ll go pick up more. The heroine wants to use me as a foil, claiming city folk can’t compare to country folk, and educated people can’t compare to illiterates? Fine, you win! When my mother tried to brainwash me into being a sucker, I put a stop to it with one clean strike. My abusiv 6.1kReads8.0Score386Shelves
6. 6 穿 After I Transmigrated to a Magical World, I Grew a Love-Brained Plant 穿越魔法世界后，我种出了恋爱脑 Wu Xintong of the Virgin Islands维京群岛的吴新同Modern Romance108k WordsOngoing [No romance + farming + survival + character growth + settlement building + everyone loves the protagonist + unrequited love all around] Su Qinghe was a top-tier corporate workhorse who had always envied the idyllic country life. So after she made a wish at Yonghe Temple to "get incredibly lucky, make a fortune, and live in a house with a car, free from the 996 grind," she was hit by that very stroke of luck and blown into a mist of blood! When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a home so 17Reads—Score107Shelves

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   This book is really good! It's just that it's short. I can put it on my bookshelf to read for a while. The main plot is about farming, mining, fighting monsters, and leveling up. The protagonist uses his fists to break through his family's poverty and lead his mother and sister to a better life.

7. 7 开 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世！关我穷鬼府兵啥事？ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life346k WordsOngoing Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.4kReads—Score204Shelves

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   Great book, highly recommended! You won't regret reading it! [Heart][heart][heart][heart]

8. 8 农 The Farming Girl's Rise to Fortune Really Came from Her Dreams 农女种田逆袭，真靠做梦暴富啦 Loves Cilantro and Taro Paste爱吃香菜芋泥Ancient Romance130k WordsCompleted [Farming + Food + Cozy Daily Life + Building Wealth + Face-Slapping and Punishing Scumbags + Family Life] A worker cursed out her boss, then a car accident sent her transmigrating to ancient times, where she became a farm girl being sold. A hellish start: She opened her eyes to find a human trafficker selling her. She had no money and wasn't even registered in the household records. A barefoot person has nothing to lose! She fought her way out of their clutches and was lucky enough to be resc 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is about getting rich through farming and cooking.

9. 9 农 A Country Girl's Plans for Spring 农女谋春 In an Old Friend's Heart故人心上Ancient Romance221k WordsOngoing The rating just came out, so it'll go up! Please give it five stars, loves! [Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Farming + Business + Food + Protective Male Lead + 1v1] A story about a girl who transmigrates into another world at fourteen. Orphaned, with only her little brother left, she heads to the capital to seek refuge with her aunt, a member of a prominent family in Shengjing. Unfortunately, her aunt doesn't take kindly to her, so she relies on herself to escape povert 60.9kReads7.5Score7.6kShelves

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   A farming novel, realistic and natural, logically sound, without any special abilities or cheat codes, a very enjoyable farming novel. Recommended.

10. 10 开 From the Start, I Drew a Barren Field: I Rise by Slaying Insects 开局抽到废田：我靠杀虫逆袭宗门 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted [Cautious cultivation + farming + earning spirit stones + no System + no harem]. Important things bear repeating: this is a cautious cultivation story, a farming story, and the protagonist is the sort who will keep hiding and playing it safe until the end of time. If that's not your thing, please don't click in. The heavens collapse, countless realms sink into ruin, and all living beings are but ants swept along by the tides. Even the Supreme Immortal Emperor cannot escape the fate of being cons 2.5kReads—Score192Shelves
11. 11 完 Oh No, Even the Great Sage, Sun Wukong, Wants to Eat Tang Monk! 完蛋了，齐天大圣孙悟空也想吃唐僧肉 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸Male-Channel Fanfiction6k WordsCompleted Oh no, even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, wants to eat Tang Monk's flesh. 160Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Let's farm together.

12. 12 八 The Brash Stepmother from the Eighties Becomes a Nobody 八零泼妇养母成了路人甲 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance459k WordsCompleted Liu Peiyun was ready to enjoy a quiet retirement, but instead transmigrated into a book as Lu Xuebi, a village girl whose engagement had been broken off in the 1980s. Since she was already here, Lu Xuebi decided to make the best of it. She studied for college entrance exams while leading her whole family to seize the opportunities of the times. Only later did she learn she had transmigrated into a book: she was the heroine’s shrewish adoptive mother, an obstacle on the heroine’s road to wealth a 975Reads5.9Score116Shelves
13. 13 桃 At the Source of the Peach Blossom Spring 桃花源头 Yicang, Who Loves Microraptors喜欢小盗龙的矢仓Rural Life553k WordsOngoing As Old Zhou Nian lay dying, he took Zhou Liye by the hand and told him, “Xiaoye, it's up to you to carry on the Zhou family line. If you trace our family back far enough, we go all the way to the Zhou dynasty, to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu of Zhou, Ji Chang, and Ji Fa. Our ancestors were once members of the imperial family, and our original surname was Ji. It was only after the dynasties changed that our family took the surname Zhou! Here's our ancestral genealogy and the family heirloom, this ja 118.7kReads7.7Score9.7kShelves

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    This is a really good novel, I highly recommend it! It's fast-paced, with a captivating plot, a rural setting, and a down-to-earth love story set in a simpler time!

14. 14 三 Three Realms Middleman: Raising a Husband in Ancient Times 三界倒爷：古代养夫郎 Chosen One23天选23Two Male Leads176k WordsCompleted (Starting from Scratch: Farming and Raising a Husband) He Xiao is a mercenary feared throughout the rainforest at Dalian Pass, the infamous Lord Xiao of the lawless borderlands, and the ruler of diamond and jade mines. One day, his cultivation-obsessed father gives him an ancient jade, and he becomes bound to the [Three Realms Space System]. He can not only see through everything, but also travel bodily at will between the modern world, another world, and ancient times! The very first time he st 1.4kReads—Score390Shelves

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    Here, take it and have a look.

15. 15 抗 War of Resistance: Sending a Japanese Major to Meet Amaterasu from the Start 抗战：开局送鬼子少佐见天照大神 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lao Ma, an armored corps veteran, is caught in a temporal mishap and transmigrates to 1941, a year engulfed in war, landing right in the middle of a Japanese encirclement. Gunfire erupts all around him as the enemy’s footsteps and battle cries close in. Stranded in an unfamiliar era without the modern armored equipment he knows, he has only his past combat experience and a soldier’s iron will. In this desperate fight for survival, Lao Ma begins an unknown journey of resistance. 7.1kReads8.7Score603Shelves
16. 16 七 A Supporting Actress’s Gossip-Filled Life in the 1970s 七十年代女配的吃瓜日常 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted After learning she has transmigrated into a historical-era novel as a pawn meant to whitewash the protagonist's group, Jiang Yanqiu first steals half of the original heroine's golden finger, then gives away half of the transmigrated heroine's golden finger. Then she keeps her head down, stays away from the protagonist's group, and enjoys the show. With nobody at the educated youth station willing to talk to her, bored Jiang Yanqiu has nothing to do but gossip to pass the time. She has to admit, 1.9kReads6.2Score102Shelves
17. 17 穿 Transmigrated as a Rich Young Lady, I Enjoy Life While Working Hard 穿成富家小姐，边享受边奋斗 In an Old Friend's Heart故人心上Ancient Romance508k WordsCompleted Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + One-on-One Romance A cozy slice-of-life story about building a fortune Meng Nanxi goes from being a “triple-nothing” nobody with no home, no car, and no job to the wealthy daughter of an ancient-era merchant. She thinks she's hit the jackpot: goodbye, 996 workdays! Goodbye, taking the bus everywhere! Goodbye, that urban village rental where the plumbing springs a leak or gets clogged every other day! But before she can finish celebrating, 2kReads8.2Score198Shelves
18. 18 大 A Powerful Figure Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Dotes Only on His Poor Little Husband 大佬穿越古代独宠可怜小夫郎 Chosen One23天选23Two Male Leads483k WordsCompleted (Transmigration, supernatural abilities, food, farming, devoted romance, 1v1, sweet romance) Han Mo transmigrates with supernatural abilities and starts from the bottom, with an empty house and just a few acres of poor farmland. His master has even arranged a poor husband for him. What can he do? He’ll take care of him! With his wood-type powers, he’ll make a fortune. Let them look down on us: we’ll show them how well we can thrive. 824Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 全 Our Whole Neighborhood Is Exiled to the Southern Wilderness, So I Build a Peach Blossom Haven and Stockpile Food 全小区流放南荒，我建桃花源囤粮 Soft Mist Sweet Peach软雾甜桃Ancient Romance258k WordsOngoing [Mountain and Sea Foraging] [Reclaiming and Farming] [Beast Taming] [Mass Transmigration and Ensemble Cast] [Infrastructure and Management] [Building Wealth] [Romance] [Just started getting ratings, and they’ll go up~] Overnight, Shu Qiao transmigrated to the southern border of the Da Sheng dynasty, bringing her entire residential compound with her. All three thousand residents came along, as did the apartment buildings, ground-floor shops, and underground parking garage. Outside the compound la 53.2kReads8.4Score9.6kShelves

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    This one, the female lead leads the entire neighborhood group through ancient mountains to build a paradise. We haven't seen any wild boars or rabbits yet, so it's somewhat original.

20. 20 异 The Otherworldly Plantation Lord: My Summons Are a Little Strange 异世界种植园领主：召唤物有点奇 My Name Is Wang Yuying我叫王玉英93k WordsOngoing [Otherworld] [Western Fantasy] [Comedy] [Weird Stuff] Wei Li'an, a homebody born and raised on Blue Star, stayed up all night playing games until he suddenly died. When he opened his eyes, he had landed in the Western-themed game world he used to play. There, he was a down-and-out, concubine-born lord with a fief in the dangerous, remote Xingluo Forest. Three years in this world! He waited a whole three years for his world and his System to activate. After spending those three years hoeing the 226Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's alright, I'd reluctantly recommend it to an avid bookworm.

21. 21 铁 Iron-Blooded War of Resistance: The Spoiled Quartermaster Awakens a Divine Machine 铁血抗战：纨绔军需官觉醒神机 The Colors of Songcheng Fireworks宋城烟火色Urban1.7M WordsOngoing [“War of Resistance, 1937” + “Divine Machine System” + “Hardcore War Against Japan” + “Burma-Yunnan Front”] Every inch of land is soaked in blood! Antique shop owner Chu Yun transmigrates into Chen Jiaju, a quartermaster in the 69th Provisional Division. Though born a spoiled rich boy, he raises a force and joins the main battlefield of the war against Japan. Fighting alongside troops from all walks of life, they pit their flesh and blood against the Japanese army to the bitter end, turning ever 4.2kReads6.4Score293Shelves
22. 22 闯 Heading to the Northeast: Lin Erni's Bumpy Road to Happiness 闯关东：林二妮的颠簸幸福路 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [No contrived twists] [No cheat powers] [Traditional] [Realistic] [Period] [Rural] [Hardship] [Inspirational] Lin Erni was born in Heze, Shandong, and married into Harbin in the Northeast. She struggled to get by amid the freezing snow in the mountains, then later had no one to rely on and went alone beyond the mountains to make a living. The first time, she was tossed from one place to another like a bag of steamed buns, made a child bride, and beaten and cursed. The second time, her father sol 22.3kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    The more you watch it, the more you love it. Highly recommended.

23. 23 被 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家！鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life363k WordsCompleted Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8.3kReads7.6Score738Shelves
24. 24 穿 Transmigrated as the Original Heroine of a 1970s Novel, I Run Away With the Cannon Fodder 穿成七零原女主，带着炮灰跑路 Contrarian with a Bone to Pick杠精加牛角尖Modern Romance180k WordsOngoing This isn't a face-slapping story. It's more of an ensemble tale. Aside from the two women who transmigrated, everyone else is trying to change their own circumstances. Some are striving to improve themselves, while others are hoping to help someone else rise to the top. If you like it, please leave a good review. If you don't, just move on instead of leaving a bad one. It's not easy to hide away and write four thousand words every day. Lu Yunwan transmigrates into the original heroine, who was l 107Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 25 流 Exiled to the Northern Frontier? I’ll Reclaim the Wasteland with My Reborn Husband 流放北疆？我带重生夫君开荒 Meatball with a Fried Egg煎蛋的肉肉Ancient Romance678k WordsCompleted [No System, no pocket dimension, transmigrated woman vs. reborn man] [If you want an overpowered golden finger, this isn't for you] [There are children, but if you want a story focused purely on raising kids, this isn't for you] [No political scheming! No household intrigue! No palace intrigue! Not a power fantasy about a strong female lead!] [Some chapters end with short skits where the male lead transmigrates to the modern world; proceed with caution if that's not your thing] Tan Yun transmig 2.1kReads6.3Score293Shelves

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    That must be the book that's quite real.

26. 26 战 War God Possessed: I Transmigrated to 1937 to Fight the Japanese 战神附体：穿越到1937打鬼子 Cold Hands, Normal Pulse手冰凉脉正常Urban1.4M WordsOngoing “As long as Hunanese remain, China will never fall!” During the eight years of resistance against Japan, the Nationalist government conscripted about 14 million people nationwide. Hunan contributed nearly 2.1 million, or 15% of the total. More than 600,000 Hunanese soldiers on the front lines were killed, wounded, or went missing. About 300,000 were killed, accounting for one-quarter of all Nationalist soldiers killed on the front lines, the highest death toll of any province. Over the eight yea 3.2kReads5.9Score192Shelves
27. 27 穿 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去！真没想搞大事！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical376k WordsCompleted Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 775Reads7.3Score108Shelves
28. 28 清 Qingshui Village Farmstay 清水村农家乐 The Butterfly Bone Rings蝴蝶骨响Modern Romance463k WordsOngoing When you've reached a dead end, go home, back to the vast fields and farmland. Help your parents sell peaches, grow vegetables in greenhouses, and run a farmstay. Then lead the villagers of Qingshui Village to prosperity and forge your own path as a new-generation farmer! 2.6kReads—Score172Shelves

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    This farming novel is recommended.

29. 29 平 The Plains' True Colors 平原底色 Ban Liang搬凉Urban116k WordsOngoing Beginning in the twenty-first century, this novel follows Fang Lizhu, a child of the post-80s generation growing up in the rural Jianghan Plain of central China. Through Fang Lizhu's education, work, and the many people he meets and events he experiences, the novel portrays how life has changed for people across the plains since the start of the new century. It also depicts the many ways ordinary people respond to sweeping changes in a new era and a shifting social landscape: the choices they ma 18Reads—Score114Shelves

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    A super realistic book that will resonate with those born in the 80s and 90s! The novel begins at the start of the 21st century and is told from the perspective of Fang Lizhu, a post-80s child in a rural area of ​​the Jianghan Plain in central China. Through the description of the various people and events that Fang Lizhu encounters in his studies and work, the novel reflects the changes in the lives of the people in the plain after the beginning of the new century. It also reflects the various aspects of life of ordinary people in the face of great changes in the era and background, whether they actively or passively choose, actively persevere or passively escape.

30. 30 沧 Remembering the Years as the Seas Changed 沧海桑田忆年年 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance391k WordsOngoing My father and Uncle Wang Si, whom he had begged for help from among the neighbors, rode along an unknown little road dusted with snow, just as dawn began to break. Their whips cracked through the silent morning with a crisp, swirling sound. One cart carried the last of our corn kernels in burlap sacks, a few battered water jars, and four large geese. The other held pots and pans, the furniture that was still usable, and some clothes that had been worn by who knew how many children. All the quilt 1.9kReads8.9Score163Shelves
31. 31 穿 Transmigrated as a Blessed Farmer's Daughter, She Is Not to Be Messed With! 穿越农家福女，她招惹不得！ I Don't Want to Eat Garlic我不想吃大蒜Ancient Romance210k WordsOngoing [Imaginative Transmigration Into a Book] [Beloved by the Whole Family] [System] [Lucky Charm-Level Fortune] [Feel-Good Wife-Protecting Story] [Farming and Food] Wen Luo was sent flying by a truck. When she woke up, she had transmigrated into a book as an obscure, frail little daughter in a farming family. From the start, she was plagued by illness, with three older sisters and two older brothers! Fortunately, her whole family was devoted to one another, and there were no troublesome relatives, e 54Reads—Score—Shelves

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    There are no wild boars or rabbits, the female protagonist is exceptionally intelligent, has a very lucky constitution, and is extremely favored by the system.

32. 32 全 My Whole Family Transmigrated: My System Can Only Buy Things from Home 全家穿越：我的系统只能买家里货 Listening to the Rain on the Bank伏岸听雨Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + System + Sweet Romance + Multiple Couples + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted Fun] Both plot and everyday life are going strong. Light, funny, and heartwarming. There are couples! There will be a little rivalry for the heroine, but it ultimately ends in one-on-one romance. Expect an ancient-style domineering CEO, a refined villain, a yandere, unrequited love... but the final partner may not be the heroine. Cui Mingzhi transmigrates with her whole family to the Great Jing Dynasty, r 1.3kReads9.3Score153Shelves

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    A great farming story, very enjoyable.

33. 33 重 Back at Ten, I Fought to Reclaim My Name 重回十岁，我把名字挣回来了 Zhao Yanning昭砚宁Ancient Romance518k WordsOngoing In her previous life, Er Ya was sold off by her family and died of illness on a winter night. Now she's reborn at the age of ten. In this life, she wants nothing to do with her biased mother, her parasitic brother, or her cold home. She learns about herbs and literacy from a widowed doctor, then shoulders a medicine basket and travels from village to village. The memories of her past life are her golden finger, and the medical skills she gains in this life are her blade. She earns back her own l 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I recommend this book.

34. 34 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 608Reads8.9Score110Shelves

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    Highly recommended! [Not AI-generated, purely hand-written! Completed] The female lead has no romantic partner; she's a strong and beautiful woman on her own! Hunting, mushroom picking, cooking, clearing land, farming, building houses, vaccination against smallpox, making ice, salt, and brewing liquor, planting potatoes, peppers, sesame, peanuts, corn... Crabs, lobsters, coconut crabs... Toilets, fire pits, glass, mirrors, bicycles... It's amazing!!

35. 35 玩 Making the Most of a Life Full of Ups and Downs 玩转跌宕起伏的人生 Liu Piao留飘Modern Romance325k WordsCompleted [Traditional] [Period] [Romance] [Countryside] [Ensemble Cast] [Revenge] [The 1980s] [Strong Female Lead] [Comeback] [Inspirational]… Li Huiping was bright and talented, but while preparing for the high school entrance exam, she spent time tutoring Qiao Shan, the classmate she had a crush on, and lost the chance to prepare for the exam herself. As a result, she missed out on getting into a key high school. After the exams, Qiao Shan ignored her. Heartbroken, Huiping saw through men’s fickleness 181Reads8.4Score106Shelves
36. 36 灾 In the Famine Year, We Stay Behind to Build a Modern Nation Instead of Fleeing 灾年不逃荒，都留下搞现代化 Xin Xin Xin鑫鑫鑫Ancient Romance381k WordsOngoing [Farming] [System] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Modern Prosperity in a Year of Famine] After transmigrating to ancient times, Fang Tao opens her eyes to find herself fleeing a famine. She can't bear this kind of hardship. With a modern System in hand, she digs wells when there's no water, crossbreeds crops when there's no grain, installs central heating for the cold, and builds ice cellars for the heat. Refugees passing by gaze enviously at the cement road, practically crying as they long to get i 7Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This book is alright, I hope it doesn't fall apart later.

37. 37 穿 Transmigrating Through Thirty Years of the 1960s 穿越六零三十年 Transmigration and Rebirth穿越加重生Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Period] [Transmigration] [Space] [Reborn] [Educated Youth] [A Light Ensemble Cast] [Building Wealth] [The 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s] Chen Xi, the heroine, is transported to the 1960s by a silver-white dragon-and-phoenix ring. She becomes a ten-year-old girl with the same name, and her dream comes true: she gains an enormous space for farming and raising livestock. Blinded by a handsome face, she even takes in the gorgeous Chu Xuan. The only thing she regrets is giving him too much spirit spring w 13.4kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
38. 38 完 Oh No, Sun Wukong Has Fallen in Love with the Bone Demon 完蛋了，孙悟空爱上了白骨精 The World's Mightiest Little Fox宇宙无敌小狐狸Eastern Fantasy356k WordsCompleted Zhu Bajie: “Tell me, what is love? It makes this old pig pledge himself to another.” Sun Wukong: “The monsters are here. Bajie, you go first. I’ll cover the rear. Don’t worry: if you die, you’ll get a hundred million in underworld currency for compensation, deposited straight into your secret account at the Bank of the Underworld.” Tang Sanzang: “Bajie, your master is hungry. Hurry up and stew a pot of monk meat. Do you even want to keep your job? You’re so slow at everything, as dumb as a pig.” 230Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a good book.

39. 39 无 Foraging on an Uninhabited Planet, I Became a Billionaire 无人星球薅羊毛，我成了百亿富婆 Yuzu Builds a Bridge柚出一座桥Modern Romance510k WordsOngoing Golden finger + romance + getting rich + a little sweet romance The heroine only wants to get rich and hates troublesome things. Her greatest passion is keeping her head down and getting richer, richer, and richer! It’s a normal, mildly sweet romance, not some melodramatic, face-slapping power fantasy. The hero has family responsibilities. He has a cold, emotionless face, but inside he’s a slightly scheming, goofy, tsundere. The moment he sees the heroine, he wants to kiss her, hug her, and lift 4.9kReads6.2Score742Shelves

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    Recommend this book

40. 40 重 Reborn in 1958: Grandpa and Grandson Stockpile for the Famine Together 重生58爷孙空间联动囤爆灾荒年 Asking the Sword, Listening to Snow问剑听雪Urban790k WordsOngoing Peng Yi built his fortune from nothing, amassing billions, only to have his own children pull the plug and abandon him in his final years. He died full of hatred. Kneeling before the grave of his beloved Su Wanqing as he drew his last breath, he learned that she had once carried his child. At just twenty-three, she had died in a famine, and mother and child had suffered every hardship life could bring! Heaven had shown mercy: Peng Yi was reborn in 1958, on the eve of their flight from famine! A 5kReads—Score452Shelves

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    The novels set in the era of farming, hunting, and disaster relief are very good.

41. 41 郡 The Commandery Princess Is Reborn and Back for Revenge 郡主重生杀回来了 Yi Shuang宜霜Ancient Romance281k WordsOngoing Zhang Jiayue, the Princess of Yufang, was talked into visiting the Sure-Win Gambling House by her half-brother and the Third Prince. She brought along her childhood friend Jiang Yunzhao. After winning at first, she began to lose and got hopelessly hooked, borrowing a million taels of silver. The gambling house came after her to collect, bringing down both the Prince’s and Marquis’s households. She was killed, too. Unable to let go, she was reborn on the road as the gambling house’s collectors cl 367Reads8.1Score100Shelves
42. 42 成 Why Help Others Get What They Want? I’ll Choose Myself 成全别人？不如成全自己 Yue Cangyun Nali月藏云那里Modern Romance235k WordsCompleted In the book, Xu Jing'an spent her whole life helping others and putting them first, yet in the end, no one even said a kind word about her. This time, she's going to look after herself first and do what's best for her. 152.5kReads9.5Score12.3kShelves

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    This is the real top one, no need to say more.

43. 43 我 I Became a Clan Chief in Prehistoric Times 我在史前当族长 I Just Want to Scoop the Litter我只想铲屎Historical4.7M WordsOngoing Woolly mammoths! Saber-toothed tigers! Where is this place? Zhang Hong is utterly despairing, while the primitive people around him, clad in animal skins, look concerned. “Chief, it’s time to head back...” If you returned to prehistoric times, how would you survive and live a better life? 11.9kReads7.9Score1kShelves

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    A farming story set in primitive society, currently at 1.6 Million words. It lacks a systematic structure, focusing on leading a tribe of dozens through farming, animal husbandry, logging, mining, infrastructure development, and diligently progressing through technology [I've learned it all].

44. 44 古 The Prosperous Little Life of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times 古代农家夫妻的红火小日子 Mu from Envious, Ze from Munze羡慕的慕恩泽的泽Ancient Romance5.8M WordsOngoing (Also known as: A Clearwater Home, A Rural Tale) [Ancient-era farming / fictional map blending north and south / ensemble cast of locals, each the protagonist of their own life / no transmigration / no rebirth / no pocket dimension / no golden finger / country living / a slow, steady pace] The full-cast audiobook is now available. Come give it a listen! Four different comic-drama adaptations are now available. Come watch! A lovely book to pass the time when you have nothing better to do. Thi 155.4kReads9.2Score13kShelves

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    Just look at this! It's the most realistic story ever. You can tell how valuable it is just by how long I've read it.

45. 45 穿 Transmigrate: Little Man Ni's Violent Taming of Her Husband 穿越之，小曼娘暴力驯夫 Red May红五月Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted This is a lighthearted comedy. The heroine has no grand ambitions. All she wants is to keep her own little corner of the world in order and enjoy a quiet, semi-retired life. In one moment, Wang Man transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl sold off by her own father and stepmother to a thug. Faced with a poor family that has nothing to eat or drink, she nearly starves to death with a severe concussion. Her half-blind mother-in-law brings her a vegetable dumpling she's been saving for days. S 6.9kReads8.8Score889Shelves

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    This book is pretty good. Every time the male lead appears, I laugh so hard. It's hilarious! After reading so many books over the years, this is the only one where the male lead, in his twenties, can't beat his teenage wife. He's constantly either being beaten or on his way to be beaten. Even his own mother sides with his wife in the beating, making him seriously question his existence. His wife is his mother's biological daughter, and he's an adopted child. After all that beating, the petty thug stops gambling and starts following his wife around all day, showering her with attention and care.

46. 46 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 17.7kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves

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    A very good farming and infrastructure building novel. I haven't found a replacement yet. There's no romantic pairing so far; the female lead focuses on her career. It has some ensemble elements, but there aren't any truly awful characters, so it's not infuriating to read.

47. 47 穿 Transmigrating: Living Off My Wife in Ancient Times, Shamelessly 穿越之我在古代软饭硬吃 Excuse Me, Coming Through麻烦借过一下Two Male Leads473k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + shou protagonist + farming + pocket dimension + sweet romance + lighthearted] Reborn overnight, Gu Yuan finds himself transported from the zombie horde of his previous life to the brothel, another den of wolves and tigers. Every day, he wakes up thinking about food, eagerly taking on all the dirty, exhausting work. At last, he manages to preserve his chastity under the brothel madam’s watch. The eldest son of the Shu family is a wealthy man, plump and fair. Only Gu Yuan’s big 2.6kReads8.9Score230Shelves

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    It's a story about fleeing from disaster and farming, but it's a dual-male protagonist novel. I really love the male lead's personality; it's hilarious. I stayed up all night to finish it! [Laughs]

48. 48 穿 Reborn as the Cannon-Fodder Original Wife of a Mad Power-Hungry Minister 穿成疯批权臣的炮灰原配 Bright Lantern灯旺旺Ancient Romance707k WordsCompleted [Farming + Transmigrate into a Book + Sweet Romance] Witty, scheming girl vs. lovesick, obsessive powerbroker Xin Yueying transmigrates into a book, landing in an old-fashioned, preachy novel as the wicked wife of the deranged, obsessive second male lead. Shen Qingqi is the novel’s deranged, villainous male character. Born into a family of famed generals, he was imprisoned alongside the Shen family after his father offended powerful nobles. He suffered terribly in prison and was left with crippl 30.9kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves

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    It's super good! The male lead thinks the female lead is a fairy, so he styles her hair like a fairy and forbids her from going to temples, afraid she'll go back to heaven, hahaha. The female lead also doesn't follow the usual path, becoming friends with the villains every day—it's so funny! The author has so many jokes; one second I'm crying, the next I'm laughing. The male lead's younger brother is also hilarious; he always wears a string of rice dumplings around his neck, and the female lead always senses something terrible is about to happen, hahaha [smirk]

49. 49 架 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 Rain on Riverside Flowers汀花雨Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 73.4kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves

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    Both of these are very enjoyable farming novels, heartwarming and without any overpowered plot devices. The first book mainly tells the story of the Xu family's ordinary life in Jiangnan, focusing on making money. There are no kings or generals, no scholarly families, just a warm and loving family striving to live in a peaceful and prosperous era. The second book features a protagonist who transmigrates into the body of a genius prodigy who has lost his parents and only has four married sisters left. He strives to lead the entire village to prosperity.

50. 50 别 While Others Take the Official Exam, I Farm: Saving Myself Decades of Detours 别人考官我种田，少走弯路几十年 Chi Zhaozhao池朝朝Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Song Buci transmigrated, but he wasn’t born into a wealthy family or a high-ranking household. Instead, he became Song Fuyu, a nine-year-old farm boy and young scholar from Songjia Village! He thought his journey would take him into the cutthroat world of court politics, full of intrigue and betrayal. But before he could even set out, consumption laid him low, his family was destitute, and he was going hungry. Did all of them want him dead? Thunder boomed beneath a moonless sky, and a wild boar 3.6kReads8.9Score295Shelves

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