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. 501 蒸 The Sun and Moon in the Steamer 蒸屉里的日月 Deep Plowing in Spring春日深耕Modern Romance324k WordsCompleted Set against the changes sweeping the northern countryside in the 1990s, this story follows an ordinary rural woman as she spends half her life juggling household chores, conflicts with her sisters-in-law, small business ventures, and her children’s education. With only an elementary-school education, she supports her family with her skill at making steamed buns, putting her son through college and helping him build a life of his own. She lives through the transition from earthen houses to brick 298Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I recommend "The Days and Nights in the Steamer" [As time flows and years pass, what changes is the fleeting years, but what remains unchanged is the warmth of human life. A person's life is actually like steaming buns; if the heat is right, they'll be cooked; if not, they'll be raw even when the lid is lifted.]

2. 502 挖 Gathering Herbs to Raise a Child, Then Joining the Court of Judicial Review 挖药养娃，转头去大理寺上班 Ye Xiao Qi叶小漆Ancient Romance124k WordsOngoing [Family of Three] [Adorable Child] [Maxed-Out Animal Communication] [Career Focus, Not Romance] [Mystery Solving] [System] Other people transmigrate with a System. Liu Qingqing transmigrated with a daughter who has a System! While other people's kids are still playing in the mud, her daughter has already bonded with an "Animal Communication System." Complete its bizarre missions, and she can unlock the ability to understand every beast. She thought it over. How about starting a livestock busines 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   I'd like to recommend myself; in the early stages, I'll gather medicinal herbs and make clothes to sell for money. Later, I'll go to the capital to solve cases.

3. 503 被 After Getting Canceled Online, I Became a Sensation by Farming 被全网黑后，我靠种地爆红全网 Dragon's Toothwort龙芽草Modern Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original title: After Being Hated by the Entire Internet, I Became Famous by Farming! [Farming] [Not focused on the entertainment industry] [Selling produce] [Livestream] [Raising children] [Cozy] [Everyday life] [Healing] [Romance] Jiang Wanning, a spirit-plant cultivator, transmigrated into the body of a female celebrity hated by the entire internet. Everyone was calling for her to get out of showbiz. Jiang Wanning was happy to take their advice. She packed up and headed back to her hometown i 38.5kReads9.1Score2.4kShelves
4. 504 穿 Transmigrate to the Countryside: A Tough Farmer’s Daughter and Her Adoring Scholar Husband 穿越之农门悍妻，秀才夫君他超爱 Can Xiao'an灿小安Ancient Romance237k WordsCompleted (One-on-One Romance + Mutual First Love + Transmigration + Historical Farming + Food + Sweet Romance + No Golden Finger) Shen Ning transmigrates to ancient times as a strong but timid, insecure farm girl whose mother and father are both dead. With her seventeenth birthday approaching, she bravely blocks a scholar on the road and picks herself a handsome husband, hoping to avoid being forcibly matched by the authorities. The scholar is said to bring misfortune to his relatives, so the villagers 1.7kReads8.8Score187Shelves

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   This book mainly revolves around the male and female protagonists, depicting a simple and happy life.

5. 505 睁 I Opened My Eyes to Find Myself Selling My Niece? The Vicious Aunt Brings Fortune to the Whole Family 睁眼就在卖侄女？极品小姑旺全家 Call Me A Gu叫我阿骨Ancient Romance1.2M WordsOngoing [System + Beloved by All + Famine + A Real Piece of Work] Chen Qianqian transmigrated one day and opened her eyes just in time to see someone selling her niece. The original owner was lazy, greedy, and shameless. She had three older brothers and a younger brother, and as the family's only daughter, she'd been spoiled into a complete menace. She relied on the men in her family to throw her weight around the village, and now she was even planning to sell her niece just to get some meat! Wasn't she 11.3kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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   Amazing! [Sparrow's Food Masterpiece][Sparrow's Food Masterpiece][Sparrow's Food Masterpiece]

6. 506 流 Exiled: After I Pretended to Lose My Memory, My Husband Was Replaced 流放：假装失忆后，夫君换人了 Shu Jiu书久Ancient Romance369k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + feel-good power fantasy + no pocket dimension + sweet romance + mutually devoted leads + male rivals competing] Overnight, Su Qingkui transmigrates and becomes the awful sister-in-law who clung to her husband’s family, insisting on following them into exile. She knew her in-laws despised her, yet she threatened self-harm to marry into the family. In just three months of marriage, she drugged her husband, who avoided her like the plague, five times, and even tried to s 137Reads8.3Score110Shelves

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   The female lead has a sharp tongue, making it hard not to underline things while watching her farm and manage her business. The male and female leads are kindred spirits, and overall, the story is quite light and enjoyable.

7. 507 带 I Take My Daughter to Ancient Times: My In-Laws Eat Bran While I Feast on Meat 带着女儿闯古代，婆家吃糠我炫肉 Thousand Fans千扇Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Publication rights signed] [Farming + cozy family life + sweet romance + adorable kids] Zhao Yuzhen worked like a beast for her husband's family, devotedly caring for her bedridden mother-in-law for three years. Yet the money the government paid for their land all went into the pockets of her husband's second branch of the family and his younger sister. After discussing it with her daughter, who transmigrated with her, she decides she won't keep doing thankless work. She promptly takes her chil 10kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves

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   No romance, pure farming! My first new book, just released and the ratings are pretty good. It's about real farming, pharmaceutical production increases, improving farm tools and planting methods, getting rich and leading the whole village to prosperity. In my free time, I go up the mountain to gather herbs, pick wild vegetables and mushrooms, and cook delicious food. Along the way, I also get to beat up my awful relatives – a hilarious and satisfying daily life. This is my second book, about leading my family to prosperity!

8. 508 穿 Transmigrate and Split Up the Family? I’ll Use My Pocket Dimension to Farm and Support Them All 穿越就分家？我带空间种田养全家 Jin Yaoxianyu锦垚尘钰Ancient Romance504k WordsCompleted (The novel is complete. Welcome to give it a try, and if you enjoy it, please leave a good review 🙂) [Author’s note: This is a down-to-earth farming story, with no overpowered golden finger. The pocket dimension and spirit spring are only aids. They cannot store people or heal the sick! Lin Shuyue will not rely on the pocket dimension or spirit spring to survive and establish herself in Dayong. If you enjoy straightforward farming stories, come on in!] Watch a modern agricultural expert transfor 2.1kReads8.8Score232Shelves

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   This is a true farming novel! There are no dinner parties; it's all about making money through farming! Doing business is also an option when there's a surplus of agricultural products.

9. 509 穿 Back in Ancient Times to Farm: My Best Friend and I Become Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law! 穿回古代种田，我和闺蜜变婆媳！ Mai Xiaoman麦小满Ancient Romance214k WordsOngoing [Hunting in the Mountains] [Farming] [Pocket Dimension] [Romance] [Comedy] [Ensemble Cast] One day, after working herself to death from overtime, 26-year-old Zhao Yueshuang transmigrates and becomes a farmer in an ancient village. The good news: no more unpaid overtime. The bad news: she's become a twice-married village woman. Her husband and stepson have gone off to war, leaving her and her frail daughter-in-law to scrape by in the village. Looking at the dilapidated house before her, Zhao Yues 287Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The four main characters in this book are all transmigrated. They spend their days gathering wild produce, hunting, farming, and weaving straw sandals. They gradually save money, not by suddenly becoming rich. They've already saved enough to buy a cow for their family! The overall writing style is lighthearted and silly, making you laugh frequently. I'm still reading and hope they get a bigger house soon!

10. 510 娇 The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces the Cold Emperor, and He Falls for Her 娇娇蓄意勾引，清冷帝王沦陷了 Mu Niannian慕年年Ancient Romance651k WordsCompleted Palace intrigue + push and pull + seduction and rising to power + falling deeper at every step + devotion to one woman in the later story Loving her and knowing it + a man in power bowing his head for love * The short drama is out now. Search for “The Sweetheart Deliberately Seduces Him, and the Cold Emperor Falls” on Fanqie or Hongguo to watch the full series. * Pei Tingyue transmigrated into a book. She became a disposable consort in The Palace in Power. In the original story, she was simple-m 38.3kReads9.3Score4.4kShelves

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    Highly recommend this to anyone experiencing a reading slump; it's a great resource for a long reading period.

11. 511 开 From the Start, Transmigrated into a Brothel: I Take the Capital by Storm with a Script 开局穿越青楼，我靠剧本爆火京城 Shi Xiao Yi Er世晓一二Ancient Romance180k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + feel-good power fantasy + running a business + no romance + everyone's favorite + sisters being affectionate] Su Nianzhi opens her eyes and finds herself the young proprietress of Fengyuedu, a brothel on the verge of bankruptcy. Inside, the courtesans are headstrong and have offended the powerful; outside, rival businesses are eyeing them hungrily. And now an imperial decree is about to ban the sex trade, forcing every pleasure house to close! This, this, this... How can anyone 83Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    The author of the first book disappeared, leaving only the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The second one was okay, average. The third one was good without any romantic pairings! Then it became a bit bland, but it got good again near the end and didn't have a bad ending. The fourth one has wild boars. I don't know if this is a criticism of the one you mentioned, but it's definitely better than the one you're talking about, at least there are fewer romantic pairings. That one seems to want everyone to marry into a wealthy family.

12. 512 重 Reborn in the 1980s: The System Wants to Be My Son 重生80，系统要当我儿子 Fragrant Bamboo by Night夜里竹来香Rural Life467k WordsOngoing [Female-oriented period drama + No female lead + Brotherhood + Rural life + Slow-paced + Doting dad in the later half] Liu Xingwu, born impotent and now in the late stages of cancer, returns to 1987. From the start, he gets one bonus item with every purchase. One cheap son +1, one farming golden finger +1. At 19, he becomes a dad and a widower. … At last, after two lifetimes, Liu Xingwu has a biological son. He sits bolt upright despite being on his deathbed! It’s finally our turn, the South Ch 451Reads—Score102Shelves

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    No female lead, historical fiction with no romantic pairing.

13. 513 摆 After Escaping Her Maidservant Status, She Became Obsessed with Making Money 摆脱通房丫鬟身份后，她沉迷搞钱 Behave Yourself好好当当Ancient Romance695k WordsCompleted [Complete + no transmigration or rebirth + winning back his wife + slow-burn romance + political intrigue and business rivalry + pure-love devotees] She was a farmer’s daughter. After her father died, she was sold and became a kitchen maid in a marquis’s household. By a twist of fate, she was forced to follow the marquis’s family into exile for a heinous crime. She endured countless hardships and suffered many injuries to keep the whole family fed, all because the young marquis had made a solemn 78.5kReads9.2Score8.6kShelves

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    Come on, both books are great!

14. 514 流 Exiled to Lingnan, I Invite Su Shi to a Dance Party 流放岭南，我请苏轼蹦迪 Dieyin Miao蝶音妙243k WordsCompleted [Farming + transmigration + a space with a spirit spring + family life + daily life + making a fortune + cozy + a path to the modern era + selling vegetables + no romance + building from nothing + a light ensemble cast + exile + housebuilding + cuisine + infrastructure + from modern times to ancient times] Xia Xiaomo, a modern folk singer, transmigrates one day into the body of a concubine-born daughter abandoned by her family, who died of illness on the road to exile. As she hovers between life 2Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 515 恶 The Villainess Became the Contrast Character, and Her Whole Family Is Absolutely Terrifying 恶女穿成对照组，极品全家杀翻天 Lv Fenghou, Who Likes Nini Bugs喜欢蚭虫子的吕风侯Ancient Romance309k WordsCompleted Lin Huanyue transmigrates into an old-fashioned farming novel as the female side character who serves as a foil. Her family is notorious throughout the village: A stingy father who married into the family, a fake-sweet, scheming mother, an eldest brother who steals chickens and dogs, a second sister with expert tea-drinking skills, and another brother who excels at pretending to be ill. As for her, she is a spoiled, infamous little villain, doted on by her whole family. In the original story, th 271Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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    [What][Pouting][Pouting][Pouting]

16. 516 为 To Snag a Village Entry Slot, Rich Women Worldwide Hurl Billions at It 为抢进村名额，全球富婆怒砸百亿 Old Meow Mister老喵先森Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Fishing by the Sea] [Tycoon] [Countryside] [Fishing] [Livestream] Zhou Yang, whose net worth was over a hundred million, lost everything overnight, and his wife ran off. Just as he was about to step onto the rooftop, he suddenly acquired the strongest Countryside Upgrade System. After upgrading his family’s fish pond, it actually turned into the sea. From then on, things quickly got out of hand. All kinds of rare sea fish appeared, drawing in all sorts of fishing enthusiasts. From that day on, 3.7kReads7.3Score240Shelves

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    This book is a disappointment due to its title; it's well-written, with good prose and stable updates. I'm giving the author a shout-out! If you're looking for something to read, check it out! 17

17. 517 离 This Is Ridiculous! I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Ran into My Late Mom? 离谱！穿越古代遇上过世的老妈？ Little Fish Is Slacking Off Again Today小鱼今天也摆烂Ancient Romance223k WordsCompleted No pocket dimension, no System, no wealthy-family power struggles, no princes or nobles! A cozy, everyday story + farming and business, all about a peaceful life and being content with modest prosperity. Lin Xi, a wage slave working late into the night, unexpectedly transmigrates to an impoverished farming family in ancient times. The biggest surprise is that she reunites there with her mother, who passed away long ago. No golden finger, no lucky breaks or shortcuts. She relies on the little cle 204Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a very enjoyable farming novel, a heartwarming story without any overpowered plot devices. The first book mainly focuses on the female protagonist's ordinary life of earning money, from her perspective. There are no royalty or scholarly families, only a warm and loving family striving to live a simple life in a peaceful and prosperous world. It combines business and farming elements.

18. 518 大 The Strong Widow and Her Children of Every Shape and Size Flee the Famine 大力寡妇与高矮胖瘦的儿女在逃荒 Ximen Qizi西门七仔Ancient Romance4.7M WordsOngoing [No romance + widow + butcher + the whole village flees famine + farming + space + building wealth] Some people are killed by cars, others by people jumping from buildings, but Cheng Guqing is crushed to death by grain in a granary! Then she transmigrates. She wakes up as a 45-year-old widow, 180 centimeters tall and weighing 200 jin, whose husband has just died and who’s astonishingly strong. She goes straight from being an unmarried older woman to a grandmother, gaining a pile of children, in- 13.7kReads8.8Score810Shelves

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    Book Recommendations for Those Suffering from a Reading Shortage 🍅 Ancient Romance Novels

19. 519 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 4.4kReads9.0Score557Shelves

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    So beautiful! [Crying emoji]

20. 520 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book, but the Powerful Male Lead Won't Play by the Rules 穿书，权臣男主不按套路出牌 Free Ash Gray自由的烟灰色Ancient Romance307k WordsCompleted (Mutual devotion + tsundere + sweet romance) Fu Jing transmigrates into the novel The Most Powerful Chief Councillor of Wanxiang as Ruan Jing, the male lead's ill-fated stepsister. Without the protagonist's halo, a golden finger, or a pocket dimension, how can she turn her tragic fate around... 4.6kReads8.9Score312Shelves
21. 521 同 We Both Reborn in a Famine Year: What Do I Do When My Rival Targets My Pocket Dimension? 同穿荒年：冤家盯上我空间怎么办 Qing Yan7青妍7Ancient Romance208k WordsOngoing [Strong female and male leads + family life + love and hate + putting scumbags in their place + adorable kids + spirit pets] ☞ In her previous life, Du Ran spent two years undercover as bodyguard to the young master Zhao Xi, finally ringing the death knell for the Zhao Group with irrefutable evidence! Then Zhao Xi forced her car to stop on the highway, and the two of them transmigrated to the disaster-ridden Dayi Dynasty. One became the wicked mother of four girls, while the other became a ruler 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I really enjoyed this book. The narrative unfolds smoothly and engagingly, making it a fun read. The male protagonist seems to have transmigrated as a golden eagle, a foe with whom the female protagonist had a grudge from a past life. I was really looking forward to seeing how the eagle would transform into a human. It's a very unique novel and definitely worth reading. [Thumbs up]

22. 522 恶 The Villainess Turns Over a New Leaf, Starts Her Own Family Tree, and Brings Prosperity to the Whole Village 恶女洗白，族谱单开带旺全村 Sparkling Fish鱼鱼亮晶晶Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted Completed! Farming + romance + cozy humor + no System or spatial cheat + no golden finger + building from nothing + wealth and prosperity + sweet, devoted romance between two virgins Funny father-daughter antics + healing family warmth + romantic tension between lovers The Lu Family Village has three scourges: first, the blind bear in the hills behind the village; second and third, Lu Youtian and his daughter. The father is lazy, gluttonous, and idle, with his heart set on living off his parents 4.8kReads8.3Score488Shelves
23. 523 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 41.1kReads8.2Score2.8kShelves

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    A story set in the Northeast, set in a bygone era, involving hunting, fishing, farming, and adventures with his brothers. It revolves around various thrilling and life-or-death encounters, resulting in many exciting and hilarious tales.

24. 524 穿 Transmigrating to the Modern Era: I Haul Supplies Home by the Armload 穿越现代，我哐哐往家搬物资 Loves Sweetheart Rice Cakes爱吃糖心糍Modern Romance448k WordsCompleted For generations, Nanshan Village has passed down one ancestral rule: “Never flaunt your wealth or show off your riches.” Even in the years when people barely had enough to eat or clothes to cover themselves, the village chief constantly reminded the villagers to remember the old rule. At first, Chunxia only prayed that Heaven would give her little sister enough milk powder to survive. Heaven took pity on her and sent her to another world where she could earn money by collecting garbage. Her litt 2.2kReads9.0Score258Shelves

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    This book was surprisingly good. The female protagonist unexpectedly gains the ability to travel to the modern era. Not only does she solve her younger sister's milk powder problem, but she also brings wealth to the entire village. The ability will disappear later in the story.

25. 525 全 The Whole Family Transmigrates to the Great Northern Wilderness in the 1970s with the Ocean 全家带海洋穿越七零北大荒 Green Pavilion Sauce青阁酱Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Whole family transmigrates into a book + Northeastern farm + cozy and funny + heroine has a love interest] Yu Xiaoye and her parents go on vacation in the Pacific, but their yacht meets with an accident. When they open their eyes, the whole family has transmigrated into a book, landing in the Great Northern Wilderness of the 1970s. Their new family is packed with troublemakers and doomed cannon fodder, and they have two local older brothers now. Dad is a troublesome cannon-fodder character, Mom 7.9kReads9.0Score1.2kShelves

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    Then it has to be these two books where the protagonists, with their overpowered abilities, survive entirely on their own merits [smirk]. One is set in ancient times, and the other in a post-reform era [laugh].

26. 526 太 The Crown Prince Is Exiled, and His Lucky Maid Goes Along to Bring Him Endless Fortune 太子流放，锦鲤婢女随行超旺他 Xiao Junzi萧君子Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Farming, food, political intrigue, a pure historical romance A clever, quick-witted palace maid X a scheming, domineering, deposed crown prince Adapted under the title Rebel Li Yue is a palace maid who carries dishes in the Eastern Palace. She rarely gets to see the crown prince, the crown princess, or the noble consorts. She thinks she's the luckiest person in the palace: her master's anger never falls on her, and the head cook looks after her. She's grown plump from eating well, and feels trul 12.4kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves

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    I love the female lead so much! She started as a palace maid and followed the crown prince into exile, winning people over with her culinary skills. She's kind but not overly saintly; as her business grows, she always has a group of loyal followers. From a humble cook, she becomes a true winner in life.

27. 527 县 The County Magistrate's Daughter Only Wants to Farm 县令之女她只想种田 Mountain Pepper山辣子Ancient Romance538k WordsCompleted [System + farming + no toxic characters + lighthearted + one-on-one romance] Transmigrating? No need to panic, she has a System! Gu Yin just wanted to farm every day and do a little business on the side. Who knew she’d accidentally turn the county her father governed into a model county and become the richest person in the Great Ji dynasty? ----------Bonus Scene------- When they first met, she held out her slender hand. “A hundred taels for the travel expenses, please.” He sat in a wheelchair, h 6.9kReads8.9Score706Shelves

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    Escape poverty and achieve prosperity here! Delicious aromas waft for miles, crops yield abundant harvests, livestock thrive, and leisure life is joyful and fulfilling. [Cool]

28. 528 嫁 Marrying a Childless Champion Warrior: A Salt Merchant’s Wife Leads Her Village to Fortune 嫁绝嗣武状元，盐户妻带全村暴富 Xiao Jinzhao小金昭Ancient Romance111k WordsOngoing [Everyday life in a salt-making family + married first, love later + drying salt and opening salt flats + taming sea beasts + reclaiming land and farming + opening a dye shop + Nether Salt Illusory Mirror Space] Diving instructor Qiao Jintang transmigrates one day and becomes a scapegoat being sold off. Watching one girl after another dragged away, she turns tearfully to Xie Changhe, a towering man. Xie Changhe's heart softens, and he spends two taels of silver to buy her and take her home! Ever —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A novel farming-themed story! It depicts the daily life of a salt-producing family in the southwestern coastal region. The salt farmer's wife leads her martial arts champion husband as they gradually build their fortune. The romance between the male and female leads develops slowly and steadily – a farming story with a gentle, enduring feel.

29. 529 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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    Both are exceptionally well-written novels without a fixed setting or system. The difference lies in the fact that the first book is relatively mild, lacking the conflicts and hardships of the first. The second book, on the other hand, is truly filled with suffering.

30. 530 农 The Eldest Daughter of a Farming Family Gets Busy in the Fields 农门长姐种田忙 Rice-Crust Meat锅巴肉Ancient Romance577k WordsCompleted Synopsis: No awful relatives, no spatial storage, no System. Just an ordinary life, unfolding at an unhurried pace. Bai Feifei transmigrated. She landed in an ancient farming household, where food and warm clothes were hard to come by. The only way forward was to work hard and earn money. She got to work farming and raising livestock, leading the whole village toward prosperity. 306Reads8.5Score—Shelves
31. 531 捡 The Bargain-Hunting Era: Lin Mei’s Daily Life of Scoring Freebies 捡漏年代：林美的薅羊毛日常 Dimension Mender次元缝补匠Modern Romance361k WordsCompleted [Historical Era + Everyday Life + Finding Bargains + Ordinary Person Reborn in the Womb + No Handouts, No Saintly Heroine, No Throwing Herself at Men + No Being Sent to the Countryside, No Military Marriage, No Rough-Hewn Hero + A Small Golden Finger That Gradually Levels Up + A Palm-Sized Pocket Dimension for Stashing Private Savings] Reborn in the womb in 1949, Lin Mei becomes the daughter of an ordinary farming family in Linjia Village. Beautiful but useless, she’s not cut out for great thing 14.5kReads9.2Score1kShelves

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    These books are all quite good. The first and third are refreshing additions to the historical fiction genre. The second and fourth are time-travel stories set in a different era; the female lead in the second is very strong, and in the fourth, the female lead has a storage space where everything is grown and harvested by herself. The fifth is about a demon lord who failed his tribulation and is reborn into the ancient imperial examination system. The sixth is about a reborn ancient woman who carefully avoids family constraints and speaks cautiously.

32. 532 中 I Won Ten Million, So I Went Home and Opened a Mini-Mart 中奖一千万，我回老家开小超市 Lemon Mimi柠檬米米Modern Romance451k WordsCompleted [Rural Life + Farming + Slow Pace + Romance + No Toxic Characters] Just as Jin Ming was thinking of quitting, she was luckily laid off by her company. Not only did she receive an N+1 severance package, but the lottery ticket she bought also won her ten million yuan. Jin Ming chose to return to her hometown to be with her parents and tear down their leaky old house to rebuild it. She bought the homestead from her uncle and opened a small convenience store after rebuilding the house. When her best 15.9kReads7.9Score2.5kShelves

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    This could have been the life I longed for.

33. 533 悍 A Tough Wife Enters the House: Setting a Family of Weaklings on Their Feet 悍妻进门：扶起一屋软骨头 Flying Lulu会飞的璐璐Ancient Romance1.3M WordsOngoing (Wife’s devoted servant, live-in son-in-law) Wang Jinzhu transmigrated as a butcher’s daughter and married a hunter, even throwing in a dowry. Unfortunately, the hunter’s whole family were spineless cowards. They wouldn’t dare say a word to the parasitic second branch of the family or their biased elders. Her sister-in-law was about to be sold, while her foolish husband and parents-in-law could only kneel and beg. She couldn’t take it anymore. She was going to straighten out those spineless cowa 55.5kReads8.5Score2kShelves

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    See? I bet a lot of people have seen this.

34. 534 穿 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 Shui Bo1984水波1984Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13.9kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
35. 535 穿 Reincarnated as an Ancient Maid, I Take the Young Master to Escape the Famine 穿成古代丫鬟带着小少爷去逃荒 Mango Lover爱芒果Ancient Romance307k WordsCompleted A slow-paced story, mainly about the heroine’s life in an imaginary dynasty. [Farming + no golden finger + imaginary dynasty + wilderness survival + not a self-sacrificing saint] The heroine transmigrates in the ordinary way, with no golden finger. She relies on the knowledge she gained in modern life to survive in the wilderness, and uses what she learned about staying alive in the apocalypse to avoid danger and seek advantage, doing her best to survive disasters and human calamities. Gu Qing s 364Reads6.7Score—Shelves

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    The first part of this book depicts two people surviving in the deep mountains and wilderness, storing food for the winter. The second part describes their life after they leave the mountains.

36. 536 变 Mutated Wasteland: Exotic Delicacies on the Tip of the Tongue 变异废土，舌尖上的异种美食 Lin Tianjia林添加Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Mutant Disaster] [Gourmet] [Slice of Life] [Business and Farming] How many times more protein do mutated creatures have than beef? Having just arrived in this world, Liu Bi was shocked by his own thought. He awakened a Master Chef System on land polluted by spores. Was something wrong here? Could every kind of mutated creature be turned into a gourmet dish? Then hurry up and serve it! A specialty restaurant on the edge of the safe zone, serving unconventional comfort food in the midst of everyd 9.3kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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    These are some really good farming/farming novels with a focus on food; all of them are non-romantic. Currently being serialized.

37. 537 七 A Little Cannon Fodder’s Growth Diary in the 1970s 七零年代，炮灰小豆丁的成长日记 Playing the Passerby扮途人Modern Romance508k WordsCompleted [Period setting + family squabbles + cozy coming-of-age slice of life + family bonds + native-born young heroine + adorable child + no romance... too many elements to list. A chaotic mix of transmigration and rebirth. If you don’t like it, don’t read. Ensemble cast focus.] Four-and-a-half-year-old Chen Manyue is bound to a System, which tells her that her whole family is a bunch of troublemakers. Her father, Chen Zhongyi, may have “loyalty and righteousness” in his name, but he’s actually hot-te 13kReads8.6Score2.9kShelves
38. 538 五 The Five-Year-Old Prodigy Takes Her Dad Along to Divorce and Turn the World Upside Down 五岁小祖宗，带爹和离闹翻天 Yu Fanchen喻凡尘Ancient Romance414k WordsOngoing (The rating has just been posted and will rise.) Zhao Jinan was an 18-year-old apocalypse-era woman with no partner. She transmigrated into the body of an adorable girl not yet five years old, and got herself a spineless cuckolded dad and a mother who had a lover. Her mother and her lover flirted and fawned over each other in the manor, while she and her father were driven to the kitchen to gnaw on cold, hard buns. With Zhao Jinan's help, her cuckolded dad successfully divorced. Afterward, he 1.1kReads6.7Score107Shelves
39. 539 魔 The Demon Venerable Is Reborn as a Baby and Helps His Father Pass the Imperial Exams 魔尊胎穿崽，陪爹考科举 Show-Off with the Hazard Lights On显眼包开双闪Ancient Romance663k WordsOngoing [Reborn and reincarnated from infancy; farming in the early stages; imperial exams in the middle; officialdom later on; warm family bonds; no romance; adored by everyone] The Demon Lord Shen Yan got a fresh start one day, only to be reborn by mistake as a child born to a cuckold. His cheap father had been cuckolded so badly that his head was practically green-black. So what? At least he had a father now! His father was in poor health? No problem. Three-year-old Shen Yan dragged over a big stool, 1.3kReads9.0Score110Shelves
40. 540 熊 The Bear Clan Rises: A Hilarious Diary of the Bear Who Keeps Holding Everyone Back 熊族崛起拖后腿熊熊搞笑日记 Flower Fragrance Speaks to the Heart花香解语Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing [No romance · No golden finger · Not a wish-fulfillment story · Cultivation · Farming · Fluffy creatures · Set in a cultivation world where men and women are equal, with just a little favoritism toward women] A little bear (female) accidentally ate a high-grade spirit herb. At the brink of death, she awakened memories of her past life… as a third-year college student in the 21st century… The little bear says: If I'd been in high school, I could have figured out a thing or two about cultivation. 5.6kReads9.1Score717Shelves
41. 541 荒 Peace in the Famine Years: I Pick Up a General’s Heir and Put Him to Work in the Fields 荒岁禾安：捡了个将门嫡子去种地 Weiwei and Wei薇薇与薇Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted [Farming] + [Historical Romance] + [Infrastructure] + [Political Intrigue] + [Reborn] In a year of famine, Su He rubbed her empty stomach. If there’s a next life, I’ll make sure to eat and drink well! She opened her eyes and was reborn before the famine struck. Reborn to farm through a famine? She’d make a fortune and eat her fill. For a task like farming, she’d team up with the legitimate son of a reclusive military family! Hey, I only wanted to farm. What are you doing with that official’s 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It is a promising book.

42. 542 被 After Being Cast Aside: Cui's Daily Life 被休后，崔娘子的起居日常 Dingdong Jiuj iu叮咚酒酒Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted [Born into an Ancient Era + Alternate History + Strong Female Lead + Historical Romance + Lighthearted Daily Life + Male Lead] Cui Xiao, a modern-day corporate drone, died after pulling an all-nighter at work. When she woke up, she discovered she’d been born into the Cui family of the Da Li Dynasty. She was ready to lie flat and enjoy a life of having everything handed to her, but things turned out to be more complicated than she’d imagined. First, she was unlucky enough to get stuck with an irr 5.6kReads8.9Score600Shelves
43. 543 逃 Escaping the Frontier Star, I Create My Own Cheat 逃出边缘星，我自创外挂 Dugu Muya独孤木崖Sci-Fi & Apocalypse440k WordsOngoing [Sci-fi, survival, slow burn, ensemble cast, hard sci-fi, multiple storylines] Psionics, gamer mentality, and a cybernetic eye merge into one. Crash-landed on a frontier planet, Big Tail treats survival like a game. No System? Then he’ll make one himself! Issue quests, write code, design interfaces. As he plays, he becomes a psionic, without even realizing that an unheard-of “self-made cheat” is quietly taking shape. In this technologically stagnant galaxy, megacorporations monopolize everything 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is a self-recommended sci-fi alien survival and farming story. The second book has a hardcore setting; the prologue alone is thirty chapters long, but skipping it won't affect your reading. The third book is a fanfiction set in a borderland, featuring a beast girl harem; it's quite good. The fourth book is about cultivation and infrastructure development in a fantasy world; the concept is quite imaginative.

44. 544 假 The Fake Heiress Is Sweet and Charming, and Her Five Brothers Dote on Her 假千金又软又撩，五个哥哥宠上天 Slightly Tipsy with Orange Flavor橘子味微醺Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted After Su Wan transmigrated into a book, she took one look at her character's setup and ending and fell into deep thought. She could have coasted to victory, but instead she had to court death. Was this really the standard ending for a vicious supporting female character? To change her fate, she decided to return to the countryside and cling to her five older brothers. After all, they would all become big shots one day. Her eldest brother would become a third-rank official at court. Her second br 26.9kReads9.3Score7.4kShelves

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    A good farming novel.

45. 545 奇 Strange Soil 奇壤 Little Little Yimu Zhi小小亦木之Eastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing Don't worry, this is absolutely a farming novel. A construction worker's journey of development in another world. Infrastructure, farming, culture... Think that's all there is? A whole world of possibilities! Countless races, an enormous world, hardcore development, and mysteries aplenty. A sea of stars? Just stars and the universe, or perhaps multidimensional space, or advanced civilizations? A sea of stars like that would be far too boring, wouldn't it? Could there be something more varied, gr 26.3kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves
46. 546 山 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 107.2kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves
47. 547 边 Edge: A Beast Girl Collection Game That Starts with a Mouse Girl 边缘：从鼠娘开始的兽娘收集游戏 Mound Fox冢狐Anime Fanfiction1.8M WordsOngoing [Beast-Eared Girls] [Lots of Beast-Eared Girls] [Loli from the Start] [Multiple Heroines] [Science Fiction] [Slow Burn] [Colony Development] [Raising and Nurturing] [RimWorld] [Edgeworld] When he woke up, Jiang Ling found himself lying in a hibernation pod, having been taken to a planet on the very edge of the galaxy. He had also been brought to the year 5500 AD. It was a lawless, chaotic place without order or government. On a planet like this, Jiang Ling, an ordinary person from the 21st centu 75kReads9.2Score8.8kShelves
48. 548 穿 Transmigrated as the Eldest Daughter of a Widow: Fierce Farming, No One Dares Bully Us 穿成寡妇家长女，泼辣种田不敢欺 Bright Red Persimmon火红的柿子Ancient Romance281k WordsOngoing [Alternate setting, no pocket dimension, no System, traditional farming story, up the mountain, down to the river, cozy rural daily life] A corporate workhorse from the twenty-first century dies suddenly on the job, then wakes up one day as the eldest daughter of a widow in a poor mountain village. Since ancient times, widows’ doorways have attracted trouble. With no man in the house, a timid mother, and a little brother, she has no choice but to toughen up. Someone comes to the door to curse us 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the hardest-working and poorest protagonist I've ever read in a farming novel. [Facepalm]

49. 549 闺 My Daughter's Words Become Law, and Her Mad Mother Lies Back and Becomes a God 闺女言出法随，癫娘躺赢成神 Hungry Goose大鹅饿饿Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Qin Youyou has an incomplete soul and is reborn as a good-for-nothing orphan in a fantasy world, with only a farming System to her name. She lives tucked away in a small mountain valley, until one day she returns to her family. She has to care for her deranged mother, feed her good-for-nothing older brother, and support her declining family. She rolls up her sleeves and keeps working hard to grow vegetables and feed her family. Until... Her useless older brother drinks her tea and smashes a hund 13.8kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
50. 550 开EN I Start by Handing Over a Cultivation World, and the Nation Wants Me to Become an Immortal First 开局上交修仙界，国家让我先成仙 Beautiful Onion美丽的洋葱Eastern Fantasy1.8M WordsOngoing “Chief, I request permission to hand over an unclaimed cultivation world.” “This world is rich in resources and abundant in spiritual energy. I recommend taking it over as soon as possible.” Lu Li transmigrates to a cultivation world and becomes a low-ranking mine slave in a demonic sect. Without an old master or a System to guide him, he thinks he'll have to cultivate the hard way. But by chance, he awakens a twin-fish jade pendant that can contact Huaxia. The news shocks the entire country, an 259.2kReads9.2Score31.2kShelves

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