Farming Stories: Picking Mushrooms and Foraging for Wild Greens 种田文，采蘑菇挖野菜

1. 1 在 The Days I Spent Farming in the Village 在村里种田的日子 Zeng Pig Milk Tea曾猪奶茶Ancient Romance231k WordsCompleted The rating is low because it was just released. Give it a try if it sounds like your thing. Sang Wan, a maid in the Li residence, offended one of the household's esteemed guests and was handed over to a slave broker. He took her from Jiangzhou Prefecture on a winding journey, and by a twist of fate, sold her to a rough soldier who had just returned home to the Du family. The eldest son, Du Yu'en, had coarse features and a fierce look in his eyes. He spoke in a gruff voice, and whenever he shoute 921Reads8.7Score100Shelves

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   The female and male protagonists in this story are ordinary people who earn money by picking herbs and mushrooms in the mountains. They live a simple and interesting rural life in the village. If you like stories about ordinary life involving gathering, you can read on without worry.

2. 2 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

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   This is absolutely gorgeous! I've already read it three times. The author posted pictures, and they're making me so envious!

3. 3 零 -30°C: Brewing Tea by the Fire in the Great Northern Wilderness 零下三十度：我在北大荒围炉煮茶 wesdModern Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Everyday Life + Food + Cozy and Relaxed + Sweet Romance + Devoted Couple] With a fully stocked pocket dimension, Lin Wan transmigrated into the 1970s as a young urban-educated woman assigned to a forestry camp in the Great Northern Wilderness. From the start, it was forty degrees below zero, and heavy snow had sealed off the mountains. The forestry camp as others saw it: bone-biting winds, hard, cold corn buns, huddling like quails, and crying every day to go back to the city. 18kReads8.5Score3kShelves

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   Don't let the unappealing title fool you; the book is well-written and engaging.

4. 4 救 Help! What Happened to My Gentle Husband? 救命，我那么一个温柔夫君呢？ A White White One at Home家有白白一只Ancient Romance639k WordsCompleted Li Xiaoyu transmigrated into the body of a little rascal who'd stolen a bride, then used her dowry to throw herself at another man and marry him. After the rascal was beaten with a shoulder pole by her own father, she was sent back to the Gu family, whose house was bare of everything but its walls. Everyone was waiting for a laugh. They wanted to see how she'd bully the unlucky groom, who was not only blind but also missing one hand and one leg. Day after day went by. They never saw the unl 9.2kReads9.1Score1.2kShelves

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   Haha, the female lead's family is hilarious! After she spent a few years in the north and came back, her whole family was vying to be the first to see her, even lining up from oldest to youngest! So cute! [Shy][laugh]

5. 5 人 In the Beast World, Burn Paper If You Need Anything 人在兽世，有事烧纸 Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Cozy Vibes] [Food] [Farming] [Raising Kids] [Light Infrastructure Building] [Power Couple] Gray Wolf gong x White Deer shou (You’ve never heard the legend of the Gray Wolf and White Deer?! ಥ_ಥ) Outdoor streamer Bai Fan transmigrates into a beastfolk world after a livestreaming accident, becoming a rare sub-beast. He thought he had transmigrated, but in truth, his soul had returned to its rightful place. The moment Bai Fan opens his eyes, he is captured by another tribe and sold into slavery a 18.5kReads9.2Score3.4kShelves

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   A farming and food-themed story set in a beast world. They really have to find food every single day.

6. 6 农 Everyday Ways to Prosper on the Farm 农家致富日常 Rain Falls Over Jiangnan江南雨纷纷Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Farming + Street Stalls + A Gentle Pace + Everyday Family Life] This is a warm and cozy farming story with no outrageous villains. It's a warm, funny daily-life story about a family focused on making money. There are no villains and no golden fingers. The main characters are ordinary people without any golden fingers, and the whole family works together to build a better life, with a focus on the gentle rhythms of everyday life. At daybreak, smoke rose from the chimneys of many homes in Peach B 13kReads9.0Score1.3kShelves

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   Looking for a pure tranquility in the world of novels? This slow-burning farming story is just what you're looking for. It tells the story of an ordinary farming family in Peach Blossom Village, how they diligently manage their lives amidst the sounds of roosters crowing and dogs barking, and how they unite their family with love. There are no troublesome characters to disrupt their lives, no special privileges bestowed by invincible forces; everything feels so natural and real. From spring planting to autumn harvest, from cultivating wasteland to setting up a stall at the market, they write an extraordinary story of struggle in ordinary days. Every ordinary moment will touch the softest corner of your heart. Come and experience this peaceful life!

7. 7 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 8.4kReads8.0Score723Shelves

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   This is a pure farming story. It focuses on growing watermelons, corn, beans, sweet potatoes, and eventually apples and strawberries. Half the scenes are about farming; there are no princes or nobles involved. It's a genuine tale of a family uniting together to become wealthy through farming.

8. 8 雾 Laid-Back Days in Miststone Forest 雾石森林的悠哉日常 Castle Gate, Castle Gate, Egg Cake城门城门鸡蛋糕Ancient Romance535k WordsCompleted [Healing]+ [A life like Stardew Valley]+ [Slow-paced] [No cheap tricks, no melodrama. This book is for everyone who hasn't yet had the chance to truly live.] Important note: No CP, no CP! I wasn't going to spoil anything, but then I noticed Tomato had tagged this as “Ancient Romance” and “Fantasy Romance,” which left me baffled. There are men in the story, and some of them develop feelings for the heroine. Isn't that perfectly natural? But it doesn't mean they're a couple. At the age of seventy 3.4kReads6.6Score474Shelves

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   Hahaha, does living in a mushroom house count as living in a mushroom house? [Heart emoji][heart emoji] Stardew Valley's slow-paced lifestyle welcomes those exhausted by work and life to come and see the Misty Stone World.

9. 9 青 A Cottage Amid the Green Hills 青山可结庐 Zeng Pig Milk Tea曾猪奶茶Ancient Romance297k WordsCompleted The rating is low because this novel just came out, dears. The tags are wrong: it's historical romance and farming. In the first year of Tianyuan, something extraordinary happened in Lijiazhuang, a small village under Fengshui Township. The family of Li Zhijin was actually asking for the hand of Xu Lansi, the second daughter of the neighboring Xujiacun. The Xu family had two daughters, but the elder, Xu Jinxiu, was the real beauty, both talented and lovely, with suitors coming one after another. 3.1kReads8.9Score335Shelves

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   These three books are ordinary and uneventful, about farming and foraging for wild vegetables; there's no time travel or rebirth involved.

10. 10 克 The Couple Cursed to Bring Misfortune to Each Other Strike It Rich 克夫克妻的小夫妻发达啦 Yan Zhiqing言之清Ancient Romance262k WordsCompleted (No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger. Everyday family life, a slow and steady pace.) Less than a year after Li Xiaotao married into her husband's family, he died of illness, leaving her branded as a husband-killer. Driven back to her parents' home, Li Xiaotao struggled for three years to raise her child. She ate less than a chicken and worked harder than an ox. In the end, her family married her off to a man said to bring death to his wives. A husband-killer and a wife-killer: toget 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
11. 11 村 The Family at the End of the Village 村尾人家 Qing You清优Ancient Romance6.5M WordsOngoing [Fictional setting + cozy farming + everyday family life + slow-burn slice of life] With no love from her father or stepmother, Tian Xiaoxi has endured years of torment. Now she is forced to marry Chen Jiawang, a cripple from the neighboring village. She thinks she is doomed to sink into a mire with no hope of ever turning her life around. Little does she know that the man fell in love with her at first sight long ago. After they marry, he cherishes her dearly. They have a lovely son and daug 20.7kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
12. 12 六 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 Don't Know Any Better孬不道Modern Romance999k WordsCompleted [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.2kReads8.5Score1.3kShelves

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    This period drama tells heartwarming stories of everyday life, without military marriage or stepmother involvement. The female protagonist spends her summer vacation at her grandmother's house, picking fruit, gathering pine needles, collecting herbs, and catching river crabs during the day, and catching eels in the rice paddies at night.

13. 13 满 The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝，苦瓜少女的崛起 Nian Xiaogao Loves Rice Cakes年小糕爱吃年糕Ancient Romance383k WordsCompleted [Farming! Feel-Good Story! Golden Finger! Food! No Romance] [Content warning: No male lead, but there is one-sided affection. A gentle, cozy story!] College student Lin Xiu wakes up as a poor orphan girl in ancient times. There’s even a tiny baby by her bed, crying to be fed! A home stripped bare, doomed from the start! She thinks heaven must be against her, but then it gives her a golden finger! The mountains are wonderful! Picking mushrooms and making delicious food! Finding medicinal herbs 2.9kReads8.2Score342Shelves

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    The female lead is a great cook and lives at the foot of the mountain. She picks mushrooms, digs for wild vegetables, and makes traps, living off the land. These two little foodies make a living off the land behind closed doors. [Kissing emoji] It's heartwarming and relaxing. [Laughing emoji]

14. 14 逃 After Fleeing Famine, My Sister and I Married the Brothers Next Door 逃荒后，我和阿姐嫁给隔壁兄弟 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Fleeing famine + family life + farming + slow-paced and steady + heartwarming] A devastating flood that swallowed the south left the Su sisters homeless and orphaned. To protect themselves on the road as they fled famine, the two peerlessly beautiful sisters chose to disguise themselves as ugly servants. After traveling a thousand li to Longnan, they were settled by the local authorities, and a matchmaker arranged their marriages. Faced with a life-changing decision, the sisters spoke in unison 8.7kReads8.1Score837Shelves

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    This is super beautiful.

15. 15 农 The Farm Family's Beloved Three-Year-Old Lucky Carp 农家团宠锦鲤三岁半 Mi Xiaomiao米小喵Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Adored by the Whole Family + Lucky Little Treasure + Good Fortune + Farming + Feel-Good] The little koi, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, sneaked down from the heavenly realm and became a chubby, fair-skinned three-and-a-half-year-old toddler. A peasant woman named Lin Sanniang found her and took her home. The Su family's four boys were all willing to save their own food rations so their little sister could eat. The little koi soon became the darling of the whole family. Before lon 1.4kReads8.8Score145Shelves

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    These three books are all farming novels, starting with foraging for wild vegetables and later on how they get rich through farming.

16. 16 农 The Blessed Little One of the Farming Family Has a Pocket Dimension, and the Whole Village Spoils Her 农家福崽有空间，全村抢着来娇宠 Listening to the Wind Beneath the Moon水月聆风Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Shen Nuan died in the apocalypse and was reborn as the only girl in the Shen family. She also came with a pocket dimension and divine strength. Her new family is harmonious, and the whole village gets along. The only problem is that they're dirt poor, with nothing to their name. So she leads the whole village in growing crops, building houses, and setting up farms, turning it into the prettiest and richest little mountain village around and getting everyone to work hard. But on the road to prosp 4.8kReads9.2Score597Shelves
17. 17 穿 I Transmigrated to a Mountain Village and Became the Mother of Six Kids 穿越山村，我成了六个崽的娘 Chubby Little Fish胖头小鱼鱼Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Lanzhou died peacefully at the age of 103 in her previous life, with no children. Now she has become a young widow in a mountain village, with six children left behind by her husband. Her wicked mother-in-law and second aunt-in-law pressure her to abandon the children and marry a fool. Ye Lanzhou is furious. These children have fallen right into her lap, so why on earth would she turn them away? She’ll take them all! But as she raises them, she starts to notice that there’s something a little 1.4kReads9.3Score446Shelves
18. 18 逃 On the Road to Escape Famine, Big Sister Gathers Mushrooms, Hunts, and Stockpiles Food 逃荒路上长姐忙，捡菌打猎怒囤粮 A Little Fish Pouch一只鱼兜Ancient Romance355k WordsCompleted (The new book has just received its opening rating, but it’ll gradually rise! Thanks for your support!) [Famine escape + farming + stockpiling food in advance + pocket dimension with spirit spring + cozy everyday life + no romance + powerful golden finger, can lie flat whenever she wants + no generals, crown princes, or princes, just a peaceful life in the mountains] Shen Xiu transmigrates and learns in advance that a once-in-a-century natural disaster will strike in six months, bringing drought 2.4kReads8.2Score265Shelves

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    In this completed novel, the female protagonist hunts and gathers mushrooms to earn money and stockpile supplies, then goes up the mountain when natural disasters strike!

19. 19 大 The Blacksmith and the Tofu Maker 大铁匠与豆腐娘 A Shark with One Hand一只鲨手Ancient Romance397k WordsCompleted [Farming story + everyday life + food + raising a child + cozy + no pocket dimension or System for the protagonist + seemingly fierce but actually endlessly worrying, devoted dad-like man x free-spirited pampered sweetheart + face-slapping satisfaction] (The leads are both natives. They'll keep living their own quiet lives and won't suddenly become marquises, prime ministers, or emperors.) Of the three hardest livelihoods, there's boat hauling, ironworking, and selling tofu. Mian, a tofu seller 13.4kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves

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    The only book that fits my criteria is this one: the male lead is a blacksmith, the female lead loves experimenting with various dishes, and they're both locals, not rich or powerful. Only at the very end does the female lead achieve her wish and open a tofu shop. But you think this book is ordinary? You're sorely mistaken. This world is like a sieve, constantly filled with people who travel through time, some arrogant, some thriving. These cross-era collisions intertwine, showing the female lead's ordinary life alongside those who seem extraordinary, yet she always stays true to herself. In short, it's a very unique and imaginative story, ordinary yet full of life, but also quirky and unconventional from the modern world... I don't know how to put it, ahhhhh!

20. 20 穿 I Became the Eldest Sister-in-Law of a Farm Family and Led Them to Prosperity 穿成农家长嫂，我带领全家致富了 A Sour Loquat一颗酸枇杷Ancient Romance362k WordsCompleted Transmigration + Farming + No Golden Finger + No Harem Intrigue + No Princes, Emperors, or Concubines There are no golden fingers in this story. The male and female leads are ordinary people with no special identities, and their journey to prosperity unfolds at a steady pace. Li Zhenzhen, who was unloved by her parents in her previous life, transmigrates to an ancient farming household and unexpectedly gains a wonderfully loving mother-in-law, a rough-looking but thoughtful husband, and several 571Reads8.6Score101Shelves

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    Farming + No spatial manipulation + No palace intrigue

21. 21 末 I Work as an Inspector at an Apocalypse Base 末世我在基地当检测员 Whether or Not Yao Yao杳杳与否Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.0M WordsCompleted (Apocalypse + plants with special abilities + everyday life + human solidarity + no focus on human nature + establishing residential growing areas) [Mutated dandelion: a flight-type gene food. Eating it grants the ability to fly for ten minutes.] [Mutated okra: changes the consumer’s intestinal function, making bowel movements smoother and easier. You’ll never be constipated again.] [Mutated...] Natural disasters strike without warning. Cities are reduced to ruins, and wild beasts and plants ove 9.1kReads8.5Score945Shelves

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    [Mutant okra: Eating it alters intestinal function, making bowel movements smoother and eliminating constipation.] A sudden natural disaster strikes, and humanity unites to build bases to protect itself using existing technology and materials. After the disaster, Lu Yao accidentally eats an orange with supernatural abilities, causing a genetic mutation that allows her to see the functions of every genetically modified food. During the day, she and her brother go out to gather food, and at night, she works as an inspector at the city gate, testing genetically modified foods to earn points. Her father farms in the planting area, her sister runs a clinic at home, and her mother sells ice in the summer. The family works together to move from Zone E to Zone D, and then to Zone C. Wasteland gathering, wasteland gathering, a slice-of-life style! Later, as the base develops, farming routes will be established outside the city.

22. 22 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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    These three books are great! They're all rated 9.8 Or higher. One involves getting rich by foraging for wild vegetables, and the other is hilarious. If you don't like them or find them funny, come at me!

23. 23 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
24. 24 开 Four Ungrateful Children from the Start? I'll Become a Landowner Myself 开局四个不孝子？老娘自己当地主 Sunlight Behind the Old Window旧窗藏日光Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Satisfying Read + Building Wealth + Pocket Dimension + Herb Gathering + Family Life] Chen Ru and her husband transmigrate to an alternate dynasty and find themselves saddled with four unfilial sons and a whole bunch of unfilial grandchildren. The original owner devoted herself to her children. She found wives for all four sons and raised their children, even bringing up a son who passed the scholar examinations. But in the end, they all believed that an old person who refused t 29kReads8.1Score2.7kShelves
25. 25 林 The Lin Family’s Youngest Daughter and Her Laid-Back Days 林家小女的摆烂日常 Zhao Yunhuai朝云淮Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She transmigrates into the villainess who serves as the female lead’s foil, in a family full of comically awful people. Her older sister pretends to be a delicate, innocent white lotus; her younger brother is the ultimate spoiled brat; her father is a henpecked, invisible presence; and her mother favors sons and loves putting on a show. Worst of all is her narcissistic fiancé, who thinks he’s the hottest man alive every single day. The System issues a mission: fight fire with fire and teach the 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This novel is super good!

26. 26 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

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    Picking mushrooms, foraging for wild vegetables, raising a wild boar as a pet—this novel is an absolute must-read, truly a divinely chosen farming story! 😎

27. 27 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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    A heartwarming and healing farming novel where the male and female protagonists' relationship develops gradually as they build their wealth and enjoy everyday life together.

28. 28 饿 After I Fainted from Hunger, the Cold-Faced Hunter Took Me Home 饿晕后，被冷面猎户捡回家 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance247k WordsCompleted No space, no System, no transmigration into another person's body. Both are virgins. Farming and living a simple, peaceful life. She transmigrates to a poor mountain village and from the start faints from hunger beneath a wild persimmon tree, without any of the usual transmigration perks. Facing a hell-mode start, she works hard to stand on her own: farming, gathering mushrooms, and picking up a hunter along the way to marry. 2kReads6.6Score207Shelves

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    Sweet, heartwarming, and healing story. No special spatial springs, just mushroom picking, wild vegetable gathering, kudzu root digging, sweet potato taming, medicinal herb cultivation, and selling mountain products.

29. 29 报 Reporting to the General: Your Wife Just Wants to Be a Widow in the Countryside 报告将军，夫人只想在乡野当寡妇 Eighty Degrees八十度Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted She transmigrates and gets her fiancé stolen right from the start. No big deal! Ming Zi is even grateful to her white-lotus cousin for taking that scumbag off her hands. But what's with this alternate-era country where any woman still unmarried at fifteen gets forcibly assigned a husband by the state? And once you get assigned a husband, you have to accept him, even if he's a fool or disabled! The cousin who stole her fiancé, along with her step-grandmother, have already gone to the county offic 554Reads8.9Score100Shelves

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    The big boss isn't cold-hearted; when he goes hunting in the mountains, he's reluctant to hunt the cute ones, and specifically targets the ugly wild boars.

30. 30 末 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 Left and Right, Just Right左宜右有Sci-Fi & Apocalypse474k WordsOngoing [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 2.9kReads8.4Score377Shelves

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    This one fits the bill perfectly, highly recommended! It's a post-apocalyptic island farming novel. It's simple and peaceful, with no awful characters or superpowers, just the female protagonist farming alone on a deserted island. She works hard every day to prepare her three meals. Breadfruit sandwiches, salmon in gravy, pumpkin porridge with hazelnut pieces—every chapter is filled with her earnest cooking, every page is comforting and heartwarming. Even when the male lead arrives, he doesn't steal the spotlight; he quietly carries a bamboo basket, digs yams, and tends the fire to make soup.

31. 31 带 I Take My Divorced Mother Out for a Meat Feast, and My Scumbag Father’s Family Panics 带下堂娘吃大肉，渣爹一家急眼了 Twenty-Four Songs廿四歌Ancient Romance2.4M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Lian'er found her mother being cast aside and saw the Song family’s ugly true colors. She firmly chose to leave with her mother. You want to divorce my mother? Not a chance. Hand over the divorce papers. Her younger brother stabbed her in the back. Fine, put your thumbprint on the severance agreement, and we’re done with each other. She changed her surname, turning from a maternal granddaughter into a true member of the Qiao family. Her mother had a bad leg, and the Qiao fa 6.9kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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    He makes his fortune by picking mushrooms, and incidentally crushes some scum along the way! A top-notch comedic character, making his fortune is just a bonus!

32. 32 娶 Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税？从养活美娇媳妇开始 Last Night's East Tower昨夜东楼Historical1.8M WordsOngoing [No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa 26.9kReads8.2Score2.1kShelves

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    Transmigrated into the body of a penniless hunter, a casual joke unexpectedly brings him a beautiful bride! The imperial court's "tax exemption for marriage" policy arrives out of nowhere, and he not only gains tax relief but also the blessing of a fallen official's daughter. In the dead of winter, he shoulders his hunting bow and heads into the mountains, all to ensure his little wife has a hot bowl of porridge. This slow-burning, sweet slice-of-life farming story is addictive—I'm definitely watching!

33. 33 我 I Bring Bad Luck to Husbands, You Bring Bad Luck to Wives 我克夫，你克妻 Baby Wants Wealth宝宝求财Two Male Leads412k WordsCompleted Two male leads + an ancient-world slice-of-life story + constable and his husband, both pure [No transmigration or rebirth] Xiang Xi is a young man who became a widow before he even married. Just after his engagement was arranged, his fiancé died in an accident, leaving him branded as a husband-killer. Yang Tongchuan is a constable at the county yamen. Last year, he married a new bride, but she mysteriously disappeared less than a month after moving in. Some said he beat her to death, others sai 12.9kReads9.0Score2.2kShelves

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    Ancient urban life, a different kind of farming life

34. 34 镖 The Escort Agency Heir’s Bookkeeping Husband 镖局少东家的账房小夫郎 Baby Wants Wealth宝宝求财Two Male Leads389k WordsCompleted The main story is complete [Historical danmei + mutual chastity + the sweet everyday life of a bodyguard agency’s young master and his clever accountant husband] Wolfdog gong × savvy shou + life in an ancient city + a story about a husband who is a xiao-ge'er. Everyone is a native of this world. No System, no golden finger. Cui Liang is a headstrong xiao-ge'er who inherited his adoptive father’s knack for figures. He was born to be a living abacus. Unfortunately, his adoptive father died suddenl 6.4kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves
35. 35 森 Tales of Woodland Living 森居物语 Where Did Qile Go?奇乐去哪了Sci-Fi & Apocalypse440k WordsCompleted [Post-disaster recovery and rebuilding, forest seclusion, dual heroines, pure farming, no golden finger, no zombies, no space, no romance] If the world order collapsed, how would you and I, with no overwhelming combat abilities or exceptional wisdom, live? This is the post-disaster life of two ordinary young women: the bits and pieces 270Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    They're all non-couple pairings, and they're all pretty good. [Shy]

36. 36 从 Starting from Scratch in a Primitive Tribe 从零开始穿越原始部落 The Cannon Fodder Has No Memories炮灰没有回忆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Note: A versatile, strong heroine with extensive knowledge and practical skills + no romance + early story focused on building up a primitive tribe. When Han Zhi wakes up, she finds herself in a primitive matriarchal society. She eats sour, bitter wild fruit, drinks icy stream water, and lives in a dark, damp cave. She doesn't even have clothes to cover herself! Han Zhi weeps into the wind. “Is this any way for a person to live?” Other people transmigrate with pocket dimensions or Systems, s 57.5kReads8.9Score5.8kShelves
37. 37 废 A Wasteland Girl’s Scavenging and Foraging 废土少女拾荒采集 Orange Mama Loves Foraging橙子麻麻爱采集Sci-Fi & Apocalypse271k WordsCompleted Orange, a girl from the 21st century, transmigrates into a 12-year-old orphan in the wasteland. There’s no time to wallow in sorrow! To stay alive, she heads out to forage and scavenge, stocking up on supplies so she won’t go hungry or freeze. A note: This is a wasteland survival story aiming for a realistic, immersive feel, so the heroine won’t use her pocket dimension openly all the time, and she never underestimates anyone. It may not be quite as satisfying as some stories, but the author is 1.3kReads6.7Score101Shelves
38. 38 原 Primitive Farming and Infrastructure 原始种田搞基建 Ah Ah Ah A Tang啊啊啊阿唐Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [No Romance] [Slow Burn] [Character Growth] [Saving the World] A fantasy story set among tribes in another world. It is not a primitive matriarchal society: everything is led by shamans. Jiang Ning was born into the Sky Wolf Tribe. In this world, there were not only shamans, but also warriors and battle pets. Beyond the tribe, ferocious beasts were everywhere and danger lurked at every turn. Everyone struggled to compete with the beasts for food, living harsh and difficult lives. Just when ther 1.4kReads8.6Score151Shelves
39. 39 金 Golden Yams and Silver Beans 金薯银豆 An Nuo Jun安诺君Ancient Romance3.1M WordsOngoing Synopsis: Transmigration + fictional setting + farming + no spatial dimension + no golden finger + making money + gourmet food After transmigrating, the heroine discovers that her family is in a terrible situation, her village is in a terrible situation, and the farmers in this country are having a terrible time! It really is a case of fields lying fallow across the land while farmers still starve to death! She introduces sweet potatoes, potatoes, and chili peppers to make all kinds of delicious 1.2kReads6.6Score108Shelves

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    This is it! The female lead clears land and grows pumpkins, potatoes, peppers, and sunflowers, and sells all sorts of delicious things, such as bamboo shoots, Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, scallion oil noodles, wasabi-flavored small fish and shrimp, and mushroom sauce.

40. 40 穿 Transmigrating to Another World to Farm and Build 穿越异世之种田搞基建 Lai Li莱狸Two Male Leads679k WordsCompleted A dual-male farming and construction story. Farming is the main focus, with romance taking a supporting role. Slow-paced, with no golden finger. Lin Ye, a modern orphan, dies in an accident. When he opens his eyes, he has transmigrated to a savage world inhabited only by beastfolk and sub-beastfolk, and become a kitten-like sub-beastfolk cub on the brink of death after a natural disaster. A great calamity destroys the tribe, leaving the survivors displaced and fleeing for their lives. Xuan, a ti 48Reads6.6Score—Shelves

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    This is a story about two male protagonists focusing on farming, infrastructure development, and food. The main plot revolves around these activities, with some conflicts between tribes. However, there are no toxic characters in the protagonists' tribes, and the story is a heartwarming and gradual development.

41. 41 穿 Transmigrated to Ancient Times, I Keep My Head Down and Grow Up 穿到古代苟着长大 Sikong Zhiyu司空执与Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted After an ordinary woman dies, she transmigrates to another world. She is no self-sacrificing heroine! No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger, and no awful relatives! There is a romantic pairing! This is a story of struggle built on her own experience and hard work, with farming and business management. The pace is unhurried, and life is slow. If that's not your cup of tea, please don't flame me! Any resemblance to other works is purely coincidental! 2.3kReads8.9Score135Shelves

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    A brand new farming novel, no cheat codes, no superpowers, no awful relatives, just heartwarming stories about hard work and perseverance! Don't worry about the score, there's no referral bonus.

42. 42 颠 The Madwoman Transmigrates to a Famine Year, Her Storehouse of Meat and Grain Makes Her Vicious Mother-in-Law Drool 颠婆穿荒年，肉粮满仓馋哭恶婆婆 Dumb Fat Bird呆头肥鸟Ancient Romance501k WordsCompleted [Going off the rails + transmigrate into a book + farming + spiritual spring space + System + apocalypse heroine + taking down scumbags + equally strong leads + mutual healing] Her eyes flew open! An apocalypse-era warrior with supernatural powers had transmigrated into the body of a crazy girl in ancient times. A vicious mother-in-law, a useless sister-in-law, a crippled husband, and a madwoman like her. Her mother-in-law wanted to put her in her place: “You married into our family, so you're o 2.9kReads9.0Score322Shelves
43. 43 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 77.1kReads9.2Score8.4kShelves

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    This book is so good, I highly recommend it and would give it a 9.8 Rating.

44. 44 糙 The Rugged Hunter Is Wrapped Around His Chubby Husband's Finger 糙汉猎户被小胖夫郎拿捏了 Mai Kashi麦喀士Two Male Leads134k WordsCompleted The ratings are in! [Farming + manly men and ge'er + married first, love later + rugged hunter × chubby, fair-skinned young husband] Lu Zhao × Jiang He (Yuanyuan) Note: The receiving partner is a chubby young man and won't lose weight later. If that's not your thing, steer clear!!! Linxi Village lay between mountains and a river, peaceful for generations. The village's quietest hunter, Lu Zhao, was getting married, to Jiang He, the famously “lazy ge'er” from the neighboring village. Everyone sai 1.6kReads8.2Score230Shelves

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    This involves farming, mushroom picking, and hunting.

45. 45 一 A Field, a Hearth, and My Heart for You 一田烟火，一心予你 Yue Yetu玥野菟Ancient Romance1.0M WordsOngoing Everyone thought Lu Tiezhu was all brawn, good for nothing but hunting in the mountains and working the fields. No one knew that at night he hid a heart full of wild desire, holding himself back for three years, all for Liu Ya'er. One embrace by the pool shattered every last bit of restraint. He coaxed her into giving in, clumsy but passionate: this life, he would cherish only her. Before the wedding, he was cautious at every turn; after it, he clung to his wife every night. So what if they live 6.5kReads7.4Score562Shelves

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    Anyone else, like me, love rural romance novels? I'm sharing a book I've been rereading recently: "The Lucky Koi Farm Wife, the Rough Husband's Endless Pampering"! The female lead has a lucky charm constitution and can identify medicinal herbs, while the male lead is incredibly strong and protective of his wife. The couple farms, gathers herbs, and forages for wild vegetables together. The villagers are vividly portrayed, and the descriptions of food, drink, and farm life are incredibly detailed. If you like rural romance novels, don't miss it! We can discuss the plot together after reading!

46. 46 穿 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Li Tianming was done for. He lay motionless in a drafty thatched hut. He was a graduate student researching traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, but after a loose-lipped remark, he tasted an herb and somehow transmigrated into the body of a pauper. Being poor wasn't the problem, and he could even accept being in his thirties. But the body was in terrible shape: its former owner had drunk himself to death, leaving Li Tianming with three children outside, wailing their hearts out! A d 21.6kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves

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    Recommended farming/satisfying novels: catching fish, shrimp, and rabbits.

47. 47 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.2kReads8.7Score855Shelves
48. 48 手 With the System in Hand, the Poor Simpleminded Girl Makes Her People Rich and Her Country Strong 手握系统，贫家傻女使民富国强 Ancient Great Chun上古大椿Ancient Romance557k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Farming + System + Shop + Pocket Dimension + More] A doctor who saves lives transmigrates in her sleep after a night shift, only to become the eldest sister in a family so poor they can't even afford to eat. She'd also spent years acting like a fool. Why are there so many little radishes crowding around me? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven... Good heavens, how many little brothers and sisters do I have?! The children are clamoring to be fed, but luckily, I have a System. Unl 603Reads8.9Score110Shelves

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    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!!

49. 49 吾 Wherever My Heart Is at Peace, That Is Home 吾心安即吾乡 My Left Eyelid Keeps Twitching左眼皮跳啊跳Ancient Romance439k WordsCompleted A few acres of fields, a few children, and chickens, ducks, pigs, and cattle to call my own. -- “Could we go to your home in our next life?” “Are you silly? This is my home! You, the children, and everything else... This is the only place I call home.” 2kReads8.4Score117Shelves
50. 50 穿 Transmigrate, Farm, Get Rich, and Raise the Kids 穿越之种田致富养崽崽 Mu Muzhi木木枝Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Jiang Wanwan transmigrates from the harsh apocalypse to an impoverished ancient era, only to find that life is just as difficult. The difference is that she now has an adorable little dumpling, a handsome and dependable husband, and a whole space full of crop seeds. With her superb cooking skills, she can raise her precious little one, feed her husband, and help the villagers grow rich along the way... 4.1kReads9.0Score374Shelves

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    Farming novel, top, top! Super good, super good, so heartwarming! The two main characters are focused on their careers and raising their children—it's so good!

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