Looking for Historical BL Stories About the Imperial Exams or Farming 求古代双男科举文或者种田文

1. 1 穿 Reborn as a Farmer’s Son, I’m Doted on by an Apocalypse Tycoon 穿成农家子，末世大佬宠夫郎 Milk Mochi奶麻薯Two Male Leads919k WordsOngoing After two years in the apocalypse, Ji Zhenli had finally built a base of his own, only to be ambushed by an ordinary zombie and transmigrate into the body of a child in the Hua Dynasty. Fine! If he'd transmigrated, then so be it. But… to make life better, Ji Zhenli decided to show the people of the Hua Dynasty the power of an overachiever. With the mindset that if he wasn't worked to death, he could work even harder, Ji Zhenli passed all four imperial examinations in a row. In the capital, he me 1.6kReads9.2Score132Shelves

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   These are all stories featuring two male leads, both male, some about imperial examinations, some about farming, and all sweet romance novels. 👍👍👍

2. 2 穿EN Transmigration: The Endless Road to Pampering My Husband 穿越：宠夫之路无尽头 Clouds Shift and Stars Turn云移星转Two Male Leads376k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + raising kids + doting on his husband + imperial exams + sweet romance + devoted couple + one-on-one romance + cozy daily life] Rong Zheng, heir to a family of ancient martial artists, wakes up to find that his soul has transmigrated into the body of a down-and-out scholar with the same name. While he's still standing there in confusion, a handsome young man with delicate features offers him a bite to eat. Rong Zheng falls in love at first sight, and is completely smi 6.1kReads9.3Score795Shelves
3. 3 我 What Should I Do? My Husband Is a Vicious Cannon Fodder 我夫郎是恶毒炮灰怎么办 Jue Xin珏莘Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted Lu Jingming never expected to survive a plane crash. Then, to top it off, he got himself a beautiful husband. But things soon started taking a strange turn. Could it be that my husband is the evil cannon fodder character???!!! A word of warning: This is a top-focused story, told mostly from Lu Jingming’s perspective. There won’t be any major setbacks. The author just wants to write a sweet little story and isn’t going to overthink it. 1.6kReads8.6Score143Shelves
4. 4 穿 Transmigrated as a Young Husband, I’m Carried Home by the Village Bully and Hunter 穿成小夫郎，被村霸猎户扛回家 Gua Pi'er瓜皮儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Everyday Farming + Everyday Family Life] Shi Baiyu gets his head caught in a door and unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young man who drowned after jumping into a river when his attempt to flee an arranged marriage failed. The young man has the same name as him. His parents died when he was little, leaving him dependent on others and with a tragic past. His uncle’s family sold him for twenty taels to a notorious hunter in a neighboring village to become his husband. 3.4kReads9.2Score438Shelves
5. 5 穿 Step One to Changing My Fate After Transmigrating Into a Book: Spoil the Cannon-Fodder Husband 穿书改命第一步，娇宠炮灰小夫郎 The Mooching Salted Fish啃老的咸鱼Two Male Leads240k WordsCompleted [Modern person in ancient times + farming + gentle, slow-burn sweetness + doting on a pitiful sweetheart + 1v1, both pure] A madman who’s only good to his husband (top) × a little firecracker to everyone else, but all soft and sweet with his husband (bottom) He Qing’an’s soul lands in another world. Just after stepping outside, he sees a handsome young man, and falls for him at first sight. Once he learns who his beloved is, he launches a full-on pursuit. He climbs over the wall in the middle of 1.4kReads8.7Score160Shelves
6. 6 猎 The Simpleminded Husband of a Hunter's Family 猎户家的憨子夫郎 Lu Anmu陆安沐Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + transmigration + sweet romance + farming + everyday family life. The gong transmigrates, has special abilities, and there are kids! Our adorable little ge’er is a sweet, lovable airhead and will not recover! Check whether this hits any of your squicks.] Since I couldn’t continue the story as a single volume, it has three volumes in total: Volume One: Shen Lin and Qing Yun Volume Two: Modern Apocalypse Volume Three: Son Yanqi You can read them as separate arcs; the details are o 8.4kReads9.4Score918Shelves
7. 7 我 I Became a Ge'er in Ancient Times, Made a Fortune, and Found Myself a Husband 我在古代当哥儿，发家致富养汉子 You Hu Nao柚胡闹Two Male Leads855k WordsCompleted [Devoted Couple + Mutual Pampering + Bottom Lead] Orphan Ji Youyu worked hard for ten years and finally paid off his loan and got a place of his own. He barely had two days to enjoy it before a pressure cooker came crashing down on his head, sending him right back to square one. He died. And yet, he didn’t. He woke up in the body of a young male spouse in the Great Yong Dynasty, the only child in the family after his mother had died early and his father had just passed away. He’d been all alone 4.8kReads9.1Score578Shelves

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   All three are great! The first one is quite different; it's the only one with a time-travel theme. 😄

8. 8 猎 The Hunter and His Little Husband 猎户和小夫郎 Xiao Liang小凉Two Male Leads269k WordsCompleted [Two male leads, devoted only to each other, a heartwarming and healing farming story] Zhao Huan, who has been mistreated by Old Madam Zhao since childhood, is forced to leave the family home and live separately with his father. Zhao Huan is too young to work the fields, while Lin is in such poor health after years of abuse that he cannot do heavy labor. Luckily, Zhao Huan is a resilient boy who can thrive no matter what situation he finds himself in! He and his father work together to find ways 1.1kReads9.0Score133Shelves
9. 9 天 A Little Husband Fell from the Sky! 天上掉下个小夫郎！ A Spring Stream一春水Two Male Leads234k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + devoted to each other + everyday family life + farming + 1v1 romance + food] There is also a secondary couple: “a male couple within the male couple.” Lin Man’s mother ran away, leaving him and his lame father to depend on each other. Unlike other hunters, Zhuang Song is only half a hunter. He goes up the mountain to hunt once in a while, but most of the time he stays home to farm with his mother and younger brother. By chance, Lin Man and Zhuang Song cross paths. In the end, t 153Reads8.0Score—Shelves
10. 10 穿 Transmigrated and Reborn: A Substitute Bride Spoils Her Husband 穿越重生之替嫁宠夫 Winter Moon冬月Two Male Leads1.4M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + farming + marriage first, love later + alternate setting + monogamous pairing + devoted couple + transmigration + pocket dimension + raising kids] The Zhou family is cursed. None of its members live past the age of fifty. Zhou Yue doesn’t want the curse to continue, so after visiting every place he wants to see, he chooses to accept death peacefully. But fate plays a joke on him. He transmigrates! Transmigrating is one thing, but why has he been reborn as a groom who married in 1.9kReads8.5Score195Shelves

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    Time travel, imperial examinations, farming—the two support each other and work together to make their lives better and better.

11. 11 这 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 The Foundation of One's Life立身之本Historical2.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 51.6kReads8.9Score6.4kShelves

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    It's good. I recommend everyone to check it out. I've read nearly 800 books and over 2300 hours. A 9 out of 10 seems a bit low. It should be around 9.2-9.5.

12. 12 海 Island Magistrate: My Villainous Husband Is a Miracle Doctor 海岛县令：反派夫郎是神医 Mossy Lantern苔灯灯Two Male Leads340k WordsCompleted [Farming + Two Male Leads + Gourmet + Sweet Romance + Slow-Burn + Transmigrate into a Book] [Food business in the early story, island development in the later story] A big, gluttonous layabout top x a little, hardworking layabout bottom Lin Su, a post-apocalyptic lord, transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder character who makes the villain go mad, defiles and abuses him, and is eventually turned into a living doll by him. When Lin Su arrives, his hand is already clamped around the 1.5kReads8.4Score258Shelves

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    It's so good!

13. 13 乔 Qiao Ge’er’s Farming Life 乔哥儿种田 Lantern-Bearer燃灯儿Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted A gentle, everyday warmth that soothes the heart. [Full-cast audio drama now available. It's great, so go listen!] [Devoted couple + husband doting + cooking and farming + building wealth + healing daily life + slow-burn romance] One day, Qiao Yu transmigrates into the body of Qiao Yu, a male consort, and his stepmother knocks him unconscious with a stick and marries him off to a fierce hunter who supposedly brings death to his wives! He spent thirty years in his previous life without even havin 10.2kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    This is the best book I've ever read. The farming aspect is so enjoyable; all sorts of unexpected events happen, it feels like I've really stepped into their lives.

14. 14 命 A Long, Long Life 命长长岁悠悠 Listening Freely肆意听Two Male Leads685k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + a slow-paced story + uplifting + lighthearted and funny + imperial examinations in the early story, court politics later + fictional setting] Yun Wu, the most beautiful and best-built young man for miles around, is getting married. He is marrying a well-known scholar from the surrounding villages. They say his future husband is refined and handsome, with boundless prospects. Xi Yun, a university student majoring in Chinese language and literature, is about to graduate when he s 1.4kReads9.2Score122Shelves
15. 15 彪 The Tough Little Husband and His Tyrant Spouse 彪悍小夫朗，和他的恶霸夫君 Song in the Sky天上謡Two Male Leads494k WordsCompleted New book: The Big Tiger’s Sweet and Soft Little Husband. Author: Nan Shou De Xing Xing. Two male leads, devoted to each other, farming, sweet romance, and everyday family life. Wen Yan is handsome and tall, but his temperament is far too fierce, earning him a fearsome reputation. On top of that, he doesn’t want to marry a stranger described by other people whom he’s never even met, so even at seventeen, his marriage has yet to be arranged. Though he was born in a feudal era where marriages are d 1.3kReads9.0Score170Shelves
16. 16 首 The Gentle, Soft-Spoken Husband of the Chief Minister 首辅家的温软小夫郎 Li Ming理鸣Two Male Leads856k WordsCompleted [Farming]+ [Gourmet]+ [Imperial Examinations]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Face-Slapping and Taking Down Scumbags]+ [Building Wealth]+ [Infrastructure] After waking up from a car accident, Gu Yun finds himself transmigrated into the body of a poor little cabbage whose father doesn’t care for him and whose stepmother abuses him. His stepmother wants to marry him off for the bride price, setting him up with a degenerate gambler who once beat his wife to death. At their first meeting, Gu Yun coughs up blood, 3.8kReads9.0Score448Shelves

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    Fast-paced, no dragging, and visually appealing.

17. 17 古 Sweet, Doting Romance with a Husband in Ancient Times 古代夫郎甜宠日常 Geng Geng Is the Galaxy耿耿是星河Two Male Leads838k WordsCompleted [Exclusive pairing, mutual devotion, warm and healing, slow-blooming romance, sweet with no angst] Shen Xiaoyao is the most cherished young man in his family. They may not be wealthy, but his parents adore him, his older brothers and their wives dote on him, and even his married sister fiercely takes his side. Later, Li Jinqiu, a strapping man from the neighboring village, falls in love with him at first sight and takes him home. From then on, life becomes even more peaceful and comfortable. Li 4.5kReads9.0Score450Shelves

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    Both are fine, it's just that the first one isn't finished.

18. 18 穿 Transmigration: After Picking Up a Handsome Husband, I Was Sold 穿越：捡到俏夫郎后，我真香了 Lin Xia Xi林下夕Two Male Leads663k WordsCompleted [Single-minded farmer and food hoarder. Devoted husband. Handsome x frank, clingy beauty] Xu Haorui survived for nearly ten years in the apocalypse, only to die while escorting supplies. He never expected that when he opened his eyes again, he would be reborn in another world. All he wanted this time was to look after his little plot of land and protect his food supply. (Not a chance!) One day, just after recovering from his injuries, Xu Haorui went up the mountain and found an unconscious young 2kReads8.5Score235Shelves

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    These are all great, highly recommended! 👍👍👍👍 [Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Masterpiece of Sparrow Food][Bump][Request for more updates] 😠

19. 19 穿 I Transmigrated into a Young Wife Who Has Two Babies in Three Years, and the Straight-Laced Man Is in Tears! 穿成三年抱俩小媳妇，直男爆哭！ Bao Nini宝妮妮Two Male Leads641k WordsOngoing Heavens above! Sui Zhun, who died after slipping on a bar of soap, wakes up as a male bride in a poor ancient mountain village. He has to get up in the pitch dark before dawn to feed the pigs, and the food either scratches his throat or gives him diarrhea. Worst of all, his frail, willow-like little husband wants to have two babies in three years... Damn it, I'm a straight man made of steel! Sui Zhun: A top student in the modern era, but lazy. He's tall, yet too weak to carry a load or lift a h 8Reads8.7Score—Shelves
20. 20 赚 Making Money to Support My Husband 赚钱养夫郎 Love Wheel Cakes爱吃车轮饼Two Male Leads399k WordsCompleted [Sweet romance, top takes the lead][A protective top vs. a well-behaved bottom] Content warning: a delicate, soft bottom Ji Zheng had just finished twelve years of school and was looking forward to the wonderful college life ahead. Then he died while trying to help someone in danger. Luckily, he didn’t quite die for good. He transmigrated. Unluckily, he transmigrated into the body of a married farmer named Ji Zheng. Even worse, his wife was a man. Looking at his scrawny, pitiful husband, Ji Zhen 79Reads9.0Score—Shelves
21. 21 穿 I Became a Scholar and Fell for the Little Tyrant 穿成书生郎，和小霸王在一起了 Chan Nian禅年Two Male Leads243k WordsOngoing [Two male leads: a genius scholar who is exceptionally good at making money vs. a violent, hot-tempered young tyrant who is an especially brutal fighter. A power couple, with the tyrant pursuing the recipient step by step. Imperial examinations + ensemble cast + nation-building + court politics] Wen Mingqi transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a scholar who has yet to pass even the lowest level of the imperial examinations. He has only ten taels of silver to his name, nowhere near enough to 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is a very good novel about two men taking the imperial examinations!

22. 22 独 Doting on My Sweet Little Husband 独宠乖乖小夫郎 Song in the Sky天上謡Two Male Leads872k WordsCompleted My new book, The Big Tiger's Sweet, Soft Little Husband, is now out! The author's name is Nan Shou De Xing Xing. Come discover a different kind of apocalypse: it's sweet, doting, and powerful. Come on in! [Two male leads + farming + pocket dimension + sweet romance + devoted couple + everyday family life] After Gu Anze transmigrates, he finds his new family harmonious and his little husband sweet and well-behaved, so he decides to stay. But his little husband has had a hard life, mistreated by h 1.5kReads9.0Score129Shelves

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    😘🥰🥰🥰

23. 23 傲 My Proud Little Husband, Flirting with the Hunter for All He's Worth 傲娇小夫郎，对着猎户拼命撩 The Nineteenth Year第十九年Two Male Leads1.1M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + farming + everyday life + sweet romance + supernatural powers + golden finger + unabashedly bold flirting] Chu Xiao gets struck by lightning and dies, only to be struck by lightning and brought back to life. He even nearly gets buried in a pit. If I'm going to transmigrate, fine, but why am I no longer a real man afterward? Whatever, he can roll with it. After twenty-five years as a single guy, finding a man isn't such a big deal. But his fiancé is a weak, pretty-boy wimp who's 7.8kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    Shuangnan, a collection of male-male romance novels, highly recommended! The first book is super good: a post-apocalyptic protagonist transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a young man, forming a bond with a hunter. It's a farming/developmental novel. The second book is a civil service exam novel, with the protagonist being the dominant one. It's also incredibly good. The following books are also highly recommended.

24. 24 我 Farming, Taking the Imperial Exams, and Becoming a King in Ancient Times 我在古代种田考科举称王称霸 Seventeen Young Master拾柒公子Two Male Leads969k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Imperial Exams and Farming + Feel-Good Sweet Romance + Portable Dimension + Powerful, Devoted Couple + Little Kids Appear] [A Stunningly Handsome, Straightforward Gong Who Can Take on Ten Men with One Punch × A Beautiful, Thoughtful, Strong-Willed and Levelheaded Shou] The apocalypse arrives, and zombies and humans wage a massive war. In the end, both sides are wiped out. Xia Kuye is lucky enough to survive the battle, becoming the last person on earth. Exhausted and devastated 4.1kReads9.0Score529Shelves
25. 25 家 My Fierce Little Husband 家有彪悍小夫郎 Dianhui点绘Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted [Scheming Hypocrite Younger Top × Overpowered, Theatrical Bottom] [Hilarious + Sweet Romance + Pure Love + No Pregnancy] A 192-centimeter-tall, dark-skinned sports student survives the apocalypse, awakens an earth-type ability, and is later betrayed by his junior schoolmate. After transmigrating, he becomes a delicate, beautiful young man who attempted to drown himself after a romantic heartbreak. The huge change delights Han Zeyu. With a top’s body and a bottom’s heart, he is overjoyed, conv 5.9kReads9.2Score1kShelves
26. 26 纨 Lazy Husband, Get Up! It’s Time to Work the Fields 纨绔夫君，起床，该下地了 Supreme Cabbage至尊白菜Two Male Leads281k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Two Male Leads + Farming + Scheming] Shen Qingshu transmigrates into the body of a low-status man in an ancient world, and becomes the husband of a down-and-out wastrel. Looking at the hulking man before him, 190 centimeters tall and weighing over 200 kilos, he wants to bash his head in. But he's here now, so he'll just have to make the best of it. Penniless? Then he'll clear the land and raise chickens and pigs. Vicious relatives? Heh. Close the door and sic A-Huang on them! L 218Reads8.9Score—Shelves
27. 27 作 My Fussy Husband Has Luck and Wealth in Spades 作精夫郎财运连连 Mycelium Seed菌丝种子Two Male Leads320k WordsCompleted A quick-tempered, petty beauty vs. a scheming man who plays the pig to eat the tiger. 1v1 sweet romance, ancient alternate world After a car accident, Lin Zhi was reborn in a completely unfamiliar world. Her heartless grandmother and uncle sold her for sixty taels of silver to a man who was on his deathbed. She thought it was a pretty good deal: once she got there, the man would drop dead, and she could live happily on her own. Who could have guessed things wouldn't go as planned? Not only did 529Reads9.1Score102Shelves
28. 28 农 The Farmer’s Contracted Husband: The Bully Learns to Farm 农家契哥儿，恶霸乖乖种田 Qian Zhizi千栀子Two Male Leads620k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to ancient times, Lin Liusheng, a man, is sold by his family to a tyrant...to be his contract brother? What is going on?! With a sickly body, even staying alive is a struggle. And that tyrant? He gambles, fights, and drinks. He has land but won’t farm it, spending all day roaming around like a bandit. Even the county constables go out of their way to avoid him. Lin Liusheng leans weakly against the wall. “Get out there and work the fields!” The hulking tyrant pouts. “Can I g 11.6kReads9.4Score1.8kShelves
29. 29 清 The Cool-Headed Scholar Is Pampered 清冷文状元乖乖被宠 Mu Lin Yeyu慕霖夜羽Two Male Leads213k WordsCompleted A mischievous, lively top × a courteous, refined bottom, a sweet romance is coming your way One excels in the civil arts, the other in military strategy. Mu Chen, the top military graduate, happened upon Su Changqing, the top civil graduate, and launched his pursuit. But he never once came away with the upper hand. He began to suspect Su Changqing had been blessed by some powerful charm. Su Changqing was as cold as ice, but against the mischievous and endlessly scheming Mu Chen, he couldn’t resi 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One scholar, one warrior, both doting on their three children and one husband, living a simple and happy life of farming and wealth, showered with even more love.

30. 30 异 Farming in Another World: The Little Husband Raises Kids Like a Pro 异世种田：小夫郎养崽超凶 Give Your Lord a Meow给爷喵一个Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Two male leads + One-on-one romance + Mutual devotion + Transmigrate in body + Pocket dimension + Sweet romance and raising children] [Sunny, adorable, money-loving bottom x Handsome, scheming, big-bad-wolf top] After being betrayed by his family and the person he loved, Luo Mingchen transmigrates to another world with a cultivation space and water-based powers. When he wakes, he has become the “stepmother” of three children, and is told their father died at the hands of bandits. After drivin 10kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
31. 31 猎 The Hunter's Sweet, Handsome Husband 猎户家的乖乖夫郎好貌美 Listening to the Falling Rain听落雨Two Male Leads466k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + farming-life story] Watch two husbands build a happy, prosperous life together. On the winter solstice, his stepmother sends Hemiao out to gather firewood. He gets lost in the mountains and happens to meet Lu Xing'an, a hunter who has also lost his way. So the young man and the hunter spend the night warming themselves by a fire in a ruined mountain hut. Word of it soon spreads through the village. Hemiao's stepmother never wanted him around in the first place. So she seizes th 6.9kReads9.3Score791Shelves
32. 32 闻 The Sound of Spring 闻春声 Evergreen and Everwhite长青长白Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted [Taciturn, stammering country hunk VS vivacious, fiery widow. Farming romance, one-on-one, both leads’ first relationship] [She makes the first move, and the unyielding tree finally blossoms. A period farming romance] At the matchmaker's urging, young Yao Chunniang took her dowry and married into the Zhang family in Lishui Village. Who could have guessed that on their wedding night, her sickly husband would close his eyes and die? Before Yao Chunniang could even process what had happened, she ha 29.5kReads9.6Score3.5kShelves

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    The author's writing is amazing!

33. 33 解 Returning to Farm Life to Dote on My Childhood Sweetheart 解甲归田独宠竹马小夫郎 Dreaming of Ease梦安闲Two Male Leads560k WordsCompleted [Farming story + two male leads + sweet childhood friends romance + gentle and gradual + slow-paced story about natives] Three meals a day, four seasons of peace and joy. Song Jia looked up at Lu Ning, working nearby. The bamboo shed kept the sun out. Inside, Lu Ning was shaving a piece of wood, sending shavings fluttering onto his hands and legs. A breeze brought a hint of coolness. The sky screen was deep blue, with a few white clouds drifting past now and then. A puppy slept nearby, snoring, 3.2kReads9.1Score375Shelves

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    I've finished reading farming novels; there aren't many that I can actually finish. You could give it a try.

34. 34 小 A Little Fox's Tale of Raising Cubs 小狐狸生崽记 Sorrowful Return Wind悲回风Two Male Leads366k WordsCompleted During a tribulation, Li Bai, a male fox spirit, was struck by lightning and sent from the 21st century to another world. This is a primitive, simple beastfolk world where there’s nothing to be had, and even getting enough to eat is a challenge. As a wise spirit who’s lived for over a hundred years, he gets to work planting crops, raising livestock, and building houses! Most importantly, he gets to fall head over heels for a big white lion, grooming his fur and climbing up high together~ Every d 2kReads9.1Score252Shelves
35. 35 农 Everyday Farming Life 农家种田日常 Tian Tian Tian Tian田田田甜Two Male Leads393k WordsCompleted Qi Shi, the youngest son of the Qi family in Qingshui Village, is plain-looking, timid, and gentle. His father doesn't care for him, his mother doesn't love him, and by the age of eighteen he's still unmarried. In the end, he marries a hunter from the village. The hunter, Gu Yao, is eight feet tall and built like a bear. He'd been muddling through life without much ambition, never imagining he'd find himself a little husband. Gradually, life begins to look brighter. A story about a rough-and-r 909Reads8.8Score101Shelves
36. 36 麻 I'm Done for: Transmigrated into the Villain's Self-Destructive Ex-Husband 麻了，穿成反派的作死前夫郎 Sarajevo萨拉热窝Two Male Leads240k WordsCompleted [Bottom’s perspective + transmigrate into a book + marriage first, love later + monogamous and faithful] After working overtime for thirty-six straight hours, Lan Cigui stumbled home in a daze. He woke up to find he’d transmigrated into a novel as the doomed husband of the villain. He avoided the first plot point and thought he’d escaped the fate of marrying the villain and becoming his doomed husband. But somehow, he still got married. In the original story, after this husband was tricked i 10.4kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
37. 37 穿 A Transmigrated Young Husband's Road to Prosperity 穿越小夫郎发家记 Jiujiu Is Not Jiujiu久久不是九九Two Male Leads649k WordsCompleted [No heroine + farming + transmigration + historical romance + imperial examinations + niche setting, devoted to each other + one-on-one romance, clever and adorable sweetheart VS aloof, pure-hearted prince, who later becomes a quiet, scheming type~] After a car accident, Qin Li never expected to open his eyes and discover that he had transmigrated! Something about this world feels off. I need to learn more about it~ After looking into things: What? I'm a ger? This family is so poor! I need to bu 2.4kReads9.4Score276Shelves

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    1. **Dual Male Leads + Bro/Girl + Farming + Food + Imperial Examination + Sweet Romance + Getting Rich + Infrastructure + Pampered:** Gu Yun wakes up from a car accident and transmigrates into a neglected and abused stepmother. His stepmother wants to marry him off for a dowry, so she finds him a gambler who killed his wife. He breaks off his engagement and marries a scholar. He gradually rises from a street vendor to owning a grand restaurant in the capital, eventually finding his family. His husband also rises from a student to the Grand Secretary. 2. **Dual Male Leads + Farming + Ancient Bro/Girl + Imperial Examination + Transmigration + Sweet Romance: Bro/Girl Can Take the Imperial Examination:** Qin Li transmigrates after a car accident and discovers he's a bro/girl. Because his family is poor, he leads them to wealth and a better life. He takes the imperial examination, excels, and with the help of his love interest, becomes the top scholar. He forges his own path step by step. Qin Li saves his love interest, which is how their paths cross. 3. **Dual Male Leads + Ancient Bro/Girl + Farming + Transmigration + Sweet Romance + Imperial Examination:** This is a very good read.

38. 38 穿 The Moment After I Reincarnated as the Dowry Bride 穿成陪嫁下一秒 Solving Worries in Dreams梦里解忧Two Male Leads1.9M WordsCompleted Two men + mutually faithful + domestic life + dual career struggles + imperial examinations and court politics After a fire, Meng Wan transmigrated to a dynasty he had never heard of and became a male companion to a young lady from a duke's household. Before he could figure out where he was, the next moment he was bound hand and foot and sold off by the young lady. Meng Wan: “? ... Mmmph!!!!!!!” Song Tingzhou lost his father as a child, and his mother raised him alone. Defying everyone's obje 30.5kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
39. 39 穿 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, but My Brother Seems Even More Like a Transmigrator Than I Do 穿越古代我哥比我还像穿越者 Pavilion by the Pond池上楼台Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Alternate World / Ancient Era / Farming / Imperial Exams After a plane crash, Chen Jingming transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a farmer's son. His family is split up because they need to pay for his medical treatment, and his older brother goes missing. Later, the eldest brother returns from a long journey and sends him to school. Eldest Brother: “Little brother, our family's honor rests entirely on you!” But later, as he watches the family estate grow, Chen Jingming realizes that the 15.2kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves

    Reader note

    The two brothers became wealthy and rose to official positions through the imperial examinations.

40. 40 一 A Devious Imperial Edict 一旨算计 Chen Kun辰昆Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing The early part gets angsty. Very angsty. Readers who enjoy angst are welcome to give it a try; those who don't can steer clear. Dual male leads + forced marriage + married first, angst later (very angsty early on) + household and palace intrigue + court power struggles + slow, everyday romance (clear-eyed, foolish little physician x brooding, self-destructive Brocade Guard) Content warning: The story's pacing leans toward household intrigue. The protagonists are rather meek and rule-abiding. It' 652Reads7.2Score—Shelves

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    No need for further explanation, just go in and read the synopsis (Medical Manager bottom x Imperial Guard top). The synopsis is very detailed, and the writing is exceptionally good. Don't miss it if you're interested (don't miss it because of the low rating, the writing is excellent).

41. 41 农 A Farmer's Son's Daily Life Spoiling His Husband 农家子宠夫日常 The Summer That Remains剩下的盛夏Two Male Leads496k WordsCompleted After Gu Bei transmigrated, he finally saw the original owner's circumstances clearly: he had never truly been one of the family. The original owner's younger brother, Gu Hai, was the family's darling. With his silver tongue and book learning, Gu Hai had married the village chief's daughter and built a thriving life, lively as firecrackers on New Year's Day. And the original owner? He was like a stray dog, while his husband, Su An, and their two children suffered alongside him, gaunt and malnour 1.3kReads8.1Score157Shelves

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    A time-travel story featuring two male protagonists set in ancient times.

42. 42 重 Reborn as a Lowborn Son, I Love Farming 重生小庶子爱种田 Blue Apple Clock蓝色苹果钟Two Male Leads1.3M WordsCompleted [Rebirth, farming, food, scheming, power games, transmigration to a fictional setting] Ruthless, iron-fisted, justice-minded, beautiful-but-tragic prince gong × unconventional, money-loving, trouble-averse playboy shou. Su Jing, a thug who was reborn as a poor illegitimate son swindled out of his money and affection, planned to settle down and enjoy a quiet retirement growing vegetables. Who knew he'd accidentally pick up a troublesome man? His life went into overdrive because of him. He made so 336Reads8.6Score—Shelves
43. 43 大EN The Grand Landowner 大地主 Yin Ya尹琊Two Male Leads1.2M WordsCompleted “Young Master, this is terrible! Miss has left a letter and run away.” “The daughters of the Second and Third Madams are still unmarried.” “That won’t work, Young Master. The man made an agreement with the Old Master that the betrothed had to be the First Madam’s daughter. Neither the eldest nor the second young lady will do.” An Ziran’s gaze fell on his nearly four-month-old younger brother. After a long pause, he asked, “Would a boy do?” The steward: “…” An Ziran never expected his words to c 688Reads7.3Score103Shelves
44. 44 寒 The Poor Scholar: Getting Rich from a Street Stall and Shocking the Powerful 寒门秀才：摆摊暴富惊动权贵 So Sleepy, Yet Unable to Sleep好困睡不着Two Male Leads238k WordsCompleted Between Jiangning and Jinling, Chu Lan was originally just a nobody with a younger brother to care for. To make ends meet, he studied food and ran a little shop. By chance, he caught the attention of Fuman Tower and sparked a wave of culinary innovation. He then teamed up with Meng Xuan, a young master from one of Jinling's great families, to make his mark in the bustling metropolis, creating a "two-city legend" with sausages and home-style dishes. On one side was Meng Xuan, a shrewd merchant wh 23Reads—Score—Shelves
45. 45 穿 Transmigrating to Ancient Times to Pamper My Husband 穿到古代宠夫郎 Daily Update, Bro日更铁子Two Male Leads282k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + ancient farming life + sweet romance] The village's big fool has married the despised young man from the Xu family! The villagers sighed, convinced the two would have a hard life ahead of them. But after a while, the fool was no longer foolish and had even learned to read, while the young man set up a stall and started a business. The couple's life was thriving. The uncle who coveted their land, the men who lusted after the young man, and the village chief who plotted against t 832Reads9.1Score104Shelves
46. 46 土 A Bandit Is Reborn, Marries a Husband, and Gets Busy Farming 土匪重生娶夫郎，种田忙 Tao Yuanyuan桃元元Two Male Leads621k WordsOngoing [Two male leads, hunting and farming; no imperial exams, no court politics, and no System. Focused on rural life, with no horrible relatives and a slow, steady pace.] After fifteen years as a bandit, Shao Lei had mastered every weapon from knives and arrows to cudgels, along with basic survival skills like crossing mountains and rivers. He was practically the hardest-working bandit in the business. But one careless mistake sent him tumbling off a cliff, and he kicked the bucket. Just before he d 87Reads8.8Score—Shelves
47. 47 一 Overnight, I Became a Widowed Husband 一朝穿成寡夫郎 So It Is Said笑之曰Two Male Leads236k WordsCompleted Yun Zhen should have gone to the afterlife to be reincarnated, but when he opens his eyes, he finds himself in another world as a widower whose husband died just six months ago. His home is bare, he has no money, and his food stores are nearly empty. Worst of all, he has a little tagalong to look after. Yun Zhen decides to make the best of things. Putting his cooking skills to work, he sells spicy hot pot skewers, grills barbecue, and opens a hot pot restaurant. Step by step, he raises the littl 52Reads8.8Score123Shelves
48. 48 穿 I Became a Man in Ancient Times and Faked Fainting to Avoid the Harem Battles 穿成古代哥儿我靠装晕躲避宫斗 Pear Pear Wolf Wolf梨梨狼狼Two Male Leads209k WordsCompleted [Two male leads + historical setting + transmigration + devoted to each other] Ling Yuebai woke up in an ancient alternate dynasty, in the body of a ge'er. Only after asking around did he learn what being a ge'er meant. In this feudal society, he had to plan for himself. He started by taking in a little brother. A life-saving kindness was worth more than anything, and after rescuing a child and keeping him by his side, he finally had someone he could trust. His legal mother sent him off to a cou 485Reads8.4Score104Shelves
49. 49 穿 Transmigrate to Ancient Times: Farming and Supporting My Family with Delicious Food 穿越古代我靠美食种田养家 Tidefall in the Mortal World汐落红尘Two Male Leads590k WordsCompleted [Two Male Leads + Food + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Building a Career + Cozy Daily Life] Rich heir Gu Linchen transmigrates into another world, only to become a thug with a bare-walled home who is uneducated and beats his husband and children. Looking at his family, all skin and bones, Gu Linchen can only hold his forehead in dismay. Fortunately, the pocket dimension from his previous life came with him. But just as he rejoices, he learns that the luxury goods he had collected i 3kReads9.3Score282Shelves
50. 50 灾 You Want to Trade Me for Money in a Famine Year? I'll Run Off With Dad Tonight 灾年嫁我换钱？随爹入赘连夜跑 I Want to Swing a Hoe我要挥锄头Ancient Romance2.9M WordsOngoing After a moment's carelessness leaves her caught in a scheme, seven-year-old Fang Nanzhi is forced to take her cousin's place in an arranged marriage? Before the little girl can even show what she's made of, her father refuses to go along with it. He takes his daughter and marries into another family instead, getting them both away from that nest of awful relatives. Everyone says poor Zhizhi has become a burden and won't have an easy life from now on. But her father dotes on her, her stepmother c 5.6kReads8.6Score416Shelves

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