Looking for a Strong Female Lead, Farming, and a Rich Cast of Characters. She Knows What She Wants 想看女强，种田，群像，女主知道自己想要什么这种

1. 1 你 You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田，塑料夫妻闯荒年 Bai Jiuhuan白久欢Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an 66.6kReads8.9Score4.7kShelves

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   These two books are okay, they are both very sober and rational heroines, and they have a steady flow of things from scratch.

2. 2 穿 Transmigrated as a Trouble-Making Mother-in-Law, I Lead the Whole Family to Flee the Famine 穿成搅家精婆婆，统领全家逃荒 Yu Qiaoqiao语乔乔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Famine + building from nothing + raising children + no male lead] The moment Shen Qing opened her eyes, she found a mud-and-thatch hut, clothes patched over and over, cornmeal gruel, and not a trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is just too miserable! The eldest son, raised by the original owner to favor one child over another, was uselessly devoted to his filial duties and wanted to abandon his sick daughter. The second son was an old workhorse, shouldering all the hardest and most exhaustin 9.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
3. 3 带 I Married the Sickly Chief Minister with a Farming System, and He Flirts with Me Every Day 带种田系统嫁病娇首辅，日日被撩 Jiang Qiuqiu姜秋秋Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Zhaozhao, head of a family of merchants, accidentally gets bound to a farming System that brings her into a lucky-charm farming novel called The Imperial Consort of the Peasant Household. There, she becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies as soon as she appears. When she opens her eyes, she has to choose between two newlywed husbands. She faces a greedy, vicious mother-in-law, th 42.6kReads9.3Score4.2kShelves

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   The first and third books are highly recommended. They are all about strong women. I forgot about it after reading the first one for so long, but it is definitely good to read. The third one has no male protagonist. It is all about food and no intrigues. It is particularly heartwarming. The female protagonist, the little palace maid, finally left the palace to travel~

4. 4 让 You Want Me to Do Chores? I'll Stun the Glorious Tang Dynasty with Modern Cuisine 让我打杂？我用现代美食震惊盛唐 Nine-Lived Fairy九命妖精Ancient Romance529k WordsCompleted [No Romance + Spirit Spring Space + Gourmet Farming + Feel-Good Story + Palace Intrigue + Leveling] Reincarnated as a lowly kitchen maid tending the fire in the Tang imperial palace, Pei Xuan wields the God of Cooking's space and takes on the palace's finest chefs. A spirit spring, mystical fields, and spirit fire: she has it all. Chili peppers, strawberries, coffee beans? Grow them all! Fried chicken, cola, spicy hot pot? Make them all! Ovens, woks, microwaves? Use them all! Modern cuisine coll 699Reads8.6Score100Shelves
5. 5 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 11.7kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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   The best young lady who traveled through time and was disliked by everyone encountered a bad year at the beginning! Don't be afraid, she stocked up on grain and raised livestock with modern knowledge, led her whole family to show off her meat every day, slapped her best relatives in the face, and embarked on a counterattack to get rich.

6. 6 斯 The Bashful Doctor and the 1980s Butcher Girl Who Won't Stop Spoiling Him 斯文医生脸红红八零杀猪婆追着哄 Gu Nuanqing顾暖卿Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Short dramas 1–4 and the animated series are releasing simultaneously~ [Period setting + marriage first, love later + fiercely protective + older woman/younger man + no transmigration or rebirth] [Bold, career-minded pig butcher vs. refined, reserved, easily embarrassed doctor] Everyone in Chihe Town knew Yun Tianjiao. When it came to looks and figure, if she came in second, no one would dare claim first place. But when it came to her fiery temper, she was just as unmatched in town. That was exa 11.6kReads9.0Score826Shelves

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   🍀[Sparrow Eater Masterpiece] The female protagonist Yun Tianjiao is a fierce pig-killer, while the male protagonist is a gentle and reserved doctor. The story of their marriage first and then their love, as well as Dr. Gu's unexpected "coaxing" plot🍀

7. 7 被 Wrongfully Married, I Stabbed My Husband to Death and Became Famous 被错嫁后，我捅死夫君名扬天下了 Bright Blue灿蓝Ancient Romance646k WordsCompleted [No Romance] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Taking Down Scumbags] + [Villainess] After transmigrating, Li Shu became a pitiful woman who had been married off to the wrong man. Her deranged husband had just beaten her to death. Her mother-in-law said, “My son has no flaws except that he hits people. Can’t you just put up with it?!” The man said, “I wanted to marry A Ning, but I’m not good enough for her, so let’s just settle down and live our lives together!” Even her own father kept his head down and i 17.7kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves

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   The heroine knows what she wants, no cp

8. 8 穿 Transmigration: The Wild, Violent Girl Is Fierce as Can Be 穿越：暴力疯丫蛋超凶哒 Chubby Who Loves Vegetables爱吃菜菜的小胖子Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Synopsis: After struggling to survive the apocalypse for five years, Qiao Qiyue transmigrates into the body of a little girl in a small mountain village. Two thatched huts and not a grain of rice in the house! One word: dire! 24.5kReads8.9Score2.2kShelves

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   This book is the only book I have read seriously. It is beautiful.

9. 9 大 The Mighty Old Lady Transmigrates Into a Book, Farms, and Takes Out Her Whole Family Without Favoritism 大力老太穿书种田后平等创死全家 Little X from the Mountains山里来的小叉叉Ancient Romance624k WordsCompleted [Farming + space System + satisfying revenge + punishing scumbags + an old lady] Fu Qingfeng dies in a zombie horde at the end of the world and transmigrates into a book. But she’s not the heroine. She’s the vicious old neighbor who gets tortured to death by the heroine, and from the start she’s bound to a low-level System. The day she transmigrates into the book, the heroine also transmigrates with a high-level System in hand. Fine. We’ll each do our own thing, and stay out of each other’s way. 4.5kReads8.7Score540Shelves

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   Recommended, good looking

10. 10 虞 Yu Zhao Reborn: Cutting Ties and Settling Scores 虞昭重生断恩仇 Glass Salted Fish玻璃咸鱼Ancient Romance1.8M WordsOngoing Original novel of the short drama "After Switching to the Heartless Path, My Senior Brothers Wept and Begged for Forgiveness" In her previous life, Yu Zhao spent her whole life fighting Ye Congxin to win back the affection of her master and five senior brothers. In the end, she became a traitor despised by everyone and was killed by the very master she loved. Reborn, she gave up trying to mend her relationship with her master and senior brothers, and took the initiative to cultivate the Heartles 14.5kReads9.3Score1.7kShelves

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    The heroine is independent, sober and strong, and it feels great to be slapped in the face.

11. 11 雪 In the Year of the Great Blizzard, I Became the Big Sister Raising Five Little Ones 雪灾年，我穿成五个崽的包子姐姐 Qibao Tuantuan柒宝团团Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Empress + ensemble cast + farming and infrastructure + strong female lead power fantasy + an insanely powerful golden finger!!!!] Lin Jiahe transmigrates into a book and binds to a multiverse livestream System. Her entire family are cannon fodder whose fortunes were stolen by the original story’s heroine. The harder they work, the more miserable their lives become, while the heroine grows ever luckier! Blizzards bury the roads. Drought and famine leave corpses strewn everywhere. Lin Jiahe is sh 4.4kReads9.3Score704Shelves

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    This book is "Ten Portraits of Strong Women". It has been completed. It is super beautiful.

12. 12 穿 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 Morning Clouds Purple朝云紫Ancient Romance1.9M WordsCompleted [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 71.2kReads9.4Score8.3kShelves

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    This this this

13. 13 褚 The Chu Family Cookbook 褚家食单 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance332k WordsCompleted In Furong Town, Jiangnan, Chu Lanxin once thought her days would pass like a pot simmering gently on the stove, quietly cooking up an ordinary life. But when her family fell into decline and their former splendor faded, all she had left was her family’s culinary heritage and a small stove of her own. A plate of shredded pork and snow bamboo shoots with noodles in a clear, richly flavored broth was her first step toward making a living among the common folk; A serving of orange stuffed with crab, 18Reads6.2Score—Shelves

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14. 14 炊 Warmth Beneath the Kitchen Smoke 炊烟问暖 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance317k WordsCompleted In the coldest season, she used the warmest cooking fires to keep a family alive and warm a heart. In Qinghe County of the Great Ning Dynasty, Shen Qinghe, daughter of a scholar, faces a cruel choice after her father dies and her family falls into ruin: cling to her “good name” and starve, or set her pride aside and find a way to survive? She chooses the latter. Drawing on the cooking skills her grandmother taught her, eighteen-year-old Qinghe starts beneath an old locust tree by the docks. S 25Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 15 寒 The Humble Origins Chef 寒门厨娘 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance359k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the body of the lowest-ranking palace maid in the Imperial Kitchen, A He only wants to slack off, lie flat, and survive to a ripe old age. But the head steward skimps on the palace rations with moldy rice, then serves spoiled food to the elderly maids. She quietly brings out the culinary skills she won in her previous life as “Little Master of Chinese Cuisine”: A dish of cabbage boiled in clear broth shocks the Imperial Food Bureau, while three spoonfuls of crab-stuf 58Reads6.1Score—Shelves
16. 16 周 Zhou's Food Shop 周记食肆 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance323k WordsCompleted When Zhou Youwei opens her eyes, she faces utter poverty, a sick mother, and a younger brother still too young to fend for himself. She has no foresight from being a transmigrator and no cheat like a magical spring realm. All she has are the heavy responsibilities resting on her fourteen-year-old shoulders, along with a local’s keen appreciation for food and an unwavering dedication to it. The river crabs everyone else scorns become “crab roe butter,” worth its weight in gold, in her hands; Ord —Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 寒 The Tough Wife from a Poor Family: A Legendary Rise to Wealth 寒门悍妻：逆袭致富传奇 Everyday A Bu市井阿布Ancient Romance419k WordsCompleted This is the legendary tale of Lin Weiwang, a modern CEO and master chef who transmigrates into the past as a bride sent to bring good fortune. With her intelligence and abilities, she leads her struggling family to turn their fortunes around despite their poverty, ultimately finding success in both her career and love. —Reads—Score—Shelves
18. 18 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 80.7kReads9.5Score9.6kShelves

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    It has a warm and rural atmosphere, no royal power or wealth, only the shortcomings of the parents, and a healing style of writing. It is suitable for reading when you are taking a break.

19. 19 耕 A Family of Farmers and Scholars 耕读人家 Qiu Mi楸米Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Female lead transmigrates + male lead is reborn, no pocket dimension, no System, no supernatural powers] Gao E transmigrates into the body of a heavily pregnant woman with four sons. From the start, she's supposed to sell her children to pay for her husband's imperial exams. The good news is, she arrives in time to save her eldest son. The bad news is, she nearly gets caught by her husband when he returns after turning back from the exam journey. Gao E gives up her need to prove herself and jus 9kReads8.9Score1.2kShelves

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    Look at this, look at this, it fits perfectly.

20. 20 震 Shocking! Retired Star Becomes a Nationwide Sensation with Her Farm 震惊！退圈女星靠种田火爆全国 Tang Xin唐芯Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (No male lead, with a touch of immortal cultivation) After being cyberbullied, former top-tier star Xu Qingyan was drugged by her best friend and sent to the room of a famous director. Xu Qingyan would rather die than submit. She slammed her head against a white wall to protect her virtue. Luckily, she was not only reborn, but also gained a spiritual spring space that could be upgraded. After exposing her fake best friend's true colors, she announced that she was quitting showbiz. From then on, 4.4kReads8.8Score460Shelves

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    After the top actress Xu Qingyan was framed, she took Lingquan Space back to the village to farm. The main plot focuses on her use of space to cultivate spiritual plants, from pioneering alone to forming a "planting cooperative" to drive the whole village to plant high value-added medicinal materials and fruits. The article describes in detail how she trained villagers in grafting techniques, built e-commerce channels, and even collaborated with agricultural experts to develop frost-resistant rice seeds. The heroine has a clear goal - to use her agricultural prowess to defeat the fans in the entertainment industry. Although the main focus is on personal growth, it is also interspersed with portraits of a group of characters including researchers from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and young people who have returned to their hometowns to help farmers.

21. 21 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 41.9kReads9.3Score6.8kShelves

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    The heroine is sober and has the strength to bring her whole family to wealth. She also has five brothers who dote on her.

22. 22 小 The Little Lucky Carp Comes to a Famine Year and Feeds Her Whole Family in Style 小锦鲤穿到灾年，带全家吃香喝辣 Lamb Who Loves Spicy Food爱吃辣的小羊羔Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Adorable Kids + Food + Getting Rich + Imperial Examinations + Infrastructure + Ensemble Cast] The Jiang family has given birth to a little calamity who is both foolish and mute! After she was born, her father failed every imperial examination, her eldest brother was criticized by his tutor every day, her second brother was called an idiot by the villagers every day, her third brother’s health grew worse and worse, and the family grew poorer year after year. Anyone in the village who went near h 1.2kReads8.4Score154Shelves

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    🌟Look over, look over! These are all very interesting farming stories, about finding high yields of grain and dedicating them to the court. The love between the heroine and her family is very warm!!

23. 23 空 The Farm Girl with a Spatial Realm: My Medical Skills Make Me Famous 空间农女，我靠医术名动天下 A Green Apricot Branch一枝青杏Ancient Romance505k WordsCompleted A genius doctor from the apocalypse transmigrates and wakes up as the mute girl of Xinghua Village. The moment she comes to, she faces the prospect of being thrown out of her home. No problem. This is the perfect chance to split from the family and cut ties with these awful relatives. But standing in the shabby thatched hut, looking at her unconscious mother, her father with a broken leg, and her two hungry little siblings, Jiang Jingshu falls silent for a moment... With no other choice, she rol 2.3kReads9.1Score289Shelves
24. 24 带 Fleeing Famine with My Family and a Space Full of Grain 带着全家去逃荒，我有空间满仓粮 Bai Yi Yi柏一意Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Fleeing Famine] [Space] [Everyone's Darling] [Feel-Good Story] [Making a Fortune] [Later: Nation-Building] Du Youling was originally a three-and-a-half-year-old girl from a farming village in ancient times. Born with extraordinary good fortune, she was nevertheless killed in her previous life after her cousin stole her luck. In this life, she has returned with a max-level System! The story opens with a drought, forcing her family to flee. Whether it's drought, locusts, or snow, this lucky littl 7.8kReads9.0Score795Shelves
25. 25 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 7.5kReads8.9Score872Shelves
26. 26 农 The Farmer's Gate Doctor Is a Pain in the Neck 农门医妃是个搅屎棍 May Ox五月牛Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted [Pocket dimension + System + medical skills + wealth-building + face-slapping + punishing scum + farming + family life + wild imagination] This story is entirely fictional, so please don’t take it too seriously! Qiao Dong, a surgeon, transmigrated shortly after the apocalypse began, landing in the body of a little girl with the same name in the Tiansheng Kingdom. Their branch of the family had it worse than anyone else. Her father had gone off to serve in the army and vanished without a trace. H 5kReads9.2Score756Shelves

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    Personally, I prefer reading farming novels, and I think these are pretty good. It seems to be a relatively pleasant feeling.

27. 27 中 You Dumped Me After I Passed the Scholar Exam, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Rich? 中秀才就休妻，我暴富你又哭什么 Yaoyao Ruoshui妖妖若水Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The moment Ye Caiping opened her eyes, she found herself a divorced woman, with her sister-in-law back home sharpening a knife against her. It wasn't that her sister-in-law was unreasonable. The original owner of this body was simply too awful! How awful? Here, take a look: Whenever her husband's family needed to build a house, if there was even a single grain of surplus food at her parents' home, she'd come sniffing around like a mad dog and take it all. So her mother-in-law could eat meat ever 30.5kReads9.3Score4.3kShelves
28. 28 未 The Future Chief Minister's Scumbag Ex-Wife Turns Over a New Leaf 未来首辅的渣原配她改邪归正了 Painting in the Water水中的画Ancient Romance2.2M WordsCompleted [Plot + mutual pampering + rebirth + lighthearted and lively] The moment she opens her eyes, her husband's sister-in-law is in labor and struggling to give birth. The original owner caused it. As a doctor, she can't just stand by and let her die, but both her mother-in-law and sister-in-law suspect she has ulterior motives. Just as she catches her breath after saving the woman, trouble comes knocking: people from the gambling den have arrived. The original owner borrowed one hundred taels from t 40.7kReads8.9Score2.8kShelves
29. 29 开 From the Start, I Was Jilted: The Pitiful Girl Fights Back with Her Space 开局被退亲：小可怜携空间携起 Hua Mo Ci花莫辞Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + a pocket space + building a fortune + taking down villains + sweet romance] After a car accident, Su Hua wakes up as a thirteen-year-old village girl with a mental disability in Shanghe Village, Great Yu. Her family has nothing. Everything goes wrong: nothing grows when she plants it, and everything she raises dies. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself in the middle of a scene where her fiancé is caught cheating and calls off their engagement. Her scumbag fiancé says, “I’m 1.6kReads8.9Score237Shelves
30. 30 惊 Shocking! After I Started Farming, a Yandere Chief Minister Sprouted Up 惊了！种田后，长出病娇首辅 Demon Pet妖宠Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming to fortune + sharp-tongued, unhinged heroine + laugh-out-loud comedy + civil and military examinations + devoted couple] A genius heroine with unmatched intelligence and martial prowess, whose thought process is anything but normal. She wields the finest blades against the wicked and pounds scoundrels into the ground. Luo Xi, a doomsday war goddess, opens her eyes to find she has transmigrated to a rural village in ancient times, where she has become a notorious menace who dresses as a 416Reads9.4Score125Shelves

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    Luo Xi, who has an incredible amount of military power, transformed from a doomsday god of war into a "scourge" of ancient women disguised as men. Faced with her eccentric grandmother and vampire relatives, she directly launched the "Three Lights Policy" to eat up the family's wealth, persuaded her grandmother to meet the porcelain prefect, and encouraged the best to fight each other. The book describes in detail how she used force to suppress village bullies, used her post-apocalyptic survival wisdom to improve farm tools to increase yields, and even led the disabled villain Lu Yunjin to open up wasteland and plant high-yielding crops. The main plot line revolves around "fighting evil with evil". The heroine has a clear goal: not only to abuse the bad guys and slap them in the face, but also to hoard food and get rich, and finally turn from a scourge into a powerful female general. **

31. 31 带 Fleeing Famine in Ancient Times with a Portable Space 带空间穿古代逃荒 Heavenly Fragrance Seven Miles Away七里天香Ancient Romance294k WordsCompleted Lin Qingya had stocked an entire pocket dimension with supplies before transmigrating to ancient times. At first, she had everything she needed, until her whole family was exiled… Disaster struck during their flight into exile, and they had nothing they needed. Luckily, she had her pocket dimension at the crucial moment… 2kReads6.8Score195Shelves

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