In a Year of Famine, the Whole Village Chews Tree Bark. I Have a System and a Barn Full of Meat 荒年全村啃树皮，我有系统满仓肉

1. 101 身 A Beautiful Farming Life in Another Body 身穿之美丽种田记 Listening to Lotus in the Night Rain夜雨听荷Ancient Romance817k WordsCompleted (No System, no golden finger, just an ordinary person with sound values) This isn’t a get-rich-quick wish-fulfillment story, nor is the heroine a lone beauty who needs no one. She has a grand vision for her family: one flower alone doesn’t make spring, but a hundred flowers in bloom fill the garden with spring. After taking part in a Hanfu event, Zhao Meili unexpectedly found herself in ancient times, where she was rescued by Guo Ping, a hunter. With no household registration, Zhao Meili couldn 2kReads8.9Score194Shelves
2. 102 斩 Cutting Spring 斩春 Chinese Loropetalum in the South南有檵木Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted ༆ Original title: "Slaying Spring", courtesy title: "Three Thousand Miles of Floating Light", also known as "A Little Bookshop in Chang'an" . "The audiobook is now available. Give it a listen!" . [Historical fantasy, farming, ancient romance, healing, opening a bookshop, romance, with a strong focus on the love story.] · [Heroine: Xu Jiang ★ Hero: Lou Yunchun] · [Other characters: Hu Xu ★ Song Li, Zeng Zhui ★ Lin Hongchu, Lin Qinnian ★ Madam Lin, Lou Jing ★ Madam Lou. Du Hui, Yuan Zuzu, Wu Zhi, 27.7kReads9.5Score4.4kShelves
3. 103 簪 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 Kong Liu空留Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 11.2kReads9.6Score1.7kShelves
4. 104 重 Reborn in the Famine Years, My Wife Tries to Lose Weight Every Day 重生饥荒年代，媳妇天天闹减肥 A Wolf Travels a Thousand Miles狼行千里Urban2.5M WordsCompleted A new story is out! You can read my work on Fanqie Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 24.5kReads8.4Score2.6kShelves

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5. 105 开 From the Start in the Famine Year of 1960: Buy Anything for One Cent 开局1960灾荒年，每天一分钱秒杀 The Grapes Are Ripe葡萄熟了Urban2.0M WordsCompleted While helping his cousin get a discount by chopping the price on Pinduoduo, Li Fuxing clicked the sharing link she sent him and transmigrated to the 1960s. He also found a Pinduoduo flash-sale mall in his mind. In 1960, everything was rationed and required coupons. People had barely enough to eat or wear, and two jin of millet could buy you a wife. The Pinduoduo mall had everything: Northeast rice, selenium-rich eggs, Longkou vermicelli, White Rabbit milk candy, Erguotou, Wuliangye… And everythi 2.6kReads8.0Score260Shelves
6. 106 1 1959: With a Pocket Dimension from the Start, I Can Do Whatever I Want 1959开局一个空间任我随便浪 The Ox Who Loves Eating Tigers爱吃老虎的牛Urban4.8M WordsOngoing Also known as: A Wonderful Life for Liu Genlai in 1959, A Free and Easy Life for an Orphan in 1959. The story moves at an unhurried pace and isn't full of anger or conflict. It's all about everyday family matters, so if you enjoy a slower pace, feel free to give it a try. Liu Genlai gets knocked into the countryside of 1959 by a dump truck. Is he going to lead the whole village to prosperity? Don't be ridiculous. Liu Genlai's little shoulders can't bear such a heavy burden. All he wants is for h 77.3kReads8.3Score5.5kShelves
7. 107 开 From the Start, I Used Loaches to Catch Mandarin Fish and Made a Fortune 开局用泥鳅钓鳜鱼，疯狂发家致富 Huang Family Warrior黄家勇士Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Lure Fishing for Mandarin Fish]+ [Marriage Before Love]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Rural Life] This book is also known as: “Reborn, My Gorgeous Spicy Wife Gives Birth to Twins for Me” “While My Young Wife Is Still Innocent, I'll Talk Her Into Having Twins!” “From the Start, I Use Loaches to Catch Mandarin Fish and Make a Fortune” “Girl, spread your legs!” “Put your back into it!” “You might be carrying twins!” “Push!” “Ahhhhh!” Hearing the heart-wrenching screams coming from the thatched hut, Zhou Xiao 2.7kReads9.1Score251Shelves
8. 108 穿 Back to the 1960s: From Eating My Fill to Becoming a Factory Boss 穿回六零：从吃饱饭到厂长老总 Warm Sunshine in Spring春天里的暖阳Urban1.4M WordsCompleted On a sweltering day, a bottle of ice-cold cola sent a young man struggling to make ends meet back to the early 1960s. He was reborn as the third great-uncle who had died young in his previous life. In an era when people worried just about getting enough to eat, he began a life of easy success. New book: Transmigrating to 1942: Starting with a Blade of Grass. I hope you’ll support it. 14.5kReads8.8Score726Shelves
9. 109 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 128.8kReads9.6Score14.1kShelves
10. 110 6 The 1960s: My Family Is on Its Way to Prosperity 60年代：我家奔小康了 Didi Fearless迪迪无畏Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn in a parallel timeline + period setting + pocket dimension + building wealth + helping the whole village prosper + serving the nation] Li Jinqiu opens his eyes and finds himself reborn at eighteen, in the famine-stricken 1960s. His System comes with a pocket dimension, and from then on, he begins an extraordinary life... Younger brother: “Third Brother, what are we having today?” Li Jinqiu: “Fish with pickled cabbage. It’ll make your teeth sing.” Younger sister: “Third Brother, I wan 11kReads8.2Score941Shelves
11. 111 打 Hunting, Fishing, and Foraging in the Mountains to Raise My Eight Younger Siblings 打猎捕鱼采山货，养八个弟弟妹妹 Beyond Pursuit不可追Urban2.4M WordsOngoing [Changbai Mountains + reborn in the 1960s + hunting + fishing + gathering mountain produce + many siblings] This book has been adapted into the short drama Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Mountain Produce to Raise My Younger Siblings. Search for it on the platform’s homepage or on Hongguo Short Dramas! Famine in the 1960s! Eight younger siblings starve to death! A lifetime of pain and regret! Reborn in a village at the foot of the Changbai Mountains in the 1960s, he vows to protect his younger s 11.9kReads8.3Score1.1kShelves
12. 112 到 In Another World, I Use Taoist Arts to Empty My Enemy's Warehouse 到了异世，我用道术搬空仇人仓库 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Modern Romance913k WordsCompleted An alternate history setting. Please do not compare this story with real history! Gou Yunshu, a modern Daoist exorcist, was betrayed by her best friend during an exorcism. She was struck down by heavenly retribution, killed by a bolt of lightning. She transmigrated into the body of a young girl in the Great Xia Kingdom of the Republican era and discovered that her grandfather had been captured by the Japanese army. To rescue him, she took her younger siblings, bought a house, and left Laolongtan 596Reads—Score—Shelves

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13. 113 史 The Poorest County Magistrate's Wife in History Leads the Whole County to Prosperity 史上最穷县令夫人带全县百姓赚钱 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance993k WordsCompleted Hang Ying, head of a reclusive modern-day clan, dies during an expedition and transmigrates into Yingzi, the wife of Xu Mengran, a penniless county magistrate in the Great Chu Empire. Who ever heard of a county magistrate being poor? Well, this one wears a patched robe, and his wife earns money washing and mending clothes to help him pursue a career in the imperial examinations. They have no maids or guards, the yamen runners look down on them, and a rich young lady even comes to their door to b 453Reads7.0Score—Shelves
14. 114 渡 I Became a God After Surviving the Trial of Love 渡情劫后成功封神 Ling Ling Qi Xuan泠泠七炫Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Bai Yan, the legitimate daughter of a family of military commanders, came down from the mountains after mastering her art so she could return to her home in the capital and overcome her romantic tribulation. At the city gate, the emperor stopped her and ordered her burned as a sacrifice to Heaven and Earth. She also learned that her birth parents had abandoned her because of rumors calling her an ill-fated poison maiden. To clear her name, Bai Yan took responsibility for treating the plague and 57Reads—Score—Shelves
15. 115 穿 Transmigrated to the 1970s, the Capitalist Heiress Can't Take the Slightest Hardship 穿越七零资本家小姐吃不了一点苦 Raised A Cat养了只猫Modern Romance2.9M WordsOngoing [Military marriage + Period + space + revenge on scum + fictional setting + stern, devoted soldier king × all-around heiress who refuses to suffer] Wen Zhixia transmigrates from the apocalypse into the body of a capitalist heiress in another time and place, someone who shares her name. The pampered heiress doesn’t know how to fight back and is cruelly killed by her own family! Now that Wen Zhixia has taken over her body, she won’t put up with any of it. Compared with the kind and timid heiress, 12.6kReads8.5Score981Shelves
16. 116 五 Five-Year-Old Village Chief Leads the Villagers to the Throne 五岁小村长，带着村民登基了 Little Wine Riddle小酒谜Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Feel-good power fantasy + transmigration + no romance + absurd comedy + System + empress + everyone’s favorite + rise to power in troubled times + infrastructure + farming] Shi Xiaojiu, a little zombie king from the apocalypse, opened her eyes to find she had become the heaven-sent young village chief of Taoyuan Village. She also had a System in her head, constantly supervising her and telling her how to become a qualified village chief. Xiaojiu diligently worked to complete tasks and earn rewa 18.3kReads9.2Score2.4kShelves
17. 117 末 A Guide to Raising an Apocalypse Empress 末世女帝养成指南 Turning Ink into Ink点墨成墨Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others 188.1kReads9.5Score23.9kShelves
18. 118 穿 Transmigrated as a Hunter's Daughter in a Chaotic Era, I Lead the Whole Village to Survival 穿成乱世农门猎女，我带全村求生 Little Wang, Big Wang, Ya小王大王丫Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted (Strong Female Lead + Space + Divine Pets + No Romance) Lin Xi, heir to a family of traditional medicine practitioners, served as a special forces soldier for eight years. During a mission, she took a bullet and was gloriously transmigrated to the Great Xia Dynasty, where she became a thirteen-year-old girl hunter. She was strong, skilled at hunting, a master of medicine and poison, and had extensive experience with jungle warfare. Her father hunted to support the family, her mother was gentle a 2.2kReads8.9Score257Shelves
19. 119 灾 Famine! The Eight-Year-Old Eldest Sister Leads Her Pregnant Mother to Safety 灾年！八岁长姐带孕母逃荒 Clouds Above the Clouds云上之云Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted This story has no space, is not a feel-good power fantasy, and its famine-flight scenes are adapted from historical accounts of ordinary people fleeing famine in different periods. The heroine is only eight years old, so escaping with her whole family in tow is very hard, incredibly hard. If you’re looking for a feel-good power fantasy, please move on. Don’t read to the end, decide the main characters have suffered too much, feel bad, and then leave a negative review. Writing is hard, so please 42.4kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves
20. 120 穿 I Transmigrated, but I’m Not Farming: Hunting Keeps My Whole Family Fed 穿越不种田，我靠打猎养活全家 The Trees Are Still, the Wind Has Stopped树静风止Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Retired special forces soldier Mu Qing... She failed to save someone and was forced to take on a new body herself. In the blink of an eye, she went from an “old maid” to “the winner of life.” She didn’t just have children, she even had a granddaughter. Her life fast-forwarded straight to the top. Mu Qing thought she could enjoy her retirement at the top of the food chain... But the road ahead was still long... Woe is me... 2.5kReads9.0Score225Shelves
21. 121 做 The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭 Jasmine Milk Tea茉莉牛乳茶Ancient Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri 18.7kReads9.2Score2kShelves
22. 122 极 The Stunning County Magistrate 极品女县令 Xue Da雪大Ancient Romance254k WordsOngoing I only wore men's Hanfu once, and I transmigrated to an ancient era in the midst of war. Then a great general, desperate for capable people, conscripted me and made me magistrate of a border town. Since I was already here, I threw myself into infrastructure projects, agricultural development, and spreading education with help from the System. A few years later, when the leader of the rebel army ascended the throne, that once-dilapidated little county had become far more prosperous than the imper 22Reads8.4Score—Shelves
23. 123 第 The Ninth Trial of Tribulation 第九世历劫 Listening to Rain Among a Thousand Mountains千山听雨Ancient Romance2.1M WordsCompleted When Li Yuwei wakes from a coma, she discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a notorious young farm wife. With winter approaching, all the family has left to eat is coarse bran and wild greens, and death seems to be closing in on them all. Faced with such desperate circumstances, she has no choice but to revive the skills she learned in her previous life. She farms and sets up a fortune-telling stall on the street to earn money for the family, while accumulating merit to avert the 3.7kReads8.7Score503Shelves
24. 124 我 After Reaching Max Level in the Wasteland, I Transmigrated to a Famine Year and Became Empress 我在废土满级后，穿越荒年当女帝 Zhuye竹野Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted A satisfying infrastructure-building power fantasy, not a matriarchal-world story. Ruan Xiang, ruler of the largest base in the wasteland, transmigrated into one of the refugees fleeing famine in ancient times. Finding water, irrigating fields, building filtration ponds, making bricks and building kilns, teaching people to read, pressing oil… To survive better, Ruan Xiang gathered every worker she could. Until she discovered that the imperial court was growing weak, the ministers were afraid 12.1kReads9.1Score1.4kShelves
25. 125 农 Eldest Sister of the Farmhouse: A Female Special Forces Soldier Turns Her Life Around Through Farming 农门长姐，女特种兵靠种田逆袭 Wan Qing万顷Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted Romance included Qiu Yan was a modern-day female soldier. During a mission, she transmigrated into the body of another Qiu Yan, a short-lived girl with a tragic fate. Her mother died in childbirth when she was little, and her father had recently fallen on the battlefield. Their lives were utterly miserable. Her step-grandmother therefore treated Qiu Yan and her younger siblings as thorns in her side and planned to sell Qiu Yan to a brothel, where she would be abused. Tough and decisive, Qiu Yan 2.6kReads8.9Score389Shelves
26. 126 全 Everyone in the Village Is Evil, and I’m the Only One Who Doesn’t Play Nice 全村都恶人，只有我不做人 Ten Thousand Searches万千寻Ancient Romance791k WordsCompleted [A satisfying story, an extremely satisfying story, an overwhelmingly satisfying story] [No romance + strong heroine + unhinged + comedy + bizarre thought processes + nonstop face-slapping] [The heroine does have a husband, but there really is no romance!!!!] Gone crazy? Good! Now she can go wild! Stay away from that crazy woman. You can’t afford to mess with her! A crazy woman, her silly dog, and her silly husband. One lunatic, two idiots. … Assassin Xiang Xi transmigrated to ancient times and 5.1kReads8.9Score446Shelves
27. 127 掀 Flip the Table! The Legitimate Daughter Returns to Make Her Mark! 掀桌子！归来嫡女要立威！ Xuan Ying Luo玄英落Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Political Intrigue + Feel-Good Story + Sharp Tongues + Ensemble Cast + Nation and Family + Two Strong Leads + Devoted Couple] The legitimate daughter of a general's household, who had been left to fend for herself in the countryside, was maliciously attacked. When she opened her eyes again, she had become Liu Qingyue, China's top special agent. Determined to repay her master's kindness in recognizing her abilities, Liu Qingyue accepted his dying wish, left the Taoist temple, and returned home t 7.9kReads9.1Score1kShelves
28. 128 参 After Enlisting, She Became the Dream Lover of Noble Ladies 参军后，她成了贵女们的梦中情郎 Warm Moon暖月Ancient Romance639k WordsCompleted [Invincible Style + Golden Finger + Transmigration and Rebirth + Female General Enfeoffed as a Marquis + No Romance] Shen Jiang was once the marquis’s eldest legitimate daughter, but when her mother was demoted from wife to concubine, Shen Jiang became an illegitimate daughter. Her innocent birth mother died unjustly. Driven to despair, Shen Jiang awakened memories of her past life. Only then did she notice something lodged in her mind. In her previous life, she was an exceptional special forces 2.4kReads9.0Score305Shelves

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