Looking for Cozy Historical Stories About a Small Household Building a Better Life Through Farming 想看古代小家小户发展，温馨种田的书

1. 151 农 A Poor Farm Girl's Endless Good Luck 农家苦女好运连连 Author Meng Jinping作者梦金平Ancient Romance82k WordsCompleted Poor Jiang Sanniu never gets enough to eat or warm clothes at the Jiang family’s home. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and her family often beats and scolds her. By a twist of fate, a married couple from the Zheng family buys her to be their daughter. From then on, her luck keeps improving, and in the end the Zhengs dote on her like she’s the most precious thing in the world. 33Reads—Score—Shelves
2. 152 荒 Everyone Else Chews Tree Bark in the Famine, While My Family Devours Meat by the Mouthful 荒年家家啃树皮我家咔咔炫大肉 Just for a Laugh只增笑耳Ancient Romance662k WordsOngoing (Ancient-era farming + cozy everyday life + sweet romance + transmigration + space System + family squabbles + building a fortune + devoted to each other) Yiduo transmigrates to an impoverished mountain village in ancient times with her mother. It’s a year of famine, and on top of that, a creditor shows up demanding repayment. If they can’t pay what they owe, she’ll be forced to marry the landlord’s sickly son. After the village head goes to great lengths to mediate, both sides agree that the de 42Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Farming in a rural area during a famine in ancient times: heartwarming daily life, family matters, and everyday stories! Welcome to search and read!

3. 153 流 Pregnant in Exile, Then Divided from Her Family? The Father Is Unknown, but the Mother Grows Stronger 流放怀孕被分家？父不详，母越强 Ink-Stained Thousand Books墨染千书Ancient Romance3.0M WordsCompleted Adapted into short dramas and animated dramas of the same name. Live-action short drama: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: I Raise the Kids and Feed the Whole Family Meat Every Meal Animated dramas: Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields; Peach Blossoms Warm the Fields: Hot Springs Emerge in the Frozen North [Starting from Nothing] [No System or Pocket Dimension] [Streetwise Commerce] [Everyday Family Life] [Raising Kids] Cool, beautiful woman vs. strong but goofy young man (not actually stupid) I wake u 16.9kReads9.0Score2.8kShelves

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   Raising cubs from scratch: a farm life

4. 154 穿 Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Create a Peach Blossom Paradise with My Pocket Dimension 穿越荒年我靠空间创造了桃花源 Passion Like a Torch如炬之情Ancient Romance306k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension + Stockpiling Food + Farming + Building Wealth + Fleeing Famine + Wartime Chaos] The moment she opens her eyes, Shen Niannian has transmigrated from a frozen apocalypse into the body of a thirteen-year-old farm girl in ancient times. Her family's little courtyard has come along as her own pocket dimension, though there's something strange about it: medicines appear from time to time. Is she supposed to use them to treat the sick and save lives? As the rooms in the pocket dimens 151Reads—Score—Shelves

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   It's so good, I can't stop watching.

5. 155 末 An Apocalypse Survivor in Ancient Times: The Young Farmer's Life Is a Little Busy 末世女穿古代：小娘子种田有点忙 Passion Like a Torch如炬之情Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + special abilities + pocket dimension + farming + making a fortune + natural disasters + warfare + fictional setting] Fu Xiaoxiao transmigrates into the body of a little maid named Fu Xiaoxiao in the Great Qing Dynasty, bringing her special abilities and pocket dimension with her. The moment she opens her eyes, she saves a young master from drowning and wins her freedom. Carrying out the original owner’s wish, she returns home, where she buys wasteland, builds a new house, sells 3kReads8.5Score234Shelves
6. 156 病 The Frail Legitimate Daughter Returns from Cultivation 病弱嫡女她修仙归来 Xinxin Loves Vegetables爱吃蔬菜的鑫鑫Ancient Romance685k WordsCompleted (The rating just opened, so it will rise later.) (A household-intrigue story with faux cultivation.) A Nascent Soul powerhouse from the cultivation world was stuck at a bottleneck in her state of mind, unable to advance to Spirit Transformation. She returned to the mortal world and became Lin Shuyin, the frail eldest daughter who had just returned home to the Minister of Rites’ residence. She may look delicate and weak, but she is really an elder of the Shangqing Sect who has lived for 271 years 2.4kReads8.0Score232Shelves

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7. 157 穿 Transmigrating to the Han Dynasty: Survival in the Wilderness 穿越大汉之绝地求生 Han Xidi寒兮帝Ancient Romance754k WordsCompleted Other people farm, run businesses, happen to meet powerful people, and have everything go their way. Why is it that when she farms, she's struggling to survive and nearly starving to death? Oh no, what is she supposed to do after transmigrating when she doesn't have any farming skills? Help me, little brother! How do you get enough to eat after transmigrating? Asking online! Urgent! 2kReads8.9Score179Shelves
8. 158 穿 I Transmigrated into the Deep Mountains, So How Did I Become the Mountain God? 穿越深山，我怎么就成山神了？ Wrapped in a Blanket with the AC On裹着被子吹空调Ancient Romance593k WordsCompleted Qin Zhao dies unexpectedly after her soul is mistakenly summoned. To make it up to her, the other party sends her to be reborn in a small world and gives her a pocket dimension and peerless treasures. Qin Zhao lands in a remote wilderness and assumes she's been handed a peaceful farming-and-seclusion story. But after she casually comments on the weather, things take a strange turn. A young general who has raised an army to avenge his family encounters a solitary young woman in the woods. Thinkin 5.7kReads8.6Score794Shelves
9. 159 穿 Transmigrated as a Chubby Farm Girl, I Grow Crops and Build a Fortune 穿成农家小肥妞，种田发家巧致富 Little Tea Pot茶小壶Ancient Romance334k WordsOngoing [Business + System + Food + Farming + Family Life + Building Wealth + No Imperial Authority] Chen Yao, a former special forces soldier and food blogger, transmigrates one day into the body of Chen Bao'er, a lazy, greedy, spoiled, and overbearing country girl. Her mother dotes on her like crazy, and they have a poor life that needs improving. No need to panic. She's not worried in the slightest. With a transmigration cheat in one hand and extraordinary skills in the other, getting rich is just ar 432Reads8.2Score116Shelves

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   With a cheat code in her left hand and incredible abilities in her right, getting rich is just around the corner. Watch how she starts from scratch and rises to the pinnacle of life. Forget the hypocritical and selfish fiancé, the stuttering, innocent hunter, the widowed restaurant owner with a child, the gullible, rich chubby guy... They'll all step aside. Right now, all I want is money!

10. 160 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 570Reads7.0Score—Shelves

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    The county magistrate's wife reclaimed wasteland for farming.

11. 161 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 99Reads—Score—Shelves
12. 162 镇 The Dragon-Suppressing Coffin and the King of Hell's Fate 镇龙棺，阎王命 Feiyi匪夷Mystery4.9M WordsOngoing They severed my tendons and buried me alive in a sealed coffin, but they didn’t know I was born with the fate of the King of Hell! [Folk horror, feng shui and talismans, incense offerings] Feng shui and fortune-telling, painted-skin demons and spirit summoning, walking in the shadows and corpse driving, corpse-raising spells and curses, yin tattoos and talismanic needles, puppets controlled by strings, red doors sealed with wax, Dogs digging graves on Burial Mound Ridge, ghosts feasting in the R 313.2kReads9.4Score28.3kShelves
13. 163 穿 Reborn as a Farmer's Stepmother, I Take Three Kids to Conquer the Imperial Exams 穿成农家后娘，我手抓三崽冲科举 Years Like a Dream in the Clouds恍似云中岁月Ancient Romance180k WordsOngoing [Farming + adorable kids + imperial examinations + a touch of ensemble cast + a slow-burn, steady pace + sweet romance + devoted couple + doting husband] Lin Xiaoxi transmigrates into the body of a timid stepmother, with a wicked mother-in-law above her and three unruly children below. Should unruly kids be disciplined with a stick? No! They aren't bad kids, they just haven't had the chance to study! The eldest, Qin Yiche, is a troublemaking expert and the village's little tyrant, with strength 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Ancient Chinese family life: cozy farming and taking the imperial examinations

14. 164 流 Exiled to the Frontier: The Farmer's Eldest Sister Transmigrates to Reclaim the Wasteland 流放边关：农家长姐穿越开荒 Equatorial Tree赤道树Ancient Romance337k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + farming + satisfying read + infrastructure building] Shen Qingwu, a modern woman with master's degrees in both agriculture and water conservancy, transmigrates overnight into the body of the eldest sister in the poorest military household in Danshan County. Her father died in battle, her mother succumbed to illness, and her aunt arrives with tax collectors to block the door, seize the compensation money, and sell her ten-year-old sister to a procurer to pay the taxes. Blood run 12Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The female protagonist in this book is raising her small family in the fields.

15. 165 边 Farming and Going Crazy, I Make My Husband Drink Poison 边种田边发疯，我喂夫君喝毒药 Yin Zaishui尹在水Ancient Romance532k WordsCompleted Su Wei transmigrated into the Shen family’s new daughter-in-law in Nanqiao Village. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an old woman holding a bowl of murky poison for her penniless husband to drink. The man on the bed glared at Su Wei in fury. “You poisonous woman! I won’t let you get away with this, even as a ghost...” Su Wei: “...” No, no, it wasn’t me. It was the old woman... The old woman turned to her. “What are you standing there for? If he doesn’t die, how are you supposed to marry Y 16.4kReads9.2Score2.2kShelves
16. 166 跛 The Gentle Wife of the Lame Young Scholar 跛腿小秀才的温柔妻 Still So Sleepy还是困啊Ancient Romance100k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a Book, Low-Key, Cozy Farming Story, No Golden Finger, Simple Everyday Life, Short Novel of 100,000 Words] * Lan Ruo transmigrates into a book and becomes a young scholar’s wife. The young scholar is injured in an accidental fall and becomes lame. He’s terribly shy and blushes whenever she teases him. She can’t help herself, always wanting to tease him and watch him turn red with embarrassment. Content warning: The pace is fairly quick because this is a short novel. 3.4kReads8.9Score294Shelves
17. 167 穿 Reborn as the Villainous First Wife, I Rely on the Mountains to Feed My Family 穿成恶毒原配，我靠山吃山养家 Hey, Little Chestnut阿栗子哎Ancient Romance897k WordsOngoing [Farming + Everyday Life + Making a Fortune + Slow and Steady + No Golden Finger] A word of warning: This isn’t the kind of story where she suddenly gets rich and buys fields and shops. There’s the occasional bit of delicious food. During a quick nap at lunch, Guan Ning somehow snoozes herself into becoming the vicious, insufferable first wife in a novel. As soon as she opens her eyes, she’s discussing with her mother how to drug a man and sleep with him. They’re dirt poor, yet she dreams of bec 81.3kReads8.8Score8.6kShelves
18. 168 我 Getting Rich with My Reborn Parents 我和重生的爹娘一起发家致富 The Tiger That Doesn't Show Its Claws不发威的老虎Ancient Romance573k WordsCompleted Farming × Rebirth × Transmigration × Alternate History The heroine's perspective: Miao Sang Sang was transmigrated into the womb of a peasant woman in ancient times. She thought she was doomed to a hard life, but it turned out her parents weren't at all what she'd imagined. It was one thing for them to be super nice to her. They were also incredibly hardworking farmers. The reborn couple's perspective: In their previous life, the couple had been exploited all their lives by their biased parent 9.3kReads8.4Score1.3kShelves
19. 169 刀 The Scarred Scholar's Little Wife 刀疤秀才的小媳妇 Jasmine Scent茉莉味Ancient Romance60k WordsOngoing [Purely Native Characters, Alternate World, Sweet Romance, Straight Romance] Zhou Xiaoxiao is getting married. A while ago, a matchmaker arranged a match for her, and when her mother heard that the prospective groom was a scholar, she agreed to the marriage on the spot. Poor Zhou Xiaoxiao had to wait until her wedding night to find out why such a good match had fallen to her. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 170 农 The Wicked Farm Girl Is Kind of Sweet 农门恶女有点甜 Chen Yiling陈艺玲Ancient Romance101k WordsOngoing [Food] [Sweet Romance] [Adorable Kids] [Street Stalls] [Farming] [Troublesome Relatives] Su Wan, a modern-day female special forces soldier, transmigrates one day into the body of a pitiful farm girl. Her father is missing, her mother is gone, and she has two burdensome little kids to care for. She even nearly gets sold to a brothel! Su Wan says: This plot is all wrong. Give me a do-over! She whips up a fortune with her wok, drives off her awful relatives with her fists, and even brings home a h 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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    One person, with three little bean sprouts, diligently made food and became rich.

21. 171 穿 Transmigrating to a Fishing Village: Lying Flat in Hong Kong 穿越小渔村之润去香江躺平 Yang Erxiao杨二笑Urban243k WordsOngoing (Period setting, pocket dimension, treasure hunting at sea, daily life, Hong Kong) Chen Hao arrives in an Eighties-era fishing village on the coast of Fujian with a pocket dimension. Through a twist of fate, he makes his way to Hong Kong, where he and his family lie flat, raise fish on rafts, buy fishing boats, build a submersible and a house, and collect all kinds of things. (You think I'm writing, but actually I'm watching short videos and editing pictures 🫢) 1.2kReads—Score124Shelves

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    Are small, family-oriented households no longer common in modern times?

22. 172 归 The Little Farm Girl of Guiyun Village 归云村的小农女 Ning Qingxuan, Who Likes Geng Sai Niu喜欢更赛牛的宁清璇Ancient Romance327k WordsCompleted Guiyun Village is a remote little settlement in the Great Xia Dynasty. Its villagers have farmed for generations, and the village nestles among mountains beside a river. Yun Qi was born and raised in Guiyun Village. Orphaned at a young age, he grew up eating meals provided by the villagers and learned to hunt from an old hunter, becoming highly skilled. Lin Jin was bought by Yun Qi for five taels of silver to be his wife. Looking at the little thatched cottage near the foot of the mountain, she 21Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is amazing! The writing is exquisite, and the plot doesn't drag.

23. 173 她 Their Century 她们的世纪 Qiu Baobao球豹豹Ancient Romance996k WordsOngoing [From early 19th-century estates and parliament to 21st-century social media and the internet] [Seven generations of women, seven fates] [The founding of a girls' school, and the lives of seven generations of women. With personalities all their own, they navigate and struggle between family, society, love, and selfhood.] [Humanity, warmth, and love] —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    If you're interested in ancient Europe (the 19th century counts as ancient), and the story is set in early 19th-century England, depicting the lives of seven generations of women, I'm currently writing the second generation (Victorian era). The story is set in early 19th-century England and features a strong female lead/heroine/European setting/manor building.

24. 174 女 A Woman’s Kingdom: The Little Carpenter’s Everyday Life Spoiling Her Husband 女尊之小木匠的宠夫日常 Tan Tong2333谭瞳2333Ancient Romance204k WordsCompleted Please follow, add the book to your shelf, and leave a comment. One tap for all three. Lin Wan is a modern office drone, working overtime every day and struggling to breathe under the weight of life. Reliable and capable, reserved and steady, and highly skilled with her hands, she takes things as they come and has no interest in competing with others. She transmigrates to an ordinary farming family in a matriarchal world. The family is not well off, and her honest, hard-working parents have more 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [I highly recommend it][I highly recommend it][I highly recommend it][I highly recommend it] A pure farming novel set in a female-dominated world. The female lead is a carpenter, and the male lead is the son of a hunter. They are childhood sweethearts and have never been apart since they were little.

25. 175 典 A Jade Pavilion, A Suitor to Win Over an Enemy 典玉为楼，招来仇家聘 Falling Flowers, Silent Tears花落泪无言Ancient Romance70k WordsOngoing The content has been revised. [Romance, business, cozy daily life, winning back a wife. @A Niang and Niangqin are not the same person.] Ping An: "A Niang, can the prince fry shrimp?" Liu Yue: "Well... I'm afraid not." Ping An: "Then can he help us wash the dishes?" Liu Yue: "The prince doesn't wash dishes." Ping An: "Then can he fly a kite with me?" Liu Yue: "...Probably not." Later Ping An: "A Niang, Teacher Su, who's been teaching me, is the prince!" Liu Yue: "Oh no! He even carried water for 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    He adopted a family and initially only wanted to farm, but for the sake of his children, he embarked on a business career.

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