Looking for Farming Stories, Not Ones Where They Farm for a While Then Head Off to the Capital 求种田文，不要假种田，种着种着就去京城的

1. 101 惹 Why Mess with Her? She Has a Poop Dipper 惹她干嘛？她有粪瓢 Sweet Melon Mo甜瓜默Ancient Romance304k WordsOngoing (Feel-good fiction + farming + System + no romance for the protagonist) After Li Chunhua was left in a coma by a car accident, she bonded with the Farming System and transmigrated to the Great Jing Dynasty. From then on, she diligently set about completing tasks to accumulate farming power. Her cousin says she’s dark? Fine. She’ll splash him with a ladle of pure farmyard manure to clear his head. Heartless villagers break in to rob her? Fine. She’ll drench them in vegetable-garden fertilizer sou 99Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The real farmers don't go to the capital; it's the people from the capital who come, and almost all of them get a beating from the female lead.

2. 102 侯 The Marquis’s Household Laborer: The Eldest Sister Returns Home to Farm 侯府打工人之长姐的回乡种田日常 The Moon in the Mountains, For You予你山间月Ancient Romance461k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + farming + medicine + spatial powers + special abilities + family life] Zhao Yunyuan, a top modern pharmaceutical researcher, transmigrates overnight into the lowliest maid in a marquis's household. The good news: She earns her freedom by taking credit for a meritorious deed and can return to her hometown. The bad news: She is seventeen, and the authorities are forcing her to marry. If she cannot find a husband within a month, the government matchmaker will arrange one for her. 1.6kReads7.3Score159Shelves

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   In this ancient Chinese farming story, the female protagonist possesses a spatial ability and medical skills. Instead of becoming a concubine, she buys a handsome young man to marry into her family.

3. 103 异 Another World: I Carry a Pocket Dimension, Gather a Team, and Build a Farm 异世界，揣空间拉队伍搞种田 AuthorSugar作者SugarAncient Romance264k WordsCompleted Volume One: Laying the Foundations in a Troubled Age She transmigrates into a turbulent world, adrift amid chaos. Ye Wanlan arrives in another realm with a mysterious pocket dimension. Faced with demons lurking in the shadows and war breaking out everywhere, she chooses to conceal her chance at immortality and establish herself among ordinary people. Starting with a patch of barren land, she uses the pocket dimension’s spirit spring and her knowledge far ahead of its time to improve crops, gathe —Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The writing is delicate, the scenes are rich, and the main theme is farming, with plenty of highlights including herb cultivation, infrastructure building, shop opening, animal husbandry, and fishing. As the story unfolds, involving outwitting village bullies and bandits, and training and improving a group of team members, the underlying theme of cultivation gradually becomes clear. It's packed with exciting moments and definitely worth reading!

4. 104 我 My Carefree Life in the Wilderness 我在荒野的恣意生活 Sky Blue, Hundred Banquets天青百晏Ancient Romance415k WordsCompleted [Tomato Original + wilderness survival + survival + farming + infrastructure] You can choose three out of seven. I picked the three most useful ones: a brush cleaver, a hand saw, and a pound of salt. Other people rely on luck to survive. I rely on my skills. Build a bamboo house, dig a pond and raise fish, cut irrigation ditches and farm, build a kiln and fire pottery, make carts and bricks… I don’t know if I can go back. I only know that until then, I have to stay alive and live life on my 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A true farming novel; the protagonist never even left the mountains.

5. 105 团 The Whole Village Thrives Thanks to Its Beloved Little Lucky Star 团宠小福星，种田基建旺全乡 Bacon Fried Potatoes培根炒土豆Ancient Romance167k WordsOngoing [Fictional World] [Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Cherished by the Whole Family] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [Infrastructure Development] In the modern world, Su Nian'an was plagued by illness and spent her whole life confined to bed. She watched countless videos about intangible cultural heritage crafts, but never got the chance to try them herself. One day, her soul returned, and she became the fifth daughter, a foolish girl adopted by the Su family of Shiqiao Village. A red thread binds 34Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A slow-paced slice-of-life story where the female protagonist has a special space. She has no difficult family members, and all the mundane tasks of daily life are done together. It's full of the warmth and everyday life of a family, with everyone working together to make the most of their time.

6. 106 篱 South Mountain Beyond the Garden Fence 篱笆院里见南山 Qian Jin na千谨naAncient Romance432k WordsCompleted This is at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain, in a cottage behind a bamboo fence. Li Zhu is a refugee who fled from who knows where. Her clothes are tattered, her face is gaunt and yellow, and her hair is cropped to her ears. When she first arrives in Nanshan Village, the villagers think she's a man who doesn't know any better. Who else would cut their hair so short? It shows no respect for one's parents. Li Zhu says her husband's family cast her out. She was a second wife, and after her husband's d 713Reads7.6Score109Shelves

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   Authentic stories from the mountains, small joys in life.

7. 107 桑 Sang Sang and Xing 桑桑与行 Zhi Li知棃Ancient Romance555k WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Prosperity] + [Everyday Life and Business] + [Heartwarming and Joyful] + [Slow-Burn, Relaxing] Qin Mianmian, a 32-year-old modern office worker with a calm disposition, inexplicably transmigrates into the body of Qin Nansang, a 12-year-old girl in an alternate historical era. A peaceful and prosperous age, a harmonious family. Starting with a journey to the capital to find her father, she grows step by step and lives each day as it comes. Stay true to herself, avoid w 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Even if it means time travel, I must strive to achieve the great ideal of lying down early.

8. 108 年 A Military Marriage in the Seventies: The Tough Daughter-in-Law of the Alley 年代军婚，小巷里的彪悍儿媳 Blue Fox蓝狐狸Modern Romance266k WordsCompleted Transmigration + 1970s Setting + Points for Punishing Villains + Tough Heroine + Treasure Hunting + Sweet Romance While other people had one foot in Tsinghua and the other in Peking University, Su Wanwan slipped on both feet and ended up in the countryside, where she was immediately pressured into marriage... What? The guy's a greasy old man, and he beats his wife? A man like that doesn't deserve to get married. Su Wanwan was furious. She beat up the wife-beater and took care of her horrible sec 57Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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   A pure farming story, full of the warmth and everyday life of ordinary people.

9. 109 穿 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Li Tianming was done for. He lay motionless in a drafty thatched hut. He was a graduate student researching traditional Chinese medicine and herbal remedies, but after a loose-lipped remark, he tasted an herb and somehow transmigrated into the body of a pauper. Being poor wasn't the problem, and he could even accept being in his thirties. But the body was in terrible shape: its former owner had drunk himself to death, leaving Li Tianming with three children outside, wailing their hearts out! A d 21.8kReads8.1Score1.7kShelves

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   Great book. Highly recommended, you won't regret reading it! [Thumbs up][Heart][Heart][Heart]

10. 110 被 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Li Yongsheng wakes from a deep sleep to discover that he has transmigrated. Still dazed, he hears people arguing. His uncle, a scholar who had passed the first imperial exam, stole someone's jade pendant and was confronted over it. The family hurriedly held a discussion and made Li Yongsheng's honest, simple father take the blame. His mother was utterly unwilling, but she couldn't withstand the barrage of pressure. Fortunately, after the pendant was returned, the other party didn't pursue the ma 10.4kReads8.7Score871Shelves
11. 111 被 Falsely Accused and Split from the Family! My Life of Fine Food Makes the Old Homestead Green with Envy 被冤分家！鱼肉生活馋哭老宅 Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life363k WordsCompleted Lin Feng woke up to find the sky had fallen. He had transmigrated to ancient Great Liang, where his family of four was being driven out over a pitiful accusation: his cousin from his uncle’s household claimed he had stolen and eaten an egg. The egg belonged to his grandfather, the family patriarch. Enraged, the old man wanted to send thirteen-year-old Lin Feng away for forced labor. His usually meek father, long accustomed to being bullied, finally snapped. He took the whole family and left with 8.3kReads7.6Score738Shelves
12. 112 穿 Transmigrate and Enlist to Survive! I Never Meant to Make a Big Splash! 穿越招兵活下去！真没想搞大事！ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Historical376k WordsCompleted Zhang Ye wakes up and finds that he has transmigrated to an ancient dynasty in a parallel world. The whole village accuses him of having an affair with his widowed sister-in-law, then drives him out in the dead of winter to fend for himself. Faced with hundreds of sneering, disgusting faces, he fights back and accidentally activates a pocket-dimension System. If he can’t put up with it, he doesn’t have to. He’ll just fight! War breaks out as the nation descends into chaos, and the whole village 775Reads7.3Score108Shelves
13. 113 开 The Golden Age of Kaiyuan! What’s That Got to Do With a Poor Soldier Like Me? 开元盛世！关我穷鬼府兵啥事？ Let Go of the Promise放下了诺言Rural Life346k WordsOngoing Lin Feng accidentally transmigrated to the nineteenth year of the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. The golden age was dawning, yet he felt no joy at all. Thirty li northeast of Yunzhou City, beneath Mount Baideng, beside the Sanggan River, in Zhuyuan Village, Yongding Township. As a conscript about to be cast aside, Lin Feng was consumed by worry. As the family's main breadwinner, he had no choice but to work hard in the fields. His family of five had only a little over ten mu of meager farmland 3.4kReads—Score204Shelves
14. 114 空 After My Spatial Powers Awakened, the Shen Family’s Ninth Daughter Went on a Rampage 空间觉醒后，沈家九娘杀疯了 Chubby Baby胖胖多宝宝Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted Transmigration · Pocket Dimension · No Romance · Farming · Building Wealth · Female Growth · Slow Burn The whole village was stunned on the day the ninth daughter of the Shen family was made a princess. Before she turned eight, she was a little girl who gathered wild vegetables by the field ridges. After she turned eight, she became a transmigrator who awoke with a pocket dimension. She builds schools, offers up grain seeds, saves the heir to the throne, opens restaurants, and builds mountain 58Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In this book, the farthest the female protagonist's family ever went was to the town; it's a heartwarming slice-of-life story of farming.

15. 115 逃 Fleeing the Famine, Fleeing the Famine, Reborn as a Face-Slapping Maniac! 逃荒慌逃荒慌，重生变成打脸狂！ Alone in Chang'an独自长安Ancient Romance123k WordsCompleted [Those who survive... are the real protagonists.] [Come along for a journey through an ancient Apocalypse of natural disasters and the refugee trek that follows~] Zhou Er Ya was reborn, but she got bound to some ridiculous System called the Protagonist Face-Slapping System. Whatever. It could give her food, so Zhou Er Ya was still pretty happy. But this System was a little strange... [Excerpt: [Host, would you like to spend twenty points to unlock the ability to kick someone out of thin air?] [Y 308Reads—Score—Shelves

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    In the early stages, they fled famine; in the later stages, they farmed.

16. 116 随 My Portable Courtyard: Farming and Fleeing Famine in Ancient Times 随身小院我在古代逃荒种田 Xinxin Loves Vegetables爱吃蔬菜的鑫鑫Ancient Romance284k WordsCompleted She transmigrated into a widow whose husband died right after their wedding. Her in-laws called her a “bringer of bad luck” and planned to throw her into a pond to drown. Lin Wei jumped into the river and woke with a golden finger: a pocket dimension. As drought spread and grain prices soared, others fought over muddy water and chewed tree bark, while she used her pocket dimension to stock up and eat her fill. On the road fleeing famine, she faced locust plagues and bandits, but made careful pla 1.4kReads6.2Score—Shelves

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    Natural disasters, famine relief, farming

17. 117 村 Everyone in the Village Says I Smell Like an Old Person 村里人都说我身上老人味儿重 Shan Ye Shui山野水Ancient Romance114k WordsOngoing [No romance] [No golden finger] [Business] [Farming] [Everyday neighborhood life] An eighty-three-year-old woman transmigrates into the body of a little girl. From then on, the timid Shen family finally has someone calling the shots. The village shrew demands medical expenses??? Shen Fu: No way I'm letting her get away with that. I'll deal with her myself. Her uncle-by-marriage takes advantage of their family ties to swindle the family out of money?? Shen Fu: I'll expose his scheme and show him —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Can I take a look?

18. 118 种 Farming: I Carry a Living Spirit Vein to Grow Spirit Plants in the Back Hills 种田我抱着活灵脉在后山种灵植 Spring Warmth, Wind and Ink春暖风墨Urban997k WordsOngoing Don't panic about the rating, it just came out and can still rise! [Male-Oriented Farming Power Fantasy] [Smart Protagonist] [One Female Lead] [Devoted Husband] [No System] [Everyday Life] [Face-Slapping] Starting with everyday life, family affection, and business rivalries, the story expands into elements such as turning the tables, family disputes, and devotion to the country. After the protagonist unexpectedly signs a contract with an ancient Ink Spirit Vine, he gains the power of life and sp 1kReads8.2Score110Shelves

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    [Farming and Enjoyable Novel][Adorable Baby][Slice of Life][No System][Business Warfare and Counterattack][Spoiling Wife and Slapping Faces] The system is malfunctioning; my new book's debut had zero viewers, but customer service responded that everything is normal. The book is now 300,000 words long, and I'm preparing to apply for a multi-character title (50 characters each). If the data is good, it might still be salvageable. I really don't want to give up. Please, my loyal readers, help me! Thank you so much!

19. 119 天 Fleeing Disaster: Our Whole Family Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Survive 天灾逃荒：全家穿到古代求生存 One Meal a Week一周一饭Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [No romantic pairing + farming + infrastructure development + exile + famine migration, a pure plot-driven novel] Ji Xingran never imagined that simply climbing a mountain would result in their family of three transmigrating. They even transmigrated into a group of exiles headed toward a bitterly cold land. Fortunately, all three family members' backpacks became spatial storage, and Ji Xingran also gained special survival skill points that allowed them to predict the weather, gather wild fruit, 13.5kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves

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    I've read them all; some of them are quite good.

20. 120 山 My Mountain Villa Connects to Another World, and Ancient People Come to Work 山庄通异界古人来打工 Wang Buhui王不悔Modern Romance1.9M WordsOngoing After graduating from university, Jian Xingxia inherits her grandmother’s farm. But the farm lies deep in the mountains, overgrown with weeds and surrounded by leaky buildings. After pulling weeds until she’s questioning her life choices, Jian Xingxia wails, “Can’t someone come help me pull weeds and fix the roof?” The next second, a twelve-year-old girl from ancient times emerges from the mountains. “Pull weeds? Easy. Just give me the wild greens.” A skinny old man with a face that looks fifty- 107.2kReads9.0Score9.8kShelves
21. 121 八 An Army Wife in the 1980s: Growing Vegetables on the Snowy Plateau 八零军嫂，雪域高原种菜忙 A Bountiful Harvest for a Prosperous Year五谷丰登庆丰年Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A military-marriage and farming novel. The early chapters feature plenty of conflict and foreshadowing, and the story is set in the early 1980s. If you can’t accept the mainstream attitudes of that era and prefer feel-good wish-fulfillment stories, this may not be for you. Your support keeps me writing. I’ll do my best to tell every story well! Please keep your comments civil. I’m grateful to every reader who takes the time to read. Qian Duoduo, a post-00s college student, goes back in time afte 2.7kReads9.0Score220Shelves
22. 122 从 Starting from Scratch in a Primitive Tribe 从零开始穿越原始部落 The Cannon Fodder Has No Memories炮灰没有回忆Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Note: A versatile, strong heroine with extensive knowledge and practical skills + no romance + early story focused on building up a primitive tribe. When Han Zhi wakes up, she finds herself in a primitive matriarchal society. She eats sour, bitter wild fruit, drinks icy stream water, and lives in a dark, damp cave. She doesn't even have clothes to cover herself! Han Zhi weeps into the wind. “Is this any way for a person to live?” Other people transmigrate with pocket dimensions or Systems, s 56.1kReads8.9Score5.7kShelves
23. 123 我 Running a Women’s Federation in Ancient Times 我在古代办妇联 Exquisite Delicacies珍馐美馔Ancient Romance734k WordsCompleted [No CP + business and farming + infrastructure building + strong female lead + feel-good story] Zhu Ling spent a happy hundred years lazing around at the Time-Space Bureau... only to end up six hundred million in debt! To pay it off, she was forced to bind herself to a Debt Collection System and begin her grueling repayment journey. Thus, Zixiao Kingdom gave rise to a legendary female tycoon. They say she started out selling tofu, struck it rich with konjac, and then parks, supermarkets, chain h 2.2kReads9.3Score259Shelves
24. 124 穿 Transmigrated to Prehistory: My Mom Burns Incense and Makes Offerings to Me Every Day 穿到原始：我妈天天给我烧香上供 Plum Blossom K梅花小KAncient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Everyone’s Favorite + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Farming + Infrastructure Building + Ancient Times + No Romance + Serving the Motherland + Apocalypse] Household Guardian! Please keep my daughter safe and bring her home! Jiang Xiuyun reverently placed three sticks of incense in front of the shrine. After going hungry for three days in primitive society, Jiang Hua grabbed a huge steamed bun that had suddenly appeared and took a bite! The Household Guardian has answered her prayers! When 10.2kReads9.4Score1.2kShelves
25. 125 靠 Using My Cooking Skills to Put Meat on the Whole Family’s Table 靠厨艺让全家吃上肉 Gu Xiaoshi顾小施Ancient Romance303k WordsCompleted Food · pocket dimension · sweet romance Title: South Mountain Smoke Also known as: How I Used My Cooking to Put Meat on the Whole Family’s Table A cozy, sweet little story~ Companionship, growing together, and love that blossoms over time~ This story is set in a fictional world. Its place names, countries, and prices have no real-world equivalents. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. If you want an invincible heroine, please move along~ … Ahhh! The Heir of Prince Mingyang has finally returned 1.2kReads9.2Score172Shelves
26. 126 弃 The Cast-Off Wife Farms Her Way to Victory in a Chaotic World 弃妇种田，乱世翻盘 Burning Through June燃尽六月Ancient Romance854k WordsCompleted [Farming + shop system + natural disasters + infrastructure building + adorable kids] Transmigrated into the body of a woman cast aside by her husband in ancient times, Su Ran could only laugh in disbelief. Good riddance! You could dig wild vegetables for eighteen years and still never cure a man with a brain full of romance. These two adorable children deserve to call her Mother. Even in these turbulent times, with one disaster after another, how could a researcher from an agricultural sciences 1.6kReads9.1Score173Shelves
27. 127 荒 In a Year of Famine, the Whole Village Eats Wild Greens, While I Feed My Family Meat at Every Meal 荒年全村啃野菜，我带全家顿顿肉 New Star at Sunset日落新星Ancient Romance144k WordsOngoing (Golden finger System + transmigration + farming + feel-good story + raising children + warm family life + building wealth + no male lead) Zhou Qinghe was an overworked modern-day wage slave. She woke up one day to find herself transmigrated into ancient times as a vicious widow. Four little girls knelt beside her bed, crying and calling her “Mother.” A lifelong single, she had somehow been upgraded to mom of four overnight. The woman whose body she now inhabited had been sharp-tongued and lazy 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Speaking of farming novels, this one is a must-read! The female protagonist, a modern person, transmigrates into the body of a poor widow in ancient times. The original owner was mean-spirited, disrespectful to her in-laws, and unkind to her children, with a notorious reputation. The transmigrated protagonist turns the tide, allowing her whole family to live a good life. She has a cheat system! This is it!

28. 128 古 Daily Life Raising Children in Ancient Times 古代养娃日常生活 Shui Bo1984水波1984Ancient Romance911k WordsCompleted [Ancient times]+ [Dual Transmigration]+ [Raising children]+ [Alternate history]+ [Family life]+ [No personal dimension]+ [No golden finger] Mu Yi’an is an agricultural schoolteacher in her thirties who never married and nearly got kicked out by her own mother. Jiang Shuyun is a high school politics teacher in his forties and a committed non-marriage, non-parenthood advocate. His parents are away most of the time and respect his choices. An elevator accident sends them both to the fictional Da Li 13.7kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
29. 129 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
30. 130 完 Oh No! My Chubby Little Bride Was Tricked into Marriage by Her Husband 完了！胖胖小媳妇她被夫君骗婚了 Lu Qi Jiu陆柒玖Ancient Romance580k WordsCompleted Huaiyu is a second-class maid serving the old madam of the city magistrate's residence in Huaibei Commandery. She entered the household at the age of eight, and, carrying memories from another world, kept her head down and acted like a timid little quail. Yet she still couldn't escape the magistrate's clutches. Given another chance at life, she is determined to turn her fate around and never end up abandoned in the wilderness again. But... could her background be any more tragic? Standing in her 2.6kReads9.0Score304Shelves
31. 131 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 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6kShelves
32. 132 将 The Eldest Sister-in-Law of the General's Household 将门长嫂 Jianjian减减Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Originally titled: The Eldest Sister-in-Law as His Wife) The year Chu Huai was exiled, several of his brothers died on the battlefield, and his father died coughing up blood. Chu Huai’s spine was broken, but he somehow survived. The young general became a useless cripple in everyone’s eyes, unable even to end his own life. Then the sister-in-law he had once despised stepped forward. She carried him along the long, thousand-mile road into exile and single-handedly held the shattered Chu family t 12.9kReads9.0Score1.8kShelves
33. 133 系 System: The Savage Lands Crown Princess Just Wants to Herd Sheep 系统：蛮荒太子妃只想放羊 Song Xiangbai宋象白Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Also known as The Ambition Isn't Great: Just You and the World A Qi is clever and innocent. Her eldest brother is honest and just wants enough to eat; her second brother is sharp and wants to see the world. Their aunt is always fierce when chopping wood, their father is a wonderful cook, and their grandfather can recognize twenty characters, though he gets thirteen of them wrong. Their ambitions weren't great, but somehow they ended up winning the world. Content warnings: ... 30.3kReads9.6Score3.8kShelves
34. 134 穿 Transmigrated as an Ugly Woman: Taking on the Villains and Teasing the Cool Prince 穿成丑女斗极品！清冷王爷逗B妻 The Young Master on the Left公子在左Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (The manhua adaptation is out) If you enjoy it, please help share it around. Thanks! [Alternate World] [Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Building Wealth] [Family Life] [Dealing with Toxic Relatives] Luo Chengge transmigrates into an alternate dynasty. The original owner was born ugly, so her scumbag father and mean grandparents despised her. At birth, she was nearly thrown down a well to drown. Later, her scumbag father secretly carried her out several times and abandoned her in the mountains 36.2kReads8.1Score3.8kShelves

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    I'm following the updates, and it's pretty good so far. The female lead has a nice personality. Sisters who like farming novels, go for it!

35. 135 丹 Art Never Ages: Painting Beauties in Ancient Times 丹青不老，我在古代画美人 A Certain Nobleman某家大官人Rural Life512k WordsOngoing [No System, No golden finger, No Powerful Backing | Multiple Female Leads | Business-Building | Northern Song, Xuanhe Era] Shen Mo transmigrated to the Northern Song dynasty during the Xuanhe era and took over the body of a down-and-out scholar. With no special abilities or fortuitous encounters, he started from scratch, relying on ordinary livelihood skills and his talent for painting. He slowly built up a business and formed sincere, openhearted bonds with the women around him. He moved betwee 8.5kReads7.1Score886Shelves

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    Does going to the capital to continue living a hard life count as [smirking]?

36. 136 被 The Butcher Hated by the Whole Village Spoils Me Rotten 被全村嫌弃的屠户，把我宠上天 Panpan Loves Milk Tea盼盼爱奶茶Ancient Romance217k WordsCompleted Transmigrated orphan girl vs. burly butcher, a striking size difference, an instinctive attraction, mutual flirtation, a pocket dimension, and a journey to wealth. Su Nian: I thought this was just something I had to do, but I never expected to be paired with such a top-notch man. Zhou Ye: Why does my whole body heat up whenever I see her!? 1.9kReads—Score274Shelves

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    A sweet and heartwarming farming romance novel, without any angst, depicting a simple life, the struggles of ordinary people, and their journey to wealth.

37. 137 与 Walking with Cherished Memories 与惜行 Clear Breeze Yearns for the Bright Moon清风思明月Ancient Romance3.4M WordsOngoing [Historical Fantasy, Adorable Family Favorite, Beast Speech, Pocket Dimension, Getting Revenge on Scum, Growing Stronger, Patriotism] Entirely written by hand, an original work with not a single AI-generated character. Any similarities are purely coincidental. A short drama adaptation is out now, so go check it out! The unlucky and penniless Li family finally has its only baby girl in a hundred years. From then on, their bad luck ends, and Grandpa is made a noble. The moment little Xibao is born 9.6kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    Farming, adorable baby, beloved pet, the little tiger cub is so cute.

38. 138 女 Girl Transmigrates into a Boy: The Fake Young Master Just Wants to Return Home and Farm 女穿男：假少爷只想返乡种田 Aqi Sleepwalks梦游的阿七Ancient Romance395k WordsCompleted (Female-to-Male + No CP + Modern-to-Ancient Alternate World + Fake and Real Young Masters + Some Early Political Scheming + Farming Later On + Has a Golden Finger + Maybe a Quick Transmigration Big Shot Was Here?! ) Chen Qing is a child from the twenty-first century who grew up in an orphanage. One night, just before falling asleep, he casually complained: "If I were a boy, wouldn't life be so much easier?" And just like that, she got her wish: she became a boy, specifically a rather pretty ten- 22Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The early stages involve some political maneuvering, while the later stages focus on farming and have no romantic partner.

39. 139 绝 The Peerless Master Is Actually a Lazybones 绝世高手其实是条咸鱼 Free Ash Gray自由的烟灰色Ancient Romance494k WordsCompleted The heroine is a straight woman with formidable martial arts skills. The hero is a scion of an aristocratic family who seems harmless but is ruthless beneath the surface. There are no palace intrigues or household battles because the hero and her father take care of every problem. Both the hero and her prince father dote on her. (Both are untouched; sweet romance.) 4.6kReads8.2Score386Shelves
40. 140 泼 The Fiery Farm Girl: Growing Crops and Getting Rich 泼辣农家女，种田又致富 Neurotic White Iron神经白铁Ancient Romance212k WordsOngoing [Transmigrate] [Deal with Awful Relatives] [Scavenge and Farm] [Get Rich Through Food] [No Pocket Dimension or Superpowers] After transmigrating into the body of a little girl in ancient times, Wu Ying has to deal with her awful mother and stepfather from the start. Then she stumbles upon a bat cave in the mountains behind her home, securing her first fortune! Dipping sauce, fish balls, and one idea after another... Farming, cooking, and running a stall: making sure her family has enough to eat 47Reads—Score105Shelves

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    This novel has no cheat codes; it's about farming and getting rich by setting up a stall.

41. 141 穿 Reborn as a Peasant Girl, I Won't Live for Someone Else 穿成小农女，不为他人做嫁衣 Daxin大心Ancient Romance161k WordsCompleted Zhou Qingling unexpectedly transmigrated. In the book, she spent her whole life making wedding clothes for others. This time, she’s here, and she even has a portable space. She’ll decide her own fate, and nobody gets to take advantage of her. 7.5kReads8.3Score496Shelves

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    It's so beautiful.

42. 142 穿 Transmigrated into an Old Woman 穿越成为古代老妇 Daxin大心Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted No romance, a wholesome story about an old lady Song Xinyue, a modern woman, accidentally transmigrates to an alternate ancient world and becomes a forty-year-old woman. She also gets five wonderful sons and a daughter who dreams every day of marrying into a wealthy family. What can she do? She can only grit her teeth and raise her badly behaved children while rolling up her sleeves and working hard. Poverty, locust plagues, and turmoil: she overcomes them all! 811Reads8.9Score—Shelves
43. 143 我 I Made My Fortune Drawing Comics in Ancient Times 我在古代靠画漫画发家致富了 Ying with Traces有颖有迹Ancient Romance171k WordsOngoing [Woman transmigrates into a man's body + No romance + Comic artist + Slow and steady + Leads the whole family to prosperity] After transmigrating to ancient times, comic artist Lin Zheng became the only son of a well-off farming family in Linjia Village. He thought he would live a carefree life, but overnight his family fell into poverty, and running away wasn't an option. Then he'd just have to stick to his old trade and earn enough to eat. Who knew I'd become a sensation by standing on the sh 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Still in town, this story is quite heartwarming; I enjoy seeing the career paths.

44. 144 穿 Transmigrated as a Spoiled Noblewoman, She Was Exiled to a Poor Mountain Village 穿成娇蛮贵女，她被发配到穷山沟 Heavenly Wind Gou v天风姤vAncient Romance483k WordsOngoing Zhao Liang died, and Zhao Liang woke up in another world. She had become the notorious, domineering, and utterly unhinged young lady of the capital. With a reputation in the capital so foul that no one could stand her, she had no choice but to obey her family and retire to the impoverished mountain village where her family originated. Zhao Liang: I’m leaving behind the backbreaking life I had in my previous life. I’m going to be a happy freeloader and lie flat in retirement! Long live lying flat 278Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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    A lighthearted and humorous farming and infrastructure-building story. The female lead is witty, intelligent, and not naive. The writing style leans towards rural themes, with plenty of dialect and slang. No romantic pairings, no special abilities, and no cheat codes! Extremely stress-relieving!

45. 145 穿 Transmigrating as a Blessed Farmer’s Daughter, I Slaughter My Way Through Everything 穿越之农家好福女，我大杀四方 A Beauty Like a Flower Beyond the Clouds美人如花隔云端Ancient Romance258k WordsCompleted [The score has just come out and will rise later. Everyone’s darling, both leads are devoted only to each other, no golden finger, strong male and female leads. The male lead is delicate and frail, easily swept off his feet; the female lead is clear-headed, independent, and a top-tier agent. Shen Qingge transmigrates, only to be targeted for murder as soon as she arrives. Shen Qingge shuts her eyes. The sky is falling! Heavens, how could you play a game like this? Shen Qingge can only curse help 260Reads8.1Score—Shelves

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    A unique farming novel

46. 146 我 My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills 我的九四，从漫山野菜开始 Bookworm from a Stone Box石合子出来的书呆子Urban754k WordsOngoing Xu Shouyi was an outstanding modern farmer of the 21st century. After serving as village chief for 20 years, he went to a neighboring village to advise them on a new planting method. Then, caught in a sudden downpour, his car plunged off a cliff… When he woke up again, he had returned to 1994. There was still time to set things right. In his previous life, he’d drifted through life and only come to his senses in middle age. This time, he would use his knowledge to lead his kind-hearted neighbors 497Reads—Score100Shelves

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    This is a pure farming story; life consists of nothing more than farming to earn money.

47. 147 种 Duck Farming 种田鸭鸭 Ning Yaoovo宁姚ovoAncient Romance163k WordsCompleted A pure farming story, with a gentle pace, everyday family life, and no over-the-top villains. Mai Yaya was an orphan in her previous life. After finally graduating from college, she transmigrates to a mountain village, ending up worse off than before liberation. With a foolishly filial father and mother, a biased grandmother, and a grandfather who keeps silent, can Mai Yaya turn things around and live life on her own terms? 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This is the slow and steady type.

48. 148 假 The Fake Heiress Uses Her Modern Connection to Stock Up Early and Flee the Famine 假千金靠通现代，提前囤货逃荒 Manman Says漫漫说Ancient Romance1.4M WordsOngoing [Farming + Rebirth + Connected Across Past and Present + Fleeing Famine + Comeback and Growth + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Building Wealth] Song Xi is reborn. In her previous life, she was a fake heiress sent back to her hometown. Unable to bear her in-laws breaking off her engagement, she jumped into a river and drowned! But only she knows that she did not jump in to take her own life. The moment she opens her eyes again, she has to face her father, unconscious from serious injuries; her second 18.9kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves

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    A story about a woman who travels from ancient times to the present and farms in the modern world. She becomes a wealthy woman in ancient times and is sent back to her hometown. After being rescued, she is able to improve her predicament and escape famine ahead of schedule due to a natural disaster.

49. 149 市 A Family Among the Common Folk 市井人家 July Hasn't Arrived Yet七月还没来Ancient Romance847k WordsOngoing Everyday Life in a Blended Family in an Ancient Marketplace [Alternate Setting: Ensemble Farming Story + Family Squabbles + Love Blossoms Over Time] A gentle stepfather. A taciturn stepbrother. A ferocious but harmless stepsister. A well-behaved younger stepsister. Zheng Yunxi, who moved with her mother to marry into the family, was worried she would be bullied. Unexpectedly, she soon became the family's pillar. Everyday life in an ordinary household, all kinds of people in the marketplace, no g 131.2kReads9.1Score17.6kShelves

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    This author's farming novels are really good. They tell the everyday stories of family life in a gentle and detailed way. Although they are all ordinary stories, they are not boring at all. They are full of warmth and hope in life and are also very inspiring.

50. 150 欢 A Joyful Gathering 欢喜聚 July Hasn't Arrived Yet七月还没来Ancient Romance679k WordsCompleted The joys and sorrows of a blended family in ancient times. [A fictional setting: family life and affection that grows over time] An older half-brother who shares the same father. A younger half-sister who shares the same mother. An older sister they took in. A stepsister and stepbrother with no blood ties, after their mother remarries. Yang Xiyue is somehow thrust into a family with a full set of siblings. Life is hard, and people are complicated. Let’s see how this big family eventually finds a 15.6kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves

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