Female-Dominated Farming Fiction, Fictional Setting, Ordinary Female Lead, Multiple Love Interests, No Transmigration 女尊种田文，背景架空，女主普通人，非1V1，非穿

1. 1 古 The Prosperous Little Life of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times 古代农家夫妻的红火小日子 Mu from Envious, Ze from Munze羡慕的慕恩泽的泽Ancient Romance5.8M WordsOngoing (Also known as: A Clearwater Home, A Rural Tale) [Ancient-era farming / fictional map blending north and south / ensemble cast of locals, each the protagonist of their own life / no transmigration / no rebirth / no pocket dimension / no golden finger / country living / a slow, steady pace] The full-cast audiobook is now available. Come give it a listen! Four different comic-drama adaptations are now available. Come watch! A lovely book to pass the time when you have nothing better to do. Thi 155kReads9.2Score12.7k14d adds

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   You'll be missing out if you don't read this book! It's currently the only book on Tomato Music that I've paid to urge for updates. No cheat codes, no rebirth, just ordinary people and everyday life.

2. 2 农 A Woman's Kingdom: Marry a Good Husband and Farm the Land 农家女尊：赘个贤良夫郎好种田 Nu Zhen女桢Ancient Romance504k WordsOngoing Not a 1v1. The male lead mentioned in the blurb may not be the only male lead. Depending on how the story develops, well, it's hard to say how many there will be. For now, tentatively 1v2. If no other male leads appear later, it'll be 1v2. Chu Yu takes a sightseeing vehicle from the future to tour the area around a matriarchal kingdom from a thousand years ago, but an accident leaves her behind on the return trip. If she stays in the matriarchal kingdom too long, the passage of history will clai 63Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This is a historical fantasy novel set in a female-dominated world, featuring farming and no high-energy plot twists. The characters are ordinary people, and it's not a 1v1 story.

3. 3 丫 Little Tao the Maid's Escape from Famine in a Chaotic Era 丫鬟小桃乱世逃荒记 Running in October十月在奔跑Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted When Xiaotao was six, her parents sold her to a broker for one mu of land. In the filthy broker’s den, she seized every chance to learn skills that would help her survive, while never losing her kind heart. When disaster struck, she fled thousands of miles from home and turned her life around through sheer perseverance. From a refugee girl to a successful scholar’s wife, she changed the fate of women at the bottom of society with her own hands! (Not a transmigration story, not a rebirth story, 16.8kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds

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   The story features a strong female protagonist who, through her own efforts, goes from being a farm girl to being sold into servitude, then fleeing famine, and finally becoming wealthy through farming, gradually showcasing her wisdom. It's definitely worth watching!

4. 4 重 Reborn as the Farm Family's Granny 重生之农家姑奶奶 Teasing Sis逗姐Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After dying in battle in the apocalypse, where she had awakened supernatural powers, Ning Qiu transmigrated into another world. She studied alongside her second elder brother, a scholar, and helped him make a fortune so the family could live comfortably. By chance, she used her powers to cure Master Song's leg ailment, and the two became friends despite their age difference. But this old friend turned out to be none other than the Ninth Prince. When the Ninth Prince came to the Ning family to as 3.1kReads9.0Score29714d adds
5. 5 刚 I Just Started Seeing Someone Else, and My Dead Husband Came Back 刚爬墙，死去的相公回来了 North and South Thoughts南北思Ancient Romance754k WordsCompleted [Feel-good story + comedy + household intrigue + strong female lead] On the first day after transmigrating, Tu Xiaojiao was forced by her parents to marry a man who was gravely ill and not expected to live much longer. Aside from his frail health, her sickly husband was surprisingly wonderful in every other way: handsome, kind-hearted, and a model husband. Just as Tu Xiaojiao was settling into married life and beginning to develop feelings for him, he suddenly died, taking a blow meant for her 15.2kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds

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   It's alright.

6. 6 张 Zhang Mengna: Special Forces Return and Transmigrate Across Two Eras 张梦娜：特种兵归来双时空穿越 Butterfly Dancing on Blades刀剑上的舞蝶Modern Romance1.5M WordsOngoing Based on a true story, with some extraordinary experiences added. A specially recruited female soldier is sent on missions and discovers that military life isn't the dream she'd imagined. She escapes death time and time again, only to find herself reduced to a stepping stone for others. After leaving the army, she returns home to take over the supermarket her parents left behind, only to discover that another door in the store leads to a bizarre world. From then on, Zhang Mengna leads the people 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This girl is a special forces soldier, constantly causing trouble across two worlds. Forget about a romantic partner, she doesn't even have a boyfriend. All she does is kill, set off, and build her empire. All the men who pursued her died, and she killed them herself. The reason is simple: their goal was to obtain her weapons and power, and they all planned to harm her in the end. Therefore, men only hindered her speed in drawing her sword. So she matured and learned a crucial truth: men are all heartless jerks.

7. 7 农 The Farmer's Walnut 农妃核桃 The Crown Prince Who Loves Luchuan Braised Pork爱吃陆川扣肉的储君Ancient Romance436k WordsOngoing After Walnut’s parents die in an accident, she and her two siblings are driven out of their home by their grandparents and uncle’s family. Their prospective husbands also break off their engagements with the sisters. Then the uncle’s family schemes to arrange the elder sister’s marriage. When Walnut hears about it, she takes a woodcutter’s axe and asks a male neighbor to marry her sister. He agrees and gives Yutao half of a fish-shaped jade pendant. Walnut sets out with her sister and young brot 18Reads—Score—14d adds
8. 8 陶 Tao and Li Chronicles 陶李记 The Crown Prince Who Loves Luchuan Braised Pork爱吃陆川扣肉的储君Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted My new work is now available! Please visit Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well. The Peach and Plum Chronicles follows the young Junze and the girl Yuqiao as they leave the village that protected and raised them, venture into the martial world, and then enter the imperial court, all in search of the truth: the mystery of their origins and the truth behind the young man's father's death. But lurking behind 11Reads—Score—14d adds
9. 9 世 The Heir Apparent Is Craving Something Again Today 世子今天又被馋哭了 Seattle Weather西雅图的天气Ancient Romance623k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation of the same name, The Young Lord Got Tempted by Food Again Today, is now available. On the very first day Duanmu Ying transmigrated into the body of a minor official's daughter, her half-sister shoved her into a corner and cracked her head against the wall. The good news: She brought the skills of an outstanding New Oriental culinary school graduate with her. The bad news: This backwater has no chili peppers, no wok, and even soy sauce is a rare luxury. But who is Duanmu Yi 173Reads—Score—14d adds

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   Food article, good read

10. 10 被 Being Kicked Out Doesn’t Scare Me: I’ll Take My Parents and Brother Into the Mountains 被分家不怕，带上爹娘弟弟进深山 Zhi Li植里Ancient Romance1.5M WordsOngoing [Fleeing famine, deep mountains, reborn, one-on-one romance, both devoted] Chen Xiaosui was reborn on the third day after word arrived that her father had died while away doing corvee labor. In her previous life, two days later, she, her mother, and her younger brother would be forced to split from the family. With not a penny to their names, the three of them moved into a tiny, tumbledown thatched hut at the end of the village. Half a month later, her father returned, accompanied by the son of 61.6kReads8.5Score4.1k14d adds
11. 11 瞎 Blind Corn! Rotten Potatoes! Worthless Children, Get on Your Knees! 瞎苞米！烂土豆！极品儿女靠边跪 Lucky Cat招财猫儿Modern Romance3.6M WordsOngoing [Period] [The 1980s] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Reborn] [Feel-Good] [No Golden Finger] [Family Life] (Also known as: Reborn in the 1980s: The Old Lady Leaves Her Children Behind) Seventy-year-old Wu Zhiqiu is Reborn in the era when her children still depend on her hard work and sacrifice! In her previous life, she played favorites and ended up alone and miserable in her old age. This time, she refuses to repeat the past. The old lady decides to leave her children behind and enjoy the rest of her lif 191.8kReads9.3Score7.9k14d adds
12. 12 架 Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan 架空古代：江南人家经营致富日常 Rain on Riverside Flowers汀花雨Ancient Romance2.4M WordsOngoing [Ancient-Style Business and Wealth-Building] + [A Jiangnan Family] + [Everyday Family Life] + [Lighthearted, Sweet, and Satisfying] A lighthearted, stress-relieving story about the everyday business and family life of a small household in peaceful Jiangnan, filled with warmth, joy, kindness, and ordinary domestic moments. It tells the story of common people in ancient times. The main characters are not princes or ministers, nor are they members of noble or aristocratic families. From the very st 73.1kReads9.3Score7.4k14d adds
13. 13 天 The Farm Girl Who Turned Things Around After a Terrible Start 天崩开局的农家女她逆袭了 Tang Qinghan唐轻寒Ancient Romance559k WordsCompleted [Native-Born + Everyday Family Life + Imperial Examinations + Court Politics + No Romance] Xia Jiang was born into a farming family. She has always loved reading and is gifted at it, too. With her uncle-in-law's help, she reads many books, copies them to earn money, and even invests in a shop owned by Xia Chan, a transmigrator. One day, Xia Chan brings her some news. There's actually a girls' school in the capital that teaches the Six Arts of the Confucian scholars. Xia Jiang packs her things an 1.3kReads8.4Score14814d adds

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    You won't be disappointed.

14. 14 炮 [Transmigrated Into a Book in a Matriarchal World] The Cannon Fodder's Survival Plan 【穿书女尊】炮灰自救计划 Grand Musician on the G StringG弦上的大司乐Ancient Romance530k WordsCompleted Nian Jiaojiao, a Chinese Language and Literature major, is hit by a falling bookshelf and transmigrates to a matriarchal dynasty, becoming a lecherous village woman who loves to beat her family… She thinks it's just an ordinary transmigration, but then realizes she has landed in a novel as the heroine's wicked older sister, destined to be cannon fodder… Remembering the miserable ending she had in the book, Nian Jiaojiao makes up her mind: She'll get rich through studying and rise to the top! Whe 4kReads9.1Score44914d adds

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    These are good.

15. 15 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book About a Matriarchal World, Passed the Imperial Exams, and Married a Husband 穿书女尊，考科举娶夫郎 Luo Bei'er罗贝儿Ancient Romance468k WordsCompleted A female-dominant world, a powerful heroine, and multiple male leads Su Yuan, a powerhouse with dual abilities in the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book and becomes a lazy, greedy, abusive supporting character. She steals the heroine's beloved and abuses him. In the end, once the heroine gains power, she is sentenced to death and loses her head. What a miserable fate. She says, “I'm done playing this villainess.” “I'm taking the imperial examinations. Knowledge changes your destiny.” Watch he 6.7kReads9.1Score56814d adds
16. 16 男 When Women Are Scarce, Three or Four Peach Blossoms Are Just the Beginning 男多女少之桃花岂止三四朵 Nuo Nuo Nan诺诺楠Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Warning: The heroine isn't a strong, independent type. One woman with multiple men, all devoted to her. A beloved-by-all heroine and a sweet romance. There are quite a few liberties taken, and this is not a matriarchal society. The romance is the main focus, and the plot develops slowly at first. Feel free to skip if that's not your thing! Qing Wu accidentally tumbled down a slope and ended up in another world. Here, men outnumber women, the strong thrive while the weak perish, and every man is 384Reads9.2Score13014d adds
17. 17 全 Sailing for All: I’m Running a Farm at Sea 全民航海：我在海上开农场 Wu Xintong of the Virgin Islands维京群岛的吴新同Sci-Fi & Apocalypse125k WordsOngoing [No romance + everyone fighting to survive + stockpiling + farming game + growing crops] In her previous life, Xia Xiaoman starved, went thirsty, and froze to death in the age of ocean voyages, dying in a corner of a broken ship with only a few fish bones beside her that were too tough to chew. Reborn, she returns to one month before the great voyage sets sail. She looks at the pixel-art chicken icon on her System screen and smiles. While everyone else scrambles to grab big ships and weapons or 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    It's incredibly good-looking, but surprisingly few people are watching it. It's perfect for those who want to stock up, and it's a real treat for viewers.

18. 18 茶 Tea Fills the Land: The Legitimate Daughter Returns with Fragrance 茶满山河：嫡女携香归 Yaoyao Who Likes Golden Locust Trees喜欢黄金槐的瑶瑶Ancient Romance333k WordsOngoing [Strong Female Lead] [Business and Commerce] [Tea Culture] [No Household Infighting] Not a wish-fulfillment story, but a slow-burn tale of business and commerce. Wen Qingxuan, a modern PhD in tea science, transmigrates into the past as the eldest legitimate daughter of a family renowned for its tribute tea. She awakens to find the family facing a crisis, then restores the ancient tribute tea-making process and saves them. She goes on to modernize the industry with contemporary tea-making methods 92Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist uses tea as a starting point to make tea, engage in business, and reform tea production.

19. 19 两 Traveling Between Two Worlds, I Pretend to Be a God in Primitive Society 两界互穿，我在原始社会伪装神灵 Yu Chenchen玉沉沉Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted The print edition, The Boundary Crosser, is now available. [Female-oriented, no romance] [Food + Street Stalls + Transmigrate Between Two Worlds + Farming + Getting Rich + Development + Infrastructure] Lu Chenyu is poor, but unexpectedly inherits a villa from a distant relative. Before she can even celebrate, she learns that she has also inherited a huge debt. Her fortune turns into a massive liability, and the big villa is haunted, so she can’t sell it at all. On the verge of tears, Lu Chenyu h 13.7kReads8.3Score1.5k14d adds

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    [Heart] Look here [Heart] ① The protagonist inherits a villa but is told that she also inherits a huge debt [Facepalm]. In despair, she discovers that the villa is connected to another world. From then on, the female protagonist starts her journey from a food stall owner to building infrastructure in a primitive world. ② This is a farming novel with brains. The female protagonist transmigrates into another world as a wet nurse. When her master's family is in trouble, she uses her knowledge to protect her young master and starts her farming journey. ③ This is a farming novel with the most knowledge content and is perfectly combined with reality. It is highly practical.

20. 20 侯 The Marquis's Wet Nurse Returns to the Countryside 侯府奶娘归田记 Every Pen Name Is Already Taken全是笔名已存在Ancient Romance1.6M WordsOngoing Zhao Nuan died unexpectedly while helping with flood relief. When she opened her eyes again, her soul had transmigrated into the body of another Zhao Nuan in an imaginary ancient dynasty. The ancient Zhao Nuan had also just survived a flood, and everyone in her family was dead except for her and her daughter. After escaping with her life, Zhao Nuan joined the refugees heading to the capital, carrying the original owner’s not-yet-one-month-old daughter. Along the way, she saw corpses strewn every 17.1kReads8.6Score1.5k14d adds
21. 21 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 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds
22. 22 穿 Transmigrated to a Matriarchal World: I Farm to Marry a Handsome Man 穿越女尊：我靠种田娶美男 Spring Dyed by Rain沐雨染春Ancient Romance140k WordsOngoing [Farming + one woman and multiple male love interests + matriarchal kingdom + space with a spirit spring + capable transmigration] Yue Qingyao never imagined that the moment she shoved a little girl out of harm’s way, she would be pushing herself into a completely unfamiliar world. An ancient dynasty where women held power and men were inferior, a rundown hut with nothing in it, and Liu Shuyan, her “fiancé,” who had taken all of the original host’s savings to fawn over another woman, is this the 12Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Farming + Non-1v1 + Time Travel

23. 23 家 Five Daughters at Home, and Their Transmigrated Dad Works All Night 家有五女，穿越来的爹连夜搞事业 Clear Blossoms Reflect a Cool Face清花照凉颜Historical1.4M WordsOngoing The full-cast audiobook is out now. If you enjoy audiobooks, give it a listen! [Transmigration + raising children + everyday family life + food + imperial examinations] Qin Lang was simply away on a business trip. His curiosity got the better of him, and when he went to see what was happening, he was hit by something and transmigrated to ancient times. Before he could even figure out what was going on, someone placed a newborn baby in his arms and told him it was his daughter, his fifth child. Q 132.3kReads8.6Score9.8k14d adds
24. 24 恶 The Villainess Turns Over a New Leaf, Starts Her Own Family Tree, and Brings Prosperity to the Whole Village 恶女洗白，族谱单开带旺全村 Sparkling Fish鱼鱼亮晶晶Ancient Romance554k WordsCompleted Completed! Farming + romance + cozy humor + no System or spatial cheat + no golden finger + building from nothing + wealth and prosperity + sweet, devoted romance between two virgins Funny father-daughter antics + healing family warmth + romantic tension between lovers The Lu Family Village has three scourges: first, the blind bear in the hills behind the village; second and third, Lu Youtian and his daughter. The father is lazy, gluttonous, and idle, with his heart set on living off his parents 4.6kReads8.3Score44114d adds
25. 25 种 Who Starts Farming by Sending Three Piglets as a Gift? 种田谁家男主开局送礼送三只猪崽 Green Robe青裳Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted Completed. Dive in without worry! (Farming + No golden finger + Family life + Romance + Building a fortune + Cozy + No awful characters) No System! No pocket dimension!! No golden finger!!! No awful characters!!!! (We’ve said it three times because it’s important. The male lead appears late. The story focuses on building a career, with romance as a side plot x3.) Baihua Cave is a village deep in the mountains, home to nearly a hundred households. Everyone says it’s a poor and remote backwater. S 22.7kReads9.0Score2.4k14d adds
26. 26 带 Taking the Kids and Splitting from the Family: Living High on the Hog! 带崽分家，吃香喝辣！ Flowering Corn花花包谷Ancient Romance514k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + no romance + farming + satisfying revenge] (Comic adaptation now available: Splitting Up with the Kids, Living the Good Life) Su Yunxiao, who never wanted to marry, opened her eyes to find she’d transmigrated into the body of a 32-year-old widow with three children! Her in-laws treated her like a beast of burden, and she couldn’t even get a hot meal! Hah! They think I’m a pushover just because I haven’t shown my claws? When her awful relatives started throwing tantrums, she fou 3kReads8.2Score30714d adds
27. 27 想 Trying to Inherit Everything? No Way! I’ll Get Rich and Raise the Kids in Style 想吃绝户？没门，暴富养崽爽翻天 It's Little Qiya是小七丫Ancient Romance2.7M WordsOngoing The animated series is out! Also known as You Want to Take Everything from Me? No Way! I'll Get Rich and Raise My Kids in Style, Transmigrated as a Country Girl, I Farm with My Kids and Have a Blast is a story about transmigration, farming, food, a pocket dimension, business, daily life, gathering herbs, and having a mountain at her back. See how Zhao Xiaoyu leads her whole family to prosperity and turns their lives around! Her grandparents play favorites, and since her family has no sons, they' 31.2kReads8.7Score1.9k14d adds
28. 28 穿 Reborn as a Strongwoman, the Chubby Beauty Brings Fortune to Her Whole Family 穿成大力女，极品胖妞旺全家 A Little Veggie Kitty一只菜菜喵Ancient Romance1.6M WordsCompleted Short drama: “Transmigrated as a Strongwoman, I Lie Flat and Win in Style” [farming + sweet romance + everyday life + food + building a fortune + comedy + no saintly heroine] What Old Man Jian is proudest of in his life is that his wife had a late-in-life baby and gave him a daughter, and that he raised her into a big, chubby girl. His chubby daughter only cares about looks, yet insists on marrying the poorest young man in the village. The Xiao family’s biggest regret was bringing home a fat wif 15.5kReads7.9Score95714d adds
29. 29 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 1.3kReads—Score10714d adds

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    The poorest county magistrate's wife in history reclaimed wasteland for farming.

30. 30 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 706Reads7.0Score—14d adds
31. 31 掏 She Spent the Family Fortune: The Capitalist Heiress Married a Young Officer 掏空家底，资本家大小姐嫁军少 Kung Fu Potato功夫马铃薯Modern Romance3.5M WordsOngoing [Rebirth + military marriage + pocket dimension + a capitalist heiress who looks bright and lovely but is proud at heart, paired with a disciplined officer with incredible stamina and an eight-pack] In her previous life, Shen Zhitang was set up by her scumbag father and stepmother, who tricked her into marrying the powerful and influential Gao Jianren. When disaster struck, her father’s family used the Gao family’s connections to sneak off to Hong Kong, enjoying a life of luxury with the Shen fa 21.1kReads8.5Score1.7k14d adds

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