Farming, Infrastructure, and Hegemony 种田基建争霸

1. 1 海 Stockpiling Supplies and Surviving in a Seaside Safehouse 海上安全屋囤货生存 Graceful Evening Glow翩翩晚照Romance2.4M WordsCompleted [Welcome to The God Game: Raft Survival] [New player quest: The extreme heat disaster, Scorching Season, is approaching. Upgrade your safe house as soon as possible.] He Ni, who can't swim, wakes up to find herself floating on a raft. Surrounded by an endless sea, she casts a line beneath the blazing sun and, from the start, reels in ten garbage bags in a row. Just as she's on the verge of despair, a notification appears: [You excel at and love collecting garbage. The Sea God approves of your 239.3kFavorites243.5kClicks/ch2.7MGifts

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   "Evening Glow" is simply divine... Currently, it's my number one survival and infrastructure building novel. It's incredibly good! The setting is grand and well-developed, incorporating elements from games. The NPCs' stories are also captivating, and most of the powerful supporting characters are female—it's very enjoyable to read! The early stages involve solo play, while the later stages involve teamwork; the author has excellent pacing. Go for it!

2. 2 长 A Little Eatery in Chang'an 长安小饭馆 Cherry Cake樱桃糕Romance336k WordsCompleted "Completed in September 2019" For information on the reprinted edition, please visit Weibo @A Jin Jia De Ying Tao Gao Fine rain and a gentle breeze, a little shop with a blue banner, a beautiful foreign barmaid. Fine wine from Xinfeng, tender greens and bamboo shoots, golden pickled fish. Lin Yan, Assistant Prefect of the Capital, turns his attention to the landlady, whose skin is as white as snow and whose eyes are like apricots. It’s truly sad and pitiful for a highborn lady to have fallen s 307.6kFavorites626.6kClicks/ch170.5kGifts

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   It's not bad; good for killing time. The short stories are quick to finish, and the writing is decent.

3. 3 汴 A Diary of Life in Bianjing 汴京生活日志 Clear Song Flow清越流歌Romance878k WordsCompleted Blurb: The main story is complete~ Shen Lishu transmigrates into the eldest daughter of a low-ranking clerk's family in Bianjing. Bianjing is a city of dazzling splendor. The broad avenues are filled with magnificent carriages and fine horses, the night market at Zhou Bridge is bustling with traffic and crowds, and the entertainment quarters are alive with music and dancing, indulgence and excess... None of this has anything to do with Shen Lishu. She didn't transmigrate into a noble family, so 102.4kFavorites214.3kClicks/ch95.5kGifts

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   What a great family! No one's holding them back, everyone's making lots of money!

4. 4 大21+ Life in the Streets of Song Dynasty 大宋市井人家 Munching on Tangyuan吃吃汤圆呀Romance711k WordsCompleted 79.9kFavorites126.3kClicks/ch53.5kGifts

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   A restaurant management novel where the girls help each other in a heartwarming way, the families are happy, the romance is so-so, it's a management novel, a lighthearted read, don't nitpick the logic.

5. 5 汴21+ A Record of Bianjing Cuisine 汴京美食录 Munching on Tangyuan吃吃汤圆呀Romance488k WordsCompleted 36.2kFavorites91.9kClicks/ch12.3kGifts

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   It was good, but I've forgotten a bit since then. Anyway, it was a light novel about managing a client.

6. 6 三 I Transmigrated at Three and Sold French Fries in the Northern Song Dynasty 三岁穿越，我在北宋卖薯条 Spicy Orange麻辣香橙Romance1.1M WordsCompleted During the Jiayou era of the Northern Song dynasty, tenant farmer Zhang Laosan’s family found a three-year-old child. She wore overalls and clogs, and knew nothing when asked about her hometown or parents. The child became the Zhang family’s fifth little one, and they gave her the name Xiao Ping’an. The villagers said the Zhangs could barely feed themselves, so why take in another burden? But Xiao Ping’an pointed at the red berries covering the hills and said, “So many candied hawthorns! We can 24.5kFavorites29.1kClicks/ch52.6kGifts

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   It's good. The female lead is so cute.

7. 7 在 The Happy Days of a Factory Owner in London [Literary Crossover] 在伦敦当工厂主的快乐日子[综名著] Old Books and Periodicals旧书报刊Romance1.3M WordsCompleted After becoming obsessed with a farming game, Alna discovers that the game has just released a London DLC. What are you waiting for? Download it already!! Let's cover the whole planet in crops. Here we go! She tears through the setup at breakneck speed, then falls silent when she sees her starting profile in the new map: [Dispossessed Peasant]. Farming, nineteenth-century London… me? Is this for real? With the game's introductory letter in hand and a new identity unlocked in the expansion, Aln 66.3kFavorites68.1kClicks/ch424.3kGifts

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   It's great! A very cute and lighthearted story about infrastructure building [sprinkling flowers] It incorporates some Stardew Valley elements, and everyone is adorable! The writing is excellent and very humorous.

8. 8 武 [Great Tang] The First Female Official of Empress Wu [大唐]武皇第一女官 Gu Simu顾四木Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jiang Wo sat in one of the palace gardens within the Taiji Palace. When she woke one day, she discovered that she had become a low-ranking female official in the Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era: a seventh-rank record keeper in the Palace Discipline Bureau, responsible for recording palace rules and punishments. Her first assignment was to explain palace etiquette to the newly arrived consorts. After she had finished reading through the regulations, one young woman stepped forward. “Could 128.3kFavorites184.4kClicks/ch724kGifts

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   Strong female lead, nation-building and infrastructure development, with a focus on a loving daughter; very little romance, but the female characters have exceptionally strong friendships.

9. 9 古 A Young One's Daily Farming Life in Ancient Times 古代幼崽种田日常 Whispering Lovers昵昵儿女Danmei (BL)908k WordsCompleted A new novel featuring the same kind of protagonist, The Ancient Chef God System, but the Kid Is Only Five and a Half, is currently being serialized. You can find it in my author’s collection. Blurb: 1. Guan Guan is actually a little money-pot spirit who can make money grow into more money. He makes good people fabulously wealthy and brings misfortune to those who do evil. But Guan Guan, now in the body of a five-year-old child, doesn’t know that, and neither do the villagers of Maoxi. When Gua 36.4kFavorites43.7kClicks/ch53.2kGifts

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   The baby is super cute! The pacing and plot are very smooth, and the writing is excellent. I highly recommend it!

10. 10 西 Xivi’s Forest Farm 西维的森林农场 Third Miss Hua三花大小姐Danmei (BL)730k WordsCompleted *A sweet Western fantasy food-business story, Darian's Little Magic Shop, opens for pre-orders in late April. Blurb below. [Complete] Xiwei inherits an abandoned farm from his unreliable parents. The farm sits at the edge of a monster forest, with dwarves, goblins, and witches for neighbors. An adventuring party occasionally drops by to ask for a place to stay, too. The farm is huge and there is so much work to do that after half a month of running himself ragged, he has only plowed two acres. 75.1kFavorites79kClicks/ch62.2kGifts

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    It's a Western fantasy farming story with decent, delicate writing, but it made me a little sleepy. It depicts a peaceful and gently happy daily farm life.

11. 11 穿 Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty to Take the Imperial Exams 穿到明朝考科举 Five-Colored Dragon Crest五色龙章Danmei (BL)1.3M WordsCompleted This is an entirely fictional transmigration-into-a-book story and has no connection to any real people or events. Modern college student Cui Xie transmigrates into the Ming dynasty as the son of a fifth-rank official. Unfortunately, as soon as he arrives, his father sends him back to their ancestral home in Qian'an. He settles in the small county town with two servants and sets out to live well, make money, and study for the imperial examinations. Step by step, he makes his way back to the cap 275.4kFavorites457.8kClicks/ch402.5kGifts

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    A masterpiece of imperial examination literature, very professional; those who enjoy long novels are in for a treat.

12. 12 小 Little Snow Leopard is Farming in the Beast World 小雪豹正在兽世种田 Let Me Finish Eating放开我能吃完Danmei (BL)1.7M WordsCompleted [Complete. Thanks for supporting the official release!] [My Life on the Island, Picking Up Trash, a farming-and-survival story, is now ongoing. Come check it out!] [Blurb] [Cat Version] Qi Bai transmigrated to a beastfolk world and became an albino snow leopard, shunned by his peers. Looking at his beautiful pink eyeliner, plump pink paw pads, and fluffy, life-sized tail... Qi Bai’s eyes sparkled. He took a deep sniff of himself. “Meow!” (This is the best!) Violent storms and flash floods forc 109.4kFavorites188.6kClicks/ch148.1kGifts

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    This is currently my number one infrastructure-building novel. The author handles the romance exceptionally well, writing it naturally and delicately. There might be some logical flaws in the war and farming/infrastructure building aspects, but they don't really affect the overall experience. In short, it's exceptionally well-written!

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