Novels like Man Cao, the Farm Girl
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- 151 The Handsome Husband of the Stone-Faced Hunter 冷面猎户家的俏夫郎 The rating has just come in. [Two male leads + farming + devoted couple + fictional ancient setting + natives of the world + sweet romance + food] Gu Zheng, the hunter from Xinghua Village, is famous for being cold and aloof. People say he lost his parents when he was young and still carries a place in his heart for his fiancée, who died early. He’s probably destined to remain a bachelor for the rest of his life. Then, one spring, he found a dusty little sparrow at Gongshan Shrine. Su Qiao was a 1.4kReads8.4Score12514d adds
- 152 Earthquakes Are No Worry: Silly Aunt Understands Animal Speech and Stockpiles Supplies in Advance 地震不怕傻姑懂兽语提前囤货避灾 [Historical Farming + Three Marriages to a Rugged Man + Adorable Ginseng Child + Animal Speech + Mountain Foraging and Hunting + Farming and Business + Sweet Romance + Face-Slapping the Villains + A Slow-Burning Story + One-on-One Romance] The foolish Xia Chunni is pushed off a cliff by her own mother! Because she’s a jinx to her husbands and can no longer bring in a bride price, her mother decides she’s worthless. First marriage: She marries a dying landowner to bring him good luck, but he kick 2.2kReads7.5Score28014d adds
- 153 Ruling the Academy in Ancient Times 在古代的书院称王称霸 Shu Xiaoxiao accidentally transmigrated to ancient times. First, she gained the golden finger of being able to communicate with plants, then she befriended an ancient ginseng spirit. With all that going for her, who would still want to be some man’s first wife? Shu Xiaoxiao packed her things. She was heading to the biggest academy. She’d spent over a decade studying in the modern world and never been more than an average student. Now that she had a chance to start over, she was going to make the 1kReads8.6Score11714d adds
- 154 In a Famine Year, Grandma Sun Stockpiles Grain to Survive 荒年，孙老太囤粮度饥荒 [Family life + farming + slow and steady progress + not a power fantasy + drought + no romance] “Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, give me one month. If you still want to split up the family then, the eldest won’t have to support me in my old age either!” Qiao Yu has become the biased old woman in a book. She looks down on girls as money-losing burdens while treating her own daughter like a treasure. To keep her son-in-law from divorcing her daughter, she even considers selling her 331Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 155 I Nurture a Crippled War God with the Source of Breathsoil 我靠息壤之源娇养残废战神 [Farming + Redemption + Power Couple + Military Doctor + Wasteland Development + Comeback] While others are exiled into cold and hunger, end-times military doctor Yun Qingzhi is exiled and builds a temperate, divine city right in the frozen wasteland! She wakes up as the daughter of a disgraced official, trampled underfoot by everyone, and from the start she’s in hell mode: an absolute-zero disaster, wolves circling, and a scheming white lotus plotting against her at every turn. Yun Qingzhi giv 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 Every Family in the Village Fends for Itself 村庄儿女各当家 [A fictional setting, ensemble cast, family and village life + a slow, steady pace + no rebirth or transmigration] Village children and little stories of farm life, simple and heartwarming, with no awful characters. When a man comes of age, he marries; when a woman comes of age, she weds. Zhou Baochun is about to leave her family home and become a wife. Her in-laws have “a bad reputation,” but the marriage was arranged long ago. Life with her mother-in-law, the neighbors, and the fields. There a 10.5kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 157 Return to the Inn 归栈 Return to the Inn 17Reads—Score114d adds
- 158 The Prosperous Little Life of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times 古代农家夫妻的红火小日子 (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
- 159 Transmigrated to the Countryside, I Happily Became a Farmer 穿越之甘心做农女 The house was bare, her father was missing, her mother had just passed away, her grandmother was old, her eldest sister was of marriageable age, and her younger siblings were still small. Thinking of all this, Gao Xue closed her eyes. Even after transmigrating, she had no desire to keep living. As she teetered on the brink of death, the three siblings shared an egg, one bite at a time. For that little bit of warmth, for the family love she had always lacked, Gao Xue gritted her teeth and accepte 1.5kReads8.9Score13414d adds
- 160 Transmigrating to a Year of Famine: Living Off the Mountains to Feed the Family 穿越荒年，靠山吃山养全家 With a father doing forced labor and a seriously ill mother, transmigrated Cao Yunxuan has to support the whole family. She has no System or golden finger, but as the youngest female botanist in the modern era, at least she has a wealth of knowledge in her head. She gathers herbs in the mountains and earns her first pot of gold. She severs ties with the ancestral household to carve out a way for her family to survive. She raises seedlings and farms the land, helping the villagers get through the 759Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 161 How Is This Possible? Every Fight Ends in One Move 怎么可能，通通都是一招制胜 Su Yichen transmigrates into the body of a peak master whose dantian has been shattered and whose cultivation has been completely lost. Liu Rumei sends wedding invitations for her marriage to his good friend Chen Jian, then brazenly demands a lavish gift. Now that he’s transmigrated, why should he keep being a simp? He activates the System and gains the “One-Move Victory” skill. If an opponent’s cultivation is lower than or equal to mine, I crush them outright. If their cultivation is higher, I 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 Lock the Sane People In 把清醒的人关进来 Lock the Clear-Headed Inside 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 The Hilarious Life of a Rich Girl Married to a Fake Rich Guy 富家女嫁假富公子的搞笑生活 The Hilarious Married Life of a Rich Girl and a Fake Rich Heir 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 我想娶你表妹，你却先当我爹 I Want to Marry Your Cousin, but You Became My Dad First 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Hidden-Edge Son-in-Law 藏锋赘婿 The Hidden-Edge Live-In Son-in-Law 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 Traveling Together on Misty Island 雾岛同行 Companions on Misty Island 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 深山祖宅惊魂 Terror at the Ancestral Home in the Deep Mountains 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 Good Lord, the Mad Homeless Man I Picked Up Is the Missing Trillionaire Tycoon Everyone Online Has Been Searching For 天，我捡的疯癫流浪汉，竟是全网失踪的千亿首富 Oh My God, the Deranged Homeless Man I Picked Up Is Actually the Trillionaire Who Vanished from the Internet 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 169 A Chilling Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 惊悚悬疑故事：第七个收件人 A Gripping Mystery: The Seventh Recipient 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Women Who Have Fallen into Pit Toilets Have Especially Keen Noses 掉过茅坑的女人，鼻子都比较灵 Women Who’ve Fallen into a Pit Toilet Have Especially Sharp Noses 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 The Mo Family’s Ink House 墨香之家 Grow crops and make a fortune? Lu Wei spread her hands. She wanted to farm too! But when she’s so poor she can’t even afford grass to eat, where’s she supposed to find land? Find a husband? Lu Wei immediately burst into tears, touching the scar on her face. She still had to face life instead of running away. No land, no house, and no looks? No problem. She has her dad by her side. Father and daughter working together can move mountains. They’ll have a house someday, as well as gold, silver, and 2.1kReads8.9Score19014d adds
- 172 A Poor Farm Girl's Endless Good Luck 农家苦女好运连连 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. 44Reads—Score314d adds
- 173 After Learning to Understand Animals, I Hiked into the Mountains with a Sack and Struck It Rich 听懂兽语后，我扛麻袋进山捡钱 (Xie Shiyu, sharp-tongued and hard-fisted, versus Xia Ling, a cunning, venomous-tongued hypocrite) To force Xie Shiyu to marry a fool in exchange for a hefty bride price, her grandparents drove her father to his death, then refused to buy him a coffin or give him a proper burial! With no other choice, Xie Shiyu went to borrow money from her childhood sweetheart, who supposedly liked her too. Instead, she overheard him and his mother plotting to ruin her and marry her without spending a penny! If 11.5kReads8.6Score61214d adds
- 174 I Transmigrated, and the Body Was Still Warm 穿了，尸体暖暖的 [No CP + strong heroine + Gourmet + studying + saving money for retirement] After thirty years of hardship, Huo Xiuxiu had finally found something to look forward to. But she never expected to transmigrate just because she got the whim to make a wish at Yonghe Temple. Now she has to face a poor, broken family with no money, a dead father, a mother who ran off, and only one younger brother left. The story moves slowly and focuses on everyday family life: meals, chores, and all the ordinary detail 1.1kReads9.1Score12714d adds
- 175 Apocalypse! A Good-for-Nothing? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 末世！废物？回收！我能成为这片区域的神！！！ Apocalypse! Useless? Recycle! I Can Become the God of This Region!!! 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The World-Cracking Crisis: Building a Peach Blossom Haven in Ancient Times 天崩地裂局：我在古代建桃源 [Farming + System + Daily Life + Food + Soul Transmigration + Alternate World] At twenty-six, she is transported into the body of a sixteen-year-old girl after a car accident: Her father is sixty and lame; Her mother is over fifty and blind; The most devastating part is that these two treasures had a child in their old age! On the very day she arrives, her mother gives birth to a baby boy! She’s become an upgraded version of Dehua… Her home is in the middle of nowhere, with no village in front o 2kReads8.9Score19614d adds
- 177 Wasn't I Supposed to Come Here to Enjoy Life? Second Miss, I'm Busy 不是穿来享福吗？二小姐我很忙 A chapter-based historical romance modeled on Dream of the Red Chamber. It has a certain learning curve and is set in an alternate Song dynasty. Every detail can withstand scholarly scrutiny. Li Yi transmigrated here to enjoy a life of comfort. By a twist of fate, she won the favor of the Dowager Consort of Prince Heng's residence, and with her father, the prefect of Qingzhou, protecting her, she lived freely and boldly. (No romantic scenes in the first 200 chapters. If that's not your thing, yo 151Reads—Score1614d adds
- 178 A Record of Heart-Piercing Crimes 诛心记 Autumn of the first year of Baozheng, the night before Frost’s Descent. Silver King Ye Wuqing launched the “Black Armor Coup” in the imperial capital. Iron cavalry trampled the moonlit streets, and smoke from the fires advanced toward the ninefold palace walls. Emperor Ye Wushuang wept as he stood before the palace hall. Unwilling to treat the people as mere straw dogs, he removed his crown and issued an edict of abdication. That night, the emperor climbed the Star-Gazing Tower alone, gazed no 116Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 179 I Went Undercover in a Scam Compound 我在诈骗园区当卧底 I'm an Undercover Agent in a Scam Compound 125Reads—Score1014d adds
- 180 A Family in a Little Village 小村人家 [Farming + Food + No System + No Romance + Building a Career] When Li Yun wakes up, she is still Li Yun, but not quite the same Li Yun anymore. She has been reborn as Li Yunniang in Anyang Village. Her father dotes on her, her mother loves her, and her older brothers and sisters-in-law spoil her. She has plenty to eat and drink, but not a penny to her name. No matter. Let's see how Yunniang leads her family in farming and storing grain, then makes delicious food to sell at a stall. She builds wo 242Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 181 Transmigrating into the Mountains: A Farmer Widow’s Easygoing Life 穿越深山，农家小寡妇的悠哉日常 (No romance, farming, no golden finger, no imperial power struggles, no awful relatives, building a fortune, everyday family life, livestock raising) Wen Li woke up one day in the body of a young widow. Well, she got to be a mom without the labor pains, and there was no man in the picture. Not bad. Looking at her family of frail and elderly relatives, their home practically bare, she rolled up her sleeves and got to work. She led them in farming, selling medicinal herbs, curing persimmons, and g 1.2kReads8.8Score11114d adds
- 182 I’m No Monster, I’m His Salvation 我不是怪物，我是祂的救赎 “Don’t be afraid. I’ll take you home.” In an age when the paranormal has returned, I’m classified as an S-rank dangerous host, with the “Eldritch God,” the source of world-ending destruction, sealed inside me. I carefully conceal my power, pretending I’m just an ordinary spirit tamer with a bit of good luck. Until the day I save the only person willing to come near me, crushing the indescribable Eldritch God with my bare hands. In the global livestream, I look like a god and a demon, while she c 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Farming in Ancient Times and Outwitting My Terrible In-Laws 古代种田，和极品婆家斗智斗勇 A death notice saying she fell in battle is the worst possible start for Shen Nan after she transmigrates. Behind her are shameless relatives watching like hungry wolves, eager to devour her alive. Before her are two young children crying for food. No golden finger, no savior. She is just an ordinary widow pushed to the brink. From farming until the skin on her fingers splits, to setting up a stall on a bustling street corner, to running a little shop through stormy times, every step is soaked 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The Demon Lord Is Back: I Crawled Out of My Own Grave 魔头复活了：老子从坟里爬出来了 Xuanhuan, revived demon lord, wish fulfillment, ghosts and monsters, comedy, dark tone, no female lead, gender transformation, ensemble cast, court politics, martial world, mystery, transmigrate, reborn, no System, antihero protagonist (Also known as The Ghostly Genius of a Thousand Years) Ten years ago, Chen Changqing was hunted down by twenty-three masters, to the delight of the world. Ten years later, two tomb raiders opened his coffin. There were no bones inside, only a yawning young man. “T 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 After Becoming a Foolish Girl, I Fell for a Hunter 穿成傻女后，我对猎户情有独钟 [A personal space, a spirit spring, farming, a lucky physique, and a female lead who isn’t a self-sacrificing saint] An ordinary modern office worker is heartbroken after her boyfriend cheats on her with her best friend. Then, after getting drunk, she’s hit by a car. When she wakes up, she’s in an unknown dynasty, in the body of a foolish girl with superhuman strength. Does Heaven ever look at what other people transmigrate into? Princesses and rich young ladies, while she gets a hard-luck life. 1.3kReads8.8Score12614d adds
- 186 A Young Woman from a Humble Family in Bianjing Makes Her Fortune 汴京小户女致富日常 Ling Niang thought she was a happy child. In her dreams, there was a fairy auntie who could make milk tea and all kinds of drinks! The fairy auntie also liked watching TV! Ling Niang watched lots of shows along with her in her dreams! And learned all sorts of things! Most importantly, she learned how to make money! She lived in Bianjing. Her father was a live-in son-in-law and a city patrol officer, while her mother was a gentle, unassuming woman. They lived in a shabby old home within Bianjing' 1.8kReads8.8Score22514d adds
- 187 A Village at Dusk 乡村日暮有人家 Farming + family life + historically grounded + realistic + no transmigration + slow-paced + no formulaic tropes + no ridiculous characters + no monster fights + no leveling up + no storage space + not a power fantasy or pure romance + no high-ranking officials This is a story about a family. In a mountain village in southern Hunan, Qianqian and her family work hard to get by. They farm, grow cotton, process hemp, spin yarn, weave cloth, and do needlework. Later, she learns to dye patterned clot 122Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 188 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Sell Bento: The Wicked Sister-in-Law’s Road to Riches 穿到古代卖盒饭：恶毒寡嫂致富路 [Transmigrate into a book + food + business + building wealth + slow-burn development] Food blogger Meng Zhao woke up one day to find herself transmigrated into a novel aimed at male readers, as the vicious sister-in-law. Faced with the future “Dragon-Proud-Heaven” male lead, destined to wield power over the world, Meng Zhao had to choose between eliminating him while she had the chance and currying favor with him early. Instead, she chose to become the one worth currying favor with. Starting 3.5kReads8.6Score34614d adds
- 189 The Great Qian Dynasty's First Lady Scholar 大乾第一女先生 A new story. The System is just a tool and doesn't appear much~ A cozy, everyday tale, mostly about women. Jiang Zhi gets divorced, takes her daughter, and leaves her ex-husband's family in utter chaos. Back in Jiangzhou, she opens a curious teahouse. The pastries here are unlike anything people have seen, the rules are unusual, and the stories she tells... are even more unheard-of! A monkey causes havoc in Heaven? A scholar falls in love with a female ghost? And a dark-faced judge named Bao can 3.1kReads8.5Score34114d adds
- 190 Blazing High Martial: The Dungeon System's Reversal 热血高武：地下城系统的逆袭 With spiritual qi revived and martial arts supreme, Lu Chen unexpectedly binds himself to a Dungeon System. Clear dungeons to get god-tier gear, and grow stronger with every instance. While others spend ten years in arduous cultivation, he needs only one run to clear a dungeon. From bottom of the class to someone all look up to, he uses his DNF System to carve a bloody path through the entire high-martial world! 510Reads—Score10914d adds
- 191 Exiled to the Edge: The Butterfly That Saved Civilization 末位放逐：拯救文明的那只蝴蝶 [Sci-Fi] [Post-Apocalyptic] [Grassroots Female Lead] [Dystopian] [Reincarnation] [Wild Imagination] Thank you so much, dear readers, for your support and encouragement! I won't abandon this novel or leave it unfinished. I'm working hard on new chapters. ٩(˃̶͈̀௰˂̶͈́)و I've got plenty of chapters saved up, and I promise to finish the story! [Reading Tips] 1. This is a dystopian story about the growth of a woman from the lowest ranks of society. 2. The plot is tightly interwoven, and I won't change 164Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Everyone’s Surviving the Supernatural: I’m the Hidden Prophet 全民诡异求生：我是隐藏预言家 [Strong Female Lead + Powerhouse Heroine + Mind Games + Awakening] “Are you a seer?” “No.” “Then how did you know Tang Yue was an impostor?” Wen Yixiu smiled but didn’t answer. She couldn’t. Her talent was called “Copycat,” the only one of its kind, hidden at the System level. When the real seer investigated someone, she automatically copied their ability. From that moment on, there were two seers in the game. One in the open, one in the shadows. The one in the open drew the fire. The o 215Reads—Score12014d adds
- 193 The Farmer's Daughter Strives for Prosperity 农家有女奔小康 Liu Xinyue, a working girl from the 21st century, transmigrates into the body of an orphaned little girl. She takes on her awful relatives, supports her grandparents, and eventually leads her younger siblings to a comfortable life. 139Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 194 The Farmer's Embroiderer 农家绣娘 Lin Zhiyun is famous across the surrounding villages as a lazy, greedy, dim-witted girl. Yet she has a promising match: she and the current scholar Xu were betrothed as children. Her eldest cousin Lin Xiuyue, meanwhile, is renowned as a clever, capable young woman, but she has a bad match: she was betrothed as a child to Shen Junchuan, a limping village thug. People often say the sisters should switch matches, and on the day they marry, the Lin family elders actually sneakily swap the brides. B 1.1kReads8.3Score10114d adds
- 195 Life Alone in a Strange World 陌生世界的独居生活 [Farming and stockpiling supplies · extreme weather · no golden finger · no romance · slow-paced] Lu Siyue never imagined that she’d wake up in a strange world. Her familiar family was gone, and the surroundings were unfamiliar too. How would a helpless young woman, unable to lift a hand against even a chicken, manage to survive? A plain, everyday survival story. No dark side of human nature, and no wish-fulfillment scenes about getting rich and beautiful overnight! Life here is like living in t 458Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 196 I'm Too Broke to Buy a Cover 没钱买封面哦 Qingfeng has had terrible luck. It was bad enough to transmigrate to a famine-stricken year, but she also ended up in the body of an underage girl. She has to watch out for her scheming eldest aunt, raise her younger siblings, and deal with a biased grandmother. Her father is dead, and her mother gets bullied every day for their sake. Qingfeng just wants enough to eat and a big house to live in. Why is that so hard...?! At least she knows how to make fried chicken and roast mutton skewers! No po 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 197 From the Start, One Ball: Others Struggle to Survive, I Plan for Growth 开局一个球，他人求生，我谋发展 Everyone on Earth is pulled into a survival game in a post-apocalyptic star domain. Billions of people land at random and randomly receive a single item or one inactive ability. They are all trapped in a desperate world of scarce supplies, rampant alien beasts, and relentless disasters. Everyone has one goal: to stay alive. To that end, they compete ruthlessly, loot, fight, betray one another, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only the protagonist, Zheng Zhiyuan, is bound to the [Planet Evolu 150Reads—Score3014d adds
- 198 You Were Born to Hide Your Edge 卿本藏锋 As the poisoned wine burns its way down her throat, Su Yuheng catches sight of the mottled blood curse on the beams of the cold palace. In her previous life, a bowl of saffron tea seared through her insides. Her half-sister Su Qinghe ground her embroidered shoe across Su Yuheng’s bloodied fingertips, then smiled as she picked up the Spirit Spring Jade Pendant that had fallen from Su Yuheng’s arms. When she opens her eyes again, she has returned to her coming-of-age banquet: dog’s blood splashed 4Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 199 The Wicked Mother-in-Law Is Reborn and Ruins the Wedding, Only for Her New Husband to Slap Her in the Face 恶婆婆重生毁婚，换夫君啪啪打脸 [Reborn Strong Woman + Scheming, An Unparalleled Husband Who Cherishes His Wife] What sparks will fly when Granny Wu, reborn and regretting the broken engagement, crosses paths with Liu Xiaohua, who is reborn and has come into a lucky opportunity? In her previous life, the village beauty Liu Xiaohua married Wu Yu, a tongsheng scholar from her village. She devoted herself to helping him pass the xiucai and juren exams, and eventually become a county magistrate! But her mother-in-law never liked L 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 The General's Tears 将军的眼泪 [Wen-style anti-traditional martial arts + nonlinear storytelling + ensemble cast and factions + love of country and home + youthful heroes + the greatest under heaven] A novel that encompasses nearly every kind of martial arts fiction. At the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Blood-Drinker General slaughters the Taiping Sect in Sichuan to seize the Manual of Chaos. This gradually gives rise to countless strange and uncanny tales of the martial world, weaving a poignant historical legend 69Reads—Score—14d adds
