Novels like Alternate Ancient China: Building a Fortune in Jiangnan
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- 1 This Is Ridiculous! I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Ran into My Late Mom? 离谱！穿越古代遇上过世的老妈？ No pocket dimension, no System, no wealthy-family power struggles, no princes or nobles! A cozy, everyday story + farming and business, all about a peaceful life and being content with modest prosperity. Lin Xi, a wage slave working late into the night, unexpectedly transmigrates to an impoverished farming family in ancient times. The biggest surprise is that she reunites there with her mother, who passed away long ago. No golden finger, no lucky breaks or shortcuts. She relies on the little cle 210Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 An Eatery Keeper's Journal 食肆经营手札 The comic adaptation is out. If you're interested, check it out! [Food] [Business] [Everyday Life] [Romance] [One-on-One, Both Pure] Ji He transmigrates into another world, where both her parents are dead. All they leave her is a restaurant on a busy street and a clan full of relatives eyeing it greedily. With no one to rely on and barely a penny to her name, all she has is her cooking skill. She sets up a street stall and revives the old restaurant. With a stove and a pot, she brings every flav 11.1kReads8.8Score1.4kShelves
- 3 Joy All Year Round 四季常欢 Chang Huan transmigrated. Before transmigrating, she had been an ordinary office drone in the modern world, living a peaceful, uneventful life. But she never expected the apocalypse to arrive out of nowhere and shatter her quiet existence. Though she had a plant-based ability, it was pretty useless in the early stages, and life in the apocalypse was far from easy. Whenever she went out to search for supplies, she had to stay on guard against zombie hordes and watch out for betrayal by her compan 880Reads8.1Score109Shelves
- 4 My Whole Family Cooks in a Giant Pot and Goes Viral in the Western Han 我全家炒大锅饭，爆红西汉 [The whole family transmigrates + ordinary people + food and business + everyday family life + an alternate Western Han dynasty] The rating was just posted, so it’s a little low right now~ No contrived drama, and there’s a romantic pairing (the male lead barely appears, so feel free to ignore him; the heroine and her family are focused on building their business). A slice-of-life tale about ordinary people in a frontier town. The three members of the Lin family, village-feast chefs, transmigrate 2kReads8.4Score268Shelves
- 5 I Started Out in the Mountains Amid Chaos, So What Have I to Fear with My Peach Blossom Haven? 乱世开局进深山，我有桃源怕啥？ [Pure Farming + Family Life + No System + Fleeing Famine in a Time of Chaos + Infrastructure Building + Transmigrate into a Book + Business + Stockpiling Food] Tian Xiaomai was a newly minted office drone from the 21st century who devoted her life to her desk. When she opened her eyes again, a twist of fate had turned her into a child bride bought by the He family to bring good fortune. Once she adjusted to her new surroundings, everything began to seem familiar. Wasn't this the plot of a novel 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 A Bountiful Farm: A Country Girl Becomes a Landowner 锦绣桑田：农女当家做地主 [Ancient Farming] [Alternate Dynasty] [Neither Lead Is Reborn, Transmigrated, or Has a Pocket Space or Golden Finger] [Rural Life in Ancient Times, Slow and Steady] [Marriage Before Love] The initial rating has just come in. Let's see if it can climb from here. Please leave lots of comments! This story has no lords and ministers, no courtly intrigue. It is about the everyday lives of ordinary people, not a face-slapping power fantasy. The main story follows a farming couple as they work the la 2.1kReads6.4Score188Shelves
- 7 Forced into Marriage, I Found Happiness Through Farming 被迫出嫁后，我靠种田过上好日子 [Alternate ancient setting + cozy farming + building a fortune + devoted spouses] [Mainly farming. The heroine falls in love after marriage, while the hero’s longtime secret crush comes true.] Her father suspected Su Linluo wasn’t his biological daughter. After indulging her stepmother’s efforts to deliberately spoil her, he bundled Su Linluo off to marry into the dirt-poor Jiang family. He never expected that once Su Linluo left the grand family estate, she would immediately let loose. She cli 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves
- 8 A Taste of Jiangnan 江南小食记 Jiangnan water-town setting + laid-back daily life + gourmet business + no romance + adorable little sister After transmigrating into a family in a Jiangnan water town, Jiang Yun decides to lie flat and make the most of eating and having fun! She runs a little shop by the river and enjoys the slow, easygoing rhythm of life in Jiangnan. At home, she makes soft, chewy osmanthus rice cakes, pork belly braised with bamboo shoots, and fragrant beggar's chicken that draws people from every corner of 2kReads—Score174Shelves
- 9 So Much Joy in Ordinary Days 寻常岁月多欢喜 [A Country Girl’s Everyday Growth + Family Life + Food + Local Color] The everyday life of Sun Jiabao: Playing with cats and dogs, running around everywhere. Eating, sampling food, and chatting about everyday things. Her life is full of all kinds of flavor, with plenty of everyday joys. 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 EN Diners Say I’m a Show-Off, but They Still Devour My Food 食客说我装逼犯，但是还嗷嗷干饭 [Transmigration + Urban Life + System + Food + No Romance + Showing Off] “I can't help it. I don't want to, either, but as the God of Cooking, I've got to show off!” After transmigrating to a parallel world, Shen Chuan binds himself to the God of Cooking System, gaining the ability to create every delicacy imaginable. Just thinking about using his culinary skills to reach the pinnacle of success and earn everyone's admiration, with diners clamoring for a taste, is enough to make him blush! But h 24.2kReads8.8Score2.2kShelves
- 11 A Country Girl's Plans for Spring 农女谋春 The rating just came out, so it'll go up! Please give it five stars, loves! [Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Farming + Business + Food + Protective Male Lead + 1v1] A story about a girl who transmigrates into another world at fourteen. Orphaned, with only her little brother left, she heads to the capital to seek refuge with her aunt, a member of a prominent family in Shengjing. Unfortunately, her aunt doesn't take kindly to her, so she relies on herself to escape povert 61.5kReads7.5Score7.5kShelves
- 12 I Was Promised a Gourmet System, So Why Am I Possessed by a Ghost? 说好的美食系统，怎么是鬼上身 Lighthearted comedy + food + running a business + rural revitalization + fake System (No suspense or horror, just everyday life and food.) When Xiang Yunduan was broke and about to sleep on the street, a voice appeared in her mind, claiming to be a “System.” System: Go bow three times in front of the “I Miss You So Much at xx” road sign, and I’ll make you rich! Xiang Yunduan: Are you nuts? The next second, Xiang Yunduan dropped to her knees. “Are three enough? If not, I’ll do thirty. System, ple 28.8kReads9.2Score4.8kShelves
- 13 After Fleeing Famine, My Sister and I Married the Brothers Next Door 逃荒后，我和阿姐嫁给隔壁兄弟 [Fleeing famine + family life + farming + slow-paced and steady + heartwarming] A devastating flood that swallowed the south left the Su sisters homeless and orphaned. To protect themselves on the road as they fled famine, the two peerlessly beautiful sisters chose to disguise themselves as ugly servants. After traveling a thousand li to Longnan, they were settled by the local authorities, and a matchmaker arranged their marriages. Faced with a life-changing decision, the sisters spoke in unison 8.7kReads8.1Score837Shelves
- 14 The Fragrance of Tea: The Shopkeeper’s Wife Seeks a Husband 茶韵飘香：掌柜娘子要招婿 Married first, love later, food and everyday life, devoted husband, raising children Ji Yunshu took Qin Lang as a live-in husband, originally just to have a man to support the household. She never expected him not only to be strong, but to cherish her like the apple of his eye. When she wanted to start a tea-ticket business, he went to the docks to establish his reputation and become her strongest support. When she wanted to learn the finest tea-roasting techniques, he trained his hands at the M 576Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 A Farmer's Mother: Raising Seven Kids and Getting Rich Through the Imperial Exams 农门娘亲：养七娃，考科举发大财 After dying horribly in a plane crash, Gu Qinghe opens her eyes to find herself in ancient times, inhabiting the body of a lonely, destitute sixteen-year-old girl. Just as she's getting used to her new identity, her family drags her into a desperate mass flight amid the chaos of war. She gnaws on tree bark, dodges marauding soldiers, and crosses fields of corpses in search of a way to survive. With her modern knowledge, she struggles through a year until a new dynasty is finally established and 4.5kReads7.9Score327Shelves
- 16 First, a Bowl of Lychee Cream 先来一碗荔枝膏 [Transmigrate + build wealth + imperial exams + everyday life + career-focused] [A slow, steady story. There are bad people now and then, but no cartoonishly awful villains.] Lin Qishu, founder of a modern Chinese tea-drink brand, transmigrated to the Great Liang dynasty after being targeted by online harassment. The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself orphaned and responsible for raising her younger brother. To make matters worse, unscrupulous competitors were watching her, ready to f 2.6kReads8.2Score405Shelves
- 17 I Used One Bowl of Noodles to Put a City on the Map 我靠一碗面，带动一座城 [Food + Scenic Area Management, No Stressful Shopkeeping, Well-Plotted, No Stupid Characters] From the start, he quit his job and headed home to take over his father's noodle shop. He turned the little shop into a countywide tourism sensation, putting the county's cultural tourism industry on the map. The Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Transportation Bureau, the Market Regulation Bureau, and even the county magistrate all begged to get on his good side. He even took over a bankrupt A-grade s 69.8kReads8.3Score7.5kShelves
- 18 Transmigrate and Get Everyone to Love Their Food 穿越之让大家爱上干饭 [Gourmet] [Alternate Setting] [Sweet Romance] [Marriage Before Love] [Relaxed and Easygoing] [Alien Planet] [Everyday Life] Luo Yao never imagined that one day she would transmigrate to a planet much like Earth and inherit an estate. She planned to grow vegetables and cook, settling into a quiet retirement on her own. But to inherit the place, she also had to marry Mu Chen, the heir to the richest family. Mu Chen once happened to see Luo Yao squatting beside a car, eating glutinous rice ball 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 After I Transmigrated, I Used Food to Save a Kindergarten 穿越后，我用美食拯救幼儿园 After transmigrating as the principal of a bankrupt kindergarten, Lin Xiaoxia takes one look at the rundown courtyard and nearly blacks out. She’s a Michelin-level backup chef, and now she has to look after kids, clean, and sing nursery rhymes? Then she hears, “Ding! You have been bound to the Chinese Little Chef Pro Max System.” Three months later “Mommy, I used the molecular gastronomy machine to make rainbow cloud marshmallows today!” The adorable four-year-old pulls out a piping bag. “The p 69Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 20 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 3kReads8.5Score329Shelves
- 21 The Mighty Goddess Conquers Ancient Times with Delicious Food 大力神女用美食闯古代 (Cozy farming, getting rich through food, family squabbles, System shop) They say that in Lengzhan Village there was a girl named Leng Yuan, born with tremendous strength, yet so foolish she didn't recognize her own relatives or know the difference between the five grains. “Hey, have you heard? That silly Leng girl has gotten better lately!” Everyone was astonished. “Wasn't she a fool for nearly ten years? How did she suddenly get better?” “Ah, I heard she saw blood and suddenly passed out. Whe 653Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 22 Best Friends Transmigrate Together: One Husband Is Reborn, the Other Dotes on His Wife 闺蜜双穿：夫君一个重生一个宠 Transmigrate to ancient times and become sisters-in-law alongside your best friend! One marries a reborn hunter and is spoiled rotten; the other marries a gentle scholar and is cherished above all. Grow crops, make money, deal with awful relatives, have children, and strike it rich... From a dilapidated shack to a grand house with blue-brick walls; from going hungry to becoming a business magnate. A house full of children, a loving couple, sisters-in-law who stand together, this is the peak of f 198Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 Week One of My Random Street Stall: Selling Beer Duck at a Driving School 随机摆摊第一周：驾校卖啤酒鸭 [Gourmet] + [Random Street Stalls] + [Perfect with Rice] + [Healing] + [No Romance] The warmth of everyday life is what soothes the human heart most. Lin Chuan, an overworked office worker who died suddenly from exhaustion, unexpectedly awakens the Gourmet Healing System. Every week, he sets up a stall at a random location and serves random dishes. Completing tasks earns him amazing rewards. But the System's very first weekly task leaves Lin Chuan completely dumbfounded (⊙_⊙) Selling beer-braise 1.4kReads6.0Score132Shelves
- 24 The Whole Village Thrives Thanks to Its Beloved Little Lucky Star 团宠小福星，种田基建旺全乡 [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
- 25 After I Was Widowed, I Raised My Disabled Son with My Cooking 守寡后，我靠厨艺养残儿 Her husband is dead from the start, and her short-lived husband has also left her with a disabled stepson. Everyone in both her birth family and her husband's family is wicked. He Taoyao's life begins on the hardest difficulty, but she isn't afraid. Through perseverance and hard work, she builds a warm and fulfilling life. No System, no pocket dimension, no golden finger. 230Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 26 Listening to a Donkey's Thoughts: Daily Life Running a Restaurant in Bianjing 听驴心声：汴京美食经营日常 (The low rating is only because the book was just listed.) · Transmigration + Everyday food and life among ordinary townsfolk + Mind reading (the little donkey is called Xiao Ba, with “Ba” meaning gossip) + A gentle, leisurely pace + A large ensemble cast later on · A modern chef transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. In this paradise of food, she doesn’t just eat: she develops new dishes and brings ancient and modern cuisines together in a grand feast. The Shen Tinghe family moves from the outskirt 4.2kReads8.5Score515Shelves
- 27 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 Selling Barbecue Outside a Temple, I Get Chased Across the Country by Foodies 寺庙门口卖烧烤，吃货追着我全国 [A new city every week, forced to set up a random food stall!] [Food + everyday life + comedy + comfort food + no romance + healing] Chen Mo accidentally binds to a random food-stall System. Every week, he transmigrates to an unfamiliar city and has to sell its local snacks. The results... He sells extra-spicy grilled skewers outside a thousand-year-old temple, juicy scallion pancakes by West Lake, and ice-and-fire pineapple buns at the foot of a snowy mountain! In every city he has “wreaked ha 226Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 The Struggles of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times 古代农家夫妻奋斗史 (Also known as: The Struggles of a Farming Couple in Ancient Times. The animated drama The Little Farming Couple is now streaming. Come watch!) [Native-Born Ancient People] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [Everyday Family Life] [Adorable Beloved Child] [Cozy Daily Life] [Imperial Examinations] A chance encounter at an apothecary gives Wang Wei'an, a lovestruck young man working at a restaurant, the idea of bringing Zhao Xiuxiu, a young embroiderer, home as his wife. Neither of them transmigrated or 18.6kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
- 30 After I Bound Myself to a Gourmet Game, Diners Started Chasing Me Down 绑定美食游戏后食客狂狂追 [Food System] + [Pop-Up Stalls in Random Locations] + [No Romance] + [Heartwarming] Xu Youyou had just graduated from college and was unemployed from day one. After striking out with company after company, she was at her wit's end and decided to post online looking for work. She wasn't expecting much. But to her surprise, she actually found a job. The other person said, “Type 1 and I'll give you a job that pays a million a month.” At first, she didn't believe it. She thought some elementary scho 358Reads—Score135Shelves
- 31 Random Food Stalls: Boss, Don’t Run! 美食随机摆摊，老板不要跑！ [Gourmet] [Great with a meal] [System] [Street vending] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Romance] Gu Muxi finally completes the System's ten-lifetime mission and earns the chance to return to the modern world. But the System unexpectedly malfunctions, trapping her in a black hole with no one to talk to. Then one day, she hears a voice calling her. It turns out to be the Main System. To make it up to her, the Main System binds her to a new System and gives her the chance to return to the modern world. 1.3kReads—Score100Shelves
- 32 After Quitting My Job, I Inherited Grandma's Little Restaurant 辞职后，我继承了奶奶的小饭馆 [Healing + food + a touch of farming + slow-paced + everyday life] Wen Nian's new life began with a resignation letter. A well-paid job in the big city, endless overtime, cold convenience-store rice balls... She suddenly realized it had been a long time since she'd tasted anything like happiness. Steaming hot soup dumplings in the morning mist, soft and chewy cloud cakes with Pu'er tea in the afternoon, little river shrimp roasted crisp and red by Grandpa... It all felt like a distant, different 3.1kReads8.8Score429Shelves
- 33 The Little Florist’s Maid Wife 小花匠的丫鬟妻 The rating has just been posted, and it will gradually rise! This story is set in an imaginary dynasty. [Historical Romance] + [Farming] + [Gourmet] + [Building a Fortune] Li Dongqing, a young maid in the Tongpan Prefect's residence, learned to cook exceptionally well through a stroke of good fortune. She was cautious and diligent in the Tongpan Prefect's residence, constantly honing her skills. By the time she finally left, she found that everything at home had changed beyond recognition. Later 2.2kReads8.4Score184Shelves
- 34 Bound to a Gourmet System, I Become the God of Food by Opening a Restaurant 绑定美食系统，我靠开店成食神 The rating just came out! Feel free to start reading~ (Food + no romance + System + lighthearted comedy + everyday healing) Boss Xie will never get a partner!! Your System and my System don’t seem to be the same~ Other people’s food Systems: max level with one click, instant culinary godhood, become the God of Food without lifting a finger! Xie Yan’s food System: start from scratch and unlock things one step at a time. Xie Yan spread his hands. It’s fine, it’s fine. Having one is better than hav 24kReads8.1Score2.2kShelves
- 35 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 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
- 36 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 155.1kReads9.2Score12.9kShelves
- 37 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.4kReads—Score406Shelves
- 38 After Getting Laid Off, I Restarted My Life with a Street Stall 被裁员后，我靠摆摊重启人生 [God Chef System] [Culinary Superstar] [Heartwarming Story] At 26, Xu Zichuan's life had hit rock bottom: he was unemployed and unmarried. Then, to his surprise, he awakened the “God Chef” System and became the most formidable culinary superstar in the food world. “Thirty-eight yuan for beef chow fun? Are you robbing me?” As soon as he said that, the man added, “...I'll take it. And give me another one.” Someone asked, “Boss, why are there only nine dishes on your menu every day?” “Because I onl 191Reads—Score155Shelves
- 39 Food for Every Season 四季有粮 [Transmigration to an alternate historical setting + pure farming story + cozy everyday life + no cheat abilities + no generals or royalty + romance appears late + little focus on the romance + illustrated guides to plants and animals, including mushrooms, food, and handicrafts] Main characters: Li Dongzhi, Li Qiuyuan, a loud goose, and a talking myna The story follows the premise in the synopsis, with everyday farming, plenty of details, and lots of educational information. Not your cup of tea? 3.9kReads8.8Score507Shelves
- 40 What? The Management Game Became Real! 什么？经营游戏成真了！ [Mainly business and progression + no romance + leisurely daily life + healing + pocket worlds] From the start, all she had was a tea egg, and it launched a whole street of gourmet food. What? Her tea eggs boost your health? What? Her hot pot makes you look younger? What? Her milk tea keeps you from losing sleep? … Feng Zhu had been an orphan since childhood. She had spent twenty years doing her best to get by, only to be diagnosed with cancer and given less than a year to live. Just as she was 705Reads8.7Score102Shelves
- 41 Eat, Eat, Eat! Come and Eat! 吃吃吃，都来吃 [Unconventional Food Story + Improving the Nation’s Health + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + System Pocket Dimension. Chasing Dreams, and the Heroine Means Business!] Wu Shuang, who grew up in an orphanage, had just graduated from college when a speeding car sent her flying. The good news: she was in great shape and wasn’t hurt. Even better news: she got a food System and a pocket dimension! Wu Shuang sighed: at last, the thread of her fate had grown thicker!!! From then on, Wu Shuang’s hot pot res 228Reads—Score106Shelves
- 42 My Ancestor Is a Pot 我的祖宗是口锅 Xu Jingqing accidentally awakened the spirit of an ancestor who had been sleeping inside the family heirloom, an iron wok. Under the old ancestor's “loving” tutelage, Xu Jingqing honed extraordinary cooking skills and opened a humble little eatery. At first, people were skeptical of a restaurant run by a college girl who had never lifted a finger around the house. Then came the verdict: “It's so good!” “Mom, I want to eat big sister's cooking every day.” “What smells so good in the middle of the 414Reads8.7Score106Shelves
- 43 Nourishing the Land with Food: My Fruits and Vegetables Have Come to Life 靠美食养地：我的瓜果通灵了 [Urban fantasy + food + slice of life + no romance + random street stalls + perfect mealtime reading] Fresh out of college and already unemployed, Gao Lin unexpectedly binds to a Food System and decisively heads home. Each week, he randomly sets up a stall to sell food, and in return his fruits and vegetables receive a huge upgrade. Tiny tomatoes can be prepared in a hundred different ways. A whole field of rotten tomatoes gets a new lease on life, and even college students who can't live withou 986Reads7.4Score102Shelves
- 44 Transmigrate and Split Up the Family? I’ll Use My Pocket Dimension to Farm and Support Them All 穿越就分家？我带空间种田养全家 (The novel is complete. Welcome to give it a try, and if you enjoy it, please leave a good review 🙂) [Author’s note: This is a down-to-earth farming story, with no overpowered golden finger. The pocket dimension and spirit spring are only aids. They cannot store people or heal the sick! Lin Shuyue will not rely on the pocket dimension or spirit spring to survive and establish herself in Dayong. If you enjoy straightforward farming stories, come on in!] Watch a modern agricultural expert transfor 2kReads8.8Score231Shelves
- 45 You Retired Too? What a Coincidence, So Did I! 你也退休了？好巧，我也是！ [Romance included; historical romance; there may or may not be awful relatives (I haven’t written any before, so I’m still working them out)] Xie Yu was an ordinary palace maid who became an ordinary female official. She longed to leave the palace, and at last her dream came true. With the savings she’d earned during ten years of palace work and her battered old bundle on her back, she returned to the hometown she’d been away from for so long. Her dream was to build a little home, open a small s 1.2kReads8.8Score106Shelves
- 46 The Days I Spent Farming in the Village 在村里种田的日子 The rating is low because it was just released. Give it a try if it sounds like your thing. Sang Wan, a maid in the Li residence, offended one of the household's esteemed guests and was handed over to a slave broker. He took her from Jiangzhou Prefecture on a winding journey, and by a twist of fate, sold her to a rough soldier who had just returned home to the Du family. The eldest son, Du Yu'en, had coarse features and a fierce look in his eyes. He spoke in a gruff voice, and whenever he shoute 921Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 47 Art Never Ages: Painting Beauties in Ancient Times 丹青不老，我在古代画美人 [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 8.5kReads7.2Score895Shelves
- 48 A Retired Palace Maid's Laid-Back Life 退休宫女的躺平日常 [No golden finger, ordinary people, slow-burn story, a gentle unfolding, peaceful daily life, lightly sketched setting] An alternate-world historical romance. All the worldbuilding is the author’s own invention, so don’t overthink it! One couple, sweet romance, mutual devotion, solid careers, and cozy everyday life. A wage slave in her previous life and a palace maid in this one, Wang Youran opens her eyes to an unexpected early retirement. Her life plan is clear: find a beautiful place with hil 2.7kReads7.6Score251Shelves
- 49 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 246Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 50 The Mountains Are Full of Treasure: A Bitter Girl’s Rise 满山都是宝，苦瓜少女的崛起 [Farming! Feel-Good Story! Golden Finger! Food! No Romance] [Content warning: No male lead, but there is one-sided affection. A gentle, cozy story!] College student Lin Xiu wakes up as a poor orphan girl in ancient times. There’s even a tiny baby by her bed, crying to be fed! A home stripped bare, doomed from the start! She thinks heaven must be against her, but then it gives her a golden finger! The mountains are wonderful! Picking mushrooms and making delicious food! Finding medicinal herbs 2.9kReads8.2Score342Shelves
