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- 1 I Woke Up as a Terrible Farm Wife Fleeing Famine, but I’m Not Panicking 睁眼就成了极品农妇逃荒，我不慌 [Fleeing famine + drought + floods + soldiers and bandits + spiritual spring space + heartwarming, no toxic family members + no romance] Bai Yuanhe, an older single woman, suddenly transmigrates into the body of a notorious shrew in Yulin Village during the Great Yue dynasty. Not only must she flee famine with her whole family in tow, she also discovers that her daughter is the scheming white-lotus villainess from a novel. With the golden finger her daughter hasn’t yet squandered by giving it to 974Reads8.9Score10214d adds
- 2 Transmigrated to Ancient Times as a Handsome Farmer, This Special Forces Soldier Wants to Cry 穿越古代成农夫小鲜肉特种兵想哭 On his way home from an elite special forces competition, his plane is struck by lightning, and he transmigrates to another world. A young bachelor in the prime of his life becomes an old farmer of grandfatherly age, and is left close to tears when faced with so many mouths to feed. How can he lead this bunch of adopted kids to a better life? Only through hard work. Drawing on the martial arts passed down through his family in his previous life, as well as his maternal family's renowned Huizhou 3.5kReads8.6Score31114d adds
- 3 Transmigrated: A Violent Couple Spoils Each Other 穿越，暴力夫妻互宠 Modern-day workplace ace Yang Mengmeng drinks herself to death at a business dinner while celebrating a million-yuan commission. She transmigrates into the body of a girl in the Great Banner Dynasty who shares her name. The girl had been beaten to death by her parents and older brother. Following the principle of not wasting anything and putting useless things to good use, Yang Mengmeng is sold into a ghost marriage. The widower Wang, a hunter from Big Tree Village, buys her as his wife because 3.8kReads9.2Score33414d adds
- 4 A Pocket Dimension in Times of Famine: The Tough, Fierce Mother Takes Her Children Farming 灾荒有空间：彪悍恶妇带崽去种田 [Pocket dimension + fleeing famine and disaster + adorable child and genius doctor + building wealth + mutual devotion] When the S virus swept across the globe, Shen Qiao began frantically stockpiling supplies as soon as the lockdown notice was announced. Before she could use the mountains of supplies in her home, she transmigrated into the body of a universally hated shrew who spent every day either cursing at her husband or beating her children. Everyone said she was a downright shrew and a lu 2.4kReads9.0Score32514d adds
- 5 Wherever My Heart Is at Peace, That Is Home 吾心安即吾乡 A few acres of fields, a few children, and chickens, ducks, pigs, and cattle to call my own. -- “Could we go to your home in our next life?” “Are you silly? This is my home! You, the children, and everything else... This is the only place I call home.” 2kReads8.4Score12914d adds
- 6 Pregnant and Fleeing Famine, I Lead My Foolish Husband with One Hand and Wield a Pocket Dimension with the Other 逃荒孕妇，一手牵傻夫一手握空间 [Farming + pocket dimension + fleeing famine + raising kids + the silly husband is irresistible] Jiang Chengxue transmigrates into the middle of a famine evacuation. When she opens her eyes, she has a silly husband with the mind of a child, and a seven-month-old baby in her belly… There’s barely any food or water. They could die tomorrow, and they’ve even become separated from the villagers! To keep his wife and unborn son alive, her silly husband lets people treat him like a beast of burden, ha 8.1kReads8.7Score89014d adds
- 7 After Transmigrating and Fleeing the Famine, I Made a Fortune Through Farming 穿越逃荒后我靠种田发家致富了 [Fleeing famine + golden finger + no romance + building wealth + farming + plot-focused + completed] Liu Xu died at the hands of zombies and woke up to discover that she had transmigrated. Her family had no land and relied on hunting to make ends meet. To top it off, her father's leg was broken. Luckily, it could be treated, but they were short on money. Just as the whole family was about to hit a dead end, Liu Xu received a gift from Heaven: a golden finger that gave her limitless strength. She 2.5kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 8 After Becoming the Old Scoundrel in a Famine-Escape Novel, I Give Up 穿成逃荒文极品老头后，我摆烂了 (The rating just came in, so it's a little low. Please don't let it put you off, dear readers.) [Transmigration + the protagonist is a real piece of work + flight from famine + System + reforming the worst of the bunch + ensemble cast + feel-good power fantasy + family squabbles] Xu Mu was sent flying by a check from the domineering CEO's mother. When she opens her eyes again, she's transmigrated into the body of a thoroughly awful old man in an old-fashioned farming-and-famine novel. Not only h 6.6kReads8.0Score44414d adds
- 9 A Bride Raised in Poverty: I Farm to Support the Heir 寒门童养媳：我靠种田发家养世子 Transmigration + farming + imperial examinations + face-slapping the worst sort of people + a mystery about her origins + storing grain for years of famine This novel has no romance, no romance, no romance. The heroine just wants to retire, lie flat, and keep 180 male models! Agronomy PhD Shen Qingci transmigrates into the body of a twelve-year-old child bride. The moment she opens her eyes, she is being sold to an old widower who beat his wife to death. She turns the tables on the scoundrel, ta 944Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 10 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？ 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 3.1kReads—Score18814d adds
- 11 The Strong Widow and Her Children of Every Shape and Size Flee the Famine 大力寡妇与高矮胖瘦的儿女在逃荒 [No romance + widow + butcher + the whole village flees famine + farming + space + building wealth] Some people are killed by cars, others by people jumping from buildings, but Cheng Guqing is crushed to death by grain in a granary! Then she transmigrates. She wakes up as a 45-year-old widow, 180 centimeters tall and weighing 200 jin, whose husband has just died and who’s astonishingly strong. She goes straight from being an unmarried older woman to a grandmother, gaining a pile of children, in- 13.6kReads8.8Score81014d adds
- 12 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 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 8.1kReads7.6Score74614d adds
- 13 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！ 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 796Reads7.3Score10814d adds
- 14 The Villainess Redeemed! The Family She Ruined Can Be Saved 恶女洗白！被祸害的一家人有救了 Signed for print publication [farming + transmigration + medicine + family life + building wealth + fleeing disaster + devoted romance] Clear-headed heroine vs. loyal, devoted hero Lu Qingqing, who holds doctorates in both Chinese and Western medicine, transmigrates into the body of a wicked woman. She bullies the elderly, beats children, and even kicks sick old dogs on the roadside. Because of her, her father loses the general store he spent his life working for. For her sake, her eldest brothe 81.2kReads8.9Score9.2k14d adds
- 15 Transmigrate Into a Book: Escape from Famine 穿书之逃荒记 Note: No romantic pairing The setup: Chu Yanting, a notoriously bad writer whose novel was left unfinished, transmigrates into her own story as the unfortunate heroine who dies in childbirth. According to the plot, she has 30 days left to live. With disasters striking one after another and war breaking out, she has to care for a family of elderly people, children, and women. Yet the transmigration god only gives her a miniature pocket dimension measuring 0.1 square meters… Request: Please give t 3.6kReads9.2Score33814d adds
- 16 Transmigrated with Three Kids! A Ruinous Start, a Road to Riches! 穿越带仨娃！天崩开局致富路！ 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 21.7kReads8.1Score1.8k14d adds
- 17 I Transmigrated to a Famine Year: Fleeing with My Laid-Back Dad 穿越荒年，我和老六爹的逃荒路 [No romance + fleeing famine + farming + pocket dimension] Note: Don't compare this novel to reality. It's not a documentary. No romance, no romance, no romance. Important things must be said three times. The first novel starring Chang'an and Gu Laoliu. If you don't like it, close the page and go read something you do like. Don't leave nasty comments. Writing isn't easy, so please be respectful. Thank you! When she opened her eyes, Gu Chang'an had transmigrated from an apocalypse, where she had 13.7kReads9.1Score1.6k14d adds
- 18 I’ve Transmigrated to a Famine Year. If You Need Me, Burn Some Paper Offerings 本人已穿荒年，有事记得烧纸 Chen Dongyue transmigrated. The good news: She gained access to a strange pocket dimension. The catch was that the unreliable space only worked if her old friend You Sijia made daily “offerings” to it. The bad news: She had transmigrated into the body of a woman as burly as a mountain and as fierce as a tigress. Her family was poor, and on top of that, she had to deal with the “mess” her missing husband had left behind, as well as support her mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. Luc 7.3kReads9.3Score76214d adds
- 19 My Whole Clan Is Exiled? I'll Get Rich Through Farming 全族流放？我靠种植发家致富了 [Male lead, golden finger, lighthearted, exile and farming] Ji Changying was a walking encyclopedia of plants. Her remarkable abilities caught the attention of an experimental research base. They spent two years and sent ten skilled fighters to capture her. In the end, she blew up their base, but something went wrong, and she died too. When Ji Changying opened her eyes again, she had become the little fool of the Ji family in Lianhua Village. Her parents were loving, and her family was harmoniou 26.8kReads9.2Score3.6k14d adds
- 20 The Beloved Farm Girl Wins by Doing Nothing on the Road to Escape 空间：团宠农女她在逃荒路上躺赢 As natural disasters and human calamities struck, barbarians invaded and warfare raged without end. The old Shen family joined the villagers on the road to escape famine. But hunger and cold were no concern: the Shen family had a beloved good-luck charm who brought them blessings. Wild boars came knocking, pheasants and rabbits ran right into their cooking pot, and game could be gathered in droves. She knew medicine and had a pocket dimension, and she saved children and cured the sick. But why d 11.2kReads9.4Score1.1k14d adds
- 21 Five-Year-Old Village Chief Leads the Villagers to the Throne 五岁小村长，带着村民登基了 [Feel-good power fantasy + transmigration + no romance + absurd comedy + System + empress + everyone’s favorite + rise to power in troubled times + infrastructure + farming] Shi Xiaojiu, a little zombie king from the apocalypse, opened her eyes to find she had become the heaven-sent young village chief of Taoyuan Village. She also had a System in her head, constantly supervising her and telling her how to become a qualified village chief. Xiaojiu diligently worked to complete tasks and earn rewa 19.9kReads9.2Score2.5k14d adds
- 22 Driven from My Ancestral Home, I Feast with My Family 被逼出祖宅我带家人大鱼大肉 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 10.7kReads8.7Score90614d adds
- 23 Come On, Surely the Whole Family Didn't Transmigrate 别闹，不会真有全家穿越这种事吧 The Xia family had been looking forward to their self-driving trip along the eastern coast for ages. They never expected a typhoon to sweep all four of them back a thousand years. When they opened their eyes, the people were still the same four, but... the era was completely different! Come on! How can a whole family transmigrate together? Even worse, as soon as they arrived, they found themselves facing poor harvests and one disaster after another. Fleeing? No way. They were just following the 15.7kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 24 Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税？从养活美娇媳妇开始 [No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa 27.6kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 25 Transmigrating to the 1940s: The Landlord's Son and the Bandit's Daughter 穿越四零：地主儿子与土匪闺女 [Completed] [1940s] [Husband and wife both transmigrate] [Husband becomes a woman] [Wife becomes a man] At the edge of a cliff: “Wife, let go!” Chen Yiqiao is sprawled over the edge of the cliff, one arm wrapped around a large rock at the top while one hand clutches Chen Bing's hand tightly, refusing to let go. “No! If we live, we live together. If we die, we die together!” Feeling Chen Yiqiao's body slowly slipping lower, Chen Bing panics. “Wife! Let go! I want you to live!” “Shut up! I said, i 22.6kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 26 Fleeing Disaster: Our Whole Family Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Survive 天灾逃荒：全家穿到古代求生存 [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, 13kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 27 You Take the Imperial Exams, I Farm: A Paper-Thin Couple Braving the Famine 你科举我种田，塑料夫妻闯荒年 [Farming + food + pocket dimension + stockpiling grain + fleeing famine + business + sweet romance + everyday life] After Jiang Qingyue’s soul is mistakenly taken, she receives the ultimate transmigration starter pack. She thought she’d get to live a cheat-powered life, railing against heaven, earth, and everything in between. Instead, she transmigrates into the body of a fat, lazy, greedy, slippery woman and marries a man who hates her to the bone. Song Yan died unjustly in his previous life an 44.6kReads9.0Score3.5k14d adds
- 28 The Sixies’ Worst Old Lady: You, You, and You, Get Down on Your Knees! 六零极品老太：你你还有你跪下！ [Period Setting + Ensemble Cast + Golden Finger + Everyday Life] Young Qihong Dou wakes up in the 1960s in the body of a troublesome old woman. She has a huge brood of descendants and endless family drama, and every morning she opens her eyes wondering why she still hasn't died. After becoming the awful Old Madam Zhao, Qihong Dou fails to die and has no choice but to accept her fate and start fighting to survive. Fortunately, Heaven hasn't treated her too badly: it gave her a golden finger. A t 24.9kReads9.3Score2.9k14d adds
- 29 Exiled from the Start, I Become the Beloved Darling of Evil Valley 开局流放，我在恶人谷当团宠 [Strong heroine, pairing with Bai Yu] She was a test subject at a secret underground research facility in the twenty-first century, designation Zero. She could retrieve objects from thin air and had no empathy. One day, she was reborn and transmigrated to an ancient farming household. A natural disaster struck right after she was born, and her whole family was exiled when she was barely a month old. Everyone around her said she was a harbinger of disaster. Grandma Su let out a cold laugh, hoist 19.4kReads9.5Score3.6k14d adds
- 30 The Sixties: Traveling the World with My Pocket Dimension 六十年代之带着空间畅游天下 Li Beibei grew up surrounded by stories, then unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a lucky girl in the 1950s. Touched by her family’s favoritism and kindness, she gladly accepts their love and decides to repay them with her own abilities. As she plans her future, Li Beibei chooses two careers that will let her travel at public expense, hoping to make up for the regrets of her past life: journalist and diplomat! And so begins her extraordinary journey in this world. By the seaside: “Qing f 9.3kReads9.3Score77814d adds
- 31 Rising from the Ashes 劫后凡升 Rising from the Ordinary After the Calamity 171Reads—Score1414d adds
- 32 Wei Xiaobao Conquers the World 韦小宝争霸天下 Funny, lighthearted, a little System, transmigration, souls returning... Nong di ge dong, xian ren ban ban, Xiao Xuanzi, I didn't rebel, but somehow I became a wanted criminal! What a load of nonsense! For the sake of a thousand generations, Xiao Xuanzi, I'll take your throne, and you can have Tongchi Island back! 10.8kReads8.7Score99214d adds
- 33 I Married the Sickly Chief Minister with a Farming System, and He Flirts with Me Every Day 带种田系统嫁病娇首辅，日日被撩 [Farming + putting scumbags in their place + strong heroine + sweet romance + devoted couple] Lu Zhaozhao, head of a family of merchants, accidentally gets bound to a farming System that brings her into a lucky-charm farming novel called The Imperial Consort of the Peasant Household. There, she becomes a cannon-fodder supporting female character who dies as soon as she appears. When she opens her eyes, she has to choose between two newlywed husbands. She faces a greedy, vicious mother-in-law, th 38.3kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds
- 34 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 (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 85.6kReads9.5Score8.2k14d adds
- 35 The Abandoned Miracle Doctor Returns Reborn 神医弃女重生归来 [Pure Love] [Rebirth] [Pocket Dimension] [Revenge] [Sweet Romance] The first season of the animated series The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Takes Her Radiant Beauty Into Her Own Hands is now available on Hongguo and Douyin. This success is all thanks to your support, dear readers. Ziwei bows in gratitude! In her previous life, she fell into the water and lay unconscious for six days, missing her coming-of-age ceremony. When she woke, she learned she was to marry the heir of a marquis's household. 15.6kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 36 I'm Wanwan, Not Wanwan: We're All Reborn, So Why Should I Keep Indulging You? 绾绾不是晚晚：都重生了谁还惯你 [Soul Swap] [Face-Slapping] [Spatial Spirit Spring] [Ensemble Cast] [Fantasy] On her wedding day, Shen Wanwan is brutally murdered, pierced through the heart by a blade. Her soul follows her body downstream along the river. Meanwhile, Pei Wanning, trying to escape a ghost marriage to the Prince of Qin, jumps into the river to fake her death, only to actually drown. A thousand miles away, their souls meet on a riverbank. Shen Wanwan is horrified. “...Are you human or a ghost?” Pei Wanning can't h 31kReads8.9Score3k14d adds
- 37 The Whole Family Transmigrates: 18 Ways to Survive in Ancient Times 全家穿越：古代生存十八法 The whole family transmigrates to ancient times after an accident. Whether that counts as good luck or bad luck is anyone’s guess. They’ve barely woken up when they find out the family has no money, no land, and a mountain of debt to repay. Not one of them has a golden finger, either. But the dog that came along with them is rather interesting. Could it be some kind of divine hound? This big family has to put food on the table, keep the household harmonious, and make progress in their studies. W 49.5kReads9.5Score5.3k14d adds
- 38 After Transmigrating to a Year of Famine, I Became the Worst Mother-in-Law 穿到荒年后，我成了极品恶婆婆 [Farming + feel-good wish fulfillment + System + adorable kids + no male lead] Cheng Wanqun woke up in the body of a 33-year-old farmer's wife in ancient Dahuang Village. Her four sons were kneeling by the bed, calling her Mother, and her daughter-in-law had another grandchild on the way. After being single her entire life for 33 years, she'd suddenly become a mother-in-law and grandmother. Raising four sons was already hard enough, but then disaster struck: locust plagues, droughts, snowstorms. 68.6kReads9.4Score7.7k14d adds
- 39 Li Chengdao 李承道 Special forces soldier Li Chengdao unexpectedly transmigrates to a strange valley. He transforms the valley and makes his way out of the mountains. Using the valley as his base, he builds his own Heavenly Dao Group in the world of immortal cultivation. He establishes the Li Family Medical Hall and heals the sick. He makes his fortune with spiritual-root wine, branches into every industry, and becomes the richest man under heaven. He establishes a free Heavenly Dao Academy and cultivates a great 1kReads9.2Score25114d adds
- 40 After Transmigration, Her Whole Family Are Villains 穿越之我全家都是反派 Content warning: Lots of crude bathroom humor. Don't read while eating. Version One: Jiang Mianmian transmigrates. Her father is a scheming scholar with the face of a kindly man. Her mother has the face of a bodhisattva and the heart of a ruthless killer. Her eldest brother looks simple-minded but is cunning at heart. Her second sister is selfish and sharp-tongued. They were born destined to be villains. To highlight the protagonist's justice, kindness, and greatness, they work hard to do all so 139.1kReads9.6Score17k14d adds
- 41 Cherishing Flowers 惜花芷 [The original novel behind the TV adaptation starring Hu Yitian and Zhang Jingyi] After keeping her talents hidden for fifteen years, Hua Zhi thought she could spend her life as a proper aristocratic young lady, living in peace. But when the Hua family’s fortunes collapse, she has no choice but to reveal her sharp edge and hold the storm-tossed household together. Being out in public becomes the norm, and so does galloping through the streets. When all else fails, she even carries a coffin on he 18.2kReads9.6Score4.2k14d adds
