Novels like Urban: Building a Farmstay from a Game
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- 1 Damn It! This Is a Restaurant, Not a Community Farm! 可恶！这是饭庄，不是共享农场！ [Urban Fantasy] [Communicating with Animals] [Food and Adorable Pets] [Revitalizing the Countryside] [Rural Development] After losing his job, Xu Buyan returned to his village and bound himself to the Big Restaurant Bird System. To get his business going, he had to dig soil from a garbage mountain in the cultivation world and use it to grow ingredients. He planned to grow a few vegetables, and talked with the rich second-generation heir who owned the orchard about picking a few fruit trees from 2.6kReads—Score33614d adds
- 2 My Fishing Grounds Connect to the Immortal Realm 我的渔场通仙界 [Farming, Fish Farming, Food, Countryside, Development, Billionaire] In the age of ready-made meals, laid-off chef Lu Jingchuan returns dejectedly to his nearly abandoned hometown, Moon Bay. He inherits a run-down fishery and a mountain of debt. He thinks his life is finally going to be all about lying flat, until an accident activates the Immortal Destiny Jade Pendant his grandfather left behind. From then on, the world is never the same! Fish raised in spirit-rich Immortal Spring grow to full 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 From the Start, I Got an Inheritance. Now I'll Make Those Ungrateful Wolves Pay 开局就分遗产，我痛宰白眼狼们 “A Chen, your grandpa has been buried. Now, your uncle here is going to divide up the inheritance.” “The old house is mine, and the land on the north slope goes to your third uncle.” “As for you, you’ve been eating for free all these years. You’re not getting a thing.” “Brother, why waste your breath on this little bastard? Make him sign already, or I’ll break his other arm too.” 5.8kReads8.8Score32014d adds
- 4 Feeling Anxious? I Found Healing in a Country Courtyard 你焦虑了吗？我在农村小院治愈了 At 44, I take the blame and get disciplined. My promotion is gone. My wife's job is unstable, and she's always on edge. My son is hooked on online games, and his grades leave a lot to be desired. I rent a place with a courtyard in the suburbs. I work in the CBD by day, then come back to the village at night to raise chickens, walk the dog, and grow vegetables. The neighbors say I look like an idiot turning over the soil. But idiots don't have to take the blame for anyone anymore. I raise chicken 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills 我的九四，从漫山野菜开始 Xu Shouyi was an outstanding modern farmer of the 21st century. After serving as village chief for 20 years, he went to a neighboring village to advise them on a new planting method. Then, caught in a sudden downpour, his car plunged off a cliff… When he woke up again, he had returned to 1994. There was still time to set things right. In his previous life, he’d drifted through life and only come to his senses in middle age. This time, he would use his knowledge to lead his kind-hearted neighbors 501Reads—Score10014d adds
- 6 A Laid-Back Dad Raises Kids and Walks His Pets 青山奶爸遛宠带娃 Handcrafted by the author, with no AI: [Reborn] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Caring for a Baby] + [Adorable Pets] + [Working Hard to Make Money] + [Brotherhood] = [Urban Farming + Everyday Life] + [Advanced Martial Arts + Special Abilities + A Touch of the Supernatural] + [Disaster] Ye Tian was a top mercenary and agent before being reborn. In his new life, he raises Niuniu (Ye Tiantian), the adorable daughter of the captain who sacrificed herself to save him. With a few cute pets, a group of friends 57.3kReads8.8Score4.9k14d adds
- 7 Hunting in the Mountains: The Vast Mountain Range Is My Golden Pasture 赶山，十万大山是我的黄金牧场 [Mountain foraging - mushrooms - pets - tycoon] Adapted from the book Modern Mountain Foraging! Mu Qingshan is a veterinarian. After witnessing a Rottweiler maul a little girl, he intervenes and beats the dog to death. As a result, he is attacked online by extreme dog lovers, some of whom even show up at the veterinary clinic where he works to cause trouble. Forced to quit, Mu Qingshan returns to his hometown in the mountains. On a trip into the mountains to gather mushrooms, he unexpectedly acq 3.5kReads8.7Score29414d adds
- 8 Animal Extinction: From the Start, I Got a Million Mu of Land in the Desert 动物灭绝：开局荒漠获得百万亩地 Jiang Cheng transmigrates to a world where animals have gone extinct. He volunteers for the forest ranger unit nobody else wants to join and becomes a Qinling sand-control worker. There is sand everywhere and little water or soil, only endless bones of the dead. But everything changes after he picks up an adorable little tiger. His life is transformed! [Pet a tiger's head in the Year of the Tiger: Receive 1 self-heating sleeping bag] [Pet a tiger's tail in the Year of the Tiger: Receive 1 bag of 985Reads9.4Score10414d adds
- 9 Disaster: From the Start, One Mountain to Call My Own. Stockpile? Farm! 天灾：开局一座山，囤货？种田！ This is a farming story. [Natural disasters + farming + hunting + fishing + food + grasslands + deep mountains + herding + healing + a nontraditional apocalypse + seclusion + daily life + sweet romance + childhood sweethearts] Just two people living in seclusion in the forest (emphasis on just two!). The whole story focuses on cozy, everyday details: growing vegetables and crops, raising chickens and geese. No golden finger, just hard work and self-reliance. Warnings: There is a romantic pairin 8.2kReads9.0Score79314d adds
- 10 From the Start with a Spirit Spring, I Turn My Hometown into a Peach Blossom Paradise 开局灵泉，我把老家打造成桃花源 [Pocket dimension and spirit spring + country life + raising pets + mutual healing, lighthearted and heartwarming] Her mother had cancer, her scumbag boyfriend was cheating on her, and he and his mistress had stolen her designs. Then she was fired from her company. With her life at its bleakest, An Nuan planned to take her mother back to their hometown to spend her final days there. Then she unexpectedly unlocked a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Working herself to the bone for a pittance 37.2kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 11 Carefree Farmer of the Countryside 逍遥山野农夫 [Mature Beauty + Mountain Foraging + Mushroom Farming + Rural Daily Life] Three mountains, one river, and a few acres of farmland. The farmer's spring water tastes a little sweet. There's land to plant and till, plus a stretch of woodland where you can pick mushrooms. Every mother-in-law loves a son-in-law like this. 14.6kReads9.1Score89814d adds
- 12 Rural Livestream: 100,000 Acres from the Start 乡村直播：开局10万亩地 Bound to the Manor Owner System, he receives 100,000 mu of land from the start! He decisively chooses to become a great manor owner, farming, raising livestock, fishing, making use of the lush mountains and clear waters, and earning a fortune. Faced with all the wondrous items in the System Shop, An Ge also starts livestreaming. Who would have thought he’d gain tens of millions of fans? Fine food, fine wine, beautiful women, stunning scenery, luxury cars, villas, airplanes, skiing, mountain clim 14.5kReads8.9Score97014d adds
- 13 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 10.3kReads8.7Score87414d adds
- 14 You Were Put in Charge of a Zoo, So Why Did You Drive All the Animals Crazy? 让你接管动物园，你把动物都逼疯 After transmigrating to Blue Star, Yang Lin inherits an old, run-down zoo from his parents. The bad news is that the zoo barely has any animals. The good news is that he gets a talent-training System. Other people's Systems let them boost their own stats. His lets him boost animals' stats. Boost a chimpanzee, and it awakens incredible throwing skills, hitting any target within a hundred meters. Boost a gibbon, and it awakens an amazing talent for imitation, mastering singing, dancing, and rap. B 8.2kReads9.3Score95014d adds
- 15 EN With a Pocket Dimension in Hand, Farming and Walking Dogs 空间在手，种田遛狗 [Male-oriented opening: Get a spiritual spring space, go home to farm and raise dogs. Male-oriented ending: Sweep every race across the Myriad Worlds into the trash] A rural farming story set in a mountain village. The protagonist stumbles upon a fortuitous opportunity and figures out cultivation on his own. A laid-back cultivation novel with no System, but with a space. Later on, it has two male leads, a father and son, and changes maps after about a thousand chapters. Ye Huan, who works in a b 27.9kReads9.1Score2.7k14d adds
- 16 The Earth God of Great Zhou 大周土地公 [Quality guaranteed across 5 million characters. Feel free to bookmark and enjoy!] He transmigrates into the world of Sword and Fairy and becomes the lowest-ranking Earth God. Relying on the incense offerings of the spirits in the wilderness, such as weasels, foxes, rats, hedgehogs, and snakes, he grows stronger step by step and establishes a clan of immortals. He teaches weasels to lay bricks, foxes to tell stories, rats to mint coins, and pythons to sail the seas... Starting out as an Earth Go 27.3kReads9.0Score3.2k14d adds
- 17 You Call This a 10A Tourist Attraction? 就你这景区是10A啊 [Infrastructure] [Building Tourist Attractions] [No Heroine] Xu Jing inherited a scenic area in a barren mountain range. You say it's so rundown that nobody visits? Then he'll turn it into a Level 10A attraction! A sacred mountain teeming with life, ruins beneath the lake, a place of pilgrimage... Countless people poured into this obscure little city and stared in bewilderment at the floating island overhead... You call this just a tourist attraction? 92.4kReads9.4Score8.7k14d adds
- 18 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 85.9kReads9.5Score8.1k14d adds
