Novels like Reborn in a Year of Famine, a Compound Bow Is All I Need
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- 151 Transmigrated to the Deep Mountains: Farming, Foraging for Mushrooms, and Selling Herbal Jelly 穿越深山老林，种田捡菌卖冰粉 Liu Li Xia transmigrated to a remote mountain valley, where the family had barely a roof over their heads and went hungry every day. To make matters worse, the heavens refused to give her any golden finger at all. Raised under the red flag, she had never imagined hunger could feel so awful. She wanted food. A big bowl of rice. And plenty of meat, too. How could someone who knew nothing about farm work or crops achieve this “great ambition” in another world? 5.9kReads8.9Score50314d adds
- 152 The Carefree Little Landlord 逍遥小地主 He was lucky enough to transmigrate, and even into the family of a wealthy landlord. He'd never have to worry about food or clothes, but he had no intention of wasting his life doing nothing. So Fu Xiaoguan casually set a few things in motion, never expecting the impact to be so enormous. The emperor wants to make him a first-rank official, the princess wants him as her husband, the daughter of the Minister's household refuses to marry anyone else, the barbarians want his head, the Yi Kingdom wa 37.7kReads8.9Score4.4k14d adds
- 153 Ming Dynasty Imperial Exams: From the Start, I Became the Father of Five Children 大明科举，开局成了五个孩子的爹 (Farming + daily life in ancient times + imperial examinations) A reassuring read. Shen Lin'an inexplicably finds himself reborn in ancient times in the body of a widower, with four sons and a daughter to care for, as well as a mother in her fifties. The original owner was a scholar, but he had never even earned the title of licentiate. He was too weak to shoulder a load or lift a hand, knew nothing of farming, and spent every day in drunken stupors, letting the years slip by. Let's see how Shen 2.2kReads7.0Score16114d adds
- 154 A Beggar Fleeing Famine: Just Stay Alive 乞丐逃荒，不死就行 A little beggar on the streets of Sanxi Town, known by the nickname Bamboo Viper. For the first ten years or so, he barely managed to scrape by. When floods struck the Two Huai regions, he somehow survived and, for reasons he couldn't explain, fled the disaster with a string of little ones in tow. He took in children, learned to fish, and cleared land to farm. A beggar makes mistakes, is fiercely protective of his own, and tries his best to become a good older brother. The siblings go from havin 5.4kReads9.3Score66614d adds
- 155 When the Flowers Bloom 花若盛开 [Transmigration + No Pocket Dimension + No Golden Finger + Farming + Business + Food + Growth-Oriented Career-Driven Female Lead + Growth-Oriented Male Lead + Not a Goody-Two-Shoes + One-on-One Romance] She transmigrates into the twelve-year-old granddaughter of a rural scholar. Her grandmother is long dead, her parents have vanished without a trace, and her grandfather has just died. To escape the unreasonable harassment of unscrupulous clan members, she leaves her hometown with her seven-year- 14.2kReads8.7Score1.8k14d adds
- 156 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
- 157 Transmigrating to the Countryside to Farm 穿越农家在种田 Synopsis: (Farming story + no golden finger + no pocket dimension + food + no awful relatives + building a business) Li Yan, a university graduate village official working on poverty alleviation, transmigrates by accident to Li Family Village, a remote mountain hamlet. Her family is poor, and when her father fails the examinations yet again, her aunt’s long-simmering resentment finally boils over! Then let’s split the household! Her mother is pregnant, and her father knows nothing about farming. 1.9kReads8.9Score19214d adds
- 158 The Rise of the Beast-Taming Clan 御兽家族崛起 [Beast Taming] [Farming] [Family] A fantasy family saga about the rise of a Beast Taming clan. Ye Wenxuan transmigrated into a ninth-rank Beast Taming clan and became its current head. Watch him raise demonic beasts and fight with Beast Taming, producing one peerless demon king after another with powerful bloodlines for his family. Watch him breed spirit beasts and cultivate spirit fields, creating greater economic benefits for the clan. In the Great Wilderness, he matches wits and strength agai 15.3kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 159 The General's Wife Only Wants to Farm 将军夫人一心想种田 A farming story turned into an educational account of Zhao Kuangyin, founding emperor of the Early Song. This melon is so drunk. Apart from the protagonist's family and relatives, who are fictional, most of the people in the story are real. Even the personalities of minor soldiers, as well as the characters, events, and policies, are all documented in official histories. For sources, see the Song History on Hancheng.net. Historical fact-checkers welcome. A few caveats before you dive in: First, 23.3kReads9.3Score3.6k14d adds
- 160 Urban Cultivation: From Deliveryman to Guardian of the Heavenly Dao 都市修仙：从外卖员到天道守护者 Urban Cultivation: From Deliveryman to Guardian of the Heavenly Dao 20Reads—Score214d adds
- 161 Picking Up a Girl from the Start, My Beast Horde Sweeps the World 开局捡妹，我的兽群横扫天下 [Rousing power-ups + farming and conquest + an invincible beast horde + an overprotective big brother] Lin Fan wakes up to find that he has transmigrated into the body of a borderland boy nicknamed “Dirt Lump.” His parents are both dead, and all he has left are two scrawny little sisters. Just as the cavalry of the Khanate descends on their village, the [Beast-Taming System] awakens in his moment of despair! He starts by communicating with sparrows and rats, then learns to command packs of wol 1.8kReads9.0Score14914d adds
- 162 Chaos and Famine: My Daily Divinations Fill My Storehouse with Food and Meat! 乱世荒年：我每日一卦粮肉满仓！ Hunter + farming + stockpiling grain before making a move + rebellion and conquest + ten kingdoms, countless beauties [Current fate star: Mountain dweller] [Today's fortune: Blessings and misfortune intertwined] [Great fortune: At the northern foothills of Second Black Mountain, a deer has died of old age in the mountains. Go there to claim its entire hide and carcass.] [Fair: At the foot of Little Black Mountain, a pheasant is caught in the brambles. Hurry over and you might find something extr 291.7kReads8.3Score23.7k14d adds
- 163 Running a Women’s Federation in Ancient Times 我在古代办妇联 [No CP + business and farming + infrastructure building + strong female lead + feel-good story] Zhu Ling spent a happy hundred years lazing around at the Time-Space Bureau... only to end up six hundred million in debt! To pay it off, she was forced to bind herself to a Debt Collection System and begin her grueling repayment journey. Thus, Zixiao Kingdom gave rise to a legendary female tycoon. They say she started out selling tofu, struck it rich with konjac, and then parks, supermarkets, chain h 2.1kReads9.3Score26714d adds
- 164 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 27.3kReads8.2Score2k14d adds
- 165 Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Being of All Worlds 诸天垂钓：我钓出了万界至尊 Fishing Across the Heavens: I Caught the Supreme Sovereign of All Worlds 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The 1960s: After Getting into Technical College, I Secure a Cadre Position 六零：考上中专后，我稳坐干部岗 [1960s + everyday life + extremely, extremely slow-paced + family squabbles + no rural assignment + vocational school entrance exams + few awful relatives] [This is a female-oriented novel! The heroine is an ordinary person, not a powerhouse heroine. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Heartbroken and still looking for an internship? To escape reality, senior college student Zhou Yuan casually signed a contract for the full-immersion game Awakening. When she opened her eyes, she had become Z 17.7kReads8.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 167 Dimensional Spirit Beasts: Star Core Awakening 次元契兽：星核觉醒 Dimensional Spirit-Beast Pact: Star Core Awakening 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 After I Transmigrated into a Book, I Became the Wicked Stepmother of Three Villains 穿书后我成了三个反派的恶毒后娘 Original novel of the short drama After Transmigrating into a Book, I Became the Stepmother of Three Villains [Storage Space + Farming + Power Fantasy + Devoted Couple + Adorable Villainous Children] Ji Zhihuan went from being an S-rank member of a special forces team to transmigrating into a book as a cannon-fodder female character who dies in Chapter Three. She married Pei Yuan, a former war god who was as good as dead, and became the stepmother of three future villains. She was the first ste 8.7kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 169 The Debauched Prodigal Son 风流败家子 [Entry in the January 2020 Silver Vote Contest] Wang Kang, a university student from the twenty-first century, finds his soul in ancient times and becomes the wastrel young master of an earl’s household. He was too poor in his previous life, so in this one he wants nothing more than a beautiful wife, a life of wine and dreams, and the easy existence of a wastrel who can coast through life. But he never expected his family to be surrounded by crises and troubles to keep piling up from outside... 19kReads9.1Score2.1k14d adds
- 170 Eldest Daughter of a Farming Family: Fleeing Famine and Growing a Prosperous Life 农家长姐：逃荒种田过红火小日子 A birthday cake turns Sun Lele from modern times into Zhou Taohua of the Great Yu Kingdom. To make sure her foolish older brother and three younger brothers have enough to eat and warm clothes to wear, she works hard at farming! But something seems off about this village. Aren’t they all being a little too nice to her? She has no parents, no golden finger, and no influential background. But she can have a fiancé: you teach, and I’ll farm. See how Zhou Taohua grows vegetables and grain and raises 7.8kReads9.3Score71414d adds
- 171 The Charlatan Stirs Up Heaven 神棍搅天 Master says disciples of the Way of the Sublime must not marry. But Master has a whole harem of lovers. At just eighteen, this young Taoist is cursed with irresistible charm. Beautiful women of the mortal world, seductive ghosts from the underworld, and celestial maidens keep him constantly occupied. Watch him get face-slapped by reality as he transforms from a simple, honest man into a shameless Taoist. He plays at life, and toys with people, ghosts, and immortals. Have a laugh, and don't take 1.6kReads6.6Score15614d adds
- 172 My Whole Family Transmigrated: My System Can Only Buy Things from Home 全家穿越：我的系统只能买家里货 [Transmigration + System + Sweet Romance + Multiple Couples + Ensemble Cast + Lighthearted Fun] Both plot and everyday life are going strong. Light, funny, and heartwarming. There are couples! There will be a little rivalry for the heroine, but it ultimately ends in one-on-one romance. Expect an ancient-style domineering CEO, a refined villain, a yandere, unrequited love... but the final partner may not be the heroine. Cui Mingzhi transmigrates with her whole family to the Great Jing Dynasty, r 1.4kReads9.3Score16014d adds
- 173 An Ambitious Country Boy's Life in Ancient Times 农家小子的古代上进日常 After transmigrating into the body of a farmer's son in ancient times, a poor student had no choice but to embark on the long road of the imperial examinations to improve his family's life. He sought neither wealth and status nor a high salary or lofty office in this life. All he wanted was to protect his family and give them a peaceful life. 40.2kReads9.2Score3k14d adds
- 174 Global Awakening: I Crush All with Sign-In Rewards 全球觉醒：我靠签到碾压一切 Global Awakening: I Crush Everyone with Sign-Ins 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 175 I Transmigrated as a Good-for-Nothing and Activated the Fifty-Fifty System 穿越废柴，激活五五开系统 Transmigrate as a good-for-nothing and activate the Even-Match System 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Good-for-Nothing Son-in-Law's Ancient Legacy 废柴女婿的上古传承 The Good-for-Nothing Son-in-Law’s Ancient Inheritance 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 177 I Took a Super Mall on a Tour of Ancient Times 带着超级商场逛古代 [Print edition published] [Complete] [Alternate History + Transmigration + Pocket Dimension + Modern Weapons + Power Fantasy + Farming + Lighthearted Comedy + Daily Life] No money? I can pull out anything from my pocket dimension and live off it for the rest of my life. You’re a grandmaster? Let’s see how many bullets you can withstand. Want to get stronger? I just need a sip of water from my pocket dimension. I punish thugs, kill villains, fleece the Japanese, and take on the West. Food deliver 33.4kReads8.9Score2.9k14d adds
- 178 The Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 灵气之源，月灵传承 Source of Spiritual Energy: The Moon Spirit Legacy 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 179 The Farmer's Delightful Daughter Is Busy Planting Crops 农家娇女忙种田 (A warm-hearted transmigration story, with no awful relatives) I transmigrated into a farming family and found myself with a large courtyard and a house with gray-brick walls, along with a few acres of good farmland. The only problem was that the money box was empty. But that was no big deal: my grandparents doted on me, my parents loved me, my brothers got along with me, and the neighbors were kind and united. Bai Xia was sure that getting rich and living a comfortable life would be a piece of 16.9kReads9.3Score1.6k14d adds
- 180 Heavenly Beast Taming Art 万兽御天诀 Heavenly Beast Taming Art 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Reborn as a Farmer's Little Lucky Charm, I Cheat My Way Through the Famine Escape 穿成农家小福宝，逃荒路上开挂了 The Li family has a whole brood of boys, and at last they’ve had a little girl! Too bad it happened while they were fleeing famine… Granny Li: What are we going to do? Our precious little darling has no milk! Jiayin blows a spit bubble and waves her tiny hands: Don’t worry, I have a space and food of my own! And so… Fourth son Li: Ma, I found a nanny goat by the road! Fourth son Li’s wife: Ma, this rabbit ran right into a tree by itself! Third son Li: Ma, I went to fetch water, and a huge fish j 27.6kReads9.4Score3.4k14d adds
- 182 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 50.9kReads8.9Score6.3k14d adds
- 183 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, 13.1kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 184 Big Brother Goes to Cultivate Immortality, Little Brother Comes to Farm 哥去修仙，种田弟来 [No System] [No Items] [Farming] [Management] [Science + Metaphysics] After transmigrating to the cultivation world, with no System and no wise old mentor, he has to flee for his life from the start... While others are still fighting to the death over half a tattered manual or killing for a few cultivation supplies, Chen Fei glances at the data from the Spirit Realm: 80,000+ Yellow-tier techniques collected, 5,000+ Black-tier techniques, Earth-tier... The traditional path to immortality: Kill → 6.2kReads7.5Score40414d adds
- 185 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 45.6kReads9.0Score3.4k14d adds
- 186 Jilted on My Wedding Night, I Bond with the Grand Agricultural Official System 新婚夜被鸽后我绑定了大司农系统 [Women in government + farming and infrastructure + satisfying revenge with light comedy + career-focused with a little romance + male lead in a supporting role + beloved by everyone + romance after an arranged marriage] Lin Ran transmigrates to a fictional dynasty and gains a grandmother obsessed with chanting sutras, a father who brings bad luck to his wives, a bookish second younger brother, a wastrel third younger brother, an influential family by marriage, and a misfit System that hounds he 9.3kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
- 187 The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯 [Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr 17kReads8.2Score1k14d adds
- 188 Dual Crossing to 1936: I Looted the Japanese Army’s Treasury 双穿1936我搬空鬼子金库 Lin Feng is a retired special forces soldier. After leaving the military due to an injury, he works as a security guard. His parents are ill, and his brother is in debt. Thanks to a jade pendant, he transmigrates to 1936, an era engulfed in the flames of war... 560Reads—Score—14d adds
- 189 Who Starts Farming by Sending Three Piglets as a Gift? 种田谁家男主开局送礼送三只猪崽 Completed. Dive in without worry! (Farming + No golden finger + Family life + Romance + Building a fortune + Cozy + No awful characters) No System! No pocket dimension!! No golden finger!!! No awful characters!!!! (We’ve said it three times because it’s important. The male lead appears late. The story focuses on building a career, with romance as a side plot x3.) Baihua Cave is a village deep in the mountains, home to nearly a hundred households. Everyone says it’s a poor and remote backwater. S 22.7kReads9.0Score2.4k14d adds
- 190 You Dumped Me After I Passed the Scholar Exam, So Why Are You Crying Now That I’m Rich? 中秀才就休妻，我暴富你又哭什么 The moment Ye Caiping opened her eyes, she found herself a divorced woman, with her sister-in-law back home sharpening a knife against her. It wasn't that her sister-in-law was unreasonable. The original owner of this body was simply too awful! How awful? Here, take a look: Whenever her husband's family needed to build a house, if there was even a single grain of surplus food at her parents' home, she'd come sniffing around like a mad dog and take it all. So her mother-in-law could eat meat ever 33kReads9.3Score4.9k14d adds
- 191 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! 10.8kReads8.7Score98914d adds
- 192 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 25.9kReads9.2Score2.7k14d adds
- 193 The Urban Cultivator’s Carefree Life 修真者都市逍遥 Wu Xiaoyao was a young man from China. While climbing Mount Laojun, he was accidentally sucked into a black hole and transported to a world filled with powerful cultivators. As an ordinary mortal, he thought he was as good as dead, but unexpectedly, he gained the cultivation legacy of the Venerable of Ten Thousand Swords. Relying on his Chinese bloodline, he fought his way through every obstacle. After countless trials and hardships, he rose to the realm of Supreme Sovereign of the Myriad Worlds 93Reads—Score—14d adds
- 194 Lost in the Hundred-Thousand Mountains 误入十万大山 Lost in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 1.5kReads—Score—14d adds
- 195 The Leisurely Prince of Zhenguan 贞观小闲王 [No System]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Farming] Have you ever wondered what you’d do if you transmigrated to ancient times with no System and no golden finger? You’re not a physicist, chemist, or historian, just an ordinary person from the future. Everything you know comes from movies, TV, short-video platforms, and the media. How would you survive? Follow an ordinary person who transmigrates into Li Shen, Li Shimin’s tenth son at the beginning of the Tang dynasty. With nothing but his limited knowledge 117.7kReads9.2Score6.8k14d adds
- 196 Walking with Cherished Memories 与惜行 [Historical Fantasy, Adorable Family Favorite, Beast Speech, Pocket Dimension, Getting Revenge on Scum, Growing Stronger, Patriotism] Entirely written by hand, an original work with not a single AI-generated character. Any similarities are purely coincidental. A short drama adaptation is out now, so go check it out! The unlucky and penniless Li family finally has its only baby girl in a hundred years. From then on, their bad luck ends, and Grandpa is made a noble. The moment little Xibao is born 9.3kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 197 The Urban All-Purpose Lottery System 都市全能抽奖系统 By a twist of fate, Chen Feng, a young man from the city, obtained a sign-in lottery System. He discovered that he could win all kinds of skills, cultivation techniques, and items through the System's sign-in lottery... He could even use the System's power to transmigrate at any time into different film, TV, and novel worlds. Love in the Courtyard, Ode to Joy, Love Apartment, Drawing Sword, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Uncle Nine, Journey to the West, the Primordia 1.8kReads6.8Score10214d adds
- 198 Dual Travels in Republican-Era China: Slaughtering the Japanese Invaders 双穿民国之屠戮倭寇 Li Xiaren was an outstanding young man who had been 25 for years. After finally finding a girlfriend, he was just about to duo queue with her when a ball lightning bolt whisked him away to Shanghai during the Republican era. To his surprise, the mark left by the ball lightning lets him travel back and forth between the two worlds. In an instant, two monumental eras open up before him... 1.7kReads6.7Score—14d adds
- 199 The Flower-Pinned Young Man 簪花少年郎 When they first met, Qiao Yanan mistook the young man's sex, taking the breathtakingly beautiful youth for a girl. Thinking they were both fellow sufferers in this world, she treated “her” with great warmth, stirring the young man's heart. Once his identity was revealed, Qiao Yanan asked him to pose as her fake fiancé for her own safety. Having fallen for a beautiful young woman, the boy's heart beat faster and faster. He gladly accepted his new fiancée and did everything he could to turn their 10.4kReads9.6Score1.6k14d adds
- 200 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 31.1kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds
