Novels like My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as My 1994: Starting with Wild Vegetables Across the Hills, best match first.
- 1 The Childhood Bride Who Has Her Eye on Her Younger Brother 馋上弟弟的童养媳 “Zhou Zhengdong’s legs are ruined, and so is he. He’s not even a man anymore!” Xiao Qing swallowed a bitter laugh. Her big brother was ruined? She was the only one who knew he was nothing like a cripple! In a poor, isolated mountain village, swapping marriages was the only way poor families could bind themselves together through marriage. Xiao Qing was a gentle, pretty girl, but no matter how bright her eyes were, she couldn’t escape the shackles of a swapped marriage, much less the taboos of 48Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 2 Let Go of That Village Beauty and Let Me Have Her 放开那个村花，让我来 Su Mu, a veteran, traveled far and wide before finally choosing to return to his hometown. There, he devoted himself to rural development, helping people escape poverty, taking on local bullies, and protecting the village beauty. In my territory, I make the rules! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Back to the 1980s: I Conquer the Nation with My Cutting-Edge Cooking 重回80，我用超前厨艺征服全国 [Reborn in a bygone era + building a fortune + food + devoted dad + winning back his wife] Lin Feng was a top food blogger with tens of millions of followers in his previous life. He had both fame and fortune, yet spent the rest of his life regretting one thing: losing his wife and daughter. When a gas explosion sent him back to that shattered morning in 1988, he faced divorce papers from his wife and the wary look in his daughter's eyes. He was penniless, with nothing but a cold stove. Everyo 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Shocking! There's a Plot of Immortal Land in My Hometown 震惊！我家乡下有块仙田 [Farming] [Everyday Life] [Love Grows Over Time] [Pet Raising] [Best Friends] [National Destiny] For two years, Lin Qing stood by Chen Jingfu, devoting herself to him at work and in life. But when she turned to him for help after her parents were in a car accident, she caught him with another woman and got nothing but, “She's just an ordinary employee!” Lin Qing dealt the cheating pair a few slaps and broke things off without hesitation. With her head out of the clouds of love, her intelligence 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Strongest Little Farmer 最强小农人 After years of drifting through life following his college graduation, Chen Zhe awakens the Ultimate Farmer System after going through a series of life-changing events. He sets out to build the ideal little village of his dreams, a countryside home of his own. He raises fish and chickens, grows flowers, and develops a new rural community, turning it into a renowned village admired far and wide. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Transmigrate with the Whole Family and Feast on Meat 穿越之全家一起吃肉 [Transmigrate + farming + food + building wealth + slow-burn, character-growth story] When Wu Lan first transmigrated, her family was so poor their pockets were empty. Her family split up, illness struck, heavy snow sealed off the mountains, the village chief stood in her way, and she was kidnapped and sold. Drawing on memories from her previous life, she ventured deep into the mountains and sold wild goods, saving up money bit by bit. As Wu Lan eats spicy chicken and reminisces about those time 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Bride Who Brings Good Fortune: Farming, Supporting Her Husband, and Getting Rich 冲喜小娘子，种田养夫又暴富 [Fictional setting + transmigration + marriage to bring good fortune + farming + family life + cozy daily life] After staying up all night to grab Double Eleven coupons, Shen Zhizhi dozed off. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a farm girl in Qinghe Village who shared her name. Her father didn’t care for her, her mother didn’t love her, and her younger brother was a lazy gambler and womanizer. Her own mother promptly sold her to the Gu family to marry their sickly son, who was said 939Reads8.0Score12514d adds
- 8 Laibao 来宝 Zhang Laibao is the only girl in the Zhang family of Wangshan Village. Her parents, grandparents, and four older brothers dote on and protect her as she grows up carefree, innocent, lively, adorable, and clever. Then, at the age of six, she meets a mute boy, the man who will make her heart skip, ache, and break for the rest of her life! He has crossed time and space from the previous century, following her for the sake of their love in a former life...! Together, they embark on a poignant, earth 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Busy Farming! Busy Farming! Farming My Way to the Throne Keeps Me Busier Than Ever 种地忙！种地忙！种出帝位忙上忙 Su Qinghe, an agricultural science PhD with multiple patents to her name, only dozed off for a moment in the lab. When she woke up, she was in a prison cart bound for exile. Her father was dead, her mother was frail, her younger brother was still a child, and the two little concubine-born girls did nothing but sob. Su Qinghe felt her whole world collapse. Fortunately, the laboratory she had worked so hard to build in her previous life had come with her. Superior seed varieties, profitable fruits 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Youngest Daughter of the Wen Family 温家小女 Wen Ruyi is a clever, resilient young woman from a farming family. Starting with the day she rescues Shen Yan, the third young master of the Shen family, she gradually changes her fate. First, she plays hard to get to secure a reward and find her father a job. Then she devises a clever plan to split the family and become independent. She grows and sells vegetables, opens a shop, and leads her parents and younger brother to prosperity. Shen Yan is drawn to her uniqueness and pursues her sincerely 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 11 Reborn in the 1970s with My Child, I Flash-Marry a Brooding Officer in the Compound 重生七零带崽崽，闪婚大院病娇夫 [Period setting + both reborn + alternate world + whirlwind marriage + building wealth + spatial ability + devoted to each other] Zhou Guifang was reborn! This time, she would protect her younger brother and sister. But when had saving someone and being saved become wrong? Her fiancé’s family came to break off the engagement, her grandmother wanted to marry her off far away, and they planned to take the twins away. How could she let that happen? So she and the man who had saved her became a coup 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Insisted on Returning to the Village to Raise Geese and Make Money, but Lost the Love of Two Women 我执意回村养鹅赚钱，却失去两个女人的爱 I Insisted on Returning to the Village to Raise Geese and Make Money, but Lost the Love of Two Women 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 From the Start, a Lonely Orphan in a Tumbledown Shack, She Farms Her Way Into the Imperial Palace 开局孤女小破棚，她靠种田住皇宫 Farming + Family life + Difficult relatives + Friendship + No saintly do-gooder “Get out of the Qin family! You can forget about the house and the land!” Qin Xiaoya was shoved into a pillar by Qin Laoer, and blood sprayed from her forehead... When she woke up, Wen Xi, a modern urban professional, discovered she had become Qin Xiaoya, an orphan in ancient times. With no parents, she was cruelly cheated out of her inheritance. She had no house or land and could only take shelter in a shabby thatc —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Rustic Farmer and His Lovely Bride 农家糙汉俏娇娘 Yue Ning had only closed her eyes for a brief nap when she transmigrated. She became a “half-dead” wife someone had bought for two taels of silver. Her new home was bare, and the thatch roof shed straw whenever the wind blew. Her husband was “half-crippled,” and his parents and siblings all despised him as a “black-hearted steamed bun.” Yue Ning woke from her nap to find her life had become this exciting. The rice jar was empty, and once they finished this meal, there'd be nothing left to eat. D 109Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 15 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
- 16 Reborn to Get 100x Returns from Blind Dates, Making the Town Rich with Cash 重生相亲百倍返现，砸钱带镇暴富 [Rebirth] [System] [Countryside] [Farming] [Comeback] [Face-Slapping] Reborn on the day of his blind date, Chen Yong awakens the Hundredfold Cashback System. Spend money on a blind date, and get up to a hundred times the amount back! A gold-digging woman demands an outrageous bride price? He gives her exactly what she wants and waits for the cashback to slap her in the face! Relatives show up to leech off him? He shows no mercy and settles every score! The more money he spends, the more he makes 306Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 I Returned to Ancient Times and Became a Widow, Then Practiced Medicine and Did Business to Raise My Daughter 穿回古代变寡妇，行医经商养女儿 [No Palace or Household Intrigue + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Heroine Focuses on Her Career and Raising Her Daughters, No Romance + Inspired by Real Business Rivalries] Single mother Lin Chengcheng transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a widow. Her eldest daughter is a beautiful airhead, her second daughter is timid and insecure, and her third is still a tiny baby. She has no choice but to juggle her career and raising her children. She sets up stalls, goes into business, practices 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Couple Cursed to Bring Misfortune to Each Other Strike It Rich 克夫克妻的小夫妻发达啦 (No rebirth, no transmigration, no golden finger. Everyday family life, a slow and steady pace.) Less than a year after Li Xiaotao married into her husband's family, he died of illness, leaving her branded as a husband-killer. Driven back to her parents' home, Li Xiaotao struggled for three years to raise her child. She ate less than a chicken and worked harder than an ox. In the end, her family married her off to a man said to bring death to his wives. A husband-killer and a wife-killer: toget 1.1kReads—Score10514d adds
- 19 After I Transmigrated, I Became a Worthless Burden Worth Two Taels of Silver 穿越后，我成了2两银子的赔钱货 Modern office worker Lin Wei opens her eyes and finds herself in an ancient, remote mountain village, sold to the Shen family for two taels of silver as a “money-losing burden.” Her mother-in-law, Wang Cuihua, yanks her by the hair and calls her a jinx. Her eldest brother-in-law watches coldly, while the second spits out, “You’re a bottomless pit.” The only one on her side is her new husband, Shen Qing, a sickly man coughing as if he might stop breathing at any moment, unable to get a complete s —Reads—Score114d adds
- 20 Dabie Mountain Heirlooms: Farming Livestream Heals the Internet 大别山老品种：种田直播治愈全网 At 33, unemployed and heartbroken, I fled back to my family's old courtyard in the Dabie Mountains, clutching my grandfather's copper key. In the attic, I found a jar of old red rice, sealed away for three years. It was a rare variety my grandfather had spent his whole life protecting. I set up my phone and casually livestreamed myself drying the seeds. To my surprise, someone among the eight viewers ordered five jin in advance! But as a complete beginner, I couldn't even figure out the germinat 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Scheming Heir Keeps Flirting with Me 腹黑世子总撩拨我 The Scheming Heir Keeps Flirting with Me 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Humble Village Girl Who Can Cook 寒门小厨娘 This is a farming novel. Shen Qingci transmigrates into another world. There is no System and no golden finger. Her original self’s parents are disliked by her grandmother, and she is timid. She also has a younger brother. When Shen Qingci first transmigrates, she takes him into the mountains to dig up wild greens and find bird eggs, then cooks for him. Later, she even buys pig offal at the market. Somehow, little by little, she builds a fortune and achieves a comfortable life, eventually buildi 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Open a Farm Back Home 我在老家开农场 After losing his job and being betrayed by his girlfriend, Ye Qiuming is utterly disheartened and returns to his rural hometown. By chance, he activates a fake jade pendant he bought at an antique market and gains access to a farm space. From there, he transforms his hometown and turns it into the world's most renowned rural resort. 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 The King of Hell Sent Me to Farm: My Job Is to Eat 阎王送我来种田：我的任务是干饭 (Down-to-earth farming + childhood sweethearts + devoted couple + cozy vibes + everyday family life + no princes or young noble lords + village-and-town life) When Jiang Mingyue opened her eyes, she had become a farmer’s daughter in a small village in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Her birth mother had died young, her stepmother was cruel, and from the start, she was caught up in a fierce battle over divorce. Luckily, her father came to his senses and put an end to the marriage. A modern-day corporat —Reads—Score114d adds
- 25 What’s a Slacker to Do After Returning to Ancient Times? 咸鱼穿回古代怎么整 No CP A modern-day slacker dies after staring at a handsome man a little too long and bleeding to death from a nosebleed. She winds up in an alternate dynasty in the body of another person with the same name and face, only younger. This family gets along wonderfully! But they’re poor? No problem. She may be a slacker, but at least she has plenty of life experience. She fixes up the household and accidentally ends up a wealthy landowner’s wife. She takes a trip into the mountains and become 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Three Meals, Four Seasons, Two Hearts 三餐四季一双人 The Marquis's household is in ruins? Don't worry! Li Suxin takes her daughter and begins a life on the run! Shh! Her daughter is now called Deng Yazhen... After crossing three thousand li and finding hope after hardship, they arrive in Shanshui Village. The "older widow" Li Suxin remarries for the first time, bringing her daughter along. Farming, growing vegetables, raising chickens, ducks, donkeys, and sheep... Everything is a fresh start. They say three women make a whole show. After remarr 145Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 27 Fifty Years of Bride Price: In 1974, It All Began with a Broken Engagement 彩礼50年，1974从悔婚开始 In the bitter winter of 1974, Zhao Shuangzhu publicly called off his engagement and was given three days to come up with a hundred yuan for the bride price. He swallowed his pride and borrowed from every neighbor he could, took the old folks’ burial savings, and went into the mountains at night to hunt rabbits and trade them for cash on the black market. Dodging the market inspectors, he stumbled through the hardest hurdle of his life. He spent the rest of his life marrying, raising children, an 113Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn in 1977: From Hunting to Building an Industry 重生1977，从打猎开始搞实业 [Period setting + Reborn + Everyday life + Hunting + Business + Decisive and ruthless] Liu Youzhi, a small-time oil mill owner who had struggled all his life, woke up to find himself reborn in 1977, in the body of a young man from a forest region in Northeast China. From the start, he has to deal with a father who is gravely wounded and near death, as well as a biased grandmother. She not only refuses to pay for treatment, but insists on splitting up the family at the worst possible time! Watch 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Surviving Without Cheats: The Country Girl Cuts Ties and Reclaims the Wasteland 无挂求生，小农女断亲开荒记 [Play the pig to eat the tiger + no cheat powers + farming story + coming-of-age + no romance + family and village life] A mature modern woman’s soul lands in the body of a fourteen-year-old farm girl. The original girl was exploited by her awful relatives. You might put up with that, but I won’t! I’m flipping the table in a fit of rage! My grandparents are old and bedridden, and everyone else treats them like garbage. I’ll care for them tenderly. After all, an old person in the family is a trea 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Seven-Year-Old Farm Girl: Growing Up with the Marquis's Heir 七岁农女：侯门竹马养成记 [Modern Woman in Ancient Times + Farming + Business + Building a Fortune + One-on-One Romance, Both Leads Are Faithful and Untainted] No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger. The despicable characters get what’s coming to them quickly, so feel free to give this one a try. Story: After a car accident, office worker Liu Xu transmigrates to Liujia Village in the Dongsheng Kingdom and becomes a peasant girl not yet seven years old. Her father has gone to war in her uncle’s place, her mothe 1.2kReads9.2Score11114d adds
- 31 Reborn in 1980: The Village Beauty Can Read Fortunes 重生1980：村花媳妇会算卦 The live-action short drama and comic adaptation are now available. If you're interested, click the “More Adaptations” button in the bottom right to watch. Longtime bachelor Lin Feng finally gets his lucky break: he transmigrates back to the 1980s and marries a village beauty so stunning she's almost too beautiful to be real. She has a tiny waist, long legs, and a captivating smile. The only problem is, she's an idiot! But Lin Feng loves her to death, because this girl has an astonishing talent: 12.2kReads8.2Score98614d adds
- 32 While Others Go Offshore, I Farm: I Become a Tycoon in the 1980s 别人下海我种田，我在八零成首富 [Period setting + pig farming + building wealth + selling vegetables + gourmet food + family favorite + comeback + everyday life] Li Xiangdong woke up to find himself back in the 1980s, after dying suddenly from overwork. As the villagers rushed to “go into business” and make a fortune, he instead bound himself to the New Hope Farming System, shouldered a hoe, and vowed to dig up a golden future right at home! Everyone laughed at him. With so much money to be made, why insist on scraping a livin 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 I Became a Billionaire with Jianying: Everyone in My Village Is Worth Ten Billion 我靠剪映成首富：全村人均一百亿 [Farming to Build Wealth + Developing the Village + Transforming His Hometown] Xu Guan is framed and faces a prison sentence, but then he gains the ability to modify the genes of plants and animals. First, he grows fast-maturing vegetables, making quick money and helping the villagers escape poverty. Then he raises fast-growing fish, complaining when they gain less than a hundred pounds in a year. He plants coconut trees in the temperate zone, bringing tropical scenery to the borderlands. His he 595Reads7.2Score11114d adds
- 34 Duck Farming 种田鸭鸭 A pure farming story, with a gentle pace, everyday family life, and no over-the-top villains. Mai Yaya was an orphan in her previous life. After finally graduating from college, she transmigrates to a mountain village, ending up worse off than before liberation. With a foolishly filial father and mother, a biased grandmother, and a grandfather who keeps silent, can Mai Yaya turn things around and live life on her own terms? 77Reads—Score414d adds
- 35 The Brocade-Clad Farmer Girl's Busy Planting Season 锦绣农女忙种田 Unluckily, Tian Xiaomai wakes up one morning to find herself swept up in the legendary transmigration wave. What should she do? Cry? Of course not! No more endless overtime or revisions to proposals. Looking at the desolate courtyard, Tian Xiaomai rolls up her sleeves and gets to work! Hey, you! Get over here and work. No work, no food! This girl is going to earn more silver than she can spend and eat more delicious food than she can finish. I'm going to turn my life around and become a lazybone 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Want to Inherit My Family's Wealth? I'll Tear My Clan Apart, Farm, and Become a Tycoon 想吃绝户？我手撕亲族种田当首富 No System, no transmigration, no golden finger. A traditional farming story, crafted by hand. Youth, an ensemble cast, companionship, and growth. A group of twelve- and thirteen-year-olds, each down on their luck in their own way and each with their own ambitions, grow from innocence to maturity and from weakness to strength. They go from struggling to find food and survive to standing together and striving for a better life. There’s bitterness and sweetness, tears and laughter. Dear readers, se 36Reads—Score314d adds
- 37 A Flower in a Little Village 小村里的一朵花 [No Transmigration + No Rebirth + Beloved by Everyone + A Touch of Ensemble Cast + Sisters Supporting One Another] Yue Ming is the village beauty. Her parents dote on her endlessly, even though one is a cripple and the other is mute. But she's no delicate flower. A peasant girl doesn't have to follow all those rules. Dare to bully her family? Then she'll fight to the bitter end! As Yue Ming works to become self-reliant, she also supports her sisters and friends. Life is hard, but they absolutely 74Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 38 1980: From Nothing to a Trillion-Dollar Fortune 1980：从一无所有到万亿身家 [Period] [business management] [mountain foraging] [leisure] [lighthearted] Zhou Xia, a modern livestreamer who played games for a living, worked himself to death in front of his computer. When he awoke, he had been reborn in 1980 as a sickly man who shared his name. Looking at the quiet, peaceful mountain village, Zhou Xia knew that from this year onward, all of China would undergo earth-shaking changes. In an era full of opportunity, with everything waiting to be rebuilt and gold lying everywh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Graduation Means Unemployment: The Joys of Growing Melons in the Countryside 毕业即失业：农村种瓜乐趣多 From the start, it's “hell mode”: Huang Pu suffers one job-hunting defeat after another in the city, crushed by the label “unemployed upon graduation.” Rejecting the rat race, he flees back to the countryside with nothing but his diploma, declaring that he'll grow “premium-priced melons” on farmland and build a landscaped melon farm. But village bully Han Erhu makes trouble at every turn, while the villagers look on coldly. With no resources or connections, how can Huang Pu defy the odds and cha 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 I Activated the Emperor System and Was Attacked by Ten Ex-Girlfriends 激活帝王系统，被十个前女友围攻 [System] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Rural Development] + [Cultivation] + [Contributing Everything to the Nation] Mu Chen spent five years breaking up with ten girlfriends, all to activate the ridiculous System that came with his transmigration. Who knew it would turn out to be a ridiculous “Emperor System,” requiring him to bind himself to an imperial palace and unify the world! Unify the world? Even Yuan Datou’s coffin lid can’t hold him down! Forced to flee back to his island hometown, he discov 210Reads—Score12014d adds
- 41 After Becoming the Eldest Sister, I Launched a Fight for Survival 穿成长姐后，打响活着保卫战 No romance + no golden finger + timid at first, brave later + adorable kids Su Mian has just started to feel like she's on her way to the top of the world when, before she can indulge in a life of luxury, she becomes little Su. The family has three thatched huts, her younger siblings are crying to be fed, and her mother has a few questionable ideas about right and wrong. To secure the two taels of silver she needs from the start, Su Mian uses her sweet-talking act to outmaneuver a fake innocent, 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Reborn in 1986: Leading the Whole Village to Prosperity 重生1986，带领全村挣钱吃肉 Reborn + Urban Life + Farming + Feel-Good + Business Warfare A down-and-out middle-aged man unexpectedly returns to 1986. Given the chance to live his life over, he is determined to seize it. He starts by leading his village out of poverty, gathering a group of like-minded friends and brothers around him. Armed with memories of the modern world and extraordinary courage, he overcomes one challenge after another and ultimately builds his own business empire. There will be joy and heartache, love 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 A Corporate Drone’s Idyllic Farm Life 社畜的悠闲农家 [Farming + entrepreneurship + sweet romance + underdog comeback] After being driven to the brink by a 996 work schedule, Lin Yuming receives an unexpected gift after his grandfather dies: a rundown country guesthouse covered in cobwebs. [First day back in the village after quitting his job] Villagers gossip: “So the city slicker who went off to make it big finally remembered us? Don't come crying when you blow through your family's savings!” The guesthouse: weeds taller than people, a roof tha 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn in the ’70s: I Set Up a Stall Selling Braised Snacks at the Machinery Plant 重生年代：我在机械厂摆摊卖卤味 [Period fiction, food, everyday life, farming] [If you spot any glaring issues, the author will fix them right away and welcomes feedback. Even if you give the book a very low rating, please tell the author why.] [Now adapted into a comic drama under the title “I Quit My Iron Rice Bowl and Picked Up a Pot of Braised Delicacies.” Welcome to watch!] Lin Yan, owner of a grand restaurant, is reborn in the 1980s. From the start, he saves the daughter of a machinery factory director and sells his appr 3.1kReads8.0Score16614d adds
- 45 The Brash Hunter and the Beautiful Fool 痞子猎户笨蛋美人 [Historical setting with no transmigrators + everyday life in the mountains + sweet romance + getting rich + escaping war + both leads are each other’s first and only + happy ending] Wen Duoduo is a wealthy young lady from the city. Her uncle serves as an official at court. One day, he is implicated in a crime, and the whole family is dragged down with him. The men are exiled to serve in the army, while the women and children are sold into slavery. If no one buys them, they will be put to death. 945Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 After Separating from My Good-for-Nothing Husband, My Granary Overflowed 和装货后奶分家后我家粮食堆满仓 [Farming + Transmigration + No Romance + A Carefree Country Life] When Zhu Dashan was five, his father married him a stepmother. She was exceptionally “kind”: from the moment she married into the family, she went out of her way to protect Zhu Dashan. When he stole things, she paid the owners back out of her own savings. When Zhu Dashan beat someone up, she would go to their house herself and apologize. Even when Zhu Dashan accidentally caused her child to die, she only said it was her own carele 288Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 47 Strange Romance in the Countryside: Mo Wu’s Healing Fragrance Protects the Homestead 乡野奇情：墨武医香守田园 After years of exhausting work in the city, he resolutely returns to his hometown to pursue his dream of a pastoral life. He leases a mountain, plants fruit trees and medicinal herbs, digs a fishpond, and shares his countryside life on Douyin. He teaches himself medicine to save lives, practices martial arts to strengthen his body and will, and studies calligraphy to cultivate his character. Along the way, he meets the woman he has always cherished, and their relationship is full of twists and t 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 After Bankruptcy, My Ancestors Forced Me to Farm and Reclaim Wasteland 破产后，祖宗逼我种地开荒 After Chen Yu goes bankrupt, he's forced to sell off the family assets and return to his hometown in the countryside. By chance, he inherits a legacy from his ancestors and is made to farm and reclaim wasteland for planting trees. Unexpectedly, in the process of farming through both hardship and joy, he carves out an entirely new path. From then on, he embarks on another entrepreneurial journey and leads the people of his hometown to prosperity. 364Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 Hunter King: White Steamed Buns and Meat at Every Meal During the Famine 猎人王，饥荒年顿顿白馒头加肉 The moment business tycoon Gu Zhouyuan opens his eyes, he finds himself in a famine-stricken village as the local “spendthrift.” His family has nothing, his little nephew is on the brink of starvation, and the neighbors have begun exchanging children to eat. From the start, the difficulty is hellish. Luckily, he gets bound to the Everything Trading System: wild greens can be traded for coarse grain, wild boars for fine flour, and even locusts for life-saving jerky. Starting with getting his fam 2Reads—Score—14d adds
