Novels like A Small Farmer in a Great Era
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- 1 Leisurely Days in a Watertown 水乡闲情 He leaves the city and returns to his hometown, boating across lakes and hills, growing vegetables and raising fish. He leaves behind his mortgage and the daily clock-in, going against the big-city lifestyle embraced by most young people. He lives life on his own terms and makes it his own. 0Votes82.5kRecs31.2kFans
- 2 The Rancher's Leisure 牧场闲情 Zhang Chi has been working as a waiter in America for years. When he visits his hometown, he unexpectedly comes across a treasure. He begins buying land and ranches, gradually growing a small ranch into a thriving business. 0Votes166.2kRecs128.9kFans
- 3 The Celestial Serpent of the City 都市天蛇 The primordial spirit spans the sun and moon; a single breath proclaims the Heavenly Serpent! This is the story of a young man from Blue Star who inherits the legacy of the Heavenly Serpent. 0Votes96.4kRecs32.5kFans
- 4 Running a Homestay, from the Start I Host Wu Song 经营民宿,开局接待武松 “I’m Wu Song. May I ask whether you sell wine here?” When a burly man in ancient attire, carrying a whistling staff, arrived at the entrance of the guesthouse, Li Yu was worrying about his business, completely unaware that his life was about to undergo a spectacular transformation... A four-million-word premium food novel, I’m Done Pretending, I’m the God of Cooking, I Admit It, is already complete. Quality guaranteed, so please enjoy without worry. 1Votes258.1kRecs396.6kFans
- 5 My Items Have an Upgrade Panel 我的物品有升级面板 Tang Rui, an aviation-modeling content creator, suddenly discovers that the models he builds have an upgrade panel that lets him level them up and allocate points. [Item: Fixed-Wing Model Aircraft] [Experience: 35/100] [Source Points: 0.1] Tang Rui: “System, show me your limits.” Toy model aircraft → high-altitude, high-speed drone → small orbital shuttle... 0Votes137.7kRecs451.6kFans
- 6 A Gentle Tune from the Countryside 乡间轻曲 My new book, Starry Stable, is now online! On the cusp of middle age, Bian Rui has grown tired of life in the big city and longs for a simpler existence. He returns to his hometown, plants a few acres of crops, and tends the vegetable garden beside his house whenever he has a spare moment. When he’s happy, he takes up his guqin and paints a few strokes. When he’s in a foul mood, he rides his ox into the mountains to gather wild fruit and ginseng. Life in the slow lane is a joy. (My new book, The 0Votes377.4kRecs120.4kFans
- 7 Yanggang Community 洋港社区 A banking star, retiring to the countryside, keeping a low profile in the community. He wants to stay under the radar, but his abilities won't let him! 0Votes159.1kRecs49.8kFans
- 8 The Cult Leader's Retired Life 教主的退休日常 The greedy owner of an inn turns out to be the retired leader of a demonic cult, while the lowly errand boy is secretly skilled in Buddhist powers. As a once-invincible figure, Wang Ye must hide his identity and abilities to get by in the tumultuous jianghu. He doesn’t care about the status, martial arts, or fame that ordinary people pursue. All he wants is to lounge around and live off others until the day he dies. Taking on the greatest gang in the land, offering advice to a drunken, down-and- 0Votes110.3kRecs504.9kFans
- 9 My Little Farmstead in 1978 我的1978小农庄 A small farm opens in a mountain village far from the noise of the city. Here, there is Moutai that costs more than ten yuan a bottle after aging for seven or eight years, and Wuliangye that costs seven or eight yuan. Organic vegetables, organic fish and shrimp, organic boiled mutton, all green, eco-friendly, and delicious. A failed, middle-aged divorced man turns around and becomes the leisurely owner of a farm. The small mountain-village farm becomes famous far and wide. Slippers, undershirt, 8Votes866.3kRecs407.4kFans
- 10 Tending the Tang Dynasty 牧唐 A modern man returns to the early Tang dynasty. He knows how to farm. He knows how to raise horses. He is also a veterinarian. Under the flap of his butterfly wings, the Tang dynasty’s golden age arrives ahead of schedule. The Zhenguan-era anthem begins to ring out early. The Tang dynasty’s agriculture and animal husbandry also reach unprecedented heights. 0Votes464kRecs226.8kFans
- 11 EN The Ming Dynasty in a Box 箱子里的大明 Li Daoxuan received a strange landscaping box. Inside the box was an ancient village, along with a group of plastic little figures carrying swords and hacking away at one another throughout the village. He curled his finger and flicked it toward the most conspicuous little figure... Late in the Ming dynasty, Shaanxi was suffering from a devastating drought. A group of bandits were burning, killing, and looting inside the village. A poor young girl was about to die beneath a bandit's blade. Sudde 9Votes306.8kRecs1.5MFans
- 12 A Modern Guide to Slacker Survival 现代咸鱼生存指南 Survival Guide. Rule One: Master the Asian arts of deception: plastic surgery, makeup, and Photoshop. If necessary, you can also learn a little about gender reassignment! Rule Three: Make good use of public resources. When necessary, a shared bike will get you there faster than running. Rule Six: If you don’t want to know the despair of thinking you’ve escaped, only to turn a corner and find yourself at a police station, don’t trust online maps, and definitely don’t trust their suggested routes. 1Votes146.1kRecs84kFans
- 13 This Northern Song Dynasty Is a Little Strange 这个北宋有点怪 The protagonist arrives in Northern Song China, only to discover that this era differs from the history he learned. Here stands the Yang Residence of Tianbo, with few able-bodied men and its reputation upheld by widows and orphans. There is also the Residence of Prince Chai, whose owners use an iron certificate of imperial pardon to run rampant among the people. The Eighth Prince and Grand Preceptor Pang trade barbs in court every day. They have split the entire civil officialdom into two factio 0Votes235.2kRecs274.9kFans
- 14 A Superpowerhouse in Agriculture 超级农业强国 Farming is our species’ innate talent, and our rise happens to require an enormous amount of resources. Well, it’s time to take our talent to the whole world. Actually, this is just the story of a protagonist who is reborn and uses “reasonable” (cheats) methods to “develop” (seize) natural resources around the globe and expand his people’s living space... 1Votes265.4kRecs133.7kFans
- 15 An Era of Striving 拼搏年代 Back in 1998, an ordinary man who had drifted, struggled, cried, and fought his way through life hopes to get back on his feet and keep pace with the times. My new book, My American World, is a smaller-scale story. 0Votes428.7kRecs250.1kFans
- 16 I Can Upgrade the Shelter 我能升级避难所 Can humanity's desperate attempt to intercept a ten-kilometer-wide asteroid save its own fate when it strikes Blue Star? The dust kicked up by the impact blots out the sky, plunging the world into a frigid, sunless night that will last for more than a century. Without sunlight, the surface is swallowed by bitter cold, with temperatures dropping dozens of degrees below zero. In this apocalypse, Chen Xin has only a shelter he dug himself and an upgrade System he found. How can he survive the crisi 1Votes332.5kRecs579.9kFans
- 17 The Three Kingdoms: Starting by Bluffing Liu Bei 三国从忽悠刘备开始 The new book, The Younger Brother Zhuge Liang, is now underway. It is also a Three Kingdoms story of strategy, and could be considered a spiritual successor. New and returning readers alike are welcome to check it out. Emperor Ling of Han is leasing out official positions at Xiyuan. Should you rent one? Rent it! Of course rent it! Because as long as you happen to rent the final term before Emperor Ling's death, it is equivalent to renting a house until you become the landlord! Rent an official 3Votes391.9kRecs409.2kFans
- 18 When Will I Be Called to Serve? 何日请长缨 In 1994, China's machine-tool industry was suffering losses across the board. The authorities sent veteran department head Zhou Heng and young university graduate Tang Zifeng to the verge-of-bankruptcy Linha First Machine Tool Factory to help turn the enterprise around. After arduous efforts, Linha First Machine Tool was reborn and continued to grow stronger. Its Changying-brand series of machine tools entered the international arena, outshone all competitors, and became a shining Chinese callin 2Votes487.1kRecs176.4kFans
- 19 Tokyo Life Starting with Painting 从绘画开始的东京生活 After transmigrating to Tokyo in 2003, former professional painter Tsukasa Higashino faces just two choices: plagiarize classic Japanese dramas like The Solitary Gourmet and The White Tower, or win the Tokyo Young Artists Award and launch his career as a professional painter. 0Votes268.7kRecs270.6kFans
- 20 After I Became a Daoist Physician 成为了道医之后 A traditional Chinese medicine student who stayed up all night cultivating immortality collapsed to the ground. When he woke up, he had somehow arrived in the early Tang dynasty! He soon discovered that this was neither the Tang dynasty in his history textbooks nor the mythical Tang dynasty of Journey to the West. Then an unexpected trip to the Kingdom of Rats lifted the veil on the mysteries of cultivation. Li Dandao, determined to earn a place among the immortals of the Tang dynasty, began his 0Votes149.6kRecs302.1kFans
- 21 I Am the Immortal in the Gourd 在下壶中仙 The Demon Refining Pot can refine monsters, and it even comes with a space of its own, the "World Within the Pot." That sounds pretty great, but unfortunately... After searching for two years, he discovered that there were no monsters in the real world, leaving him with no materials to refine; Trapped in a corner of the World Within the Pot, he was surrounded by tree spirits he could not defeat, making it impossible to take even a single step. Unable to find any cultivation techniques or miracul 6Votes583.8kRecs466.5kFans
- 22 I Only Want to Support Myself 我只想自力更生 Zhao Dezhu was reborn. He didn't know how to trade government bonds or stocks, couldn't remember any winning lottery numbers, and had no idea how to make money in business... He had just one thought: I will make it on my own! If you don't like following updates, you can read my completed art-career novel, The Great Art Era, or my mercenary shoot-'em-up novel, I'm a Killer with No Feelings. 2Votes1.7MRecs523.8kFans
- 23 My Literary Era in 1980 1980我的文艺时代 Lin Weimin somehow transmigrated into a sent-down educated youth in the countryside. He had neither father nor mother and could not even return to the city. To improve his living conditions, he chose to embark on a literary path. After finally publishing two short stories and celebrating for a few days, he unexpectedly became a student at the Institute of Literary Studies, the predecessor of the National Academy of Literature. Lin Weimin had 4Votes317.2kRecs608.3kFans
- 24 EN The Immortal's Tranquil Path 我只想安心修仙 Synopsis: I only want to cultivate in peace, but alas, demons and monsters are wreaking havoc throughout the mortal world. A Daoist rides a donkey down Green Mountain, becoming the only immortal in the world and conferring divine titles upon all things under heaven. VIP Group: 812612991 (full subscribers) 0Votes334.4kRecs403.1kFans
- 25 The Ordinary Life of Ordinary Humans 平常人类的平凡生活 This book is addictive. You can't read it at night, at work, while eating, or while walking. You can only sneak a look when you're alone. He Sihai, known as He Dali, is good at farming, hauling bricks, bragging, running a stall, saving money, and raising peaches. This is simply the “ordinary” life story of an “ordinary person.” It's a story about helping the dead fulfill th 5Votes817.3kRecs693.2kFans
- 26 EN Protect Our Patriarch 保护我方族长 Transmigrate into a clan leader in a fantasy world, and portray that world as realistically as possible from the perspective of a family. Grow spirit crops, raise spirit fish, and develop all kinds of family businesses. Support the laid-back elders until they become ancestors who can serve as a protective umbrella, and encourage the younger generation to venture into sacred sites and academies, making a name for themselves. The family members in this story are close-knit and united, working toge 10Votes16.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 27 EN I Can Extract Proficiency 我能提取熟练度 Special skill: Corpse Burial. By laying the bodies of BOSSes to rest, you can gain proficiency in the martial arts they knew in life! Lay a Mount Tai Sect elder’s body to rest and obtain Swordsmanship Insights, adding 5,000 points of sword skill proficiency! Lay a notorious bandit’s body to rest and obtain Lightness Skill Insights, adding 1,500 points of inner power proficiency! Lay a Qingcheng Sect leader’s body to rest and obtain Inner Power Insights and Hidden Weapon Insights… … From then on, 3Votes871.5kRecs876.3kFans
- 28 Xu Yang, Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine 中医许阳 This is an incredibly hardcore novel about traditional Chinese medicine! A true novel about traditional Chinese medicine! After a medical accident gets him fired, a gifted young practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine encounters a rather dimwitted System. It sends him back several decades to study under famous doctors of the era, and he gradually grows into a true practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. This book tells the story of orthodox traditional Chinese medicine healing the sic 12Votes848.9kRecs537.2kFans
- 29 High Mountain Ranch 高山牧场 Shi Tou's new novel, Starlight Stables, is now online! An ordinary entry-level office worker in the city unexpectedly gets a magical bead, completely changing his life. He makes his way into the heart of America, starts a ranch, improves the cattle and horses, and raises a few wild animals. Under blue skies, beside snowy mountains and lush pastures, he spends his days herding cattle, hunting, and riding horses, living a carefree life. No more worrying about punching in at work, dealing with the 0Votes275.9kRecs282.9kFans
- 30 I, the Emperor 朕 Back in the late Ming, reduced to slavery. If an emperor can be a beggar, a Manchu invader, a rebel, or a household slave, why can’t a household slave become emperor? 30Votes1.5MRecs3MFans
- 31 Starting in 1983 从1983开始 A story with a touch of nostalgia. The old reader group is full. 14Votes4.3MRecs1.1MFans
- 32 EN Chicago 1990 芝加哥1990 Transmigration, the 1990s, Chicago, American entertainment, composing, screenwriting, producing, media conglomerate 66Votes2.7MRecs896kFans
- 33 My Wife Came from a Thousand Years Ago 我家老婆来自一千年前 [The comic adaptation of Please Be Sensible, My Wife is now available on all platforms. Check it out!] “I want to go home.” “You might not be able to go back.” “Why not?” “Because your home is very far away.” “How far?” “About twelve hundred years.” Xu Qing looked at the young woman from the Tang Dynasty before him with a hint of sympathy. “Everything you know has become history.” Family, friends, enemies: they all vanished more than twelve hundred years ago. A slice-of-life story with one fema 195Votes645.4kRecs2MFans
- 34 Wildness Reigns 野性为王 Wilderness: birds and beasts, flowers and insects, fish and bugs. Taking two chubby pandas to the Spring Festival Gala to wish everyone a happy New Year made the people of China remember the name Ji An. A photo of him bare-chested in an animal-hide wrap, walking alongside lions on the Serengeti, made him famous worldwide. Wrestling orangutans, going undercover in wolf and lion packs, and livestreaming among wild beasts, he’s one of a kind. Starting with livestreams of walking dogs, then fishing, 0Votes490.9kRecs235.5kFans
- 35 A Small-Time Rich Farmer in the Hills 山洼小富农 Wen Xu dislikes life in the big city. It makes him feel as if he is always in a hurry, with no chance to rest, body or mind. His paycheck never seems to stretch far enough, and that is before you even get to the skies where you can barely see the stars and the smoggy days that give you endless reasons to complain. At last, he gets the chance to escape the city and return to the countryside. Though life is a little hard at first, the land and scenery of his hometown finally bring peace to his res 0Votes601.8kRecs236.7kFans
- 36 The National Forensic Doctor 国民法医 Corpse: Have you no manners? 110Votes4.1MRecs2.4MFans
- 37 EN The Omniscient Informant 信息全知者 What he sees reveals everything that has happened. What he hears lets him see through the world's deceitful hearts. What he senses reveals the secrets others have buried deep in their memories. The more Huang Ji knows, the less happy he is. Gazing up at the stars, he feels the malice of the entire universe, and the desperate plight of humanity. Just an ordinary country boy from Earth, he can't help but sigh: “I know too much.” Technology, mythology, even the bugs hidden in the universe... Nothin 20Votes1.4MRecs1.2MFans
- 38 A Jurassic Park in My Pocket 随身带个侏罗纪 A rural slice-of-life novel about a young monster who can transform into a dinosaur and his childhood sweetheart, who feed each other dog food all the way to starting a business... (A farming-life novel with plenty of sweet romance. Give it a try!) A new rural novel of the same type, Hometown Folks, Please Take It Easy, is out now. Give it a try! 1Votes837.8kRecs287kFans
- 39 EN Life-Sim Culinary Game 生活系游戏 [A poorly presented plate of kung pao chicken] Jiang Feng’s life was turned upside down the moment he accidentally discovered that he could see notes attached to the dishes his dad cooked. … 1. This game offers a high degree of freedom. Explore at your own discretion. 2. This game will not interfere with any of your choices. Do your best to unlock achievements. 3. All explanations are the property of the game. 44Votes2.6MRecs1.4MFans
- 40 Golden Fishing Grounds 黄金渔场 P.S. I’ve started a new book, The Taoist Priest, Times Have Changed. Please check it out. I love blue skies and green trees, but I love the vast, surging ocean even more. Fish from shallow waters, fish from the deep, lobsters, and giant crabs: how could a foodie’s world be complete without seafood? Speedboats, yachts, sport-fishing boats, and patrol boats, though luxury cruise ships are really the way to go. I keep brown bears, polar bears, and raccoons at home, and dolphins, belugas, and s 6Votes1.3MRecs646.8kFans
- 41 EN This Game Is Too Realistic 这游戏也太真实了 This game is way too realistic! Hauling bricks, running errands, picking up trash, delivering packages... At most, a company can make you experience the hardships of working 996. Here, you can experience 007 on super speed. All right, enough talk. The great Administrator has called me to haul bricks. The Administrator says that as long as we work hard and offer up our livers, next month he can get himself another brand-new set of power armor. Then he’ll take us to explore a whole new map, where 467Votes4.9MRecs9.4MFans
- 42 My Little Kingdom 我的小人国 Synopsis: After Xiao Yu gained access to a tiny kingdom, he used his size and high-tech gear to throw his weight around there. Then he suddenly realized that, with the kingdom’s rare wonders and supernatural knowledge at his disposal, he had already led the real world astray... P.S. There are no supernatural beings in the real world. The protagonist alone practices the Dao and wields its powers. P.S. A new behind-the-scenes mastermind story in the “only I practice the Dao” vein, From Fishing Ent 2Votes879.4kRecs381.1kFans
- 43 EN My Senior Brother is Too Steady 我师兄实在太稳健了 *The annual Youku season of the animated adaptation, My Senior Brother Is Too Steady, is about to conclude.* Reborn in ancient times, before the Investiture of the Gods War, Li Changshou became a minor Qi Refiner. He had no great fortune bestowed upon him, nor was he a chosen one destined to face a catastrophic tribulation. All he had was a cultivation dream: to live forever. To make a living in 120Votes11.5MRecs9.8MFans
- 44 EN A Wizard in the World of Famous Detectives 名侦探世界里的巫师 A ghost wizard from the Age of Declining Dharma was killed in a car accident. His soul transmigrated to Japan and possessed the body of a Japanese man. He was just thinking about making a name for himself in Japan when he casually picked up a newspaper and glanced at it Shinichi Kudo, the Sherlock Holmes of Japan's Heisei era, savior of the police? What the hell? How did I transmigrate into a world of anime and manga? Anyway, this is the story of a wizard playing the role of an ordinary passerby 104Votes1.9MRecs596kFans
- 45 The Shadow of Espionage 谍影风云 An ordinary civil servant returns to 1936 by a twist of fate. He searches for underground resistance groups and tracks down Japanese spies, contributing his share to the liberation and revival of his country and people amid an extraordinary era. Thus begins his legendary career in the world of espionage. Spy Tide readers’ group 1: 833528943; Spy Tide readers’ group 2: 879936725; Spy Tide helmsman group: 940510849 43Votes7.9MRecs2.1MFans
- 46 Han Village 汉乡 We inherited the legacy of our ancestors, and it made China glorious for thousands of years. We accepted it all with complete peace of mind, never once considering returning to that age when they struggled desperately to find a way forward through slash-and-burn cultivation. Repaying our suffering ancestors and finding the true meaning of home through them: that is the story this book will tell. The web series “Tang Brick,” starring Zhang Jianing and Wang Tianchen, will be exclusively streamed a 9Votes9.5MRecs3.4MFans
- 47 Great Doctor Ling Ran 大医凌然 Ling Ran, a medical student, had a modest goal: to become the greatest doctor in the world. Then, by accident, he achieved it. 53Votes8.5MRecs2.1MFans
- 48 EN The Top Student's Black Tech System 学霸的黑科技系统 “System, can I exchange points for money?” “No.” “Damn, then what use are you to me?” “I can make you a top student.” - From mathematical conjectures to controlled nuclear fusion, from a single blackboard to the boundless starry sky. This is a story about a top student. 31Votes6.6MRecs3MFans
- 49 Pet King 宠物天王 [1. Download a suspicious game] [2. Catch a few magical pets to be your companions] [3. Lead your pet shop to success through a fun, easygoing daily life] ###Volumes 1–3 of the print edition are now available from major online retailers### VIP group: 567288256 (for readers with a fan rank of 5,000 or higher) 8Votes1.7MRecs882.7kFans
- 50 Back to the Past as a Cat 回到过去变成猫 At the gate of the East Family Housing Compound at Chu Hua University, the gatekeeper uncle answered a phone call, then threw open the window and roared toward the nearby grove in a booming voice: “Black Charcoal, your mom’s calling you home for dinner!” Whoosh! A black cat shot out of the dense grass at the edge of the grove and raced toward one of the buildings, disappearing into the entrance in the blink of an eye. After it, one cat head after another poked up from the grass. It was mealtime: 25Votes1.2MRecs1.1MFans

















































