Period Novels About Heroines Who Live by the Sea and Go Beachcombing 年代文女主家住海边可以赶海的
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The Eighties on a Seaside Island: A Military Wife Riding the Wind and Waves 八零海岛:乘风破浪的军嫂
Rebirth + military marriage + golden finger + ocean treasure hunting Reborn in 1982, Lin Caidie comes to her senses and immediately sets about breaking off her engagement. In this life, she absolutely won’t walk into that fire pit again. She’s going to pursue her own happiness. Huh, she has a golden finger too? From then on, the ocean is her own backyard.
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Reborn in the 1980s: Bringing My Kids to Fish the Sea! 重生八零:带着崽崽赶海!
[Raising a child, heartwarming and healing, farming story.] [This novel is currently unavailable. The main text has been extensively revised and no longer matches the live-action audiobook adaptation, but the overall story remains unchanged. Please understand.] In her previous life, the food-loving Tong Yao married a fisherman and gave birth to a son with an intellectual disability. The couple devoted their whole lives to raising him, working hard without ever getting ahead. Then, in their old a
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Tidepool Foraging in the 1960s: I Landed a Secure Job During the Famine 六零赶海,我在荒年混上铁饭碗
[Tide-Foraging System + Sweet Romance + Pocket Dimension + Love After Marriage] Su Yan transmigrates into the desperate 1960s. To make matters worse, famine is raging everywhere. Her home is bare, with not a grain of food in sight... Fortunately, she has a tide-foraging System. With one strike of her shovel, she digs up a giant green crab weighing over six jin! Zhou Ye is notorious in the village for having no friends. He has fallen out with his parents and relatives alike. His only redeeming qu
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Reborn in the Eighties, I Struck It Rich by Fishing the Tides 重生八零,我靠赶海暴富了
A food blogger transmigrates to a small fishing village in the 1980s and wakes up as a stunning young widow! Then she discovers that her husband faked his death on their wedding day and already had another family. She escapes her in-laws’ home and makes a living gathering seafood along the shore. Spicy whelks, steamed sea urchin egg custard, sea grapes with dressing, salt-and-pepper mantis shrimp, vermicelli casserole with garlic oysters... Business is booming, but then she crosses the local gan
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Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零,海岛种菜忙
[Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia
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Transmigrated Into a Book in the 1960s: Raising Seven Kids, Laughing and Loving Every Minute 穿书六零养七崽,嘎嘎可爱嘎嘎乐
[Period setting + stockpiling supplies + pocket dimension + fishing and gathering seafood + food + everyday life raising children] No romance Complete!!! After a freak car accident, strongwoman Zhang Siyu opens her eyes in the 1960s as a weepy young widow raising three children alone. After beating up some bad guys while crying, Zhang Siyu gains a golden finger and a three-bedroom, one-living-room pocket dimension. It comes stocked with rice, flour, cooking oil, and other supplies she'd put away
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I Transmigrate to the 1960s and Raise Kids on a Military Island 穿越六零,随军海岛养崽崽
[Transmigration + Period Setting + Pocket Space] [Joining the Army on an Island + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Love After Marriage + No Toxic Characters + Everyday Life] Jiang Zhizhi is a modern-day food blogger who accidentally transmigrates to the 1960s. Luckily, the little house she had just bought outright comes along with her, and the refrigerator inside even has a duplication function. But before she can process what’s happening, her older brother and sister-in-law bundle her up with he
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Transmigrated to the 1970s: Raising Kids on a Military Island 穿越七零:海岛随军养娃日常
[Transmigration, period setting, pocket dimension, raising children, gossip, sweet romance, satisfying revenge, parallel world, no awful relatives] Zhou Yufei, a 21st-century oil painter, dreamed for a whole month about another version of herself in a different world. Sensing that something was wrong, she immediately brought out her family’s heirloom pocket dimension and began buying everything in sight... After transmigrating to the 1970s, Zhou Yufei found loving family members and a partner wh
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Island Life with the Army: My Cooking Has the Whole Family Compound Begging for More 随军海岛:美食养崽馋哭全家属院
[Period setting + marriage first, love later + cozy life raising children + entrepreneurship] Lin Xia gets into a car accident on her way to a matchmaking date and unexpectedly transmigrates into a period romance novel full of angst, becoming the foolish cannon-fodder woman who brings about her own doom. The original Lin Xia sabotages the male and female leads at every turn, so the male lead takes revenge by sending her to the countryside, where she eventually meets a tragic end. After reading a
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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
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The Book Transmigrator Gets a Waist-Hugging Flirt from the Army's Toughest Man 穿书女配被全军第一硬汉搂腰撩
Jian Yuelan had transmigrated into a book years ago, but the plot only kicked in after she followed the army to an island! Good news: sweet romance and a happy ending. Bad news: she and the second male lead were killed off early. A sweet, doting marriage in the 1970s? That’s all complete bullshit! Every character was just there to pave the way for the male and female leads to ascend! With no plot to follow, Jian Yuelan created her own, racking her brains to change her fate. Fortunately, her man
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The 1970s: The True Heiress Is a Culinary Goddess with a Pocket Dimension 六零:厨神真千金有空间
[Transmigrate into a book + pocket dimension + food + stockpiling + real and fake heiresses] Food blogger Zeng Yanni transmigrates into a period novel after an accident, becoming a fifteen-year-old girl abused by her family in a seaside fishing village. With her true identity shrouded in mystery, Zeng Yanni promptly splits from the family. Along with the livestream she brought with her, she stocks up on seafood: horse dung sea urchins, giant abalone, clams, razor clams, sea snails, sea cucumbers
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Commander Has No Heirs? I Conceive Triplets with a Spirit Spring and Get Spoiled Rotten 首长绝嗣?我怀灵泉三胎被宠爆
[Short-Form Drama Adaptation Out + Military Marriage + Feel-Good Revenge + Island-Group Pocket Dimension + Exceptional Female Lead, Possessive Male Lead] Jiang Yan, daughter of the richest man in the country, owns assets worth hundreds of billions. Her daily routine is living off her parents, lazing around, and shopping. One day, she went out to pick up a food delivery and got brained by a brick. Then she transmigrated into a brainless period novel written by her jealous cousin! In the book, Jia
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On a 1960s Island, Goodness, This Officer Spoils Me Rotten 六零海岛,妈妈耶这个军官太宠了
[1980s setting + no golden finger + transmigrate + island life + military marriage + food + sweet romance] Lu Ting has barely woken up when she realizes she has transmigrated into a book. There’s even a reborn woman in the story who has her in her sights. Determined to turn her fate around, Lu Ting refuses to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Instead, she immediately attends a matchmaking event organized by the authorities. She finds herself a suitable husband and gets married in a fla
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After Marrying a Rugged Army Officer and Having His Baby, I Got Rich Through Tidepooling 嫁糙汉军官生崽崽后,我靠赶海发家致富
I must have done something awful in my past life to transmigrate in this one. When Zhao Yanyan opened her eyes, she found herself in the 1970s, in the body of a fat, dark-skinned, awkward country girl, with a whole family of extreme oddballs to boot. But in this era of son preference, she’s the family’s precious youngest daughter! What should she do when her fiancé cheats? What about the scheming, fake-sweet female educated youth in the village? The three Zhao brothers: Our little sister is our
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Hounded by a Madman, She Turns Around and Marries an Abstinent Commander 被疯批缠上,转头嫁给禁欲首长
Military marriage + period setting + sweet romance + both leads are each other's first and only + face-slapping + feel-good fiction Top salesperson Chen Meina works herself to death. When she opens her eyes, it's the 1970s, and she's forcing herself on the male lead. Chen Meina: ? Once she comes to her senses, Chen Meina realizes she's become universally despised. Her awful family helped her tie up the male lead and drag him into bed, only for a reborn woman to catch them in the act, ruining the
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Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家
Jiang Wan is incredibly unlucky to get into a car accident, but she's also lucky: she and her mother, Yin Huaixi, transmigrate to the same dynasty and are still mother and daughter. As soon as they arrive, they learn that her mother's family has been exiled for life to an island, where they're forbidden to leave. What?! The place of exile is just like Hainan Island?! Jiang Wan's mouth waters so much that she starts to cry. She picks up her old beachcombing skills and brings all kinds of seafood
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1970: I Follow the Troops to Qiongdao 1970,我在琼岛随军
The new novel, The Scholar and the Joyful Life in the Mountains, is now underway. It's a historical farming story, so head to the author's page to read it~ . [Cozy daily life, family and neighborhood affairs, simple and peaceful ☞ beachcombing + food, mainly Cantonese cuisine + farming + adorable kids. Includes educational tidbits and lots of pictures. Complete.] [Content warnings: This is not a power fantasy, and the heroine isn't strong ☞ no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, no fac
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You Insisted on Swapping Betrothed Partners Before I Joined the Army. Now You Regret It? 随军前非要换亲,我换了你哭啥
The slapstick comic Sisters' Island Military Life is now available. Search for it on Tomato Novel or Hongguo. Shen Qingqing is reborn and discovers that her half-sister, Shen Jiaojiao, has also been reborn. The two sisters are about to go to an island to join their husbands in the military. Her sister rushes to marry the man Shen Qingqing was married to in her previous life, and Shen Qingqing is delighted. Whoever wants that kind of man can have him! Shen Jiaojiao: “In my previous life, my siste
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Divorced from the Start: Returning to the Village to Fish for Treasure 开局离婚:回村赶海捕鱼捞宝藏
(Beachcombing + fishing + taking down scumbags + family life) Fu Wan, a fisherwoman, has been reborn! In her previous life, after she was thrown out, her daughter was sold into the mountains. Her father went out to sea and was caught in a storm, his fate unknown. Her brother, whose leg had been pierced by a stingray and left him bedridden, killed himself. Her mother couldn’t bear the shock and took rat poison. But Heaven treated her kindly: not only was she reborn just before her divorce, but th
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Transmigrate into a Book in the 1970s: Follow the Army to an Island and Enjoy Retirement 穿书七零,随军海岛过养老生活
[Period setting + military marriage + seaside foraging + pocket dimension + mobile supply station] She transmigrates into a book and ends up in the body of a fool, just after being pushed into the water. Su Qingqing thinks she's not going to make it. Then a handsome man rescues her, calls her Qingqing, and says he's her fiancé. He even gives her a pile of treasures. With money worries behind her, she follows the army to an island and wants nothing more than to coast through life. But what if rea
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Transmigrate into a Book: In the 1970s, I Empty My Uncle’s Home and Follow the Army to an Island 穿书七零:搬空小叔家随军到海岛
[Complete] [Contributing to the country + island foraging + medical skills + alternate world + everyone’s favorite] (Note: This book features a multiverse shop and some storylines in other worlds. It is not purely a period novel.) Qian Xiaolan grew up in an orphanage. After turning down the advances of a rich second-generation heir, she transmigrated into a book! To her surprise, her original character’s fiancé had exactly the same name as the rich heir! And that wasn’t all. The series of events
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Reborn in the 1970s: My Space Can Reach the Bottom of the Sea! 七零重生:惊!我的空间能通海底
[Complete] [Historical era, fictional setting, island, cultivation, free travel between two worlds] In her previous life, Lan Xiruo lived a miserable life after her secret was exposed. After being rescued, she made the reckless mistake of falling in love with someone she shouldn't have. She finally came to her senses and fled from his side, only to die in a car accident. In one moment, she is reborn in 1974, back when she was sent to an island as an educated youth. She suddenly discovers that ev
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Sent to the Countryside on a Sea Island, Raising Little Ones with My Frog 下乡到海岛,带着蛙崽养团子
[Alternate-History Period Setting + Joining Her Husband on an Island Posting + Frog Companion's Pocket Dimension + Family's Cherished Darling + Raising Kids + Food + Foraging by the Sea] When Qi Mengyu woke up, she was blowing bubbles in the sea when Yan Qing, a cool, long-legged man, hauled her out. She discovered that she'd transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder supporting character in a period novel. To cherish life, stay away from the male and female leads. Marry a thoughtful, go
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Space in the 1960s: I Head to the Countryside with a Goose to Gather Seafood 六零空间:带着大鹅下乡去赶海
Shen Yuexi transmigrates to the impoverished 1960s with her spirit goose. Luckily, she has plenty of supplies stored in her space, enough to last her for ages, and her goose is a skilled fisher, so she doesn’t have to worry about food at all. The original owner was unloved by her father and mother. Her family wanted her twin sister to take over her job, so they signed her up to go to the countryside as an educated youth. Her sister even pushed her down, killing her. Her trip to the countryside i
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Reborn After Divorce, I Raise My Child and Quietly Get Rich 重生离婚后我带娃芶着致富了
Chen Hong opened her eyes and found herself reborn. She was back in the days before she was about to take her child to her parents' home. Unwilling to spend another life constantly walking on eggshells around others, Chen Hong decided to take a difficult but independent path this time. She headed up the mountains to farm and out to sea to fish, but unexpectedly ended up with a whole harem of men.
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Shh! The Money Is Mine, and We Split the Military Merit Fifty-Fifty 嘘!钱是我的,军功咱俩一人一半
Pocket dimension, sweet romance, supernatural powers, military marriage, beloved by all, adorable baby, raising kids, top-tier scoundrels Ye Wanyi transmigrates from the apocalypse, possessing wood and space abilities. Chu Yuechen is an officer in the 1970s, and she's the only one who ever captures his heart. Ye Wanyi: How lucky I am to have met you. From now on, we'll share every joy in life. Chu Yuechen: How lucky I am to have met you. It was love at first sight, and from now on, all I see is
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In a Period Novel, I Go Beachcombing and Share What I Know 在年代文里,赶海搞科普
[Period setting + mountain and sea foraging + treasure hunting + food + background character + pocket dimension] The novel's a mess, and the author keeps patching it up. There's family affection and friendship, but no romance! They forage in the mountains and at the seaside, but don't chase people away! Just give it a read!
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A Seventies Military Marriage: The Tycoon and His Adorable Child Dote on Me 七零军婚:我被大佬和萌娃宠上天
[Period Setting + Island Life + Raising Children] Heroine: Meng Lu; hero: Zhao Qi’an A gentle, capable teacher versus a soldier who’s cold to everyone else but clingy with his wife One night, Zhao Qi’an says, “What’s so great about having a son? All he does is make you mad. Once he gets married, he’ll forget all about you.” Meng Lu is speechless. “Zhao Qi’an, are you seriously jealous of our son?” Zhao Qi’an shamelessly continues, “Our son will belong to someone else one day. I’m the only one wh
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Cozy Days at the Seventies Island Family Compound 七零海岛家属院的温馨日常
[Marriage first, love later + sweet romance with no angst + following the troops to an island + cozy farming and child-rearing + triplets] After returning from her rural assignment, the older educated youth Song Xiangjun was set up on a match by her parents and married Zhou Haifeng, a young man from a military compound, in a whirlwind wedding. They first met on a train. He wore a neat green uniform and had handsome, upright features that made her look twice. Later, her mother showed her a photo
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Childhood Sweethearts in a Period Novel 穿到年代文里的青梅竹马
(Note: She doesn’t hand over her golden finger right from the start.) When Diwu Yue wakes up, she discovers she has transmigrated into a period novel she once read, becoming a minor supporting female character barely mentioned in the story. She and her childhood sweetheart refuse to follow the plot. Bringing along her sweetheart’s family heirloom, they head to a seaside island for rural reeducation. The two layabouts begin a happy life with all the seafood they could ever want. Is farming in a p
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Sold Off, the Fake Heiress Is Taken to an Island to Be a Soldier's Wife 被卖后假千金被叼回海岛当军嫂
Period setting + parallel world + devoted couples + space + sweet romance + adorable children + cute pets + a few rotten characters The whole story is lighthearted and cheerful, with a slow pace. Other heroines are out conquering the world, while all she wants is a pot of braised goose. (There are cute pets, so don't read if that's not your thing.) Song Chucheng had just bought the first seaside home of her life. She hadn't even started enjoying her retirement yet! Then, to her dismay, she trans
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Reborn in the 1980s: Building a Good Life with My Family 重生八零:带着全家过好日子
[Complete. Heads-up: seaside foraging + starting a business + childhood sweethearts + special admission to a special operations academy. There are a few awful people, but not many.] Lin Banxia was reborn! She returned to two days before her family's lives took a fateful turn, and wept with excitement. At last, the heavens had opened their eyes and given her a chance to start over. She found rare medicinal herbs on the mountain, and scoured the shore for abalone, wild large yellow croaker, spotte
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An Eighties Island Military Marriage: The Barren Military Wife Has Multiple Babies 八零海岛军婚,不孕军嫂多胎了
Permanently discontinued, no need to add this to your collection~ Permanently discontinued, no need to add this to your collection. Permanently discontinued, no need to add this to your collection~ Permanently discontinued, no need to add this to your collection. Permanently discontinued, no need to add this to your collection~
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After I Transmigrated, I Won Big by Foraging at Sea and Farming 穿越后,我靠赶海种田躺赢
[Farming * System * beachcombing * sweet romance * food] Yun Qi woke up one day to find herself a pitiful little country girl? Her cruel grandmother had beaten her badly, while her awful uncle and spineless grandfather just pretended not to notice. But all Yun Qi wanted was to live a lazy life, revive her System, dig for seafood, and raise pets. She never expected to become the richest person around, refine pure salt, make white sugar, and accidentally make great contributions to her country. Sh
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1970s Educated Youth: The Rugged Islander Is a Little Flirtatious 七零知青:海岛糙汉有点撩
(Period + devoted couple + love after marriage + adored by everyone + sweet and gentle girl vs. rugged army officer) Lin Suansuan opens her eyes in the 1970s, in the body of a delicate young woman. After joining the military on an island, she winds up marrying a cold-faced soldier by a twist of fate. The soldier is handsome and well-built. He acts aloof toward her, but in truth he indulges her and gives way to her at every turn. Watch her put her traditional Chinese medicine skills to use, he
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The Fake Heiress Strikes It Rich with Seafood 假千金靠海鲜暴富了
[Fishing + Food + Fake Heiress and Real Heiress + Face-Slapping + Sweet Romance] A fake-and-real heiress story had come to life, and Su Junhe was the fake heiress who had usurped another girl’s place. “The real heiress is back, and she still has the nerve to act like a young lady of the Su family!” “Maybe her parents were the ones who switched her and Su Ruan in the first place!” At a banquet, elegantly dressed ladies and young women sneered at her. “You’re just my sister’s stand-in. What give
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The 1970s: The Educated Youth Dormitory Opens Into the Modern World 七零:知青宿舍通现代
[Partly fictional setting; transmigration from the ’70s to the modern era; seaside foraging; seafood; heartwarming; feel-good; watching the drama unfold] Yu Min may be a country girl born and raised in the 1970s, but she’s no pushover. Outsiders all think her scumbag father and stepmother forced her to go to the countryside in place of her stepsister. Yeah, right. She went by choice. Her stepsister? You can go to the countryside and suffer too. After ruining the Yu family’s reputation, she dusts
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Seventies Island Military Marriage: A Stepmom's Daily Life Raising Kids After Remarrying 七零海岛军婚:二婚后妈养娃日常
Military Marriage + Stepmother + Second Marriage + Raising Kids + Sweet Romance + Food + Everyday Life + Love After Marriage When she opens her eyes, Song Shiwei discovers she has transmigrated into a book! Worse, she’s become the female cannon fodder with a tragic ending! To save her life and escape the plot’s control, she impulsively marries Zhou Tingyue, a cadre ten years her senior! She thinks she can now enjoy a carefree little life of her own! But when she arrives, she discovers that the f
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I Got a System and Struck It Rich by Gathering Seafood! 获得系统后,从赶海开始暴富!
(System + pocket dimension + coastal foraging + fishing + setting sail + cultivating immortality + livestreaming + pets + satisfying + making a fortune + laid-back daily life) “Fishing? Even dogs wouldn’t do it!” “I’ll do it, then! If even dogs won’t, I will! Fishing is exactly what I’m going to do!” After obtaining the System, Lin Shuyi immediately packed her things and returned to Bay Village, where she became a fisherwoman. The System wanted her to become a star. She refused, but that was fin
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Island Life: I Get Rich Fishing and Foraging by the Sea 海岛日常:我靠赶海钓鱼暴富
(No Romance + Shore Foraging + Fishing + Diving for Seafood + Easygoing Daily Life) Immerse yourself in beachcombing and fishing, and experience the fun of a seafood lucky dip. Catch giant crabs on rocky shores and find all kinds of grouper fish. Explore a beautiful underwater world and gather more giant lobsters and sea cucumbers than you can carry. Every day, she's either foraging on an uninhabited island or heading out to sea to catch large yellow croaker and fish for tuna... Yang Siqi is a
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The Farmer’s Blessed Daughter: The Ocean Became My Treasure Trove 农家福女,大海成了我的宝藏库
Main characters: Gu Sanshui, Gu Youjin, Su Lanxiang. [Lighthearted + beachcombing + everyday life + skills] After crashing the car she had just gotten her license for, she transmigrates with her whole family. She wakes up only to jump into the sea. She has no house, no land, and a mountain of debt. Luckily, Gu Sanshui has fortune on her side. Heaven takes pity on her and gives her a Lucky System. From then on, she relies on the System to haul in bucket after bucket of seafood, fill her fish
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The Chef Runs the House 厨娘当家
Transmigrate, with no awful relatives and a close-knit village. Go clamming, tend the fields, buy land, open a hotpot restaurant, earn silver, and maybe even win over a cold, aloof husband along the way. “Ow, eating this much chili sure is rough on the backside!” Chili peppers are great, but don’t overdo it. They didn’t have proctologists in ancient times.
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The Soft, Sweet Girl Climbs to the Top Through Technical Skills in the 1970s 娃娃又软又娇,在七零考技术上位
[One-on-one romance, sweet period drama, aloof and gentle top student x double-standard male lead] The Jiang family is notorious for having a lazy, sly, greedy good-for-nothing father, and now he's raised a famously lazy little girl. She's unbelievably lazy... If she can sit, she won't stand; if she can lie down, she won't sit. With a flatbread hanging around her neck, she'll still go hungry until she rolls her eyes back... Jiang Mengmeng grumbles that it's all because her genes are too strong.
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Sweet Beauty Joins the Army, Flirts with Her Husband, and Earns Merit to Stay Alive 娇甜美人随军,撩夫赚功德苟命
I post new chapters all year round, so this is a 🍅 problem! After getting caught up in a decoy operation, she becomes a master of intelligence. [1970s + sweet romance + transmigrate into a book + Merit System + dimensional space + spirit spring + marketplace; sweet, gentle heroine who grows stronger vs. a tough, handsome military officer who guides her; he’s secretly passionate but openly flirty, while she openly flirts but is secretly pure-hearted, timid yet brave, and makes clever use of her g
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Back to the 1970s: The Cannon-Fodder Army Wife Pursues Science to Strengthen the Nation 重回七零:炮灰军嫂励志科研强国
[Stationed on a remote island + marriage first, love later + scientific research for the nation + husband’s groveling pursuit after marriage] Content warning: The hero is a real jerk at first. The heroine focuses on settling in before turning to research. There are plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people, plenty of awful people!!! Professor Su, a pillar of the nation, transmigrates into a period novel as the female lead’s cannon-fodder foil. In the original story, the female lead is confi
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Farming on a Remote Island and Marrying an Officer 海岛种田嫁军官
[Period setting + transmigration + military marriage + island life + whirlwind marriage + farming + no cheat powers + troublesome relatives] Li Nian Nan, an agricultural researcher, transmigrates into the body of an adopted daughter who has just graduated from high school in the 1970s. After refusing an arranged marriage, she heads to an island in the countryside. When Zheng Bei Chuan, a soldier stationed there, heroically saves her, they marry in a whirlwind wedding. She farms, gathers seafood,
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A 1970s Military Marriage: My Sons and I All Transmigrated into a Book 七零军婚,我和儿子们都是穿书的
[Twins + Space + System + Book Pavilion + Military Marriage + Everyday Parenting] The male lead is basically just a background character, though he gets a little more screen time later on. Qiu Yinuo transmigrates into a book, becoming the vicious supporting female character in a period novel, as well as the future commander’s plump wife, who dies young. As the wife of a powerful man, she has everything she could want, yet she makes trouble at every turn and ends up bringing about her own death
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The Sixties: Herding Sheep, Studying, and Getting Into College 六十年代:放羊读书考大学
(Native orphan girl + nanny System + later a landlady + scientific research) Song Jiu became an orphan at six and thought she was going to starve to death. Then a System suddenly appeared and told her that if she worked hard at one thing, it would reward her with delicious food. Why bother dying, then? Time to work hard! Eating every delicacy under the sun was no longer just a dream! Dating? No, no, no! Men would slow down how fast I get my homework done! With no man on my mind, my pen naturally
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Transmigrating to the 1970s: The Legitimate Daughter Is a Super Mom 穿七零,嫡女当妈超会养
[Ancient Times to Modern Day + Military Marriage + Period Setting + Island + Grasslands + Mutual Devotion] After taking revenge for her mother, Song Shuqian, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household, arrives in 1968 and becomes the daughter of a capitalist family. She thought she could enjoy life without a care, since her family was wealthy and she was an only child. But in 1968, being a capitalist’s daughter meant danger. To escape her predicament, she impulsively marries Wei Jianguo, a
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