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Coastal Life in the 1980s, Coastal Life in the 1980s, Coastal Life in the 1980s 年代沿海年代沿海年代沿海

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  1. 1 A Little Wooden Boat from the Start, and I Take Over the Entire Ocean 开局一条小木船,我承包整个海洋 Urban2.0M WordsCompleted I only wanted to rescue someone who had fallen into the sea. I never expected to get dragged into it myself and wake up back in 1990. It was the same familiar little fishing village on the island, but I was no longer the jerk I used to be. I was reborn aboard the boat on my first trip out to sea, and happened to come across a school of large yellow croaker. A few drift nets brought in hundreds of pounds. I was rolling in money. At first, I thought I was just lucky. But on later fishing trips, I 461Reads8.6Score147Shelves
  2. 2 I Have a Beachcombing System: A Fisherman’s Road to Fortune 我有赶海系统:渔民发家日常 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Everyday life, beachcombing, fishing, family affairs, and making a fortune. After being reborn and gaining the Beachcombing System, penniless Jiang Yue raked in money by the bucketload. System level: 100 Favorability: 1,000 Envy: 1,000 “Ding!” “1,000 Luck Points consumed.” King razor clams, butter crabs, mud crabs, flower lobsters, green lobsters, all kinds of shrimp, crabs, fish, and shellfish... Large yellow croaker, big red grouper, mouse grouper, leopard coral grouper... 25.7kReads8.3Score1.5kShelves
  3. 3 Beachcombing: A Pair of Tongs from the Start Conquers the Entire Shore 赶海:开局一把夹子征服整片沙滩 Urban818k WordsOngoing (Tidepooling + fishing + islands + leisurely pace + family life + catching fish) After being swept into the sea and drowning while tidepooling, he was reborn in 2008. To improve his family's impoverished circumstances, to raise his five-year-old younger sister, and to escape the poverty and helplessness of his past life, he set out to make money by tidepooling and fishing so he could support her. By a stroke of luck, he activated the Tidepooling and Fishing System. Yao Jie gained X-ray vision. 6Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  4. 4 Beachcombing: After a Lucky Break, I Became the King of Fishing 赶海:撞大运后,我成钓鱼王了 Urban4.9M WordsOngoing (Beachcombing + fishing + everyday life + family squabbles + feel-good) One heroine, slow-paced. If that's not your thing, please don't hate on it! My name is Ye Chen, and I awakened a System that lets me observe living things. From then on, every trip to the shore brought in a haul, and the fish practically jumped into my mouth! On top of that, the System gave me a luck stat, though it does glitch out once in a while! 10.5kReads8.3Score749Shelves
  5. 5 Tidepool Foraging: Buckets Full Every Day, They Call Me the Clean-Sweep 赶海:天天爆桶,人送外号一扫光 Urban2.4M WordsCompleted [Period Setting] [Rural Farming] [Coastal Foraging] [Family Life] Wang Qiang accidentally transmigrates to a small fishing village, where he gains a fortune golden finger and begins a life of coastal foraging. With a little bucket and a shovel, he fills his haul every day. People give him the nickname “The One Who Sweeps It All Up.” He works hard along the shore, and with nothing but a shovel, he digs his way to a big house and a small car, and even marries a beautiful wife! From then on, his li 10.9kReads8.3Score717Shelves
  6. 6 Beachcombing: I Made My Fortune on the Shore 赶海:我靠赶海发家致富 Urban982k WordsCompleted After being reborn, Li Xing discovered that his luck while gathering seafood was outrageously good. Gathering seafood? He could dig anywhere and pull up all kinds of treasures from the sea. Going out on a boat? He could run into schools of fish without even trying. See how Li Xing goes from being dismissed as a good-for-nothing to becoming a darling of the heavens. See how he and a few brothers make their fortune gathering seafood. A lighthearted story. Please go easy on me, readers. 1.6kReads7.6Score119Shelves
  7. 7 Reborn on an Island, I Flirted with the Campus Beauty Once and Now She Won't Leave Me Alone 海岛重生,只撩一下校花赖上我 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted At thirty-nine, Wang Mancang had made a complete mess of his life. His parents had passed away, and he had left home in a fit of youthful anger, wandering ever since. He had worked as a male escort at a nightclub, then been lured to northern Myanmar and trapped in a desperate situation. But fate suddenly played an absurd joke on him: he was unexpectedly reborn in 2007. Back in his youth, Wang Mancang resolved to change his fate and make up for his regrets. He would save his parents and never let 6.2kReads8.2Score466Shelves
  8. 8 Reborn in an 1980s Fishing Village? I Want Wealth and Beautiful Women 重生渔村八十年代?我要财富美女 Urban630k WordsOngoing Reborn in a fishing village in 1982, the protagonist gets a chance to make up for the regrets of her past life and begin an extraordinary new one. Starting out by gathering seafood along the shore, she builds a fortune from nothing and works toward her dreams one step at a time. In this life, she wants it all: wealth, beauty, and status. 789Reads7.1Score—Shelves
  9. 9 Reborn in 1998: This Time, I'm Living the Easygoing Life of a Beachcomber 重生98:这辈子,做悠闲赶海人 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted (System + reborn + daily life + helping his sister-in-law get rich + explosive coastal foraging + comeback and face-slapping) Chen Kang opened his eyes and found himself back in 1998, in a coastal fishing village, as a scoundrel hated by everyone, known for stealing chickens and dogs. His sharp-tongued but kind-hearted sister-in-law had a little girl to raise, and his pockets were emptier than his face. Then, all of a sudden, the coastal foraging System activated! One pair of fire tongs, and he 14kReads7.9Score806Shelves
  10. 10 Dumped and Back on the Island, the Ocean Becomes My Golden Fishing Ground 分手回岛,大海成了我的黄金渔场 Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday life + seaside foraging + lighthearted + tycoon] I spent four years fawning over her and gave her everything. After Ye Tiantian got into graduate school, she dumped Jiang Han without a second thought. Heartbroken, Jiang Han decided to return to the island. Everyone had written him off, but then he unexpectedly awakened the Extreme Scanning System. Beneath the sand, under the rocks, on the seabed... He could see all the precious seafood others would never find. Mantis shrimp, moon snail 35.4kReads8.4Score3.2kShelves
  11. 11 Back to 1997: Getting Rich by Fishing the Tides 重回1997赶海致富 Urban454k WordsCompleted (Special abilities + beachcombing + sea fishing + wilderness hunting + treasure hunting + urban daily life) The protagonist, Lin Tian, is an IT worker who lost his job in 2025. By chance, he returns to a seaside fishing village in 1997. Swearing to put his modern-day experience to use and start over, he sets out to build a fortune through beachcombing, overturn the old capitalist order, and become a truly conscientious entrepreneur. There are no melodramatic plot twists or spoiled heroines here. 1.6kReads8.4Score100Shelves
  12. 12 Beachcombing: From the Start, One Sand Shovel Wins Me the Whole Beach 赶海:开局一把沙铲承包整个沙滩 Urban4.6M WordsCompleted (Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon) I dropped out of a top university and spent two years back in my hometown fishing village. Once the village's golden boy, I became a good-for-nothing everyone despised. Then one day, I discovered I could see my own luck stat and exchange points for beachcombing tools through a virtual screen. From then on, my life was like I had cheats enabled. With a sand shovel, I could easily earn thousands in a day. With a spade, I even dug up a whole bucke 138.4kReads9.4Score12.2kShelves
  13. 13 Back to 1981: The Little Fishing Village 重回那年,1981小渔村 Urban3.4M WordsOngoing A laid-back slice-of-life story about earning a living and supporting the family, nestled against the mountains and facing the sea. Climb the mountains, explore the sea, and enjoy a relaxed life, with no overpowered showboating or face-slapping. A period story about everyday life: gathering seafood, raising children, farming, and all the little things that happen in a family and village. 32.8kReads8.5Score2kShelves
  14. 14 Back to 1982: It All Begins in a Little Fishing Village 重回1982,从小渔村开始 Urban3.0M WordsOngoing [No System + Relaxed Daily Life + One Heroine + Mountains and Seas + Farming] Lin Dongyang shook his head. He had only been watching as a leatherback turtle was hauled ashore and helping release it back into the sea, but it got tangled up with him. The moment he opened his eyes, he was back in 1982, on the very day he had made a terrible mistake. The sight of the shabby old house brought distant memories flooding back. Looking at his wife beneath him, belly swollen and tears on her face, he felt 28.5kReads8.6Score2kShelves
  15. 15 A Golden Finger in My Coastal Foraging Life Makes Me Rich 赶海生活金手指让我暴富 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Reborn: Everyday Sea Foraging, and I Have a Golden Finger. Before he was reborn, Chen Fei was a spendthrift and a gambler. I've been reborn, and this time I've gained an unusual ability: I can see the fish in the sea. The ocean is mine to harvest... I'm going to make a fortune! Countless seafood and mountains of shellfish... I'll take it all! Chen Fei vows to turn over a new leaf and give his wife a happy home. 10.2kReads8.7Score580Shelves
  16. 16 Beachcombing from the Start: I Never Meant to Become a Playboy 开局赶海:我真没想当海王 Urban2.2M WordsOngoing [Beachcombing + fishing + sailing + everyday life + making money] My name is Chu Yang, and this is my everyday life beachcombing with my sister. Spiny king crabs, ornate spiny lobsters, gooseneck barnacles, large yellow croaker, and bluefin tuna. I fish, haul in nets, and salvage shipwrecks. Before I know it, I’ve become a fishing tycoon. I’m no good at writing blurbs, so just head into the story! The happiest Welcome, everyone, to my world. 8.1kReads8.5Score572Shelves
  17. 17 Blind-Box Beachcombing: Catch Fish Every Day and Cash In New Skills 盲盒赶海,每天捕鱼提现新技能 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Tidepooling + Fishing + Lighthearted + Everyday Life + Tycoon] After transmigrating to a small fishing village, Cao Dapeng discovered that he could see a different symbol on every fish. Successfully catching a fish earned him a corresponding reward that he could cash out. Catch a grouper marked with ¥, and 350 yuan lands in his bank account. Catch an octopus marked with ⚔, and he can cash out a lucky tidepooling grabber. Catch a green sea turtle marked with ☯, and he can cash out an underwater 6.4kReads8.4Score506Shelves
  18. 18 A Fishing Village Rises: The Road to Prosperity 小渔村崛起:致富之路 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Wei Hong retires from a special forces unit and returns home to make a living from the sea! What? Going out to sea depends on luck? You just have to hope the heavens throw you a bone? Wei Hong: I have a virtual Real-Time Fishing Information screen. I can see exactly what’s going on under the sea! What? The Real-Time Fishing Information screen can be upgraded? Wei Hong: Not only can it be upgraded, it gets more and more powerful. And so Wei Hong sets out on the path to fortune through offshore fi 12kReads8.7Score751Shelves
  19. 19 Fishing for a Living: Others Suffer, I Stock Up 赶海捕鱼:人家遭罪,我去进货 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Let me tell you, sea cucumbers feel slippery and smooth. It's so satisfying. When you touch a live abalone, it contracts. It's so much fun. Huh? Why are those two crabs hugging? What are they doing? Hehehehe. Do you want to come and find out? It's really fun. 4.3kReads8.4Score304Shelves
  20. 20 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 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 11.6kReads9.3Score750Shelves
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  21. 21 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 Modern Romance2.7M WordsCompleted (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 39.7kReads9.1Score4.7kShelves
  22. 22 The Sea God's Longing 海神的眷念 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Survive alone on the open sea, fish alongside sea beasts, roam the ocean freely, and enjoy a life without restraints. A modern university student is swallowed by the sea while trying to rescue someone on the shore. When he wakes again, he has arrived in the 1980s. Forced to go out fishing to support his family, he begins a dazzling, colorful life as a fisherman. Out fishing, watching giant beasts battle up close, Exploring the dazzling world beneath the sea, Standing as a king of the ocean, taki 1.1kReads8.5Score131Shelves
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  23. 23 Tidepool Treasure Hunting: With Violet-Gold Eyes, I Command the World's Oceans 赶海:一双紫金瞳,驾驭全球海洋 Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [No livestreaming + beachcombing + fishing + laid-back daily life + going out to sea + pets + ultra-wealthy + high-resolution pictures] An accident injured Lu Chuan’s eyes, but unexpectedly turned out to be a blessing in disguise, giving him a pair of “Violet-Gold Eyes.” Already fed up with his wage-slave life, he quit his job and returned to his hometown, a small fishing village, to build a new life. His eyes could pinpoint any marine creature, leaving nowhere for them to hide. The “spiritual t 1.3kReads8.2Score217Shelves
  24. 24 Riding the Tide of the Times: Making a Living by the Sea Since 1983 逆流年代:从83开始赶海养家 Urban2.9M WordsOngoing [Period drama, everyday life, gathering seafood, hunting, farming to support the family, working the land and sea, no showing off and face-slapping, family matters, small-scale ambitions. If that's not your thing, don't read.] Chen Yefeng is reborn in a small fishing village in 1983, giving himself a chance to make up for the regrets of his past life. He embraces his family and starts a leisurely life through gathering seafood and farming. There are no schemes, only ordinary happiness and hard w 18.9kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves
  25. 25 I Told You to Go Fishing, but You Hauled Up a Submarine 让你钓鱼:你却给捞了艘潜艇 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted Original title: Fishing the Four Seas: I Built My Fortune Through Fishing [Sea Fishing + One Heroine + No System] They say fishing will keep you poor for three years? Not me. I’m different! Yu Duoduo never wanted to be a factory drone. When he suddenly awakens the ability to see through seawater, he throws himself wholeheartedly down the irreversible path of becoming an avid angler... 5.4kReads9.0Score404Shelves
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  26. 26 The Simple Life: An Angler's Journey Around the World 休闲生活:钓鱼人游钓天下 Urban502k WordsCompleted [Slow-paced, focused on fishing, lighthearted] “Yu, pick up a couple of fish on your way back.” “Sure thing, Mom~” Luo Feiyu made a little finger-heart gesture, his fingers bouncing back and forth. “You’re a grown man, and you’re still making heart signs at me? Mom knows how you feel.” “Mom, you’ve got it wrong. I mean, give me some money.” With a hundred yuan in his pocket, Luo Feiyu headed out to meet up with his friend Li Yu. The moment they met, one of them said, “Hey, I’ve got an idea!” “Wh 3.1kReads7.5Score151Shelves
  27. 27 Bound for the Open Sea: Starting Out as a Deckhand 目标远海:从远海打工者开始 Urban2.1M WordsOngoing Orphan Yu Chao joins a fishing boat as a deckhand to earn tuition money, only to unexpectedly gain golden eyes that can see through the seabed. From then on, he sets out to bring in haul after haul from the sea. Oh, how vast the ocean is. Oh, how expensive seafood is. A golden finger (not too overpowered) + one heroine (the male lead has a partner) + the everyday life of working hard (some prices are exaggerated compared to reality) 11.2kReads8.7Score821Shelves
  28. 28 I Made My Fortune Beachcombing 我从赶海发家致富 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted One heroine, fishing and gathering seafood, no System. His father died and his mother ran off, but he has the protagonist’s template. Watch Wang Zibai rise from the gutter and roam the world. Money and beautiful women? No problem. 6.8kReads8.7Score500Shelves
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  29. 29 Tidepooling: Raising a Child by the Sea 赶海:我靠赶海养娃 Urban3.5M WordsOngoing A corporate drone is reborn in the good old days of 2008. While everyone else who gets a second chance is trading stocks or flipping houses, Gu Han can only bury himself in the grand pursuit of harvesting seafood from the shore. With a bucket, a shovel, and a rain cape, he ushers in a brand-new era of beachcombing. “Dad, are we going to catch big crabs today? We’re going to make lots and lots of money, right?” 9.4kReads8.6Score555Shelves
  30. 30 A Fishing Life: It Started with Catching a Giant Grouper 钓鱼人生:从钓到大石斑鱼开始 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted A laid-back story about fishing and gathering seafood. Su Ye, an unemployed young man, planned to go home and rest for a while. The ocean, blue skies, and white clouds were the best cure for a weary heart. Su Ye realized that fishing, gathering seafood, catching fish, and keeping a cat or dog seemed like a pretty nice way to live. His parents, though, seemed to be looking at him more and more strangely! On his first day fishing, he caught a large grouper, and his mother beamed with joy. On the s 21.1kReads9.2Score1.4kShelves
  31. 31 Reborn in 1983: From Coastal Foraging to Success 重生1983,从赶海走向成功 Urban643k WordsCompleted Born in the best years of China's Reform and Opening-Up, Zhang Weiqing nevertheless missed almost every opportunity to escape poverty. Reborn once more, can he turn his life around with forty years of memories? 12kReads8.8Score646Shelves
  32. 32 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 Ancient Romance801k WordsCompleted 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 12.3kReads9.2Score1.8kShelves
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  33. 33 In a Period Novel, I Go Beachcombing and Share What I Know 在年代文里,赶海搞科普 Modern Romance545k WordsOngoing [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! 311Reads8.3Score—Shelves
  34. 34 Cozy Days at the Seventies Island Family Compound 七零海岛家属院的温馨日常 Modern Romance150k WordsCompleted [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 1.1kReads8.7Score155Shelves
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  35. 35 Transmigrated to the 1970s: Raising Kids on a Military Island 穿越七零:海岛随军养娃日常 Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [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 2.4kReads8.9Score188Shelves
  36. 36 With Billions in Supplies, I Reincarnated as an Educated Youth and Hunt for Seafood Every Day 身怀亿万物资魂穿知青每日赶海 Modern Romance167k WordsCompleted [Period setting + spatial supplies + devoted husband + tidal-foraging expert + getting rich + strong heroine] The heroine loves and hates fiercely, and always gets even! The hero is a loyal, calculating man who keeps his wealth well hidden! Qian Duoduo comes from the future, carrying an inexhaustible supply of billions of goods. She transmigrates to the 1970s as a young educated woman. With a stepmother, she’s treated like a little cabbage. Her own father beats the original owner to death. Befor 1.3kReads8.9Score106Shelves
  37. 37 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 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 18.8kReads9.1Score1.8kShelves
  38. 38 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 Modern Romance563k WordsCompleted 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 1.6kReads8.6Score191Shelves
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  39. 39 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 Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 3.2kReads8.9Score268Shelves
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  40. 40 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 Modern Romance434k WordsCompleted [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 564Reads9.1Score107Shelves
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  41. 41 Reborn in the 1980s: Building a Good Life with My Family 重生八零:带着全家过好日子 Modern Romance476k WordsCompleted [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 239Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  42. 42 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 Modern Romance995k WordsCompleted [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 13.2kReads8.5Score983Shelves
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  43. 43 Back to 1983 in the Fishing Village: Did You Just Call Me a Stinking Fisherman? 重回83渔村:你喊我臭打鱼的? Urban250k WordsOngoing Period setting + urban farming + fishing and drying nets + reborn A sudden, violent storm sends Zou Qing back to a small fishing village in the 1980s. From then on, he begins his journey to turn his life around. 319Reads—Score—Shelves
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  44. 44 The Fake Heiress Strikes It Rich with Seafood 假千金靠海鲜暴富了 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 2.7kReads8.9Score268Shelves
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  45. 45 I'm a Reborn Bystander in a Coastal Foraging Story 重生赶海文里,我是路人甲 Modern Romance588k WordsCompleted [Transmigration into another body + beachcombing + sea fishing + farming + pocket dimension + laid-back daily life] Good news! The unremarkable landscape painting that had hung in Luo Jingzhe's living room for over a decade turns out to be the legendary Mountains and Rivers, State-Society Diagram. It feels as if a pie has fallen from the sky and hit her. Bad news! Only a few days after she contracts with it, she inexplicably transmigrates, body and all. To make matters worse, she lands in a roma 1.1kReads7.2Score101Shelves
  46. 46 The 1970s: The Educated Youth Dormitory Opens Into the Modern World 七零:知青宿舍通现代 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 3.6kReads8.5Score496Shelves
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  47. 47 The 1990s Fishing Village Era 九零渔村时代 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted If Heaven gave you another chance to start over, what would you change? The ways you let your family down? The regrets you have with friends? Or would you stop the woman who gave everything for you, yet lost it all, from suffering the same fate again? Lin Yong is lucky enough to get that chance. He returns to his reckless youth. His wife has just given birth to a daughter and is anxious, but Lin Yong treats her with tenderness. In this life, neither of you will ever suffer the slightest grievanc 459Reads5.5Score—Shelves
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  48. 48 Back to 1983: Tides of Fortune Make Me Rich 重回1983,渔村赶海让我暴富 Urban315k WordsOngoing After being diagnosed with cancer, Lin Feng didn't want to burden his children, so he chose to take his own life. He never expected fate to give him another chance. He had actually returned to 1983! Facing his current self, still a gambling addict, and his family, who had nothing to their name, Lin Feng embarked on a path to prosperity through fishing and gathering seafood by the shore... “I'll change our fate, and make sure all my loved ones can live a good life!” 102Reads—Score—Shelves
  49. 49 After Being Sent to a Desert Island, I Became an Ocean Treasure Hunter 分配荒岛后,我成了海洋寻宝家 Ancient Romance261k WordsCompleted [Tidepool Treasure Hunting + Infrastructure Building + Relaxed Daily Life] From the start, Chen Baige is assigned to a deserted island, and she’s delighted. Not only does she have a space, she can also breathe underwater without assistance and communicate with marine life. The early chapters focus on building infrastructure; later, she sets sail in search of treasure. Everyday Moment 1: Chen Baige: Take me to the sperm whales’ den. I want to pick up a couple of pieces of their poop. Orca: Why d 1.9kReads9.0Score178Shelves
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  50. 50 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 Modern Romance1.5M WordsCompleted 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. 7.5kReads9.0Score1kShelves

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