A Male-Lead Novel Set in Northeast China in the Old Days, All About Hunting and Ginseng Gathering. A Quiet Life, Without So Much Drama 纯男主打猎采参东北年代文，平淡生活没有那么多勾

1. 51 1 1978: From the Start, I'm Making the Educated Youth School Beauty a Mom? 1978：开局让知青校花当妈？ Codename Daylight代号白昼Urban374k WordsOngoing (Already adapted into a motion comic, so enjoy without worry!) [One female lead] [Hunting] [Mountain foraging] [Gathering herbs] [Devoted husband] [No System] [No storage space] [Everyday life] Oh no! Lin Mo wakes up, and his world has fallen apart! A post-2000s young man, he dies and transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing nobody from 1978. From the start, he's got two big disadvantages: no father and no mother. And that's not even the worst part! Being an orphan is bad enough, bu 29.3kReads8.7Score1.6k14d adds

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   There are no complicated interpersonal relationships; the male protagonist and his wife's parents are both deceased, so the two rely on each other. It was even adapted into a short anime, which is very entertaining.

2. 52 重 Reborn in 1995: Building the World's No. 1 Village 重生95，打造全球第一村 Liao Xingeng廖辛耕Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Reborn] + [Rise to success in a bygone era] + [Business warfare] + [Pure exhilaration] + [Family redemption] A lonely, ailing Lin Ye dies in a foreign land... When he opens his eyes again, it's 1995! In his previous life, he was a wealthy bachelor worth billions, with no family member by his bedside when he died. This time, he returns to May 19, 1995. Tonight, his beloved second older sister will drink pesticide! Lin Ye dashes out of the classroom, racing against time to stop the tragedy that h 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
3. 53 8 1982: Hunting in the Mountains and Marrying the Village Belle! It Starts with Hunting a Bear 82赶山打猎娶村花！从猎熊开始 Helpful Citizen Old Ma热心市民马老头Urban1.6M WordsCompleted In the Xiaoxing’an Mountains, rich in wildlife, the male lead Feng Guolong is known as Feng Er. He is reborn in an era when guns and hunting are still allowed. He ventures into the mountains, hunts, and searches for treasure. He catches fish, raises deer, and digs for ginseng. Follow Feng Guolong as he grows step by step and reaches the pinnacle of life. Little by little, he makes up for the regrets he left behind in his previous life. He marries the village beauty he loves, protects his 22.8kReads8.0Score1.7k14d adds

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   Hunting in the mountains to obtain ginseng

4. 54 靠 Live Off the Mountains: Reborn in the 80s, I Keep a Low Profile in the Mountain Village 靠山吃山，重生80后我苟在山村 Wind Blows on the Iron Tree风吹铁树Urban3.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Li Qingyun's grandmother drugged him and stuffed him into a haystack, all to ruin his reputation so his cousin could take his place in the army. The result was his utter disgrace, the destruction of his family, and the loss of everything! This time, he is reborn in the haystack. He knows what is about to happen there. His eyes turn red… 13.2kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds

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   Good-looking hunting novels set in the old era

5. 55 重 Reborn, I Run a Taoist Temple 重生后我经营一座道观 Kindergarten Grandpa幼儿园大爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted From the start, Wang Dashan killed a bandit, saved his grandfather, and then set out on a path from hunting to becoming a tycoon who would help restore his country. In 2023, 58-year-old Wang Dashan, alone in the world, was reborn in the Taoist temple where he had lived at age fifteen. To save his grandfather, who had been killed by bandits while protecting the villagers, and make up for the regret of having wanted to care for his parents only after it was too late, he picked up a knife and kille 18.4kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
6. 56 重 Back to 1982: Building a Fortune Through Hunting 重回1982：狩猎兴家 Lord Jie of Wangxiang Pavilion望乡阁的界王大人Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Modern-day Zhao Weiguo is unexpectedly reborn as his eighteen-year-old self in 1982, in Kaoshan Village at the foot of Changbai Mountain in Northeast China. Armed with memories of his past life and a vague sense of what the future holds, he is determined to change the fate of his impoverished family and save his loved ones from dying young. From the start, he uses the scraps of hunting knowledge he remembers to save his father from a life-threatening injury and acquire a promising puppy named Bl 31Reads5.8Score—14d adds
7. 57 重 Reborn in 1980: Hunting and Building a Life in the Changbai Mountains 重生1980我在长白山狩猎兴家 Lord Jie of Wangxiang Pavilion望乡阁的界王大人Urban1.2M WordsCompleted In his previous life, Qin Feng was a celebrated special-forces king and corporate chairman, yet he was lonely inside and carried deep regrets. After an accident, he is reborn in the winter of 1980, in a poor mountain village called Kaoshan Tun on the banks of the Tumen River, deep in the Changbai Mountains of Northeast China. He has become an eighteen-year-old youth. Drawing on his former combat skills, management acumen, and the steely resolve born of his desire to make amends for past regrets, 678Reads6.0Score—14d adds
8. 58 重 Reborn in 1987: I Married a Sweet Young Wife, and It Feels Amazing 重生1987，反手娶小娇妻真香 The Xuanzong of Qinchen Town秦尘镇的玄宗Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Adapted into the short drama Back to 1987: I Turn Around and Marry the Beautiful Young Wife] [Urban farming] [No more putting up with humiliation] Back on the day of his humiliation in 1987, Li Feng’s bride ran off the night before the wedding. His family was left without a bride on the big day, and the whole region mocked them for years. He has no intention of letting that happen again in this life, so that very night he marries her younger sister, who has just been accepted to college. His br 3.6kReads7.1Score19714d adds
9. 59 穿 Transmigrating to 1976: Hunting in the Mountains with My Pocket Dimension 穿越76，带着空间上山打猎 Seeking Words on the Wind觅语乘风Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Space] [Hunting] An overworked young man unexpectedly transmigrates to the Greater Khingan Mountains in 1976. In an era when people barely have enough to eat or wear, Xu Chen defies his family's objections and resolutely heads into the mountains to become a forest ranger. He originally planned to use his spatial ability to trade in mountain goods and make his fortune. But after an accident leads him to cross into Russian territory with a young woman in tow, he embarks on an Arctic fox hunt. Fro 4.7kReads7.3Score23914d adds
10. 60 重 Reborn in 1960 with a Pocket Dimension 重生60带空间 Young Master Lin Jiaquan林家權少Urban5.5M WordsOngoing After saving someone, Lin Hao unexpectedly arrives in the 1960s and is reborn in the body of a martyr's orphan with the same name and gender. Fortunately, a pocket dimension comes with him as a golden finger. Follow Lin Hao as he enjoys a carefree life during the three years of natural disasters. As he explores the pocket dimension, he gradually unlocks many of its functions, learns martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, hunts, and enjoys life freely. 175.9kReads8.8Score15.6k14d adds
11. 61 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 42.6kReads8.2Score2.9k14d adds

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    Snowflakes are falling heavily; we go hunting in the mountains, battling against the heavens, the earth, and other people, to earn money to build a house and get married, laughing until our stomachs hurt.

12. 62 重 Reborn in 1980: Building a Fortune Through Fishing and Hunting, with an Educated Young Woman Pursuing Me 重生80：渔猎起家，女知青倒追 Raise the Brush and Slay the Gods提笔斩神Urban3.4M WordsOngoing [The 1980s + reborn comeback + no System + one heroine + hunting and fishing + getting rich in the countryside + everyday family life + grassroots development] Zhang Lei wakes up to find himself back in the 1980s. This year, the crossroads of fate lies right before him. One more step, and he can land the coveted iron rice bowl that everyone envies. But remembering the tragedy in his past life that changed his whole family's fate, he resolutely gives up his bright prospects and returns to the 13.2kReads8.2Score73314d adds

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    🌹🌹🌹Tang Shan Hai is reborn in 1978. His mother is still alive, and his gentle and considerate Sichuanese mute wife remains devoted to him despite his past infamy. In his previous life, he didn't appreciate her at all, but in this life, it's not too late! This is the vast Northeast of China, before hunting and mountain closures, the treasure trove of Changbai Mountain. Reborn, he starts by hunting in the mountains, gathering herbs, and digging for ginseng, thus beginning his second chance at life. [Laughs][Laughs][Laughs]

13. 63 重 Reborn in 1982: I Make My Living Hunting 重生八二，我靠打猎为生 Sakura Nineteen樱十九Urban1.9M WordsCompleted [Completed] [Hunting in the 1980s] [Mostly Slice of Life] [Urban Farming] [No System] Xu Feng wakes up one morning and finds himself back in Northeast China in 1982. Before him stand a dilapidated earthen house and a family in dire poverty. His younger sister needs money for school, his parents are exhausted from work, his eldest brother is poor, and his pregnant sister-in-law needs nourishment. Xu Feng grabs the family's hunting rifle and heads into the mountains. He raises hunting dogs, hunts 241Reads7.1Score—14d adds
14. 64 年 1970s: This Kid's Got Nerve 年代1970：这小子很野 Potato Loves Rolling Around土豆爱打滚Urban678k WordsOngoing [Educated youth sent to the countryside + not a Siheyuan fanfic + no System + one female lead + pocket dimension] Jiang Jun, a struggling writer, wakes up one morning to find he has transmigrated to 1970. He lives in a courtyard house at No. 69 Nanluoguxiang. Fortunately, this isn't the world of The Birds Are Filling the Courtyard. Just as Jiang Jun is congratulating himself on becoming a resident of the capital, with a home there to boot, he is told to go to school to collect supplies, and that 530Reads5.5Score—14d adds
15. 65 七 I Sold My Iron Rice Bowl, Stocked Up My Pocket Dimension, and Headed to the Countryside in the Seventies 七零卖掉铁饭碗，囤满空间下乡去 Beef Potstickers牛肉锅贴Urban1.7M WordsCompleted [Family squabbles + cozy everyday life + pocket dimension + hunting in the mountains + a wife who grows on you] The short drama “Sold My Iron Rice Bowl in the Seventies, Stocked Up My Pocket Dimension, and Went to the Countryside” is now streaming. Lu Qingyang transmigrates into the role of a doomed lovesick fool in a period novel. His cousin steals his job, and he is sent to the poorest region to cut timber. He marries a woman with a shady past, lives a miserable life, and even the children are 14.3kReads7.8Score89414d adds
16. 66 重 Reborn in 1982: The Foolish Village Guardian's Hunting Life 重生82：傻子守村人的赶山生涯 The Daydreaming Zhou梦游的小周Urban1.1M WordsCompleted Every village has one or two “village guardians.” They're often slow-witted, but kindhearted. The elders say village guardians come to the human world to endure hardship and cultivation. They ward off disasters and misfortune for the village, taking the bad luck upon themselves. After Chen Wang, a modern-day wage slave, suddenly died, his soul returned to the 1980s and possessed a fool who had just died in Chenjia Village, a village guardian from the Chen family. He has nothing but four bare wal 5.9kReads8.6Score38014d adds

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    I recommend this book; it's about ordinary life and hunting.

17. 67 重 Reborn in 1978: Making a Fortune Hunting and Digging for Ginseng in the Northeast 重生78，东北打猎挖参致富经 Orange Tabby Cat橘利猫Urban663k WordsCompleted [Period setting + Northeast hunting + reborn + devoted husband + everyday life] Bringing hunting scenes and the colorful everyday life of Northeast China back to life! Carrying the regret and guilt of his previous life, Tang Shanhai returned to 1978! In this life, his mute Sichuanese wife was still as gentle and sweet as ever... Without her, his mother would probably have been gone long ago! In his previous life, she stayed by his side through everything, but he never cherished her... What shoul 281Reads6.8Score10114d adds

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    Please advise.

18. 68 重 Reborn in 1960: I Have a Divine Cauldron Space 重生60，我有神鼎空间 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban2.8M WordsCompleted Zhao Guoqiang died alongside the demolition crew, never imagining that the incense burner in his own main room was a divine artifact. After accidentally becoming the master of the Bronze Divine Cauldron, he was reborn as another man named Zhao Guoqiang. Inside the cauldron's space were towering mountains, lakes, and mighty rivers. What delighted him even more was that the cauldron could condense holy water. Time already flowed ten times faster inside the space than in the outside world. With the 394Reads7.4Score9114d adds

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    Fishing, hunting, wild boar, tiger, bear, wolf pack, bison, roe deer, python, century-old ginseng, thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum.

19. 69 四 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Control the Life and Death System 四合院：开局掌控生死系统 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.8M WordsCompleted From the start, he gets a Life and Death System and hypnosis abilities, sending him straight to the top. The Life and Death System can extract life force from anything alive, including animals, plants, fish, and humans. It can also pour life force into any living thing, though the effect is halved. Extracting life force from a century-old tree yields fifty years' worth, which can be poured into a sapling to instantly make it grow to the size of a fifty-year-old tree. Animals work the same way: e 14.7kReads8.1Score80914d adds
20. 70 重 Reborn in 1978: Hunting in the Mountains 重生1978，从狩猎赶山开始 Hermit of the Northwest Mountains西北山人Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In 1978, in a poor mountain village, my mother was branded a parasite who was bleeding the collective economy dry. My elderly grandfather had to go hunting in the mountains in winter to put food on the table, and my little sister was expected to marry a cripple from the neighboring village just to provide the family with an heir. The only reason was to bring me home a wife in exchange. These things had already happened before I was reborn. If they happened again after I was reborn, what would ha 40.4kReads8.0Score2.2k14d adds

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    Besides hunting in Northeast China, there are also hunting stories in Northwest China. This book is heavily influenced by its ratings.

21. 71 年 A Legendary Life in the Era 年代传奇人生 Wen Youcai文有财Urban1.1M WordsCompleted A ruthless soldier king is reborn in the Greater Khingan Mountains of the 1960s. With the pocket dimension and gear from his previous life, he takes his friends hunting and exploring. The early story centers on hunting, with cross-province searches for family, treasure hunts, and battles against spies woven in. They explore fortresses, raid tombs, and get caught up in other thrilling adventures. Novel pets include a wolverine, a big black horse, a yellow-throated marten, reindeer, and a mantis. 62.9kReads7.7Score9k14d adds

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    A former elite soldier is reborn in the depths of the Greater Khingan Mountains in the 1960s, carrying his previous life's spatial abilities and some equipment. The story is exciting and fast-paced, with hunting as the main plot, interspersed with cross-province searches for relatives, treasure hunts, fighting spies, exploring fortresses, and tomb raiding. The pets are novel: wolverines, red dogs, black horses, yellow-throated martens, and reindeer. Updates are stable, and the game is entirely hand-written. Welcome to the series!

22. 72 赶 Hunting in the Mountains, 1957: Two Jin of Pork for a Wife 赶山1957：二斤猪肉换个媳妇 Top Salesperson of the Year年度销售第一Urban2.6M WordsOngoing 66kReads7.8Score5.3k14d adds

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    This kind of novel is still more comfortable to read.

23. 73 狩 Hunting Wild Boars, I Have a Top-Quality Tracking Dog 狩猎野猪，我有极品重托犬 Foolish Dinosaur愚蠢的恐龙Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Hunting wild boars, hounds, dogfighting, knife hunting, rifle hunting, bowhunting, mountain hunts, protecting farmland, group hunts, nationwide hunts] Reborn through transmigration, with wild boars running rampant? Zhang Qing takes over a defunct hunting team and personally trains the strongest pack of hounds, starting with the first heavy-duty tracking dog. That alone changes everything. Whether it’s wild boars ravaging farmland, grave robbers fleeing through the mountains, or poachers up on 7.1kReads9.0Score53614d adds
24. 74 打 Hunting: I Start My Journey to the Northeast with a Phased-Array Radar 打猎，闯关东开局自带相控阵雷达 Black Bitter Tea黑色苦茶Historical1.7M WordsOngoing [Hunting] + [Farming] + [System] + [Many Love Interests] + [Powerful Pets] + [Alternate Modern-Era Setting] + [Jianghu] + [Greenwood Outlaws] In early autumn of 1901, Cao Huaiyi, born into the Great Qian Empire, fled to the foothills of Changbai Mountain. Penniless, Cao Huaiyi awakened a long-overdue career System. Ding! Hunter career awakened. Talent skill acquired: Hunting Phased-Array Radar. No prey can escape detection across the mountains. Ding! Gunner career awakened. Talent skill acqu 7.7kReads8.1Score66814d adds
25. 75 狩 Hunting in 1986: Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 狩猎1986，长白山是我的猎场 Tomato with Two Eggs番茄打俩蛋Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Hardcore hunting + support System + everyday life in the 1980s + guns, bows, and knives + fierce hunting dogs + all kinds of firearms + hunting and hound gangs + romance + one heroine + funny and lighthearted + feel-good, no angst] Good news! Chen Kun has transmigrated to Changbai Mountain in 1986! That's right, the glorious era when hunting and firearms were both legal, the golden age for mountain hunters! More good news! The moment Chen Kun arrives, the Hunting Rewards System comes online! Hu 14.6kReads8.3Score1.1k14d adds
26. 76 重 Reborn in 1958: Rising to Prominence as a Hunter in the Changbai Mountains 重生五八：从长白山打猎开始崛起 Yining Will Shineogsun一宁会发光ogsunUrban1.1M WordsCompleted Ace sniper Lu Feng dies alongside his enemy during a mission. When he opens his eyes, he has become an unlucky man on the verge of freezing to death at the foot of Changbai Mountain in 1958. His home is bare, his mother is bullied by the clan, and his little sister is so hungry she's gaunt. A desperate situation? Not for Lu Feng. This vast forest and snowy wilderness is the ultimate hunting ground! While others worry about where their next steamed corn bun will come from, Lu Feng is already haul 9.9kReads7.9Score1.1k14d adds
27. 77 重 Reborn in 1950: Hunting in the Mountains to Put Food on the Table 重生1950年，赶山打猎吃饱饭 Not a Tomato不是西红柿Urban357k WordsCompleted Zhang Xiaoshuai lived to the age of 93 in his previous life before being reborn in 1950. He was only eighteen that year, still young, and he could start over in every way. Reborn, he’ll fill his stomach first, then make up for the regrets of his past life by ranging through the Changbai Mountains, hunting, gathering mountain produce, and making more money. He also has a pocket dimension, where he can add skills and make life a little more perfect, or rather, a whole lot more perfect. He can st 1.6kReads7.4Score10214d adds
28. 78 重 Reborn in 1983: I Tame Beasts, Hunt, Forage in the Mountains, and Stock Up 重生83，我驭兽打猎赶山进货 I'm Here to Break Up the Fight我是来劝架的Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Period Setting + Reborn + From the Start + Hunting + System + Beast Taming + Pets] Xu You'an died with regrets and remorse. When he opened his eyes, he had been reborn in 1983. Faced with a family on the verge of collapse, he resolutely ventured into the deep mountains and forests... But the forests were dangerous, with all kinds of extreme conditions, snakes, insects, rats, and ants. They had swallowed up wave after wave of mountain hunters. Facing the Siberian tiger that ruled the mountains, 55.1kReads7.5Score5.1k14d adds
29. 79 重 Reborn in 1960: I Hunt in the Deep Mountains 重生1960，我窝在深山打猎 Springtime for Mantis Shrimp皮皮虾的春天Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Feng, an outstanding soldier from the 21st century with expertise in various military technologies and medicine, is reborn in 1960 in the body of a 16-year-old boy deep in the mountains who shares his name. He takes his mother, who was driven out of the house by her stepfather, and his older sister with him. They struggle to survive in the mountains, living in a dilapidated house with too little clothing and food. But none of that is a problem. Rabbits, bears, leopards, pheasants, hazelnuts, 2.1kReads7.1Score13014d adds
30. 80 一 A Family in Northeast China: Making a Fortune Hunting Since 1966 一家子在东北，从66年打猎致富 Matcha Daifuku抹茶大福Urban2.1M WordsOngoing [Revive the Great Northeast!] [All Handcrafted + Period Setting + Local Bully + Hunting + Business + Everyday Life] In his previous life, Chu Ziheng gave up on himself, leading to the deaths of his wife and daughter. That left him alone for the rest of his life, and he died with regrets. But when he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn, returning to an era sixty years earlier, when supplies were scarce. His wife was still alive, and so was his child. There was still time to make things righ 9.4kReads7.8Score62214d adds
31. 81 重 Reborn in 1978: The Legendary Mountain God of the Hunt 重生78：狩猎之山神传奇 Number One Brother of Xuanyang玄阳一哥Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period setting + rebirth + spatial storage + hunting + animal companions + providing for the family + one female lead + decisive and ruthless + bold and courageous] After half a century of loneliness, Li Han suddenly realized he had been reborn. Was it a dream? No, it was real! When he discovered he had returned to the day his father died in the mountains, he fought a man-eating bear with incredible courage and changed his father’s fate! Faced with a penniless family, a little sister crying for 5.3kReads7.7Score46614d adds
32. 82 重 Reborn in 1985: Hunting the Forests and Snowfields with a Gun and My Family 重生八五：一人一枪狩猎林海雪原 Ink Spilled Across a Lonely City墨洒孤城Urban1.7M WordsCompleted The rating just came out, and it’ll climb soon! [Hunting + System + mountain foraging + farming + feel-good wish fulfillment] Back in 1985, Lin Yang awakens a Hunting Trade System. Complete a trade to earn trade points, which can be exchanged for all kinds of useful skills! Prey Lock: Lock onto and track your prey! Auto-Aim: Hit the mark every single time! Ox-and-Elephant Strength: Unleash your power and tear a wild boar apart with your bare hands! … In an era when hunting is still legal, the mo 20.4kReads7.2Score1.3k14d adds
33. 83 穿 Transmigrated to 1960: Hunting to Feed My Nine Older Sisters 穿越60从打猎开始养活九个姐姐 The Blade Sees Smiling刀见笑Urban3.9M WordsOngoing [Transmigration]+ [1960s]+ [Family Life]+ [Family Bonds]+ [Building a Fortune]+ [Magic Space]+ [Spirit Pool Water]+ [Animal Companions]+ [Hunting]+ [Helping the Whole Village Get Rich]+ [No Dark or Violent Themes] After transmigrating to the 1960s, Zhang Xiaolong, once an orphan, now has grandparents, two healthy parents, and nine older sisters. Having gone from being utterly alone to the darling of his whole family, Zhang Xiaolong feels deeply loved, but also keenly aware of his great responsib 107.6kReads8.6Score7.1k14d adds

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    Traveling back to the resource-scarce 1960s, while others are filled with worry, Zhang Xiaolong is on a winning streak! He possesses a mysterious pagoda-like space where he cultivates rare treasures, raises pets, and bravely hunts. From the family's pampered darling to a capable leader guiding the entire village to prosperity, there's no backstabbing or hostility, only warm and healing family bonds. Come witness this thrilling yet heartwarming legend of the era!

34. 84 我 I Fish with Dragon Blood, and Every Fish and Shrimp in the Sea Goes Wild 我用龙血钓鱼，海中鱼虾都疯了 Fourth Master Nan Gai南丐四爷Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Fishing with dragon blood sends every fish and shrimp in the sea into a frenzy. Tempering my body with dragon blood and making a name for myself with dragon fists. I use dragon dung and urine in my space to grow ginseng and tea plants. Every year, I drip another drop of dragon blood beneath the tea plants. Regularly drinking the tea they produce delays aging, strengthens the body, promotes longevity, fortifies the bones and sinews, beautifies the skin, turns white hair black, and even boosts vir 711Reads8.6Score17114d adds

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    Hunting: wild boar, bear, tiger, Burmese python; fishing for soft-shelled turtles and eels; gathering ginseng and lingzhi mushrooms; discovering an elephant tomb; I'm rich!

35. 85 重 Reborn in 1983: Hunting, and Bumping Into a Wolf Who Puts Its Paw on My Shoulder from the Start 重生83打猎：开局碰到狼搭肩 A Body Clad in Old Snow一身旧雪Urban1.9M WordsCompleted (Everyday life + easygoing + hunting + food + adorable pets + planting + raising livestock + System) Yang Dahai is reborn in the far north, where he begins a happy, carefree life of hunting in the countryside, surrounded by endless forests and vast grasslands. In early spring, there are dandelions, willow-herb shoots, thorny shoots, yellow glass leaves, mountain millet, old ox grass, groundnuts, shepherd's purse, and wild mustard greens. In summer, there are matsutake, hazel mushrooms, elm mushr 10.4kReads8.1Score72414d adds

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    Highly recommended!!!

36. 86 爷 Grandpa, I Was Reborn, I Swear I'm Not Possessed 爷爷，我是重生，真不是鬼上身 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Mystery3.6M WordsOngoing [Traditional Mystery and Supernatural Fiction] [One Female Lead] [Period Novel] [A Funeral Master’s True Accounts] [Northeastern Chinese Funeral Customs] [Rural Life] Adapted into the short drama Eighties Funeral Master (Disclaimer: The folk techniques in this book, including Zhuyou healing rituals, are entirely fictional. Please do not imitate them. The author bears no responsibility for any problems that may arise.) Good grief, I’ve been reborn in 1986, and from the start Grandpa thinks I’m a 58.1kReads9.3Score4.8k14d adds

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    These books are all very good, I recommend them.

37. 87 我 I'm Just a Village Doctor, Is It Really So Strange That I Know the Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles? 我一个村医会鬼门十三针很合理吧 Bincheng Lao San滨城老三Urban2.0M WordsCompleted After his grandfather died, Chen Mo returned from the city hospital to his village and became its new barefoot doctor. Who says a barefoot doctor can’t amount to anything? Surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, with no nine-to-five grind or mortgage, he can turn his hometown into a paradise. Northeastern customs, everyday stories, and local life: it’s all here. Urban daily life, one heroine, no System, just little stories to enjoy over tea. This book is also known as The Years I Served as 16.4kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
38. 88 回 Memories of 1931: Hunting, Fighting the Japanese, and Raising a Family 回忆一九三一养家打猎打鬼子日子 Broken Little Toe骨折得小脚趾Urban2.9M WordsOngoing In 1931, the Japanese invaded China. Ling Feng hunted to feed his family and fought the Japanese to capture supplies. He and his good brothers enjoyed the good life, built houses, and got married. 17.6kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds

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    The simple hunter

39. 89 年 Period: Reborn as a Hunter, Bringing My Family a Better Life 年代：重生打猎带着家人过好日子 Thirteenth Prince十三阿哥Urban360k WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Reborn + System + Hunting + Countryside + Farming + Family + Slow-Paced + Local Cuisine + Building a Fortune + Everyday Family Life + Brotherly Bonds] My father was a gambler who'd bet his life away. I was a lazy drunk who never lifted a finger. My son was still a bachelor in his forties. Not a single one of three generations had amounted to anything. My wife went back to her parents' home, fell off a cliff, and died. Past sixty, I was still hauling steel pipes as a laborer on 104Reads—Score—14d adds

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    I recommend two 1980s novels about hunting and farming in the Qinling Mountains; they have a very nostalgic feel to them! [Thumbs up]

40. 90 重 Reborn in 1980: Hunting for Treasures in the Qinling Mountains 重生80：在秦岭赶山探宝的日子 Thirteenth Prince十三阿哥Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [Period Setting + Farming + Lighthearted + Hunting + Treasure Hunting + Light System + Slow Pace + Local Cuisine + Building Wealth + Everyday Family Life] Cui Dalang crashes his car into a highway guardrail in the middle of the night. He receives emergency treatment, but it is too late. When he wakes up, he has returned to 1980, in an unfamiliar place. He has been reborn. He has been reborn in the body of a man who shares his name, and the two of them are about to be forced to move. Fortunately 1.7kReads7.4Score11714d adds
41. 91 重 Reborn to Wealth: I Tricked Dad into Digging for Wild Ginseng 重生暴富，从忽悠老爸挖山参开始 Stars and Moon Shine Together星月齐辉Urban704k WordsCompleted I dedicate this book to the family, friendships, and love I have cherished throughout my life, and to everyone who has appeared along my journey. I’m grateful to have had you, all of you, in my life... 190Reads7.1Score10214d adds

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    The protagonist uses his memories from his past life to dig up wild ginseng, and then embarks on a path to wealth. This is a novel set in Northeast China, suitable for those born in the 70s and 80s.

42. 92 重 Back to 1982: Casting Nets to Save the Village Belle and Make the Whole Village Rich 重回82：撒网救村花带全村致富 Seeing a Dragon on Mount Nan南山见龙Urban1.5M WordsCompleted Back at the age of twenty, he's known throughout the village as a no-good loafer. But no one knows he's returned carrying the regrets and memories of his previous life. He catches and sells fish, hunts in the mountains, and earns his first fortune through hard work. Before the flood hits, he even issues an early warning and organizes an evacuation, saving countless lives. From the village to the county, from small-time trading to grand strategies... In this life, he won't just clear his name. He 27.2kReads8.3Score2k14d adds

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    Southwest, not counting Northeast [facepalm][facepalm] No system, no space, no cheat codes

43. 93 七 Hunting in the Mountains in the 1970s: My Divine Hound Rules the Deep Mountains 七零猎山，我带神犬镇深山 The Cat That Can't Climb Trees上不了树上的猫Urban1.1M WordsCompleted The 1970s: A Mountain Hunter and His Dogs Transmigrate? Reborn? A System? None of that! This is a story purely about survival. Deep in the mountains of Northeast China in the 1970s, supplies are scarce and snowstorms cut like knives. He is just a down-and-out stranger from another place, swept by the tide of the times into this vast sea of forest. In his hands is an old rifle polished to a shine; by his side are several hunting dogs who will follow him through life and death. He lives off 3kReads6.3Score25014d adds

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    The deep mountains are a veritable cave that devours people. Stepping into this forest, who is the hunter and who is the predator; who hunts and who becomes the prey—there is never a definitive answer. Without a system, without rebirth, orphan Chen Lei possesses unwavering integrity, genuine skills, and four loyal dogs by his side, inseparable even in life and death.

44. 94 重 Reborn in the 1980s: After Taking Over, I Head to the Mountains 重生八零年代，接盘后的我去赶山 The Dashing Guy Who Loves SpongeBob喜欢海绵宝宝的潇洒哥Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Mountain hunting + period setting + taking over a marriage + rural life + ongoing manhua adaptation] In his previous life, Zhao Yong’s mother begged him to take Qin Yourong as his wife to ease the family’s hardship, but Zhao Yong refused out of pride. As a result, his mother worked herself to death, his little sister drowned, and his younger brother took his own life! Who would have thought he would be reborn in 1980, just as his mother was asking him to marry Qin Yourong? This time, to prevent 4.9kReads8.2Score33314d adds

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    Hunting novels from a bygone era

45. 95 年 The 1960s: From Mountain Hunting to the Richest Man in Beijing 年代60从赶山打猎到四九城首富 Summer Pine Breeze夏日松风Urban907k WordsCompleted New book: "Hunting in the Mountains in 1970: Raising Five Younger Siblings and Marrying the Most Beautiful Educated Youth". Come give it a try! [Reborn][Period][Making a Fortune][Hunting][Fishing][Treasure Hunting][Family Life] Zhang Weidong is Reborn in the 1960s, with a System that rewards him with points whenever he earns money. At first, he gets one point for every dime he earns. As the story progresses, that changes to one point for every dollar. He also has a portable space with a store in 6.2kReads8.2Score51414d adds

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    Everyday life during the era of hunting and treasure hunting.

46. 96 重 Reborn in the ’70s: I Make a Fortune Through Hunting 重生年代：我靠狩猎富甲一方 Blue Shirt青色衬衣Modern Romance615k WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1980s, Lin Zinuo found that her grandfather had just passed away, her father had broken his leg, and the family was burdened with a huge debt. As the eldest daughter, she stepped up and solved the family’s crisis by hunting. To her, the endless, dense forest was an inexhaustible vault: wild boars, roe deer, sika deer, black bears, and leopards were all sources of wealth. The new novel, Demonic Arts Reversed: I Prove the Way to Immortality with Forbidden Techniques, has been uploade 1.4kReads8.8Score13114d adds

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    Reborn in Northeast China, hunting ginseng and bears in the primeval forests.

47. 97 雪 Hunting the Dead in the Snowy Mountains 雪岭猎尸 Autumn Rain, Thinking of Begonias秋雨思海棠Sci-Fi & Apocalypse114k WordsCompleted As the zombie virus swept across the world, Siberia was suddenly engulfed by bitter cold. Blizzards and temperatures of minus forty degrees became a natural barrier, but also pushed survival to the brink. Vasily, a forty-year-old lumberjack, guards a small village in a mountain hollow. Armed with an axe, a double-barreled shotgun, a snowmobile, and survival skills passed down by his ancestors, he protects his mother and wife as they struggle to survive in the forest. Outside, infected creatures, 1Reads—Score—14d adds

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    This fits perfectly; the person is an ordinary person without any special abilities, but the location is Siberia.

48. 98 重 Reborn on the Songhua River in Northeast China 重生在东北松花江上 Little Boat by the River江边小船Urban782k WordsCompleted In August 1963, Li Yifan, a sent-down youth assigned to work in the countryside, was jumped and knocked out with a sack over his head as he walked home drunk. When he woke up reborn, he began a very different life of hunting, clearing land, and searching for stones! 1.1kReads6.0Score—14d adds

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    I recommend these books! - ̗̀(๑ᵔ⌔ᵔ๑) 1. [Note] The male protagonist has lived half his life and finds that the place where his heart truly rests is the small house at the foot of the mountain in his memories, and the woman he once knew! The male protagonist is reborn, and in this life, he will guard this mountain and live off its resources! 2. [Note] The male protagonist travels back to 1983. When he was young, he saw the mountain full of resources. He couldn't understand what he was thinking in his previous life, and he almost cried! So the male protagonist begins his life of hunting and herding in the mountains, a life of abundance and leisure!

49. 99 重 Reborn in 1970: Building Wealth Through Falconry 重生1970：靠鹰猎发家致富 Beacon Fire Fan烽火迷Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period setting + transmigration + mountain hunting + falconry + face-slapping + comeback] Quail, pheasants, stone partridges, partridges, wild chickens, hares, civets, jackals, badgers, wolves, red deer, leopards, black bears, tigers... Every kind of animal you can imagine! Weaving falcon nets, catching young falcons, trapping quail, hunting weasels, and raising dogs to help hunt wild boars, leopards, black bears, tigers... They do it all! The other villagers toil for work points and still end 5.2kReads8.4Score38014d adds

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    Raising eagles, training eagles, hunting – the content is very exciting.

50. 100 1 1986: Old Tales from Northeast China 1986：东北旧事 Half a Cup of Strong Tea半盏粗茶Urban2.2M WordsCompleted Chen Tiezhu, a top surgeon at the provincial hospital, is reborn in a small mountain village in Northeast China in 1986. Everything is so unfamiliar, so new. Hunting in the mountains, catching shrimp in the river, and dividing the land under the household responsibility system. A stick to knock down roe deer, a gourd to scoop up fish, pheasants flying right into the cooking pot. Long-buried memories slowly unfold before him... 1.7kReads8.5Score12314d adds

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    🔥🔥Book Summary: Chen Tiezhu, a surgeon at a provincial hospital, is reborn in a small mountain village in Northeast China in 1986. He hunts for fish and shrimp in the mountains, using sticks to catch roe deer and scooping fish with ladles. Using modern wisdom, he embarks on a path to wealth, digging for corn, farming, and living a life full of novelty. 🌈🌈

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