Wilderness Pastoral Life: Mountain Foraging, Hunting, Gathering, and Petting Big Cats 荒野田园牧歌，赶山打猎采集撸大猫

1. 1 赶 Mountain Foraging: National Treasures Bring Their Families and Won't Leave Me Alone 赶山日常：被国宝拖家带口赖上 Hearthside Sugar Porridge炉火糖粥丶Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Tomato's No. 1 mountain-life novel + livestreaming mountain adventures + super adorable animal companions + fast-paced wish fulfillment + cozy, relaxing vibes] Green hills and clear waters, spring in full bloom. A little courtyard and a few acres of good farmland. Tired of the noise and bustle of the city, Chen Bei returns to his mountain village to enjoy a carefree country life. But to his surprise... On his very first day in the mountains, a pregnant panda mom latches onto him and gives 8kReads9.3Score923Shelves

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   This is really good and quite interesting, I recommend it.

2. 2 重 Back to 1949: The Whole Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 重回1949长白山都是我的猎场 I'm Eighteen This Year老夫年十八Urban3.4M WordsOngoing (No System, no pocket dimension, hunting + major events of the era) Xie Yicheng is reborn in early 1949, in a village in the Changbai Mountains of Andong Province, Northeast China, just after liberation. In an era of scarce supplies and a country waiting to be rebuilt, where the mountains are rich in treasures yet fraught with danger, the entire Changbai range becomes his family’s hunting ground. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, roe deer, and martens; deer, sheep, musk deer, badgers, fo 20.7kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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   I really like rural life.

3. 3 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. 17.6kReads8.5Score1.2kShelves

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   😂😂

4. 4 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 18.5kReads9.0Score1.9kShelves
5. 5 重 Reborn in 1976: Hunting Countless Wild Beasts 重生1976：狩猎无数野物 Beacon Fire Fan烽火迷Urban2.6M WordsCompleted Completed. The new book is Reborn in 1970: Making a Fortune Through Eagle Hunting, also known as Hunting in the Mountains: My Dad Came from an Eagle-Raising Village in Northeast China. After a car accident, veteran Zhao Cang unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young street punk with the same name in the 1970s. He even gains an invincible Hunting System, launching an incredibly lucky and unbeatable hunting career. He heads into the mountains to shoot birds and pheasants with a slingsh 16.2kReads8.7Score1.1kShelves

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   Zhao Zang, a demobilized soldier, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a petty hoodlum with the same name in the 1970s after a car accident. He unexpectedly gains an invincible hunting system, thus beginning his unparalleled hunting adventure. He hunts birds and pheasants in the mountains with a slingshot, and catches fish, shrimp, and crabs in the river. He tracks wild bees, finds their hives, and begins beekeeping and selling honey. He finds a squirrel's burrow and obtains countless pine nuts! He encounters a large herd of wild boars and kills the giant boar king! Agile weasels, fierce wildcats, cunning jackals, and sly foxes abound. Loyal hunting dogs, wild rabbits, wolves, lynxes, deer, jackals, leopards, bears—all kinds of wild animals are available! ✨💫

6. 6 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: The Vast Mountain Range Is My Golden Pasture 赶山，十万大山是我的黄金牧场 Cangyun Army苍云军Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Mountain foraging - mushrooms - pets - tycoon] Adapted from the book Modern Mountain Foraging! Mu Qingshan is a veterinarian. After witnessing a Rottweiler maul a little girl, he intervenes and beats the dog to death. As a result, he is attacked online by extreme dog lovers, some of whom even show up at the veterinary clinic where he works to cause trouble. Forced to quit, Mu Qingshan returns to his hometown in the mountains. On a trip into the mountains to gather mushrooms, he unexpectedly acq 3.5kReads8.7Score294Shelves

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   Recommended novels featuring hunting, gathering, and petting large cats: A protagonist with a cheat-like advantage embarks on a different life, gathering resources while casually petting golden-tailed bluefin tanuki and iron-eating beasts.

7. 7 跑 Mountain Running: Contracting Fierce Beasts and Taking Over the Entire Mountain 跑山：契约猛兽，承包整座大山 Eat, Eat, Fool吃吃痴Urban2.7M WordsCompleted (Now complete and ready to binge) [Everyday life in the 1980s + hunting + lighthearted + pets] A lonely old forest ranger is reborn in 1984. From the start, he stirs up a hornet’s nest and unexpectedly activates the Beast Servant System. He contracts hornets as beast servants. No beehive on the mountain can escape their tracking! As their master, Shi Lin reluctantly follows behind them to collect the honey. He contracts a sable as a beast servant. Wild rabbits, pheasants, cuckoo birds... There’s 79.5kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
8. 8 直 Livestream: A Mountain Forager Starting with a Fish Hooked in the Mouth 直播：从死鱼正口开始的跑山人 Di Jiutian帝九天Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Zhang Bei had been able to hear the mountain god’s voice since childhood. Having grown up at the foot of Changbai Mountain and made his living foraging in the mountains, he affectionately called the local mountain god Old Bai. But gods live on faith, and as technology advanced, more and more mountain gods became mere legends. To help Old Bai regain his power, Zhang Bei started livestreaming his mountain foraging trips. Ginseng buried deep underground for a thousand years, and lingzhi mushroom 15.5kReads9.5Score1.5kShelves
9. 9 重 Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life. 44.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
10. 10 重 Reborn in 1970, I Awaken a System and Start Hunting 重生70年，觉醒系统从打猎开始 Lu Junhou戮骏侯Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Reborn in the 1970s, an era when people went hungry as often as they ate their fill, and even shopping required ration coupons. His father is a retired soldier, and his mother is raising five children. Su Yu is the third child in the family, with a younger brother and sister, as well as an older brother and sister. He starts changing the family's circumstances by hunting. 29.8kReads8.4Score1.9kShelves
11. 11 回 After Returning to the Village, I Live a Reclusive Life in the Hundred Thousand Mountains 回村后，宅在十万大山享受生活 Young Patrick Star少年派大星星Urban478k WordsCompleted A single heroine, with a lighthearted, everyday farming story. After graduating, Li Xiangdong returned to his hometown and spent a year holed up at home. He went from being the promising kid everyone talked about to a jobless layabout who lived off his parents and became the subject of local gossip! Then one day, while accompanying his father to their old Miao village to pay respects to their ancestors, Li Xiangdong unexpectedly acquired a mysterious totem tattoo… From then on, his life was lik 1.1kReads7.5Score100Shelves
12. 12 赶 Hunting in the Mountains: From the Start, I Find a Golden Tabby from Northeast China 赶山：开局捡个东北金渐层傍身 Original-Flavor Spicy Pepper Soup原味胡辣汤Urban965k WordsOngoing Zhao Qinghe was reborn. He brought a lucky System with him when he was reborn in 1986 in a parallel world, returning to the time of his university graduation and to the mountains and rivers that had raised him. In his previous life, he studied hard for ten years, spent twenty years as a corporate drone, and finally died suddenly at work. In this life, he can head into the mountains with ease, come home with a full haul, and enjoy a happy life among the mountain forests and villages. With the adv 321Reads7.0Score—Shelves
13. 13 资 Resources Vanish: Every Player Heads to the Mountains and Sea 资源消失：全员玩家赶山赶海 Willow Branch杨柳枝Modern Romance347k WordsCompleted [No romance + game livestream + mountain, river, and sea foraging + gourmet] Blue Star was struck by disaster. All usable resources disappeared, leaving billions of people waiting desperately for something to eat. A survival game from the stars descended upon Blue Star. It randomly chose a thousand people from each country to enter the game, complete missions to obtain resources, and send them back to their home countries. Ye Sheng woke up from a nap to discover that she was one of the thousand 228Reads7.7Score—Shelves
14. 14 重 Reborn in 1978: My Carefree Life in the Mountains 重生1978：我的悠闲赶山生活 Fa Zhou法舟Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Ye Xiao was reborn on the eve of his imprisonment as an educated youth and awakened the Sacrifice System. From the start, he sent a two-faced green tea girl to prison and cut ties with his family. Giant snakes, dragon bones, ancient secrets, ginseng thousands of years old. He swept through the museums of the island nation, the beautiful country, England... and every other country. After the island nation was wiped off the map, Ye Xiao saw hope for upgrading his System. He would do whatever it to 8.8kReads8.3Score636Shelves
15. 15 年 Hunting in the Old Days: King of the Changbai Mountains 年代狩猎：长白山猎人王 Overthrow倾覆Urban842k WordsCompleted [Reborn, historical era, hunting] Good news: He was reborn... in 1979, when the winds of reform were sweeping across the land. Bad news: Those winds still needed time to blow. Life was still hard, supplies were scarce, and every meal was cornmeal, brown rice, and sweet potato porridge. They were so poor you could hear the coins rattling in their pockets! Good news: His parents had found him a bride... Bad news: They couldn't make ends meet, and his wife was planning to run away... Good news: The 2kReads8.6Score133Shelves
16. 16 护 Forest Ranger Shares: From the Start, I Gave a Giant Panda a Bath 护林分享：开局给大熊猫洗澡 Little Fei Liu小肥六Urban429k WordsCompleted [Livestreaming + No Female Lead + System + Slice of Life First, Fantasy Later + Pets] The year of the start: the nation turns more of its land green. After graduating, Li Fan returned home and became a forest ranger, activating the Earth God Cultivation System. So he made his home among green hills and clear waters, with a Tibetan Mastiff for company, and livestreamed his daily life as a forest ranger. He gave giant pandas a scrub and treated their injuries; he trimmed snow leopards’ claws and s 519Reads7.5Score101Shelves
17. 17 年 Period: My 1978 Mountain Village 年代：我的1978小山村 Not a Tomato不是西红柿Urban645k WordsCompleted Also known as I Have a Home in 1978 Zhang Ergou: “First, let’s set a small goal: become the richest man in the village!” For some reason, Zhang Ergou quits his city job and returns to his hometown to open a rural guesthouse. Three years later, business has gone nowhere. He’s not only lost a fortune but piled up a mountain of debt. Hounded by creditors, gossiped about by the villagers, misunderstood by his parents, and shunned by his friends, his guesthouse is on the verge of closing. At this cri 681Reads8.2Score—Shelves
18. 18 我 I Made My Fortune Hunting in the Mountains 我靠赶山发家致富 Pomegranate Loves Sweet Potatoes石榴爱番薯Ancient Romance334k WordsCompleted [Famine years + family darling + System + opening a shop in ancient times] Ding Xiaozi was a career professional until she unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a six-year-old girl in ancient times. With no parents, she and her three siblings are alone and helpless. Their eldest brother is only nine. The family is so poor that they can barely scrape by, and creditors come knocking every few days to demand repayment! She’s been handed the role of “child in charge of the family.” How can she 182Reads8.9Score—Shelves
19. 19 重 Reborn as the Beast King of the Greater Khingan Range 重生之我在大兴安岭当兽王 Si Xi寺喜Urban1.3M WordsOngoing A true-to-life story of hunting and trekking through the mountains of the Greater Khingan Range in northeastern China in the 1960s: setting snares, using dogs to surround game, wielding hooked guns, and hunting roe deer with the mountain guides and the hunters known as "Green Hides." And then there is the legendary "ravine jumper," the Siberian tiger. This book pays tribute to the extraordinary years of our parents' generation. 53Reads8.0Score—Shelves
20. 20 高 Highland Ranch 高原牧场 Rabbit Who Loves Catching Eagles爱抓鹰的兔子Urban412k WordsCompleted The sky stretches overhead, the grassland rolls away, and the wind parts the grass to reveal cattle and sheep. How many people envy the pastoral life of a herder? At the meeting point of three regions, a ranch is slowly gaining fame. Guard dogs, yak herds, Simmental cattle, Limousin cattle, Small-Tailed Han sheep, Boer goats, Mongolian horses, Xinjiang horses, and more... 2kReads7.1Score103Shelves
21. 21 秦 The Qinling Mountain Herb Gatherer 秦岭采药人 Herding Cattle by the Wei River放牛渭河边Urban1.0M WordsCompleted After graduating from junior high in the 1990s, rural boy Huang Yang was admitted to the Sanqin Forestry School, a thousand miles from home. His family was poor, so he studied while going into the mountains to gather medicinal herbs and earn money. After obtaining a mysterious jade-bamboo-root pendant, he embarked on a life of extraordinary good fortune. He opened plantations and a tourism company, leading his fellow villagers to prosperity… Urban life, miracle doctor, fighting villains, farming 7.3kReads9.1Score972Shelves

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