I Was a Hunter in Ancient Times

Zhou Du is an instructor at a shooting club. He has a house, a car, and money in the bank, but accidentally transmigrates to ancient times, where his only skill is being strong and healthy.

To make a living, he has no choice but to take up a bow and become a hunter in the mountains.

On the first day, he catches a pheasant, but doesn't know how to cook it. (Disappointed.)

On the second day, he catches a hare, but doesn't know how to cook it. (Disappointed.)

On the third day...

Zhou Du looks down at the scant cooking smoke rising from the foot of the mountain and catches a faint whiff of something delicious. Furious, he shouts, "Can you stop cooking down there? You're tempting me!"

The Shuang'er cooking below shivers. Who's grumbling about me?

The first time Zhou Du sees Shen Xi, he is holding a bowl and eating in tiny bites. He's so beautiful it's impossible to describe. After three days without food, Zhou Du stares fixedly at... the bowl of rice!

Shen Xi has always known he's beautiful, but this is the first time someone's stared at him so intently, and it makes him uncomfortable. So he makes a decision and gives him the food!

He keeps looking at me like that. He must like me...

He offered me food. He must like me...

So, to make the other person give up, they each come up with a plan.

He gives him a botched dish to disgust him.

He kills a chicken and throws it at his door. Stay away from me from now on.

Early the next morning, they open their doors at the same time.

Shen Xi exclaims, "He gave me a chicken. He really does like me!"

Zhou Du exclaims, "He gave me food. He really does like me!"

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The Great Island Merchant

Chen Songzhou lives in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by countless islands of every size. Nothing grows there, and there's never enough to eat. He spent three years traveling with a wealthy family's merchant ship, but earned no money and nearly lost his life.

By chance, he gets bound to something called the System and draws Jiang Ruoying, who lives in the mountains and can grow crops and eat rice. The two begin swapping lives.

Chen Songzhou is stunned:

"You can trade pearls for rice?!"

"You can buy fine silk with giant clamshells?!"

"Even seaweed can be used as money?!"

Jiang Ruoying lives in the northernmost mountains. His village is surrounded by mountains, and it takes about ten days on foot to reach the county seat. Apart from the meager grain from his own fields, he can't even afford salt. That is, until he meets something called the System and gets connected with a man named Chen Songzhou.

Jiang Ruoying is stunned:

"You can trade rice bran for dried scallops?!"

"You can buy salt with scraps of cloth?!"

"The pine trees in the mountains are treasures?!"

To avoid being cheated and give their families a better life, Chen Songzhou and Jiang Ruoying both take to the road as peddlers, traveling from tiny boats to great ships, from small county towns to big cities, and from humble merchants to great traders!

Theme: Work with your own hands to provide for yourself, and join forces to go from having nothing to having everything