Novels like Reborn in the ’80s: A Little Fisherman’s Reversal of Fortune
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- 1 The 1960s: I Strike It Rich with Seaside Foraging Tips 六零：靠赶海提示，我发家致富了 After transmigrating to the 1960s, Yang Gu discovers he's become a frail young man who fell out with his parents over a young widow. He has been feeding the widow, leaving his family without food, and her suitor has beaten him badly. After two days without food, Yang Gu is about to faint when he suddenly binds to the Ultimate Tide-Foraging Tip System! As long as he goes tide foraging, all kinds of tips will appear! So, though he's never even been to the coast, he begins his tide-foraging journey 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Coastal Foraging: Make Money, Marry a Beauty, and Win at Life! 赶海：赚钱娶美女，人生赢家！ This book tells the story of Du Haisheng, born in a coastal city, as he gradually builds his fortune. Relying on his sharp mind, forward-looking vision, unconventional ideas, and powerful sixth sense, he uses the money he earns to keep upgrading to ever larger fishing boats. Eventually, he discovers a lair of king crabs, giant deep-sea squid, and all kinds of other marine life, making a fortune day after day! He also builds a luxurious fishing vessel, the Far Seas No. 8. In the end, he becomes a 382Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 3 Period: Back to 1985 in a Little Fishing Village 年代：重回1985年小渔村 Period Drama + Everyday Family Life + Foraging at Sea + Single Female Lead + Urban Life In 1985, in Wanghai Village on the coast of southern Fujian, thirty-year-old Chen Jianjun woke with a splitting headache and discovered he had returned to twenty years earlier. That year, after letting his ambitions outstrip his abilities, he'd lost the entire family fortune speculating. His wife, Lin Xiulan, was wiping away tears as she held their swaddled daughter, Yaya. All they had left at home were a few —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Tidal Foraging at the Turn of the Millennium: Mazu Blesses Me with Booming Sea Luck 千禧赶海：妈祖助我，海运旺旺旺 [System] [Beachcombing] [Fishing] [Daily Life] [Later Helps the Village Become Prosperous] Reborn in the year 2000, in a small fishing village by the sea. From the start, his girlfriend's family shows up to break off the engagement, just because she successfully passed the civil service exam. The first thing you do after landing a government job is dump the person you love? In his previous life, Li Yang was so heartbroken that he lost his spirit. Now that he's been reborn, whoever wants to be a 4.4kReads—Score35014d adds
- 5 Peach Spring Fishing Village 桃源渔村 After Wang Ning's family suffers a sudden upheaval, his friends and relatives avoid him as if he were a plague. A matchmaker even tries to set him up as a sucker who'll raise another man's child. Then, by chance, he acquires an octopus monster. Using it to explore the ocean floor, catch rare fish, and search for underwater treasures and sunken shipwrecks, he rises to the pinnacle of life. 24Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 6 Coastal Foraging: A Fishing Enthusiast's Road to Riches 赶海：钓鱼佬的暴富人生 [Shore gathering + fishing + daily life + easygoing + getting rich] A petty crook goes from owning nothing but a sand shovel to buying a big boat and leasing the whole sea, hauling in countless seafood catches and setting out on the road to riches... 26.3kReads7.4Score2.7k14d adds
- 7 Beachcombing: The Whole Internet Accuses Me of Faking It, but I'm Laughing All the Way to the Bank! 赶海：全网质疑作假，我赢麻了！ After Fu Jing transmigrates and becomes a coastal foraging streamer, he draws on his wilderness survival skills and fanbase to start a new life. During one livestream, he spots what looks like a body bag and calls the police, helping the coast guard crack a murder case and earning tips from viewers and praise from the officers. Later, while foraging along the coast, he digs up a sonar device from the United States, earns merit for his country, and receives another major reward. One day, he unexp —Reads—Score19214d adds
- 8 Beachcombing: Dad, Your Little Fish Girl Found Another Yellow Croaker 赶海：爹爹，鱼妞又找到大黄鱼了 [Lucky Treasure, Adorable Kid] [Doting Dad] [Everyday Coastal Foraging] [Fishing for Profit] [Searching for Mom] Back in a little fishing village at the turn of the millennium, he was greeted from the start by a three-and-a-half-year-old girl tugging at his pants and calling him Daddy. The DNA test confirmed it, and she was registered in his household. Jiang Hai finally remembered that Yu Niu must have come from that night a few years ago, but after he pressed her for answers, he fell silent. “Y 2.9kReads—Score22614d adds
- 9 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？ 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. 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Tide-Hunting Wealth System: Get Rich Starting with Shellfish 赶海致富系统：从捡螺开始暴富 Other people rely on luck when they go beachcombing. Lin De relies on a System. After obtaining the Beachcombing Wealth System, Lin De puts it to use. First, he finds a Melo pearl inside a Melo shell. Then, at a clam-opening contest, he uncovers a priceless red-veined pearl, making a fortune again and again. By constantly collecting and selling seafood, he even helps the System lev 266Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Tidepooling: I Catch Fish and Shrimp with Contracted Sea Beasts and an Orca Mount 赶海：契约海兽骑着虎鲸捕鱼捉虾 [Countryside + fishing + hunting in the mountains + everyday life + no System, no saintly hero] After inheriting the Sea God’s legacy, I returned to my fishing village and began a leisurely life of fishing and gathering seafood along the shore. Other people rely on the weather when they forage along the shore. I rely on impossibly good luck, even when the weather is against me. I catch so many king crabs my hands ache, and even bluefin tuna bite willingly. Colorful mantis shrimp, wild large ye 97Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 12 Gathering Seafood and Running a Personal Shopping Business to Become a Billionaire 赶海，搞代购成亿万富翁 I ended up in jail after a fight and missed the college entrance exams. Then both my parents were lost at sea, and the shock sent me into a downward spiral. I gave up on myself and lived recklessly, becoming the kind of delinquent everyone hated. Then one day, I discovered I could see things other people couldn’t. Could I use the System to buy and sell goods? I bought tools and a fishing boat, and from then on, I began climbing to the top of life. Today, a bucket of abalone. Tomorrow, two bucket 4kReads7.7Score27814d adds
- 13 An Only Son on an ’80s Island? He Spoils His Eight Daughters 八零海岛绝户？把八个女儿宠上天 [Island Foraging + Changbai Mountain Hunting + Daughter-Obsessed Dad + Entrepreneurship + Farming] The rating is low because it just came out. That's normal, so don't miss it, folks! In the early chapters, he forages and fishes around the islands while raising his daughters. Later, he heads to Changbai Mountain to hunt and gather wild goods! After years of hoping in vain for a child, Lin Hai transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing from the 1980s who beats his wife and sells his daughte 198Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 14 I Became a Stepmother and Was Exiled, Then Made My Fortune Gathering Seafood 穿成后娘去流放，我靠赶海成女首富 [Transmigrates into a book + exile + coastal foraging + farming + food + System + strong heroine + daily life + building wealth] Lin Rantang was just out for a bit of coastal foraging when she unexpectedly transmigrated into a book as a widowed wife exiled to an island. The original owner made trouble at every turn, alienating everyone around her. She abused her parents-in-law and bullied her adopted son, and eventually died a miserable death on the island. Looking at undeveloped Hainan, Lin Ran 303Reads7.0Score10314d adds
- 15 After a Swordfish Killed Me, I Married a Fallen Heiress 被剑鱼刺死后，我娶了落难大小姐 [No System + Slice-of-Life Coastal Foraging + Rebirth + Fishing] Also known as Reborn in 1982: Foraging by the Sea and Raising a Lovely Wife, A Life Turnaround. Reborn in a Fishing Village: I Picked Up a Rich Beauty as My Wife and Made a Fortune Su Qiming was killed by a swordfish while deep-sea fishing, only to be reborn in the year his cruel fiancée had broken off their engagement. In his previous life, he had been spineless, unambitious, and timid, and that woman had ruined most of his life. 88.5kReads7.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 16 Reborn in 1980: My Daily Life as a City Worker 重生八零进城打工日常 Liang Shuifeng somehow finds herself back at the age of thirty-three. This time, she decides to live her life differently. In her previous life, she spent her days as a country girl. This time, she bravely sets off for the city with her family to find work. Note: This story has no golden finger and focuses on the ordinary lives of little people. 351Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 17 Beachcombing Is the Best: My Luck Multiplied a Thousandfold! 赶海爽翻天：幸运值暴增一千倍！ [Everyday Life + Lighthearted + Coastal Foraging + Loving Wife] After spending his whole life alone, Hailang is reborn and returns to his hometown to make a fortune fishing and gathering seafood. Blue crabs, yellow croaker, sea gods, Melo pearls, and more... In 1989, he is reborn in the poorest fishing village. In 1990, the whole village gets electricity, builds factories, and develops its economy. At the turn of the millennium, he secures the waters around his hometown and creates the most beau 1kReads6.8Score10414d adds
- 18 Carefree Fisherman: The Entire Ocean Is My Pasture 逍遥渔夫：整个大海都是我的牧场 [Laid-Back Daily Life + One Heroine + Beachcombing + Fishing] (A slow start that gets better, so dive right in) Wang Hai, a young man who graduated in animal husbandry, uses the money he earned working odd jobs to return to the seaside town where he grew up and open a veterinary clinic. While fishing one day, he unexpectedly finds a treasured spirit fish pendant. From then on, he begins enjoying the tranquil life of a fisherman, beachcombing and fishing. An accident unexpectedly turns him into a 649Reads8.2Score10814d adds
- 19 Urban: I Quit My Job and Inherited a Little Island Cottage 都市：裸辞后，我继承了海岛小屋 Sunshine, sandy beaches, the sea, a little seaside cabin, two mu of farmland, a small fishing boat, and just one person and one dog: the laid-back island life! Sick of cutthroat competition at work in the big city and a joyless life with no end in sight, Li Chengyang decides to quit his job and return to a fishing village on an island, where he inherits the little cabin his grandfather left behind. A treasure map that suddenly appears in his mind opens up a whole new world for Li Chengyang. Blac 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in 1992: A Divine Fishing Dog Helps Me Become the Richest Man 重生92：渔村神犬助我成首富 [Funny daily life + farming + golden finger + seaside foraging + raising a child + feel-good story with one heroine] After being reborn, a down-and-out protagonist sets out from a small fishing village on a comeback journey, aided by a miraculous dog that can find treasure! 2.8kReads8.1Score19614d adds
- 21 Back to 1970: Starting Out as a Fool! 回到70从傻子开始！ He returns to the 1970s and becomes a fool known far and wide. He has parents who love him, brothers and sisters who get along wonderfully, those mountains, that water, and that lovely, charming girl! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Back to 1983: I Started by Fishing from a Little Wooden Boat 重回1983，从小木船打鱼开始 [Period Piece + Reborn + One Female Lead + No Taking Abuse + Everyday Life + Mountains and Seas + Family Matters + Hard Work and Prosperity + Business + Farming] The moment Hu Weidong opens his eyes, he is reborn at the instant he fell into the water forty years ago! “Holy crap!” All this wealth has just landed right in his lap! In his previous life, he was a miserable wage slave, working like a beast of burden for his entire life, only to find that even buying a house was beyond his means. His 1kReads6.7Score10114d adds
- 23 Period: Raising Three Ex-Wives and Seven Daughters, I Strike It Rich Gathering Seafood 年代：带三前妻和七女儿赶海暴富 In 1980, the coastal fishing village has only just opened up, and every family is still scraping by on tiny plots of land and shallow fishing grounds. Xu Hailang is the laughingstock of the village. He has three ex-wives and seven daughters, and the whole family is crammed into a ramshackle fisherman's hut. But who could have imagined that this family, divorced but still living together, is actually a hidden team of wealth-makers! Xu Hailang has a golden finger and knows all the secret signs of 664Reads—Score16014d adds
- 24 The Angler Who Can't Fish 不会钓鱼的钓鱼人 While struggling to make a living in the big city, Li Feng unexpectedly got a game-changing advantage and set off on the road to wealth. This life led him into a completely different world. See what he chooses in the end... 2kReads8.3Score12814d adds
- 25 Sea Foraging in 1995: I Use X-Ray Vision to Sweep the Entire Coast 赶海95：我靠透视横扫整片海域 [Shore foraging➕fishing➕devoted husband➕comeback➕golden fishing grounds] Gambler Zhou Haiyang is reborn just before his wife jumps into the sea. When he opens his eyes, he discovers he has awakened the ability to see through the ocean and mark every kind of marine life. From then on, gathering seafood becomes unbelievably easy. Razor clams as long as chopsticks, mantis shrimp as big as a palm, king crabs as large as washbasins, thousand-year-old sea cucumbers hidden in rock crevices, and schools 26.1kReads7.3Score3.7k14d adds
- 26 A Fortune-Making Adventure on the Shore After Quitting My Job 离职后赶海的暴富之旅 [Quietly Unhinged + System + Beachcombing + Fishing + Everyday Family Life + No Romance] After quitting her job, Wang Yueyao unexpectedly received a System and began beachcombing. The beach was full of cat’s-eye snails, bull’s-eye snails, octopuses, starfish, crabs, and more... Out at sea, she fished for grouper, red-spotted grouper, sea bass, and all kinds of other fish... After leaving her job, she started earning even more. Wang Yueyao threw herself into beachcombing as the System refreshe 1kReads8.5Score10914d adds
- 27 A Life of Sea Fishing: It Begins with a Crab-Eater Biting Someone on Shore 海钓人生：从蟹虎鱼上岸咬人开始 Li You quits his exploitative factory job. The factory's brutal, backbreaking work has become too much to bear, so he returns to the little fishing village he has always dreamed of. While others are still working double shifts at the factory, Li You is already out fishing from his own boat. Blue-spotted grouper, tiger grouper? No, now I'm hauling in eight-jin red grouper! And when he's not fishing offshore, he takes his fleet on fishing trips to the oil rigs in the South China Sea. 5.5kReads8.5Score35314d adds
- 28 A Second Life, and Now He Can Land Critical Hits While Fishing 重活一世，他钓鱼能暴击 Since I can return to the moment I regretted most in my previous life, I must make things different this time. I’ll never let my parents worry so much about me again. We’ll live in peace, simply and happily… 4.1kReads8.4Score26614d adds
- 29 A Leisurely Life: Deep-Sea Fishing with a College Girl 悠闲生活，带学生妹远洋海钓 [Urban farming + everyday romance + fishing and selling fish + building a home] After failing the college entrance exam, Jiang Xiaoyu’s parents divorce. Despairing, he returns to his hometown, a small fishing village on the coast of a southern province. By chance, he finds a golden “Wish-Fulfilling Fishing Hook” by the sea. Starting from a tiny fishing village, he sets sail for the vast blue ocean with a pretty female student by his side... 301Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 30 Three Jobs a Day? I'd Rather Return Home, Gather Seafood, and Become a Rich Man 一天三份工，不如回乡赶海成富翁 [Animated series now streaming, short drama now streaming] [Daily life + lighthearted + beachcombing + tycoon] A few years ago, during a difficult period, my company went under, and I went bankrupt, selling my house and car. Two years ago, my wife painfully sent our adorable daughter back to her hometown. The two of us moved into a cramped little rental in Peng City’s urban village. After that, I worked three odd jobs every day. Buried in debt and crushed by the weight of supporting my family, L 23.6kReads7.7Score1.2k14d adds
- 31 Back to an 80s Fishing Village: Quietly Becoming a Seafood Tycoon 重回80小渔村，苟出个海鲜大亨 [Rebirth + period setting + pocket dimension and spirit spring + making up for past regrets + reformed drifter + family squabbles + one heroine + sisterly bonds + farming and raising children] Yang Yi was just out fishing when his line flew into a power line. When he woke up, he had returned to 1980. His parents had been swept away by a storm and stranded on a deserted island, their fate unknown. His eldest sister was about to take pills and die under the pressure after he stole money to gamble. 106Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Back to the Fishing Village in 1985: I Ditch My Ex-Wife and Marry the Woman Who Brings Bad Luck to Her Husband 重回85渔村，放弃前妻娶克夫女 [Rebirth + urban farming + coastal foraging + fishing + daily life + getting rich + one heroine] Chen Nuo returns to 1985. The little fishing village is just as he remembers it, his parents are still alive, and the girl whose loss haunted him for the rest of his life is smiling gently at him. When he goes to the village pier to forage along the shore, Chen Nuo suddenly discovers that he has a mysterious ability. As long as he is within the sea’s reach, his vision shows a map of colored zones rep 20.1kReads7.9Score1.6k14d adds
- 33 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 (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 8.5kReads7.9Score47714d adds
- 34 Island Life: The Leisurely Fisherman 海岛生活，悠闲渔夫 After being laid off, Lu Ran starts a new life on an island. By chance, he obtains a magical conch shell, unlocks the Conch Space, and inherits the legacy of Haiyun Island. The Haiyun Pearl inside lets him explore the entire ocean freely and even breathe underwater. From then on, he begins living the leisurely life of a fisherman. And sets out to conquer the entire ocean! 1.1kReads6.2Score10414d adds
- 35 Golden Fisherman: The Fish I Catch Are Worth a Fortune 黄金渔夫：我捕的鱼超值钱 [Cozy and Relaxing + Fishing for Profit + Raising Spiritual Pets No Livestreaming + No Over-the-Top Drama + No Filler A must-read for fans of leisurely farming, coastal fishing, and ocean treasure-hunting stories!] Fang Mu, a young man from a fishing village, has an unexpected stroke of luck. From then on, he enjoys a carefree, laid-back life as a fisherman, full of fun. Giant lobsters, king crabs, groupers, and yellow croakers: he catches so much valuable seafood that he can barely keep up. Sha 351Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 36 Livestreaming Shore Foraging: I Beat Up a Great White Shark from the Start 直播赶海：开局暴揍噬人鲨 [Shore for seafood, fishing, livestreaming, treasure hunting, pets, one heroine] Jiang Cheng was expelled from school. When he returned home, he unexpectedly acquired a shore-foraging livestream System. Livestreaming his shore foraging earned him popularity, which he could use to redeem all kinds of fishing tools from the System. During his very first shore-foraging livestream, Jiang Cheng was attacked by a vicious man-eating shark. He unleashed his full firepower, beat the shark senseless, and 1.5kReads8.5Score13814d adds
- 37 Deep-Sea Fishing, and Everything I Haul Up Is Spy Gear 远洋捕鱼，捞起来的全是间谍设备 Daxia’s fishermen are called the country’s second navy by the rest of the world. Li Ge transmigrates and becomes a proud Daxia fisherman, awakening a god-tier fishing System. But when the System awakens, it tells him to ram the Japanese warship across from him and sink it. If he refuses, the System will break their bond. Hearing this, Li Ge thinks, “As if I’d let that happen!” and promptly floors it, steering straight toward the enemy warship. Once the bond with the System is complete, there’s a 3.7kReads8.5Score27414d adds
- 38 I'm a Reborn Bystander in a Coastal Foraging Story 重生赶海文里，我是路人甲 [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 726Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 39 I Return to the Island After Breaking Off My Engagement: I Catch Fish by the Tide, Earning Over Ten Thousand an Hour 退婚回岛：我赶海捕鱼，时薪过万 [Everyday Life + Relaxed + Beachcombing + Tycoon + One Female Lead, No Harem + Getting Rich + An Ordinary Worker’s Easy Comeback] After ten years as a wage earner, Zhang Cheng has not made a name for himself in the city. To make matters worse, his future father-in-law urges his fiancée to go on a blind date behind his back. After breaking off the engagement, Zhang Cheng quits his job, heartbroken, and decides to move back to the island. To his surprise, he awakens a beachcombing scanner System. 23.5kReads7.7Score2.8k14d adds
- 40 Reborn in a Fishing Village in 1983: Making a Fortune Gathering Seafood 重生83小渔村：靠赶海发家致富 [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 15.9kReads7.8Score1k14d adds
- 41 Daily Fishing Reports: I Became a Billionaire by Foraging at Sea 每日渔获情报，我靠赶海成为首富 [Beachcombing + Fishing + Big Spender + Laid-Back + Comeback] [The rating is low because it was just released. It’ll go up later.] Just reborn, and already a million yuan in debt? No problem! Li Shaoan activates the Daily Catch System, which pinpoints the locations of seafood. [Today from 10 a.m. to noon, large numbers of green mud crabs will be hiding in the mangroves east of Baisha Village.] [Today from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., wild tiger groupers will be spotted near the reefs southeast of Fisherman 35.4kReads8.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 42 Hunter of the Sea 海之猎人 Su Ce grew up by the sea and was different from other people from birth. His mind was like a detection radar: whenever there was water nearby, he could see the distribution of fish beneath the surface just by thinking about it, making fishing much easier... 2.3kReads8.6Score14314d adds
- 43 Legendary Fishing: From the Start, I Hook a Ten-Pound Fish 传奇垂钓：开局钓起十斤大鱼 [Fishing + beachcombing + System + catching fish + treasure hunting] Zhang Chen acquires the Supreme Fishing System, and every fish he catches has attributes. [Blue-spotted grouper: quality 2.7, strengthens the spleen and stomach +1, calms the mind +1, nourishes the blood +1, replenishes qi +1, richness +1.3, flavor +2.7.] [Ding! Congratulations, you caught a 3-jin blue-spotted grouper. You earned 6 experience points and 6 points. Estimated market value: 240 yuan.] [Ding! Congratulations, you ca 49Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 44 Exiled to Lingnan: I Lead My Family to Survive in a Fishing Village 流放岭南：我带领全家在渔村求生 (There is a romantic pairing, but the male lead appears late. At first, the female lead is focused on supporting her whole family.) (Foraging along the coast + foraging in the mountains + building a fortune + lighthearted and relaxed + stockpiling supplies + no golden finger, no System, no awful villains! This isn’t a wish-fulfillment story! She won’t make a fortune overnight.) Pei Yao has one piece of good news and one piece of bad news. The good news is that she’s transmigrated! The bad news i 394Reads7.2Score10114d adds
- 45 The Fisherman’s Water and Air Abilities 渔夫的水空能力 Amid the bustle of modern society, there is an individual with a unique supernatural ability: he commands the power of water and the mysteries of space. Yet his life is remarkably ordinary, as if he were no different from anyone else. He uses his abilities not only to create a tranquil haven for himself, but also, quite inadvertently, to bring a touch of mystery to the world around him. Though he possesses extraordinary powers, he chooses to live quietly, enjoying a rare sense of peace and harmo 17Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 46 Transmigrating to a Fishing Village in 1980: I Make My Fortune at Sea 穿越1980小渔村：我靠打渔发家致富 [This is an everyday-life story about the development of a seaside fishing village in the 1980s! It's not a power fantasy, just a laid-back life by the sea! If that's not your thing, move along! Don't come in just to complain!] Chen Xu never expected that all this would happen because of an electric ray that wasn't quite dead. After a jolt of electricity, he woke up lying in a cramped space. As he sat up, the old Taoist priest in front of him, who had been trying to summon his soul, rolled his e 2.3kReads7.0Score10714d adds
- 47 A Life of Tidal Foraging: Back to a Fishing Village in 1983 赶海人生：重回1983小渔村 A short drama based on the novel is now streaming. In old age, Yang Jianguo jumps into the sea to save someone, only to be swept back by a wave to 1983, just as the villagers are offering a sacrifice to the Dragon King. A dragon pearl? I don’t want it. I want to save my beautiful wife. So what if I have two daughters? My girls are treasures. By the time people are just starting to trade clams and become ten-thousand-yuan households, Yang Jianguo’s fleet already rules the Yellow Sea. In this life 43kReads8.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 48 Beachcombing: A Divine Hint Lets Me Earn Money Easily and Enjoy Life 赶海：神提示，我轻松赚钱享生活 [Tidepooling + making money + laid-back living + easygoing daily life + pets + tycoon] After waking up one day, Qin Fang, a lowly working stiff in the big city, found himself bound to a tidepooling System. Faced with the city’s frantic pace and endless pressure, Qin Fang decided to head straight back to the fishing village where he’d grown up and become a fisherman. Looking at the two god-tier skills he’d received from the start, Qin Fang knew his days of making easy money were about to begin! T 23.9kReads8.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 49 The Ocean: Beachcombing Takes Luck, and Luckily, I've Got It 海洋：赶海是要运气的，刚好我有 Bai Yu is a young man born in a small fishing village by the sea. His birth was unusual because he had transmigrated here, bringing with him the memories of another life. But memories alone are no use to a transmigrator unless you have a golden finger. Bai Yu waited for eighteen years, right up until the day he turned eighteen… 6.5kReads8.8Score51514d adds
- 50 Reaping the Sea: The Brother Who Rides the Waves 赶海：乘风破浪的哥哥 [Shore Foraging] [Fish Farming] [Deep-Sea Fishing] [System] [Deep-Sea Treasure Hunting] [Building Wealth] When Lin Fan woke up, he had returned to the summer after his college graduation. Before him stood an old house with a leaking roof, parents whose hair had turned gray too soon, and a younger sister about to drop out and work in a factory to pay off the family's debts. In his previous life, his sister had worked herself to death trying to repay those debts, ruining her health and dying in he 4.4kReads7.1Score31314d adds
