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- 1 A Couple Transmigrates to a Fishing Village: Gathering Seafood and Raising Kids, All in a Day’s Work 夫妻穿越小渔村：赶海养娃两不误 Deng Yuan and Tang Zixuan had just returned from the Civil Affairs Bureau after registering their marriage when a large truck struck them and sent them flying. When they awoke, they discovered they had transmigrated and become a newlywed couple disliked by their families, living in a small fishing village on an island. At least they still had each other, and even the grand villa they had been preparing to move into had come along. The couple escaped their ravenous family and moved into an old ho 1.5kReads8.9Score18614d adds
- 2 Beachcombing and Fishing Livestream: I Go Viral by Scoring Hidden Bargains 赶海钓鱼直播：我靠捡漏爆红了 Female-oriented, beachcombing, fishing, livestreaming, golden finger, feel-good power fantasy Su Yu is an easygoing girl who takes life as it comes. After graduating, she returned to her hometown fishing village and settled into a peaceful, comfortable life. By chance, she discovered livestreaming her beachcombing and fishing. She decided to give it a try and began her own livestreaming journey. But beachcombing and fishing weren't as easy as she'd imagined. Su Yu often came home empty-handed, a 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 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
- 4 Reborn, I Dumped the Scumbag and Went Tidepooling 重生后我踹了渣男回家赶海 (Rebirth + System + spatial storage + golden finger + CP) Her best friend stole her boyfriend, her scumbag boyfriend emotionally abused her, and Xia Wanning died from overwork. As her resentment soared, she saw her parents go gray overnight for her sake, her younger brother quit school to support the family, and her younger sister drop out to work. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to before the tragedy began. In this life, she would no longer be an easy target for others to push 238Reads6.4Score12014d adds
- 5 I'm the Only One Who Can See the Golden Fishing Grounds Beneath the Sea 整片海底的黄金渔场只有我能看见 The day she was laid off, her boyfriend broke up with her. “Don’t blame me. If I marry her, I can save myself twenty years of hard work.” Unemployed and heartbroken, Su Yunzhou decides to return to her fishing village for a while and recover. To her surprise, she awakens a special “X-ray vision” that lets her see everything beneath the sea. From then on... Shore foraging: While everyone else struggles to pick snails out of crevices in the rocks, she heads straight for her targets, digging up 42.9kReads8.2Score3.8k14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 The Whole Family Transmigrates to a Remote Mountain, Farming, Gathering Herbs, and Stocking Up on Mountain Goods 全家穿越隐深山，种田采药囤山货 [Cozy everyday life, no romance, gathering and farming, stockpiling, food, mountain living, spatial dimension] Shen Nanqiao was up late reading a novel when she suddenly heard a countdown to transmigration. She immediately began stockpiling supplies, and her whole family joined in, piling up as much as they could! Once they had everything ready, the family of five transmigrated together to an unknown dynasty, bringing their bodies with them. They had no household registration! What to do? First, 1.7kReads7.2Score15814d adds
- 8 I Transmigrated to a Place of Exile and Made My Fortune from the Sea 穿越流放地，我靠大海发家致富 Ye Mingzhu transmigrates into the body of a lowly pearl diver. With no parents, a younger brother to care for, and no food, drink, or land... Luckily, Heaven grants her a golden finger beneath the waves. She can pick any kind of pearl she likes, tortoiseshell comes to her in droves, and coral is everywhere. She’ll never run short of money, food, or drink... Before she can even celebrate, Heaven gives her an exiled husband, too. Ye Mingzhu: Can I say no? Jiang Hongyu, exiled for five years, grins 1.5kReads8.9Score16314d adds
- 9 The Farming Fisherwoman: I Made My Fortune by Gathering Seafood 种田小渔女，我靠赶海发家了 (The novel was just rated, so the score is a little low. It should rise later.) [Growing crops + foraging by the sea + everyday life + family squabbles + heartwarming] After transmigrating, she became a fisherman's daughter. Her parents were gone, and her grandparents schemed to take the house and boat. On top of that, the imperial court had issued an edict requiring everyone to marry before turning eighteen, or face an arranged match at random! Xia Ning: What the heck?! With no other choice, sh 2.5kReads8.1Score29714d adds
- 10 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
- 11 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 [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 1.4kReads9.0Score15614d adds
- 12 Resources Vanish: Every Player Heads to the Mountains and Sea 资源消失：全员玩家赶山赶海 [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 221Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 13 The Fisherman's Lucky Girl Makes a Fortune Gathering Seafood 渔家福宝靠赶海发家致富 No golden finger, no villains, no CP A wilderness survival show goes spectacularly wrong and turns into a death livestream. Li Yu'er, an outdoor survival streamer, is killed by wolves and wakes up as Li Yuer, an impoverished eight-year-old islander in ancient times. A typhoon has passed through, felling trees and destroying boats. Her father has broken his leg, and her mother nearly died giving birth. They all need money to survive. Her whole family is skin and bones, with no house or land. Thre 450Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 14 Endless Seas: I Strike Treasure and Win Big with Spirit Eyes 无尽海域：我靠灵眼赶宝躺赢 In the vast seas of another world lies a post-apocalyptic realm that has undergone cataclysmic changes. Land is scarce, and islands dot the boundless ocean. Supplies are rare and resources meager, and every day people struggle just to get a full meal. Su Yan was born into this world with a golden finger: a spirit eye that reveals everything at a glance. For the first thirty years, she was alone and weak, with a dull blade and no choice but to hide away on a small island, using her spirit eye to 5.5kReads8.3Score46614d adds
- 15 The Little Fisherwoman Who Farms: I Use My Space to Gather Seafood and Raise My Little Ones 种田小渔女，我带空间赶海养崽崽 [Devoted Couple + Feel-Good Story + Farming + Foraging by the Sea + Pocket Dimension + Supplies + Miracle Doctor + Building a Fortune] Mu Qingqing is a medical student. After Japan dumped nuclear wastewater into the sea, a virus caused people to mutate into zombies. Having been bitten to death, she transmigrates into the body of a young farm woman in an ancient seaside village. Heaven has blessed her with a body weighing over two hundred jin, a disabled husband, and a son and daughter. To make m 2.9kReads9.0Score40314d adds
- 16 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 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. 6.1kReads9.0Score80514d adds
- 17 Called Off, I Make a Fortune Fishing for Seafood 退婚赶海赚亿万 [Eight Hit Animated Dramas Now Streaming] Three More in Production! Plus Three Adaptations in Every Language for Overseas Release! [Daily Life] [Lighthearted] [Coastal Foraging] [Fishing] [Slow-Burn Urban Farming] His childhood sweetheart publicly tore up their engagement and looked at him with contempt. She despised his bare-bones home, his younger sister's leukemia, and the burden of supporting his elderly, sickly grandmother. To her, he had no future. Little did she know, he had awakened the 588Reads8.7Score13714d adds
- 18 Reborn After Divorce, I Raise My Child and Quietly Get Rich 重生离婚后我带娃芶着致富了 Chen Hong opened her eyes and found herself reborn. She was back in the days before she was about to take her child to her parents' home. Unwilling to spend another life constantly walking on eggshells around others, Chen Hong decided to take a difficult but independent path this time. She headed up the mountains to farm and out to sea to fish, but unexpectedly ended up with a whole harem of men. 6.4kReads9.3Score75114d adds
- 19 A Family of Three Goofballs Transmigrates to 1959 and Turns the Whole Clan Upside Down 一家三颠穿越59年代，掀翻全族 Synopsis: The whole family transmigrates + 1950s + space + difficult relatives + years of famine + family life + island + fishing + System + no brainless decisions Lin Haishen and his wife, Huang Shuyao, went skydiving to celebrate their son Lin Yanxi's twentieth birthday. They plunged from the sky and seamlessly crossed into another era, arriving in an island fishing village in 1959. From the start, they got straight to work, wielding a butcher's knife with impressive skill. Clan leader: “This 3.3kReads9.2Score34614d adds
- 20 The Stepmom Comparison Group in the 1960s 六十年代当后妈对照组 Liu Qingqing never dreamed that one little fall would send her tumbling into the stepmother-era novel she’d been reading lately. She arrived at a crucial turning point in the original character’s life. Thinking of the ugly faces her parents wore in the book and in the original character’s memories, along with the awful family environment, Liu Qingqing seized the opportunity in front of her and set out on a path completely different from the original story. Even though the man across from her spo 2kReads8.8Score12114d adds
- 21 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 3.4kReads8.4Score45314d adds
- 22 The Fake Heiress Strikes It Rich with Seafood 假千金靠海鲜暴富了 [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 2.4kReads8.9Score26414d adds
- 23 Tide-Chasing System: I Get Rich Fishing by the Sea 赶海系统：我靠赶海钓鱼暴富 (System + Coastal Foraging + Island Life + Fishing + Relaxed Daily Life) A cheerful everyday life of coastal foraging and fishing, with a slow-paced, immersive feel. Digging for razor clams and picking up octopuses on the beach, catching big green crabs on the rocky shore, finding trapped groupers, catching sea eels, and heading to uninhabited islands to forage and hunt for treasure, or going out to sea to fish for big ones… After quitting her job, Chen Zhiyao unexpectedly obtains a coast 7.9kReads9.1Score73614d adds
- 24 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 (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 108.2kReads9.1Score5.1k14d adds
- 25 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 [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 29kReads8.4Score2.5k14d adds
- 26 Sweet! The Beautiful Army Wife Searches for Her Husband on the Island and Gets Doted on Like a Queen 甜！漂亮军嫂海岛寻夫后被宠上天 [Transmigration + 1970s + devoted couple + sweet romance + multiple babies at once + slice of life + obnoxious characters + alternate universe] Warning: Weird and obnoxious people everywhere!!! She has worked herself to the bone for her husband's family for five years and gets nothing in return. Now they're about to kick her out. After her mother's funeral, she faints at the grave, and when she wakes up, she finally sees the light. She's no longer Lin Zaozao, who lets people beat and scold her. 3.3kReads8.9Score25614d adds
- 27 Too Many Fish to Clean, My Mother Beats Me Until Tears Run Down My Face 鱼获太多宰杀忙，母亲暴打泪两行 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 16.4kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 28 After Draining My Scumbag Father and Stepmother, the Heiress Joins the Army and Heads to an Island 掏空渣爹后妈，资本小姐随军海岛 [Short-Form Drama Adaptation Out + Military Marriage + Feel-Good Revenge + Island-Group Pocket Dimension + Exceptional Female Lead, Possessive Male Lead] Jiang Yan, daughter of the richest man in the country, owns assets worth hundreds of billions. Her daily routine is living off her parents, lazing around, and shopping. One day, she went out to pick up a food delivery and got brained by a brick. Then she transmigrated into a brainless period novel written by her jealous cousin! In the book, Jia 16.3kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 29 I Have a Penglai Immortal Island 我有一座蓬莱仙岛 Also known as: After Finding a Divine Artifact, She Became Famous Through Her Fishing Livestreams A theme park called Nevernight suddenly becomes famous across China. It features the “Penglai Realm,” protected by a seventh-tier grand formation; the “Sea Monster Castle,” where mermaids are rumored to live, with glass tunnels leading straight down into the deep sea; the mysterious and eerie “Yellow Springs Road”; the opulent “Divine Capital”... Everyone who visits even once starts questioning real 7.9kReads9.2Score90514d adds
- 30 The Farmer's Little Daughter: Foraging in the Mountains, Scavenging the Sea, and Tending the Fields 农门小女娘，赶山淘海种田忙 [Farming + gathering and hunting + coastal foraging + System + adorable kids + mostly everyday life + satisfying story + no romance] Song Anning transmigrates and becomes the notorious troublemaker of an ancient village. Her father and older brother have gone missing in the mountains, her mother has gone mad, her younger siblings are still little, and her grandparents are getting on in years. Song Anning cries out, “Mom, I want to go home...” Fortunately, Heaven gives her an adorable System that 9.9kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
- 31 Transmigrate to the 1960s and Keep Busy Growing Vegetables on the Island 穿越六零，海岛种菜忙 [Period]+ [military marriage]+ [Transmigration]+ [no storage space]+ [superhuman strength]+ [building a career] In 2023, swimmer Jiang Jiaojiao and her teammates are on a team-building trip at the seaside. While trying to save a child who has fallen into the water, she is swept away by a huge wave. In 1964, Lin Baoni jumps into the sea to save a People’s Liberation Army soldier in distress. A huge wave carries her away, and she eventually dies of exhaustion. Reborn in Lin Baoni’s body, Jiang Jia 13kReads9.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 32 Exiled to Hainan, I Made My Fortune by Foraging Along the Shore 流放海南后我靠赶海发家 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 8.8kReads9.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 33 The 1970s: A Sweet Island Life for a Cannon-Fodder Supporting Female Character 七零之炮灰女配的海岛甜宠日常 [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 15.8kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 34 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 (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 126.7kReads9.4Score11.8k14d adds
- 35 Surviving at Sea: My Raft Leads to Peach Blossom Spring 海上求生：我的木筏通桃源 When she woke up, the world had turned upside down. Countless people had entered a game called Survival at Sea. From the start, all they had was a wooden raft and a fishing rod. Every supply had to be caught on a line. Sharks, giant beasts, bitter cold, hurricanes, and merciless hunting between people. Survival became incredibly difficult, and supplies were scarce and precious. Lu Xingchen entered the game and obtained a god-tier pocket dimension on her very first day: the Peach Blossom Sanctuar 61.7kReads9.1Score6.7k14d adds
