While Others Head to the City, I Head to the Mountains

Crushed by the 996 grind at a big tech company, Chen Ye quits without a backup plan and returns to his hometown. The whole village laughs at him as a deserter who couldn't make it, and his father is so furious he gets into a shouting match with him. But he carries the mountain-craft skills his grandfather taught him—he knows medicinal herbs and can find wild treasures. While others go to the city to work and compete in the rat race, he goes into the mountains to reclaim wasteland and pick up gold. Gathering mushrooms and digging herbs, farming and raising poultry—no cheat system, just his own two hands making money. He shuts down the gossip, opens up sales channels, leads his neighbors to prosperity together, and turns the barren mountains into a treasure trove! — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: While Others Head to the City, I Head to the Mountains — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠