Reborn in '83: Hunting to Feed My Family

The gambling addict He Chunsheng drank himself to death in a ditch on a country road, but when he opened his eyes, he was back to the day before his father was gored and crippled by a black bear in 1983. He had only a one-eyed black dog, a 30-yuan gambling debt, and memories of the next thirty years. While others went into the mountains to work like slaves for the supply and marketing cooperative, he wanted to be the first in Heifengkou to openly buy mountain goods at fixed prices. But local bullies stole his traps, spread rumors, and smashed his shop; in a society of acquaintances, favors are both debts and nets. Given a second chance at life, he first saves his father, then quits gambling, brings his wife back, and with his dog's help, starts a ginseng-digging team and opens a purchasing station—using the keen eye he developed at the old gambling table to build a mountain goods trade route for the whole village. There's only one problem left: will the man seeking redemption be dragged back into the abyss by the law of the jungle? — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Reborn in '83: Hunting to Feed My Family — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠