1982: Back Home to Become Village Chief

[Period setting + cozy everyday life + realism + no face-slapping + smart characters]

(Author’s note: This book aims for realism. There are no brainless tropes or over-the-top posturing, so it’s only for readers who genuinely enjoy stories set in the past.)

After the college entrance exams were reinstated in 1979, college graduate Chen Pingsheng somehow developed a sense of superiority.

He looked down on his rural wife, who stayed home to raise their child and care for his parents.

Then one day, disaster struck. He was targeted in retaliation over a report he had filed, and his wife took the bullet meant to kill him.

Tears and regret welled up in his eyes.

Given another life, all he wants is to stay by his wife and daughter’s side, and, while he’s at it, make this little mountain village that pooled its money to send him to college the best in the world.