The Golden Years of the Eighties

[No Rebirth, No Transmigration, No System] A purely local period novel with an ensemble cast

Set in the 1980s, this is the story of a group of young people in a mountain village in eastern Sichuan. Unwilling to settle for an uneventful life, they build businesses in the mountains and work hard to escape poverty.

Led by young woman Yang Jinhua, they resist the allure of the city’s bright lights and bustling nightlife, choosing instead to develop livestock farming and agriculture in their hometown. To transform their village, they build roads and create a better future for generations to come, using their youth and sweat to build a new countryside and compose a fresh chapter of prosperity through hard work…