Siheyuan: From the Start, I Headed to the Countryside, My Years as an Educated Youth

Chen Rui transmigrates to China in the 1960s, into the world of the Siheyuan, but chooses an unconventional path: he joins a group of educated youths heading to the Great Northern Wilderness to work in the countryside. While others hesitate and fear the unknown, Chen Rui boldly leaves his comfort zone and throws himself into the grueling work of rural development, determined to change the fate of a small village with his youth and passion.

In the Great Northern Wilderness, Chen Rui relies on a fictional “All-Purpose Development System” to overcome all kinds of agricultural challenges, from harvesting crops and herding sheep to raising horses. He even fights off packs of wolves at night, while leading the villagers step by step toward prosperity. As the story unfolds, Chen Rui happens to meet Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi, who have also gone to the countryside, and uncovers even more secrets about this world.