A Hoe Dug Up 1941: Farming in Nanniwan

An accident in an experimental field sends Wu Long, a student at Huazhong Agricultural University, transmigrating to Nan-ni-wan in Yan’an in 1941. There are no advanced farming machines here, only barren land and harsh living conditions. Facing the Japanese army’s blockade and encirclement, he realizes that farming is also part of the War of Resistance! As a member of the 359th Brigade, he picks up a hoe and joins his comrades in turning wasteland into fertile fields with their own hands and sweat. Foraging for wild vegetables, hunting, making tools, and hauling grain and salt, he uses his modern agricultural knowledge to lead everyone in developing crop cultivation, animal husbandry, and handicrafts, transforming desolate Nan-ni-wan into the “Little Jiangnan of Northern Shaanxi.”