Reborn in the 1980s: I Turned the Desert into Golden Waves of Wheat

[Period setting + System + adorable pets + educated young woman + building wealth + entrepreneurship]

Also known as: Starting with a shovel, I reclaim the desert and find an educated youth

A mountain fire that Chen Qingshan started himself burned him straight into a production team on the edge of the Mu Us Desert in 1980.

He also got a System in his head, which ordered him to plant trees in the desert. If he didn't, he'd die.

And so the brigade acquired a fool. Everyone was so hungry they saw stars, and so thirsty they foamed at the mouth.

Yet this fool took precious wheat seeds and water out into the desert to plant them.

What the team members didn't know was that while they were all gnawing on cornmeal buns, Chen Qingshan's oasis was already rolling with waves of golden wheat.

While the team members fretted over water, Chen Qingshan was already eating juicy, fully ripened watermelons.

While the bachelors in the production team couldn't find wives, Chen Qingshan found a beautiful educated young woman in the desert.

Then the commune came to collect the grain tax, and the entire brigade couldn't produce a single grain.

Chen Qingshan stepped forward, led everyone up a sand dune, and gestured grandly toward the thousands of acres of wheat below.

"Welcome to my oasis."

Everyone's minds went blank. For a moment, they couldn't tell sand from wheat,

reality from a dream...