Our Beautiful Countryside

In Huanshanzi Village in southern Yimeng, all the young people have left to find work, leaving the elderly and children behind. As the rural revitalization strategy moves forward, a county work team arrives with the help of the mysterious “Number Zero.” But as soon as they propose building roads and water infrastructure, some villagers object, worried it'll all be for nothing. This clash over whether to embrace change makes the public works that follow all the more precious.

Once the roads are built, the shortcomings in agricultural development become clear. Li Mengyuan, a young woman who has returned to her hometown, seizes the opportunity. With financial backing from a primary school classmate and villagers investing their land, she leads the founding of Huanshanzi Yurun Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. Honeysuckle, cherries, and other local produce become the foundation of distinctive agricultural tourism. The legends surrounding the strange rocks on the mountain are shared with visitors, while a former secret Eighth Route Army contact point is developed into a Red Culture tourism site, giving the village a sustainable economic base. But she doesn't stop there. She joins forces with her composition-savvy best friend, Wang Luyao, and takes advantage of local policies supporting Red Culture tourism. They weave the charm of Yimeng folk tunes into their songs and put their hometown's transformation into the lyrics. These earthy melodies gradually travel from the village loudspeaker to stages across the country.

Huanshanzi Village has transformed more than a dozen villages in the surrounding mountain valleys: muddy roads have become routes for industry, old earthen houses have been replaced by new homes, elderly people and children fill the village reading rooms, and young people drive refrigerated trucks to deliver local specialties across the country. This is more than the story of one village casting off poverty with the help of favorable policies. It's about ordinary people turning the blueprint for a “beautiful countryside” into a sweet life where the elderly are cared for and the young have something to strive for, one stroke at a time, with passion and hard work!