Reborn in a Bygone Era: I’m Eight, and I’ll Make Sure My Family Eats Well

[Urban farming] [Period setting] Li Jianguo was reborn in the 1970s as an eight-year-old boy. In this era, people were so poor they chewed tree bark just to get by and earned work points for their labor. What could a little kid with big ambitions do? Then, in the blink of an eye, he got a cheat: a mysterious shop. Three yuan could buy half a pig, and a can of fruit cost just ten cents. During the nightly sales, fruits and vegetables were practically free, and braised dishes, Zhou Hei Ya, and other meaty treats were so cheap they might as well have been given away. Buy, buy, buy!

Once he'd eaten his fill, he could take goods from the shop to sell on the black market, then use the profits to restock. Wouldn't life get better in no time?

A young female teacher sent to the countryside was starving, so she sneaked out at midnight to dig up sweet potatoes. Then she spotted someone grilling Orleans-style chicken wings, premium pork belly, filet mignon, Ningxia lamb...