Stars Falling on Earth: the Taoist Daughter's Road to a Strong Country

In midsummer in Binhai City, there are heavy rains. In the old corridor of the urban village, Lin Wei carried a canvas bag half a person's height and stepped through the standing water. The strap of the bag made her shoulders hurt, and inside it contained old books that she had just found from the scrapyard—this was her only hobby and the spiritual pillar that supported her through the days of dropping out of school to work. She pushed open the mottled wooden door with a creak, and what greeted her was not the warm light, but the bitter taunt from her stepsister Lin Mengyao: "Hey, the rag picker is back? Mom asked you to hand over this month's salary, and my brother wants to buy the latest game console." Lin Wei leaned against the doorframe tiredly, raindrops dripping from her hair: "Mengyao, I have to pay rent this month and buy medicine..."