After waking from a dream, Lin Weidong, a disillusioned soul from the 21st century, found himself reborn at a youth settlement on the black soil of Northeast China in 1977. His body was steeped in the exhaustion and numbness unique to the times, but his mind churned with memories of the next forty years and his deepest regret: he had once missed the college entrance exam that would change his fate...
The news that the college entrance exams would be reinstated had yet to arrive, like thunder rumbling on a distant horizon. Time was running out! Faced with exhausting daily labor, an extreme lack of study materials, and suspicion and obstruction from those in charge, who accused him of not being committed to putting down roots, he had to race against time and search through the dust for that faint glimmer of hope.
He gathered a group of companions: a quiet genius, a pragmatic “iron maiden,” an impulsive brother, and others. In these barren years soaked in sweat and struggle, could they seize this one chance, wrench the heavy gears of fate into motion, and head toward a completely different future?
I just want to go to college and start all kinds of intrigues.
Come on, author! A special story in a special era, very true!