Pinduoduo 1959

Office drone Rao Jianlai worked himself to death while pulling overtime, then got hit by a dump truck. His soul transmigrated into the body of a teenage boy with the same name in Rao Village, a poor village in northern China, in 1959. It was a time of famine. His home was bare, and they survived on wild-vegetable gruel. Staying alive was the first priority.

Just as he was losing hope, he got bound to the utterly absurd [Pinduoduo System]: pay by doing squats, get discounts by walking, and team up to “slash the price”… He could exchange all sorts of ridiculous tasks for supplies from the future.

Rice, flour, oil, meat, medicine, clothes… even seeds and technical manuals from the future!

Rao Jianlai originally only wanted to make sure his family had enough to eat and wear, quietly improve their lives, and lie flat. But the villagers’ swollen eyes from hunger, the children’s yearning gazes, and the heavy tides of the times pushed him forward, step by step.

“Jianlai, where did this white rice come from?”

“Brother Goudan, I can help you slash the price!”

“Rao boy, you must have connections. Help the rest of us out!”

Starting with a bowl of oil and a handful of rice, then moving on to high-yield seeds, small farm machinery, and home workshops… He uses the System, carefully working within the limits of the times to lead the whole village in its difficult struggle to improve their lot.

[Please note: Keep a low profile and beware of being reported! The source of these supplies is hard to explain!]

[System mission: Invite three new users to help and unlock “Basic Fertilizer Production Technology”!]

[Urgent mission: A blizzard is coming. Gather 100 contribution points to exchange for cold-weather supplies!]

This is the story of a transmigrator using an absurd System to survive in a challenging era, while dragging an entire small village step by step toward a life of food and warmth, and kindling hope.

Keywords: Transmigration to 1959