Lin Wei Dong, a researcher in modern agricultural technology, accidentally transmigrates to 1977 and becomes a frail, sickly boy with the same name in Huangtupo Village, whose family owns nothing but four bare walls. News that the national college entrance exam has been reinstated is spreading across the country, but his family's poverty and his weak health leave him without the courage even to sign up.
Yet the people of Huangtupo Village don't abandon him. Village chief Zhao Tie Zhu takes the lead in pooling grain coupons, Auntie Wang Gui Lan stays up all night mending an old padded jacket, and even the older children save their roasted sweet potatoes to give him as provisions. With their simple, heartfelt kindness, the entire village pushes him into the exam hall.
On the rainy night after the exam, Lin Wei Dong not only awakens memories of his previous life, but also binds himself to the “Rural Revitalization System.” Its missions are all about improving life across the village: cultivating high-yield crops, building irrigation canals, setting up a village-run factory...
Armed with modern agricultural knowledge and the System's golden finger, Lin Wei Dong starts by transforming his own small plot of land, then gradually leads Huangtupo Village out of poverty. Along the way, he supports one another with Su Xiao Mei, his gentle, resilient childhood sweetheart; discusses ideals with Lin Qing Yue, an open-minded educated youth sent to the countryside; and crosses paths with Zhao Ya Zhi, a bold, outspoken saleswoman at the supply and marketing cooperative.
From top scorer in the college entrance exam to agricultural expert, from a dilapidated little village to a prosperous model village, Lin Wei Dong changes the fate of the entire community and finds three sincere relationships, each entirely different from the others. In an era filled with hope and challenges, he uses knowledge and hard work to write an extraordinary tale of struggle that spans time.
