In the cold winter of 1980, Zhenjia Village was at the foot of Mount Xiao in western Henan.
Zhen Yi, who was only six years old, made a promise in front of the earthen wall covered with certificates in a well-ventilated pit yard. He didn't know that this path of using knowledge to change his destiny would be so difficult.
At fifteen, he was forced to leave. Faced with his father's injury and the plight of his family, he tearfully tore up his high school admission notice, boarded the westbound green leather train, and became the youngest male worker in the Lanzhou sanitary napkin factory. Through prejudice and sweat, he honed his perseverance and accumulated the first pot of gold and connections in his life.
At the age of eighteen, he returned home with great honor. Meet Xiao Lili, the village beauty again, and win love with sincerity and knowledge. In order to shoulder the responsibility, he aimed at business opportunities, and with his exclusive secret skin jelly, it became popular in the villages and towns, and customers lined up in the pit yard. However, the wealth gained in exchange for health will never last.
Three transformations, three new lives. He gave up his prosperous business and, despite being called a "prodigal son," made a desperate move to introduce a new variety of apple trees called "Tianwang No. 1". Through scientific planting and establishing a cooperative, he not only lifted his family out of poverty, but also led the entire village to double their income, becoming a real leader in getting rich.
From the assembly line of Lanzhou factory to the smoky stove of your own home;
From the buzzing skin jelly workshop to the thousand-acre orchard with abundant fruits;
He grew up step by step from a poor rural boy to a role model of the times who took root in the loess and watched his hometown.
This is a story about integrity, vision and friendship,
This is a passionate story about an ordinary person using his hands and wisdom to rewrite the destiny of himself and a country!
