After the Educated Youth Moved into My Room in the 1970s

1971, Xiao'erbulake.

I'm Aiguli, a Kazakh shepherdess. She's Ye Juan, a young woman sent from Shanghai to work in the countryside: a "capitalist's daughter" with a bad class background, shunned by everyone.

An official transfer order forces her to move into my room and share my heated kang bed.

Outsiders laugh that I've taken on a huge burden. They have no idea what miracles the knowledge and perspective Ye Juan brings can create when combined with the [Spirit Spring Space] I unexpectedly awakened.

Together, we improve sheep breeds and grow rare medicinal herbs, turning barren pastureland into a treasure trove beyond the Great Wall.

When the tide of the times arrives, every young person sent to the countryside fights tooth and nail for a chance to return to the city.

But she clasps my hand, her eyes shining with unwavering resolve. "Aiguli, wherever you are, that's my home and my future."

Later, the whole production corps is talking about it: the inseparable "sisters" of Xiao'erbulake not only founded the biggest cooperative together, they also turned the bitter "Alkali Spring" into a mellow brew that intoxicated an entire era.