Reborn in 1983: Making a Fortune by Tricking the Russians

Reborn in 1983, Lu Xia, a young man from Northeast China, cracks the secrets of border trade! While others are still digging in the fields and going hungry, he heads to the border market with 44 jin of linden honey, targeting the Russians to fleece them: exchanging local specialties for powdered milk and rotten wood for military knives, he makes a fortune on the price difference!

Need a Russian translator? He corners Lin Yue, a young educated woman, and makes her a wager: "Ten jin of hazelnuts for Soviet goods. If I win, you become my partner!" He meant to find a business partner, but the cool, reserved translator grows more attached to him with every encounter, and before long she's gone from "business partner" to the wife of the household!

The Russians wail, "Lu, you really ripped us off, but we still want to trade!" The commune chases after him with favorable policies, and the villagers crowd around to cling to his coattails! There are no villains or melodramatic twists, just the joy of making money, plus a sweet and satisfying romance that goes from teaming up to getting married. This feel-good tale of 1980s Northeast China border trade will have you hooked!