Su Xiaotang and Lu Zheng were childhood friends and sworn enemies who had spent more than twenty years fighting in the same residential compound. When they were both hit by a car while fighting over an old photo of their parents, they opened their eyes in 1978, in Sujia Village.
The good news: They had the same names and faces, and had taken over the bodies of their ill-fated original selves. They had no ties or burdens.
The bad news: They had not only landed in their parents’ era, before their parents had even started dating, but had also been bound to a [Duo-Only Forced Team-Up Hometown Prosperity System]. If they didn’t team up, the village geese would chase them down and bite them.
From then on, Sujia Village had a pair of oddballs who bickered and traded barbs every day.
One moment: Su Xiaotang chased Lu Zheng with a fire poker, yelling, “Stay away from me, you jinx!”
The next: The two of them huddled together in secret, improving sweet potato varieties and raking in money.
Everyone else thought they were enemies. Only the two of them knew that the more viciously they bickered, the more steadfastly they stood up for each other.
And along the way, they also:
Helped their fathers and mothers, who were secretly in love but too shy to say so, finally get together, rewriting a lifetime of regrets;
Led the whole village in seizing the opportunities of reform and opening up, taking them from going hungry to every household earning dividends;
Took on troublemakers, grew crops, opened factories, and expanded their markets, turning hard times into a sweet life.
Later, someone asked Lu Zheng what he regretted most in this life.
Lu Zheng glanced at Su Xiaotang beside him, who was munching on an apple while still finding time to mock him, and smiled. “I regret not teaming up with her sooner. After all, whether it’s making money or getting a girlfriend, she’s the one to do it with.”
