In the 1970s, on the earthen kang bed in the Hongqi Production Brigade, modern-day office worker Lin Wanxing opens her eyes and finds herself a sent-down youth, tortured to death in her previous life. The original owner was timid and weak. Her awful aunt and her family stole her grain coupons and cloth coupons, while a scumbag sent-down youth tricked her and tried to take her only chance to return to the city. In the end, she fell ill from overwork and died of cold and hunger.
Reborn with modern memories and a pocket dimension with a spirit spring, Lin Wanxing has not a trace of timidity left in her eyes. She takes on her awful aunt and younger female cousin, reclaims the work points and food that belong to her, and coldly exposes the scumbag’s true face, leaving the two of them to suffer the consequences. In this era, food and clothes depend on work points, shopping requires ration coupons, water must be hauled from a well, lamps run on kerosene, and winter is so cold that people huddle together. But Lin Wanxing has an ace up her sleeve: the spirit spring in her pocket dimension can cure illnesses, its black soil can grow crops, and her modern cooking skills can turn wild greens into delicacies. She can also sew clothes and identify medicinal herbs, quietly saving coupons and making a fortune.
By chance, she rescues Lu Zhanting, a battle-hardened officer wounded in the mountains behind the village. Taciturn, fiercely protective, and a formidable fighter, this rugged man becomes her personal protector, keeping her safe and pampering her to no end. When the national college entrance examination is reinstated in 1977, she seizes the opportunity and studies hard, becoming the village’s first college student. In the wave of sent-down youth returning to the cities, she holds her ground and resists temptation. When household farming contracts arrive, she uses her foresight to lead the way in crop cultivation and livestock raising, helping her fellow villagers become prosperous too.
From a bullied, downtrodden sent-down youth to a college student and capable businesswoman everyone admires, Lin Wanxing rides the wave of the 1970s through her own efforts. With her pocket dimension, she earns ration coupons and builds a fortune; with an officer doting on her without limit, she lives the life everyone dreams of.
