In his previous life, Bai Rongbing was blind to the truth. After becoming the youth league branch secretary in Gahe Village, he called villains his brothers and let unscrupulous officials use him as their hatchet man. He helped the wicked persecute good people, drove an old teacher to his death, ruined the lives of officials sent down to the countryside, and betrayed Lin Wanqiu, a kindhearted educated youth who truly loved him. In the end, once he was no longer useful, he was cast aside and froze to death in a forest hut in the dead of winter, alone and with no proper burial place.
He opened his eyes to find himself back in 1975, at the celebratory banquet for his election as village secretary.
Wolves laughed at his side. Villains schemed before his eyes, ready to send him off to frame good people and ransack their homes.
Not this time. He would shoulder no more sins, take no villains under his wing, and be no puppet secretary!
First, he would take down the villain’s chief strategist, then crush the village bullies and tyrants. He would settle accounts with every unscrupulous henchman. Anyone who framed others would be ruined, and anyone who bullied honest folk would get instant payback!
He would hold on to his position as secretary, seize the opportunities of the times, develop side businesses, grow good crops, and raise livestock, leading the whole village to a better life.
He would protect the officials sent down to the countryside and cherish Lin Wanqiu, the warmhearted educated youth. He would atone for his sins and change his fate, gaining both power and prosperity.
From a down-and-out educated youth to a tough-as-nails village secretary, from someone everyone despised to a man embraced by the whole village: in 1975, he would rewrite the fate of Gahe Village!
It is full of the flavor of the times, fits the times, and has the shadow of today's society.