A Clever Little Girl in the 1970s: She Goes to the Military Base to Find Her Dad

[1970s + Beloved by the Whole Family + Adorable Child + Fortune-Telling + Cutting Ties with Family + Fleeing Famine + Family Life + Feel-Good Story + No Saintly Protagonist]

In 1972, a severe drought struck.

Three-and-a-half-year-old Qin Niannian was abandoned on the famine road by her awful grandma, left to die.

But the first thing the little girl did when she woke up was pinch her chubby fingers and say, “Go three li east. There are lots of fishies.”

The starving refugees decided they had nothing to lose. They cast a net and hauled in so much fresh fish that their hands were full!

From then on, a sweet-voiced little “fortune-teller” joined them on their journey.

“This road is gonna collapse. We can’t go that way.” That very day, a landslide struck.

“That uncle is a bad guy. He has a knife in his bundle.” A fugitive was caught on the spot.

When her awful grandma heard the news, she rushed over in the middle of the night to snatch her back and use her as a money-making tool.

Niannian smiled and counted on her fingers. “Grandma, you’ve got forty-two yuan and seventy cents hidden in your pillow. I don’t need you to raise me. I’m going to find my dad.”

On her little legs, she traveled a thousand li, fortune-telling her way around danger until she made it from the south all the way to the gates of a tough northern military district.

Seeing a face just like his late wife’s, stern Deputy Regiment Commander Qin Beiwang’s eyes reddened. “Niannian...”

“Dad! I figured it out! You’ve been thinking about me this whole time!”

From then on, the military compound had its own sweet-voiced little “strategist.”

A water pipe sprung a leak? Niannian counted on her fingers. “Just dig right here.”

Someone sabotaging things? Niannian smiled. “Uncle, the rice you stole is under your bed.”

Awful relatives came around to make a scene? Niannian coolly counted on her fingers and exposed every last one of their secrets!

The whole military district was stunned. Deputy Commander Qin’s little girl really was a little fairy!