The moment he opens his eyes, he has become the universally despised "Chen Shimei" of 1964.
He has barely received his order to return to the city when his three brothers-in-law corner him at home and beat him up.
One moment, he was working himself to death on a project in his rented apartment. The next, he was a heartless educated youth who had abandoned his wife and child.
Before he can make sense of what's happening, a ding rings in his mind.
[Supermarket System activated. Trade old items for supplies: rice, white flour, cured meat, canned goods, and more.]
People in the neighboring village are already starving to death, and panic is spreading through the village.
Above them, a storm that will soon sweep across the whole country is quietly gathering.
He can walk this road alone, and people will call it profiteering. If he brings the whole village along, that's called shared prosperity.
A city registration, a secure job at a major factory? Liu Shaojun slings his rifle over his shoulder and glances back at his wife feeding the chickens in the yard and his two kids chasing butterflies. He smiles.
"I've got a System, a wife, a gun, and the entire Zhao Village."
