A bowl of sweet potato porridge kept the AI that would save the whole town of Qingshi alive
Lin Wan thought she was destined to spend her life gnawing on cold steamed buns beneath a bridge, until she met three "lunatics":
Xia Qiang, who guarded a battered computer and muttered about code; Zhao Xiaopang, whose eyes were red from staying up all night; and Wang Lei, who hauled discarded cardboard boxes all over town.
They said they wanted to build an AI called "Wild Grass": one that could understand the elderly speaking in their local dialect, identify spots of disease on rice leaves, translate folk remedies, and even remember how sweet sweet potato porridge tasted.
No money? They collected recyclables to scrape together a ten-yuan deposit.
Called scammers? They let their fruit trees bear proof.
Server burned out? The space beneath the bridge became their server room.
Lin Wan didn't understand code, but she understood people.
She fed the stubborn sprout they called "Wild Grass" the local dialect, old sayings, and even the sound of her grandmother's cough.
This isn't a story about a genius saving the world,
but about a group of teenagers dismissed as good-for-nothings,
who used the gentlest kind of stubbornness to put down roots for technology.
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No CP | Ensemble cast, passionate and energetic | Rural sci-fi | Farming-style AI startup
Female lead's perspective | Technology with a human touch | Idealism never goes out
Theme: Idealism never goes out
