We're Heading for a Bright Future [1990S]

The cave called a "mouth-mouth cave" in the story refers to a Hama cave. (If I'd known Hama would be censored, I would have changed the name. There are too many instances to fix now. Sob!) In 1995, after graduating from university, Jiang Ya was assigned to impoverished Zhukeng Township. On his first day there, a fire broke out on the mountain behind the village. He went up to help fight it and nearly died in the flames. Afterwards, beside the scorched earth, he found a frail girl in a forest hollow. In the mountain fire, the girl had survived by hiding in a cave she had stumbled upon. Jiang Ya pushed aside the thick ashes, revealing the cave in all its crystal-palace splendor: rugged, graceful curtains and stalagmites; pillars and peaks like forests and blades; stone flowers and curtains like blossoms and waterfalls. In the clear, glimmering water, they slowly took shape and gathered beauty, quietly developing as they waited to amaze everyone... At first, Jiang Ya only wanted to use the cave to attract some tourists, so the locals could make a little money and afford meat. Who knew the tourists would come in droves, eagerly paying for mountain produce, river delicacies, bamboo crafts, and everything the mountain folk had never thought was worth anything? Jiang Ya: Purely an accident. Later, Zhukeng Township really did become prosperous. Everyone made money from the tourists, and the city folk were envious. Jiang Ya: It really was an accident. Later still, Zhukeng Township was named a nationally renowned destination for distinctive rural tourism, and held up as a model for the whole country. Jiang Ya: I suppose none of you would believe me if I said it was an accident. P.S. The male lead's career is the main focus, and there's little romance in the main story. Theme: The countryside has great potential, and those working on the front lines of poverty alleviation give everything they have.