Stars in the Paper

Zhu Muchen, an ordinary high school student living in the 21st century, returned to Huangtupo in 1972 due to an accident. The original owner of this body, also named Zhu Muchen, was the only son of an old man who herded cattle in the village production team. His father gave him a name that was ridiculed by the whole village - Zhu Muchen, and shepherded the stars, hoping that he would jump out of the poor ravine; he gave him an appearance that was too delicate for the times, but also gave him an extremely miserable life: his mother ran away after giving birth to him, and his father died of exhaustion in the cold winter in order to treat him and provide him with education. After he buried his father, he also lost his breath. When he opened his eyes again, Zhu Muchen had nothing. There is no system, no space, no incredible skills, just a leaky mud house, old newspapers papered all over the walls, and memories from fifty years later. In the 1970s, the television penetration rate was less than 1%, and there was not even a radio in the village. Newspapers were the only source of information for the entire era. When others read newspapers, they only glance at the headlines, slogans, excitement, and notices; He reads newspapers and can understand the policy trends, price rises and falls, and trends of the times hidden in the fine print. The worthless paper on the wall in the eyes of others is his only code of wealth in this era. Starting from a hay purchase notice in an old newspaper, Zhu Muchen relied on information gaps that others could not understand. In the most barren and harshest era, he changed his life step by step and jumped out of the poor valley. Opportunities are hidden in paper seams, and stars emerge from poor families. This is the story of a cowherd boy who, in the 1970s, lived out his own life by reading newspapers.