Reborn in 1978: Starting Out as a Rural Teacher

Reborn in 1978, just as the college entrance exam has been reinstated, he witnesses the curtain slowly rise on an era of sweeping change. Chen Fan is reborn in a remote mountain village as a substitute teacher at a rural school. A classroom with earthen walls, students who never get enough to eat, and a village isolated from the outside world and stuck in the past: everyone thinks teaching is a thankless job with no future. But with memories of the years to come, he knows this is the best of times. Standing at the front of the classroom, he teaches children to read and understand the world, kindling hope in the hearts of the mountain village's children. He seizes the opportunities of the era, leading villagers to reclaim barren land and find new sources of income, transforming the village's poverty-stricken face. With teaching as his sail, he rides the winds of change. Starting at a rural primary school, he writes a story of hard work rooted in the countryside amid the tumultuous 1970s.