Reborn in 1983: Hunting and Gold Panning on the Snowy Plains

The prime of life never comes twice, and dawn never returns in a day. Carrying a lifetime of regrets, Chen Yan opened his eyes and found himself back in the snowy wilderness of the northern frontier in 1982. That year, pelts from the Altai Mountains were still valuable. One fine fox pelt could be worth half a year’s work points for a strong laborer. That year, alluvial gold still lay sleeping beneath the Irtysh River, known to only a handful of people. That year, mountain herbs and mushrooms were still plentiful, and fish could be caught in the rivers by chopping a hole through the ice. That year, the commune hadn’t yet divided up the land, but the spring wind was already blowing through the mountain pass. Chopping through ice to fish, setting traps to hunt, gathering herbs in the mountains, panning for gold along the river bends, trading mountain goods… Every step he took put him right at the forefront of the times. Others thought he was scratching out a living in the snow. Only he knew what lay buried beneath it. In this life, Chen Yan would defy fate and change his destiny, starting in the snow and leading his family, step by step, to prosperity!