Reborn in the 1970s: Starting Out as a Barefoot Doctor

Chen Jianhong is caught in a plane crash, then is reborn in 1970, at the turning point of his life: the barefoot doctor selection exam at Lishuping Production Brigade. He brings with him the medical skills of a master physician and a portable medicinal garden space he acquired through a remarkable encounter in his later years.

In his previous life, he unexpectedly failed the exam. He was then buried in the countryside, teaching himself through more than a decade of hard work. When changing times finally gave him the chance to move to the city and practice medicine, his career began to take off.

By then, it was too late to make up for the regrets he had caused his family, and he was trapped in a miserable marriage. His career was also hindered by his lack of qualifications and a prestigious mentor. No matter how skilled he became, the halls of traditional Chinese medicine remained closed to him.

Reborn, he is determined to rewrite his tragic fate: sever the ill-fated ties of his past life, protect his family and repay what he owes them, break free from society's shackles of credentials and lineage, and enter the halls of traditional Chinese medicine, establishing it firmly at the forefront of the life sciences.

From a barefoot doctor in the countryside to a master physician at the pinnacle of his era, Chen Jianhong's legendary life begins anew.

(This novel takes a realistic, everyday-life approach, with a slow-burn narrative and few intense, melodramatic conflicts.)