Her brother's corpse is barely cold when his widow decides to take another husband, setting her sights on his younger brother, Chen Yuan Chao. What she doesn't know is that Chen Yuan Chao has just been reborn.
How could Chen Yuan Chao possibly like a shameless woman like her? He has no choice but to flee home.
Fortunately, the educated youths take him in, and he meets the woman he loved in his previous life.
Drawing on the talents he learned at the bureau for retired cadres in his previous life, Chen Yuan Chao joins the commune's cultural propaganda troupe and finds his footing in this fiery era.
He studies under a master, spots hidden treasures, takes the college entrance exam, and rekindles his romance with the woman he loves... From the countryside to the county seat, and then to the capital, Chen Yuan Chao makes steady, if slow, progress.
When he meets good people, he lends them a hand. When he meets villains, he gives them a kick.
As the great leader said, there is endless joy in struggling against Heaven, against the earth, and against other people!
