Modern young man Zhang Chongxing is transported back in time and becomes a young man in a Shandong production brigade in 1968. The moment he wakes up, he protects his mother and younger sister, beats up Zhang Erzhu, reclaims his hunting rifle, and lays down rules to discipline Zhang Sizhu. He leads the educated youth in farm work and hunts in the mountains to exchange game for grain. After rescuing Lu Pingping, he obtains a Type 38 rifle and helps his eldest sister divide the family property. Later, he leads a team to the Seventh Company to help with the harvest, fights off wolves to save military horses, and rescues Sun Xiaosong, earning himself a reputation at the celebration party. After returning to the village, the Zhang family grows jealous of his supplies and conspires with a spirit medium to exploit superstition and cheat him out of clothing supplies, but Zhang Chongxing exposes their scheme.