During the famine-stricken years of the 1970s, Li Changsheng is reborn into a desperate situation just after his parents have died and his family has run out of food. He awakens a supernatural ability to see through objects. To protect his two young sisters, he ventures into the mountains to hunt and discovers gold and silver buried underground. He repeatedly escapes death and rescues Su Wan, an educated youth. Seizing the opportunities of the era, Li Changsheng establishes a ceramics factory, builds a livestock farm, opens up foreign trade channels, and overcomes obstacles from all sides. Together with Su Wan, he leads the villagers of Dashan Village out of hunger and cold toward a prosperous new life.