Against the Current: Farming to Support My Family from 1970

About the story

Only as he lies dying does Li Tianming see his life of humiliation clearly. His wife Du Juan never loved him, his rival Pang Bingxin prospered at his expense, and even his own daughter blamed him for denying her mother happiness. Opening his eyes again, he is back in 1970, on the day Du Juan publicly broke their engagement. This time he refuses to yield: he ends the engagement on the spot, recovers his betrothal gifts and leaves the household with his younger siblings to survive on their own. Using his experience from his past life, he hunts wild boar, sells herbs, builds connections with a steel mill, establishes a pig farm and opens a fan factory, leading the whole village toward prosperity. His former fiancée is filled with regret, and the villains' repeated schemes backfire. Li Tianming also meets Song Xiaoyu, who truly understands him, protects his family and rewrites his fate.