Recaps

Bai Yao used his system and spiritual power to punish the Li family, severed ties with them, and traveled to the countryside. After helping expose enemy agents and stop traffickers on the train, he arrived at Unity Village and settled into a rented courtyard with Kong Wu.

• Bai Yao used the system to gather hidden wealth and sabotage the Li family, whose members suffered injuries, disgrace, arrest, and the loss of their home and belongings.
• Bai Yao severed ties with the Li family, left Beijing, and prepared for his journey to the countryside.
• Bai Yao met Gu Yang, Hu Yang, Kong Wu, and Dongfang Dazhuang on the train and joined their group heading to the Red Flag Commune.
• Bai Yao and his companions exposed and captured enemy agents, earning upgraded sleeper berths, commendations, and a share of recovered money and tickets.
• Bai Yao helped Hu Yang defeat three traffickers, and Hu Yang reunited with a railway police officer who was his cousin’s comrade-in-arms.
• Dongfang Dazhuang brought Bai Yao and the other educated youths to Unity Village, where Zhao Jianguo arranged their work and housing.
• Bai Yao and Kong Wu rented a courtyard house, collected their grain, and began furnishing and cleaning it together.

Bai Yao settled into village life with Kong Wu, navigated work disputes, and secretly intervened in Jiang Rou’s black-market conflict. He recruited Xiang Qian and Xiang Hou to trade defective cloth and keep watch on the educated youth settlement.

• Bai Yao and Kong Wu went to the commune, where Bai Yao bought supplies and a bicycle, then traded for vegetable seeds and set up a garden.
• Bai Yao and Kong Wu began farm work, shared meals, and helped resolve a dispute after Hu Yang injured his ankle.
• Bai Yao accidentally saw Kong Wu changing while bathing, and both men grew embarrassed afterward.
• Bai Yao followed Jiang Rou and discovered she ran the black market, then incapacitated Brother Dong and sent Jiang Rou a warning about his planned attack.
• Jiang Rou captured Brother Dong and took over his operation, while Bai Yao bought venison from Xiang Qian and Xiang Hou and learned about their struggles and Dong Aiguo’s treatment of Zhang Dashu.
• Bai Yao agreed to help Xiang Qian and Xiang Hou make money, and the brothers repaid him with hens before selling cloth and coupons to villagers.
• Bai Yao gave Xiang Qian and Xiang Hou a forty-meter bolt of defective cloth and told them to sell it within a week.