1961: I Chased Mountains and Seas in Liaodong

Back in Gaolibawan Village in Liaodong in 1961, with the primeval forests of the Changbai Mountains on the left and the endless Yellow Sea tidal flats full of seafood on the right, Chen Dongming, who has already experienced the ups and downs of one lifetime, only wants to take his family and live a good life with enough food and warm clothes.

When he has free time, he goes into the mountains to pick mushrooms and catch a few wild chickens and rabbits; when the tide goes out, he goes to the shore to gather shellfish and spear fathead fish.

With coarse salt and firewood, he roasts food the old-fashioned way, making the neighbors swallow their saliva; then he uses a pot of astragalus and wild chicken stew to make the beautiful sent-down educated youth next door cry from greed.

Spring fishing and autumn hunting, winter storage and summer planting: this is a warm guide to getting rich that takes you searching for old times between the mountains and the sea. Don’t miss it if you like this kind of story!