The Legend of Cui Jiucun

As a modern worker loses consciousness and fades into darkness, his awareness awakens in the twilight years of the Ming Dynasty. In Wafang Village, a small settlement in northern Anhui where every resident shares the Cui surname, a man named Cui Da rises before dawn. His wife is on the verge of giving birth, yet their home is destitute. Weakened by long-term malnutrition and the constant struggle of having barely enough to eat, she desperately needs nourishment, and Cui Da is consumed with worry over how to sustain her through childbirth. Gazing out at the torrential rains of the sixth-month plum rain season, inspiration strikes him: he can fish in the swollen waters of the Beixie River. However, what awaits him defies all expectation. Instead of an ordinary catch, he witnesses nine white-robed elders drifting down the river seated in large vats. After an entire night yields no fish, a miraculous discovery occurs while washing his net—nine pristine white silver carp appear in a single haul, marking the beginning of an extraordinary legend.