Chen Weijun transmigrated into Love in the Courtyard in 1964, becoming an over-age bachelor in the eyes of the older and younger women in the courtyard. But recently, he passed his assessment and became a Grade Six fitter at the steel mill. Along with the three large rooms his parents left him, that made him quite the catch in the eyes of the factory's women, while also attracting the covetous attention of many of the courtyard's schemers.
Qin Huairu wanted to introduce her cousin Qin Jingru to him, hoping to get a respectable excuse to leech off Chen Weijun.
Yi Zhonghai wanted to set Chen Xiaoguan up with Old Liu's sister from the workshop, hoping Chen Weijun would support him in his old age.
The Lou family also wanted to introduce Lou Xiao'e to Chen Weijun, so they could use his status as the orphan of a martyr.
But Chen Weijun turned them all down.
So the schemers grew jealous and began mocking him as an old bachelor.
Chen Xiaoguan pursed his lips and said, "Once I'm fed, I don't have to worry about anyone else. I'll keep a low profile for a while. When the reforms come, I'll find myself a young, beautiful college student. Isn't that better?"
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
