Siheyuan: Starting in the Famine Years

In 1959, with food in short supply, Li Jianguo fled famine in the rural Northeast with his mother and made his way to the capital. They were taken in by a local shelter.

Thanks to his hunting skills, Li Jianguo was hired by the neighborhood office.

They arranged for Li Jianguo and his mother to live in a courtyard compound in Nanluoguxiang, in the Red Star Compound.

From then on, Li Jianguo and his mother began their modest life together.

But they couldn't avoid being harassed by the local scoundrels.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.