Pigeons, Chickens and Dogs in the Courtyard

There are several families living in the courtyard: the Ke family who smokes chicken, the Chang family whose husband is a magician and his wife who sings drums and books, and the Zhang family who are teachers and amateur writers. There are also pigeons, chickens, cats and dogs in the courtyard, enjoying themselves happily. Several ordinary families in the hutong all hope to carry forward their own skills and culture. Ke Jianxing, a young man from a smoked chicken family, does not want to inherit his father's small business of making and buying smoked chickens, but hopes to start a large food company of his own. However, there is always no funds. Although Zhang Fanfan, a girl from a family of teachers in the same courtyard, was admitted to college, she did not forget Ke Jianxing, who was not admitted to college. She liked Ke Jianxing's handsomeness and his persistence. However, Zhang Fanfan's mother despised Ke Jianxing because Ke Jianxing failed to enter college, and believed that her daughter should at least marry a college graduate. At the same time, Ke Jianxing and his father also had conflicts because Ke Jianxing resolutely refused to learn the ancestral chicken smoking technique. The father and son turned against each other, and Ke Jianxing ran away from home. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.