Siheyuan: It All Starts with Taking Care of My Beautiful Daughter-in-Law

Qin Fugui transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. At fifty, he is still a bachelor, barely scraping by with his hunting skills. He only has to feed himself, so it's not much of a burden. Later, he takes on a young apprentice named Zhang Gensheng, teaches him to hunt, and adopts him as his sworn son. He even finds him a wife, Zhao Xiulian, a beautiful woman who soon gives birth to a son.

But their good fortune doesn't last. The apprentice is killed by a tiger while hunting alone in the mountains, leaving his widow, Qin Xiulian, and her young child to live with Qin Fugui.

Qin Fugui urges Qin Xiulian to remarry, but she firmly refuses, leaving him helpless. His hunting can provide for them, but sharing a household brings many inconveniences, especially in summer, when even taking a bath becomes impossible without being seen...

Their neighbor Qin Huairu is a born gossip who loves to stir up trouble, constantly making insinuations about the two and embellishing the truth. This infuriates Qin Fugui, and one night he finds the courage to corner her in a small grove. Fifty-year-old Qin Fugui takes her father's place and teaches eighteen-year-old Qin Huairu how to behave, making her call him Daddy...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.