Siheyuan: From Neighborhood Office to Central Ministry

Lin Mo transmigrates to a Beijing courtyard compound in 1962, becoming a low-ranking employee at the neighborhood office with no connections.

The courtyard is crawling with beasts: Yi Zhonghai wants to guilt-trip him, the Jia family wants to take over his home, and everyone thinks he’s an easy target.

That is, until Yi Zhonghai forces him to “make a stand” at a residents’ meeting.

Lin Mo calmly pulls out a red-headed official document. “Article 17 of the Interim Regulations on Housing Administration: Public housing may not be occupied without authorization. Which article of this document contains the ‘courtyard rules’ you’re talking about?”

The entire courtyard falls silent.

They don’t know that Lin Mo wrote more than just a document.

Three years later, while Jia Zhangshi throws a fit over a pound of cornmeal, Lin Mo is presenting a nationwide grain allocation plan at a ministry meeting.

Ten years later, while Liu Haizhong treats the whole courtyard to a meal to celebrate becoming a team leader, the television is reporting: Lin Mo’s name is first on the list of the State Council’s drafting group for an important document.

At last, the courtyard’s beasts understand:

The things they’ve spent their whole lives fighting over were things he stopped caring about long ago.

This novel and its characters are purely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.