Siheyuan: Passing High School, Going to College, and Winning Over the Qin Family's Eldest Daughter

In 1962, Wang Qingshan, whose parents have both died, is an orphan with no family or heirs, someone anyone in the courtyard can trample on.

The First Elder urges him to take his parents' place at the factory. Silly Zhu laughs at him for being thickheaded, while Jia Zhangshi curses him for wasting a job slot.

Wang Qingshan sells his iron rice bowl instead, picks up his textbooks, and sets his sights on high school and university!

Just as the courtyard's beasts wait for him to starve to death on the streets, he makes a stunning impression on his very first exam, catching the principal's attention and attracting a mysterious investigation.

Qin Huairu is driven to the brink by her wicked mother-in-law? He offers her advice late at night and a clever way out of her predicament, and, along the way, wins her devoted heart.

Qin Jingru is naive and greedy? He uses a little trickery, and soon this country girl has eyes only for him.

When the storm hits, Jia Zhangshi is arrested as a public example, Qin Huairu becomes a model of self-reliance at the factory, and Qin Jingru secretly competes with her cousin for his attention...

Wang Qingshan simply puts away his admission letter and looks at the courtyard's beasts, none of whom have come to their senses yet.

Getting into school is only the beginning. Winning over the Qin sisters is an unexpected bonus in his plan.

In this turbulent era, he will use knowledge to leverage the future, until everyone who looked down on him has no choice but to look up to him.

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