Siheyuan: A Bicycle and Soy-Braised Beef, Going on a Blind Date from the Start

Reborn in 1962, Yang Jianguo finds himself in the world of Love in the Courtyard. Once he accepts reality, all he wants is to keep clear of trouble and live an honest, steady life: a wife, children, and a warm bed, with a heart devoted to the nation.

With the System at his side, he has no shortage of cooking skills, supplies, or bicycle coupons. On the first day of his blind date, he fills the table with soy-braised beef, braised pork, steamed fish, and poached shrimp. The matchmaker eats until she's stuffed, and the young woman falls for him on the spot. He promptly buys a white shirt and a Phoenix bicycle.

Everyone in the courtyard has their own schemes: the First Master tries to guilt-trip him with morality, Jia Zhangshi curses him through the window, calling him a "son who'll leave the family without an heir," and Banggeng wants to steal chicken blood. Yang Jianguo can't be bothered with them. What matters to him is seeing the little girl Xiao Dang chewing happily when he gives her a few pieces of meat.

"I'm not here to reform the courtyard. I'm here to make a good life for myself."

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