Siheyuan: the Rebirth of He Yuzhu

In the autumn of 1961, He Yuzhu was twenty-six years old and working as a chef in the cafeteria of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. His monthly salary was thirty-seven and five yuan, which was an absolutely high income in this era. His parents died young, and he has a younger sister, He Yuyu, who is studying in a technical secondary school. He lives in the backyard of this courtyard house and has two rooms. The conditions are good, but why is the deposit only a dozen yuan? Memory provides the answer. Qin Huairu, the widow whose husband died, lives with her mother-in-law and three children, and her family of five lives on her salary of 27.5 Yuan, and she often "borrows" money to borrow food. He Yuzhu almost responded to every request, and most of his salary went to support her family. And those people in the courtyard. The eldest brother Yi Zhonghai appears to be fair, but actually wants him to take care of himself in old age; The second uncle has bangs and is obsessed with officialdom and always wants to put on airs; The third uncle, Yan Bugui, is good at calculations and can break a penny in half and spend it; Xu Damao, that movie projectionist, is a sworn enemy and always makes things difficult. He Yuzhu doesn't want to live like that in this life! This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.