Siheyuan: Catch Spies, Unearth Treasure, and Live the Good Life

Chen Chaoyang, a modern construction worker, falls from a great height. When he opens his eyes again, he has transmigrated to 1960 and become a boy still in his second year of junior high. His father, Chen Dahai, is a fourth-grade fitter at a steel mill and Yi Zhonghai's apprentice. His stepmother, Zhou Guilan, works at a factory making labor-protection supplies. The family of seven is caught in a famine: even with wages, they can't buy grain. The jade pendant that came with him turns into a red mole in his palm, unlocking a space of about 500 square meters and a vast thatched hall within. The space is simple to use: place a hand on a tree trunk, and he can collect the nests in its branches; put a hand in the water, and he can collect anything within a certain range. He uses wire and fishing line to extend his reach. Any fish that swims within a meter of the line is pulled straight into the space. With this ability, Chen Chaoyang fishes, hunts, grows grain, and trades on the black market. First he makes sure his four younger siblings have enough to eat, then he helps his father hold the family together, gradually building the means to change their fate in the famine years. This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.