Siheyuan: Snatching Qin Huairu, While the Other Beasts Seethe with Envy

After transmigrating to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang in 1953, Lin Dong finds that his parents have gone to the Northeast to help with development. With no one to look after him, he is on the verge of becoming unable to care for himself, so he simply goes along with a matchmaking arrangement, takes one look at Qin Huairu, and gets married that very day.

The night before, he had helped Silly Zhu and a few others blow up the public toilet in the alley. Then he turned around and paid Yan Bugui one yuan to take the blame before making himself scarce. Later, he spread a rumor that gold was buried in the courtyard, tricking everyone into digging up the ground all night.

Armed with a head full of dirty tricks and a knack for scaling walls and making a getaway, he keeps every kind of troublemaker in the courtyard in check. In the resource-scarce 1950s, he manages to make a fine life for himself.

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