Siheyuan: Reborn, I Made a Fortune with My Craft

Lin Yuan, 18, lives in an old siheyuan beside Nanluoguxiang in the capital. In his previous life, he worked hard all his life, took a job after being laid off, and died of lung disease at 58. Reborn in the winter of 1978, the second year after the college entrance exam was reinstated, he gives up the exam and chooses to inherit the carpentry skills his grandfather left behind. He is steady, handy, avoids trouble, but isn't afraid to stand his ground.

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