Siheyuan: In a Year of Disaster, Xu Damao Defies Fate

Xu Damao transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1957, with a great disaster looming from the start.

That year, he is only nineteen and has just become a full-time projectionist.

That year, he turns over a new leaf, and his life with Lou Xiao'e gets back on track.

That year, he builds up his strength and cures his infertility, so he no longer has to fear Silly Zhu.

That year, he grows grain and medicinal herbs, stockpiles supplies, and waits for the year of disaster to arrive.

Before long, natural disasters run rampant and famine spreads across the land.

All the beasts of the courtyard scheme to scrape by, while Xu Damao alone eats well and stays warm, with his wife and children gathered around the kang, watching the world change.

Yi Zhonghai: Damao, I'm cutting ties with Silly Zhu right now. Please, spare me some food!

He Yuzhu: Have mercy on me, Damao. From now on, you're my real father!

Qin Huairu: Damao, if you give me something to eat, I'll do anything!

Xu Damao: Get lost!!!