Name: Siheyuan: Reborn in the Famine of 1959, with a Wife and Daughter
Author: Rainy Night and Banana Leaves

Synopsis

[A scoundrel turns good, a devoted husband, a doting dad, one female lead, if times are hard for you, they aren't for me, a sweet life, making fools of the courtyard's beasts, Jealous Wife System, a promotion story, feel-good fiction]

Lin Qiye, who died in a military exercise, is reborn in 1959 in the capital, at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang Courtyard.

He takes over a beautiful, capable wife and an adorable, well-behaved daughter.

His predecessor was a drunken lout who beat his wife, but Lin Qiye isn't like that. After spending thirty years single in his previous life, how could he not become a devoted husband when he has such a beautiful, capable wife?

The three years of natural disasters begin, and people go hungry.

But Lin Qiye lives a thriving, happy life with his wife and daughter.

The courtyard's beasts are stunned.

Silly Zhu: “How come Lin Qiye, that street loafer who does nothing all day, managed to find such a beautiful, capable wife? I'm He Yuzhu, head chef at the steel mill, earning forty or fifty yuan a month, and I'm still single.”

Qin Huairu: “Jia Dongxu, you good-for-nothing! Lin Qiye has brought home another wild boar. Look at our family. We have to make three meals out of two batches of coarse-grain buns. I'm so malnourished that Huaihua is nearly out of breast milk.”

Liu Haizhong: “This makes no sense. Lin Qiye's only been at the factory for less than two years, and he's already a section-level cadre. I've done everything I can to get promoted, yet I'm still a lowly worker after all these years. What am I doing wrong?”

Lin Qiye: “Go ahead, be jealous. The more jealous you are, the more my Jealous Wife System rewards me. The higher I climb, the better my life gets.”

A part-time dad and devoted husband, Lin Qiye lives a life like no other during those difficult years.

Other names

Siheyuan: Killed in Battle, Reborn in the Famine of 1959四合院：战场牺牲，重生59荒年Alternate title on Fanqie

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