In 2023, ordinary office worker Shen Shilin is trapped in the misery of infertility, and his life seems bleak and hopeless. An accident sends him transmigrating back to a courtyard house in the 1950s. At first, he's bewildered and uneasy in this unfamiliar era, but hope of curing his condition soon takes root.
In the courtyard, he first gets lucky and acquires a money exchange machine, then awakens a Farm System. He makes a fortune growing vegetables and raising livestock, becomes a wealthy man, and lands a job as an accountant at a steel mill. The heroines are drawn to his wealth and lack of burdens, and one after another, they approach him. But fate has other plans: although he wants to, he is unable to perform. After marrying Qin Huairu, he not only loses his fortune to a scam but also ends up divorced.
After that, he and Lou Xiao'e and Qin Jingru fail to find lasting happiness either. It isn't until 1992 that he happily marries Jia Xiaodang and, with the help of technology, successfully has a child. At last, his life is complete. Meanwhile, conflicts abound in the courtyard: He Daqing has an affair, Silly Zhu breaks with his father, Jia Dongxu disrupts a wedding, and all kinds of love and hate intertwine. Amid these complicated relationships and the changing times, can Shen Shilin truly fulfill his dream of a house full of children and grandchildren? Read on to find out.
