Li Weidong, a corporate wage slave, dies suddenly and is reborn in 1975 in a Beijing courtyard, becoming a street loafer with a worse lot than Sha Zhu.
When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a bare home, starving. But the sight of Qin Huairu washing clothes in the courtyard makes his heart skip a beat.
Armed with memories from his reborn life, he resells ration tickets for white flour and knocks on the pretty widow's door. "Sister Qin, got a light?"
In the canteen, he crushes Sha Zhu with recipes from the future, then uses a plagiarized love song to stir the heart of the factory beauty, Yu Haitang.
Xu Damao reports him for profiteering? He turns the tables and gets Xu sent to the security office!
When Qin Huairu knocks on his door late at night, Li Weidong knows that in this turbulent, romantic era, this "Cao Cao" is destined to stir up a storm...
[Multiple Heroines + Cao Cao-Type Protagonist + Period Business Rivalry + Ultimate Wish-Fulfillment + Courtyard Drama]
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