Master chef Lin Mo is sabotaged, and when he opens his eyes, he has become Silly Zhu from Love in the Courtyard. It's 1965, and Qin Huairu has just married into the courtyard. Jia Zhangshi's schemes are deafening, Xu Damao is full of bad ideas, and Third Master keeps accounts more carefully than he guards his own life.
While everyone else frets about making ends meet, Lin Mo laughs and swings his cleaver. He can make banquet-quality dishes in a big pot, turn scraps into delicacies, and transform wild greens and cornmeal buns into works of art. He outwits Jia Zhangshi with his silver tongue, sees through Xu Damao, and establishes himself at the steel mill with his cooking, becoming the canteen's star.
To Qin Huairu, he is a thoughtful neighbor who brings her soup and teaches her to cook. When he meets Lou Xiao'e, he earns her trust with his cooking and becomes someone she can rely on in times of trouble. Yu Haitang confesses her feelings frankly, and he treats her with equal honesty, hiding nothing.
With no System and no golden finger, Lin Mo relies on his cooking skills and modern mind. From the easily manipulated Silly Zhu, he becomes the hidden big shot of the courtyard and makes his mark amid the tides of the era. With a cleaver for a pen and the warmth of the kitchen for ink, he writes a hard-earned comeback in the 1960s, along with several tender romances he can't escape.
