Modern-day overworked office drone Li Jianguo transmigrates into a courtyard house crawling with beasts, armed with a sign-in System. Getting schemed against? Bullied? Not a chance...
During the three years of famine, he turns his life around by squeezing every last resource out of the courtyard, until all the beasts are on their knees begging him for a bite to eat:
Yi Zhonghai: Think I could trade this gold bracelet for three jin of rice?
Jia Zhangshi: You little brat, if this golden-threaded nanmu wardrobe can't get me that carp, I'll bash my head against your house...
Yan Bugui: Li Jianguo, this inkstone is from the Qianlong era. Surely two chicken drumsticks aren't too much to ask?
Before the great upheaval arrives, Li Jianguo has already started living the good life, taking with him the antique treasures and vast amounts of land deeds that the beasts had handed over.
The deaf old lady had already died quietly at home. Yi Zhonghai was exiled to the Changbai Mountains, and Jia Zhangshi was pelted with rotten eggs during a public shaming, finally going to join her beloved son…
