Name: Siheyuan: Zhuzi, What Is Uncle Yi Supposed to Do?
Author: Carefree Star Song

Synopsis

In the summer of 1954, cicadas buzzed noisily in the Siheyuan. A newborn’s cries from the Jia family cut through the afternoon heat: the son of Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu had arrived. According to the family genealogy, he was named Jia Geng, with the childhood nickname Banggeng.

No one knew that inside this scrunched-up baby lived a soul from the modern era.

Lin Mo, a burned-out office worker who had watched Love in the Courtyard in his previous life, opens his eyes to find himself reborn as Banggeng, the “ungrateful brat” who steals chickens and other things and earns everyone’s contempt. Looking at the young but already weary Qin Huairu, Jia Dongxu before his accident, and the “beasts” in the courtyard all watching like predators, Lin Mo knows that if he follows the original plot, forget turning his life around: he’ll be lucky just to make it through in one piece.

Now that he’s Banggeng, he won’t make the same mistakes again. Silly Zhu’s handouts? He’ll accept them, but only with everything made clear, so he owes no one a favor. Jia Zhangshi’s muddleheadedness? It has to be dealt with before she drags the whole family down. Xu Damao’s dirty tricks? He’ll pay him back twice over and show him who he shouldn’t mess with.

Starting as a helpless, hungry baby, Banggeng (Lin Mo) gradually turns his fate around, protects his parents, and keeps the Jia family afloat. In this Siheyuan, full of everyday warmth and hidden undercurrents, he carves out a path to success of his own.

Other names

Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, You Still Want to Be a Dad for Someone Else's Child?四合院：傻柱你还想喜当爹Alternate title on Fanqie

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277Chapters

517Reads · 30 days

144.3kReads · all time

5.9Score

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