Reborn in the 1960s in a courtyard house, he starts out so poor that all he has is a drafty shack. The courtyard is also packed with beasts who would eat you alive and spit out your bones!
When Li Ming opens his eyes, he has become an apprentice at a steel mill, orphaned and bullied by everyone.
His home is bare, the rice jar empty. Next door, Qin Huairu has her usual scheme of “borrowing grain”; Jia Zhangshi is as mean as ever; the First Master resorts to moral blackmail; and the Second Master throws his weight around. From the start, it’s a hellishly difficult game!
Luckily, he has a Spirit Spring Space!
The Spirit Spring strengthens the body, purifies the meridians and marrow, and heals injuries and illnesses in an instant!
Time passes three times faster in its black-soil fields, and premium vegetables ripen in just three days. Even in a famine, he can eat white rice and fried eggs! Raising chickens for eggs? Repairing antique watches? That’s only the beginning!
This time, he refuses to live like a pushover!
Qin Huairu comes begging for grain with a pitiful look?
“Not a chance!”
Jia Zhangshi throws a tantrum and curses at him?
“Keep running your mouth and I’ll sew it shut!”
The First Master tries to smooth things over?
“Don’t use my things to make yourself look good!”
The Second Master claims his watch must have been obtained illegally?
“I’ll slap you in the face with the evidence!”
At the steel mill, he makes an even more impressive show of himself!
Thanks to the extraordinary physique and insight granted by the Spirit Spring, he spots faults in imported machinery that even veteran technicians can’t fix. The apprentice quickly rises to become a technical specialist and team leader! Xu Damao shows off his bicycle? Silly Zhu envies his meals? Wang Jianguo tries to give him a hard time? He slaps them all down! Overpower them with strength? Outclass them with skill? He wants both!
With the Spirit Spring Space at his fingertips and knowledge from beyond his time, Li Ming wants more than a full stomach and warm clothes. In this turbulent era, he’ll make a fortune, master technology, take down the beasts in the courtyard, and make something of himself!
The courtyard is only the beginning. His goal is to stand at the pinnacle of his age!
Don't tell the truth
Cut the mess with a sharp knife