Siheyuan: Raking in the Old Man’s Cash, Living Off Your Parents Is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of
四合院：爆老登金币，啃老不丢人
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- Siheyuan: The Good Life Begins When He Daqing Runs Away四合院：好日子从何大清跑了开始Alternate title on Fanqie
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This is the proper way to handle a traditional courtyard house; it's much more comfortable to read. Unlike other courtyard houses where the protagonist becomes a warrior after being transported to another world. Once you fulfill the wishes of the Celestial Venerable and the Old Lady, the courtyard house is yours, right? The only downside is that the "golden finger" (the cheat code) is a bit distracting, so I skipped ahead to read it. Good job, author! Keep it up!
The author's handling of human relationships is very well done, without overshadowing the protagonist, and the protagonist's special abilities are quite good. This slice-of-life game is exactly what I like; the characters in the book are all normal people, unlike those monsters and ghosts in those courtyards that are like bizarre tales of rules and supernatural beings. It's a refreshing change of pace. Does the author have other books?
It's alright, it has a bit of Li Wuwei's style, the social skills are good, I don't know why the rating is so low.
7 Points is definitely too low. Based on my personal taste, this book is currently worth around 9-9.5. It's truly a top-tier work among courtyard-themed fanfiction; it's very well-written with virtually no flaws. The "golden finger" (cheat code) is quite novel in courtyard-themed stories.
The plot is novel! The subject matter is novel! The theme is clear! I feel this is Tomato's best Siheyuan novel; I've read over ten Siheyuan novels! It's comparable to Li Wuwei's! Even if it can't compare, it's still second or third! In that era, many people were single-minded and inflexible! Perhaps because they had little education, they were easily swayed!
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It's a very enjoyable and relaxing read. I hope the author continues to do so and doesn't leave it with a bad ending. Chen Xueru used to write very well, but after meeting Chen Xueru, the writing became a mess. Did they switch writers?
I'd give it five stars. Overall, the book is quite well-written, though there are some shortcomings. The way Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old woman accumulate gold coins too quickly and excessively is problematic. Both are shrewd and experienced in society; they might offer the protagonist small favors early on, but the real gold coin windfall comes later when the protagonist truly puts them at ease.
IUD insertion technology only became available in the late 1960s and wasn't widespread until the 1980s. Before the one-child policy, IUD insertion was a self-funded procedure. Even in the 1960s, the government encouraged childbirth. Everyone knows that medical costs are very high when medical technology is not yet widespread. In other words, Qin paid a high price out of pocket for her IUD insertion, a fact she cannot deny.
You can listen to the first 100 chapters of this book. It's a decent, straightforward "system-based wish-fulfillment" novel that cleverly incorporates elements from Qin Huairu's work, and it's quite good. Later on, it starts to merge various chaotic elements. If you like this kind of fusion, you can continue. I listened to chapter 102, but stopped when I didn't like the chaotic fusion.