A touch of grit + Everyday Life + Lighthearted + Single Heroine
In Nanluoguxiang in the late 1980s, a slightly stooped man and a short, stout man were rummaging through garbage cans.
Although sanitation in the capital was decent, the area around the garbage cans still reeked.
But the two men didn't seem to mind at all, as if they'd grown immune to the stench.
The stooped man kept pulling out scraps with a bit of value, while the stout man sorted them nearby.
They worked together with practiced ease, clearly having done this for quite some time.
Just then, a short, stout woman wandered over, putting the two men on alert. They were afraid she'd steal the fruits of their labor.
There are no dramatic plot twists; the story unfolds in a simple and down-to-earth manner, capturing the essence of everyday life. I don't know what others say, but this is the kind of storytelling I like, because I came from that era!
Great, it suits my taste! Among the fan fictions about courtyard houses, this book depicts a relatively realistic era and has a reasonable logic, making it a well-thought-out novel.
The novel is great, great, great, great! The content is fresh and engaging.
Back then, a chef with only an elementary school education knew so much – foreign languages, medicine, martial arts, and even foreign friends 🤔. You'd think he wasn't a foreign spy!
Among the many courtyard-themed novels, this book is generally considered fairly average. It doesn't stand out much, but it also doesn't artificially lower the reader's intelligence.
Writing is not easy, so I'm giving it a five-star rating as encouragement. The story of Sha Zhu's struggle has a clear historical plot and an accurate timeline. However, the "cheat code" is rather vague and belongs to the conceptual level. It exists, but it is not clearly defined.
Overall, it's not bad, although the ending was a bit dull. But it's definitely a good novel about a courtyard house.
It's well written.
This book is super good!
A spineless coward, being pulled back and forth.