After transmigrating to a Beijing courtyard in the 1960s, Li Ping'an awakens a farm sign-in System when he is left helpless by the deaths of both his parents. From then on, he begins his journey to turn his life around in a hutong where the absurd and the heartwarming go hand in hand.
Signing in every day brings him skills and supplies, from master-level fishing to the peak of the Bright Force stage in Xingyi boxing, and from a bag of seeds to a System space that expands without limit. Every step of his growth is perfectly in tune with the times.
When neighbors like Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu try to scheme against him, Li Ping'an outmaneuvers them with his wits. He even turns the courtyard into a testing ground, using agricultural technology far ahead of its time to grow crops that cause a sensation.
While others are still fretting over ration coupons, Li Ping'an has already built up capital through his System farm. He leaves the hutong for Daqianmen and joins forces with Chen Xueru to build a business empire, creating a commercial legend amid the constraints of the planned economy.
This is a sharp-edged parable about an ordinary man who rewrites his fate with a sign-in System, taking on both the courtyard's schemers and the times themselves. Beneath the courtyard's bricks and tiles lies the secret path to his boundless future.
