The story is set in the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluogu Lane, Beijing, and spans more than thirty years from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through the intertwining fate of the cook He Yuzhu (Silly Zhu), Qin Huairu's family, Xu Damao, the three uncles and other vivid characters, it shows the survival wisdom, human brilliance and life resilience of ordinary people in special times.
In an era when supplies were scarce and political movements were frequent, this three-in-one courtyard was going on -
The deep relationship between He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu spanned more than ten years, from helping to staying together.
The "unfriendly" rivalry and final reconciliation between Xu Damao and Shazhu throughout the ages
The growth and decline of traditional neighborhood authority represented by the three uncles (the first uncle Yi Zhonghai, the second uncle Liu Haizhong, and the third uncle Yan Bugui) in the changing times
The different choices of the younger generation (Banggen, Xiaodang, Huaihua, etc.) In the wave of reform and opening up
This is both a "siheyuan story" and an "epic of Chinese civilian life". It witnesses the style of an era and the growth of a group of people in the daily necessities, weddings, funerals, love and resentment.
