Siheyuan: A Master's Return from Overseas in 1982

After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in aerospace engineering, Li Qiuyi arrives at Nanluoguxiang in the spring of 1982, carrying several tons’ worth of technical documents and an upgraded storage space. Behind the peeling red-lacquered gate, Banggeng is arguing with Silly Zhu, both of them red-faced and shouting, while Qin Huairu rushes out after them without even giving Li a proper look. He stands with his suitcase at the doors of two rooms in a corner of the rear courtyard. Granny Deaf lives to the east, and Second Uncle, Liu Haizhong, is to the north. This rundown courtyard still has the same old feel: a nest of birds pecking at one another. Back when he went abroad, seventy percent of the reason was to work on technology. The other thirty percent was that he truly couldn’t stand the atmosphere in this courtyard.