Siheyuan: From the Start in 1956

Period: 1956, Beijing. Public-private partnerships have been completed, and the ration-ticket era has begun in full.

Protagonist: Lin Weiguo, 22, kitchen assistant at the Hongxing Steel Mill cafeteria, a transmigrator. Steady and practical, not a do-gooder, never looking for trouble, but never willing to be pushed around.

Key figure: He Yuzhu (Silly Zhu, head chef at the steel mill cafeteria, straightforward and warmhearted, always standing up for those being bullied).