Siheyuan: I’ve Got Billions in Goods, and the Whole Courtyard Is Green with Envy

After both his parents die, Chen Zhenshi goes to live with his maternal uncle, Yi Zhonghai, in a Beijing courtyard house, and accidentally activates the All-Purpose Reading System. From the start, he gets registered as a resident and puts down roots, staying up late to read and unlock attributes, skills, and scarce ration coupons. Faced with neighbors like the calculating Yan Bugui, the status-obsessed Liu Haizhong, and the greedy Jia family, he outmaneuvers them at every turn and dishes out face-slapping to one oddball after another. With his knowledge and the System's support, he gets into school to further his education, outclasses everyone in the courtyard with ulterior motives, and begins his rise in a bygone era.