Siheyuan: I Tear Into the Jia Family and Steal Qin Huairu Away

In 1953, Lu Changqing returns to the Siheyuan in Nanluoguxiang. The Jia family has had their eye on the two main rooms left behind by his parents for a long time. On the day Qin Huairu comes over for a matchmaking meeting, Jia Zhangshi is already picking the lock, planning to occupy the house first and sort things out later. But Lu Changqing returns with honors, reclaiming his home on the spot, laying down the rules, and putting the whole pack of courtyard bullies in their place! The match with the Jia family falls through, and Qin Huairu turns her attention to this young, steady man, who owns a main-room home and has a job at the salvage station. At the same time, Lu Changqing awakens the Echoes of Old Objects System. What others see as a broken cabinet, a busted radio, a junk bicycle, or a pile of old parts, he sees as treasure. He repairs a broken radio, stunning the neighborhood. He assembles a bicycle from scrap, making the whole courtyard green with envy. Among the steel mill's discarded parts, he finds a key component for an imported machine tool, and the equipment department comes humbly asking for his help. Jia Zhangshi wants to take advantage of him? Get her to sign a written agreement first. Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip him? He can start by following the rules. Jia Dongxu tries to save face by making a grab for things? Bring on the written guarantee and self-criticism. From the Siheyuan to the salvage station, from the neighborhood to the steel mill, from old shops by the Front Gate to the tide of a new era. Lu Changqing builds a happy life of his own…