Siheyuan: The Night-Soil Collector Marries Huairu, Driving the Jia Family Mad

Should she choose a steel-mill worker or a night-soil collector?

Qin Huairu, a country girl who came to the capital for a blind date, faces a difficult choice.

The steel-mill worker is the apprentice Jia Dongxu. As for the Jia family, you know how they are.

The night-soil collector is Yang Zhiyuan, a man who can trim donkey hooves and is considered the courtyard’s biggest pushover.

Yang Zhiyuan was dragged along by Jia Dongxu to serve as a foil on his date, so Jia could make himself look like the better prospect. But Yang Zhiyuan takes one look at Qin Huairu and decides to steal her away.

The handsome young man who appears out of nowhere turns Qin Huairu’s head and leaves Jia Dongxu regretting it bitterly.

Because Qin Huairu really does choose Yang Zhiyuan, the night-soil collector.

Can Jia Dongxu stand for that? Of course not!

Jia Dongxu: “The hatred of having my wife stolen is irreconcilable! I’m going to beat you to a pulp!”

And so the battle of insults begins...

Yang Zhiyuan: “You want to gang up on me? I’ll break your arms.”

Yang Zhiyuan: “I’m a night-soil collector. Splashing them with shit is just a professional habit.”

Yang Zhiyuan: “You want to throw a sack over my head and attack me from behind? I’ll break your arms and legs.”

The courtyard’s troublemakers: “How come his family eats and drinks so well every day? There’s got to be something fishy. Report him!”

Yang Zhiyuan: “Do whatever you want. I’m a transmigrator, and I’ve got a scratch-card System. It’d be harder not to live well.”

The courtyard’s troublemakers: “Why are pretty girls always going to Yang Zhiyuan’s house? Report him!”

Yang Zhiyuan: “Come on, they’re all respectable young women, okay? I’m a married man.”

A friendly heads-up: This story blends elements from Glorious Era, Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate, People Are Iron, Food Is Steel, and Blood Romance.

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