Siheyuan: I Became a Ten-Thousand-Yuan Household, and the Whole Courtyard Is Green with Envy

On the night of the 1976 earthquake, the emergency shelters are short on tarpaulins, and the neighborhood's industrial sewing machine has seized up. Liu Haizhong leads people to pry open the Zhou family's door, planning to dismantle it and use it to build a shelter.

Zhou Cheng'an has just transmigrated as a repairman at the steel plant. He has no grain storehouse and no System missions, only one troublesome ability: when he touches the core of a malfunction, he can see the ten seconds before an old object broke.

He can see how a machine failed, but ten seconds of vision aren't enough to prove anyone guilty. He can repair old objects, but he can't conjure materials, ration coupons, or paperwork.

To protect his home, he puts up a month's wages as collateral in exchange for half an hour to make emergency repairs.

From sewing machines and radios to projectors and factory equipment, Zhou Cheng'an relies on his skill, careful records, and his willingness to take risks time and again. He turns a makeshift repair table into a proper repair shop people can trust.

Meanwhile, Shen Qinghe, the materials registrar, keeps an eye on the accounts and paperwork, while he focuses on the machines and the work delivered. Every repair order they sign together asks the same question: if something goes wrong this time, who will take responsibility?