Siheyuan: I Became a Metalworker and Refuse to Help the Poor

Transmigrating into the world of The Birds Are Full of the Courtyard as a lathe operator, he gets a drafty earthen-walled home and a patched cotton coat. From the start, they won't even give him a golden finger. But everyone in this courtyard is a schemer, and there's no chance they'll take advantage of him. He'll watch from the sidelines before choosing a side, and help whoever treats him well. Want to suck him dry? Not a chance.