Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away, and the Whole Courtyard Goes Mad

[Siheyuan] [Period Slice of Life] [Transmigration] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Snatching the Love Interest] [System Goes AWOL] [Everyday Life] [Anti-Hustle Culture] [Feel-Good Story]

One morning, Lu Ping'an woke up in Nanluoguxiang in 1953. His parents had answered the call to support industrial development and left for the Northeast. Before they went, they left him a spacious brick house and two hundred yuan in hidden savings. They also gave him one firm instruction: find a wife to run the household within three days!

Just then, the Jia family had arranged for a matchmaker to bring Qin Huairu, a lovely young woman from the countryside, into the city. Lu Ping'an countered with a clever escape and stole the match right out from under them. They met, he bought her a Lenin-style suit, and they got their marriage certificate and moved into their wedding bed, all in one day. They were so fast that the whole courtyard hadn't even realized what was happening!

As Yi Zhonghai turned green with envy, Jia Dongxu had a fit, Silly Zhu beat his chest in anguish, and Yan Bugui's abacus beads practically flew into his face, Lu Ping'an gave a cold laugh. "Talk about morality? Sorry, I'm no saint either!"

He wouldn't swallow his grievances and repay evil with kindness, nor would he go on a violent rampage and wipe out entire families. Instead, he tossed out a rusty copper key and an outrageous promise about digging up gold in Mao'er Hutong. Soon, the younger generation in the whole courtyard was digging through the soil at midnight, while the neighbors went into a frenzy trying to outdo one another. While all the courtyard's schemers thought they were playing Lu Ping'an, he was already cuddling his sweet, innocent wife, eating glistening red-braised pork, and watching the whole place descend into chaos as everyone sabotaged each other!