In 1965, veteran reconnaissance soldier Li Weiguo transmigrates into a courtyard compound and becomes an officer in the Steel Mill's security department.
From the start, he catches Jia Zhangshi sneaking around a window to steal things, and the System activates on the spot: punish evil and promote good, earn Righteousness Points, exchange them for supplies, unlock privileges, and climb the ranks.
Jia Zhangshi steals ration coupons?
Send her to the Northwest.
Xu Damao embezzles industrial coupons?
Drag him to the security department and ship him off to a farm.
Yi Zhonghai skims the water and electricity fees and misappropriates the mutual-aid fund?
Spread out the ledgers and bring him down at the whole-courtyard meeting.
Qin Huairu pretends to be a needy household and urges the kids to steal from the warehouse?
Caught red-handed: three years of reform through labor.
Set up a canteen, start a sewing group, build a chicken coop, open a nursery, run literacy classes at night, mediate disputes, organize hygiene assessments...
He cleans up all twelve courtyard compounds, one by one.
From security officer to deputy director of the subdistrict office, Li Weiguo wields the System in one hand and policy in the other, transforming a courtyard full of chaos into a model residential compound for Beijing.
On the day the courtyard's residents, young and old, sit together to share a meal, the System displays a line of text: Righteousness Points maxed out. Courtyard renovation complete.
But as Li Weiguo crouches by the wall, gnawing on a pork knuckle, he wonders: Should he clean up the troublemakers in the neighboring courtyard too?
