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- 1 Love and Hate in Siheyuan Life 四合院生活里的仇与情 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Unrestrained Life 四合院：许大茂的肆意人生 One day, Xu Damai's dream suddenly came true: he married a rich, beautiful woman. Although that woman was Lou Xiao'e, and he had also transmigrated into the world of the courtyard house, see how Xu Damai builds a life everyone envies. 632Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 3 The Scoundrel in the Siheyuan 四合院里的缺德鬼 Xu Damao: “Putting the facts aside, don’t you think you’re at fault too?” Yi Zhonghai: “Hold on, that’s my line! Xu Damao, when did you learn to use moral blackmail?” Jia Zhangshi: “Xu Damao, let’s talk this out. Stop resorting to moral blackmail at the drop of a hat. You should be learning the good stuff, not the bad.” Yan Bugui: “I haven’t even offended you. What’s the point of morally blackmailing me?” Sha Zhu: “Xu Damao, since when did you get so sharp-tongued?” Everyone: “Xu Damao, you’ve g 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Xu Damao, and He Won’t Be Wearing a Green Hat 四合院：穿越许大茂，大茂不戴帽 The moment Xu Damao opened his eyes, he had become the newlywed antagonist from Love in the Courtyard. The pounding headache from his hangover and the unfamiliar memories made him realize he had transmigrated. Worse still, he found himself facing Silly Zhu’s fists, while the neighbors jeered nonstop. “Ding! Detected He Yuzhu’s anger: +20 points!” “Ding! Detected Yan Bugui’s contempt: +15 points!” “Ding! Detected Jia Zhangshi’s gloating: +10 points!” Xu Damao endured the pain and stared at the ex 3.3kReads—Score15914d adds
- 5 Period: Watching the Clouds Drift By 年代：笑看浮云起 Li Xiao is an ordinary person from the twenty-first century who transmigrates into the body of an eight-year-old boy in the 1950s, living next door to that famous courtyard. With the help of a golden finger, he develops and strengthens himself while helping the country. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Siheyuan: From Beijing to Hong Kong, Living It Up 四合院：从京城到香港浪的飞起 "Entirely handwritten"+ "No AI"+ "Plenty of supplies"+ "Don't read this if you want a story about scraping by on bran and vegetables"+ "Don't read this if you have a strict moral code"+ "Don't read this if you dislike Qin Huairu" Modern-day wage slave Xu Yusheng transmigrates to 1965 and becomes Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. He thought things were off to a terrible start, but soon realized that nobody else could match the fun Xu Damao had. 2.4kReads6.8Score10814d adds
- 7 From the Start, Da Mao Was Targeted, and a Drugged-Up Old Deaf Granny Was Sent Away 开局大茂被针对，下药送走聋老太 In his previous life, Xu Damao transmigrated into the world of the Siheyuan after a clichéd attempt to save someone. From the start, at the courtyard's general meeting, Yi Zhonghai targets him. His uncle might put up with it, but his aunt sure won't. Taking a carefree attitude toward life, Xu Damao angrily tears into the whole pack of beasts, turns the tables, and demands to switch houses with Deaf Granny, as well as extorting 1,000 yuan from her. But during the deal, he realizes how deeply thes 2.4kReads8.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, and I’ll Take My Time Playing Along 四合院：我许大茂跟他们慢慢玩 Reborn in 1957, he becomes Xu Damao, beaten half to death by Silly Zhu and nearly left unable to have children by that bastard! He swears he won’t rest until he gets revenge! Moral blackmail? From the start, he’s in the hospital calling the police! Outnumbered? His father fought the Japanese, knows people on both sides of the law, and is a tough man himself! Silly Zhu can pay every last cent he owns and it still won’t be enough. He dares to ambush me with a sack? Fine, let’s talk about stealing 1.1kReads5.5Score10514d adds
- 9 Siheyuan: The Reborn Xu Damao Starts Going Crazy! 四合院：重生的许大茂开始发疯！ [Xu Damao is reborn, unaffected by the plot + one heroine + an unrestricted, half-baked System + plenty of resentment + no System missions] In 1991, Li Huaide swindles Xu Damao out of everything he owns. Wandering the deserted streets in a snowstorm, Xu Damao suddenly spots something glittering. He picks it up out of curiosity, and after talking with it, learns that his whole life is part of a scripted story! Xu Damao refuses to take it. Why does he have to be the foil? Why does Silly Zhu always 2.5kReads5.9Score—14d adds
- 10 Yan Hua's 6th Book 衍画的第6本书 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Siheyuan: I Get Clubbed from Behind Right from the Start 四合院之开局就被敲闷棍 An accident sent a 21st-century street loafer transmigrating to the 1960s. From the start, he had nothing but four bare walls, and his grandfather had passed away. Luckily, an unreliable System showed up. Let’s see how he survives in an era of shortages and how he deals with all the neighbors. [This is a total beginner’s work, and the pacing is a bit slow. Please go easy on me...] 271Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 12 Siheyuan: You Were the One Who Refused to Marry, and You’re the One Who Regrets It 四合院：不嫁的是你，后悔也是你 Yang Guojun never expected to transmigrate into the world of Love in the Courtyard and become an ordinary resident. He also met Qin Huairu when she was young. Although Qin Huairu is annoying in the original story, there was no denying that she was beautiful when she was young. Just as Yang Guojun was about to steal her away, Qin Huairu unexpectedly looked down on him and married Jia Dongxu, whose material circumstances were better. Fortunately, the protagonist had bound a portable pocket dimensi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Self-Cultivation of Xu Damao in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的自我修养 This story isn't full of anger and conflict. It's all about everyday family life, a relaxed farming story. If you're looking for nonstop killing, please don't click in, or you'll be disappointed! 365Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 14 Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Rejects Me 四合院：开局秦淮茹拒绝我 Yan Chengcai accidentally transmigrates into the world of Birds Filling the Siheyuan, where he becomes Yan Bugui’s biological nephew and gets a lottery System. Complete tasks, and he can win prizes! [Ding! The System has issued a task: leech off the beasts in the Siheyuan!] Looking at his tall, strapping nephew, Yan Bugui decides to marry him into the Jia family as Qin Huairu’s husband, so he won’t have to share the family property with him. Yan Chengcai says, "What? You want me to marry into he 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Siheyuan: The God of Slaughter Has Arrived, and Every Bird Is Doomed 四合院：我！杀神降临，团灭众禽 He transmigrates as Xu Damao and arrives at the scene of the courtyard’s chicken-theft meeting. Facing challenges from the moral paragon Yi Zhonghai, the spirit-summoning sorceress Jia Zhangshi, the bloodsucking queen Qin Huairu, the courtyard’s battle god Silly Zhu, and the rest, a battle of open and covert schemes against the whole flock begins. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 After Silly Zhu Really Became a Fool in the Siheyuan 四合院：傻柱真傻了之后 Silly Zhu has really gone silly. Nobody would believe it, but all it took was Jia Zhangshi summoning a spirit because he and Qin Huairu had grown too close. Then, in a moment of carelessness, he was knocked over and hit the back of his head... Everything changed. He Yushui was different. Xu Damao was different. Everyone was different. Only Deputy Director Li was still the same, and yet somehow different too. Don't get hung up on who the main character is. From where each person stands, they are 322Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, and Making Friends Makes Me Stronger 四合院之我许大茂，交朋友就变强 Xu Damao, a homebody from the 21st century, transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes Xu Damao, awakening a System that makes him stronger whenever he entertains friends. Whether they’re good friends or bad, anyone who walks through his door is an honored guest worthy of his hospitality. When good friends come over, there’s endless meat and fine wine. When bad friends show up, they get “robbed.” Even Jia Zhangshi has to leave something behind before she can go! Watching Xu Damao live a ha 315Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Siheyuan: I Became Xu Damao and Beat Silly Zhu to a Pulp 四合院：穿成许大茂，暴揍傻柱 I got drunk with a client and transmigrated into Xu Damao? I just got here, and Silly Zhu is already running his mouth and bullying my wife? Fine! I don’t want to mess with your retirement squad, but you’re asking for trouble yourselves! Then I won’t hold back! This time, I’m not only going to deal with your retirement squad, I’m going to change my life too! Just wait. I’ll show you what a successful person looks like! 65Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 19 Siheyuan: From the Start, I'm Schemed Out of a House 四合院：开局就被算计房子 Wang Hongjun transmigrates into the body of an insignificant nobody in a Beijing courtyard compound. Within days, Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family start scheming to take Wang Hongjun's only room and make him move out so Banggeng can live there. Wang Hongjun: “What about my younger sister?” Jia Zhangshi: “She's just a girl. We're not going to turn her away, so we'll let our Banggeng put up with her for a few years and have her share a room with him!” Wang Hongjun refuses, and Silly Zhu, the courtya 392Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Transmigrated into Siheyuan and Became He Yuzhu 穿到四合院，变成何雨柱 Bound to the System, he begins the main quest “Congratulations, Host! You have successfully bound the ‘Time Traveler’ System!” “I am System 092, and I am now loading your tasks.” “This is the year 1960, in a courtyard in Beijing.” “Host identity: He Yuzhu.” “Occupation: Canteen cook at a university in Beijing.” “Task loading complete. Host, please accept your task.” In 1960, I was a cook in a university canteen in Beijing. I had only just transmigrated, and my mind hadn't cleared yet. I was comp 67Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Siheyuan: I'm Going to Reform These Twisted People 四合院：我要改造扭曲的众人 A transmigration by a veteran bookworm, bringing along a little world formed from every novel he has read over the years. He vows to transform the courtyard and create a true Love in the Courtyard. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Siheyuan: Strike First to Gain the Upper Hand 四合院之先下手为强 After getting into trouble a few times, Yang Xiaomi figured something out: if we make the first move, those pests won't have time to cause us trouble. So the pests suffered, yet enjoyed themselves, unable to understand why this divine couple, a fierce man and woman, kept coming after them. At least give us a chance to strike back! 947Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 23 Siheyuan: Kill a Few, Fall in Love a Little 四合院：杀杀人谈谈情 Jian Zhanfeng transmigrates to a courtyard house and sees a familiar cast of characters: the three neighborhood elders, Silly Zhu, the widow Qin, and Deaf Granny. He gets two Systems, and his life should have been wonderful. Instead, the neighbors’ true colors leave him utterly stunned. Deaf Granny is an enemy spy? Yi Zhonghai and she are having an affair? Silly Zhu isn’t in love with Qin Huairu, but has a mother complex? Qin Huairu is a madwoman with split personalities? What the hell? Second U 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 Siheyuan: I Made a Fortune Raising Beasts 四合院：养殖禽兽我赚翻天 Yang Feng is just unlucky. In his twenties, he has no idea what to do with his life. According to the neighbors, Old Yang found him. Of course, Old Yang made his living collecting scrap. Though Old Yang beat him every few days, he still put him through middle school. He was a bit rebellious back then, and his grades weren't great, so there was no hope of high school. In fact, he didn't get in. The blurb doesn't really matter. The protagonist of this book will live in both the Siheyuan world and 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 A Sip from a Spirit Pool in the Siheyuan, and My Whole Family Coasts to Victory 四合院一口灵潭水，我带全家躺赢 [Transmigration] + [Siheyuan] + [The 1960s] + [Shennong Cauldron] + [Portable Space] + [Farming] After transmigrating, Ye Cheng arrives in the resource-strapped 1960s and becomes the poorest member of the Ye family in Love in the Courtyard. He looks at his family, gaunt and malnourished yet still standing protectively in front of him, then at the disdainful looks from certain people in the courtyard. Ye Cheng clenches his fists. “This family has to get rich!” Luckily, his portable space comes to 286Reads6.1Score1714d adds
- 26 Am I That Bad? Even the King of Hell Won't Take Me 我坏？阎王爷都不收我 After transmigrating into the body of Xu Damao in the Siheyuan compound, see how this Xu Damao, whose soul is a fusion of several others, tells a new story in the courtyard. Will Lou Xiao'e’s fate change because Xu Damao has changed? 401Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Siheyuan: The Stunning White Lotus Is Actually Obsessed with Me 四合院：绝美白莲花居然是我舔狗 [Brain Cell Parking Lot] This novel is pure mindless fun, so readers don’t need to get hung up on the details. Breaking news! Protagonist Qin Wenhua wakes up one morning and finds himself transmigrated into the world of The Courtyard! And Qin Huairu has become Qin Wenhua’s devoted fangirl? If you think she’s the only one, you’re dead wrong! There are also Ding Qiunan, Chen Xueru, Bai Ling, and more... Qin Wenhua is busy fending off one beautiful woman after another while also teaching the courty 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Siheyuan: Reborn in the Body of a Cannon-Fodder Simp, I Turn My Life Around 四合院：魂穿炮灰舔狗，反转人生 [Courtyard drama + period setting + building a career + no pocket dimension or System + one heroine] While everyone else who transmigrates into Birds in the Courtyard ends up in a parallel version of the TV series, Liu Jie transmigrates into the world of a book called Courtyard: The Reborn Cao Cao, Yang Weimin, Rises Through the Ranks, becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who shares his name. Liu Jie had thought he'd get a golden finger like a System or a pocket dimension, but reality 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Siheyuan: Train the Beasts for Rewards, from the Start with Qin Huairu 四合院：训禽得奖励，开局秦淮茹 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away and Make Jia Zhangshi Furious 四合院：截胡秦淮茹，气哭贾张氏 Wei Jianguo transmigrates to a Siheyuan in the 1950s. After graduating from university, he’s assigned to the transport team at a steel mill. On his first day in the Siheyuan, he meets Qin Huairu on her way to a matchmaking date with the Jia family and promptly steals her away! The courtyard’s scourge, Jia Zhangshi, has to be driven out! Yan Bugui is trying to take advantage of me? He can keep dreaming! Granny Deaf’s identity is suspicious? Shoot her on the spot! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Story Begins in 1953 四合院，许大茂从1953开始 Silly Zhu killed Xu Damao with a brick. When Xu Damao woke up, another soul had taken over his body. Cleaning up the courtyard is everyone’s responsibility! Watch Xu Damao bring some warmth to the courtyard! 949Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 32 Siheyuan: The System Says I Have to Be a Good Person 四合院：系统要求当好人 What would happen if you tried to be a good person in a courtyard house? After transmigrating and being reborn, the male protagonist awakens a System that requires him to be a good person in the courtyard. Is he going to become the next Silly Zhu? No, or maybe an even more miserable, hopeless sucker than Silly Zhu? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Siheyuan: Reborn as Silly Zhu, From Cook to Tycoon 四合院：重生傻柱，从厨子到首富 [Siheyuan] + [Silly Zhu] + [Urban Daily Life] + [He Yuzhu] + [Period] Twenty-first-century young chef He Zhu gets incredibly lucky on his way home from work, then transmigrates straight into a Siheyuan, becoming Silly Zhu, the courtyard’s undefeated champion. He also gains top-tier chef skills and a farm! Surrounded by a courtyard full of beasts, let’s see how He Yuzhu puts them in their place and starts his life as a master chef at the steelworks. Early one morning in 1961, a middle-aged woman’ 672Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 34 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, Master of the Classics 四合院：能加典的许大茂 A veteran driver of dump trucks unexpectedly transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes Xu Damao, a master of romance. As the son-in-law of a major capitalist, the road ahead is bound to be full of difficulties. Fortunately, transmigrators get a golden finger. With a proficiency panel at his disposal, let’s see how this veteran driver turns his life around in the face of adversity! This is a story about living a new life, with less hostility. If you want to see someone picking fights w 769Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 35 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Leisurely Life 四合院：许大茂的悠闲人生 He transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard in 1960 and becomes the rotten Xu Damao. He has a medicinal herb garden pocket dimension as his golden finger. In this life, Xu Damao gives up being a projectionist and becomes a doctor. He plans to cure his “infertility” and, more than anything, live a leisurely life. “If no one crosses me, I won't cross them” is his creed in this life. 1.3kReads7.1Score10614d adds
- 36 Siheyuan: I Have Decomposition and Synthesis Technology 四合院：我拥有分解合成技术 Lin Mu transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and obtains the Disassembly and Synthesis System. Yi Zhonghai, you’re a Level Eight fitter. Hand it over. Bang Geng, you’re young and have a long life ahead of you. Hand it over. “Little Lin is the only one in the courtyard who can make furniture, and his work is good too!” Yi Zhonghai says. “He became a Level Eight fitter in a week and earns 98 yuan. Why not help us out?” says Jia Zhangshi. “Lin Mu cooks well enough to open a restaurant,” says Qin —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Siheyuan: Full of Love 四合院：情满 Zhang Dazhuang, a modern man, transmigrates to the 1960s, right into a Beijing courtyard full of scoundrels! And he's just a bit player? Well! Forget it. If you weren't born to be the protagonist, don't act like one. Since you're here, just settle in and get by. But... can things be changed? Probably... right? 3.8kReads6.5Score11414d adds
- 38 Keeping House the Siheyuan Way 四合院，持家有道 Lin Ming quietly transmigrates into the world of the courtyard houses after a disaster. To make a better life for himself, he works hard without pause. With help from his space, his life keeps getting better. There is envy and jealousy here, but not to the terrifying extent shown in the book. Relying on his clever mind, he navigates life with the people in the courtyard. 674Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 39 Siheyuan: In This Life, Call Me He Yuzhu 四合院：这辈子，请叫我何雨柱 Welcome to the courtyard house. He Yuzhu gets a second chance at life. He decides to focus on becoming a good cook. He doesn’t want anyone to look down on him anymore. His heart is still pounding with excitement. At last, he can change his life. 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Xixi Yu's Thirtieth Book 西西于第30本书 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Siheyuan: Rejected by a White Lotus, I Turn to Building Nuclear Bombs 四合院：被白莲拒绝，转头做核弹 [Transmigration] [System] [Mild edge] [Everyday comebacks] [Comedy] The protagonist transmigrates as He Yuzhu from Love in the Courtyard. He Yuzhu is going to make Qin, the widow, and every selfish person in the courtyard pay for their cold indifference! He refuses to let the courtyard's parasites bleed him dry, and uses a god-tier System to defy fate and change his life. Ding! For firmly rejecting Qin Huairu, you receive 100 yuan! Ding! For comforting Lou Xiao'e and teaming up to take down Xu D 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Siheyuan: You Want to Destroy Me? I’m a Good Person! 四合院：赶尽杀绝？我为人良善！ Lin Haishan transmigrates into the body of a resident with the same name in a Beijing quadrangle in 1962. From his memories, he learns that he is a martyr's family member, yet his life is worse than a dog's. Can he put up with that? Absolutely not! The Jia family wants to take my home? Silly Zhu helps them bully me every which way? Yi Zhonghai watches for the fun of it? The other residents pretend not to hear or see? Do they really think I'm still the useless pushover I used to be? I'll punch Ji —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Siheyuan: My Brother-in-Law Is the Head of the Public Security Bureau 四合院：我姐夫是治安局局长 Zhang Weidong transmigrates into the world of courtyard houses. His parents were martyrs who gave their lives for the country. His parents' comrades are even more powerful leaders than the big boss! His older sister is the head of the neighborhood office! His brother-in-law is the director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau! And a whole group of uncles and elders, whose names people don't dare say aloud, look after him! With connections like these, he has an incredibly lucky start! Every day 253Reads5.4Score10414d adds
- 44 Building a Strong Nation Is No Joke 强国我是认真的 A new work is here! Welcome to read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! A man with a pocket dimension in an extraordinary parallel world. Experiencing life! Changing life! Wang Liuyang’s freewheeling life. 2Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 45 Siheyuan: I, He Yuzhu, Won’t Shoulder the Burden Alone 四合院：我何雨柱才不负重前行 He Yuzhu transmigrates into Silly Zhu: “There’s no such thing as moral blackmail, only people with thicker skins. Why should I shoulder the burden while you get to enjoy peaceful days?” He decides to do the opposite of what everyone expects: shamelessly mooch off them every day until Qin Huairu ducks away whenever she sees him. In short, take their path and leave them nowhere to go. 513Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 46 Siheyuan: Soul Transmigrated into Xu Damao, and the Courtyard Blossoms 四合院：魂穿许大茂，满院花开 [No System] [Has a Pocket Dimension] [No Excessive Violence] [Multiple Heroines] This story favors wit over brawling. There are no life-or-death fights, just the everyday lives of ordinary people against the backdrop of a great era. The pocket dimension is useful, but not overpowered. Xu Damao: “Should I trade twenty jin of cornmeal for a blue-and-white porcelain covered bowl, or for a pretty wife to spend the night with me? Only children answer either-or questions. Why shouldn't I have both?” I 2.9kReads7.7Score14714d adds
- 47 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu Is Reborn in 1956 四合院：傻柱重生56年 He Yuzhu, who died a miserable death beneath a bridge, is reborn as a teenager. In an era of scarce supplies, having a pocket dimension is essential if you want a comfortable life. Surrounded by beasts, He Yuzhu wants nothing to do with them and only wants to live his own quiet life. But the beasts won't leave him alone. When Qin Huairu asks to borrow grain and He Yuzhu refuses, Jia Zhangshi runs straight to his door and makes a scene. Yi Zhonghai takes the Jia family's side and targets the He f 490Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 48 Siheyuan: I'm an Elite Player Who Blows Up the Fishpond 四合院：我，高端选手炸鱼塘 [Siheyuan] [Multiple heroines] [Mildly tormenting the courtyard scoundrels] [No original heroine] [No contrived behavior] The wealthy Li Xunqin transmigrates into a Siheyuan and unexpectedly finds the place quite interesting. He lives a comfortable life and looks for fun whenever he has nothing better to do. A radish in one hand, a whip in the other, he has the courtyard’s scoundrels running around in a panic. In this sardine can of a place called the Siheyuan, Li Xunqin is like a giant catfish 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Siheyuan: Uncle Mao Starts Cultivating 四合院：我茂爷开始修仙了 [Cultivation for All | Set Three Transmigrators Straight | Bully the Beasts | A Changing World Order | Playing the Neighbor] Chen Dawei, with a Level One sign-in System Wang Jinlin, with a Level Two emotion-point collection System Zhang Xiaohei, with a Level Three slaughter-and-beast-bullying System Even the beasts have started cultivating. Can the transmigrators still bully them? 3.5kReads—Score14914d adds
- 50 Siheyuan: Tales from the Cellar 四合院：地窖往事 Chen Guoliang transmigrated. He arrived in a Beijing courtyard house in 1954, becoming a high school student not yet fifteen. In an ordinary courtyard house, a very unusual cellar becomes the setting for the tangled, unspoken neighborly relationships between two generations. The courtyard’s chaos was enough to make even Chen Guoliang, a newcomer whose soul had seen plenty of the wider world, exclaim, “What the hell?” The father you call Dad might not actually be your father? The wife you think i 4Reads5.6Score—14d adds
