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- 51 Siheyuan: What? You're a Household Registration Officer Who Solves Cases? 四合院：什么？你这户籍警要破案 Zhou Xing unexpectedly finds himself in the world of the courtyard houses. As a household registration police officer, Zhou Xing is already busy dealing with all the neighbors’ petty squabbles in the compound. But he has bigger things to take care of, like solving cases! “What? You’re a household registration officer, and you want to solve cases?” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: My Moral Blackmail Backfired 四合院：道德绑架反被绑 Yi Mu stepped in dog poop and won the lottery. Just as he was getting ready to lie flat, a flowerpot fell from the sky and sent him transmigrating, launching him into a chaotic and colorful life. Yi Zhonghai: “Having you as my nephew is a blessing.” Madam Jia: “Old Jia, come take this heartless troublemaker away! He's even more of a menace than me!” Silly Zhu: “Brother Mu, you promised not to beat me up. And no hitting me in the face!” Yi Mu: “Heh, as long as I have no morals, none of you ca —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: Cao Cao Transmigrates into Silly Zhu 四合院：曹操穿越成傻柱 The Forty-Nine City, in a siheyuan. Cao Cao woke up in bed, with the aroma of chicken soup wafting through the air. Confused, Silly Zhu scratched his head. “Wasn’t I dead? Where am I?” On the day he turned sixty-six, he had collapsed onto his sickbed in Luoyang. But now that he had woken up, he found himself in a strange place. “Host awakened,” a voice suddenly sounded in his mind. “Once it detects that the Host has completely changed his fate, the golden finger will awaken.” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Became a Powerful Tycoon. Huairu, Why Are You Crying? 退婚后成大佬，淮茹你哭什么？ [Regret Arc] [Siheyuan] [Taming the Bullies] [Winning Women’s Hearts] [A Rapidly Rising Career] Chen Jianjun transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard in 1951. From the start, he lives in the same village as Qin Huairu and successfully wins her heart. But who could have guessed that Qin Huairu would abandon him to marry a man from the city, turning around and marrying Jia Dongxu instead? Heartbroken, he spends his days weeping. Then his distant second uncle appears... On his recommen —Reads—Score114d adds
- 55 Siheyuan: With an Emotion-Point System, I Torment All the Vermin! 四合院，带着情绪值系统虐众禽！ One night, He Yuzhu was scrolling through short videos when he came across the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. The protagonist had exactly the same name as him. Intrigued, he kept watching. The more he watched, the angrier he got, until his anger somehow made him transmigrate. He arrived in a courtyard full of beasts. He was bound to a Negative Emotion Collection System. By provoking other people's negative emotions, he could collect negative emotion points. He could use those points to shop and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu, Listen, It's Not Your Fault 四合院：傻柱唉听我说不怪你 "Country mutts have one traditional virtue: they never die at home. Just like Silly Zhu, who is nicknamed an 'advanced, high-level simp.' Silly Zhu is very self-aware..." Silly Zhu is the sort who needs to be beaten into submission before he'll willingly reform, while Banggeng is the type who needs to be taught a lesson and sent to the firing squad. The protagonist, A Liang, is recommended from a small mountain village to work at a steel mill. He gets along with people on all sides at the factor 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: I Arrived Early 四合院：来早了 The young heir of a powerful family in modern-day Yangcheng was stabbed through the heart from behind. As he stared at the tip of the knife protruding from his chest, Jin Wuming felt a profound malice. The golden lock pendant on his chest flashed with rainbow-colored light. Light? As the glow drew Jin Wuming into a spacetime tunnel, a great leap through time and space began. 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: I Don't Know Li Yunlong 四合院我不认识李云龙 Li Dao was playing a battle royale game when he, the game, and the residential compound where he lived transmigrated to the year 38. From then on, Li Yunlong curries favor with him, he gets engaged to Qin Huairu as a child, and Silly Zhu follows him around like a shadow. 3Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 59 Beating Silly Zhu, Tormenting the Jia Family, and Ruining Yi Zhonghai 四合院揍傻柱虐贾家坑死易中海 Xu Lei dies unexpectedly and transmigrates into the back courtyard of a siheyuan, taking over the body of a helpless, bullied apprentice. From the start, Silly Zhu comes to his door looking for a fight. Luckily, he gets help from the System, and not only beats Silly Zhu to a pulp but also extorts a hundred yuan from Yi Zhonghai! He is pushed out of his job, and his family is bullied. But the moment he is reborn, everything changes... Madam Jia is so furious she spits blood and is left half-paral 376Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Little Jia’s Comeback 四合院：小贾的逆袭 [A little mean-spirited, not a one-woman romance, somewhat invincible, no demonizing characters, and no major changes to the timeline] Chen Xuan transmigrated into a courtyard and took Jia Dongxu’s place on his wedding night. But he wasn’t going to let the courtyard hold him back. Rooted in his era, he carved out a legend of his own. Over the decades, young Jia weathered winds and waves, lived through golden years, and witnessed a magnificent age. He founded Bureau 749 himself, turning it into t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Siheyuan: When the Road’s Blocked, Break Through 四合院之走不通的路就来打开 [Transmigration + System + A touch of edge] Li Manyuan, who transmigrated into the body of a country boy, arrived in Love in the Courtyard. He originally thought this place would be his hell, but it turned out to be paradise. Watch as he becomes the big shot of the courtyard, borrowing money and never paying it back. 159Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 62 Period Piece: I Hunt Spies in the Siheyuan 年代：我在四合院抓特务 What? Li Tie Zhu transmigrates to Xia Kingdom in 1960 and moves into No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Just as he's getting ready to live a carefree, lazy life, he gets caught up in a massive conspiracy. 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 Siheyuan: I Really Didn’t Mean to Steal Your Catch 四合院：我真不是有意截胡 After transmigrating into a resident of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, Yan Yu finds himself beset by illness and without a soul to turn to. The other residents are just waiting to divide up his estate and leave his body out in the wilderness. At this desperate moment, Yan Yu cries out, “System, save me!” 248Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 64 Siheyuan: I Steal Qin Huairu Away, Leaving Dongxu a Bachelor 四合院：我截秦淮如，东旭光棍了 Courtyard, System, wish fulfillment, power-ups, martial arts techniques, putting the beasts in their place. Lin Fan transmigrates into a courtyard and binds himself to an invincible System. From the start, he swoops in and steals Qin Huairu away. Let’s see who ends up without an heir, me or the Jia family! Xu Damao keeps looking for trouble with me. Fine! I’ll ruin your blind date with Lou Xiaoe and make sure you never get married! Ideally, everyone in the courtyard will be a bachelor, while I’l 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 Siheyuan: My Wife, Lou Xiao’e 四合院我的媳妇娄晓娥 [Siheyuan + Fated Worker System + One Heroine] After an accident, Xia Tian arrived in the world of Love in the Courtyard with the Fated Worker System... More than a century passed, and the world changed beyond recognition. After the residents of the courtyard had lived out their lives, and his beloved wife, Lou Xiao'e, had finally passed away, the lonely Xia Tian secluded himself in Shennongjia, only to be whisked away by a highway survival game. A new journey was slowly beginning... 93Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 66 Siheyuan: Back to 1952, I Became the Top College Entrance Exam Scorer 四合院：重回52，我成了高考状 Chen Yu'an jolts awake to find himself in a courtyard in 1952, in the era when the story of Love in the Courtyard takes place. Beijing is under military administration, and Qin Huairu, later dubbed the “White Lotus,” has only just become a member of the courtyard community. However, unlike in the original story, He Yuzhu's father, He Daqing, has already left the family. Once he realizes this, Chen Yu'an immediately understands that those with ill intentions have already begun plotting. So, witho —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: Make Way! I’m Going to Be a Beast! 四合院：让开！我要当禽兽！ [Siheyuan courtyard + wish fulfillment + leveling up + medicine + putting vicious neighbors in their place + System + Hong Kong] Lu Yu transmigrates into a Siheyuan courtyard and binds to an invincible System, gaining a personal storage space. In the resource-scarce 1960s, Lu Yu has every kind of grain, oil, and flour he could want, and meat at every meal! The neighbors accuse him of embezzlement? Sorry, every item he owns and every cent he earns can stand up to scrutiny! So, you're plotting beh 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Siheyuan: I Snatch Qin Huairu While She's Young and Reach the Peak of Life 四合院：截少女秦淮如，人生巅峰 [Courtyard setting, feel-good power fantasy, System, stealing the girl away, punishing beasts, intense and ruthless] Zhang Fan transmigrates into the courtyard and binds himself to the Myriad Worlds Fishing System. From the start, he snatches Qin Huairu away while she's still a young woman. What a sweet, soft beauty! Yi Zhonghai tries to guilt-trip Zhang Fan into supporting him in his old age? Dream on! Jia Dongxu and Silly Zhu have their eyes on Qin Huairu? Zhang Fan steps in! Just wait and see 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 I Became Silly Zhu in the Siheyuan 四合院之我成为了傻柱 This story takes place in a courtyard house full of everyday warmth and complicated relationships, beginning in the 1960s. The protagonist, He Yuzhu, is a modern urban professional who accidentally transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard and becomes He Yuzhu, a man with the same name. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: The Vengeful Soldier King 四合院之复仇兵王 Warrior King Su Chen returns to the siheyuan to take revenge on the villains Yi Zhonghai, Deaf Granny, Aunt Jia, and others. The path to revenge is full of obstacles, and the siheyuan hides secrets. Can Su Chen break through the darkness? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: I Nearly Became a Vegetable 四合院差点植物人 I arrived at the courtyard house and woke up to find myself there, receiving the memories. Hey, it's only 1957. I'll move out of the courtyard house and begin the wonderful life of Li Nianyi and his wife's family. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 He Yuzhu: I Can’t Believe I Got a System 何雨柱：我居然有了系统 [System + Period Setting + Feel-Good Story + Courtyard House + Protagonist He Yuzhu (If you mind, don’t read)] In his sleep, He Yuzhu takes out a transmigrator and gets the transmigrator’s System. He receives one golden finger every month, and from then on his life takes a different path. 672Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: From the Start, Qin Huairu Took Me Home 四合院：开局被秦淮茹捡回家 From the start, he transmigrates into a starving vagrant who has fainted, only to be taken home by Qin Huairu. He goes hunting in the mountains with Qin Huairu, pitches a tent with Chen Xueru, enjoys a little wine from Xu Huizhen, and has a barbecue with Liang Ladi. 384Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Loot Box System 四合院：何雨柱的宝箱系统 He Yuzhu is reborn, and this time he's no longer a sucker. He hones his cooking skills, learns new abilities, and enters prize draws. The animals in the courtyard turn green with envy. Qin Huairu begs tearfully to be taken in, and Yi Zhonghai cries and pleads for someone to care for him in his old age. He gives them one reply: Get lost! 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 From the Start in the Siheyuan, I Beat Up Yi Zhonghai 四合院开局先揍易中海 When he woke up, he discovered that he had taken the place of Silly Zhu. And this Silly Zhu had a Choice System, so from then on, things in the courtyard compound changed. Yi Zhonghai found that his moral kung fu could no longer keep people in line. He realized he was the one without any morals. Qin Huairu also discovered she could no longer play on people’s sympathy, because she didn’t need to pretend: her life was already miserable enough. 685Reads6.0Score10014d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: Every Beast Owes Me Money! 四合院：所有禽兽都欠我钱！ He suddenly transmigrates into the world of Courtyard House and awakens a sign-in System. Other people’s sign-in Systems reward them with supplies. Mine rewards me with IOUs? Well, that’s just great! Chen Dazhu has become the creditor of the entire courtyard! Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu, and the whole old-age support gang all owe me money? Just watch how I make you pay up! 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Life Beginning in 1942 从1942开始的生活 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: Master the Culinary Arts and Hold Your Head High 四合院：发扬厨艺，挺直腰杆 When he first met Youyu Yang, he was nothing more than an ordinary boy. Yet at some point, a stir deep in his heart suddenly made him wary. He understood that he wasn't like the people around him, able to take life as it came and live in peace. The sense that he was different from birth gradually took root in his heart, becoming a force he could not ignore as he grew. He decided to embark on the path of cultivation, a road cut off from the world and known to no one. 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: In the Year of Great Disaster, I Take Down the Jia Family First 四合院：大灾之年，我先干翻贾家 After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, Zhang Shengli awakens a System. With disasters about to strike, Zhang Shengli only wants to enjoy a peaceful life of his own, but the whole Siheyuan gang tries to guilt-trip him into helping them. Since keeping a low profile is no longer an option, he can only take the whole lot of them down at once. Yi Zhonghai: Shengli, you can inherit my Level Eight fitter job. Two steamed corn buns will do. Jia Dongxu: Shengli, how about Qin Huairu? You ca 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Hidden Master of Siheyuan 四合院的隐秘高手 In a courtyard house left quiet after its former glory faded, Fang Yan wakes to discover that he is no longer an ordinary person in modern society. He has entered the world of Love in the Courtyard and become an unremarkable neighbor of the Jia family. But fate seems to be playing a joke on him: his golden finger is activated by the seemingly ordinary old woman Jia Zhangshi! Whenever Jia Zhangshi’s everyday activities add up, Fang Yan gains incredible abilities, from food and wealth to cutting-e —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: They Stole My Home from the Start, So I Hit Back Hard 四合院：开局抢我房！我重拳出击 263Reads5.4Score10014d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: My Sister, He Yushui 四合院：我的姐姐何雨水 After accidentally transmigrating into the world of Love in the Courtyard, he starts out as a baby and is adopted by his older sister, He Yushui. At the instigation of First Master, Silly Zhu proposes that they split up the family if He Yushui adopts the child, and she resolutely agrees. Everyone expects He Yushui to struggle while raising the child, but, to their surprise, she seems blessed with incredible luck. She finds ration coupons and fabric coupons whenever she goes out, rabbits leap rig 80Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: Few Words, No Mercy 四合院：人狠话不多 Xu Weiguo, born into a military family, wakes up in the early days of the new nation. He’s a rough sort, not much for talk, and besides, this is an age when people have plenty of fighting spirit. Who’s going to prattle on like some delicate woman? Just get on with it. 24Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: I'm Qin Shou, the Real Beast 四合院：我秦寿才是真禽兽 A comedy + teasing the 'beasts' + an extreme modern self-interest maximizer Qin Shou transmigrates into the body of a major 'blood donor' in a Beijing courtyard and activates the Beastly Gets Stronger System! Red-eyed Qin Shou: “Heh heh heh, I’m going completely insane!” What? Qin Huairu comes over to borrow money and grain? Then it’s grain for grain! What? Yan the Abacus won’t repay his debt? Then Qin Shou will go to his house and eat and drink his fill. The whole point is to eat someone else’s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: I Steal Chen Xueru Away and Lie Flat 四合院：截胡陈雪茹我躺平了 Li Mu, an advertising agency employee, had just finished revising a proposal when the System swept him off to the world of a Beijing courtyard drama. As a longtime reader of the old Tomato, Li Mu quickly accepted transmigration as just another everyday occurrence. But while exploring old Beijing, he realized this was not merely the world of the courtyard drama. After all, he had met a young woman named Chen Xueru. Faced with the young and innocent Chen Xueru, Li Mu could only get in first to spa 109Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu's Older Brother, Splitting the Family from the Start 四合院：傻柱亲哥，开局就分家 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! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: He Yuzhu Gets a Shopping App 四合院：何雨柱有了个购物app After He Daqing runs off with a young widow, He Yuzhu has to go hungry one day and eat his fill the next. Then he unexpectedly gets a shopping app that lets him buy items from all sorts of planes and sell things, too. It isn't until he buys a novel called The Courtyard Full of Scheming Fools that he realizes he's a character in a book. So, all you uncles and aunties, could you please stop putting on an act in front of me? 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: Trying to Guilt-Trip Me? That Won't Work 四合院：道德绑架我？不吃这套 He Yuzhu accidentally transmigrates into the body of a 20-year-old with the same name in the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he’s offered a woman. Fortunately, he’s had better, and not just any woman can catch his eye. The First Master, Second Master, Third Master, and the others in the courtyard are always taking advantage of him and setting traps for him. That’s because He Yuzhu in the original story was nicknamed Silly Zhu! So everyone in the courtyard treats him like a fool a 660Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: I Marry a Marshal's Daughter, Leaving the Whole Courtyard Speechless 四合院：娶妻元帅之女，全院破防 [One heroine | Sweet romance | Fluff | Healing | Low on angst] Lu Yan transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His parents are both dead from the start, he nearly gets fleeced out of his inheritance, and Qin Huairu breaks off their engagement when he is still young. He turns around and marries Qiu Yun, his childhood sweetheart, whom everyone sees as a burden, and starts building a quiet life of his own. Unexpectedly, Qiu Yun turns out to be the long-lost younger daughter of Qiu Yua 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, Starting with Qin Huairu 四合院：多子多福从秦淮茹开始 Tomato Original | Male-Oriented Fanfiction | Transmigration | System Deng Cheng, a twenty-first-century young man who somehow slipped through the net of nine years of compulsory education and is also a model citizen, transmigrates to Nanluoguxiang in 1965. His parents, both soldiers, died in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, leaving Deng Cheng all alone. Fortunately, Auntie Wang is there to look after him. He thinks he's going to settle into this life, but then the plot begins and 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: I Have a Farm Space 四合院：我有一个农场空间 Xue Chengyuan woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the world of a 1970s Beijing courtyard house, with a farm space at his side. When Liu Haizhong, Banggeng, Jia Zhangshi, and others provoked him, he tested out his farm space and taught them a lesson. He was then assigned to join a rural production team in the forests of Changbai Mountain, where he became a forest ranger. Surrounded by wild animals and precious medicinal herbs in thousands of miles of unbroken wilderness, Xue Chengyuan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 Siheyuan: Feasting and Living It Up Every Day 四合院：每天都在吃香喝辣 [Spatial Storage] [Multiple Heroines: Not for You if You Dislike That] [A Normal Protagonist] [Ensemble Cast] [The Protagonist Never Takes a Loss] [Low on Hostility] After transmigrating into Love in the Courtyard, Zhang Weiguo thrives in this era of scarce supplies thanks to the spatial storage he had in his previous life, leaving the courtyard's scheming residents fuming. Jia Zhangshi: “We eat meat every day! How are we supposed to keep living like this?” Yi Zhonghai: “That kid is as slippery —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: Silly Zhu’s Leg Is Broken from the Start 四合院：开局傻柱踢断腿 Li Jianshe unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of “Love in the Courtyard” and obtains the Everything Fusion System. By fusing different items, he can gain the corresponding abilities and attributes. After an accident at the steel mill, Yi Zhonghai teams up with Silly Zhu to suppress Li Jianshe, hoping to seize his father’s job. At the critical moment, Li Jianshe fuses rebar and gains the attributes of steel, turning the tables on Silly Zhu. From then on, he uses the System to thrive in the 516Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: The Joys of Being Reborn 四合院：重生的快乐生活 Liu Weiguo is reborn into the world of the Siheyuan in 1955. He lives in a side courtyard, right next to the famous and lively Number 95 Courtyard. There’s so much unusual about this place that you could talk about it for three days and three nights without running out of things to say. Having transmigrated here, he has both parents and siblings. No matter what, he’ll enjoy this chance to live another life. 1kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 95 Siheyuan: Don't Blame Your Big Brother for Being Ruthless 四合院：别怪哥哥心狠手辣 “Did I... transmigrate?” Han Xiaodong stared wide-eyed at the ceiling. He abruptly sat up, images of his previous life continually surfacing in his mind. He had seen this kind of transmigration plot in novels countless times, and even knew exactly how transmigration worked. But he never imagined that one day it would happen to him. In disbelief, Han Xiaodong instinctively touched his face. The sensation was undeniably real. But the main thing was that the cold voice he'd just heard in his mind h 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: Starting with Sign-Ins, I Become a Refined Gentleman 四合院：从签到开始做个斯文人 After transmigrating to 1958, Li Kaihua starts out as the head of the Purchasing Department at a steel mill and unexpectedly unlocks a sign-in System. With a System, why not just lie flat? Li Kaihua wants nothing more than a leisurely life, but he never expected the factory to assign him a home in a courtyard full of beasts. At first, Li Kaihua can’t be bothered with the courtyard’s beasts, but every one of them wants to scheme against him. Well, the way to deal with beasts is simple: be even mo 26Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: Reincarnated as Xu Damao, I Save Lou Xiao'e 四合院：魂穿许大茂，拯救娄晓娥 [Siheyuan] + [Everyday life in a bygone era] + [Cautious protagonist] + [No System] + [Blue Star Space] No overwhelming hostility, no toilet humor, and no talismans or magic arts. A modern man suddenly transmigrates to a Siheyuan in 1960 and becomes Xu Damao. He has no memories of the original owner and no System to help him, just a Blue Star Space. New to this place and unfamiliar with everything, how will he fit into this era...? 100Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Siheyuan: I've Been Exposed, So I'm Done Pretending 四合院：被曝光了，我不装了 Cao Qiming transmigrates to a Siheyuan and becomes the courtyard's most gluttonous and lazy resident. It's not that he doesn't want to work hard; he just has old-fashioned sensibilities. With the arrival of the System, Cao Qiming begins his rise to the top. There's gentle Qin Huairu, coquettish Lou Xiao'e, his friend He Yushui, his old flame Yu Li, the audacious Liu Lan, and the hot-tempered, impulsive Bai Ling... Wait, how did she get involved? Cao Qiming gradually uncovers the original owner's 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: Starting as the Head of the Security Department 四合院：从成为保卫科长开始 [Ensemble cast + multiple female leads]: If you dislike multiple female leads or Qin Huairu, don’t read. The story has a moderate amount of angst and the scoundrels will get what they deserve, but the pace won’t be too fast. If all those beasts were sent away at once, this dumb author wouldn’t know what to write next. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: I Deal with Jia Zhangshi and Win Over Lou Xiao’e 四合院：收拾贾张氏，我拿下娄小 Qin Huairu hadn't managed to borrow much this time. She silently warned herself to be more careful from now on and not let the family fall on such hard times again. She knew that constantly borrowing money would hurt her relationships with the neighbors and might even invite gossip. Qin Huairu took the bag of cornmeal, her hands trembling slightly and her face burning with embarrassment. Even someone as proud as her felt ashamed to have the matter of borrowing money brought up to her face. She h —Reads—Score—14d adds
