Novels like Siheyuan: Back to 1950, I Mastered Martial Arts from the Start
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- 51 Siheyuan: Fired from the Start, the Whole Courtyard Begs Me to Come Back 四合院:开局被开,全院求我回来 Yang Xingbang transmigrated into a Siheyuan. As soon as he arrived, he was fired from the steel mill and told he had to go to the countryside? Faced with a disastrous start, Yang Xingbang wasn't worried at all! With technical skills in hand, people would be begging for his help wherever he went! And with the lottery draws from his golden finger System, wouldn't it be easy to take the Siheyuan by storm? Qin Huairu wants to borrow money? Pay me back first! Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong are breaking 665Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 52 Siheyuan: Starting in 1958 四合院之从五八开始 With the memories of his past life, Xiao Zhengguo trains a large number of special forces soldiers for New China! After returning to the courtyard, all he wants is to live an ordinary life and care for his young sister. But one unexpected event after another keeps pushing him to challenge himself again and again! 312Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 53 Siheyuan: I Have a World Tree 四合院之我有一棵世界树 Chen Hao, a young man from the modern city, wakes up to find himself in the 1950s world of Love in the Courtyard. He also discovers that he possesses a World Tree with a Primordial Chaos Spirit Root, which can take him as he transmigrates through the myriad worlds… 1.8kReads7.1Score10114d adds
- 54 Siheyuan: My Luck Is Off the Charts, So I’m Invincible 四合院:运气爆棚的我无敌了 Wu Chuan transmigrated to a courtyard house in the 1950s. When he woke up, he found Qin Huairu lying beside him. After awakening his Luck System, he began an invincible life. … “Mr. Wu, please come to the Ministry of Industry. We need talented people like you.” “Dr. Wu, our Peking Union Medical College Hospital needs you.” “Xiao Wu, as long as you don’t leave, you can be the factory director!” Wu Chuan said, “Sorry, I want all of it.” 301Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 55 Period Drama Crossover: My Vicious Stepmother 年代综影:我那恶毒的后妈 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 The Good Man's Revenge in the Siheyuan 四合院报仇的好人 The main characters in the courtyard are all like baskets of chives, ready to be harvested. Unfortunately, when the death-seeking score reaches 100, Chen Chao can only claim a reward once. If only it could keep growing after that! Still, at least after claiming the reward, he can help the country rise to new heights. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 Siheyuan: Reborn in 1949, An Old Cop's Comeback 四合院:重生49,旧警的逆袭 Fang Qin woke up to find that he had transmigrated to 1949 and taken over the body of a despised former police officer. Beiping was on the verge of liberation, and he knew that if he didn't change his ways, he would be purged and denounced. But Fang Qin wasn't about to meekly accept the fate laid out for him. Fortunately, he activated the sign-in System, his golden finger, and gained a chance to turn things around. What surprised him even more was that this world wasn't a standalone setting, but 370Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Siheyuan: I'm Really Not Cao Cao 四合院:我真的不是曹贼 Industry’s jinx Cao Meng ruins every line of work he enters. He unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard, only to discover that the original owner was also a transmigrator. For various reasons, the original owner had led a truly miserable life. After finally getting a System, he got so excited that he kicked the bucket on the spot… 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Life in Siheyuan 四合院的日子 A graduate of an agricultural university in the 21st century transmigrates to the 1950s, a time when food and clothing are scarce. He builds farms and reservoirs, cares for wounded veterans, and leads everyone in the struggle to make a living. Need grain? The farm has it. Need meat? The farm has that too. Whatever you want to eat, my farm has it all. 567Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 60 Siheyuan: Lay Low Until I'm Grown, Then Take on the Scoundrels 四合院:先苟到大再去打禽兽 In 1958, an eighteen-year-old arrived in the courtyard, kicking Yuzhu and slapping Zhonghai! The little System talked a big game, claiming it could do anything. The System is somewhat useful, but it can't do everything. What a braggart! What a chuunibyou! I spent half a month's wages at a foot massage parlor, then fell asleep while waiting for Technician No. 99. No idea why! When I opened my eyes, the technician was gone, and I had become a child! The System told me to go to Love in the Cou 273Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 61 1958: Rising Through the Ranks, Starting in the Security Department 1958:从保卫科开始平步青云 [Transmigration + Period Setting + Pocket Dimension + Officialdom + Everyday Life] [No toxic drama here. The Courtyard storyline only appears early on, so please don’t read if that bothers you.] Transmigrating to 1958, he returns to that fiery era. Chu Weidong has just been discharged from the army after serving on the battlefield. With two letters of introduction from his superior in hand, he returns home to Courtyard No. 95 on Nanluoguxiang… As the youngest head of the security department, he’ 1Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 62 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
- 63 Siheyuan: Blind from the Start, I Crush Every Beast in the Courtyard 四合院:瞎眼开局,镇压全院禽兽 After transmigrating into the world of the beastly courtyard, he became a blind man who couldn't even find a wife from the start. He even lost his blind date with Qin Huairu to Jia Dongxu. Luckily, Heaven gave him an incredible talent: the Four-Courtyard Emotion Collection System. As long as he kept collecting the emotions of everyone in the courtyard, he could randomly obtain all kinds of talents and rewards. Jealousy from Jia Dongxu +300: Received ten eggs! Dissatisfaction from Yi Zhonghai +20 146Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 Moving Out of Siheyuan: A Truck Driver’s New World 搬出四合院从卡车司机开始新世界 (Moving house + period setting + multiple TV and film worlds + multiple heroines + self-interest + no wasting breath on beasts + flexible timeline) Su Ping transmigrates into a combined world of courtyard-house dramas and period films. Fate has blessed him with plenty of romantic prospects, but he is just a poor driver. At a loss as to how to start his new life, he spots a girl stealing coal from his truck... Catch the thief... Hey, what are you grabbing?... You hooligan... 201Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 The Boundless Starry Realm of the Siheyuan 四合院星空无限境 Xiao Jingxue, heir to a courtyard home in Kyoto in the twenty-first century, is framed and forced into bankruptcy and liquidation. While cleaning the courtyard home for the last time, she comes across a mysterious meteorite. From then on, she’s a lifestyle selfie blogger in the real world, and a trailblazer in the boundless world of the stars, a “spirit realm” adventurer! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Wang Gang in the Siheyuan 四合院里的王刚 4Reads—Score114d adds
- 67 Siheyuan: I'm a One-Cent Tycoon from the Start 四合院:我,开局就是一分钱大亨 In a bustling Beijing courtyard in the 1950s, a modern rich heir unexpectedly transmigrates back to an era of scarcity. At twenty-five, Jiang He loses his money and status overnight. To survive in a world where his neighbors scheme and covet what little there is, he has to rely on a mysterious System's ability to buy items for a penny. From the calculating elder Yi Zhonghai to the quick-witted, cunning widow Qin Huairu, everyone in this hutong has an agenda of their own. Dirt-poor Jiang He must 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Growing Up Healthy in a Siheyuan 我在四合院里健康成长 Zhou Ming transmigrated into the famous courtyard house, becoming one of its residents. Worse still, his family somehow became entangled with He Yuzhu’s. He had no idea what might happen next. 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Siheyuan: Transmigrated as Silly Zhu, I Marry Lou Xiao'e First 四合院:穿越成傻柱,先娶娄晓娥 What does it mean to have your soul transmigrate into a courtyard home? In 1955, He Yuzhu becomes a twenty-year-old living in a shabby, rundown household. The people in the courtyard take advantage of him, and he is forced to become Yi Zhonghai's muscle. Fortunately, his superb cooking impresses Lou Zhenhua, who hires him to cook at his estate for a hefty salary. He seizes the opportunity without hesitation. In this life, he won't fawn over Qin Huairu or let himself be taken for a fool. He sta 767Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Siheyuan: I Became a God-Tier Hunter 四合院:我成了神级猎手 Lin Xin accidentally transmigrated to a courtyard compound world full of conflict and strife, where he became a hunter. In this new environment, he not only had a beautiful older sister who shared neither parent with him, but also inherited a handsome face. Even more surprisingly, Lin Xin bound himself to a god-tier hunting System from the start, quickly becoming the only household in the courtyard compound that could eat meat at every meal. —Reads—Score114d adds
- 71 Siheyuan: Scheming Against Yi Zhonghai from the Start 四合院:开局算计易中海 Li Yang wakes up one morning to find that he has transmigrated to the 1950s, into the world of Love in the Courtyard! His father, Li Dayong, gave his life for the factory, only to be schemed against by a bunch of beastly neighbors. Everyone in the courtyard, from Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu, Yi Zhonghai, and Liu Haizhong to the rest, has their own selfish agenda, coveting his family's compensation and job slot. Li Yang returns from military service to carry on his father's legacy, only to unexpecte —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Siheyuan: An Orphan Raises His Little Sister and Slaughters His Way Through the Beastly Courtyard 四合院:孤儿带妹,杀穿禽满 Zhang Fan unexpectedly arrives in the world of Love in the Courtyard. As soon as he gets there, he discovers that he's an orphan, with a young sister by his side. Facing the difficult neighbors in the courtyard, each with their own agenda, Zhang Fan finds himself up against challenges unlike any he's faced before. When it comes to Qin Huairu, who seems gentle and virtuous but is actually deeply scheming, Zhang Fan sees right through her: “Don't think I can't tell what you're plotting.” When he r 1.3kReads5.4Score—14d adds
- 73 Siheyuan: Starting With Gunmaking 四合院:从制枪开始 Gu Luo gains the ability to transmigrate to the past and plans to use it to make a fortune. He never imagined he would transmigrate into the world of the courtyard. To get rich, he first has to advance the development of the Rabbit’s technology. Faced with a courtyard full of beasts, he has no desire to get involved with them. He devotes himself wholeheartedly to the great cause of making the nation stronger through science and technology. From then on, the Rabbit enters an era of explosive 204Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 Siheyuan: Returning to 1948 with a Pocket Dimension 四合院:带着空间回到48年 Su Xiaoyang was brought by a System still in its internship phase to the world of "The Courtyard" in early 1948. The sudden transmigration caught him completely off guard. Fortunately, the original story had not yet begun, which meant he had plenty of time and opportunities to change things. As he explored this world more deeply, he was astonished to discover that it was not simply the world of "The Courtyard". It seemed to be a complex setting that blended television dramas and films from vari 7Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 75 Siheyuan: A Treasure Bowl from the Start 四合院:开局一个聚宝盆 Lin Guoqiang falls into a treasure basin, and it produces a hundred copies of him. A banknote falls in, and a hundred banknotes come out. A gold necklace falls in, and a hundred gold necklaces come out. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Siheyuan: The Whole Courtyard Preys on the Childless? They’ll All Die in Prison 四合院:全院吃绝户?都牢底坐穿 After transmigrating into the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1956, Chen Fan becomes the eldest son of the widow Bai Dongmei, the woman who made He Daqing abandon He Yuzhu and He Yushui and run off. Bound to a Simplification System. [Women’s seduction techniques can be simplified. Simplification successful: Talk to a woman to improve your seduction skills!] [Chinese martial arts can be simplified. Simplification successful: Throw punches to improve your martial arts!] [Metalworking skills can be 690Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 77 Reborn in the Siheyuan, I Turned Out to Be a Nobody 重生四合院,我竟然是个路人甲 A new story is here! Come read my work 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! 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Siheyuan: A Sunlit Life 四合院:阳光灿烂人生 The president of a publicly listed group was betrayed by his best friend and sent back to a courtyard house in 1960, where he became He Yuzhu's younger brother. See how he makes a life of his own in this familiar world. 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Siheyuan: Fighting Over a House? The Entire Factory's Leadership Begged Me to Stay 四合院:抢房?全厂领导求我别走 An Bangguo transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan. He thinks that with his parents' love, his life will go smoothly. But an accident turns him into the orphaned son of martyrs, and the scoundrels seize the Siheyuan house his parents left behind. The sixteen-year-old is driven out of the Siheyuan. Little do those scoundrels know that he will return as an engineer. [Ding! Scoundrel-Reform System activating...] [Welcome back, Host.] [Mission objective: Reform the miscreants in the Siheyuan. S 496Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 Siheyuan: The System Wants Me to Stir Things Up 四合院之系统让我搞事 Let’s liven up the courtyard. Since Jiang Ye has transmigrated into this world, and this era is short on entertainment, the residents of the courtyard will just have to keep putting on a show. He’ll make the whole world livelier, too. In this world, he can do whatever he likes. Serious warning!!! Later on, he will reveal his extraordinary abilities, including his pocket dimension. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 Siheyuan: From the Start, It's a Resident Evil Apocalypse 四合院:开局生化危机 Ye Tianya transmigrated to a pivotal time in history. The place he lived in was an ordinary Siheyuan. At first, his life seemed destined to be unremarkable, but he was lucky enough to obtain a mysterious lottery System. His very first draw gave him access to a copy of the movie world of Resident Evil. There, he acquired a vast supply of goods that could solve pressing survival problems, and gradually used them to influence and transform the real world. The fertilizer and high-yield seeds he b 141Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Siheyuan: A Treasure Trove Secret Realm from the Start, Leaving the Neighbors in Tears 四合院:开局百宝秘境,众禽泪崩 After transmigrating into a courtyard house, he became a sickly young man, poor and destitute, with the neighbors constantly causing trouble. Fortunately, the System arrived just in time. When the whole courtyard pressured him to give up his room, he calmly took something out of his secret realm. The moment everyone saw it, they completely lost it… 42.4kReads6.8Score3.6k14d adds
- 83 Siheyuan: Starting in 1952, Heaven-Defying Comprehension 四合院:五二开局,悟性逆天 [Show-off face-slapping + farming System + daily life + feel-good period drama] Every punch lands, every line hits the spot. You won’t be able to put it down! Programmer Chen Ping'an accidentally clicks a 404 link while working overtime. When he opens his eyes, he has transmigrated to 1950s Beijing, to a courtyard full of scheming and strife! He has become Li Ping'an, someone with the same given name but a different surname. Both parents dead, penniless, and living under someone else’s roof? No 2.1kReads6.1Score10814d adds
- 84 Siheyuan: The Security Office's Iron Fist Is No Joke 四合院:保卫处铁拳不是开玩笑 Yang Zi, a modern-day office worker, transmigrated into the world of the Courtyard. From the start, he took up the post of head of security at the Red Star Steel Plant in the capital. Just as Yang Zi seemed to have reached the pinnacle of life, a twist of fate landed him in the notorious Beastly Courtyard. With a modern way of thinking, Yang Zi just wanted to live his own life and stay out of the courtyard's affairs. But the courtyard's beasts thought he would be easy to bully. See how transmigr 153Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Siheyuan: Jia Dongxu's Double Life 四合院:贾东旭的双倍人生 [Low on hostility] [Slice of life] A word of warning: this is not a story about torturing the scoundrels!!! Jia Haoren accidentally transmigrates into the body of Jia Dongxu from Love in the Courtyard, inheriting Jia Zhangshi, a troublesome piece of baggage. With a double-your-food System that keeps him well fed, he begins a new chapter in his workhorse life... Whether the courtyard is in chaos is up to Jia Zhangshi! When Jia Zhangshi kicks up a fuss, young Jia just has to read the room! The plo 2.6kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 86 Siheyuan: From the Start, Buy Everything for Free and Empty Out Sakura Country 四合院:开局零元购,搬空樱花国 [Siheyuan] [Daily Intel] [Free Shopping] Like any 996 wage slave, former soldier Li Yuanchao is suddenly notified: [In three days, you will transmigrate to the world of Love in the Courtyard.] He gets a Daily Intel System and, as a bonus, a city-sized storage space! With less than two thousand yuan in savings, he immediately chooses the [Free Shopping] mode. And his target? Our good neighbor, [Japan]! So Li Yuanchao sneaks into Sakura Country and becomes “the Reiwa era's greatest bandit,” steali 74.3kReads6.9Score8.2k14d adds
- 87 Siheyuan: Wiping Out All the Vermin 四合院之众禽全灭 Lin Yu transmigrates by chance and acquires a mysterious System, only to discover that he has been dragged into the world of the TV drama Love in the Courtyard. He witnesses how He Yuzhu is bullied and schemed against by Xu Damao, Qin Huairu, the First, Second, and Third Masters, and a host of other neighbors in a courtyard that only seems warm and welcoming. The selfishness and greed hiding beneath their vile facades fill him with rage. If they trample on other people's kindness like beasts in 440Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Siheyuan: My Words Become Law, the Courtyard’s True God 四合院:言出法随,四合院真神 Li Jianjun transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and awakened the Words Become Law System. All he has to do is collect negative emotions from characters in the original story. Then he gets one chance to make a random declaration come true. [Chaos and Mayhem: Everyone in the courtyard becomes extremely irritable and starts turning on one another!] [Gut-Wrenching Pain: The target suffers unbearable pain in their abdomen. Yi Zhonghai maliciously refuses to work, so his wages are doc 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Siheyuan: From Repairman to Master Craftsman of the Nation 四合院,从维修工到大国匠师 In the winter of 1965, Yan Jiecheng awakens a Universal Repair Space after getting drunk. He fixes radios in exchange for eggs, and the aroma of meat makes the beasts of the courtyard drool. He matches wits with Third Master and trades blows with Xu Damao. Starting out as a temporary worker at the steel mill, he repairs machine tools, drives innovation, and earns commendations. He relies on his technical skills to navigate the turbulent years, then starts a factory and builds a business after re 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 Siheyuan: The Invincible Sharpshooter 四合院:无敌枪神 After transmigrating into a world that combines multiple TV dramas, Qian Zhengyi moves into a traditional courtyard house. With the Gun God System, all he wants is to live his own life. He has no intention of taking on the retirement-support clique led by Granny Deaf and Yi Zhonghai. But when they refuse to leave him alone, Qian Zhengyi has no choice but to hit back hard! This book has multiple heroines. If that's not your thing, please don't flame me. Go easy on the author. 20Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 91 Siheyuan: Yan Jiefang's Happy Life 四合院:阎解放的快乐生活 Yan Jiefang was an up-and-coming entrepreneur of the new era, a model employee at an outstanding company. During a business reception at a karaoke club, a bolt from the blue struck him down, and he died an untimely death. By a twist of fate, he transmigrated into a character of the same name from a classic Siheyuan TV series: a repeat student who had finally graduated after years of being held back, and something of a layabout. Though Yan Jiefang, a successful man in his own way, had no desire t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Siheyuan Slaughter Spree Took Out the System Too 四合院杀的兴起,把系统一块干掉 Lu Ping'an's soul transmigrates into the body of a simple-minded young soldier who was sent to the countryside and suffered a head injury. When he returns to the city to pick up his younger sister, he discovers, to his surprise, that he's landed in a chaotic mash-up of TV and film worlds. That awful family turns out to be among the courtyard's assorted animals. He was tricked into being sent to the countryside... His family was split up from the start... His sister, treated as dead weight, was a 998Reads6.1Score10114d adds
- 93 Siheyuan: My Home Is Seized from the Start, So I Turn Against My Own Family for Justice 四合院:开局被占房,我大义灭亲 Also known as: [I'm not even completely dead yet, and you want to take my house for a newlywed home?] Li Jianguo transmigrates into the world of Love in the Courtyard. His parents are both alive and both have jobs, and he even has a beautiful younger sister. A perfect start from the get-go. But his father is a hopelessly filial man who blindly obeys his own mother. Not only does he let his younger brother live in the house assigned to him by his workplace, he also regularly gives them money. And 18.1kReads6.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 94 Siheyuan: A Laid-Back Life Begins with Fishing 四合院:悠哉生活,从钓鱼佬开始 (Courtyard life + pocket dimension + fishing + laid-back daily life) Chen Weiguo, an avid fisherman, wakes up in the early 1960s in the capital. Courtyard homes, carved windows, drooping green willows, red crabapple blossoms. Not enough food or drink? Not a chance. From fishing to factory work, he applies himself diligently to his career! He buys the whole courtyard’s first imported color television! The first refrigerator! The first three-wheeled motorcycle! The first camera! And he installs th 175Reads6.8Score14014d adds
- 95 He Yuzhu Is Reborn and Gets Smarter 何雨柱重生变聪明 A new story is here! You’re welcome to read my novel on Tomato Novel: When He Yuzhu grew old, he transferred his property to Bang Geng’s family and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Jia family. In the end, they kicked him out. He went to stay with his younger sister, only to discover that the sister he had raised had hated him to the bone since childhood. With nowhere else to go, He Yuzhu ended up beneath a bridge, where he died and was eaten by wild dogs. As he lay dying, he looked back on 949Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 96 Siheyuan: Breaking Silly Zhu’s Leg from the Start 四合院:开局打断傻柱腿 Lin Xiao, a construction worker in the 21st century, gets into an accident on the job and transmigrates to the year 1960, into the novel Birds Fill the Courtyard. When he wakes up, he gains a sign-in System. From the start, Elder Yi teams up with the Jia family, while Silly Zhu pressures Lin Xiao to donate his money and house. With a pocket dimension at his disposal, Lin Xiao lets Silly Zhu make a move, then plots to break his leg. Elder Yi tries to use morality to blackmail him, so Lin Xiao giv 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Shoot the Deaf Old Lady! 四合院:开局枪毙聋老太! Granny Deaf is spreading rumors that I'm the last eunuch in the entire capital? Who can't spread a rumor? But I only made up one rumor, and now Granny Deaf, you're going to get the death penalty? Yi Zhonghai, why are you getting the death penalty too? What? Jia Zhang, you're getting the death penalty as well? 419Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 98 Film and TV Crossover: From the Start, I Steal Yu Li Away 综视:开局截胡于莉 I got so worked up watching a TV drama that the System selected me on the spot. Now I’ll experience different lives and lessons in all kinds of TV shows. My first stop is the courtyard famous for being full of “beasts.” I’ve become He Yuzhu, the character in the show. What kind of sparks will fly? The journey is about to begin. The courtyard arc is complete. Part Two: Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate. Part Three: A Man Is Iron, Rice Is Steel. 697Reads6.5Score11214d adds
- 99 Siheyuan: The Handsomest Widower 四合院:最帅鳏夫 He travels from the apocalypse to the 1950s. From the start, he is a widower with six-year-old twins, a boy and a girl. Hu Guangming says, "That's no problem at all!" Wait! Why is this courtyard called "Beasts Fill the Courtyard"? But he's got a pocket dimension and special abilities, so what is there to fear? He punches the moralizing Yi Zhonghai, kicks the courtyard's top fighter, and sends the spirit-calling sorceress packing... See how Hu Guangming shakes things up in that era and protec 664Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 100 Siheyuan: A Cutthroat Scheme, a Good Life with My Sister 四合院:天坑局,带妹过上好日子 When Lin Qing woke up, he had transmigrated to the late 1950s, into the world of Love in the Courtyard. He heard his younger sisters crying. It was New Year’s Eve, and his three sisters were gathered around a pot of cornmeal gruel, bawling. Their parents were dead, the three girls had no one to care for them, and he himself was seriously ill. Faced with a hopeless start, Lin Qing refused to give up. As time passed, life for Lin Qing’s family kept getting better. Jia Zhangshi: “You heartless wret 45Reads5.5Score—14d adds

















































