Novels like From the Start, Da Mao Was Targeted, and a Drugged-Up Old Deaf Granny Was Sent Away
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- 1 With the System in Hand, Every Beauty in the Siheyuan Is Mine 系统在手，四合院美女我有 After transmigrating into Xu Damao, he picks out his future wife from among the refugees, and from that moment, happiness comes one thing after another. When the troublemakers in the courtyard provoke me, I teach them a few combination punches, one by one. 764Reads6.6Score101Shelves
- 2 Siheyuan: This Da Mao Is No Ordinary Man 四合院：这个大茂不一般 Xu Damao transmigrates into the role of Xu Damao in the series "The Turbulent Courtyard". The story begins in 1965, just before the events of the original are about to unfold. Xu Damao has not yet divorced Lou Xiao'e. But Lou Xiao'e still blindly listens to the old lady, letting the deaf old woman fool her into making shoes for Silly Zhu. Anyone would find that unbearable, and Xu Damao is no exception. The transmigrator Xu Damao has a System, so he's determined to be more than just a bad guy. He 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 I Transmigrated Into Siheyuan, and Xu Damao Awakened a System on His Wedding Night 穿越四合院，许大茂新婚觉醒系统 After transmigrating as Xu Damao, I awaken a System on my wedding night. Xu Damao swears. “Damn it, everyone else who transmigrates into the Courtyard House starts by sticking their head in a noose, but I’ve got my marriage certificate and I’m reporting for duty tonight. I’ll cherish my wife and make this a perfect wedding night.” 63Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Turns His Life Around with a Spirit Spring 四合院：许大茂携灵泉逆袭 In 2025, construction foreman Xu Mao has an unexpected encounter with a honey trap and ends up in the world of Love in the Courtyard in the 1960s, becoming Xu Damao just as Lou Xiao'e is being publicly criticized! Things go disastrously from the start: the whole courtyard is against him, his reputation is in tatters, and he has personally pushed his wife toward ruin. At this critical moment, he unexpectedly awakens a spiritual spring dimension! Inside, the spring can temper his body and strength 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Siheyuan: More Children, More Blessings, and Xu Damao Takes Off 四合院：多子多福，我许大茂起飞 I, Xu Damao, transmigrated into the most unlucky man in the Courtyard. My wife wants a divorce from the start, and every busybody in the courtyard has come to laugh at me? Thankfully, the [Emotion Harvesting System] has activated! As long as I stir up other people’s emotions, I can trade them for anything! Silly Zhu furious at me? [Ding! Emotion Points +66! (Critical Hit)] Qin Huairu gloating? [Ding! Emotion Points +30!] Jia Zhangshi cursing me viciously? [Ding! Emotion Points +88! (Critical Hit 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Am a College Student 四合院：我许大茂是大学生 He transmigrates into Xu Damao in the world of the courtyard houses in 1955. He Daqing has not run away yet, Qin Huairu has not moved into the courtyard, and Xu Damao is still in middle school. The first thing he needs to do after transmigrating into Xu Damao is study. Being a projectionist is nothing special. 152Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Transmigrating Into a Siheyuan as Xu Damao 穿越四合院成为许大茂 When Lin Mo jolted awake in front of the projector, the back of his head was still numb with pain. His argument with Silly Zhu over a lunchbox had somehow made him transmigrate into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. “Xu Damao, are you playing dead?” Silly Zhu’s booming voice battered the courtyard gate. “You dare stick your nose into Bang Geng’s business?” Lin Mo clenched the projectionist’s ID in his pocket as the original owner’s memories surged through him: framing someone for stealing a 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Siheyuan: I Transmigrated as Xu Damao and Got Into Trouble Again 四合院：穿越许大茂又捅篓子了 Xu Damao transmigrates, activates the System, and enjoys a happy life. The First Master wants to guilt-trip me? I’ll start by poaching the person who was supposed to care for you in your old age. The Second Master wants to throw his weight around? I’ll send you away early to pick up soap. The Third Master wants to take advantage of me? Let’s see who ends up taking advantage of whom. What’s our idea of fun? Stirring up trouble, stirring up trouble, stirring up trouble! What’s our motto? Finding f 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Siheyuan: Sharp-Tongued Xu Damao Trades Schemes for True Love 四合院：毒舌许大茂，算计换真心 [Period Setting + Face-Slapping + Self-Interest + Farming + One Heroine + Mild Edginess] After waking from a nap, a corporate drone finds he's transmigrated into the famous "most-hated man in the courtyard," Xu Damao! From the start, Jia Zhangshi smears his name, Silly Zhu throws punches, and Qin Huairu tries to guilt-trip him? [Ding! Emotion Value System successfully bound!] As long as he provokes strong emotions in onlookers, whether laughter, anger, or admiration, he can collect "emotion valu 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 Siheyuan: From the Start, I Crush Silly Zhu's Manhood 四合院之开局踢爆傻柱的命根子 Xu Mao had spent nearly twenty years as a corporate wage slave after graduating from university. After being laid off, he drank alone to drown his sorrows, never expecting to transmigrate into Xu Damao from Love in the Courtyard. From the start, he extorted three thousand yuan from Silly Zhu, with Yi Zhonghai paying the bill. Then, in the middle of the night, while Silly Zhu was using the toilet, he kicked him hard in the groin, avenging the original Xu Damao. Xu Damao beat up Yi Zhonghai, Jia Z 2.7kReads5.5Score172Shelves
- 11 Siheyuan: From the Start, Xu Damao Exposes the Birds for What They Are 四合院：许大茂开局让众禽现原形 After a miserable transmigration, he became Xu Damao, the Siheyuan's number-one villain. He was racking his brains trying to redeem himself and turn his life around when he suddenly discovered he could hear everyone's thoughts! [Yi Zhonghai (hypocrite): Silly Zhu has to support me in my old age, and Qin Huairu has to help out too. Otherwise, what happens to my image as a paragon of virtue?] [Qin Huairu (false innocent): Silly Zhu's wages are mine, and so is the cornmeal. Nobody gets to take them 69Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Is Reborn at 18 and Goes to College 四合院：许大茂重生18岁上大学 In 2025, 88-year-old Xu Damao finishes dinner at the courtyard house at No. 95, XX Alley, Nanluoguxiang. Looking at old photographs from the past, he falls asleep. When he wakes up, he finds himself back in the summer of 1955... —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Xu Damao, the Bystander Who Loves the Gossip 吃瓜群众许大茂 This is Xu Damao at his most principled, and also at his unluckiest. He has a powerful System, but it turns him into the most punchable man around. He ignores everyone in the courtyard and gives his compassion to “strangers.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Siheyuan: The Remarkable Life of Xu Damao, an Old Rogue 四合院，老混子许大茂的精彩人生 Xu Damao, a modern-day man from Daxu Village on the outskirts of Beijing, happens to visit the capital and unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Xu Damao from the fan fiction Love in the Courtyard. A well-read fan of web novels, he discovers that he has become the sworn enemy of Silly Zhu, the only good person in the courtyard! The entire courtyard is against him! To survive there, and to save this silly young man while breaking the retirement-minded clique's control over the courtyard, Xu 13.4kReads8.0Score861Shelves
- 15 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Turn My Life Around! 四合院：我，许大茂人生翻盘了！ The selfish Xu Damao was reborn and bound to a System. Fortunately, the System was so rigid that Xu Damao couldn’t help looking for loopholes… Xu Damao had barely stepped out of the back courtyard when he heard Jia Zhangshi hollering, “Go on, hit me! Hit me!” The System chimed: “Someone has made a fervent wish. Host, hurry and help make it come true!” Xu Damao gleefully raised his hand and rushed over! 772Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Xu Damao: I Was Born to Be Useful 许大茂：天生我材必有用 My new work is here! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 109Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Finally Lets Loose 四合院：彻底放飞自我的许大茂 [Siheyuan Courtyard + Pocket Dimension + Multiple Heroines] After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan Courtyard, Xu Damao is determined to escape the petty squabbles there and live a wonderful life of his own. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 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 3kReads—Score143Shelves
- 19 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! 360Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 20 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, and I’ve Gone Completely Dark 四合院：我许大茂，彻底黑化 What? Qin Xian wakes up to find he's become Xu Damao in the Siheyuan full of scoundrels. They say I'm a bad guy? Fine, I'll show you just how bad I can be. They say I can't have kids? Silly Zhu, if I don't father ten, I'll take your name. Qin Huairu is giving me the cold shoulder? Let's see how I expose the real you. I hear you... heh heh heh. Bang Geng stole a chicken, huh? I'll chop you up. Go on, try stealing again. I'm Xu Damao, and I've gone completely dark. What are you going to do about i 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, Let Go of My Wife! 四合院：许大茂，你放开我老婆！ Reborn as Xu Damao, he sets out on a different path in life. He transmigrates with a cheat, and he absolutely won’t put up with the Lou family. His pocket dimension has a ranch and a fishery, and he leads his trusted people in overcoming every obstacle. From then on, his life takes a different course! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 Siheyuan: Reborn as Damao, I Let My Charisma Shine 四合院：重生大茂，我霸气侧漏 An honest, conscientious intern transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard. What would that be like? Xu Damao's mind went completely blank in an instant. But then, with a ding, a prompt rang out in his mind. [Ding! The Item Pickup System has been activated!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have obtained intermediate clinical medical skills!] [Clinical Medical Skills: Intermediate (0/100)] Xu Damao stared wide-eyed at the nurse in disbelief. Could it be... that he could gain someone's abilities j —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 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! 938Reads5.4Score—Shelves
- 24 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. 2.5kReads6.8Score108Shelves
- 25 Siheyuan: I Reincarnate as Xu Damao, and Ezi Couldn't Be Happier 四合院：魂穿许大茂，娥子乐坏了 971Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 26 Siheyuan: I Can Hear Xu Damao’s Thoughts 四合院：我能偷听许大茂心声 In 1953, just turned eighteen, He Yuzhu was following his father He Daqing's arrangements and getting ready to apprentice in the canteen at the steel mill. One day, after he beat up Xu Damao, he unexpectedly discovered that he could hear the man's inner thoughts. He Yuzhu: You little brat! My buddy Jia Dongxu has his eye on a country girl named Qin Huairu. Do you think they'd make a good match? Xu Damao: Absolutely! They couldn't be more perfect... But in his heart, he was thinking: [Hurry up an 24Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 27 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, a Professional Trouble-Maker! 四合院：我许大茂，专业捅娄子！ After transmigrating into the world of the courtyard, Xu Damao found himself just about to drop out of school and enter the factory as an apprentice projectionist. He was bound to a God-Tier Feedback System: no matter what he did, he would receive a reward. Xu Damao opened a book. [Host studies hard. Reward: 1,000 yuan in cash!] [Host studies hard. Reward: 1 bicycle voucher!] [Host studies hard. Reward: 1 complete set of Ming blue-and-white porcelain!] Xu Damao chopped vegetables. [Host works ha 455Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 28 Xu Damao’s Life in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的人生路 Modern man Li Ming transmigrates into Xu Damao. What can he do with just a digital interface? Turns out the skills displayed on the interface can be learned and improved through training. Silly Zhu, you like bullying me? Pow, pow, pow! Yi Zhonghai, you like taking sides? Pow, pow, pow! Later, he goes to Hong Kong with Lou Xiao'e and becomes a tycoon. 1.2kReads6.1Score108Shelves
- 29 Xu Damao Reborn? No Matter! I Was a Miracle Doctor All Along 重生许大茂？无妨！我本就是神医 [Siheyuan] + [Xu Damao] + [Defying Fate] + [Divine Doctor] + [Pocket Dimension] + [Taking Down the Courtyard’s Busybody Animals] Xu Fan transmigrates into Love in the Courtyard and becomes Xu Damao! Knowing the entire plot of the Siheyuan, Xu Fan quickly accepts reality. He successfully unlocks the My World System and becomes a city lord! He vows never to be laughed at again, to keep Lou Xiao'e by his side, and to single-handedly beat the courtyard’s busybodies! Since he was a veterinarian in hi 64Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Siheyuan: I Became Xu Damao and Chose to Head South 四合院：成为许大茂，我选择南下 [Heading South to Hong Kong + Business + Tycoon + Intelligence System] When modern young man Wang Lei wakes up, he has transmigrated into 1962 and become Xu Damao, the scheming, universally disliked man from the courtyard! Faced with an era of scarce supplies and complicated relationships, he doesn't despair, because an unbelievably powerful intelligence System has bound itself to him! Two top-secret tips arrive each day, guiding him to wealth and pointing him toward the land of opportunity: Hon 33Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Xu Damao of the Siheyuan Is a Bit of a Jerk 四合院许大茂有点贱 Any similarities to other stories are purely coincidental. Brain storage area. There is a pocket dimension. (Siheyuan courtyard life, everyday happenings, family matters, no chance of ending up without descendants, respecting everyone else's fate, starting a business later on) Synopsis: A modern-day wage slave, fresh out of college, accidentally transmigrates into the world of the Siheyuan courtyard and takes over Xu Damao's body. He's entrusted with a major responsibility from the start. If you 742Reads—Score105Shelves
- 32 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, and I Stroll Through a Sea of Beauties 四合院：我许大茂，万花丛中过 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—Shelves
- 33 Siheyuan: How Did I Become Xu Damao at Fifty? 四合院：劳资成50许大茂？ Read this with a reasonable mindset. There's not that much hostility, nor that much domestic bickering. Of course, the protagonist's belief is simple: if words don't work, fists and feet will do! 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Reborn in 1955 四合院：许大茂重生1955年 After Silly Zhu froze to death, Xu Damao was also driven out of the courtyard and died beneath an overpass alongside him. But Xu Damao had lived from the age of eighteen all the way to the present. What’s more, he had acquired an incredible skill that could raise any profession to master level. This time, Xu Damao told himself, he wouldn’t make the same mistakes again. He would become the strongest person in the world, the strongest of them all! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Siheyuan: The Strongest Villain, Xu Damao 四合院：最强反派许大茂 Xu Damao suddenly transmigrates on his way to work, becoming the villain Xu Damao from the Siheyuan, a man with the exact same name, and binds himself to the strongest Villain System! As long as he gets under people's skin and builds up their resentment, he can keep drawing prizes: grain coupons, meat coupons, all kinds of scarce supplies, and special skills like cooking, boxing, and driving! He Yuzhu loves showing off? Don't indulge him! Give him a beating when he deserves it, and chew him out 316Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 36 Siheyuan: I, Xu Damao, Just Sit Back and Watch 四合院：我许大茂只看戏 An unemployed middle-aged man born in the '80s was bored at home, watching Tomato Novels, when Xu Damao's outrageous antics made him die of anger. After transmigrating there, he bought the neighboring No. 93 Courtyard and contented himself with watching the show. 96Reads—Score104Shelves
- 37 I, Xu Damao, Got Into Technical College from the Start 我许大茂开局考上中专 Xu Damao, a modern veteran soldier, transmigrated into the world of Love in the Courtyard and became Xu Damao. With a new soul, Xu Damao was no longer the selfish projectionist who only schemed in the courtyard and was constantly at odds with Silly Zhu. The wheels of fate suddenly turned, and from the start, he obtained a sign-in System.. He was no longer a small-time nobody trapped by the courtyard’s petty squabbles. Instead, he gradually grew into a responsible, courageous man in the wide worl 3.1kReads5.3Score119Shelves
- 38 Siheyuan: What Do You Mean, What's Wrong with Me, Xu Damao? 四合院：你说我许大茂怎么了？ [Soul transmigration + System + utterly scheming] If one day you transmigrated into the world of the courtyard and even ended up in Xu Damao’s body, what would you do in that era? Male lead: What else is there to do? Make it a grand affair! 183Reads5.5Score—Shelves
- 39 Pidan Pipi's First Book 皮蛋皮皮的第1本书 In this life, he is Xu Damao, a projectionist at a steel mill. Wasn’t his greatest enemy supposed to be the number-one male lead? What a joke. Silly Zhu is nothing more than a bootlicker at best, while Xu Damao is the chosen male lead. His father, Xu Fugui, is an experienced film producer with a generous salary and excellent benefits. His wife Lou Xiao'e comes from a family with Lou Bancheng as her father-in-law, Tan Qiu as her mother-in-law, and the sole heir to the Tan family’s culinary tradit 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 Siheyuan: I'm Xu Damao, More Children, More Blessings 四合院：我许大茂，多子多福 Xu Damao transmigrated. The good news was that transmigrators got a System. The bad news was that he’d activated the more children, more blessings System! And he’d transmigrated as the Xu Damao from the Siheyuan, who had no children… System: I gave you a golden finger. If you don’t use it, don’t blame me for wiping you out! Xu Damao: Come on, don’t be like that. I’ll figure something out, okay? After successfully activating the System, Xu Damao discovered that things weren’t so simple after all… —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Xu Damao's Postmodern Romances in the Siheyuan 四合院许大茂的后现代的风流生活 Xu Lin, a modern-day shut-in, is drinking soda while playing a game when he accidentally spills it on his computer tower. It immediately catches fire and explodes. At the same time, a half-defective space in a higher-dimensional realm gains sentience. Unhappy with being ordered to destroy itself, it opens a rift in time and space to escape. By sheer bad luck, its escape point coincides with Xu Lin’s explosion. The power of space twists everything, and the space travels alongside Xu Lin’s soul to 112Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 42 Siheyuan: The Legend of Xu Damao 四合院之许大茂传奇 The story of an ordinary man who transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes Xu Damao. The editor has always thought that a smooth talker like Xu Damao would do just fine in life. Let’s see whether Xu Damao, with a System and knowledge of what’s to come, will still end up as miserable as he did in the original series. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Leisurely Life 四合院之许大茂悠闲的一生 [Courtyard House + storage space + transmigration + everyday life + sweet romance + one heroine] Xu Qinghong was an ordinary nobody in the apocalypse. While scavenging for gold at a jewelry store, he was caught in the shockwaves of a battle between a high-level Esper and the Zombie King and transmigrated into the notorious Courtyard House world, becoming Xu Damao. Fortunately, his farming space came with him, making life very easy. Every day, he heads to the countryside, screens films, and picks 1.2kReads6.0Score—Shelves
- 44 Siheyuan: Reborn as Xu Damao, Starting on My Wedding Night 四合院：穿成许大茂，开局新婚夜 A new work is here! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Siheyuan: Xu Damao's Happy Life 四合院：许大茂的美满人生 ^^ You can transmigrate and be reborn after blowing yourself up? Sheng Hao, a post-apocalyptic ability user, transmigrates into the middle of a courtroom scene in a courtyard? Heh. You’d all better watch this Silly Zhu, if you want to fawn over a widow, that’s your business. But if you mess with me, Xu Damao, I’ll send you away for good! ~~Lou Xiao'e, you want a divorce? Fine, I’ll give you one. Let’s see how well you fare, daughter of a capitalist. Doesn’t the old-age support clique all say 475Reads6.0Score113Shelves
- 46 Siheyuan: Xu Damao Goes Wild on His Wedding Night 四合院：开局洞房，许大茂乐疯了 [Torturing the Hens] [Cozy Daily Life] [One Female Lead] [For Laughs] After transmigrating into the world of the Siheyuan, he becomes Xu Damao, the courtyard's punching bag. Yi Zhonghai picks on him, Silly Zhu beats him up, and Granny Deaf schemes against him. But that was then. Now he has arrived with the [Electronic Karma System]. As long as he helps the beasts pass on, he can earn supplies and skills! He starts from the start by tearing Qin Huairu apart... Together with Ezi, he sets out on th 398Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Siheyuan: Xu Damao, Cruel and Ruthless 四合院：心恨手辣许大茂 "Xu Damao, Xu Damao, you're a real villain." "But you're not ruthless at all, and you're not very bright either." "Reporting Lou Xiao'e was like cutting off your own arm, and you did all this just for the paltry title of deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee. It's downright stupid." 2.1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Siheyuan: I’m Xu Damao, and Now I’m Singing a Victory Song 四合院：我许大茂，翻身把歌唱 Looking at Love in the Courtyard as a whole, Xu Damao is absolutely the sort of man everyone loves to hate. Yet somehow, this very man thrives in the courtyard! He has a respectable job and a wealthy wife. The courtyard’s so-called battle gods and moral paragons can scheme all they like, and they can chase official positions all they want, but in front of me, Xu Damao, they can all step aside! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 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? 436Reads—Score—Shelves
- 50 Siheyuan: In a Year of Disaster, Xu Damao Defies Fate 四合院：大灾年，许大茂逆天改命 Xu Damao transmigrates into the world of a Beijing courtyard in 1957, with a great disaster looming from the start. That year, he is only nineteen and has just become a full-time projectionist. That year, he turns over a new leaf, and his life with Lou Xiao'e gets back on track. That year, he builds up his strength and cures his infertility, so he no longer has to fear Silly Zhu. That year, he grows grain and medicinal herbs, stockpiles supplies, and waits for the year of disaster to arrive. 251Reads5.4Score—Shelves
